Liverpool mourns Hillsborough dead, 20 years on
Liverpool fans paid an emotional tribute to the victims of the Hillsborough disaster overnight, on the 20th anniversary of the tragedy in which 96 supporters were crushed to death. Grieving families were joined by tens of thousands of sympathisers at Liverpool...
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Divided Florida House approves $65.1B budget plan
Whether called user fees, taxes or surcharges, Floridians would pay more for state government under differing budget proposals passed by the state’s two Republican-controlled legislative chambers. A divided House approved its $65.1 billion spending plan Friday on a nearly straight party-line...
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Man sought in killing possibly linked to Craigslist
Police in Boston, Massachusetts, are searching for a man suspected in the murder of one woman and the armed robbery of two others, all of whom, they say, he may have met through their Craigslist ads for personal services. Officers...
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Verizon CEO Says 4G IPhone Could Be on Verizon
Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg took advantage of a recent chat with the Wall Street Journal to talk a bit about Apple. Seidenberg said that Apple never wanted to make a version of the iPhone for Verizon’s CDMA network, since it...
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Apple’s Customers Love Its Customer Service
Apple had an 80 percent satisfaction rating – a score that was 14 points higher than the number two manufacturer, Gateway, with 66 percent. Hewlett-Packard came in at 64 percent, followed by Compaq with 63 percent, and Dell with 58...
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Ashton Kutcher wins Twitter battle with CNN
For now, Ashton Kutcher is the king of Twitter. But there is a new challenger — Oprah. Kutcher triumphed over CNN in their much ballyhooed race to be the first to reach a million followers on the microblogging Web site. Kutcher...
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Round by Round: Weekly Boxing Notes
Pacquiao vs. Cotto?! The fight world is abuzz today with the latest comments from that non-stop font of controversy and confusion, promoter Bob Arum. With so many options floating around boxing’s pound-for-pound king, Manny Pacquiao, and with the sport’s fans and...
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Does Ronaldo strike rank among the greatest?
Cristiano Ronaldo’s thunderous strike in Manchester United’s 1-0 win at Porto has been hailed as a wonder goal, but just how good was it? Few could find such power on a shot from 40 metres, few would even try to shoot...
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Nadal and Murray win twice to set up semi-final
World number one Rafael Nadal and fourth seed Andy Murray bagged two wins apiece on Friday to set up a mouth-watering Monte Carlo Masters semi-final. Nadal, gunning for his fifth consecutive title in the principality, swept past Croatian Ivan Ljubicic 6-3...
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Heidi Klum pregnant with fourth child
Supermodel and TV presenter Heidi Klum is pregnant with her fourth child, her singer husband Seal has said. Seal confirmed the rumours from the stage of a concert on Thursday in New York’s Radio City Hall, telling the audience; “Heidi and...
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