Nigerians voted in large numbers Saturday in the first of a series of key elections in Africa's most populous nation, but deadly bomb blasts cast a shadow over the country's bid to hold credible polls.

Blasts hit an electoral office in central Nigeria on Friday night, a polling place as parliamentary voting was under way in the northeastern city of Maiduguri on Saturday and a vote collating centre in the same city Saturday evening.

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Stocks are ending the day with small losses after a 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck Japan.

The Dow Jones industrial average fell as many as 96 points in morning trading, but recovered most of its losses after a tsunami warning was lifted.

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Fast-food chain McDonald's Corp announced a one-day spring hiring spree aimed at fighting the use of the term "McJob" as shorthand for describing low-wage, dead-end work.

The global restaurant chain said it plans to hire as many as 50,000 new U.S. employees -- ranging from restaurant crew to managers -- on April 19. The move would increase the hamburger company's U.S. workforce by 7.7 percent to 700,000, but such hiring is typical in the lead up to the busy summer months.

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We are proud to have met the high standards set by the BBB,” says company President and CEO Matt Zemon. “We value our customers and employees, and they can be confident they are working with a company that maintains ethical business practices.”

The BBB requires accredited companies to meet its “Standards of Trust,” a comprehensive set of policies, best practices and procedures that ensure trustworthiness in the marketplace. The BBB accreditation process is intended to give consumers peace of mind that they are dealing with an honest organization that is accountable to its clients.

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The biggest earthquake on record to hit Japan rocked its northeast coast on Friday, triggering a 10-meter tsunami that killed hundreds of people and swept away everything in its path.

Thousands of residents near a nuclear plant in Fukushima prefecture, north of Tokyo, were told to evacuate as a precaution after the 8.9 magnitude quake, but the government said no radiation was leaking.

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A war of words intensified between South Africa and Zimbabwe on Monday as President Jacob Zuma's office responded indignantly to an attack slamming his recent decisions on Africa.

The diplomatic scuffle between the two key southern African players began Friday, when President Robert Mugabe rejected regional pressure to rein in a wave of political violence sweeping Zimbabwe ahead of elections expected later this year.

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U.S. stock index futures were little changed on Thursday before data on the labor market and same-store sales, which could offer clues about the outlook for U.S. consumer spending.

The S&P 500 closed Wednesday above a key technical level and its ability to hold above 1,333.58 will be tested. The level is double the cycle low hit in March 2009 and is near a recent 2-1/2 year high of about 1,344, which could also provide technical resistance.

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With his tweets, his manic interviews, his insurgent campaign against the entertainment world, Sheen is giving America exactly what it wants out of a modern celebrity. In this week’s Newsweek, Bret Easton Ellis explains how you are completely missing the point if you think Sheen’s meltdown is about drugs.

“Drugs” is the first word Charlie Sheen utters in his only scene from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, a cinematic relic from 1986. It takes place in a police station where Jeannie Bueller (Jennifer Grey), waiting to get bailed out by her mom and fuming about brother Ferris’s charmingly anarchic ways (he breaks all the rules and is happy; she follows all the rules and is unhappy), realizes she’s sitting next to a gorgeous (he was!) sullen-eyed dude in a leather jacket who looks like he’s been up for days on a drug binge. But he’s not manic, just tired and sexily calm, his face so pale it’s almost violet-hued. Annoyed, Jeannie asks, “Why are y,91559,16106,95208,94709,79228,63092,47231,99657,57333,52862,57996,26519,41347,61724,86296,14394,29074,96160,77899,67013,57146,34412,25746,27187,32946,24654,13717,82519,31013,28629,25665,89458,15344,47747,33479,87941,74812,94486,28238,42335,11509,89014,83360,95126,19019,67179,45692,62352,12246,65976,19905,46600,11693,39770,48142,57908,92532,45255,79017,83665,96234,86518,47127,67288,84814,25690,93306,12245,77915,55904,97549,51921,28377,77220,63653,27633,24508,58232,81103,58641,69748,30812,66943,62575,39792,78133,68224,37451,76691,41737,21421,54584,54157,58828,63351,76054,27689,83316,38689,66937,32488,77003,60190,71074,94345,55288,44820,74436,21331,41575,40673,54924,38708,84352,84594,49248,99895,90497,52516,46236,87035,48828,22329,91135,86393,61702,78734,48982,45581,59447,83327,77019,60226,75201,63131,54335,57856,42617,43359,38993,12255,68267,79810,20806,54466,62862,36294,41089,11371,30704,44476,91364,53508,36465,82319,83820,44932,17021,47593,10872,68503,97884,53475,44162,19027,20865,24508,57526,64968,30501,66449,74697,83653,53874,41270,34213,22926,84449,25821,46279,75299,97226,75061,84292,22943,35690,62411,26323,24188,94552,84689,91305,17075,39193,23185,55530,41299,94477,20873,83612,62932,80897,27330,43550,78246,30720,59913,73270,21114,31786,46844,50277,10912,34999,11276,92558,20105,53732,31432,61447,91853,30491,98616,50533,99071,15147,10040,77230,99941,39486,77069,31289,62636,29225,38176,47502,77452,32915,69321,73919,41014,12533,87537,57588,72491,47213,37949,31018,17483,48079,72424,30592,32413,25913,99417,34752,34766,86913,10589,78440,80329,80157,20193,35947,99540,68368,33570,37902,72545,99081,66001,20074,34350,61430,42996,32526,21944,62030,41640,58793,60451,37227,25286,18068,51284,87254,34842,81129,25947,67385,36429,12483,67058,13775,21069,34106,26972,50667,23058,79288,21265,98163,74319,59394,21454,97746,12536,25885,99724,68290,11927,20154,84304,62834,62315,28251,67590,67006,36271,92997,68182,94552,63420,37744,45343,41769,85790,60519,35374,48804,51942,81101,66113,81016,46165,15175,44179,69978,60608,96107,51087,54208,71235,37575,56558,62660,44956,69727,75779,31606,72352,19084,21057,14141,55623,70596,51310,10937,20297,68925,32962,42729,46922,96488,44847,32540,52781,21511,53557,69450,85810,39594,57818,90347,54710,53880,34747,74790,19136,20481,90537,99939,99117,44553,41134,46271,14451,12279,44070,87894,19609,36972,19879,43154,77559,77590,14965,85237,72093,61637,40351,19072,19835,24962,86567,90958,24950,97898,89160,44546,66995,26149,15607,85035,52937,53704,54555,21370,58672,69673,16744,58530,77275,85582,41300,26054,90275,41998,38660,98008,13036,81173,63305,80605,66458,99997,34369,32396,82808,65597,64697,31792,35146,39147,63770,45453,15278,55052,40556,84077,41323,59953,19454,91411,38794,45240,67452,61444,12805,50384,88489,43989,45139,36618,67067,28180,65881,71772,37719,95694,41389,10644,47075,25713,38173,69695,48638,13564,70395,34726,72723,23911,38175,74581,27263,99499,65858,87429,30478,15440,10041,90164,86770,15976,85375,18525,91632,26039,55298,45346

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LeBron James acquired a minority stake in Liverpool soccer club on Wednesday after the two-time NBA most valuable player's sports marketing firm entered into a partnership with Fenway Sports Group (FSG).

FSG, owners of Liverpool FC, the Boston Red Sox, New England Sports Network (NESN) and 50 percent of NASCAR's Roush Fenway Racing, will partner with James's sports-marketing firm LRMR Branding & Marketing to become the exclusive world-wide representative for the Miami Heat All-Star.

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South Carolina lawmakers are taking a stand in favor of states' lights.

With incandescent bulbs being phased out under federal law in favor of energy-efficient compact fluorescents, legislators want to exempt South Carolina from the measure, saying Washington has no business telling the state how to light its closets and countertops.

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