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1/129 Katherine Jackson picks new lawyer in estate case
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AP - A shake-up in Katherine Jackson's legal team left her unrepresented during a hearing Thursday to clarify the power two attorneys have over her pop star son's estate, but it didn't stop the judge from issuing orders upholding those powers and adding new ones.
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2/129 Pharmacist says he warned against drugs for Smith
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AP - A pharmacist testified Thursday 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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3/129 Jackson choreographer wanted Jackson healthy
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AP - Kenny Ortega was responsible for some of Michael Jackson's biggest concerts, including what were to be his comeback shows in London. But in the singer's final days, the producer-director-choregrapher felt like he needed to take on another responsibility — making sure Jackson stayed healthy.
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4/129 Simpson-Wentz, Egglesfield out at 'Melrose Place'
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AP - Ashlee Simpson-Wentz and Colin Egglesfield are moving out of 'Melrose Place.'
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5/129 Sienna Miller takes on an obsessive Miss Julie
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AP - She taunts and teases. And acts more than a little crazy.
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6/129 Lawmaker in Travolta mistrial mess blames 'rumor'
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Reuters - A Bahamian lawmaker who caused a judge to order the retrial of two people accused of trying to extort $25 million from actor John Travolta was just repeating a 'rumor' when he prematurely announced an acquittal verdict, his lawyer said on Thursday.
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7/129 Robbie Williams to receive career award at BRITs
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Reuters - British singer Robbie Williams will receive a career prize at the 30th BRIT music awards in London next year, organizers said on Thursday.
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8/129 Rapper Lil Wayne faces jail time after guilty plea
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AFP - Chart-topping US rapper Lil Wayne faced a one-year prison sentence Thursday after pleading guilty to carrying an illegal weapon, a judicial source said.
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9/129 Rock band Bon Jovi announces new world tour
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AP - Rock band Bon Jovi announced plans Thursday for a new world tour that will swing by the new home of the New York Giants and Jets.
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10/129 Meryl Streep promotes 'Julie & Julia' at Rome fest
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AP - Meryl Streep may have starred as chef-legend Julia Child, but in real life she says she is nothing more than an OK cook.
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11/129 Bahamas MP to face judge over Travolta mistrial
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AP - Court officials say that a Bahamas lawmaker who caused a mistrial in the John Travolta extortion case has been ordered to appear before the judge to explain why he announced an acquittal before the jury had declared a verdict.
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12/129 '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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13/129 Lil Wayne pleads to attempted gun possession
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AP - In the midst of a career surge that has made him one of rap's biggest stars, Lil Wayne is bracing for a year behind bars after pleading guilty Thursday in a two-year-old gun case.
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14/129 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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15/129 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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16/129 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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17/129 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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18/129 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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19/129 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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20/129 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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21/129 Rising Star: Matt Bomer
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By David GreenwaldLOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Most crime shows feature heroes who are easy to trust - but not so for 'White Collar,' a new USA drama that stars Matt Bomer as Neal Caffrey, a brilliant convict-turned-FBI consultant whose quick wit and dashing good looks help FBI White Collar Crime Unit agent Peter Burke (Tim DeKay) catch the most slippery criminals. With his vintage Rat Pack style and con artist charm, it's a role that may find Matt competing for Jon Hamm's Don Draper as TV's most stylish man - and it has made him AccessHollywood.com's latest Rising Star.
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22/129 Melissa Joan Hart Gearing Up To Play A 'Kind Of Bad Girl Politician'
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LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Melissa Joan Hart is known for playing teens on television, but the 33-year-old actress might be playing an adult if a pilot she's making gets picked up.'I'm going to be doing a new pilot with Joey Lawrence,' Melissa told Access of the potential ABC Family show. 'Hopefully it'll go to series.'
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23/129 Joel and Nicole Give Back to the Kids
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Joel Madden and Nicole Richie help build a state-of-the-art playground for underprivileged children in LA.
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24/129 Ashlee Simpson-Wentz, Colin Egglesfield Moving Out Of 'Melrose Place'
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LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Ashlee Simpson-Wentz's and Colin Egglesfield's stays in 'Melrose Place' will be short ones.The two actors will be exiting The CW show in January following the conclusion of the 'Who Killed Sydney?' mystery story line in December, Access Hollywood has confirmed.
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25/129 Man Blamed for Travolta Mistrial Summoned to Court
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Judge may hold Picewell Forbes in contempt of court
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26/129 Country singer Justin Moore to be first-time dad
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AP - Justin Moore is riding high with his first No. 1 song, 'Small Town USA,' and early next year, he'll have another first to celebrate.
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27/129 Vera Wang Bridal: Constantly Evolving
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Fashion Wire Daily - After nineteen years of designing bridal gowns, Vera Wang is not in the business of creating something that fits the typical commercial mold.
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28/129 Consumers still flock to Amazon: income up 62 pct
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AP - Amazon.com Inc. said Thursday that its third-quarter earnings soared 62 percent, showing that consumers are comfortable opening their wallets to the online retailer despite the still-shaky economy.
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29/129 Netflix 3Q earnings rise 48 pct, but stock falls
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AP - Netflix Inc. has been doing so well during the recession that it's getting tougher for the DVD-by-mail pioneer to live up to investors' lofty expectations.
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30/129 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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31/129 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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32/129 Google co-founder Brin prefers Yahoo! without Bing
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AFP - Google co-founder Sergey Brin has expressed amazement at resistance to the Internet giant's efforts to digitize the world's books and lamented a deal to have Microsoft handle online search at Yahoo!
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33/129 Nokia sues Apple for patent infringement
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Reuters - Top global cellphone maker Nokia Oyj on Thursday charged Apple Inc with infringing Nokia patents, accusing the iPhone maker of trying to hitch a 'free-ride' on Nokia's technology investments.
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34/129 Long lines as Microsoft opens retail store
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Reuters - The idea that hundreds of people would line up outside anything to do with Microsoft would have been far-fetched only a few years ago -- but on Thursday that's what happened when the software giant opened its first retail store in Scottsdale, Arizona.
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35/129 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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36/129 Feds designate polar bear habitat in Alaska
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AP - The Obama administration said Thursday it is designating more than 200,000 square miles in Alaska and off its coast as 'critical habitat' for polar bears, an action that could add restrictions to future offshore drilling for oil and gas.
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37/129 Panel says NASA should skip moon, fly elsewhere
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AP - NASA needs to make a major detour on its grand plans to return astronauts to the moon, a special independent panel told the White House Thursday.
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38/129 Poll: US belief in global warming is cooling
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AP - Americans seem to be cooling toward global warming. Just 57 percent think there is solid evidence the world is getting warmer, down 20 points in just three years, a new poll says.
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39/129 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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40/129 US to give threatened polar bears vast 'critical habitat'
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AFP - The United States on Thursday announced plans to designate more than 200,000 square miles in Alaska as critical habitat for polar bears, a key step towards increasing protection for the threatened species.
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41/129 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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42/129 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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43/129 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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44/129 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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45/129 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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46/129 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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47/129 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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48/129 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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49/129 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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50/129 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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51/129 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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52/129 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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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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(AP) - In this undated photo provided by the Larimer County Sheriff's Office, Afton Ferris is seen. Larimer County sheriff's officials and U.S. Marshals went to a mobile home Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2009 and arrested Michael 'Mexican Mike' Anthony Schallert and Ferris, age 19. Sheriff's officials say both are originally from the Cheyenne, Wyo., area. (AP Photo/Larimer County Sheriff’s Office)
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(AP) - In this undated photo provided by the Larimer County Sheriff's Office, Michael Schallert is seen. Larimer County sheriff's officials and U.S. Marshals went to a mobile home Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2009 and arrested Schallert and 19-year-old Afton Danielle Lind Ferris. Sheriff's officials say both are originally from the Cheyenne, Wyo., area. (AP Photo/Larimer County Sheriff’s Office)
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(AFP/File) - A road sign is pictured in front of the Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA's human space flight program is too underfunded to fly, an independent panel of experts has said in their final report to US President Barak Obama.(AFP/File/Karen Bleier)
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(AFP/Getty Images/File) - A Nevada judge has denied a motion to dismiss a lawsuit accusing Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, pictured, of raping a woman at a hotel-casino in Lake Tahoe.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Gregory Shamus)
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(Reuters) - Packages of the new Windows operating system, Windows 7 sit on a desk before being installed in Golden, Colorado October 22, 2009. Microsoft Corp launched Windows 7 October 22, its most important release in more than a decade, aiming to win back customers disappointed by Vista and strengthen its grip on the PC market. REUTERS/Rick Wilking (UNITED STATES BUSINESS SCI TECH)
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(AP) - Gordon Taylor, the assistant special agent in charge for the Drug Enforcement Administration, left, discusses the charges filed against 18 people said to be operating a lucrative marijuana-growing operation, during a news conference in Sacramento, Calif., Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009. All suspects are from the San Francisco Bay area, and nine were arrested early Thursday on drug and real estate fraud charges, the others remain fugitives. Law enforcement agents discovered a marijuana growing operation with an estimated value of nearly $100 million a year, inside 51 converted homes in the Central Valley. Also seen are Scott O'Briant, the agent in charge of the IRS criminal investigations in Northern California and Lawrence G. Brown, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of California.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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(AP) - Lawrence G. Brown, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of California, gestures to a map showing the locations of 51 Central Valley homes that were converted into high-tech marijuana nurseries, during a news conference in Sacramento, Calif., Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009. Brown announced that charges had been filed against 18 people said to be operating a lucrative marijuana-growing operation in the homes that has an estimated value of nearly $100 million a year. Seen at left is Elk Grove Police Captain Bryan Noblett. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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(Canadian Press) - A model walks the runway during the Evan Biddell show, part of Fashion Week in Toronto on Thursday October 22, 2009. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
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(Reuters) - An aerial view shows coral reef along the front of the U.S. Marine base Camp Schwab, off the tiny hamlet of Henoko in Nago on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa, October 13, 2009. REUTERS/Kyodo
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(AP) - Neighbors continue to pay their respects to Somer Renee Thompson by leaving stuffed animals, books, and signing large cards across the street from her home in Orange Park, Fla., Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009. A body found under trash in a landfill is that of 7-year-old Somer Thompson, a north Florida girl who vanished on her walk home from school, authorities said Thursday. (AP Photo/Jake Roth)
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64/129 Neighbors of Somer Renee Thompson continued to add to the shrine ...
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(AP) - Neighbors of Somer Renee Thompson continued to add to the shrine dedicated to her, under an oak tree, across the street from her home in Orange Park, Fla., Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009. A body found under trash in a landfill is that of 7-year-old Somer Thompson, a north Florida girl who vanished on her walk home from school, authorities said Thursday. (AP Photo/Jake Roth)
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(AP) - Family members of Somer Renee Thompson hang a sign in the front yard of her home in Orange Park, Fla., Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009. A body found under trash in a landfill is that of 7-year-old Somer Thompson, a north Florida girl who vanished on her walk home from school, authorities said Thursday. (AP Photo/Jake Roth)
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(AP) - Diena Thompson, center, attends a candle-light vigil for her daughter Somer Thompson, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009, in Orange Park, Fla. Somer was murdered earlier in the week.(AP Photo/Phil Coale)
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(AP) - A Marine Corps carry team loads into a transfer vehicle a transfer case containing the remains of Marine Lance Cpl. David R. Baker Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009 at Dover Air Force Base, Del. According to the Department of Defense, Baker, 22, of Painesville, Ohio died Oct. 20 while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark)
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(AP) - A Marine Corps carry team carries a transfer case containing the remains of Marine Lance Cpl. David R. Baker Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009 at Dover Air Force Base, Del. According to the Department of Defense, Baker, 22, of Painesville, Ohio died Oct. 20 while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark)
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(AP) - A Marine Corps carry team lifts a transfer case containing the remains of Marine Lance Cpl. David R. Baker Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009 at Dover Air Force Base, Del. According to the Department of Defense, Baker, 22, of Painesville, Ohio died Oct. 20 while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark)
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(AP) - A Marine Corps carry team bows their heads near a transfer case containing the remains of Marine Lance Cpl. David R. Baker Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009 at Dover Air Force Base, Del. According to the Department of Defense, Baker, 22, of Painesville, Ohio died Oct. 20 while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark)
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(AP) - In this photo taken on June 22, 2009, the sun sets down at the Point Vicente Park on the Pacific Ocean in Palos Verdes, Calif. The fight to establish marine reserves off the Southern California coast is planned to come to a head Thursday Oct. 22, 2009 as a panel elicited final information before making a recommendation to the California Fish and Game Commission on one of three hotly debated plans for a Marine Protected Area in the Southern California Bight. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
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(Canadian Press) - Minister of National Defence and Minister for the Atlantic Gateway Peter MacKay holds up a copy of retired Chief of Defence Staff Gen. Rick Hillier's book during question period in the House Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ont., on Wednesday Oct. 21, 2009. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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(AP) - COMMERCIAL IMAGE: In this photograph taken by AP Images for UPS, UPS employees volunteer their services to clean canned food and juice at the Mid-South Food Bank on Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009 in Memphis, Tenn., as part of UPS Global Volunteer Month. (Lance Murphey/AP Images for UPS)
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(AP) - In this photo taken on June 22, 2009, the sun sets down on the Pacific Ocean in Palos Verdes, Calif. The fight to establish marine reserves off the Southern California coast is planned to come to a head Thursday Oct. 22, 2009 as a panel elicited final information before making a recommendation to the California Fish and Game Commission on one of three hotly debated plans for a Marine Protected Area in the Southern California Bight. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
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75/129 David Shinn, at podium, deputy chief of the San Francisco police ...
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(AP) - David Shinn, at podium, deputy chief of the San Francisco police department, speaks during a news conference while standing beside a photograph of 'Night Stalker' Richard Ramirez at the Hall of Justice in San Francisco, Thursday Oct. 22, 2009. San Francisco police say the infamous serial killer known as the 'Night Stalker' is a suspect in a 1984 San Francisco homicide of a nine-year old girl. Ramirez, who is now on death row at San Quentin State Prison, was identified by cold case detectives Thursday as a suspect in the killing of Mei Leung. (AP Photo/Russel A. Daniels)
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(AP) - hayneedle.com. (PRNewsFoto/Hayneedle)
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(AP) - This undated image provided by the Department of Justice, shows Gerardo Rodriguez-Lopez. More than 500 officers conducted a two-day raid in 19 states targeting the La Familia drug ring. At least 25 people have been arrested in California and investigators are searching for others. Among those still wanted are 42-year-old Gerardo Rodriguez-Lopez, who authorities believe is a high-ranking cartel member. He faces a federal conspiracy charge in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Department of Justice)
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(Reuters) - A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, October 14, 2009. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
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79/129 Raiders coach won't be charged in alleged assault
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AP - Oakland Raiders coach Tom Cable won't face charges after being investigated over allegations that he assaulted one of his assistants, ending a two-month saga that was a cloud over the team's season.
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80/129 Missed calls prompt umpire switch for World Series
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AP - Stung by a rash of blown calls in the playoffs, Major League Baseball is breaking tradition and sticking with only experienced umpires for the World Series.
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81/129 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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82/129 Thomas says he's 'hurt' over Magic's book comments
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AP - Hall of Fame players Isiah Thomas and Magic Johnson famously kissed moments before tip-off of Game 1 of the 1988 NBA finals.
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83/129 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 financially.
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84/129 Benfica, Shakhtar on song in Europa League, Andreolli saves Roma
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AFP - Everton sank to a first Europa League defeat of the season with a 5-0 loss at Benfica on Thursday, while reigning champions Shakhtar Donetsk thrashed Toulouse and Roma rescued a draw at Fulham.
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85/129 Armstrong to return to revamped Tour of California in 2010
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AFP - Seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong will compete in the 2010 Tour of California, which will boast a new route and new dates to avoid the West Coast's wet winter weather.
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86/129 Bulgarian qualifier ends Zvonareva bid for Doha berth
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AFP - Top seed Vera Zvonareva's bid for the last remaining berth in the season-ending WTA championship in Doha was scuppered on Thursday as she fell in straight sets to Bulgarian qualifier Tsvetana Pironkova at the Kremlin Cup.
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87/129 Aussie O'Hern leads Frys.com Open
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AP - Brandishing a hot putter on a warm afternoon, Australian Nick O'Hern cruised to a career-low 63 and the first-round lead in the Frys.com Open on Thursday.
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88/129 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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89/129 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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90/129 UK far-right leader in controversial TV appearance
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AP - The leader of Britain's far-right party outlined his vision in a controversial television debut that critics fear could help his whites-only party ease into the political mainstream.
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91/129 Far-right leader appears on BBC show amid protests
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AFP - The BBC controversially gave a far-right party leader a first appearance Thursday on its flagship political panel show as angry protesters besieged its headquarters.
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92/129 UK troops in Afghanistan could be cut by 2014: General
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Reuters - British troop numbers in Afghanistan could be scaled back in five years as the Afghan army is strengthened, though some will have to stay behind in a support role, the British army's new chief said on Thursday.
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93/129 Postal workers start two-day strike
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AFP - Postal workers began a two-day national strike Thursday in a bitter row over pay, conditions and modernisation, and called for more action next week.
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94/129 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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95/129 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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96/129 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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97/129 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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98/129 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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99/129 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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100/129 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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101/129 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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102/129 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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103/129 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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104/129 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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105/129 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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106/129 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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107/129 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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108/129 100,000 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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109/129 Lutefisk and loot: Tax records open in Norway
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AP - It's the moment nosy Norwegian neighbors have been waiting for — the release of official records showing the annual income and overall wealth of nearly every taxpayer in the Scandinavian country.
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110/129 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, on Thursday abandoned his bid for a job managing France's wealthiest business district.
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111/129 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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112/129 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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113/129 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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114/129 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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115/129 Uruguay: Ex-guerrilla is presidential front-runner
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AP - Jose 'Pepe' Mujica, Uruguay's most popular politician going into Sunday's presidential election, is no ordinary front-runner.
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116/129 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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117/129 Strong earthquake strikes Afghanistan and Pakistan
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AP - A strong earthquake centered in the towering Hindu Kush mountains shook a wide area of eastern Afghanistan and Pakistan early Friday, swaying buildings in the Afghan and Pakistani capitals.
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118/129 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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119/129 FDA warns: Swine flu scams lurk on the Internet
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AP - Air 'sterilizers.' A photon machine. Supplement pills to boost the immune system. Protective shampoos and face masks. Even fake Tamiflu.
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120/129 CDC: 1 in 5 kids had flu-like illness this month
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AP - About 1 in 5 U.S. children had a flu-like illness earlier this month — and most of those cases likely were swine flu, according to a new government health survey. About 7 percent of surveyed adults said they'd had a flu-like illness, the survey found.
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121/129 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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122/129 CDC concedes vaccine production behind schedule
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AP - A top-ranking official of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says production of a vaccine for swine flu virus is behind schedule and people should take precautionary steps to prevent its spread.
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123/129 Diabetes drug also helps weight loss for obese: study
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AFP - A hormone drug licensed for diabetes also helps obese people lose weight when used in combination with a low-fat diet and physical exercise, according to a trial published online on Friday by The Lancet.
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124/129 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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125/129 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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126/129 U.S. cuts pay at bailed out firms, BofA hits back
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Reuters - The U.S. pay czar on Thursday slashed compensation for top earners at seven bailed-out companies for the final two months of the year, and was immediately slammed by the country's largest bank which claimed the cuts could send talent fleeing.
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127/129 Jobless claims, future gauge of economy rise
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Reuters - A bigger-than-expected rise in U.S. workers filing new claims for jobless aid last week underscored how fragile the labor market remains even as a measure of economic prospects hit a two-year high last month.
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128/129 Amazon soars above Street view, shares skyrocket
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Reuters - Amazon.com Inc on Thursday posted quarterly profit that handily beat Wall Street estimates and said holiday sales could come in far above expectations, sending its shares up 15 percent to their highest level in nearly a decade.
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129/129 Messier, Bronfman told to stand trial in Vivendi case
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Reuters - Former Vivendi boss Jean-Marie Messier and the head of Warner Music Group Edgar Bronfman Jr have been told to stand trial on various charges of financial wrong doing, according to a court document obtained by Reuters.
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