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1/120 Gladys Knight moves Jackson mourners to tears
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AP - A person who attended Michael Jackson's funeral says it was a simple and tasteful affair, and the singer's mother was overcome with grief.
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2/120 Michael Jackson laid to rest, surrounded by stars
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Reuters - Michael Jackson was laid to rest on Thursday at a funeral attended by family and celebrities, more than two months after the pop star died at age 50 of a drug overdose that has been ruled a homicide.
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3/120 Nowitzki's ex-fiancee not pregnant: report
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AFP - Germany's Dirk Nowitzki has learned that his ex-fiancee is not pregnant with his child, according to the American media.
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4/120 Final farewell as Michael Jackson late for own funeral
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AFP - Michael Jackson's poignant final journey got under way as around 200 family and close friends gathered for the music icon's funeral at a star-studded Los Angeles cemetery.
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5/120 Fans yearn for view of Jackson funeral
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AP - Few fans gathered — at a distance — to say goodbye to Michael Jackson.
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6/120 Russell Crowe challenges columnist to bike duel
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AP - An Australian newspaper mocked Russell Crowe for smoking and shoveling down a fatty meal during a recent bike ride, so the notoriously salty actor set out to prove he is still in gladiator shape — by challenging the paper's gossip columnist to a duel by bicycle.
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7/120 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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8/120 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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9/120 Michael Jackson laid to rest, surrounded by stars
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Reuters - Michael Jackson was laid to rest on Thursday at a funeral attended by family and celebrities, more than two months after the pop star died at age 50 of a drug overdose that has been ruled a homicide.
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10/120 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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11/120 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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12/120 '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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13/120 '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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14/120 '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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15/120 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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16/120 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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17/120 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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18/120 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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19/120 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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20/120 Michael Jackson Laid To Rest
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GLENDALE, Calif. -- Michael Jackson's friends and family bid farewell to the King of Pop at Forest Lawn Memorial Park & Mortuary in Glendale, Calif., on Thursday evening.Dozens of stars including Elizabeth Taylor, Macaulay Culkin and his girlfriend, Mila Kunis, the Reverend Al Sharpton, Corey Feldman, Barry Bonds, Miko Brando, Michael's ex-wife Lisa Marie Presley and Chris Tucker joined the pop star's family at a service held in the outdoors as the superstar was laid to rest.
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21/120 Pitbull barks back with 'Rebelution'
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Pitbull says he's always created party jams to assure his safety as an artist on the now-defunct TVT Records. Now with his own label, the rapper hopes to branch out with other styles. (Sept. 3)
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22/120 Friends & Family Gather To Lay Michael Jackson To Rest
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LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Michael Jackson's friends and family have gathered to bid farewell to the King of Pop at Forest Lawn Memorial Park & Mortuary in Glendale, California.Dozens of stars including Elizabeth Taylor, Macaulay Culkin and his girlfriend, Mila Kunis, the Reverend Al Sharpton, Corey Feldman, Miko Brando, Michael's ex-wife Lisa Marie Presley and Chris Tucker are seated among Michael's family at a service being held in the outdoors.The ceremony, which is just starting, was originally due to begin at 7 PM and was scheduled to last just one hour.
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23/120 Must-Have Designer Handbags
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Rebecca Minkoff's collection of bags has attracted celebrity attention.
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24/120 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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25/120 Fox adds on-air tweets to `Fringe' reruns
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AP - Summer reruns are ho-hum television, but Fox is trying out a possible solution: Add Twitter.
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26/120 Obama speech not great news for broadcasters
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Reuters - President Obama's televised prime-time addresses are becoming a tougher sell to the broadcast networks than his sweeping health care reform has been to Middle America.
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27/120 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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28/120 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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29/120 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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30/120 Press watchdog condemns 'crackdown' in Vietnam
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AFP - A global press freedom watchdog on Friday strongly condemned a 'mounting crackdown' against online journalists and political bloggers in Vietnam.
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31/120 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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32/120 Spacewalk performed despite approaching space junk
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AP - Two spacewalking astronauts installed a new fully loaded tank of space station coolant Thursday as a large piece of orbiting junk headed their way, just far enough away to pose no concern.
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33/120 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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34/120 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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35/120 Toyota Prius top-selling car in Japan for 4 months
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AP - An auto industry group says Toyota's hugely popular Prius hybrid ranked as Japan's top-selling car in August for the fourth straight month.
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36/120 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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37/120 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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38/120 Hurricane Jimena kills one in northern Mexico
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Reuters - Hurricane Jimena killed an elderly man who drowned when floodwater surged into his home in Mexico's Baja California peninsula, the first casualty of the weakening storm, officials said.
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39/120 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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40/120 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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41/120 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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42/120 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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43/120 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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44/120 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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45/120 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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46/120 The Jackson family members motorcade arrives at Forest Lawn ...
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(Reuters) - The Jackson family members motorcade arrives at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California, September 3, 2009. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni
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(Reuters) - The logo of Toshiba Corp is seen at the company's headquarters in Tokyo, January 10, 2009. REUTERS/Stringer
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(Reuters) - An Israeli watches televisions broadcasting the speech of U.S. President Barack Obama in Cairo, at an electronics shop in Tel Aviv June 4, 2009. REUTERS/Gil Cohen Magen
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49/120 Sam Querrey of the US returns a shot to Kevin Kim of the US ...
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(AFP) - Sam Querrey of the US returns a shot to Kevin Kim of the US during their 2nd round US Open match at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York. Querrey won 7-5, 6-7 (6/8), 6-4, 6-4.(AFP/Stan Honda)
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50/120 Tommy Haas of Germany returns a forehand to Robert Kendrick ...
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(AFP) - Tommy Haas of Germany returns a forehand to Robert Kendrick of the US during their 2nd round US Open match at Flushing Meadows. Haas won 6-4, 6-4, 7-6 (7/3).(AFP/Stan Honda)
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51/120 US Andy Roddick returns a shot to France's Marc Gicquel, ...
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(AFP) - US Andy Roddick returns a shot to France's Marc Gicquel, during day four of the 2009 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, in New York, on September 3. Roddick won 6-1, 6-4, 6-4.(AFP/Emmanuel Dunand)
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52/120 Novak Djokovic of Serbia returns a shot to Carsten Ball of Australia ...
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(AFP) - Novak Djokovic of Serbia returns a shot to Carsten Ball of Australia during their 2nd round US Open match at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, on September 3, in New York. Djokovic won 6-3, 6-4, 6-4.(AFP/Stan Honda)
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53/120 James Blake of the US plays against Olivier Rochus of Belgium ...
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(AFP) - James Blake of the US plays against Olivier Rochus of Belgium during their 2nd round US Open match at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, on September 3, in New York. Blake won 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (8/6), 6-3.(AFP/Timothy A. Clary)
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54/120 Map locates Dahaneh, Afghanistan ...
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(AP) - Map locates Dahaneh, Afghanistan
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55/120 In this photo taken on May 18, 2009, visitors look at Toyota ...
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(AP) - In this photo taken on May 18, 2009, visitors look at Toyota Motor Corp.'s Prius at a Toyota showroom in Tokyo, Japan. An auto industry group says Friday, Sept. 4, 2009, Toyota's hugely popular Prius hybrid ranked as Japan's top-selling car in August for the fourth straight month. The Japan Automobile Dealers Association said the Prius kept the top spot in auto sales with 21,669 vehicles sold with the help of government subsidies and tax breaks. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)
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56/120 Andy Roddick of the United States returns a forehand to Marc ...
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(Reuters) - Andy Roddick of the United States returns a forehand to Marc Gicquel of France during their evening match at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, September 3, 2009. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
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(AP) - This NOAA satellite image taken Friday, Sept. 4, 2009 at 12:00 a.m. EDT shows cloud cover off the East Coast as low pressure develops off the Mid-Atlantic. Skies over the East remain clear. (AP PHOTO/WEATHER UNDERGROUND)
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58/120 Maria Sharapova of Russia waves to the crowd after defeating ...
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(Reuters) - Maria Sharapova of Russia waves to the crowd after defeating Christina McHale of the United States following their evening match at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, September 3, 2009. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
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59/120 A hearse enters the Forest Lawn-Glendale cemetery in Glendale, ...
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(AFP/Getty Images/File) - A hearse enters the Forest Lawn-Glendale cemetery in Glendale, California. Michael Jackson's poignant final journey got under way as around 200 family and close friends gathered for the music icon's funeral at a star-studded Los Angeles cemetery.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Kevork Djansezian)
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60/120 A choir performs during a public memorial service at the Staples ...
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(AFP/Getty Images/File) - A choir performs during a public memorial service at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California in July. Michael Jackson's poignant final journey got under way Thursday as around 200 family and close friends gathered for the music icon's funeral at a star-studded Los Angeles cemetery.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Kevork Djansezian)
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61/120 Michael Jackson's family arrives for his burial ceremony ...
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(AFP) - Michael Jackson's family arrives for his burial ceremony in The Great Mausoleum at Glendale Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California. Michael Jackson's poignant final journey got under way as around 200 family and close friends gathered for the music icon's funeral at a star-studded Los Angeles cemetery.(AFP/Gabriel Bouys)
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62/120 La Toya Jackson arrives for Michael Jackson's funeral service ...
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(AFP/Getty Images) - La Toya Jackson arrives for Michael Jackson's funeral service at Glendale Forest Lawn Memorial Park. Michael Jackson's poignant final journey got under way as around 200 family and close friends gathered for the music icon's funeral at the star-studded Los Angeles cemetery.(AFP/Getty Images/Kevork Djansezian)
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63/120 Rolling Stones band members Keith Richards (2nd R), Mick Jagger ...
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(Reuters) - Rolling Stones band members Keith Richards (2nd R), Mick Jagger (R), Ronnie Wood (2nd L) and Charlie Watts smile as they arrive at the premiere of the documentary film "Shine A Light" about them directed by Martin Scorsese in New York March 30, 2008. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson
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(Reuters) - Traffic passes downtown Los Angeles on the 10 freeway November 19, 2005. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
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65/120 North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (L) visits the Kim Jong-suk ...
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(Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (L) visits the Kim Jong-suk sanitarium at an undisclosed location in North Korea, in this undated picture released on September 3, 2009 by North Korea's official news agency KCNA. KCNA did not state when the picture was taken. REUTERS/KCNA
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(AP) - This undated photo provided Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2009 by the US Marine Corps shows Lance Cpl. Joshua Bernard, 21. Bernard was hit with a rocket propelled grenade in a Taliban ambush Friday, Aug. 14, 2009 in the village of Dahaneh in the Helmand Province of Afghanistan. He later died of his wounds. (AP Photo/USMC)
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67/120 A pair of women's premium denim jeans, selling for $375.00, ...
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(Reuters) - A pair of women's premium denim jeans, selling for $375.00, is pictured in a retail store in San Francisco, September 3, 2009. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith
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68/120 Chinese security forces block local people from getting into ...
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(Reuters) - Chinese security forces block local people from getting into the centre of the city, near the main square in Urumqi in China's Xinjiang Autonomous Region September 4, 2009. REUTERS/Nir Elias
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69/120 Simon Norwood, a construction worker who hasn't found work in ...
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(AP) - Simon Norwood, a construction worker who hasn't found work in months, poses at a garage apartment belonging to a friend in Little Rock, Ark., Thursday, Aug. 27, 2009. The official poverty rate for Americans 65 years and older has stood for years at 10 percent, the lowest rate among age groups. But the true rate could be nearly twice that high, according to a revised formula created by the National Academy of Sciences that is gaining favor among public officials, including some in the Obama administration. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)
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70/120 Simon Norwood, a construction worker who hasn't found work in ...
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(AP) - Simon Norwood, a construction worker who hasn't found work in months, poses in a garage apartment belonging to a friend in Little Rock, Ark., Thursday, Aug. 27, 2009. The official poverty rate for Americans 65 years and older has stood for years at 10 percent, the lowest rate among age groups. But the true rate could be nearly twice that high, according to a revised formula created by the National Academy of Sciences that is gaining favor among public officials, including some in the Obama administration. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)
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71/120 No. 14 Boise State beats No. 16 Oregon 19-8
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AP - The biggest home game in Boise State history became a four-quarter bullying of the Broncos' big-conference neighbors to the west that left frustrated Oregon players hitting each other after a teammate punched a Broncos player.
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72/120 NFL says 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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73/120 '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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74/120 Goodell sees NFL with uncapped 2010 season
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AP - No NFL salary cap next season seems a foregone conclusion to Roger Goodell.
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75/120 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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76/120 Anna Rawson shoots 64 in Canadian Women's Open
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AP - Anna Rawson shot a course-record 7-under 64 on Thursday to take a one-stroke lead over Suzann Pettersen in the Canadian Women's Open.
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77/120 Curry stars in Seahawks' 31-21 win over Raiders
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AP - Yes, Aaron Curry is ready for the real season.
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78/120 Mariners get three two-run homers
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AP - Bill Hall, Franklin Gutierrez and Kenji Johjima each hit two-run homers to help Ian Snell win his fourth straight start, and the Seattle Mariners beat the Oakland Athletics 7-4 Thursday night.
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79/120 Defensive NBA specialist Bown retires
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AFP - Defensive specialist Bruce Bowen has retired after a dozen National Basketball Association seasons.
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80/120 No. 19 Utah wins 15th in row with 35-17 victory
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AP - Terrance Cain passed for 286 yards and two touchdowns in his Utah debut and the 19th-ranked Utes extended the nation's longest winning streak by beating Utah State 35-17 on Thursday night.
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81/120 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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82/120 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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83/120 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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84/120 Brown says UK troops stay in Afghanistan for now
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AP - Britain's military will stay in Afghanistan until it can look after its own security, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Friday, dismissing a call from one of his government's defense aides to begin planning a pullout from the country.
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85/120 Brown defends Afghan mission in key speech
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AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown will launch Friday a defence of the British campaign in Afghanistan amid rising troop deaths, warning Britain will not walk away when its own security is at stake.
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86/120 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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87/120 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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88/120 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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89/120 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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90/120 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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91/120 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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92/120 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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93/120 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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94/120 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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95/120 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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96/120 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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97/120 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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98/120 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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99/120 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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100/120 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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101/120 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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102/120 AP IMPACT: Calm — then sudden death in Afghan war
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AP - The pomegranate grove looked ominous.
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103/120 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 uranium, a process that could give it a second way to make nuclear bombs in addition to its known plutonium-based program.
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104/120 Aide: Netanyahu considering settlement freeze
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AP - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would be willing to consider suspending construction in the West Bank for several months — but first plans to authorize hundreds of new apartments there, an aide said Friday.
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105/120 Drug treatment center targeted in Mexico, 18 dead
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AP - Neighbors mopped blood from the sidewalk outside a drug rehabilitation center Thursday, cleaning up the carnage after gunmen lined up patients against a wall and then riddled them with bullets, killing 18.
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106/120 Journal entries of AP photographer in Afghanistan
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AP - The operation started really early Wednesday morning on this town called Dahaneh.
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107/120 Canada seeks to overturn South Africa refugee ruling
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Reuters - The Canadian government is going to court to try to overturn a controversial decision to grant refugee status to a white South African who said he suffered racist attacks at home, an official said on Thursday.
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108/120 Afghan officials: A NATO airstrike kills 40
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AP - Officials in northern Afghanistan say a NATO airstrike on hijacked fuel tankers has killed at least 40 people.
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109/120 Wealthy developer gunned down on Sydney street
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AFP - An Australian property developer who once tried to sue the sultan of Brunei was gunned down in front of his young son outside their exclusive Sydney home, police said Friday.
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110/120 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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111/120 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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112/120 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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113/120 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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114/120 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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115/120 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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116/120 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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117/120 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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118/120 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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119/120 Asian shares subdued, gold supports Aussie dollar
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Reuters - Asian shares drifted on Friday, underpinned by encouraging U.S. retail sales but cautious ahead of a U.S. payrolls report, while the Aussie dollar held gains spurred by a spike in gold prices.
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120/120 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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