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Gasoline price at new record, diesel falls: EIA
The U.S. average retail price for gasoline rose a penny over the last week to a new high of $3.61 a gallon, while the price of diesel fuel fell, the federal Energy Information Administration said on Monday.
May 6, 2008, 01:01
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Wal-Mart expanding its low-priced drug program
Wal-Mart Stores Inc expanded its low-priced drug program, saying on Monday that it is now offering more than 1,000 over-the-counter items for $4 or less and selling some 90-day generic prescriptions for $10.
May 6, 2008, 00:57
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North America
Los Angeles man wins right to use wife's last name
All Michael Buday wanted to do was take the last name of his wife, Diana Bijon, when they married.
May 6, 2008, 00:54
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North America
Hospital ERs overwhelmed, one-day study finds
A one-day snapshot of emergency room conditions at 34 U.S. hospitals shows they are all overwhelmed and none is prepared to handle a big event like a disaster or attack.
May 6, 2008, 00:50
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North America
Yankees-Red Sox argument ends in murder
A New York Yankees' fan was accused on Monday of murdering a Boston Red Sox supporter and injuring another by running both down with a car after a heated argument over one of America's oldest sporting rivalries.
May 6, 2008, 00:46
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Superhero fashion invades N.Y.'s Met art museum
The superhero mania that is invading American cinemas this summer has taken hold at one of the country's most distinguished art museums with an exhibit on how their colorful costumes have influenced fashion.
May 6, 2008, 00:43
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U.S. fugitive financier Vesco dead, relative says
Fugitive U.S. financier Robert Vesco, notorious for his nefarious dealings in the 1970s, died of cancer in Havana in November, according to a relative who said his family did not know where his money is.
May 6, 2008, 00:39
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U.N. headquarters renovation launched in New York
Officials in blue U.N. hard hats broke ground on Monday for a temporary building at the United Nations, launching a $1.9 billion renovation project to make U.N. headquarters safer, more comfortable and greener.
May 6, 2008, 00:33
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North America
Jury deliberations begin in Thurman stalker trial
A New York jury began deliberations on Monday in the case of a man accused of stalking actress Uma Thurman and harassing her family.
May 6, 2008, 00:30
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North America
Italy's Muti named new Chicago Symphony director
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra named Italian conductor Riccardo Muti on Monday as the 10th music director in its 117-year history.
May 6, 2008, 00:18
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Asia
Myanmar believes 13,000 dead, missing from cyclone
Myanmar's military junta believes at least 10,000 people died in a cyclone that ripped through the Irrawaddy delta, triggering a massive international aid response for the pariah state in southeast Asia.
May 5, 2008, 23:47
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Australia
Austrian incest father planned dungeon for years
An Austrian man who held his daughter captive for 24 years and fathered seven children with her had planned the construction of her basement prison years in advance, police said on Monday.
May 5, 2008, 23:40
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Middle East
Ten Iraqi soldiers slain in checkpoint attack
Suspected al Qaeda militants killed 10 Iraqi soldiers at a checkpoint in Iraq's restive Diyala province north of Baghdad on Monday, the U.S. military said.
May 5, 2008, 23:17
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Africa
Ban discussing U.N. help for Zimbabwe re-run
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Monday he was talking to African states about how the world body could help ensure an election run-off in Zimbabwe is credible and voiced concern at growing violence.
May 5, 2008, 23:08
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Africa
Sudan bombs Darfur school and market
Sudanese government bombs have hit a primary school and a busy market place in Darfur, killing at least 13 people, including seven children, two aid organizations said on Monday.
May 5, 2008, 22:58
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Caribbean
Haiti riot instigators set deadline to install PM
Slum leaders in the southern town of Les Cayes who started Haiti's recent food riots handed lawmakers an ultimatum on Monday to install a new government within a week or face more protests.
May 5, 2008, 22:47
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South America
Erupting volcano prompts new evacuation in Chile
Chile prepared to evacuate another town in its remote Patagonian south on Monday, as ash spewed from a snowcapped volcano for a fourth day after its first eruption in thousands of years.
May 5, 2008, 22:40
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Europe
Neo-Nazi killing puts spotlight on Italian militants
The death on Monday of a man attacked by neo-Nazis threw the spotlight on political militancy in Italy, prompting the opposition to ask if a right-wing sweep at an April election had fed a climate of intolerance.
May 5, 2008, 22:32
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Europe
Dutch author J.J. Voskuil dies in euthanasia case
Dutch writer J.J. Voskuil has died in what his widow said was a case of euthanasia -- a practice which is legal in the Netherlands.
May 5, 2008, 22:29
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Europe
Food aid alone will not solve global food crisis, economist tells EU
The EU should provide structural aid to increase yields from peasant farmers in poor countries if it wants to help the global food crisis rather than just throwing emergency food aid at the problem, American economist Jeffrey Sachs told the European Parliament on Monday (5 May).
May 5, 2008, 22:12
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Europe
Brussels to make suggestions on eurozone's future
The European Commission is this week to present an overview of the eurozone as it approaches its tenth anniversary amid strong differences between member states on the role of the European Central Bank.
May 5, 2008, 21:53
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Europe
Africa's trade unions want EU trade agreements scrapped
Africa's trade unions called on their governments to nullify the interim trade agreements they have signed with the European Union, saying they leave African nations "weak" within the global market
May 5, 2008, 21:45
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Europe
Three dead babies found in freezer in Germany
A 44-year-old woman has been taken into custody in Germany on suspicion of killing three of her babies and storing their corpses in the family freezer for up to two decades, authorities said on Monday.
May 5, 2008, 21:25
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North America
Bush says no magic wand to lower gas prices
U.S. President George W. Bush said on Tuesday there was no "magic wand" to bring down record-high fuel prices but would consider a proposal to suspend federal gasoline taxes this summer -- an idea that has divided the 2008 presidential candidates.
Apr 29, 2008, 18:51
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North America
Families tell lawmakers of heparin deaths
A man who said he lost his wife and a son to reactions from tainted heparin made with ingredients from China urged U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday to protect patients from other unsafe drugs.
Apr 29, 2008, 18:44
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North America
Wal-Mart to cash tax rebate checks for free
Wal-Mart Stores Inc unveiled plans on Tuesday to entice U.S. shoppers to spend their tax rebates in its discount stores, offering to cash the checks for free and saying it has cut prices on staple items such as cereal and lunch meat.
Apr 29, 2008, 18:36
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Weekly gasoline demand dips yr/yr: MasterCard
U.S. retail gasoline demand last week dropped 1.6 percent from a year earlier, but inched up from the prior week, as the price at the pump rose 13 cents a gallon, MasterCard Advisors said on Tuesday.
Apr 29, 2008, 18:31
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North America
Tornadoes hit Virginia, 200 injured
Three tornadoes swept through central and southeastern Virginia on Monday, injuring about 200 people and damaging dozens of homes and businesses, officials said.
Apr 29, 2008, 18:27
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North America
Black & Decker recalls 13,000 table saws
DeWalt Industrial Tool, a unit of Black & Decker Corp, recalled 13,000 table saws because of a laceration hazard to users, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said on Tuesday.
Apr 29, 2008, 18:24
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North America
Foreclosures jump for seventh straight quarter
Home foreclosure filings jumped 23 percent in the first quarter from the prior quarter, and more than doubled from a year earlier, as more overextended borrowers failed to make timely payments, real estate data firm RealtyTrac said on Tuesday.
Apr 29, 2008, 18:19
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North America
Industrial animal farms need to be revamped: study
Factory farms are too crowded and risk spreading disease within livestock and to humans, but should be revamped and not abolished because of the need to feed the world, according to a report from the Pew Charitable Trusts released on Tuesday.
Apr 29, 2008, 18:14
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North America
Quarter of kids don't meet vaccine schedule
More than a quarter of American children are not meeting the U.S. government's recommendations for childhood vaccinations, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention researchers said on Tuesday.
Apr 29, 2008, 18:03
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Africa
Zimbabwe presidential poll checking delayed
Checking of votes from Zimbabwe's disputed presidential poll was put off again on Tuesday, further delaying the day when the country will know if President Robert Mugabe is to remain in power.
Apr 29, 2008, 17:48
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South America
Raul Castro consolidates power in Cuba
Cuban President Raul Castro has reorganized the Communist Party's leadership and consolidated his power as he pushes through reforms two months after succeeding his ailing brother Fidel Castro.
Apr 29, 2008, 17:43
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Asia
Chinese cheer Olympic torch in peaceful Vietnam relay
Crowds of Chinese waved red national flags and cheered the Olympic torch in Vietnam on Tuesday, the last international leg of its harried voyage around the world.
Apr 29, 2008, 17:39
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