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The US Federal Reserve cut interest rates for a 7th time in 8 months, but signaled that the rate-cutting may be nearing an end. The federal funds rate was lowered to 2% from 2.25%.
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Scientists at Hewlett-Packard said they have discovered a fourth basic type of electrical circuit that could lead to a computer you never have to boot up. The three fundamental elements of a passive circuit included resistors, capacitors and inductors. In 1971 Leon Chua of the University of California at Berkeley, theorized there should be a fourth called a memory resistor, or memristor, which remembers the direction and the amount of charge that flows through it.
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Afghan security forces raided a Kabul hide-out where militants with suspected links to the attack on President Hamid Karzai were holed up. Seven people died in the pre-dawn raid, including a child.
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Attorney General Robert McClelland said Australian gay and lesbian couples will have the same rights as heterosexuals under new laws but marriage will remain off limits.
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Western Australia state police raided the Perth offices of the Sunday Times, which is published by Australia's largest newspaper publisher, Rupert Murdoch's News Limited. Staff said police were searching for the source of a leak that led to a story alleging the state government planned to use 16 million dollars (14.9 million US) in taxpayer funds on an advertising campaign to help its re-election.
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Canada pledged an extra C$50 million ($49.5 million) for international food aid and said it would also allow its money to be used to buy food abroad and not tie it to purchases of Canadian produce.
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Syncrude Canada's operations were under investigation by environmental regulators after as many as 500 birds landed in the waste water in the oil sands region of northern Alberta.
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The Olympic torch returned to Chinese soil after a turbulent 20-nation tour, landing in the bustling financial capital of Hong Kong where officials deported at least seven activists before the flame's arrival.
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In Egypt state news agency MENA said Palestinian factions meeting in Cairo for talks with Egyptian security officials have agreed to an Egyptian proposal for a truce with Israel starting in the Gaza Strip.
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Baghdad sent a delegation to Tehran with "evidence, confessions and pictures" indicating that Iran is supplying weapons and training fighters who are locked in a violent standoff with US and Iraqi troops. PM al-Maliki accused the Mahdi Army of using civilians as human shields, and vowed to continue the crackdown against militias. 2 people were killed and 16 wounded overnight in Sadr City. Clashes in Baghdad killed at least 25 people. 3 US soldiers were killed in Baghdad. A US soldier was killed by an explosion in Ninevah province.
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Birth Search Results for "April"
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January-23-1989
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April Pearson, British actress
March-13-1981
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April Matson, American Actress and singer
January-29-1979
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April Scott, American actress and model
April-20-1965
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April March, American Musician
January-04-1960
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April Winchell, American actress
March-28-1956
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April Margera, Bam Margera's mother
June-23-1948
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Myles Goodwyn, Canadian guitarist and vocalist (April Wine)
April-27-1939
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Jerry Mercer, drummer for Canadian rock band April Wine from 1973-2008.
April-29-1936
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April Stevens, American singer
April-25-1935
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April Ashley, English model
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Death Search Results for "April"
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January-04-1960 -
April Winchell, American actress
May-03-1616 -
William Shakespeare, English writer and actor (b. 1564) (his death is commonly accepted to be on April 23, according to the Julian calendar)
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