[Q]: The broad Standard & Poor 's 500 index slipped 12.27 points or 1.23 percent to 981.73 .

The S. & P. 500 slipped 12.27 points , or 1.2 percent , to 981.73 .
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[A]: yes


[Q]: Meat giant Smithfield Foods Inc. has won a bidding war to buy a bankrupt Midwestern pork producer .

Pork processing giant Smithfield Foods Inc. said Monday that it won the bidding in an auction for bankrupt Farmland Industries Inc . ' s pork business .
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[A]: yes


[Q]: Shares of San Diego-based Jack In The Box closed at $ 21.49 , up 78 cents , or 3.8 percent , on the New York Stock Exchange .

Shares of Tampa-based Outback Steakhouse Inc. closed at $ 44.50 , up $ 1.78 , or 4.2 percent , on the New York Stock Exchange .
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[A]: no


[Q]: Mayor Mike Bloomberg weighs in former football star William ' The Refrigerator ' Perry for the 88th annual Nathan 's Famous Fourth of July Hot Dog Eating Contest .

Ex-Bears star William ' the Refrigerator ' Perry competes in the Nathan 's Famous Fourth of July Hot Dog Eating Contest Friday .
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yes