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 N.H. Accuses Advisers of Getting Perks (AP)
AP - Financial advisers working for American Express Co. got secret incentives to promote in-house mutual funds in New Hampshire, state regulators charge.
Campbell Posts Flat Profit, Shares Sag (Reuters)
Reuters - Campbell Soup Co. on Friday
posted a flat quarterly profit that missed analysts'
expectations, as U.S. soup sales sagged in what is generally
the company's best-selling soup season.
MCI, Qwest Shares Rise After New Bid (Reuters)
Reuters - Shares of MCI Inc. and
Qwest Communications International Inc. rose on Friday as
investors cheered Qwest's move to pursue its bid for MCI,
raising the prospect of a bidding war with Verizon
Communications Inc..
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Internet Fraud Threatens Economy -Secret Service
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Internet fraudsters, motivated by money and armed with sophisticated technology, pose an increased economic threat as they steal private data from companies and individuals, the director of the U.S. Secret Service said on Thursday.
Hacking Attacks Rarely Made Public, Experts Say
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A security breach that placed consumers at risk for identity theft grabbed headlines this week but most hacking incidents go unreported to police or the public, experts said on Thursday.
HP Vows to Get Aggressive on Printer Pricing
SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hewlett-Packard Co. has fired the first salvo in what may turn out to be a price war over consumer inkjet printers, a move made easier by last week's ouster of Chief Executive Carly Fiorina, analysts said on Thursday.
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Pathway to Glory
Reviewed and Released. Southern Europe, 1943. The Allies are fighting for every inch against the Axis powers. Take control in Nokia's first exclusive N-Gage game. This turn based strategy game is one of the first to push the N-Gage to the limit in terms of gameplay, content, online interaction and gaming kudos. Has the greatest Vapourware on the N-Gage been worth the wait? Damm right it has. Pathway to Glory, the first Mega Game on All About N-Gage
Asphalt: Urban GT
Reviewed and Released.Could this be the first racing game promising as much action and speed as Claude Lelouch's Parisian petrol fest "Rendezvous?" Fingers crossed the customised Lamborghini rattling up the Champs-Elysée can beat Jacky Ickx when you try out the the free demo from Nokia yourself.
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Move Over, Martha Stewart
Kmart, the nation's third-largest discount retailer, is vying to become the next word in budget chic.
Just Like a French Chateau, Only Plastic
In the Oregon countryside, Stanley Mazor has finished building the first two-thirds of a French chateau, modeled on a 17th-century structure in Normandy.
Taming Spaces: Living Large
When a room gets too giant, it loses its connection with its inhabitants. The goal is to make it at once intimate and grand.
Condos Break Sound Barrier
As developers in hectic real estate markets run out of land, new condominiums and rental apartments are going up in some earsplitting places.
Sun Valley Surprise: Chalet So Spare
Allied Works managed to sneak an aggressively contemporary house into Sun Valley, where the architectural style might be called hunting-lodge chic on steroids.
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Five Reasons to Teach Budgeting in the Teen Years
While budgeting can be taught in bits and pieces when children are young, the ins and outs of a true monthly budget is best learned when children are in their teenage years. Here are five reasons why....
Drug Testing
Information on the different types of drug testing, when employers use drug testing and if you should use drug testing on your teenager. Please also see our Index of Drugs of Abuse or our Drug Use Resource pages....
Newest Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince Rumors
The book will be out in July, does your family have your pick of who the 'half blood prince' will be? My daughter Bri is still undecided, but I really think it will be a new character. Check here for...
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Former Child Soldier Battles Horrific Memories
MADRID (Reuters) - To a hungry 8-year-old runaway in Uganda, the host of children marching on a makeshift parade ground looked like a tempting group of new friends.
Colombians Flee to Cities Amid Refugee Crisis
BOGOTA, Colombia (Reuters) - She knew she had no future in her village when she found herself serving coffee to the men who had killed her father three days before.
US Presbyterians Consider Divesting Over West Bank
CHICAGO (Reuters) - A threat by the biggest U.S. Presbyterian church group to dump investments in companies profiting from Israel's occupation of the West Bank and related strife has set off a wave of dissent in the church and angered American Jewish leaders.
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Fisher King
A title of the Grail Keeper. It occurs without explanation in in Chretien de Troyes but Robert de Boron has the title originate with Bron, brother-in-law of Joseph of Arimathea. Bron catches and places a symbolic fish upon the Grail table and becomes ...
Dolorous Gard
The original name of Lancelot's castle. The knight winds up here after being placed under an evil enchantment. Inside, Lancelot finds his name inscribed upon a tomb and realizes that is to be his home and resting place. He renames the castle Joyous...
Caledonian Wood
A forest named Coit Celidon in early Welsh, purported to be the site of Arthur's seventh battle in the Historia Brittonum. Caledonia is also an ancient name for Scotland. Roman geographers place the people called the Caledonii north of the Clyde-Forth ..
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Ailing U.S. Chief Justice to Miss More Arguments (Reuters)
Reuters - U.S. Chief Justice William
Rehnquist, who has thyroid cancer, will miss his fourth month
of oral arguments when the Supreme Court returns next week, but
he will continue to decide cases, a court spokeswoman said on
Friday.
Legal System Makeovers Fill the GOP's Briefcase (Los Angeles Times)
Los Angeles Times - WASHINGTON — Republican lawmakers pushed ahead Thursday on efforts to remake the legal system, with the House adopting a bill to place new limits on class-action lawsuits and senators voting to move a long-debated overhaul of bankruptcy laws to the floor.
Specter Optimistic Before Chemotherapy (AP)
AP - Sen. Arlen Specter said Friday he had suffered from headaches and fatigue since November but was feeling optimistic as he prepared to begin chemotherapy for Hodgkin's disease.
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Tekkeon ezTalker Mini
The Tekkeon ezTalker Mini headset does all the things a Bluetooth headset should, and it does them well.
ClearOne Max EX conference phone
ClearOne's Max EX is a good choice for businesses that require a flexible conference-phone system that can grow along with their company, but it lacks certain features we expect from this class.
Dell Inspiron 6000 for Home
The Dell Inspiron 6000 is adequate for basic home or small-office use, but there are less expensive alternatives.
iRiver H10 (5GB, Gray)
As iRiver's first 5GB entry, the H10 includes nearly every coveted feature, but navigating the player controls can frustrate some users.
iRiver H10 (5GB, Silver)
As iRiver's first 5GB entry, the H10 includes nearly every coveted feature, but navigating the player controls can frustrate some users.
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Bellow, Marquez Among Booker Nominees (AP)
AP - Nobel laureates Saul Bellow, Gunter Grass and Gabriel Garcia Marquez were among 18 finalists announced Friday for the first ever Man International Booker Prize, a lifetime achievement award worth around $115,000.
Jack White Happy to Work With Lynn Again (AP)
AP - Jack White of the White Stripes said that if he had another chance to work with Country Music legend Loretta Lynn, he would. "Everything else would be put on hold," he said in an interview with AP Radio. "Everything. Eating, Sleeping...everything."
Pedophile Film Ends Hard-Hitting Berlin Festival (Reuters)
Reuters - A disturbing Danish film about a man
accused of pedophilia and incest brought the curtain down on
the Berlin Film Festival's main competition Friday, in keeping
with a program that has not shirked painful themes.
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