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1/116 'The View' star Hasselbeck has 3rd child, a boy
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AP - Elisabeth Hasselbeck of 'The View' is the mother of a third child. Hasselbeck gave birth Sunday afternoon in a New York hospital to a boy, named Isaiah Timothy. She's married to former NFL player Tim Hasselbeck.
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2/116 No baby blues as sport becomes family affair for Federer
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AFP - Roger Federer's flawless tennis will be a family affair from Monday's start of the ATP Montreal Masters straight through to the US Open and beyond, the new father of twins said Sunday.
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3/116 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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4/116 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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5/116 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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6/116 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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7/116 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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8/116 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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9/116 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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10/116 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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11/116 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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12/116 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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13/116 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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14/116 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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15/116 'G.I. Joe' commands box office with $56.2M debut
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AP - G.I. Joe is the latest toy to invade Hollywood and plant its blockbuster flag.
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16/116 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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17/116 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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18/116 Going for Seconds: Rad by Rad Hourani Debuts
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Fashion Wire Daily - One of the perks of being a designer is that if there's an article of clothing that you want but can't find, you can always design it yourself.
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19/116 Small is beautiful (and successful) for newspapers
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AP - Newspapers are hurting all over the United States, but the pain is less severe at small publications like The Blackshear Times in Georgia.
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20/116 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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21/116 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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22/116 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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23/116 `Champions' to unleash virtual heroes and foes
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24/116 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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25/116 Pro-Georgian blogger target of Internet attacks
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AFP - Cyber assaults that temporarily derailed the websites Twitter, Facebook and LiveJournal were aimed at a pro-Georgian blogger, according to Internet security company F-Secure.
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26/116 Vast expanses of Arctic ice melt in summer heat
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AP - The Arctic Ocean has given up tens of thousands more square miles (square kilometers) of ice on Sunday in a relentless summer of melt, with scientists watching through satellite eyes for a possible record low polar ice cap.
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27/116 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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28/116 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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29/116 Air quality poorer in Malaysia's Borneo
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AFP - Air quality in Malaysia's Sarawak state on Borneo island edged towards 'very unhealthy' levels of pollution Sunday as wildfires raged in forests and peat-growing land in the state.
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30/116 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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31/116 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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32/116 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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33/116 Pacific hurricane weakens to tropical storm
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AFP - The remnants of Hurricane Felicia weakened overnight to tropical storm strength as it churned toward Hawaii, the Central Pacific Hurricane Center in Honolulu, Hawaii reported Sunday.
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34/116 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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35/116 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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36/116 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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37/116 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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38/116 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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39/116 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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(Reuters) - A Tesla Roadster is electrically charged at Tesla Motors Inc in San Carlos, California July 22, 2009. As makers from Tesla to Nissan Motor Co jockey to dominate the next generation electric-powered cars, a fight on which companies will control the lucrative market to fuel them is just getting started. Picture taken July 22. To match feature AUTOS/ELECTRIC REUTERS/Robert Galbraith (UNITED STATES BUSINESS TRANSPORT POLITICS ENVIRONMENT)
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(Reuters) - Police stand guard in front of a helicopter wrapped in a blue tarp after it was recovered from the Hudson River, in Hoboken, N.J., August 9, 2009. REUTERS/Chip East
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42/116 A swallowtail butterfly (Papilio cresphontes) is seen collecting ...
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(AP) - A swallowtail butterfly (Papilio cresphontes) is seen collecting nectar from a Lantana bush in Tyler, Texas on Sunday, Aug. 9, 2009. (AP Photo/Dr. Scott M. Lieberman)
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43/116 A general view of Nahr Al-Umran gas refinery in Al-Dier District, ...
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(Reuters) - A general view of Nahr Al-Umran gas refinery in Al-Dier District, northern Basra July 17, 2009. REUTERS/Atef Hassan
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44/116 Members of Iran's Revolutionary Guard march during a military ...
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(Reuters) - Members of Iran's Revolutionary Guard march during a military parade to mark the anniversary of the start of the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war in southern Tehran September 21, 2008. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl
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45/116 Andy Roddick (L) and Juan Martin Del Potro of Argentina pose ...
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(AFP/Getty Images) - Andy Roddick (L) and Juan Martin Del Potro of Argentina pose with their trophies after their match during Day 7 of the Legg Mason Tennis Classic at the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center in Washington, DC.(AFP/Getty Images/Jim McIsaac)
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46/116 Juan Martin Del Potro of Argentina returns a shot against Andy ...
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(AFP/Getty Images) - Juan Martin Del Potro of Argentina returns a shot against Andy Roddick during Day 7 of the Legg Mason Tennis Classic at the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center in Washington, DC.(AFP/Getty Images/Jim McIsaac)
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47/116 U.S. President Barack Obama (L) and Mexico's President Felipe ...
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(Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama (L) and Mexico's President Felipe Calderon shake hands while they hold a bilateral meeting at the Cabanas Cultural Center in Guadalajara while attending the North American Leaders' Summit, August 9, 2009. REUTERS/Larry Downing (MEXICO POLITICS)
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(Reuters) - A woman is reflected in a glass door of the Rio Tinto Limited Shanghai Representative Office August 9, 2009. REUTERS/Stringer
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(Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama walks with U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Carlos Pascual (R) after he arrives at the international airport in Guadalajara before attending the North American Leaders' Summit, August 9, 2009. REUTERS/Larry Downing (MEXICO POLITICS)
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50/116 U.S. President Barack Obama (L) and Mexico's President Felipe ...
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(Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama (L) and Mexico's President Felipe Calderon hold a bilateral meeting at the Cabanas Cultural Center in Guadalajara while attending the North American Leaders' Summit, August 9, 2009. REUTERS/Larry Downing (MEXICO POLITICS)
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51/116 Edwin Sele, Liberia's deputy ambassador to the United States, ...
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(AP) - Edwin Sele, Liberia's deputy ambassador to the United States, foreground left, answers questions from reporters as local Liberians await a town hall meeting in Phoenix, on Sunday, Aug. 9, 2009. Sele was in Phoenix on a fact-finding mission into the rape of an eight-year-old Liberian girl, allegedly by four boys also from Liberia. (AP Photo/Amanda Lee Myers)
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52/116 Flowers are in bloom, Sunday, Aug. 9, 2009, near the Iwo Jima ...
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(AP) - Flowers are in bloom, Sunday, Aug. 9, 2009, near the Iwo Jima Monument in Arlington, Va. across the Potomac river from the Washington Monument, the Lincoln Memorial and the Capitol Building in Washington. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)
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53/116 Italy's Flavia Pennetta holds up her trophy after winning ...
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(Reuters) - Italy's Flavia Pennetta holds up her trophy after winning the LA Women's Tennis Championships singles final over Australia's Samantha Stosur in Carson, California, August 9, 2009. REUTERS/Danny Moloshok
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54/116 The sun shines down on yachts moored up in Genoa harbour, January ...
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(Reuters) - The sun shines down on yachts moored up in Genoa harbour, January 10, 2004. REUTERS/Max Rossi
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55/116 A U.S. flag flies from a ferry boat near Alcatraz Island in ...
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(Reuters) - A U.S. flag flies from a ferry boat near Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay in San Francisco, California, August 9, 2009. The U.S. National Park Service on Sunday commemorated the 75th anniversary of Alcatraz as a federal prison. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith (UNITED STATES CRIME LAW SOCIETY TRAVEL IMAGES OF THE DAY)
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56/116 A volunteer maintains a garden outside the main cell block on ...
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(Reuters) - A volunteer maintains a garden outside the main cell block on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay in San Francisco, California, August 9, 2009. The U.S. National Park Service on Sunday commemorated the 75th anniversary of Alcatraz as a federal prison. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith (UNITED STATES CRIME LAW SOCIETY TRAVEL IMAGES OF THE DAY)
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57/116 A U.S. National Park Service ranger walks from the kitchen to ...
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(Reuters) - A U.S. National Park Service ranger walks from the kitchen to the dining area at Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay in San Francisco, California, August 9, 2009. The U.S. National Park Service on Sunday commemorated the 75th anniversary of Alcatraz as a federal prison. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith (UNITED STATES CRIME LAW SOCIETY TRAVEL)
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58/116 Fomer Alcatraz prisoner Darwin Coon, who was incarcerated for ...
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(Reuters) - Fomer Alcatraz prisoner Darwin Coon, who was incarcerated for bank robbery, sits beneath movie posters while autographing copies of his book at Alcatraz prison in San Francisco Bay in San Francisco, California, August 9, 2009. The U.S. National Park Service on Sunday commemorated the 75th anniversary of Alcatraz as a federal prison. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith (UNITED STATES CRIME LAW SOCIETY TRAVEL)
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59/116 A prison cell along cell block "B" is shown at Alcatraz ...
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(Reuters) - A prison cell along cell block "B" is shown at Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay in San Francisco, California, August 9, 2009. The U.S. National Park Service on Sunday commemorated the 75th anniversary of Alcatraz as a federal prison. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith (UNITED STATES CRIME LAW SOCIETY TRAVEL)
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60/116 Former Alcatraz prison guard Jim Albright poses for a photograph ...
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(Reuters) - Former Alcatraz prison guard Jim Albright poses for a photograph along cell block "B" during a U.S. National Park Services event to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Alcatraz as a federal prison, in San Francisco Bay in San Francisco, California, August 9, 2009. Long said he escorted the last prisoner from the island penitentiary. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith (UNITED STATES CRIME LAW SOCIETY TRAVEL)
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61/116 Photographs of infamous criminals, including Al Capone (L) and ...
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(Reuters) - Photographs of infamous criminals, including Al Capone (L) and George "Machine Gun" Kelly are shown on a wall along cell block "D" at Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay in San Francisco, California, August 9, 2009. The U.S. National Park Service on Sunday commemorated the 75th anniversary of Alcatraz as a federal prison. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith (UNITED STATES CRIME LAW SOCIETY TRAVEL)
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(Reuters) - A tourist visits a prison cell along cell block "B" at Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay in San Francisco, California, August 9, 2009. The U.S. National Park Service on Sunday commemorated the 75th anniversary of Alcatraz as a federal prison. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith (UNITED STATES CRIME LAW SOCIETY TRAVEL)
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(Reuters) - Visitors view the visitation area at Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay in San Francisco, California, August 9, 2009. The U.S. National Park Service on Sunday commemorated the 75th anniversary of Alcatraz as a federal prison. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith (UNITED STATES CRIME LAW SOCIETY TRAVEL)
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(Reuters) - A bird takes flight near the former hospital on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay in San Francisco, California, August 9, 2009. The U.S. National Park Service on Sunday commemorated the 75th anniversary of Alcatraz as a federal prison. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith (UNITED STATES CRIME LAW SOCIETY TRAVEL IMAGES OF THE DAY)
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65/116 Tiger rallies to win at Firestone
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AP - First came another signature moment from Tiger Woods, an 8-iron over the water that stopped a foot from the hole. Even more stunning was the meltdown that followed by Padraig Harrington.
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66/116 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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67/116 AP source: Wolves, Rambis reach coaching deal
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AP - Long considered the heir apparent to Phil Jackson in sunny Los Angeles, Lakers assistant Kurt Rambis is taking a much different, and colder, route to a head coaching job.
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68/116 Dixon rolls to record-breaking 20th IndyCar win
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AP - Scott Dixon didn't start racing IndyCars to set records.
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69/116 Rain postpones Cup race at The Glen
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AP - Andy Lally will have to curb his enthusiasm for another day.
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70/116 Fergie fumes at Ballack and referee after Evra clash
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AFP - Sir Alex Ferguson claimed Michael Ballack should have been sent off for the foul on Patrice Evra that ignited a furious row during Chelsea's Community Shield victory over Manchester United on Sunday.
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71/116 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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72/116 Chicago Blackhawks F Kane arrested in Buffalo, NY
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AP - Chicago Blackhawks star Patrick Kane was charged with attacking a cab driver in his hometown Sunday, a beating that police said was triggered when the driver did not have 20 cents in change to give the player and his cousin.
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73/116 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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74/116 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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75/116 Teenager attacked with snake: police
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AFP - A gang pinned down a 14-year-old boy and attacked him with a snake, forcing the reptile to bite the teenager on the arm, police said Sunday.
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76/116 British, Australian security contractors shot dead in Iraq
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AFP - Two security contractors, one British and the other Australian, were killed in an alcohol-fueled shooting inside the Iraqi capital's secure 'Green Zone' on Sunday, officials said.
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77/116 Govt does not rule out torture risk: ministers
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AFP - Senior ministers said Sunday they could not rule out that vital anti-terror information had been obtained through the torture of suspects abroad.
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78/116 Briton in Iraqi custody after contractor killings
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AP - Iraqi authorities arrested a British contractor Sunday over the shooting deaths of two co-workers in Baghdad's protected Green Zone. The suspected gunman could be the first Westerner to face an Iraqi trial on murder charges since a security pact lifted the immunity that had been enjoyed by foreign contractors for most of the war.
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79/116 British, three Afghan soldiers killed: military
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AFP - A British soldier and three Afghan troopers have been killed in suspected insurgent bomb blasts in southern Afghanistan, the military said Sunday, as security forces braced for the August 20 elections.
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80/116 British soldier killed in Afghanistan blast
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AFP - A British soldier was killed by an explosion while on patrol in southern Afghanistan, defence officials in London confirmed Sunday.
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81/116 UN: Violence hampering Afghan vote
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AP - Insecurity in significant portions of Afghanistan has hindered election preparations and disproportionately affected Afghan women, a report co-authored by the U.N. mission in the country said Sunday.
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82/116 Australian woman denies McCann link: report
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AFP - An Australian woman has denied any knowledge about the disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann after a friend identified her as a mystery witness in the case, a report said on Sunday.
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83/116 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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84/116 Great Train Robber Biggs turns 80 as a free man
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AFP - Ronnie Biggs, who won notoriety for his role in the 1963 Great Train Robbery, was on Saturday celebrating his 80th birthday as a free man after being released on compassionate ground due to severe illness.
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85/116 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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86/116 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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87/116 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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88/116 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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89/116 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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90/116 City play Tevez waiting game
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AFP - Manchester City are sweating on the fitness of Argentine striker Carlos Tevez ahead of the big-spending club's Premier League opener at Blackburn.
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91/116 Murray ready to challenge for number two ranking
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AFP - Scotsman Andy Murray is prepared to challenge Rafael Nadal's world number two ranking, but it will take particular circumstances for the third seed to see his dream come true.
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92/116 Terror fear prompts England badminton pullout
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AFP - England pulled out of the world badminton championships on Sunday because of terrorist fears, dealing another sporting bodyblow to India, the hosts of the 2010 Commonwealth Games.
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93/116 Bomb blasts hit Majorca, ETA suspected: authorities
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AFP - Three bombs exploded in restaurants and a shopping centre on Majorca Sunday, officials said, just 10 days after a deadly attack by Basque separatists ETA on the holiday island.
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94/116 Mass WWII grave brings Poles, Germans together
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AP - Germans and Poles are laying ghosts of World War II to rest this week — more than 2,000 of them.
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95/116 2 bombs explode on Spain's Mallorca; no injuries
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AP - Two small bombs blamed on Basque separatist group ETA exploded Sunday in downtown locations on the Spanish resort island of Mallorca, causing no injuries, the government said. Police defused a third device found nearby.
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96/116 After a decade in power, Putin not ready to quit
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AP - Vladimir Putin celebrated a decade in power Sunday, and it appears the former KGB strongman may maintain his grip on Russia's government for years to come.
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97/116 Pope: Nazi concentration camps a symbol of evil
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AP - Pope Benedict XVI said Sunday that Nazi concentration camps were 'extreme symbols of evil' and hell on earth.
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98/116 Pope: concentration camps a symbol of evil
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AP - Pope Benedict XVI says that Nazi concentration camps were 'extreme symbols of evil' and hell on earth.
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99/116 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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100/116 Typhoon pummels China, forcing nearly 1M to flee
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AP - A typhoon pummeled China's eastern coast Sunday, toppling houses, flooding villages and forcing nearly a million people to flee to safety. Officials rode bicycles to distribute food to residents trapped by rising waters.
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101/116 Iran judiciary looks to calm prison abuse outrage
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AP - Police and judiciary officials sought on Sunday to calm public outrage in Iran over the deaths of detained protesters in prison, acknowledging abuses and calling for those responsible to be punished.
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102/116 US, Pakistan increasingly believe Mehsud dead
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AP - The U.S. and Pakistan are almost certain a U.S. missile strike killed the head of Pakistan's Taliban and that his death led to a fierce power struggle among his deputies, officials said Sunday, despite claims and counterclaims as to the fate of the country's most wanted man.
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103/116 Protests, heavy security mark North America summit
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AP - About 400 people marched outside the North American Leaders Summit on Sunday to protest the negative affects of free trade and to demand benefits for retired Mexican laborers who worked in the U.S.
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104/116 Clinton nudges oil producer Angola on democracy
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AFP - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Sunday urged Angola's longtime leader to hold elections, standing firm on promoting democracy in the southwest African nation whose oil is coveted worldwide.
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105/116 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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106/116 Consumer protections lost in health care debate
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AP - It's one issue in the health care debate that nearly everyone — even the insurance lobby — seems to agree on: Better consumer protections are needed to end the nightmare of not being able to get covered for a treatable, if costly, illness.
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107/116 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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108/116 China lifts blockade around plague-stricken town
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AP - A blockade around a remote northwest Chinese town where deadly pneumonic plague killed three people and sickened nine was lifted after no new infections were reported, an official said Sunday.
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109/116 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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110/116 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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111/116 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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112/116 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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113/116 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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114/116 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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115/116 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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116/116 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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