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1/130 Madonna booed in Bucharest for defending Gypsies
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AP - Thousands of fans have booed pop star Madonna after she spoke out against the discrimination of Gypsies in eastern Europe during one of her concerts.
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2/130 Bid for crypt above Marilyn Monroe falls through
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AP - The $4.6 million bid for the crypt above Marilyn Monroe has fallen through.
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3/130 Rapper Ja Rule in Aussie traffic 'mix-up'
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AFP - US rap star Ja Rule terrified Sydney motorists after touching down in Australia Thursday by driving through the city on the wrong side of the road trying to catch a harbour view, a report said.
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4/130 Family gathers for Ted Kennedy's final journey
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AFP - The family of Edward Kennedy prepared Thursday to accompany his body on its final journey, as Americans mourned the end of a dynasty that dominated US politics for a generation.
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5/130 Blake Lively going to 'Town' on big screen
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Reuters - 'Gossip Girl' star Blake Lively has joined the ensemble cast that Ben Affleck is assembling for 'The Town,' a crime thriller he's directing.
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6/130 LAPD looking for 3 suspects in Lohan burglary
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AP - Police are looking for three suspects in the burglary of Lindsay Lohan's home.
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7/130 Chris Brown to get group counseling in Virginia
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AP - Chris Brown likely will spend the next year in group counseling sessions learning about control and other relationship issues as part of his court-ordered treatment for beating ex-girlfriend Rihanna.
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8/130 Ellie Greenwich, `Chapel of Love' co-writer, dies
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AP - Ellie Greenwich, who co-wrote some of pop music's most enduring songs, including 'Chapel of Love,' 'Be My Baby' and 'Leader of the Pack,' died Wednesday, according to her niece. She was 68.
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9/130 Schwarzenegger drops in on Twitter
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AFP - California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger paid a call at Twitter on Wednesday, praising the microblogging sensation as a way to stay in tune with what voters are thinking.
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10/130 Coroner says Jackson died from lethal dose of propofol
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Reuters - Pop star Michael Jackson died from a lethal dose of the powerful anesthetic propofol given in a cocktail of drugs, leading authorities to suspect his doctor of manslaughter, court documents showed on Monday.
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11/130 Dominick Dunne, author of crime stories dies
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AP - Author Dominick Dunne, who told stories of shocking crimes among the rich and famous through his magazine articles and best-selling novels such as 'The Two Mrs. Grenvilles,' died Wednesday at his home in Manhattan. He was 83.
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12/130 Time gap in Jackson death could prove key to case
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AP - A key point of contention has emerged in the case investigators are piecing together about the death of Michael Jackson: Exactly when did Dr. Conrad Murray realize that his patient had stopped breathing?
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13/130 Paisley, Underwood return as hosts of CMA Awards
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AP - Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood will return as co-hosts of the Country Music Association Awards in Nashville this fall.
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14/130 Malaysia bars Muslims from Black Eyed Peas concert
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AP - Malaysia's government has barred Muslims from a concert by U.S. hip-hop stars the Black Eyed Peas next month because the event is organized by Irish beer giant Guinness, an official said Thursday.
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15/130 Latino rocker sees Havana gig helping U.S.-Cuba thaw
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Reuters - Colombian rock star Juanes says a public concert he plans in Cuba next month could help further thaw U.S.-Cuban ties despite outcry from some Cuban exiles who accuse him of pandering to the island's communist rulers.
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16/130 Ellie Greenwich, `Chapel of Love' co-writer, dies
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AP - Ellie Greenwich, who co-wrote some of pop music's most enduring songs, including 'Chapel of Love,' 'Be My Baby' and 'Leader of the Pack,' died Wednesday, according to her niece. She was 68.
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17/130 Fall Out Boy singer arrested on driving charge
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Reuters - Fall Out Boy singer Patrick Stump was arrested in Los Angeles for driving without a license, authorities said on Wednesday.
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18/130 Fall Out Boy singer Patrick Stump arrested in LA
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AP - Singer Patrick Stump of Fall Out Boy has been arrested on a two-year-old warrant for driving without a valid license.
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19/130 Tickets go on sale for December bow of 'Avatar'
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Reuters - James Cameron's 'Avatar' won't reach movie theaters for almost four months, but tickets for the much-hyped sci-fi action movie are already on sale.
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20/130 `Big Fan' a vivid portrait of sports geekdom
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AP - Jim Rome urges his listeners (or 'clones,' as he so lovingly calls them) to have solid takes, to bring it, when they dial into his sports talk radio show.
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21/130 Review: `World's Greatest Dad' a fearless comedy
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AP - This is tricky: How to talk about 'World's Greatest Dad,' the latest comedy from Bobcat Goldthwait, without giving away all its twists and twisted details?
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22/130 Parker Posey withdraws from off-B'way production
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AP - Parker Posey has withdrawn from a lead role in the upcoming Playwrights Horizons' production of 'This' after developing Lyme disease.
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23/130 Feuerstein feels no 'pain' about latest role
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Actor Mark Feuerstein, star of the top-rated cable TV show 'Royal Pains,' talks about landing the role. (Aug. 26)
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24/130 Dominick Dunne, author of crime stories dies
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Best-selling author and journalist Dominick Dunne has died at his Manhattan home at age 83. (Aug. 26)
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25/130 Omarosa Reveals 'Celebrity Apprentice' Fights With Piers Morgan Helped Lead Her To The Seminary
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LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- On 'The Apprentice,' Omarosa Manigault Stallworth came on strong. But, in a new interview with Access Hollywood's Shaun Robinson, Omarosa revealed she is now looking to be more saint than sinner.'We ran into Donald Trump recently and he said, 'I like Omarosa,'' Shaun recounted.
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26/130 'Wizards' get TV movie to make their magic
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'Tween' star David Henrie has the scoop on the 'Wizards of Waverlyplace: The Movie,' which debuts Friday, Aug 28th on the Disney Channel. (Aug 26)
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27/130 Ryan Jenkins' Half-Sister May Have Helped Him Hide From Police
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A car that resembles the one that dropped him off at a Canada motel is found at Alena Jenkins' residence
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28/130 Paris Hilton Demonized
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Paris Hilton returns to La La Land after filming a guest-starring role on 'Supernatural.'
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29/130 Maureen McCormick Weight Loss Blog (Aug. 26, 2009)
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By Maureen McCormickLOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Maureen updates us on how her quest to drop the pounds is going...
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30/130 Slain model's missing car found in West Hollywood
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AP - A white Mercedes-Benz found in a parking lot in West Hollywood belonged to an ex-model whose brutal slaying prompted an international manhunt for a former reality TV contestant wanted in the murder, police said Wednesday.
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31/130 Among fall's TV frosh, 10 new shows worth sampling
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AP - In sizing up the new series on tap for fall, it's worth remembering that a new show usually premieres with its pilot episode. And a pilot isn't always representative of the series that will follow.
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32/130 Yukking It Up at the 'Extract' Premiere
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Fashion Wire Daily - When Mike Judge gives a movie premiere, tons of funny people show up. The creator of 'Beavis and Butt-Head,' 'King of the Hill,' and the classic live-action flick 'Office Space,' Judge's latest drew lots of comic actors to the Arclight Theater in Hollywood on Monday, Aug. 24.
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33/130 Amazon, Microsoft, Yahoo! oppose Google book deal
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AFP - Amazon, Microsoft and Yahoo! joined an alliance opposing the legal settlement which would allow Google to digitize and sell millions of books in a move the Internet giant dismissed as 'sour grapes.'
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34/130 Microsoft cutting price of high-end Xbox 360
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AP - Microsoft Corp. is slashing the price of the high-end Xbox 360 console by $100, matching Sony's $100 price cut for the PlayStation 3 last week.
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35/130 FIRST LOOK: New Mac software not a dramatic change
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AP - While Microsoft Corp. prepares to release the next incarnation of Windows on Oct. 22, Apple Inc. is cutting ahead, launching a new version of its operating system for Mac computers on Friday.
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36/130 Internet campaigning arrives cautiously in Japan
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AP - Japan is one of the world's most Internet-savvy nations — except when it comes to politics. Decades-old rules have effectively banned campaigning on the Web.
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37/130 Review: Camera phones that let you snap and gab
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AP - Pretty much any cell phone you'd buy today comes with a digital camera, but only a few are good enough to take the place of even a cheap point-and-shoot.
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38/130 Apple readies iPhone for launch in China: report
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Reuters - Apple Inc is getting closer to clearing the hurdles to start selling iPhones in China, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.
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39/130 To the moon, NASA? Not on this budget, experts say
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AP - NASA will test the powerful first stage of its new Ares moon rocket Thursday, a milestone in a program that has already spent $7 billion for a rocket that astronauts may never use.
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40/130 Energy companies want to buy closed Ford plant
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AP - Two alternative energy companies planning to buy a closed Ford Motor Co. factory near Detroit want to convert it into the country's largest renewable energy park, with at least 2,800 workers building storage batteries, solar panels and possibly wind turbines.
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41/130 Australia approves China, India gas project
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AFP - Australia Wednesday approved a massive energy project that will supply natural gas worth tens of billions of dollars to China and India, giving new impetus to its resources boom.
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42/130 Discovery countdown to resume as valve starts working
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AFP - Initial testing on a malfunctioning valve that grounded the space shuttle Discovery is encouraging and countdown will resume Thursday ahead of the next launch attempt, NASA said.
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43/130 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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44/130 Bad valve forces NASA to call off shuttle launch
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AP - NASA called off the launch of space shuttle Discovery for a second time Tuesday after a critical fuel valve failed to work properly.
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45/130 Kenya's rural drought hurts city dwellers
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AP - Crops have shriveled, hundreds of cattle are dead and the World Food Program said Tuesday that 3.8 million Kenyans need emergency food aid because of a prolonged drought, which is even causing electrical blackouts in the capital because there's not enough water for hydroelectric plants.
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46/130 Tropical Storm Danny churns through Atlantic
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Reuters - Tropical Storm Danny formed in the Atlantic Ocean east of the Bahamas on Wednesday and set a course that could take it near the northeastern U.S. states as a hurricane by the weekend.
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47/130 NYC's 'skinniest' house has fat price tag: $2.7M
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AP - It's 9 1/2 feet wide and 42 feet long and is billed as the narrowest house in New York City. But there's nothing small about its asking price: $2.7 million.
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48/130 Bear climbs ladder to escape Colorado skate park
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AP - A bear that wandered into a sunken skateboard park and got stuck was rescued when officials lowered a ladder so it could climb out.
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49/130 Papa John's founder pays $250K for beloved Camaro
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AP - With the help of a $250,000 reward, the founder of the Papa John's pizza chain has finally reunited with the muscle car he sold years ago to help keep his family's business afloat.
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50/130 Woman sues zoo over splashing dolphins
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Reuters - A woman is suing a Chicago-area zoo for a 2008 fall near a dolphin exhibit, accusing zookeepers of encouraging the mammals to splash water and then failing to protect spectators from wet surfaces, local media reported on Thursday.
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51/130 Let's just wave at each other, okay?
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Reuters - They may want votes, but some Japanese election candidates have been cutting back on handshakes on the campaign trail as the new flu virus reaches epidemic proportions in Japan.
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52/130 Venezuela wins sixth Miss Universe crown
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Reuters - Venezuelan Stefania Fernandez, an 18-year-old brunette, won the Miss Universe 2009 title on Sunday, giving her South American country its second consecutive win and its sixth title in the beauty pageant.
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53/130 John Paulson, founder of New York-based hedge fund Paulson & ...
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(Reuters) - John Paulson, founder of New York-based hedge fund Paulson & Co., speaks at the Reuters Hedge Funds and Private Equity Summit in New York, September 7, 2005. REUTERS/Chip East
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(Canadian Press) - A soldier with the ANA stands at the site after five car bombs detonated simultaneously in Afghanistan's largest southern city of Kandahar, Tuesday. The explosion killed scores of people destroying a construction company office and damaging dozens of nearby buildings. THE CANADIAN PRESS/A.R. Khan
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(Canadian Press) - In this photo provided by the Utah Office of Tourism, the temporarily closed visitors' center at the Dinosaur National Monument is seen, located 20 miles outside of Vernal, UT. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Utah Office of Tourism)
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56/130 Lamb eggplant rolls. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ho-Homegrown Ontario-Yvonne ...
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(Canadian Press) - Lamb eggplant rolls. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ho-Homegrown Ontario-Yvonne Duivenvoorden
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57/130 Pear and prosciutto grilled pizza. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ho-Ontario ...
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(Canadian Press) - Pear and prosciutto grilled pizza. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ho-Ontario Tender Fruit Producers-Geoff George
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(Reuters) - A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, August 24, 2009. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
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(Reuters) - Richmond Federal Reserve Bank President Jeffrey Lacker attends a conference at Hebrew University in Jerusalem November 3, 2008. REUTERS/Baz Ratner
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(Canadian Press) - A businessman looks at the electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo, Japan, Thursday. The benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average lost 168.72 points, to end the day's morning session at 10470.99. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Junji Kurokawa)
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(AP) - FILE -- In this Wednesday Sept. 3, 1997, file photo, Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams, left, and by Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., right, talk to reporters on Capitol Hill. Edward Kennedy, who died Tuesday of brain cancer, was mourned by world leaders and ordinary citizens from Johannesburg to Rome. But the remembrances were especially strong in Ireland, the Kennedys' ancestral home. In Ireland, Sen. Edward Kennedy is remembered as the man who helped bring prosperity to the south, peace to the divided north — and pride in an Irish-American success story. (AP Photo/Dennis Cook/file)
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62/130 FILE -- In this Wednesday, March 15, 2006, file photo, Sen. ...
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(AP) - FILE -- In this Wednesday, March 15, 2006, file photo, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., speaks to the press as he stands with members of Robert McCartney's family, from left, mother Kathleen McCartney, aunt Emily McCartney, and sister Catherine McCartney, following their meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday. Robert McCartney was killed on Jan. 30, 2005, after intervening in a pub fight between IRA members and a friend of his. Edward Kennedy, who died Tuesday of brain cancer, was mourned by world leaders and ordinary citizens from Johannesburg to Rome. But the remembrances were especially strong in Ireland, the Kennedys' ancestral home. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh/file)
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63/130 FILE -- In this Thursday, Dec. 6, 2007, file photo, Sen. Edward ...
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(AP) - FILE -- In this Thursday, Dec. 6, 2007, file photo, Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., center, meets with Northern Ireland leaders Ian Paisley, left, and Martin McGuinness, on Capitol Hill in Washington. In Ireland, Sen. Edward Kennedy is remembered as the man who helped bring prosperity to the south, peace to the divided north — and pride in an Irish-American success story. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke/file)
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(AP) - /Orion Energy Systems' Compact Modular system makes energy saving technology installation simple, allows users to easily integrate controls (GLOBE NEWSWIRE)/
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65/130 Jarome Iginla, left, from St. Albert, Alta., and Shane Doan, ...
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(Canadian Press) - Jarome Iginla, left, from St. Albert, Alta., and Shane Doan, from Halkirk, Alta., chat during the Men's National Olympic Hockey Team orientation camp in Calgary, Wednesday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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66/130 TV personality Tim Gunn arrives to attend the 19th annual GLAAD ...
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(Reuters) - TV personality Tim Gunn arrives to attend the 19th annual GLAAD Media awards in New York March 17, 2008. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson
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(Reuters) - The new CEO of American International Group Inc Robert Benmosche speaks during an interview with Reuters in the garden of his Adriatic seafront villa in Dubrovnik, Croatia, August 26, 2009. REUTERS/Nikola Solic
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(AP) - Teleflora's The Wizard of Oz Bouquet, available at teleflora.com for $64.95. (PRNewsFoto/Teleflora)
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(AP) - Sen John Kerry, D-Mass., and his wife Teresa Heinz Kerry talk with the media outside the Kennedy compound, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2009, in Hyannis Port, Mass. (AP Photo/Stew Milne)
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(AP) - A large flag flies at half staff outside the house used by President John F. Kennedy as the 'summer White House' near the Kennedy family compound in Hyannis Port, Mass., Wednesday afternoon, Aug. 26, 2009. President Kennedy's youngest brother Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., died of brain cancer late Tuesday night. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)
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(AP) - Flags fly at half staff outside the Kennedy family compound in Hyannis Port, Mass., Wednesday afternoon, Aug. 26, 2009. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., died of brain cancer late Tuesday night. He was 77. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)
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(AP) - An American flag is prepared for raising aboard the sailboat 'Mya,' which belonged to Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., on the water off the Kennedy family compound in Hyannis Port, Mass., Wednesday afternoon, Aug. 26, 2009. Kennedy died of brain cancer late Tuesday night. He was 77. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)
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(AP) - A group of unidentified people stand aboard the sailboat 'Mya,' which belonged to Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., on the water off the Kennedy family compound in Hyannis Port, Mass., Wednesday afternoon, Aug. 26, 2009. Kennedy died of brain cancer late Tuesday night. He was 77. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)
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(AP) - Unidentified people stand aboard the sailboat 'Mya,' which belonged to Sen. Edward M Kennedy, D-Mass., on the water off the Kennedy family compound in Hyannis Port, Mass., Wednesday afternoon, Aug. 26, 2009. Kennedy, D-Mass., died of brain cancer late Tuesday night. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)
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(Reuters) - A Palestinian worker organizes packages of za'atar that are meant for export at a factory in the West Bank village of Ajja village near Jenin August 25, 2009. The economy of the West Bank and Gaza is forecast by the World Bank to grow by 5 percent this year, 6.5 percent in 2010 and 7.5 percent in 2011. Picture taken August 25, 2009. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman
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(AP) - A American flag is raised to half mast aboard the sailboat 'Mya,' which belonged to Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., on the water off the Kennedy family compound in Hyannis Port, Mass., Wednesday afternoon, Aug. 26, 2009. Kennedy died of brain cancer late Tuesday night. He was 77. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)
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77/130 Simon Sousa, of Hyannis, Mass., holds a signed photograph of ...
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(AP) - Simon Sousa, of Hyannis, Mass., holds a signed photograph of Sen. Edward Kennedy and himself near the Kennedy compound in Hyannis Port, Mass., Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2009. Sousa says he was a house cleaner at the Kennedys over the last six years. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy who died late Tuesday after a yearlong struggle with brain cancer. He was 77.(AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
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78/130 Tiger Woods set for FedEx Cup opener at Barclays
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AP - Tiger Woods' final-round putting problems probably cost him the PGA Championship two weeks ago at Hazeltine. He was still trying to find his usual deft touch on the eve of The Barclays.
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79/130 Dodgers go deep three times to halt Rockies' surge
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AP - No late-night magic this time for the Colorado Rockies. Left-hander Randy Wolf and the Los Angeles Dodgers' big bats made sure of that.
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80/130 Cyclist Armstrong returns for Australian tour
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AFP - Lance Armstrong's new cycling squad, Team RadioShack, will make its debut at the 2010 Tour Down Under around Adelaide from January 17-24, race organisers said here on Thursday.
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81/130 Pitino lashes out about revived accusations
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AP - A seething Rick Pitino said he could stay on the sidelines no longer.
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82/130 Creditors back Michael Vick's bankruptcy plan
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AP - Creditors who are owed a total of more than $20 million have endorsed Michael Vick's plan to pay them back and emerge from bankruptcy, according to a court filing.
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83/130 Court ruling small consolation for exposed players
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AP - David Ortiz didn't bother getting worked up over a court decision that said investigators overreached when they seized a list of players — which included the Red Sox slugger — who failed drug tests in 2003.
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84/130 Rookie Mark Sanchez wins job as Jets' starting QB
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AP - Mark Sanchez will have bragging rights among every quarterback who has taken a snap for the New York Jets.
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85/130 Mexico, Texas move on at Little League WS
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AP - Steven Cardone smiled as he jogged off the field after San Antonio, Texas escaped with another win at the Little League World Series.
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86/130 Scottish FA chief wants Arsenal's Eduardo punished
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AFP - Scottish Football Association chief executive Gordon Smith wants UEFA to punish Arsenal striker Eduardo for diving in the Champions League play-off round second leg against Celtic.
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87/130 Cyclist Di Luca cries foul over positive dope tests
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AFP - Italian cyclist Danilo Di Luca on Wednesday claimed he was the victim of a conspiracy after twice testing positive for banned blood booster EPO (erythropoietin) during May's Tour of Italy.
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88/130 Kuznetsova claws into New Haven quarter-finals
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AFP - Top-seeded Russians Nikolay Davydenko and Svetlana Kuznetsova booked their quarter-final berths Wednesday at the Pilot Pen hardcourt tournament, last tune-up for the US Open.
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89/130 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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90/130 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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91/130 Drinks group Diageo posts modest profits increase
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AFP - Diageo, the world's biggest maker of alcoholic drinks, on Thursday posted a modest increase in annual net profits, as cost-cutting helped shrug off the impact of the global downturn.
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92/130 Katona bailed after assault claims
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AFP - Former Atomic Kitten singer Kerry Katona was bailed on Thursday after being arrested on suspicion of assaulting a man.
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93/130 17-year-old sails around the world
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AP - A 17-year-old British sailor has become the youngest person to sail around the world without assistance.
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94/130 Financial watchdog chief backs tax on UK banks
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AFP - The head of Britain's financial watchdog has said that if needed he would back a multi-billion pound tax on banks as a measure to curb large bonuses for banking executives.
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95/130 House prices jump in August: survey
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AFP - House prices jumped 1.6 percent in August from July, the biggest increase since December 2006 as fewer properties came on the market, home-loans provider Nationwide said on Thursday.
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96/130 Troops off Afghan frontline within five years: envoy
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AFP - London's ambassador to Kabul said he expects Britain's presence in Afghanistan will last at least 'a generation', but hopes that its troops will no longer be fighting there within five years.
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97/130 British traders charged over Iraqi oil-for-food affair
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AFP - Two British oil traders have been charged with breaching UN sanctions in the 'oil for food' programme imposed against Saddam Hussein's Iraq, reports said on Thursday.
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98/130 Football: Britain vows clampdown as hooliganism flares
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AFP - British authorities vowed Wednesday to clamp down hard on hooligans following 'large-scale' violence at a London derby in some of the country's worst football-related thuggery in years.
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99/130 Brass band defends playing at Libyan bash
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AFP - A British brass band defended Wednesday its participation in Libyan celebrations next week marking the 40th anniversary of Moamer Kadhafi coming to power, despite the recent Lockerbie bomber row.
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100/130 New London to Scotland high-speed rail link proposed
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AFP - A plan for a new 34-billion-pound high-speed railway line linking London and Scotland by 2030 was unveiled on Wednesday by Network Rail.
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101/130 Japan's Fujitsu to axe 1,200 jobs in Britain
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AFP - Japanese electronics maker Fujitsu Ltd. on Wednesday said it planned to cut up to 1,200 jobs in Britain by the end of 2009 because of worse-than-expected sales.
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102/130 Big Brother to be wound up next year
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AFP - The final series of reality TV show Big Brother will be broadcast next year, Channel Four announced on Wednesday.
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103/130 Scotland fears Lockerbie row fallout
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AFP - As the dust settles from a political row sparked by Scotland's release of the Lockerbie bomber, the country is nervously bracing for potentially more damaging fallout from a threatened US boycott.
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104/130 Advertising giant WPP profits slump in first half
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AFP - WPP, the world's second-biggest advertising group, said Wednesday that first-half net profit sank 47.9 percent because of the global downturn but forecast a brighter performance for the rest of 2009.
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105/130 Russian anthem author dies at 96
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AP - Sergei Mikhalkov, who wrote the lyrics to the Soviet and Russian national anthems, persecuted dissident writers and fathered two noted film directors, has died at age 96.
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106/130 Firefighting plane crashes in Greece, pilot dead
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AP - A small firefighting plane has crashed in Greece and killed its pilot, in the first death reported during the country's latest wildfires.
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107/130 European leaders to stay away from Kadhafi bash
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AFP - European governments denied on Thursday claims by Libyan organisers that they are to send top leaders to celebrations in Tripoli for the 40th anniversary of Moamer Kadhafi's regime.
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108/130 European stocks subdued on mixed earnings
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AFP - European stock markets steadied on Thursday in cautious trade after sharp gains earlier this week as investors digested a mixed batch of company earnings news.
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109/130 Survivors, officials remember Lodz ghetto inmates
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AP - Survivors and state officials are walking in a March of Remembrance in the central city of Lodz to mark 65 years since the deportation of the last Jews from the city's Litzmannstadt Ghetto.
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110/130 Diplomacy, painful history for Netanyahu in Berlin
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AP - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with Germany's foreign minister on Thursday for talks focusing on the Mideast peace process and relations between Israel and Germany, officials said.
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111/130 Russia to seek help probing Arctic Sea mystery
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AP - Russian authorities said Wednesday they will run the investigation into the alleged Arctic Sea hijacking but will ask other nations to help solve the mystery of the cargo ship's bizarre voyage.
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112/130 Sarkozy criticizes Iran's leaders, al-Qaida
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AP - President Nicolas Sarkozy criticized Iranian leaders for their handling of contested elections and their nuclear program, and pleaded for a new push for peace in the Middle East in a sweeping diplomatic strategy speech Wednesday.
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113/130 Revelers paint Spanish town red in tomato fight
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AP - Tens of thousands of revelers pelted each other with tons of ripe tomatoes in a good-natured battle that filled the streets of a Spanish town with rivers of red pulp.
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114/130 August tied for deadliest month in Afghanistan
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AP - A U.S. service member died Thursday in a militant attack involving a roadside bomb and gunfire, a death that pushed August into a tie with July as the deadliest months of the eight-year war.
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115/130 Taiwan's government approves visit by Dalai Lama
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AP - Taiwan's president risked angering China with his surprise announcement Thursday that he has agreed to let the Dalai Lama visit the island to comfort survivors of a devastating typhoon.
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116/130 Iranians mourn Iraqi Shiite leader al-Hakim
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AP - Thousands of Iranians prayed and wept Thursday during a memorial for Iraqi Shiite leader Abdul-Aziz al-Hakim in the start of mourning that will encompass Shiites in both Iran and Iraq, a sign of the key power-broker's network of influences and alliances.
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117/130 Car bombs hit Iraqi troops ahead of Shiite funeral
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AP - A string of car bombs exploded Wednesday in Baghdad as Iraqi forces tightened security around Shiite mosques, shrines and political party offices in advance of the funeral of a top Shiite leader.
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118/130 Tropical Storm Danny strengthens in the Atlantic
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AP - Tropical Storm Danny has strengthened a little in the Atlantic as it moves toward land while Ignacio has been downgraded to a tropical depression far out in the Pacific.
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119/130 S.Africa's Zuma heads for Zimbabwe to ease tensions
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AFP - South African President Jacob Zuma travels to Zimbabwe on Thursday in a bid to ease tensions within the strained unity government, though analysts held out little hope for a breakthrough.
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120/130 Young Afghan freed from Guantanamo to sue US gov't
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AP - The family of one of the youngest prisoners ever held at Guantanamo plans to sue the U.S. government to compensate him for mistreatment and an adolescence lost to nearly seven years in a cell, his lawyers said Thursday.
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121/130 Australia sweats through long, hot winter
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AFP - Drought-hit Australia has endured an exceptionally hot winter, with abnormal temperatures shattering records that had in some places stood since World War II, official figures show.
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122/130 Kennedy's cancer puts focus on quality of life
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AP - He lived 15 months with an incurable brain tumor, a little longer than usual for a patient in his late 70s. Perhaps equally important is that Sen. Edward M. Kennedy lived those months well — able to work almost to the end, to sail the choppy New England waters he adored, to help elect a president he supported, and even to give him a dog.
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123/130 CDC leery of estimates about swine flu's toll
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AP - Government health officials are urging people not to panic over estimates of 90,000 people dying from swine flu this fall. 'Everything we've seen in the U.S. and everything we've seen around the world suggests we won't see that kind of number if the virus doesn't change,' said Dr. Thomas Frieden, head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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124/130 Study: Obese people have 'severe brain degeneration'
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LiveScience.com - A new study finds obese people have 8 percent less brain tissue than
normal-weight individuals. Their brains look 16 years older than the
brains of lean individuals, researchers said today.
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125/130 What Britney Spears Can Reveal About Alzheimer's Disease
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Time.com - Researchers may have found a way to identify those most at risk of developing the neurological disorder simply by asking them whether they recognize celebrities such as Britney Spears and Johnny Carson
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126/130 Colorectal cancer attitudes vary by ethnicity
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Reuters - Men and people of South Asian descent are more likely to have unfavorable perceptions of colon cancer screening, research from the UK shows.
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127/130 Lead scares highlight China's environmental dilemma
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AFP - A pair of lead poisoning scandals affecting at least 2,000 children in China are just the latest in a seemingly endless string of pollution scares exposing the dark side of the nation's economic boom.
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128/130 Stock futures edge lower ahead of GDP, jobs data
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Reuters - Stock index futures edged lower on Thursday ahead of data expected to show that the U.S. economy shrank in the second quarter while the number of jobless claims improved slightly.
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129/130 U.S. steadying, housing no longer drags: Fed's Lacker
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Reuters - Richmond Federal Reserve President Jeffrey Lacker was quoted on Thursday as saying the U.S. economy was stabilizing after a painful recession and the shattered housing market will no longer be a drag on economic activity.
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130/130 Mortgage applications rise as refinancing demand jumps
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Reuters - U.S. mortgage applications rose for a second straight week, with demand for home refinancing loans rising to its highest level since early June, data from an industry group showed on Wednesday.
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