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1/129 Sen. Lieberman to Alec Baldwin: 'Make my day'
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AP - Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman has a message for actor Alec Baldwin, who is reportedly considering a move to Connecticut to challenge Lieberman in 2012: 'Make my day.'
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2/129 Michael Jackson's mother praises Vienna tribute
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AP - Michael Jackson's mother says next month's global tribute for the King of Pop in Vienna is 'a wonderful idea' that her son would have loved.
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3/129 Jackson's reign atop charts ends
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AFP - Michael Jackson has finally been knocked from the top of the album charts, after eight straight weeks since his death at number one.
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4/129 Gag gongs at Edinburgh festival
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AFP - A surreal hedgehog joke was named best gag at the Edinburgh Fringe on Monday, while a Michael Jackson gag was judged the least funny at the annual arts festival.
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5/129 Goldthwait brands Williams `World's Greatest Dad'
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AP - Bobcat Goldthwait already counts his latest movie starring buddy Robin Williams a success, no matter how well it does at theaters.
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6/129 Spokeswoman: Lindsay Lohan's LA home broken into
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AP - A publicist for Lindsay Lohan says the 'Mean Girls' actress's home in the Hollywood Hills has been burglarized.
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7/129 Israel chides Norway for celebrating Nazi sympathiser
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AFP - Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman has reproached Norway for commemorating its Nobel Prize winning novelist Knut Hamsun who sympathised with the Nazis, a newspaper reported on Monday.
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8/129 Entertainer Bolt is all business on track
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AFP - With his 'Lightning Bolt' poses, play-acting for the cameras and care-free attitude, he delighted fans at Berlin's Olympic Stadium, but Usain Bolt is very serious when it comes to sprinting.
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9/129 Miss USA among 15 Miss Universe finalists
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AP - Miss USA was chosen Sunday as one of the top 15 finalists who will be vying for the Miss Universe crown. Kristen Dalton joins contestants from the following countries: Puerto Rico, Iceland, Albania, Czech Republic, Belgium, Dominican Republic, Sweden, Kosovo, Australia, France, Switzerland, South Africa, Croatia and Venezuela.
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10/129 Police probe burglary at Lindsay Lohan's L.A. home
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Reuters - Police were called for the second time in three months to the Hollywood Hills home of actress Lindsay Lohan on Sunday to investigate a burglary there.
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11/129 Police say fugitive reality TV star found dead
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AP - Canadian police say fugitive murder suspect Ryan Jenkins has been found dead of an apparent suicide in a motel in British Columbia. Sgt. Duncan Pound of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police border integrity unit says police responded to a call about a dead person in Hope, east of Vancouver, and then called investigators who were part of the massive manhunt for Jenkins.
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12/129 Pitt, Tarantino's 'Basterds' earns glorious $37.6M
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AP - The war effort by Quentin Tarantino and Brad Pitt has paid off as their history lesson 'Inglourious Basterds' claimed victory at the box office with a $37.6 million debut.
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13/129 Court approves Jackson exhibit over family objections
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AFP - A Los Angeles court has given a nod to a touring exhibition of Michael Jackson memorabilia, despite objections from the late singer's mother Katherine Jackson.
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14/129 Jackson memorabilia tour approved; London's first
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AP - A judge on Friday firmly approved a deal between Michael Jackson's estate and a concert promoter to exhibit his memorabilia, praising the arrangement that the singer's mother had fought in court over her concerns that it could harm his legacy and wasn't competitively bid.
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15/129 Great train robber Biggs says sorry -- to his family
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AFP - Ronnie Biggs, notorious for his role in the 1963 Great Train Robbery, said sorry in a German newspaper interview on Sunday -- but only to his family for the hurt he has caused them.
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16/129 Music Man Murray prepares to spin last record
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AP - The 45s, the 78s, the vinyl LPs, the CDs are all spinning to a halt, and you can push the stop button on those old cylinder recorders.
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17/129 Hasidic star Matisyahu saving reggae with new disc
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Reuters - It's not easy being a big celebrity in a close-knit Orthodox Jewish community.
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18/129 Billboard singles reviews: Miley Cyrus, Madonna
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Reuters - The heated online debate about Miley Cyrus' Teen Choice Awards performance of 'Party in the U.S.A.' threatens to overshadow one of her most entertaining songs yet.
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19/129 `Inglourious Basterds' 1 of many tricky titles
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AP - Quentin Tarantino isn't saying why he spelled the title of his World War II adventure, 'Inglourious Basterds,' the way he did.
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20/129 Tarantino's Nazi movie slays at box office
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Reuters - Nazis and Quentin Tarantino proved a lethal combination at the worldwide box office as the bad-boy director topped the weekend charts with his violent World War Two movie 'Inglourious Basterds.'
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21/129 Worldwide `Avatar' previews thrill sci-fi fans
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AP - Fans wearing 3D glasses clapped as soon as James Cameron's face appeared on screen. The filmmaker, shown in 3D, invited moviegoers to enjoy a 16-minute peek of his anticipated sci-fi epic 'Avatar,' which was screened for free around the world Friday.
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22/129 'Inglourious Basterds' takes box office top spot
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AFP - 'Inglourious Basterds,' the latest stylized action flick from director Quentin Tarantino, took the top spot at the North American box office this weekend, initial figures showed Sunday.
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23/129 Hollywood playing catch-up with videogames
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Reuters - Films and videogames would seem a match made in heaven, so why are games based on hit movies so bad? Despite sharing the same demographic of devoted fans, action, sci-fi and fantasy films rarely translate into branded videogame hits.
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24/129 Spike Lee's Jackson birthday bash could draw 10K
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AP - New York City officials want to find a larger place for Spike Lee to hold his celebration of Michael Jackson's birthday.
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25/129 Latest 'Bourne' film lands scribe
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Reuters - Josh Zetumer has signed on to pen the fourth installment of the 'Bourne' movie series, writing what is being described as a parallel script to one that was written earlier.
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26/129 Panasonic leans on `Avatar' movie for 3-D PR blitz
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AP - 'Titanic' director James Cameron has signed on with Panasonic Corp. to promote new 3-D TVs.
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27/129 Reality Star Accused of Killing Model Found Dead in Canada
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28/129 Robin Williams accidental star of new indie comedy
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Reuters - Yes, you want to have a great screenplay and a talented director, but no project ever gets made until a star's attached.
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29/129 Friend: 'Millionaire's' Megan 'Devastated' After Model's Murder
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LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Megan Hauserman, star of 'Megan Wants A Millionaire,' is 'devastated' in the wake of news that show contestant Ryan Jenkins is suspected of murder, a friend told People. 'Megan is devastated,' the friend told the mag. 'She got to know Ryan through her show, and she is shocked and saddened by the week's events.'
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30/129 Police probe burglary at Lindsay Lohan's L.A. home
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Reuters - Police were called for the second time in three months to the Hollywood Hills home of actress Lindsay Lohan on Sunday to investigate a burglary there.
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31/129 Hunted reality TV contestant found dead in Canada
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AP - Reality show contestant Ryan Jenkins' life ended in a way that could have been scripted for TV: as police investigated the murder suspect's suicide at a secluded Canadian motel, word came Monday that a mysterious young woman had checked him in there.
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32/129 Venezuela repeats at Miss Universe contest
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AP - Miss Venezuela was the fairest of them all once again, winning the 2009 Miss Universe crown for the second year straight and the sixth time since the pageant's creation.
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33/129 Attack on Obama riles Beck's advertisers
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AP - Glenn Beck returns to Fox News Channel after a vacation on Monday with fewer companies willing to advertise on his show than when he left, part of the fallout from calling President Barack Obama a racist.
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34/129 Fashion Front-and-Center at 'My One and Only' Premiere
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Fashion Wire Daily - What brings fashion designers running? If you're in New York City on a hot summer night, it is Renee Zellweger, who stars in the new film 'My One and Only.' The premiere of that Fifties-era comedy drew a who's who of well-known couturiers on Tuesday, Aug. 18.
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35/129 The fall forecast: Dan Brown and cautious optimism
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AP - Just in time for an especially crowded fall, business seems to be picking up for books.
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36/129 Will antitrust probe keep Microsoft, Yahoo apart?
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AP - Yahoo Inc. and Microsoft Corp. hope that by joining forces, they can tilt the balance of power in Internet search away from Google Inc. First, however, Yahoo and Microsoft have to convince regulators that their plan won't hurt online advertisers and consumers.
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37/129 Movie theaters cut print show times as Web gains
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AP - Filmgoers who have long turned to the local newspaper to find theaters and show times for movies may have to start looking elsewhere as theater chains rethink the value of paper and ink in a digital age.
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38/129 Jordan Palmer helping players develop iPhone apps
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AP - A small icon of Chad Ochocinco's smiling face is the doorway to the receiver's latest media venture.
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39/129 Nokia to enter PC industry with first netbook
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Reuters - The world's top cellphone maker Nokia said on Monday it would start to make laptops, entering a fiercely competitive, but fast-growing market.
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40/129 Apple tells FCC jury still out on Google Voice
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AFP - Apple has told US regulators it is studying a Google Voice application for iPhones and is not conspiring with telecom partner AT&T to bar the software from the coveted mobile devices.
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41/129 Smartphones drive language learning innovation
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AFP - The boom in 'smartphones', led by Apple's iPhone, has inspired language learning tools that would have been inconceivable just months ago -- and a Hong Kong firm is leading the charge.
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42/129 SKorea seeks jail for disgraced cloning scientist
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AP - Prosecutors demanded a four-year prison term Monday for a South Korean scientist disgraced in a cloning scandal that shook the international scientific community and led to his trial on fraud and other charges.
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43/129 Research finds higher acidity in Alaska waters
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AP - Erosion threatens to topple coastal Alaskan villages. Melting ice threatens polar bears. Now, a marine scientist says the state's marine waters are turning acidic from absorbing greenhouse gases faster than tropical waters, potentially endangering Alaska's $4.6 billion fishing industry.
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44/129 Beetles, wildfire: Double threat in warming world
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AP - A veil of smoke settled over the forest in the shadow of the St. Elias Mountains, in a wilderness whose spruce trees stood tall and gray, a deathly gray even in the greenest heart of a Yukon summer.
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45/129 'Cyber-traffic' endangering primates in Cameroon
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AFP - Advertisements on the Internet to woo buyers into taking 'playful primates' from Cameroon into their homes have become one of the primary means of further threatening already endangered species.
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46/129 Dam disaster shows Russia 'very far behind': Medvedev
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AFP - The disaster last week at Russia's biggest hydroelectric dam that is feared to have killed 75 shows the country lags very far behind in technology, President Dmitry Medvedev said Monday.
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47/129 Discovery gets the all-clear for Tuesday launch
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AFP - NASA gave a final green light to continue the countdown to the launch of the shuttle Discovery Tuesday toward the International Space Station, carrying a crew of seven including a Swede.
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48/129 S.Korea seeks 4-year prison term for stem cell fraud
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Reuters - South Korean prosecutors told a Seoul court on Monday they wanted a four-year prison term for disgraced scientist Hwang Woo-suk, whose research team has been linked to major fraud in its once-celebrated stem cell studies.
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49/129 NASA embraces pop culture on next shuttle flight
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AP - When Discovery flies to the international space station this week, it will deliver a new treadmill named for a TV comedian and pick up a Buzz Lightyear toy.
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50/129 Fu Long the panda celebrates turning two in Vienna zoo
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AFP - Fu Long the panda, Europe's first to be conceived naturally while in captivity, celebrated his second birthday with a huge bamboo cake at an Austrian zoo on Sunday.
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51/129 End of civil war opens up Angolan 'Jurassic Park'
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AFP - Angola is best known for oil and diamonds, but dinosaur hunters say the country holds a 'museum in the ground' of rare fossils -- some actually jutting from the earth -- waiting to be discovered.
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52/129 Australian oil spill clean-up to take '7 weeks'
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AFP - A major oil spill at a drilling rig off Australia's northwest coast will take at least seven weeks to contain, authorities said Monday.
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53/129 Death toll in Siberian power plant blast at 69
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AP - Searchers on Sunday combed wreckage at Russia's largest hydroelectric plant for six workers missing since an explosion a week ago. Three more bodies were found, raising the death toll to at least 69 people.
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54/129 Bill downgraded after leaving 2 dead on East Coast
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AP - The remnants of Hurricane Bill lost the characteristics of a tropical cyclone as it moved farther north in the Atlantic Ocean, forecasters said Monday, a day after the storm's powerful winds churned up waves that were blamed in the deaths of at least two people on the East Coast.
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(Reuters) - A banana spider is suspended by its web as the space shuttle Discovery sits atop Launch Pad 39A during final launch preparations at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida August 24, 2009. Discovery is scheduled for launch later in the day on a mission to the International Space Station. REUTERS/Pierre Ducharme (UNITED STATES SCI TECH)
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(AP) - Japan's Keio University Prof. Hiroshi Shimizu shows his prototype electric cars, Eliica, left, and KAZ, during a press conference in Tokyo, Japan, Monday, Aug. 24, 2009. Shimizu of Faculty of Environmental Information Graduate School of Media and Governance said he established SIM-Drive Corporation, a venture business at the university, to promote electric cars, hoping to ensure a cleaner environment for the next generation. The eight-wheeled Eliica, or the Electric Lithium-Ion Car, was designed by a team at Keio University, led by Shimizu, as a revamped model of KAZ, or Keio Advanced Zero-Emission Vehicle. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)
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(AP) - Japan's Keio University Prof. Hiroshi Shimizu speaks during a press conference in Tokyo, Japan, Monday, Aug. 24, 2009. Shimizu of Faculty of Environmental Information Graduate School of Media and Governance said he established SIM-Drive Corporation, a venture business at the university, to promote electric cars, hoping to ensure a cleaner environment for the next generation. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)
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59/129 Japan's Keio University Prof. Hiroshi Simizu shows his prototype ...
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(AP) - Japan's Keio University Prof. Hiroshi Simizu shows his prototype electric cars, Eliica, left, and KAZ, during a press conference in Tokyo, Japan, Monday, Aug. 24, 2009. Shimizu of Faculty of Environmental Information Graduate School of Media and Governance said he established SIM-Drive Corporation, a venture business at the university, to promote electric cars, hoping to ensure a cleaner environment for the next generation. The eight-wheeled Eliica, or the Electric Lithium-Ion Car, was designed by a team at Keio University, led by Shimizu, as a revamped model of KAZ, or Keio Advanced Zero-Emission Vehicle. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)
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(AP) - Feleccia Moore-Davis, center, poses with her two daughters, Remi Davis, left, and Michaela Davis, right, at a busy intersection near the girls school Friday, Aug. 7, 2009 near Houston. The girls will no longer be eligible to ride a bus to school. In a cost-saving measure, the Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District will stop busing students who live within two miles of their school this year. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
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(AP) - Feleccia Moore-Davis, left, poses with her two daughters, Remi Davis, center, and Michaela Davis, right, near the girls school Friday, Aug. 7, 2009 near Houston. The girls will no longer be eligible to ride a bus to school. In a cost-saving measure, the Cypress-Fairbanks Indepedent School District will stop busing students who live within two miles of their school this year. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
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(AP) - Jeff Norris replaces a light bulb on a bus at a Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District transportation center Friday, Aug. 7, 2009 in Houston. In a cost-saving measure, the school district will stop busing students who live within two miles of their school this year. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
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(AP) - Mechanic Jeff Norris works on a bus at a Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District transportation center Friday, Aug. 7, 2009 in Houston. In a cost-saving measure, the school district will stop busing students who live within two miles of their school this year. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
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(AP) - School buses are shown in the mirror of a parked bus at a Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District transportation center Friday, Aug. 7, 2009 in Houston. In a cost-saving measure, the school district will stop busing students who live within two miles of their school this year. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
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(AP) - Robert Buchanan checks under a bus at a Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District transportation center Friday, Aug. 7, 2009 in Houston. In a cost-saving measure, the school district will stop busing students who live within two miles of their school this year. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
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(AP) - Buses are parked in a row at a Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District transportation center Friday, Aug. 7, 2009 in Houston. In a cost-saving measure, the school district will stop busing students who live within two miles of their school this year. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
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(Reuters) - The space shuttle Discovery sits atop Launch Pad 39A during final launch preparations at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida August 24, 2009. Discovery is scheduled for launch later in the day on a mission to the International Space Station. REUTERS/Scott Audette (UNITED STATES SCI TECH)
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(Reuters) - LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers poses with a new Nike basketball shoe during a promotional event in Beijing August 24, 2009. James is in China on a worldwide tour to promote the shoe and to offer grassroots basketball activities. The NBA all-star is also on a promotional tour for the documentary film "More Than a Game" which traces James' journey with his high school teammates on and off the court. REUTERS/Jason Lee
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(AP) - Chinese construction workers set up a scaffolding around a steel structure set up ahead of the 60th national day celebrations to be held in Beijing, China, Monday, Aug 24, 2009. China's top economic official cautioned that the country faces possible new problems and said Beijing will continue its stimulus policies because the recovery still lacks a solid foundations, according to comments reported Monday. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
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(AP) - In this Aug. 5, 2009 photo, construction workers work on the scaffoldings at a construction site near a bridge in Shanghai China. China's top economic official cautioned that the country faces possible new problems and said Beijing will continue its stimulus policies because a recovery still lacks a solid foundation, according to comments reported Monday. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
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(AP) - In this July 2, 2009 photo, an investor looks at a stock price monitor at a private securities company in Shanghai China. China's top economic official cautioned that the country faces possible new problems and said Beijing will continue its stimulus policies because a recovery still lacks a solid foundation, according to comments reported Monday. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
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(Canadian Press) - A steel beam from the original World Trade Center is returned to the site Monday, Aug. 24, 2009 in New York. Dubbed the 'Last Column,' it became the final standing steel column removed from ground zero following the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Column No. 1,0001 B of 2 World Trade Center, as it's officially known, will become part of the planned National Sept. 11 Memorial & Museum. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Mark Lennihan
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74/129 Procter & Gamble's corporate headquarters is seen in Cincinnati, ...
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(Reuters) - Procter & Gamble's corporate headquarters is seen in Cincinnati, Ohio, January 28, 2005. REUTERS/John Sommers II
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75/129 Iraq's former Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari (L) and Iraq's ...
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(Reuters) - Iraq's former Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari (L) and Iraq's Vice President Adel Abdul Mehdi (R) attend a news conference in Baghdad August 24, 2009. Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's Shi'ite Muslim partners on Monday announced the formation of a new coalition to fight the next election that did not include him. No reason was given publicly for the exclusion of Maliki's Dawa party but the increasingly assertive prime minister had demanded a greater say in the alliance and also insisted the coalition be broadened to include more Sunnis and Kurds. REUTERS/Mohammed Ameen
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76/129 Scientist Hwang Woo-suk (C) arrives at the Seoul Central District ...
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(Reuters) - Scientist Hwang Woo-suk (C) arrives at the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul August 24, 2009, as reporters try to ask questions. South Korean prosecutors told a Seoul court on Monday they wanted a four-year prison term for the disgraced scientist Hwang, whose research team has been linked to major fraud in its once-celebrated stem cell studies. Hwang, once a scientist with rock-star like status in South Korea for his research that brought the country to the forefront of stem cell studies, is facing trial on charges of fraud, misusing 2.8 billion won ($2.25 million) in state funds and violating bioethics laws. REUTERS/Park Ji-ho/Yonhap (SOUTH KOREA SCI TECH CRIME LAW HEADSHOT) NO SALES. NO ARCHIVES. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. SOUTH KOREA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN SOUTH KOREA
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77/129 A Muslim shopkeeper sells food on the first day of the holy ...
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(Reuters) - A Muslim shopkeeper sells food on the first day of the holy month of Ramadan near the Jama Masjid (Grand Mosque) in the old quarters of Delhi August 23, 2009. REUTERS/Parth Sanyal
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78/129 Zhang Jianguo, president of China Construction Bank Ltd., looks ...
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(AP) - Zhang Jianguo, president of China Construction Bank Ltd., looks on during a press conference in Hong Kong Monday, Aug. 24, 2009. The country's second-biggest commercial lender by assets said that its first half profit fell 4.9 percent from a year earlier as low interest rates bit into its margins. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
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79/129 A man videotapes the storm surge created by Hurricane Bill in ...
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(Reuters) - A man videotapes the storm surge created by Hurricane Bill in Cow Bay, Nova Scotia, August 23, 2009. REUTERS/Paul Darrow
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80/129 Unassisted triple play helps Martinez beat Mets
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AP - Pedro Martinez was anxiously watching the Phillies lead dwindle on a television in the clubhouse when Eric Bruntlett put an end to his worries with an unassisted triple play.
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81/129 Jeter starts Yankees' five-HR outburst in 8-4 win
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AP - CC Sabathia against Josh Beckett loomed as a low-scoring duel between two of baseball's best pitchers.
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82/129 Americans win third straight Solheim Cup
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AP - Despite the instructions not to, Juli Inkster couldn't resist checking out the scoreboard.
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83/129 Moore gets a lesson in patience at Wyndham
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AP - For Ryan Moore, the Wyndham Championship was a lesson in patience.
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84/129 Franchitti wins Sonoma Grand Prix
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AP - Dario Franchitti hoisted a celebratory glass of red wine to his lips in a long-awaited moment for the IndyCar driver at Infineon Raceway.
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85/129 Andretti confident in re-signing Patrick
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AP - Owner Michael Andretti is confident Andretti Green Racing will re-sign Danica Patrick beyond this IndyCar season — and perhaps soon.
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86/129 Yankees use five homers off Beckett to take series
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Reuters - The New York Yankees pounded five home runs off Boston starter Josh Beckett to beat the Red Sox 8-4 and win the rubber game of their three-game series on Sunday.
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87/129 Michigan's Rodriguez plans to play 3 QBs in opener
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AP - Michigan quarterback Denard Robinson was lounging on the turf when a couple reporters approached, asking for the story behind the fact that he doesn't tie the laces of his cleats.
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88/129 Hong Kong tycoon makes Birmingham buyout bid
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AFP - Hong Kong tycoon Carson Yeung said Monday he has offered 57.13 million pounds to buy Premier League team Birmingham City, promising money to buy new players.
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89/129 Cyclists roll out for Tour de Timor
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AFP - Some 280 cyclists from around the world pedalled out of East Timor's presidential palace on Monday, on the first leg of the inaugural Tour de Timor.
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90/129 Heatley wants trade, unhappy in role with Senators
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AP - Ottawa winger Dany Heatley reiterated his desire for a trade Friday, saying he's unhappy with his diminished role.
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91/129 Federer downs Djokovic to win Cincinnati Masters
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AFP - World number one Roger Federer defeated fourth-seeded Novak Djokovic 6-1, 7-5 to win the Cincinnati Masters title Sunday and cement his status as favourite for the upcoming US Open.
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92/129 Wheeee! Solheim Cup a breakthrough for Wie
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AP - This was the Michelle Wie everyone was waiting to see.
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93/129 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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94/129 Diaz gets Malignaggi over decision
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AP - Juan Diaz beat Paulie Malignaggi in a 12-round, unanimous decision on Saturday night to win the vacant NABO junior welterweight championship.
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95/129 Cuba has no plans to field female boxing team
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AP - Cuba has no intention of fielding a team in women's boxing when the event makes its Olympic debut at the 2012 London Games, according to the president of the Cuban boxing federation.
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96/129 Queen Elizabeth congratulates England
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AFP - Queen Elizabeth II on Monday congratulated the England cricket team on their Ashes victory over Australia, praising both sides for the performances in the five-Test series, a spokesman said.
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97/129 Scottish Justice Secretary in spotlight
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AFP - Scotland's justice secretary faces a grilling in the Scottish Parliament on Monday over his decision to free the convicted Lockerbie bomber -- and the ensuing backlash.
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98/129 Father and son die in canoe accident
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AFP - A father and son's canoe trip ended in tragedy after their boat capsized on a Scottish Loch.
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99/129 Rolls-Royce wins PetroChina contracts
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AFP - Rolls-Royce on Monday said it had won two contracts from PetroChina for power systems to be installed on the West to East Gas Pipeline Project stretching across China.
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100/129 Lawmakers urge probe of Lockerbie bomber's release
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AFP - A senior US senator urged an independent investigation of Scotland's decision to free the Lockerbie bomber, expressing concern that British interest in Libyan oil may have played a role.
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101/129 Scottish leader defends Lockerbie bomber release
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AP - Scotland's government defended itself Sunday against unrelenting criticism from the U.S. over the decision to free the Pan Am Flight 103 bomber on compassionate grounds.
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102/129 MoD procurement harms army's ability to fight: report
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AFP - A report for the Ministry of Defence leaked Sunday said the MoD's procurement programme was hugely inefficient and harming Britain's ability to fight enemies like the Taliban.
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103/129 The charm of the Mini rolls on at 50
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AFP - The Mini might be 50 years old, but the love for the little British car showed no signs of waning as thousands of 'Minimaniacs' gathered earlier this month to celebrate the anniversary.
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104/129 Labour still way behind in polls
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AFP - Labour are still well behind in the opinion polls with a general election less than a year away, a survey out Sunday showed.
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105/129 West Ham's Davenport and mother stabbed
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AFP - West Ham defender Calum Davenport and his mother were stabbed Saturday in a suspected attempted murder at the family home, police said.
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106/129 Govt under scrutiny over role in Lockerbie release
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AFP - The government came under pressure on Saturday to explain its role in the release of the Lockerbie bomber, but strongly denied Libyan claims it was linked to trade deals.
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107/129 Gaddafi hugs Lockerbie bomber and thanks Britain
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Reuters - Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi hugged the convicted Lockerbie bomber and promised more cooperation with Britain in gratitude for his release, while London and Washington condemned his 'hero's welcome' home.
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108/129 British PM meets Petraeus for Afghanistan talks
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AFP - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown held private talks on Afghanistan with top US military commander General David Petraeus on Friday, Brown's office said.
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109/129 Lockerbie affair linked to UK trade deals: Kadhafi's son
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AFP - The release of Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmet al-Megrahi was linked to trade deals with Britain, Seif al-Islam, the son of Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi, said in a interview.
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110/129 Press slam bomber's release as 'surrender to terror'
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AFP - Newspapers Saturday slammed the release to Libya of Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmet al-Megrahi calling it a 'sickening spectacle' and a 'surrender to terror.'
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111/129 Je t'aime: French text msgs now divorce evidence
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AP - Unfaithful spouses in France beware: Passionate text messages sent to mistresses and lovers can now be used as evidence against you in a divorce.
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112/129 Liverpool newboy Kyrgiakos aims to erase Euro pain
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AFP - Liverpool's new signing Sotirios Kyrgiakos plans to use his shock move to Anfield to erase five years of pain.
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113/129 Scotland lawmakers to meet on Lockerbie release
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AP - Scottish legislators gathered Monday for an emergency meeting on the government's decision to release the Lockerbie bomber as critics claimed the act could severely damage relations with the United States.
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114/129 Fire crews scramble to tame Greek fires, save nuns
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AP - Fire crews outside Athens scrambled Monday to exploit a lull in high winds, but the flames spread further and a dozen nuns had to be rescued from a convent threatened by one blaze.
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115/129 Godmothers rise on Naples crime turf
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AP - They go by such nicknames as 'Fat Cat' and 'Tomboy.' Their simmering power struggles once drove them into the streets, guns blazing. They rule their crime families with steely determination, and also raise the kids and stir the pasta.
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116/129 Pope freed from cast, says wrist still 'lazy'
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AP - Pope Benedict XVI made his first public appearance since having the cast removed from his broken right wrist, joking Sunday that his hand was 'freed,' but still a bit sluggish.
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117/129 3 NATO troops killed in southern Afghanistan
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AP - Three NATO troops — two from Estonia and one from the United States — were killed in attacks in southern Afghanistan as fraud charges continued to pour in Monday from last week's turbulent presidential vote.
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118/129 Israel's Netanyahu brings balancing act to Europe
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AP - Benjamin Netanyahu arrives in Britain on Monday as a leader walking a tightrope.
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119/129 UAE prosecutor claims US man had al-Qaida ties
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AP - A state prosecutor in Abu Dhabi claimed Monday that an American man on trial in the Emirates had ties to a group backed by al-Qaida in Iraq.
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120/129 Afghan journalist shot dead in Pakistan: officials
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AFP - Gunmen on Monday shot dead an Afghan journalist in northwest Pakistan's lawless tribal belt, branded one of the most dangerous spots in the world for media, an official said.
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121/129 Aussie town dumps Japan sister city over dolphins
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AFP - An Australian town with deep historical ties to Japan has severed its sister city relationship with a Japanese village to protest an annual dolphin slaughter, civic leaders said Monday.
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122/129 Obama wants honest health care debate
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AP - President Barack Obama is challenging critics of his push to overhaul the health care system to stop making 'phony claims' about proposals now the subject of intense coast-to-coast debate.
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123/129 WHO: Save Tamiflu for the young, old and pregnant
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AP - The World Health Organization said Friday that Tamiflu should only be given to particularly vulnerable people — a warning to countries like Britain where the swine flu drug is being handed out freely.
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124/129 Schools fight families over autism service dogs
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AP - Like seeing-eye dogs for the blind, trained dogs are now being used to help autistic children deal with their disabilities. But some schools want to keep the animals out, and families are fighting back.
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125/129 Warner Chilcott to buy P&G unit for $3 billion: sources
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Reuters - Warner Chilcott Ltd, a specialty drug maker, is acquiring Procter & Gamble Co's prescription drug business for about $3 billion, two sources familiar with the matter said on Sunday.
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126/129 Lack of sun may dim depressed people's thinking
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Reuters - A lack of sunshine may cloud memory and other thinking or 'cognitive' functions in some people with depression, a new study hints.
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127/129 Adult video gamers often overweight, depressed
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Reuters - Teens aren't the only ones glued to the video game console. According to a new survey, the average video gamer in the U.S. today is 35 years old -- and not all that healthy physically or emotionally.
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128/129 Stock futures rise on recovery hopes
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Reuters - Stock index futures rose on Monday after four straight positive sessions for Wall Street, as global stocks hit 10-month highs on hopes that the U.S. economy will soon start to recover from recession.
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129/129 Germany to invite GM this week on Opel
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Reuters - Germany is ready for further talks with General Motors on the sale of European carmaker Opel and wants to avoid confrontation with the U.S. firm on the matter, a government spokesman said on Monday.
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