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1/108 Aerosmith star Tyler injured after taking plunge: reports
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AFP - Ageing Aerosmith rocker Steven Tyler suffered minor injuries to his head, neck and shoulder after plunging from a concert stage onto fans, US media reports said Thursday.
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2/108 Aerosmith postpones concert after Tyler's fall
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AP - Aerosmith's Steven Tyler suffered head, neck and shoulder injuries in a tumble from the stage at a South Dakota show, a concert spokesman said Thursday, and the audience thought it was part of his hip-shaking act until he didn't get up.
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3/108 'Ferris Bueller' director John Hughes dead at 59
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AFP - John Hughes, best known for directing a string of 1980s hit movies including 'The Breakfast Club,' and 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off', has died, his publicist said Thursday. He was 59.
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4/108 Great train robber Biggs to be freed
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AFP - Ronnie Biggs, who spent 35 years on the run for his part in the 1963 heist known as the Great Train Robbery, is to be released from jail, the British government said Thursday, as his son said he was close to death.
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5/108 Nora Ephron thinks about food all the time
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AP - Nora Ephron says she thinks about food all the time.
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6/108 '80s teen flick director John Hughes dies in NYC
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AP - Writer-director John Hughes, Hollywood's youth impresario of the 1980s and '90s who captured and cornered the teen and preteen market with such favorites as 'Home Alone,' 'The Breakfast Club' and 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off,' died Thursday, a spokeswoman said. He was 59.
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7/108 Police search home of accused Miley Cyrus stalker
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AP - Police on Thursday searched the home of a 53-year-old man jailed on charges he attempted to stalk Miley Cyrus during filming of her new movie on the Georgia coast.
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8/108 Rihanna, Kanye and Jay-Z to open new Jay Leno show
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Reuters - R&B stars Rihanna, Kanye West and Jay-Z will perform on the premiere of Jay Leno's comedy and chat show in September, in a apparent bid to grab hip, young viewers to NBC's new primetime experiment.
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9/108 Fox: Abdul talks closed, Posh, Perry guest judges
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AP - Fox nearly slammed the door on Paula Abdul's return to 'American Idol' — but not quite. 'We made an offer we feel is very fair to Paula' that included a substantial raise, Fox Entertainment Chairman Peter Rice told the Television Critics Association on Thursday.
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10/108 Sales show Jackson still the 'King of Pop'
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AFP - Michael Jackson has sold nearly four million records in the weeks since his death on June 25, US media reported Thursday citing figures from Nielsen SoundScan.
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11/108 Victoria Beckham to judge on 'Idol' after Abdul exit
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AFP - Former Spice Girl Victoria Beckham is to serve as a guest judge on hit US television show 'American Idol' following the departure of Paula Abdul, network executives said Thursday.
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12/108 New Michael Jackson songs on missing hard drives
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Reuters - Another thriller is developing in the complex afterlife of Michael Jackson.
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13/108 Lawsuit over 'Brutal Legend' video game settled
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AP - Attorneys for gaming giant Activision notified a court Wednesday that they reached a settlement over the release of 'Brutal Legend,' a video game starring Jack Black.
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14/108 Stephanopoulos overtaking Gregory in ratings
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AP - ABC's 'This Week' beat NBC's 'Meet the Press' in a clean ratings fight for the first time in a decade, Nielsen Media Research said on Thursday.
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15/108 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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16/108 Va. gov. allows 3 in rape-slaying to be freed
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AP - Three men convicted in the rape and murder of a fellow sailor's wife more than a decade ago will walk free to the outrage of the victim's family — who blamed the decision on political pressure from novelist John Grisham — and the men's supporters, who want them declared innnocent.
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17/108 Hackers attack Twitter, Facebook also slows down
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AP - A hacker attack Thursday shut down the fast-growing messaging service Twitter for hours, while Facebook experienced intermittent access problems.
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18/108 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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19/108 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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20/108 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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21/108 DirectTV 2Q profit falls, but co. adds subscribers
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AP - DirecTV Group Inc., the nation's largest satellite TV operator, on Thursday reported an 11 percent drop in second-quarter profit as higher customer-acquisition costs offset revenue growth.
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22/108 Twitter, Facebook hit by cyber attacks
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AFP - Cyber attacks forced wildly popular micro-blogging site Twitter offline on Thursday and caused performance problems for hot social-networking service Facebook.
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23/108 Bird experiment shows Aesop's fable may be true
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AP - From the goose that laid the golden egg to the race between the tortoise and the hare, Aesop's fables are known for teaching moral lessons rather than literally being true. But a new study says at least one such tale might really have happened.
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24/108 Swiss now pray that glacier will stop shrinking
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AP - Villagers from deeply Roman Catholic south Switzerland have for centuries offered a sacred vow to God to protect them from the advancing ice mass of the Great Aletsch glacier.
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25/108 Govt studying uniform domestic gas price - Deora
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Reuters - India will examine a uniform domestic price for natural gas, which is now sold at rates ranging from $1 to $5.73 per million British thermal units (mBtu) depending on source, Oil Minister Murli Deora said on Thursday.
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26/108 Lucky survivors rescued by Fla. turtle hospital
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AP - The turtles at this waterfront hospital have been hit by boat propellers, caught in fishing nets, attacked by sharks, stricken with tumors and lost flippers.
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27/108 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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28/108 Nissan's all-electric 'Leaf' could outsell Toyota's Prius: exec
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AFP - Nissan's upcoming all-electric car could outsell hybrids like Toyota's Prius even though it can't drive more than about 100 miles (160 kilometers) without stopping to recharge, a senior executive said Thursday.
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29/108 Oil-rich Brunei to have solar power plant
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AFP - Brunei, one of the world's top oil and gas producers, is venturing into alternative energy with the construction of Southeast Asia's largest solar power plant, officials said Thursday.
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30/108 Woman, 86, faces shoplifting charge in 61st arrest
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AP - Authorities said a 86-year-old woman charged with shoplifting wrinkle cream and other items from a Chicago grocery store has been arrested 61 times since 1956. Ella Orko was arrested Sunday afternoon on the North Side after she allegedly stuffed $252 worth of groceries into her pants, including cosmetics, salmon, batteries and instant coffee.
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31/108 Family video of child driving prompts probe
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Reuters - A YouTube video showing a 7-year-old boy at the wheel of a sport utility vehicle -- with his family cheering him on -- has prompted an investigation by Quebec police and family services, police said on Tuesday.
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32/108 Protesters back woman in trousers case
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Reuters - Police used teargas to disperse protesters rallying in support of a Sudanese woman facing 40 lashes for wearing trousers in public Tuesday, a case that has become a public test of Sudan's indecency laws.
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33/108 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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(Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at a rally for State Senator Creigh Deeds who is running for Governor of Virginia in McLean, Virginia, August 6, 2009. REUTERS/Jim Young (UNITED STATES POLITICS)
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35/108 Twitter user and California State Senate candidate Edward Paul ...
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(AP) - Twitter user and California State Senate candidate Edward Paul Reyes, left, works with a colleague on his twitter page at a local Starbucks in Los Angeles on Thursday, Aug. 6, 2009. A hacker attack Thursday shut down the fast-growing messaging service Twitter for hours, while Facebook experienced intermittent access problems. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
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36/108 U.S. President Barack Obama (R) talks to State Senator Creigh ...
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(Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama (R) talks to State Senator Creigh Deeds during a rally for his run for Governor of Virginia in McLean, Virginia August 6, 2009. REUTERS/Jim Young (UNITED STATES POLITICS)
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37/108 Democratic gubernatorial candidate R. Creigh Deeds laughs at ...
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(AP) - Democratic gubernatorial candidate R. Creigh Deeds laughs at a rally attended by President Obama, Thursday, Aug. 6, in McLean, Va. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
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38/108 Sonia Sotomayor is escorted by security as she leaves Manhattan ...
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(AP) - Sonia Sotomayor is escorted by security as she leaves Manhattan Federal Court, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2009 in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
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39/108 President Barack Obama embraces Virginia Democratic gubernatorial ...
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(AP) - President Barack Obama embraces Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Creigh Deeds at a rally in McLean, Va., Thursday, Aug. 6, 2009. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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40/108 President Barack Obama embraces Virginia Democratic gubernatorial ...
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(AP) - President Barack Obama embraces Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Creigh Deeds at a fundraiser in McLean, Va., Thursday, Aug. 6, 2009. Right is Va. Governor Tim Kaine. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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41/108 U.S. President Barack Obama arrives at a rally for State Senator ...
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(Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama arrives at a rally for State Senator Creigh Deeds in McLean, Virginia August 6, 2009. REUTERS/Jim Young (UNITED STATES POLITICS)
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42/108 President Barack Obama, right, speaks at a Virginia Democratic ...
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(AP) - President Barack Obama, right, speaks at a Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Creigh Deeds rally, Thursday, Aug. 6, in McLean, Va. Deeds is at background left. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
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43/108 President Barack Obama speaks at a rally for Virginia Democratic ...
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(AP) - President Barack Obama speaks at a rally for Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Creigh Deeds in McLean, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2009. Foreground right is Va. Gov. Tim Keane. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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44/108 The Fannie Mae headquarters in Washington, DC, 2008. Troubled ...
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(AFP/File) - The Fannie Mae headquarters in Washington, DC, 2008. Troubled state-backed mortgage firm Fannie Mae took a massive 14.8-billion-dollar second-quarter loss, and asked the US Treasury for another 10.7 billion dollars in aid, the company said Thursday.(AFP/File/Karen Bleier)
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45/108 President Barack Obama speaks at a Creigh Deeds for governor ...
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(AP) - President Barack Obama speaks at a Creigh Deeds for governor rally, Thursday, Aug. 6, in McLean, Va.(AP Photo/Nick Wass)
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46/108 Phil Reeves, left, and Richard Albrecht, second from left, walk ...
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(AP) - Phil Reeves, left, and Richard Albrecht, second from left, walk with Bridgeport City Firefighters to the Federal Court House in Bridgeport, Conn. Thursday Aug. 6, 2009 for a hearing in connection with their law suit of reverse discrimination against the City of Bridgeport. Albrecht, attorney for the firefighters, said after negotiations Thursday that 'a framework for a settlement is in place subject to approvals.' He said the parties hope to resolve the dispute by the end of the month. (AP Photo/Douglas Healey)
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47/108 Euna Lee and her husband, Michael Saldate leave their home Thursday ...
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(AP) - Euna Lee and her husband, Michael Saldate leave their home Thursday Aug. 6, 2009 in Los Angeles. Lee along with fellow captive Laura Ling were release by the North Korean government Wednesday. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
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48/108 Supreme Court Justice designate Sonia Sotomayor smiles during ...
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(AP) - Supreme Court Justice designate Sonia Sotomayor smiles during a celebration at the federal courthouse in New York after being confirmed by the Senate as the nation's first Hispanic Supreme Court justice Thursday, Aug. 6, 2009. (AP Photo/New York Law Journal, Rick Kopstein)
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49/108 Denver Broncos running back Andre Hall (R) is tackled by Oakland ...
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(Reuters) - Denver Broncos running back Andre Hall (R) is tackled by Oakland Raiders linebacker Derrick Burgess for a one-yard loss during the second quarter of their NFL football game in Oakland, September 8, 2008. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith
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50/108 Protesters gather in front of the Colorado Coalition for the ...
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(AP) - Protesters gather in front of the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless' Stout Street Clinic in Denver, Colo., on Thursday, Aug. 6, 2009, where House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., toured the facility and spoke about health care. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)
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51/108 House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., shakes hands with Dr. ...
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(AP) - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., shakes hands with Dr. Malcolm Tarkanian as she meets staff during a visit to the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless' Stout Street Clinic in Denver, Colo., on Thursday, Aug. 6, 2009. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)
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52/108 House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., responds to question during ...
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(AP) - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., responds to question during a news conference after a visit to the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless' Stout Street Clinic in Denver, Colo., on Thursday, Aug. 6, 2009. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)
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53/108 Supreme Court Justice designate Sonia Sotomayor is congratulated ...
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(AP) - Supreme Court Justice designate Sonia Sotomayor is congratulated at the federal courthouse in New York after being confirmed by the Senate as the nation's first Hispanic Supreme Court justice Thursday, Aug. 6, 2009. (AP Photo/New York Law Journal, Rick Kopstein)
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54/108 Supreme Court Justice designate Sonia Sotomayor receives congratulatulations ...
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(AP) - Supreme Court Justice designate Sonia Sotomayor receives congratulatulations at the federal courthouse in New York after being confirmed by the Senate as the nation's first Hispanic Supreme Court justice Thursday, Aug. 6, 2009. (AP Photo/New York Law Journal, Rick Kopstein)
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55/108 Paul Penzone, from Childhelp USA, and Liberia's Deputy Ambassador ...
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(AP) - Paul Penzone, from Childhelp USA, and Liberia's Deputy Ambassador to the US, Edwin Sele, answer reporters' questions at Childhelp in Phoenix, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2009. Sele toured the Phoenix facility where an 8-year-old rape victim from his country was treated. He also met with police detectives Thursday as part of his fact-finding mission into the case. (AP Photo/Jack Kurtz, Pool)
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56/108 Liberia's Deputy Ambassador to the US, Edwin Sele, answers questions ...
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(AP) - Liberia's Deputy Ambassador to the US, Edwin Sele, answers questions at Childhelp in Phoenix, Thursday, Aug. 6,. 2009. Sele toured the Phoenix facility where an 8-year-old rape victim from his country was treated. He also met with police detectives Thursday as part of his fact-finding mission into the case. (AP Photo/Jack Kurtz, Pool)
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57/108 A candlelight vigil is held at the City-County Building in downtown ...
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(AP) - A candlelight vigil is held at the City-County Building in downtown Pittsburgh Thursday, Aug. 6, 2009 in memory of three women shot and killed while in an exercise class at LA Fitness in Bridgeville, Pa.. Police say a gunman opened fire after walking into the exercise class at the club Tuesday night Aug. 4, 2009. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
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58/108 This is a candlelight vigil at the City-County Building in downtown ...
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(AP) - This is a candlelight vigil at the City-County Building in downtown Pittsburgh Thursday, Aug. 6, 2009 in memory of three women shot and killed while in an exercise class at LA Fitness in Bridgeville, Pa.. Police say a gunman opened fire after walking into the exercise class at the club Tuesday night Aug. 4, 2009. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
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59/108 Magic's Lewis fails drug test, suspended 10 games
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AP - Orlando Magic forward Rashard Lewis tested positive for an elevated testosterone level and was suspended Thursday for 10 games.
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60/108 Browns' Stallworth: 'I am truly sorry'
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AP - Suspended Browns wide receiver Donte Stallworth feels he has done 'irreparable harm' to the family of the man he killed while driving drunk and said he is ready to accept whatever ruling NFL commissioner Roger Goodell makes on his future.
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61/108 Phil Mickelson makes his return at Bridgestone
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AP - Back from a six-week hiatus, Phil Mickelson feels fortunate, grateful and humbled that his wife and his mother have made extraordinary progress in their bouts with breast cancer.
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62/108 National champion Florida opens fall practice
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AP - Florida quarterback Tim Tebow has a Heisman Trophy, four championship rings and more accolades than most college football players could ever imagine.
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63/108 Fulham qualify, Roma, Galatasaray swamp rivals in Europa League
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AFP - English Premier League Fulham reached the Europa League play-off round on Thursday where they were joined by free-scoring Roma and Galatasary.
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64/108 Ballan wins Tour of Poland fifth stage
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AFP - Italy's Alessandro Ballan, of the Lampre team, won a sprint finish for the fifth stage of the Tour of Poland under the rain on Thursday.
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65/108 Roenick retires after 20 years in NHL
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AP - Jeremy Roenick was playing golf when he received a call from San Jose general manager Doug Wilson asking about the possibility of playing for the Sharks.
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66/108 Haas ousts Ferrero to reach Washington quarter-finals
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AFP - Tommy Haas blasted 19 aces to defeat Juan Carlos Ferrero 7-5, 2-6, 6-1 on Thursday and advance to the quarter-finals of the 1.4 million-dollar ATP Washington Classic.
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67/108 Harrington takes 2-shot lead at Firestone
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AP - Padraig Harrington feels good enough about his swing to concentrate on his results, and it finally paid off Thursday in the Bridgestone Invitational with a 6-under 64 for a two-shot lead.
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68/108 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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69/108 British Council cleared of Russian tax claims: report
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AFP - A Russian court cleared on Thursday the British Council of most of the back-tax claims made against it amid a diplomatic spat between London and Moscow, the Ria Novosti news agency reported.
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70/108 Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs released in UK
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AP - Britain's notorious 'Great Train Robber,' nearly 80 and close to death, was released Thursday from his prison sentence, but he's expected to stay right where he is — in a hospital bed.
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71/108 Britain's final WWI infantryman honored at funeral
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AP - Harry Patch, the last known survivor of trench warfare on World War I's Western Front, was buried Thursday in his native village with the simplicity he craved.
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72/108 Thousands turn out for funeral of last WWI trench soldier
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AFP - Thousands of people paid their respects Thursday at the funeral of 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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73/108 FTSE 100 climbs on BoE cash injection
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AFP - Stocks in London finished higher on Thursday after the Bank of England agreed to create an extra 50 billion pounds of new money even though it expected the recession to soon bottom out.
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74/108 England flu deaths up, infections down
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AFP - The number of deaths in England linked to swine flu increased from 27 to 36 in the past week but the overall number of cases 'decreased significantly,' health authorities said Thursday.
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75/108 Bank of England pumps extra billions into economy
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AFP - The Bank of England shocked markets on Thursday by agreeing to create an extra 50 billion pounds of new money even though it expected the recession to soon bottom out.
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76/108 Thomson Reuters profits jump after big cost cuts
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AFP - Financial and professional information provider Thomson Reuters said Thursday that operating profit jumped 11 percent in the second quarter of the year as it reaped large cost savings.
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77/108 BoE plans new 50 billion pound boost for UK economy
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Reuters - The Bank of England took a far bigger step than expected to boost Britain's recession-hit economy on Thursday, stunning markets by expanding its quantitative easing plan to 175 billion pounds from 125 billion.
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78/108 Barclays approves $13.5 bln sale of investment unit
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AFP - British bank Barclays on Thursday said its shareholders had overwhelmingly approved the sale of its investment arm to US asset manager BlackRock for 13.5 billion dollars (9.4 billion euros).
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79/108 Troubled broadcaster ITV offloads Friends Reunited
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AFP - ITV, Britain's loss-making TV broadcaster, said Thursday it had agreed to sell website Friends Reunited for 25 million pounds, a fraction of what it paid for the pioneering social networking site.
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80/108 'Victoria Beckham lookalike' sought in Maddie case
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AFP - Private detectives working for the family of Madeleine McCann, the girl who went missing in Portugal two years ago said Thursday they wanted to trace a woman who is a 'Victoria Beckham lookalike'.
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81/108 Aviva insurance reports return to profit
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AFP - Insurance giant Aviva said on Thursday that it bounced back into the black in the first half of 2009 as the group boosted profit margins and cut costs amid an uncertain economic climate.
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82/108 British union calls for national postal strike
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Reuters - British postal workers are to be balloted in September for a national strike and thousands of Royal Mail staff are to take part in industrial action against job cuts over the next three days, a union said on Thursday.
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83/108 Postal workers to strike
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AFP - More than 25,000 postal workers are to launch a series of strikes over the next few days in a deepening row over pay and jobs, unions said Thursday.
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84/108 Commuters hit by rail walk-out
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AFP - Thousands of passengers were Thursday facing travel chaos as workers from rail firm National Express East Anglia began a two-day walk out after last-ditch negotiations broke down.
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85/108 Fire rages through Belgian retirement home, 9 dead
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AP - A fire raged through a retirement home close to Brussels late Thursday, leaving nine people dead and three more in critical condition, officials said.
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86/108 On war's anniversary, Georgia, Russia vie in media
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AP - A year after their war, Russia and Georgia are locked in a battle of words and images over how the world will remember the conflict. Each seeks to be exonerated, each wants its adversary condemned — and both say the other side is spoiling for a new fight.
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87/108 AP NewsBreak: US looks to Vietnam for Afghan tips
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AP - Top U.S. officials have reached out to a leading Vietnam war scholar to discuss the similarities of that conflict 40 years ago with American involvement in Afghanistan, where the U.S. is seeking ways to isolate an elusive guerrilla force and win over a skeptical local population.
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88/108 Nigerian midfielder Olofinjana joins Hull
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AFP - Hull City signed Nigerian midfielder Seyi Olofinjana from fellow Premier League club Stoke on Thursday.
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89/108 Demjanjuk lawyer calls for case to be closed
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AP - John Demjanjuk's attorney filed two motions Thursday for the Nazi death-camp case against his client to be closed, arguing that the 89-year-old is not fit to stand trial and that the evidence against him is shaky.
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90/108 Russia's Putin strips for stardom, again
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AP - Vladimir Putin drew scrutiny reserved for Hollywood action heroes this week, as Kremlin images of him fishing, swimming, rowing and riding bare-chested on a Siberian mountain were snapped up by media all over the world.
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91/108 WHO: Swine flu vaccine on track
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AP - Swine flu vaccine manufacturers are on track to start delivering the first batches of it in September, the World Health Organization said Thursday.
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92/108 Pakistan, US check reports of Taliban chief death
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AP - U.S. and Pakistani authorities are investigating reports that Pakistani Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud was killed in an American missile strike, officials from both countries said Friday.
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93/108 Clinton vows new US support for Somalia
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AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Thursday pledged to expand American support for Somalia's weak interim government and threatened sanctions against neighboring Eritrea for aiding an extremist group she says is trying to launch worldwide terrorist attacks from Somalia.
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94/108 Ferry sinks off Tonga; dozens missing, feared dead
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AP - Giving women and children the comfort of cabins while men stayed on deck may have doomed them to be trapped inside an overnight ferry that capsized in heavy seas off Tonga, officials said. Dozens are missing and feared dead.
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95/108 A calmer Iraq takes on another killer — smoking
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AP - After six years of war and terrorist bombings, Iraq is moving against a different killer in its midst — smoking.
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96/108 Clinton to press S. Africa on Zimbabwe's Mugabe
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Reuters - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will push South Africa to use its influence with neighbor Zimbabwe, while also seeking closer ties with Pretoria after strained relations with the Bush administration.
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97/108 Aussie koala that survived fires dies in surgery
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AP - Sam the koala, who gained worldwide fame and sympathy when she was rescued during Australia's devastating wildfires this year, was euthanized Thursday after a veterinarian found the cysts that threatened her life were inoperable.
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98/108 Clinton pledges more U.S. support for troubled Somalia
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McClatchy Newspapers - NAIROBI, Kenya — Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pledged Thursday to send more help to Somalia's besieged interim government to prevent radical Islamist militias from turning that troubled country into 'a future haven for global terrorism.'
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99/108 Ouch! Early flu shot season comes with 3 jabs
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AP - Get ready to roll up your sleeve three times for flu shots this fall. That's right, three times. This year's flu season is shaping up to be a very different one. Most people will need one shot for the regular seasonal flu and probably two others to protect against the new swine flu.
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100/108 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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101/108 Koala Sam, Aussie bushfires icon, dies
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AFP - Australia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd Thursday led mourning for Sam the koala, whose rescue from deadly bushfires inspired the nation but who has died during surgery for a sexually transmitted disease.
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102/108 Scientists decode HIV genome structure: study
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AFP - Scientists in the United States have decoded the overall structure of the HIV virus genome that causes AIDS in humans, according to a study published Thursday.
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103/108 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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104/108 Wall St drops on caution before July jobs data
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Reuters - Stocks fell on Thursday as investors turned cautious a day ahead of a crucial government report on July employment, and took profits after recent strong gains.
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105/108 Obama likely in no rush to nod on Bernanke's fate
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Reuters - President Barack Obama is unlikely to tip his hand as soon as financial markets would like on whether he plans to name Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke to another term.
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106/108 Autos clunker bill set to pass Senate
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Reuters - The Obama administration will soon have another $2 billion to spend on consumer rebates for car purchases, but automakers are saying little about production increases and experts see only a short-term boost to the economy overall.
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107/108 Judge blocks Bank of America-SEC bonus settlement
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Reuters - A federal judge refused to approve a settlement between a top U.S. regulator and Bank of America Corp over executive bonuses, the latest twist in the bank's star-crossed takeover of Merrill Lynch & Co.
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108/108 July sales drop shows retail pressure continues
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Reuters - U.S. retailers reported their 11th straight month of sales declines in July as shoppers continued to search for bargains and basics in the downturn.
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