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International scientists say they are almost certain a mud volcano that displaced tens of thousands of villagers in central Indonesia was caused by faulty drilling of a gas exploration well — not an earthquake as claimed by the company.
Debate over t..
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MSNBC
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ChangeWave Research, in its survey, found that “by a huge margin,” BlackBerry owners say the device’s “exceptional access to e-mail is the feature they like best,” while for iPhone owners, it’s the “extraordinary integration of phone, iPod a..
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MSNBC
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Before returning home, Discovery's astronauts will pull out the laser-tipped inspection boom that they retrieved from the space station after it was left by another shuttle in March, and survey their ship's wings and nose cap.
The laser survey normally..
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MSNBC
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Pakistan's army on Wednesday accused the U.S.-led coalition of killing 11 Pakistani paramilitary troops in an airstrike along the volatile Afghan border.
A Pakistani army statement said the clash in the Mohmand tribal region "had hit at the very basis..
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MSNBC
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New storms during the night knocked out power to more than 50,000 customers in Ohio, utilities reported Tuesday. Michigan utilities said about 247,000 customers were still blacked out because of the weekend storms.
The rainfall also has created floodin..
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MSNBC
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For all the efforts of Senators John McCain and Barack Obama to portray themselves as willing to break with party orthodoxy to get things done, the economic debate that opened their general election campaign this week previews a classic clash. It is a bat..
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MSNBC
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Transportation experts who have pushed mass transit since the 1970s are getting their wish as soaring gas prices persuade Americans to abandon their cars for buses and trains in record numbers. But as the adage says, be careful what you wish for.
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BusinessWeek
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The former President's conduct during the Obama-McCain campaign has strategic importance for his image, legacy, and huge moneymaking ability
Former President Bill Clinton last year earned around $50 million in speaking fees, giving 80% of that to his p..
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BusinessWeek
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New wealth from commodities is fueling growth and expanding the consumer economy. And that presents great opportunities for investors
The Brazilian economy is barely recognizable to those who knew it more than five years ago. In those days it was plagu..
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BusinessWeek
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Investment bank and hedge fund representatives tell the Commodity Futures Trading Commission the oil market doesn't need more oversight
Under mounting scrutiny from an election-addled Congress, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) held a pub..
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BusinessWeek
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After a survey of corporate customers, one Wall Street analyst cuts his expectations for revenue and profit growth
Microsoft has irked consumers and corporate customers with the most recent version of its Windows operating system, which they complain r..
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BusinessWeek
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In their quest to develop new drugs, Western pharmaceutical companies are increasingly teaming up with companies in China and India
In the late 1990s, scores of U.S. multinationals were catching on to the cost-cutting benefits of sending work to Asia...
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BusinessWeek
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The GOP candidate's call to allow shareholders to vote on executive compensation is seen as an appeal to middle-class voters and the unions
John McCain threw a dash of populist pepper into an otherwise fairly traditional Republican stew of economic pol..
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SF Gate
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Score one for local ownership.
In an era when California wineries are being snatched up by global corporations, a Healdsburg company has bought five well-known California wine brands. Their headquarters will be a quick trip from most of the vineyards t..
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SF Gate
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Saved by Senate Republicans, big oil companies dodged an attempt Tuesday to slap them with a windfall profits tax and take away billions of dollars in tax breaks in response to the record gasoline prices that have the nation fuming.
GOP senators shoved..
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SF Gate
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A search is under way at Yosemite National Park for a 22-year-old man who disappeared Sunday after telling friends he wanted to be alone for half an hour to read his Bible.
More than 100 rescuers from Tuolomne, Mono, Marin and Santa Clara counties resu..
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SF Gate
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All lanes of Highway 101 in Menlo Park have reopened after crews cleared a seven-vehicle crash in which a big rig spilled 25 to 30 gallons of diesel fuel, the California Highway Patrol said.
Three northbound lanes that had been closed near the Marsh Ro..
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SF Gate
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A 46-year-old Santa Rosa man suffered burns when a clothes dryer that he had hooked up to a propane tank exploded, authorities said today.
Charles Ballard suffered second-degree burns on his face, neck and right arm during the accident Sunday at his ho..
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SF Gate
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Investigators examined the scorched hull of a jetliner Wednesday to determine what caused the plane to veer off a runway and burst into flames, killing at least 29 people, officials said.
Sudan Civil Aviation Authority spokesman Abdel Hafez Abdel Rahim..
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BBC News
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Hamas militants have fired a barrage of mortars from the Gaza Strip, killing one person in Israel and injuring two.
One shell struck a factory at the Nir Oz kibbutz, which abuts the Gaza Strip.
Militants in Gaza regularly fire rockets at southern Is..
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