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Eight Iraqis Killed in Baghdad Bomb Blast
2006-02-01: AP - A bomb exploded alongside a group of Iraqi men waiting for work in eastern Baghdad on Wednesday, killing at least eight and wounding more than 50, as a new video from kidnappers threatened to kill two German hostages if Germany fails to stop cooperating with the Iraqi government.
Texas Executes Man for 1994 Double Murder
2006-02-01: AP - A double killer was executed Tuesday, half an hour after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected arguments that he might be mentally retarded and that lethal injection caused pain.
U.S. Capitol police arrest activist Sheehan
2006-02-01: Reuters - Activist Cindy Sheehan was arrested
in the House of Representatives chamber on Tuesday shortly
before President George W. Bush gave his State of the Union
address because she refused to cover up an anti-war slogan on
her shirt.
Scandal-hit Livedoor alleged to hide fortune in Swiss accounts: report
2006-02-01: AFP - Livedoor, the once high-flying Internet firm engulfed in scandal, allegedly hid billions of yen (millions of dollars) in off-the-book gains from stock sales in Swiss bank accounts, a report said.
ABC Looks at Fill-Ins for Anchor
2006-02-01: ABC News plans for Diane Sawyer and Charles Gibson to fill in on 'World News Tonight' while Bob Woodruff recovers from injuries suffered in Iraq.
Roche 2005 profit boosted by cancer drugs, Tamiflu
2006-02-01: Reuters - Operating profit at Swiss
drugmaker Roche Holding AG rose 33 percent to 9.025
billion Swiss francs ($7.04 billion) in 2005, beating analysts'
expectations on strong cancer and flu drug demand.
Construction Spending Sets Record in 2005
2006-02-01: AP - Construction spending climbed to an all-time high in December, helping to push building for all of 2005 to a record as well.
European stocks fall after Fed move
2006-02-01: FT.com - European equities fell on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve deflated hopes of an end to US interest rate increases, while internet giant Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) fell short of expectations with its quarterly earnings.
Finance: Rate yourself using debt-to-income ratio
2006-02-01: Reuters - (Linda Stern is a freelance writer. Any opinions in the
column are solely those of Ms. Stern. You can e-mail her at
lindastern(at)aol.com.)
In a Corner of Costa Rica, a Beachhead for Luxury
2006-02-02: Guanacaste province, the remote Pacific Coast of northern Costa Rica, has been transformed by a collection of hotels and real estate developments aimed at America's affluent baby boomers.
ChoicePoint's Far From Alone In Data Security Dungeon
2006-02-01: The Federal Trade Commission recorded more than 685,000 consumer fraud and identity theft complaints in its database in 2005.
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