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Mystery Chinese iPhone worker becomes Internet star
28.08.2008 08:00
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CANBERRA, (Reuters) - A Chinese factory worker has become an Internet sensation after a picture of her smiling and flashing a peace sign to a co-worker testing an Apple iPhone stayed on the phone that was sold to a man in Britain.
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Microsoft releases beta 2 of Internet Explorer 8
28.08.2008 08:00
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SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp released on Wednesday a second test version of Internet Explorer 8, delivering a feature-complete upgrade to the world's most widely used Web browser.
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Terrence Howard hopes to be music hit too
28.08.2008 06:00
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Terrence Howard earned an Oscar nomination for his role as a pimp aspiring to be a rapper in "Hustle & Flow" but the 2005 movie also shone a spotlight on the actor's musical talents and helped him land a record deal.
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Q2 growth revised to 3.3 percent
28.08.2008 06:00
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. economy expanded at a stronger-than-first-reported 3.3 percent annual rate in the second quarter, as consumer spending and net exports were more robust than initially estimated and inventories fell less sharply, a government report showed on Thursday.
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MBIA jumps after deal to reinsure FGIC bonds
28.08.2008 06:00
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Shares of MBIA Inc. jumped before the open on Thursday after the bond insurer agreed in a deal to reinsure $184 billion of municipal bonds backed by its rival FGIC Corp.
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Strengthening Storm Gustav heads south
28.08.2008 05:00
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MIAMI (Reuters) - A strengthening Tropical Storm Gustav jogged to the south on Thursday and was likely to graze southern Jamaica and the western tip of Cuba before nearing the oil fields of the Gulf of Mexico as a powerful hurricane.
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New tropical depression forms over Atlantic
28.08.2008 03:00
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MIAMI (Reuters) - A new tropical depression formed over the Atlantic Ocean on Thursday and threatened to become the eighth storm of the already busy 2008 Atlantic hurricane season, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.
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"Burn" finds Coen brothers in goofy mood
28.08.2008 01:10
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LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - In "Burn After Reading," the Coen brothers have taken some of cinema's highest-profile and most expensive actors and chucked them into looney-tunes roles in a thriller set in and about Washington.
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Q&A: Bonnie Hunt ready for her daytime close-up
28.08.2008 01:10
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LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Actress Bonnie Hunt had been pursued for 15 years to host a talk show before she agreed to enter the daytime arena with "The Bonnie Hunt Show," which debuts September 8.
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Phelps to appear on "SNL"
28.08.2008 01:10
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LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Swimmer Michael Phelps' victory lap on NBC continues, with the Olympian champion booked to make his acting debut on the 34th season premiere of "Saturday Night Live."
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Rural America feels extra pain as gas prices rise
28.08.2008 01:00
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CHICAGO (Reuters) - Traci and Brian Bruckner between them commute 800 miles a week to and from their respective jobs -- his 30 miles away from their home in one direction, hers 50 miles away in another.
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