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Cut Cables Show How Vulnerable Internet Can Be

NEW YORK – The lines that tie the globe together by carrying phone calls and Internet traffic are just two-thirds of an inch thick where they lie on the ocean floor. The foundation for a connected world seems quite fragile, an impression reinforced this week when a break in two …

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AP Poll: Three in Five Say Economy is in Recession

WASHINGTON – Empty homes and for-sale signs clutter neighborhoods. You’ve lost your job or know someone who has. Your paycheck and nest egg are taking a hit. Could the country be in recession? Sixty-one percent of the public believes the economy is now suffering through its first recession since 2001, …

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Judge Unseals Barry Bonds' 2003 Testimony About Steroid Use in Professional Sports

SAN FRANCISCO – A federal judge on Friday ordered Barry Bonds’ grand jury testimony unsealed, and what the slugger said under oath about his use of performance-enhancing drugs will soon be made public. Bonds is charged with four counts of perjury and one count of obstruction for allegedly lying 19 …

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