Claims for Jobless Benefits Reach Highest Point Since April 2002. New applications for unemployment benefits jumped by a seasonally adjusted 38,000 to 445,000 for the week ending March 29. By The Associated Press. [New York Times: Business]
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This Start Menu News Aggregator for Radio looks really cool. via [Scripting News]
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Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni, the "Colossal Calamari" via[jwz]

Apparently, we've finally found a completely intact mega-squid, which is even bigger than the "giant squid" people have been hunting for years.  The pictures of this thing are impressive.

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New Guilty Pleas at HealthSouth. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., April 2 (Bloomberg News) Several employees of the HealthSouth Corporation will plead guilty Thursday in a growing accounting fraud investigation, a United States attorney said today. By Bloomberg News. [New York Times: Business]
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Europe Inquiry on French Aid to Big Utility. The European Commission opened an investigation on Wednesday into the French government's financial safeguards for its energy company Electricité de France. By Paul Meller. [New York Times: Business]
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Lloyd's of London, the Insurer, Reports First Profit in Six Years. The international insurance market saw a surge in insurance prices since the Sept. 11 attacks and a sharp decline in the organization's payments for claims. By Joseph B. Treaster. [New York Times: Business]
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