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Articles: Gamblers try to cash

Posted by admin on Thursday, April 08, 2004 - 12:57 AM

	The slot machine where Guadalupe Lopez hit the jackpot has become a hot destination for gamblers. J. Lo’s mom won $2.4 million playing a Wheel of Fortune one dollar machine at the Borgata Casino in Atlantic City, and the well-publicized win has made throngs of would-be millionaires hoping for a little of that Lopez luck. Read full article: 'Gamblers try to cash'

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Articles: Gamblers try to cash

Posted by admin on Thursday, April 08, 2004 - 12:57 AM

	The slot machine where Guadalupe Lopez hit the jackpot has become a hot destination for gamblers. J. Lo’s mom won $2.4 million playing a Wheel of Fortune one dollar machine at the Borgata Casino in Atlantic City, and the well-publicized win has made throngs of would-be millionaires hoping for a little of that Lopez luck. Read full article: 'Gamblers try to cash'

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Articles: Light trading magnifies holiday week stock slide

Posted by admin on Thursday, April 08, 2004 - 12:53 AM

	NEW YORK — Investors lost a little more optimism about first-quarter earnings yesterday, sending stocks sliding on a disappointing profit report from Alcoa and a warning from Seagate Technology. Read full article: 'Light trading magnifies holiday week stock slide'

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Articles: Yahoo Shares Rise on Record Profit, Stock Split, New Forecast

Posted by admin on Thursday, April 08, 2004 - 12:50 AM

	Shares of Yahoo! Inc., owner of the world's most-used group of Internet sites, rose 10 percent in Europe after the company reported a record first-quarter profit, raised its earnings forecast and said it will split its stock. Read full article: 'Yahoo Shares Rise on Record Profit, Stock Split, New Forecast'

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Articles: Prostate Cancer Risks Are Cut by Increased Sexual Activity, Study Finds

Posted by admin on Thursday, April 08, 2004 - 12:46 AM

	There's more good news about the health benefits of sex. Men who ejaculate frequently have a lower risk of developing prostate cancer, according to new research that overturns the notion that more sexual activity may be linked to higher rates of the potentially deadly disease. Read full article: 'Prostate Cancer Risks Are Cut by Increased Sexual Activity, Study Finds'

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Articles: Drug boosts good cholesterol

Posted by admin on Thursday, April 08, 2004 - 12:39 AM

	An experimental drug can dramatically boost levels of HDL, the good cholesterol, potentially offering an entirely new way to prevent heart attacks. Read full article: 'Drug boosts good cholesterol'

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Articles: New Google service too good to be true

Posted by admin on Thursday, April 08, 2004 - 12:35 AM

	“You are now using 100 percent of your 6.0 MB mailbox. You may not be receiving all of your messages.” It’s a message most e-mail users hate to see when they log on to their free Web-based account, mostly because it leads to spending minutes deleting messages just to make room in the inbox. Read full article: 'New Google service too good to be true'

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Articles: Murdoch follows his American dream

Posted by admin on Thursday, April 08, 2004 - 12:32 AM

	Rupert Murdoch, long a US citizen, severed his final links with his homeland on Tuesday, when News Corporation quit the South Australian city of Adelaide to incorporate in the US. Read full article: 'Murdoch follows his American dream'

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Articles: US Continues Fighting Spread of AIDS in Africa

Posted by admin on Thursday, April 08, 2004 - 12:26 AM

In Washington, a Bush administration official Wednesday updated Congress on the latest U.S. efforts to combat AIDS in Africa. Republican Senator Lamar Alexander of Tennessee, chairman of the Foreign Relations' African Affairs subcommittee, opened a hearing on the scourge of AIDS in Africa with sobering statistics. "[Of the] over 40 million people infected with HIV around the world, three-fourths, 30 million of them, are in the 48 African countries south of the Sahara desert," he said. "The figures are staggering."

Read full article: 'US Continues Fighting Spread of AIDS in Africa'

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Articles: Eurotunnel management ousted in landmark vote

Posted by admin on Thursday, April 08, 2004 - 12:23 AM

	VILLEPINTE, France (AP) -- French shareholders sacked the entire British-led board of Eurotunnel Group in a historic corporate upset, then installed their own directors at the debt-laden channel tunnel operator. Read full article: 'Eurotunnel management ousted in landmark vote'

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