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Microsoft revamps Office for tablets, Internet

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By MICHAEL LIEDTKEAP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - New versions of Microsoft's word processing, spreadsheet and email programs will sport touch-based controls and emphasize Internet storage to reflect an industry-wide shift away from the company's strengths in desktop and laptop

Inside the new frontiers of clean energy

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By Billy Parish

Oil price rises on stimulus hopes

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By CHRIS KAHNAP Energy Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Oil prices climbed for a fourth day on hopes that the Federal Reserve will take additional steps to prop up the economy. Benchmark U.S. crude on Monday rose $1.33 to end at $88.43 per barrel in New York, while Brent crude rose by $1.95 to finish at $

Cincinnati helps stranded Indonesian college choir

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CINCINNATI (AP) - An Indonesian choir stuck in Cincinnati after a traveling mishap forced them to miss the World Choir Games was embraced by city residents determined to open their hearts and wallets to get the singers to perform and then to return them home. The effort to help the 49-member Gema

Human Genome agrees to GlaxoSmithKline takeover

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By LINDA A. JOHNSONAP Business Writer TRENTON. N.J. (AP) - U.K. drug maker GlaxoSmithKline has secured its takeover of longtime partner Human Genome Sciences after agreeing to pay more, a move to expand GSK's drug portfolio in crucial areas: biologic drugs and treatments for the hundreds of

Florida A&M president to resign immediately

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By GARY FINEOUTAssociated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Florida A&M University's president reached an agreement with school officials to immediately resign Monday after facing months of criticism in the hazing death of a marching band member. Last week, James Ammons had submitted a

Child abuse rises when economy sags

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By Serena GordonHealthDay Reporter MONDAY, July 16 (HealthDay News) -- The housing crisis that has left so many people without a permanent home may have worsened another serious problem: child abuse. As mortgage delinquencies and foreclosures loom, the rates of child abuse leading to

Class of 2012: 5 Europe grads face rocky future

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By The Associated Press Athina Prassa in Athens mastered English in four years studying at a private university. It's a skill that may not help her much as she hunts for work while hard-right thugs roam her blighted neighborhood. Lucy Nicholls in London graduated from fashion school brimming

Bodies found in search for 2 Missouri sisters

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EDGERTON, Mo. (AP) - Authorities in Platte County, Mo., say officials have found the bodies of two women in a field after officials interrogated "a suspect in the disappearance of Britny Haarup and Ashley Key." The Kansas City Star reported (http://bit.ly/Nsrx8S) late Sunday that the bodies were

Syrian rebels push war into capital Damascus

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By BEN HUBBARDAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) - Syrian rebels fired grenades at tanks and troops while regime armor shelled Damascus neighborhoods on Monday, sending terrified families fleeing the most sustained and widespread fighting in the capital since the start of the uprising 16 months ago. A