Microsoft has had talks with News Corp about a deal where News Corp gets paid to take its news Web sites off Google, a source familiar with the matter said on Sunday.

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Michael Jackson's famous white glove sold for $350,000 at a memorabilia auction on Saturday, soaring far past pre-sale estimates, while a black jacket he wore during a 1989 world tour fetched $225,000.

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New electronic record systems installed in thousands of U.S. hospitals have done little to rein in skyrocketing healthcare costs, Harvard University researchers said in a study released on Friday.

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A foam rocket launcher, children's book and Batman and Wolverine action figures are among the most dangerous toys on store shelves, according to a consumer watchdog group.

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A foam rocket launcher, children's book and Batman and Wolverine action figures are among the most dangerous toys on store shelves, according to a consumer watchdog group.

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Illinois-based meat company E.S. Miller Packing Co was recalling about 219 lbs of ground beef products amid concerns it could be contaminated with E.coli, the government said.

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Tobacco use will kill 6 million people next year from cancer, heart disease, emphysema and a range of other ills, the American Cancer Society said in a report issued on Tuesday.

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People as young as 45 with high blood pressure are more likely to have memory troubles, U.S. researchers found.

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JetBlue, which last week began offering a one-month unlimited travel pass, ended the sale early when the passes sold out before the promotion was set to expire, the airline said Thursday.

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The Obama administration will trim its budget deficit forecast for fiscal 2009 to $1.58 trillion, after scrapping money earmarked for bailing out more banks, officials said on Wednesday.

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U.S. consumers will see on Thursday the first signs of the biggest overhaul of the credit card industry in at least two decades.

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Chemicals in cannabis have been found to stop prostate cancer cells from growing in the laboratory, suggesting that cannabis-based medicines could one day help fight the disease.

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Federal prosecutors charged a man with the largest case of credit and debit card data theft ever in the U.S., accusing the one-time informant of trying to gain access to 130 million accounts.

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U.S. authorities announced what they believed to be the largest hacking and identity theft case ever prosecuted on Monday in a scheme involving more than 130 million credit and debit card numbers.

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Hamid Karzai and his main rival Abdullah Abdullah entered the last day of campaigning for the Afghan presidency on Monday with the outcome hanging on the threat of violence and the clout of old militia chiefs.

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As American consumers abandon gas-guzzling SUVs for greener alternatives, they also face a new kind of sticker shock.

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U.S. and Pakistani officials meeting on Sunday said they were heartened by signs of a rift between Pakistani Taliban factions after the apparent death of militant leader Baitullah Mehsud.

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Citigroup Inc says two of its traders are exempt from a government review of the bank's top executive pay packages, The New York Times reports.

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A ransom demand has been made for the lost merchant ship Arctic Sea, Finnish media said on Saturday, but the whereabouts of the vessel were still unknown.

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Researchers discovered a compound that can kill breast cancer stem cells which resist conventional treatment. The finding could lead to stronger treatments for the disease.

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A study by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research estimated that nearly 1 million people from California alone seek medical, dental or prescription services in Mexico each year.

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Microsoft and Nokia announced an alliance to bring advanced business software to smartphones in a bid to counter the dominance of Research in Motion's Blackberry device.

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A low pressure system could develop into the first tropical cyclone of the Atlantic hurricane season over the next two days, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said Monday.

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A massive magnitude 7.6 quake struck in the Indian Ocean off India's Andaman Islands on Monday, triggering a tsunami watch for India, Myanmar, Indonesia, Thailand and Bangladesh.

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