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China quake kills 5 children, injures over 100: Xinhua
May 12, 2008 05:46 AM ET
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BEIJING (Reuters) - Five children were killed and more than 100
injured in a 7.8 magnitude earthquake that struck China's Sichuan
province on Monday, causing buildings to sway and residents
rushing out into the streets.
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U.S. flies cyclone aid to Myanmar
May 12, 2008 05:59 AM ET
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YANGON (Reuters) - The first U.S. military aid flight landed
in Myanmar on Monday, but relief supplies continued to just
dribble into the reclusive state nine days after a devastating
cyclone.
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April retail sales barely budged: SpendingPulse
May 12, 2008 05:25 AM ET
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Retail sales barely rose in April, as a
relentless surge in gasoline prices made consumers cut back
other types of spending, according to a report released on Monday.
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Web start-up unveils semantic Wikipedia search tool
May 12, 2008 04:17 AM ET
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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Powerset on Sunday unveiled tools for
searching Wikipedia that use conversational phrasing instead
of keywords, marking the first step of its challenge to established
Web search services such as Google.
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Australian pokes shark in eye during attack
May 12, 2008 03:18 AM ET
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SYDNEY (Reuters) - An Australian swimmer survived a great white
shark attack by poking the creature in the eyes as it dragged
him through the water after badly savaging his left leg.
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Jazz hold off Lakers to tie series
May 12, 2008 12:56 AM ET
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Utah Jazz held off the Los Angeles Lakers
for a 123-115 overtime victory to tie up their best-of-seven
Western Conference semi-final series at 2-2 on Sunday.
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"Iron Man" pounds rivals at box offices
May 12, 2008 05:40 AM ET
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Superhero movie "Iron Man" pounded the
competition at North American box offices for the second straight
weekend, landing at No. 1 with $50.5 million in ticket sales,
according to studio estimates on Sunday.
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Men charged after skull dug up, used as bong
May 09, 2008 01:27 PM ET
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HOUSTON (Reuters) - Authorities in Texas have filed corpse-abuse
charges against two men who allegedly removed a skull from a
grave and used it as a bong.
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