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               |                                                           |   09/28/2012  |                                                  |                                                                                                                                                  |       |         |      |        | BEIJING (Reuters) - China's ruling Communist Party on Friday   expelled disgraced senior politician Bo Xilai from top party   positions and said it would hand him over for criminal investigation   accused of multiples crimes, opening a new phase in a scandal   that has shaken a leadership succession.. |          |     |                                                                                                                                            |       |         |      |        | BEIJING (Reuters) - China's ruling Communist Party will hold   a congress to appoint a new generation of central leaders from   November 8, the official Xinhua news agency said on Friday,   citing the decision of a Politburo meeting.. |          |     |                                                                                                                                                                                                 |     |         |      |        | LONDON (Reuters) - Stock index futures pointed to a fractionally   higher open on Wall Street on Friday, with futures for the S&P   500, the Dow Jones and the Nasdaq 100 all up 0.1 percent at   0754 GMT.. |          |     |                                                                                                                                                                                                 |     |         |      |        | LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Whitney Houston will be remembered in   a star-studded Grammy televised concert as well the release   of a greatest hits album and a television reality series following   the singer's family as they cope with her sudden death.. |          |     |                                                                                                                                                                                                 |     |         |      |        | (Reuters) - The Baltimore Ravens heaped more early season misery   on the Cleveland Browns with a 23-16 win on Thursday as the   NFL's regular referees returned to action following a damaging   months-long lockout.. |          |     |                                                                                                                                                                                                 |     |         |      |        | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Uncontrolled security threats on the Internet   could return much of the planet to an era without electricity   or automated transportation, top U.S. and Russian experts said   on Thursday.. |          |     |                                                                                                                                                                                                 |     |         |      |        | CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA's Mars rover, Curiosity,   dispatched to learn if the most Earth-like planet in the solar   system was suitable for microbial life, has found clear evidence   its landing site was once awash in water, a key ingredient for   life, scientists said Thursday.. |          |     |                                                                                                                                                                                                 |     |         |      |        | UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A pair of Canadian radio comedians   said on Thursday it took them less than an hour to get U.N.   Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on the phone during international   diplomacy's busiest week - by pretending to be Canadian Prime   Minister Stephen Harper.. |          |     |                                                          |          |                                                                                            |                |          |              | A daily digest of breaking business news, coverage of the US                                                                             economy, major corporate news and the financial markets. Register Today |     |          |          |          |                |          |              | The latest Reuters articles on M&A, IPOs, private equity,                                                                             hedge funds and regulatory updates delivered to your inbox each day. 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