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| Jul. 17 |
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James Brown's 'relics' auctioned Possessions belonging to late singer, including iconic stage capes and jumpsuits, have raised $800,000
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| Jun. 30 |
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Oil price surges above $143 a barrel Light, sweet crude for August delivery rose $3.31 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange, by midday in Europe
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Oil at record near $140 a barrel
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| Jun.10 |
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US net firms to block child porn |
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Oil price soars as US woes mount| The price of oil has made a record jump to nearly $139 a barrel, gaining more than $10 - its biggest-ever one-day rise | |
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Oil prices soar above $134 a barrel |
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9/11 suspects on trial
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| Jun.1 |
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Jamaica's Bolt is world's fastest man |
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| May.30 |
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Chaos as crane collapses |
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| May.22 |
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Oil soars to new record over $135| The price of oil is more than twice what it cost a year ago. The latest surge was driven by fallen US supplies of crude | |
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| May.13 |
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Freud work sets new world record |
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Pro-West president declares win
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| Apr.25 |
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Police acquitted over shooting |
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| Apr.20 |
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Stadium Mass ends Pope's US visit |
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Pope offers prayer at Ground Zero 
Benedict XVI has visited the scene of the 11 September 2001 attacks on Twin Towers, at the end of a six-day tour of the US
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| Apr.19 |
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Pope tells of youth under Nazis |
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| Apr.18 |
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Crude hits record $117 per barrel
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Pope promotes friendship at synagogue
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Tower plans found in rubbish |
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Pope Benedict makes speech to UN
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| Apr.7 |
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NY blocks mayor's congestion plan |
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| Mar.17 |
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Markets slump on banking worries |
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| Mar.16 |
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JPMorgan to acquire Bear Stearns JPMorgan Chase has said it is to buy Wall Street's 5th-largest investment bank for $2 a share
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| Mar.14 |
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Bear Stearns gets emergency funds
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Sudan and Chad strike peace deal
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Gold hits $1,000 for first time
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| Mar.12 |
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Scandal-hit governor resigns Eliot Spitzer has resigned, after being linked to a prostitution ring. Flanked by his wife, he told he could not allow 'private failings' to disrupt public work
| Eliot Spitzer apologized for not living up to the standards he demanded of others. He made his name as an investigator of organized crime, financial crime and prostitution
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| Mar.10 |
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Scandal-hit governor 'sorry'
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Socialists claim victory
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| Feb.23 |
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W. Klitschko wins unification bout |
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| Feb.6 |
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Actor Ledger 'died of overdose'
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| Feb.5 |
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McCain surges ahead in primaries 
USA: John McCain has forged ahead in his bid to win the Republican nomination, winning some major primaries
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| Feb.3 |
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Giants win Super Bowl over Patriots. Arizona
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| Jan.22 |
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Heath Ledger found dead Hollywood actor was found unconscious at the apartment at a residence in Manhattan
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Market panic as world stocks slump |
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Freed hostages reunited with families
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| Nov.4 |
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World's biggest bank's boss quits |
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| Oct.5 |
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Jones pleads guilty in drug case |
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| Sep.24 |
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Iran president in campus clash
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| Sep.19 |
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Ahmadinejad denied visit to 9/11 site |
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PM claims election victory
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| Sep.14 |
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NY Times researcher freed |
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| Sep.9 |
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Federer wins 4th U.S. Open title
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| Sep.8 |
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Henin routs Kuznetsova to win U.S. Open |
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Bin Laden says US should convert
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| Aug.17 |
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US rate cut boosts global markets |
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| Aug.9 |
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World markets fall after US losses The markets have faltered in early trading a day after markets in NY and London suffered losses amid fears of a global credit crunch
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Mortgage concerns hit US markets| The share indexes tumbled amid fears that a wobble in the mortgage market may prompt a global credit crunch. Dow Jones fell 199.24 | |
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| Aug.8 |
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Storms lead to chaos
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Russia plants flag on Arctic floor
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| Jul.31 |
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Murdoch wins Dow Jones battle
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| Jul.11 |
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Firefighters attack Giuliani |
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| Jun.2 |
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Arrests in airport 'bomb plot' |
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| Feb.27 |
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Dow Jones loses 416 The Dow Jones Industrial Average loses a largest single-day decline since the September 11, 2001 attacks
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Former Playmate Smith dies at 39
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| Jan.20 |
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Hillary Clinton joins 2008 race
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| Nov.25 |
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Police kill man on wedding day
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| Oct.11 |
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Yankees pitcher killed in crash of plane |
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Study claims 655,000 Iraqi deaths |
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| Oct.3 |
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Dow hits record
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| Sep.11 |
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US remembers 9/11 five years on Four minute-long silences have been observed to mark the fifth anniversary of the attacks
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Divided world remembers 9/11 attacks |
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| Sep.10 |
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U.S. Open: Federer beats Roddick |
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Bush launches 9/11 remembrances |
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Blair: I will resign within a year
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'Plot to blow up planes' foiled
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| Jul.29 |
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Gatlin admits to failed drugs test |
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| Apr.21 |
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Oil breaks through record $75 There are fears of a supply disruptions in Iran and Nigeria and reports of gas shortages on the U.S. East Coast
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| Dec.31 |
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Million in Times Square welcome in 2006 |
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| Dec.22 |
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Transport workers end strike |
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| Dec.20 |
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Strike shuts down NYC transit system Millions of passengers are having to find a new way of getting to work and do their holiday shopping
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'Secret CIA flights' probed
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| Oct.6 |
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Warning of subway threat
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| Sep.11 |
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US pauses to recall 9/11 attacks |
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| Sep.10 |
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Agassi reaches a sixth U.S. final |
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Hurricane Katrina lashes coast
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| May.1 |
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Call to nuclear powers to disarm |
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| Feb.16 |
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NHL cancel season |
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| Oct.22 |
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Oil price rises above $55 a barrel Petroleum supply crude data has shown 5 weeks of falling inventories of distillate fuel
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| Oct.10 |
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Actor Christopher Reeve dies |
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| Sep.27 |
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Oil rises to $50 Rising tension in Nigeria has pushed U.S. crude oil futures to the psychological level
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| Sep.11 |
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September 11 remembered |
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| Sep.6 |
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Clinton bypass surgery a success
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| Sep.2 |
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Bush giving speech at Republ. Convention |
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| Sep.1 |
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Cheney unleashes attack on Kerry |
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| Aug.31 |
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Arnold, First lady take spotlight |
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| Aug.30 |
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Convention lauds Bush on terror |
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| Aug.20 |
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Oil nears key $50-a-barrel mark
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Recall vote: Chavez claims victory
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Glittering opening for Olympics
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| Aug.1 |
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Threat level raised at key financial sites
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| Jul.16 |
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5 months in jail for Stewart |
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Ronald Reagan dead at 93
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| May.10 |
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Rate fears batter global markets |
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| Mar.5 |
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Jury finds Martha Stewart guilty The lifestyle guru has been found guilty of lying to investigators over a suspicious sale of shares in drug company ImClone
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| Mar.4 |
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Relatives condemn Bush 9/11 ads |
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| Dec.11 |
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Dow Jones ends above 10,000 |
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| Oct.26 |
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Marlins win second title in 7 years |
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| Sep.17 |
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$140m NYSE chief Grasso resigns |
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| Sep.11 |
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Vigils mark 9/11 anniversary |
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| Aug.28 |
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Tapes rekindle horror of 9/11 |
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| Aug.15 |
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New Yorkers urged to stay away |
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| Aug.14 |
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Major power outage An outage struck simultaneously across dozens of cities in the eastern U.S. and Canada
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10,000 dead in heat wave
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| Jul.23 |
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Councilman killed by political rival |
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More than 2,000 killed in 6.7 quake
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| Feb.21 |
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Blast hits oil plant |
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| Feb.19 |
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15 years for 9/11 conspirator |
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| Jan.29 |
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AOL TW Posts Loss of Nearly $100 Billion
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| Dec.31 |
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3rd consecutive year of stock losses |
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| Dec.9 |
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United flies into bankruptcy |
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| Oct.9 |
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Dow fell to 7,286
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| Sep.11 |
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Terror attacks 1st anniversary |
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| Aug.30 |
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Baseball strike averted |
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| Jul.24 |
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Dow saw its second-biggest gain ever
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| Jul.21 |
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WorldCom files largest bankruptcy ever |
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| Jul.19 |
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Dow down 4.6% to 8,019
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| Jul.10 |
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Dow plunges below 9,000 |
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| Jun.25 |
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WorldCom in accounting trouble, cut jobs
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Euro mark celebrations
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| Nov.12 |
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Jet crashes, killing 260 An American Airlines plane crashed in a residential neighborhood after taking off, killing all 255 people on board
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| Nov.6 |
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Bloomberg wins mayoral race |
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| Nov.4 |
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Arizona won World Series over NY |
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| Oct.18 |
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Anthrax hits CBS |
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| Oct.12 |
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Anthrax confirmed in New York
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| Sep.17 |
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Wall Street reopens, Stocks plummet Dow Jones was down by 600 points or 6% and the Nasdaq by 5%. Federal Reserve cut interest rates by 0.5% to 3%
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| Sep.13 |
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5,000 people remain missing
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| Sep.12 |
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Insurers face claims up to $15bn |
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8 survivors have been pulled |
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| Sep.11 |
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Rescuers comb through rubble |
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Attacks paralyze New York |
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Terror attacks hit U.S. 
Map| 3 commercial jets crash into World Trade Center and Pentagon. Both towers collapsed. United Airlines plane crashed. 2,973 people died. 19 terrorists affiliated with al-Qaeda hijacked four commercial passenger jet airliners. Passengers and members of the flight crew on... | |
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| Sep.8 |
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Venus whips Serena for U.S. Open title |
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Police injured at school blast
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| Apr.18 |
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Fed cuts rates, markets rally |
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| Feb.5 |
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Openings in embassy bombings trial |
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| Dec.20 |
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Nasdaq: 20 months low |
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| Nov.7 |
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Hillary Clinton Wins Senate Race |
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Closest Presidential election
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| Oct.27 |
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Yankees win 3rd World Series over Mets
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| Feb.7 |
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Hillary Clinton enters Senate race |
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| Jan.14 |
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Dow Jones reached 11,722 3.9 times higher than the high of 2,999.75 reached in 1990
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Y2K bug fails to bite
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