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1/140 Muhammad Ali's daughter to mark 'rumble' in Kinshasa
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AFP - Khaliah Ali, a daughter of the boxer Muhammad Ali, arrived Monday in the Democratic Republic of Congo on a humanitarian visit and to mark her father's 1974 'Rumble in the Jungle' with George Foreman.
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2/140 `Crash' director Paul Haggis quits Scientology
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AP - 'Crash' director Paul Haggis has severed his ties with the Church of Scientology in part because of the organization's stance against gay marriage.
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3/140 ESPN: Woman who had affair with Phillips was fired
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AP - The ESPN production assistant whose affair with baseball analyst Steve Phillips led to his termination has also been fired from the sports network, a spokesman said Monday.
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4/140 Madonna plants tree to launch Malawi girls school
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AP - Madonna marked the start of construction of her school for girls in Malawi on Monday by planting a tree at the planned site of the $15 million school.
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5/140 Polanski's victim says she wants to be left alone
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AP - Roman Polanski's arrest has caused his victim health problems and job worries, and she just wants to be left alone, her attorney wrote in a court filing.
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6/140 Jay-Z talks World Series, Broadway and DJ Hero
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AP - The New York Yankees have been blasting Jay-Z's 'Empire State of Mind' during their playoff run. Now, the team is having the rap king perform the song live to kick off Game 1 of the World Series.
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7/140 Witness details multiple prescriptions for Smith
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AP - A witness has testified that Anna Nicole Smith's psychiatrist was prescribing excessive medication at a time when other doctors were giving the former Playboy model opiates and other drugs.
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8/140 Michael Jackson memorabilia set to thrill fans
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AFP - The personal memorabilia of Michael Jackson is going on show from Wednesday at The O2 in London, where the king of pop was set to perform his comeback concerts before his tragic death.
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9/140 Madonna breaks ground on Malawi girls school
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AFP - American pop queen Madonna broke ground Monday on a girls academy she is building in Malawi, billed as a 'gift' to the country from where she has adopted two children.
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10/140 Michael Jackson's personal items to go on display
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AP - The official exhibition of rare Michael Jackson memorabilia will go on display in London this week.
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11/140 Longoria the village to welcome Longoria the TV star
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AFP - More than 400 years after her ancestors left for the Americas, 'Desperate Housewives' star Eva Longoria can expect a warm welcome when she visits the remote Spanish village that bears her name.
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12/140 King of Pop aims for king of music film status
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AP - The 50 comeback concerts Michael Jackson planned in London last summer sold out in a few hours.
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13/140 Ivanka Trump weds Jared Kushner
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AP - Ivanka Trump has wed the son of another major New York area real estate family.
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14/140 Jackson fans prepare for concert movie farewell
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AFP - Michael Jackson fans will get a tantalizing glimpse of what might have been Tuesday as the movie charting the tragic singer's final concert rehearsals makes its long-awaited premiere.
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15/140 Madonna returns to Malawi to launch girls school
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AP - Madonna arrived in Malawi Sunday to visit the girls school she is building in the impoverished country where she adopted two children, an official for the star's charity said.
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16/140 Rapper Kanye West cleared in airport scuffle
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Reuters - A judge on Friday cleared rapper Kanye West of criminal charges following a scuffle with paparazzi at Los Angeles International Airport last year, pending his completion of community service, a spokesman for the Los Angeles City Attorney said.
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17/140 Music Review: 'Once' pair returns as Swell Season
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AP - The Swell Season, 'Strict Joy' (Anti-)
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18/140 Michael Jackson items to go on display in London
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AP - Rare Michael Jackson memorabilia will go on display in London later this week.
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19/140 At 37, Paul Simon's son makes his musical mark
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Reuters - Having suffered more than 15 years of false starts, failures and musical disappointments, singer-songwriter Harper Simon admits he has hardly charted the ideal path to pop stardom like his father, Paul Simon.
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20/140 B'way takes a new look at 'Brighton Beach Memoirs'
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AP - Eugene Morris Jerome is quite the quipster.
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21/140 Review: `House of the Devil' puts horror in limbo
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AP - Low-rental 1980s horror returns with filmmaker Ti West's 'The House of the Devil,' which scores points for restraint and attention to detail but defaults when the mortgage comes due with a bloody, pointless, uninspired climax.
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22/140 Netflix movie streaming coming to PlayStation 3
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AP - PlayStation 3 owners will soon be able to stream movies and TV shows from Netflix to their TVs using the gaming console, just as Xbox 360 owners have been able to do for a year.
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23/140 Association marks 20 years of greening Hollywood
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AP - With local, organic food, minimal electricity use and on-site composting, the Environmental Media Association's 20th anniversary party might be the green standard for future Hollywood awards shows.
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24/140 Canadian film directors honor 'Passchendaele'
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Reuters - 'Passchendaele' continued its winning ways Saturday night at the eighth annual Directors Guild of Canada Awards, where it picked up the best feature film team trophy.
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25/140 Character actor Lou Jacobi dies in NYC at 95
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AP - Actor Lou Jacobi, who was known for comic roles and won praise in dramatic ones over a long career in the theater and movies, has died. He was 95.
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26/140 'Paranormal Activity' slays 'Saw' with $22 million
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AP - 'Paranormal Activity' has won a weekend battle of fright films over part six of the 'Saw' franchise.
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27/140 'Paranormal Activity' scares up box-office gold
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AFP - Fueled by rave word-of-mouth reviews and clever marketing, mini-budget horror film 'Paranormal Activity' has taken the box office by storm to become the year's most unlikely number one hit.
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28/140 US files Polanski extradition request in sex case
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AP - The United States has asked Switzerland to hand over Roman Polanski to authorities in California, where he could serve up to two years in prison for having sex in 1977 with a 13-year-old girl, Swiss and U.S. authorities said Friday.
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29/140 Gasol to guest star on 'CSI: Miami'
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AFP - Spanish national basketball team player and LA Lakers star Pau Gasol says he recently completed filming a guest appearance on the hit US crime drama 'CSI: Miami' in an interview published Sunday.
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30/140 Harrison Ford goes environmental
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Harrison Ford, Calista Flockhart and Sir Richard Branson were among the celebrities proving their green credentials at this year's Environmental Media Awards. (Oct. 26)
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31/140 Ricky Gervais to Host Golden Globes
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The British comic is the first Globes' emcee since 1995
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32/140 Elisabeth Moss and Fred Armisen Get Married!
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The actress and her SNL comedian beau walked down the aisle this weekend
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33/140 Ricky Gervais to Host Golden Globes
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For the first time since 1995 the Golden Globes ceremony will have a master of ceremonies: funnyman Ricky Gervais. 'I have resisted many other offers like this, but there are just some things you don't turn down,' Gervais told TheWrap.com. Check out our top 2009 Golden Globes moments 'Not only is this the biggest Hollywood celebration of the industry which includes both film and TV, but also an environment where I feel I can get free rein as a host,' he added ...
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34/140 Rep: Jennifer Aniston 'Absolutely' Not Hosting Talk Show
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A report claimed the actress signed on to do a weekly series for Oprah Winfrey's new cable channel
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35/140 Melissa Joan Hart's 'Dancing' Blog (10/26/09): '7 Down, 8 To Go'
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By Melissa Joan HartHOLLYWOOD, Calif. --
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36/140 Ricky Gervais Lands Gig As Golden Globes Host
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LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- British funnyman Ricky Gervais will host the 67th Annual Golden Globes on NBC on January 17, 2010, Access Hollywood has learned.'Not only is this the biggest Hollywood celebration of the industry which includes both film and TV, but also an environment where I feel I can get free reign as a host,' the star and co-creator of 'The Office' said in a statement. 'I have resisted many other offers like this, but there are just some things you don't turn down.'
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37/140 Jon Gosselin says he returned $180K in joint funds
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AP - Reality TV dad Jon Gosselin says he's returned $180,000 to a joint account he shares with his estranged wife Kate as the couple continues their bitter divorce battle.
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38/140 'Promises, Promises' set for Broadway next spring
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AP - Forget 'Mad Men.'
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39/140 Crowded theaters build momentum for 3-D at home
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AP - Fans scrambled to see 3-D movies such as 'Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs' in theaters this year and new 3-D televisions could soon have home viewers feeling as if they're surrounded by a spaghetti hurricane on their couches.
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40/140 Oscar de la Renta Given 'Super Star' Award
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Fashion Wire Daily - In case you were wondering, before Oscar de la Renta turned to fashion, he was the proprietor of a hot Parisian nightclub, Le Sexy J'adore.
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41/140 Biography tracks the rise and fame of David Bowie
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AP - 'Bowie: A Biography' (Crown, 448 pages, $26.99) by Marc Spitz: David Bowie knows what he's singing about when he performs 'Changes.' After making a big splash in the early 1970s as Ziggy Stardust, he went on to become the Thin White Duke, an artsy Berlin angst rocker, the 'straight' Bowie of 'Let's Dance' and more recently the distinguished rock elder who goes to fashion events with his model wife, Iman.
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42/140 Netflix movie streaming coming to PlayStation 3
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AP - PlayStation 3 owners will soon be able to stream movies and TV shows from Netflix to their TVs using the gaming console, just as Xbox 360 owners have been able to do for a year.
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43/140 Verizon profit falls 30 pct on restructuring costs
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AP - Verizon Communications Inc. reported a 30 percent drop in third-quarter earnings Monday as it couldn't sign up enough new subscribers to offset higher costs from laying off workers and absorbing an acquisition.
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44/140 Internet set for change with non-English addresses
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AP - The Internet is set to undergo one of the biggest changes in its four-decade history with the expected approval this week of international domain names — or addresses — that can be written in languages other than English, an official said Monday.
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45/140 Crowded theaters build momentum for 3-D at home
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AP - Fans scrambled to see 3-D movies such as 'Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs' in theaters this year and new 3-D televisions could soon have home viewers feeling as if they're surrounded by a spaghetti hurricane on their couches.
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46/140 White House opens Web site programming to public
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AP - A programming overhaul of the White House's Web site has set the tech world abuzz. For low-techies, it's a snooze — you won't notice a thing.
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47/140 DJ Z-Trip lends scratches to 'DJ Hero' video game
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AP - While working on 'DJ Hero,' DJ Z-Trip nearly broke the upcoming rhythm video game.
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48/140 Swiss foreign ministry hit by computer attack
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AFP - Unidentified hackers have penetrated the Swiss foreign ministry's computer system to seize data, forcing parts of it to be shut down for several days, the ministry revealed Monday.
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49/140 AP IMPACT: Statisticians reject global cooling
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AP - Have you heard that the world is now cooling instead of warming? You may have seen some news reports on the Internet or heard about it from a provocative new book. Only one problem: It's not true, according to an analysis of the numbers done by several independent statisticians for The Associated Press.
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50/140 Disgraced cloning expert convicted in South Korea
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AP - A South Korean stem cell scientist once hailed as a hero for bringing hope to people with incurable diseases and creating the world's first cloned dog was convicted Monday on criminal charges related to faked research, but avoided jail.
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51/140 Jordan, BP sign gas exploration deal
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AFP - Energy giant BP signed a deal on Sunday with Jordan to explore for natural gas reserves in the Risheh field near the border with Iraq in an investment that could reach billions of dollars.
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52/140 S.Korea court convicts disgraced stem cell scientist
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AFP - A South Korean court Monday imposed a suspended prison term on a disgraced scientist whose claims of stem-cell breakthroughs rocked the scientific world until his research was found to be faked.
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53/140 From ecological Soviet-era ruin, a sea is reborn
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AP - Standing on the shore under the relentless Central Asian sun, Badarkhan Prikeyev drew on a cigarette and squinted into the distance as one fishing boat after another returned with the day's catch.
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54/140 Oil spill 'massive' risk to Australian animals
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AFP - A massive oil and gas leak off Australia's northwest coast was killing seabirds and threatening thousands of marine animals, conservationists warned Friday.
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55/140 South Korea stem cell scientist guilty of fraud
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Reuters - A South Korean court Monday found disgraced stem cell scientist Hwang Woo-suk guilty of fraud and handed down a suspended sentence in a case that sent shockwaves throughout the global scientific community.
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56/140 Obama: 'Cynical claims' attacking energy bill
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AP - President Barack Obama said Friday that opponents of his energy bill are disputing the evidence of global warming in a cynical ploy to undermine efforts to curb pollution and steer the nation to greener energy sources.
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57/140 Typhoon Lupit nears southern Japan
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AFP - Typhoon Lupit approached Japan's southern islands Monday and was forecast to churn along the country's east coast, brushing Tokyo the next day, the weather agency said.
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58/140 Animal slaughter for the World Cup?
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Reuters - South African traditional leaders plan to perform ritual animal slaughters to bless stadiums for the 2010 World Cup tournament ahead of the start of the showcase event next June, they said on Friday.
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59/140 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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60/140 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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61/140 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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62/140 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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63/140 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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64/140 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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65/140 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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66/140 President Barack Obama addresses service men and women at the ...
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(AP) - President Barack Obama addresses service men and women at the Naval Air Station in Jacksonville, Fla., Monday, Oct. 26, 2009. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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(AP) - President Barack Obama greets service men and women after speaking at the Naval Air Station in Jacksonville, Fla., Monday, Oct. 26, 2009. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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(AP) - Detroit Public Schools Emergency Financial Manager Robert Bobb gestures while checking on students who may not be in school full-time on the east side of Detroit, Monday, Oct. 26, 2009. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
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69/140 U.S. President Barack Obama speaks to servicemen and women at ...
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(Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama speaks to servicemen and women at Naval Air Station Jacksonville in Jacksonville, Florida October 26, 2009. REUTERS/Jim Young (UNITED STATES POLITICS MILITARY)
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70/140 Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid speaks about health insurance ...
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(Reuters) - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid speaks about health insurance reform on Capitol Hill in Washington October 26, 2009. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
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71/140 A woman hands out "Loan Modification Scam Alert" campaign ...
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(Reuters) - A woman hands out "Loan Modification Scam Alert" campaign leaflets at the launch of a national public education campaign, designed to help homeowners protect themselves against home loan modification scams, outside City Hall in Los Angeles, October 26, 2009. One American industry is booming amid the slump and job losses: mortgage rescue scams that prey on homeowners in financial straits. To match feature USA-HOUSING/SCAMS REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson (UNITED STATES BUSINESS)
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72/140 FILE - In this Aug 26, 2009 file photo, new Escape SUVs roll ...
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(AP) - FILE - In this Aug 26, 2009 file photo, new Escape SUVs roll off the line at Ford's Kansas City Assembly Plant in Claycomo, Mo. Ninety-two percent of workers at the Kansas City Assembly Plant voted against changes to their contract Sunday, Oct. 25, 2009. The plant employs nearly 4,000 workers.(AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, file)
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73/140 UPDATES chatter; graphic shows daily public debt from 1997 to ...
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(AP) - UPDATES chatter; graphic shows daily public debt from 1997 to
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74/140 Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (L) welcomes International ...
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(Reuters) - Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (L) welcomes International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Mohamed ElBaradei during an official meeting in Tehran October 4, 2009. REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi
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75/140 Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., arrives at a news conference ...
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(AP) - Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., arrives at a news conference to speak on health care reform, Monday, Oct. 26, 2009, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)
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76/140 Vice president Joe Biden speaks about the administration's economic ...
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(AP) - Vice president Joe Biden speaks about the administration's economic recovery plan, Monday, Oct. 26, 2009, at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)
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77/140 Vice president Joe Biden speaks about the administration's economic ...
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(AP) - Vice president Joe Biden speaks about the administration's economic stimulus plan, Monday, Oct. 26, 2009, at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)
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78/140 Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. speaks about health ...
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(AP) - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. speaks about health care reform during a news conference, Monday, Oct. 26, 2009, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)
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81/140 Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. gestures while speaking ...
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(AP) - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. gestures while speaking on health care reform during a news conference, Monday, Oct. 26, 2009, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)
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82/140 President Barack Obama listens to introductions before speaking ...
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(AP) - President Barack Obama listens to introductions before speaking to service men and women at the Naval Air Station in Jacksonville, Fla., Monday, Oct. 26, 2009. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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83/140 President Barack Obama talks to service men and women at the ...
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(AP) - President Barack Obama talks to service men and women at the Naval Air Station in Jacksonville, Fla., Monday, Oct. 26, 2009. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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(Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama arrives to speak to servicemen and women at Naval Air Station Jacksonville, in Jacksonville, Florida October 26, 2009. REUTERS/Jim Young (UNITED STATES POLITICS MILITARY IMAGES OF THE DAY)
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85/140 President Barack Obama salutes as he walks through an honor ...
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(AP) - President Barack Obama salutes as he walks through an honor cordon prior to talking to service men and women, Monday, Oct. 26, 2009, at the Naval Air Station in Jacksonville, Fla. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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86/140 A for sale sign sits outside of a house in Miami Beach October ...
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(Reuters) - A for sale sign sits outside of a house in Miami Beach October 22, 2009. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
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87/140 President Barack Obama stands onstage prior to talking to service ...
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(AP) - President Barack Obama stands onstage prior to talking to service men and women, Monday, Oct. 26, 2009, at the Naval Air Station in Jacksonville, Fla. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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88/140 President Barack Obama arrives onstage to talk to service men ...
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(AP) - President Barack Obama arrives onstage to talk to service men and women, Monday, Oct. 26, 2009, at the Naval Air Station in Jacksonville, Fla. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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89/140 A pedestrian passes a sign advertising a seminar about retirement ...
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(Reuters) - A pedestrian passes a sign advertising a seminar about retirement at the Boston Public Library in Boston, Massachusetts October 26, 2009. REUTERS/Brian Snyder (UNITED STATES BUSINESS)
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90/140 President Barack Obama arrives onstage prior to talking to service ...
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(AP) - President Barack Obama arrives onstage prior to talking to service men and women, Monday, Oct. 26, 2009, at the Naval Air Station in Jacksonville, Fla. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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91/140 McGwire joins Cards as La Russa's hitting coach
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AP - Mark McGwire is back in baseball, reunited with Tony La Russa as the St. Louis Cardinals' hitting coach. La Russa agreed to return for a 15th year as manager Monday with a one-year contract, the first time he hasn't had a multiyear deal with the team. All of his coaches will return except for Hal McRae, who will be replaced by the former star.
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92/140 Yankees beat Angels in 6 to advance to World Series
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AP - The New York Yankees, baseball's biggest spenders, finally cashed in with their first pennant in six years Sunday night, beating the Los Angeles Angels 5-2 in Game 6 of the AL championship series behind the savvy pitching of that old October pro, Andy Pettitte.
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93/140 Scioscia calls postseason schedule `ridiculous'
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AP - Angels manager Mike Scioscia called baseball's postseason format 'ridiculous' because of the extra off days added a couple of years ago to suit the sport's television partners.
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94/140 Milan confirm Beckham January arrival
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AFP - AC Milan vice-president Adriano Galliani on Monday confirmed that former England captain David Beckham would again join the club in the January transfer window.
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95/140 Contador eyes Spanish team in 2010
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AFP - Tour de France champion Alberto Contador would like to race with a Spanish team next year but refused to rule out staying with Astana until his contract with the Kazakh-funded outfit runs out in 2010.
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96/140 Canucks' Luongo has 27 saves in 2-0 win vs. Oilers
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AP - Roberto Luongo made 27 saves for his first shutout of the season to lead the Vancouver Canucks to a 2-0 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Sunday night.
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97/140 Aussie Luczak bounced out in Vienna opening round
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AFP - Australian Peter Luczak's European slump continued on Monday as the number 83 journeyman fell to his second first-round loss in a row with an exit at the Austria Tennis Trophy.
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98/140 Troy Matteson wins Frys.com Open in playoff
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AP - Tied for 106th after the first round in the Frys.com Open, Troy Matteson thought it might be a short tournament.
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99/140 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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100/140 Hamlin dominates at end to win at Martinsville
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AP - Denny Hamlin is learning to relish making the best of things after the end of his championship bid, and trying to set himself up to be somebody next year.
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101/140 London fights back in Blair Brussels bid
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AFP - London's drive to put ex-premier Tony Blair behind the wheel of a supercharged European Union with the clout to compete against the United States and China hit top gear on Monday.
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102/140 Opposition urges bank bonus reforms
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AFP - Conservatives, tipped to win a general election next year, called on Monday for banks to divert cash from their bosses' bonus packages to loans for hard-up families and businesses.
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103/140 Soldier dies from Afghanistan wounds
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AFP - A soldier died in a hospital six weeks after being wounded in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence in London announced on Monday.
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104/140 Police officer jailed over 'joyride' crash
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AFP - A police officer who killed a woman on a 'hair-raising joyride' in a patrol car while running errands like taking a birthday card to his sister was jailed for six and a half years on Monday.
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105/140 Barclays snaps up Standard Life Bank division
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AFP - British bank Barclays on Monday bought the home loans and savings arm of insurer Standard Life, pursuing its expansion strategy after the part-purchase of failed US titan Lehman Brothers last year.
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106/140 Barclays bank to buy Standard Life assets
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AFP - British bank Barclays announced on Monday that it will buy the home loans and savings division of insurer Standard Life for 226 million pounds (246 million euros, 369 million dollars).
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107/140 BA 'may lose take-off, landing slots' over tie-up
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AFP - The European Commission told British Airways, American Airlines and Iberia that they may have to give up take-off and landing slots to press ahead with a transatlantic tie-up, the FT reported on Monday.
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108/140 Kadhafi says sorry for policewoman's murder
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AFP - Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi on Monday apologised for the first time for the killing of a British policewoman who was shot from the Libyan embassy in London in 1984.
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109/140 Police 'had eight other Lockerbie suspects'
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AFP - Police investigating the Lockerbie bombing wanted to investigate eight other potential suspects, a former head of the probe told The Scotsman on Monday.
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110/140 Police compiling database of 'domestic extremists'
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AFP - Police are compiling a database of 'domestic extremists' who participate in demonstrations and marches, the Guardian reported on Monday.
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111/140 Turkish PM says West treating Iran unfairly
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AFP - Turkey's prime minister accused Western powers of treating Iran unfairly over its nuclear programme, in an interview Monday in which he referred to the Iranian president as a 'friend'.
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112/140 British FM wants beefed-up EU on world stage
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AFP - The European Union needs to step up and show it can become a serious player alongside the United States, China and Russia, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said Monday.
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113/140 Libya's Gaddafi 'sorry' for UK policewoman's death
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Reuters - Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi said 'we are sorry' for the 1984 killing of a British policewoman outside the Libyan embassy in London which led Britain to suspend ties between the two countries for years.
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114/140 Gurkha soldiers return after Afghanistan tour
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AFP - Nepalese soldiers from The Royal Gurkha Rifles returned Sunday to their base in Britain and the arms of their families after a gruelling tour of duty in Afghanistan.
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115/140 Vatican: Talks with traditionalists will continue
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AP - Pope Benedict XVI's efforts to unify the Catholic Church and reach out to Christian traditionalists took a new step Monday with the start of talks between the Vatican and a group of breakaway Catholics that includes a Holocaust denier.
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116/140 German tax cut gamble meets wall of scepticism
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AFP - Doubts grew on Monday over the viability of the new German government's choice to rely mostly on tax cuts to boost the ailing economy, a gamble that will send its immense national debt soaring even higher.
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117/140 French town sues Deutsche Bank over loan
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AFP - A town in southern France is planning to take German giant Deutsche Bank to court over a 'toxic loan' in what could be the first of many such cases, the local mayor said on Monday.
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118/140 Karadzic boycotts opening of his war crimes trial
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AP - His chair was empty, his headphones lay idle on the desk. In Courtroom One at the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal, outraged survivors of Bosnia's bloody war gasped in disbelief Monday as judges adjourned the opening day of Radovan Karadzic's trial after just 15 minutes.
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119/140 Man tells German court of Egyptian wife's killing
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AP - The husband of a pregnant Egyptian woman knifed to death in a German courtroom testified Monday that the alleged attacker continued stabbing his wife even after she was on the ground.
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120/140 Retired AP reporter Neuerbourg dies at 88
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AP - Hanns Neuerbourg, a roving Associated Press correspondent in eastern Europe who also covered the 1967 Arab-Israeli war and interviewed Elvis Presley, has died in Switzerland. He was 88.
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121/140 Latvian experts say meteorite crater was hoax
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AP - Scientists investigating a large crater initially believed to have been caused by a meteorite said a closer analysis Monday revealed it was a hoax.
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122/140 14 Americans killed in 2 Afghan helicopter crashes
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AP - Helicopter crashes killed 14 Americans on Monday, including three DEA agents after a firefight with suspected Taliban drug traffickers. It was the deadliest day for the U.S. in Afghanistan in more than four years.
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123/140 Iran hints it could ship some uranium abroad
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AP - Iran hinted Monday it could agree to ship some low-enriched uranium abroad for processing as reactor fuel as the world awaited its reply on a U.N.-drafted nuclear plan aimed at easing tensions with the West.
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124/140 11 Iranians arrested in Pakistan as tensions rise
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AP - Pakistan arrested 11 Iranians Monday near the countries' border amid tensions over a deadly suicide attack in Iran that Tehran alleges has links to Pakistani intelligence officials.
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125/140 Iraqis angry at security lapse, bombs kill 155
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AP - Iraqis vented anger Monday at a major security lapse that allowed two suicide truck bombers to penetrate what was supposed to be one of Baghdad's safest areas, killing 155 people including 24 children on a bus leaving a daycare center next to one of the government ministries targeted.
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126/140 Rabbinical ruling causes havoc on elevators
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AP - The Jewish day of rest has become a bit more labor-intensive for Yosef Ball.
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127/140 Nephew of Honduran interim president shot dead
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AP - The nephew of interim Honduran President Roberto Micheletti has been shot to death execution-style, police said Monday.
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128/140 Zimbabwe leaders 'poles apart' as unity talks stall
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AFP - President Robert Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai are 'poles apart' on key unity government issues, a minister said Monday after Zimbabwe's feuding leaders failed to break a 10-day deadlock.
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129/140 Obama mourns US dead in Afghan helicopter crashes
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AFP - President Barack Obama on Monday mourned 14 Americans killed in helicopter crashes in Afghanistan, saying they died to keep Al-Qaeda out of the war-torn country.
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130/140 Four tried over Australian army suicide plot
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AFP - A man accused of plotting to kill Australian soldiers in an armed assault on a Sydney barracks expressed delight at devastating bushfires which killed 173 people here, a court heard Monday.
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131/140 HHS' Sebelius: Ample flu vaccine will be available
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AP - Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Monday the swine flu vaccine 'is coming out the door as fast as it comes off the production line.'
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132/140 GAO: FDA fails to follow up on unproven drugs
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AP - The Food and Drug Administration has allowed drugs for cancer and other diseases to stay on the market even when follow-up studies showed they didn't extend patients' lives, say congressional investigators.
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133/140 Reid says Health care bill to have public option
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AP - Majority Leader Harry Reid says health care legislation headed to the Senate floor will include an option for government-run insurance. Reid says states will have the prerogative of opting out of the program if they choose.
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134/140 'Bioidenticals' not FDA-approved, contain estrogen
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AP - EDITOR'S NOTE: Ten years and $2.5 billion in research have found no cures from alternative medicine. Yet these mostly unproven treatments are now mainstream and used by more than a third of all Americans. This is one in an occasional series examining their use and potential risks.
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135/140 African states urged to curb child AIDS infections
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AFP - African leaders were urged Thursday to increase efforts to end HIV infections among children and women, in the world's worst affected continent.
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136/140 Wall St falls on financial, commodity shares
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Reuters - U.S. stocks fell on Monday as financial shares tumbled over concern that a federal tax credit for home buyers would expire and as commodity-related shares lost ground on falling oil prices.
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137/140 Economic reports point to bumpy recovery
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Reuters - Regional economic reports on Monday suggested the U.S. economy has clambered back to levels associated with the end of recession, but recovery will be patchy and may prove fleeting.
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138/140 Verizon mobile growth beats but FiOS TV disappoints
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Reuters - Verizon Communications Inc's third-quarter profit fell a less-than-expected 9 percent as wireless subscriber gains offset slower-than-anticipated growth in its FiOS television service.
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139/140 RadioShack revenue tops Street view; shares soar
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Reuters - Electronics chain RadioShack Corp posted quarterly revenue that topped Wall Street expectations, helped by its push in mobile phones and calling plans, sending its shares up 16 percent to a year high.
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140/140 Retail gas prices nearing summer highs
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AP - Retail gas prices are spiking to levels last seen in the heat of summer driving season, raising fears that consumers could cut back on holiday spending.
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