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1/103 Korean paper seeks millions from Jackson estate
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AP - A South Korean newspaper is seeking nearly $7.9 million from Michael Jackson's estate for an unpaid judgment entered against his parents and brother, court records show.
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2/103 Witness says rapper the killer, but didn't see gun
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AP - A key prosecution witness told jurors Wednesday he was positive that Corey Miller shot a 16-year-old during a nightclub melee, but admitted on cross examination that he never saw the New Orleans rapper with a gun.
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3/103 Trim, relaxed Leno says he's ready for prime-time
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AP - Jay Leno says comedy will rule on his new daily prime-time series and he'll put stars in cars instead on a couch.
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4/103 Jay Leno promises more comedy, less chat on new show
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Reuters - Talk show host Jay Leno on Wednesday promised his new show would have more comedy, fewer celebrities promoting new ventures and guests would get out of their seats when the program hits the air in its new 10 pm hour in September.
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5/103 Obsessed fan charged with stalking Miley Cyrus
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Reuters - Police have charged a 53-year-old man with trying to stalk teenage star Miley Cyrus after he was arrested a month ago for attempting to reach the actress on a movie set, police in Georgia said on Wednesday.
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6/103 Michael Jackson's mom played role in business, too
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AP - Entering into a business relationship with Michael Jackson rarely meant a long-lasting partnership. Over time, especially in the waning years of his life, Jackson hired — then fired — a litany of associates, from managers to attorneys to publicists.
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7/103 Abdul's 'Idol' exit shakes up TV's top-rated show
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AP - Say what you want about Paula Abdul, but give her this: She makes for great television, especially at her own wacky expense.
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8/103 Ga. man charged with trying to stalk Miley Cyrus
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AP - A 53-year-old man who told police he is secretly engaged to marry Miley Cyrus has been charged with attempting to stalk the teenage 'Hannah Montana' star, who is filming a movie in the Savannah area.
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9/103 Judge delays sentencing of singer Chris Brown
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AP - A judge has delayed sentencing R&B singer Chris Brown on an assault charge to seek more input from Virginia authorities about whether Brown could do community labor in that state.
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10/103 Michael Jackson film deal outlined in court papers
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Reuters - Columbia Pictures and concert promoter AEG Live have struck a deal to make a Michael Jackson movie using video of his 'This Is It' concert rehearsals taken days before the King of Pop died in June, according to court documents.
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11/103 Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Justin Kirk join 'Understudy'
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AP - Mark-Paul Gosselaar (GAHS'-uh-lur) and Justin Kirk will join the already announced Julie White in 'The Understudy,' a comedy about one of the most underappreciated jobs in theater.
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12/103 'On the Waterfront' screenwriter dies in NY at 95
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AP - Budd Schulberg, the son of a studio boss who wrote a novel that defined the Hollywood hustle and later proved himself a player with the Oscar-winning screenplay for the Marlon Brando classic 'On the Waterfront,' died Wednesday at age 95.
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13/103 Ridley Scott, DiCaprio travel to 'Brave New World'
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Reuters - Ridley Scott is going back to the futurism.
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14/103 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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15/103 Some NFL teams clamp down on tweets
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AP - The only tweets during the Miami Dolphins scrimmage Saturday will come from the officials' whistles.
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16/103 Shooter's online rants were like trees in forest
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AP - In hindsight, it seems so obvious. We look back at the creepy online ramblings of a tortured soul like George Sodini and realize we should have known all along of the horrors to come.
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17/103 Review: New Sony Walkman misses multimedia mark
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AP - Thirty years after revolutionizing portable music with the Walkman for playing cassette tapes, Sony is trying to master the digital media player with the X Series Walkman.
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18/103 Cisco earnings fall 46 pct but beat expectations
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AP - Cisco Systems Inc. said earnings fell 46 percent in its latest quarter, but the profit beat Wall Street expectations and the company said the quarter may have been the bottom of the recession-related downturn.
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19/103 Rehab death of China Internet addict concerns
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AFP - The death of a teenage Internet addict allegedly beaten to death at a rehab camp in south China has triggered calls from medical experts for regulation on treatments for the problem.
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20/103 Britons willing to pay for enhanced media services
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Reuters - Britain's recession-hit consumers would rather cut back on eating out and holidays than give up their broadband, mobile phone and pay-TV services, according to a new report from media regulator Ofcom.
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21/103 San Diego Zoo panda gives birth to 5th cub
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AP - Prized San Diego Zoo panda Bai Yun gave birth Wednesday to her fifth cub after a 130-day pregnancy that zookeepers said ended with an apparently pleasant labor.
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22/103 `Cash for clunkers' effect on pollution? A blip
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AP - 'Cash for clunkers' could have the same effect on global warming pollution as shutting down the entire country — every automobile, every factory, every power plant — for an hour per year. That could rise to three hours if the program is extended by Congress and remains as popular as it is now.
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23/103 Koala saved from Australian fires battling disease
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AP - A koala made famous by a photograph of her drinking from a firefighter's water bottle as wildfires ravaged Australia was due to undergo surgery Thursday for life-threatening cysts.
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24/103 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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25/103 Experts predict quieter Atlantic hurricane season
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AFP - Weather experts on Wednesday reduced the number of projected hurricanes in the north Atlantic this season to four, two of them major hurricanes with winds above 178 kilometers (111 miles) per hour.
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26/103 Fans urged to drink whisky to ward off swine flu
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Reuters - Russian soccer fans have been told to drink whisky on their trip to Wales for next month's World Cup qualifier to ward off the H1N1 swine flu virus, the head of the country's supporter association (VOB) said Monday.
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27/103 China doctor reveals 100 rules for would-be spacemen
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Reuters - No scars, no history of serious illness in the last three generations of your family, and no tooth cavities.
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28/103 'Smoking-ban murder'
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Reuters - A restaurant owner in southwest Turkey was shot dead after he tried to prevent his customers from smoking to comply with a new law on the use of tobacco indoors, Hurriyet daily said on Thursday.
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29/103 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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(AP) - In this image provided by NASA rollout of space shuttle Discovery is slow-going due to the onset of lightning in the area of Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. First motion of the shuttle out of the Vehicle Assembly Building was at 2:07 a.m.Tuesday Aug. 4, 2009. Launch of Discovery on its STS-128 mission is targeted for late August. (AP Photo courtesy of Justin Dernier, EPA
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31/103 This image provided by NOAA shows Hurricane Felicia, lower left, ...
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(AP) - This image provided by NOAA shows Hurricane Felicia, lower left, taken at 11:45 p.m. EDT Wednesday Aug. 5, 2009. Felicia is continuing to gain strength far out in the Pacific. The National Hurricane Center says Felicia's maximum sustained winds have increased to near 140 mph, making it a Category 4 storm and a major hurricane. (AP Photo/NOAA)
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32/103 This infrared picture provided by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope ...
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(AP) - This infrared picture provided by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope Wednesday Aug. 5, 2009 shows a cloud, known as DR22, bursting with new stars in the Cygnus region of the sky. Spitzer's infrared eyes can both see through and see dust, giving it a unique view into star-forming nests. The blue areas are dusty clouds, and the orange is mainly hot gas. The image is on of the first to be taken during Spitzer's warm mission -- a new phase that began after the telescope, which operated for more than five-and-a-half years, ran out of liquid coolant. (AP Photo/NASA/JPL-Caltech) This image is one of the first to be taken during Spitzer's warm mission -- a new phase that began after the telescope, which operated for more than five-and-a-half years, ran out of liquid coolant. The picture was snapped with the two infrared channels that still work at Spitzer's still-quite-chilly temperature of 30 Kelvin (about minus 406 Fahrenheit). The two infrared channels are part of Spitzer's infrared array camera: 3.6-micron light is blue and 4.5-micron light is orange. This picture was taken while the telescope was being re-commissioned, on July 21.
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33/103 US top seed Andy Roddick, seen here, made a triumphant return ...
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(AFP) - US top seed Andy Roddick, seen here, made a triumphant return in his first match since a heartbreaking Wimbledon final loss, defeating Germany's Benjamin Becker 6-3, 6-2 at the ATP Washington Classic(AFP/Jim Watson)
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34/103 Benjamin Becker of Germany returns a shot against Andy Roddick, ...
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(AFP/Getty Images) - Benjamin Becker of Germany returns a shot against Andy Roddick, who won the match 6-3, 6-2(AFP/Getty Images/Jim Mcisaac)
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35/103 In this photo released by the Ssangyong Motor Co. via Yonhap, ...
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(AP) - In this photo released by the Ssangyong Motor Co. via Yonhap, Ssangyong Motor's union worker Han Sang-kun, left, shakes hands with the company's administrator Park Young-tae before their meeting at the automaker's factory in Pyeongtaek, south of Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2009. Their meeting on Thursday came after helicopter-borne police commandos fought a pitched battle with militant strikers at an ailing South Korean automaker Wednesday. (AP Photo/Ssangyong Motor Co. via Yonhap)
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36/103 File - Unsold 2009 Fusion sedans sit at a Ford dealership in ...
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(AP) - File - Unsold 2009 Fusion sedans sit at a Ford dealership in the southeast Denver suburb of Centennial, Colo., in this Dec. 7, 2008 file photo. The 2009 Ford Fusion's bumper rating slipped to 'poor' from 'marginal' in 2007, with the average cost of repair reaching $2,207. Nolan said the car's weaker bumper beams had a big impact on performance. None of the six most-popular midsize sedans earned a top rating in bumper safety in the latest crash tests performed by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)
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37/103 U.S. first lady Michelle Obama (L) and France's first lady ...
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(Reuters) - U.S. first lady Michelle Obama (L) and France's first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy visit Strasbourg Cathedral (Notre-Dame de Strasbourg), April 4, 2009. REUTERS/Charles Platiau
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38/103 A trader works in a dealing room at CMC Markets in the City ...
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(Reuters) - A trader works in a dealing room at CMC Markets in the City of London, August 5, 2009. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor
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39/103 Host Jay Leno gestures during a panel for his upcoming television ...
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(Reuters) - Host Jay Leno gestures during a panel for his upcoming television series "The Jay Leno Show" at the Television Critics Association Cable summer press tour in Pasadena, California August 5, 2009. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni
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40/103 British actress Lucy Punch poses at the world premiere of "St ...
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(Reuters) - British actress Lucy Punch poses at the world premiere of "St Trinians" at the Empire cinema in Leicester Square, London December 10, 2007. REUTERS/Anthony Harvey
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41/103 Director Bryan Singer waves as he arrives for the British premiere ...
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(Reuters) - Director Bryan Singer waves as he arrives for the British premiere of his film "Valkyrie" at Leicester Square in London January 21, 2009. REUTERS/Toby Melville
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42/103 Sgt. Brad Turner holds his daughter's, Sara, 3, hand after arriving ...
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(AP) - Sgt. Brad Turner holds his daughter's, Sara, 3, hand after arriving home to family with other soldiers from the 712th Military Police Company, Combat Support, of the Texas National Guard return home from an Iraq deployment during the welcome home ceremony at the Downtown Hilton Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2009, in Houston. The 712th Company is based in Baytown and returned home for the first time after almost a year's deployment in Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Michael Paulsen) MANDATORY CREDIT
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43/103 The US government could split troubled state-backed mortgage ...
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(AFP/File) - The US government could split troubled state-backed mortgage firms Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and place the firms' toxic assets in a federal corporation, The Washington Post reported.(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)
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44/103 A pedestrian walks past a Bank of America ATM in Charlotte, ...
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(Reuters) - A pedestrian walks past a Bank of America ATM in Charlotte, North Carolina July 17, 2009. REUTERS/Chris Keane
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45/103 FILE - This undated photo released by the Allegheny County Police ...
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(AP) - FILE - This undated photo released by the Allegheny County Police shows George Sodini who police say opened fire in a women's aerobics class at the LA Fitness in the Great Southern shopping center in Bridgeville, Pa., Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2009. Three women were killed before Sodini shot himself, according to police. (AP Photo/Allegheny County Police)
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46/103 A woman takes a brochure detailing how homeowners can make their ...
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(Reuters) - A woman takes a brochure detailing how homeowners can make their mortgage payments more affordable at the Fannie Mae booth set up at the Housing Rescue Fair, part of the National Urban League's Economic Empowerment Tour, in Dallas, Texas June 13, 2009. REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi
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47/103 Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso (C), flanked by Health and ...
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(Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso (C), flanked by Health and Welfare Minister Yoichi Masuzoe (R) and the museum director Koichiro Maeda, visits the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum in Hiroshima, western Japan August 6, 2009, on the 64th anniversary of the world's first atomic bombing on the city. REUTERS/Issei Kato
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48/103 Boston Red Sox's Victor Martinez (R) reacts in front of ...
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(Reuters) - Boston Red Sox's Victor Martinez (R) reacts in front of Tampa Bay Rays catcher Michel Hernandez after hitting a home run during the sixth inning of their MLB American League baseball game in St. Petersburg, Florida August 5, 2009. REUTERS/Scott Audette
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49/103 FILE - In this May 20, 2009 file photo, models display new Chinese-made ...
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(AP) - FILE - In this May 20, 2009 file photo, models display new Chinese-made Lenovo ThinkPads at the Lenovo stall during the International High Tech Expo in Beijing, China. Lenovo Group, the world's fourth-largest personal computer maker, reported a $16 million quarterly loss Thursday, Aug. 6, 2009, amid weak global demand but said its market share grew. (AP Photo/ Elizabeth Dalziel, File)
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50/103 Actress Paula Abdul arrives to attend the 35th annual FiFi awards ...
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(Reuters) - Actress Paula Abdul arrives to attend the 35th annual FiFi awards to honor the fragrance industry's creative achievements in New York in this file photo from May 31, 2007. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson
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51/103 Charlize Theron arrives for a Film Society Gala Tribute to honor ...
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(Reuters) - Charlize Theron arrives for a Film Society Gala Tribute to honor actor Tom Hanks with the Chaplin Award in New York April 27, 2009. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson
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52/103 Judges Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul and Randy Jackson look towards ...
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(Reuters) - Judges Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul and Randy Jackson look towards the audience between taping at the finale of Fox's "American Idol" at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, May 25, 2005. REUTERS/Chris Pizzello
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53/103 Childrens' shoes are made at a Hong Kong-invested shoe factory ...
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(Reuters) - Childrens' shoes are made at a Hong Kong-invested shoe factory for the market in Dongguan at the Pearl River Delta in China's southern province of Guangdong June 10, 2009. REUTERS/Bobby Yip
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54/103 A Lenovo laptop computer is displayed during a news conference ...
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(Reuters) - A Lenovo laptop computer is displayed during a news conference in Hong Kong May 21, 2009. REUTERS/Bobby Yip
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55/103 Recovering Woods relaxes major standard for 2009
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Reuters - Winning at least one major title has always been the yardstick for a good year according to Tiger Woods but for 2009 he is prepared to relax his goal.
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56/103 Furious Prince Fielder is stopped at Dodgers' door
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AP - Not even Prince Fielder really knows what he might have done if a phalanx of security guards and teammates hadn't prevented the furious Milwaukee slugger from entering the Los Angeles clubhouse after a ninth-inning beaning.
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57/103 Giants lock up Eli Manning with $97 million deal
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AP - The Giants don't think being the highest paid player in the NFL will change Eli Manning.
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58/103 Looper leads Brewers over Dodgers 4-1
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AP - Braden Looper bounced back sharply after a couple of miserable outings, Prince Fielder had a tying RBI groundout a night after trying to enter the Dodgers' clubhouse to confront Guillermo Mota and the Milwaukee Brewers beat Los Angeles 4-1 on Wednesday night to win their first series in over a month.
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59/103 Celtic make history, Shakhtar crash out of Champions League
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AFP - Scottish giants Celtic brought to an end an unwanted record on Wednesday when they overcame a deficit away from home in European competition for the first time beating Dynamo Moscow 2-0 to progress 2-1 on aggregate in their Champions League third preliminary round clash.
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60/103 Boasson Hagen wins as Greipel DQ'd in Poland
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AFP - Norwegian ace Edvald Boasson Hagen of the Columbia team won the fourth stage of the Tour of Poland on Wednesday after outshining teammate Andre Greipel in a sprint finish.
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61/103 Top-ranked Safina advances to face Zheng
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AFP - World number one Dinara Safina of Russia advanced to the third round of the 700,000-dollar WTA Los Angeles Championships with a 6-2, 6-4 victory over Slovakia's Daniela Hantuchova.
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62/103 Mickelson in a better place, ready for golf
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AP - The practice sessions have been a little sharper, his optimism much greater. Phil Mickelson isn't sure how that will translate on the golf course, and he's not sure that even matters at the moment.
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63/103 One year later, Olympics boost China's confidence
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AP - Thousands of them visit the massive, empty building every day, making a connection with their nation's triumph.
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64/103 Waste shipped back from Brazil
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AFP - A cargo ship carrying 1,477 tons of waste, including used condoms, syringes and diapers, left Brazil on Wednesday to return the illegal trash to Britain, Brazilian officials said.
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65/103 Radiohead in tribute to WW1 veteran
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AFP - Alternative rock superstars Radiohead on Wednesday released a musical tribute to Harry Patch, the last soldier to fight in the trenches of Europe in World War I, who died at the age of 111.
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66/103 FTSE 100 falls slightly on mixed data
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AFP - Stocks in London finished Wednesday slightly down after a mixed set of figures were released in the UK and US.
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67/103 Manufacturing output falls 0.5% in May
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AFP - The country's manufactured output declined by 0.5 percent in May from the level in April, official data showed on Tuesday.
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68/103 Britain seeks backyard beekeepers to fight decline
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AP - What's the well-dressed urbanite wearing this summer? Baggy white coveralls and a beekeeping helmet.
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69/103 Lloyds bank hits huge loss as bad debts rocket
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AFP - State-controlled Lloyds Banking Group said Wednesday it crashed into the red in the first half, in stark contrast to strong performances this week by three top banks wholly in private hands.
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70/103 Conservation agency launches plastic beehive
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AFP - A new plastic beehive was launched on Wednesday to encourage people to keep bees in their gardens or on rooftops to help boost declining honeybee populations.
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71/103 Patten keen for top EU job
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AFP - Hong Kong's last British governor Chris Patten has signalled his availability for a top European Union job, the Financial Times said on Wednesday.
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72/103 New speaker bills for flat refurbishment: report
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AFP - The new speaker is spending 20,000 pounds in public money on refurbishing an apartment, after vowing a clean break from an expenses scandal that rocked the country's politics, a report said on Wednesday.
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73/103 Home prices rise in July: survey
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AFP - Home prices rose by 1.1 percent in July from the level the previous month, but fell over 12 months, a survey from home-loans provider Halifax showed on Wednesday.
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74/103 Govt plans to replace short-haul flights with rail
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AFP - The government is aiming to replace short-haul flights with high-speed rail travel in a multi-billion pound plan that is well advanced, the transport secretary said on Wednesday.
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75/103 Britain backs Syria-EU pact despite concerns
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Reuters - Britain supports signing an economic pact between Syria and the European Union despite its concerns about human rights violations by Damascus, a British official said on Tuesday.
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76/103 Britain's Brown will not congratulate Ahmadinejad
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Reuters - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown will not congratulate Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on his second term as Iran's president but Britain will send its ambassador to Ahmadinejad's swearing-in, officials said on Tuesday.
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77/103 Georgia, Russia step back from fears of a new war
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AP - Despite rising tensions and slashing rhetoric as the first anniversary of the Russian war approaches, top officials in Tbilisi and Moscow downplay the likelihood of renewed fighting — but for deeply different reasons.
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78/103 Commerzbank posts Q2 loss of 746 mln euros
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AFP - Commerzbank, Germany's second biggest bank, posted on Thursday a sharp second-quarter net loss of 746 million euros (1.08 billion dollars), compared with a profit of 200 million euros in the same period last year.
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79/103 Deutsche Telekom second quarter profit up 32 pct
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AFP - German telecommunications group Deutsche Telekom posted on Thursday a 32 percent jump in second quarter net profit and confirmed its full-year targets.
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80/103 Spain reels as cash-strapped tourists stay away
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AFP - Spain is feeling the pinch of a drop in visitors, especially from Britain, its main source of tourists, as the recession leads northern European sunseekers to take their holidays at home this year or choose cheaper beach destinations like Egypt or Turkey.
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81/103 Pregnant Briton to leave Laos jail: official
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AFP - A pregnant Briton sentenced to life in prison in Laos for drugs trafficking will leave jail Thursday bound for London, a Lao foreign ministry spokesman said.
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82/103 Washington will not get involved in GM sale of Opel: official
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AFP - President Barack Obama's administration will not get involved in GM's sale of its European Opel unit or any other aspect of the automaker's daily operations, a top advisor said Wednesday.
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83/103 K-G-Beefcake: Putin bares his chest in Siberia
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AP - The Czar-boro man? When Vladimir Putin rode a horse bare-chested through a rustic region of Siberia, it produced astonishing images casting him as a rugged Russian outdoorsman.
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84/103 UN envoys says no pressure for Cyprus deal
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AP - Rival leaders in Cyprus have made 'significant' progress in talks to reunite the island but pressure to reach a deal quickly could unravel what yearlong talks have achieved, a United Nations envoy said Wednesday.
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85/103 Russia's Obama: No, he can't, at least not now
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AP - An African-born farmer is making an improbable run for office in Russia, inspired by President Barack Obama and undaunted by racial attitudes that have changed little in decades.
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86/103 South Ossetia seeks to go it alone
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AP - A year after their soldiers helped repel Georgian troops battling for this separatist-held capital, South Ossetians say they are grateful for Russia's patronage and recognition of their independence claims.
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87/103 Georgia: Uneasy peace a year after war with Russia
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AP - Along this de-facto border where Russia's war with Georgia broke out last year, homes still lie in rubble, apple orchards have been burned and residents who once traveled freely across the disputed territory face armed checkpoints.
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88/103 Russia confirms submarine patrols near US
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AP - A senior Russian military official said Wednesday that Russian nuclear-powered attack submarines spotted off the U.S. East Coast were on a legitimate training mission.
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89/103 Hiroshima mayor calls for abolishing nuke weapons
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AP - Hiroshima's mayor urged global leaders on Thursday to back President Barack Obama's call to abolish nuclear weapons as Japan marked the 64th anniversary of the world's first atomic bomb attack.
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90/103 Analysis: Kim's choice after high-profile meeting
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AP - Kim Jong Il's smile said it all.
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91/103 Algiers tense after clashes with Chinese traders
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AFP - The streets of Algiers are deserted following clashes between Chinese and Algerian traders, but the tension is palpable despite comments by Beijing's envoy describing the unrest as an isolated incident.
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92/103 Nuke-free world urged on Hiroshima bomb anniversary
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AFP - Japan marked 64 years Thursday since Hiroshima was hit in the world's first atomic bomb attack with a call for a nuclear-weapons-free world, a goal backed by US President Barack Obama.
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93/103 Back treatment for elderly no better than fake one
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AP - A common treatment that uses medical cement to fix cracks in the spinal bones of elderly people worked no better than a sham treatment, the first rigorous studies of the popular procedure reveal.
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94/103 Novartis starts testing swine flu vaccine
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AP - Swiss drugmaker Novartis has begun injecting its swine flu vaccine into people in the company's first human tests, a spokesman said Wednesday. The vaccine is being tested in a yearlong trial of 6,000 people of all ages in Britain, Germany and the United States, Novartis spokesman Eric Althoff told The Associated Press, adding that the vaccine will likely be on the market before the trial finishes.
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95/103 Ark. crowd mocks lawmakers over Obama health plan
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AP - An unruly Little Rock crowd heckled and shouted at two Arkansas Democratic congressmen Wednesday, accusing them of supporting a government-backed health plan that would take away Americans' personal choice and freedom.
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96/103 PTSD raises heart disease risk in Iraq war vets
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Reuters - Veterans who come home from Iraq and Afghanistan with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other mental health diagnoses are hit with a double whammy: They also have greater risk factors for heart disease, according to a report in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
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97/103 Researchers explore new drug paths in diabetes
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AFP - Medical researchers on Sunday said they had used over-the-counter allergy drugs to ease Type 2 diabetes in obese mice, in a study that strengthens theories that inflammation plays a role in this disorder.
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98/103 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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99/103 Shanghai stocks dip, Australia dollar cuts gains
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Reuters - Stocks in Shanghai dropped 3 percent on Thursday, weighed by speculation China may take more steps to rein in liquidity, slashing the Australian dollar's gains, while copper slid from 10-month highs after disappointing U.S. services data.
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100/103 U.S. jobs, services data raise recovery worries
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Reuters - U.S. private employers cut more jobs than expected last month and the vast services sector contracted again, stoking concern about the strength of a U.S. recovery, data showed on Wednesday.
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101/103 Cisco cautious on recovery prospects, shares down
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Reuters - Cisco Systems Inc Chief Executive John Chambers said business conditions were improving for the world's largest network equipment manufacturer but it was too soon to call a recovery, dragging its shares down 3 percent.
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102/103 Schapiro says SEC should fund straight from fees - report
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Reuters - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission should fund itself directly from industry fees to be able to invest more in technology and personnel, Chairman Mary Schapiro told the Financial Times on Wednesday.
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103/103 Experts doubtful about China-led recovery
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AFP - With booming retail sales, record lending and a soaring stock market, China accounted for nearly all of the world's growth last quarter, but experts warn not to expect a China-driven global recovery.
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