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1/127 Jackson entombment far from cameras, public
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AP - Michael Jackson will share eternity with the likes of Clark Gable, Jean Harlow and W.C. Fields, entombed alongside them in a grand marble mausoleum that will be all but off-limits to adoring fans who might otherwise turn the pop star's grave into a shrine.
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2/127 Tight security set for Michael Jackson's burial
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Reuters - Michael Jackson finally will be buried near Los Angeles on Thursday evening, 70 days after his death, and authorities are going to great lengths to ensure he will rest in peace.
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3/127 Tornatore in nostalgic mood with lengthy homage
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Reuters - Giuseppe Tornatore has always been a sentimental director with a love for over-the-top emotions.
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4/127 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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5/127 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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6/127 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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7/127 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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8/127 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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9/127 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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10/127 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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11/127 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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12/127 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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13/127 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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14/127 CORRECTED: Artists protest Tel Aviv focus at Toronto film fest
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Reuters - The Toronto International Film Festival is under attack for its decision to present a series of films spotlighting the Israeli city of Tel Aviv, which a group of high-profile artists and celebrities say constitutes complicity in 'the Israeli propaganda machine'.
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15/127 'The Road' premieres at Venice
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AP - Viggo Mortensen and Kodi Smit-McPhee play father and son on a harrowing and hopeless journey in the film adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's devastating novel 'The Road,' premiering Thursday at the Venice Film Festival.
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16/127 '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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17/127 '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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18/127 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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19/127 French filmmaker who exposed Salvador gangs slain
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AFP - A Franco-Spanish journalist has been brutally murdered in El Salvador, weeks before the release of his latest documentary on the violent drug-running gangs that blight the country.
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20/127 1.3 million to lose jobless benefits by year's end
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AP - Jobless since January, Donald Money has already moved in with his elderly parents, stopped going to the movies and started using less of his prescription medication so it will last longer.
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21/127 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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22/127 'Feminist' porn film funded by taxpayers opens in Sweden
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AFP - A porn movie shot by a feminist documentary maker and funded by taxpayers was set for its premiere in the Swedish capital of Stockholm on Thursday night.
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23/127 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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24/127 Laura Leighton Talks Potential 'Desperate Housewives' Cameo, 'Melrose Place' Return
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LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- In five days, the revamped 'Melrose Place' is set to make it's debut on The CW with show veteran Laura Leighton but that might not be the only show fans will get to see her on in primetime.According to the actress, there has been a little talk about her appearing on her real-life husband and former 'Melrose Place' co-star, Doug Savant's ABC drama, 'Desperate Housewives.'
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25/127 Megan Fox: Michael Bay's Like 'Napoleon' & 'Wants To Be Like Hitler'
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LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Megan Fox starred in the biggest movie of the summer, the Michael Bay-directed 'Transformers: Revenge of The Fallen,' but according to the actress, the director almost killed her and co-star Shia LaBeouf with his 'Napoleon' and 'Hitler' tendencies.
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26/127 'American Idol's' Jim Verraros To Wed Boyfriend
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LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- 'American Idol' Season 1 finalist Jim Verraros is walking down the aisle with boyfriend Bill Brennan this Sunday in Oak Brook, Illinois. The couple, who have been dating for four years after meeting on MySpace, announced their nuptials on their wedding Web site.
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27/127 Melissa Rycroft Sets Wedding Date
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Come December, Melissa Rycroft will be a bachelorette no more.The Bachelor and Dancing with the Stars alum and her fianc, Tye Strickland, are set to tie the knot on Dec. 12, she tells Us Weekly.'We aren't doing ...
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28/127 Oprah Responds to Chris Brown's Comments About Domestic Violence Episode
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Chris Brown thinks Oprah Winfrey should have reached out to him as well as Rihanna in the wake of his assault on his ex-girlfriend, calling the slight a 'slap in the face.' The talk-show queen, however, just wants the singer to get help.Winfrey dedicated a March episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show to 'all the Rihannas of the world,' which focused on domestic violence. Brown told People he was not happy with what he saw.News: Brown, Rihanna involved in two previous incidents, report says'I commend Oprah on ...
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29/127 Demi Moore Lashes Out At Perez Hilton
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LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Demi Moore has lashed out via Twitter at Perez Hilton for linking to skin-revealing pictures of her daughter Tallulah Willis, 15, via his Twitter account.
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30/127 Alec Baldwin Not Looking To Snag A 'Housewife' - Not Even Bethenny Frankel!
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LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Alec Baldwin is not 'Housewife' hunting - not even if she's a reality star, celebrity chef and best-selling author!
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31/127 Laura Dern to Star in HBO Comedy Pilot
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Laura Dern and screenwriter Mike White are teaming up to create a comedy pilot for HBO. The project, tentatively titled Enlightened, will star Dern as a self-destructive woman whose spiritual awakening leads her to try to lead an enlightened life, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Dern (Jurassic Park) recently won a Golden Globe for her role in the HBO film Recount. Production is scheduled to begin in December.
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32/127 TV Guide Network to Cover Michael Jackson Funeral Live
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TV Guide Network will air a special two-hour live edition of Hollywood 411 for the funeral of Michael Jackson on Thursday, Sept. 3 at 9 p.m. (6 p.m. Pacific). Check out our full coverage of Jackson's death The service, which will take place more than two months after Jackson's death at the Forest Lawn Cemetery in Glendale, Calif., will be paid for by his own estate. Jackson's body has been temporarily stored at Forest Lawn for the past month. His death has been officially ruled a homicide, caused by acute propofol intoxication.
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33/127 Just a Minute With: Audrina Patridge on 'Sorority Row'
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Reuters - Hollywood actress Audrina Patridge became a U.S. television personality when she landed on MTV's hit reality series 'The Hills.'
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34/127 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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35/127 Judge extends deadline to debate Google book deal
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AP - The final assault on a class-action settlement that would expand Google Inc.'s already vast digital library has been delayed until next week.
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36/127 Internet addiction center opens in US
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AP - Ben Alexander spent nearly every waking minute playing the video game 'World of Warcraft.' As a result, he flunked out of the University of Iowa.
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37/127 Facebook members who buy 'friends' could be banished
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AFP - Facebook warned Thursday that members who buy 'friends' from an Australian online marketing company could face banishment from the social network.
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38/127 Apple iPod updates expected, Jobs show uncertain
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Reuters - Apple Inc's media extravaganza next week is being greeted with unusual calm, as it is uncertain if charismatic CEO Steve Jobs will appear and investors have nothing much to bet on apart from new iPods with cameras.
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39/127 Arctic reverses trend, is warmest in two millennia
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AP - The Arctic is warmer than it's been in 2,000 years, even though it should be cooling because of changes in the Earth's orbit that cause the region to get less direct sunlight. Indeed, the Arctic had been cooling for nearly two millennia before reversing course in the last century and starting to warm as human activities added greenhouse gases to the atmosphere.
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40/127 Spacewalk performed despite approaching space junk
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AP - Two astronauts stepped out on a spacewalk to install a new tank of space station coolant Thursday as a large piece of orbiting junk headed their way.
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41/127 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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42/127 Warming in Arctic reverses 8,000 year old cooling trend
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AFP - An abrupt warming of the Arctic has reversed a cooling trend that began about 8,000 ago, according to a study published Thursday which sheds light on the threat of rising sea levels and climate change.
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43/127 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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44/127 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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45/127 Senator: Funding needed to cut high wildfire risk
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AP - Sen. Barbara Boxer on Thursday urged the U.S. Forest Service to dedicate more money to reduce wildfire danger in high-risk areas before another blaze threatens homes and lives.
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46/127 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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47/127 Chestnut dethroned as rib eating king in Nevada
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AP - Top-ranked competitive eater and three-time defending champion Joey Chestnut has been dethroned as the winner of the Best in the West Nugget World Rib Eating Championship in Sparks. Pat 'Deep Dish' Bertoletti of Chicago beat Chestnut on Wednesday by one-tenth of a pound. Bertoletti downed 5.8 pounds in 12 minutes.
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48/127 Man allegedly calls 911 twice to say he's hungry
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AP - Authorities said a man was arrested after calling 911 twice for a ride and saying he was hungry. Police reports said Benjamin Dewer, 26, was charged early Wednesday with making false calls to 911. The report said Dewer was apparently drunk when police found him sitting on a sidewalk. He asked police for a ride to a park and told them he was hungry.
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49/127 Woman says life easier after breaking long nails
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AP - A Salt Lake City woman who held a Guinness World Record for her long fingernails before they broke off in a car crash says it was the most dramatic event of her life. But Lee Redmond, who lost the fingernails in February, says it's now much easier to do things and her hands seem to fly with the weight of the nails gone.
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50/127 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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51/127 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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52/127 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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53/127 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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54/127 Astronaut John "Danny" Olivas works outside the International ...
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(Reuters) - Astronaut John "Danny" Olivas works outside the International Space Station in the payload bay of the Space Shuttle Discovery with the earth in the background during his six-hour, 35-minute spacewalk as construction and maintenance continues on the station in this NASA handout photo taken September 1, 2009. REUTERS/NASA/Handout (UNITED STATES SCI TECH) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS
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(AP) - Circuit judge Daniel Dawson talks to attorneys during a hearing on Rifqa Bary at the Thomas S. Kirk Juvenile Justice Center, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2009 in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/Ricardo Ramirez Buxeda, Pool)
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56/127 Astronaut Nicole Stott works outside the International Space ...
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(Reuters) - Astronaut Nicole Stott works outside the International Space Station with the earth in the background in this view taken through a window of the space shuttle Discovery in this NASA handout photo taken September 1, 2009. REUTERS/NASA/Handout (UNITED STATES SCI TECH) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS
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(Reuters) - Traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, January 22, 2009. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
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58/127 Astronaut Nicole Stott works outside the International Space ...
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(Reuters) - Astronaut Nicole Stott works outside the International Space Station with the earth's horizon in the background during her six-hour, 35-minute spacewalk as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station in this NASA handout photo taken September 1, 2009. REUTERS/NASA/Handout (UNITED STATES SCI TECH IMAGES OF THE DAY) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS
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(Reuters) - Attendees line up for an interview with a prospective employer at a job fair in Washington, August 6, 2009. REUTERS/Jason Reed
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60/127 Duncan Baird, a 62-year-old retired firefighter, makes a screen ...
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(AP) - Duncan Baird, a 62-year-old retired firefighter, makes a screen box for shifting at his home destroyed by wildfires in the Angeles National Forest near Los Angeles, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2009. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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61/127 Duncan Baird, a 62-year-old retired firefighter, pours a cup ...
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(AP) - Duncan Baird, a 62-year-old retired firefighter, pours a cup of water while shifting through at his home destroyed by wildfires in the Angeles National Forest near Los Angeles, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2009. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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62/127 Katherine Callaway Hall listens during an interview in New York, ...
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(AP) - Katherine Callaway Hall listens during an interview in New York, Thursday Sept. 3, 2009. Hall was abducted and raped in 1976 by California kidnapping suspect Phillip Garrido and says he deserves the death penalty. Garrido, 58, and his wife, Nancy, 54, were arrested last week and face 29 charges in the kidnapping, rape and imprisonment of Jaycee Lee Dugard. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
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63/127 Cindy Pain, right, fights back tears as she embraces neighbor ...
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(AP) - Cindy Pain, right, fights back tears as she embraces neighbor Dave Johnson on Stonyvale Road off Big Tujunga Canyon Road in the Angeles National Forest near Los Angeles on Thursday, Sept. 3, 2009. Pain and Johnson both lost their homes in the Station fire on Saturday. (AP Photo/Jason Redmond)
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64/127 An Afghan policeman tries to secure the area as smoke form a ...
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(Reuters) - An Afghan policeman tries to secure the area as smoke form a suicide attack is seen in Kabul August 18, 2009. A suicide car bomber attacked a convoy of foreign troops on a major road in the east of the Afghan capital on Tuesday, two days before presidential elections, police and witnesses said. A Reuters reporter saw thick black smoke rising from the area and police rushing what appeared to be two badly wounded people from the scene of the attack, on the road linking Kabul with the eastern city of Jalalabad. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood (AFGHANISTAN CONFLICT IMAGES OF THE DAY ELECTIONS POLITICS)
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65/127 Dave Johnson looks inside his mailbox which was destroyed along ...
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(AP) - Dave Johnson looks inside his mailbox which was destroyed along with his home on Stonyvale Road off Big Tujunga Canyon Road in the Angeles National Forest near Los Angeles on Thursday, Sept. 3, 2009. The Station fire swept through the neighborhood on Saturday. (AP Photo/Jason Redmond)
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66/127 Dave Johnson picks up a piece of melted aluminum from the remains ...
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(AP) - Dave Johnson picks up a piece of melted aluminum from the remains of his home on Stonyvale Road off Big Tujunga Canyon Road in the Angeles National Forest near Los Angeles on Thursday, Sept. 3, 2009. Johnson, who grew up in the home, says he is still debating rebuilding. (AP Photo/Jason Redmond)
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67/127 Megan Hinshaw (L) and Jordan Schott shop at a Target store in ...
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(Reuters) - Megan Hinshaw (L) and Jordan Schott shop at a Target store in Dallas, September 3, 2009. REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi
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68/127 Nick Edwards, right, and his daughter Courtney stand on the ...
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(AP) - Nick Edwards, right, and his daughter Courtney stand on the remains of Nick's home destroyed by wildfires in the Angeles National Forest near Los Angeles, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2009. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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69/127 Duncan Baird, a 62-year-old retired firefighter, pauses for ...
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(AP) - Duncan Baird, a 62-year-old retired firefighter, pauses for a moment while making a screen box for shifting at his home destroyed by wildfires in the Angeles National Forest near Los Angeles, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2009. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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70/127 Ernie, who only gave his first name, shifts through at his friend's ...
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(AP) - Ernie, who only gave his first name, shifts through at his friend's home destroyed by wildfires in the Angeles National Forest near Los Angeles, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2009. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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71/127 Family photos of Jaycee Dugard are pictured as they were made ...
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(Reuters) - Family photos of Jaycee Dugard are pictured as they were made available to Reuters in Los Angeles, September 3, 2009. REUTERS/Handout
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72/127 Yazoo County Sheriff Tommy Vaughan said Thursday, Sept. 3, 2009, ...
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(AP) - Yazoo County Sheriff Tommy Vaughan said Thursday, Sept. 3, 2009, in the department's investigator's office in Yazoo City, Miss., the actions of Yazoo County High School football player Kaleb Eulls to approach, tackle and disarm a gun toting 14-year-old girl in a school bus in rural Yazoo County, Miss., were heroic. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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73/127 Assembly of First Nations Chief Phil Fontaine speaks to the ...
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(Canadian Press) - Assembly of First Nations Chief Phil Fontaine speaks to the Senate June 11, 2009. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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74/127 FILE - This is a July 22, 2009 file photo of Yazoo County High ...
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(AP) - FILE - This is a July 22, 2009 file photo of Yazoo County High School football player Kaleb Eulls taken in Jackson, Miss. Eulls has been credited with approaching, tackling and disarming a gun toting 14-year-old girl in a school bus in rural Yazoo County, Miss., Sept. 1, 2009. (AP Photo/The Clarion-Ledger, Joe Ellis)
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75/127 Cindy Pain looks on as she returns to her fire-ravaged neighborhood ...
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(AP) - Cindy Pain looks on as she returns to her fire-ravaged neighborhood on Stonyvale Road off Big Tujunga Canyon Road in the Angeles National Forest near Los Angeles on Thursday, Sept. 3, 2009. Pain says she and her husband escaped only an hour before flames engulfed their neighborhood on Saturday. (AP Photo/Jason Redmond)
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76/127 Deborah Becher walks through her fire raveged neighborhood on ...
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(AP) - Deborah Becher walks through her fire raveged neighborhood on Stonyvale Road off Big Tujunga Canyon Road in the Angeles National Forest near Los Angeles on Thursday, Sept. 3, 2009. The Station fire swept through on Saturday destroying homes. (AP Photo/Jason Redmond)
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77/127 Michael King's younger brother, Rodney King, talks via teleconference ...
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(AP) - Michael King's younger brother, Rodney King, talks via teleconference during testimony at the penalty phase of his brother's trial on Thursday, Sept. 3, 2009 at the Sarastoa County Courthouse, Fla. Michael King was convicted of kidnapping, raping and killing Denise Lee, a 21-year-old mother of two. (AP Photo /E. Skylar Litherland, Pool)
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78/127 A doctor demonstrates how to carry out the flu vaccination against ...
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(AFP/DDP/File) - A doctor demonstrates how to carry out the flu vaccination against the H1N1. Swine flu has begun to spread through American universities where more than 1,600 cases of A(H1N1) infections were recorded in the first week of classes, a health group said Thursday.(AFP/DDP/File/Thomas Lohnes)
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79/127 NFL says Eagles' Vick eligible to play in 3rd game
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AP - Michael Vick got the green light for full reinstatement in the NFL on Thursday when commissioner Roger Goodell said the disgraced quarterback could play later this month instead of waiting until October.
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80/127 'Believe': Teen from Georgia stuns Dementieva
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AP - It's not quite the case that 17-year-old Melanie Oudin and her family knew for sure she would get this far, this fast.
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81/127 Woods on a roll, except for his putting
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AP - Tiger Woods created a slight stir Thursday morning on the TPC Boston when a Nike representative approached him on the first tee carrying two putters.
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82/127 Yankees' Rivera feels OK, no date for next game
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AP - Injured New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera said his sore left groin felt fine after a light workout Thursday, and he hopes to soon pitch off a bullpen mound.
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83/127 Edwards will race Atlanta despite broken foot
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AP - Carl Edwards will race this weekend at Atlanta Motor Speedway despite breaking his right foot playing frisbee.
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84/127 Favre will watch backups against Cowboys
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AP - When Minnesota Vikings coach Brad Childress decided to rest Brett Favre and many starters for the preseason finale against Dallas on Friday night, it did anything but render the game meaningless.
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85/127 Buccaneers fire offensive coordinator Jagodzinski
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AP - Former Boston College coach Jeff Jagodzinski was fired Thursday as offensive coordinator of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who have been unhappy with the progress of their passing game.
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86/127 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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87/127 Greipel takes Tour of Spain lead
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AFP - Germany's Andre Greipel 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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88/127 Jankovic, Dementieva ousted, Safina struggles on at US Open
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AFP - Fourth seed Elena Dementieva and fifth seed Jelena Jankovic were ousted Thursday at the US Open with struggling world No. 1 Dinara Safina suddenly the lone seed in her quarter to reach the third round.
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89/127 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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90/127 Key aide to defence minister quits over Afghan conflict
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AFP - A key aide to the defence secretary resigned Thursday over the war in Afghanistan, and launched an attack on Prime Minister Gordon Brown's government's handling of the conflict.
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91/127 Two young brothers admit 'horror' attacks on boys
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AFP - Two brothers aged 12 and 10 admitted Thursday carrying out a brutal attack in a village on two young boys who were beaten and tortured, while one had a sink dropped on his head.
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92/127 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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93/127 Britain confirms identity of dead hostage in Iraq
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AP - A British hostage discovered dead in Iraq has been identified as a security contractor abducted by militants in 2007, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Thursday.
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94/127 Brown names dead hostage handed over in Iraq
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AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Thursday named a dead hostage whose body was handed over in Baghdad this week as Alec MacLachlan, one of five Britons kidnapped in Iraq in 2007.
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95/127 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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96/127 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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97/127 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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98/127 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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99/127 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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100/127 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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101/127 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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102/127 Darling predicts global economic recovery in 2010
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AFP - The Chancellor of the Exchequer voiced optimism Thursday for a global economic recovery in 2010, but repeated a warning against complacency, ahead of a G20 finance ministers' meeting.
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103/127 UN chief: rapid progress needed in climate talks
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AP - U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon told a meeting of some 150 governments on Thursday that time is running out for a new climate deal to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
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104/127 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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105/127 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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106/127 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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107/127 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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108/127 North Korea says uranium enrichment in final stage
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AP - North Korea said Friday that it is in the final stages of enriching uraninum, a process that could give the nation a second way to make nuclear bombs.
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109/127 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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110/127 UN peacekeeping chief in Darfur says war over
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AP - The outgoing U.N. peacekeeping chief in Sudan's Darfur region said the world should no longer consider the long-running conflict a war after a sharp decline in violence and deaths over the past year.
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111/127 El Salvador arrests 1 in French filmmaker's death
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AP - A French filmmaker who spent years documenting the brutality and desperation of a Salvadoran street gang has been found shot to death after heading out to a dangerous gang-dominated neighborhood.
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112/127 Unrest as dictator's son declared winner in Gabon
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AP - Gabon's government declared late dictator Omar Bongo's son the winner of presidential elections Thursday, triggering the worst violence in years in the oil-rich nation.
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113/127 Gates says it's not time to leave Afghanistan
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AP - Faced with waning public support for the military escalation in Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday that the war is worth fighting and signaled for the first time he may be willing to send more troops after months of publicly resisting a significant increase.
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114/127 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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115/127 CDC study: Swine flu deaths higher in older kids
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AP - The first detailed study of U.S. children killed by swine flu found the outbreak differs from ordinary flu in at least one puzzling respect: It appears to be taking a higher toll on school-age youngsters than on babies and toddlers.
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116/127 White House signals openness to health compromise
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AP - Even as liberals urge President Barack Obama to demand bold, far-reaching changes to the nation's health care system, the White House signaled openness Thursday to compromises that might attract moderate congressional Democrats as well as some Republicans.
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117/127 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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118/127 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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119/127 Scientists find gene that can stop mice from becoming obese
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AFP - Researchers have found a gene that when blocked can keep mice from becoming obese, even if they consume a high-fat diet, new research released Thursday found.
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120/127 Swine flu easing in Southern Hemisphere
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Reuters - Swine flu is starting to taper off along with the influenza season in the Southern Hemisphere, but it has killed at least 36 U.S. children, U.S. officials reported on Thursday.
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121/127 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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122/127 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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123/127 Potential key to AIDS vaccine discovered: study
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AFP - US researchers have discovered two powerful new antibodies which could hold the key to achieving a viable AIDS vaccine, according to a study published Thursday in the journal Science.
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124/127 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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125/127 Wall Street ends up on surprising retailers' sales
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Reuters - U.S. stocks rose on Thursday, snapping a four-day losing streak, after stronger-than-expected retail sales data eased concerns about the economy before Friday's important jobs data.
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126/127 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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127/127 EU opens in-depth probe into Oracle, Sun deal
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Reuters - European Union antitrust regulators launched an in-depth probe on Thursday into Oracle Corp's $7 billion takeover of Sun Microsystems Inc on concerns the deal could dent competition in the database market.
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