"Friday October 31, 2:18 am ET By Tomoko A. Hosaka, Associated Press Writer Japan's central bank cuts key interest rate to 0.3 percent in close vote; first cut in 7 years TOKYO (AP) -- The Bank of Japan voted Friday to cut its key interest rate for the first time in more...
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"DAYTON, Ohio (AP) -- A mother was convicted Friday of killing her month-old daughter by burning her in a microwave oven, with jurors rejecting a defense attorney's claims there was evidence that someone else was responsible. ...
Amid concerns over the state of the US economy and jittery financial markets, the US Federal Reserve has cut interest rates by three quarters of a percentage point."
The central bank lowered rates to 2.25% from 3%, but the cut was smaller than financial markets had expected....
Let's hope the Big Bang Machine won't unlock the secrets of the universe by accidentally destroying the earth."GENEVA - A 100-tonne wheel, the last piece of an ambitious experiment that scientists hope will...
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A drought that has bared parts of the bed of Florida’s largest lake
has exposed human bone fragments, pottery and even boats — and
archaeologists are trying to evaluate the artifacts before water levels
rise...
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"CBS) HUNTINGTON, UtahCurtain Could Indicate That Miners Were Able To Find Good Air Images from a video camera lowered Wednesday into the mine where six men were trapped 10 days ago showed an undamaged shaft...
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Those men, their families, I can't imagine what they are going through."Drill reaches Utah mine chamber where 6 trapped
James Nelson, Reuters
Published: Friday, August 10, 2007
HUNTINGTON, Utah -- Rescue crews drilled into a deep chamber where six miners are trapped in a...
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The critic's job is made clear by her description, or so one would think. Australian food critics are now being told, however, that their words can be construed as "defamation", a ruling that will no doubt reverberate throughout the industry."THE High Court left a bad...
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"Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas have met, amid pressure from the US to find a way to restart peace talks.
The meeting in Jerusalem was the first in a series of fortnightly talks they agreed on during a visit last month by US Secretary...
"Sirius lowered expectations on the number of folks out there it plans on having as subscribers at the end of the year -- from an initial estimate of 6.3 million subscribers to somewhere between 5.9 and 6.1...
"I received a copy of the letter written by 125 faculty members of IIT Kanpur to the President of India and the Prime Minister of India.
I respect the faculty members of IIT Kanpur. They are all accomplished individuals. However I must say that I was disappointed with the...
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"More young women are entering convents. How they are changing the sisterhood.
For the iPod generation, it doesn't get more radical than wearing a veil. The hijab worn by traditional Muslim women might have people talking, but it's the wimple that really turns heads. And in...
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