WESTBURY (Reuters) - Olympic host country China has pinned its hopes of equestrian success on a lanky Eton schoolboy sponsored by a Guangzhou property tycoon.

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UK Hacker Loses Extradition Hearing CRN -1 hour ago A British hacker who allegedly cracked into dozens of military, NASA and government computer systems on his supposed quest to prove that the US was covering up the existence of aliens lost his extradition hearing in the UK today, meaning he could soon … Green light for hacker’s extraditionZDNet British hacker loses extradition appealUnited Press International The Associated Press - NetworkWorld.com - Slashdot - ZDNet Blogs all 520 news articles

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Bennigan's, Steak & Ale file bankruptcy Bizjournals.com -52 minutes ago The restaurant chains Bennigan's and Steak & Ale have filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection and will close all their company locations, a spokeswoman has confirmed. Some Area Bennigan's Still Open For BusinessWBBM780 What now for Bennigan's workers?9NEWS.com C-Ville Weekly - The Grand Rapids Press - MLive.com - The Ledger - KVEO-TV all 758 news articles

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AFP - Fulham signed Sweden defender Fredrik Stoor from Norwegian side Rosenborg on Wednesday, the English Premier League club announced.

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Teck Cominco, a major Canadian mining company, made a $14.4 billion bid for Fording Canadian Coal Trust, a producer of high-value coal used to make steel.

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Stocks jump at the open on jobs data, SEC move MarketWatch -40 minutes ago By Nick Godt, MarketWatch NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — US stocks opened sharply higher on Wednesday, carrying over from the previous session, after a private-sector jobs report showed unexpected growth in employment during July. US online help-wanted ads fall in July - reportReuters ADP Points To Better Jobs Situation Than ThoughtForbes Bloomberg - FOXBusiness - RTT News - Wall Street Journal all 65 news articles

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AP - With Carlos Zambrano facing Ben Sheets, both the Cubs and Brewers knew they’d have to be close to perfect. Only the Cubs rose to the challenge.

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An aide to Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va., was found dead from a gunshot wound Tuesday morning, Webb’s office confirmed to FOX News.

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Nintendo, Software Makers Target DS Game Piracy PC World -9 hours ago Nintendo and a group of 53 game software companies have filed a lawsuit against five companies they allege sold a device that enables copied games to be played on the Nintendo DS handheld device. Nintendo Launches Lawsuit to Stop DS PiracyDailyTech Nintendo sues over DS privacyVariety 1UP.com - Digital Media Wire - Geek.com - GameDAILY BIZ all 40 news articles

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The Bush administration is imposing financial sanctions on companies suspected of being owned or controlled by the military-run government of Myanmar.

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