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Fed ready to slash rates amid deepening recession 1 hr 22 mins ago, WASHINGTON
With the recession dragging down consumer prices and home construction, the Federal Reserve is prepared to slash a key interest rate - perhaps to an all-time low - in a desperate bid to stem the country's economic slide.

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TNT discovered at famed Paris department store 45 mins ago, PARIS
Police acting on a warning Tuesday found a bundle of dynamite inside a Paris department store at the height of the Christmas season, and a group demanding that France withdraw from Afghanistan claimed responsibility.
 

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