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Breaking News Thu, 2 Sep 2010
Back to school shoppers crowd an isle at the Wal-Mart in Fenton, Mo., Thursday, Aug. 12, 2004.
Business   Economy   Photos   US   Wikipedia: Retailing  
 The New York Times 
U.S. Retailers Depended on Discounts in August
| Back-to-school season started off on sale, with retailers receiving new merchandise in August, and then marking it down to get it out the door. Mary Altaffer/Associated Press | Shoppers at Macy’s ... (photo: AP / Charles Rex Arbogast)
Chocolate
Austria   Bakery   Business   Photos   Wikipedia: Chocolate  
 The New York Times 
Local Chocolate, for Local Consumption
| BERGL, AUSTRIA — In 1996, Josef Zotter’s bakery business in Graz, Austria, was floundering. Facing bankruptcy, he decided to close shop and go back to his roots, a village named Bergl in... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc)
President Barack Obama speaks at Solyndra, Inc., a solar panel manufacturing facility, in Fremont, Calif. Wednesday, May 26, 2010.  The New York Times 
Obama's Post-Iraq World
| LONDON — Europe adjusted long ago, but not without pain, to its diminished place in world affairs. After Suez for the British, after Algeria for the French, even the most stubborn post-World W... (photo: AP / Alex Brandon)
Foreign Policy   Iraq   Photos   US   Wikipedia: 2003 invasion of Iraq  
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, right, is greeted by top NATO commander Gen. David Petraeus as he arrives in Kabul, Afghanistan on Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010.  The New York Times 
Gates Lands in Afghanistan
| KABUL, Afghanistan — Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates arrived here on an unannounced visit Thursday for meetings with American military commanders and President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan. |... (photo: AP / Jim Watson, Pool)
Afghanistan   Defense   Photos   US   Wikipedia: War in Afghanistan (2001present)  
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FILE - In this Jan. 8, 2010 file photo, Toyota Motor Corp.'s Prius is on display at the automaker's showroom in Tokyo. Toyota said on Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010 it has received 77 complaints in Japan over brake problems with its popular hybrid. The New York Times
Toyota Feels Exchange-Rate Pinch as Rivals Gain
| TOKYO — For all the turmoil over Toyota’s wave of recalls, the company, the world’s largest automaker, may face a bigger problem: the surging yen. | W... (photo: AP / Koji Sasahara)
Automaker   Currency   Markets   Photos   Wikipedia: Toyota  
A logo of the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is seen outside one of its branches in London, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008. Shares at the Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC plunged 39 percent in early trading on Tuesday, as investors worried that the British government was not doing enough to boost banks' balance sheets in the financial cris The New York Times
R.B.S. to Cut 3,500 Jobs in Britain
| LONDON — Royal Bank of Scotland, the bank controlled by the British government, said Thursday it plans to cut another 3,500 jobs and close 10 offices in Britain t... (photo: AP / Akira Suemori)
Banking   Britain   Jobs   Photos   Wikipedia: Royal Bank of Scotland  
Traders gather at the post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange that handles General Motors as they wait for it to open The New York Times
Wall Street Wanders as Traders Sort Through Data
| Indexes on Wall Street were tentative Thursday, with a small dip in weekly unemployment claims failing to generate any momentum. | There was some hesitancy about extend... (photo: AP / Richard Drew)
Economy   Markets   Photos   US   Wikipedia: Jobless claims  
Oil workers from the Gulf Island Fabrication Yard listen to Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal during a speech Thursday, June 24, 2010 in Houma, LA. Jindal continued to speak out against the six-month moratorium on deepwater drilling, saying Thursday it would kill thousands of Louisiana jobs. The New York Times
Unemployment Filings Decline for a Second Week
| WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of new requests for unemployment benefits declined for a second week, suggesting that the slowing economy has not prompted widespread... (photo: AP / Gregory Bull)
Economy   Photos   US   Unemployment   Wikipedia: Jobless claims  
Breast Cancer The Daily Mail
Scientists pinpoint how most aggressive breast cancers grow
| Researchers say the new findings meant they can look much closer at where the breast cancer forms and the genes involved | Scientists searching for the source of aggres... (photo: Creative Commons / Custom Solidarity Multimedia)
Cancer   Disease   Photos   Science   Wikipedia: Breast cancer  
Pill, Medicine, Drug Hartford Courant
FDA urged to pull diet drug from market
The prescription diet drug , sold under the brand name Meridia, should be taken off the market because it raises the risk of and strokes in some patients, the editor of t... (photo: Creative Commons / Or Hiltch)
Diet   Drug   Health   Photos   Wikipedia: Meridia  
Drugs & Medicines Hospital & Research
- Fraud infested society
- Cops Taser pitbulls in drug raid
- Clawing back credibility in Kyrgyzstan
- Vice-like grip of a deadly habit
U.S. Air Force Col. T. Harrison Smith Jr. assumes duties of the U.S. air base in Kyrgyzstan new commander during a ceremony at the Manas Air Base near the capital, Bishkek, Monday, June 4, 2007, with Kyrgyz, right, and U.S. flags in the foreground. The base, located at Kyrgyzstan's main civilian airport, hosts about 1,200 American and dozens of French and Spanish servicemen, as well as several military cargo and refueling aircraf
Clawing back credibility in Kyrgyzstan
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- In Medical School Shift, Meeting Patients on Day 1
- PM to cancer patient's wife: He loves you, Rachel
- Banks in firing line for policy on alcohol
- Shark attacks Benjamin D'Emden in the Solomon Islands
Pill, Medicine, Drug
FDA urged to pull diet drug from market
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Alcoholism Smoking
- Glass ban ordered at high-risk nightclubs in Melbourne
- Samuel Johnson's brain snap a smash
- A pint of order on Tony Blair's drinking
- Happy '90210' Day: How will you celebrate?
Alcohol - Liquor - Health
Alcohol pricing 'would save £700m'
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- After mistress and wife meet, Chilean miner should reconside
- Actor Michael Douglas Expects Full Recovery From Stage 4 Thr
- Indonesia’s smoking toddler kicks habit
- Russians urged to smoke and drink more
Cigarette - Smoking
Russians told to drink and smoke more 'to help solve social problems'
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Dental Obesity & Heart Disease
- Time Marches ... Backward!
- Burglary victim: Why bother?
- The doctor will see you now âEuro" in his van
- Over 70 Countries Converge to Craft a Truly Global Congress
Oral Cancer
Oral sex, STDs causing increase in oral cancers
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- Marine general says Taliban drug trade faltering
- MTrip App For IPhone Uses Augmented Reality
- Republic Out To Right The Wrongs
- How Lifestyle Changes Can Prevent or Diminish The Physical E
Pill, Medicine, Drug
FDA urged to pull diet drug from market
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Diseases Health Foods
- 1M poor families to get gov't cash aid
- Flood aid slows to trickle
- Pakistan mulls 'flood taxes'
- Doctors call for resolution to public sector strike
An Afghan refugee whose house was demolished by heavy flooding, looks for his belongings amid rubble in Azakhel near Peshawar, Pakistan  Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010.
Pakistan mulls 'flood taxes'
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- In Medical School Shift, Meeting Patients on Day 1
- States Awarded Grants to Improve Achievement Tests
- Think ink
- Time Marches ... Backward!
Chocolate
Local Chocolate, for Local Consumption
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