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1/136 Jackson merchandise deal delayed
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AP - Michael Jackson fans will have to wait a little longer for official merchandise after a judge delayed his approval of key contracts.
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2/136 'Jon & Kate' star says show didn't cause divorce
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Reuters - The divorce of U.S. reality television stars Jon and Kate Gosselin was not the result of a TV show filming their daily lives coping with eight children, the wife from the top-rating show said on Monday.
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3/136 LA coroner to hold Jackson autopsy results
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AFP - The Los Angeles County coroner's office said Monday it had completed a 'thorough and comprehensive' autopsy of Michael Jackson but would not release the results until police complete their investigation.
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4/136 Coroner completes Jackson autopsy, film deal set
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Reuters - Coroners have completed the autopsy report on the body of pop star Michael Jackson, but details remained under wraps on Monday as police probe the cause of the singer's death and his prescription drug use.
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5/136 Judge approves Michael Jackson film
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AP - Audiences will get to see the King of Pop perform one more time later this year after a judge approved a major deal to produce a movie fashioned from footage of his final rehearsals.
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6/136 Clinton snaps at student seeking husband's views
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AFP - Hillary Clinton on Monday showed a rare flash of public anger on a trip to Africa as a student asked for her husband's views, putting him in his place by saying she is the United States' top diplomat.
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7/136 'Julia' cleans up 'Julie' among readers
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AP - On paper and on screen, 'Julia' is stealing the show from 'Julie.'
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8/136 Odds plunge on Jackson being Paris's father: bookie
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AFP - The odds on Michael Jackson being proven the biological father of his daughter Paris have plummeted since former child acting star Mark Lester said he donated sperm, a bookmaker reported Monday.
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9/136 'Twilight' sinks fangs into Teen Choice Awards
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AP - 'Twilight' struck a vein at the Teen Choice Awards.
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10/136 In Vienna, a Jackson tribute fit for a king
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AP - It's a concert venue fit for a king — even the King of Pop.
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11/136 Kate Gosselin still wears her wedding ring
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AP - Celebrity mom Kate Gosselin (GAHS'-lihn) says she still wears her wedding ring for her eight children, but feels a lot of failure that the marriage is over.
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12/136 Michael Douglas's son could get life in prison
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Reuters - The son of Oscar-winning actor Michael Douglas could face life in prison for selling large amounts of an illegal drug over a three-year period before his arrest late last month, court records show.
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13/136 Billboard single reviews: Whitney Houston, Sean Paul
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Reuters - On the lead single from her first album in seven years, Whitney Houston is both vulnerable and in control.
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14/136 '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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15/136 Belgian crown prince's new beard sparks accession talk
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AFP - Is it just a holiday look or could it be a sign that Belgium's Crown Prince Philippe is ready to assume the throne? The local press on Monday dissected a new royal beard for clues.
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16/136 Brooks & Dunn calls it quits after 20 years
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AP - Brooks & Dunn says they're done.
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17/136 Fox network to air two-hour `Octomom' special
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AP - The Fox network said Monday it will air a two-hour special on the life of 'Octomom' Nadya Suleman, based on footage bought from an online company that paid for access to her life.
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18/136 40 years later, Woodstock still fascinates
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AP - Forty years after Richie Havens sang and strummed for a sea of people at Woodstock, he still gets asked about it and he still gets requests to sing 'Freedom.'
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19/136 'Jon & Kate' star says show didn't cause divorce
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Reuters - The divorce of U.S. reality television stars Jon and Kate Gosselin was not the result of a TV show filming their daily lives coping with eight children, the wife from the top-rating show said on Monday.
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20/136 `Time Traveler's Wife' skips past substance
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AP - So let's try to get this straight, here.
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21/136 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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22/136 Barnes & Noble to buy company from chairman
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AP - Bookseller Barnes & Noble Inc. said Monday it will buy Barnes & Noble College Booksellers from its chairman in a deal worth $596 million.
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23/136 Facebook buys social media aggregator FriendFeed
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AP - Facebook is buying a Web service called FriendFeed that gives users a view of what their friends are doing on all sorts of social media sites, including Facebook's rivals.
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24/136 EBay, GM to start trial program to sell new cars
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AP - Hundreds of General Motors' California dealers will let consumers haggle over the prices of new cars and trucks through the eBay online marketplace under a trial that begins Tuesday.
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25/136 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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26/136 Air Force used Twitter to track NY flyover fallout
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AP - As the Pentagon warns of the security risks posed by social networking sites, newly released government documents show the military also uses these Internet tools to monitor and react to coverage of high-profile events.
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27/136 New friend for Facebook: FriendFeed
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AFP - Facebook announced on Monday that it has acquired FriendFeed, a Silicon Valley startup which allows members to see what their friends are doing online and share content.
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28/136 First Wi-Fi pacemaker in US gives patient freedom
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Reuters - After relying on a pacemaker for 20 years, Carol Kasyjanski has become the first American recipient of a wireless pacemaker that allows her doctor to monitor her health from afar -- over the Internet.
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29/136 London opera house struggles to make tweet music
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AFP - Britain's prestigious Royal Opera House has launched a new bid to take high culture to the online masses -- by getting Twitter users to write the lyrics to a new work, line by line.
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30/136 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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31/136 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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32/136 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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33/136 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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34/136 Strong quake hits central Japan as typhoon nears
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AFP - A strong earthquake measuring 6.4 struck central Japan early Tuesday, reportedly injuring more than 40 people and triggering fires while also shutting down a nuclear power plant and bullet trains.
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35/136 Higher oil prices boost Gulf fiscal outlook: study
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AFP - Oil-rich Gulf economies are on course to achieve better-than-projected budget figures in 2009 as higher world crude prices offset the global credit crunch, a study said.
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36/136 Human genome sequenced for the price of a car: study
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AFP - Sequencing the first human genome cost billions and required an army of scientists, but now a trio of researchers in the United States have matched that feat for the price mid-range BMW, according to a study published Monday.
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37/136 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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38/136 Tiny deer among 350 new species found in Himalayas
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AP - The world's smallest deer, a flying frog and catfish that stick to rocks — as well as more than 350 other species — have been discovered over the past decade in the Himalayas, making it one of the world's most biologically rich regions, an environmental group said Monday.
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39/136 Saturn's Rings to Disappear Tuesday
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SPACE.com - In a celestial feat any magician would appreciate, Saturn will make its wide but thin ring system disappear from our view Aug. 11.
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40/136 Downturn hits India renewables; solar plan by Dec
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Reuters - The global financial crisis is hurting India's hopes of attracting about $21 billion worth of investments in renewable energy by 2012, but a new solar plan expected to be rolled out by December could provide a boost.
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41/136 Felicia closes in on Hawaii
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AP - Hawaii residents kept a watchful eye on Felicia on Monday as the weakening tropical storm closed in on the islands.
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42/136 Chinese bride trains eye on wedding dress record
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Reuters - A Chinese bride is hoping to enter the record books after getting married in a wedding dress with a train more than 2 km (1.2 miles) long trailing behind her.
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43/136 Guantanamo ex-prisoners get jobs on golf course
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Reuters - Four Guantanamo prisoners who were released to Bermuda in June have been given jobs tending a public golf course on the tiny Atlantic island.
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44/136 Swiss seek Pope's blessing to stop glacier melting
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Reuters - After centuries of praying for a local glacier to stop growing, Swiss villagers are now seeking an audience with Pope Benedict to get his blessing for prayers against the global warming that is causing it to recede.
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45/136 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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46/136 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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47/136 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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48/136 Peach Caesar salad. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ho-Ontario Tender Fruit ...
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(Canadian Press) - Peach Caesar salad. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ho-Ontario Tender Fruit Producers-Geoff George
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49/136 Tamiflu, an antiviral drug being used to combat swine flu, is ...
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(Canadian Press) - Tamiflu, an antiviral drug being used to combat swine flu, is seen in a Toronto health clinic on Thursday, April 30, 2009. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese
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(Reuters) - A man in fancy dress gestures to spectators during the Edinburgh Fringe Festival parade in Holyrood Park in Edinburgh, Scotland, August 9, 2009. REUTERS/David Moir
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(Reuters) - Ana Ivanovic of Serbia, serves to Melanie Oudin of the U.S. during their first round match of the 2009 Cincinnati Women's Open tennis tournament in Cincinnati, August 10, 2009. REUTERS/John Sommers II
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(AP) - President Barack Obama returns to the White House after a day of diplomacy in Guadalajara, Mexico, where he met with Prime Minister Stephen Harper of Canada and President Felipe Calderon of Mexico, in Washington, Monday, Aug. 10, 2009. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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53/136 Ramel Williams, of Brooklyn, cools off at Lower East Side's ...
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(AP) - Ramel Williams, of Brooklyn, cools off at Lower East Side's Hamilton Fish Swimming Pool in New York, Monday, Aug. 10, 2009. Temperatures reached into the 90s today. (AP Photo/Yanina Manolova)
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54/136 Sue Easerly, left, and Shari Cartee join about 200 protesters ...
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(AP) - Sue Easerly, left, and Shari Cartee join about 200 protesters outside of the Denaina Center in Anchorage, Alaska Monday Aug. 10, 2009 where Sen. Mark Begich, D-Alaska is speaking. The group is working to get Begich the hold a town hall meeting on President Obama's health care plan. (AP Photo/Al Grillo)
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(AP) - In this image made from surveillance video provided by the Macomb County Sheriff's Department, a man points a handgun during a bank robbery in Harrison Township, Mich. on Monday, Aug. 10, 2009. Police say the man tried to leave with the woman, upper left, as a hostage, but she resisted. He took her purse, cash from a teller and a man's wallet. (AP Photo/Macomb County Sheriff's Department)
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(AFP/File) - US President Barack Obama, seen here on August 6, 2009, fought back Monday against critics of his drive to remake US healthcare, but repudiated top allies' charge that outspoken foes of the plan are "un-American."(AFP/File/Jewel Samad)
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57/136 The Peterborough lift lock on Trent-Severn Waterway in Peterborough, ...
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(Canadian Press) - The Peterborough lift lock on Trent-Severn Waterway in Peterborough, Ontario are shown in this undated handout photo. Rising some 20 metres off the ground, the world's highest hydraulic lift lock dwarfs the people who gaze up at it from the canal below. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Peterborough & the Kawarthas Tourism-Jaimi Ruoho-Long
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(Reuters) - This view of a rock called "Block Island," the largest meteorite yet found on Mars, comes from the panoramic camera (Pancam) on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity, released by NASA August 10, 2009. This is a false-color, red-green-blue composite view generated from images taken through the Pancam. The exaggerated color is used for enhancing the visibility of differences among the types of rock and soil materials. REUTERS/NASA/JPL/Caltech/Cornell University/Handout (UNITED STATES SCI TECH) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS
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60/136 Singer Neil Diamond performs at the 51st annual Grammy Awards ...
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(Reuters) - Singer Neil Diamond performs at the 51st annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles in this file photo from February 8, 2009. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
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(Reuters) - An image of Staphylococcus aureus, a gram positive, methicillin resisitant (MRSA) coccus prokaryote is seen in a handout photo. REUTERS/Newscom
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62/136 Flooding damage from Thatcher Creek spilling its banks in Gowanda, ...
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(AP) - Flooding damage from Thatcher Creek spilling its banks in Gowanda, N.Y. is seen on Monday, Aug. 10, 2009. (AP Photo/Don Heupel)
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63/136 A woman breastfeeds her three month old baby, in Bordeaux, southwest ...
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(Reuters) - A woman breastfeeds her three month old baby, in Bordeaux, southwest France April 27, 2006. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau
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(Reuters) - President Barack Obama, Mexico's President Felipe Calderon (C) and Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper (L) pose for the leader's official photo at the Cabanas Cultural Center in Guadalajara, Mexico, while attending the North American Leader's Summit, August 10, 2009. REUTERS/Larry Downing
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65/136 Jose Francisco Torres (R) from Mexico's Pachuca fights for ...
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(Reuters) - Jose Francisco Torres (R) from Mexico's Pachuca fights for the ball with Jose Luis Lopez from Costa Rica's Deportivo Saprissa during the first leg of the CONCACAF Champions Cup final soccer match at Ricardo Saprissa stadium in San Jose, in this file photo from April 23, 2008. REUTERS/Juan Carlos Ulate
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(Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama smiles as he walks on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington August 10, 2009. Obama returned to Washington after attending attending the North American Leader's Summit in Guadalajara, Mexico. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas (UNITED STATES POLITICS)
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(Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama gestures toward television crew members about fishing as he walks on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington August 10, 2009. Obama returned to Washington after attending attending the North American Leader's Summit in Guadalajara, Mexico. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas (UNITED STATES POLITICS IMAGES OF THE DAY)
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(AP) - Xavier Brooks, 3, plays in a fountain near the Philadelphia Museum of Art , Monday, Aug. 10, 2009, in Philadelphia. The National Weather Service has issued an Excessive Heat Warning for the much of eastern Pennsylvania today. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
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69/136 Six-year-oild Kylee Boyer sheds a tear as she holds on to her ...
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(AP) - Six-year-oild Kylee Boyer sheds a tear as she holds on to her father, Spc. Brian Boyer, at Southwestern Oklahoma State University's Wellness Center in Weatherford, Okla., Monday, Aug. 10, 2009. Boyer was with a group of about 140 Oklahoma Army National Guard soldiers arriving home after a ten month deployment to Kuwait and Iraq. The Boyers are from Sapulpa, Okla. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
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70/136 This image provided by Kirsten McArthur shows Bradley and Kirsten ...
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(AP) - This image provided by Kirsten McArthur shows Bradley and Kirsten McArthur posing for a photo in front of a house, days before they lost it in a $140,000 short sale approved by their bank, July 25, 2009 in St. George, Utah. When Bradley McArthur was laid off from a job as a warehouse foreman, the couple found themselves with a mortgage they couldn't afford and a house they couldn't sell for the $240,000 balance on their mortgage. (AP Photo/Courtesy Bradley McArthur)
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(AP) - President Obama arrives at Andrews Air Force Base, MD., Monday August 10, 2009 after attending the North American Leaders' Summit. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
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(Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama walks on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington August 10, 2009. Obama returned to Washington after attending attending the North American Leader's Summit in Guadalajara, Mexico. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas (UNITED STATES POLITICS)
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73/136 Blackhawks star Kane arrested for robbing cabbie
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Reuters - Patrick Kane, the star winger for the Chicago Blackhawks, was arrested on Sunday and charged with robbing a cab driver in Buffalo, New York, according to Buffalo police.
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74/136 Yankees rally for 4-game sweep of rival Red Sox
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AP - Jon Lester dazzled for seven innings, and the Red Sox held a lead in the eighth. Then everything unraveled, much as it did all series, and Boston was left wondering what else it can do to win a game.
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75/136 Torres flew with 'copter pilot 2 days before crash
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AP - Dara Torres' young daughter kept begging to take a helicopter ride. The five-time Olympic swimmer finally gave in when they were in New York last week.
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76/136 Blue Jays OF Rios claimed by White Sox
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AP - Alex Rios showed up at Yankee Stadium and saw his name in the starting lineup Monday night. He left the ballpark a few hours later, on his way to join the White Sox and a pennant race.
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77/136 Timberwolves pick Kurt Rambis as new coach
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AP - After years spent playing under Pat Riley and coaching under Phil Jackson, Kurt Rambis is finally getting a chance to run a team.
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78/136 Attorney says Blackhawks beating case overblown
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AP - The attorney for a cab driver who says he was beaten up by Chicago Blackhawks star Patrick Kane and his cousin over pocket change said Monday that the incident had been blown out of proportion.
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79/136 Rambis to take over as Timberwolves head coach
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Reuters - Los Angeles Lakers assistant coach Kurt Rambis has agreed to the terms of a contract to become the head coach of the Minnesota Timberwolves, the team said Monday.
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80/136 Florida gives CB Haden shot at quarterback
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AP - Step aside Tim Tebow. Defending national champion Florida has another quarterback ready to take snaps this season.
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81/136 Fergie frets over Nani, Foster after Wembley defeat
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AFP - Alex Ferguson faces an anxious wait to discover if Manchester United's Premier League title defence suffered an early blow during his side's Community Shield penalty shootout defeat to Chelsea.
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82/136 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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83/136 Del Potro outlasts Roddick to defend ATP Washington title
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AFP - Juan Martin Del Potro blasted five of his 19 aces in the deciding tie-breaker Sunday to beat US top seed Andy Roddick 3-6, 7-5, 7-6 (8/6) and win his second consecutive ATP Washington Classic title.
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84/136 Woods to be fined for criticism of rules official
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AP - Tiger Woods will be fined by the PGA Tour for his public criticism of a rules official after winning the Bridgestone Invitational, a tour official said Monday.
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85/136 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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86/136 Stewart wins at Watkins Glen
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AP - When the rain held off and The Glen heated up, Smoke was in his element.
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87/136 UK chief says spies not complicit in torture
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AP - Britain's foreign spy chief denied in an interview broadcast Monday that agents tortured terror suspects or that Britain colluded with countries that use torture.
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88/136 Lloyds bank shares dive on reports of £15 bln rights issue
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AFP - Lloyds Banking Group's share price fell sharply on Monday in reaction to reports that the state-controlled British lender planned to raise 15 billion pounds (17.6 billion euros, 25 billion dollars).
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89/136 Britain's promised 'barbecue summer' is a washout
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AP - It's the phrase that haunts Britain's weather forecasters — 'barbecue summer.'
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90/136 FTSE 100 shares in the red
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AFP - London stocks were on the backfoot Monday as investors indulged in profit taking while banks came under renewed scrutiny.
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91/136 Many Britons too lazy to change TV channel: poll
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AFP - Britons are so lazy that one in six cannot be bothered to change television channel if the remote control is not working, according to a study published on Monday.
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92/136 UEFA Cup final riot suspects in court
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AFP - Thirteen football fans appeared in court on Monday charged with rioting at the 2008 UEFA Cup final between Rangers and Zenit Saint Petersburg.
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93/136 Jersey children's carer was 'sex bully,' court hears
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AFP - A carer at a former children's home on the Channel island of Jersey was a 'sexual bully' who repeatedly abused youngsters, prosecutors said on Monday.
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94/136 MI6 not complicit in torture, says chief
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AFP - The head of the MI6 foreign intelligence service said on Monday his agents were not involved in torture, amid allegations of British links to mistreatment of terror suspects held abroad.
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95/136 DNA tests to identify British, Aussie WWI troops
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AFP - Experts will this week begin conducting DNA tests on the remains of up to 300 British and Australian World War I soldiers discovered in northeastern France, the Ministry of Defence said on Monday.
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96/136 Air passenger numbers stabilising: BAA
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AFP - BAA, operator of Britain's main airports, said on Monday that passenger traffic fell in July compared with a year earlier but was showing signs of stabilisation after sharp falls due to the economic slowdown.
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97/136 Friends Provident in takeover talks
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AFP - Friends Provident on Monday said it would enter takeover talks after receiving an offer valuing the insurance firm at about 1.85 billion pounds.
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98/136 Huge rise in child abduction from Britain: report
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AFP - Almost 500 children were abducted from Britain and taken abroad last year, the Guardian said on Monday, highlighting Pakistan as a hotspot.
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99/136 UK spy agency MI6 'not complicit in torture': chief
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Reuters - Britain's foreign intelligence agency said on Monday it was not complicit in torturing terrorism suspects overseas, backing government denials.
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100/136 Australian 'perplexed' by Maddie link: report
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AFP - A wealthy Australian socialite and her daughter are 'perplexed' over claims their luxury yacht was involved in the mystery disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann, a report said.
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101/136 Leading retailers threaten Australian wool boycott
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AFP - Leading fashion retailers are threatening to boycott Australian wool after farmers said they would continue sheep mulesing, cutting of the hide to prevent disease, a report said on Monday.
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102/136 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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103/136 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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104/136 Casey to decide Tuesday about competing in year's last major
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AFP - World number three Paul Casey of England will decide on Tuesday whether or not his strained rib muscle will allow him to play in the 91st PGA Championship.
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105/136 Twenty miners presumed dead in Slovak blast
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Reuters - An explosion in a northern Slovak coal mine most likely killed 20 miners on Monday in the central European country's worst mining disaster.
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106/136 England defend India tournament pull-out
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AFP - England's badminton team defended Monday its decision to pull out of the world championships in India, saying security in the host city of Hyderabad was lax and denying they had overreacted.
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107/136 Kremlin prepares law on military missions abroad
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Reuters - President Dmitry Medvedev on Monday proposed legislation to give him the legal basis to send troops abroad to defend Russia's interests, the Kremlin said.
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108/136 England get boost as Flintoff set for Ashes finale
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AFP - England have been given a huge boost ahead of next week's Ashes decider with the announcement that key all-rounder Andrew Flintoff is set for a farewell to Test cricket at the Oval.
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109/136 Spain seeks woman in ETA bomb probe
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AFP - Police in Spain were looking Monday for a woman suspect following a wave of ETA bombings in Majorca where officials downplayed the impact of the attacks on the battered tourism sector.
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110/136 20 Slovak workers missing after coal mine blast
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AP - Twenty workers were trapped underground Monday after a fire and explosion hit a coal mine in central Slovakia, and rescue workers operating in darkness and high temperatures were struggling to reach them, officials said.
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111/136 Remains of missing Greek Cypriot soldiers found
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AP - The remains of five Greek Cypriot soldiers who appear in an iconic 1974 photo surrendering to invading Turkish troops were found in an abandoned well in the Turkish Cypriot north, officials said Monday.
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112/136 5 die in fire at French housing project
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AP - A fire broke out in a housing project building outside Paris early Monday, killing two sleeping adults and three children, one an infant, officials said. Another 15 people with smoke inhalation were hospitalized.
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113/136 Iraq suffers bloodiest day since US pullback
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AP - A double truck bombing Monday in Mosul and blasts in Baghdad brought the Iraqi death toll to more than 100 in three days, the worst spasm of violence the country has suffered since U.S. forces left the cities.
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114/136 Earthquakes shake Tokyo area, Indian Ocean
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AP - A powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.6 hit Tokyo and nearby areas shortly after dawn Tuesday, halting trains and forcing two nuclear reactors to be shut down for safety checks.
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115/136 Western airstrikes kill fewer Afghan civilians
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AP - Fewer civilians were killed by airstrikes in Afghanistan last month even as U.S. and NATO forces pushed deep into Taliban territory, driving clashes and Western casualties sharply higher.
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116/136 Huge quake strikes off India's Andaman Islands
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AFP - A huge 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck off the Andaman Islands in the Indian Ocean on Tuesday, triggering panic as people fled their homes amid initial warnings of a possible tsunami.
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117/136 Australia pledges $8 mln for native languages
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AFP - Australia has pledged 7.8 million US dollars this year to help save more than 100 indigenous languages which are in grave danger of dying out.
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118/136 U.S. commander seeks civilian 'surge' in Afghanistan
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McClatchy Newspapers - KABUL, Afghanistan — In addition to requesting some 45,000 additional U.S. troops in Afghanistan, the country's top American military commander will ask the Obama administration to double the number of U.S. government civilian workers who are in the country.
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119/136 Delhi Confidential: Can India Reform Its Wayward Police Force?
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Time.com - The crisis in Indian policing is not restricted to the country's border states, and runs much deeper than the police's proclivity for 'encounters'
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120/136 Obama braces for 'vigorous' town hall health talk
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AP - A day before facing a potentially boisterous town hall in New Hampshire, President Barack Obama praised the spirited debate over his health care plans on Monday and predicted 'sensible and reasoned arguments' would ultimately prevail in Congress.
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121/136 8 cities in US line up for swine flu vaccine test
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AP - Hundreds of Americans in eight cities are lining up for experimental swine flu shots in a race to get a vaccine out in case the new flu virus regains strength this fall and winter.
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122/136 Veterinarians using stem cells to treat animals
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AP - Five-year-old Lucy the Labradoodle's back limbs have been rendered unusable by rheumatoid arthritis, and she must scoot along the ground with her front paws to grab a bone. Her owners believe that a costly stem-cell treatment is the reason she's even lived as long as she has.
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123/136 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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124/136 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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125/136 Top insurance lobbyist: August key in health drive
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AP - August will be a make-or-break month for the drive to revamp health care, as members of Congress use the recess to either sell the need for an overhaul to voters or continue criticism of the insurance industry, the chief of the insurers' main lobbying arm said Monday.
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126/136 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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127/136 Berlusconi reprimands state TV for attacking government
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Reuters - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on Monday said it was 'unacceptable' for state TV to criticize the government and rebuked a left-leaning newspaper which regularly publishes lurid stories about his sex life.
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128/136 Childhood cancer treatment may raise diabetes risk
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Reuters - Cancer survivors who got radiation treatments as children have nearly twice the risk of developing diabetes as adults, U.S. researchers said on Monday.
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129/136 Dogs and 2-Year-Olds on Same Mental Plane
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HealthDay - MONDAY, Aug. 10 (HealthDay News) -- According to accumulating
research, the beloved family dog is really a toddler with a snout and
tail.
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130/136 Huge challenges ahead in fight against AIDS: experts
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Reuters - Leading health experts on Monday called for repeal of outdated laws criminalizing prostitution and homosexuality so that people suffering from HIV/AIDS or at risk from the disease could get medical treatment.
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131/136 Wall St dips after four-week rally
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Reuters - Stocks fell on Monday, but were off their session lows, as investors booked profits following a four-week rally that took the broad S&P 500 index to a 10-month high on Friday.
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132/136 U.S. recession seen ending in third quarter
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Reuters - The worst U.S. recession since the Great Depression will probably end in the third quarter, but uncertainty exists over the speed and duration of the economic recovery, according to the most recent survey of private economists.
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133/136 Judge will not sign off on BofA, SEC bonus pact
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Reuters - A federal judge refused to approve a proposed settlement between the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and Bank of America Corp over the payment of bonuses to Merrill Lynch & Co employees, saying he was unable to determine if it was fair to the public.
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134/136 State Street says legal reserve may not be enough
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Reuters - State Street Corp , one of the world's biggest institutional investors, said on Monday it may not have set aside enough money to cover fees and penalties linked to lawsuits and investigations by regulators into risky investments.
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135/136 European stocks drop as banks falter
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AFP - Europe's main stock markets dropped on Monday, dragged down by falling banking stocks, as investors cashed in on last week's rally which saw London and Frankfurt hit 10-month highs, analysts said.
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136/136 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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