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1/120 DJ AM service attendees recount 12-step meeting
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AP - Attendees at a service for DJ AM say hundreds of friends gathered at the unique memorial fashioned after a 12-step meeting.
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2/120 Guest: Many wept during Jackson's Calif. funeral
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AP - Paris Jackson wept as she stepped into the mausoleum where her father, Michael, was to be entombed. Katherine Jackson, overcome by sorrow, turned back when she was faced with her son's final resting place.
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3/120 Barrymore to host skating event in Detroit area
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AP - Drew Barrymore wants all movie and/or roller skating fans to join her in suburban Detroit next week for a get-together in support of her new movie.
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4/120 Jason Bateman renewed after being `Arrested'
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AP - As usual, Jason Bateman is calm in the midst of chaos.
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5/120 Singer Brittani Senser keeps Minneapolis home base
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AP - Brittani Senser has deep roots in Minneapolis, where her father played for the Minnesota Vikings and where the singer grew up.
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6/120 Poignant final farewell as Jackson laid to rest
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AFP - Michael Jackson has been laid to rest in a glittering gold coffin adorned with a crown after family and friends saluted the tragic 'King of Pop' in a poignant farewell.
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7/120 Stars, family honor Michael Jackson at funeral
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Reuters - Michael Jackson was buried on Thursday, more than two months after he died of a drug overdose, marking the last stop for a superstar who spent most of his 50 years in the public gaze.
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8/120 Sprinkling of fans seek view of Jackson funeral
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AP - Few fans gathered — and those who did were kept at a distance — to say goodbye to Michael Jackson.
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9/120 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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10/120 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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11/120 Timbaland unleashes his beats in 'Beaterator'
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AP - Timbaland is not afraid of wannabes stealing his flow.
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12/120 Stars, family honor Michael Jackson at funeral
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Reuters - Michael Jackson was buried on Thursday, more than two months after he died of a drug overdose, marking the last stop for a superstar who spent most of his 50 years in the public gaze.
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13/120 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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14/120 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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15/120 '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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16/120 '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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17/120 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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18/120 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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19/120 Michael Jackson funeral held in L.A.
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Michael Jackson's outdoor funeral service began at Forest Lawn Glendale Thursday after a more than hour delay, keeping Elizabeth Taylor and other celebs waiting in the stubborn L.A. heat. (Sept. 4)
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20/120 Stars, family honor Michael Jackson at funeral
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Reuters - Michael Jackson was buried on Thursday, more than two months after he died of a drug overdose, marking the last stop for a superstar who spent most of his 50 years in the public gaze.
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21/120 Fall Movie Preview: Blockbusters and Oscars
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22/120 Fall Movie Preview: Curiosities and Stinkers
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23/120 It's a boy for Idina Menzel and Taye Diggs
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AP - Idina Menzel and Taye Diggs are new parents of a baby boy.
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24/120 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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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 Executive who led Google's China expansion leaving
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AP - The executive who led Google Inc.'s expansion in China after being hired away from Microsoft Corp. following a high-profile court battle is leaving to start his own business, the U.S. search engine announced Friday.
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27/120 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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28/120 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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29/120 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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30/120 Australian businessman dismisses Facebook threats
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AFP - An Australian businessman accused of selling 'friends' from the social networking site Facebook hit back Friday, saying it would be 'very difficult' to stop him.
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31/120 Orbiting junk expected to pass near space station
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AP - A piece of orbiting junk was expected to pass near the international space station Friday, but NASA said it would stay a safe distance away from the station and docked shuttle.
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32/120 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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33/120 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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34/120 Prius top-selling car in Japan for 4th month
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AP - Toyota's hugely popular Prius ranked as Japan's best-selling car in August, keeping the top spot for the fourth consecutive month with the help of government subsidies and tax breaks, an auto industry group said Friday.
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35/120 Astronauts install coolant tank at space station
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AFP - Swedish and US astronauts installed a coolant tank for the International Space Station on Friday despite an approaching piece of space debris.
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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 Deadly Jimena claims first victim in Mexico
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AFP - Tropical Storm Jimena claimed its first life as it lashed Mexico's Baja California with torrential rain and ripped the roofs of houses.
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38/120 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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39/120 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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40/120 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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41/120 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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42/120 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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43/120 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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44/120 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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45/120 Visitors gather at the entrance of the IFA, the world's largest ...
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(AP) - Visitors gather at the entrance of the IFA, the world's largest trade fair for consumer electronics and electrical home appliances, in Berlin, on Friday, Sept. 4, 2009. Over a thousand exhibitors are represented at IFA electronics trade fair from Sept. 4 to Sept. 9 on the Berlin Exhibition Grounds. (AP Photo/Gero Breloer)
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46/120 Visitors watch an animation movie on the Sony stand at the IFA, ...
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(AP) - Visitors watch an animation movie on the Sony stand at the IFA, the world's largest trade fair for consumer electronics and electrical home appliances, in Berlin, on Friday, Sept. 4, 2009. Over a thousand exhibitors are represented at IFA electronics trade fair from Sept. 4 to Sept. 9 on the Berlin Exhibition Grounds. (AP Photo/Gero Breloer)
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47/120 Asian chicken salad. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ho-Foodland Ontario ...
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(Canadian Press) - Asian chicken salad. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ho-Foodland Ontario
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(AP) - A woman stands underneath a reflecting ceiling as she looks as flat screen LED TV sets of the Samsung company at the IFA, the world's largest trade fair for consumer electronics and electrical home appliances, in Berlin, on Friday, Sept. 4, 2009. Over a thousand exhibitors are represented at IFA electronics trade fair from Sept. 4 to Sept. 9 on the Berlin Exhibition Grounds. (AP Photo/Gero Breloer)
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49/120 Peach breakfast crostini. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ho ...
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(Canadian Press) - Peach breakfast crostini. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ho
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50/120 A Chinese Internet user browses for information on the popular ...
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(Reuters) - A Chinese Internet user browses for information on the popular search engine Google in Beijing January 25, 2006. REUTERS/Stringer
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51/120 A man stands next to a Santander bank branch in Madrid April ...
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(Reuters) - A man stands next to a Santander bank branch in Madrid April 29, 2009. REUTERS/Susana Vera
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52/120 A BP logo is seen at a petrol station in central London July ...
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(Reuters) - A BP logo is seen at a petrol station in central London July 28, 2009. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth
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53/120 Democratic Party of Japan President Yukio Hatoyama (L) shakes ...
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(Reuters) - Democratic Party of Japan President Yukio Hatoyama (L) shakes hands with U.S. ambassador to Japan John Roos before their talks at the DPJ's headquarters in Tokyo September 3, 2009. REUTERS/Kyodo
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54/120 Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (2nd R) attends ...
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(Reuters) - Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (2nd R) attends the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem August 30, 2009. REUTERS/Uriel Sinai/Pool
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55/120 Lead scientist Heather Peters uses a microscope to check cultures ...
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(Reuters) - Lead scientist Heather Peters uses a microscope to check cultures for signs of the H1N1 swine flu virus and other respiratory diseases at the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene in Baltimore, September 3, 2009. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
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(Reuters) - Men mourn in front of a hospital after an airstrike killed scores of people in Kunduz September 4, 2009. REUTERS/Wahdat
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(Reuters) - Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange September 1, 2009. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
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(AFP/NASA/File) - This photograph obtained from NASA on September 3, shows US space shuttle Discovery flight engineer Nicole Stott participating in the STS-128 mission's first spacewalk on September 2, as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station.(AFP/NASA/File)
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(AFP/NASA) - This still image from NASA video shows US space shuttle Discovery astronaut Christer Fuglesang of Sweden (lower right) working outside the International Space Station (ISS), on September 3. Fuglesang and mission lead spacewalker Danny Olivas installed a liquid ammonia tank to keep the space station cool and completed several other tasks.(AFP/NASA)
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(AP) - This image provided by the US Air Force shows aviator wings which were worn by U.S. Army Air Force pilots during World War II. Sixty- five years after his plane was shot down in Germany, bomber pilot Bernard Harding is returning to the small town in hopes he can find the wings he buried in the dirt cellar where he was held captive. (AP photo/US Air Force)
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(Canadian Press) - A man walks by an electronic stock indicator of a securities firm in Tokyo, Japan, Friday, Sept. 4, 2009 showing Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 index slipped 27.53 points to 10,187.11. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Koji Sasahara)
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(Reuters) - Gold earrings are seen on display at a store in New York in this September 3, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
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63/120 WWII bombing pilot Bernard Harding, 90, poses at his home with ...
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(Canadian Press) - WWII bombing pilot Bernard Harding, 90, poses at his home with a photo of his squadron from the 8th Air Force's 492 Bomb Group in Milford, N.H., Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2009. Sixty- five years after his plane was shot down in Germany, Harding returns to the small town in hopes he can find the lapel wings he buried in the dirt cellar where he was held captive.(THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Jim Cole)
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64/120 Serena Williams of the United States returns a backhand to Melinda ...
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(Reuters) - Serena Williams of the United States returns a backhand to Melinda Czink of Hungary during their match at the U.S. Open tennis championship in New York, September 2, 2009. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
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(Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner speaks during a news conference at the G20 Finance Ministers meeting at a hotel, near Horsham, in southern England, March 14, 2009. REUTERS/Andrew Winning
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(AP) - Street light using LUXEON LEDs lights a neighborhood in Portugal. (Photo: Business Wire)
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(Reuters) - A trader works the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, June 23, 2009. REUTERS/Eric Thayer
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(AP) - In this undated photo provided by Bernard Harding, back row far left, shows the 8th Air Force's 492 Bomb Group squadron in Milford, N.H. Sixty-five-years after his plane was shot down over Germany, Harding returns to the small town in hopes he can find the lapel wings he buried in the dirt cellar where he was held captive. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Bernard Harding)
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69/120 WWII bombing pilot Bernard Harding, 90, poses at his home in ...
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(AP) - WWII bombing pilot Bernard Harding, 90, poses at his home in Milford, N.H., Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2009. Sixty- five years after his plane was shot down in Germany, Harding returns to the small town in hopes he can find the lapel wings he buried in the dirt cellar where he was held captive.(AP Photo/Jim Cole)
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70/120 Tempers flare as Broncos bully Ducks in 19-8 win
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AP - Four quarters of getting flustered by the guys in blue finally made Oregon's LeGarrette Blount snap.
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71/120 NFL says Michael Vick eligible to play in 3rd game
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AP - After missing two seasons and serving an 18-month prison term, sitting out two regular-season games can't be too difficult for Michael Vick.
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72/120 Red Sox top Rays 6-3 to increase AL wild-card lead
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AP - Clay Buchholz finally beat someone other than Toronto this season, and it helped the Red Sox get a key win over Tampa Bay.
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73/120 Pedro bests Lincecum as Phillies top Giants 2-1
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AP - Pedro Martinez relished the playoff atmosphere and brought his best stuff.
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74/120 Steelers' stars barely sweat, beat Panthers 21-10
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AP - Players quickly showered and dressed in the Pittsburgh locker room Thursday night before hustling to the bus following their 21-10 victory over Carolina in the exhibition finale.
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75/120 Sharapova, Oudin win to set up third-round match
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AP - They are both ahead of schedule. Maria Sharapova is progressing quickly on one track that might make her a champion again, while Melanie Oudin is speeding on another that gets her mentioned in the same sentence with Sharapova.
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76/120 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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77/120 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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78/120 Tempers flare after Boise State beats Oregon 19-8
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AP - Oregon running back LeGarrette Blount talked before the game about keeping emotions in check. Then he lost his own cool after No. 14 Boise State pushed around its big-conference neighbors.
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79/120 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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80/120 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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81/120 Roddick, Querrey lead home charge at US Open
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AFP - Hopes for a first home win in the men's singles at the US Open in six years were given a boost with Andy Roddick and rising star Sam Querrey leading a charge into the third round.
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82/120 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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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 BP denies lobbying over Lockerbie bomber release
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AFP - BP said on Friday it had lobbied the government to speed up a prisoner transfer accord with Libya to smooth its business ties with Tripoli but denied pressing for the Lockerbie bomber to be released.
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85/120 Jews who escaped Nazis as kids recreate train trip
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AP - A vintage train carrying Holocaust survivors pulled into London on Friday, ending a three-day trip across Europe that marked the 70th anniversary of their extraordinary rescue by a young British stockbroker.
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86/120 British climber dies on Mount Olympus
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AFP - A 22-year-old British climber died on Mount Olympus in central Greece after falling into a ravine, local police said on Friday.
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87/120 Brown says UK troops will stay in Afghanistan
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AP - Britain's military will stay in Afghanistan until it can look after its own security, Prime Minister Gordon Brown says in a speech he plans to give Friday, dismissing a call from one of his government's defense aides to begin planning a pullout from the country.
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88/120 British car sales rise 6% in August
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AFP - Sales of new cars in Britain rose by 6.0 percent in August thanks to a government-backed old-for-new scheme, industry body the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders said on Friday.
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89/120 Cannibal killer murdered again after care blunders
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AFP - A killer murdered a friend and cooked and ate part of his brain after tricking mental health staff into releasing him into the community, official reports said.
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90/120 Brown defends Afghan mission in key speech
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AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown will launch Friday a defence of the campaign in Afghanistan amid rising troop deaths, warning Britain will not walk away when its own security is at stake.
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91/120 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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92/120 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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93/120 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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94/120 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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95/120 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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96/120 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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97/120 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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98/120 3 police killed in southern Russia blast
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AP - A roadside bomb blast ripped through a police car in Russia's violence-plagued southern Ingushetia province on Friday, killing three officers and wounding two others, authorities said.
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99/120 Trade ministers ready to study WTO Airbus ruling
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Reuters - Top officials from the United States, European Union and Brazil on Friday awaited a pivotal World Trade Organization ruling on subsidies to Airbus that stands to impact the global aircraft sector.
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100/120 European countries call on G-20 to tackle bonuses
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AP - European countries made a concerted push on Friday to put the thorny issue of bankers' pay and bonuses at the top of the agenda for a meeting of finance officials from the Group of 20 nations.
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101/120 Terry winning fitness battle
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AFP - John Terry appeared to have won his battle to be fit for England's Wembley clash with Slovenia on Saturday after coming through a full training session on the eve of the friendly.
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102/120 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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103/120 NATO airstrike in Afghanistan kills up to 90
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AP - A NATO jet blasted two fuel tankers hijacked by the Taliban in northern Afghanistan, setting off a huge fireball Friday that killed up to 90 people, Afghan officials said.
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104/120 China police break up angry crowds near party HQ
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AP - Police used tear gas and public appeals Friday to break up crowds marching on government and Communist Party offices in western China to protest a lack of public security after a bizarre series of syringe stabbings that appeared ethnically motivated.
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105/120 Aides: Israel to build new houses in settlements
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AP - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will approve hundreds of new housing units in West Bank settlements before slowing settlement construction, two of his aides said Friday, in an apparent snub of Washington's public demand for a total settlement freeze.
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106/120 Islamic summer camp in Saudi targets extremism
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AP - Young men spray hoses in a car-washing contest and play pool. Children make paper crowns in an art class, while their parents have a picnic. Alongside the fun and games, Muslim clerics answer questions about jihad or give lectures about the proper dress for women.
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107/120 Jimena weakens to tropical depression over Mexico
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AP - Jimena weakened to a tropical depression Friday after hitting Mexico's Baja California peninsula as a hurricane earlier this week and causing flooding that killed at least one man.
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108/120 Black boxes from Yemenia Airways flight damaged
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AP - A Comoran investigator says the black boxes from a Yemenia Airways flight that crashed into the Indian Ocean in June are damaged.
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109/120 Wealthy developer gunned down on Sydney street
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AFP - A millionaire 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 Stock futures edge higher ahead of jobs data
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Reuters - Stock index futures rose on Friday ahead of a report expected to show the smallest number of job losses so far this year in August as the economy struggles out of recession.
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120/120 Toshiba plans $5-billion-plus bid for Areva unit: sources
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Reuters - Japan's Toshiba Corp plans to bid for French nuclear group Areva's power transmission and distribution unit, four sources with direct knowledge of the situation said, in a deal that could top $5 billion.
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