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U.S., India sign nuclear deal: The U.S. and India signed an accord Friday that allows American businesses to sell nuclear fuel, technology and reactors to India, reversing a three-decade ban on atomic trade with the nuclear-armed power. ›22:48 10 Oct, Fri
Newsweek poll: Obama opens double-digit lead: With four weeks left in the presidential campaign, Barack Obama now leads John McCain by double digits, 52 percent to 41 percent among likely votersa marked shift from the last Newsweek poll, conducted one month ago, when the two candidates were tied at 46 percent. ›20:46 10 Oct, Fri
McCain drops official over Obama column: John McCain's campaign has ousted a prominent Virginia Republican who wrote a newspaper column mocking a potential Barack Obama administration. ›21:56
GPS could save airlines billions in fuel costs: A World War II-era air traffic network that often forces planes to take longer, zigzagging routes is costing U.S. airlines billions of dollars in wasted fuel. ›18:05 10 Oct, Fri
Plastic film could make house lights obsolete: On a bank of the Mohawk River, a windowless industrial building of corrugated steel hides something that could make floor lamps, bedside lamps, wall sconces and nearly every other household lamp obsolete. ›15:52 10 Oct, Fri
Is Angelina breastfeeding on W mag cover?: Jolie appears in a sleeveless top, which has been opened to reveal part of her left breast and a tiny hand ostensibly belonging to one of her twins. ›23:03 9 Oct, Thu
Check your junk mail: Might have a contract in it: AT&T reserves the right to change its terms of service simply by sending its Internet service customers an email. Apparently, it also reserves the right to deposit those e-mails into its customers junk mail folders. ›13:07 10 Oct, Fri
Signature drinks from around the world: For the adventurous who would like to try signature drinks in their international destinations of origin, heres a list of top favorites. Cheers! ›15:44 10 Oct, Fri
YouTube starts running full-length CBS shows: YouTube, the largest video-sharing Website, has started to run full-length TV shows from CBS Corp's archive, in its latest step to boost advertising revenue by adding professional programing. ›23:18 10 Oct, Fri
GM, Chrysler discussing merger -- source: General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC have held preliminary talks about a merger or an acquisition of Chrysler by GM, according to a person familiar with the talks. ›16:22
la carte pricing not flying with passengers: When we asked msnbc.com readers what they thought of the "unbundling" of airline services, many were displeased. ›15:37 10 Oct, Fri
Camera combo devices not a one-stop solution: Do you even have to buy a digital camera anymore? It depends on your needs, but the answer for most of us is yes if you want good-quality photos. ›12:43 9 Oct, Thu
Attacks in Mosul force Christians to flee: An upswing in insurgent attacks against Christians in Mosul has forced 500 families to flee in the last week, the governor of northern Iraq's Ninevah province said Saturday. ›22:33
Will cheap gas bring return of gas-guzzling?: Prices at the pump are dropping fast, and gas could fall below $3 a gallon in a matter of weeks, if not sooner. Does that mean Americans will return to their gas-guzzling ways? ›21:16 10 Oct, Fri
Brownstein: The risk of McCain's health plan: Barack Obama is not exaggerating when he says that John McCain is offering a "radical" new vision of how Americans can safeguard their health. ›20:35 10 Oct, Fri
Greenspan pegs housing recovery to early 2009: Former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan said the U.S. housing market will begin to recover in the first half of 2009, according to an article he wrote for Emerging Markets magazine published on Friday. ›17:06 10 Oct, Fri
Many women unaware of obesity-cancer link: Many women don't know that obesity increases their risk of several types of cancer, a new survey published in the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology shows. ›18:28 10 Oct, Fri
Leading in polls, Obama plays it safe: Leading in polls with 25 days to the election, Democrat Barack Obama is playing it safe, offering careful proposals to address the economic crisis while letting allies respond to John McCain's sharpest charges. ›22:58 10 Oct, Fri
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Germ linked to dairy kills three in outbreak: An outbreak of Listeria food poisoning from a Massachusetts dairy killed three elderly men, caused the stillbirth of a baby and the premature birth of a second baby, U.S. health officials reported on Thursday. ›16:12 9 Oct, Thu
O.J. Simpson seeks new robbery trial: O.J. Simpson's lawyers cited judicial errors and insufficient evidence Friday in seeking a new trial for the former football star, who was convicted of kidnapping and robbing two sports memorabilia dealers. ›10:02
IMF warns of global financial meltdown: The International Monetary Fund warned Saturday that debt-ridden banks were pushing the global financial system to the brink of meltdown and rich nations had so far failed to restore confidence. ›00:33 12 Oct, Sun
Creation Museum draws big crowds: The museum exhibits are taken from the Old Testament, but the special effects are pure Hollywood: a state-of-the-art planetarium, animatronics and a massive model of Noah's Ark, all intended to explain the origins of the universe from a biblical viewpoint. ›18:01 10 Oct, Fri
GEs profit drops in line with cut forecast: General Electric spared investors any nasty surprises as it reported a 22 percent drop in third-quarter earnings, meeting its own lowered forecast. ›17:07 10 Oct, Fri
