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1/144 Katherine Heigl checks out of `Grey's Anatomy'
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AP - Katherine Heigl is done with 'Grey's Anatomy' after six seasons.
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2/144 'I Spy' star Robert Culp dead at 79
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AFP - US actor Robert Culp, who starred alongside Bill Cosby in the 1960s television series 'I Spy,' died in his Hollywood home after collapsing nearby, his spokesman told AFP. He was 79.
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3/144 James Cameron takes film studios to task over 3-D
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Reuters - 'Avatar' director James Cameron sees misguided thriftiness in Hollywood studios' latest craze to convert big movie projects from 2-D to 3-D, but the pace of such conversions shows no signs of letting up.
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4/144 Divorce attorney says Dennis Hopper is dying
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AP - Dennis Hopper is terminally ill and unable to undergo chemotherapy as he battles prostate cancer, his attorney wrote in a court filing.
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5/144 Rock photographer Jim Marshall dies at 74
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AP - Music photographer Jim Marshall, who spent more than a half-century capturing rock-and-roll legends including the Beatles, Bob Dylan and Janis Joplin at work and in repose, has died. He was 74.
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6/144 Film academy continues Governors Awards; no TV
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AP - The film academy is continuing its new tradition of presenting honorary Oscars at an untelevised ceremony months before the Academy Awards.
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7/144 U.S. actor Robert Culp, 79, dies after fall
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Reuters - American TV actor Robert Culp, best known for playing a secret agent alongside Bill Cosby in the 1960s cloak-and-dagger hit 'I Spy,' died on Wednesday after a fall near his home. He was 79.
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8/144 Megan Mullally leaves Broadway's 'Lips Together'
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AP - It's 'Lips Together, Actress Departs.'
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9/144 Noel Gallagher describes onstage attack
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Reuters - In a victim's impact statement read in Toronto court, former Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher said he felt he had been 'hit by a bus' when pushed from behind at the Virgin Music Festival in 2008.
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10/144 Costa Rican star looks to make name in US
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AP - Debi Nova has toured with Ricky Martin, collaborated with the Black Eyed Peas and has been nominated for six Grammys.
(AP)
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11/144 Whoopi Goldberg star guest at AIDS charity Life Ball
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AFP - Hollywood actress Whoopi Goldberg will be the guest of honour at Vienna's glitzy AIDS charity Life Ball on July 17, organiser Gery Keszler announced Wednesday.
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12/144 Jennifer Love Hewitt shoots Cupid, offers advice
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AP - Jennifer Love Hewitt had more than a breakup on her hands when she recently split from her 'Ghost Whisperer' co-star, Jamie Kennedy. She was about to embark on a tour promoting her new book about relationships.
(AP)
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13/144 Miley's `Last Song': Cyrus setting music aside
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AP - Singing was the last thing on Miley Cyrus' mind in 'The Last Song.'
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14/144 Oprah Winfrey settles headmistress' Pa. lawsuit
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AP - Oprah Winfrey has settled a defamation lawsuit filed by a headmistress she had accused of performing poorly at her South African girls school, where some students claimed they were abused, lawyers said Tuesday.
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15/144 Bieber's manager pleads not guilty in mall frenzy
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AP - The manager for teen pop sensation Justin Bieber surrendered to police Wednesday in connection with a fan frenzy last year at a mall in Long Island that sent five people to the hospital with minor injuries.
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16/144 Suge Knight sought after LA rapper robbery
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AP - Los Angeles police want to talk to Suge Knight after a rapper initially accused the former Death Row Records chief of robbing him before recanting the story.
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17/144 Brooks & Dunn fans to pick song for awards show
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Reuters - Fans of country music duo Brooks & Dunn are getting the chance to pick the performers' song for the final time they play together at the Academy of Country Music Awards next month.
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18/144 Armstrong happy to bring 'American Idiot' to B'way
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AP - Broadway is about to get the roof blown off by the political anthems of Green Day's 'American Idiot,' and front man Billie Joe Armstrong has no qualms about it.
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19/144 UK police probe death of Shirley Bassey's daughter
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AP - British police have reopened their investigation into the 1985 death of singer Shirley Bassey's daughter after detectives received new information that suggested she might have been murdered, they said Tuesday.
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20/144 Akon postpones Sri Lanka tour after Buddha uproar
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AP - R&B star Akon has postponed a planned concert in Sri Lanka following angry protests over a music video he is in where scantily clad women dance in front of a Buddha statue.
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21/144 Fans flock to SXSW festival in record numbers
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Reuters - For fans that crowded into Austin's streets, clubs and even churches last week, the South by Southwest Festival was about drinking a lot of beer, eating barbecue and hearing some of the world's hottest bands.
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22/144 Bowersox again wows 'American Idol' judges
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AP - 'American Idol' finalist Crystal Bowersox is on a roll.
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23/144 Calle 13 rocks Cuba, braces for Miami backlash
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AP - Puerto Rico's Calle 13 brought its edgy mix of reggaeton and hip-hop to Cuba's capital on Tuesday, rocking thousands of screaming fans from an outdoor stage while serving up a heaping dose of bitterness toward U.S. policy.
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24/144 Review: `Hot Tub Time Machine' is lukewarm soak
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AP - If you had a hot tub that could transport you to any era in time, would you really make a beeline for the 1980s?
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25/144 Sales full-blooded for 'New Moon' DVD
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Reuters - 'Twilight' fans didn't show up en masse for recent new movies starring Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart, but they snapped up plenty of copies of 'The Twilight Saga: New Moon' DVD when it went on sale at 12:01 a.m. Saturday.
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26/144 NY dealer offers 'Schindler's List' for sale
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Reuters - A New York memorabilia dealer is selling what he claims is the last privately-owned copy of a World War Two manuscript of Jewish names known as 'Schindler's list' and made famous in a 1993 movie of the same name.
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27/144 Robert Culp, who starred in `I Spy,' dead at 79
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AP - Robert Culp, the actor who teamed with Bill Cosby in the racially groundbreaking TV series 'I Spy' and was Bob in the critically acclaimed sex comedy 'Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice,' died Wednesday after collapsing outside his Hollywood home, his manager said. Culp was 79.
(AP)
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28/144 Review: McPherson's humble gem `The Eclipse'
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AP - In 'The Eclipse,' the acclaimed Irish playwright Conor McPherson has crafted a film every bit as affecting and haunting as his plays.
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29/144 Film shows Kennedy battle for immigration reform
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Reuters - As Democrats in Washington celebrate the passage of healthcare reform after an arduous battle, a new documentary offers a glimpse at the behind-the-scenes maneuvering and deal-making that goes on as laws are made in Congress.
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30/144 TV movie on Amish school shooting draws criticism
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AP - The authors of a book about the mass shooting at an Amish school in Pennsylvania are distancing themselves from a movie adaptation airing on the Lifetime Movie Network.
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31/144 'The End' Is Near for Lost
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The series finale of Lost is eight episodes away and ABC has unveiled its title. Read our Lost recaps So what title could emulate the entire series and leave us feeling satisfied?
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32/144 Dolly Parton Weighs In On Heidi Montag's Plastic Surgery Makeover
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- If there's anyone who knows about plastic surgery, it's country music legend Dolly Parton, who has made no bones about all the work she has had done over the years. Access Hollywood's Shaun Robinson sat down with the country music superstar exclusively and found out what the star had to say about Heidi Montag's extreme makeover, Jessica Simpson's curves, and much more.
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33/144 Fox Affiliates Chairman: 'There's Nothing Definitive on Conan'
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Conan O'Brien is less than a month away from hitting the road, but whether his TV itinerary brings him to the Fox network remains uncertain. 'To the best of my knowledge, no pressure has...
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34/144 Divorce attorney says Dennis Hopper is dying
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AP - Dennis Hopper is terminally ill and unable to undergo chemotherapy as he battles prostate cancer, his attorney wrote in a court filing.
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35/144 Aunt Vie On Niece Pamela Anderson's 'Dancing' Performance
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LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Like many past and present contestants on 'Dancing with the Stars,' Pamela Anderson is hitting the ballroom for a family member. In the blonde bombshell's case, it's her Aunt Vie up in Victoria, Canada, who gave Pamela's first performance - a cha cha cha on Monday with professional partner Damian Whitewood the thumbs up.
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36/144 New Jewelry Collection by Molly Sims Adds Some Spring Sparkle
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Fashion Wire Daily - Spring is finally here, and that can only mean one thing: It's time to shed the heavy layers and pile on the glittery baubles.
(Fashion Wire Daily)
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37/144 Fashion's latest fixation: 3D
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The Newsroom - Burberry has become the premiere brand to break through fashion week's fourth wall this season by staging the world's first-ever global 3D fashion show. (To note, the British fashion brand wasn't the only one to engage with the technology conceived more than half-a-century ago: Los Angeles tailored menswear label Native Son's New York Fashion Week presentation included a multi-dimensional video that required 3D glasses for viewing.)
(The Newsroom)
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38/144 Google deals in doubt amid spat with Beijing
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AP - Google Inc.'s business ties in China unraveled a little more Wednesday amid a widening backlash to the U.S. Internet company's decision to move its Chinese search engine offshore in a challenge to the country's online censorship laws.
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39/144 European privacy battle looms for Facebook, Google
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AP - You have been tagged in 12 photos — even if you're not signed up to the Web site.
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40/144 Former Samsung chairman Lee returns to top post
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AP - Lee Kun-hee, the former chairman of Samsung Electronics convicted of tax evasion and later pardoned by South Korea's president, has returned to lead the company after a nearly two-year absence.
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41/144 After Google, another US Web firm cuts back in China
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AFP - Two days after Google halted censorship in China, another leading US Internet company, Go Daddy, said Wednesday it was cutting back on its activities there because of Chinese regulations.
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42/144 US Senate panel clears plan for tighter cybersecurity
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AFP - A US Senate committee on Wednesday approved a bill to try to tighten cybersecurity to better protect US government agencies and businesses from Internet threats.
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43/144 New ancestor? Scientists ponder DNA from Siberia
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AP - In the latest use of DNA to investigate the story of humankind, scientists have decoded genetic material from an unidentified human ancestor that lived in Siberia and concluded it might be a new member of the human family tree.
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44/144 Disputed isle in Bay of Bengal disappears into sea
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AP - For nearly 30 years, India and Bangladesh have argued over control of a tiny rock island in the Bay of Bengal. Now rising sea levels have resolved the dispute for them: the island's gone.
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45/144 Bees in more trouble than ever after bad winter
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AP - The mysterious 4-year-old crisis of disappearing honeybees is deepening. A quick federal survey indicates a heavy bee die-off this winter, while a new study shows honeybees' pollen and hives laden with pesticides.
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46/144 Erupting volcanoes ushered in dinosaurs, study says
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AFP - Dinosaurs rose to dominance 200 million years ago after volcanic eruptions killed off their rivals, and were later wiped from the face of the Earth by a meteorite, paleontologists have found.
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47/144 Higher birth-defect rate seen in Chernobyl area
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Reuters - Rates of certain birth defects appear higher than normal in one of the Ukraine regions most affected by the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster, according to a new study.
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48/144 The nation's weather
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AP - The Northeast was expected to start drying out, but snow was forecast to return to the Central Plains on Wednesday.
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49/144 Putin urges Qatar to coordinate gas trade with Russia
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AFP - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Wednesday said Russia and Qatar, both major producers of natural gas, should coordinate their efforts as the two nations seek to invest in each other's projects.
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50/144 Chaos as freak storm batters Australia's Perth
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AFP - Some 100,000 people were left without power on Tuesday after a freak storm battered the Australian city of Perth, hurling golf ball-sized hailstones and causing floods and landslides.
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51/144 Airport worker warned in scanner ogling claim
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Reuters - A security worker at London's Heathrow Airport has received a police warning and faces disciplinary action over claims he ogled a female colleague using a full-body scanner, officials said on Wednesday.
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52/144 Dracula creator's relative seeks Dublin memorial
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Reuters - The Victorian Gothic novel Dracula is associated with the dense forests of Transylvania rather than the Georgian squares of Dublin, but the great great nephew of its Irish born author thinks that is an oversight.
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53/144 Super-sizing the 'Last Supper'
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Reuters - We've been overeating our way through ever-larger portions over the past 1,000 years, a U.S. study revealed after studying more than 50 paintings of the Biblical Last Supper.
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54/144 Feminists slam cancer campaign as sexist
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Reuters - Polish feminists have objected to a hospital's breast cancer prevention slogan which they say encourages workplace harassment, the Gazeta Wyborcza daily said on its website on Monday.
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55/144 Ireland's drinks industry faces up to sober times
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Reuters - Ireland's famous pubs and pints are reeling from their worst year yet, a report published on Monday found -- and the really bad news is it does not guarantee an end to drink-related social and health problems.
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56/144 Bee sting therapy causing a buzz
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Reuters - Being stung by a bee would have most people rushing to hospital, expect at one Beijing clinic where patients queue up to be pricked into good health.
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57/144 Cat-calling men give all men a bad name?
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Reuters - Men who harass women with cat calls and sexual comments are actually harming their whole gender, a study has found.
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58/144 For sale: Nice little runabout fit for a queen
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Reuters - At first sight it seems just another second-hand luxury car for sale but this Jaguar included some special extras in its day such as emergency convoy lights and a direct radio link to the British Prime Minister.
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59/144 Drive a Porsche? Up your status with a phone
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Reuters - As if a Porsche isn't enough of a status symbol, the German luxury sports car company's subsidiary, Porsche Design, is marketing a mobile phone that's exclusive to Porsche owners.
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60/144 Pair faces jail time in Dubai over kiss
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Reuters - A British pair caught kissing in public in Dubai face up to a month in jail in the Gulf Arab emirate for indecency after an Emirati mother complained her child had seen their indiscretion.
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61/144 Tiger Woods practices his swing outside his home in Windermere, ...
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(Reuters) - Tiger Woods practices his swing outside his home in Windermere, Florida, February 18, 2010. REUTERS/Sam Greenwood/Pool
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62/144 A bag of medical marijuana is shown at Oaksterdam University, ...
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(Reuters) - A bag of medical marijuana is shown at Oaksterdam University, a trade school for the cannabis industry, in Oakland, California July 23, 2009. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith
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63/144 FILE - In this April 8, 2009, file photo, Tiger Woods smiles ...
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(AP) - FILE - In this April 8, 2009, file photo, Tiger Woods smiles during his practice round for the Masters golf tournament at the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Ga. Woods is scheduled to hold his first press conference in nearly five months at 2 p.m. on Monday, April 5, according to a tentative interview schedule that Augusta National released Wednesday March 24, 2010. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)
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(Reuters) - Police walk past taxis damaged by a car bomb in Buenaventura March 24, 2010. REUTERS/Jaime Saldarriaga
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65/144 Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney speaks with moderator ...
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(AP) - Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney speaks with moderator Elizabeth Brackett., Wednesday, March 24, 2010 in Chicago (AP Photo/Charles Cherney)
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66/144 A fifteen year-old smokes a cigarette in his grandmother's ...
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(Reuters) - A fifteen year-old smokes a cigarette in his grandmother's yard during a family meeting in downtown Santiago, September 06, 2005. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado
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67/144 Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney speaking in Chicago ...
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(AP) - Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney speaking in Chicago on Wednesday, March 24, 2010 at the Chase Auditorium. Romney speaking with moderator Elizabeth Brackett. (AP Photo/Charles Cherney)
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(AP) - This image provided by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals released Wednesday, March 24, 2010, shows a copy of a sign designed to placed in Nadya Suleman's yard for a fee to offset the cost of her mortgage. Suleman, the mother of octuplets and a total of 14 children, is in default on a $450,000 balloon payment due two weeks ago. A PETA spokesman says Suleman's attorney is considering the offer. (AP Photo/PETA) NO SALES
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69/144 Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan speaks while on the ...
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(AP) - Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan speaks while on the Cliff Kelley show on WVON talk radio in Chicago, Wednesday, Mar. 24, 2010.(AP Photo/Paul Beaty)
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70/144 TEST -- This is a Diastar test from AP F1 Melbourne ...
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(AP) - TEST -- This is a Diastar test from AP F1 Melbourne
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71/144 Belgium's Justine Henin hits a return to Jill Craybas of ...
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(Reuters) - Belgium's Justine Henin hits a return to Jill Craybas of the U.S. during their Sony Ericsson Open tournament match in Key Biscayne, Florida March 24, 2010. REUTERS/Andrew Innerarity
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72/144 Canadian director James Cameron shows 3D glasses as he poses ...
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(Reuters) - Canadian director James Cameron shows 3D glasses as he poses in front of a poster before a promotion event for his latest movie Avatar at the World Economic Forum (WEF), in Davos January 28, 2010. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann
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73/144 Canada skip Jennifer Jones calls out after throwing her rock ...
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(Canadian Press) - Canada skip Jennifer Jones calls out after throwing her rock while playing against Japan during the 2010 World Women's Curling Championships in Swift Current, Sask., on Wednesday, March 24, 2010. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
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74/144 FILE - In this Dec. 24, 2008 file photo, Ella Mae Johnson talks ...
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(AP) - FILE - In this Dec. 24, 2008 file photo, Ella Mae Johnson talks about her upcoming trip to Washington and the inauguration of President Barack Obama at Judson at a nursing home in Cleveland. Johnson will turn 105-years-old before the inauguration. Former social worker Ella Mae Johnson traveled to Washington with her nurse in January 2009 and watched as the nation's first black president was sworn into office. She died Monday March 22, 2010 at 106. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan, File)
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75/144 An Iranian operator (R) and a Russian operator discuss a document ...
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(Reuters) - An Iranian operator (R) and a Russian operator discuss a document as they monitor the nuclear power plant unit in Bushehr, about 1,215 km (755 miles) south of Tehran, November 30, 2009. REUTERS/ISNA/Mehdi Ghasemi
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76/144 In this file photo taken Feb. 17, 2009, Patricia Wiggins, D-Santa ...
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(AP) - In this file photo taken Feb. 17, 2009, Patricia Wiggins, D-Santa Rosa, plays cards at her desk while waiting for Senate Republicans to return from a caucus at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. Wiggins, who has had a number of public outbursts, has been removed from her major committee assignments. Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg says Wiggins suffers from an undisclosed medical condition and asked to reduce her work schedule. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)
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77/144 This photo taken July 28, 2003, shows Gucci in Mobile, Ala. ...
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(AP) - This photo taken July 28, 2003, shows Gucci in Mobile, Ala. The dog was severely burned in 1994, as a puppy in a case that led to tougher animal cruelty in Alabama has died. Doug James, said the 16-year-old chow-husky mix had been in declining health in the past few months and was euthanized on Wednesday, March 24, 2010. (AP Photo/Press-Register, G.M Andrews) MAGS OUT, NO SALES
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78/144 Rear Adm. Joseph Nimmich, left, examines a nautical chart while ...
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(AP) - Rear Adm. Joseph Nimmich, left, examines a nautical chart while Capt. James McPherson, right, explains details of the Spill of National Significance Drill, March 23, 2010. The oil spill exercise takes place every three years throughout the country and provides an opportunity for emergency responders to practice a joint response to a major spill. (AP Photo/U.S. Coast Guard, Petty Officer 2nd Class Etta Smith)
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(AP) - In this photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, crew members from the Coast Guard Cutter Marcus Hanna and members from a Coast Guard Strike Team from Fort Dix, N.J., work together to inflate a 50-foot oil storage barge that works in conjunction with the vessel of opportunity skimming system that will be deployed from the cutter during the Spill of National Significance Drill, Tuesday March 23, 2010. The barge takes about an hour and a half to fully inflate and can hold up to 26,000 gallons of oil when used in an oil spill. (AP Photo/U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Etta Smith)
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80/144 This Tuesday, March 23, 2010 evidence photo provided by the ...
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(AP) - This Tuesday, March 23, 2010 evidence photo provided by the FBI and U.S. Marshalls Service shows a bag of money found at the Oak Brook, Ill. home of reputed mobster Frank Calabreese Sr. Federal officials say seven loaded firearms, jewelry and more than $700,000 cash were discovered in a secret compartment during a search of the suburban home. (AP Photo/FBI, U.S. Marshalls Service)
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81/144 This Tuesday, March 23, 2010 evidence photo provided by the ...
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(AP) - This Tuesday, March 23, 2010 evidence photo provided by the FBI and U.S. Marshalls Service shows a wrapped handgun at the Oak Brook, Ill. home of reputed mobster Frank Calabreese Sr. Federal officials say seven loaded firearms, jewelry and more than $700,000 cash was discovered in a secret compartment during a search of the suburban home. (AP Photo/FBI, U.S. Marshalls Service)
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82/144 In this photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, the crew of ...
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(AP) - In this photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, the crew of Coast Guard Cutter Marcus Hanna work to deploy a vessel of opportunity skimming system from the deck of the ship as part of the Spill of National Significance Drill, Wednesday March 24, 2010. The oil spill exercise takes place every three years throughout the country and provides an opportunity for emergency responders to practice a joint response to a major spill. (AP Photo/U.S. Coast Guard, Petty Officer 2nd Class Etta Smith)
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83/144 People walk past a block-long painting known as "Callejon ...
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(Reuters) - People walk past a block-long painting known as "Callejon de Hamel" (Hamel alley) in Central Havana, March 8, 2010. REUTERS/Desmond Boylan
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84/144 An employee counts yuan banknotes next to U.S. dollar banknotes ...
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(Reuters) - An employee counts yuan banknotes next to U.S. dollar banknotes at a branch of Bank of China in Changzhi, Shanxi province, March 9, 2010. REUTERS/Stringer
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85/144 The US dollar climbed Wednesday to the highest level in more ...
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(AFP/File) - The US dollar climbed Wednesday to the highest level in more than 10 months against the euro on mounting speculation the EU would ask the IMF to help bail out debt-ridden Greece in a sign of European weakness.(AFP/File/Bertrand Langlois)
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86/144 Palmer thinks Woods should open up
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AP - Arnold Palmer believes redemption for Tiger Woods starts with being more open with the media.
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87/144 NFL passes player safety rules
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AP - NFL players should be safer during games thanks to several rules changes passed at the league meetings. They also might be playing longer in regular-season overtimes.
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88/144 Dwight Gooden charged with driving on drugs in NJ
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AP - Former Major League Baseball star Dwight Gooden has been charged with driving under the influence of drugs and leaving the scene of an accident.
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89/144 Boeheim: Onuaku out for Orange against Butler
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AP - Syracuse center Arinze Onuaku will not play Thursday against Butler in the West Regional semifinal.
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90/144 Smith dunk at buzzer leads Hawks past Magic, 86-84
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AP - Josh Smith swooped in to slam through Joe Johnson's missed shot just ahead of the buzzer and the Atlanta Hawks finally beat the Orlando Magic, clinching a third straight trip to the playoffs with an 86-84 victory Wednesday night.
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91/144 Coaches not happy, but OT rule rules
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AP - They pulled a fast one on their coaches, who were out enjoying a round of golf when the vote went down that will make their jobs even harder. It's one of the advantages of being a billionaire NFL owner.
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92/144 Williams' 18 points, 16 assists lead Jazz
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AP - Deron Williams had 18 points, 16 assists and eight rebounds, leading the Utah Jazz to a 113-87 victory over the Toronto Raptors on Wednesday night.
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93/144 Barca back on top of Spanish league after Osasuna win
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AFP - Record signing Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored his 14th league goal of the season as champions Barcelona went back to the top of the Spanish league with a hard-fought 2-0 home victory over Osasuna at Camp Nou on Wednesday.
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94/144 Hammer beats Houvenaghel for third world pursuit title
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AFP - Sarah Hammer of the United States dominated Britain's Wendy Houvenaghel to reclaim the women's individual pursuit title here at the world track cycling championships on Wednesday.
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95/144 Gasquet bows again with Miami loss
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AFP - Frenchman Richard Gasquet's ATP slump deepened on Wednesday with a 7-6 (7/2), 1-6, 6-4 loss to Belgian Olivier Rochus in the first round of the Miami Masters hardcourt tournament.
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96/144 Changes at Bay Hill, starting with no Tiger
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AP - Never have there been so many changes in one year at Bay Hill for the Arnold Palmer Invitational.
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97/144 Govt. hits rich in pre-election budget
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AFP - The government vowed to hike taxes on the rich to help the poor hit by the global downturn, and to cut borrowing targets in a budget unveiled weeks before a knife-edge election.
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98/144 Alstom says chiefs released in British corruption probe
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AFP - Three top executives of French engineering group Alstom in Britain were freed Wednesday without charge after having been arrested for alleged bribery and corruption, the firm and investigators said.
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99/144 Israel may replace Mossad agent UK expelled: media
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Reuters - The Israeli diplomat Britain plans to expel over forged British passports used by the suspected killers of a Hamas commander in Dubai is a Mossad agent who Israel may replace, Israeli media said on Wednesday.
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100/144 Decision 'shortly' on Russian bid for British newspapers
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AFP - Independent News and Media (INM) will announce 'very shortly' whether two ailing British newspapers will be sold to former KGB agent Alexander Lebedev, it said Wednesday.
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101/144 UK announces taxes on rich ahead of election
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AP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown's government used its last budget Wednesday before a looming national election to take from the rich and give to the poor, raising accusations it is invoking a class war as it attempts to win over recession-weary voters.
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102/144 2012 Olympics won't be election football: minister
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AFP - The 2012 Olympic Games will not be kicked around as a political football in upcoming elections, the minister in charge said Wednesday -- though she added she hoped she would still be in charge of them after the polls.
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103/144 UK cuts debt forecast, sets election stage
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Reuters - Britain's Labour government set the stage on Wednesday for a looming election with a budget that promised a 2.5 billion pounds ($3.75 billion) package to boost growth, higher taxes for the well-off and lower borrowing than predicted only three months ago.
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104/144 British Airways axes perks for striking crew
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AP - The British Airways strike is getting personal — and nasty.
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105/144 Northern Ireland firebrand makes Parliament exit
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AP - Protestant firebrand Ian Paisley — the Northern Ireland naysayer turned peacebroker — made a final appearance Wednesday in Parliament, capping a 40-year career by lauding a peace process that he long opposed.
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106/144 Civil servants strike on budget day
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AFP - Thousands of civil servants across the country staged a strike on Wednesday over plans to cut redundancy pay, forcing Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling to cross a picket line on his way to delivering the budget speech.
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107/144 Budget Day - Live REPORT
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AFP - 1334: And it's over. Darling sits down, gets a quick pat on the shoulder from Brown and the floor is opened for what is sure to be a heated debate, to be kicked off by Tory leader David Cameron.
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108/144 Britain plans major growth package: finance minister
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AFP - Britain's finance minister Alistair Darling said Wednesday in his pre-election budget that the government planned a one-off 'growth package' worth 2.5 billion pounds (2.79 billion euros, 3.73 billion dollars).
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109/144 Bank bonus tax 'raises £2 bln'
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AFP - Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling said Wednesday in his pre-election budget that a tax levied on bankers' bonuses has raised 2.0 billion pounds, more than twice the amount forecast.
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110/144 Warning for man accused over airport breast X-ray
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AFP - Police said Wednesday they have warned an airport worker who reportedly made a crude remark about a colleague's breasts as a newly-installed security scanner took a full body X-ray of her.
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111/144 Three Alstom chiefs arrested in UK corruption probe
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AFP - Three members of the board of French engineering group Alstom in Britain have been arrested on suspicion of bribery and corruption, the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) said Wednesday.
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112/144 UK airport worker warned in scanner ogling claim
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Reuters - A security worker at London's Heathrow Airport has received a police warning and faces disciplinary action over claims he ogled a female colleague using a full-body scanner, officials said on Wednesday.
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113/144 Media boss named as new CEO of easyJet
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AFP - Budget airline easyJet on Wednesday named media boss Carolyn McCall as its new chief executive, after months of boardroom turmoil.
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114/144 Pig joins stars for 'Nanny McPhee' sequel premiere
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AFP - Actress Emma Thompson led a pig down a blue carpet for the world premiere in London of her new film 'Nanny McPhee and The Big Bang.'
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115/144 Five-star Chelsea revive Premier League title bid
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AFP - Chelsea closed to within just a point of Premier League leaders Manchester United with a 5-0 victory away to bottom-of-the-table Portsmouth on Wednesday.
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116/144 Silver lining for Rangers as their treble dream disappears
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AFP - A last minute goal from David Robertson ended Rangers' dreams of a treble after Dundee United won their Scottish Cup quarter-final replay 1-0 at Tannadice on Wednesday.
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117/144 Spurs set up nostalgic FA Cup semi-final for Redknapp
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AFP - Tottenham Hotspur manager Harry Redknapp will take on his old club Portsmouth at Wembley after a second-half comeback earned his team a 3-1 win against Fulham in Wednesday's FA Cup quarter-final replay.
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118/144 Police release Frenchman who hacked Obama Twitter page
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AFP - French police have released a hacker who gained access to US President Barack Obama's account in one of his attacks on the wildly popular micro-blogging site Twitter, police said Wednesday.
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119/144 Private guards kill Somali pirate for first time
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AP - In the first killing of its kind, private security contractors shot dead a Somali pirate in a clash that left two skiffs riddled with bullet holes, officials said Wednesday.
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120/144 Irish bishop resigns, apologizes to abuse victims
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AP - Pope Benedict XVI accepted the resignation of an Irish bishop Wednesday for his failure to report child-molesting priests to police — and faced a renewed reminder of the German abuse case most closely linked to his own time in charge of Munich.
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121/144 Moscow plans posters honoring Stalin
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AP - Posters of Josef Stalin may be put up in Moscow for the first time in decades as part of the May 9 observance of Victory Day — the annual celebration of the defeat of Nazi Germany.
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122/144 Investigator: Demjanjuk on Nazi death camp papers
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AP - A German police investigator says John Demjanjuk's name is on papers detailing the transfer of guards from an SS training camp to the Nazi's Sobibor death camp.
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123/144 Obama adds 54 alleged traffickers to kingpin list
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AP - President Barack Obama's administration named 54 alleged Mexican drug cartel lieutenants and enforcers as drug kingpins Wednesday under a law that allows the U.S. government to freeze their bank accounts and penalize their business associates.
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124/144 Meeting of Shiite rivals in Iraq may signal shift
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AP - The Iraqi prime minister held talks with a radical Shiite group he once tried to destroy in bloody street battles, both sides said Wednesday, showing his willingness to put aside animosities with some of his fiercest enemies to ensure a second term in office after a divisive election.
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125/144 'Netanyahu decided to spit into Obama's eye, this time from up close'
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AP - The Jerusalem municipality has approved 20 new apartments for Jews in an Arab neighborhood of east Jerusalem, the city said Wednesday, in a move that could stir a new diplomatic crisis with the United States just as Israel's leader is in Washington on a fence-mending visit.
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126/144 Ex-drug lords' property used by Haiti government
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AP - Election workers scurry across the airy courtyard of their lavish new headquarters, a three-story building that hardly suffered a crack in Haiti's earthquake.
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127/144 Several attacks foiled, 113 terror suspects arrested, Saudis say
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AP - Saudi Arabia said Wednesday it has foiled several planned attacks on oil installations with the arrests of 113 suspected al-Qaida militants in a months-long sweep.
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128/144 Salvadoran leader apologizes for bishop's killing
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AP - El Salvador's first leftist president publicly apologized on behalf of the state Wednesday for the assassination of a Roman Catholic archbishop 30 years ago at the outset of the country's civil war.
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129/144 North Korea trespasser on religious mission: activist
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Reuters - A U.S. citizen who North Korea will put on trial for illegal entry crossed the border in support of a fellow American Christian missionary who was released last month after a similar transgression, an activist said.
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130/144 Study adds evidence that bone drugs work, are safe
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AP - A new study gives reassuring news about the safety of Fosamax and Reclast, bone-building drugs taken by millions of American women. It found that long-term use does not significantly raise the risk of a rare type of fracture near the hip.
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131/144 In nation's fattest state, politicians cut the pork (literally)
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AP - In a gym at a tiny college in the capital of the most obese state in the nation, state Rep. John Hines dropped his chest to the floor, let out an 'Aaaarrrrgggh!' and forced through a few final pushups.
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132/144 Older women need 1-hour workouts to fend off flab
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AP - Rev up the treadmill: Sobering new research spells out just how much exercise women need to keep the flab off as they age — and it's a lot.
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133/144 Salty diet tied to stomach cancer in Korean study
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Reuters - A salty diet may increase the risk of stomach cancer by 10 percent, South Korean researchers found in a study of more than 2 million people.
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134/144 HIV, TB cut Lesotho life expectancy
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AP - Medical workers are increasingly concerned that the lethal combination of HIV infection and tuberculosis may become the world's next major health crisis.
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135/144 Obesity tied to poorer colon cancer survival
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Reuters - Obese people are known to have a higher risk of colon cancer. Now, a new study suggests they may have poorer long-term survival odds than their thinner counterparts if they do develop the disease.
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136/144 Feisty administration pushes new Wall Street rules
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AP - The Obama administration went on the attack Wednesday against the country's biggest business lobby over its resistance to financial rules as Democrats and the White House voiced new optimism that sweeping Wall Street regulations could be completed within months.
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137/144 Frantic EU seeks solution to Greek debt crisis
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AP - European leaders are facing a moment of truth at a Thursday summit, as markets press them to come up with a financial safety net for Greece — with help from the International Monetary Fund — to stop the euro's slide and keep debt crises from afflicting more eurozone countries.
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138/144 Housing market's recovery appears at risk
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AP - The recovery in the housing market is at risk of collapsing.
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139/144 Britain hits rich in pre-election budget
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AFP - Britain's finance minister vowed to hike taxes on the rich to help the poor hit by the global downturn, and to cut borrowing targets in a budget unveiled weeks before a knife-edge election.
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140/144 Smallest Mercedes SUV is sales star
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AP - Mercedes-Benz has found a silver lining to the economic recession: It's helping boost sales of its smallest sport utility vehicle in the United States.
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141/144 Europe wrangles over Greek aid before key summit
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AFP - European nations wrangled on Wednesday on the eve of a key EU summit over a financial aid package for Greece that could include an unprecedented intervention by the IMF in eurozone affairs.
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142/144 BofA to start reducing mortgage principal
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AP - Bank of America Corp. is giving some of its most troubled mortgage borrowers relief from the threat of foreclosure.
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143/144 Govt. says US oil production increased in 2009
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AP - Increased crude oil production in the Gulf of Mexico and North Dakota more than offset declines elsewhere last year to result in the first annual increase in U.S. oil production since 1991, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
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144/144 Daimler escapes US criminal charges in foreign bribery case
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AFP - Daimler escaped criminal charges in a longstanding US probe into the German automaker's habitual bribing of foreign officials, in a deal presented to a judge Wednesday.
(AFP)
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