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A Senate panel found former presidential advisor Karl Rove and current White House Chief of Staff Joshua B. Bolten in contempt of Congress on Thursday for refusing to testify and turn over documents in the investigation of the firings of nine U.S. attorne..
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WASHINGTON -- U.S. intelligence agencies have concluded that Iran halted its nuclear weapons program in 2003 and that international pressure has compelled the Islamic Republic to back away from its pursuit of the bomb.
The new findings represent a retr..
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Earlier this fall, many Catholics began to receive e-mail messages warning of the "agenda" behind a "new Children's movie out in December called 'The Golden Compass.' " The film, these e-mails claimed, was intended to serve as bait for the novel on which..
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Excerpts from an e-mail from Dale Alexander, a key grip on NBC's "The Office":
"Our show was shut down and we were all laid off this week. I've been watching the news since the WGA strike was announced and I have yet to see any coverage dedicated t..
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Hundreds of U.S. diplomats Wednesday vented anger and frustration over the State Department's decision to force Foreign Service officers to take jobs in Iraq, with some calling it a "potential death sentence."
In a contentious hourlong meeting, they pe..
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The case appeared to be open and shut.
The county sheriff had been caught selling an illegal whiskey still from the back of the county jail. The buyers were a federal informant and an undercover federal investigator. The sheriff, to elude honest police..
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The voice on the other end of my cellphone was oddly calm, but intent.
"Abukar, I am calling to inform you that we have decided to take your life," the caller said. I glanced down at my phone to see the caller ID, which read "private."
"You're not w..
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At Hotel 1000, which markets its high-technology trappings to those visiting this tech-driven city, occupants can get high-definition movies delivered over the Internet to a giant flat screen. That is, they can if they point the remote at exactly the righ..
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Microsoft Corp. didn't become one of the world's most powerful companies by backing down from fights. But when Europe's second-highest court denied the software giant's appeal of an antitrust case there last month, Chief Executive Steve Ballmer decided it..
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Stung by the recent success of rival Blockbuster Inc., online DVD rental pioneer Netflix Inc. battled back in the third quarter with lower prices that revived subscriber growth and catapulted its profit well beyond analyst expectations.
The news, relea..
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The more buzz Apple Inc. builds for its gadgets, the more computers it sells.
The company known until January as Apple Computer said Monday that it moved more Macintoshes during its just-ended quarter than ever before. The surge went counter to industr..
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Spam is now being served in audio form.
The latest in unwanted electronic communication is an MP3 file that began landing in in-boxes around the world last week. It features a spooky, synthesized Darth Vader-sounding female voice touting the over-the-c..
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SanDisk Corp. introduced Monday a service for downloading free and advertising-supported video from the Internet, which could compete with Apple Inc.'s iTunes.
Milpitas, Calif.-based SanDisk said its new system, called Fanfare, served as a companion to..
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If you're displeased with the way a company treats you, you're free to air your feelings in public, right? Not necessarily if you receive high-speed Internet access from AT&T Inc. or Verizon Communications Inc.
Buried deep within both companies' volumi..
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NBC Universal put out a welcome mat for a new girl posse Tuesday by agreeing to pay $925 million to buy Oxygen Media, the independent cable television channel for women launched seven years ago by talk-show host Oprah Winfrey, cable programming pioneer Ge..
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Wall Street advanced sharply Tuesday as investors interpreted minutes from the Federal Reserve's last meeting as indicating the central bank was ready to keep cutting interest rates to boost the economy. The Dow Jones industrial average and Standard & Poo..
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A populist push to hike taxes on private equity firm partners is apparently petering out in the Senate, following a fierce lobbying effort by those who faced whopping tax increases under the legislation.
Influential House members remain interested in t..
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When it comes to finding local products and services, consumers are increasingly letting their fingers do the clicking.
Locally targeted search engines have replaced thick phone books as the starting point for millions of people seeking plumbers, perso..
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Once upon a time, newspapers wanted nothing to do with bloggers, those amateurs who opined on anything that caught their fancy, whether it was interesting, or accurate, or not.
That was then. Now newspaper websites, desperate for readers and revenue, a..
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Should the world's most-used search engine be more of a Yankee Google Dandy?
Google Inc. occasionally features light-hearted doodles on its colorful home-page logo to commemorate special occasions. But now they are drawing criticism from conservatives..
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