Home Depot is testing a warm-and-fuzzy approach to selling hammers, lighting and garage doors that targets female shoppers.
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Planet Green's new docu-series, "Greensburg," follows the rebuilding of twister-devastated Greensburg, Kan. -- its determination to transform into an environmentally-friendly town -- and the sheer will of its remaining residents.
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Texas cops say the siblings, 7 and 3, last seen Sunday, may have been killed.
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SUN VALLEY, Idaho (Hollywood Reporter) - Several hundred major media executives at Herb Allen's annual retreat in this remote Northwest niche thought they could get away from it all, including Hollywood's labor strife 900 miles. But they were at least partially wrong.

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SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp introduced on Wednesday pricing for its suite of online services targeted at corporate customers and a revenue-sharing plan to encourage other companies to sell the software company's products.

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The top U.S. and South Korean trade envoys have broken off talks without resolving a crisis over the resumption of American beef shipments that has shaken South Korea's pro-U.S. government.
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Shetland and parts of Wales and north England are Britain's obesity hotspots, according to a map compiled from GP records.
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Gallery of statues depicting Roman rulers is unearthed
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Veteran U.S. television journalist Ted Koppel has been named as a contributing political analyst for the BBC's internationally broadcast "World News America" program.

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AP - Emil Brown homered and drove in three runs, Rajai Davis had a career-high four hits and the Oakland Athletics beat the Los Angeles Angels 6-5 on Wednesday night.

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A new skin patch may help protect travelers from a common vacation spoiler: traveler's diarrhea.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Despite new efforts to regulate Internet pharmacies, 85 percent of sites selling controlled drugs do not require a prescription, researchers reported on Wednesday.

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama wants a successful end to long-running world trade talks, but will closely review any deal reached by the Bush administration, an Obama adviser said on Wednesday.

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Supreme Court will review court decision on Navy sonar use
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Doing your body a world of good is as easy as expanding your grocery list.
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Who will rid me of this hideous cellulite? Plenty of promises, for a price.
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Transferring money from one bank to another gets faster from Tuesday as a new banking scheme starts.
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OMAHA, Nebraska (Reuters) - Forged from eight days of pressure-packed competition, the powerhouse U.S. Olympic swim team spearheaded by Michael Phelps could leave Beijing as the most successful squad ever assembled. With only the top two in each event earning Olympic berths, the U.S. trials featured its usual cut-throat battles that produced eight world records and equaled another. Four swimmers, Phelps, Aaron Peirsol, Natalie Coughlin and Amanda Beard will be back to defend Olympic crowns while 26 others, including youngest member of the squad 15-year-old Elizabeth Beisel will make their Summer Games debuts. Beard qualified for her fourth Games while Dara Torres, a 41-year-old mother, will take part in her fifth. However there was no room for swimming's showman Gary Hall Jr. The 33-year-old's bid to become the first swimmer to win the same event at three different Olympics began in typical fashion as he shadowboxed his way to the block in a red, white and...
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