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1/125 Final farewell as Michael Jackson laid to rest
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AFP - More than two months after his death from a drug overdose, Michael Jackson will be laid to rest here Thursday in a private funeral for family and friends at a star-studded Los Angeles cemetery.
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2/125 Star-filled mausoleum awaits Michael Jackson
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AP - One month after a lavish public memorial for Michael Jackson, the pop singer's family prepared to inter him privately Thursday in a mausoleum filled with legendary entertainers.
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3/125 Keys to Jackson's home handed over in two weeks: Audigier
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AFP - Christian Audigier, the self-made French fashion mogul close to Michael Jackson who plans to purchase his last home, on Thursday said he expects to have the keys to the Los Angeles mansion in two weeks time.
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4/125 Former UN chief Annan to take up teaching post in Singapore
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AFP - Former UN secretary-general Kofi Annan will take up a teaching post at a Singapore university next year, a spokeswoman for the school said Thursday.
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5/125 Chappaquiddick 'haunts me,' Kennedy said
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AFP - Edward Kennedy went to his death haunted by his role in the tragic drowning of a young woman after he crashed their car 40 years ago, the late senator writes in an autobiography due to be published.
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6/125 Swank promotes pet adoption, seeks to dispel myths
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AP - Hilary Swank is putting her animal appreciation to work as an ambassador for a pet adoption campaign.
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7/125 Show goes on for injured leading lady Blanchett
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AFP - Oscar-winning Australian actress Cate Blanchett was preparing to return to the stage on Thursday after a dramatic mid-performance injury which witnesses said left her with blood gushing from her head.
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8/125 China injects star power into anniversary film
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AP - China's staid cultural commissars are turning to the likes of Jackie Chan and Jet Li, hoping that an injection of star power into a state-funded movie about the Communist revolution will attract young Chinese normally turned off by government propaganda.
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9/125 Star-filled mausoleum awaits Michael Jackson
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AP - One month after a lavish public memorial for Michael Jackson, the pop singer's family prepared to inter him privately Thursday in a mausoleum filled with legendary entertainers.
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10/125 Cuban political prisoners back Juanes concert
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Reuters - A concert planned by Colombian rock musician Juanes in Havana's Revolution Square has angered anti-Castro Cubans in Miami, but it won support from Cuban political prisoners on Wednesday.
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11/125 Whitney Houston comeback album headed to No. 1
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Reuters - Whitney Houston struggled with her voice during her much-hyped comeback performance on ABC's 'Good Morning America' on Tuesday. But industry prognosticators don't expect the diva to trip up on the charts next week.
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12/125 Madonna world tour breaks her own record
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Reuters - Madonna smashed her own record for top-grossing tour by a solo artist, but the 'Material Girl' had to play more shows in bigger venues, according to data released by concert promoter Live Nation Inc on Wednesday.
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13/125 Police: Chris Brown's service includes manual work
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AP - Police in Virginia say singer Chris Brown will remove graffiti, pick up trash and wash cars as part of his sentence for beating ex-girlfriend Rihanna.
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14/125 AP source: DJ AM autopsy finds pills in stomach
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AP - DJ AM had prescription pills in his stomach and one in his throat when police found him dead in his apartment, a New York City official said Wednesday.
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15/125 'Happiness' sequel revisits family misery
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Reuters - U.S. director Todd Solondz has revisited the disturbing world of his acclaimed 1998 film 'Happiness,' although the last thing the characters of 'Life During Wartime' are is happy.
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16/125 'Life During Wartime' quasi-sequel to 'Happiness'
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AP - Todd Solondz assembles the same characters from 1998's 'Happiness' but an entirely different cast for his latest film 'Life During Wartime,' premiering Thursday at the Venice Film Festival.
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17/125 Movie remake for McCarthy's bleak novel 'The Road'
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Reuters - Author Cormac McCarthy's haunting vision of a desolate, post-apocalyptic world in 'The Road' has made it to the big screen in an equally bleak film, starring Viggo Mortensen as a father struggling to keep his son alive.
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18/125 New novel, new movies in works for writer Sparks
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AP - So many projects, so much success.
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19/125 Venice opens with sentimental Sicily drama
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Reuters - The Venice film festival opened on Wednesday with big-budget Italian movie 'Baaria,' a sentimental sweep through 20th century Sicily taking in Fascism, war, Communism and the mafia.
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20/125 Review: Not much to laugh about `All About Steve'
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AP - It's bad enough that the usually enjoyable Sandra Bullock has found a way to star in not one but two flat romantic comedies this summer, between 'The Proposal' in June and now 'All About Steve.' But what's truly baffling — disheartening, really — is the fact that this latest one was written by a woman.
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21/125 Mariah and Nick Can't Hide
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Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon try to sneak out the back door of Mr. Chow in Beverly Hills.
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22/125 Jay-Z & Beyonce's Date Night: Pizza In Brooklyn
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NEW YORK, New York -- Hip-hop mogul Jay-Z has kept his marriage to Beyonce Knowles private, but the star opened up - at least about date night! -- in a new interview with Oprah Winfrey in the October issue of O, The Oprah Magazine. 'I'm gonna get killed for this, but I'll tell you anyway,' Jay-Z revealed. 'There's a great pizza spot we go to every Sunday. It's our tradition. It's a small place in Brooklyn, you can bring your own wine, and there are candles there. It's a nice date.'
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23/125 ROLL CALL: Jon Gosselin, Spencer Pratt, Heidi Montag & Tim Gunn Unleashed!
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By Jesse SperoLOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Tim Gunn takes on Jon Gosselin's style! Who is defending Heidi Montag's singing? And, Spencer Pratt bought himself a crown.Your Daily Dispatch of Celebrity Shenanigans!
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24/125 Glam Slam: End Of Summer Hair Rehab
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By Ryan PattersonLOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Three months of non-stop sun, sand, salt water, wind and chlorine have taken a toll. Time to send the hair to rehab! We asked Neil Weisberg and Amanda George of the Neil George Salon in Beverly Hills (Ashley Olsen, Cameron Diaz and Reese Witherspoon are clients) to share their tips on how to get your hair back in shape after Summer.
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25/125 Spencer Pratt Slams Seacrest
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Spencer Pratt is having another tantrum, and this time, Ryan Seacrest is the target of his rage. The Hills star expressed his anger about a comment Seacrest made on his radio show in which the American Idol host said if he could tase any reality star, it would be Pratt's wife, Heidi Montag Pratt. VIDEO: Heidi Montag Pratt performs at the 2009 Miss Universe pageant 'I'm disgusted and horrified that Ryan Seacrest would ...
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26/125 Kennedy memoir calls Chappaquiddick 'inexcusable'
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AP - Sen. Edward M. Kennedy wrote in a memoir being published this month that he made terrible decisions after the 1969 car crash that killed Mary Jo Kopechne, but said he was never romantically involved with her and was haunted by that night for his entire life.
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27/125 Sandra Bullock, Boot Gal, Rocks the 'All About Steve' Premiere
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Fashion Wire Daily - It's all about red boots in Sandra Bullock's crack-up new comedy 'All About Steve'; knee-high, chunky heeled red patent leather boots, in fact. As crossword puzzle creator and general oddball Mary Horowitz, Bullock wears those boots throughout the flim, as she wildly pursues Bradley Cooper, a television cameraman she meets on a blind date.
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28/125 Memoir about becoming Buddhist monk, then quitting
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AP - 'The Novice: Why I Became a Buddhist Monk, Why I Quit and What I Learned' (Greenleaf Book Group, 346 pages, $24.95), by Stephen Schettini:
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29/125 Amazon.com makes its case against Google book deal
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AP - Online bookseller Amazon.com Inc. is warning a federal judge that Internet search leader Google Inc. will be able to gouge consumers and stifle competition if it wins court approval to add millions more titles to its already vast digital library.
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30/125 Software mogul attacked by elephant during safari
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AP - Silicon Valley billionaire Tom Siebel says he's recovering from broken ribs and legs after an elephant charged at him and a tour guide in the Serengeti a month ago.
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31/125 YouTube may stream movie rentals
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Reuters - Online video site YouTube is in talks with several major movie studios about renting movies to users by streaming the movies over the Internet according to a person familiar with the talks on Wednesday.
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32/125 Spacewalk still on despite approaching space junk
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AP - A spacewalk by two astronauts is still on for Thursday evening even though a large piece of space junk is headed their way.
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33/125 Study: Loggerhead turtles put at risk by fishing
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AP - It's a scene that scientists say is all too common: A commercial fishing boat pulls in a net full of shrimp or tuna and finds a loggerhead sea turtle mixed in with the catch.
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34/125 UN's Ban calls deforestation summit
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AFP - UN chief Ban Ki-moon said Thursday he planned to bring together leaders of the world's most forested nations, including Brazil and Indonesia, for a meeting this month to discuss deforestation.
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35/125 BP taps vast pool of crude in deepest oil well
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AP - Nearly seven miles below the Gulf of Mexico, oil company BP has tapped into a vast pool of crude after digging the deepest oil well in the world. The Tiber Prospect is expected to rank among the largest petroleum discoveries in the United States, potentially producing half as much crude in a day as Alaska's famous North Slope oil field.
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36/125 Israeli archaeologists find ancient fortification
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AP - Archaeologists digging in Jerusalem have uncovered a 3,700-year-old wall that is the oldest example of massive fortifications ever found in the city, the Israel Antiquities Authority said Wednesday.
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37/125 Baby chicks ground alive by poultry producer: activists
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AFP - Animal rights activists on Wednesday released a film in which thousands of discarded male chicks are shown being ground up while still alive -- cruel treatment which they said is typical of the modern poultry industry.
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38/125 Parents held after lead poisoning protest in China: police
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AFP - Police in central China said Thursday they had detained about 10 parents who protested over an industrial pollution incident that left more than 1,300 children with lead poisoning.
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39/125 BP unveils 'giant' oil discovery in Gulf of Mexico
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AFP - Energy major BP has made a 'giant' oil discovery in the Gulf of Mexico after drilling one of the industry's deepest-ever wells, it said Wednesday.
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40/125 Tropical storm heads toward Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico
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AFP - Tropical Storm Erika was expected to pass over the Lesser Antilles Thursday and bear down on Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands with winds of 40 miles (65 kilometers) per hour, the National Hurricane Center said.
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41/125 Looking for an evening class? Try butchery
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Reuters - Britain's recession has prompted a wave of self-help trends ranging from bee-keeping to growing vegetables -- and one of the fastest growing is DIY butchery.
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42/125 Arrest made in theft ring that hit Bernankes
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Reuters - A woman described by a federal agent as a heroin addict with a stash of wigs was arrested in Miami on charges of being part of an identity theft ring that targeted the wife of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke.
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43/125 Sex scandal rocks PM's Labor party
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Reuters - A sex scandal rocked on Tuesday Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's scandal-plagued Labor Party in the state of New South Wales -- vital to Rudd's re-election hopes.
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44/125 Hoarding energy-guzzling bulbs ahead of EU ban
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Reuters - Germans, who sometimes see themselves as guardians of the environment, are hoarding energy-guzzling incandescent light bulbs ahead of a looming European Union-wide ban, the GfK market research agency said.
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45/125 People gather at the Midnight Mission on Skid Row in Los Angeles ...
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(AP) - People gather at the Midnight Mission on Skid Row in Los Angeles Thursday, July 30, 2009. About 200 residents of sidewalks and shelters came to clear their infractions in a new city program that allows homeless people to get their citations dismissed in exchange for four hours of community service per ticket. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
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46/125 Elmer Bacahona, 38, holds his ticket while waiting in line ...
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(AP) - Elmer Bacahona, 38, holds his ticket while waiting in line at the Midnight Mission on Skid Row in Los Angeles, Thursday, July 30, 2009. About 200 residents of sidewalks and shelters came to clear their infractions in a new city program that allows homeless people to get their citations dismissed in exchange for four hours of community service per ticket. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
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47/125 A Target store is seen in DeSoto, Texas September 3, 2009. REUTERS/Jessica ...
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(Reuters) - A Target store is seen in DeSoto, Texas September 3, 2009. REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi
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48/125 Charles Gregory holds his ticket while waiting in line at the ...
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(AP) - Charles Gregory holds his ticket while waiting in line at the Midnight Mission on Skid Row Thursday, July 30, 2009, in Los Angeles. About 200 residents of sidewalks and shelters came to clear their infractions in a new city program that allows homeless people to get their citations dismissed in exchange for four hours of community service per ticket. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
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49/125 Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley, center, and her ...
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(AP) - Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley, center, and her husband, retired Cambridge, Mass. Police Chief Tom O'Connor, right, shakes hands with supporters in Boston, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2009, as she leaves a news conference where she declared herself a Democratic candidate in the special election to succeed the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy. Kennedy died last week of brain cancer at age 77.(AP Photo/Josh Reynolds)
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50/125 Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley speaks to reporters ...
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(AP) - Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley speaks to reporters in Boston, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2009, where she declared herself a Democratic candidate in the special election to succeed the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy. Kennedy died last week of brain cancer at age 77. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds)
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51/125 DFW International Airport Preliminary Terminal Renovation Sketches. ...
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(AP) - DFW International Airport Preliminary Terminal Renovation Sketches. (PRNewsFoto/DFW International Airport)
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52/125 President Barack Obama speaks during an Organizing for America ...
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(Reuters) - President Barack Obama speaks during an Organizing for America national healthcare forum at the Democratic National Committee Headquarters in Washington August 20, 2009. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
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53/125 An image by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) ...
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(Reuters) - An image by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on the NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows Ulysses Fossae (ESP_014156_1865)
on Mars recorded during the month of April through early August 2009. The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has been studying Mars with an advanced set of instruments since 2006. REUTERS/NASA/JPL/University of Arizona/Handout (UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENT SCI TECH) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS
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54/125 Gold earrings are seen on display at a store in New York in ...
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(Reuters) - Gold earrings are seen on display at a store in New York in this September 3, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
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55/125 Two Han Chinese residents hold a Chinese national flag as paramilitary ...
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(Reuters) - Two Han Chinese residents hold a Chinese national flag as paramilitary police in riot gear block a road at the centre of Urumqi in China's Xinjiang Autonomous Region September 3, 2009. REUTERS/Stringer
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56/125 Afghans prepare to offer prayers for the body of a civilian ...
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(Canadian Press) - Afghans prepare to offer prayers for the body of a civilian during a burial ceremony, who was killed on Wednesday's suicide attack, in Mehterlam the provincial capital of Laghman province east of Kabul. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Rahmat Gul)
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57/125 Gold earrings are seen on display at a store in New York, September ...
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(Reuters) - Gold earrings are seen on display at a store in New York, September 3, 2009. Gold prices rallied on Thursday to their highest level since February on strong investment demand amid caution ahead of key U.S. non-farm payrolls data on Friday. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton (UNITED STATES BUSINESS)
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58/125 In this undated photo released by Anna Rappaport, chairwoman ...
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(AP) - In this undated photo released by Anna Rappaport, chairwoman of the Society of Actuaries committee on post-retirement needs and president of Anna Rappaport Consulting in Chicago, is shown.(AP Photo/Anna Rappaport)
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59/125 Senator Charles Schumer speaks at the NAACP's Centennial ...
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(Reuters) - Senator Charles Schumer speaks at the NAACP's Centennial Convention, in New York, July 12, 2009. REUTERS/Chip East
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60/125 Protesters including members of Health Care for America Now ...
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(AP) - Protesters including members of Health Care for America Now and other organizations call for a public health insurance option during a demonstration outside an Independence Blue Cross building in Philadelphia, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2009. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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61/125 FILE - In this May 3, 2006 file photo, an election worker downloads ...
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(AP) - FILE - In this May 3, 2006 file photo, an election worker downloads results from a Diebold touch screen voting machine at the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections in Cleveland. Diebold Inc. sold it's much-criticized voting-machine business to a competitor, Election Systems & Software of Omaha, Neb., Thursday, Sept. 3, 2009. (AP Photo/Jamie-Andrea Yanak, file)
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62/125 Miriam Mcknight, of Philadelphia, second left, Thelma Hines, ...
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(AP) - Miriam Mcknight, of Philadelphia, second left, Thelma Hines, third left, of Philadelphia, Marion Snipes, right, of Morrisville, Pa., members of Health Care for America Now and other organizations call for a public health insurance option during a demonstration outside an Independence Blue Cross building in Philadelphia, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2009. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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63/125 FILE - In this Aug. 15, 2008 file photo, Cathy Tozzi shops at ...
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(AP) - FILE - In this Aug. 15, 2008 file photo, Cathy Tozzi shops at her local dollar store in New York. Some tips on how to separate the cheap from the chaff and avoid spending more than you intend at dollar stores are given as part of an Associated Press column called 'Smart Spending.' (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, file)
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64/125 Colin Beavan and his wife Michelle Conlin, the subjects of a ...
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(Reuters) - Colin Beavan and his wife Michelle Conlin, the subjects of a documentary titled "No Impact Man", pose for a portrait in New York August 28, 2009. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson
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65/125 Dinara Safina of Russia reacts to a bad shot during her match ...
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(Reuters) - Dinara Safina of Russia reacts to a bad shot during her match against Kristina Barrois of Germany at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, September 3, 2009. REUTERS/Shaun Best
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66/125 California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger looks at a set up dumbbells ...
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(AP) - California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger looks at a set up dumbbells in a burned out home while touring a neighborhood destroyed by wildfires in Big Tujunga Canyon in Tujunga, Calif., Thursday, Sept. 3, 2009. At left is Matthew Bettenhausen, Acting Secretary of the California Emergency Management Agency. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
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67/125 California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger picks up a dumbbell in ...
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(AP) - California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger picks up a dumbbell in a burned out home while touring a neighborhood destroyed by wildfires in Big Tujunga Canyon in Tujunga, Calif., Thursday, Sept. 3, 2009. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
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68/125 A view of the 90-foot carbon fiber trimaran BMW Oracle. US syndicate ...
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(AFP/HO/File) - A view of the 90-foot carbon fiber trimaran BMW Oracle. US syndicate Oracle has lodged a request with the Supreme Court in New York a bid to make sure America's Cup rivals Alinghi play fair in the lead-up to their long-awaited duel next year.(AFP/HO/File/Gilles Martin-Raget)
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69/125 Graphic charts the non-manufacturing index reflecting a broad ...
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(AP) - Graphic charts the non-manufacturing index reflecting a broad overview of the nation’s service sector
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70/125 Safina struggles again, but pulls out another win
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AP - Top-ranked Dinara Safina overcame another shaky day of tennis Thursday to advance to the third round of the U.S. Open with a three-set victory over Kristina Barrois.
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71/125 Buccaneers fire offensive coordinator Jagodzinski
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AP - The Tampa Bay Buccaneers fired offensive coordinator Jeff Jagodzinski and replaced him with quarterbacks coach Greg Olson.
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72/125 Rangers beat Jays to gain ground in wild-card race
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AP - Elvis left the yard after Josh Hamilton left the game. Hours after the playoff-chasing Rangers learned injured third baseman Michael Young will be out at least two weeks, and an inning after slugger Hamilton came out because of a sore lower back, rookie Elvis Andrus hit a go-ahead two-run homer that pushed Texas to a 6-4 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday night.
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73/125 No cheap debut: Penny shines in Giants' 4-0 win
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AP - Brad Penny moved from the wild-card race in the AL to the one in the NL. He hopes he can make the difference in San Francisco that he failed to make in Boston.
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74/125 Arguments due in high school football death trial
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AP - Opening statements are scheduled in the trial of a former Kentucky high school coach charged with reckless homicide in the death of one of his football players.
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75/125 Fisichella joins Ferrari, replaces Badoer
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AP - Italian driver Giancarlo Fisichella left Force India on Thursday to join Ferrari for the rest of the Formula One season, replacing Luca Badoer.
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76/125 Rays avoid collapse, beat Red Sox 8-5
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AP - Pat Burrell snapped an eighth-inning tie with a RBI single and Evan Longoria followed with a two-run homer Wednesday night to help Tampa Bay avoid falling farther back in the AL playoff race with an 8-5 victory over Boston.
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77/125 Rubio: NBA move too risky, complicated
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AP - Ricky Rubio wants to keep playing basketball in Spain, saying a move to the Minnesota Timberwolves would be too risky and complicate his life.
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78/125 Cha-ching! No. 8 Ole Miss cashing in on good times
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AP - Trip Lobrano and other loyal Rebel fans are enjoying the good times at Mississippi. And they're doing more than just cheering. When No. 8 Ole Miss kicks off against Memphis on Sunday, it will cap one of the strongest financial runs at a school with donors who have already splurged on the program.
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79/125 Chelsea vow to fight transfer ban
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AFP - Chelsea has vowed to vigorously contest FIFA sanctions that would prevent the London club from signing any new players until January 2011.
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80/125 Greipel takes Tour of Spain leadership
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AFP - Germany's Andre Greipel of Team Columbia took the golden jersey as overall leader of the Tour of Spain after recording his second consecutive stage win here on Thursday.
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81/125 Ottawa D Smith retires; played over 1,000 games
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AP - Ottawa Senators defenseman Jason Smith retired on Wednesday after playing in more than a thousand NHL games.
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82/125 Clijsters targets Venus and Serena at US Open
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AFP - The remarkable comeback of Kim Clijsters gathered pace at the US Open, underlining her growing threat to the domination of the Williams sisters.
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83/125 Harrington, Els confirm for Singapore Open
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AP - Three-time major winners Padraig Harrington and Ernie Els have confirmed they will play in the Singapore Open in late October and skip the World Match Play Championship.
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84/125 Britain confirms identity of dead hostage in Iraq
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AP - A British hostage discovered dead in Iraq was identified as security contractor Alec MacLachlan, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Thursday.
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85/125 Scottish national party to press for independence
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AP - Scotland's separatist government said Thursday that it would push for a referendum on independence from the United Kingdom next year — a proposal unlikely to go far because the nationalists are outnumbered in Scotland's parliament.
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86/125 BMW to boost Mini production
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AFP - German automaker BMW plans to build new models of the iconic Mini in Britain, in a major boost for the country's ailing car making industry, the government said.
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87/125 Music videos return to YouTube after licensing deal
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AFP - YouTube viewers in Britain will again be able to watch official music videos after the website entered into a royalties deal, bringing an end to a six-month dispute.
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88/125 Newborn babies' remains found in house
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AFP - The remains of three newborn babies believed to have died in the 1980s have been found in a house, police said on Thursday.
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89/125 Families wait as Iraq hostage body is identified
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AFP - The relatives of British hostages kidnapped in Baghdad waited anxiously on Thursday to discover the identity of a body received by Iraqi authorities.
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90/125 Govt denies 'double-dealing' over Lockerbie bomber
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AFP - The government denied any 'double-dealing' with oil-rich Libya over the release of the Lockerbie bomber but admitted it had not wanted the former Libyan agent to die in a Scottish prison.
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91/125 British soldier killed in Afghanistan blast
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AFP - A British soldier was killed in a bomb attack in southern Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence said Thursday, bringing the death toll of British troops serving there since 2001 to 211.
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92/125 UK finance minister's warning ahead of G20
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AFP - Britain's finance minister warned Thursday international complacency risks plunging the world economy into a double-dip recession, in a stark message ahead of a G20 finance ministers' meeting.
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93/125 Lockerbie release challenges UK PM's leadership
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AP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown faced mounting criticism Wednesday as the widening controversy over the release of the convicted Lockerbie bomber posed yet another challenge to the prime minister's leadership.
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94/125 Scottish government loses Lockerbie vote
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AFP - The Scottish government was defeated Wednesday in a parliamentary vote over its release of the Lockerbie bomber.
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95/125 Lockerbie bomber in intensive care: Libyan official
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AFP - The convicted Lockerbie bomber, released from a Scottish jail last month on compassionate grounds because of ill health, has been admitted to hospital intensive care in Tripoli, a Libyan official said on Wednesday.
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96/125 Turkey to give Iraq, Syria more water amid drought
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AP - In a change of heart, Turkey said Thursday it would strive to increase the amount of water it releases to Syria and Iraq through the historic Tigris and Euphrates rivers but warned that it too was suffering from a severe drought.
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97/125 EU's Barroso vows 'ambitious' Europe in new term
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AFP - European Commission chief Jose Manuel Barroso vowed Thursday to work to build an 'ambitious Europe' over the next five years, as he made his pitch for a new term in the EU's most high-profile post.
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98/125 Newspaper editor who criticized Berlusconi quits
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AP - The editor of a prominent Catholic newspaper that demanded Premier Silvio Berlusconi answer questions about a sex scandal resigned Thursday, saying he and his family were hurt by an attack on his reputation from a Berlusconi family newspaper.
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99/125 Greece heads for early election in October
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AP - The early election that Greece's embattled conservative prime minister has called for next month — just halfway through his four-year term — will be a risky bid to shore up enough support to reform the country's faltering economy.
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100/125 Court orders renewed probe into Russian slaying
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AP - Russia's Supreme Court changed the rules Thursday for the investigation into Kremlin critic Anna Politkovskaya's killing, giving her family a glimmer of hope for justice and testing President Dmitry Medvedev's commitment to judicial reform.
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101/125 Novartis swine flu vaccine may work on fewer doses
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AP - Swiss drugmaker Novartis said Thursday one of its swine flu vaccines may work with just one dose, rather than two as previously expected, yet another finding that could potentially boost global supplies.
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102/125 Greek islands Europe's magnet for illegal migrants
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AP - After nightfall, a grimmer reality takes hold.
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103/125 Iran assembly approves most of hard-line Cabinet
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AP - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad received a broad mandate Thursday as parliament backed his main Cabinet choices — naming the first woman minister since the 1979 Islamic Revolution but showing international defiance by supporting a suspected mastermind in the bombing of an Argentine Jewish center that killed 85 people.
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104/125 Indonesian quake kills 57, leaves dozens missing
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AP - Children were crowded around a video game console, passing the time before they could break the Muslim holy month's daily fast, when an earthquake touched off a landslide that smothered their Indonesian village.
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105/125 Syringe attacks spark new protest in Chinese city
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AP - Hundreds of Chinese protested deteriorating public safety Thursday after a series of mysterious syringe attacks further unnerved residents in the western Chinese city of Urumqi where ethnic rioting in July killed nearly 200 people.
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106/125 Unrest as dictator's son declared winner in Gabon
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AP - The government on Thursday declared the eldest son of the late dictator Omar Bongo the winner of weekend presidential elections, enraging opposition supporters who torched a French diplomatic mission as a main opposition candidate went into hiding, nursing an injury he reportedly suffered when police fired tear gas canisters.
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107/125 Gunmen kill 17 people at a drug rehab in Mexico
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AP - Gunmen broke into a drug rehabilitation center, lined people against a wall and shot 17 dead in a particularly bloody day in Mexico's relentless drug war. The brazen attack followed the killing of the No. 2 security official in President Felipe Calderon's home state.
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108/125 UN says raw Gaza sewage poses danger for region
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AP - U.N. agencies and international aid groups urged Israel on Thursday to immediately ease its Gaza Strip blockade to allow in spare parts and building materials to repair the territory's dilapidated sewage and water networks.
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109/125 French documentary filmmaker killed in El Salvador
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AP - A French filmmaker who spent 16 months documenting the brutality and poverty of an El Salvador street gang has been murdered, a victim of the extreme violence he was trying to bring attention to.
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110/125 Protesters demand China's Xinjiang leader resign
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Reuters - Protesters massed in the capital of China's far western region of Xinjiang on Thursday demanding the ousting of its top official, amid a scare over syringe stabbings that has reignited ethnic tensions.
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111/125 Australia open to military exercises with China: PM
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AFP - Australia said Thursday it was open to holding joint military exercises with China and the United States, amid growing concern about Beijing's military build-up.
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112/125 Biden: Obama health plan to be bold, contentious
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AP - Vice President Joe Biden said Thursday the Obama administration is fiercely determined to get a health care overhaul, although he conceded it likely won't happen without 'an awful lot of screaming and hollering.'
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113/125 CDC study: Swine flu deaths higher in older kids
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AP - About one in 13 U.S. swine flu deaths have been children and most of the kids have been of school age, the federal government said Thursday in its first study of the new flu's youngest victims.
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114/125 Novartis: 1-dose swine flu vaccine a possibility
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AP - A third company signaled Thursday that its swine flu vaccine may protect people with just one shot instead of two — another hopeful sign for flu prevention efforts.
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115/125 China approves single-dose swine flu vaccine
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AP - The answer may be at hand to a crucial question about vaccination for the advancing swine flu — one shot or two? Chinese officials approved a vaccine Thursday that they say prevents the new flu in a single dose.
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116/125 Vaccine may protect pigs from human swine flu
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AP - Humans may not be the only ones guarding against swine flu by the time cold weather ushers in influenza season. The flu namesakes could also be getting new vaccinations.
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117/125 The Social Side of Obesity: You Are Who You Eat With
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Time.com - Studies increasingly show that our weight is influenced by whom we hang out with
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118/125 Medicare drug benefit gets good marks
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Reuters - The Medicare drug benefit may have caused confusion when it was launched in 2006, but the program has since 'exceeded expectations' in getting seniors coverage and trimming their medication costs, according to a new report.
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119/125 Drug trial shows promise in battling skin cancer
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AFP - Scientists working on a promising lead in the battle against skin cancer received a boost, when a study showed their technique had some success in first-phase clinical trials.
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120/125 Wall Street higher as retail sales offset jobs data
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Reuters - Stocks rose slightly on Thursday as investors focused on stronger-than-expected sales by key retailers in August, offsetting weak labor-market data.
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121/125 Low-price reigns in mixed retail sales reports
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Reuters - Lower-priced U.S. retailers posted better-than-expected sales results in August as consumers looked to save money in the key back-to-school season, leaving luxury chains struggling.
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122/125 SEC, CFTC told to align rules to police markets
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Reuters - The two main U.S. regulators policing the securities and futures markets were urged on Thursday to align their rules for ferreting out fraud, protecting investors and punishing wrongdoers.
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123/125 EU probes Oracle bid for Sun
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Reuters - European Union antitrust regulators launched an in-depth probe on Thursday into Oracle's $7 billion takeover of Sun Microsystems on concerns the deal could dent competition in the database market.
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124/125 London stocks rise at open
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AFP - Stocks in London rose slightly at the start of trade on Thursday as investors waited for the European Central Bank's decision on interest rates.
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125/125 Retailers report sales declines for August
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AP - Retailers on Thursday posted sales declines for August as shoppers held back on back-to-school purchases and continued to focus on necessities, but overall results came in ahead of analyst predictions.
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