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The U.S. Treasury and Fed are meeting on Monday with “leading financial market participants” to finalize details on a market stabilization initiative. Discussion
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Wall Street surged Monday as investors rushed into stocks after eight sessions of devastating losses, hoping that the stock market is finding some footing. Discussion
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The British government injected $63 billion into some of the country’s leading banks Monday to avoid a full-scale collapse of the sector. Discussion
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Gaining momentum, Democrat Barack Obama has a clear edge among likely voters as well as lower negative ratings than his rival, John McCain, according to a new Washington Post- ... Discussion
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Adult children of parents with Alzheimer's disease may be at increased risk of the disorder, prompting a frightening question: What if I get it, too? Discussion
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The upcoming presidential election has  left emotions ragged and voters arguing, particularly among couples who find themselves rooting for opposite candidates. Discussion
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North Korea has lifted its ban on U.N. nuclear inspectors and is again allowing them access to the plutonium-producing plant it used to set up an atomic test explosion, diplom ... Discussion
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A blaze that claimed the lives of a couple and their three children in a Manhattan apartment was caused by a child playing with matches or a lighter, fire marshals said Monday ... Discussion
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U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson has called the leaders of the top U.S. banks to a meeting Monday in Washington, D.C., according to news reports. Discussion
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Wall Street surged Monday as investors rushed into stocks after eight sessions of devastating losses, hoping that the stock market is finding some footing. Discussion
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The upcoming presidential election has  left emotions ragged and voters arguing, particularly among couples who find themselves rooting for opposite candidates. Discussion
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Dr. George Palade, who won a Nobel Prize in 1974 for his work isolating and identifying cell structure and helped create one of the leading cell biology programs in the nation ... Discussion
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“Getting a helping hand” took on a whole new meaning for Kasey Edwards Monday when he received a new, high-tech hand to replace the one he lost to a hungry alligator in June. ... Discussion
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Adult children of parents with Alzheimer's disease may be at increased risk of the disorder, prompting a frightening question: What if I get it, too? Discussion
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Diplomats said Monday that North Korea was again allowing U.N monitors to inspect its main nuclear facility. Discussion
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Wall Street is snapping back from last week's devastating losses on growing hopes the stock market will finally find some footing. Discussion
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Wall Street kicked off a huge rebound Monday as investors hoped the stock market is finding some footing after eight sessions of devastating losses. Discussion
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Some 170 wedding banquet guests were rushed to hospital in north China when powdered rust remover was added to the pot instead of salt after they all decided it needed added f ... Discussion
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Wall Street headed for huge rebound Monday as investors, hoping that the stock market is finding some footing after eight sessions of devastating losses. Discussion
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The financial market collapse of the past few weeks has destroyed trillions of dollars in wealth. So where, exactly, did all that money go? Discussion
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