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1/137 'Michael Jackson's This Is It' to open worldwide
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AP - When Michael Jackson died in June, he was just days away from launching a 50-show run of comeback concerts in London.
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2/137 Bahamas lawmaker apologizes for Travolta mistrial
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AP - A Bahamas lawmaker apologized publicly Tuesday for remarks that caused a mistrial in the John Travolta extortion case, but he did not reveal who told him that a defendant had been acquitted before a verdict was announced.
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3/137 Jackson film 'This Is It' set for global premiere
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AFP - Michael Jackson returns to center stage here Tuesday as a long-awaited documentary charting the tragic pop icon's rehearsals for his doomed comeback hits cinema screens for the first time.
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4/137 Microsoft exits as sponsor of 'Family Guy' special
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AP - Fans of 'Family Guy' are chortling about Microsoft's belated discovery that a 'Family Guy' special might not jibe with the software giant's corporate image.
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5/137 Expert: Smith doctor excessively prescribed drugs
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AP - A pain management expert says Anna Nicole Smith's doctor prescribed multiple opiates to her, including an addictive drug he called 'hospital heroin.'
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6/137 Company: Campbell's cut of perfume deal stinks
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AP - A cosmetics-marketing company claims in a New York lawsuit that Naomi Campbell didn't hand over its cut of the proceeds from a fragrance-licensing agreement.
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7/137 Putin to be cast in bronze for Schwarzenegger
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AFP - A bust of Russia's muscle-flexing strongman Vladimir Putin is being created as a gift for ex-Hollywood bodybuilder and California's current governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, its sculptor said Tuesday.
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8/137 'I would not make it big today': Cindy Crawford
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AFP - US former supermodel Cindy Crawford says she would have little chance of making it big in the fashion business today with her curvy figure, a German celebrity magazine reported on Tuesday.
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9/137 New movie takes aim at celebrity journalism
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AP - What do Amy Winehouse's flaming beehive and Guy Ritchie's self-inflicted black eye have in common?
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10/137 'Da Vinci Code' publisher changes jobs
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AP - Dan Brown's former publisher has a new job.
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11/137 George Clooney-produced cop show gets go-ahead
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Reuters - A drama pilot executive produced by George Clooney has TNT singing the 'Delta Blues.'
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12/137 Gallstones force Eric Clapton to nix NYC concert
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AP - Eric Clapton has pulled out of this week's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame concert in New York after undergoing gallstone surgery.
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13/137 Berlusconi has scarlet fever, to miss summit: minister
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AFP - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has contracted scarlet fever and will not be able to attend this week's European Union summit in Brussels, Italy's foreign minister said Tuesday.
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14/137 Joke's on Bill Cosby as Seinfeld, Rock pay tribute
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AP - Someone had to hold Bill Cosby back to keep him from crawling over a balcony and joining fellow comedians on stage as the stars lined up to pay tribute to his life's work.
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15/137 Bruce Springsteen cancels show after cousin dies
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Reuters - Bruce Springsteen canceled a performance in Kansas City on Monday after the death of his cousin who was the assistant road manager of the E Street Band.
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16/137 The top 10 singles and albums on iTunes
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AP - iTunes' top 10 selling singles and albums of the week ending Oct. 19, 2009:
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17/137 Springsteen cancels show after roadie's death
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AP - Bruce Springsteen canceled a performance in Kansas City after his cousin and road crew member died.
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18/137 Elizabeth Taylor calls Jackson film `brilliant'
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AP - Elizabeth Taylor says the new Michael Jackson documentary is 'the single most brilliant piece of filmmaking' she has ever seen.
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19/137 Chris Brown to release new CD on Dec. 15
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AP - Chris Brown has announced the release of his first CD since his February altercation with then-girlfriend Rihanna.
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20/137 Music Review: Rod Stewart bares soul on 'Soulbook'
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AP - Rod Stewart, 'Soulbook' (J Records)
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21/137 Review: `Gentlemen Broncos' a saddle-sore mess
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AP - 'Gentlemen Broncos' is a comedy so weird, so off, so simply wrong that even freakish hero Napoleon Dynamite would have a hard time lending it his catch word, 'Sweet.'
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22/137 Jackson docu 'This Is It' gets jump on weekend
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Reuters - The Gloved One looks likely to have a posthumous hit at the box office this weekend.
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23/137 Swank, Sidibe win as Hollywood award season begins
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AP - And they're off.
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24/137 Indie thriller 'Crave' entices Perlman
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Reuters - Ron Perlman, Josh Lawson and Emma Lung have been cast in the lead roles of the indie thriller 'Crave,' the directing debut of Charles de Lauzirika.
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25/137 Val Kilmer to play journalist in Georgia war film
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AFP - US actor Val Kilmer has arrived in Georgia to portray a journalist covering last year's Georgia-Russia war in a Hollywood film about the conflict, the movie's co-producer said on Tuesday.
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26/137 Banderas, Brolin welcome Woody Allen's 'Stranger'
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Reuters - Antonio Banderas, Josh Brolin, Anthony Hopkins and Naomi Watts will star in Woody Allen's new film, 'You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger,' its Spanish producer said Monday.
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27/137 Thai action star hopes for Hollywood debut
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AP - Thai action star Tony Jaa says his Hollywood debut is a 'matter of time' after his latest movie, 'Ong Bak 2,' was released in the United States last week.
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28/137 Hulk Hogan: Divorce & Son's Car Accident Almost Killed Me
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NEW YORK, New York -- Hulk Hogan says he was close to taking his own life following his divorce with ex-wife Linda Hogan and his son's 2007 auto accident that left a family friend with severe brain injuries.
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29/137 ShowBiz Minute: Springsteen, Cosby, Taylor
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Bruce Springsteen cancels show after roadie's death; Bill Cosby receives Mark Twain humor prize in Washington; Elizabeth Taylor calls Jackson film 'brilliant.' (Oct. 27)
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30/137 New Brangelina Book Reports 'Irreparable Tensions' in Their Relationship
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Tell-all also suggests 'the real reason' behind Brad and Jen's breakup
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31/137 New Moon Soundtrack Selling Well on iTunes
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Fans looking forward to the Nov. 20 premiere of the Twilight sequel already are snapping up the soundtrack. The Twilight Saga: New Moon — Original Motion Picture Soundtrack was released Oct.16, debuting at No. 1 on iTunes. The first Twilight soundtrack sold more than 3.5 million copies, a figure that made New Moon one of the year's most highly anticipated soundtracks. The album features new tracks from The Killers, Death Cab For Cutie and Muse, a group that contributed to the initial Twilight soundtrack too.The album's lead-off single, 'Meet Me On The Equinox' by Death Cab For Cutie, has been making its way up the Billboard rock chart. Want to check out the songs on iTunes after the jump.
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32/137 Taylor Swift and Taylor Lautner Heating Up!
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The teen stars, who went on a hockey date this weekend, 'have gotten closer,' a source tells Us
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33/137 Courteney Cox Talks Bringing Her 'Friends' To 'Cougar Town'
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LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Lisa Kudrow is heading to 'Cougar Town,' Access Hollywood has confirmed.Courteney Cox told TV Guide that her former TV 'Friend' has been asked to appear on the show during November sweeps, and on Monday night, a rep for ABC confirmed to Access the deal has been finalized.
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34/137 'Survivor' champ says he's victim of 'witch hunt'
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AP - 'Survivor' winner Richard Hatch says he's the victim of a 'witch hunt' by federal prosecutors.
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35/137 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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36/137 Palin makes at least $1.25 million in book deal
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AP - Former GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin reported Tuesday that she has received at least $1.25 million for her hugely anticipated upcoming book 'Going Rogue.'
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37/137 Metallica debuts finger-tapping app in iPhone
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AP - Headbangers will have a reason to steady their gaze a bit starting Tuesday, when rock band Metallica makes its way onto iPhones with a finger-tapping music app called 'Tap Tap Revenge: Metallica.'
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38/137 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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39/137 IAC reports 3Q profit but ad revenue still slips
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AP - IAC/InterActiveCorp, which runs Match.com, Ask.com and other Web sites, said Tuesday that asset sales helped it profit in the third quarter while advertising revenue continued to slump.
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40/137 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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41/137 Gizmodo duped by virus ad, apologizes
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AFP - Popular US gadget blog Gizmodo apologized to its readers on Tuesday after being duped by malware masquerading as an advertisement.
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42/137 Google marches deeper into telecom turf
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AFP - Google on Tuesday made it more tempting for people to try its nascent Voice service that lets users merge home, office and mobile phones into a single number.
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43/137 UN to text message food vouchers to Iraqi refugees
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AFP - Iraqi refugees in Syria will receive UN food vouchers through text messages on mobile phones, the World Food Programme said Tuesday.
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44/137 Bad weather delays NASA new rocket test flight
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AP - NASA tried for hours Tuesday to launch its newest rocket for a shakedown flight, but clouds and high wind kept it stuck on the pad.
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45/137 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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46/137 Obama team: US needs bill to lead in clean energy
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AP - The Obama administration warned Tuesday that the U.S. could slip further behind China and other countries in clean energy development if Congress fails to pass climate legislation, even as the bill's chief author acknowledged that reducing heat-trapping pollution will increase energy costs.
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47/137 FTSE 100 advances on resurgent oil stocks
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AFP - The leading stock exchange continued to make progress on Tuesday, fuelled by resurgent oil stocks -- after BP reported a narrower-than-forecast decline in profits -- which offset losses in the banking sector.
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48/137 Launch of new NASA rocket delayed
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AFP - NASA has delayed until Wednesday attempts to test a prototype rocket designed to return astronauts to the Moon, and perhaps one day send them to Mars.
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49/137 Another Titanic expedition possible in 2010
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AP - The company that has exclusive rights to salvage the Titanic wants to make another expedition to the world's most famous shipwreck in 2010.
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50/137 Bats reintroduced into Vermont caves hit by fungus
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AP - Wildlife biologists studying a mysterious fungus killing off hundreds of thousands of bats around America want to find out if they can repopulate caves decimated by the disease.
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51/137 The nation's weather
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AP - Two strong systems were forecast to continue bringing unsettled weather to the U.S. on Tuesday.
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52/137 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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53/137 Profits slump at Russian-British oil major TNK-BP
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AFP - Russian-British oil major TNK-BP on Tuesday announced a sharp drop in its net profits for the first nine months of the year due to a fall in crude prices.
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54/137 Misery for 1.5 mln a month after Philippine storms
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AFP - More than 1.5 million people are struggling to live in flooded suburbs or crowded shelters one month after devastating rains began pounding the Philippines, and officials warn no quick fix is in sight.
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55/137 Crackdown on smugglers of used clothing
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Reuters - Police have broken up a network of workshops and warehouses used to illegally smuggle 140 tons of used, foreign clothing through southern China, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Sunday.
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56/137 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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57/137 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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58/137 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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59/137 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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60/137 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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61/137 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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(AP) - Graphic shows annual landings of Eastern oysters in the Gulf states in
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(AP) - Avnet and Brodeur executives with 10-year commemorative plaque. From Left to Right: Al Maag, Avnet Chief Communications Officer; John Brodeur, founder Brodeur Partners; Roy Vallee, Avnet Chairman and CEO; Andrea Coville, CEO Brodeur Partners.
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64/137 Samsung's 933HD+ and 2333HD offer Samsung’s quality performance ...
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(AP) - Samsung's 933HD+ and 2333HD offer Samsung’s quality performance with a dynamic contrast ratio of 10,000:1 and 5 millisecond response rate. Both monitors produce picture perfect HD quality in a sleek design and are now available from Samsung resellers and retailers. (Photo: Business Wire)
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65/137 World's first commercially available Concentrating Solar Power ...
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(AP) - World's first commercially available Concentrating Solar Power system specifically designed for rooftop installation: Sopogy's SopoFlare
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(Reuters) - Kansas City Chiefs running back Larry Johnson gets past Buffalo Bills linebacker Kawika Mitchell during the second half of Buffalo's win in their NFL football game at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri November 23, 2008. REUTERS/Dave Kaup
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(AP) - From left, U.S. Marshal Kim R. Widup, FBI Agent Edward 'Ted' McNamara, Assistant U.S. Attorney Diane MacArthur, and Assistant U.S. Attorney T. Markus Funk, speak to the media after Deputy U.S. marshal John Ambrose was sentenced in federal court to four years in prison for leaking information about a witness in a major organized crime case in Chicago, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009. Ambrose was convicted in April of what prosecutors call the first security violation in the history of the government's Witness Security Program. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)
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(AP) - Deputy U.S. marshal John Ambrose leaves federal court in Chicago, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009 after being sentenced to four years in prison for leaking information about a witness in a major organized crime case. Ambrose was convicted in April of what prosecutors call the first security violation in the history of the government's Witness Security Program. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)
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69/137 Deputy U.S. marshal John Ambrose, center, accompanied by his ...
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(AP) - Deputy U.S. marshal John Ambrose, center, accompanied by his attorney Francis C. Lipuma, left, leaves federal court in Chicago, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009 after being sentenced to four years in prison for leaking information about a witness in a major organized crime case. Ambrose was convicted in April of what prosecutors call the first security violation in the history of the government's Witness Security Program. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)
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(Reuters) - Local residents gather at the site of a car bomb attack targeting the building of the Ministry of Justice in Baghdad, October 25, 2009. REUTERS/Mohammed Ameen
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(AP) - FILE - In this Nov. 17, 2008 file photo, the 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid is seen at the Ford Product Design Center in Dearborn, Mich. Asian brands again dominated Consumer Reports' 2009 car and truck reliability survey, but several Ford Motor Co. models, including the midsize Fusion, were as dependable or better than the industry's best. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, file)
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(Reuters) - Peter Lynch, vice chairman of Fidelity Research Company, listens as McDonald's CEO James Skinner is introduced for a speech at the Boston College Chief Executives Club of Boston luncheon in Boston, Massachusetts October 27, 2009. REUTERS/Brian Snyder (UNITED STATES BUSINESS HEADSHOT)
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(AP) - In this Aug. 4, 2009 photo, a friend peers in the window as Winny and Lap Chan prepare to drive away in their brand new Scion from a Toyota dealership in New York. Asian automakers are still building the most reliable cars and trucks, with eight of the top 10 brands from Japanese and Korean companies, according to an annual survey by Consumer Reports. Toyota's youth-oriented Scion brand finished first for the second year in a row. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
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(AP) - This undated photo provided by Rough Guides shows a page from the book 'Earthbound,' of a railway in Thailand and a scannable barcode, below photo at left, called a QR code that links to digital content. (AP Photo/Rough Guides)
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(AP) - Senate Minority Whip Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz. listens at right as Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., speaks, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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(AP) - This undated photo provided by Rough Guides shows a picture of a railway in Thailand and a scannable barcode, below photo at left, called a QR code that links to digital content. (AP Photo/Rough Guides)
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77/137 This undated photo provided by Rough Guides shows the cover ...
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(AP) - This undated photo provided by Rough Guides shows the cover of the new travel book 'Earthbound.' The book includes scannable barcodes called QR codes that link to digital content. (AP Photo/Rough Guides)
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(AP) - Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., second from left, speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009. From left are, Senate Minority Whip Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., Alexander, Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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(AFP) - Russia's Elena Dementieva celebrates after beating Venus Williams of the US during their WTA Tour Championships tennis match in Doha. Dementieva won 6-3, 6-7 (6/8), 6-2.(AFP/Karim Jaafar)
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80/137 Belarus's Victoria Azarenka returns a backhand to Serbia's ...
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(AFP) - Belarus's Victoria Azarenka returns a backhand to Serbia's Jelena Jankovic during their WTA Tour Championships tennis match in Doha. Azarenka won 6-2, 6-3.(AFP/Karim Jaafar)
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81/137 Venus Williams of the US reacts after losing a point to Russia's ...
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(AFP) - Venus Williams of the US reacts after losing a point to Russia's Elena Dementieva during their WTA Tour Championships tennis match in Doha. Dementieva won 6-3, 6-7 (6/8), 6-2.(AFP/Karim Jaafar)
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82/137 Senate Minority Whip Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., left, speaks as ...
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(AP) - Senate Minority Whip Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., left, speaks as Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., listens, right, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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83/137 The Ford Motor Co's logo is seen on top of the Ford Motor ...
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(Reuters) - The Ford Motor Co's logo is seen on top of the Ford Motor Company World Headquarters in Dearborn, Michigan, October 26, 2009. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook
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(AFP/File) - BMW Oracle from the US racing in Auckland in February 2009. The New York Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that the next edition of the America's Cup can not take place in the UAE as planned by Alinghi according to the rules that govern the sailing regatta, the Swiss defender said.(AFP/File/Brendon O'hagan)
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(AFP/File) - Swiss team Alinghi trains off the coast of the Gulf emirate of Ras al-Khaimah on October 17. The New York Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that the next edition of the America's Cup can not take place in the UAE as planned by Alinghi according to the rules that govern the sailing regatta, the Swiss defender said.(AFP/File/Karim Sahib)
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86/137 Penguins' Sidney Crosby skates last August. Crosby will carry ...
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(Canadian Press) - Penguins' Sidney Crosby skates last August. Crosby will carry the Olympic torch in his home province of Nova Scotia next month. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Larry MacDougal
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87/137 NFLPA: No battle with league on head injuries
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AP - The head of the NFL Players Association said Tuesday his union has differences with the NFL over how to address head injuries suffered during pro football games, but they're not fighting about it.
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88/137 Chiefs RB Johnson apologizes for gay slurs
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AP - Kansas City Chiefs running back Larry Johnson was told to stay away from the team Tuesday while the NFL and the Chiefs complete their investigation into his use of a homosexual slur twice this week.
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89/137 Kiffin opts not to speak about SEC reprimand
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AP - Tennessee coach Lane Kiffin is doing his best not to comment about Southeastern Conference officials or the reprimand he received from the league.
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90/137 Celtics' Davis has surgery on right thumb
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AP - Boston Celtics forward Glen 'Big Baby' Davis had surgery Tuesday on his right thumb, which he broke while fighting with a friend, a person familiar with the injury told The Associated Press.
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91/137 VWilliams, Jankovic lose at WTA Championships
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AP - Defending champion Venus Williams lost to Elena Dementieva 3-6, 7-6 (6), 6-2 Tuesday in the first round of the WTA Sony Ericsson Championships.
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92/137 Astros hire Mills as manager
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AP - Brad Mills is the new manager of the Houston Astros.
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93/137 Cavs list West as doubtful for opener
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AP - Cavaliers guard Delonte West is doubtful for the season opener against the Boston Celtics.
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94/137 Bayern pair banned for Bordeaux clash
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AFP - Bayern Munich will be without banned pair Daniel van Buyten and Thomas Mueller for next Tuesday's Champions League group stage match against French side Bordeaux in Munich.
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95/137 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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96/137 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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97/137 Addington out as crew chief for Kyle Busch
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AP - Kyle Busch will have a new crew chief after this weekend's race at Talladega Superspeedway, with Joe Gibbs Racing replacing Steve Addington on Tuesday after a season that fell far short of expectations.
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98/137 Ex-Gitmo detainees sue UK to make evidence public
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AP - Seven former Guantanamo Bay detainees asked the High Court in London on Tuesday to reject a government request to use secret sessions to hear allegations that Britain was complicit in their torture overseas.
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99/137 Somali pirates say holding Britons, EU spots yacht
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Reuters - Somali pirates said on Tuesday they had seized a yacht in the Indian Ocean with a British couple aboard and were taking the vessel to the Horn of Africa nation with a view to demanding a ransom.
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100/137 Poll finds Canada disenchanted with British royals: report
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AFP - Britain's royal family has a serious image problem in Canada, public broadcaster CBC reported Tuesday, citing a national poll taken ahead of a visit here by Prince Charles.
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101/137 UK Jewish school denies racial discrimination
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AP - A leading Jewish school asked Britain's Supreme Court on Tuesday to overturn a ruling that said it racially discriminated against a boy when it refused to accept him as a pupil because it did not recognize his mother as Jewish.
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102/137 UK press casts doubt on Blair's EU presidency merits
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AFP - UK newspapers are busy dissecting whether former prime minister Tony Blair would be the right man to become the first EU president, with many saying the war in Iraq had blotted his CV.
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103/137 Queen welcomes Indian president
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AFP - Indian President Pratibha Patil received a red-carpet welcome from Queen Elizabeth II on Tuesday at the start of a three-day state visit to former colonial power Britain.
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104/137 Spike in numbers of Down's Syndrome pregnancies
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AFP - The number of women conceiving babies with Down's Syndrome has leapt by more than 70 percent in the last two decades, researchers said on Tuesday.
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105/137 BP profit slides on lower oil prices
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AFP - Energy giant BP said Tuesday that its third-quarter net profit sank 34 percent to 5.34 billion dollars (3.26 billion pounds), hit by lower oil prices and despite higher production.
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106/137 Gurkhas in fresh court battle over pensions
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AFP - Veteran Gurkha soldiers from Nepal on Tuesday launched another court battle against the government -- this time over pension rights.
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107/137 Three Kenyans tried for British pensioners' murder
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AFP - Three Kenyans were on Tuesday arraigned in a court in the coastal city of Mombasa over the murder of a British couple earlier this month.
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108/137 British couple missing near pirate-infested waters
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AFP - The British foreign ministry said on Tuesday it was urgently trying to locate a British couple whose yacht sent a distress signal while sailing near pirate-infested waters, and has not been seen since.
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109/137 Baby P abuser wins sentence appeal
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AFP - One of the three people involved in the brutal torture and death of Baby Peter on Tuesday won an appeal to have his indefinite jail sentence reduced.
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110/137 Prince Philip in Indian name gaffe: report
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AFP - Prince Philip has made one of his notorious gaffes by joking with a British-Indian business leader about his name, The Sun reported on Tuesday.
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111/137 Re-Stalinization of Moscow subway sparks debate
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AP - A Moscow subway station is the newest focus of Russia's bitter dispute over the legacy of Josef Stalin, whose outsize shadow still haunts the nation more than 50 years after his death.
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112/137 Somali pirates hijack foreign yacht with two on board
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AFP - Somali pirates said Tuesday they had hijacked a small sailing yacht with two foreigners on board, most likely a British couple reported missing since leaving the Seychelles last week.
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113/137 Ex-French minister gets jail in Angola arms trial
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AP - A Paris court sentenced a former interior minister to a year in prison Tuesday and fined the son of the late President Francois Mitterrand for links to arms trafficking to Angola in a case that involved corruption at the highest levels.
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114/137 France jails 'Angolagate' power players
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AFP - A French court slapped jail terms Tuesday on the main players in a network that smuggled arms to war-torn Angola and included an ex-minister and the son of the late president Francois Mitterrand.
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115/137 Genocide trial begins, Karadzic fails to show up
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AP - Even in his absence, Radovan Karadzic's hate-laced words urging the destruction of Bosnia's non-Serbs rang out in a courtroom Tuesday from speeches and intercepted phone calls as U.N. prosecutors opened their genocide and war crimes case against him.
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116/137 Church of Scientology convicted of fraud in France
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AP - A Paris court convicted the Church of Scientology of fraud and fined it more than euro600,000 ($900,000) on Tuesday, but stopped short of banning the group's activities.
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117/137 US-Israel drill may shape European missile shield
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AP - A U.S. military officer said Tuesday that a major missile defense exercise staged by American and Israeli forces will help the development of a planned NATO missile shield for Europe.
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118/137 Bosnian Serb ex-leader set free
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AP - Former Bosnian Serb President Biljana Plavsic, sentenced in 2003 by a U.N. war crimes tribunal to 11 years in prison, returned to her home in Belgrade on Tuesday after an early release from a Swedish jail.
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119/137 Expert: Slain Egyptian woman had no chance
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AP - A medical expert testified Tuesday that a knife attack on a 31-year-old Egyptian woman in a German court room caused serious injuries and left her with just minutes to live.
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120/137 Conviction of Berlusconi-linked lawyer upheld
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AP - An appeals court has upheld the conviction of British lawyer David Mills for accepting a bribe to lie in court to protect Silvio Berlusconi.
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121/137 Nazi hit man goes on trial in Germany
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AP - Heinrich Boere has admitted to gunning down three men as part of a Waffen SS death squad — civilians killed in retribution for partisan attacks in Holland as the tide of World War II turned against the Nazis.
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122/137 8 US troops die; new deadliest month in Afghan war
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AP - Eight American troops were killed in two separate bomb attacks Tuesday in southern Afghanistan, making October the deadliest month of the war for U.S. forces since the 2001 invasion to oust the Taliban.
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123/137 Iran backs uranium plan outline, but seeks changes
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AP - Iran accepted the general framework of a U.N.-draft nuclear deal Tuesday, but said it would seek 'important changes' that could test the willingness of world powers to make concessions in exchange for a pact to rein in Tehran's ability to make atomic warheads.
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124/137 Japanese hope Obama will visit A-bomb cities soon
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AP - A speech and a Nobel prize have raised hopes in Japan that Barack Obama will become the first sitting American president to visit Hiroshima or Nagasaki, the two cities devastated by U.S. atomic bombs in World War II.
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125/137 PM to apologise to abused 'Forgotten Australians'
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AFP - Prime Minister Kevin Rudd will make a formal apology to hundreds of thousands of child-abuse victims known as the 'Forgotten Australians' next month, officials said on Tuesday.
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126/137 US swine flu vaccine outlook improving, CDC says
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AP - More than 22 million doses of swine flu vaccine are available now, and most Americans should soon find it easier to get their dose, U.S. health officials said Tuesday.
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127/137 Senate Dems short votes for health bill — for now
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AP - Several Democratic senators withheld their backing Tuesday as party leaders tried to nail down support from moderates for the government to sell insurance in competition with private companies as part of a sweeping health overhaul bill.
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128/137 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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129/137 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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130/137 '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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131/137 Preventable diseases kill 300,000 Sudan children yearly: UN
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AFP - More than 300,000 children under the age of five die of preventable diseases each year in Sudan, almost a third of them before they reach the age of one month, a UN official said on Tuesday.
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132/137 Nearly one in three people with HIV do not know: EU
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AFP - Almost one in three people infected with the virus that causes AIDS do not know they have the disease, increasing the risk of infection, the European Commission warned Monday.
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133/137 Job market rut deepens consumer gloom
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Reuters - U.S. consumer confidence deteriorated sharply in October as the worst job market in a quarter century heightened concerns about the future, more than outweighing modest improvements in the housing sector.
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134/137 S&P 500, Nasdaq slip on profit-taking; Dow edges up
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Reuters - The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq fell on Tuesday as investors booked profits following the stock market's recent run-up, while a weaker-than-expected reading in a measure of consumer confidence sparked caution about the spending recovery.
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135/137 Robert McCann to head UBS U.S. wealth unit
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Reuters - Robert McCann, the new head of the battered U.S. wealth management unit of Swiss bank UBS AG , said he aims to stem client withdrawals and has no plans to sell the business.
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136/137 Honda upbeat, Daimler gloomy on car outlook
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Reuters - Japan's Honda Motor Co (7267.T) exuded optimism while Germany's Daimler AG (DAIGn.DE) spread gloom about the outlook for car markets on Tuesday, highlighting the patchy nature of any post-crisis rebound.
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137/137 Europe gains after BP earns beat forecasts
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AP - European markets were pushed higher by oil stocks Tuesday after BP's third-quarter results beat analysts' expectations. Asian indexes closed lower, following losses on Wall Street the previous day amid fears that equities have become overvalued.
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