The highs and lows of 2004
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If anyone was in any doubt about what a London 2012 Olympics would mean to the country, then a stifling Athens evening on Sunday, Aug 22, provided the answer.
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Nation's No. 2 coal miner has a great 2004 but lowers expectations for 2005.
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Things aren't as bad as you think heading into the new year.
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The vitality, quality and variety of classical music performances during 2004 are encouraging.
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BERLIN, Dec 20 (IPS) - For the European Union, 2007 was a year rich in  events, but poor on results. Next year promises to be as  turbulent as this one, and probably as unremarkable in its  outcome.
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Politics: 29 December 2004, Wednesday. As the end of the year is approaching, expect our summary of the most important events during 2004 in our special edition The News as It Was on December 31.
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The year brought many new things into our lives, but they also entailed some leave-taking. Here is a sampling of things soon to be, as they say, eclipsed by events.
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Also: Digital cameras are the hottest gift for 2004. [News.com Extra]
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Experts agree: 2004 was the best of times, and the worst of times for those concerned about IT security. It was a year with high-profile arrests of virus authors, and the explosion of online crimes, from cyberextortion to identity theft, a year in which ISPs (Internet service providers) won millions in damages from spammers, and spam messages increased by 40 percent.
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There were six major wireless carriers in the US at the beginning of 2004. As the year comes to a close, itâs clear there will be only four.
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A look at the highlights and lowlights of 2007.
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The US economy created less jobs than expected in December,  but created more jobs in 2004 than any time since 1999.
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A few highly preliminary observations about the recent turmoil in the financial markets.
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The US pharmaceutical industry endured a disastrous 2004, and the aftermath will linger into the new year. Regulators at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) were already expected
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2004 in review It wasn&#39;t quite the &#39;Year of Digital Music&#39;, but 2004 certainly paved the way for 2005 to take that title.
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Oh, what a year, neatly bookended as it was by Britney's (two) surprise weddings. A year that brought us baby announcements for Apple, Hazel, Phinnaeus and Coco. A year that left us wondering when J. Lo would acknowledge husband No. 3. A celebrity year glorious in its silliness. How we're going to miss it. USA TODAY's Karen Thomas counts down our five (yes, it was hard to choose) favorite celebrity stories of 2004.
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As 2004 draws to a close, it should come as heartening news that this past year was one of the most prosperous in history. Not because the American economy grew by a solid 4.3 percent.