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Garcia signs off with eagle as Kingston leads PGA
Garcia signs off with eagle as Kingston leads PGA
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VIRGINIA WATER, England (Reuters) - Sergio Garcia, embroiled in a racism row with Tiger Woods this week, got by with a little help from his friends on Thursday as he battled to a level-par 72 in the PGA Championship first round.

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Online tool reduces inappropriate medical tests
Online tool reduces inappropriate medical tests
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A web-based decision-making tool that alerts heart doctors when diagnostic tests would not be useful for a specific patient can curb wasteful procedures, according to a new study.
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James and Bryant headline All-NBA selections
James and Bryant headline All-NBA selections
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(Reuters) - Most Valuable Player LeBron James of the Miami Heat and veteran Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers headlined the list of players selected for the All-NBA team, the league said on Thursday.
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Obama limits U.S. drone strikes in shift from constant war footing
Obama limits U.S. drone strikes in shift from constant war footing
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Thursday shifted the United States away from a "boundless global war on terror," restricting deadly U.S. drone strikes abroad and taking steps toward closing the Guantanamo Bay military prison.
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Gun groups sue to block new Connecticut gun law
Gun groups sue to block new Connecticut gun law
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MILFORD, Connecticut (Reuters) - Leaders of Connecticut gun advocacy groups said on Thursday they had sued to knock down a strict new gun-control law passed in April because they believed the measure would not improve public safety.
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New York man held captive for month rescued by police
New York man held captive for month rescued by police
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Police rescued a businessman from a New York City warehouse where he had been held captive for a month by kidnappers who demanded a $3 million ransom from his family in Ecuador, authorities said.
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Cannes festival hit by second suspected jewelry theft
Cannes festival hit by second suspected jewelry theft
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CANNES (Reuters) - The Cannes film festival was hit by a second suspected jewelry heist on Thursday after a diamond necklace worth 2 million euros ($2.6 million) disappeared during a star-studded party, according to upmarket jeweler De Grisogono.

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Mexico drug cartel commander pleads guilty in murder of U.S. official
Mexico drug cartel commander pleads guilty in murder of U.S. official
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Mexican drug cartel commander known as "Tweety Bird" pleaded guilty on Thursday in federal court in Washington to ordering the ambush and murder of U.S. immigration agents in 2011, according to U.S. officials.
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Islamists kill 21 in suicide attacks in Niger
Islamists kill 21 in suicide attacks in Niger
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NIAMEY (Reuters) - Islamist suicide bombers struck an army barracks and a French-run uranium mine in Niger on Thursday, officials said, killing 21 people and wounding dozens more in attacks that showed militant violence spreading in West Africa.
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IMF's Lagarde questioned over French arbitration case
IMF's Lagarde questioned over French arbitration case
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PARIS (Reuters) - IMF chief Christine Lagarde was questioned in court by French magistrates on Thursday over her role in a 285-million-euro ($366 million) arbitration payment made to a supporter of former president Nicolas Sarkozy.
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Wall Street ends down but off session lows
Wall Street ends down but off session lows
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks slipped on Thursday but finished sharply off their session lows as a rally in Hewlett-Packard's shares offset worries about weak Chinese manufacturing data and the prospects of the Federal Reserve reducing its monetary stimulus.

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Gap first-quarter profit rises 43 percent
Gap first-quarter profit rises 43 percent
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(Reuters) - Gap Inc reported a higher first-quarter profit on Thursday, helped by a rise in same-store sales at its Old Navy and namesake chains, and growth in Asia.
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Marijuana tied to better blood sugar control
Marijuana tied to better blood sugar control
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who had used marijuana in the past month had smaller waists and lower levels of insulin resistance - a diabetes precursor - than those who never tried the drug, in a new study.
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Holden thrilled at U.S. return after injury woes
Holden thrilled at U.S. return after injury woes
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MIAMI (Reuters) - Midfielder Stuart Holden will return to the United States national team next week, ending over two years of injury nightmares and with the World Cup finals in Brazil as his goal.
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Sprint, SoftBank complete U.S. state regulatory review process
Sprint, SoftBank complete U.S. state regulatory review process
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sprint Nextel and SoftBank Corp said on Thursday they had received all necessary state regulatory approvals for the Japanese company's proposed $20.1 billion purchase of 70 percent of Sprint.
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Violence in Russia's North Caucasus kills four
Violence in Russia's North Caucasus kills four
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MOSCOW (Reuters) - Police killed two suspected Islamic militants on Thursday after one of them threw a grenade at a group of officers and two others died in a separate shootout in Russia's volatile North Caucasus region, Interfax reported.

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Utah boy, 15, arrested on suspicion of killing younger brothers
Utah boy, 15, arrested on suspicion of killing younger brothers
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(Reuters) - A 15-year-old Utah boy was arrested on Thursday on suspicion he stabbed to death his two younger brothers, ages 10 and four, at the family home while their mother was out running errands, law enforcement officials said.
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Icahn seeks up to $7 billion for Dell bid
Icahn seeks up to $7 billion for Dell bid
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Activist investor Carl Icahn and Southeastern Asset Management Inc have initiated talks with banks and asset managers to line up commitments for as much as $7 billion in bridge loans to back their leveraged recapitalization proposal for Dell Inc, banking sources told Thomson Reuters LPC on Thursday.
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Goldman Sachs banker settles SEC 'pay-to-play' charges
Goldman Sachs banker settles SEC 'pay-to-play' charges
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former Goldman Sachs banker Neil Morrison agreed to pay $100,000 to settle charges for his role in a pay-to-play scheme involving a Massachusetts gubernatorial campaign, the largest such penalty paid by an individual, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said on Thursday.
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SAC lawyers met with prosecutors to argue against charges: sources
SAC lawyers met with prosecutors to argue against charges: sources
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lawyers for SAC Capital Advisors called a meeting with U.S. prosecutors and FBI agents in April to argue that there should be no insider trading charges filed against the $15 billion hedge fund or its founder, Steven A. Cohen, according to sources familiar with the matter.

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