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| Future hiring will mainly benefit the high-skilled
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| Venus wins but never finds comfort at US Open
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AP - Whenever companies start hiring freely again, job-seekers with specialized skills and education will have plenty of good opportunities. Others will face a choice: Take a job with low pay — or none at all.
| AP - Venus Williams struggled with her serve. She kept tugging at her dress. Just as big a nuisance was her opponent, Shahar Peer.
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| Congo: 70 dead, 200 missing in 2 boat capsizes
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| A-Rod back in Yankees' starting lineup
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| AP - Two boat capsizes in one weekend on Congo's vast rivers have left 70 people dead and 200 others feared dead in unrelated incidents that were both characterized by heavily loaded boats operated with few safety measures, officials said Sunday. | AP - Alex Rodriguez was back in the New York Yankees' starting lineup Sunday, batting cleanup and playing third base in their series finale against the Toronto Blue Jays. |
| Key oil spill evidence raised to Gulf's surface
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| Stakes never higher for No. 3 Boise State
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AP - Investigators looking into what went wrong in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill are a step closer to answers now that a key piece of evidence is secure aboard a ship.
| AP - No. 3 Boise State has in many ways never played a more important game than it will Monday night, when the Broncos face No. 10 Virginia Tech at FedEx Field.
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| Assault on Baghdad military headquarters kills 12
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| Milner hoping Rooney ready for Swiss
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AP - Suicide bombers struck a Baghdad military headquarters on Sunday and killed 12 people, two weeks after an attack on the same site pointed to the failure of Iraqi forces to plug even the most obvious holes in their security.
| AFP - England's James Milner voiced his support for Wayne Rooney on Sunday after lurid reports about the striker's private life cast a shadow over preparations for the team's Euro 2012 clash with Switzerland.
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| Tea party or establishment, GOP looks for gains
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| Japanese rider, 19, killed in Moto2 crash in Italy
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AP - In the turbulent year of the tea party, Republican Rep. Mike Castle of Delaware set out to jangle no nerves as he ran for a Senate seat long held by Vice President Joseph Biden. It's the way Republican strategists originally envisioned 2010, a roster of seasoned politicians pointing the party toward significant gains in the Senate.
| AP - Motorcycle racing endured its second tragedy in eight days Sunday, this time at the San Marino Grand Prix.
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