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U.S. dollar is still the world's most trusted currency
Despite America's mounting national debt, world financial markets still prefer the dollar, because other countries' finances are in worse shape.
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Lolo looking for hurdles history at world indoors
DOHA, Qatar (AP) -- American Lolo Jones will try to become the first woman to successfully defend her indoor hurdles title at the world indoor championships that begin Friday.
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ESPN gives ABC a new wide world of sports
ESPN/ABC will today announce a sort of 21st-century update of a 20-century concept: Saturday afternoon network sports shows, that do not include big events, in the old time slot of ABC's Wide World of Sports.
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Coaches hired for women's world football tourney
NEW YORK (AP) -- John Konecki has been hired as head coach of the U.S. women's team for this summer's first world championships in Sweden.
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Buffett, world's 3rd-richest person, gets pay rise
Warren Buffett was awarded total compensation of about $519,490 in 2009 to run Berkshire Hathaway Inc, a 6 percent increase mainly reflecting the higher cost of keeping the world's third-richest person safe.
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Hingis to face Serena in World Team Tennis
NEW YORK (AP) -- Martina Hingis will face top-ranked Serena Williams and two former No. 1 players in World Team Tennis competition.
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World War II-era plane crashes at small AZ airport
Authorities say a World War II-era plane has crashed at a small airport in suburban Phoenix, prompting an evacuation of parts of the airport.
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World backgammon champion Tim Holland dies at 79
Tim Holland, a world backgammon champion who was one of the most prominent competitors in the game's modern heyday, has died. He was 79.
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