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Hurricane
Earl strengthens off U.S. East Coast
Israel
and Palestinians set for face-to-face talks
Futures
point to Wall Street edging lower
U.S.
delays Web traffic rules by seeking more comment
Wheat
genome work just at initial stage: scientists
Murray
turns up heat as Roddick loses his cool
Justin
Long reclaims his acting mojo in "Distance"
Dutch
colleges angry over sex job ads for freshmen
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| TOP NEWS |
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September 02, 2010 05:55 AM ET
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HATTERAS ISLAND, North
Carolina (Reuters) - Hurricane Earl gained more punch on
Thursday as the large storm churned up the Atlantic
threatening the U.S. East Coast with dangerous winds and
large swells and forcing evacuations in North
Carolina.

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September 02, 2010 05:48 AM ET
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -
With a diplomatic push from President Barack Obama,
Israeli and the Palestinian leaders will start direct
peace talks on Thursday shadowed by skepticism on all
sides and fresh violence in the volatile West
Bank.

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| BUSINESS
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September 02, 2010 05:06 AM ET
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LONDON (Reuters) - Stock
index futures pointed to a mostly lower open for U.S.
shares on Thursday, giving back a little of the strong
gains from the previous session, when they were boosted
by strong manufacturing data from China and the United
States.

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| INTERNET
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September 01, 2010 06:38 PM ET
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -
U.S. communications regulators on Wednesday put off a
controversial decision on Internet traffic rules, giving
industry and consumer groups a chance to forge a
compromise while avoiding a politically sensitive issue
ahead of the November elections.

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| SCIENCE
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August 31, 2010 04:17 AM ET
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BEIJING (Reuters) -
Efforts to sequence the wheat genome are only at an
initial stage of what will be a long-term project
requiring more government support, leading Chinese and
international scientists said on Tuesday.

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| SPORTS
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September 02, 2010 02:28 AM ET
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NEW
YORK (Reuters) - Andy Murray sent an ominous warning to
his U.S. Open rivals when he breezed through his first
match at Flushing Meadows on Wednesday before home hope
Andy Roddick made an undignified exit in the last match
of the day.

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| ENTERTAINMENT
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September 01, 2010 10:09 PM ET
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LOS
ANGELES (Reuters) - Nobody ever said Hollywood
relationships were easy, and the on-again off-again
affair of Justin Long and Drew Barrymore certainly
proves that out.

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| ODDLY ENOUGH
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September 01, 2010 01:28 PM ET
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AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A
number of Dutch colleges are considering legal action
against the publisher of a move-in guide for new
freshmen, after the company included an ad recruiting
students for jobs as online sex workers.

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