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1/122 Singer, actress Jennifer Hudson gives birth to son
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AFP - Grammy- and Oscar-winning singer and actress Jennifer Hudson has given birth to her first child, David Daniel Otunga, Jr, her publicist said in a statement Tuesday.
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2/122 Jennifer Hudson gives birth to a son
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AP - Jennifer Hudson has a new role — that of a proud mother.
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3/122 Promoter: Jackson tribute to be televised globally
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AP - Next month's tribute to Michael Jackson on the grounds of a 17th century palace in Vienna will feature a three-hour, star-studded show to be televised live to a global audience of 1 billion people, the event promoter said Tuesday.
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4/122 Agents search Vegas pharmacy in Jackson probe
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AP - Police and federal drug agents are searching a Las Vegas pharmacy as part of the Michael Jackson investigation.
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5/122 MJ's death reopens old memories for Elvis fans
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AP - In the days after Michael Jackson's death, Joann Smith couldn't turn off her TV. She felt she was reliving the pain of her own idol's death almost 32 years ago — Elvis Presley.
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6/122 Completely Cool at the 'Inglourious Basterds' Premiere
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Fashion Wire Daily - They were the cool couple in black, he in a linen suit and she in a fabulous, form-fitting strapless leather dress. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie stopped traffic on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles on Monday, Aug. 10, as they joined Quentin Tarantino at the premiere of 'Inglourious Basterds.'
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7/122 JFK's sister, Special Olympics founder, dies at 88
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AFP - Eunice Kennedy Shriver, sister of slain US president John F. Kennedy and founder of the Special Olympics, died Tuesday in Massachusetts, her family said. She was 88.
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8/122 No final word yet on Michael Jackson burial
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AP - He spent the last few years of his life on a globe-trotting odyssey, and now in death Michael Jackson still seems unable to find a permanent home.
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9/122 Eunice Kennedy Shriver dies at age 88
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Reuters - Eunice Kennedy Shriver, who emerged from a powerful male-dominated political family to found the Special Olympics and become a leading advocate of the mentally disabled, died on Tuesday at the age of 88.
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10/122 Sweden's Princess Madeleine to marry
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AFP - Sweden's Princess Madeleine, the youngest child of King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia, is engaged to marry her boyfriend, the Swedish royal palace said on Tuesday.
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11/122 Jury to continue deliberation in C-Murder's trial
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AP - The jury in the second-degree murder trial of rapper Corey 'C-Murder' Miller plans to continue deliberations.
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12/122 Jackson film greenlit; merchandise gets a yellow
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AP - A judge greenlit a major Michael Jackson movie deal Monday, and the film is scheduled to be in theaters later this year. The accompanying Michael Jackson merchandise will have to wait — for now.
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13/122 Brooks & Dunn to 'call it a day' after 20 years
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AP - Brooks & Dunn are done.
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14/122 'Mad Men' is back with more 1960s modern living
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AP - In its first two seasons, 'Mad Men' rang true, and familiar, from across a half-century divide.
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15/122 EA Sports teams with ESPN to promote `Madden'
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AP - If you have a spouse, a sibling or some other relative or friend who loves football and video games, don't expect to see much of him (or her) this weekend. 'Madden NFL 10,' the latest installment of the series that took armchair quarterbacking to a new level, comes out Friday.
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16/122 Frustrated Russian woman throws a cup at Mona Lisa
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Reuters - A Russian woman frustrated at failing to obtain French nationality hurled a ceramic cup at the Mona Lisa but did not damage Leonardo da Vinci's famed portrait, a spokesman for the Louvre Museum said on Tuesday.
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17/122 Review: Pat Conroy returns with `South of Broad'
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AP - 'South of Broad' (Nan A. Talese, 528 pages, $29.95), by Pat Conroy: Even outside the rigid social structures of adolescence, Leopold Bloom King is something of a freak.
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18/122 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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19/122 EBay, GM set to start car-selling trial
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AP - SAN FRANCISCO — General Motors and eBay Inc. are expected to announce Monday that hundreds of the auto maker's California dealers will let consumers haggle over the prices of new cars and trucks through the online marketplace, as part of a previously disclosed trial.
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20/122 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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21/122 Panasonic, NEC unveil 9 Linux phones
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Reuters - Panasonic Corp and NEC Corp unveiled nine new cellphone models on Tuesday that run the open-source LiMo operating system, wireless Linux group LiMo said.
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22/122 YouTube duck shooters fined: media
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AFP - Three Canadians who shelled ducklings on a pond, including firing at them from a vehicle and then posting their stunt on YouTube, were fined 16,000 Canadian dollars (14,500 US), media said Tuesday.
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23/122 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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24/122 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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25/122 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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26/122 GM says new Volt to get 230 mpg in city driving
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AP - General Motors Corp. said Tuesday its Chevrolet Volt rechargeable electric car should get 230 miles per gallon (98 kilometers per liter) of gasoline in city driving, more than four times the current champion, the Toyota Prius.
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27/122 BP signs deal with US firm to develop biofuel production
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AFP - British oil giant BP said Tuesday that it has signed a deal with US group Martek Biosciences to further develop biofuel production using sugar.
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28/122 French winegrowers raise a glass to satellite technology
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AFP - French winegrowers are reaping the benefits of satellite imagery to improve their grape harvests, in a fusion of cutting-edge technology and the ancient art of winemaking.
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29/122 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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30/122 China to mark 140th anniversary of giant panda 'discovery'
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AFP - China is to retrace the steps of the French missionary who made giant pandas known to the West to mark the 140th anniversary of their discovery by the outside world, state media said Tuesday.
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31/122 Climate change an Australian 'security threat'
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AFP - Australia faces more intense and frequent heatwaves, wildfires, cyclones and floods, with climate change becoming a threat to national security, a think-tank warned Tuesday.
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32/122 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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33/122 Kuwait says foils Qaeda plan to bomb U.S. Army camp
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Reuters - Kuwait said on Tuesday it had foiled an al Qaeda-linked plan to bomb a U.S. Army camp and other 'important facilities' in the OPEC oil exporting state.
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34/122 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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35/122 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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36/122 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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37/122 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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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 Visitors line up to sign a book of condolences for Eunice Kennedy ...
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(AP) - Visitors line up to sign a book of condolences for Eunice Kennedy Shriver at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum in Boston, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2009. Shriver died early Tuesday surrounded by relatives at a Hyannis hospital. She was 88. (AP Photo/Eric J. Shelton)
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40/122 Ultra Orthodox Jews stand in an alley at Mea Shearim neighbourhood ...
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(Reuters) - Ultra Orthodox Jews stand in an alley at Mea Shearim neighbourhood during Lag Ba-Omer festivities in Jerusalem May 22, 2008. REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis
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41/122 Sen Arlen Specter, D-Pa., left, trys to talk to an unidentified ...
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(AP) - Sen Arlen Specter, D-Pa., left, trys to talk to an unidentified man, right, who was yelling at the Senator during a town hall meeting open to the public Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2009, in Lebanon, Pa. (AP Photo/Bradley C Bower)
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42/122 Singer-Songwriter Gavin DeGraw will perform at the Beach Rescue ...
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(AP) - Singer-Songwriter Gavin DeGraw will perform at the Beach Rescue Concert presented by Barefoot Wine on August 29th. (PRNewsFoto/Barefoot Wine)
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43/122 Relatives of a victim of recent clashes hold his picture as ...
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(Reuters) - Relatives of a victim of recent clashes hold his picture as they cry over the grave of Neda Agha-Soltan at Tehran's Behesht-e Zahra cemetery July 30, 2009. Baton-wielding Iranian police fired tear gas on Thursday and arrested protesters mourning the young woman killed in post-election violence who has become a symbol for the opposition to Tehran's hardline leaders. REUTERS/Reuters via Your View
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44/122 President Barack Obama walks to Air Force One as he prepares ...
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(AP) - President Barack Obama walks to Air Force One as he prepares to leave Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2009, for New Hampshire. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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(Reuters) - A resident walks past a burnt vehicle after a bomb attack in Baghdad, August 11, 2009. REUTERS/Bassim Shati
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46/122 Eila Zook, left, Genene Leanza, center with sign, and John Herr, ...
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(AP) - Eila Zook, left, Genene Leanza, center with sign, and John Herr, right with sign, wait in line for the start of U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter's Town Hall meeting at the Lebanon branch of the Harrisburg Area Community College Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2009 in Lebanon, Pa. (AP Photo/Bradley C Bower)
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47/122 U.S. President Barack Obama speaks on the state of the U.S. ...
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(Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama speaks on the state of the U.S. economy in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, August 7, 2009. REUTERS/Jason Reed
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48/122 An unidentified man shouts at Sen. Arlen Specter, D-Pa., during ...
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(AP) - An unidentified man shouts at Sen. Arlen Specter, D-Pa., during a Town Hall meeting Tuesday , Aug. 11, 2009 in Lebanon, Pa. (AP Photo/Bradley C Bower)
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49/122 Joan Clay, left and Lori Newswanger, right, hold up signs as ...
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(AP) - Joan Clay, left and Lori Newswanger, right, hold up signs as they wait in line for the start of U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter's Town Hall meeting at the Lebanon branch of the Harrisburg Area Community College Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2009 in Lebanon, Pa. (AP Photo/Bradley C Bower)
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50/122 National Economic Council Director Larry Summers talks with ...
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(Reuters) - National Economic Council Director Larry Summers talks with George Stephanopoulos on his news show "This Week with George Stephanopoulos" at the Newseum in Washington February 8, 2009. REUTERS/Lauren Victoria Burke-ABC NEWS/Handout
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51/122 Shane Miclon, front, and Aaron DeWitt, both from Butterfield, ...
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(AP) - Shane Miclon, front, and Aaron DeWitt, both from Butterfield, Maine, juggle clubs with Ben Bond (off camera) during an impromtu performance by Cirkus Smirkus on the Statehouse lawn in Montpelier, Vt., Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2009. The circus has performances on Wednesday and Thursday under the big top in Montpelier.(AP Photo/Toby Talbot)
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52/122 Secretary of State Hillary Clinton addresses a news conference ...
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(Reuters) - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton addresses a news conference in Goma August 11, 2009. REUTERS/John Kanyunyu
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53/122 U.S. President Barack Obama arrives at a town hall on health ...
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(Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama arrives at a town hall on health insurance reform at Portsmouth High School in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, August 11, 2009. REUTERS/Jim Young (UNITED STATES POLITICS)
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54/122 President Barack Obama arrives at Portsmouth International Airport ...
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(AP) - President Barack Obama arrives at Portsmouth International Airport at Pease in Portsmouth, N.H., Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2009, prior attending a town hall in Portsmouth tol discuss the need for health insurance reform for the future of our economy and the health of our communities. (AP Photo/Cheryl Senter)
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55/122 A silhouette of of President Barack Obama is seen in his limousine ...
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(AP) - A silhouette of of President Barack Obama is seen in his limousine at Portsmouth International Airport at Pease in Portsmouth, N.H., Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2009,as he headed to a town hall in Portsmouth to discuss the need for health insurance reform for the future of our economy and the health of our communities. (AP Photo/Cheryl Senter)
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56/122 President Barack Obama salutes as he arrives at Portsmouth International ...
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(AP) - President Barack Obama salutes as he arrives at Portsmouth International Airport at Pease in Portsmouth, N.H., Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2009, prior to attending a town hall in Portsmouth to discuss the need for health insurance reform for the future of our economy and the health of our communities. (AP Photo/Cheryl Senter)
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57/122 Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers patrol a road in Kandagal ...
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(Reuters) - Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers patrol a road in Kandagal in the Pesh Valley in Afghanistan's Kunar Province August 1, 2009. REUTERS/Tim Wimborne
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58/122 U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at a town hall on health ...
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(Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at a town hall on health insurance reform at Portsmouth High School in Portsmouth, New Hampshire August 11, 2009. REUTERS/Jim Young (UNITED STATES POLITICS HEALTH)
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59/122 President Obama talks about his health care plan, Tuesday, Aug. ...
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(AP) - President Obama talks about his health care plan, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2009, at Portsmouth High School in Portsmouth, N.H. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)
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(Reuters) - Thousands of tanks, truck, trailers and other military vehicles are seen at a staging area at the U.S. Army's Camp Arifjan in Kuwait in an undated photo. REUTERS/U.S. Army/Handout
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61/122 Air Force One, with President Barack Obama aboard, arrives at ...
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(AP) - Air Force One, with President Barack Obama aboard, arrives at Portsmouth International Airport at Pease in Portsmouth, N.H., Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2009. (AP Photo/Cheryl Senter)
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(AP) - President Obama smiles as he arrives at Portsmouth High School in Portsmouth, N.H., Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2009. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)
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63/122 President Barack Obama waves prior to departing Air Force One ...
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(AP) - President Barack Obama waves prior to departing Air Force One at Portsmouth International Airport at Pease in Portsmouth, N.H., Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2009, before attending a town hall in Portsmouth to discuss the need for health insurance reform for the future of our economy and the health of our communities. (AP Photo/Cheryl Senter)
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64/122 Red Sox break out with 3 homers to end 6-game skid
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AP - Scoring runs isn't so tough after all. The Red Sox needed just the first 10 pitches to take a two-run lead Monday night after scoring just twice in their previous three games.
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65/122 Tulowitzki hits for cycle, drives in 7 for Rockies
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AP - Todd Helton knew early on that teammate Troy Tulowitzki was in for a big game even before the young shortstop did.
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66/122 Stallworth allowed to train during house arrest
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AP - Suspended Cleveland Browns wide receiver Donte' Stallworth will be allowed to leave home confinement to train with a strength and conditioning coach, a judge ruled Tuesday.
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67/122 Overbay, Hill lead Blue Jays to 5-4 win over Yanks
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AP - Lyle Overbay and Aaron Hill hit solo homers, and the Toronto Blue Jays bullpen shut down the high-powered New York offense in a 5-4 victory Monday night that snapped the Yankees' seven-game winning streak.
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68/122 Michigan's QB race: Forcier vs. Sheridan
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AP - Michigan quarterback Tate Forcier jogged to the sideline with a request.
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69/122 Gerrard out of Dutch game
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AFP - Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard has pulled out of the England squad for Wednesday's friendly against the Netherlands in Amsterdam because of a groin strain.
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70/122 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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71/122 Clijsters makes triumphant return to tennis
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AFP - Former world number one Kim Clijsters made a triumphant return to tennis, defeating France's Marion Bartoli in straight sets in her first match in more than two years.
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72/122 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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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 Ferrari names Badoer after Schumacher withdraws
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AP - Ferrari says Italian Luca Badoer will replace Michael Schumacher at this month's European Grand Prix at Valencia after the seven-time world champion called off his much-anticipated Formula One comeback.
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75/122 IOC studies women's boxing, other events for 2012
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AP - Women's boxing, mixed doubles in tennis and 50-meter sprints in swimming are among the events being considered this week for inclusion in the 2012 London Olympics.
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76/122 $65 million in jewelry stolen from London store
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AP - Two well-dressed thieves walked into a London Bond Street jewelry store last week and, after brandishing handguns at shop workers, made off with $65 million worth of gems in one of Britain's biggest jewelry heists, police said Tuesday.
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77/122 Raiders target diamond store in biggest gem robbery
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AFP - Robbers pulled off what is thought to be the country's biggest jewellery heist in a 40-million-pound raid at a chic London shop, police said Tuesday.
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78/122 Couple behind child death that shocked UK unmasked
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AP - He collected Nazi memorabilia and used his rottweiler to frighten her baby. She spent endless hours on the Internet and ignored the abuse heaped upon her child — until paramedics collected him from a blood-spattered crib.
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79/122 FTSE 100 shares fall
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AFP - London stocks ended down on Tuesday as financial companies staged a retreat.
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80/122 Serious Fraud Office rules out MG Rover probe
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AFP - The Serious Fraud Office said on Tuesday that it would not begin a criminal probe into the collapse of carmaker MG Rover with the loss of 6,000 jobs in 2005, after taking legal advice.
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81/122 Bees get their buzz back with a spoonful of sugar
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AFP - It's the busiest time of year for Britain's bumble bees, many of whom are showing signs of exhaustion. But just a spoonful of sugar could be exactly what they need to get them back in business, a wildlife charity said on Tuesday.
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82/122 InterContinental Hotels Group plunges into the red
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AFP - InterContinental Hotels Group revealed on Tuesday that it plunged into losses in the first six months of 2009 and forecast a 'tough' second half as the recession keeps business travellers at home.
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83/122 UK's Royal Opera House to perform 'Twitter' opera
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AP - It probably won't be 'Madame Butterfly,' but it should be fun.
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84/122 Alcohol behind 'alarming' rise in oral cancer: study
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AFP - Britain has seen an 'alarming' growth in oral cancer rates for people in their 40s, largely due to rising alcohol consumption, a leading charity warned on Tuesday.
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85/122 Tata Motors wins private funding for Jaguar
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AFP - India's Tata Motors has secured private funding for its luxury carmaker Jaguar Land Rover, meaning the firm will no longer be seeking state help, the group said on Tuesday.
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86/122 Baby P torturers named
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AFP - The couple responsible for the brutal death of toddler Baby P, which shocked Britain, were publicly named on Tuesday, triggering a renewed surge of anger and revulsion at their crimes.
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87/122 Trade deficit widens to £6.5 bln in June
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AFP - Britain's trade-in-goods deficit expanded to 6.5 billion pounds in June, official data showed on Tuesday.
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88/122 British insurer Friends Provident agrees takeover
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AFP - British insurer Friends Provident agreed on Tuesday to a takeover by investment group Resolution after an improved offer worth 1.858 billion pounds, boosting a sector damaged by the financial crisis.
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89/122 Tourist 'set on fire' in Crete claims innocence
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AFP - A British tourist allegedly set on fire by a Greek woman for sexual harassment on the island of Crete, on Tuesday claimed he was 'completely innocent,' The Sun reported.
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90/122 Guard arrested in Iraq claims self-defence: report
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AFP - A security guard arrested in Iraq over the shooting death of two of his colleagues said a drunken brawl led to the incident, in comments published here Tuesday.
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91/122 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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92/122 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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93/122 France says embassy employee freed by Iranians
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AP - Iranian authorities have freed a French Embassy employee on trial in Iran from a Tehran prison, President Nicolas Sarkozy's office announced Tuesday, asking that a young French academic also be quickly freed.
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94/122 Tarzan reconsidered, culturally, in Paris exhibit
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AP - Tarzan is back! (Cue distinctive jungle yell.)
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95/122 Chechen activist, husband found dead in car trunk
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AP - The bullet-riddled bodies of a Chechen activist and her husband were found in the trunk of their car Tuesday, the latest in a string of high-profile killings in Chechnya under its Kremlin-backed leader.
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96/122 Ex-German officer guilty of Italian WWII killings
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AP - Gino Massetti was only 15 when the German troops rounded him up with 10 other Italian civilians and forced them into a barn before blowing it up — a ruthless massacre carried out in revenge after partisans killed two soldiers.
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97/122 McIlroy patient about his game and hunt for major title
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AFP - Rory McIlroy has learned patience when it comes to winning Majors and playing in them, a lesson that will serve him well when the 91st PGA Championship begins Thursday at Hazeltine.
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98/122 Myanmar sentences Suu Kyi to more house arrest
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AP - A Myanmar court convicted Nobel Peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi on Tuesday of violating her house arrest by allowing an uninvited American to stay at her home. The head of the military-ruled country ordered the democracy leader to serve an 18-month sentence under house arrest.
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99/122 US Army brigade retools for new Afghan mission
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AP - More than 100 soldiers in the brigade studied Arabic for 10 months. Their officers boned up on Iraq by reading dozens of books.
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100/122 Thais reject US request to extradite arms smuggler
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AP - A Thai court Tuesday rejected a U.S. request to extradite an alleged Russian arms smuggler dubbed the 'Merchant of Death,' dealing a setback to American efforts to try him on charges of plotting to supply weapons to Colombian rebels.
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101/122 Stricken Taiwanese airlifted as 70 killed in storm
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AP - Military helicopters ferried stricken villagers to safety Tuesday from remote Taiwanese communities hit by Typhoon Morakot that left at least 70 dead, but hundreds were still feared trapped by a torrent of mud and rock that buried their homes.
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102/122 Thousands welcome home 2 Yemenis released by US
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AP - Thousands of Yemenis waving flags and banners gave a hero's welcome to a well-known cleric and his assistant who returned home from the United States on Tuesday after serving more than six years in prison on terrorism charges.
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103/122 Clinton concerned about deaths, rape in east Congo
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Reuters - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Tuesday more must be done to protect civilians from violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where the army is fighting a string of conflicts.
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104/122 Powerful quakes strike Japan, India
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AFP - Powerful earthquakes just over 10 minutes apart rattled Japan and India on Tuesday, triggering panic on fears of a tsunami in the Andaman Islands and injuring more than 100 people southwest of Tokyo.
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105/122 Australia, China at odds over Uighur activist
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AP - An exiled Uighur activist accused China on Tuesday of trying to use its economic clout to dampen criticism of its human rights record, while Australia's foreign minister said Chinese diplomats who opposed her trip should mind their manners.
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106/122 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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107/122 Burma Court Finds Aung San Suu Kyi Guilty
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Time.com - Nobel laureate and democracy figurehead must serve another 18 months as a prisoner of the military junta
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108/122 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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109/122 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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110/122 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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111/122 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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112/122 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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113/122 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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114/122 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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115/122 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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116/122 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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117/122 AsiaPac to treat million HIV patients by 2011: UNAIDS
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AFP - The Asia Pacific region is on target to treat a million HIV-positive people with antiretroviral drugs within the next two years, a UN body said Monday.
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118/122 Wall Street falls as financials, data spark jitters
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Reuters - U.S. stocks slid more than 1 percent on Tuesday after an unexpectedly large drop in inventories at wholesalers raised doubts about an economic recovery and bank shares skidded after a prominent analyst warned that fundamentals for the industry have not improved.
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119/122 CIT delays report, could have to file for bankruptcy
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Reuters - Troubled lender CIT Group Inc said on Tuesday it has delayed filing its second-quarter report with regulators and said if it could not complete its debt tender or arrange other financing, it would file for bankruptcy.
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120/122 U.S. productivity surges, inventories are lean
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Reuters - U.S. output per worker rose at its fastest pace in six years during the second quarter as businesses wrung more from shrinking staff in a sign that recovery from recession will be slow and unlikely to create a surge in hiring.
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121/122 GM claims unprecedented mileage rating for Volt
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Reuters - The Chevrolet Volt -- the electric vehicle General Motors Co is counting on to recharge its image with consumers -- is on track to hit an unprecedented fuel economy rating of 230 miles per gallon in city driving, the automaker said on Tuesday.
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122/122 Global shares make small gains, China disappoints
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Reuters - World stocks ticked slightly higher on Tuesday and Japan's Nikkei hit a 10-month closing high despite disappointing Chinese data that drove up the yen.
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