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Boeing Orders Surge But Hit by Brokerage Downgrade

NEW YORK – Boeing Co.’s (BA) commercial plane orders more than tripled to a record 1,002 for 2005 on demand from Asia and the Middle East but the planemaker’s shares fell on Thursday as a broker downgraded the stock, warning of limited upside. The net order total, skyrocketing from 272 …

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Wisconsin City Apologizes to Blind Woman for Not Believing She Was Raped

MADISON, Wis. – For years, police and city lawyers refused to believe a blind woman who said an intruder raped her at knifepoint. They even charged her with lying about it. Now, five years after DNA connected a sex offender to the attack, the city has apologized to the woman, …

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Hundreds of Thousands Attend Hezbollah's Anti-Government Rally

BEIRUT, Lebanon – Hundreds of thousands of protesters from Hezbollah and its pro-Syrian allies massed Friday in downtown Beirut seeking to force the resignation of Western-backed Prime Minister Fuad Saniora, who was holed up in his office ringed by hundreds of police and combat troops. The protest, which police estimated …

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