Brazil won the FIFA Confederations Cup for the second time, beating Argentina 4-1 Wednesday night behind a pair of goals by Adriano.

SAN JOSE, Calif. - Intel Corp. pushed price cuts and rebates on computer sellers in exchange for exclusionary contracts — and punished those that used competing microprocessors, rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc. claims in a lawsuit against the world's leading chip maker.
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The industry underdog says 38 companies

Who the hell is Sister Furong? To answer, don't bother combing through pop singer and celebrity archives on Google or glue yourself to the glorious pop karaoke shows on TV.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Nike Inc. (NYSE:NKE - news) posted a 15 percent rise in quarterly profit on Monday on strong sales of high-priced sneakers like its

Tokyo has expressed its "true regrets" for the latest injuries caused by chemical weapons abandoned in China by Japanese troops during World War II.
Three Chinese people were injured last week when poisonous gas leaked from weapons left in the Panyu District of Guangzhou, capital of South China's Guangdong Province.
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The study included more than 1,200 colon cancer patients from 29 hospitals in seven European countries. Half the patients had keyhole surgery, and half had traditional open surgery.
While keyhole surgery took longer to perform than open surgery, patients who had keyhole surgery had less blood loss during surgery, earlier recovery of

The conclusion came after a Friday meeting of NASA managers and engineers who have spent the past six weeks running millions of computer simulations and testing various ways ice might strike the orbiter. The launch window opens July 13.
"There are still some areas we're going to continue to watch very closely and will probably continue t

OVERLAND PARK, Kan (Reuters) - When Annette Evanson sends her son off to elementary school each day, she packs him a lunch stocked with carrot sticks, whole-grain bread and fresh fruit.
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She considers it a defensive move. "They serve the kids corn dogs and hot dogs at school," said Evanson, who lives in suburba

AHMEDABAD, India (Reuters) - Indian matchmakers are helping    HIV/    AIDS sufferers find partners, advertising in the matrimonial columns of weekend newspapers and arranging weddings.
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Matchmakers write the ads, keep the identities of would-be brides and grooms secret

In the space of a few hours, the    Federal Reserve will announce its latest policy on the nation's interest rates, and institutional traders — the big banks that run mutual funds, hedge funds and other investment vehicles — will react accordingly before the 4 p.m. close, attempting to strike the right balance between boosti

He has risen to the highest ranks of the White House, carries the title of deputy chief of staff and presides over a broad portfolio of domestic and foreign issues. But even as he has morphed from political operative to policy adviser, Karl Rove retains the instincts of the direct-mail specialist he once was in Texas.
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NEW YORK - Let the cynics talk.    Tom Cruise is in love — and he just can't restrain himself.
"You know what? There's always cynics. There always has been. There always will be," said Cruise, who hasn't been shy about displaying his affection for "Batman Begins" actress Katie Holmes. "I have never worried ... about

LONDON (Reuters) - Oil prices rose to touch $60 for a second day on Friday, extending a streak of record highs that have yet to curb robust U.S. energy demand.
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U.S. crude futures traded up 10 cents to $59.50 a barrel, having touched $60 to match Thursday's record -- the highest since the New York Mercantile E

WASHINGTON - Sales of new homes in May climbed to the second highest level in history, but the median sales price fell sharply, the government reported Friday.
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The    Commerce Department said that sales of new single-family homes rose by 2.1 percent last month to a seasonally adjusted annu

NEW YORK - Stocks wobbled lower Friday as investors, unable to shake their jitters over high oil prices, shrugged off mostly upbeat government data showing strong sales last month of durable goods and new homes.
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In late morning trading, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 30.00, or 0.3 percent, at 10,391