Oil platform explodes off La. coast; crew rescued
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2010-09-03T02:41:35Z
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- An oil platform exploded and burned off the Louisiana coast Thursday, the second such disaster in the Gulf of Mexico in less than five months. This time, the Coast Guard said there was no leak, and no one was killed....
Most Asian stocks rise on improving US data
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2010-09-03T02:30:35Z
TOKYO (AP) -- Most Asian stock markets climbed Friday as investors took heart from improving U.S. housing and jobs data amid lingering worries over the pace of the global economic recovery....
Calderon: Violence price worth paying in drug war
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2010-09-03T02:25:08Z
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- President Felipe Calderon tried to rally frustrated Mexicans behind his increasingly bloody drug war Thursday, saying he knows violence has surged under his watch, but arguing that it is the price of confronting powerful and brutal cartels....
Dell’s enterprise challenge remains after 3Par
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2010-09-03T01:48:51Z
SEATTLE (AP) -- Dell Inc. doesn't have to start over in its quest to become a significant purveyor of technology for businesses after losing a multibillion dollar bidding contest for an obscure data-storage maker....
HP wins 3PAR for $2.4 billion as Dell drops out
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hewlett-Packard Co won the bidding war to buy data storage company 3PAR Inc for $2.4 billion, as rival Dell Inc bowed out on Thursday.Murdoch: Global economy is still not out of turmoil
NEW YORK (Reuters) - News Corp Chief Executive Rupert Murdoch said the global economy is still in an uncertain state and the media industry is going through a fundamental transformation that is unpredictableComfort Inn a hurricane hostel in NC
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2010-09-03T00:38:07Z
BUXTON, N.C. (AP) -- A two-story Comfort Inn has become a makeshift hurricane hostel on North Carolina's Outer Banks for those who want to stay close to their homes but know they need better shelter from the outslaught of Earl....

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