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  • Stocks slide again on U.S. markets
  • Jump in inflation puts Federal Reserve on the spot
  • Microsoft And Novell Extend Linux Support Accord
  • New fitness center uses Russian kettlebells
  • GM offers employee discount to all on 2008 models

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  • More comedy, fewer films at Toronto film fest
  • Megan Fox all set to be an ideal stepmother
  • Pitt, Aniston among stars to attend Toronto film fest
  • Tom Cruise eyes
  • Actor Danny Glover slams Hollywood producers as racist

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    08/20/2008 Credit market turmoil has driven the U.S. into a recession and may topple some of the nation's biggest banks, said Kenneth Rogoff, former chief economist at the International Monetary...

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    Missouri
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