News Corp. Withdraws Newsday Bid

Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. has withdrawn its bid to buy Tribune Co's Newsday newspaper, the Wall Street Journal reported on its website on Saturday, citing people familiar with the matter. News Corp., which publishes the New York Post and The Wall Street Journal, was unwilling to raise its offer of $580 million for the newspape...

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Oil rises above $117 a barrel on supply fears

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Cyclone plunges Myanmar into primitive existence

Residents of Myanmar's largest city were plunged into a primitive existence Monday, u...

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Rice presses Israel on roadblocks

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice wound up a weekend trip to spur Israeli-Palestinian talks with a one-on-on...

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Pope Benedict XVI Ready to Meet America

Next up for Pope Benedict XVI, a welcoming nation that wants to get to know him. Benedict's first trip to the ...

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