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1/125 Yao Ming enlisted as China anti-smoking ambassador
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AFP - Basketball star Yao Ming has joined up with the wife of China's vice president to lead an anti-tobacco campaign in the country with the world's largest number of smokers, state media said Tuesday.
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2/125 'New' Michael Jackson single appears old
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Reuters - Michael Jackson's new single 'This Is It' was released online and on radio on Monday but fans and music experts quickly spotted striking similarities to an 18-year-old recording.
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3/125 A big hunk o' hair -- Elvis locks go under the hammer
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Reuters - Elvis Presley fans keen to own a chunk of their idol now can: locks of what is claimed to be The King's hair are up for auction next week.
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4/125 Anka gets credit for co-writing Jackson single
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AP - With a familiar high-pitched voice counting off one-two-three-four, a new Michael Jackson single debuted online Monday, prompting a hasty response from the singer's estate after Paul Anka revealed he was the song's co-writer.
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5/125 Newark mayor to settle feud on 'Tonight Show'
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AP - Goodbye YouTube, hello 'Tonight Show.'
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6/125 J.M. Synge examines the fickle nature of celebrity
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AP - Celebrity doesn't change. Even 100 years ago, a person could rise swiftly in popularity, only to fall equally fast when the public changed its mind.
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7/125 Defendants in Anna Nicole Smith case face hearing
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AP - Two doctors and the lawyer-boyfriend of Anna Nicole Smith are due in court to hear what government witnesses have to say about their alleged roles in supplying drugs that killed the celebrity model.
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8/125 Orlando Bloom named UNICEF's goodwill ambassador
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AP - UNICEF has named Orlando Bloom its goodwill ambassador in recognition of his commitment to children's rights around the world.
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9/125 'New' Michael Jackson single appears old
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Reuters - Michael Jackson's new single 'This Is It' was released online and on radio on Monday but fans and music experts quickly spotted striking similarities to an 18-year-old recording.
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10/125 Chicago auction house all shook up over Elvis hair
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AP - The King may be dead, but that doesn't mean it's too late to run your fingers through his hair.
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11/125 Gately, of Irish boy band Boyzone, dies in Spain
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AP - Stephen Gately, a singer with the Irish boy band Boyzone who made headlines when he came out as gay a decade ago, has died while on vacation in Spain, the group said on its Web site. He was 33.
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12/125 T.I. wins BET awards from prison; Kanye a no-show
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AP - T.I. didn't need to attend the BET Hip-Hop Awards to win two trophies on Saturday.
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13/125 Tokio Hotel aims to translate Euro success to U.S
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Reuters - Sometimes, much weirder things happen at the MTV Video Music Awards than Kanye West interrupting an acceptance speech.
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14/125 Gorgeous `Wild Things' roars to the screen
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AP - 'Where the Wild Things Are,' the book, is just 339 words long. But in turning it into 'Where the Wild Things Are,' the movie, director Spike Jonze has expanded the basic story with a breathtaking visual scheme and stirring emotional impact.
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15/125 Danger lurks in Jonze adaptation of `Wild Things'
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AP - Spike Jonze recalls how Maurice Sendak urged him to make the movie version of 'Where the Wild Things Are' as dangerous as the book was when the children's classic came out in 1963.
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16/125 Lots of love for 'Couples Retreat' at box office
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AFP - Relationship comedy 'Couples Retreat' shot to the top of the North American box office in its first week of release, final figures showed Monday.
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17/125 Lucy Liu drawn to Mexican 'Nomads'
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Reuters - Lucy Liu is starring in the Mexican-produced 'Nomads,' an English-language drama.
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18/125 Kristen Bell steps into 'Burlesque'
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Reuters - Kristen Bell will star as Christina Aguilera's rival in 'Burlesque,' a musical drama being directed by Steve Antin.
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19/125 Heidi Klum & Seal Welcome Baby Girl
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LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Supermodel turned super-mom Heidi Klum has given birth to her fourth child.Heidi and husband Seal welcomed a baby girl on Friday, Access Hollywood has confirmed.Daughter Lou Sulola Samuel was born around shortly before 8 PM on Friday, Seal announced in a statement to Access on Monday night.
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20/125 Heidi Klum Gives Birth to Baby Girl!
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Lou Sulola 'is beautiful beyond words,' Seal tells Us in a statement
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21/125 Amplified: The Flaming Lips
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The Flaming Lips' Wayne Coyne talks about his childhood and his influences.
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22/125 John Galliano: Hollywood Divas Wake Up
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Fashion Wire Daily - John Galliano went west to Hollywood in a retro flash Spring 2010 collection of great individual pieces, where his romanticism and wit were very much to the fore.
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23/125 Apple director Levinson leaves Google's board
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AP - Google Inc. said Monday that Arthur Levinson has resigned from the Internet search leader's board, averting a potential showdown with government regulators over his overlapping job as a director for computer and gadget maker Apple Inc.
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24/125 Tough choices for feds giving out broadband money
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AP - The federal government will soon start handing out the first $4 billion from a pot of stimulus funds intended to spread high-speed Internet connections to more rural communities, poor neighborhoods and other pockets of the country clamoring for better access. The challenge is that the government has received $28 billion in requests.
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25/125 Zappos-inspired startup is all about men's pants
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AP - Brian Spaly's quest for the perfect pair of pants led him and former roommate Andy Dunn to start a Web-only clothing company that wants to sell men's trousers that fit — without the need for fitting rooms.
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26/125 Data and contacts vanish from Sidekick phones
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AP - Owners of Sidekick phones may have lost all the personal information they put on the device, including contact numbers, because of a failure of servers that remotely stored the data.
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27/125 Phase 1 of PCB removal on Hudson wrapping up
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AP - Crews dredging a polluted stretch of the upper Hudson River this year battled high water, old logging debris and unexpected levels of PCB contamination that slowed progress.
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28/125 Russian spacecraft with circus tycoon lands safely
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AP - The Russian Soyuz capsule carrying Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberte and two other space travelers landed safely in Kazakhstan on Sunday, ending the entertainment tycoon's mirthful space odyssey.
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29/125 Circus billionaire hosts show aboard space station
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AP - Canadian space tourist and circus billionaire Guy Laliberte mixed star power, science lectures, music and poetry in hosting a show from the International Space Station that was broadcast on television and the Internet.
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30/125 First woman wins Nobel Economics Prize
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AFP - Elinor Ostrom became the first woman to win the Nobel Economics Prize on Monday for research seen as highly topical amid efforts to tackle climate change and in the wake of the economic crisis.
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31/125 French arrest physicist suspected of al-Qaida link
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AP - A physicist working at the world's largest atom smasher has been arrested on suspicion of links to al-Qaida, adding to the woes of the $10 billion project that ceased operation a year ago — just days after its celebrated start up.
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32/125 Age no concern at World Masters Games
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AFP - There's a 100-year-old shot putter, a 90-year-old sprinter and a swimmer who lost a leg in a shark attack 35 years ago.
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33/125 Chinese fossil find gives clue to ear's evolution
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AFP - Researchers digging in north eastern China say they have discovered the fossil of a previously unknown chipmunk-sized mammal that could help explain how human hearing evolved.
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34/125 The nation's weather
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AP - Most of the nation will experience a chilly Columbus Day with areas of scattered, mixed precipitation throughout Monday afternoon. A very cold high pressure area in the northern Midwest will advance eastward, spreading into the Northeast during the day.
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35/125 Calif. wildfire-area communities prepare for rain
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AP - Southern California communities below wildfire-scorched mountains made preparations Monday for the possibility of fast-moving floods laden with mud and rocks as a Pacific storm headed for the West Coast.
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36/125 Canadian trucker fined for smoking on the job
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Reuters - A Canadian truck driver has been fined for smoking in his vehicle because it is considered his workplace, a police spokeswoman said on Friday.
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37/125 Marge Simpson makes cover of Playboy
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Reuters - 'D'oh!' doesn't even start to cover it. Marge Simpson -- the blue beehived matriarch of America's most loved dysfunctional family - is Playboy magazine's November cover, the magazine said on Friday.
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38/125 Donkeys get dye-job, take on zebra role
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Reuters - Two white donkeys dyed with black stripes delighted Palestinian kids at a small Gaza zoo on Thursday who had never seen a zebra in the flesh.
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39/125 Birth control pill could put women off macho men?
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Reuters - Why do some women's hearts race over the feminine features of Orlando Bloom while others are more attracted to macho men like Daniel Craig?
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40/125 Michael Jackson skit sparks racism calls
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Reuters - An Australian talent show skit based around late pop star Michael Jackson and the Jackson 5 has backfired after U.S. guest star Harry Connick Jr called for an apology and viewers accused the program of racism.
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41/125 Man faces prison, flogging over TV sex revelations
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Reuters - A Saudi court has sentenced a man to five years in jail and 1,000 lashes for boasting about his sexual exploits on television, in a case that has divided public opinion in the conservative Islamic kingdom.
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42/125 Threat to sue athlete for fund-raising brothel
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Reuters - The New Zealand Olympic Committee has threatened to sue a local taekwondo athlete who plans to finance his 2012 London Games bid with the proceeds from a brothel.
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43/125 Plane delayed by bird on board
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Reuters - A South Korean passenger jet was grounded just before taking off so that crew members could catch a sparrow that was flying around in the cabin, airline officials said on Wednesday.
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44/125 College issues dress guidelines -- for teachers
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Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) It is normally students who are sent home for inappropriate attire, but one English college is threatening to send lecturers home for violating a dress code, which includes a ban on jeans.
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45/125 Racing fans 'limited' to 24 beers a day
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Reuters - Adult fans at one of Australia's most popular motor sport races, the Bathurst 1000, will be limited to one 'slab' of beer a day -- or 24 375 ml cans -- as police focus on reducing alcohol-related crime.
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46/125 Tiger attacks intruder in zoo
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Reuters - A man suffered injuries to his arms after he and a friend hopped the fence at a Canadian zoo early on Monday and stuck his hands into the tiger exhibit, zoo officials said.
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47/125 Air India says mid-air scuffle no threat to safety
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Reuters - A mid-air scuffle between pilots and crew of an Air India flight at the weekend did not endanger the 106 passengers on board, said a spokesman for the airline which has ordered an inquiry.
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48/125 Britain's new healthy eating guru - Homer Simpson
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Reuters - Forget all the pizza and doughnuts -- the British government wants fans of 'The Simpsons' to ditch junk food and eat more healthily.
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49/125 In parkour, the city is the gym
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Reuters - A Zen saying goes: the obstacle is the path.
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50/125 Schwarzenegger asked to close prostitute Website
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Reuters - A British government minister asked California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on Wednesday to shut down a U.S. website that allows men to rate prostitutes, including many working in London.
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(AP) - This NOAA satellite image taken Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009 at 1:45 a.m. EDT shows Tropical Storm Patricia located at about 180 miles south of the southern tip of Baja California. A plume of moisture from the system spreads into the Southern and Central Plains, producing areas of light to heavy precipitation and fog. Meanwhile, scattered clouds and pockets of light showers persist across the Southeast and the southern Mid-Atlantic as a frontal boundary remains stretched across the regions. To the north, light precipitation develops in the Northeast. (AP PHOTO/WEATHER UNDERGROUND)
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52/125 A security guard gestures to the photographer to stop taking ...
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(Reuters) - A security guard gestures to the photographer to stop taking pictures, inside the Nanshan insurance headquarters building in Taipei October 13, 2009. American International Group (AIG) has agreed to sell it's Taiwan life insurance unit for $2.15 billion, a key step in its effort to raise cash after a U.S. government bailout last year saved the company from collapse. Primus Financial, a new firm founded by Citigroup's former investment banking head in Asia and a Chinese partner, has agreed to purchase Nan Shan Life, AIG said on Tuesday. REUTERS/Nicky Loh
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(Reuters) - A female North Korean soldier guards the banks of Yalu River near the North Korean town of Sinuiju, opposite the Chinese border city of Dandong, October 13, 2009. North Korea was on Tuesday reportedly preparing to fire more short-range missiles, a move seen as an attempt to boost its bargaining position ahead of expected talks on ending its nuclear weapons programme. REUTERS/Jacky Chen
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54/125 Wide receiver Braylon Edwards #17 of the New York Jets goes ...
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(AFP/Getty Images) - Wide receiver Braylon Edwards #17 of the New York Jets goes through warm-ups on the field before taking on the Miami Dolphins. Edwards, obtained last week in a trade with Cleveland, scored one Jets touchdown and set up two more in becoming only the third offensive player in the past 39 NFL seasons to start for a team one week and another the next.(AFP/Getty Images/Doug Benc)
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55/125 Quarterback Chad Henne #7 of the Miami Dolphins throws a pass ...
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(AFP/Getty Images) - Quarterback Chad Henne #7 of the Miami Dolphins throws a pass against the New York Jets. Ronnie Brown scored on a two-yard touchdown run with six seconds remaining to give the Miami Dolphins a 31-27 victory over the New York Jets on Monday in a thriller with five fourth-quarter lead changes.(AFP/Getty Images/Doug Benc)
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56/125 Ronnie Brown scored on a two-yard touchdown run with six seconds ...
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(AFP/Getty Images) - Ronnie Brown scored on a two-yard touchdown run with six seconds remaining to give the Miami Dolphins a 31-27 victory over the New York Jets on Monday in a thriller with five fourth-quarter lead changes.(AFP/Getty Images/Doug Benc)
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57/125 Farmer Don Young, from Des Moines, Iowa, stands next to his ...
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(AP) - Farmer Don Young, from Des Moines, Iowa, stands next to his winning pumpkin at the Half Moon Bay 36th Annual Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-off in Half Moon Bay, Calif. on Monday, Oct. 12, 2009. Young's pumpkin weighed in at 1658 pounds, setting a weight record for California. (AP Photo/Russel A. Daniels)
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(Reuters) - Philadelphia Phillies Brett Myers (L) and Miguel Cairo celebrate in the dressing room after the Phillies defeated the Colorado Rockies in their MLB National League Division Series playoff baseball game in Denver, October 12, 2009. REUTERS/Rick Wilking
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59/125 HP Elite 7000 Business Desktop PC: HP's most powerful small ...
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(AP) - HP Elite 7000 Business Desktop PC: HP's most powerful small business desktop to date (Photo: Business Wire)
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60/125 HP ProBook b-series notebook PC: Affordable combination of business-critical ...
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(AP) - HP ProBook b-series notebook PC: Affordable combination of business-critical and innovative features in a full-function notebook PC. (Photo: Business Wire)
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61/125 HP unveiled Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009, a choice of 20- or 23-inch ...
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(AP) - HP unveiled Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009, a choice of 20- or 23-inch diagonal widescreen consumer HP TouchSmart PCs - the HP TouchSmart 300 and HP TouchSmart 600. Users can simply pinch, rotate, arc, flip, press or drag a finger across the touch-enabled screens of the PCs to access information, entertainment and social networks in a natural, intuitive way. (Photo: Business Wire)
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62/125 Miami Dolphins Ricky Williams (L) rushes for extra yardage as ...
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(Reuters) - Miami Dolphins Ricky Williams (L) rushes for extra yardage as Dolphins Lousaka Polite (R) blocks New York Jets David Harris during the fourth quarter of their NFL football game in Miami, Florida October 12, 2009. REUTERS/Hans Deryk
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(Reuters) - Chef Art Smith speaks to participants during a cooking workshop in Singapore, October 4, 2009. REUTERS/Candida Ng
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(Reuters) - An investor gestures in front of an electronic screen showing stock information at a brokerage house in Wuhan, Hubei province October 9, 2009. China's key stock index closed up 4.76 percent on Friday, led by index heavyweights such as PetroChina as the market played catch-up with a strong global rally during an eight-day national holiday in China that lasted until Thursday.REUTERS/Stringer
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65/125 Chase Utley #26 of the Philadelphia Phillies catches a pop up ...
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(AFP/Getty Images) - Chase Utley #26 of the Philadelphia Phillies catches a pop up for the second out as he tries to avoid contact with teammate Jayson Werth #28 against the Colorado Rockies in the fourth inning in Game Four of the NLDS during the 2009 MLB Playoffs at Coors Field on October 12, 2009 in Denver, Colorado.(AFP/Getty Images/Jed Jacobsohn)
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66/125 Jayson Werth #28 of the Philadelphia Phillies rounds the bases ...
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(AFP/Getty Images) - Jayson Werth #28 of the Philadelphia Phillies rounds the bases after hitting a solo home run in the top of the sixth inning against the Colorado Rockies. Werth homered and singled in the deciding run in the ninth inning Monday to give Philadelphia a 5-4 victory over Colorado and advance the Phillies in the Major League Baseball playoffs.(AFP/Getty Images/Doug Pensinger)
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67/125 Yorvit Torrealba #8 of the Colorado Rockies looks on dejected ...
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(AFP/Getty Images) - Yorvit Torrealba #8 of the Colorado Rockies looks on dejected against the Philadelphia Phillies in Game Four of the NLDS during the 2009 MLB Playoffs at Coors Field on October 12, 2009 in Denver, Colorado. Jayson Werth homered and singled in the deciding run in the ninth inning Monday to give Philadelphia a 5-4 victory over Colorado and advance the Phillies in the Major League Baseball playoffs.(AFP/Getty Images/Doug Pensinger)
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68/125 Jayson Werth #28 of the Philadelphia Phillies celebrates with ...
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(AFP/Getty Images) - Jayson Werth #28 of the Philadelphia Phillies celebrates with teammates after the victory against the Colorado Rockies in Game Four of the NLDS during the 2009 MLB Playoffs at Coors Field on October 12, 2009 in Denver, Colorado.(AFP/Getty Images/Jed Jacobsohn)
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69/125 File photo of Nobel prize winning US author Toni Morrison, who ...
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(AFP/File) - File photo of Nobel prize winning US author Toni Morrison, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1993. An American has not won the Nobel Prize for Literature since then. As one Nobel judge tersely put it Americans "don't really participate in the big dialogue of literature."(AFP/File/Thomas Coex)
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70/125 Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, who shared the prize for chemistry, ...
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(AFP/HO/US Department of Health) - Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, who shared the prize for chemistry, was born in India, works in Britain, but has US citizenship.(AFP/HO/US Department of Health/Ho)
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71/125 Willard Boyle, who won also shared the physics prize for his ...
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(AFP/National Academy of Engineering/HO/File) - Willard Boyle, who won also shared the physics prize for his work on semiconductors, is Canadian and studied at Montreal's McGill University, but now has American citizenship.(AFP/National Academy of Engineering/HO/File/Ho)
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72/125 Charles Kao Kuen (R) with his wife after receiving an honorary ...
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(AFP/File) - Charles Kao Kuen (R) with his wife after receiving an honorary degree at Princeton University in June 2004. Charles Kao, Willard Boyle and George Smith won the 2009 Nobel Prize on October 6, 2009 for work on fibre optics and light sensing that helped unleash the Information Technology revolution. Kao resides in Hong Kong but regularly visits family members in the United States.(AFP/File)
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73/125 Professor Oliver Williamson poses for a photograph at his home ...
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(AFP/Getty Images) - Professor Oliver Williamson poses for a photograph at his home in Berkeley, California. Williamson and Elinor Ostrom of the United States have won the 2009 Nobel Economics Prize for their work on the organisation of cooperation in economic governance.(AFP/Getty Images/Justin Sullivan)
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(AFP/Graphic) - List showing winners of the Nobel Prize for Economics by country. Elinor Ostrom and Oliver Williamson of the United States have won the 2009 Nobel Economics Prize for their work on the organisation of cooperation in economic governance.(AFP/Graphic)
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75/125 The Nobel Economics Prize was awarded today to US economists ...
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(AFP iactiv) - The Nobel Economics Prize was awarded today to US economists Oliver Williamson and Elinor Ostrom, the first woman to win the award.(AFP iactiv)
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76/125 Howard, Phillies rally in 9th to reach NLCS
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AP - Chase Utley ducked near second base. The rest of the Philadelphia Phillies never flinched.
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77/125 Wildcat helps Dolphins beat Jets 31-27
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AP - When the wildcat delivered a big play for the Miami Dolphins, coach Tony Sparano skipped along the sideline with glee, reached back and threw a roundhouse punch.
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78/125 Chicago Cubs file Chapter 11 to speed team's sale
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AP - The Chicago Cubs filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Monday, a step that will allow their owner to sell the baseball team in an $845 million deal. The filing in Wilmington, Del., was anticipated and is expected to lead to a brief stay in Chapter 11 for the Cubs. A hearing was scheduled for Tuesday in front of the judge who has been handling the bankruptcy of the Cubs' owner, Tribune Co.
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79/125 Seabrook gives Blackhawks 6-5 win in OT
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AP - Brent Seabrook scored 26 seconds into overtime and the Chicago Blackhawks matched the biggest comeback in NHL history, rallying from a five-goal deficit to beat the Calgary Flames 6-5 on Monday night.
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80/125 Sharpton, Jackson attack Limbaugh's Rams bid
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AP - The Revs. Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson attacked the bid by Rush Limbaugh to buy the St. Louis Rams on Monday, saying the conservative radio host's track record on race should exclude him from owning an NFL team. Sharpton sent a letter to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, arguing that Limbaugh has been divisive and 'anti-NFL' in some of his comments.
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81/125 Tebow still taking some post-concussion tests
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AP - Tim Tebow is still undergoing post-concussion evaluations.
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82/125 AC Milan likely to take Beckham in January
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AFP - AC Milan vice-president Adriano Galliani admitted on Monday that former England captain David Beckham would probably return to the Italian giants in January's transfer window.
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83/125 Troubled Belgian cyclist Vandenbroucke dead at 34
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AFP - Belgian cyclist Frank Vandenbroucke has died at the age of 34, a source close to the racer told AFP.
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84/125 Korpikoski gives Coyotes a shootout win
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AP - Lauri Korpikoski scored a shootout goal to give the Phoenix Coyotes a 1-0 shootout win over the San Jose Sharks on Monday night.
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85/125 Del Potro on standby for Kooyong Classic
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AFP - US Open champion Juan Martin del Potro has been named as an alternate player for the Kooyong Classic exhibition tournament here in January, organisers said on Tuesday.
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86/125 Former running back Walker signs up for martial arts
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Reuters - Former Heisman trophy winner and twice NFL Pro Bowl running back Herschel Walker has signed a multi-fight contract to compete in Mixed Martial Arts (MMA), promoter Strikeforce said on Monday.
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87/125 Official: Lockerbie bomber release in UK interests
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AP - Britain's interests in Libya would have been badly damaged had the Lockerbie bomber died in a Scottish prison, the foreign secretary said Monday.
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88/125 Probe launched after demo on parliament roof
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AFP - Climate change protesters ended a 24-hour rooftop protest at the Houses of Parliament late Monday, as authorities launched an 'urgent' investigation into how they scaled the landmark.
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89/125 Thousands expected to visit Catholic relics in London
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AFP - Up to 100,000 pilgrims are expected to flock to the mother church of Roman Catholics in England for the culmination of a tour of the relics of a 19th century French nun which arrived in London Monday.
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90/125 Britain's Brown to repay $19,000 expense claims
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AP - In the latest blow to Gordon Brown's beleaguered leadership, the British prime minister is being forced to repay over 12,000 pounds ($19,000) in disputed claims following an audit into how British lawmakers spent public money.
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91/125 Brown to repay over 12,000 pounds in expenses
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AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown has been ordered to pay back more than 12,000 pounds in parliamentary expenses following a review into a claims scandal that rocked politics, his office said Monday.
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92/125 Officials: UK Parliament protest has ended
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AP - Protesters and police say that a group of environmental activists have ended their eye-catching demonstration atop Britain's Parliament.
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93/125 Govt unveils huge asset sale to cut debt
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AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced on Monday a 16-billion-pound sale of state assets including a high-speed railway and a betting service to cut soaring debt caused by the economic crisis.
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94/125 Lib Dem leader told to pay back £910
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AFP - Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg was on Monday asked to pay back £910 in parliamentary expenses for gardening costs at his second home.
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95/125 BSkyB to launch online music service
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AFP - Pay-TV giant BSkyB said on Monday it will launch an online music service next week which offers consumers access to more than four million tracks, rivalling Apple's iTunes.
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96/125 Baby P council boss demands to see draft report
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AFP - Lawyers acting for the ex-director of children's services at Haringey Council on Monday demanded to see the drafts of an Ofsted inspectors' report into the tragic death of Baby P.
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97/125 FTSE 100 hits year-high, pound slides
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AFP - The leading stock exchange struck its highest level for more than a year on Monday while the pound slumped to multi-month lows versus rivals as investors assessed the economic outlook.
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98/125 Brown on back foot as election looms
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AFP - MPs return to work on Monday after a month of political meetings that set out the battle lines for the next election -- and the huge challenge Prime Minister Gordon Brown faces to keep his job.
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99/125 Katona escapes charges over alleged assault
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AFP - Former Atomic Kitten singer Kerry Katona will face no charges following an alleged assault on her accountant, police said on Monday.
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100/125 UK places trade restictions on two Iranian firms
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AFP - The government has ordered financial companies to stop trade with two Iranian firms, Bank Mellat and the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines, amid alleged nuclear links, a minister said on Monday.
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101/125 Interest rates to stay at 0.5% until 2011: study
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AFP - The Bank of England will keep its key lending rate at a record-low 0.50 percent until at least 2011 as the economy recovers from a deep recession, an independent economics consultancy forecast on Monday.
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102/125 Barclays to spin off credit assets: report
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AFP - Barclays plans to spin off complex credit assets worth four billion pounds as the bank looks to further clean up its balance sheet, the Financial Times reported on Monday.
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103/125 Clinton in talks with Russian about Iran
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AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton was meeting with Russian leaders on Tuesday to urge their support in pressuring Iran to prove its nuclear program is peaceful.
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104/125 Fillon sees French growth of over 1.0 pct in 2010
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AFP - The French economy should grow by more than 1.0 percent in 2010, rather than the 0.75 percent that is currently projected, Prime Minister Francois Fillon said Tuesday.
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105/125 Unemployment looms over Finnish shipyards
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AFP - As they put the finishing touches on the Oasis of the Seas, some Finnish shipyard workers are too concerned about their futures to savour completing the largest cruise ship ever built.
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106/125 Malaysians left stateless in row over colonial law
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AFP - Hundreds of Malaysians who tore up their passports and set off for Britain in the belief they could claim citizenship under a quirk of colonial law have found themselves stateless and desperate.
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107/125 Spending spree has made City hated says Barry
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AFP - Gareth Barry fears Manchester City are becoming the Premier League's most despised club after using their vast wealth to muscle into the top four.
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108/125 Pro-Kremlin party sweeps Moscow elections
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AP - The pro-Kremlin party dominated an election for Moscow city council and other local votes across Russia, results released Monday showed.
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109/125 Sarkozy's son, 23, ignites uproar over job bid
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AP - He's 23 and has no college degree, and he's angling for a plum job overseeing France's premier business district. Jean Sarkozy, whose papa is the nation's president, is likely to get what he wants.
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110/125 Suspected Somali pirates taken to Spain
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AP - The Defense Ministry says two Somalis arrested for allegedly taking part in the hijacking of a Spanish trawler have been brought to Madrid and placed in custody.
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111/125 UN: Agriculture investment must increase 5-fold
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AP - Agricultural investment in developing countries will have to increase more than fivefold to ensure that by 2050 the world has enough to eat, a U.N. food agency said Monday.
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112/125 Security of Pakistan nuclear weapons questioned
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AP - An audacious weekend assault by Islamic militants on Pakistan's army headquarters is again raising fears of an insurgent attack on the country's nuclear weapons installation. Pakistan has sought to protect its nuclear weapons from attack by the Taliban or other militants by storing the warheads, detonators and missiles separately in facilities patrolled by elite troops.
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113/125 Report: North Korea fires 5 short-range missiles
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AP - North Korea reportedly test-launched five short-range missiles — and may fire more — in what analysts said is an attempt to improve its bargaining position ahead of possible talks with the United States.
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114/125 Netanyahu: No war crimes trials for Israelis
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AP - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday vowed never to allow Israeli leaders or soldiers to stand trial on war crimes charges over their actions during last winter's military offensive in the Gaza Strip, furiously denouncing a U.N. report in a keynote address to parliament.
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115/125 Explosion rips through Hezbollah member's home
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AP - An explosion ripped through the garage of a Hezbollah member's home in southern Lebanon on Monday, and security officials said the building might have been used to store weapons.
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116/125 Ethiopian rocker swaps prison cell for spotlight
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AFP - When Teddy Afro leaps onto the stage the crowd goes wild, clapping in the air and singing along with the man seen by many as the voice of Ethiopia's conscience.
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117/125 Australia military admits shooting Afghan policeman
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AFP - The head of Australia's Defence Force has admitted the military made a mistake when it said two Afghan policemen shot by Australian soldiers were not in uniform at the time.
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118/125 Students in France paid to go to class and get good grades
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Time.com - France is launching a controversial pilot program: students at severalschools in Paris's disadvantaged suburbs will be paid -- handsomely -- forattending class and getting good grades. Opponents say there are better waysto motivate kids
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119/125 Dems scramble after warning from health insurers
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AP - Insurance companies aren't playing nice any more. Their dire message that health care legislation will drive up premiums for people who already have coverage comes as a warning shot at a crucial point in the debate and threatens President Barack Obama's top domestic priority.
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120/125 Swine flu and kids: Heed warning signs, MDs say
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AP - Max Gomez was a bright-eyed 5-year-old happy to have just started kindergarten when he developed sniffles and a fever. His mother figured it was only a cold. Three days later, the Antioch, Tenn., boy was dead, apparently from swine flu. At least 76 American children have died from the new virus, and doctors are urging parents to watch for warning signs that the flu has become life-threatening.
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121/125 Day care next frontier in fighting kids' obesity
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AP - Grilled chicken replaced the hot dogs. Strawberries instead of cookies at snack time. No more fruit juice — water or low-fat milk only. This is the new menu at a Delaware day care center, part of a fledgling movement to take the fight against obesity to pudgy preschoolers.
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122/125 CDC official downplays risk from swine flu vaccine
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AP - A top U.S. health official says the risks from not getting the swine flu vaccine are greater than any potential risks associated with the vaccine.
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123/125 Asia stocks hit 14-month high ahead of earnings
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Reuters - Asian stocks edged up to a 14-month high, while the U.S. dollar steadied on Tuesday, with some investors taking bets that third-quarter U.S. corporate earnings, expected to shrink for the ninth quarter, will be good enough to keep a rally going.
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124/125 CIT debt swap struggles, bankruptcy looms
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Reuters - CIT Group Inc is seeing little interest from bondholders in a debt exchange offer aimed at repairing its fragile balance sheet, making bankruptcy increasingly likely, sources familiar with the matter said.
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125/125 BofA to turn over documents on Merrill buy: report
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Reuters - Bank of America Corp has agreed to hand over to investigators documents describing the legal advice it received related to its purchase of Merrill Lynch, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the situation.
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