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Katrina May Curb Economic Growth Into 2006

NEW YORK – The physical and psychological damage caused by Hurricane Katrina (search) is likely to reverberate across the global economy in ways that will curb growth well into 2006, economists say. A spike in already-high energy costs in the United States and around the world tops the list of …

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Sports Leaders, Congress Discuss Steroids

WASHINGTON – The commissioners and union leaders for professional sports leagues keep tweaking — or offering to tweak — their drug-testing policies. And lawmakers keep hauling them back to Capitol Hill, looking for more. This time, Major League Baseball chief Bud Selig (search) wanted some backup. Career home run leader …

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Condoms Are Named for Clinton, Lewinsky

BEIJING – A rubber company in China has begun marketing condoms under the brand names Clinton and Lewinsky, apparently seeking to exploit the White House affair that led to the impeachment of America’s 42nd president. Spokesman Liu Wenhua of the Guangzhou Rubber Group (search) said the company was handing out …

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