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Internet advertising - prices up; Fed raises interest rates BusinessWeek - 36 minutes ago

Bond prices up; Fed raises interest rates
BusinessWeek - 36 minutes ago JUN. 30 6:20 PM ET Bond prices rose Thursday, with longer-dated Treasurys showing the biggest gains, as Federal Reserve policy makers fulfilled market expectations with another interest-rate increase. The

Preview of men's semi-finals
Telegraph.co.uk - 1 hour ago By Mark Hodgkinson. Andy Roddick is the youngest of the semi-finalists at 22 and Thomas Johansson the oldest at 30, but both have been upset by suggestions that they are "one-slam wonders", that they will probably not win another grand slam title.

Apple Claims 1 Million Podcast Subscriptions
CIO Today - 44 minutes ago Apple offers access to more than 3,000 podcasts, which are Internet-based audio programs that people can download and listen to on their computers, or on portable digital-music players such as Apple's iPod.

Spain gives approval to gay unions
International Herald Tribune - 50 minutes ago MADRID The Spanish Parliament gave final approval Thursday to a bill legalizing same-sex marriage, making Spain the third country to legalize gay marriage, after the Netherlands and Belgium. The measure, passed

Time Will Comply With Order to Hand Over Documents (Update7)
Bloomberg - 1 hour ago June 30 (Bloomberg) -- Time Inc., seeking to keep its reporter out of jail and avoid fines, said it will hand over subpoenaed records to a prosecutor investigating the leak of a CIA operative's name after losing a US Supreme Court appeal.

Bush Endorses the Creation of a New National Security Service
Voice of America - 2 hours ago By Amy Katz. US President George Bush is endorsing almost all of the recommendations of a special panel that studied US intelligence capabilities -- including the creation of a national security service within the FBI.

UK bounty-hunter who inspired movie, dead in LA
Reuters - 3 hours ago LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A British model turned Los Angeles bounty-hunter who inspired an upcoming movie has died of undetermined causes in Hollywood but the studio said on Thursday it planned to go ahead with its August release.

US Officials Say Israel, Palestinians Coordinating Gaza Pullout
Voice of America - 1 hour ago By David Gollust. Top US officials have given a generally upbeat assessment of the coordination between Israel and the Palestinians on the upcoming withdrawal of Jewish settlers and soldiers from the Gaza Strip.