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| 25 |  | Spanish plane that crashed had overheated valve
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AP - The plane that crashed in Madrid reported an air intake valve overheating before a first attempt at takeoff but it was not immediately clear whether that was a factor in the accident that killed 153 people, owner Spanair said Thursday.
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| 26 |  | Lehman outlook dims on failed sale report
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Reuters - The outlook for Lehman Brothers Holdings
Inc darkened further on Thursday as a newspaper
reported that an intended asset sale had collapsed and a
Citigroup analyst forecast big losses for the group.
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| 27 |  | Jobless claims fall for second straight week
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AP - The government says the number of newly laid-off workers seeking unemployment benefits fell more than expected last week, the second straight weekly drop from a six-year high. |
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| 28 |  | Nearly 50 dead in Pakistan blasts
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Reuters - Two suicide bombers blew themselves
up outside Pakistan's main defence industry complex on Thursday
as workers were leaving at the end of their shift, killing
nearly 50 people, police said.
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| 30 |  | Russia says troops will withdraw by Friday |
Russian forces in Georgia will withdraw to a buffer zone by Friday evening -- two weeks after the initial invasion -- according to the deputy chief of staff of Russia's armed forces.

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| 31 |  | Heat gauge problem in plane that crashed in Spain
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AP - Spanair says the plane that crashed in Madrid experienced overheating in an air intake valve prior to a first attempt at takeoff. It is not clear if this had anything to do with the crash that killed 153 of the 172 people aboard.
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| 32 |  | Fay parks off Florida coast |
Tropical Storm Fay is hovering just off Florida's east coast, dumping relentless rains and causing what Gov. Charlie Crist calls "historic flooding." The storm is expected to make its third Florida landfall later today and move slowly over the northern peninsula. Fay has sustained winds of 60 mph and may pour 30 inches of rain in some areas.

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| 34 |  | Suicide bombers attack Pakistan arms factory |
Two suicide bombers blew themselves up near the gates of a military arms factory in Pakistan on Thursday, killing 16 and wounding 40, police said.

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| 35 |  | U.S. women take gold in beach volleyball |
SI.com caught up with senior writer E.M. Swift to get his thoughts on the women's beach volleyball gold medal match. With Swift and others in attendance, dodging raindrops, Kerri Walsh and Misty May-Treanor won a second straight gold medal with a 21-18, 21-18 victory China's Tian Jia and Wang Jie.

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| 36 |  | Casio: Three new EXILIM digicams |
Casio America Inc. has introduced three new digital camera models for its EXILIM Zoom series. The Casio EXILIM Zoom EX-Z85 and Casio EXILIM Zoom EX-Z250 both sport 9.1 megapixel 1/2.5-quot; CCD imagers, while the Casio EXILIM Zoom EX-Z300 boosts this to 10.1 megapixels from a 1/2.3-quot; CCD. All three cameras have EXILIM-branded optical zoom lenses - a 3x zoom with a rather tight 38mm wide angle for the Casio Z85, while both the Casio Z250 ... |
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