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Kansas City rewards Yost with two-year contract extension
KANSAS CITY (AP) — Ned Yost has been through this before. Yost helped turn the Milwaukee Brewers from a perennial loser into a playoff team, and now will have the chance to do the same with the Royals.

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Stocks up on likely US rebound
Local stocks moved up on Monday as investors anticipated that sentiment in Wall Street may soon recover as financial markets start to shake off recent jitters over fragile US domestic economic output.

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Stock Market News for July 30, 2010
Stocks futures fell this morning after a government report said the economy grew less than expected in the just concluded quarter. The Commerce Department said the economy grew 2.4% in the April-June quarter, below expectations.

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MLB Capsules: Cards get Westbrook from Cleve, send Ludwick to S.D.
TORONTO (AP) — The NL Central-leading St. Louis Cardinals were the prime players in a three-team trade Saturday, getting pitcher Jake Westbrook from Cleveland and sending outfielder Ryan Ludwick to NL West-leading San Diego.

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Superfund to target Japan retail investors
Superfund, which oversees $1.2 billion in managed futures funds, aims to raise $100 million within a year for a new hedge fund targeting Japanese retail investors. The Superfund Blue Japan, which invests in global equities using a computer-driven model, began its public offering Wednesday, said Johann Peter Santer, president of Superfund Securities Japan Co.

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Comment on Anwar insists PAS-Umno talks will never take place by boh-liao
TEMPTATION 2 kaya raya beyond one’s wildest dream under UmnoB juicy no-penalty corrupt patronage system will eventually win some Malay or pseudoMalay politicians 2 join d dark force under d grand mirage of Hidup Bangsa & Ketuanan Melayu – remember ‘Blood is thicker than water’

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The Tribal Law and Order Act of 2010: A Step Forward for Native Women
Ed. Note: We encourage readers to watch the video of the signing, including the moving introduction from Lisa Marie Iyotte. Click here to see the video. The President just signed the Tribal Law and Order Act — an important step to help the Federal Government better address the unique public safety challenges that confront tribal communities. According to a Department of Justice report, Native …

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Gold steadies around $US1,160
Preciosu metal lifts as demand resurfaces. 29 Jul 2010 2:10 AM

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Phillies lead teams to watch at deadline
The second trade deadline for Ruben Amaro Jr. as Phillies general manager looks a lot like the first: he is the biggest player at the table. Last year he landed the biggest prize, pitcher Cliff Lee, after trying to hook an even bigger one, Roy Halladay. This year he is trying to land another pitcher, Roy Oswalt, while trying to get it done without trading outfielder Jayson Werth, one of the best …

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Wellcome Trust Grant To King’s College London To Combat Counterfeit Drugs, UK
The Wellcome Trust has awarded £473,000 to a team of King’s researchers, to be led by Dr Kaspar Althoefer, Reader in Sensing and Embedded Systems, for the creation of a system that can identify counterfeit and substandard drugs. Working in collaboration with scientists at Lund University, Sweden, the team will use the Translation Award as a springboard to commercialisation, with the aim of …

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