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1/132 Dad of Palin grandson bares all for Playgirl cover
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AP - The teen father of Sarah Palin's grandson is featured on the cover of the upcoming print version of Playgirl magazine — sporting nothing but a sultry gaze.
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2/132 Lil Wayne NY sentencing put off for dental surgery
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AP - After rap star Lil Wayne spent months bidding farewell to his fans and his freedom, what loomed for him Tuesday was a dental chair, not a house of detention.
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3/132 Cruise suits up for `Mission: Impossible IV'
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AP - Tom Cruise is starring in another impossible mission.
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4/132 Jamie Foxx delivers music, instruments to kids
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AP - Jamie Foxx wanted to entertain a group of musically inclined high school students with a few bars from his Grammy winning hit, 'Blame It.'
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5/132 Angelina Jolie visits Haiti with UN refugee body
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AP - Angelina Jolie began two days of meetings with Haiti earthquake victims Tuesday in her role as a goodwill ambassador for the U.N. refugee agency.
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6/132 Beyonce, Alicia Keys shoot music video in Rio slum
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AP - Grammy Award-winning singers Beyonce and Alicia Keys are filming a music video in Rio de Janeiro.
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7/132 DeGeneres says Cowell is 'meaner than I thought'
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AP - Ellen DeGeneres, the newest judge on 'American Idol,' says Simon Cowell is 'meaner' than she thought. Cowell, Randy Jackson, Kara DioGuardi and various guest judges kicked off the ninth season of the Fox singing competition last month. DeGeneres begins her stint Tuesday night.
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8/132 Jackson celebrity turns doctor case into spectacle
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AP - There's no bloody glove this time, no smoking gun, no faded music icon showing up in court wearing a wig that made it look like he plugged his finger into an electrical socket.
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9/132 Lil Wayne sentencing postponed, says goodbye to fans
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Reuters - Rapper Lil Wayne temporarily escaped jail on Tuesday when his sentencing for possessing a gun was postponed on the same day he bid goodbye to fans in a video he posted on the Web.
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10/132 Marchesa caters to the high-wattage fashion crowd
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AP - Marchesa is a glamorous, movie-star fashion house: Its specialty is the show-stopping red carpet dresses you're likely to see on Kate Hudson, Sienna Miller or 'Annie,' known to the rest of us as Anne Hathaway.
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11/132 Angelina Jolie visits quake-stricken Haiti
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AFP - Hollywood starlet Angelina Jolie visited UN staff in Haiti on Tuesday and toured a children's refuge, nearly four weeks after the country was devastated by a 7.0 magnitude earthquake.
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12/132 Michelle Obama, Hannah Montana fight US child obesity
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AFP - First Lady Michelle Obama on Tuesday harnessed iconic media groups and stars as she launched an ambitious program to end the epidemic of childhood obesity, which affects one in three US children.
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13/132 Angelina Jolie visits quake-hit Haiti
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Reuters - Angelina Jolie visited earthquake victims in Haiti on Tuesday in her latest trip to help survivors of conflict and natural disaster as a goodwill envoy for a United Nations agency.
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14/132 Businessman to fly African flags on space trip
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AFP - A Dubai-based businessman who has signed up to be a space tourist said Tuesday he planned to fly the flags of Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda on his out-of-world journey in honour of his childhood in Africa.
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15/132 Leno to Letterman: Thanks for Super Bowl ad invite
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AP - Jay Leno has a message for David Letterman: Thanks.
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16/132 Matt Damon, Jude Law catch 'Contagion'
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AFP - Matt Damon and Jude Law are reuniting on screen to star in a thriller by Oscar-winning director Steven Soderbergh about the outbreak of a deadly disease, reports said Tuesday.
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17/132 Review: Reckless Kelly channels Pinto Bennett
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AP - 'Somewhere In Time,' Reckless Kelly (Yep Roc)
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18/132 Review: Jaheim plays Casanova on 'Another Round'
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AP - Jaheim, 'Another Round' (Atlantic Records)
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19/132 Review: Josh Turner too one-dimensional on new CD
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AP - Josh Turner, 'Haywire' (MCA Nashville)
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20/132 Sinatra, Martin to receive stars in Las Vegas
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AP - Sin City is paying homage to iconic singers Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin by giving them each a place on the Las Vegas Walk of Stars.
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21/132 UK group urges Elton John to cancel Israel show
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AP - A British academic group that supports Palestinian rights is urging singer Elton John to cancel a summer concert in Israel.
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22/132 Pierce Brosnan reveals the character actor within
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AP - A debonair Pierce Brosnan, Bond-like in black jacket and gleaming white shirt, strides into a Manhattan hotel room for an interview.
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23/132 A Superstar Hollywood Night at the 'Valentine's Day' Premiere
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Fashion Wire Daily - Director Garry Marshall sure knows how to throw a party. He just starts with making a movie jam-packed with a who's who list of Hollywood superstars, then invites everyone to the premiere at Grauman's Chinese Theatre. That's just what happened on Monday, Feb. 8, when Marshall hosted his 'Valentine's Day' premiere and party in the heart of Tinseltown, and his actors flocked to the red-and-pink carpet.
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24/132 Vancouver defends Schwarzenegger invite
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AFP - Winter Olympics organisers on Tuesday defended their decision to invite Arnold Schwarzenegger to run in the torch relay despite the former movie star's admission that he used drugs in his bodybuilding career.
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25/132 Julia Roberts & Shirley MacLaine Reminisce About 'Steel Magnolias'
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LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Julia Roberts reunited with her 'Steel Magnolias' co-star Shirley MacLaine on the red carpet Monday night at the LA premiere of their latest film, 'Valentine's Day,' and the two reminisced about working together again, sort of.
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26/132 Death of Nancy Kerrigan's Father Ruled a Homicide; Family Says No One is to Blame
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The death of Olympic figure skater Nancy Kerrigan's father has been ruled a homicide by a Massachusetts state medical examiner, but the family says no one is to blame, according to The Associated Press.
An autopsy showed that Daniel Kerrigan died from a heart rhythm problem after his windpipe was damaged from a physical...
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27/132 Kendra: I Was 'Very Happy' the Saints Won the Super Bowl
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28/132 Louis Gossett Jr. Diagnosed with Cancer
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Oscar-winning actor Louis Gossett Jr. has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, the actor announced on Tuesday. Gossett told KTLA News that he went public with the news 'to...
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29/132 Tom Cruise To Star In 'Mission: Impossible IV'
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LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Tom Cruise has accepted his new 'Mission.' Cruise will produce and star in 'Mission: Impossible IV,' Paramount Studios confirmed on Tuesday. Joining Tom as producer will be J.J. Abrams, who also helmed the third installment in the Cruise super spy franchise.
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30/132 `Susan Boyle' bio is redundant recap of her story
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AP - 'Susan Boyle: Dreams Can Come True' (The Overlook Press, 246 pages, $21.95) by Alice Montgomery: This unauthorized biography recaps what most fans already know about Susan Boyle, the shy, 48-year-old Scottish singer who became an Internet sensation after a clip of her auditioning for a TV talent show was posted online.
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31/132 Google's e-mail gets social in Facebook face-off
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AP - Google Inc. opened a new social hub in its e-mail service on Tuesday, leaving little doubt that the Internet search leader is girding for a face-off with Facebook.
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32/132 Online ad improvement seen in IAC's 4Q loss
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AP - Internet company IAC/InterActiveCorp lost $1 billion in the fourth quarter because it wrote down the value of its search business, but the results beat expectations and offered the latest indication that the online advertising market is improving.
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33/132 Disney CEO seduced by iPad
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AFP - Walt Disney Co. president and chief executive Robert Iger said Tuesday that Apple's new iPad tablet computer may prove to be a 'game changer' for the entertainment and media industry.
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34/132 Space shuttle on course for midnight rendezvous
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AP - Endeavour zoomed toward a midnight rendezvous with the International Space Station late Tuesday, and NASA grew ever more optimistic that the shuttle is free of any launch damage.
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35/132 Toyota recalls new Prius in latest safety fix
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Reuters - The spiraling crisis at Toyota Motor Corp deepened on Tuesday as the automaker said it would recall thousands of Camry sedans as well as nearly half a million new Prius and other hybrid cars to fix steering and braking problems.
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36/132 Even if you're careful, drugs can end up in water
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AP - The federal government advises throwing most unused or expired medications into the trash instead of down the drain, but they can end up in the water anyway, a study from Maine suggests.
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37/132 Stranded panda lured to safety in China
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AP - It was like getting a cat out of a tree — Sichuan style.
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38/132 Thousands of dinosaur footprints uncovered in China
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AFP - Archaeologists in China have uncovered more than 3,000 dinosaur footprints, state media reported, in an area said to be the world's largest grouping of fossilised bones belonging to the ancient animals.
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39/132 Penguin future looks perkier with marine zone: study
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AFP - A ban on fishing around a colony of threatened penguins in South Africa has brought swift benefits to the beleaguered birds, marine biologists reported on Wednesday.
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40/132 The nation's weather
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AP - Snowy weather was expected to move into the Eastern U.S. from the Plains on Tuesday.
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41/132 Woman seeks 'Jessica Alba' makeover to win back lover
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Reuters - A Chinese woman is seeking extensive plastic surgery to look like U.S. actress Jessica Alba, mainly because she hopes to win back her boyfriend who she said always wished she looked more like the Hollywood star.
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42/132 Star power: celebrity endorsements surge at Grammys
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Reuters - Would the Black Eyed Peas persuade you to shop at Target or Eric Clapton lure you to switch to T-Mobile?
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43/132 Doctor casts new light on cat that can predict death
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Reuters - When doctors and staff realized that a cat living in a U.S. nursing home could sense when someone was going to die, the feline, Oscar, was portrayed as a furry grim reaper or four-legged angel of death.
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44/132 Branding ban on cigarette packs?
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Reuters - The UK government launched plans on Monday to halve the number of smokers by the end of the decade and said it would consider removing branding from cigarette packets and banning cigarette vending machines.
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45/132 A photo of slain gang interventionist Ronald 'Looney' Barron, ...
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(AP) - A photo of slain gang interventionist Ronald 'Looney' Barron, posing with his fiancee Andrea Taylor, is shown during a news conference at the Wilshire Station of the Los Angeles Police Department on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010 in Los Angeles. Gang interventionist Barron, was killed Sunday after he left a bar in central Los Angeles and noticed the boy defacing a wall. Police say Barron confronted the tagger, who shot the 40-year-old multiple times. He was pronounced dead at a hospital. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
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46/132 A bicycle sits in the street as the snow begins to fall in Washington, ...
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(Reuters) - A bicycle sits in the street as the snow begins to fall in Washington, February 9, 2010. The second major snowstorm in less than a week hit the U.S. East Coast on Tuesday, with predictions of 12 inches (30.5 cm) or more stretching from Washington, D.C., to New York City, forcing schools to close and the U.S. Congress to sharply curtail legislative action. REUTERS/Larry Downing (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY ENVIRONMENT)
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47/132 A view of the White House as snow begins to fall in Washington, ...
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(Reuters) - A view of the White House as snow begins to fall in Washington, February 9, 2010. The second major snowstorm in less than a week hit the U.S. East Coast on Tuesday, with predictions of 12 inches (30.5 cm) or more stretching from Washington, D.C., to New York City, forcing schools to close and the U.S. Congress to sharply curtail legislative action. REUTERS/Larry Downing (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY ENVIRONMENT)
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48/132 A man walks beside Honda Motors Co vehicles parked outside the ...
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(Reuters) - A man walks beside Honda Motors Co vehicles parked outside the company headquarters in Tokyo February 3, 2010. REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao
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49/132 Sen. Hiram Monserrate, D-Queens, left, walks in a hallway at ...
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(AP) - Sen. Hiram Monserrate, D-Queens, left, walks in a hallway at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y., on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. The state Senate is set to vote to expel Monserrate after his misdemeanor assault conviction. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)
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50/132 Sen. Hiram Monserrate, D-Queens, walks in a hallway at the Capitol ...
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(AP) - Sen. Hiram Monserrate, D-Queens, walks in a hallway at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y., on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. The state Senate is set to vote to expel Monserrate after his misdemeanor assault conviction. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)
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51/132 Fiancee of slain gang interventionist Ronald Barron, Andrea ...
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(AP) - Fiancee of slain gang interventionist Ronald Barron, Andrea Taylor reacts during a news conference at the Wilshire Station of the Los Angeles Police Station on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. Gang interventionist Barron, was killed Sunday after he left a bar in central Los Angeles and noticed the boy defacing a wall. Police say Barron confronted the tagger, who shot the 40-year-old multiple times. He was pronounced dead at a hospital. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
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52/132 Family members of slain gang interventionist Ronald Barron, ...
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(AP) - Family members of slain gang interventionist Ronald Barron, from left: fiancee Andrea Taylor, aunt Donna Edwards, mother Tonie Jacson and brother Anthony Blanks, are shown during a news conference at the Wilshire Station of the Los Angeles Police Station on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010 in Los Angeles. Gang interventionist Barron, was killed Sunday after he left a bar in central Los Angeles and noticed the boy defacing a wall. Police say Barron confronted the tagger, who shot the 40-year-old multiple times. He was pronounced dead at a hospital. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
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53/132 A view of the Hollywood sign in the Hollywood Hills in Hollywood, ...
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(Reuters) - A view of the Hollywood sign in the Hollywood Hills in Hollywood, California December 13, 2009. REUTERS/Fred Prouser
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54/132 In preparation for heavy rain and possible mudslides, construction ...
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(AP) - In preparation for heavy rain and possible mudslides, construction workers fill sand bags in front of a house along Ocean View Blvd. Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, in La Cañada Flintridge, Calif. (AP Photo/Richard Hartog)
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55/132 Haisong Jiang leaves Newark Municipal Court after appearing ...
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(AP) - Haisong Jiang leaves Newark Municipal Court after appearing for his arraignment on charges of defiant trespass, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, in Newark, N.J. Authorities say Jiang went past a restricted area at at Newark Liberty Airport Jan. 3 causing the airport to be shut down. He was arrested Jan. 8. (AP Photo/Joe Epstein)
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56/132 In preparation for more heavy rain, construction workers fill ...
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(AP) - In preparation for more heavy rain, construction workers fill sand bags in front a house along Ocean View Boulevard, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, in La Cañada Flintridge, Calif. (AP Photo/Richard Hartog)
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57/132 This photo released by Tracie Huskamp shows three-dimensional ...
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(Canadian Press) - This photo released by Tracie Huskamp shows three-dimensional Valentine's Day cards which combine vintage and salvaged materials to say 'I love you' with style.(THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Tracie Huskamp)
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58/132 In preparation for more heavy rain, a construction worker fills ...
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(AP) - In preparation for more heavy rain, a construction worker fills sand bags in front of a house along Ocean View Blvd. in La Cañada Flintridge, Calif. on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Richard Hartog)
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59/132 Precipitation falls as Steve Severin loads salt into a Lower ...
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(AP) - Precipitation falls as Steve Severin loads salt into a Lower Swatara Public Works plow truck in Middletown, Pa., Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, as they work through the night to salt area roads during a winter storm. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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60/132 In this Sept. 30, 2009 photo, a railroad-style distance marker ...
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(Canadian Press) - In this Sept. 30, 2009 photo, a railroad-style distance marker that indicates the distance in miles from Chicago is shown on the Iron Goat hiking trail, which follows the old Great Northern Railway across Stevens Pass in Washington state. The trail passes through the abandoned town of Wellington, Wash., about 60 miles northeast of Seattle near Skykomish, Wash., which was the site 100 years ago, where two passenger trains were swept away by the worst avalanche disaster in U.S. history, killing nearly 100 people. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/George Tibbits)
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61/132 Precipitation falls as Steve Severin climbs into his loader ...
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(AP) - Precipitation falls as Steve Severin climbs into his loader to move salt into a Lower Swatara Public Works plow truck in Middletown, Pa., Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, as they work through the night to salt area roads during a winter storm. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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(Reuters) - Billionaire financier and Berkshire Hathaway Chief Executive Warren Buffett attends the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders meeting in Omaha, Nebraska May 2, 2009. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
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63/132 State Sen. Abel Maldonado, R-Santa Maria, Gov. Arnold Schwarzengger's ...
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(AP) - State Sen. Abel Maldonado, R-Santa Maria, Gov. Arnold Schwarzengger's nomination for Lieutenant governor, listens to a question during his confirmation hearing before the Assembly Rules Committee at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. Maldonado appeared before the committee seeking its recommendation for his appointment to become lieutenant governor by the full assembly. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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64/132 Haisong Jiang, left, listens as his attorney Eric Bruce speaks ...
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(AP) - Haisong Jiang, left, listens as his attorney Eric Bruce speaks during a news conference, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, in Newark, N.J., after Jiang appeared in Newark Municipal Court for his arraignment on charges of defiant trespass. Authorities say Jiang went past a restricted area at Newark Liberty Airport Jan. 3 causing the airport to be shut down. He was arrested Jan. 8. (AP Photo/Joe Epstein)
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65/132 Haisong Jiang appears in Newark Municipal Court for his arraignment ...
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(AP) - Haisong Jiang appears in Newark Municipal Court for his arraignment on charges of defiant trespass, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, in Newark, N.J. Authorities say Jiang went past a restricted area at Newark Liberty Airport Jan. 3 causing the airport to be shut down. He was arrested Jan. 8. (AP Photo/Joe Epstein)
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(AP) - This image provided by NASA shows the Tranquility node in space shuttle Endeavour's payload bay, vertical stabilizer, orbital maneuvering system pods and docking mechanism backdropped by mountainous terrain, in this image photographed by an STS-130 crew member from an aft flight deck window Monday Feb. 9, 2010. Endeavour is closing the gap to the International Space Station and will link up with it about 12:06 a.m. Wednesday Feb. 10, 201-. (AP Photo/NASA).
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67/132 Dan Dziob, right, and Patricia Henderson pose for a photograph ...
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(AP) - Dan Dziob, right, and Patricia Henderson pose for a photograph at their home directly across the river from the Kleen Energy Systems power plant in Portland, Conn., Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. They said their home sustained cracks in the foundation and ceiling from the force of Sunday's plant explosion. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)
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(Reuters) - Pedestrians wait to walk across a street near Times Square in New York August 28, 2007. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson
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69/132 These satellite images provided by GeoEye show Washington D.C. ...
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(AP) - These satellite images provided by GeoEye show Washington D.C. before and after the Friday Feb. 5, 2010 snow storm. The federal government in the nation's capital has largely been shut down since Friday afternoon, when a storm began dumping up to 3 feet of snow in some parts of the region. Offices could remain closed at least through Wednesday. (AP Photo/GeoEye)
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70/132 Rutgers suspends Stringer for a game
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AP - Rutgers suspended Hall of Fame women's basketball coach C. Vivian Stringer on Tuesday for one game for misusing practice players.
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71/132 Vancouver Games officials confident Cypress ready
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AP - Vancouver Olympic officials are confident concerns about the warm weather's effect on conditions at Cypress Mountain soon will be forgotten.
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72/132 Strained relationship with father for top US skier
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AP - The Vancouver Olympics are shaping up to be Lindsey Vonn's shining moment, the apex of a career that began years ago when her father introduced her to skiing. He saw enough talent in his daughter to move the whole family to Colorado.
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73/132 Money woes ease in NASCAR, sponsors seek bargains
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AP - With the NASCAR season revving up at Daytona International Speedway this week, companies still have a chance to associate themselves with the sport's most popular driver, Dale Earnhardt Jr.
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74/132 6 NHL teams to open 2010-11 season in Europe
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AP - The NHL is sending more teams across the pond.
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75/132 Gaborik's knee cut by skate in Rangers practice
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AP - Marian Gaborik limped off the ice during practice Tuesday after the New York Rangers' leading scorer was cut on the right knee by the skate of goalie Henrik Lundqvist in a collision.
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76/132 Mancini salutes Vieira and Johnson
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AFP - Roberto Mancini paid tribute to two players at either ends of their careers after Manchester City boosted their bid for a fourth-place finish in the Premier League with a 2-0 victory over Bolton.
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77/132 Armstrong set for another tilt at Milan-Sanremo
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AFP - America's seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong will race in the cycling's first one day classic of the season the Milan-Sanremo on March 20 announced the race organisers on Tuesday.
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78/132 No sweat for tennis ace Djokovic in first round romp
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AFP - Novak Djokovic began with a runaway win at the Rotterdam Open on Tuesday, crushing Sergiy Stakhovsky 6-2, 4-1 in his opening match as the Ukrainian had to quit after 54 minutes with a knee injury.
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79/132 Couture stops Coleman at UFC 109
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AP - Randy Couture stopped Mark Coleman with a rear naked choke Saturday night to win a bout between two UFC hall-of-famers in their mid-40s.
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80/132 Patrick to make NASCAR debut at Daytona
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AP - Danica Patrick will make her NASCAR debut this weekend at Daytona International Speedway.
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81/132 Doping lab already testing dozens of samples
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AP - Vancouver's state-of-the-art doping lab already has tested more than 200 blood and urine samples from Olympic athletes, and there have been no positives.
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82/132 London says bomb tests on pigs saved lives in war
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AFP - London has defended the use of more than 100 pigs in military explosives tests in the past five years, saying the experiments had saved lives in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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83/132 Anglican head warns of 'chaos' over gays and women
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AFP - Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams appealed Tuesday for the Anglican church to resolve its divisions over the ordination of female and gay bishops, warning that they were causing 'chaos'.
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84/132 It's a wrap! Hospitals test new, more modest gown
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AP - The British government is getting behind a plan to replace drafty open-backed hospital gowns with versions that preserve patients' modesty.
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85/132 Dutch amphibious bus makes splash in Scotland
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AFP - A Dutch-built amphibious bus made a splash Tuesday in Scotland, where it is aiming to replace a ferry service across the Clyde river -- after one false start.
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86/132 FTSE 100 shares end higher
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AFP - The London stock market overcame earlier losses and closed in positive territory Tuesday.
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87/132 Barclays chief slams over-regulation
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AFP - Barclays bank chief executive John Varley on Tuesday said that too much new red tape in the banking sector could increase the cost of credit and adversely affect the economy.
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88/132 Guardian sells Manchester Evening News to Trinity Mirror
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AFP - Guardian Media Group on Tuesday ended its historical ties with Manchester after agreeing to sell the Manchester Evening News and its regional media business to Trinity Mirror for £44.8 million.
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89/132 Russian tycoon says ex-spy murder claim 'outrageous'
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Reuters - Exiled Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky said Tuesday it was outrageous to claim he was responsible for the death of his friend Alexander Litvinenko, a former KGB agent who was murdered in London in 2006.
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90/132 PM to face Iraq inquiry in early March
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AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown will appear before the public inquiry into the Iraq war in early March, a spokesman for the probe said on Tuesday.
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91/132 Toyota recalls 8,500 Prius cars in Britain
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AFP - Toyota said on Tuesday it would recall around 8,500 Prius hybrid cars in Britain over a braking failure as the Japanese carmaker scrambles to cope with the latest technical problems affecting its vehicles.
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92/132 City regulator boss Sants steps down
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AFP - The Financial Services Authority on Tuesday announced the departure of chief executive Hector Sants, who has overseen plans for large-scale reform of the banking sector following the economic crisis.
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93/132 Conviction of 'wannabe suicide bomber' quashed
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AFP - An Islamist student described as a 'wannabe suicide bomber' was set to walk free on Tuesday after a Scottish court quashed his most serious conviction on terror charges.
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94/132 Abu Hamza's London home seized to pay legal bills
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AFP - Legal aid officials have seized the London home of jailed radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza to recover costs spent on defending him, they said on Tuesday.
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95/132 Trade deficit widens to £7.3 billion
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AFP - Britain's trade-in-goods deficit unexpectedly widened to £7.3 billion in December, official data showed on Tuesday.
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96/132 Apology after London bus driver stops to pray
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AFP - Transport bosses apologised to bus passengers in north London after a Muslim bus driver pulled over to pray, they said Tuesday.
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97/132 Pitt, Jolie sue British paper over split claims
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AFP - Hollywood power couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are suing a British newspaper over claims they were considering a multi-million-pound split, their lawyers said in a statement received on Tuesday.
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98/132 Stoke still unbeaten in 2010 after draw with Wigan
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AFP - Stoke City held on to their unbeaten record this year away at relegation-threatened Wigan on Tuesday after the Latics blew the lead to draw 1-1.
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99/132 Dindane gives Pompey fans something to cheer at last
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AFP - Aruna Dindane's header in the sixth minute of stoppage time earned Portsmouth a 1-1 draw with Sunderland and finally gave the beleaguered club's long-suffering supporters something to cheer about.
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100/132 Fabregas strikes verbal deal to join Barca: report
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AFP - Arsenal's star midfielder and captain, Cesc Fabregas, has struck a verbal agreement with Champions League holders Barcelona to return to the club next season, Cadena Ser radio reported on Tuesday.
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101/132 Italian Catholic scandal draws in Pope Benedict
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AP - A scandal in Italy's Catholic Church has morphed into a tale of Vatican intrigue complete with forged documents, reports of dueling cardinals and a papal admonishment Tuesday to put the matter to rest.
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102/132 EU nations' reality: Greece's woes are theirs, too
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AP - Wealthy European nations were moving closer toward swallowing a bitter pill Tuesday: rescuing Greece from its overspending before its debts drag down the euro and stock markets all the way to Wall Street.
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103/132 Gates wants Iran sanctions in 'weeks, not months'
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AP - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates wants to see the United Nations slap sanctions on Iran in 'weeks, not months.'
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104/132 Witness: Demjanjuk's statements inconsistent
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AP - A top German investigator testified Tuesday that John Demjanjuk has given conflicting stories about where he spent the rest of World War II after being captured by the Germans in 1942.
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105/132 Tymoshenko camp vows to challenge Ukraine vote
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AP - Ukraine's Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko plans to legally challenge the results of the presidential runoff that opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych appears to have won, her campaign said Tuesday.
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106/132 Doctors treat mystery patient in Haiti
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AP - University of Miami doctors working in Haiti are treating a man who, according to two other Haitians, had been trapped by debris since the Jan. 12 earthquake — but he may have been provided food and water during his reported ordeal.
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107/132 Health crisis in Haiti enters a deadly new phase
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AP - Fourteen-month-old Abigail Charlot survived Haiti's cataclysmic earthquake but not its miserable aftermath. Brought into the capital's General Hospital with fever and diarrhea, little Abigail literally dried up.
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108/132 Haiti parents testify they gave kids to Americans
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AP - Parents of some of the children who 10 U.S. missionaries tried to take out of Haiti after its catastrophic earthquake told a judge Tuesday that they freely handed over their kids, the Americans' lawyer said.
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109/132 Nigeria: Vice president now acting president
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AP - Nigeria's parliament empowered Vice President Goodluck Jonathan to run Africa's most populous nation Tuesday in place of an ill and absent president, striving for a political end to a crisis that ground the government to a virtual halt and triggered the resumption of an insurgency in the vital oil sector.
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110/132 Iran boosts nuclear enrichment, drawing warnings
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AP - Iranian nuclear technicians set dozens of centrifuges spinning Tuesday to begin enriching uranium stocks to a significantly higher level, prompting President Barack Obama to warn of a 'significant regime of sanctions.'
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111/132 Iran sentences another activist to death
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AP - Iran has convicted another opposition activist on charges related to the country's post-election turmoil and sentenced him to death, the judiciary said Tuesday, bringing to at least 10 the number of those facing the death penalty for the unrest following June's disputed presidential election.
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112/132 Bolivian candidate sentenced to make adobe bricks
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AP - A governing party candidate in Bolivia is making 1,000 adobe bricks as part of a drunk-driving sentence handed down under the community justice system backed by the country's pro-indigenous government.
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113/132 Nigerian VP assumes office as acting president
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Reuters - Nigerian Vice President Goodluck Jonathan assumed office as acting president on Tuesday to fill a power vacuum more than two months after President Umaru Yar'Adua left for medical treatment in Saudi Arabia.
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114/132 UN envoy arrives in North Korea to spur nuke talks
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AP - A senior U.N. envoy pressed ahead Wednesday with international efforts to get North Korea back into nuclear disarmament talks, during the world body's first high-level visit to the reclusive state in nearly six years.
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115/132 Activists ambush Japanese whalers in Antarctic seas
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AFP - Anti-whaling activists said Tuesday they had exchanged water cannon fire with Japanese fishermen after ambushing them in Antarctic waters.
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116/132 Why the Olympics still matter
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The Christian Science Monitor - If you want to know why the Olympics still matter, meet a guy named Tony Benshoof. He's 34, an Olympic Everyman who slides feet first down mountains made of ice, seeking perfection during every lonely day of training.
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117/132 Lawmaker's death a reminder of surgery risks
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AP - Gallbladder surgery is usually a very safe operation, but a powerful congressman's death is a reminder of the known risks.
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118/132 Autism risks detailed in children of older mothers
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AP - A woman's chance of having a child with autism increase substantially as she ages, but the risk may be less for older dads than previously suggested, a new study analyzing more than 5 million births found.
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119/132 China finds 170 more tons of tainted milk powder
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AP - The discovery has punched a 170-ton hole in China's promises to overhaul its food safety system. Officials say they've found yet another case where large amounts of tainted milk powder from the country's 2008 scandal that should have been destroyed were instead repackaged.
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120/132 Is the US swine flu epidemic over?
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AP - If the U.S. swine flu epidemic isn't over, it certainly looks as if it's on its last legs. While federal health officials are not ready to declare the threat has passed and the outbreak has run its course, they did report Friday that for the fourth week in a row, no states had widespread flu activity. U.S. cases have been declining since late October.
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121/132 Even third-hand smoke carries carcinogens: study
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Reuters - Old tobacco smoke does more than simply make a room smell stale -- it can leave cancer-causing toxins behind, U.S. researchers reported on Monday.
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122/132 Toyota seeks damage control, in public and private
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AP - In public, Toyota is running apologetic TV ads and vowing to win back customers' trust. Behind the scenes, the besieged carmaker is trying to learn all it can about congressional investigations, maybe even steer them if it can.
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123/132 Despite all the nice talk, partisanship reigns
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AP - Partisanship is reaching new heights in Washington, even as President Barack Obama makes almost daily pleas to get along. He's scheduled a bipartisan health care summit, and just Tuesday he hosted GOP leaders at the White House for the first time in two months.
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124/132 Anthem asked to justify rate hike in California
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AP - For the second time this week, President Barack Obama has pointed to one health insurer's major rate hike in California as a doomy harbinger of rising premiums across America.
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125/132 Honda expands airbag inflation recall
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AP - Honda Motor Co. is adding more than 378,000 cars to an existing safety recall for air bag inflation problems, the company said Tuesday.
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126/132 Tax credits, Medicare fix in Senate jobs bill
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Reuters - Highway funding and tax breaks for hiring workers figure prominently in a jobs-creation bill that Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. Senate hope will attract rare joint support in an election year, lawmakers said on Tuesday.
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127/132 Senate Democrats unveil jobs package
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AP - Senate Democrats circulated a jobs bill Tuesday that's light on new initiatives on boosting hiring and heavy with provisions sought by lobbyists for business groups, doctors and the satellite broadcasting industry.
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128/132 FTSE rises 0.16% in midday trade
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AFP - The FTSE 100 rose slightly on Tuesday despite lingering debt concerns in Europe and as data showed that China overtook Germany last year to become the world's biggest exporting nation.
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129/132 Bernanke's Congress hearing put off due to weather
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Reuters - U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's scheduled testimony before Congress on Wednesday has been postponed due to inclement weather, the House of Representatives Financial Services Committee said on Tuesday.
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130/132 Consumers tepid as Disney posts flat 1Q profit
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AP - Consumers sent tepid signals to The Walt Disney Co. during the holiday quarter, as many of them still required discounts to step into theme parks and reduced spending on food, beverages and merchandise when they got there.
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131/132 Greece hikes pension age, calls on strikers to accept bonus cuts
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AFP - Greece's government on Tuesday unveiled a hike in the average retirement age and called on striking civil servants to accept bonus cuts to pull the country out of an unprecedented financial crisis.
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132/132 Honda expands N.America airbag recall to 420,000 more cars
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AFP - Japanese automaker Honda said Tuesday it was expanding a previously-announced recall over unsafe airbags in some 2001 and 2002 model-year cars to include an additional 420,443 vehicles in the United States and Canada.
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