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Quebec City to bid for Winter Olympics: report

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Quebec City is preparing to table a bid for either the 2022 or 2026 Winter Games, according to a report published Saturday in Le Soleil, a local newspaper.

N'western knocks out QB, upsets No. 8 Iowa 17-10 (AP)

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AP - Dan Persa threw a touchdown pass and Marshall Thomas recovered a fumble for another touchdown, and Northwestern snapped No. 8 Iowa's 13-game winning streak with a 17-10 victory on Saturday.

Own goals help Arsenal up to second

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Arsenal head into the international break resting nicely near the top of the Barclays Premier League table.

Olympic ticket website not working

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Thousands of people logged on as the last wave of Olympic tickets went on sale Saturday morning, but many potential buyers reported huge problems with the Olympic ticket website.
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TAM: Jet forced to return to JFK (AP)

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AP - TAM Airlines says one of its jets took off from New York's JFK airport but was forced to return 20 minutes into the ... more

BA cabin crew to vote on strike: union (AFP)

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AFP - Thousands of British Airways cabin crew are to vote on whether to take industrial action, the Unite trade union said Saturday, in a ... more

Motorola settles patent dispute suit

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Motorola Inc. and a Silicon Valley wireless network company have settled a patent dispute more than two years after the Schaumburg-based technology giant sued its ... more

Federal prosecutors investigating Abbott about Depakote sales practices

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Abbott Laboratories said its sales and marketing practices of Depakote, the widely used drug for bipolar disorder and epilepsy, are under federal investigation.

Review: Motorola's Droid

published about 15 hours ago
Impressive hardware and a host of software make the Droid a smart, fun phone. But it has a few annoying issues, like how to get ... more

Justin Bieber's "World" centers on young love (Reuters)

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Reuters - A year ago, Justin Bieber was a kid from Toronto who had a gift for singing sweet-natured covers of Usher hits, a penchant ... more

IBM offers to swap higher-interest debt (AP)

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AP - IBM Corp. on Friday made an offer to certain debt holders to swap their long-term debt with bonds carrying a lower interest rate ... more

Spanish Basketball Game Off Because of Swine Flu

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MADRID (AP) -- Swine flu has forced the Spanish basketball league to postpone a game for the second time this season.

Pennetta gives Italy 1-0 lead in Fed Cup final

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Flavia Pennetta beat Alexa Glatch 6-3, 6-1 on Saturday to give Italy a 1-0 lead over the United States in the Fed Cup final.

Manny Exercises 2010 Option to Return to Dodgers

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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Slugger Manny Ramirez will exercise his $20 million option to return to the Los Angeles Dodgers for the 2010 season, the ... more

Miami Book Fair International

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Author lectures, book signings and more Nov. 8-15

Airplane part falls onto N.Y. home’s front lawn

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An airplane part fell from the sky and landed on the front lawn of a home on Long Island, New York. Authorities are looking into ... more

Keep your vacation moments memorable

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Sometimes vacation photos reflect the harsh reality that you failed to give a moment’s thought about how you look before you stepped in front of ... more

Man makes living by selling the shirt on his back (Reuters)

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Reuters - A T-shirt a day has kept unemployment at bay for an American man who is making about $85,000 a year by selling advertising ... more

Miss England gives up crown over brawl reports (Reuters)

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Reuters - Beauty pageant winner Miss England gave up her title on Friday after reports she had been involved in a nightclub brawl with another ... more

SKorean woman passes driver's exam on 950th try

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A woman in South Korea who tried to pass the written exam for a driver's license with near-daily attempts since April 2005 has finally succeeded ... more

Star Ryan Thomas in drink-drive probe

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CORONATION Street star Ryan Thomas has been questioned by police in connection with a drink-drive collision.

BAFTA honors bevy of Brits, Yanks in L.A.

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American and British stars converged on Los Angeles for the British Academy of Film & Television Arts Britannia awards, celebrating ...

No more farm animals, Clooney says

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It may seem stranger than fiction, but George Clooney's latest film, paranormal comedy "The Men Who Stare at Goats," was inspired by real events.

High Homocysteine in Women Raises Risk for Alzheimer's

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The risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease is two times greater among middle-aged women who have high levels of homocysteine than those who do not. read ... more
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Health chiefs say sorry for 'failings'

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HEALTH chiefs today apologised "unreservedly"for the "major failings" in its care which left a woman to bleed to death following breast cancer surgery.

What kids drink at 5 could affect weight at 15 (Reuters)

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Reuters - Parents may be setting their daughters up for weight problems simply by allowing them to drink two or more sweetened drinks daily while ... more