Shrine Attack Brings Reprisals and Fear
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SAMARRA, Iraq (AP) -- A large explosion Wednesday heavily damaged the golden dome of one of Iraq's most famous Shiite shrines, sending protesters into the streets and triggering reprisal attacks against Sunni mosques. It was the third major attack against Shiite targets in as many days....
Lawmakers Undeterred by Bush Veto Threat
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Lawmakers determined to capsize the pending sale of shipping operations at six major U.S. seaports to a state-owned business in the United Arab Emirates said President Bush's surprise veto threat won't deter them....
Doctors' Doubts Put Off Calif. Execution
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SAN QUENTIN, Calif. (AP) -- A convicted killer's execution was postponed for the second time in less than a day amid continuing concerns over the constitutionality of the state's lethal injection policy....
Analysts: Health Care Costs to Keep Rising
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Within a decade, an aging America will spend one of every five dollars on health care, according to government analysts who see no end to increases in the cost of going to the doctor and taking medicine....
U.S. Faces Uphill Struggle vs. Finland
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TURIN, Italy (AP) -- Games this good aren't supposed to come this early in the Olympic men's hockey tournament. How about Canada vs. Russia - hockey's biggest rivalry for a half-century - in Wednesday's quarterfinals?...
Surging Energy Costs Push Inflation Up
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Consumer prices shot up in January at the fastest pace in four months as the cost of gasoline and electricity posted big gains....
Gartner: Server Sales Up Sharply in 2005
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SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) -- Worldwide server shipments jumped 12.7 percent in 2005 while revenues increased 4.5 percent to $51.68 billion as companies turned to lower-end - and less expensive - systems for their computing needs, the research firm Gartner Inc. reported....
Trump, Stewart Face Off in War of Words
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NEW YORK (AP) -- The bleat goes on in the rekindled Donald Trump-Martha Stewart battle. The two pop-culture icons spent much of Tuesday in a back and forth tempest over "The Apprentice."...
Woman in Spain Has 15 Pound Baby
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MADRID, Spain (AP) -- A Colombian woman has given birth to a 15-pound baby, the largest in 40 years in Madrid's main maternity hospital....
Paerson Takes Early Lead in Women's Slalom
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SESTRIERE, Italy (AP) -- Sweden's Anja Paerson, seeking her third medal of the Turin Olympics and first gold, had the fastest run among the opening 20 starters on the first leg of the women's slalom Wednesday....