What follows is a look at stocks in the S&P 500 displaying unusual volume in today's trading session. 

Some of the highlights include: Novell (NOVL), which shares are trading 3,000% above their 100-day average volume on takeover news, Staples (SPLS), Akamai Technologies (AKAM) and Costco (COST). 

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