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1/122 ABC wants Paula Abdul to dance on over post-'Idol'
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AP - ABC is joining the chorus of those seeking to hire Paula Abdul, who said she's quitting 'American Idol.'
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2/122 Report: Jackson kids' godfather claims paternity
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AP - A British tabloid reported Saturday that the godfather of Michael Jackson's three children claims to be the father of the singer's daughter Paris.
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3/122 British actor claims he fathered Jackson's daughter
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AFP - Former child acting star Mark Lester said in a British newspaper Sunday that he donated sperm to Michael Jackson and believes he could be the biological father of the late singer's daughter Paris.
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4/122 Celebrities, recession fuel interest in etiquette
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Reuters - Misbehaving celebrities and the recession have pushed more people to improve their etiquette in a bid to gain an edge over job rivals and inspired lifestyle books such as 'How to be a Hepburn in a Hilton World.'
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5/122 Snowin' in the Wind? Dylan Christmas album due
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Reuters - Bob Dylan is set to release an album of Christmas songs, including 'Here Comes Santa Claus' and the carol 'O Little Town of Bethlehem,' according to music websites.
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6/122 Japanese pop star Sakai arrested: media
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AFP - Japanese pop star Noriko Sakai was arrested on Saturday on a drug possession charge, news reports said.
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7/122 Taiwan's Jay Chou goes to Hollywood: report
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AFP - Taiwan's pop singer Jay Chou will star alongside Nicolas Cage and Cameron Diaz in the movie remake of popular US television series 'The Green Hornet,' reports here said Saturday.
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8/122 Jackson show insurance excluded 'illicit' drug use
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AP - A concert promoter's insurance on Michael Jackson's London shows has provisions that may deny a multimillion dollar payout if the pop star was found to have illegally possessed drugs or was involved in the 'illicit taking of drugs.'
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9/122 Judge approves Jackson collectors' items
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AP - The King of Pop is coming to calendars and collectors' coin cases after a judge approved several deals involving the singer's estate on Friday.
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10/122 Beckham on hand as 'Idol' resumes post-Paula
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AP - There was no Paula, but there was a Posh.
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11/122 AP source: Jackson doc gave sedatives before death
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AP - Hours before Michael Jackson's death, his doctor administered multiple sedatives along with a powerful anesthetic the pop star used to sleep, according to a law enforcement official. It's a safe combination if done properly; potentially lethal if not.
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12/122 Beatles fans flood Abbey Road for 40th anniversary
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AFP - Precisely 40 years on from the moment the 'Abbey Road' album cover was photographed, Beatles fans on Saturday mobbed the most famous pedestrian crossing in Britain to celebrate the iconic image.
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13/122 Pilots in SC Learjet crash heard noise, hit brakes
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AP - The pilots of a Learjet that hurtled off a South Carolina runway heard a noise and warned controllers they were going to crash just seconds before the fiery accident killed four people and injured two celebrities, according to transcripts of the cockpit conversation released Friday.
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14/122 Beatles fans swarm Abbey Road on album anniversary
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AP - Beatles fans mobbed London's Abbey Road on the 40th anniversary of the famous photo that turned this ordinary London street into a musical pilgrimage site.
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15/122 Madonna's Slovenian concert cancelled
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AFP - Pop diva Madonna has cancelled her concert in the Slovenian capital Ljubljana on August 20, the organizer of the Sticky and Sweet tour said on Friday.
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16/122 Billy Mays' family: Never saw signs of cocaine use
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AP - The family of TV pitchman Billy Mays said they were never aware that he used cocaine or other non-prescription drugs before his death and they were considering whether to have an independent review of an official autopsy.
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17/122 Britain frees Great Train Robber Biggs
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AFP - Ronnie Biggs, notorious for his role in Britain's 1963 Great Train Robbery and 35 years as a celebrity fugitive, was released from custody Friday to spend his dying days in freedom.
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18/122 Beatles fans swarm Abbey Road on album anniversary
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AP - Hundreds of Beatles fans swarmed Abbey Road on Saturday, singing songs and snarling traffic to mark 40 years since John, Paul, George and Ringo strode across the leafy north London street and into the history books on iconic pop photos.
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19/122 Ben Stein loses NY Times column over endorsement
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AP - Monotone TV personality Ben Stein has been stripped of his Sunday New York Times business column because of his work as a pitchman for a credit monitoring company.
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20/122 Good, bad and gimps kick off at Edinburgh Fringe
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Reuters - The good, the bad and the gimps of comedy got into full swing on the first night of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
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21/122 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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22/122 Attacks on lone blogger reverberate across Web
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AP - The outage that knocked Twitter offline for hours was traced to an attack on a lone blogger in the former Soviet republic of Georgia — but the collateral damage that left millions around the world tweetless showed just how much havoc an isolated cyberdispute can cause.
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23/122 Whither Redbox? Hollywood studios are conflicted
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AP - Hollywood studios are split over Redbox, the $1-per-night DVD rental kiosk company: They could supply it with cheap wholesale discs and ride its massive growth, or starve it in the hopes of preserving higher-priced purchases.
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24/122 The latest craze: Free e-books offerings
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AP - James Patterson's latest best seller, 'The Angel Experiment,' is a little different from his usual hits. The novel isn't new; it came out four years ago. Readers aren't picking it up at bookstores, but mostly on the Kindle site at Amazon.com.
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25/122 `Champions' to unleash virtual heroes and foes
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26/122 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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27/122 Georgia blogger blames Russia for mass cyber attack
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AFP - A Georgian blogger known as 'Cyxymu' on Saturday blamed Russia for a massive cyber assault that affected millions of Internet users worldwide by disrupting popular sites like Twitter and Facebook.
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28/122 iTunes' Mexico launch could shake up digital market
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Reuters - An expected surge in smart-phone sales could bode well for the iTunes music store's belated entry into Latin America.
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29/122 Particle collider: Black hole or crucial machine?
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AP - When launched to great fanfare nearly a year ago, some feared the Large Hadron Collider would create a black hole that would suck in the world. It turns out the Hadron may be the black hole.
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30/122 Birthplace of Roman emperor found in Italy
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AP - Archaeologists have unearthed a sprawling country villa believed to be the birthplace of Vespasian, the Roman emperor who built the Colosseum, they said Friday. The 2,000-year-old ruins were found about 80 miles (130 kilometers) northeast of Rome, near Cittareale, lead archaeologist Filippo Coarelli said.
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31/122 SD Zoo's online Panda Cam crashes due to overload
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AP - The San Diego Zoo's pandas have become such cyber-stars that their Panda Cam got caught in a popularity crunch.
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32/122 Climate change to challenge US military: report
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AFP - Climate change will pose profound strategic challenges to the United States in coming decades, raising the prospect of military intervention to deal with the effects of violent storms, drought, mass migration and pandemics, The New York Times reported.
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33/122 German energy giant unveils huge cost-cutting plan
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AFP - German energy giant E.ON Saturday said it had reached agreement with unions on a 1.5-billion-euro cost-cutting plan that rules out job cuts until the end of 2012.
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34/122 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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35/122 Greenpeace to sink boulders to stem trawling off Sweden
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AFP - Greenpeace said Saturday it will press ahead with plans to sink nearly 180 boulders into cod fishing grounds off Sweden to impede bottom-trawling, despite criticism from the Swedish government.
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36/122 The Nation's Weather
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AP - Rain is forecast in the Intermountain West and Northern Rockies Saturday. The wet weather is expected to move gradually into the Northern Plains, where heavy rain and some thunderstorms are possible.
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37/122 Twenty nine still missing after China landslide
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AFP - A massive landslide that blocked a river in southwest China and threatened a hydroelectric dam has also left 29 people missing, state media reported Saturday.
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38/122 Mice, anyone? Making a meal out of mice in Malawi
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AP - Cooked, salted or dried, field mice strung on sticks are sold as a popular delicacy in Malawi markets and roadside stalls.
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39/122 Obese Texas inmate hides gun in his flabs of fat
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AP - An obese inmate in Texas has been charged after officials learned he had a gun hidden under flabs of his own flesh.
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40/122 Spain acquits sole black man in ID parade
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Reuters - A Nigerian convicted of assault in Spain was acquitted when he was found to have been the only black man in an identity parade used as key evidence in his conviction, the government-run news agency EFE reported on Tuesday
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41/122 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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42/122 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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43/122 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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(AFP/Getty Images/File) - A man talks on the phone outside the New York Stock Exchange. Even as the US economy seems to be emerging from recession, the Federal Reserve is likely to signal it will maintain extraordinary efforts to spur growth until a recovery takes root, analysts say.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Spencer Platt)
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(AFP/File) - A homeless man pushes a shopping cart along a street in downtown Los Angeles on August 3, 2009. Even as the US economy seems to be emerging from recession, the Federal Reserve is likely to signal it will maintain extraordinary efforts to spur growth until a recovery takes root, analysts say(AFP/File/Robyn Beck)
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46/122 People shop in New York City. Even as the US economy seems to ...
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(AFP/Getty Images/File) - People shop in New York City. Even as the US economy seems to be emerging from recession, the Federal Reserve is likely to signal it will maintain extraordinary efforts to spur growth until a recovery takes root, analysts say.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Spencer Platt)
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(AFP/Getty Images/File) - US banks, at the center of the global economic crisis, reported robust earnings for the second quarter of 2009 even though many -- especially smaller banks -- remain in tight straits, experts say.(AFP/Getty Images/File/David Mcnew)
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(Reuters) - A stacker/reclaimer places coal in stockpiles after processing at Rio Tinto's Blair Athol Mine in Queensland in this undated handout photograph obtained July 15, 2009. REUTERS/Rio Tinto/Handout
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49/122 FILE -- In this July 29, 2009 file photo, President Barack Obama ...
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(AP) - FILE -- In this July 29, 2009 file photo, President Barack Obama listens to a question during a town hall meeting on health care at a supermarket in Bristol, Va. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)
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(AFP/File) - For homeowners around the world struck by the collapse of property markets, figures showing the downward spiral may be halting are the most meaningful signs yet of a possible economic recovery.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)
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51/122 A home is offered for sale in the Wicker Park neighborhood of ...
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(AFP/Getty Images) - A home is offered for sale in the Wicker Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. For homeowners around the world struck by the collapse of property markets, figures showing the downward spiral may be halting are the most meaningful signs yet of a possible economic recovery.(AFP/Getty Images/Scott Olson)
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(AFP/File) - A real estate agent talks to a customer in front of posters promoting property in China's southern Guangzhou. For homeowners around the world struck by the collapse of property markets, figures showing the downward spiral may be halting are the most meaningful signs yet of a possible economic recovery.(AFP/File/Liu Jin)
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53/122 For sale sign outside an apartment in Valras, France. For homeowners ...
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(AFP/File) - For sale sign outside an apartment in Valras, France. For homeowners around the world struck by the collapse of property markets, figures showing the downward spiral may be halting are the most meaningful signs yet of a possible economic recovery.(AFP/File/Pascal Pavani)
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54/122 President Barack Obama speaks at a rally for State Senator Creigh ...
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(Reuters) - 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
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(Reuters) - Former Buffalo Bills Bruce Smith, Thurman Thomas and Jim Kelly (L-R) pose with a bust of Bruce Smith upon his acceptance into the NFL Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio August 8, 2009.REUTERS/Ron Kuntz
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(AP) - COMMERCIAL PHOTO In this photograph taken by AP Images for PlayStation Geramie 'Shodown' Donnell, left, and Jordan Alvidrez, right, compete in a Sony PlayStation Madden Tournament at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, Saturday, Aug. 8, 2009. Over 250 PlayStation fans competed in the tournament playing the Madden NFL 10 video game that will be released Aug. 14. Donnell, won the tournament. (Photo By Amy E. Gutierrez/AP Images for PlayStation)
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57/122 Andy Roddick of the U.S. runs down a shot against compatriot ...
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(Reuters) - Andy Roddick of the U.S. runs down a shot against compatriot John Isner during their semi-final match at the Legg Mason Tennis Classic in Washington, August 8, 2009. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
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58/122 Fernando Gonzalez of Chile powers a return to Juan Martin Del ...
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(AFP/Getty Images) - Fernando Gonzalez of Chile powers a return to Juan Martin Del Potro of Argentina during Day 5 of the Legg Mason Tennis Classic at the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center in Washington, DC. Del Potro won the semi-final 7-6 (7/2), 6-3(AFP/Getty Images/Jim McIsaac)
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59/122 US top seed Andy Roddick, pictured in earlier competition, outlasted ...
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(AFP/Getty Images) - US top seed Andy Roddick, pictured in earlier competition, outlasted John Isner 6-7 (3/7), 6-2, 7-5 to book a finals date with defending champion Juan Martin Del Potro at the ATP Washington Classic.(AFP/Getty Images/Jim McIsaac)
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60/122 Juan Martin Del Potro of Argentina returns a shot against Fernando ...
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(AFP/Getty Images) - Juan Martin Del Potro of Argentina returns a shot against Fernando Gonzalez of Chile during Day 5 of the Legg Mason Tennis Classic at the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center in Washington, DC. Del Potro won the semi-final 7-6 (7/2), 6-3(AFP/Getty Images/Jim McIsaac)
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61/122 In this July 2, 2009 photo, Mohammad Abdul Muktadir poses for ...
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(AP) - In this July 2, 2009 photo, Mohammad Abdul Muktadir poses for a portrait in front of the Yankee Stadium in New York. Muktadir, 48-year-old Bangladesh immigrant, works as a runner at one of the restaurants in the Stadium. For many of the immigrants working on the bottom rung in the city's thousands of restaurants, the economic ladder is even harder in this downturn. (AP Photo/Yanina Manolova)
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62/122 Producer Peter Jackson, actor Sharlto Copley and writer/director ...
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(AFP/Getty Images/File) - Producer Peter Jackson, actor Sharlto Copley and writer/director Neill Blomkamp take part in a panel discussion on the movie "District 9" at Comic-Con 2009 in July in San Diego, California. Hollywood is buzzing with excitement about South African director Blomkamp's debut film, a science-fiction thriller about aliens segregated in a Johannesburg township.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Michael Buckner)
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63/122 Bidders swarm around a late 1990's model BMW 528 that is up ...
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(AP) - Bidders swarm around a late 1990's model BMW 528 that is up for auction at the Texas Can Academy Cars For Kids, Saturday Aug. 8, 2009, in Arlington, Texas. The car sold for $2800 but there are no warranties and the buyers do not get to drive the car before bidding. One hundred and forty cars were auctioned off, some running, some not, during the event. (AP Photo/Ralph Lauer)
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64/122 Auctioneer's clerk Ashley Smith, left, gets a signature from ...
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(AP) - Auctioneer's clerk Ashley Smith, left, gets a signature from Sarai DeLaGarza, right to verify the price and vehicle that she purchased during a Texas Can Academy Cars For Kids auction, Saturday, Aug. 8, 2009 in Arlington, Texas. One hundred and forty cars were auctioned off, some running, some not, during the event. (AP Photo/Ralph Lauer)
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65/122 Jose Figueroa of McKinney, Texas, checks the interior and mileage ...
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(AP) - Jose Figueroa of McKinney, Texas, checks the interior and mileage on a 2004 Honda Accord that was listed as a one owner car during a Texas Can Academy Cars For Kids auction in Arlington, Texas, Saturday Aug. 8, 2009. One hundred and forty cars were auctioned off, some running, some not, during the event. (AP Photo/Ralph Lauer)
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66/122 Vehicles roll into the auction garage by lot numbers and it ...
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(AP) - Vehicles roll into the auction garage by lot numbers and it is the only chance that buyers get to hear the cars run and drive during a Texas Can Academy Cars For Kids auction, Saturday, Aug. 8, 2009 in Arlington, Texas. One hundred and forty cars were auctioned off, some running, some not, during the event. (AP Photo/Ralph Lauer)
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(AP) - Potential buyers look at the available cars on the lot at Texas Can Academy Cars For Kids lot before the start of the auction, Saturday Aug. 8, 2009, in Arlington, Texas. One hundred and forty cars were auctioned off, some running, some not, during the event. (AP Photo/Ralph Lauer)
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(Reuters) - Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson responds to charges of misleading the Congress during a testimony before a House of Representatives Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 16, 2009. REUTERS/Hyungwon Kang
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69/122 Harrington leads Tiger by 3 at Firestone
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AP - Padraig Harrington kept pouring in birdies as he tried to separate himself from everyone else at the Bridgestone Invitational. He arrived at the 18th green with a three-shot lead, happy with his day's work. Then he glanced at the leaderboard for the first time Saturday. Suddenly, that lead felt a little smaller.
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70/122 Ortiz says supplements may have landed him on list
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AP - David Ortiz said he never knowingly used steroids and that over-the-counter supplements and vitamins likely caused him to land on a list of alleged drug users circulated by the federal government.
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71/122 Sabathia leads streaking Yankees past Red Sox 5-0
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AP - CC Sabathia gave the Yankees a dominant performance that put them in position for a four-game sweep of the Red Sox. Sabathia didn't allow a runner past second base while pitching into the eighth inning and New York beat Boston 5-0 for its sixth consecutive win.
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72/122 Rangers' Hamilton admits to relapse with alcohol
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AP - Texas Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton once again addressed his troubled history with alcohol abuse, after a Web site published photos of him cavorting with several scantily clad women in a bar last January.
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73/122 Silva beats Griffin in UFC co-main event
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AP - At any weight class, Anderson Silva is proving too tough to beat.
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74/122 Vick urges youths to avoid perils of dogfighting
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AP - Michael Vick returned to the area that once celebrated his brilliant play on the football field, this time for the first of what he hopes will be dozens of appearances around the country to urge low-income youths to avoid the tragic trail left by dogfighting.
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75/122 Roethlisberger accuser allegedly bragged about sex
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AP - The woman suing quarterback Ben Roethlisberger for alleged sexual assault has been accused of bragging about having consensual sex with him to a co-worker.
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76/122 Thome hits 562nd homer, White Sox beat Indians 8-5
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AP - Jim Thome hit a two-run shot for his 562nd career homer and Gordon Beckham had a go-ahead sacrifice fly in the sixth, helping the Chicago White Sox rally for an 8-5 victory over the Cleveland Indians on Saturday night.
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77/122 LeBron says he wants to keep his options open
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AP - LeBron James is going to make the Cleveland Cavaliers wait — and sweat.
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78/122 Fergie ready for life without Ronaldo and Tevez
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AFP - Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson will get his first real taste of life without Cristiano Ronaldo and Carlos Tevez in Sunday's Community Shield clash against Chelsea.
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79/122 Espanyol's Jarque dies while on pre-season tour
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Reuters - Espanyol captain and defender Dani Jarque, 26, has died from heart failure while on a pre-season tour of Italy, the Primera Liga club said on their website (www.rcdespanyol.com) on Saturday.
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80/122 Ambrose wins again at Watkins Glen
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AP - A year ago Marcos Ambrose used pit strategy to win at Watkins Glen International. The second time around he used a little aggression.
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81/122 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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82/122 Britain warned on torture complicity
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AFP - The government was warned Sunday by a body of lawmakers that regularly using information gained through torture could be legally construed as complicity.
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83/122 Britain outraged as Iran tries embassy staffer
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AFP - An Iranian employee of the British embassy in Tehran who was detained then bailed during post-election protests in June, was on Saturday put on trial for spying in a move slammed by Downing Street as an 'outrage.'
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84/122 Sydney woman comes forward over Maddie suspect
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AFP - An Australian has come forward claiming to know the identity of a woman being sought by investigators probing the disappearance of toddler Madeleine McCann, police in Sydney said on Saturday.
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85/122 Iran Cannes stars seek asylum in Britain: report
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AFP - Two Iranian actors and musicians who starred in a film at this year's Cannes film festival are seeking asylum in Britain after a member of their band was arrested in Iran, a report said Saturday.
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86/122 Shareholders approve Thomson Reuters delisting
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AFP - Shareholders in financial and professional information provider Thomson Reuters on Friday approved changes that will see the company delisted from the London Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq, it said.
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87/122 Terror suspects lose extradition case in Britain
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AFP - Two alleged leading conspirators of Osama bin Laden on Friday lost their latest battle to escape extradition from Britain over the 1998 US embassy bombings in east Africa.
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88/122 Downbeat RBS earns temper banking sector optimism
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AP - A downbeat report from the Royal Bank of Scotland PLC on Friday clouded a week of earnings updates that started with suggestions that the country's lenders were over the worst of the financial crisis — almost exactly two years after the credit squeeze took hold.
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89/122 Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs released in UK
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AP - Ronnie Biggs, the last prisoner from Britain's 'great train robbery' and once a high-living fugitive in Rio de Janeiro, gained his freedom on Friday but remained near death in his hospital bed.
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90/122 Govt abandons deportation of Jordanian doctor
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AFP - Britain has dropped moves to deport a Jordanian neurologist acquitted of taking part in failed car bomb attacks in London and Glasgow in 2007, a government source said Friday.
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91/122 FTSE 100 climbs on US jobs data
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AFP - Stocks in London finished up on Friday after the White House suggested the US economy had pulled back from the brink following a key US unemployment report that showed the number of job losses slowed in July.
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92/122 British soldiers killed in Afghan attacks
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AFP - New attacks killed three British troops, eight Afghan security personnel and a civilian, authorities said Friday, as presidential candidates pushed on with rallies for elections in two weeks.
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93/122 State-rescued bank RBS mired in bad debts
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AFP - State-rescued Royal Bank of Scotland reported a five-fold jump in bad debts on Friday, warning they would stay 'high for a while' and wrapping up a mixed earnings season for Britain's financial sector.
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94/122 Pregnant Londoner returns from Laos jail
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AFP - A heavily pregnant Londoner, jailed for life in Laos for drugs trafficking, said she had endured an 'unimaginable nightmare' as she returned to Britain on Friday to give birth and serve out her sentence.
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95/122 3 British troops, 1 American killed in Afghanistan
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AP - Three British paratroopers and an American service member were killed in attacks in Afghanistan's south and east, officials said Friday, raising the number of international troops slain in the first week of August to 19.
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96/122 ETA claims Spanish police deaths: statement
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AFP - The Basque separatist organisation ETA claimed responsibility Sunday in a statement for several attacks, including those that killed two Civil Guard officers and a police inspector it called a 'torturer'.
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97/122 Capello snubs Owen for Holland friendly
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AFP - England coach Fabio Capello has denied Michael Owen an international recall after leaving the Manchester United striker out of his squad for Wednesday's friendly against Holland.
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98/122 Former England Test batsman Crawley to retire
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AFP - Former England Test batsman John Crawley said on Saturday he will retire at the end of the season after almost 20 years in the first-class game.
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99/122 Jackson breaks 400m freestyle shortcourse world record
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AFP - Britain's Jo Jackson broke the 400m freestyle short-course world record at the British championships on Saturday.
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100/122 Poland moots sell-down of KGHM stake
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AFP - Poland is considering selling 10 percent of its stake in KGHM group, Europe's biggest copper producer, in the coming year, an economic adviser to Prime Minster Donald Tusk said Saturday.
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101/122 Australia on verge of Test victory as England slump
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AFP - Australia inficted a dramatic England collapse for the second time in the match as they eyed a fourth Test win inside three days at Headingley that would leave the Ashes level at 1-1.
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102/122 Medvedev: Defeat of Georgia showed Russian might
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AP - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Saturday hailed the Russian victory in a war with Georgia a year ago, saying it showed the nation's strength and boosted its role in the world.
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103/122 Saakashvili slams Russian 'invaders'
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AP - Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili defiantly marked the first anniversary of his country's war with Russia on Friday, denouncing Russian troops who control two Georgian regions as 'invaders.'
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104/122 In Europe, 'cash for clunkers' drives sales
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AP - For months, European car buyers have been junking clunkers for cash, boosting automakers sales — but making experts fear that once the government handouts stop, the struggling car industry will return to a slump no pile of cash can conquer.
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105/122 Russian court refuses new Politkovskaya inquiry
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AP - A Moscow court rejected a plea by the family of slain Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya for a new investigation into her death, leading critics again to accuse authorities of not being interested in hunting the perpetrators.
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106/122 Taliban leader's death disputed, shootout claimed
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AP - Senior Taliban commanders denied their leader was killed in a CIA missile strike in Pakistan while conflicting reports emerged of a clash between rival factions during a meeting to choose a successor.
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107/122 Typhoon forces evacuation of 1 million Chinese
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AP - Typhoon Morakot churned toward China forcing the evacuation of nearly 1 million people Sunday, a day after lashing Taiwan with torrential rains that caused the worst flooding on the island in 50 years.
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108/122 French woman, embassy staff confess in Iran trial
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AP - A young French academic and local staff of the British and French embassies stood trial Saturday with dozens of Iranian opposition figures and confessed to being involved in the country's postelection unrest.
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109/122 Afghan challenger blasts government security
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AP - President Hamid Karzai's top challenger charged Saturday that the government was failing to establish safe conditions for the Aug. 20 election, but pledged that his supporters would not protest violently if he lost.
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110/122 Australia considers mass killings of camels
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AP - Thousands of camels in Australia's remote Outback could be killed by marksmen in helicopters under a government proposal aimed at cutting down the population of the havoc-wreaking creatures.
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111/122 Venezuela orders ambassador back to Colombia
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AP - President Hugo Chavez announced he is sending his ambassador back to Colombia, signaling a willingness to ease a diplomatic impasse while not backing down from opposing Colombia's plan to open its military bases to a bigger U.S. presence.
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112/122 Hong Kong firm to pay Australia $21m for toxic oil spill
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AFP - A Hong Kong-based shipping company will pay Australia 25 million dollars (21 million US) in compensation for a massive toxic oil spill during a wild storm, officials said Saturday.
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113/122 Obama: Health overhaul key to economic recovery
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AP - Using better-than-expected jobs numbers to press his top domestic priority, President Barack Obama is arguing that overhauling the health care system is essential to the country's economic well-being.
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114/122 Drug industry backing Obama's health care plan
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AP - The nation's drugmakers stand ready to spend $150 million to help President Barack Obama overhaul health care this fall, according to numerous officials, a staggering sum that could dwarf attempts to derail his chief domestic priority.
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115/122 Recession means fewer babies; US births fell 2 pct
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AP - There aren't just fewer jobs in a recession. There are fewer babies, too. U.S. births fell in 2008, the first full year of the recession, marking the first annual decline in births since the start of the decade and ending an American baby boomlet.
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116/122 Don't rush to close schools for swine flu — Gov't
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AP - Don't panic, schools. The government is urging school officials to stay calm when swine flu strikes this fall, closing buildings only in drastic cases and allowing sick students to return as soon as 24 hours after their fever is gone.
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117/122 Obese Texas man hides gun between rolls of fat
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AFP - An obese prisoner in Harris County, Texas has been charged with illegal possession of a firearm after he was discovered to be hiding a 9mm pistol in between his rolls of fat, local media reported Saturday.
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118/122 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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119/122 Australian court hears landmark right-to-die case
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AFP - An Australian court on Friday heard an unprecedented case brought by a nursing home seeking advice on whether it can stop feeding a paralysed man who has begged to be allowed to die.
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120/122 Wall Street hits fresh 2009 highs on upbeat jobs data
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AFP - US stocks surged Friday to their best levels of the year after a much-awaited July jobs report was better than expected, signaling a likely turnaround in the long and painful recession.
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121/122 Freddie Mac reports first profit in two years
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Reuters - Freddie Mac, the second largest provider of U.S. home mortgage funding, on Friday posted its first quarterly profit in two years as gains from hedges and a one-time accounting change offset still-lofty credit losses.
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122/122 Freddie Mac swings to profit, after steep losses
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AFP - US mortgage finance giant Freddie Mac announced Friday it swung to a profit of 768 million dollars in the second quarter, after a 9.9 billion dollar loss in the previous quarter.
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