AP – Oracle Corp. has hired former Hewlett-Packard Co. CEO Mark Hurd to help lead the database software maker in a pivotal moment in Oracle’s 33-year history as it tries to muscle in on more of HP’s turf.
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French unions test strength in pensions strike
Reuters Africa PARIS (Reuters) – French unions began a show of strength on Tuesday with nationwide strikes and demonstrations against an unpopular pension reform but looked unlikely to shake conservative President Nicolas Sarkozy's resolve. … France: Plan to Raise Retirement Age Sets Off Strikes France faces pension plan strike Widespread Strikes Hit France |
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AP – An imam who has become the public face of a proposed Islamic community center and mosque near ground zero has returned to the United States following a taxpayer-funded tour of the Middle East, his wife said Monday.
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Reuters – Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s Labor Party looked close to retaining power on Tuesday after a pivotal independent lawmaker signaled the remaining two unaligned parliamentarians would support her.
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AP – AOL is adding talk show host Ellen DeGeneres to its family of Web properties as it looks for ways to draw more people to its sites.
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Al-Qaeda militants in Iraq are turning to bank robberies and other thefts to make up for a drop in cash from outsiders.
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Koran burning will endanger US lives: Petraeus
AFP KABUL — The US commander of the Afghan war has warned that troops' lives will be endangered if a Florida evangelical church goes ahead with a planned burning of the Koran on Saturday's 9/11 anniversary. General David Petraeus said the planned torching … 'Burn a Quran Day' Sparks Protests in Afghanistan More NATO Troops Sought for Afghanistan Afghans protest church's plan to burn Koran |
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AP – Kellen Moore and Boise State look as if they are going to be in the national championship chase for a while.
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AFP – Deadly protests that paralysed Mozambique’s capital last week were spurred by a text message that went viral on Maputo’s cell phones, signalling the power of new technology in the hands of the poor.
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A tropical depression in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico is creeping toward Mexico and the United States and could bring substantial rainfall, officials said.
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AP – A wind-driven wildfire in the rugged Colorado foothills spread across 5 1/2 square miles Monday, destroying an unknown number of homes and triggering the evacuation of 1,000 others, authorities said.
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People & Entertainment Travolta won't proceed with new extortion trial
Press Herald NASSAU, Bahamas — A judge in the Bahamas dismissed charges Monday against two people accused of trying to extort money from John Travolta after the actor decided that he no longer wanted to face the pain of a new trial stemming from the death of his … Retrial in Travolta extortion case halted at actor's request John Travolta Drops Charges in Extortion Case Bahamas judge kills Travolta extortion case |
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AP – A sharp series of about 20 aftershocks rattled New Zealand’s earthquake-hit city of Christchurch overnight, and earthquake experts warned Tuesday that another powerful temblor might hammer the region in coming days.
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A long-dormant volcano erupted again Tuesday in northern Sumatra, triggering strong tremors and sending bursts of hot ash into the air for the second time in a week.
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AFP – The US commander of the Afghan war has warned that troops’ lives will be endangered if a Florida evangelical church goes ahead with a planned burning of the Koran on Saturday’s 9/11 anniversary.
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Macworld.com – Mac users whoâ??ve demanded the ability to have different people working on the same QuickBooks files at once will soon get their wish fulfilled when the next version of QuickBooks arrives for the Mac. Software maker Intuit says that the 2011 version of the accounting and small business management application will add multi-user functionality.
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AP – A determined Republican stall campaign in the Senate has sidetracked so many of the men and women nominated by President Barack Obama for judgeships that he has put fewer people on the bench than any president since Richard Nixon at a similar point in his first term 40 years ago.
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Head of ABC News will resign post
Entertainment Weekly ABC News President David Westin has opted to resign his post of 13 years. He sent an email to staffers Monday that said while “we've put in place news anchors on all of our programs” over the last nine months, the division also “went … ABC News president David Westin steps down David Westin resigning as news head at Disney's ABC David Westin to step down as ABC News president |
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Boise State Broncos prove their worthy of the BCS hype against
Virginia Tech.
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