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Americans Settle for 1-1 Tie With Aussies THESSALONIKI, Greece - The U.S. women's soccer team needed only a tie Tuesday and that's all it got - settling for a draw against a team it had always beaten...
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Sharon Ends West Bank Construction Freeze JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has approved the construction of 1,000 more homes in Jewish settlements in the West Bank, officials said Tuesday, violating a U.S.-backed peace plan that calls for a building freeze. Sharon's aides said they had Washington's tacit approval for the construction, because the houses would be built inside existing settlements that are among the enclaves Israel insists on keeping under any peace settlement with the Palestinians...
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Ill. Plans Online Network to Import Drugs CHICAGO - Ignoring a federal ban on prescription drug imports, Illinois' governor announced Tuesday that the state would have an online clearinghouse running within a month to help residents purchase drugs from Canada, Ireland and the United Kingdom. The state won't import the drugs itself, but plans to contract with a Canadian company to connect state residents with foreign pharmacies that have been approved by state health inspectors...
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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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Najaf Fighting Intensifies 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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Britain Charges 8 Terrorist Suspects LONDON - British police charged eight terrorist suspects Tuesday of conspiring to commit murder and use radioactive materials, toxic gases, chemicals or explosives to cause "fear or injury" in a case involving an alleged top al-Qaida operative at the center of a U.S. terror alert this month...
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Officials Urge Care on U.S. Intelligence Reforms WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld urged the U.S. Congress on Tuesday to proceed with great caution on a proposed overhaul of U.S. intelligence and avoid putting barriers between military commanders and the agencies that gather information.
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Sharon Allows 1,000 More Settler Homes in West Bank JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, facing a party mutiny over his plan to quit the Gaza Strip, has approved 1,000 more Israeli settler homes in the West Bank in a move that drew a cautious response Tuesday from Washington.
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Jo-Ann Sticks to Its Knitting The sewing retailer threads its way further down the road to profits.
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J.C. Penney on the Rise The retailer hits its stride after shedding Eckerd Drugstores.
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Hoarding Home Depot Plus, Apple's Real rivalry, and McAfee finds more security.
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Mobile Boohoo for Sohu (The Motley Fool) The Motley Fool - Chinese net stock Sohu.com (Nasdaq: SOHU - News) dropped by 10% on Friday after the company announced that its multimedia messaging services with China Mobile Communication had been temporarily suspended for a year. The sanctions were imposed after Sohu sent solicitations for phone messaging services without China Mobile's approval. Sohu is now down 25% after its high-flying start to this calendar year.
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McAfee Finds Security in Foundstone (The Motley Fool) The Motley Fool - Shortly after we came back from our big vacation overseas in May, my Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL - News) PowerBook was hit with a computer virus. I can't tell you which one, but it was enough to cripple my Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT - News) Office for the Mac software. Symantec's (Nasdaq: SYMC - News) Norton Anti-Virus found the bug, and then eradicated it by exterminating my entire in-box. (Thanks, guys.)
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Sooners Set Sights on Big 12 Title (AP) AP - These are days of change in the Big 12.
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Romania Wins Women's Gymnastics Gold, U.S. Takes Silver ATHENS (Reuters) - Romania won the women's artistic gymnastics team gold medal at the Olympics Tuesday.
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Fencing: U.S. and Swiss End Gold Drought ATHENS (Reuters) - Mariel Zagunis won the first fencing gold for the United States for 100 years when she beat Xue Tan of China 15-9 in the inaugural Olympic women's sabre final on Tuesday.
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Bush Defends Decision to Pursue Missile Defense (Reuters) Reuters - President Bush defended his decision to pursue a missile defense system on Tuesday and said those who oppose the idea do not understand the dangers the country faces in the 21st century.
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Rumsfeld Rejects 'Fortress America' Charge WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld on Tuesday rejected criticism of a plan to remove U.S. troops from Europe and Asia, saying the United States had no intention of abandoning allies to establish a "Fortress America."
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Fighting in Basra Kills British Soldier (AP) AP - One British soldier was killed and another wounded during fighting with Iraqi militia forces in the southern Iraq on Tuesday, the British army said.
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Bush Defends Decision to Pursue Missile Defense (Reuters) Reuters - President Bush defended his decision to pursue a missile defense system on Tuesday and said those who oppose the idea do not understand the dangers the country faces in the 21st century.
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U.S. Hog Producers Dealt Setback in Bid (AP) AP - Canada's subsidies for its hog industry are too small to justify the imposition of U.S. tariffs on hogs from north of the border, the Commerce Department said Tuesday in a preliminary decision.
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Iraq's Sadr Declines to Meet Najaf Peace Delegation NAJAF, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraq's radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr refused on Tuesday to meet a delegation of Iraqi political and religious leaders who want him to call off his uprising in the holy city of Najaf and other areas.
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Iraq's Sadr Declines to Meet Najaf Peace Delegation NAJAF, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraq's radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr refused on Tuesday to meet a delegation of Iraqi political and religious leaders who want him to call off his uprising in the holy city of Najaf and other areas.
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End of Google's share auction at hand The unconventional Dutch auction for the most hotly anticipated dot-com IPO in years is likely to end Tuesday afternoon, paving the way for a stock called GOOG to make its market debut.
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Court Rejects Yukos' Appeals About Tax Claim Yukos suffered a double blow Tuesday when the Moscow Arbitration Court rejected attempts by the oil major to cover part of a $3.4 billion bill in back taxes and postpone collection of the claim.
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Costco Target of Sex Bias Lawsuit SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Lawyers leading a record-setting sex discrimination case against Wal-Mart Stores said on Tuesday they filed a lawsuit against Costco Wholesale Corp. (COST.O: Quote, Profile, Research) , claiming the company kept women out of top ...
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Pentagon withholds 15 percent of Halliburton payments WASHINGTON : The Pentagon will withhold 15 percent of future payments to Halliburton after accusing it of inadequate accounting for contract work in Iraq and Kuwait, the firm said.
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Investors: Nortel may axe 5,000 jobs OTTAWA (Reuters) - Nortel Networks Corp. investors predicted Tuesday the telecom equipment giant will again slash jobs when it reports long-overdue results this week, and shrugged off news of another criminal probe into its high-profile accounting woes.
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Applied Materials Returns to Profit Aug. 17, 2004 SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Applied Materials Inc.
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Comcast Rises on Buffett Buy Comcast's (CMCSA:Nasdaq - news - research) shares jumped 2% Tuesday on news that Warren Buffett had feasted on its shares.
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Stocks End Higher, Lifted by Data NEW YORK (Reuters) - US stocks ended higher on Tuesday, even as oil prices hit another record, as investors were encouraged by data showing an easing of inflationary pressure and a sharp rebound in the housing market.
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Air Canada Creditors Clear Carrier's Bankruptcy Plan (Update2) Aug. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Air Canada creditors including a General Electric Co. unit and Deutsche Bank AG cleared a plan that gives them most of the company's equity when the carrier emerges from bankruptcy protection at the end of September.
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Imprisoned Rapper Shyne Loses Phone Rights He may have a successful record but he can't make a phone call. Jailed rapper Jamal Shyne Barrow lost phone privileges after officials learned he was doing business behind bars. He used the jail house phone for interviews and recording music. His ...
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"Fahrenheit" Rises Up on DVD The gadfly filmmaker's Bush-bashing documentary hit, Fahrenheit 9/11, will bow on DVD and video on Oct. 5, was announced Tuesday.
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Short Course of Hormone Therapy Boosts Odds With Prostate Cancer TUESDAY, Aug. 17 (HealthDayNews) -- Adding only six months of follow-up hormone therapy to radiation treatment for prostate cancer saves as many lives as three years of the hormone regimen does, researchers report.
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ASU to Get Grant for STD-Killing Drugs PHOENIX Aug. 17, 2004 Arizona State University's new Biodesign Institute is getting a five-year, $7.4 million federal grant to work on drugs that kill sexually transmitted diseases like AIDS.
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Therapy Plus Drug Best for Depressed Teens -Study CHICAGO (Reuters) - Talk therapy can allay thoughts of suicide among seriously depressed teenagers who are taking an antidepressant drug and the combination of therapies is more effective than the drugs alone, a study said on Tuesday.
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AMD enters the 90-nanometer zone Advanced Micro Devices says it has reached a chip manufacturing milestone that will lead to improvements across its range of processor offerings for PCs and servers.
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Flash Video Takes a Front Seat Macromedia announced a new kit that simplifies the way professional developers add video to their Web sites.
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Microsoft Integration Server on Deck Microsoft (Quote, Chart) is ready to ship Host Integration Server 2004, offering a Windows interface to mainframes and legacy applications.
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Phelps Pushes Gold-Medal Haul to Three ATHENS, Greece - With the quest to surpass Mark Spitz out of the way, Michael Phelps could savor one of the greatest races in swimming history. Phelps claimed his second and third gold medals of the Athens Games on Tuesday, winning the ...
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Manipuris celebrate Rathore's silver Barely 48-hours after burning the tricolour, the Meiteis of Manipur cheered lustily after Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore won India's first individual Olympic silver medal for double trap shooting. Many in Imphal were glued to the television set as Rathore ...
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US Sprinter Edwards Loses Appeal on Doping Ban The Court of Arbitration for Sport has rejected US sprinter Torri Edwards's appeal of her doping ban and upheld her two-year suspension from track and field.
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Federer Out But Roddick Scrapes Through Roger Federer was sent spinning to a stunning defeat as Czech 18-year-old Tomas Berdych produced the most incredible upset that this Olympic tennis tournament will see.
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Singh wants more Vijay Singh is quietly confident of building on his United States PGA victory and believes it could be the start of things to come.
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Canadian poolcrasher prompts tighter security ATHENS - Olympic organizers have increased security inside all sports venues today after a Canadian, whose body was emblazoned with the name of an Internet casino, climbed out of the stands and jumped off one of the boards into the pool.
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Americans Settle for 1-1 Tie With Aussies THESSALONIKI, Greece - The US women's soccer team only needed a tie Tuesday, and that's all it got - settling for a draw against a team it had always beaten. The Americans tied Australia 1-1, ending a perfect record against the Matildas ...
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Buckeyes have lots to replace but are brimming with optimism There are remarkable similarities between the 2004 Ohio State Buckeyes and those that won the national championship just two years ago.
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Iraq's Sadr Snubs Peace Delegation in Najaf NAJAF, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraq's radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr refused on Tuesday to meet a delegation of Iraqi political and religious leaders seeking to end a rebellion in the holy city of Najaf and other parts of the country.
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Rwanda Vows to Defend Itself Against Hutu Attackers Following the recent massacre at a refugee camp in Burundi in which more than 150 Tutsi refugees were killed, Rwanda's foreign minister says that if Hutu armed extremists based in neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo cross the border into Rwanda to ...
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Downer begins North Korea mission Foreign Minister Alexander Downer has begun his peace mission to North Korea in a bid to convince the Stalinist regime to abandon its nuclear weapons programs.
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Pressure On NJ Gov To Quit Now (CBS/AP) New Jersey Republicans and some Democrats want James McGreevey, the nation's first openly gay governor, to resign immediately rather than waiting until November.
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End of Google's share auction at hand The unconventional Dutch auction for the most hotly anticipated dot-com IPO in years is likely to end Tuesday afternoon, paving the way for a stock called GOOG to make its market debut.
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Phelps Pushes Gold-Medal Haul to Three ATHENS, Greece - With the quest to surpass Mark Spitz out of the way, Michael Phelps could savor one of the greatest races in swimming history. Phelps claimed his second and third gold medals of the Athens Games on Tuesday, winning the ...
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Manipuris celebrate Rathore's silver Barely 48-hours after burning the tricolour, the Meiteis of Manipur cheered lustily after Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore won India's first individual Olympic silver medal for double trap shooting. Many in Imphal were glued to the television set as Rathore ...
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Short Course of Hormone Therapy Boosts Odds With Prostate Cancer TUESDAY, Aug. 17 (HealthDayNews) -- Adding only six months of follow-up hormone therapy to radiation treatment for prostate cancer saves as many lives as three years of the hormone regimen does, researchers report.
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US accepts results of Venezuelan referendum ¡¡ WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 (Xinhuanet) -- The United States on Tuesday accepted the preliminary results of Venezuela's recall referendum in which incumbent President Hugo Chavez won a majority of support.
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Rumsfeld Cautions on Intelligence Reform WASHINGTON Aug. 17, 2004 Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld conceded Tuesday that a new, powerful intelligence director could bring "some modest" improvements to efforts to safeguard the nation but warned that any changes must not hurt the flow of ...
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Pressure On NJ Gov To Quit Now (CBS/AP) New Jersey Republicans and some Democrats want James McGreevey, the nation's first openly gay governor, to resign immediately rather than waiting until November.
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Illinois to allow import of prescription drugs from three countries Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich said Tuesday that Illinois will become the first state in the nation to allow the import of pharmaceuticals from Canada, Ireland and the United Kingdom.
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The mild, mild West Surveys and historic photographs show it has shrunk by about 50 percent in a century. Scientists say it is one piece of evidence the climate of California and the West is undergoing a fundamental shift, but it is not the only one.
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US military to start hearings for court-martials next week WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 (Xinhuanet) -- The US military will start preliminary hearings next week for the court-martials designed to try designated terrorist suspects held at the US naval base prisonat Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the Pentagon announced Tuesday.
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Iraq's Sadr Snubs Peace Delegation in Najaf NAJAF, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraq's radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr refused on Tuesday to meet a delegation of Iraqi political and religious leaders seeking to end a rebellion in the holy city of Najaf and other parts of the country.
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Rwanda Vows to Defend Itself Against Hutu Attackers Following the recent massacre at a refugee camp in Burundi in which more than 150 Tutsi refugees were killed, Rwanda's foreign minister says that if Hutu armed extremists based in neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo cross the border into Rwanda to ...
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Southern African Development Community Agrees on New Election Guidelines Southern African leaders have agreed to a set of rules aimed at enhancing the transparency of elections and democratic rule in the region.
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Army: May Not Withhold Halliburton Money WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Army on Tuesday appeared to reverse a decision to stop paying a portion of Halliburton Co.'s <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=HAL.N&target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">HAL.N</A> bills in Iraq and gave the company more time to resolve a billing dispute.
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'Goodfellas' Cast Reunites for Dinner (AP) AP - The theme of the night was "breaking bread, not legs" when some of the cast and filmmakers of "Goodfellas" reunited for a traditional sit-down dinner Monday night.
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Rival Boxing TV Shows Slug It Out in Calif. Court (Reuters) Reuters - The makers of rival boxing shows coming to U.S. television stepped into the legal ring on Tuesday as producers of NBC's "The Contender" sought a court order to block "The Next Great Champ" from debuting as planned next month on Fox.
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'Goodfellas' Cast Reunites for Dinner (AP) AP - The theme of the night was "breaking bread, not legs" when some of the cast and filmmakers of "Goodfellas" reunited for a traditional sit-down dinner Monday night.
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Rival Boxing TV Shows Slug It Out in Calif. Court LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The makers of rival boxing shows coming to U.S. television stepped into the legal ring on Tuesday as producers of NBC's "The Contender" sought a court order to block "The Next Great Champ" from debuting as planned next month on Fox.
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Lions' Porcher Accepting Diminished Role (AP) AP - Robert Porcher knows his NFL career is heading toward the end.
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Romania Wins Women's Gymnastics Gold, U.S. Takes Silver ATHENS (Reuters) - Romania underlined their superiority over the rest of the field by storming to the women's gymnastics team gold at the Olympic Games Tuesday.
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Japan Powers Past Cuba in Baseball ATHENS (Reuters) - In a baseball battle of gold-medal contenders, Japan banged three home runs to defeat Cuba 6-3 Tuesday, as starter Daisuke Matsuzaka pitched into the ninth.
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U.S. Gets Silver Romania wins the gold in women's gymnastics as the United States takes the silver.
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Army: May Not Withhold Halliburton Money WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Army on Tuesday appeared to reverse a decision to stop paying a portion of Halliburton Co.'s <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=HAL.N&target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">HAL.N</A> bills in Iraq and gave the company more time to resolve a billing dispute.
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Rival Boxing TV Shows Slug It Out in Calif. Court LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The makers of rival boxing shows coming to U.S. television stepped into the legal ring on Tuesday as producers of NBC's "The Contender" sought a court order to block "The Next Great Champ" from debuting as planned next month on Fox.
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Raul wants to forget Euro 2004 Spain are anxious to put a disappointing Euro 2004 performance behind them and start afresh under new coach Luis Aragones, according to team captain Raul.
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U.S. Backs Venezuela Referendum Results (AP) AP - The United States said Tuesday the vote by Venezuela's people to allow President Hugo Chavez to complete his term marks an end to the Latin American nation's political crisis.
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Growth Hormone Increases Height of Short Kids (Reuters) Reuters - Children who are short for no apparent medical reason get a boost in height from growth hormone shots, the results of a clinical trial show.
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Californians Ask Feds to Return Their Marijuana (Reuters) Reuters - A group of 38 California medical marijuana patients filed legal motions on Tuesday asking the federal government to give them back their pot worth nearly a million dollars.
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Gene Variant Linked to Prostate Cancer Risk (Reuters) Reuters - A variation in a gene that regulates inflammatory activity is associated with susceptibility to prostate cancer, Swedish researchers have shown.
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Growth Hormone Increases Height of Short Kids NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Children who are short for no apparent medical reason get a boost in height from growth hormone shots, the results of a clinical trial show.
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Californians Ask Feds to Return Their Marijuana SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A group of 38 California medical marijuana patients filed legal motions on Tuesday asking the federal government to give them back their pot worth nearly a million dollars.
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Gene Variant Linked to Prostate Cancer Risk NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A variation in a gene that regulates inflammatory activity is associated with susceptibility to prostate cancer, Swedish researchers have shown.
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In the Wake of Charley: Waiting for Everything PUNTA GORDA, Fla. (Reuters) - Ice was a hot commodity in Florida on Tuesday and frustration was mounting as hundreds of thousands remained without power in sweltering heat in the aftermath of Hurricane Charley.
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Army: May Not Withhold Halliburton Money WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Army on Tuesday appeared to reverse a decision to stop paying a portion of Halliburton Co.'s <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=HAL.N&target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">HAL.N</A> bills in Iraq and gave the company more time to resolve a billing dispute.
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Consumer Prices Drop, Other Data Point Up WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumer prices dropped in July for the first time in eight months as a sharp run up in gasoline costs reversed, the government said on Tuesday in a report suggesting the U.S. Federal Reserve can stick to a plan of gradual interest-rate rises.
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Stocks Up on Data, Despite Oil's Rise NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks ended higher for a third successive day on Tuesday, even as oil prices rose to another record, after investors were encouraged by data showing an easing of inflationary pressure and a sharp rebound in the housing market.
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Berkshire Takes Stake in Pier 1 Is the home furnishings company on the road to recovery?
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PBS to Air Julia Child Documentary Wed. (AP) AP - PBS has moved up the premiere of a one-hour documentary on Julia Child that had been set to air next year. The 6-foot-2 kitchen icon, who shared her delight of French cuisine through her TV show and cookbooks, died Friday, just two days before her 92nd birthday.
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PBS to Air Julia Child Documentary Wed. (AP) AP - PBS has moved up the premiere of a one-hour documentary on Julia Child that had been set to air next year. The 6-foot-2 kitchen icon, who shared her delight of French cuisine through her TV show and cookbooks, died Friday, just two days before her 92nd birthday.
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Miscues Cost U.S. Women Gymnastics Gold (AP) AP - They were the kind of mistakes only judges see — little touches that seem so inconsequential. But they add up, and they cost the U.S. gymnastics team a gold medal. The Americans settled for silver Tuesday night, done in as much by their own sloppiness as Romania's superiority.
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Kerry Condemns Ad Attacking Bush Service (AP) AP - John Kerry on Tuesday condemned a television ad that criticizes President Bush's Vietnam-era service in the Texas Air National Guard, even as prominent veterans linked to the Democratic presidential campaign echoed the commercial's accusations.
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Mobile Homes a Danger in Hurricane Zones, Owners Say PUNTA GORDA, Fla. (Reuters) - Rita Weston survived Hurricane Charley huddled under a mattress with her husband and mother in a mobile home she bought 35 years ago. But before the storm passed, the home was reduced to scrap wood and metal.
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Consumer Prices Drop, Other Data Point Up WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumer prices dropped in July for the first time in eight months as a sharp run up in gasoline costs reversed, the government said on Tuesday in a report suggesting the U.S. Federal Reserve can stick to a plan of gradual interest-rate rises.
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Aslef deputy sacked over forgery The deputy leader of the train drivers' union Aslef has been sacked, the BBC has learned.
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Consumer Prices Drop, Other Data Point Up WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumer prices dropped in July for the first time in eight months as a sharp run up in gasoline costs reversed, the government said on Tuesday in a report suggesting the U.S. Federal Reserve can stick to a plan of gradual interest-rate rises.
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Aslef deputy sacked over forgery The deputy leader of the train drivers' union Aslef has been sacked, the BBC has learned.
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Applied Materials Swings to 3Q Profit Applied Materials Inc. on Tuesday said it swung to a third-quarter profit as the largest semiconductor equipment maker saw sales more than double due to a strong spending environment.
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Consumer Prices Decline, Housing Rebounds After months of being buffeted by higher energy costs, consumer prices posted a rare decline in July while output at US factories and construction of new homes and apartments rebounded from their June swoon.
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