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    AIDS pioneers, cancer scientist win Nobel prize for medicine (Reuters)

    Professor Harald zur Hausen joint Nobel Prize winner in Physiology or Medicine 2008, poses in a laboratory at the cancer research center of the university in Heidelberg October 6, 2008. (Alex Grimm/Reuters)Reuters - Two French scientists who discovered the AIDS virus and a German who bucked conventional wisdom to find a virus that causes cervical cancer were awarded the 2008 Nobel prize for medicine on Monday.


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    Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:53:34 GMT - Yahoo! News: Top Stories
    Fed to boost auctions, pay interest on reserves (Reuters)
    Reuters - The Federal Reserve on Monday announced a series of steps to funnel massive amounts of liquidity through clogged credit markets, including boosting the sizes of cash auctions and offering banks interest on reserves. -- read full article
    Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:31:09 GMT - Yahoo! News: Top Stories
    Oil drops $6 to below $88 on demand concerns (Reuters)

    General view of the Tema oil refinery near Ghana's capital Accra in this file photo from March 28, 2005. (Yaw Bibini/Reuters)Reuters - Oil dropped $6 to below $88 a barrel on Monday on expectations the growing financial crisis will further slow already faltering global fuel demand.


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    Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:43:09 GMT - Yahoo! News: Top Stories
    Treasury names rescue program chief (Reuters)
    Reuters - The Treasury on Monday named Assistant Secretary for International Economics and Development, Neel Kashkari, as head of the $700 billion government program that will buy soured investments to help restore the financial markets to health. -- read full article
    Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:01:39 GMT - Yahoo! News: Top Stories
    Citi, Wells battle over Wachovia could end soon (Reuters)

    A Wachovia banking branch is seen in Manhasset, New York, October 6, 2008. The U.S. Federal Reserve is brokering discussions between Wells Fargo  and  Co and Citigroup Inc over which of the banks will buy Wachovia Corp's assets, people familiar with the matter have said. (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters)Reuters - A top U.S. regulator forecast Wachovia Corp's fate would be settled by the end of Monday as Wells Fargo & Co and Citigroup battled over bids to acquire the struggling bank.


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    Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:29:36 GMT - Yahoo! News: Top Stories
    Lilly bids $6.5 billion for ImClone (Reuters)

    A laboratory researcher in a file photo. (File/Reuters)Reuters - Eli Lilly and Co has agreed to acquire ImClone Systems Inc for $6.5 billion, outbidding Bristol-Myers Squibb Co and probably bringing to a close one of the most colorful corporate sagas in biotech history.


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    Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:31:13 GMT - Yahoo! News: Top Stories
    U.S. calls for unity as crisis wrecks markets (Reuters)

    Foreign currency dealers monitor screens displaying exchange rates between the dollar and the Korean won at the Korea Exchange Bank (KEB) in Seoul October 6, 2008. (Jo Yong-Hak/Reuters)Reuters - Governments and central banks around the world grasped at measures to contain the fast-spreading financial crisis on Monday but global stocks still plummeted as investors bet a recession was inevitable.


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    Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:43:49 GMT - Yahoo! News: Top Stories
    Stocks plummet in global market rout (Reuters)

    Stocks fell on Monday, with the Dow diving 400 points to below 10,000 for the first time in four years, as investors feared the widening fallout from the credit crisis would drag the economy into recession. (Graphics/Reuters)Reuters - Stocks slid more than 6 percent on Monday, with the Dow diving to its lowest level in almost five years, on fears the global economy was hurtling into recession despite government efforts to contain the fast-spreading financial crisis.


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    Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:35:53 GMT - Yahoo! News: Top Stories
    Both American League series play game 4 today (AP)

    Los Angeles Angels' Erick Aybar (2), who drove in the winning run in the twelfth inning, joins teammates including Howie Kendrick (47) to celebrate a 5-4 win over the Boston Red Sox in Game 3 of baseball's American League division series in Boston Sunday, Oct. 5, 2008. The teams will play Game 4 Monday night in Boston. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)AP - The American League Division Series resume today with the Tampa Bay Rays playing the White Sox in Chicago and the Los Angeles Angels facing the Red Sox in Boston. Both are game 4 in the best-of-5 series with the Rays and Red Sox leading 2 games to 1. The National League Championship Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Philadelphia Phillies begins on Thursday.


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    Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:41:25 GMT - Yahoo! News: Top Stories
    Miley Cyrus celebrates Sweet 16 at Disneyland (AP)

    Actress and singer Miley Cyrus performs at her 'Sweet Sixteen' birthday party at Disneyland in Anaheim, Calif. on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2008. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg)AP - Miley Cyrus' 16th birthday party was more boisterous than sweet. Cyrus celebrated the hallmark birthday at an over-the-top Disneyland celebration Sunday — even though she doesn't actually turn 16 until Nov. 23. The theme park was closed for the supersized soiree, which included a four-song performance by the teen queen and a fireworks display above Sleeping Beauty Castle and 16 giant inflatable candles.


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    Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:42:05 GMT - Yahoo! News: Top Stories
    3 share Nobel prize for work on AIDS and cancer (AP)

    German cancer researcher Harald zur Hausen stands in his laboratory in Heidelberg, Germany, Monday, Oct. 6, 2008. Zur Hausen and French researchers Francoise Barre-Sinoussi and Luc Montagnier shared the 2008 Nobel Prize in medicine Monday for discovering the AIDS virus and the role of viruses in cervical cancer. (AP Photo/Thomas Kienzle)AP - Three European scientists shared the 2008 Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for separate discoveries of viruses that cause AIDS and cervical cancer, breakthroughs that helped doctors fight the deadly diseases.


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    Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:26:45 GMT - Yahoo! News: Top Stories
    Ford's 2010 cars will let parents set speed limit for teens (AP)

    An undated photo provided by Ford Motor Co., of a MyKey. Starting next year, Ford Motor Co. will roll out a new feature, controlled by a computer chip in the key, that allows parents to limit the car's speeds to 80 mph and set a maximum volume for the audio system on some 2010 models. (AP Photo/Ford Motor Co.)AP - So you think junior is a little too lead-footed when he drives the family car? Starting next year, Ford Motor Co. will give you the power to do something about it.


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    Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:02:11 GMT - Yahoo! News: Top Stories
    Cigarette suit first up in new court term Monday (AP)

    People stand to protest on the opening session of the Supreme Court in Washington, Monday, Oct. 6, 2008. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - The Supreme Court opened its new term Monday suggesting it would side with tobacco companies in their fight to block lawsuits over deceptive marketing of "light" cigarettes.


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    Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:11:27 GMT - Yahoo! News: Top Stories
    Bus driver in fatal California crash faces charges (AP)

    A tour bus lies in a water filled ditch after crashing on a rural two lane road near Williams, Calif., on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2008. At least 10 people died and several were injured in theaccident north of Sacramento.(AP Photo/Steve Yeater)AP - Police say the driver of a casino-bound charter bus that crashed and killed eight people is in critical condition and faces charges of driving under the influence.


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    Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:42:34 GMT - Yahoo! News: Top Stories
    Ex-Goldman Sachs exec tapped to head bailout plan (AP)

    In this undated photo provided by the U.S. Treasury Department, of Treasury Department Assistant Secretary Neel Kashkari. Kashkari has been selected to head the Treasury's new Office of Financial Stability. (AP Photo/U.S. Treasury Dept., Chris Taylor)AP - The administration has selected a former Goldman Sachs executive to be the interim head of its $700 billion rescue effort for financial institutions.


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    Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:54:33 GMT - Yahoo! News: Top Stories
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