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No. 19 Ga. Tech Shuts Down N.C. 7-0

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Tashard Choice ran for 119 yards and a touchdown to help No. 19 Georgia Tech beat North Carolina 7-0 on Saturday, clinching a spot in the Atlantic Coast Conference championship game.  more
Intrepid Partners With Navy to Free Ship

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The Navy is coming to the rescue of one of its mightiest veterans, joining the operation to free the World War II aircraft carrier USS Intrepid from deep Hudson River mud that has blocked efforts to move the ship to a dry dock for renovation, officials announced Saturday.  more
Pynchon Fans Eager to Feast on New Novel

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Zak Smith is a painter, a rebel and an Ivy Leaguer, a Yale University graduate with a green mohawk, an apartment of wall-to-wall illustrations and a passion for comics, classic novels _ and Thomas Pynchon.  more
Democrats Now Look to Sustain Majority

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It's the question Democrats would rather not ask in their moment of revelry: Are their new majorities in the House and Senate sustainable?  more
National Gallery Buys Eakins Painting
The National Gallery is buying one of the 19th century's best-known American paintings, "The Gross Clinic" by Thomas Eakins, for a record $68 million.  more
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PlayStation 3 Makes Debut in Japan

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Sony's PlayStation 3 made its highly anticipated debut in Japan to long lines on Saturday, with local stores selling out their supplies of the video game console in a pattern that's expected to be repeated around the world.  more
Wal-Mart Tries to Improve Fashion Trends

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This holiday season, a big challenge at Wal-Mart is convincing shoppers like Portia Goodman and Karen Wade to buy fashion instead of just basics.  more
Stocks Rise in Quiet but Erratic Session
Wall Street closed out an erratic session with a modest advance Friday as investors awaited further signs about the health of the economy. Falling oil prices and a contract win for Boeing Co. offered some support to a lackluster market, and the major indexes all ended with solid gains for the week.  more
Motorola Buys Mobile Software Maker

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Cell phone maker Motorola Inc. said Friday it is buying Blackberry rival Good Technology Inc., a deal that should boost the prospects for its new Q device as consumer demand for e-mail phones explodes.  more
Big 3 Execs to Talk Trade With Bush
Leaders of the Big Three domestic automakers will bring up currency exchange rates and health care costs when they speak with President Bush on Tuesday, Ford's top executive said Friday.  more
Entertainment
Eakins Painting Sells for $68 Million
The National Gallery plans to buy one of the 19th century's best-known American paintings, "The Gross Clinic" by Thomas Eakins, for a record $68 million.  more
Met on Roll With New Rossini Production
From Letterman to Lincoln Center doesn't seem like such a stretch for the merry performers in the Metropolitan Opera's new production of Rossini's "Il Barbiere di Siviglia."  more
Pynchon Fans Eager to Feast on New Novel

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Zak Smith is a painter, a rebel and an Ivy Leaguer, a Yale University graduate with a green mohawk, an apartment of wall-to-wall illustrations and a passion for comics, classic novels _ and Thomas Pynchon.  more
Prince Opens Las Vegas Club Gig
Prince unveiled a low-production but high-energy show as he debuted a new weekly casino gig, giving no indication he plans to become the next Wayne Newton.  more
Oscar-Winning Actor Jack Palance Dies

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Jack Palance, the craggy-faced menace in "Shane," "Sudden Fear" and other films who turned successfully to comedy in his 70s with his Oscar-winning self-parody in "City Slickers," has died.  more
Health & Medical
Feds Probe Care at Ore. Mental Hospital
Federal investigators are looking into patient care at the hospital made famous in the movie "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," where there have been reports of abuse, short staffing and overcrowding.  more
Broad Recall of Acetaminophen Under Way
Check your medicine cabinet: Millions of bottles of the widely used pain reliever acetaminophen _ some sold as long as three years ago _ are being recalled because they may contain metal fragments.  more
Military Service May Be Connected to ALS
Military service, particularly in the Gulf War, may be linked to development of Lou Gehrig's disease, the Institute of Medicine said Friday. The evidence, however, is limited and inconsistent, the Institute said.  more
HIV Patients Live Years After Diagnosis
An American diagnosed with the AIDS virus can expect to live for about 24 years on average, and the cost of health care over those two-plus decades is more than $600,000, new research indicates.  more
British Scientists Build a Model Gut

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British scientists have built what they say is the world's first artificial stomach: a shiny, high-tech box that physically simulates human digestion.  more
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PlayStation 3 Makes Debut in Japan

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Sony's PlayStation 3 made its highly anticipated debut in Japan to long lines on Saturday, with local stores selling out their supplies of the video game console in a pattern that's expected to be repeated around the world.  more
Korean War Dead Memorialized on the Web

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The message was simple: Write a letter to someone lost in the Korean War. Within a day, responses started pouring in for the latest effort by brothers Hal and Ted Barker to remember the war their father didn't like to discuss. In the three weeks since their plea went out, more than 500 letters and e-mails have arrived _ from daughters who lost their fathers to veterans who lost friends to schoolchildren thanking those who died for their freedom.  more
Motorola Buys Mobile Software Maker

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Cell phone maker Motorola Inc. said Friday it is buying Blackberry rival Good Technology Inc., a deal that should boost the prospects for its new Q device as consumer demand for e-mail phones explodes.  more
Next-Gen Gaming Consoles to Hit Stores

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After years of hype and speculation, the latest round of video game console wars is finally about to begin.  more
New A's Ballpark to Be High Tech

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If Cisco Systems Inc. has its way, the Oakland Athletics' new ballpark in Fremont will be the stadium of the future.  more
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