SINGAPORE/SAN FRANCISCO – Apple Computer Inc. (AAPL), maker of market-leading iPod digital music players, has filed a second patent infringement lawsuit in the United States against rival Creative Technology Ltd. (CREAF). The counter-suits come after Singapore-based Creative, the world’s number two MP3 player maker, filed patent complaints against Apple last …
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WEST DES MOINES, Iowa – Superman’s parents say Brandon Routh is still the kind and earnest son they raised in Norwalk. That may be true, but things are changing for the star of “Superman Returns.” Back in Iowa for a special premiere of his new movie, Routh was greeted by …
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KABITHIGOLLEWA, Sri Lanka – Suspected Tiger rebels attacked a crowded bus Thursday in northern Sri Lanka, triggering a pair of hidden explosives that killed at least 64 people in the worst violence since a 2002 cease-fire, officials said. The government quickly launched retaliatory airstrikes against rebel-held positions. With peace talks …
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WASHINGTON – Two experimental pills seem to help older diabetes drugs lower patients’ blood sugar, with the added bonus of a little weight loss. The once-a-day medications are the first in a new class of Type 2 diabetes drugs that work in a unique way, and competitors Merck & Co. …
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JACKSON, Miss – Republican Gov. Haley Barbour said Tuesday he will not run for president in 2008 because he is too busy with Hurricane Katrina’s aftermath. Instead, Barbour, 58, said he intends to seek a second term as governor in 2007. “There’s no way I could run for president and …
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WASHINGTON – President Bush has full confidence in Michael Chertoff and has not considered asking the homeland security secretary to step down after criticism of his performance on Hurricane Katrina, the White House said Tuesday. “Secretary Chertoff is doing a great job,” White House press secretary Scott McClellan said, answering …
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NEW YORK – Rupert Murdoch-controlled media conglomerate News Corp. (NWS) on Wednesday said its fiscal second-quarter profit nearly tripled, boosted by gains from the sale of an education supplement unit. The owner of the 20th Century Fox film studios and the Fox News channel said net profit for the quarter …
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LOS ANGELES – An enraged father allegedly stabbed to death his 14-year-old daughter’s 27-year-old boyfriend after the man professed his love for the girl and said he wanted to take her to Mexico, police said. Efrain Ramos, 38, and two women were arrested Tuesday for investigation of murder in the …
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TORONTO – An explosion in the bathroom of a popular coffee shop killed one man Sunday in Toronto‘s downtown shopping district, police said. Toronto police Chief Bill Blair described the incident at the Tim Hortons coffee and doughnut shop as a fire in the washroom — not a bombing — …
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ROCKVILLE, Md. – Convicted sniper John Allen Muhammad agreed Monday to let three standby attorneys assist him during his upcoming trial in six of the 2002 Washington-area sniper shootings. Muhammad fired his court-appointed attorneys and is representing himself at the trial, scheduled to begin May 1. The standby attorneys will …
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