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• Doctors say leg pain can signal deadly blood clot AP - 1 hour, 9 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON - Far too many Americans are dying of dangerous blood clots that can masquerade as simple leg pain, says a major new government effort to get both patients and their doctors to recognize the emergency in time.

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  'Burn After Reading' is No.1 at the box office AP - Sun Sep 14, 3:38 PM ET

  LOS ANGELES - Joel and Ethan Coen scored their biggest opener to date by raking in $19.4 million in ticket sales for "Burn After Reading" and helping end a seven-week attendance slide at theaters, according to studio estimates Sunday.

• Rover, call me an ambulance — dog calls 911 AP - Sun Sep 14, 5:09 PM ET

  PHOENIX - "Man's best friend" doesn't go far enough for Buddy — a German shepherd who remembered his training and saved his owner's life by calling 911 when the man had a seizure.

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  Zambrano throws no-hitter as Cubs beat Astros 5-0 AP - 1 hour, 11 minutes ago

  MILWAUKEE - Carlos Zambrano pitched the first no-hitter for the Chicago Cubs in 36 years, returning from a sore rotator cuff to shut down the Houston Astros 5-0 Sunday night in a game relocated because of Hurricane Ike.

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  Wall Street awakes to 2 storied firms falling AP - 1 hour, 43 minutes ago

  NEW YORK - When Wall Street woke up Monday morning, two more of its storied firms had fallen.

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  Markets in turmoil by Lehman failure and Merrill sale Reuters - 51 minutes ago

  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Global markets plummeted on Monday after investment bank Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy protection, rival Merrill Lynch agreed to be taken over and the Federal Reserve threw a life line to the battered financial industry.

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  Relief operations ramp up in storm-hit Texas Reuters - Mon Sep 15, 5:19 AM ET

  HOUSTON (Reuters) - A huge relief effort was accelerating in storm-struck Texas on Monday as the big oil center of Houston struggled to get back to business after it was battered by Hurricane Ike.

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  Bank of America to buy Merrill for $50 billion Reuters - Mon Sep 15, 1:46 AM ET

  WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bank of America Corp said it agreed to buy Merrill Lynch & Co Inc in an all-stock deal worth $50 billion, snagging the world's largest retail brokerage after one of the worst-ever weekends on Wall Street.

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  Pakistan troop fire turns back U.S. helicopters Reuters - 56 minutes ago

  ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Firing by Pakistani troops forced two U.S. military helicopters to turn back to Afghanistan after they crossed into Pakistani territory early on Monday, Pakistani security officials said.

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  Pentagon chief in Iraq to transfer war command Reuters - 1 hour, 4 minutes ago

  BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The new U.S. military commander in Iraq must find ways to keep improving security while American troop levels are falling, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Monday as two Baghdad bombings underlined the scale of the task.

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  Zimbabwe rivals sign power-sharing deal Reuters - 49 minutes ago

  HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe signed a power-sharing agreement with opposition rival Morgan Tsvangirai on Monday, relinquishing some of his powers for the first time in nearly three decades of iron rule.

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  AIG, facing liquidity crisis, seeks Fed lifeline Reuters - Sun Sep 14, 11:34 PM ET

  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Insurer American International Group Inc , working to stave off rating downgrades and shore up the capital of its holding company, has made an unprecedented approach to the Federal Reserve seeking $40 billion in short-term financing, the New York Times said.

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  Iran stalls probe into alleged atom bomb research: IAEA Reuters - 32 minutes ago

  VIENNA (Reuters) - A U.N. inquiry into intelligence allegations of secret atom bomb research in Iran has reached a standstill because of Iranian non-cooperation, an International Atomic Energy Agency report said on Monday.

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  Lehman bankruptcy shakes world financial system AFP - 23 minutes ago

  NEW YORK, Sept 15, 2008 (AFP) - Lehman Brothers declared itself bankrupt Monday and Wall Street rival Merrill Lynch had to be taken over in a new financial earthquake that sent global markets into a slump and panicked central banks.

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  Zimbabwe political rivals sign historic power-sharing deal AFP - 13 minutes ago

  HARARE (AFP) - Zimbabwe's leaders signed a historic deal Monday that will see President Robert Mugabe share power with his arch-rival in a bid to resolve a ruinous political crisis in a country in economic meltdown.

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  US-led troops repelled from Pakistani border: officials AFP - 2 hours, 14 minutes ago

  PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AFP) - US-led coalition troops based in Afghanistan tried to cross into a Pakistani tribal area in helicopters but were repelled after warning shots were fired, local officials said Monday.

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  NATO chief arrives in Georgia AFP - 1 hour, 25 minutes ago

  TBILISI (AFP) - NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer arrived here on Monday to show support after last month's conflict with Russia and discuss the country's NATO membership bid.

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  India probes Delhi blasts, govt under fire AFP - 2 hours, 49 minutes ago

  NEW DELHI (AFP) - Indian police planned to release sketches Monday of suspects behind New Delhi bombings that left more than 20 dead, as media flayed the government for lacking a coherent counter-terrorism policy.

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  Bank of America to buy Merrill Lynch for $50bln AFP - 1 hour, 3 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON, (AFP) - Bank of America has agreed to buy investment bank Merrill Lynch for 50 billion dollars in a transaction that creates the world's largest financial services company, the bank announced early Monday.

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  World shares plunge on Lehman Brothers bankruptcy AFP - 41 minutes ago

  LONDON (AFP) - Europe's leading stock markets dived more than five percent on Monday on concerns over the battered world economy as Wall Street giant Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy.

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  Lehman may face failure, Merrill may be bought Reuters - Sun Sep 14, 6:56 PM ET

  NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The ruptured U.S. financial system was facing an unprecedented shakeup on Sunday that could lead to the failure of Lehman Brothers, the takeover of Merrill Lynch & Co Inc and big asset sales by big insurer American International Group.

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  U.S. in push for foreign arms deals: report Reuters - Sun Sep 14, 12:36 AM ET

  NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Bush administration is pushing through a wide range of foreign weapons deals in a bid to rearm Iraq and Afghanistan and contain North Korea and Iran, The New York Times reported.

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  Bolivia, opposition eye compromise to end violence Reuters - Sat Sep 13, 4:25 PM ET

  LA PAZ (Reuters) - Bolivia's government and a main opposition leader voiced hope for reconciliation on Saturday after overnight talks to end a wave of political violence that killed at least 17 people and prompted martial law.

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  Taller people have the edge when it comes to happiness Reuters - Thu Sep 11, 10:43 AM ET

  NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Taller people are happier on average than shorter people, with each extra inch in height giving as much satisfaction as a four percent increase in income, according to a U.S. study.

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  Pope, at Lourdes, remembers victims of terrorism Reuters - Sat Sep 13, 4:55 PM ET

  LOURDES, France (Reuters) - Pope Benedict prayed on Saturday at the site where the Virgin Mary is said to have appeared to a French peasant girl 150 years ago, and asked the world not to forget the victims of terrorism and hatred.