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Iraq War Veteran Wins Democratic Primary
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Yvonne Lee - AHN Staff Reporter Chicago, Illinois (AHN) - A veteran of the Iraq war wins the Democratic primary in the race for the congressional seat being vacated by Rep. Henry Hyde, a republican who has held the job for 32 years. Reuters reports that Tammy...
Microsoft Makes Deal To Provide IPTV To Deutsche Telekom
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Yvonne Lee - AHN Staff Reporter Frankfurt, Germany (AHN) - Microsoft lands a deal to provide Internet Protocol television services (IPTV) to Deutsche Telekom. ECommerce Times reports Microsoft will distribute next-generation television and interactive entertainment to the phone company over...
Federal Regulators Considering Harsher Warnings For ADHD Medications
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Denise Royal - AHN Staff Writer Washington D.C. (AHN) - Federal health advisers are considering putting stronger warning labels on drugs to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder or ADHD. Health officials say reports of psychosis or mania in children have been associated with the...
Britain Begins Trial Of 7 Suspected Terrorists
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Yvonne Lee - AHN Staff Reporter London, England (AHN) - The United Kingdom begins the largest anti-terrorism trial since the September 11 attacks on the U.S. Reuters reports that seven of its citizens are charged with plotting bomb attacks to protest the government's...
Republicans try to change subject from Bush
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Reuters - Republicans, beset by an array of political troubles, are cranking up the attacks on Democrats and trying to change the subject from President George W. Bush ahead of November's congressional elections.
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Alcatel, Lucent merger faces obstacles: analysts
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Reuters - A merger between Alcatel and Lucent could make operational sense, but analysts see key obstacles over whether the U.S. telecoms equipment maker would agree to be led by its larger French rival.
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Environmental films draw thousands in Washington
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Reuters - One thing can be said about the Environmental Film Festival: it's not Cannes or Sundance. It may not even be Missoula. But it is part of a U.S. trend to feature movies about nature and the assaults on it.
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"Desperate Housewives" inspires video game
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Reuters - Walt Disney Co.'s Buena Vista Games Inc. said on Friday it plans to release a PC video game based on the wildly popular television show "Desperate Housewives" this fall.
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Quaid Sues Over Payment for 'Brokeback'
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AP - Randy Quaid, who plays a tough sheep rancher in "Brokeback Mountain," claims he was fleeced for his work in the movie.
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Federal Judge Appointed to FISA Court
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AP - U.S. District Judge John D. Bates has been named to replace a judge who resigned from the secretive court set up by Congress to oversee domestic spying.
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"Lord of the Rings" opens in Canada, reviews mixed
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Reuters - The "Lord of the Rings" musical, touted as the most expensive stage production yet, met mixed reviews on Friday as critics applauded its leaping orcs and menacing dark riders, but got lost in the tangled plots of Middle Earth.
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Pentagon report says Russia gave Iraq intelligence
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Reuters - Russia provided intelligence to Iraq's government in the opening days of the U.S.-led invasion in 2003, including information that fed Iraqi suspicions that the main U.S. invasion force coming from Kuwait was actually a diversion, a Pentagon report released on Friday stated.
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US telecom execs battle Net neutrality demands
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Reuters - Telecommunications providers like AT&T Inc. intensified their efforts this week to persuade US policymakers to avoid imposing regulations on the Internet for services like streaming movies and unfettered Web access.
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U.N. Appeals for Aid to Help Somalia
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AP - The United Nations appealed Tuesday for nearly $327 million in aid to help starving people in southern Somalia, which is suffering its worst drought in a decade.
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NASA lifts spacewalk ban
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Reuters - NASA lifted its ban on spacewalks from the International Space Station following ground tests of suspect safety equipment, a spokeswoman said on Friday.
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Docs advice key to flu jab in older adults
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Reuters - Provider recommendations play an important role in pneumonia and influenza vaccination of older Americans, according to a survey of 4577 Medicare beneficiaries.
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Houston grows weary of Katrina evacuees: poll
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Reuters - People in Houston welcomed tens of thousands of New Orleans evacuees in the days after Hurricane Katrina but now sound as if they would like to see the newcomers go home, according to a poll published on Friday.
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Orchestras seek classical revival with downloads
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Reuters - Universal Music on Friday unveiled new concerts for sale that aim to return live orchestral performances to the wide audiences they once enjoyed and usher classical music further into the digital age.
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Greysteel killer abandons appeal
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Convicted loyalist murderer Stephen Irwin abandons an appeal against his sentence in the High Court.
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WMO sees link between global warming and hurricanes
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Reuters - There is growing evidence of a link between global warming and natural disasters such as droughts and flooding, the head of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Friday.
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Skull discovery could fill origins gap
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Reuters - A hominid skull discovered in Ethiopia could fill the gap in the search for the origins of the human race, a scientist said on Friday.
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Google shares jump 8 percent on news of S&P 500 addition
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Reuters - Google Inc.'s planned addition to the influential Standard & Poor's 500 index boosted its stock 8 percent on Friday, but raised fresh concerns over the stock's volatility and an uneven flow of information from its executives.
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February new home sales tumble, supply soars
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Reuters - Sales of new U.S. homes plunged 10.5 percent in February, the biggest drop in nearly nine years, while prices fell and the number of homes on the market hit a record high, the government said on Friday in a report signaling significant slowing in the housing market.
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Mourning sidelined for up to a month with calf injury
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Reuters - Miami Heat center Alonzo Mourning could be sidelined for up to a month with a partial tear of his right calf muscle, the team has announced.
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Tory lenders 'feared reprisals'
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Tory backers did not want to be named because they feared losing government contracts, the party says.
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