Reuters - Unprecedented discounts after a series of damaging recalls boosted Toyota Motor Corp’s U.S. sales in early March, as U.S. regulators weighed new auto safety measures

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Thalidomide effect mystery solved

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The mechanism by which thalidomide causes malformed limbs is revealed by scientists.

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Reuters - Toyota Motor Corp said it had found no flaw with its throttle controls as it seeks to dismiss an external study critical of its electronic safety systems.

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Toyota finds no flaw with safety electronics
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Reuters - U.S. bank regulators closed four banks in as many states on Friday, bringing the number of failures so far this year to 26 as deteriorating loans continued taking a toll on financial institutions.

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Regulators close banks in four states
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AP - The fossilized remains of a 67 million-year-old snake found coiled around a dinosaur egg offer rare insight into the ancient reptile’s dining habits and evolution, scientists said Tuesday.

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Fossils of snake eating dino eggs found in India
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AFP - Mobs of angry, hungry survivors of the huge Chile earthquake set fire to shops in the devastated city of Concepcion where troops battled to keep order.

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Troops battle post-quake unrest in Chile
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AP - In the coming months and years, scientists will pore over reams of data from what turned out to be the minuscule tsunami that reached Hawaii on Saturday.

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Scientists say tsunami models should be tested
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AP - A lot of things in the world have changed since May. But not Jay Leno hosting “The Tonight Show.”

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Hello again to Jay Leno, back as ‘Tonight’ host
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A radar experiment aboard India’s Chandrayaan-1 lunar spacecraft detects large deposits of water ice near the Moon’s north pole.

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Ice deposits found at Moon’s pole

Reuters - Employees at the U.S. liberal grass-roots group ACORN who were caught on video giving tax advice to a couple posing as a pimp and a prostitute have been cleared of criminal wrongdoing, New York prosecutors said on Monday.

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NY prosecutor clears U.S. liberal group ACORN workers
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