Raising Yahoo Bid, Microsoft Steps Up Talks By DEALBOOK In a breakthrough after a months-long standoff, Microsoft has increased its offer and intensified negotiations, a person involved in the talks said.
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The sun rises along the shore of the Assateague Island National Seashore.
At the entrance to Chesapeake Bay, on the southern tip of Virginia's Delmarva Peninsula, nature and wildlife reclaim the land.
Slide Show: The Nature of Delmarva
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The Parthenon crowns the Acropolis.
Athens is reinventing itself as a city where antiquity meets edginess. Museums and galleries abound, and new ones are in the works.
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The level of militant threat facing Somalia
 |  | Jumping spiders use ultraviolet B rays to "talk" to potential mates, scientists report. |
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