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Spears Files for Divorce From Federline

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Britney Spears filed for divorced Tuesday from Kevin Federline, officials said. The Los Angeles County Superior Court filing cites "irreconcible differences," said court spokeswoman Kathy Roberts.  more
Poll Workers Struggle With Vote Machines

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Programming errors and inexperience dealing with electronic voting machines frustrated poll workers in hundreds of precincts Tuesday, delaying voters in several states and leaving some with little choice but to use paper ballots instead.  more
Terror Suspect Sentenced in Bomb Plot

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An al-Qaida operative was sentenced to life in prison Tuesday for plotting to bomb the New York Stock Exchange and other U.S. financial targets and blow up landmark London hotels and train stations with limousines packed with gas tanks, napalm and nails.  more
FedEx Drops A380 Order, Buys Boeing 777s

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Boeing scored a victory in the airliner wars Tuesday when FedEx became the first customer to cancel an order for Airbus's much delayed A380 jumbo jets and said it will instead will buy Boeing 777s.  more
Hansbrough Leads AP's All-America Team

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Tyler Hansbrough of North Carolina led a preseason All-America team of underclassmen. The 6-foot-9 sophomore forward was the top vote-getter Tuesday on the team chosen by the same panel that selects The Associated Press' weekly college basketball poll.  more
Market Reports
Agency Calls for Heavy Energy Investment
The International Energy Agency called on governments to curb growth in energy demand and greenhouse gas emissions as it warned Tuesday that the world's energy supply is rapidly running out.  more
Dow Ends Up 51 on Mid-Term Elections

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Wall Street extended its November rally Tuesday, carrying the Dow Jones industrials to a new trading high as investors anticipated a business-friendly outcome of the mid-term elections and bought stocks across the market.  more
FedEx Drops Airbus A380, Cites Delays

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Boeing scored a victory in the airliner wars Tuesday when FedEx became the first customer to cancel an order for Airbus's much delayed A380 jumbo jets and said it will instead will buy Boeing 777s.  more
Citgo Not Likely Hurt by Chavez Factor

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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez' calls for a socialist revolution haven't made it easy for Citgo Petroleum Corp. to quietly go about refining oil and selling gas to U.S. consumers, or steer clear of spats between Caracas and Washington.  more
Volkswagen CEO Stepping Down
Volkswagen AG, Europe's biggest car maker, said Tuesday that Bernd Pischetsrieder will step down as chief executive after four years and be replaced by Martin Winterkorn, head of the company's premium Audi unit.  more
Entertainment
Katt Williams Arrested at L.A. Airport
Katt Williams was arrested at Los Angeles International Airport after a stolen gun was found in his briefcase, airport police said.  more
Britney Surprises Letterman on His Show

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A newly slender Britney Spears, who gave birth to her second child in September, surprised David Letterman on Monday night's "Late Show" by popping up behind him as he was sitting at his desk.  more
Brooklyn Man Confesses in Actress' Death
A construction worker was jailed without bail Tuesday after confessing to the slaying of an actress left hanging from a shower rod in the bathroom of a Manhattan apartment.  more
Faith Hill Says CMA Freakout Was a Joke

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Faith Hill insists she's no Kanye West. The country music superstar says she was just joking when cameras showed her screaming "WHAT?" in apparent anger when she lost the female vocalist of the year award to newcomer Carrie Underwood at the Country Music Association Awards on Monday night in Nashville.  more
Genesis to Reunite for European Tour

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Genesis will reunite next year for a "Turn It on Again" tour of Europe, their first tour in 15 years. The 20-date stadium tour, announced Tuesday, will open in Helsinki, Finland, on June 11 and end with a free concert in front of the Colosseum in Rome on July 14.  more
Health & Medical
U.S. Under Fire As WHO Picks New Leader

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The Bush administration's drug and sexual health policy is a key issue as the World Health Organization chooses its next leader, a post that wields great power in allocating billions of dollars in funds to alleviate misery around the world.  more
Leaders Urge AIDS Talk in Arab World
Religious and political leaders Tuesday expressed their concern over the number of cases of HIV _ the virus that causes AIDS _ in the Arab world and stressed the need to break the region's silence over the deadly epidemic.  more
U.N. Health Agency Quizzes Candidates

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The U.N.'s health agency grilled the short-listed candidates for its top job on Tuesday, with two Asian candidates as the front-runners.  more
Australia Senate Lifts Ban on Cloning
Australia's Senate narrowly voted to end the country's four-year ban on cloning human embryos for stem cell research, ruling Tuesday that the potential for medical breakthroughs outweighed moral doubts.  more
First HIV Gene Therapy Test Encouraging

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The first test of a potential new gene therapy for HIV _ the virus that causes AIDS _ was encouraging enough for researchers to launch a more extensive trial.  more
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High Tech
Samsung Unveils 3-Way WiMax Gadget

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Samsung Electronics Co. on Tuesday showed off a three-way gadget that's a phone, personal computer and music player tailored for an emerging wireless broadband technology.  more
'Couchsurfing' Travel Takes Off on Web
Jim Stone, a 29-year-old from west Texas, has been traveling nonstop since March of 2004.  more
IBM Develops Program for Call Centers

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Even as Indian call centers have thrived in the past decade, helping U.S. companies cut costs and creating hundreds of thousands of jobs here, they have faced a seemingly insurmountable problem: Most Indian employees speak heavily accented English.  more
MySpace to Go to Asia in Joint Venture

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News Corp. and Japan's Softbank Corp. announced plans Tuesday to bring MySpace, the popular Internet social networking site, to Asia.  more
Yahoo Brings More Imagery to Mobile Ads
Yahoo Inc. is expanding a test of its mobile telephone advertising network to include more visually appealing messages.  more
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