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1/105 Person: Officials discuss possible Jackson event
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AP - Los Angeles officials are holding closed-door talks about a possible event for Michael Jackson on Tuesday at a downtown arena, a person with knowledge of the situation said Thursday.
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2/105 Obama cites Michael Jackson as entertainment icon
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AP - President Barack Obama called Michael Jackson a brilliant performer whose talents were paired with a tragic personal life.
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3/105 Essence Fest to celebrate black music in La.
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AP - The celebration of black music and culture at the Essence Music Festival in New Orleans will provide comfort to artists and fans alike after a tough week following Michael Jackson's death.
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4/105 Geller, ex-bodyguard tell of Jackson drug abuse
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AP - Two of Michael Jackson's former confidantes, medium Uri Geller and ex-bodyguard Matt Fiddes, say they tried in vain to keep the pop superstar from abusing painkillers and other prescription drugs suspected of leading to his death — but others in the singer's circle kept the supplies flowing.
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5/105 Jermaine Jackson: `I wish it was me'
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AP - Jermaine Jackson says he would like to see Neverland Ranch as his brother Michael's final resting place.
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6/105 Music star Cheb Mami on trial in forced abortion case
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AFP - Music star Cheb Mami, arrested in Paris this week after two years on the run in Algeria, went on trial Thursday, charged with attempting to have his ex-girlfriend undergo a forced abortion.
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7/105 Rumors swirl over who will fill Jackson's O2 dates
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AP - An all-star Michael Jackson tribute show? A Jackson family concert, minus Michael? An ABBA reunion?
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8/105 Just A Minute With: Ray Romano on 'Ice Age'
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Reuters - Actor Ray Romano, who became a major U.S. television star in the 1990s with his sitcom 'Everybody Loves Raymond,' has found another kind of fame -- as the voice of a woolly mammoth in the film 'Ice Age.'
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9/105 Jackson funeral takes shape as drug probe widens
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AFP - Funeral plans for Michael Jackson were slowly taking shape Thursday one week after the pop icon's death as federal drug investigators joined the probe into the superstar's sudden demise.
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10/105 Jermaine Jackson Talks Michael: 'I Wish It Was Me'
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E! Online - Exactly one week after Michael Jackson's death, brother Jermaine Jackson became the first member of the still-mourning musical family to sit down for an in-depth interview about the late icon, speaking to the Today show this morning from the grounds of Neverland Ranch.
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11/105 Jay Leno wins right to Web name for his new show
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AP - Television host Jay Leno has won control of a Web address using the name of his new show.
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12/105 Uncertain future for Jackson's Neverland Ranch
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AP - With Peter Pan as inspiration, Michael Jackson turned his lush Neverland ranch into a whimsical retreat with carnival rides, a chimpanzee named Bubbles and even a Disney-like train station where he could recapture his lost childhood.
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13/105 Kevin Jonas and girlfriend get engaged
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AP - The eldest Jonas brother, Kevin, and his girlfriend Danielle Deleasa were engaged Wednesday.
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14/105 Franken the senator could be 'SNL' spoof material
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AP - Al Franken's torn over who he'd like to see turn the parody tables on him.
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15/105 UK comedy actress Mollie Sugden dies at 86
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Reuters - British actress Mollie Sugden, best-known for her role as Mrs Slocombe in the television comedy series 'Are You Being Served?,' has died at the age of 86.
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16/105 Ed McMahon remembered for unflagging humor, spirit
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AP - At a tribute to the late sidekick of 'The Tonight Show,' Ed McMahon was remembered as a rare individual in the entertainment industry — a man whom '100 percent of the people liked,' actor Tom Arnold said.
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17/105 Oscar-winning actor Karl Malden dies at 97
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AFP - Oscar-winning actor Karl Malden, known for his distinctive nose and roles opposite Marlon Brando in 'A Streetcar Named Desire' and 'On The Waterfront,' has died, officials have said. He was 97.
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18/105 Michael Jackson Will: Mom, Diana Ross, Yes; Debbie Rowe, No
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E! Online - We pretty much knew the basic details of what was going to be in Michael Jackson's will based on the scant details that trickled out yesterday.
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19/105 Oscar Winner Karl Malden Dies
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E! Online - Karl Malden, the acting great who worked the Waterfront with Marlon Brando and patrolled The Streets of San Francisco with Michael Douglas, died today at 97.
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20/105 Eclipse Start Date Comes Into View
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E! Online - Had Summit made the start date of Eclipse any sooner, Bella Swan may have been in danger of sporting a decidedly unflattering mullet for her third round of Edward Cullen-swooning.
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21/105 Jolie, Aniston are Hollywood's top-earning actresses
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Reuters - Angelina Jolie is Hollywood's top earning actress, banking $27 million in the past year to beat out her partner Brad Pitt's ex-wife Jennifer Aniston, who raked in $25 million, a Forbes.com study showed on Wednesday.
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22/105 Sachin and Babi for Ankasa: Sequins and Shine
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Fashion Wire Daily - Husband and wife designers Sachin and Babi have just finished their first full year rotation of fashion collections with their ready-to-wear line, yet their experience in the fashion industry is much further extended. The duo has taken their skills and expertise in embroidery and home decor and sophisticatedly segued into the women's wear scene.
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23/105 PC makers voluntarily supply Web filter in China
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AP - Several PC makers were including controversial Internet-filtering software with computers shipped in China on Thursday despite a government decision to postpone its plan to make such a step mandatory.
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24/105 Sony struggling as Walkman hits 30th anniversary
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AP - When the Sony Walkman went on sale 30 years ago, it was shown off by a skateboarder to illustrate how the portable cassette-tape player delivered music on-the-go — a totally innovative idea back in 1979.
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25/105 Review: New guide gives Twitterific advice
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AP - Sometimes Twitter can make newcomers feel like twits because the online messaging service isn't as simple as it sounds.
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26/105 Paisley: 'Hard to ignore' serious themes on new CD
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AP - As much as he enjoys singing about the double lives of computer geeks ('Online') and amorous country boys ('Ticks'), Brad Paisley says there's too much going on in the world to be too lighthearted on his new album, 'American Saturday Night.'
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27/105 Meet the cast of 11th `Big Brother'
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AP - Chima Simone couldn't think of a better place to spend the recession than the 'Big Brother' house.
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28/105 MySpace, Web servers not liable for assaults: court
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Reuters - Internet servers like MySpace cannot be held liable when minors are sexually assaulted by people they first meet on a website, a California appeals court ruled in an opinion filed late on Tuesday.
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29/105 Myanmar fossil may shed light on evolution
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AP - Fossils recently discovered in Myanmar could prove that the common ancestors of humans, monkeys and apes evolved from primates in Asia, rather than Africa, researchers contend in a study released Wednesday.
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30/105 China blasts US climate bill
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AFP - China said on Thursday that it was 'firmly' opposed to provisions in a new US clean energy bill that will make it easier to impose trade penalties on nations that reject limits to globe-warming pollution.
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31/105 NASA: Fuel test a success, shuttle launch day set
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AP - To NASA's relief, a fueling test on space shuttle Endeavour uncovered no hydrogen gas leaks Wednesday and paved the way for another launch attempt late next week for the delayed mission.
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32/105 Another endangered elephant dies in Indonesia: WWF
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AFP - An elephant calf has starved to death in Indonesia, the eighth endangered Sumatran elephant to have died in the wild since May, environmental group WWF said Thursday.
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33/105 Paleontologists brought to tears, laughter by Creation Museum
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AFP - For a group of paleontologists, a tour of the Creation Museum seemed like a great tongue-in-cheek way to cap off a serious conference.
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34/105 The Nation's weather
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AP - The Eastern U.S. was expected to continue seeing severe storm development on Thursday from a slow-moving low pressure system hovering over the Great Lakes region.
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35/105 Econ survey: decontrol petrol, diesel prices
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Reuters - India should end controls on prices of petrol and diesel and allow entry for private and foreign firms in the energy sector, a finance ministry survey said on Thursday.
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36/105 El Nino seems all but certain: Australia
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Reuters - An El Nino weather pattern this year appears almost certain, Australia's Bureau of Meteorology said on Wednesday in a revised forecast, raising the prospect of drought in Australia and a even weaker monsoon in India.
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37/105 Cops zap pastor protesting traffic stop at church
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AP - Police used a Taser on a pastor and pepper spray to disperse his congregants Wednesday after the pastor allegedly interfered with a traffic stop in the church parking lot. Congregants say they were in the Iglesia Profetica Peniel church for an early morning prayer when pastor Jose Elias Moran went to assist the stopped driver, a church member, by asking the police what had happened.
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38/105 Man had boss killed to save job?
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Reuters - Spanish police have arrested a man whom they suspect hired a contract killer to murder his boss in a desperate bid to avoid being laid off, newspaper El Pais reported on Tuesday.
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39/105 Mosquito repellent firm in dock for mosquito breeding
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Reuters - A Sri Lankan court threatened a mosquito repellent factory manager with six months in jail for failing to destroy mosquito breeding areas on company premises to stop the spread of dengue fever, an official said Tuesday.
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40/105 Daily sex makes for healthier sperm
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Reuters - Having sex every day improves the quality of men's sperm and is recommended for couples trying to conceive, according to new research.
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41/105 Slovak president forced off plane after warning
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Reuters - Slovakia's president was evacuated from his official plane because of a telephone warning shortly before it was due to take off on Monday.
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42/105 Madrid strips Franco of honorary titles
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Reuters - Madrid's city hall Monday stripped former Spanish dictator Francisco Franco of his title as honorary mayor and adopted son of the capital, 33 years after his death began the transition to democracy.
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(AP) - This NOAA satellite image taken Thursday, July 2, 2009 at 1:45 PM EDT shows widespread clouds from the Great Lakes to the Northeast as a trough of low pressure supports precipitation across areas of New England. Meanwhile, the base of this trough supports showers and storms across the Florida Peninsula. (AP Photo/Weather Underground)
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44/105 A Magna Steyr logo is pictured in Graz June 3, 2009. REUTERS/Dominic ...
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(Reuters) - A Magna Steyr logo is pictured in Graz June 3, 2009. REUTERS/Dominic Ebenbichler
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45/105 FILE - In this Sept. 22, 2003 file photo, Judge Alex Kozinski, ...
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(AP) - FILE - In this Sept. 22, 2003 file photo, Judge Alex Kozinski, of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, is seen during oral arguments in San Francisco. Kozinski has been cleared with an admonishment by a panel of fellow judges following an investigation of the jurist for posting sexually explicit material on his Web site. The 41-page decision is being made public Thursday, July 2, 2009, by the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court, which was asked to investigate the California-based judge. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)
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46/105 Graphic shows five different types of fireworks ...
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47/105 Graphic charts annual fireworks-related injuries and fireworks ...
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(AP) - Graphic charts annual fireworks-related injuries and fireworks consumption since
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48/105 Roderick Grimes, chief of the school district's police department, ...
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(AP) - Roderick Grimes, chief of the school district's police department, monitors the entrance to the Cody 9th Grade Academy in Detroit, July 2, 2009 after shots were reportedly fired Thursday morning, two days after seven teenagers were shot and wounded as they waited nearby for a bus. Police received multiple 911 calls about shots fired near the school around 9:45 a.m., spokesman Rod Liggons said. Only students who were accompanied by parents were allowed to leave. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
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49/105 Students look out the windows of the Cody 9th Grade Academy ...
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(AP) - Students look out the windows of the Cody 9th Grade Academy in Detroit, July 2, 2009 after shots were reportedly fired Thursday morning, two days after seven teenagers were shot and wounded as they waited nearby for a bus. Police received multiple 911 calls about shots fired near the school around 9:45 a.m., spokesman Rod Liggons said. Only students who were accompanied by parents were allowed to leave. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
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50/105 White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs gestures during the ...
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(AP) - White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs gestures during the daily briefing in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, July 2, 2009. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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51/105 Amid an outcry from its own newsroom, The Washington Post on ...
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(Washington Post) - Amid an outcry from its own newsroom, The Washington Post on Thursday canceled plans to host events offering lobbyists access to US government officials, members of Congress and Post reporters.(Washington Post)
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52/105 President Barack Obama gestures during his interview with The ...
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(AP) - President Barack Obama gestures during his interview with The Associated Press, Thursday, July 2, 2009, in the West Wing of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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53/105 A Palestinian man sits in front of a house destroyed during ...
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(Reuters) - A Palestinian man sits in front of a house destroyed during the three-week offensive Israel launched in Gaza last December, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip July 2, 2009. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa
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54/105 Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus elephant Kelly ...
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(AP) - Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus elephant Kelly Ann uses red and blue paint to sign an enlarged copy of the Declaration of Independence in San Antonio, Thursday, July 2, 2009. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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55/105 Wearing a custom-made colonial tri-corner hat, Ringling Brothers ...
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(AP) - Wearing a custom-made colonial tri-corner hat, Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus elephant Kelly Ann signs an enlarged copy of the Declaration of Independence in San Antonio, Thursday, July 2, 2009. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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56/105 Hector Riser uses a computer to do a job search at the New York ...
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(AP) - Hector Riser uses a computer to do a job search at the New York State Department of Labor, Thursday, July 2, 2009 in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Employers cut a larger-than-expected 467,000 jobs in June and the unemployment rate climbed to a 26-year high of 9.5 percent. Riser, 49, of Brooklyn, was laid off a year ago and has been supporting himself with unemployment benefits and working part time as a substitute teacher. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
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57/105 Janet Francis searches on a computer for jobs while her daughter, ...
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(AP) - Janet Francis searches on a computer for jobs while her daughter, Kayli, 2, waits at the New York State Department of Labor, Thursday, July 2, 2009 in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Employers cut a larger-than-expected 467,000 jobs in June and the unemployment rate climbed to a 26-year high of 9.5 percent. Francis, 36, of Brooklyn, has been unemployed for two years and has used the time to work towards her college degree in social work. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
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58/105 Janet Francis looks at job postings at the New York State Department ...
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(AP) - Janet Francis looks at job postings at the New York State Department of Labor, Thursday, July 2, 2009 in the Brooklyn section of New York. Employers cut a larger-than-expected 467,000 jobs in June and the unemployment rate climbed to a 26-year high of 9.5 percent. Francis, 36, of Brooklyn, has been unemployed for two years and has used the time to work towards her college degree in social work. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
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59/105 Wendy Rivera, with her father Eddie Rivera and her daughter ...
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(AP) - Wendy Rivera, with her father Eddie Rivera and her daughter Jayla, 2, looks for a job at the New York State Department of Labor, Thursday, July 2, 2009 in the Brooklyn section of New York. Employers cut a larger-than-expected 467,000 jobs in June and the unemployment rate climbed to a 26-year high of 9.5 percent. Rivera, 25, of Brooklyn, a certified medical assistant, lost her job eight months ago. She is currently back in college studying for a nursing degree. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
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60/105 Sri Lankan cricketer Tillakaratne Dilshan offers prayers during ...
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(Canadian Press) - Sri Lankan cricketer Tillakaratne Dilshan offers prayers during religious observances upon the team's arrival at the Bandaranayake International airport in Colombo, Sri Lanka. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Eranga Jayawardena)
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61/105 Members of the New York Police Department rappel from a helicopter ...
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(AP) - Members of the New York Police Department rappel from a helicopter onto a ferry as a tourist boat passes in the background during a terrorist training exercise in the waters off Ellis Island in New York Thursday July 2, 2009. (AP Photos/David Goldman)
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62/105 A man looks at a job board at a job fair in Toronto, April 1, ...
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(Reuters) - A man looks at a job board at a job fair in Toronto, April 1, 2009. REUTERS/Mark Blinch
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63/105 Serena, Venus reach Wimbledon final again
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AP - Venus and Serena Williams won in contrasting fashion Thursday to set up their fourth all-sister Wimbledon final and eighth meeting in a Grand Slam title match.
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64/105 Mayfield not at Daytona when garage opens
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AP - Four team owners won't put Jeremy Mayfield in their cars this weekend at Daytona International Speedway, one because of sponsor concerns and another because Mayfield is 'marked' following his legal battle with NASCAR.
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65/105 AP Source: Pistons land FAs Gordon and Villanueva
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AP - The Detroit Pistons wanted to add talent and get younger this offseason.
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66/105 Fla. judge won't release Stallworth crash video
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AP - A judge refused Thursday to release surveillance video depicting the moment a car driven by Cleveland Browns wide receiver Donte' Stallworth struck and killed a pedestrian in a drunk-driving crash.
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67/105 Santa Cruz ready for Man City striker battle
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AFP - Roque Santa Cruz has said he would relish the opportunity of battling Samuel Eto'o and Carlos Tevez for a place in the Manchester City side next season.
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68/105 Angry Venus defends Wimbledon flop Safina
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AFP - Venus Williams angrily hit back at suggestions that her 6-1, 6-0 Wimbledon semi-final demolition of world number one Dinara Safina was an embarrassment to women's tennis.
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69/105 Britain faces 100,000 swine flu cases a day: Govt
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AFP - Britain could have more than 100,000 cases of swine flu a day by the end of August, the government said Thursday, while stressing there was no need for alarm.
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70/105 Rare copy of Declaration of Independence found
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AP - British researchers have announced the discovery of a rare original copy of America's Declaration of Independence — just in time for the Fourth of July.
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71/105 RAF warplane crashes in Scotland
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AFP - A RAF Tornado fighter aircraft has crashed in a remote area of Scotland, police said on Thursday.
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72/105 Standard Chartered bank appoints new chairman
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AFP - Emerging markets bank Standard Chartered, which has enjoyed record revenues and profits, said Thursday that it has appointed John Peace as the group's new chairman with immediate effect.
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73/105 Germany heiress wins 'landmark' pre-nup case
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AFP - One of Germany's richest women won a court case Thursday upholding a pre-nuptial agreement that denies her ex-husband a slice of her fortune, in a ruling hailed as ground-breaking.
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74/105 Rio Tinto seals rights issue with Chinalco help
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AFP - Miner Rio Tinto said on Thursday that investors led by Chinese aluminium giant Chinalco had snapped up all its new London-listed shares, as it looks to raise 9.26 billion pounds.
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75/105 Two banks to win RBS Asia assets
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AFP - Standard Chartered and the Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ) are set to divide up the Asian assets of embattled Royal Bank of Scotland, a press report said Thursday.
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76/105 RBS chief defers chunk of pay package
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AFP - The head of Royal Bank of Scotland, which is 70 percent owned by the state, has agreed to defer a chunk of his controversial pay package for two years, the bank said Thursday.
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77/105 Telefonica, France Telecom interested in T-Mobile
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AFP - Telefonica has joined Vodafone in considering a bid for T-Mobile UK, while France Telecom is weighing up a possible joint venture with the mobile operator, the Financial Times said Thursday.
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78/105 Biggs family to appeal parole rejection
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AFP - The son of Ronnie Biggs, 79, one of the 1963 Great Train Robbers, vowed Thursday to appeal against him being denied parole.
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79/105 Gov't urged to save Royal Mail pension fund
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AFP - The government is being urged to rescue the Royal Mail's pension fund on Thursday after plans to semi-privatise the state-owned postal operator were abandoned.
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80/105 Queen announces new award for British troops
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AFP - Queen Elizabeth II launched a new award Wednesday for members of the British armed forces killed in action or by a terrorist attack.
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81/105 Britain's 'Great Train Robber' is refused parole
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Reuters - 'Great Train Robber' Ronnie Biggs lost his long-running bid for early jail release Wednesday after the British government said he should not be allowed out on parole because he was 'wholly unrepentant.'
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82/105 Britain unveils new medal to families of army dead
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AP - Britain unveiled a new medal Wednesday that will be offered to families of about 8,000 military personnel killed on active duty or in terrorist attacks since World War II.
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83/105 French: Air France plane hit the sea belly first
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AP - LE BOURGET, France — Air France Flight 447 slammed into the Atlantic Ocean, intact and belly first, at such a high speed that the 228 people aboard probably had no time to even inflate their life jackets, French investigators said Thursday in their first report into the June 1 accident.
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84/105 Keep Dutch soft-drugs coffee shops for locals: commission
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AFP - Dutch coffee shops that sell cannabis should should cater mainly for local people and not bulk-buying drugs tourists from abroad, a government commission proposed Thursday.
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85/105 Austrian university honors Nazi victims
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AP - Kurt Elias vividly remembers the day in 1938 when the Nazis barred him from entering the University of Vienna because he was Jewish.
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86/105 Italy's train derailment death toll rises to 19
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AP - Italian officials say the death toll from a train explosion in Tuscany has risen to 19, with 25 people injured.
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87/105 Russian president hopeful for Obama summit
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AP - Russia's president said in a video released Thursday he was hopeful that an upcoming summit with Barack Obama will help Moscow and Washington find new ways to cooperate.
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88/105 Italy unveils antiquities returned by US museum
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AP - Italian officials on Thursday unveiled 14 artifacts spanning from antiquity to the Middle Ages that were looted or stolen from Italy and recently returned by The Cleveland Museum of Art.
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89/105 Marines exchange fire with Taliban in searing heat
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AP - U.S. Marines hiked through searing heat and took fire from small pockets of militants Thursday after landing in this Taliban-controlled southern region of tree-lined fields, mud homes and crisscrossing waterways in the first major operation under President Barack Obama's strategy to stabilize Afghanistan.
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90/105 North Korea test-fires 4 short-range missiles
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AP - North Korea test-fired four short-range missiles Thursday, South Korea's Defense Ministry said, a move that aggravates already high tensions following Pyongyang's recent nuclear test and U.N. sanctions imposed as punishment.
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91/105 Court decriminalizes gay sex in Indian capital
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AP - New Delhi's gay community celebrated a landmark court ruling Thursday that decriminalizes homosexuality — a decision that could end widespread police harassment and be a harbinger for gradual acceptance for homosexuals across this deeply conservative country.
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92/105 Conspiracy Theories in Iran Flourish
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Time.com - On a propaganda drive, Tehran blames foreigners for unrest after the disputed election. But millions of Iranians remain angry and unconvinced
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93/105 Biden visits Iraq, will meet with leaders
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AP - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden arrived in Iraq on Thursday to visit U.S. soldiers, just two days after all American combat troops withdrew from Baghdad and all of Iraq's cities and towns.
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94/105 African leaders tackle continent's challenges
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AP - Africa's leaders were locked in a heated debate Thursday over a draft African Union summit decision that would give Sudan's president continent-wide impunity from prosecution for war crimes by the International Criminal Court.
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95/105 China students upset over mandatory summer drills
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AP - Until last week, Alice Li's summer plans were simple: work part-time at a convenience store, study for graduate exams and go to the amusement park with friends.
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96/105 Aussie officials to visit India after student attacks
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AFP - A high-level Australian delegation will travel to India next week to give safety assurances following a wave of attacks on Indian students, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said on Thursday.
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97/105 Fawcett's death spotlights a rare cancer
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AP - In a perverse twist of medical fate, Farrah Fawcett has become the poster girl for anal cancer, a rare disease often linked to a sexually transmitted virus.
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98/105 Obesity rates rising, Mississippi's still fattest
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AP - Mississippi's still king of cellulite, but an ominous tide is rolling toward the Medicare doctors in neighboring Alabama: obese baby boomers.
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99/105 Jackson's hospital is known for 'raising the dead'
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AP - When Michael Jackson went into cardiac arrest, rescuers took him to a place known for bringing the dead back to life. A world-renowned surgeon at the UCLA Medical Center has pioneered a way to revive people that most doctors would have long written off, including a woman whose heart had stopped for 2 1/2 hours.
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100/105 Australia urges calm after child flu death
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AFP - Australian authorities told parents not to panic Thursday after the country announced its first child death linked to swine flu.
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101/105 Wall Street slides on disappointing jobs data
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Reuters - Stocks slid on Thursday after payrolls data showed much worse-than-expected job losses for June, a sign that hopes for a quick economy recovery may be premature.
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102/105 U.S. job losses spike in June, dampen recovery hopes
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Reuters - U.S. employers cut far more jobs than expected last month and the unemployment rate hit 9.5 percent, the highest in nearly 26 years, underscoring the likelihood of a long, slow recovery from recession.
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103/105 J&J buys $1 billion Elan stake, gains Alzheimer's R&D
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Reuters - Johnson & Johnson has agreed to pay $1 billion for an 18.4 percent stake in Irish drugmaker Elan Corp , and will acquire most of the rights to Elan's portfolio of experimental drugs to treat Alzheimer's disease.
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104/105 Exelon ups NRG hostile bid; NRG shares slip
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Reuters - Exelon Corp raised its hostile takeover bid for independent power producer NRG Energy Inc by more than 12 percent to $7.45 billion on Thursday but failed to excite investors.
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105/105 Fannie, Freddie ease terms for mortgage refinance
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Reuters - The Obama administration on Wednesday expanded its foreclosure prevention efforts to help a greater number of underwater homeowners refinance their mortgages.
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