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1/131 Pharmacist says he warned against drugs for Smith
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AP - A pharmacist has testified that he refused to provide drugs prescribed to Anna Nicole Smith, telling a doctor the prescriptions would be 'pharmaceutical suicide' for the former Playboy model.
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2/131 'Twilight' saga's vampires on red carpet in Rome
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AP - The Volturi have invaded the red carpet.
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3/131 Lil Wayne guilty on N.Y. gun charge, headed to prison
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Reuters - U.S. rapper Lil Wayne pleaded guilty on Thursday to attempted criminal possession of a weapon in a July 2007 incident and will serve a year in prison, New York City prosecutors said.
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4/131 Madonna to lay school's foundation stone in Malawi
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Reuters - Madonna will visit Malawi on Sunday to lay the foundation stone of a multi-million dollar girls' school she is building, her charity Raising Malawi told Reuters.
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5/131 New lawyers for Jackson's mom in estate case
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AP - Michael Jackson's mother is changing the attorneys handling her interests in her son's multimillion-dollar estate case.
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6/131 Lebanon pop star appointed UNICEF goodwill ambassador
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AFP - Lebanese pop star Nancy Ajram has been appointed a goodwill ambassador for the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), a UN official said on Thursday.
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7/131 Meryl Streep promotes 'Julie & Julia'
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AP - Meryl Streep may have starred as chef-legend Julia Child but in real life she is nothing more than an OK cook.
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8/131 Probe into calls for Berlusconi assassination on Internet
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AFP - Prosecutors in Rome have launched a probe into calls for the assassination of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi posted on the Internet-based social network Facebook, news reports said Thursday.
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9/131 Judge orders retrial in Travolta extortion case
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AP - A judge has ordered a mistrial in the case of an alleged extortion attempt against John Travolta and a top court official said Thursday a new trial is not likely to start before next year.
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10/131 McCartney to launch Europe tour in Hamburg
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AFP - Beatles legend Paul McCartney announced his first European tour for five years on Thursday, starting in Hamburg -- where the Fab Four cut their teeth -- and ending with a Christmas show in London.
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11/131 Kidman: Hollywood probably contributes to violence
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AP - Nicole Kidman conceded Wednesday that Hollywood has probably contributed to violence against women by portraying them as weak sex objects.
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12/131 Famed US aviator's hair actually 'piece of thread'
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AFP - An aviation museum inthe US state of Ohio that believed it was displaying a hair sample from famed flyer Amelia Earhart made an unfortunate discovery, after DNA analysis revealed it to be a piece of thread.
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13/131 Nicole Kidman highlights violence against women
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AFP - Bringing a splash of Hollywood glamour to Capitol Hill, Australian movie star Nicole Kidman has testified before lawmakers as part of her effort to stop violence against women around the world.
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14/131 E-mails: US discussed nabbing Polanski in Austria
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AP - American prosecutors closely monitored Roman Polanski in Austria and considered seeking his arrest there days before the director's apprehension in Switzerland, documents obtained by The Associated Press show.
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15/131 Lil Wayne pleads to attempted gun possession
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AP - Lil Wayne, who owned last year's best-selling album and is currently No. 1 on the pop charts, pleaded guilty to attempted weapon possession on Thursday, and expects to receive a one-year jail sentence.
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16/131 Gossip says snazzy record deal doesn't faze them
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AP - Members of the band Gossip know precisely when they hit the big time.
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17/131 Musicians crank up the volume on Guantanamo debate
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AP - A coalition of mega-bands and singers outraged that music — including theirs — was cranked up to help break uncooperative detainees at Guantanamo Bay is joining retired military officers and liberal activists to rally support for President Barack Obama's push to shutter the Navy-run prison for terrorist suspects in Cuba.
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18/131 Michael Buble still tops on U.S. album chart
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Reuters - Michael Buble occupied the penthouse of the U.S. pop album chart for a second consecutive week, holding strong against the soundtrack from 'The Twilight Saga: New Moon,' which debuted at No. 2.
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19/131 Latest Coen brothers movie at Rome fest
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AP - The Coen brothers aren't sure whether their latest movie is a comedy or a tragedy — that is for the viewers to figure out.
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20/131 New Moon vampires take bite out of Rome film fest
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Reuters - The vampires of 'New Moon,' the sequel to the popular teen movie 'Twilight,' hit the blood-red carpet at the Rome film festival on Thursday, with fans getting a 20-minute preview of the picture before next month's release.
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21/131 Jackie Chan, Andy Lau to star in new Shaolin movie
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AP - The king of kung fu cinema is set to star in a new movie about China's famed shrine of martial arts, the Shaolin Temple.
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22/131 Madonna Grants Music Rights to Glee
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If all you Gleeks have been praying to hear some Madonna on Glee, then hold on to your sheet music. Watch free full episodes of Glee The Material Girl has given the Fox series the rights to her catalog for an all-Madonna-themed episode in the works for early next year, according to Entertainment Weekly. Series creator Ryan Murphy also told the magazine he's considering approaching American Idol runner-up Adam Lambert about a ...
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23/131 Khloe Kardashian On Lamar Odom's Fashion Line: 'I Think It's Amazing'
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LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Lamar Odom has something in common with new wife Khloe Kardashian - a love of fashion.The Lakers star stepped out at celebrity style hotspot Kitson LA on Wednesday night to debut his fashion line, a subject close to the heart of his bride.
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24/131 ROLL CALL: Justin & Jessica Going Strong In Vancouver
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By Jesse SperoLOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Plus, Did Jessica Simpson go on a date with Gerard Butler - and who was the third wheel? A 'Real Housewives of New York City' forgets about theater etiquette. And, J.Lo works a short dress - but does it work on her?Your Daily Dispatch of Celebrity Shenanigans!
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25/131 Jessica Simpson and Gerard Butler: 'Nothing Romantic There'
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26/131 Jen and Marc's Night Out
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Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony head home after dining at Le Caprice in NYC.
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27/131 Salma Hayek: 'I Don't Have a Good Body'
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Salma Hayek talks about freaks, facial hair, and sometimes feeling in ugly in this interview with Parade.com.
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28/131 Istanbul exhibit seeks to reveal city's soul
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AP - The glories of Istanbul have arrived in Paris.
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29/131 It's always sunny on West Bank's Sesame Street
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Reuters - It's always a sunny day on Sesame Street in the West Bank, where the neighbors are friendly and the muppets never see an Israeli army checkpoint all day long.
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30/131 New York Times results beat forecasts, shares rise
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Reuters - The New York Times Co beat quarterly revenue and profit forecasts because of cost cuts and higher newspaper prices even as advertising sales fell, sending shares up 19 percent on Thursday.
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31/131 Hilary Swank, Flying High at the 'Amelia' Premiere
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Fashion Wire Daily - With her upswept hair and wearing a teal Grecian gown, Hilary Swank gracefully landed on the red carpet of her new biopic 'Amelia' on Tuesday evening, Oct. 20, in New York. It was appropriate that she look so sophisticated and sleek, for as one of the 21st century's most famous women, Swank had big shoes to fill, as she plays aviatrix Amelia Earhart in the film, one of the 20th century's iconic individuals.
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32/131 Microsoft hopes for a fresh start with Windows 7
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AP - Microsoft Corp. finally got its chance to reboot its reputation Thursday, launching a new edition of Windows that it hopes will encourage more PC buyers to get back into stores.
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33/131 AT&T profit dips but wireless results strong
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AP - AT&T Inc.'s net income dipped as revenue from traditional landlines fell faster than the company could cut costs. But AT&T pleased investors Thursday by showing that it is thriving in the wireless business, adding a record number of data-hungry iPhones to its network.
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34/131 Judge rejects sheriff's prostitution suit against Craigslist
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AFP - A federal judge has thrown out a local sheriff's lawsuit accusing the online classified group Craigslist of facilitating prostitution, court records showed.
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35/131 Dutch court orders Pirate Bay to remove links
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AFP - A Dutch court Thursday ordered Sweden's The Pirate Bay filesharing website to remove links to works of members of a Netherlands-based music and film copyright protection group.
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36/131 AT&T tops estimates as customers flock to wireless
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Reuters - AT&T Inc reported stronger-than-expected third-quarter profit as the glitzy iPhone and low budget Tracfone service attracted a record number of wireless customers.
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37/131 Nigeria's anti graft police shuts 800 scam websites
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AFP - Nigeria's anti-corruption police said Friday they had shut down some 800 scam websites and busted 18 syndicates of email fraudsters in a drive to curb cyber-crime the country is notorious for.
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38/131 Cash-strapped Latvia mulls switching from Microsoft
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AFP - Cash-strapped Latvia is mulling whether to replace brand name office software like Microsoft with an open source equivalent as a cost-cutting measure, a government spokeswoman told AFP Thursday.
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39/131 India: Climate deal can't sacrifice poor nations
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AP - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Thursday that the world's poor nations will not sacrifice their development in negotiations for a new climate change deal.
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40/131 Obama 'ought to do a lot more' on climate: Pachauri
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AFP - US President Barack Obama should do more to push for a US climate deal, Rajendra Pachauri, the head of the Nobel Peace Prize winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, said Thursday.
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41/131 Eyes to the skies for the 'Galilean Nights'
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AFP - Astronomers around the world are gearing up for three days of intense sky-watching in honour of Galileo, whose observations 400 years ago revolutionised our understanding of the cosmos.
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42/131 EU probes mismanagement in prized Spanish wetland
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AP - The European Union has launched an investigation into a prized Spanish wetland that has turned bone dry through mismanagement of water resources and is now on fire underground, white smoke now rising from areas where fish once swam.
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43/131 36 football fields deforested each minute: WWF
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AFP - The equivalent of 36 football fields are being stripped from the world's forests each minute, the environmental group World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) said in a statement released here on Thursday.
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44/131 The nation's weather
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AP - A strong storm in the center of the country was expected to continue bringing wintry weather to the Central Rockies and Plains on Thursday.
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45/131 Reliance Ind buying costly gas for refinery - lawyer
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Reuters - Energy major Reliance Industries is paying more to import liquefied natural gas to power its refinery in western India than if it were allowed to receive gas from its own field, a lawyer for the firm said on Thursday.
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46/131 Tropical storm Rick threatens flash floods in Mexico
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AFP - Tropical storm Rick made landfall Wednesday in northwestern Mexico having lost its punch as a former top-strength hurricane, but still threatened the region with heavy rain and flash floods, US forecasters said.
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47/131 Cheating husbands should be whipped?
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Reuters - Most Bruneians want husbands who cheat on their wives to be whipped, according to a recent survey in the Muslim-majority country.
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48/131 Man staged nearly 100 car crashes in cash scam
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Reuters - A Briton who cost the insurance industry some 1.6 million pounds by staging almost 100 car crashes as part of a scam to win fraudulent payouts, was jailed for 4-1/2 years on Wednesday.
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49/131 Man robs shop on way to interrogation: German police
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Reuters - A 41-year-old man in Germany due to face questioning over theft got himself in even more trouble by squeezing in another robbery on the way to the police station, police said.
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50/131 Robber pleads guilty after leech provides DNA
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Reuters - An Australian man faces jail for armed robbery after police used blood from a leech to make a DNA match from a 2001 crime scene, a court spokeswoman said on Monday.
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51/131 Elvis' hair leaves the building -- sold for $18,300
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Reuters - A pile of hair believed snipped from Elvis Presley when he joined the U.S. Army in 1958 sold for $18,300 on Sunday, according to a Chicago auction house.
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52/131 Queen slips out for quiet date with hubby
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Reuters - Britain's Queen Elizabeth stunned theater-goers in London this week when she and her husband slipped in to see a play unannounced and at the last minute, newspapers reported.
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53/131 And the most tasteless idea of the week is..
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Reuters - Australian horse racing officials have been slammed for holding a dwarf racing competition called the 'Midget Cup' at a meeting in Melbourne to promote Victoria state's annual carnival.
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54/131 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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55/131 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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56/131 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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57/131 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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58/131 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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59/131 President Barack Obama signs the Veterans Health Care Budget ...
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(AP) - President Barack Obama signs the Veterans Health Care Budget Reform and Transparency Act during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009. Behind, from left are, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., Rep. Bob Filner, D-Ca;if., and Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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60/131 Robert Spicer, left, and Ivan Edling, Civil War re-enactors ...
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(AP) - Robert Spicer, left, and Ivan Edling, Civil War re-enactors from Loudoun Co, Va., pose with a Photo & Lock of Abraham Lincoln's hair, Wednesday Oct. 21, 2009 at the site where Senator/Colonel Edward Baker was killed 148 years ago at the Battle of Balls Bluff, Va. Colonel Baker was one of Lincoln's best friends; so much so that Lincoln named his 2nd son after him. (AP Photo/Lincoln Highway Museum, Craig Harmon)
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(Reuters) - A man protests outside the New York Stock Exchange, October 13, 2008. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
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62/131 Graphic shows poll results on global warming ...
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(AP) - Graphic shows poll results on global warming
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63/131 FILE - In this Nov. 15, 2002 file photo, former Vivendi Universal ...
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(AP) - FILE - In this Nov. 15, 2002 file photo, former Vivendi Universal chairman Jean-Marie Messier ponders a question during a news conference in Paris. Messier and other ex-top executives have been ordered to stand trial on charges of misleading investors over the company's health while they were transforming the once-stodgy water utility into a high-flying film, music and pay TV giant. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, file)
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64/131 Retired Army Lt. Gen. Dave Barno, right, accompanied by retired ...
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(AP) - Retired Army Lt. Gen. Dave Barno, right, accompanied by retired Army Gen. Barry McCaffrey, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009, before the House Armed Services Committee hearing on strategy for Afghanistan and Iraq. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)
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(AP) - This product image released by Bloomingdale's shows an Aqua Leather Bomber jacket with a detachable lamb fur collar..(AP Photo/Bloomingdale's)
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(AP) - This product image released by Bloomingdale's shows the Vince Ponte Jodhpurs.(AP Photo/Bloomingdale's)
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67/131 This photo released by Fox Searchlight shows Hilary Swank as ...
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(AP) - This photo released by Fox Searchlight shows Hilary Swank as Amelia Earhart,left and Richard Gere as George Putnam in a scene from 'Amelia'. (AP Photo/Fox Searchlight,Ken Woroner)
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68/131 This photo released by Fox Searchlight shows Hilary Swank as ...
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(AP) - This photo released by Fox Searchlight shows Hilary Swank as Amelia Earhart,left and director Mira Nair on the set of 'Amelia'. (AP Photo/Fox Searchlight,Ken Woroner)
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69/131 This photo released by Fox Searchlight shows Hilary Swank as ...
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(AP) - This photo released by Fox Searchlight shows Hilary Swank as Amelia Earhart in a scene from 'Amelia'. (AP Photo/Fox Searchlight,Ken Woroner)
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70/131 President Barack Obama, seated, center, signs the Veterans Health ...
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(AP) - President Barack Obama, seated, center, signs the Veterans Health Care Budget Reform and Transparency Act during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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(AP) - This photo released by Fox Searchlight shows Joe Anderson,left, as Bill Stultz and Hilary Swank as Amelia Earhart in a scene from 'Amelia'. (AP Photo/Fox Searchlight,Ken Woroner)
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72/131 President Barack Obama speaks in the East Room of the White ...
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(AP) - President Barack Obama speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009, prior to signing the Veterans Health Care Budget Reform and Transparency Act. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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73/131 In this Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009 photo, retired Army Sgt. Richard ...
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(AP) - In this Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009 photo, retired Army Sgt. Richard Yarosh is seen during a physical therapy session at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio. A life-sized oil portrait of Yarosh, painted by Matthew Mitchell, is a finalist in the Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition, which recognizes modern portraiture at the gallery known for its collection of notable Americans. The portrait will go on display at the National Portrait Gallery at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington later this month. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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74/131 In this Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009 photo, retired Army Sgt. Richard ...
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(AP) - In this Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009 photo, retired Army Sgt. Richard Yarosh, right, is seen during a physical therapy session with Tiffany Hollins, left, at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio. A life-sized oil portrait of Yarosh, painted by Matthew Mitchell, is a finalist in the Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition, which recognizes modern portraiture at the gallery known for its collection of notable Americans. The portrait will go on display at the National Portrait Gallery at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington later this month. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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75/131 In this Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009 photo, retired Army Sgt. Richard ...
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(AP) - In this Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009 photo, retired Army Sgt. Richard Yarosh adjusts his cap following a physical therapy session at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, . A life-sized oil portrait of Yarosh, painted by Matthew Mitchell, is a finalist in the Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition, which recognizes modern portraiture at the gallery known for its collection of notable Americans. The portrait will go on display at the National Portrait Gallery at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington later this month. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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(AP) - President Barack Obama waves in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009, after signing the the Veterans Health Care Budget Reform and Transparency Act. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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(AP) - This photo released by Lisa Lori Communications shows the 'feather' dress Grace Kelly wore to the Royal Festival Hall in London in 1970. The dress became an inspiration for Vera Wang. (AP Photo/Lisa Lori Communications)
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(AP) - This photo released by Lisa Lori Communications shows a dress by Vera Wang that was inspired by a 1970 original design from the House of Christian Dior worn by Grace Kelly.(AP Photo/Lisa Lori Communications)
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(AP) - This photo released by Lisa Lori Communications shows the official 1977 portrait of Princess Grace. The dress she wore inspired designer Ralph Rucci to design his own version.(AP Photo/Lisa Lori Communications,Princely Palace of Monaco)
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(AP) - This photo released by Lisa Lori Communications shows the dress by Ralph Rucci that was inspired by a French original design by Madame Gres worn by Princess Grace in one of her official portraits in 1977 by Ricardo Macaron.(AP Photo/Lisa Lori Communications)
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81/131 This photo released by Lisa Lori Communications shows Grace ...
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(AP) - This photo released by Lisa Lori Communications shows Grace Kelly when she accepted her 1955 Academy Award for Best Actress for 'The Country Girl'. The dress inspired Zac Posen to design his own take on the dress. (AP Photo/Lisa Lori Communications,The Kobal Collection)
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(AP) - This photo released by Lisa Lori Communications shows a dress by Zac Posen that was inspired by the aquamarine column dress worn by Grace Kelly when she accepted her 1955 Academy Award for Best Actress for 'The Country Girl'.(AP Photo/Lisa Lori Communications)
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83/131 This photo released by Lisa Lori Communications shows Grace ...
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(AP) - This photo released by Lisa Lori Communications shows Grace Kelly wearing the dress from 'To Catch a Thief' that inspired Ralph Lauren to create his own version.(AP Photo/Lisa Lori Communications,Paramount/ The Kobal Collection,Bud Fraker)
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84/131 Browns get 2 sick players back
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AP - Some rest, liquids and medication have the Cleveland Browns feeling a little better.
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85/131 Jordan's son has adidas issues, UCF in tough spot
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AP - A fight over the shoes Michael Jordan's son will wear at the University of Central Florida could cost the school as much as $3 million.
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86/131 LeBron advising struggling Ohio State quarterback
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AP - LeBron James is helping Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor learn how to handle everything that comes with being a celebrity athlete.
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87/131 Pressure on Celtic as Europa League continues
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AFP - Celtic manager Tony Mowbray is under pressure to end a sorry run of home results that have left the Glasgow giants in a virtually must-win situation against Europa League rivals Hamburg on Thursday.
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88/131 Tennis ace Soderling keeps London finals hopes alive
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AFP - French Open runner-up Robin Soderling kept his ATP World Tour Finals chances alive on Thursday by overpowering Italy's Andreas Seppi 6-1, 6-3 to move into the quarter-finals of the Stockholm Open.
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89/131 Abraham stops Taylor in 12th to open Super Six
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AP - Arthur Abraham knocked out Jermain Taylor with six seconds left Saturday, dramatically wrapping up a solid performance in the opening bout of the Super Six super middleweight tournament.
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90/131 Sex and scandal fused under Mosley's F1 reign
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AP - Sex and scandal are never far from Formula One's headlines, and outgoing FIA president Max Mosley's 16-year reign only seemed to pull them closer together.
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91/131 Anti-fascist protesters breach security at BBC
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AP - Anti-fascist protesters broke into the BBC's west London headquarters on Thursday ahead of a white-supremacist party leader's appearance on a leading political debate show.
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92/131 Vatican offer may lure Church of England priests
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AP - On the surface, it looks like a polite tug of war between two of the world's great churches, each saying nice things about the other.
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93/131 Protests storm BBC over far-right leader's TV slot
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AFP - Protesters broke into the grounds of BBC studios Thursday shortly before a far-right politician's controversial appearance on a top TV political panel show, as hundreds protested outside.
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94/131 Britain publishes doomsday climate change vision
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AP - Two British Cabinet ministers showed off a doomsday vision of disappearing cities and rising seas on Thursday, part of an effort to push nations to strike a new pact on curbing emissions of global warming gasses.
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95/131 Postal workers start two-day strike
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AFP - Postal workers began a two-day strike Thursday in a bitter row over pay, conditions and modernisation, causing widespread disruption to mail services.
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96/131 Dame Vera Lynn launches poppy appeal
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AFP - Dame Vera Lynn launched this year's Poppy Appeal from the Horseguard's Parade in central London on Thursday.
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97/131 Miner Anglo announces asset sale
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AFP - Global mining giant Anglo American, which fought off a merger bid from Swiss rival Xstrata last week, announced plans on Thursday to sell non-essential assets and overhaul its management structure.
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98/131 Thousands of UK postal workers start 2-day strike
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Reuters - Thousands of postal workers at state-owned Royal Mail walked out on Thursday, starting a 48-hour nationwide strike and blaming bosses and the government for failing to prevent the action.
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99/131 Retail sales flat in September
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AFP - Retail sales flattened in September from August, the second month in a row of zero growth, as recession-hit shoppers refrained from spending, official data showed on Thursday.
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100/131 Charity Christmas cards 'not always generous'
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AFP - Christmas charity cards aren't always as charitable as they seem, a survey found on Thursday, with in some cases as little as six percent of the price of the cards going to a good cause.
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101/131 BBC tightens security ahead of BNP TV appearance
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AFP - The BBC tightened security at its London headquarters on Thursday ahead of expected protests against an appearance by the leader of the British National Party (BNP) on the broadcaster's top current affairs panel show.
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102/131 Man jailed for staging car crashes for money
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AFP - A man who staged car crashes for money, helping fraudsters claim 1.6 million pounds from insurance firms, has been jailed for four and a half years.
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103/131 Scottish lawyer denies reports Lockerbie bomber dead
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AFP - A lawyer for Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmet al-Megrahi denied Wednesday a report that he had died, two months after being freed from a Scottish jail.
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104/131 BAA sells Gatwick after competition ruling
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AFP - Spanish-owned airports operator BAA agreed Wednesday to sell Britain's second busiest airport, Gatwick, to a US investment fund for 1.51 billion pounds after a ruling from competition authorities.
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105/131 British nuclear expert dies in fall from UN building
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AFP - A British nuclear expert died on Wednesday after falling from the 17th floor of the United Nations offices in Vienna, police in the Austrian capital said.
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106/131 Brown pledges funds to defuse N. Ireland policing row
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AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown pledged hundreds of millions of pounds on Wednesday to fund independent policing and justice in Northern Ireland in a bid to defuse a damaging political row there.
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107/131 Cadbury steps up Kraft defence bid
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AFP - British confectioner Cadbury on Wednesday stepped up its defence against a takeover by US giant Kraft Foods by upgrading its full-year sales forecast after a third-quarter rise.
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108/131 BAA sells London airport after antitrust ruling
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AFP - Spanish-owned airports operator BAA on Wednesday announced the sale of the second busiest hub Gatwick to a US investment fund for 1.51 billion pounds following an antitrust ruling.
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109/131 Sarkozy son renounces top job after nepotism row
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AFP - President Nicolas Sarkozy's 23-year-old son Jean, at the centre of a bitter row over alleged nepotism, said Thursday he would not apply for a job managing France's wealthiest business district.
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110/131 Vivendi's Messier, on trial in US, now faces Paris court
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AFP - Vivendi's ex-boss Jean-Marie Messier and six others face trial here on charges they misled investors as they transformed the French water utility into a global media giant, court documents showed Friday.
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111/131 Spanish Opel unions, Magna reach deal on job cuts
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AFP - Unions at the Opel factory in Spain on Thursday reached a preliminary deal with Canadian auto parts maker Magna International on the plant's future, the government and unions said.
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112/131 Iberia to create new airline for short, medium haul flights
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AFP - Spain's national carrier Iberia will create a new airline to handle its short- and medium- haul routes in a bid to confront declining revenues amid the economic crisis, it announced Thursday.
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113/131 Biden says shorter-range missiles threaten Europe
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AP - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said Thursday that Europe was threatened by medium and short-range missiles and a new missile defense system would help protect it.
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114/131 Everton, Benfica fans given Madeleine McCann T-shirts
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AFP - Everton's Europa League match at Benfica kicked off here on Thursday with fans of both teams wearing T-shirts to raise awareness about missing girl Madeleine McCann.
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115/131 100,000 women say they're offended by Berlusconi
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AP - More than 100,000 women have signed a petition saying they are offended by Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi — an initiative launched by a newspaper after the premier made a sexist remark to an opposition politician.
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116/131 NATO chief calls for perseverance in Afghanistan
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AP - Afghanistan is the most complex challenge that NATO has ever undertaken, but the alliance must remain engaged there to prevent the country from turning back into an al-Qaida training ground, the organization's top official said Thursday.
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117/131 World markets drop on China growth worrries
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AP - World stock markets fell sharply Thursday as investor optimism was dented by a broker downgrade of U.S. bank Wells Fargo and concerns about future Chinese economic growth.
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118/131 Iran envoy backs uranium deal, but will Tehran?
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AP - A top Iranian negotiator praised a plan Wednesday that would ship most of his country's uranium abroad for enrichment and limit its ability to build a nuclear weapon. There was no guarantee, however, that Tehran's leaders would accept the idea.
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119/131 Taliban dig in as Pakistani army slowly advances
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AP - Residents fleeing a 6-day-old Pakistani army offensive in a Taliban stronghold along the Afghan border reported Thursday that the insurgents are digging in for a fight and travel the roads freely.
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120/131 Shelling in Somali capital kills 24, wounds 60
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AP - Mortars fired by Islamic militants slammed into Somalia's airport as the president was boarding a plane Thursday, sparking battles that killed at least 24 people when return fire hit residential areas and a market, officials said.
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121/131 Olympic flame for Vancouver lit in Ancient Olympia
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AP - The flame for the Vancouver Olympics was lit by the sun's rays in an ancient ceremony Thursday, heralding the start of the torch relay for the 2010 Winter Games.
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122/131 Police: 14 al-Qaida suspects arrested in Iraq
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AP - Iraqi security forces arrested 14 suspected al-Qaida members in western and northern Iraq, including three who were formerly detained by U.S. troops in the country, local police officials said Thursday.
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123/131 African leaders seek ways to help tide of refugees
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AFP - African leaders met Thursday for a landmark summit to improve the plight of 17 million displaced people and refugees on the world's poorest and most war-prone continent.
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124/131 NATO chief warns of price of inaction in Afghanistan
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AFP - NATO's chief urged alliance nations and its partners Thursday to step up efforts to build Afghan security forces, saying the price of inaction in the insurgency-hit country is too high to pay.
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125/131 Iran Keeps Obama Waiting on Nuclear Deal
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Time.com - Talks in Vienna have broken up and Tehran has been given until Friday to agree a reactor fuel deal. But even a 'yes' won't bring an end to Iran's uranium enrichment
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126/131 CDC: 1 in 5 kids had flu this month
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AP - The latest government survey has found that 1 in 5 U.S. children had a flu-like illness earlier this month, and most of those cases likely were swine flu.
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127/131 Production of swine flu vaccine is way behind
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AP - The federal government originally promised 120 million doses of swine flu vaccine by now. Only 13 million have come through.
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128/131 Ambulances start charging extra for obese patients
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AP - The memory still bothers Ken Keller: A panicked ambulance crew had a critically ill patient, but the man weighed more than 1,000 pounds and could not fit inside the vehicle. And the stretcher wasn't sturdy enough to hold him.
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129/131 AIDS: Are the wilderness years over for vaccine research?
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AFP - Scientists looking for a vaccine against the AIDS virus can be forgiven for wondering at times whether they made the right career decision.
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130/131 Blue-chip earnings, financials lift Wall Street
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Reuters - Wall Street rose on Thursday, led by financial shares, as insurer Travelers' quarterly profit more than quadrupled.
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131/131 Jobless claims, future gauge of economy rise
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Reuters - A bigger-than-expected rise in the number of U.S. workers filing new claims for jobless aid last week signaled the labor market remained fragile, even as a measure of economic prospects hit a two-year high last month.
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