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Internet shake-up: Yahoo's Yang to step down as CEO - USATODAY.com view story
1 vote- Submitted by USATodayReader
- about 1 hour ago
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Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang is stepping down as chief executive, ending a rocky reign marked by his refusal to sell the Internet company to Microsoft for $47.5 billion more than triple Yahoo's current market value.
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Southern California wildfires slow as desert winds ease up - USATODAY.com view story
1 vote- Submitted by USATodayReader
- about 5 hours ago
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The easing of hot, dry desert winds allowed firefighters to control what was left of three major fires that burned 41,000 acres in five counties of Southern California.
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Iraq deal draft: U.S. forces out in 3 years - USATODAY.com view story
1 vote- Submitted by USATodayReader
- about 5 hours ago
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All U.S. troops would have to leave Iraq by the end of 2011 under a historic agreement that Iraq's parliament will begin debating today. If approved, the pact would essentially spell out a timetable for the end of the war.
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Treasury pays $33.56B to 21 banks in 2nd round of bailout payments - USATODAY.com view story
3 votes- Submitted by USATodayReader
- about 11 hours ago
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The government says it has supplied $33.56 billion to 21 banks in a second round of payments from the $700 billion rescue program.
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Jet fuel's down, but surcharges have stuck - USATODAY.com view story
2 votes- Submitted by USATodayReader
- about 11 hours ago
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Despite lower jet-fuel prices, fuel surcharges on international tickets are much higher than a year ago, according to an analysis of airline fare data for USA TODAY. Surcharges on many tickets have doubled, and many tickets on shorter flights which...
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U.S. Navy: Somali pirates hijack Saudi oil tanker - USATODAY.com view story
2 votes- Submitted by USATodayReader
- about 14 hours ago
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The U.S. Navy says pirates who seized a Saudi-owned oil supertanker are taking the ship to a Somali port where hijacked vessels are often held.
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Obama, McCain meet, vow to work together for the country - USATODAY.com view story
2 votes- Submitted by USATodayReader
- about 14 hours ago
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Promising to have a good conversation about how we can do some work together to fix up the country, President-elect Barack Obama met Monday with former rival John McCain.
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Report: Man has less severe form of TB - USATODAY.com view story
2 votes- Submitted by USATodayReader
- about 19 hours ago
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An Atlanta lawyer undergoing treatment for extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis, XDR-TB, in Denver has a form of the disease that is less drug-resistant and more curable than previously reported, doctors said Tuesday.
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TB-infected traveler quarantined - USATODAY.com view story
3 votes- Submitted by USATodayReader
- about 20 hours ago
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U.S. health officials said Tuesday that they have issued a rare federal order of isolation to detain a Georgia man diagnosed with a highly drug-resistant form of tuberculosis after he flew on international flights to Paris and Montreal, potentially...
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Hedge fund execs advocate new public exchanges - USATODAY.com view story
2 votes- Submitted by USATodayReader
- about 20 hours ago
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Several prominent hedge fund managers told Congress Thursday they support a new central exchange to open the murky world of some complex investments partly blamed for the global financial crisis, but stopped short of endorsing stricter regulation of...

