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• Economy rebounds but woes darken outlook AP - 4 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON - The economy rebounded with a good head of steam in the spring before a credit crisis raised new fears about longer-term business health.

• All types of alcohol raise cancer risk AP - 3 minutes ago

  BARCELONA, Spain - All types of alcohol — wine, beer or liquor — add equally to the risk of developing breast cancer in women, American researchers said Thursday.

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  Microsoft touts new 'media extenders' AP - 53 minutes ago

  NEW YORK - Microsoft Corp. and its hardware partners are trying to bridge the divide between home computers and TV sets this holiday season with the release of several "media extenders."

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  Mistrial declared in Phil Spector case AP - 54 minutes ago

  LOS ANGELES - In the first tense hours of deliberations, jurors in Phil Spector's murder trial re-enacted the death of Lana Clarkson, trying to duplicate the angle at which she was shot and determine which way her blood splattered.

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  Free-falling Mets get swept by Nationals AP - 54 minutes ago

  NEW YORK - With their pitching staff in tatters, the free-falling Mets are flirting with an historic collapse.

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  Myanmar troops threaten to shoot Reuters - 1 hour, 39 minutes ago

  YANGON (Reuters) - Troops cleared the streets of central Yangon on Thursday, telling protesters they had 10 minutes to go home or be shot, as the Myanmar junta intensified its two-day crackdown on the largest uprising in 20 years.

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  U.S. climate talks draw world's biggest polluters Reuters - Thu Sep 27, 1:17 AM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The world's biggest greenhouse gas polluters -- including the United States and China -- sent envoys to the U.S. State Department on Thursday for discussions on climate change and what to do about it.

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  Pakistan's Musharraf nominated for presidential vote Reuters - 35 minutes ago

  ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's military leader, President Pervez Musharraf, filed nomination papers on Thursday to run for re-election on October 6, while the Supreme Court prepared to rule on the army chief's eligibility to stand.

• Some cancers spur divorce risk: study Reuters - Thu Sep 27, 4:22 AM ET

  BARCELONA (Reuters) - The risk of divorce increases if one partner suffers from testicular or cervical cancer, but other types have no effect on whether a couple stays together, Norwegian researchers said on Thursday.

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  In a Democratic debate, rivals assail Clinton Reuters - 2 hours, 2 minutes ago

  HANOVER, New Hampshire (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidates pounced on rival Hillary Clinton for her positions on Iraq and Iran in a debate on Wednesday as they sought to undercut her status as the campaign front-runner.

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  Taliban kidnap Red Cross staff in Afghanistan Reuters - 15 minutes ago

  KABUL (Reuters) - Taliban insurgents have kidnapped four staff of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) southwest of the Afghan capital Kabul, but will release them soon, a Taliban spokesman said on Thursday.

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  U.S. hopeful for roadmap as North Korea talks open Reuters - 18 minutes ago

  BEIJING (Reuters) - The U.S. envoy to talks on disarming North Korea was hopeful that a new negotiating session that opened on Thursday could set targets for the complete disabling of the country's nuclear programs.

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  NASA asteroid probe launched from Florida Reuters - 37 minutes ago

  CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - A pioneering spacecraft that could serve as a blueprint for future interplanetary transport blasted off aboard an unmanned Delta rocket on Thursday on a mission to explore two giant asteroids between Mars and Jupiter.

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  Security forces tighten grip in Myanmar AFP - 45 minutes ago

  YANGON (AFP) - Myanmar security forces swept through Yangon's city centre Thursday, arresting hundreds of people and warning of "extreme" action in a crackdown on protesters who took to the streets in their thousands.

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  Biggest polluters gather for US-led climate forum AFP - 2 hours, 27 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON (AFP) - The United States on Thursday was launching talks among the world's biggest greenhouse-gas polluters in the quest to spur action against dangerous climate change.

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  Pakistan's Musharraf files to run for president AFP - 1 hour, 46 minutes ago

  ISLAMABAD (AFP) - Pakistani leader Pervez Musharraf Thursday formally applied to run in October 6 presidential polls, despite a looming Supreme Court ruling that could yet ruin his bid for five more years in power.

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  NKorea raises hopes at new nuclear talks AFP - 1 hour, 58 minutes ago

  BEIJING (AFP) - North Korea signalled it would push ahead with nuclear disarmament as envoys from six nations reopened talks Thursday aimed at setting a timeline for ending the communist state's atomic programme.

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  NASA launches Dawn probe on solar system discovery AFP - 8 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US space agency NASA on Thursday launched the space probe Dawn on an eight-year mission to unlock the secrets of the solar system and how it was born.

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  British Airways orders Airbus superjumbos and Dreamliners AFP - 2 hours, 44 minutes ago

  LONDON (AFP) - British Airways said on Thursday it has ordered 12 Airbus superjumbo A380s and 24 Boeing 787 Dreamliner planes.

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  Siemens scrutinizing 1.6 billion euros in dubious deals: report AFP - Thu Sep 27, 2:34 AM ET

  FRANKFURT (AFP) - An internal probe at the German engineering group Siemens has raised the amount of suspicious transactions the company is investigating to about 1.6 billion euros (2.3 billion dollars), a press report said Thursday.

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  Japanese 'cosplay' draws huge following in Taiwan AFP - Tue Sep 25, 12:24 AM ET

  TAIPEI (AFP) - Sporting a blue wig, an eye patch and a white lace gown embellished with a pair of wings, 15-year-old Candice Chen looks ready to hit a costume party.

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  Border war over immigration comes to Midwest Reuters - Wed Sep 26, 2:58 PM ET

  KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) - A routine city hall appointment threatens to turn Kansas City into a new front in the U.S. debate over illegal immigration, even though the closest Mexico border crossing is hundreds of miles (kilometers) away.

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  Living the expat way in Dubai during Ramadan AFP - Tue Sep 25, 9:32 AM ET

  DUBAI (AFP) - Several mainly Western expatriates sit down for lunch at a popular cafe in a well-heeled Dubai district. An unremarkable scene for the cosmopolitan free-wheeling Gulf emirate -- except the diners entered by a back door.

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  How the falling dollar affects Americans The Christian Science Monitor - Mon Sep 24, 4:00 AM ET

  New York - The saga of the sagging dollar continues.

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  Three killed as Myanmar troops battle protests Reuters - Wed Sep 26, 5:10 PM ET

  YANGON (Reuters) - Seething crowds of Buddhist monks and civilians filled the streets of Myanmar's main city on Wednesday, defying warning shots, tear gas and baton charges meant to quell the biggest anti-junta protests in 20 years.