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Parents Overlook Most Important Asthma Steps-Study (Reuters) Reuters - Parents of children with asthma try hard to protect their youngsters but often overlook the most important measures, including banning smoking in the house and shutting windows to keep pollen out, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday.
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Google shares could start trading Wednesday MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIF. - Google?s initial public offering could hit the Nasdaq Stock Market as early as Wednesday if US securities regulators let the Internet search engine close its auction on Tuesday.
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Traders pay to ship Yukos oil Trading partners keep exports flowing; Russia tries to avoid blame for high world oil prices. MOSCOW (Reuters) - Traders have been paying for Russian oil major Yukos, whose bank accounts are frozen due to a tax dispute with the state, to ship its oil by ...
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US consumer prices decline unexpectedly in July NEW YORK, August 17 (New Ratings) The US consumer prices declined for the first time in the past eight months in July this year, driven by the reduced gasoline, clothing and transportation costs during the month.
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Army Won't Pay 15 Pct of Halliburton Bill WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The US Army will withhold payment on 15 percent of future invoices of Halliburton Co.'s (HAl.N: Quote, Profile, Research) logistics deal in Iraq due to an ongoing billing dispute, the company and the US military said ...
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US industrial production rebounds in July WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 (Xinhuanet) -- Output at US factories, mines and utilities rose by 0.4 percent in July, nearly recovering from a 0.5 percent plunge in June, the Federal Reserve said on Tuesday.
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Building permits increase 5.7%, reversing June downturn WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) -- Construction of new homes recovered in July, as US homebuilders started homes at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.978 million, the Commerce Department said Tuesday.
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Scrushy fraud trial set for Jan. 5 NEW YORK (Reuters) - The fraud trial of former HealthSouth Chief Executive Richard Scrushy over his role in a massive accounting scandal has been set for Jan. 5, 2005, according to court filings Monday.
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The long and short of Vegas weddings So Nicky Hilton got hitched in Las Vegas. The oddsmakers are already making book on the longevity of her wee-hours nuptials to money manager Todd Meister. (Will they surpass the 55-hour mark of Britney and whatever his ...
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Study: Compression Stocking Cut Risk Of Leg Blood Clots New findings show a very simple, inexpensive treatment can prevent serious complications of leg blood clots, although it is not used by many patients.
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Nasal Cream Reduces Allergy Symptoms CHICAGO, Aug 16, 2004 (United Press International via COMTEX) -- An American Medical Association journal Monday reported a pollen blocker cream applied inside the nose can reduce symptoms of allergic rhinitis.
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Ky. Pharmacy Faces Illegal Drug Charges LEXINGTON, Ky. - The Food and Drug Administration (news - web sites) has accused an equine compounding pharmacy of illegally making and selling animal drugs.
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Real to Apple: It's On An old-fashioned price war is gearing up in the digital music download business, with RealNetworks (Quote, Chart) on the offensive. With rival Apple in its crosshairs, RealNetworks has slashed the price on songs sold from its RealPlayer store by 50 ...
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IBM announces eServer i5 550 The eServer i5 550 comes with a feature called the "Solution Edition," which is apparently available with certain Independent Software Vendors. The eServer i5, allegedly, has new ways to handle and optimise multiple operating system sthrough the ...
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Olympics: Bruised and battered Americans suffer new Olympic setback ATHENS : America's hopes of salvaging its badly bruised Olympics pride suffered a major setback when for the first time in history their men failed to qualify for the 100m freestyle swimming final.
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Molik joins Pratt in last 16 ALICIA Molik joined fellow Australian Nicole Pratt in the last 16 of the Olympic tennis competition overnight with a 7-5 6-4 second round win over Slovenia's Katarina Srebotnik.
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Sven now 'focussed on football' England boss Sven-Goran Eriksson insists he is totally focussed on football going into Wednesday's friendly against Ukraine at St James' Park.
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Voices: Iranian Judo scandal Iran's Judo champion, a favourite at the Athens Games, has disqualified himself rather than face an Israeli opponent, apparently on the instruction of Iran's Olympic Committee. So far the International Olympic Committee has been silent. What's your view? ...
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Oakland Athletics Team Report - August 17 (Sports Network) - Tim Hudson will be aiming for his first win in over two months, as he heads to the mound for the visiting Oakland Athletics in the middle contest of a three-game series against the Baltimore Orioles.
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Google shares could start trading Wednesday MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIF. - Google?s initial public offering could hit the Nasdaq Stock Market as early as Wednesday if US securities regulators let the Internet search engine close its auction on Tuesday.
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Real to Apple: It's On An old-fashioned price war is gearing up in the digital music download business, with RealNetworks (Quote, Chart) on the offensive. With rival Apple in its crosshairs, RealNetworks has slashed the price on songs sold from its RealPlayer store by 50 ...
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Olympics: Bruised and battered Americans suffer new Olympic setback ATHENS : America's hopes of salvaging its badly bruised Olympics pride suffered a major setback when for the first time in history their men failed to qualify for the 100m freestyle swimming final.
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Rock star Love's trial date set Singer Courtney Love is to face trial on 30 September on two drugs charges for illegal possession of painkillers.
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Britain Charges 8 With Terrorist Offenses LONDON Aug. 17, 2004 British police charged eight men Tuesday with terrorist offenses, including one suspected al-Qaida operative accused of having surveillance plans of financial institutions in New York, Washington and New Jersey that were at the ...
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Terror is greatest threat to US President George W. Bush and Democratic rival Sen. John Kerry [related, bio] should concentrate on fighting terrorism if they want to help the US economy, according to a National Association for Business Economics survey of its members.
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Turner lambastes US-VISIT A top lawmaker assailed the US Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology program today, following a staff investigation of the $10 billion homeland security project.
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Iraqi Delegation Arrives In Al-Najaf 17 August 2004 -- Eight members of Iraq's National Conference arrived today in Al-Najaf in a bid to end a violent uprising in the city led by radical Shi'ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.
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Fighting Continues In South Ossetia Prague, 17 August 2004 (RFE/RL) -- Fresh fighting and further casualties were reported overnight in Georgia's separatist republic of South Ossetia. The violence erupted hours after Georgia and South Ossetia reached an agreement under which all armed units ...
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Mr Downer shoots his mouth off Just what Alexander Downer was thinking when he declared on radio last Friday that "they could fire a missile from North Korea to Sydney" is unclear. The provocative remark, just days before his arrival yesterday on his second visit to the North Korean ...
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Oil Up on Rosy U.S. Economic Data LONDON (Reuters) - Oil prices rose on Tuesday on cheery economic data showing that inflationary pressure was held in check in July and ahead of weekly inventory due out on Wednesday forecast to show a draw in crude stocks
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Illinois Helps Residents Import Drugs CHICAGO (Reuters) - Illinois residents will soon gain access to lower-cost prescription drugs from Canada, the United Kingdom and Ireland, sidestepping U.S. regulators' objections to imported drugs, Gov. Rod Blagojevich said on Tuesday.
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Rebels force Nepal firms to close One of Nepal's top hotels and a number of other companies close for business after threats from Maoist rebels.
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U.S. Broadband Growth Slows - Analyst (Reuters) Reuters - U.S. telephone and cable companies saw the growth of high-speed Internet services slow in the second quarter to the lowest rate in a year, an industry research firm said on Tuesday.
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Real Slashes Online Song Prices (PC World) PC World - Digital music battle continues, as Real undercuts ITunes' prices.
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U.S. Broadband Growth Slows - Analyst WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. telephone and cable companies saw the growth of high-speed Internet services slow in the second quarter to the lowest rate in a year, an industry research firm said on Tuesday.
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Briefly: Majoras steps into FTC chairman role roundup Plus: Business Objects to bundle IBM tools...Linux clusters gear up for simulated combat...Sprint to bake in BlackBerry for businesses.
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Bruce Boycotted for Bush Bashing (E! Online) E! Online - After Bruce Springsteen announced plans to participate in the anti-Bush concert tour, Vote for Change, a New York candidate for U.S. Senate has countered with a "Boycott the Boss" television spot.
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Aussie Women Have Bounty on Roddick Smooch ATHENS, Greece - Andy Roddick doesn't want to get hit by a buss. The Australian women's water polo team made a wager and took up a $500 collection for the first member to plant a kiss on Roddick...
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Check-Up Finds 'Some Scratches' on Sprinter ATHENS (Reuters) - A medical examiner found "some scratches" on one of the two Greek Olympic sprinters who said they had a motorcycle crash on the night they missed a drugs test last week, a judicial source said on Tuesday.
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Illinois Helps Residents Import Drugs (Reuters) Reuters - Illinois residents will soon gain access to lower-cost prescription drugs from Canada, the United Kingdom and Ireland, sidestepping U.S. regulators' objections to imported drugs, Gov. Rod Blagojevich said on Tuesday.
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Illinois Helps Residents Import Drugs (Reuters) Reuters - Illinois residents will soon gain access to lower-cost prescription drugs from Canada, the United Kingdom and Ireland, sidestepping U.S. regulators' objections to imported drugs, Gov. Rod Blagojevich said on Tuesday.
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Consumer Prices Fall, Housing Rebounds WASHINGTON - Consumer prices fell by 0.1 percent in July as gasoline prices dropped while output at factories and housing construction posted healthy rebounds, offering hope the economy has escaped this summer's "soft patch." The Labor Department said Tuesday that the decline in its closely watched Consumer Price Index was the first decrease since a 0.2 percent drop last November. The CPI had been up 0.3 percent in June and an even sharper 0.6 percent in May, reflecting big jumps in energy costs...
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Najaf Fighting Intensies Amid Peace Push BAGHDAD, Iraq - A U.S. warplane bombed near Najaf's vast cemetery as fighting with Shiite militants intensified Tuesday...
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Iverson Has Broken Thumb, but Will Play ATHENS, Greece - Allen Iverson has a broken right thumb but planned to play anyway Tuesday night against Greece, hoping the U.S. Olympic basketball team can bounce back from an embarrassing loss to Puerto Rico in its opener...
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Stocks Climb on Drop in Consumer Prices NEW YORK - Stocks rose for a second straight session Tuesday as a drop in consumer prices Tuesday allowed investors to put aside worries about inflation, at least for the short term. With gasoline prices falling to eight-month lows, the Consumer Price Index registered a small drop in July, giving consumers a respite from soaring energy prices...
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Rumsfeld Cautions on Intelligence Reform WASHINGTON - Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld struck a cautious tone Tuesday on the need for a national intelligence director, saying any changes should not create new barriers between war fighters and agencies that collect intelligence...
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Disaster Aid Flows to Victims of Charley PUNTA GORDA, Fla. - Federal disaster assistance money started flowing to Hurricane Charley's victims and postal workers handed out mail Tuesday outside their damaged building, but hundreds of thousands still had no phones, no running water, no diapers for the baby and no gas to fill the tank...
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Illinois Helps Residents Import Drugs (Reuters) Reuters - Illinois residents will soon gain access to lower-cost prescription drugs from Canada, the United Kingdom and Ireland, sidestepping U.S. regulators' objections to imported drugs, Gov. Rod Blagojevich said on Tuesday.
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Illinois Helps Residents Import Drugs CHICAGO (Reuters) - Illinois residents will soon gain access to lower-cost prescription drugs from Canada, the United Kingdom and Ireland, sidestepping U.S. regulators' objections to imported drugs, Gov. Rod Blagojevich said on Tuesday.
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Check-Up Finds 'Some Scratches' on Sprinter ATHENS (Reuters) - A medical examiner found "some scratches" on one of the two Greek Olympic sprinters who said they had a motorcycle crash on the night they missed a drugs test last week, a judicial source said on Tuesday.
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L'Italia del basket sfiora l'impresa con la Serbia. Male Judo e scherma Rabbia e talento: la Serbia campione del mondo strappa con i denti la seconda gara del torneo olimpico all'Italia. Una partita alla quale l'Italia si presentava dopo la vittoria sulla Nuova Zelanda, i serbi dopo una sconfitta con l'Argentina. Alla ...
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Basilicata: Ginestra, Comune Festeggia Incontro 4 Sorelle Dopo 50 Anni Ginestra (Pz), 17 ago. - (Adnkronos) - Grande festa a Ginestra, Comune arbereshe della provincia di Potenza, per l'incontro dopo quasi 50 anni di quattro sorelle. Il Comune ha intenzione di ricordare questo momento con una targa ricordo. Nunziata Larossa, ...
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Court Rejects Yukos' Plea on Tax Bill A Russian court today rejected the beleaguered oil company's appeal to suspend government efforts to collect $3.4 billion in back taxes.
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Army to Withhold Some Payments From Halliburton The U.S. Army plans to withhold payment on 15 percent of future invoices of Halliburton's logistics deal in Iraq due to an ongoing billing dispute.
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Israeli at Heart of N.J. Gay Scandal Returns Home JERUSALEM (Reuters) - An Israeli at the center of a scandal that led New Jersey Governor James McGreevey to quit over a homosexual affair returned home Wednesday complaining of a "difficult period" in his first public remarks on the case.
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Illinois Helps Import Canadian Prescription Drugs (Reuters) Reuters - Illinois residents will soon gain access to lower-cost prescription drugs from Canada, the United Kingdom and Ireland, sidestepping U.S. regulators' objections to imported drugs, Gov. Rod Blagojevich said on Tuesday.
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Illinois Helps Import Canadian Prescription Drugs (Reuters) Reuters - Illinois residents will soon gain access to lower-cost prescription drugs from Canada, the United Kingdom and Ireland, sidestepping U.S. regulators' objections to imported drugs, Gov. Rod Blagojevich said on Tuesday.
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Chavez lambasts fraud allegations Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez rounds on opponents for alleging fraud in a referendum he seems to have won.
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British Charge 8 Tied to Terror Plot With Murder Conspiracy Police said the men had reconnaissance information on financial centers in the U.S. that were the subject of a terror alert.
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Israeli at Heart of N.J. Gay Scandal Returns Home JERUSALEM (Reuters) - An Israeli at the center of a scandal that led New Jersey Governor James McGreevey to quit over a homosexual affair returned home Wednesday complaining of a "difficult period" in his first public remarks on the case.
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Britain Charges 8 in Plot Linked to U.S. Alert LONDON (Reuters) - Britain charged eight terrorism suspects Tuesday with conspiracy to commit murder and said one had plans that could be used in striking U.S. buildings that were the focus of security scares this month.
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Google's auction wrapping up NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- Google's long-awaited kickoff as the largest Internet IPO of all time is likely to take place as early as Wednesday after the controversial Dutch auction process wraps up after the bell.
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Russian Arbitration Court Rejects Yukos Plea The giant Russian oil firm Yukos has failed to convince a Moscow arbitration court to suspend the sale by bailiffs of its Siberian subsidiary to satisfy a $3.4 billion tax debt.
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US consumer prices dip 0.1% in July; industrial output and home starts rise WASHINGTON (AP) - US consumer prices eased down by 0.1 per cent in July as gasoline prices dropped, while factory output rose and home construction rebounded, offering hope the economy has escaped its early-summer "soft patch." ...
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JC Penney Posts Operating Profit NEW YORK (Reuters) - Department store operator JC Penney Co. Inc. (JCP.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Tuesday posted a quarterly operating profit, reversing a year-earlier loss, on inventory controls and strong sales of jeans, home furnishings and career ...
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Nortel shares down following news of RCMP probe TORONTO - Shares of Nortel Networks dipped on the TSX in the wake of news the RCMP has launched an investigation into accounting practices at the telecommunications company.
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Mills buys stakes in 9 GM-owned malls Virginia-based REIT will pay $1B, before transaction costs, for a 50% stake in the properties. NEW YORK (Reuters) - Real estate investment trust Mills Corp. said Tuesday it will buy a 50 percent managing stake in nine regional malls from a General Motors ...
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Update 2: Treasury Bond Prices Higher at Midday The price of the Treasury's 10-year note was up 9/32 point, or $2.81 per $1,000 in face value, around midday Tuesday, while its yield fell to 4.23 percent from 4.27 percent late Monday. Prices and yields move in opposite directions.
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Stocks in Motion: Motorola Shares of Motorola (MOT:NYSE - news - research) rose Tuesday after Geoffrey Frost, senior vice president of Motorola's mobile phone division, told Reuters that the company feels "very good" about sales growth during the second half of the year.
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Update 1: Swiss Air Lines Posts 1st Quarterly Profit Switzerland's struggling national airline reported a second-quarter profit of 45 million Swiss francs ($35.6 million) Tuesday, although its figures were boosted by a legal settlement in France.
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Home building in US soars in July WASHINGTON : Home building in the United States soared by an unexpectedly steep 8.3 percent in July, recovering from a slump the previous month as weather improved, a government report showed.
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Judge rejects convicted Rite Aid exec's challenge to secret tapes HARRISBURG, Pa. A federal judge says that sentencing guidelines that apply to the fraud case of a convicted Rite Aid Corp. executive are unconstitutional.
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IMF says Czech economic outlook 'favorable' WASHINGTON, Aug 17 (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday the near-term economic outlook for the Czech Republic, a European Union newcomer, was favorable with growth expected to strengthen.
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Click on photo to enlarge Chat show queen Oprah Winfrey now has a chance to be just another average citizen, after being called to jury duty for a murder trial in her home city of Chicago.
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Shyne's Phone Cut-Off, Violation Investigation Pending After conducting several phone and in-person interviews and allegedly recording material from prison, Jamal "Shyne" Barrow's phone privileges have been taken away pending an investigation into his unauthorized use of prison facilities.
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Parents Overlook Most Important Asthma Steps-Study WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Parents of children with asthma try hard to protect their youngsters but often overlook the most important measures, including banning smoking in the house and shutting windows to keep pollen out, US researchers reported on Tuesday.
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Battle against HIV boosted by '250k A VITAL project to prevent the spread of HIV within the African community has been given almost a quarter of a million pounds.
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Atene: basket, Italia battuta (ANSA) - ATENE, 17 AGO - L'Italia ha perso 74-72 (17-16, 36-36, 50-55) contro la Serbia/Montenegro nella seconda partita del torneo olimpico di basket. Gli azzurri sono sempre stati in partita contro i campioni del mondo. Nell'ultimo quarto, sul 72-70 per ...
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Iraq: Berlusconi-Blair, Impegnati Per Soluzione Najaf Porto Rotondo (Sassari), 17 ago. (Adnkronos) - I primi ministri Silvio Berlusconi e Tony Blair hanno espresso ''l'auspicio di un successo della Conferenza nazionale in Iraq e la soluzione della situazione a Najaf. Italia e Regno Uniti sono impegnate per ...
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Newest discoveries puts known number of satellites at 33 A camera aboard the Cassini spacecraft flying in orbit around Saturn has discovered two of the tiniest moons in the solar system -- one barely 2 miles in diameter and the other only a half-mile larger, astronomers reported Monday.
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IBM adds midrange server to eServer lineup AUGUST 17, 2004 (COMPUTERWORLD) - IBM today launched a new one-to-four-way midrange Power5 server that features higher performance and several configurations to meet a wide range of user needs.
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Q&A: HP's Livermore sees no need for HP-UX on x86 AUGUST 17, 2004 (COMPUTERWORLD) - This can't be an easy time for Ann Livermore. When Hewlett-Packard Co. missed Wall Street's earnings expectations late last week, the blame was placed squarely on the shoulders of the Enterprise Servers and Storage Group, ...
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Indian researcher designs revolutionary low cost PC for the poor Aug 17 - Professor Raj Reddy, an Indian researcher in artificial intelligence and a professor at Carnegie Mellon University. Has designed a wirelessly networked personal computer worth just 250 US dollars intended for the four billion people around the ...
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That Special Underwater Glow any coral colonies have a nice healthy glow about them, courtesy of fluorescent proteins produced by the coral animals themselves.
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Check-Up Finds 'Some Scratches' on Sprinter ATHENS (Reuters) - A medical examiner found "some scratches" on one of the two Greek Olympic sprinters who said they had a motorcycle crash on the night they missed a drugs test last week, a judicial source said on Tuesday.
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Time for Dream Team to step up Today is huge day for the Red, White, and Blue hoops team. Team USA takes on Greece today at 3:15 ET and never before have more critical eyes been watching American basketball.
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Al-Maktoum wins men's double trap shooting gold ATHENS : Sheikh Ahmed Al-Maktoum's six-year quest for Olympic glory ended with a historic first ever gold for the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday after he clinched the men's double trap shooting event.
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E-mail from Athens ATHENS, Greece For people willing to devote an unfathomable $1.5 billion to "security" for the Olympic Games, the Greeks sure are careless. As in, they couldn't care less.
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US takes early lead over Australia THESSALONIKI, Greece - With Abby Wambach out with a suspension after receiving two yellow cards Sunday against Brazil, the US soccer team came together and grabbed the lead early in their game against Australia on Tuesday afternoon.
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Boscastle, Cornwall hit by "Day after tomorrow" flood! Boscastle, a fishing village in Cornwall, has been devastated by a flash flood following torrential rain and a rising tide.
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Google's auction wrapping up NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- Google's long-awaited kickoff as the largest Internet IPO of all time is likely to take place as early as Wednesday after the controversial Dutch auction process wraps up after the bell.
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Newest discoveries puts known number of satellites at 33 A camera aboard the Cassini spacecraft flying in orbit around Saturn has discovered two of the tiniest moons in the solar system -- one barely 2 miles in diameter and the other only a half-mile larger, astronomers reported Monday.
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Check-Up Finds 'Some Scratches' on Sprinter ATHENS (Reuters) - A medical examiner found "some scratches" on one of the two Greek Olympic sprinters who said they had a motorcycle crash on the night they missed a drugs test last week, a judicial source said on Tuesday.
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Click on photo to enlarge Chat show queen Oprah Winfrey now has a chance to be just another average citizen, after being called to jury duty for a murder trial in her home city of Chicago.
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Parents Overlook Most Important Asthma Steps-Study WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Parents of children with asthma try hard to protect their youngsters but often overlook the most important measures, including banning smoking in the house and shutting windows to keep pollen out, US researchers reported on Tuesday.
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British Charge 8 Tied to Terror Plot With Murder Conspiracy ONDON, Aug. 17 The British police today charged eight men with conspiracy to murder and terrorism after finding that they possessed reconnaissance information on financial centers in Washington, New York and New Jersey that were ...
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Terror top threat to US economy: poll LONDON (CBS.MW) -- Terrorism is the biggest short-term threat to the US economy, according to a survey in August by the National Association of Business Economics.
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3 Fort Hood soldiers killed in Iraq Three Fort Hood soldiers have been identified as killed in action in the strife-torn Iraqi city of Najaf.
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Boscastle, Cornwall hit by "Day after tomorrow" flood! Boscastle, a fishing village in Cornwall, has been devastated by a flash flood following torrential rain and a rising tide.
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UNHCR Reports 478 New Sudanese Refugees UNHCR in Chad has reported at least 478 new arrivals from Sudan's strife-torn Darfur region, the first significant number of Sudanese to have crossed the border in about two months. UNHCR staff pre-registered the new arrivals over the past three days near ...
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