Canada defeated Slovakia 3-2 in the semifinals of the Vancouver Winter Olympics to set up a gold medal hockey match game with the U.S. tomorrow.

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Robert Rubin, the former U.S. Treasury secretary who later advised Citigroup Inc. as the bank piled up subprime-mortgage losses, may soon face his first public grilling on the 2008 financial crisis.

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New York Governor David Paterson’s decision to abandon his run for election makes his one-time rival, state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, the “natural choice” to be the Democratic candidate, said the party’s New York chief.

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The wildly popular online game World of Warcraft is riddled with irreconcilable rivalries. There is, of course, the conflict between the Alliance and the Horde, the cornerstone of the game’s narrative that pits half of the almost 12 million WoW players…

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Willie Veasley scored 20 points and Matt Howard had 17 to lead No. 15 Butler to a 74-69 victory over Valparaiso Friday night and stretch its nation-leading winning streak to 18 games. The Bulldogs (26-4, 18-0) pulled out the win even without top scorer Gordon…

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Honolulu barely escaped becoming a one-newspaper town about a decade ago. Many believe the death of one its two dailies is inevitable this time around. The parent company of the Honolulu Star-Bulletin announced Thursday it was purchasing longtime rival The…

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Tyrone Lewis scored 21 points and Niagara held off Manhattan 74-72 on Friday night. Lewis also grabbed five rebounds to become the first player in Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference history to have 1,500 points, 500 rebounds, 200 steals and 200 assists in a…

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Payrolls could give the U.S. stock market some direction next week as investors comb through the key report on one of the economy’s weakest areas.

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A bold proposal by Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd to set up a single supervisor for U.S. banks looks doomed, said a source familiar with Senate committee discussions on Friday.

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Mo Williams made back-to-back 3-pointers in overtime and finished with 22 points, LeBron James scored 36, and the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Toronto Raptors 126-118 on Friday night. Antawn Jamison scored 22 points and Delonte West added 15 for Cleveland,…

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Soldiers are getting to spend more time at home between combat deployments as the U.S. military draws down in Iraq and the Army grows in size, the service’s chief of staff said Friday. Gen. George Casey told reporters during a visit to Hawaii’s largest Army…

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The Chinese cyber attacks that Google Inc. reported last month may have targeted more than 100 companies, a larger number than previously thought, according to security research firm ISEC Partners Inc.

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China Attacks on Google May Have Hit 100 Companies, ISEC Says

An explosion triggered by residents setting off fireworks to celebrate the Lunar New Year tore through a village in southern China, killing 19 people and wounding more than 30 as the country neared the end of its biggest holiday. The blast late Friday in the…

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Jeff Foote scored 19 points and Cornell held off Princeton 50-47 on Friday night. Ryan Wittman hit two free throws with 2 seconds left to clinch the win for the Big Red after the Tigers pulled within 48-47 on a Dan Mavraides layup with 4 seconds to go….

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Gov. Sonny Perdue joined Korean and American dignitaries in celebrating the opening of Kia’s first North American manufacturing facility in west Georgia Friday. “This is a momentous day for Georgia as Kia Motors has brought thousands of new jobs to this area…

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