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Bush pushes revived bailout 

REUTERS

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers and President George W. Bush eased pressure on financial markets on Tuesday by starting work to revive a $700 billion bailout plan to stem a credit crisis that has spread beyond Wall Street to claim more European banks.

U.S. stocks roared back -- a day after their worst sell-off in 21 years -- and the dollar rallied as investors bet Washington would manage to salvage a package to stabilize the financial sector after Monday's shock defeat on Capitol Hill.

The Standard & Poor's 500 index shot up by more than... Read more
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More Americans are on food stamps but say the aid is not enough 
FORT WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM; FORT WORTH, TX
FORT WORTH, Texas _ Krystal Follet's husband left her in January. Her boss fired her in March. Her landlord gave her an eviction notice two weeks ago.

A tough year for someone with two children to feed.

Follet has turned to food stamps. The... Read more

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Film studios, RealNetworks battle over DVD copying

REUTERS

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Technology company RealNetworks and major film studios on Tuesday squared off in a legal battle over a new product allowing consumers to make computer copies of DVDs that... Read more
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Forecast on Mars? Snow

LOS ANGELES TIMES

The latest forecast on Mars calls for morning fog and swift-moving clouds -- along with light snow. The surprising weather report was part of the latest scientific findings from NASA's Phoenix... Read more
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Horny Goat Weed may offer Viagra alternative: study 

REUTERS

LONDON (Reuters) - A Chinese herbal remedy called horny goat weed is a promising alternative to Viagra for impotent men, Italian researchers said on Monday.The herb has long held a... Read more
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Financial Risk Linked to Testosterone

UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL

Higher levels of testosterone may influence how individuals make risky financial decisions, U.S. researchers suggest. Anna Dreber of Harvard University and the Stockholm School of... Read more
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Palin Gets Ready For Eagerly Awaited Debate With Biden 

THE WASHINGTON POST

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin flew yesterday to Sedona, Ariz., where she will spend the next two days at Sen. John McCain's ranch preparing for Thursday's vice presidential debate, a potentially pivotal... Read more
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Somali pirates deny shootout, renew ransom demand 

REUTERS

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somali pirates holding a Ukrainian ship carrying 33 tanks reiterated their demands for a $20 million ransom on Tuesday and denied three of their number had died in a... Read more
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Home prices plunge record 16.3 percent in July: S&P 
REUTERS

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Prices of U.S. single-family homes plunged a record 16.3 percent in July from a year earlier, extending declines that have plagued the housing market for two years, according to the Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller Home Price... Read more

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Huge TVA electric rate increase takes effect

ASSOCIATED PRESS

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - The Tennessee Valley Authority's largest electric rate increase in more than three decades takes effect Wednesday as thousands of consumers already are struggling to pay their... Read more
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NY mayor Bloomberg to seek third term: report 

REUTERS

NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg will seek a third term next year, believing the Wall Street crisis is so grave that a law barring him from running again should be... Read more
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Recession or not, Santa's still coming to town 

REUTERS

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Drop Santa at your peril. America's retailers face the prospect of a grim festive season as a toxic cocktail of high gas and food prices, the worst housing crisis since the... Read more
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At least 168 killed in Indian temple stampede 

ASSOCIATED PRESS

JODHPUR, India - Thousands of pilgrims panicked by false rumors of a bomb stampeded at a Hindu temple in western India on Tuesday, killing at least 168 people in the crush to... Read more
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Acupressure seen to calm children before surgery

REUTERS

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Acupressure helps calm anxious children right before they get anesthesia for surgery, without the nausea and other side-effects caused by sedatives, U.S. researchers... Read more
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New institute to focus on AIDS vaccine 

REUTERS

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A new AIDS vaccine research center dedicated to solving one of the stickiest problems holding back development of such a vaccine will open in California, researchers... Read more
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Italian police arrest scores of suspected mobsters

ASSOCIATED PRESS

ROME - Italian police made sweeping arrests against the mob Tuesday, targeting a powerful clan as well as three suspects linked to a recent gangland-style slaying of six African immigrants near... Read more
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Gorbachev to form new Russian party 

REUTERS

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev will join forces with Russian tycoon Alexander Lebedev to launch a new political party independent of the Kremlin, the billionaire... Read more
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2 students killed in crash with 'Rock of Love' driver

CHICAGO TRIBUNE

CHICAGO _ A promising Chicago-area college student was killed in southern Illinois along with her friend when a driver for the VH1 reality show "Rock of Love with Bret Michaels" apparently fell... Read more
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Rosh Hashanah Gets the 'Macarena' Treatment

THE OAKLAND TRIBUNE

Sep. 30--OAKLAND -- Today is Rosh Hashanah, a solemn and introspective, holy holiday marking the Jewish new year in which one engages in ancient symbolic customs, making amends for old sins and... Read more
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