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World's Largest Camera Takes World's Largest Photo

IRVINE, Calif. – What is believed to be the world’s largest photo was successfully created in a hangar that had been converted into a massive camera at the former El Toro Marine Corps base. About 30 people showed up Wednesday to see the fuzzy, 28-by-108-foot black-and-white image taken by six …

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Hedge-Fund Regulation Impractical, Unnecessary

BOSTON – In the investing world, it can be a short three-step walk from problem to new regulation. First, a problem is uncovered. Next, “victims” or “losers” are identified. Then, regulations and legal remedies are proposed. So when a hedge fund run by Amaranth Advisors blew up and made headlines …

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Annan Denies Claim That He Told Iran to Ignore Uranium Deadline

NEW YORK – U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Thursday was trying to settle a flap over a potentially damaging claim made earlier in the day by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Ahmadinejad said Annan had told him Iran could ignore a Security Council resolution requiring the country to cease enriching uranium …

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