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This week in Web alliances
ZDNet - 28 minutes ago Sun Microsystems and Google joined forces to boost their tools, but their alliance could also herald a challenge to Microsoft's hold on personal-computing applications. The companies entered a multiyear partnership

Economy Loses 35,000 Jobs; Storm Impact Is Unclear
New York Times - 1 hour ago By VIKAS BAJAJ. Employment fell far less than expected in September after Hurricane Katrina slammed ashore in New Orleans and Mississippi, the government reported this morning, indicating the economy could

Merck vaccine fights cervical cancer
Connecticut Post - 1 hour ago Merck & Co. on Thursday announced a breakthrough vaccine that prevents cervical cancer by targeting the virus that causes it. Studies found the vaccine is 100 percent effective in the short term. Cervical cancer is the No.

A Glance at Senate Military Spending Bill
Washington Post - 38 minutes ago -- The Senate approved a $445 billion military spending bill for the budget year that began Oct. 1. Highlights of the bill: _Provides $50 billion to pay for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, money that would

Two For the Money
San Jose Mercury News - 27 minutes ago Times are tough all over, even if you're regarded as the best actor of your generation. While Robert DeNiro is mugging his way through comedy sequels and playing boogeyman to Dakota Fanning, Al Pacino has

Bush said God told him to invade Iraq, Arab leaders say
San Francisco Chronicle - 2 hours ago Jerusalem -- President Bush told two high-ranking Palestinian officials that he had been told by God to invade Afghanistan and Iraq and then create a Palestinian state to bring peace to the Middle East, they recall during a documentary on Middle East

Political Capital Running on Low
Washington Post - 3 hours ago By Terry M. Neal. The Harriet Miers nomination marks one of those rare instances in Washington where the president sees his allies on the right becoming critics while critics on the left have gone mostly silent.

Wakefield right man for this start
Brockton Enterprise - 35 minutes ago By Bob Stern, Enterprise staff writer. BOSTON Calm and cool, Tim Wakefield is almost unflappable as he approaches his most important start of the season and possibly his career. Maybe it's the result of 12 years in the major leagues.

Monty takes first-round lead on perfect day at Harding Park
San Francisco Chronicle - 13 hours ago The last time Colin Montgomerie played golf in San Francisco, during the 1998 US Open at the Olympic Club, he waded in tension. That was the "Let's Heckle Monty" era for American golf fans, who routinely showered him with barbs.

Cops: Bali Bombing Mastermind Escapes Raid
Guardian Unlimited - 1 hour ago By IRWAN FIRDAUS. BALI, Indonesia (AP) - Indonesian police raided a house Friday where one of the suspected masterminds of last week's Bali bombings was believed to be hiding out, but the Malaysian fugitive fled three hours earlier, officials said.