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Scientists halt brain disease with new gene therapy
LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have managed to halt a rare and fatal brain disease with an experimental gene therapy technique using a deactivated version of the AIDS virus, a study published on Thursday showed.
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Scores die in El Salvador floods
El Salvador declares an emergency in five regions after at least 124 people die in floods caused by days of heavy rain.
Chavez steps up Colombia rhetoric
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez urges his armed forces to be prepared for a possible war with Colombia.
Free market flawed, says survey
A BBC World Service poll on the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall finds global dissatisfaction with capitalism.
 
Job losses keep going and going . . .
Pretty much any way you look at it, we're in the worst job market this country has seen in 26 years. The unemployment rate hit 10.2% in October, and silver linings are hard to find. Steve Henn reports.
Would Russian bonds be worth the risk?
A lot of people lost their shirts 11 years ago when Russia defaulted on its debt. So some eyebrows have been raised by the Russian finance minister's talk of issuing almost $18 billion in bonds next year. Ashley Milne-Tyte reports.
Every penny counts in online retail wars
Wal-Mart, Target and Amazon are continuing their online pricing battles. The subject of this week's contest? DVDs. And the back-and-forth is down to the penny. Jeremy Hobson reports.
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A computer model shows that speed was a major factor in a crash that claimed the lives of four teenagers in Clarence on Sunday. Erie County Sheriff's Deputy Sgt. Scott Joslyn says eyewitnesses have also testified seeing the car driven by 18-year-old Viktor Shapiro run the stop sign on Strickler Road at County Road.
Governor Paterson has called state legislators back to Albany for another special session, primarily to deal with his plan to cut state spending by more than $3 billion to ease a deficit. The other big issue on the agenda is the politically touchy issue of gay marriage, which has twice passed in the Assembly by large margins. Assemblyman Sam Hoyt, a strong backer of gay marriage calls the matter "a simple issue of fairness and equity."
Assailed by heavyweight conservatives Sarah Palin and Glenn Beck, Republican Assembly member Dede Scozzafava turned the tables on her critics by withdrawing from the race in New York's 23rd Congressional District. Scozzafava then threw her support behind Bill Owens, vaulting him to a narrow victory over conservative candidate Doug Hoffman and giving New York's North Country its first Democratic Congressman in 150 years.
TOPPING THE NEWS
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - After a landmark win in the House of Representatives, President Barack Obama's push for healthcare reform faces a difficult path in the Senate amid divisions in his own Democratic Party on how to proceed.
CANCUN, Mexico (Reuters) - Hurricane Ida roared toward the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday, where important oil fields are located, after killing 91 people and leaving at least another 60 missing in floods and mudslides in El Salvador.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - General George Casey, Army chief of staff, said on Sunday that more U.S. troops were needed for Afghanistan, but he would not comment about any specific number.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Army's top general expressed concern on Sunday that last week's mass shooting at Fort Hood in Texas, blamed on a Muslim Army officer, could fuel a backlash in the military against Muslim troops.
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CANCUN, Mexico (Reuters) - Hurricane Ida roared toward the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday, where important oil fields are located, after killing 91 people and leaving at least another 60 missing in floods and mudslides in El Salvador.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - As unemployment in the United States edges above 10 percent, anxious investors will look to earnings reports from major retailers for signs of life in the beaten-up consumer.
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