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Chip Crooks Cheat Retailers
Wired News - 3 hours ago Samsung will pay a $300 million fine to settle accusations it secretly conspired with industry rivals to fix prices and cheat customers. Samsung's guilty plea to a felony price-fixing charge caps a three-year

Sunni party attacked on eve of Iraqi referendum
Mail & Guardian Online - 1 hour ago Sunni insurgents launched five attacks against the largest Sunni Arab political party on the eve of Iraq's crucial referendum on Friday, bombing and burning offices and the home of one of its leaders in retaliation after the group dropped its opposition

Prosecutor to Rove: no decisions yet on charges
Reuters - 59 minutes ago WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald on Friday told President George W. Bush's top political adviser, Karl Rove, that he has yet to decide whether he will bring charges over the leak of a covert CIA operative's identity, Rove's

Filmgoers should avoid visits to 'Elizabethtown'
DetNews.com - 15 hours ago Let's just say it: "Elizabethtown" is a mess. After a bright-enough start, the film sputters about contemplating Southern life, true love and the importance of family before it suddenly takes off on a shockingly far-fetched road trip.

Northeast Downpours Blamed for 10 Deaths
San Francisco Chronicle - 5 hours ago By WAYNE PARRY, Associated Press Writer. Rain fell for an eighth straight day around the waterlogged Northeast on Friday, pushing people from their homes in the middle of the night and leaving train tracks littered with fallen trees.

Chorus of disapproval over court pick
BBC News - 3 hours ago By Justin Webb. President Bush is involved in an increasingly rancorous political battle with people who used to be his most ardent supporters, a battle which is leading to fresh questions about his judgement and the future of his administration.

Dutch Detain 7 in Anti-Terror Sweep
ABC News - 2 hours ago Police officers, right, guard the Dutch parliament buildings in The Hague, The Netherlands, Friday, Oct. 14, 2005. Police detained seven suspects Friday in an anti-terrorism operation in three Dutch cities

ALL BUSINESS: Governance fails at Refco
San Jose Mercury News - 2 hours ago NEW YORK - Congratulations, most everybody at Refco Inc.! Before this week, few investors had heard of your commodities futures brokerage firm. Now, you're making headlines with a financial scandal that is being compared to the mess that sank Enron Corp.

New iPod raises Apple stock, sparks debate
PhysOrg.com - 39 minutes ago Just two days earlier, after-hours trading had plunged the stock down 10 percent in reaction to the company's quarterly earnings statement in which Apple announced quarterly revenue of $3.68 billion, up 63 percent from this same period last year but a bit

Consumer prices surge
Reuters - 49 minutes ago By Tim Ahmann. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - US consumer prices soared 1.2 percent last month, the biggest gain in more than 25 years, as hurricanes led to a record surge in energy prices. The storms also knocked