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11/4/2011
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Accused Nigeria comic to get last laugh on drug cops
LAGOS (Reuters) - A Nigerian comedian arrested on suspicion of smuggling drugs in his stomach will be released on bail on Friday after drug enforcement agents failed to find anything inside him following an exhaustive search of his excretions, his lawyer told Reuters. | Full Article
Mars crew "lands" after 520 days in isolation
November 04, 2011 10:50 AM ET
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Pale-faced but smiling, the crew of a long-duration isolation study emerged bleary-eyed to daylight and applause Friday after 520 days locked away in windowless, cramped cells to simulate the length of a journey to Mars. | Full Article
Teen in recovery from accidental haunted house hanging
November 03, 2011 10:32 AM ET
ST. LOUIS (Reuters) - A teenager who was accidentally tangled in a hangman's noose while acting at a Halloween haunted house was out of intensive care on Wednesday and recovering from the incident that left her briefly not breathing and unconscious, police said. | Full Article
Strapped Harrisburg hopes to cash in its Wild West collection
November 03, 2011 10:32 AM ET
HARRISBURG, Pa (Reuters) - If Pennsylvania's fiscally battered capital city wants to stage a Wild West-like battle with the creditors demanding every penny of the millions they are owed, it has enough muskets, stage coaches, sheriff's badges and ammunition to get the job done. | Full Article
Germany admits accounting blunder but no scapegoats
November 03, 2011 03:53 PM ET
BERLIN (Reuters) - The German government has no plans to sack the bankers or accountants who made a 55-billion euro ($75 billion) bookkeeping blunder that exposed it to ridicule across Europe, the finance minister said Wednesday. | Full Article
US TOP NEWS
Greek PM faces survival vote, bailout in balance
November 04, 2011 10:57 AM ET
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek parliamentarians prepared to give their verdict on Prime Minister George Papandreou on Friday in a confidence vote which could decide the fate of both the nation's European bailout deal and the global economy. | Full Article
Euro zone finds no new money for debt crisis at G20
November 04, 2011 12:03 PM ET
CANNES, France (Reuters) - The euro zone won verbal support but no new money at a G20 summit on Friday for its tortured efforts to overcome a sovereign debt crisis, while Italy was effectively placed under IMF supervision. | Full Article
Groupon shares surge but concerns linger
November 04, 2011 11:45 AM ET
NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Shares of daily deals site Groupon Inc rose more than 50 percent in their stock market debut on Friday, but at least some of the early trading exuberance may have come from limiting the fraction of the company that was sold. | Full Article
Jobs report hints at some improvement
November 04, 2011 11:51 AM ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. hiring slowed in October but the unemployment rate hit a six-month low and job gains in the prior two months were stronger than previously thought, pointing to some improvement in the still-weak labor market. | Full Article
MF Global CEO Jon Corzine resigns under fire
November 04, 2011 12:38 PM ET
(Reuters) - Jon Corzine resigned as MF Global Holdings Ltd's chairman and chief executive in the face of mounting pressure from regulators searching for customer money that has gone missing from the brokerage's accounts. | Full Article
BUSINESS NEWS
Shares lower on doubts about euro zone rescue fund
AIG CEO defends company amid huge losses
Euro zone Oct private sector slump flags recession
Low ad rev and student sign-ups push Washington Post to loss
RBS investment bank to shrink as EU debt woes hit Q3
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