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AP - Anna Nicole Smith was ill, confused and isolated in a hotel room with a cornucopia of prescription drugs in the days before her death, an investigator testified Tuesday in a criminal case stemming from the celebrity model's overdose death.
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2/147 Lawyer says Jon Gosselin ordered to return $180K
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AP - Jon Gosselin has been ordered to return $180,000 in marital funds by Oct. 26, according to a lawyer for his estranged wife. Kate Gosselin, meanwhile, must provide an accounting of past expenses by the same date, lawyer Mark Momjian said. And an arbitrator will review another $55,000 she says she spent on household and child-related expenses.
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3/147 'You Light Up My Life' writer sues ex-fiancee
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AP - The Oscar-winning songwriter behind 'You Light Up My Life' says his former fiancee did just that to him — but hid the fact that she already was married.
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4/147 Man ordered to stand trial over Johnson stalking
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AFP - A Los Angeles judge on Tuesday ordered a Florida man to stand trial for allegedly stalking Olympic gold medal-winning gymnast Shawn Johnson earlier this year.
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5/147 Boxing champ Klitschko scuffles with political opponents
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AFP - Boxing champion Vitali Klitschko on Tuesday threatened to throw some of his world famous punches in the political arena during a tussle at a local parliament in his native Ukraine.
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6/147 Christie Brinkley, ex-husband reach settlement
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AP - Supermodel Christie Brinkley and her fourth husband settled their latest skirmish over a divorce agreement Tuesday and vowed to the judge that the pact would resolve all of their remaining issues.
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7/147 Michael Jackson earns American Music Awards nod
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AP - Michael Jackson has a chance to win artist of the year posthumously at the American Music Awards.
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8/147 Former IOC president Samaranch suffers heart attack
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AFP - Former IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch on Tuesday suffered a mild heart attack and was taken to hospital in Monaco as a precaution, sources said.
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9/147 Morgan Freeman helps friend in Miss. gov's race
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AP - Academy-Award winner Morgan Freeman says Mississippi is 'starving' for the right leadership, so the actor is using his celebrity status to help his friend run for governor in 2011.
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10/147 Carrie Underwood to host variety special on Fox
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AP - The Fox network says Carrie Underwood will host a two-hour variety special tentatively titled, 'Carrie Underwood: An All-Star Holiday Special,' to air Dec. 7.
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11/147 Model Heidi Klum gives birth to daughter
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AP - German-born model Heidi Klum has given birth to a daughter, Lou Sulola Samuel — her fourth child.
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12/147 Janet Jackson's greatest hits includes new single
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AP - Janet Jackson is topping her latest greatest-hits collection with a new single.
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13/147 'New' Michael Jackson single a 'mistake'
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Reuters - Michael Jackson didn't do it his way after all.
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14/147 Schwarzenegger approval slumps to all-time low
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AFP - California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's popularity has slumped to an all-time low after a budget crisis that has left the state near bankruptcy, a new poll showed Tuesday.
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15/147 Boyzone singer Gately died a 'natural death': autopsy
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AFP - An autopsy on Boyzone singer Stephen Gately revealed that he died due to excess fluid in his lungs, a court spokeswoman on the Spanish island of Majorca said Tuesday.
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16/147 Soprano Gheorghiu files for divorce from Alagna
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AP - Soprano Angela Gheorghiu and tenor Roberto Alagna are ending their marriage on a low note.
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17/147 Swiss parliamentarians back Polanski arrest
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AP - Swiss parliamentarians say the government acted correctly in ordering the arrest of Roman Polanski on a U.S. warrant for having sex with a 13-year-old girl in 1977.
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18/147 Autopsy: Boyzone singer died of natural causes
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AP - Boyzone star Stephen Gately, whose body was found in a house on the Spanish resort island of Mallorca, died of natural causes, according to autopsy results released Tuesday.
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19/147 'New' Michael Jackson single a 'mistake'
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Reuters - Michael Jackson didn't do it his way after all.
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20/147 Carly Simon spills hot coffee on Starbucks label
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Reuters - What stings more -- hot coffee or a cold music label?
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21/147 Review: Hits and misses make up `NY, I Love You'
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AP - The title is 'New York, I Love You,' and it's a collection of shorts intended as one big love letter to the city and all the romance it has to offer.
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22/147 Sendak, ever-untamed, sees `Wild Things' adapted
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AP - About the hoopla surrounding the film adaptation of 'Where the Wild Things Are,' Maurice Sendak is characteristically gruff.
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23/147 Potter star laments end of film series
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AFP - Robbie Coltrane, the Scottish actor who plays Rubeus Hagrid in the Harry Potter movies, is worried about the looming end of the blockbuster film series -- and of the regular income it provides.
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24/147 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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25/147 60 years on, Liza Minnelli still driven to perform
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AFP - Sixty years after her show business debut, Hollywood star Liza Minnelli said Tuesday she still feels driven to perform and has no plans to retire.
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26/147 Children's classic 'Wild Things' arrives on big screen
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AFP - The long-awaited movie of the children's book 'Where the Wild Things Are' finally arrives in cinemas this week after a three-year journey every bit as arduous as the imaginary voyage of its hero.
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27/147 Jamie Foxx: 'It's Hard to Be a Celebrity Nowadays'
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Jamie Foxx is paired with Gerard Butler in the riveting drama 'Law Abiding Citizen,' which raises troubling questions about the justice system. Foxx gave Parade.com's Jeanne Wolf his frank opinion about taking the law into his own hands.
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28/147 Family Guy Live Comedy Show Coming to Fox This November
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Family Guy is making the move to live action with a new variety special set for November. The tentatively titled Family Guy Presents: Seth & Alex's Almost Live Comedy Show will air Sunday, Nov. 8 at 8:30/7:30c and feature the show's creator Seth MacFarlane and co-star Alex Borstein. MacFarlane and Borstein voice Peter and Lois Griffin, respectively. VIDEO: Family Guy's bloody Emmy campaign The duo will perform...
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29/147 Taylor Swift and Michael Jackson Top 2009 American Music Awards Nominations
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Country singer Taylor Swift and the late Michael Jackson lead the nominees for the 2009 American Music Awards, which were announced Tuesday. Swift garnered six nominations, including...
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AP - Anna Nicole Smith was ill, confused and isolated in a hotel room with a cornucopia of prescription drugs in the days before her death, an investigator testified Tuesday in a criminal case stemming from the celebrity model's overdose death.
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31/147 Jessica Simpson: Daisy 'Would Want' Me to Get Another Dog
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AP - Anna Nicole Smith was ill, confused and isolated in a hotel room with a cornucopia of prescription drugs in the days before her death, an investigator testified Tuesday in a criminal case stemming from the celebrity model's overdose death.
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33/147 Judge Orders Jon Gosselin to Return $180,000
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'I am pleased that the court has ruled fairly on behalf of myself and my children,' Kate says in a statement
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34/147 LeAnn Rimes On The Tabloids: 'I Try Not To Let That Bother Me'
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NEW YORK, New York -- LeAnn Rimes isn't letting a little tabloid coverage of her love life affect her.'That's what they do,' she told Access Hollywood at the Yahoo! Yodel Studio in New York City on Tuesday. 'But I'm good.
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35/147 90210's AnnaLynne McCord Fights Against Human Trafficking
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While AnnaLynne McCord has found stardom on Nip/Tuck and 90210, she has also turned to helping victims of human trafficking. McCord, 22, is involved in the Blind Project, a non-profit organization that aims to tell the stories of those affected by the problem and to alleviate it. McCord joins the other celebs such as...
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36/147 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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37/147 Reporter's look at Japan's mafia gets personal
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AP - 'Tokyo Vice: An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan' (Pantheon Books, 352 pages, $26), by Jake Adelstein: A journalist is supposed to observe and report his story, not become part of it. But by the time Jake Adelstein found himself face to face with an enforcer for one of Japan's most vicious mafia gangs, it was too late.
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38/147 Intel profit falls but outlook upbeat, stock jumps
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AP - Intel Corp.'s third-quarter numbers show the company is getting better at doing more with less in the toughest stretch for the personal computer industry in nearly a decade.
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39/147 Kindle lightens textbook load, but flaws remain
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AP - It's an experiment that has made back-to-school a little easier on the back: Amazon.com gave more than 200 college students its Kindle e-reading device this fall, loaded with digital versions of their textbooks.
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40/147 Cisco expands again, buying Starent for $2.9B
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AP - Betting on the growing popularity of data-hungry phones like the iPhone, Cisco Systems Inc. said Tuesday it had agreed to pay $2.9 billion for Starent Networks Corp., a maker of equipment for wireless carriers.
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41/147 Cisco to buy wireless gear maker Starent for $2.9 billion
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Reuters - Cisco Systems Inc plans to buy advanced wireless equipment maker Starent Networks Corp for $2.9 billion to boost its product offerings as phone carriers build out next-generation networks.
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42/147 Newark mayor to settle feud on 'Tonight Show'
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AP - Goodbye YouTube, hello 'Tonight Show.'
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43/147 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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44/147 Supreme Court will hear appeal of Enron's Skilling
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AP - The Supreme Court said Tuesday it will take up former Enron CEO Jeff Skilling's appeal of his convictions for his role in the collapse of the energy giant, accepting another high-profile challenge to a favorite tool of prosecutors in white-collar and public corruption cases.
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45/147 NASA invites Twitter fans to space shuttle launch
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AFP - NASA invited fans on Twitter to get front-row seats for next month's launch of the space shuttle Atlantis from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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46/147 Billionaire calls his trip to space a success
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AP - Guy Laliberte, a billionaire who once worked as a stilt-walker and fire-eater, said Tuesday that he accomplished his mission by using a 10-day trip to the International Space Station to promote a humanitarian cause.
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47/147 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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48/147 'Missing link' pterosaur found in China
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AFP - Chinese and British palaeontologists have identified a crow-sized fossil that they believe fills a key gap in our understanding of the mysterious flying reptiles known as pterosaurs.
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49/147 The nation's weather
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AP - Major rain and wind was forecast to take hold of the western coastal states as a strong Pacific storm moved into northern and central California on Tuesday.
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50/147 Iraq cuts foreign deals for major boost to oil output
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AFP - Foreign energy firms have agreed to Iraq's conditions for investment in two major oilfields in the south of the country, Baghdad announced on Tuesday as it prepares to dramatically ramp up oil output.
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51/147 Tropical Storm Patricia churns toward Baja California
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AFP - Tropical Storm Patricia advanced toward Mexico's Baja California Peninsula with landfall possible late Tuesday or early Wednesday, weather forecasters said.
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52/147 Rags-to-riches tramp bags fortune in bottles
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Reuters - A 63-year-old homeless Russian man has gone from street life to stock market trader after collecting thousands of empty booze bottles for cash, a popular Russian tabloid reported on Tuesday.
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53/147 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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54/147 Trading emotionally? Device warns of stress
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Reuters - If emotions are getting the better of you while trading online, The Rationalizer may be just the thing to tell you when it's time to take a break.
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55/147 Once in a black and blue moon...
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Reuters - A German man mooning at railway staff in a departing train got his trousers caught in a carriage door and ended up being dragged half naked along the platform, out of the station and onto the tracks.
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56/147 Free honeymoons to halt divorce rate?
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Reuters - Malaysia's eastern state of Terengganu is offering free honeymoons worth up to $440 each to rekindle the romance between married couples on the brink of divorce.
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57/147 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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58/147 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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59/147 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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60/147 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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61/147 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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62/147 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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63/147 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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64/147 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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65/147 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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66/147 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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67/147 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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68/147 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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69/147 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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(AP) - This image from video provided by TMZ shows Maria Shriver, the wife of California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, holding a cell phone to her ear while driving in the Brentwood section of Los Angeles Tuesday Oct. 13, 2009. On his Twitter feed, Schwarzenegger wrote to TMZ.com founder Harvey Levin: 'Thanks for bringing her violations to my attention. There's going to be swift action.' Schwarzenegger spokesman Aaron McLear says that by 'swift action,' the governor means he'll ask his wife not to hold the phone while driving. A law that took effect in 2008 requires California drivers to use a handsfree device. (AP Photo/TMZ)
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(Reuters) - Actors Eva Longoria Parker and Jimmy Smits pose while attending the "In Performance at the White House: Fiesta Latina" on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, October 13, 2009. REUTERS/Larry Downing (UNITED STATES POLITICS SOCIETY ENTERTAINMENT)
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(AP) - The Angel Valley Retreat Center in Sedona, Ariz. is photographed Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009. Two people died and nineteen others were injured last Thursday during a ceremony at a sweat lodge, its remains partially seen at bottom left, at the retreat. Sweat lodges are traditionally dome-shaped structures made of wood, animal skins, canvas and other materials, and are commonly used by American Indian tribes to cleanse the body and prepare for hunts and ceremonies. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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73/147 Singer Thalia poses while attending the "In Performance ...
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(Reuters) - Singer Thalia poses while attending the "In Performance at the White House: Fiesta Latina" on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington October 13, 2009. REUTERS/Larry Downing (UNITED STATES POLITICS SOCIETY ENTERTAINMENT)
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(Reuters) - A supporter of Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya shouts slogans against Honduras' de facto leader Roberto Micheletti outside a hotel in Tegucigalpa October 13, 2009. REUTERS/Oswaldo Rivas
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(Reuters) - High priced homes sit for sale near St. Charles, Illinois September 24, 2009. Despite some signs that the worst of the U.S. residential housing crisis may be over, many wealthy homeowners are still being squeezed by the combination of weak home prices and the stock market crash. Picture taken September 24, 2009. To match feature USA-HOUSING/WEALTHY. REUTERS/John Gress (UNITED STATES BUSINESS)
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(AP) - In this photo provided by the U.S. Navy, the Navy assault ship USS New York sails through the Mississippi River Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009, after departing Northrop Grumman Ship Systems in Avondale, La. The ship has 7.5 tons of steel from the World Trade Center in its bow, and is scheduled to be commissioned in November 2009 in New York. (AP Photo/U.S. Navy, Petty Officer 2nd Class John P. Curtis)
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77/147 Actress Eva Longoria Parker poses while attending the "In ...
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(Reuters) - Actress Eva Longoria Parker poses while attending the "In Performance at the White House: Fiesta Latina" on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington October 13, 2009. REUTERS/Larry Downing (UNITED STATES POLITICS SOCIETY ENTERTAINMENT)
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(AP) - This image from video provided by the CBS Early Show shows Zachary Christie, 6 during an interview on Tuesday Oct. 13, 2009 in Newark, Del. The Delaware first-grader suspended for bringing his favorite camping utensil to school will likely get a reprieve, a school board member said Tuesday. He was ordered to spend 45 days in his district's alternative school for troublemakers after he brought a combination folding fork, knife and spoon to eat his lunch at Downes Elementary School in Newark last month. (AP Photo/CBS Early Show) MANDATORY CREDIT. NO SALES. NO ARCHIVE
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(Reuters) - Singer Jose Feliciano attends the "In Performance at the White House: Fiesta Latina" on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, October 13, 2009. REUTERS/Larry Downing (UNITED STATES POLITICS ENTERTAINMENT SOCIETY)
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(AP) - In this photo provided by the U.S. Navy, the Navy assault ship USS New York maneuvers under the New Orleans Crescent City Connection bridge on the Mississippi River Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009, after departing Northrop Grumman Ship Systems in Avondale, La. The ship has 7.5 tons of steel from the World Trade Center in its bow, and is scheduled to be commissioned in November 2009 in New York. (AP Photo/U.S. Navy, Petty Officer 2nd Class John P. Curtis)
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81/147 Singer Jennifer Lopez reacts while attending the "In Performance ...
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(Reuters) - Singer Jennifer Lopez reacts while attending the "In Performance at the White House: Fiesta Latina" on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington October 13, 2009. REUTERS/Larry Downing (UNITED STATES POLITICS ENTERTAINMENT SOCIETY)
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(Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attend a news conference in Moscow, October 13, 2009. REUTERS/Ivan Sekretarev/Pool
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(AP) - In this photo provided by the U.S. Navy, members of the Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans honor guard render honors to Navy assault ship USS New York as the ship transits the Mississippi River Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009, after departing Northrop Grumman Ship Systems in Avondale, La. The $1 billion ship named to commemorate the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks has 7.5 tons of steel from the World Trade Center in her bow, and is scheduled to be commissioned in early November in New York. (AP Photo/U.S. Navy, Petty Officer 2nd Class John P. Curtis)
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(Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama speaks while attending "In Performance at the White House: Fiesta Latina" on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington October 13, 2009. REUTERS/Larry Downing (UNITED STATES POLITICS SOCIETY)
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(Reuters) - John Chambers, Chairman and CEO of Cisco, participates in a panel discussion at the Clinton Global Initiative, in New York, September 24, 2009. REUTERS/Chip East
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86/147 Toronto Maple Leafs forward Nazem Kadri celebrates with teammates ...
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(Canadian Press) - Toronto Maple Leafs forward Nazem Kadri celebrates with teammates after scoring the game winning overtime shootout goal against the Pittsburgh Penguins in pre-season NHL hockey in Toronto on Tuesday September 22, 2009.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
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87/147 FILE - In this Sept. 16, 2008 file photo, The American International ...
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(AP) - FILE - In this Sept. 16, 2008 file photo, The American International Group logo is shown in New York. The Obama administration's pay czar has asked American International Group to withhold some of the millions in bonuses promised to its employees. Kenneth Feinberg, the special master for executive compensation, 'has informally advised AIG not to pay the full $198 million' employees expect to receive, according to a report Tuesday Oct. 13, 2009 from the special inspector general overseeing the $700 billion financial bailout. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
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(AP) - Simon Talling-Smith, Executive Vice President, Americas, British Airways, addresses entrepreneurs at Los Angeles International Airport moments before a special flight headed to London. The passengers won free travel with the airline as part of the "Face-to-Face" campaign to conduct in-person meetings overseas. www.ba.com/facetoface. (PRNewsFoto/British Airways)
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(Canadian Press) - In this Nov. 8, 2006 file photo, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger arrives in Mexico City, Mexico, with his wife Maria Shriver. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Marcio Jose Sanchez, file)
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90/147 Dennis Marcum, left, clears a storm drain as his mother Annette ...
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(AP) - Dennis Marcum, left, clears a storm drain as his mother Annette Marcum looks on outside of the Valley Churches United Missions building in Ben Lomond, Calif. on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009. Residents across California braced for possible flash floods and mudslides Tuesday as a Pacific storm began showering foothill areas devastated by wildfires. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
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(AP) - Chris Wright kneels next to a clogged storm drain as rain falls in Ben Lomond, Calif. on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
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(AP) - Water splashes from a vehicle as it drives through flooded southbound Interstate 5 in downtown Sacramento., Calif. on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009. The first major storm of the season swept through California with winds up to 40 miles an hour and as much as 2 inches of rain expected in the Sacramento area. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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93/147 U.S. coach Bob Bradley (R) listens to the national anthem before ...
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(Reuters) - U.S. coach Bob Bradley (R) listens to the national anthem before their Confederations Cup semi-final soccer match against Spain at the Free State Stadium in Bloemfontein, June 24, 2009. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez
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(AP) - Ben Jones uses a table umbrella to shield himself from the rain in downtown Sacramento., Calif., Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009. The first major storm of the season swept through California with winds up to 40 miles an hour and as much as 2 inches of rain is expected in the Sacramento area. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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95/147 Bryant: `I just panicked because I was scared'
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AP - Oklahoma State receiver Dez Bryant claims he was worried he had done something wrong when he 'panicked' and lied to the NCAA about a meeting with former NFL player Deion Sanders at a Texas athletics center.
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96/147 Limbaugh already down a vote in bid to buy Rams
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AP - Rush Limbaugh's bid to buy the St. Louis Rams ran into opposition within the NFL on Tuesday, when Colts owner Jim Irsay vowed to vote against him and commissioner Roger Goodell said the conservative commentator's 'divisive' comments would not be tolerated from any NFL insider.
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97/147 Yankees may go with 3-man rotation against Angels
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AP - The Yankees may go with a three-man rotation against the Los Angeles Angels in the AL championship series.
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98/147 Bengals living on edge, sitting in first
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AP - If Limas Sweed holds onto the ball in the end zone or Joe Flacco hits his wide-open receiver down the sideline, nobody is talking about the Cincinnati Bengals as a surprise team. They'd be back in the pack, trying to catch up to the big boys.
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99/147 Warriors' Jackson relinquishes captain title
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AP - 'Captain Jack' is no more.
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100/147 Coach Hawkins: son Cody Hawkins will still play
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AP - University of Colorado coach Dan Hawkins is hinting his son, quarterback Cody Hawkins, might still get some playing time after being benched in favor of sophomore Tyler Hansen.
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101/147 Ferdinand will make up for Ukraine blunder says Terry
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AFP - John Terry insists Rio Ferdinand is determined to make up for his Ukraine blunder in England's final World Cup qualifier against Belarus.
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102/147 Police investigators target Astana team
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Reuters - The Astana team of Tour de France winner Alberto Contador and Lance Armstrong is the target of a probe after suspicious medical material was seized during this year's race, a source close to the police investigation said.
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103/147 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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104/147 Pennetta keeps in contention for WTA Championships
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AFP - Flavia Pennetta kept herself in contention for a place in the WTA Championships to be held in Doha later this month when she defeated American Meghann Shaughnessy 6-1, 6-1 in the first round of the WTA event here on Tuesday.
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105/147 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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106/147 Barrichello says he's negotiating with Williams
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AP - Rubens Barrichello says he is negotiating with Williams for the 2010 Formula One season.
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107/147 Bailed-out RBS eyes plans to offload branches: report
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AFP - The Royal Bank of Scotland is considering a government-backed plan to sell off more than 300 high street branches to satisfy EU competition authorities, the Financial Times said Wednesday.
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108/147 British support for Afghan mission waning: poll
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AFP - Calls for British forces to pull out of Afghanistan have risen sharply as casualties mount, according to a poll published on Wednesday.
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109/147 Miner Rio Tinto says will lift stake in Canada's Ivanhoe
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AFP - Anglo-Australian miner Rio Tinto said Tuesday that it will almost double its stake in Canadian peer Ivanhoe Mines to nearly 20 percent.
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110/147 MPs told to repay expenses after scandal
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AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown and opposition leader David Cameron told lawmakers Tuesday to pay back disputed expense claims or risk losing their jobs as the scandal returned to haunt politicians.
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111/147 Vauxhall says will keep British car plants open
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AFP - British carmaker Vauxhall announced Tuesday that it has clinched a deal to keep two car factories open until 2013 after talks between Canadian owners Magna, trade union Unite and the government.
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112/147 Lloyds bank faces hefty fee: source
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AFP - Beleaguered lender Lloyds will have to pay a 'significant' fee if it opts against joining the state's insurance scheme for toxic assets, a source close to the matter said on Tuesday.
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113/147 Dutch lawmaker wins appeal against ban from Britain
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AFP - A far-right Dutch lawmaker who was refused entry to Britain to stop him spreading 'hatred and violent messages,' won an appeal against the ban on Tuesday, a tribunal spokeswoman said.
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114/147 Iraqi police: 8 killed in blast north of Baghdad
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AP - A suicide bomber killed the leader of a U.S.-backed Sunni paramilitary group and seven others north of Baghdad Tuesday, the third attack in as many days in a heavily populated Sunni area, a police official said.
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115/147 Third woman charged over nursery paedophile ring
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AFP - A mother of eight children from Portsmouth has been charged in connection with a paedophile ring involving nursery worker Vanessa George, it was confirmed on Tuesday.
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116/147 Britain 'on brink' of recession exit
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AFP - The economy may have to wait a little longer before exiting a recession that has sent the nation's annual inflation rate falling to the lowest level in five years, analysts said on Tuesday.
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AFP - The annual inflation rate slid to 1.1 percent in September, the lowest level for five years as energy prices steadied, official data showed on Tuesday.
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118/147 Postal workers issue strike ultimatum
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AFP - Thousands of postal workers will launch a series of strikes starting on October 22 unless they can reach a last-ditch deal with the Royal Mail, union leaders said on Tuesday.
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119/147 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.
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120/147 Terror suspect arrested near Preston
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AFP - A 37-year-old man has been arrested under the Terrorism Act in the Lancashire town of Penwortham, police said on Tuesday.
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AFP - Climate change protesters ended a 24-hour rooftop protest at the Houses of Parliament, as authorities launched an 'urgent' investigation into how they scaled the landmark.
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122/147 Congo forest protector shares alternative Nobel
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AP - Rene Ngongo, honored with the 'alternative Nobel' this week, grew up in a Congo where he could marvel at the wealth of animals and trees.
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123/147 Basque separatist leader, 8 others arrested: sources
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AFP - Police in Spain's northern Basque Country arrested an ex-leader of Batasuna, the banned political wing of the armed separatist group ETA, and eight other militants accused of seeking to rebuild the party, judicial and police sources said.
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124/147 Clinton winds up trip with focus on Russian society
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Reuters - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton holds meetings involving local people in Moscow and Kazan on Wednesday to demonstrate a U.S. wish to reset relations with Russia as a whole.
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125/147 Court rules against Stalin grandson in libel suit
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AP - A Russian court ruled against Josef Stalin's grandson Tuesday in a libel suit over a newspaper article that said the Soviet dictator sent thousands of people to their deaths.
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126/147 Nobel jury speaks out in defense of Obama prize
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AP - One judge noted with surprise that President Barack Obama 'didn't look particularly happy' at being named the Nobel Peace Prize laureate. Another marveled at how critics could be so patronizing.
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127/147 Gypsy laborer faces execution in Belarus
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AP - His last hopes fading, a 30-year-old illiterate Gypsy laborer whose lawyers say was tortured into confessing to murder awaits his unannounced appointment with the executioner.
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128/147 Russian FM: Iran sanctions threats won't work
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AP - Russia publicly pushed back Tuesday against U.S. efforts to threaten tough new sanctions if Iran fails to prove its nuclear program is peaceful, dealing an apparent setback to President Barack Obama's hopes for Moscow's backing for fresh penalties against Tehran.
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129/147 Milan police detain 2 more in barracks attack
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AP - The Libyan accused of carrying out a small bombing of a Milan army barracks apparently opposed Italy's military missions overseas, the interior minister said Tuesday after police detained two more North Africans in the case.
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130/147 Sarkozy says son has been thrown to the wolves
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AP - President Nicolas Sarkozy suggested Tuesday that his 23-year-old son had been thrown to the wolves by critics since he launched a bid for a highly visible job overseeing France's biggest business district.
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AP - As Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton began her first visit to Moscow as the top U.S. diplomat, the Kremlin sent a message to Washington: Russia must still be wooed and won.
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132/147 Pakistani jets soften up militant targets
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AP - Pakistani jets softened up militant targets along the Afghan border Tuesday ahead of what the government promises will be a ground offensive into the Taliban's main stronghold, authorities said.
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133/147 Militant and Terrorist Groups Spreading in Pakistan
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Time.com - After four major attacks in eight days, the Pakistani army says the Taliban threat has now spread well beyond its northwestern borderlands and grown tentacles that reach deep into the country's heartlands
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134/147 PR group tests syringe vending machine for addicts
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AP - A needle exchange program in Puerto Rico is testing a vending machine that provides drug users with clean syringes after-hours to fight the spread of HIV and hepatitis C.
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135/147 Rev. Moon to preside over mass wedding of 40,000
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AP - Nearly a half-century after the Rev. Sun Myung Moon performed his first mass wedding, the 89-year-old leader of the Unification Church prepared Wednesday to marry off tens of thousands of people in spectacles from the United States to South Korea.
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136/147 East Timor govt survives no-confidence vote
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AFP - East Timor's opposition stayed on the offensive Tuesday after the government survived a no-confidence vote over its decision to free an Indonesian militia leader accused of crimes against humanity.
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137/147 Health bill clears hurdle with support from Snowe
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AP - Historic legislation to expand U.S. health care and control costs won its first Republican supporter Tuesday and cleared a key Senate hurdle, a double-barreled triumph that propelled President Barack Obama's signature issue toward votes this fall in both houses of Congress.
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138/147 Robotic prostate surgery may mean big trade-off
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AP - A new study suggests less-invasive keyhole surgery for prostate cancer may mean a higher risk for lasting incontinence and impotence when compared with traditional surgery.
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139/147 Near half of swine flu patients otherwise healthy
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AP - The largest U.S. analysis of hospitalized adult swine flu patients has found almost half were healthy people who did not have asthma or any other chronic illnesses before they got sick.
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140/147 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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141/147 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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142/147 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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143/147 Wall St falters on J&J, banks; Intel beats Street
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Reuters - U.S. stocks weakened on Tuesday as disappointing sales from Johnson & Johnson stirred jitters about the strength of earnings, snapping the S&P 500's six-day winning streak.
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144/147 Intel quarterly results beat Street, shares rise
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Reuters - Intel Corp's quarterly outlook and results shattered expectations on Tuesday, boosting its shares 6 percent and fueling optimism over a tech sector recovery before the crucial holiday season.
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145/147 Ex-Bear trial jury chosen, some ousted for bias
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Reuters - Two prospective jurors who wrote comments about 'wrongdoing' and 'bending the rules' on Wall Street were rejected by a U.S. judge on Tuesday for the trial of two former Bear Stearns Cos hedge fund managers on fraud charges.
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146/147 European markets fall before US earnings
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AFP - Europe's main stock markets dropped on Tuesday as investors awaited major earnings reports from the United States for clues on the pace of economic recovery, traders said.
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147/147 AIG to sell Taiwan insurance unit for $2.15 billion
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Reuters - American International Group is to sell its Taiwan life insurance unit for $2.15 billion, marking the largest disposal since a U.S. government bailout saved the insurer from collapse last year.
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