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In an interview, Healey, who is a criminologist, acknowledged that much of the sentiment among legislators here and across the country was wariness toward capital punishment.---In an interview, Ms. Healey, who is a criminologist, said many lawmakers here and across the country shared a wariness toward capital punishment.
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Today, the Columbia Accident Investigation Board will issue its findings on what caused the accident.---The Columbia Accident Investigation Board has placed the blame for the accident squarely on Nasa.
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"I'm not aware of any changes in policy - we have contacts with them, they will continue."---"Our policies are well-known and I'm not aware of any changes in policy.
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Telemarketers who call listed numbers could face FCC fines of up to $120,000.---Telemarketers who call numbers on the list after Oct. 1 could face fines of up to $11,000 per call.
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The compensation committee will prohibit securities industry directors from sitting on it.---The exchange also said its five-person compensation committee will consist only of directors from outside the securities industry.
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Immediately after the blast, people portraying some of the 150 "victims" stumbled amid the wreckage as emergency vehicles converged on the scene.---Immediately after the small explosion, people portraying victims stumbled amid the wreckage as fire trucks and other emergency vehicles converged.
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"This is, I think, a very seminal moment in our agency's history," Mr O'Keefe said.---"I think we are at a seminal moment in the history of this agency," he said.
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British police claim they have been taking statements from more than 30 of the women.---British military police have also been taking statements from 30 of the women who have made the allegations.
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A group of investors wants to start a TV network aimed at the estimated 8 million Muslims living in the United States.---A group of investors said Friday it wants to start a television network aimed at the interests of an estimated 8 million Muslims living in the United States.
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He said that in early December, immigration inspectors at Hartsfield will be able to match the fingerprints to the federal government's computerized "watch lists."---In early December, immigration inspectors at Hartsfield will be able to match the fingerprints to the federal government's computerized "watch lists," Williams said.
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Derrick Todd Lee is helped from a plane in Baton Rouge, Wednesday.---Derrick Todd Lee, 34, is shown in this photo released by the police in Baton Rouge, Monday.
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They also said the rule will make the nation's electrical system more reliable -- a high-profile issue after last week's massive power blackout.---They also said the rule will improve the reliability of the nation's electrical system, which is needed after last week's massive power blackout.
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Sanchez de Lozada promised a referendum on a controversial gas project, a reform of a free market energy law and constitutional reforms.---Sanchez de Lozada promised a referendum on the gas project, a reform of energy laws and constitutional changes.
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Yesterday, this honor was given to Firefighter Thomas C. Brick, who died last Tuesday battling a fire in an Upper Manhattan warehouse.---They were there to honor Brick, who died Tuesday battling a four-alarm blaze in an upper Manhattan warehouse.
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In the settlement, Tyrer agreed to pay $US1.06 million in allegedly ill-gotten trading profits and $US342,195 in interest, the SEC said.---To settle the charges, Mr. Tyrer agreed to surrender $1.06 million in trading profits and $342,195 in interest.
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The agency said it would not release the name of the 17-year-old involved because he is a minor.---The agency said it had no plans to release the name of the teenager involved because he was a minor.
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He was also expected to visit Yemen and Bahrain during his tour of the region.---Khatami, who arrived in Beirut Monday, was also to visit Syria, Yemen and Bahrain.
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Opposition to the bill has come from environmentalists, the Miccosukee Tribe, some scientists and members of Congress.---Besides a federal judge, the criticism has mounted from environmentalists, the Miccosukee Tribe, some scientists and some congressional leaders.
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After the shooting, Hoffine fled to the nearby home of a friend, and allowed her and her daughter to leave.---Hoffine drove to the home of a friend and told her what he had done before allowing the woman and her daughter to leave, Hurley said.
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He gave a surprisingly impassioned speech to the United Steelworkers of America, who announced their endorsement yesterday.---On Tuesday, he picked up the endorsement of the United Steelworkers of America.
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Merrill neither admitted to nor denied wrongdoing in the accord.---Merrill Lynch did not admit to wrongdoing in the accord.
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Mr. Marshall demonstrated a preference for results over rhetoric in preparing the Civil Rights Act.---Marshall demonstrated his preference for results over rhetoric in preparing the Civil Rights Act that was passed in November 1964.
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The FTC judge is set to render a decision on Dec. 18, which is viewed as the final chapter of a long-standing legal saga that's dragged on for years.---The FTC decision is viewed as the final leg in a longstanding legal saga that has dragged on for years.
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The lawmakers were departing Wednesday and expected to arrive in Pyongyang on Friday.---The lawmakers expected to arrive in Pyongyang on Friday and leave Sunday for South Korea.
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Authorities said the bodies of a man and woman were recovered on Friday from a camping ground in nearby Devore, where a wall of mud destroyed 32 caravans.---Two other bodies were recovered on Friday from a campground in nearby Devore, where a wall of mud destroyed 32 trailers.
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Democrats currently hold a 17-15 advantage in the state's congressional delegation.---The Texas congressional delegation now is 17-15 Democratic.
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He said that most of the 250 persons living near the disaster site were asleep when the cloudburst took place late on Thursday evening.---Most of the 250 persons living near the disaster site were asleep when the cloudburst took place, the second such incident in three weeks.
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The awards are being announced today by the Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation.---The prizes, from the Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation, will be awarded Friday in New York.
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According to the survey, last years identity theft losses to businesses and financial institutions totaled nearly $48 billion and consumer victims reported $5 billion in out-of-pocket expenses.---Identity theft cost businesses and financial institutions nearly $48 billion and consumer victims reported $5 billion in out-of-pocket expenses last year, according to the FTC.
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The company also became synonymous with ethical business practices.---Levi became known for ethical business practices.
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Peterson, 27, was eight months pregnant when she disappeared in the days before Christmas.---Peterson was almost eight months pregnant when she was reported missing.
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At present, the FCC will not request personal identifying information prior to allowing access to the wireless network.---The FCC said that it won't request personal identifying information before allowing people to access the wireless network.
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The US on Tuesday assembled a coalition of more than a dozen countries to launch a World Trade Organisation case against the European Union's ban on new genetically modified crops.---The US on Tuesday filed a long-anticipated case in the World Trade Organisation aimed at forcing the European Union to lift its de facto moratorium on genetically modified foods.
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A federal appeals court yesterday reinstated perjury charges against a San Diego student accused of lying about his association with 9/11 hijackers.---A U.S. appeals court in New York reinstated perjury charges against a Grossmont College student accused of lying about his knowledge of two of the Sept. 11 hijackers.
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Kerr, who won three championships with the Chicago Bulls in the 90's and one with the Spurs in 1999, finished with 12 points, 3 assists and 2 rebounds.---Kerr, who won three NBA titles with Chicago and one with the Spurs in 1999, finished with 12 points, three assists and two rebounds.
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"If the other rating agencies also downgrade us..---The two other national rating agencies are waiting to take action.
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Another million barrels, bought by Spanish refiner Cepsa SA, was to be loaded onto a Spanish tanker, the Sandra Tapias.---A Spanish tanker, Sandra Tapias, was to be loaded with another million barrels, bought by Spanish refiner Cepsa SA, in the afternoon.
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He caused a stir by misnaming the mayor of Miami, Manny Diaz.---He greeted the mayor of Miami, Manny Diaz, as "Alex."
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Lloyds TSB confirmed on Tuesday it was "considering its options" over the sale of its National Bank of New Zealand subsidiary.---Lloyds TSB yesterday confirmed that it had received bids for its National Bank of New Zealand operation.
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Most economists had expected a more dire report, with many anticipating the fifth month of job losses in six months.---Most economists had been expecting a far more dire report, with many expecting to see the fifth month of job losses in six months in September.
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The reading for both August and July is the best seen since the survey began in August 1997.---It is the highest reading since the index was created in August 1997.
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Former U.S. Rep. Frank McCloskey, 64, died this afternoon in his home after a long battle with bladder cancer.---McCloskey died Sunday afternoon in his home after a year-long battle with bladder cancer.
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Instead, bond bulls focus on the fact the Fed has done nothing to dispel market expectations of an easing, either in speeches or through the press.---Still, bond bulls can take comfort in the fact the Fed has done nothing to dispel market expectations of an easing, either in speeches or through the press.
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He also drove in a run on a groundout against Franklin in the fifth.---He drove in another run in the fifth inning on a groundout.
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In a series of raids, Moroccan police arrested 33 suspects on Saturday, including some linked to the radical Djihad Salafist group, a senior official said.---Moroccan police have arrested 33 suspects, including some linked to the radical Djihad Salafist group, a government official said.
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Novelist Michael Peterson was convicted Friday of murdering his wife, whose body was found in a pool of blood at the bottom of a staircase in their home.---A jury convicted novelist Michael Peterson Friday of bludgeoning his wife of five years in the stairwell of their home.
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President Bush on Saturday became the first American president to address a joint session of the Philippine National Congress since Dwight Eisenhower in 1960.---"But success requires more than American assistance," Bush said in the first speech to a joint session of Philippine Congress by a U.S. president since Dwight Eisenhower in 1960.
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Allied forces have overthrown the government, moved into Saddam Hussein's palaces and started to patrol the streets of the capital.---Allied forces have defeated Saddam's military, moved into his palaces and started to patrol Baghdad.
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They went into the operations of their own free will," their father Dadollah Bijani said.---They went into the operation on their own free will,' Reuters quoted their father, Mr Dadollah Bijani, as saying.
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The yield on the 3 5/8 percent February 2013 note dropped 2 basis points to 3.66 percent.---The yield on the 3 percent note maturing in 2008 fell 22 basis points to 2.61 percent.
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"Imagine that in someone's fucking brain," Klebold said.---Imagine, one said, what a bullet would do in someone's brain.
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"Approximately 60 per cent of all national advertisers do not yet advertise in Spanish," he said.---"Approximately 60 percent of all national advertisers do not yet advertise in Spanish."
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Previously he had seen the grinning mechanic from east Java only on television.---Mr Hughes had seen Amrozi's face on television, the infamous images of the grinning mechanic from east Java.
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As part of the agreement to extradite the two best friends from Canada, prosecutors agreed not to seek the death penalty.---As part of a 2001 agreement to extradite them from Canada, prosecutors agreed not to seek the death penalty.
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MySQL AB on Tuesday announced that it had ported its open-source database to the HP-UX operating system on the 64-bit Intel Itanium 2 processor.---The company updated the MySQL 4.0 software with the ability to run on the HP-UX 11i Unix operating system and Linux on servers equipped with Intel's 64-bit Itanium 2 processor.
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The technology-laced Nasdaq Composite Index .IXIC edged up 2.84 points, or 0.18 percent, at 1,593.59.---The broader Standard & Poor's 500 Index .SPX added 1.14 points, or 0.12 percent, at 968.14.
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"The question that has to be penetrated is, how did 38 visits over 2 years not rescue these children from slow torture and starvation?"---"The question that has to be penetrated is how did 38 visits over two years not rescue these children from slow torture and starvation," Ryan said in an interview.
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Cindy Cohn, legal director for the Electronic Frontier Foundation, said that portion of the DMCA gives too much leeway to copyright holders.---Cindy Cohn, legal director for the Electronic Frontier Foundation, said Monday that section 512 hands too much power to copyright holders.
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The S3C2440 CPU supports major operating systems including Microsoft Windows CE/Pocket PC, Palm OS, Symbian, and Linux.---It supports the Windows CE, Palm, Symbian, and Linux operating systems.
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The transaction will expand the revenue from Callebaut's consumer products business to 45 percent of total sales from 23 percent.---The transaction will expand Callebaut's sales revenues from its consumer products business to 45 percent from 23 percent.
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Meanwhile, law enforcement officials in Palm Beach County, Fla., where Limbaugh owns a $24 million mansion, said his drug use is under investigation.---A law enforcement source in Palm Beach County, where Limbaugh owns a $24 million oceanfront mansion, said last week that Limbaugh's drug use is still under investigation.
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State Rep. Ron Wilson, D-Houston, joined committee Republicans in voting for the map.---State Rep. Ron Wilson, a Houston Democrat, joined nine Republicans in approving the bill Saturday.
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State unemployment last month stood at 6.4 percent, down from a revised 6.7 percent in August.---The statewide unemployment rate fell to 6.4 percent, down from a revised 6.7 percent in August.
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The three chains have replaced most of the 70,000 striking workers with temporary employees to keep their stores open.---The supermarket chains have used managers and replacement workers to keep their stores open, often at reduced hours.
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Government workers trapped in a burning downtown office tower frantically dialed 911 as they tried to make their way through smoke-filled staircases and hallways, officials said.---Some people trapped in a burning high-rise building in Chicago's Loop business district frantically dialed 911 for help in escaping the smoke-filled staircases and hallways, officials said.
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Because of the distance between the two chambers, the eventual conference between House and Senate tax writers promises to be intense and possibly rocky.---The eventual conference between House and Senate tax writers promises to be intense and possibly rocky, even though all the principals will be Republicans.
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Their groundbreaking contributions commercialize technologies, create jobs, improve productivity and stimulate the nation's growth and development."---"Their groundbreaking contributions commercialise technologies, create jobs, improve productivity and stimulate the nation's growth and development," it said.
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Oak Brook, IL-based McDonalds is expected to launch several hundred restaurants by year's end.---The company's goal is to offer wireless service at several hundred restaurants by year's end.
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But software license revenues, a measure financial analysts watch closely, decreased 21 percent to $107.6 million.---License sales, a key measure of demand, fell 21 percent to $107.6 million.
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The dividend, the company's second this calendar year, is payable Nov. 7 to shareholders of record at the close of business Oct. 17.---In a statement, Microsoft said the dividend is payable Nov. 7 to shareholders of record on Oct. 17.
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Mr. Hampton had been living at a residence for AIDS patients in Beth Israel Hospital.---Hampton, 39, died in Beth Israel Hospital, Tipograph said.
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Already suffering with the nation's worst credit rating, the state is operating for the first time completely on borrowed money.---The Davis administration says the state is operating for the first time completely on borrowed money.
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Testing of the swimsuit at a state police lab and at a private lab in Virginia had not yet been able determine whether it belonged to Bish, Conte said.---Testing at a Massachusetts State Police lab and a private Virginia lab has not been able to determine whether the swimsuit belonged to Bish, Conte said yesterday.
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Under the final tax bill, most dividends and capital gains would be taxed at 15 per cent until the end of 2008.---Under the compromise, most dividends and capital gains would be taxed at 15 percent through 2008.
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A grassy field and asphalt island, topped with an ATM, sit where Orville Wright once developed a split airplane wing, tinkered with cars and even built toys.---Orville Wright's laboratory was once there - where he developed a split airplane wing, tinkered with cars and even built toys.
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Shares of GE were slipping 17 cents, or 0.6%, to $28.02 in Instinet premarket trading.---Shares in GE were down 7 cents to $28.12 by the close of trading in New York.
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King, brand-name writer, master of the horror story and e-book pioneer, is receiving this year's medal for Distinguished Contributions to American Letters.---Stephen King, master of the horror story and e-book pioneer, is receiving this year's medal for Distinguished Contributions to American Letters from the National Book Foundation.
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The presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church, Frank T. Griswold III, declined, through a spokesman, to comment on the development Saturday.---The presiding bishop of the Episcopal church, Frank Griswold, declined to comment on Saturday's development.
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IAC's stock closed yesterday down $2.81, or 7.6 percent, at $34.19.---InterActiveCorp's shares closed at $34.19, down $2.81, or 7.6 percent on the Nasdaq Stock Market.
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Memories also live on of the bloody debacle in Somalia 10 years ago -- the last major US military involvement in Africa.---Memories also live on of a bloody debacle in Somalia a decade ago -- the last major U.S. military involvement in Africa.
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He faces up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine if convicted.---If convicted, Parson faces up to 10 years in federal prison and a fine of up to $250,000.
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At 5 p.m. EDT, Henri had maximum sustained winds near 50 mph, with some gusts reaching 60 mph.---At 8 p.m. Friday, Henri was becoming disorganized, but still had maximum sustained winds near 50 mph, with stronger gusts.
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"It's a huge black eye," said publisher Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr., whose family has controlled the paper since 1896.---"It's a huge black eye," Arthur Sulzberger, the newspaper's publisher, said of the scandal.
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The industry is working with the FDA "to get firm answers and not just speculation," he told Reuters Health.---Companies are working with the FDA and academics "to try and get some firm answers and not just speculation," Jarman said.
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It would have been the first time in Texas history that the comptroller had not certified the budget.---Strayhorn said it was the first time in Texas history a comptroller had not certified the appropriations act.
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Sales at Ford fell 0.1 percent while sales at DaimlerChrysler rose 7 percent.---Truck sales for the world's No. 2 automaker dropped 4.1 percent, while its car sales dropped 13.7 percent.
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The rate of survival without serious brain damage is about 10 per cent, said Dr Leo Bossaert, executive director of the European Resuscitation Council.---The rate of survival without serious brain damage is about 10 percent, said Bossaert, a professor at the University Hospital in Antwerp, Belgium.
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The Denver-based natural gas producer and marketer said the inaccurate reporting was discovered after it received a subpoena from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission.---The natural gas producer and marketer said the inaccurate reporting was discovered in response to a subpoena from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, or CFTC.
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GREAT train robber Ronnie Biggs was fighting for life last night after a massive heart attack.---Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs was back in jail tonight after being treated in hospital for pneumonia.
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The steel tariffs, which the U.S. president imposed in March 2002, will officially end at midnight, instead of March 2005 as initially planned.---The U.S. steel tariffs, which Bush imposed in March 2002, were to officially end at midnight Thursday (0500 GMT), instead of March 2005 as initially planned.
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Russian and Saudi officials on Monday signed a five-year agreement on cooperation in the oil and gas sector.---After talks, Russian and Saudi energy ministers signed a five-year agreement on cooperation in the oil and gas industry.
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A judge stayed an injunction against RIM that would have prevented it from selling the Blackberry device and services in the United States.---NTP also said it would seek an injunction preventing RIM from selling the BlackBerry in the United States.
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Imam Samudra, 32, is accused of being the "field commander" of the October 12 attacks that killed 202 people, mostly tourists.---Imam Samudra is charged with playing a key role in the planning and execution of the Oct. 12 attacks, that killed 202 people, mostly foreign tourists.
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This is just the latest movement in a continuing trend towards open source support of business applications.---This is just the latest movement in a continuing trend toward open-source support among business application vendors.
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Dusenbery's fiancee, Jessica Wheat, said he was considering settling down in Fort Campbell and making the Army his career.---Jessica Wheat, who said she and Dusenbery were planning to marry, said Dusenbery was considering settling down in Fort Campbell and making the Army his career.
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Jack Ferry, company spokesman, said that a search is in progress but would not comment on its status.---Company spokesman Jack Ferry said a search is ongoing but declined comment on its status.
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Three Federal Reserve speakers and the Fed's anecdotal summary of U.S. economic conditions could help firm expectations.---At 1800 GMT, the Federal Reserve issues its Beige Book summary of U.S. economic conditions.
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The U.N. Office of the Humanitarian Coordinator for Iraq last week reported that cases of diarrhea have tripled in Baghdad.---Children get sick from drinking the water: The United Nations Office of the Humanitarian Coordinator for Iraq last week reported that cases of diarrhea have tripled in Baghdad.
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Billy Hodge, 11, is engrossed with the Harry Potter series books.---Indeed, the Harry Potter series stands in a class by itself.
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Mr Eddington warned yesterday that the future of the airline was "in the hands of the negotiators".---"The future of BA is in the hands of the negotiators," Eddington told British Broadcasting Corp. television on Sunday.
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