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Brilliant chess master and world-class eccentric Bobby Fischer dies!

REYKJAVIK, Iceland - January 21, 2008 - Chess master Bobby Fischer, one of the greatest chess players in history, has died, a spokesman for the World Chess Federation confirmed to CNN Friday. He was 64.

No cause of death was given.

Fischer became the first American world chess champion when he defeated Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union in a legendary encounter during th

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British veterans get compensation and apology for forcible chemical testing conducted on them!

ENGLAND - January 17, 2008 - The Ministry of Defence has agreed to offer £3 million compensation and an apology to veterans of chemical weapons testing at Porton Down, it has been reported.

The 360 ex-servicemen say they were tricked into taking part in what they thought were cold remedy tests at the research centre in Wiltshire during the 1950s and 60s.

However,

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Mid-East suffers rare cold snap!

January 17, 2008 - There have been a number of deaths and considerable damage to crops in the Middle East as temperatures in the region have fallen to exceptional lows.

Local reports say that 10 people died in Saudi Arabia after snowfalls.

In Syria, temperatures have dropped to minus 16 degrees Celsius. There has been widespread damage to crops in Syria, Jordan and Isra

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Hospital forces man to take rectal exam after hitting his head!

BROOKLYN, New York - January 16, 2008 - A visit to a hospital for a bump to the head turned into a big pain in the posterior for a Brooklyn construction worker.

Brian Persaud ended up in handcuffs and under arrest when he loudly protested that doctors at New York-Presbyterian Hospital Weill Cornell didn't need to give him a rectal exam after a piece of wood clocked h

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Microsoft seeks patent for intrusive workplace technology!

January 16, 2008 - Microsoft is developing Big Brother-style software capable of remotely monitoring a worker’s productivity, physical wellbeing and competence.

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Banking Bust - More To Come!

January 16, 2008 - Banks have written down more than $100 billion since the summer. Yikes. Now the bad news: There are still billions worth of potentially toxic securities sitting on the books.

The additional $1.3 billion write-down disclosed by JPMorgan on Wednesday was just the latest loss big banks have reported in the fourth quarter. Merrill Lynch is expected to report a sizea

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Largest increase in U.S. wholesale prices in 26 years!

January 15, 2008 - Wholesale inflation shot up in 2007 by the largest amount in 26 years even though falling gasoline costs allowed price pressures to moderate in December.

The Labor Department reported that wholesale inflation was up 6.3 percent for all of 2007, reflecting a huge increase for the year in various types of energy costs ranging from gasoline to home heating oil.
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