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Microsoft pays up for Facebook partnership

Reuters
Oct 24, 2007 11:00 pm - SEATTLE -- Microsoft beat out rival Google Wednesday in a battle to invest in socializing Web site Facebook, agreeing to pay $240 million for a roughly 1.6 percent stake...
More restrictions ordered in South as water levels fall

Associated Press
Oct 24, 2007 11:00 pm - WEST POINT, Ga. -- Gov. Sonny Perdue on Wednesday banned the washing of state vehicles and ordered inmates to take one quick shower a day as part of an effort to reduce ...
China sends probe to moon

Associated Press
Oct 24, 2007 11:00 pm - BEIJING -- Embarking on an ambitious 10-year moon exploration program, China launched its first lunar probe Wednesday -- a leap forward in the Asian space race that gave...
New charges filed against Simpson, co-defendants

Associated Press
Oct 24, 2007 11:00 pm - LAS VEGAS -- New charges of felony coercion were filed Wednesday against O.J. Simpson and three co-defendants in the alleged armed robbery of two sports memorabilia deal...
Senate confirms new federal judge

Associated Press
Oct 24, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The Senate on Wednesday confirmed Judge Leslie Southwick to the federal appeals court in New Orleans after minority Republicans overpowered objections by D...
Campaign against 'superbug' widens

Associated Press
Oct 24, 2007 11:00 pm - CHICAGO -- Testing all new hospital patients for a dangerous staph "superbug" could help wipe out a germ that likely kills more Americans than AIDS, consumer advocates s...
Russian serial killer convicted

Associated Press
Oct 24, 2007 11:00 pm - MOSCOW -- A man who once boasted he wanted to kill one victim for each of the 64 squares on a chessboard was found guilty of 48 murders Wednesday, a bloody spree that te...
Wrigley reports strong international growth

Daily Herald Staff
Oct 24, 2007 11:00 pm - CHICAGO -- Gum and candy maker Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. said Wednesday third-quarter profit rose 11 percent on strong international growth and a weak dollar. But results fell...
Winds give firefighters a break

Associated Press
Oct 24, 2007 11:00 pm - SAN DIEGO -- A merciful easing of the winds fueling Southern California's sprawling wildfires finally gave fire crews a chance to fight back against some blazes Wednesda...
Immigration bill fails 52-44

Associated Press
Oct 24, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Legislation to give some children of illegal immigrants a path toward legality failed a crucial Senate vote Wednesday, probably dooming any chance of major...

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