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1/106 Macau gaming tycoon Stanley Ho in hospital: report
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AFP - Macau casino magnate Stanley Ho, one of Asia's richest men, was being treated in a Hong Kong hospital although the seriousness of his condition was not known, reports said Tuesday.
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2/106 Sources: Michael Douglas' son in NYC drug arrest
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AP - Law enforcement officials say the son of Oscar-winning actor Michael Douglas has been arrested on a drug charge at an upscale New York City hotel.
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3/106 Jackson's mother wins kids' custody despite drama
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AP - The wishes Michael Jackson expressed in his will began to come into reality Monday during a lengthy court hearing, with his mother placed firmly in charge of rearing his children and the two men he designated still at the reins of his financial empire.
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4/106 Jackson mother granted custody of children
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AFP - A Los Angeles judge named Michael Jackson's mother as permanent guardian of the star's children, ignoring a surprise late bid by the singer's dermatologist to have a say in their upbringing.
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5/106 Injured F1 racer Massa back in Brazil
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AFP - Formula One driver Felipe Massa arrived in his native Brazil late Monday, flying in from Hungary where he had surgery for serious head injuries sustained in a June 25 racing accident.
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6/106 Michael Jackson's mom gets custody
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Reuters - Michael Jackson's 79-year-old mother was awarded custody of the singer's three children on Monday and given more time to spell out objections to having two music executives administer his multi-million dollar estate.
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7/106 Jarvis Cocker writing songs for comedy
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Reuters - Jarvis Cocker has written three songs for the upcoming film 'Get Him to the Greek,' a spinoff of the hit 2008 comedy 'Forgetting Sarah Marshall.'
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8/106 Roger Daltrey plots rare North American solo tour
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Reuters - With the Who inactive for the moment, Roger Daltrey is gearing up to launch his first solo tour of North America since 1985.
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9/106 Nevada court hears OJ Simpson bail plea
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AFP - An attorney for OJ Simpson pleaded Monday with the Nevada Supreme Court to release the former football star on bail pending his appeal for conviction at his 2008 robbery and kidnapping trial.
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10/106 Obama to host Senate Democrats at birthday lunch
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AFP - US President Barack Obama, facing tough fights over his climate change and health care plans, has invited all of his Senate allies to lunch on Tuesday -- his birthday -- his spokesman said Monday.
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11/106 Singer grateful for life after stage collapse
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AP - Country singer Billy Currington says he and his band are very grateful to be alive after the outdoor stage they were performing on in Canada collapsed over the weekend and killed one person.
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12/106 Tilda Swinton takes mobile film fest on the road
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AP - Academy Award-winner Tilda Swinton is spending part of the summer hauling a mobile movie theater across the Scottish Highlands.
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13/106 Jackson family in court over star's estate
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AFP - Lawyers for Michael Jackson's mother are expected to demand she have a greater say in controlling her late son's estate, at a court hearing in Los Angeles later Monday.
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14/106 Mass farewell to ex-Philippine leader Aquino
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AFP - Tens of thousands of Filipinos, many in tears, lined the streets as the body of former leader Corazon Aquino was moved to the capital's cathedral in an emotional procession on Monday.
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15/106 Jackson estate confronts fake merchandise dealers
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AP - Down a crowded merchant-lined street in downtown Los Angeles called Santee Alley, a handful of vendors are selling Michael Jackson T-shirts. Two shirts memorialize his passing, but one gets the date of his death wrong. The other has no collar tag.
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16/106 `Let's Make a Deal' returning; Wayne Brady to host
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AP - The game show 'Let's Make a Deal' is coming back to daytime television.
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17/106 Kara DioGuardi returning as 'American Idol' judge
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AP - The Fox network says Kara DioGuardi (KA'-ruh dee-oh-GWAHR'-dee) will be back for her second round as a judge on 'American Idol.'
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18/106 Going for Seconds: Rad by Rad Hourani Debuts
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Fashion Wire Daily - One of the perks of being a designer is that if there's an article of clothing that you want but can't find, you can always design it yourself.
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19/106 Review: James Lee Burke brings back Hackberry
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AP - 'Rain Gods' (Simon & Schuster, 434 pages, $25.99), by James Lee Burke: As the story begins, Sheriff Hackberry Holland is poking around behind an abandoned Spanish mission, investigating an anonymous report about shots fired. Moments later he radios for help: 'We've got a mass murder. The victims are all Asian, some of them hardly more than children.'
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20/106 Microsoft sees size as search answer in Yahoo deal
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AP - Microsoft is hoping that a long-term partnership with rival Yahoo will give it the size and insight it needs to bring in more traffic, more advertisers and ultimately more revenue.
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21/106 Google CEO leaves Apple board to avoid conflicts
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AP - Google Inc. Chief Executive Eric Schmidt has resigned from Apple Inc.'s board because of the companies' conflicting interests as competition between the one-time allies heats up.
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22/106 Students develop cane with e-tags to guide blind
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AP - A cane equipped with the technology that retailers use to tag merchandise could help blind people avoid obstacles.
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23/106 China Internet addict beaten to death in rehab
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AFP - A teenager was allegedly beaten to death by trainers at a rehabilitation camp in southern China where his parents had sent him to cure his Internet addiction, reports said Tuesday.
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24/106 Sugarland fans in for a sweet ride with TV special
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AP - Sugarland's Kristian Bush knows a live CD/DVD package and a network TV special might seem quaint at a time when singles rule and fans flock to YouTube, but he thinks they are a good way to show what the duo is all about.
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25/106 Nintendo DSi users get to share pictures on Facebook
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AFP - Nintendo said Monday that it is updating DSi software to allow users to upload pictures from the camera-equipped handheld videogame devices to hot social-networking website Facebook.
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26/106 Hawaii protecting coral reefs with big fines
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AP - Wrecking coral will cost you in Hawaii.
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27/106 Nissan rolls out electric car at new headquarters
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AP - Nissan Chief Executive Carlos Ghosn drove quietly out of the Japanese automaker's soon-to-open headquarters Sunday in the first public viewing of its new zero-emission vehicle.
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28/106 Beijing's smog is back year after Olympics
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AFP - One year after staging a mostly pollution-free Olympics, Beijing has seen its skies shrouded in haze again, highlighting what observers call a mixed Olympic legacy on the environment.
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29/106 Sage grouse unlikely focus of Wyoming wind wars
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Reuters - They used to mine coal in the abandoned town of Carbon. Now this patch of southern Wyoming is a battleground in the debate over what many hope will be the clean energy source of the future: wind power.
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30/106 Astronauts return from space to sushi overload
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AP - Koichi Wakata was still getting used to gravity, though it wasn't going to stop him from diving into a deluge of sushi.
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31/106 Underweight team told to eat at least 15 eggs a day
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Reuters - India's unfancied rugby sevens side must bulk up if they hope to make an impact at next year's Commonwealth Games, eating seven meals and at least 15 eggs a day, the country's South African coach said on Friday.
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32/106 Kiss warning issued for rock festival due to flu
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Reuters - Fans attending one of the world's biggest heavy metal festivals in Germany were asked on Thursday to avoid 'hugging, kissing on the cheek, and shaking hands' lest they spread the H1N1 influenza.
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33/106 Microchipped dog finds way home -- after nine years
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Reuters - A flea-bitten dog rescued from a squalid backyard is to be reunited with her owners 1,000 miles away -- nine years after she disappeared.
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(AP) - An elderly Chinese man eats his meal in front of a fashion clothes advertisement poster on display in Beijing, China, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2009. China's economic growth accelerated in the latest quarter to 7.9 percent over a year earlier, up from 6.1 percent the previous quarter, as Beijing's 4 trillion yuan ($586 billion) stimulus pumped money into the economy. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
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(AP) - A woman takes rest on her bag near a new residential advertisement billboard in Beijing, China, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2009. China's economic growth accelerated in the latest quarter to 7.9 percent over a year earlier, up from 6.1 percent the previous quarter, as Beijing's 4 trillion yuan ($586 billion) stimulus pumped money into the economy. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
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36/106 Junk collectors arrange the unwanted items on his tricycle cart ...
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(AP) - Junk collectors arrange the unwanted items on his tricycle cart next to a new residential advertisement billboard in Beijing, China, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2009. China's economic growth accelerated in the latest quarter to 7.9 percent over a year earlier, up from 6.1 percent the previous quarter, as Beijing's 4 trillion yuan ($586 billion) stimulus pumped money into the economy. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
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37/106 A general view of Nahr Al-Umran gas refinery in Al-Dier District, ...
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(Reuters) - A general view of Nahr Al-Umran gas refinery in Al-Dier District, northern Basra July 17, 2009. REUTERS/Atef Hassan
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38/106 Maria Sharapova of Russia returns the ball to Gisela Dulko of ...
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(Reuters) - Maria Sharapova of Russia returns the ball to Gisela Dulko of Argentina during their match at the Wimbledon tennis championships, in London June 24, 2009. REUTERS/Eddie Keogh
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(Reuters) - An Afghan man removes broken glass from a window near the site of a rocket attack in Kabul August 4, 2009. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani
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40/106 Actress Swoosie Kurtz, star of the new television series 'Pushing ...
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(Reuters) - Actress Swoosie Kurtz, star of the new television series 'Pushing Daisies', arrives for a screening of the program at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Hollywood, California August 16, 2007. REUTERS/Fred Prouser
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(AFP/Getty Images/File) - File photo shows motorists heading into Mexico across the border with the United States in San Ysidro, California. Health officials said they had found cases of Tamiflu-resistant swine flu along the US border with Mexico, as India and South Africa announced their first deaths from the A(H1N1) virus.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Sandy Huffaker)
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42/106 File photo shows people in Tijuana, Mexico standing in line ...
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(AFP/Getty Images/File) - File photo shows people in Tijuana, Mexico standing in line at the Port of Entry on the United States-Mexico border while wearing a surgical masks. Health officials said they had found cases of Tamiflu-resistant swine flu along the US border with Mexico, as India and South Africa announced their first deaths from the A(H1N1) virus.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Sandy Huffaker)
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43/106 A dried Star Anise fruit. Tamiflu is formed using an acid which ...
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(AFP/Getty Images/File) - A dried Star Anise fruit. Tamiflu is formed using an acid which is produced through several chemical steps from the Star Anise fruit. A strain of swine flu that is resistant to treatment with the drug Tamiflu has been discovered near the US-Mexican border, the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO) said.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Justin Sullivan)
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44/106 Medical face masks, antiviral medication Tamiflu boxes and no ...
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(AFP/File) - Medical face masks, antiviral medication Tamiflu boxes and no rinse hydro-alcoholic antiseptic gels. Health officials said they had found cases of Tamiflu-resistant swine flu along the US border with Mexico, as India and South Africa announced their first deaths from the A(H1N1) virus.(AFP/File/Miguel Medina)
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45/106 Map showing areas that have reported cases of Tamiflu-resistant ...
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(AFP/Graphic) - Map showing areas that have reported cases of Tamiflu-resistant swine flu. Health officials said they had found cases of Tamiflu-resistant swine flu along the US border with Mexico, as India and South Africa announced their first deaths from the A(H1N1) virus(AFP/Graphic)
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46/106 Fired workers of Ssangyong Motor burn barricades as Riot policemen ...
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(AP) - Fired workers of Ssangyong Motor burn barricades as Riot policemen stand guard at the automaker's factory in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2009. South Korean police commandos began storming an auto factory occupied by hundreds of fired workers, media reports said, amid fears the standoff is pushing the automaker toward bankruptcy. (AP Photo/Yonhap, Shin Young-gun)
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47/106 FILE - In this Dec. 3, 2008, file photo General Motors CEO Rick ...
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(AP) - FILE - In this Dec. 3, 2008, file photo General Motors CEO Rick Wagoner steps out of a Chevrolet Malibu Hybrid at his hotel in Washington after driving from Detroit to testify at Congressional hearings on the auto industry bailout. I (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)
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(Reuters) - A man reads information on an electronic screen at a brokerage house in Shanghai July 30, 2009. REUTERS/Aly Song
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49/106 Fired workers of Ssangyong Motor burn barricades at the automaker's ...
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(AP) - Fired workers of Ssangyong Motor burn barricades at the automaker's factory in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2009. South Korean police commandos began storming an auto factory occupied by hundreds of fired workers, media reports said, amid fears the standoff is pushing the automaker toward bankruptcy. (AP Photo/Yonhap, Lim Hun-jung)
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50/106 FILE - In this March 12, 2009 file picture, General Motors Chief ...
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(AP) - FILE - In this March 12, 2009 file picture, General Motors Chief Executive Officer Richard Wagoner listens as President Barack Obama, not pictured, speaks about the economy at Business Roundtable, an association of chief executive officers of leading U.S. companies, at a hotel in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)
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(AP) - FILE - This undated photo released by the Office of Inspector General Corporation For National and Community Service shows Inspector General Gerald Walpin, fired by President Barack Obama on June 12, 2009. (AP Photo/Office of Inspector General Corporation For National and Community Service) NO SALES
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52/106 Lleyton Hewitt of Australia returns a shot against Donald Young ...
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(AFP/Getty Images) - Lleyton Hewitt of Australia returns a shot against Donald Young during Day 1 of the Legg Mason Tennis Classic at the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center in Washington, DC. Hewitt dispatched Young 7-5, 6-2(AFP/Getty Images/Jim Mcisaac)
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53/106 Donald Young returns a shot against Lleyton Hewitt of Australia ...
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(AFP/Getty Images) - Donald Young returns a shot against Lleyton Hewitt of Australia during Day 1 of the Legg Mason Tennis Classic at the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center in Washington, DC. Hewitt dispatched Young 7-5, 6-2(AFP/Getty Images/Jim Mcisaac)
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54/106 Yuichi Sugita of Japan reacts to a lost point against Somdev ...
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(AFP/Getty Images) - Yuichi Sugita of Japan reacts to a lost point against Somdev Devvarman of India during Day 1 of the Legg Mason Tennis Classic at the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center in Washington, DC. Davvarman defeated Sugita 6-0,7-6.(AFP/Getty Images/Jim Mcisaac)
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55/106 Somdev Devvarman of India returns a shot against Yuichi Sugita ...
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(AFP/Getty Images) - Somdev Devvarman of India returns a shot against Yuichi Sugita of Japan during Day 1 of the Legg Mason Tennis Classic at the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center in Washington, DC. Davvarman defeated Sugita 6-0,7-6.(AFP/Getty Images/Jim Mcisaac)
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56/106 American journalists Euna Lee (L) and Laura Ling are shown in ...
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(Reuters) - American journalists Euna Lee (L) and Laura Ling are shown in this undated file photo from Yonhap news agency. REUTERS/Yonhap
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57/106 FILE - In this Sunday, July 19, 2009 picture, Democratic Gov. ...
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(AP) - FILE - In this Sunday, July 19, 2009 picture, Democratic Gov. Bill Richardson of New Mexico, speaks during a meeting of the Natural Resources Committee the National Governors Association convention in Biloxi, Miss. Money managers, brokers and their marketing agents that secured public investment business in New Mexico in recent years have given more than $640,000 to Gov. Bill Richardson's campaigns and political organizations since he first ran for governor in 2002, an Associated Press analysis shows. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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(AP) - A passer-by walks in front of the electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo, Japan, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2009. The benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average rose 110.14 points, or 1.1 percent, to close at 10,462.61 in the morning session. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)
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59/106 Roddick ready to return after Wimbledon heartbreak
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AFP - Andy Roddick declared himself mentally and physically ready for his return to competition after a month off following his heartbreaking loss to Roger Federer in the Wimbledon final.
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60/106 NYC grand jury indicts Burress on weapons charges
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AP - Former New York Giants star Plaxico Burress was indicted by a grand jury on weapons charges for shooting himself in the thigh at a Manhattan nightclub and faces a minimum prison sentence of 3 1/2 years if convicted, prosecutors announced Monday.
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61/106 Woods signals major intent with Buick win
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Reuters - The businesslike nature of Tiger Woods' Buick Open win on Sunday signaled the world number one has come to terms with his big British Open letdown and got his game back on track for the PGA Championship.
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62/106 Urban Meyer gets raise to $4 million annually
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AP - Florida coach Urban Meyer has two national championships in the last three years and the same number of raises.
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63/106 Quebec Coroner seeking Gatti documents
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AP - The coroner's office in Quebec wants Brazilian authorities to share their files from boxer Arturo Gatti's initial autopsy and the police investigation into his death.
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64/106 Braun, Parra power Brewers past Dodgers 6-5
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AP - Ryan Braun had a three-run homer among his four hits, and Milwaukee closer Trevor Hoffman got Manny Ramirez on a bases-loaded fly to right to finish the Brewers' 6-5 victory over the road-weary Los Angeles Dodgers on Monday night.
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65/106 Football: Domenech stuns Ribery with call-up
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AFP - France coach Raymond Domenech has sprung a surprise by naming Bayern Munich midfielder Franck Ribery in his 22-man squad for the World Cup qualifier with the Faroe Isles in Torshavn on August 12.
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66/106 Hamlin ends 50-race skid, wins at Pocono Raceway
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AP - Denny Hamlin ended a 50-race winless skid Monday, holding off Juan Pablo Montoya over the final riveting laps at Pocono Raceway before choking up with grief in Victory Lane.
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67/106 Lawmakers call for inquiry into torture allegations
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AFP - The government was hiding behind a 'wall of secrecy' over allegations security agents colluded in the torture of terrorism suspects, an influential committee of lawmakers said Tuesday.
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68/106 Helicopters for Afghanistan 'not fit for use': report
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AFP - Military helicopters set to be deployed to Afghanistan were not properly equipped to fly combat missions, a newspaper said Tuesday, fuelling a row over adequate resources for troops.
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69/106 UK bank earnings fuel talk of recovery
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AP - HSBC Holdings PLC and Barclays PLC shrugged off the near-collapse of Britain's banking system to report combined profits of more than 5 billion pounds ($8.4 billion) on Monday, fueling talk of financial recovery and raising fears of a return of the banking bonus culture.
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70/106 Soldier court-martialled for Afghanistan refusal
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AFP - A soldier faced his court-martial Monday for refusing to return to Afghanistan as the armed forces minister insisted that the fight against the Taliban was improving Afghan lives.
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71/106 HSBC, Barclays profits hit by surge in bad debt
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Reuters - HSBC and Barclays on Monday reported a surge in bad debts to a combined $21 billion as recession took its toll on borrowers, but Britain's two biggest banks offered encouragement they could be through the worst.
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72/106 Barclays, HSBC results boost bank sector
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AFP - Leading banks Barclays and HSBC raised hope of a recovery in the crisis-hit financial sector on Monday, sending share prices surging after they posted strong profits despite soaring bad loans.
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73/106 Iraqi PM met group behind kidnap of Britons
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AFP - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki met members of the radical Shiite group believed to have kidnapped five Britons in Iraq two years ago after it said it had renounced violence, a government spokesman said.
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74/106 Thousands evacuated as fires hit British Colombia
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AFP - Firefighters in British Columbia were on Sunday struggling to contain some 500 forest fires that have forced the evacuation of 2,700 people and left 2,300 more ready to leave at a moment's notice.
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75/106 HSBC says profit slumps 57% as bad debts leap
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AFP - HSBC, Europe's biggest bank, said on Monday that first-half net profits slumped by 57 percent to 3.35 billion dollars (2.35 billion euros) as bad debts ballooned to nearly 14 billion dollars.
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76/106 NSPCC sees rise in child abuse calls after Baby P
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AFP - The NSPCC helpline has witnessed a significant rise in calls about serious child abuse in the wake of the death of toddler baby Peter, the children's charity said on Monday.
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77/106 Barclays Bank first-half profits soar by 10%
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AFP - Barclays Bank said on Monday that first-half net profits soared nearly 10 percent as its investment banking unit was boosted by markets turmoil and the part-purchase of Lehman Brothers.
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78/106 UBS posts billion dollar losses for Q2
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AFP - Swiss banking giant UBS on Tuesday said it lost 1.4 billion Swiss francs (916 million euros, 1.32 billion dollars) during the second quarter, as it issued a 'cautious' outlook for the coming months.
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79/106 Swedish crackdown on piracy pays off
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AFP - Sweden's tough new anti-piracy law has led to a sharp drop in illegal downloading but critics say the effects will be short-lived and argue it is an excessive breach of personal privacy.
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80/106 Opel bid on agenda of GM board's first post-bankruptcy meeting
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AFP - The new board of directors for General Motors mulled the sale of European unit Opel Monday at its first meeting since the automaker emerged from bankruptcy protection, an official with knowledge of the agenda told AFP.
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81/106 Escape to freedom via underside of immigration agents' bus...
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AFP - British immigration agents in France inspecting border controls at a bottleneck for clandestine crossings were left red-faced Monday as a stowaway hidden under the chassis of their bus escaped to freedom.
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82/106 Kalinic snubs Portsmouth as he signs for Blackburn
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AFP - Croatian international striker Nikola Kalinic signed for English Premier League club Blackburn Rovers on Monday for 7.5million euros from Hajduk Split, the selling club announced on its website.
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83/106 Georgia says Russia is trying to seize more land
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AP - Georgia accused Russia on Monday of trying to take more territory outside the breakaway province of South Ossetia as tensions rose before the first anniversary of the Russian-Georgian war last summer.
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84/106 Temperature drop helps Spanish island battle fires
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AP - Lower temperatures on Monday helped firefighters battle two forest fires that have raged on La Palma in Spain's Canary Islands for three days.
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85/106 Canada extradites German businessman Schreiber
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AP - Karlheinz Schreiber, a key figure in a political party financing scandal involving former Chancellor Helmut Kohl, was extradited to Germany from Canada to face criminal charges after losing a decade-long court battle.
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86/106 NATO chief: More UN, EU help needed in Afghanistan
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AP - NATO needs more international help from the United Nations and European Union to secure and rebuild Afghanistan, the alliance's new civilian chief said Monday.
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87/106 NKorea: Ex-President Bill Clinton in Pyongyang
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AP - Former U.S. President Bill Clinton made a surprise trip to North Korea on Tuesday amid an international standoff over the country's nuclear program and concerns about two U.S. reporters imprisoned in Pyongyang since March.
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88/106 5 rockets hit Afghan capital, 1 near US Embassy
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AP - At least five rockets slammed into Kabul at daybreak Tuesday, one of them falling near the U.S. Embassy in a rare attack on the Afghan capital fewer than three weeks before presidential elections, police and residents said.
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89/106 Australia foils terrorist plot to attack army base
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AP - Police in Australia foiled a terrorist plot for commando-style suicide attacks on at least one army base, arresting four men Tuesday with suspected links to a Somali Islamist group, senior officers said.
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90/106 Shiite group agrees to renounce violence in Iraq
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AP - An extremist Shiite group believed responsible for the killing of five American soldiers in a bold raid south of Baghdad and the kidnapping of five British men has agreed to renounce violence, a government adviser said Monday.
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91/106 Wife: Iran reform politician's confession forced
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AP - The wife of a prominent pro-reform Iranian politician said Monday her husband was forced into confessing he helped fuel post-election riots as part of a plot to topple the government and said he appeared drugged days before the trial.
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92/106 Fatah seeks renewal in first conference since 1989
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AP - The Palestinians' Fatah movement came together Tuesday for its first convention in 20 years, trying to rise from division and defeat with a pragmatic political program and new leaders in what its supporters hope will be the final push toward Palestinian statehood.
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93/106 OAS sending envoys to pressure Honduras coup gov't
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AP - A high-ranking diplomatic mission will travel to Honduras in a new effort to pressure coup-installed leaders to restore ousted President Manuel Zelaya, the chief mediator in the crisis said Monday.
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94/106 US defendant in Suu Kyi case hospitalised in Myanmar
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AFP - The American man on trial in Myanmar for trespassing at Aung San Suu Kyi's home was taken to a city hospital overnight after having convulsions in prison, a hospital worker told AFP Tuesday.
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95/106 Australia detains 4 for plotting suicide attack
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Reuters - Australian police arrested four men linked to a hardline Somali group on Tuesday, charging them with planning a commando-style suicide attack on a military base and underlining that the country remains a target for Islamists.
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96/106 Plague kills 3rd man in sealed-off Chinese town
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AP - Medical staff raced to disinfect a sealed-off town in northwestern China on Tuesday after a third person died within four days in a pneumonic plague outbreak in the farming community of 10,000, local authorities said.
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97/106 Japan's tobacco habit runs into court challenge
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AP - One plaintiff is a cancer patient. Another is represented by his widow. The third, has emphysema and rolls into the courtroom on a wheelchair with tubes trailing out of his nose. The three Japanese are waging a minnow-vs.-whale battle against Big Tobacco in one of the world's most smoker-friendly countries. But precedent suggests they're likely to lose, and they hope their suit will at least draw attention to the dangers of smoking.
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98/106 Both sides shift health care debate to Main Street
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AP - The health care debate is heading back to Main Street, to cities and towns where people are worried about medical costs but increasingly concerned that overhauling the system may do more harm than good.
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99/106 China seeks to reduce its abortion toll
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AFP - With more than 13 million abortions at registered clinics every year, China needs to step up sex education to better inform youth on contraception, state press said Thursday.
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100/106 Mozambicans protest overhaul of HIV care
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AFP - Hundreds of protesters took to the street in Mozambique's capital Monday to protest health ministry policies that they say are jeopardizing HIV care in one of the world's worst affected countries.
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101/106 Allergy drugs may fight diabetes, obesity
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Reuters - Over-the-counter allergy and asthma drugs helped obese, diabetic mice lose weight and control their blood sugar, researchers reported on Monday.
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102/106 Obesity surgery death rates are low, study finds
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AP - Obese, but worried that surgery for it might kill you? The risk of that has dropped dramatically, and now is no greater than for having a gall bladder out, a hip replaced or most other major operations, new research shows.
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103/106 Recovery rally lifts Asia stocks to 11-month high
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Reuters - Asian stocks climbed to an 11-month high on Tuesday on hopes a V-shaped recovery may be forming in the United States, while the Australian dollar hit its highest since late September after solid housing and retail sales data.
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104/106 BofA to pay $33 million to settle charges over bonuses
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Reuters - Bank of America Corp has agreed to pay $33 million to settle charges that it made false and misleading statements to investors about bonuses at Merrill Lynch & Co, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said on Monday.
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105/106 U.S. auto sales bolstered by rush to dump 'clunkers'
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Reuters - U.S. auto sales jumped to the highest level of 2009 in July as Americans rushed to take advantage of the government's 'Cash for Clunkers' program, raising hopes that the battered sector is poised for recovery.
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106/106 Factory data and Ford sales help stocks extend rally
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Reuters - Stocks rose on Monday, pushing the S&P 500 index above 1,000 for the first time in nine months, as data on the manufacturing sector underscored optimism that the economy was recovering.
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