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London - Oil prices rose to near $68 a barrel Monday, hitting a new high for the year as world stock markets rallied and investors banked on hopes that the global recession is easing. |
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PHOENIX (AP) - A fourth person in Arizona and six more in Mexico have died from complications of swine flu - pushing the world's death toll to 108. |
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CALCUTTA, India - Heavy rains caused deadly mudslides and slowed rescue efforts Wednesday after Cyclone Aila pounded eastern India and Bangladesh, killing at least 191 people. |
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SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea threatened military action Wednesday against U.S. and South Korean warships plying the waters near the Koreas' disputed maritime border, raising the specter of a naval clash just days after the regime's underground nuclear test. |
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DETROIT - A General Motors Corp. bankruptcy filing seemed inevitable after a rebellion by its bondholders forced it to withdraw on Wednesday a plan to swap bond debt for company stock. |
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SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea lashed out Tuesday at the United States and reportedly launched two more short-range missiles even as U.N. Security Council members debated possible new sanctions against the communist nation for its latest nuclear test. |
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The U.S is declaring a public health emergency to deal with the emerging new swine flu. |
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FORBES releases their list of the most dangerous cities in the US. |
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General Motors is preparing to announce that the Pontiac car brand, once marketed as GM's "Excitement division," will be killed off, according to a source familiar with the decision. |
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US talk show megastar Oprah Winfrey made her debut on micro-blogging service Twitter on Friday with a shout out to her fans. |
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A small plane crashed Friday into an empty house in the city of Oakland Park just north of Miami, killing the pilot, who was alone onboard, according to local media. |
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US President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle made 2.65 million dollars in 2008, mostly from royalties of his two best-selling books, the White House said Wednesday. |
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In his more than 30 years as a broadcaster, the former coach turned announcer appeared on all four networks and was familiar to those old enough to remember his 1977 Super Bowl victory with the Oakland Raiders as to those young enough to tackle his bestselling video game. |
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Popular micro-blogging site Twitter has been hit by yet more security incidents over the Easter weekend, although the intent seems to have been mischief rather than password harvesting this time.
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The U.S. Treasury Department is directing General Motors to lay the groundwork for a bankruptcy filing by June 1, even though the automaker has publicly stated it could reorganize outside of court, The New York Times reported on Sunday. |
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The captain of the Maersk Alabama was freed Sunday after being held captive since Wednesday by pirates off the coast of Somalia, a senior U.S. official with knowledge of the situation told CNN. |
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Investors are buying up stocks again, sending the Dow Jones industrials above the 8,000 mark for the first time in nearly two months. |
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A former housekeeper for Kobe Bryant is suing the Lakers superstar and his wife, Vanessa, claiming she was verbally abused, humiliated and wrongfully terminated. |
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UC San Diego -- a school for the smart ones, supposedly -- mistakenly congratulated nearly 29,000 applicants on their acceptance, according to university officials. |
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Miami-Dade prosecutors on Wednesday charged Cleveland Browns wide receiver Donte' Stallworth with DUI manslaughter, alleging the football player was driving drunk on the morning of March 14 when he struck and killed a pedestrian on Miami Beach. |
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