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1/125 Judge orders 3 to trial in Anna Nicole drug case
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AP - Three key players in the troubled world of Playboy model Anna Nicole Smith have been ordered to stand trial after a hearing that plumbed the drug-fueled depths of her final years and the alleged roles of her boyfriend and two doctors in feeding her addiction to prescription drugs.
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2/125 Winfrey, Clooney among first White House guests
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AP - Celebrities George Clooney and Oprah Winfrey and prominent lobbyists, corporate executives and Democratic fundraisers were among the first to score visits with President Barack Obama, his wife Michelle or top aides at the White House, newly released records show.
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3/125 More jamming for rock 'n' roll royalty at Garden
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AP - U2 brought three generations of chart-toppers — Mick Jagger, Bruce Springsteen and the Black Eyed Peas — with them onstage Friday at another night of mix and match magic at Madison Square Garden.
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4/125 Nicole Richie gets protection from paparazzi
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AP - Nicole Richie and her children are getting some court-ordered space from a pair of celebrity photographers.
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5/125 'Idol' host Ryan Seacrest gets restraining order
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AP - A judge granted 'American Idol' host Ryan Seacrest a temporary restraining order against a man arrested on suspicion of stalking the radio and television host outside his workplace on Friday, court records show.
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6/125 Robbie Williams pulls out of awards performance
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Reuters - Robbie Williams has pulled out of a scheduled appearance at the 2009 MTV Europe Music Awards.
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7/125 Anna Nicole Smith companion, doctors to stand trial
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AFP - Anna Nicole Smith's former boyfriend and two physicians were ordered to stand trial on Friday on charges of illegally supplying the late model with powerful drugs.
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8/125 White House visitor logs show up famous names
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AFP - Did Barack Obama's controversial ex-pastor Jeremiah Wright visit the White House? Or did the great Michael Jordan shoot some hoops with the president on his basketball court?
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9/125 Colin Farrell welcomes baby boy Henry
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AP - It's another boy for Colin Farrell.
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10/125 1 man dropped from Parker-Broderick surrogate case
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AP - A prosecutor has dropped a case connected to two Ohio police chiefs who were accused of snooping on the woman who bore twins for Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick.
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11/125 Ga. man who sought out Miley Cyrus gets plea deal
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AP - A 53-year-old man pleaded guilty Friday to resisting police outside the set of a Miley Cyrus movie on the Georgia coast after prosecutors dropped charges that he tried to stalk the teen pop star.
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12/125 Agassi tells mag he did meth 'for a year or so'
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AP - Andre Agassi used crystal meth periodically for 'a year or so,' the eight-time Grand Slam champion revealed in an interview with People magazine.
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13/125 With new confidence, Underwood eager to 'Play On'
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Reuters - Carrie Underwood just spent several hours sitting in Audio Productions -- a Music Row radio and TV production facility -- doing interviews with radio stations across the country, but she looks fresh and relaxed as she prepares for her final chat of the day.
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14/125 U2's Rose Bowl show breaks U.S. attendance record
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Reuters - It took 22 years, but U2 has broken its own attendance record for the best-attended single concert performance at a U.S. venue by one headliner.
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15/125 Lil Wayne, Birdman hit with copyright suit in NYC
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AP - A Florida man wants rappers Lil Wayne and Birdman to show him respect — for using his voice in an album track called just that.
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16/125 Music legends rock the Hall of Fame
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Reuters - Rock 'n' roll royalty held court on Thursday night as Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel, Stevie Wonder, Sting and other music legends staged a marathon show to celebrate the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 25th anniversary.
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17/125 Madonna promises light for Malawian village
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AP - Madonna has promised electricity to a village in Malawi, the impoverished southern African country where she runs a charity organization and from which she has adopted two children.
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18/125 Crypt above Marilyn doesn't sell at auction
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AP - Marilyn Monroe isn't getting a new neighbor anytime soon.
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19/125 Swiss reject new higher bail offer from Polanski
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AP - Swiss authorities rejected a new higher offer of bail from imprisoned director Roman Polanski, saying Friday they still think the risk is too high that he would flee the country.
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20/125 Manager: Dennis Hopper has prostate cancer
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AP - Dennis Hopper has been diagnosed with prostate cancer and is canceling all travel plans to focus on treatment, his manager says.
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21/125 Dennis Hopper battling prostate cancer: manager
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AFP - Actor and artist Dennis Hopper is battling prostate cancer, his manager confirmed Friday.
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22/125 Charlize Theron, Tom Hardy hit 'Fury Road'
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Reuters - Charlize Theron and Tom Hardy are in negotiations to star in 'Fury Road,' this century's installment of the 'Mad Max' movie series from writer-director George Miller.
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23/125 Arise, Sir Dracula! Christopher Lee knighted
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AFP - British actor Christopher Lee was knighted on Friday at Buckingham Palace, a far cry from the dark and gloomy Hammer Horror film sets where he made his name playing Dracula in the 1950s.
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24/125 Could 'This Is It' win an Oscar?
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AP - Sony thinks its new Michael Jackson documentary could be a contender for best picture.
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25/125 Manhattan moves to Doha for Tribeca film festival
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AFP - A part of Manhattan and Hollywood stars moved to Qatar with the glittering opening night of the inaugural 'Doha Tribeca Film Festival.'
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26/125 Alleged Stalker Of Ryan Seacrest Arrested At E! With Knife; Host Obtains Restraining Order
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LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- A man alleged to be stalking Ryan Seacrest was arrested inside the E! building on Friday, one of the media mogul's places of work, TMZ reported.According to the Web site, Chidi Benjamin Uzomah Jr. had a knife on him when he was taken into custody at 9:40 AM PDT on Friday.
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27/125 This Week in Hollywood
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Dawn Yanek highlights what's making entertainment headlines.
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28/125 Judge Grants Nicole Richie Temporary Restraining Orders Against Paparazzi
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LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Nicole Richie has been granted temporary restraining orders against two paparazzi who she claims ran into her car, causing an accident earlier this month.Nicole was granted a restraining order in Los Angeles Superior Court on Friday.
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29/125 Is this house haunted?
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A historic U.S. landmark isn't known just for its former resident, but a ghost who may still be living there. People say The Mark Twain House in Hartford, Conn., is haunted. Syfy's 'Ghost Hunters' investigate for an upcoming episode. (Oct. 30)
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30/125 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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31/125 Hebrew, Hindi, other scripts get Web address nod
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AP - The nonprofit body that oversees Internet addresses approved Friday the use of Hebrew, Hindi, Korean and other scripts not based on Latin characters in a decision that could make the Web dramatically more inclusive.
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32/125 iPhone comes to China without key feature
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AP - Apple's iPhone is making its long-awaited formal debut in the world's most populous mobile phone market, without a key feature and at higher prices than widely available black market models.
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33/125 Nintendo profit dives, others in red amid slump
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AP - Brandname Japanese technology companies, including Nintendo, reported dismal earnings Thursday with Sharp emerging an exception in doubling profits on brisk sales of flat-panel TVs in China, Japan and the U.S.
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34/125 Horror videogames scare up record sales
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Reuters - What do Jigsaw from 'Saw,' Freddy Krueger, and Jason from 'Friday the 13th' all have in common, besides serial killing? Videogames, if the horror stars' latest round of promotions are to be believed.
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35/125 2 parachutes malfunctioned in NASA test flight
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AP - Two of three parachutes malfunctioned in the test flight of a prototype moon rocket earlier this week, causing major damage to the booster, NASA said Friday.
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36/125 Russia hopes nuclear ship will fly humans to Mars
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AP - Russia should build a new nuclear-powered spaceship for prospective manned missions to Mars and other planets, the nation's space chief said Thursday.
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37/125 Mixed messages as Europe reaches out on climate
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AFP - Europe's leaders wanted to send a clear message to Asian giants from this week's summit -- one about coughing up their share in the fight against climate change.
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38/125 BP hit with record US fine for safety violations
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AFP - British oil giant BP has been hit with a record US fine of 87.4 million dollars for safety violations at a Texas refinery where 15 people were killed in a 2005 explosion, officials said Friday.
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39/125 'I hate whale meat,' Japan's PM confides: report
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AFP - Japan's Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama has revealed he dislikes whale meat, a newspaper reported Saturday, in an unusual confession for the prime minister of a country that defies Western criticism of whaling.
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40/125 Shell says in talks to sell refineries
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AFP - Energy giant Royal Dutch Shell is in 'exclusive' talks to sell three European refineries to Indian conglomerate Essar, a company spokesman told AFP.
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41/125 Typhoon smashes storm-weary Philippines
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AFP - Typhoon Mirinae smashed through the Philippines overnight, killing at least one person and worsening floods in areas that were struggling to recover from recent deadly storms, officials said Saturday.
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42/125 Russian road roulette?
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Reuters - Bulgarian prosecutors are investigating a new gambling game in which drivers defy death by speeding through red lights for bets of up to 5,000 euros ($7,400), the chief prosecutor's office said Thursday.
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43/125 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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44/125 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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45/125 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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46/125 Afghan street vendors stand near electoral posters in Kabul, ...
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(Reuters) - Afghan street vendors stand near electoral posters in Kabul, October 30, 2009. REUTERS/Bruno Domingos
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47/125 After an eventful week, Sunday Nov. 1, 2009 will be relatively ...
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(AP) - After an eventful week, Sunday Nov. 1, 2009 will be relatively calm. Cold air will sweep through the East, while rain and a few high elevation snow showers will fall in the Northwest and Intermountain West. The East will remain dry. (AP Photo/Weather Underground)
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(AP) - California National Bank headquarters sits in front of the downtown Los Angeles skyline, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2009, in Los Angeles. Regulators on Friday shut California National Bank of Los Angeles and eight smaller related banks as the weak economy continues to produce a stream of loan defaults. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
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49/125 California National Bank headquarters sits in front of the downtown ...
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(AP) - California National Bank headquarters sits in front of the downtown Los Angeles skyline, Friday, Oct. 30, 2009, in Los Angeles. Regulators on Friday shut California National Bank of Los Angeles and eight smaller related banks as the weak economy continues to produce a stream of loan defaults. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
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(Reuters) - Afghan men pray during Friday prayers at the Blue mosque in the capital Kabul, October 30, 2009. REUTERS/Oleg Popov
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51/125 Residents living in Manila Bay look out from their house that ...
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(Reuters) - Residents living in Manila Bay look out from their house that was damaged by Typhoon Mirinae in Bacoor town, south of Manila, October 31, 2009. REUTERS/Erik de Castro
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(AP) - This NOAA satellite image taken Saturday, Oct. 31, 2009 at 1:45 a.m. EDT shows a line of clouds from the Gulf Coast through the Great Lakes associated with a cold front that is producing considerable rain as it moves eastward through the region. Dry weather is noted in the Plains. (AP PHOTO/WEATHER UNDERGROUND)
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53/125 A West Highland Terrier dressed as a "Queen Bee" is ...
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(AFP/File) - A West Highland Terrier dressed as a "Queen Bee" is held by her owner during the Fifth Annual Times Square Dog Day Masquerade October 18, 2009. Halloween may be a celebration of all things creepy and macabre, but a growing number of US communities are shunning traditional ghoulish festivities, seen by some as tainted by association with paganism and the occult.(AFP/File/Timothy A. Clary)
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(AFP/File) - A girl and her brother selects pumpkins to buy at a local farm in Calverton, Maryland, on October 24. Halloween may be a celebration of all things creepy and macabre, but a growing number of US communities are shunning traditional ghoulish festivities, seen by some as tainted by association with paganism and the occult.(AFP/File/Jewel Samad)
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55/125 Popular political and current events Halloween masks are for ...
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(AFP/File) - Popular political and current events Halloween masks are for sale at a store in Burbank, California on October 22. Halloween may be a celebration of all things creepy and macabre, but a growing number of US communities are shunning traditional ghoulish festivities, seen by some as tainted by association with paganism and the occult.(AFP/File/Robyn Beck)
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56/125 A young boy climbs through pumpkins at a pumpkin patch on October ...
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(AFP/File) - A young boy climbs through pumpkins at a pumpkin patch on October 22 in Easton, MD. Halloween may be a celebration of all things creepy and macabre, but a growing number of US communities are shunning traditional ghoulish festivities, seen by some as tainted by association with paganism and the occult.(AFP/File/Jim Watson)
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57/125 Victoria Police Chief Jamie Graham, left, gets yelled at by ...
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(Canadian Press) - Victoria Police Chief Jamie Graham, left, gets yelled at by a protester as they attempt to take over an evening ceremony highlighting the lighting of the Olympic flame in Victoria, B.C. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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58/125 US President Barack Obama stands with other dignitaries as the ...
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(AFP/File) - US President Barack Obama stands with other dignitaries as the body of a US soldier returns home at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. Obama has asked the Pentagon for more options on troop levels in Afghanistan including sending less than the roughly 40,000 new soldiers requested, The Washington Post said Saturday.(AFP/File/Saul Loeb)
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59/125 A California National Bank branch employee posts notices that ...
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(Reuters) - A California National Bank branch employee posts notices that the bank has been taken over, near the bank's ATM machine in suburban Los Angeles October 30, 2009. U.S. authorities seized nine failed banks, including Los Angeles-based California National Bank, on Friday, the most in a single day since the financial crisis began and the latest stark sign that substantial parts of the nation's banking industry are being crippled by bad loans. REUTERS/Fred Prouser (UNITED STATES BUSINESS)
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60/125 A California National Bank branch is pictured in suburban Los ...
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(Reuters) - A California National Bank branch is pictured in suburban Los Angeles October 30, 2009. U.S. authorities seized nine failed banks, including Los Angeles-based California National Bank, on Friday, the most in a single day since the financial crisis began and the latest stark sign that substantial parts of the nation's banking industry are being crippled by bad loans. REUTERS/Fred Prouser (UNITED STATES BUSINESS)
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61/125 LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers dunks against the Minnesota ...
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(AFP/NBAE/Getty Images) - LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers dunks against the Minnesota Timberwolves at the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. James scored 24 points, grabbed nine rebounds and dished out six assists as the Cavaliers won their first game of the season 104-87(AFP/NBAE/Getty Images/David Sherman)
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62/125 Police officers speak with the command vehicle for the Vancouver ...
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(Canadian Press) - Police officers speak with the command vehicle for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games torch relay after the relay route was disrupted by protestors in Victoria, B.C. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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(AP) - In this photo provided by the the Baker Institute, shown from left are Lord Charles Powell, Roland Dumas, Markus Meckel, Hans-Dietrich Genscher, and James A. Baker, III, all posing for a photo in front of portion of the Berlin Wall at Rice University in Houston, Friday, Oct. 30, 2009. On the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Baker Institute hosted a panel of the former foreign ministers of the states directly involved in negotiations of German unification. (AP Photo/Baker Institute, George Wong)
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64/125 April Dalaman holds a sign as she waits before a concert by ...
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(Reuters) - April Dalaman holds a sign as she waits before a concert by rock band U2 at Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California October 25, 2009. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni
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65/125 FILE - In this Oct. 29, 2009 file photo, U.S. Attorney General ...
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(AP) - FILE - In this Oct. 29, 2009 file photo, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, right, addresses a news conference as U.S. Attorney of Minnesota Todd Jones listens in St. Paul, Minn. Attorney General Eric Holder says a lawsuit in San Francisco over warrantless wiretapping threatens to expose ongoing intelligence work and must be thrown out. (AP Photo/Jim Mone, file)
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(Reuters) - Boston Celtics forward Paul Pierce (L) drives to the basket against Chicago Bulls forward John Salmons in the second half of their NBA basketball game in Boston, Massachusetts October 30, 2009. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
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(Reuters) - FDIC spokesperson Roberta Valdez shows identification to gain entry at a California National Bank branch in downtown Los Angeles October 30, 2009. REUTERS/Sam Mircovich
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(Reuters) - U.S. Bancorp Chief Executive Officer Richard Davis speaks during an interview with Reuters in New York, July 1, 2009. REUTERS/Mike Segar
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(Reuters) - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gestures during her visit to the historical Badshahi Masjid in Lahore, October 29, 2009. REUTERS/Pool
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(AP) - Mexican president Felipe Calderon, right, receives an award as 'Leader of the Year' from Richard Burns, chairman of Miami Media, and Jane Bussey, editorial director of Latin Trade magazine, at the Latin Trade Bravo Business Awards Friday, Oct. 30, 2009 in Miami. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
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71/125 South Florida stops No. 20 West Virginia again
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AP - Once again, South Florida had all the answers for slowing down West Virginia.
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72/125 Blanton to start World Series Game 4 for Phillies
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AP - Joe Blanton was picked to start Game 4 of the World Series for the defending champion Philadelphia Phillies. Manager Charlie Manuel said Friday he will go with Blanton against the New York Yankees rather than ace Cliff Lee on short rest. Lee, who has never pitched on three days' rest, is slated to start Game 5.
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73/125 World Series sluggers look to break out in Philly
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AP - Sooner or later, some of these big bats are bound to break loose.
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74/125 Hamels used to look up to Pettitte as a kid
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AP - Cole Hamels grew up watching Andy Pettitte pitch important playoff games and still tries to imitate his icy glare on the mound.
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75/125 SEC stiffens penalties for complaining coaches
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AP - Publicly griping about officials in the Southeastern Conference just got a lot more costly for Lane Kiffin and the rest of the league's coaches.
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76/125 'You leave something alone if it's working'
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AP - There is no better illustration of why baseball won't expand its use of instant replay than Phillies manager Charlie Manuel's answer to a question during off-day workouts about whether it should.
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77/125 Nowitzki scores 21 in Mavs' 94-80 victory over LA
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AP - Dirk Nowitzki scored 21 points and the Dallas Mavericks were 25 of 32 from the free throw line in routing the Los Angeles Lakers 94-80 Friday night for their first win of the season.
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78/125 Keane words threaten to spur on Arsenal
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AFP - Robbie Keane couldn't have teed up this weekend's north London any better than he did when claiming Tottenham Hotspur now have a better squad than Arsenal.
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79/125 Nabokov leads Sharks past Avalanche
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AP - Evgeni Nabokov made 24 saves, and Ryane Clowe and Jamie McGinn scored their first goals of the season to help the San Jose Sharks beat the Western Conference-leading Colorado Avalanche 3-1 on Friday night.
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80/125 Clement shocks Tsonga in Lyon ATP
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AFP - Arnaud Clement shocked top seed and fellow Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 5-7, 6-4, 7-6 (10/8) on Friday to reach the semi-finals of the Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon ATP event here.
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81/125 Cook shoots 62 to take lead in senior finale
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AP - John Cook couldn't help but peek at the leaderboard, even as he methodically worked his way to the top with a record-setting round.
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82/125 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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83/125 British officer warning before Afghanistan death
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AFP - The most senior British soldier to die in Afghanistan warned that a helicopter shortage was putting troops at risk from roadside bombs shortly before he was killed by one, according to a report.
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84/125 Somali pirates want 7 mln dlrs for British couple: official
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AFP - Somali pirates holding a British couple kidnapped from their yacht have demanded a ransom of seven million dollars (4.7 million euros) to set them free, the Foreign Office said Friday.
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85/125 Top anti-drugs adviser sacked
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AFP - The government's top adviser on drugs was forced to resign Friday after saying that cannabis, LSD and ecstasy were no more dangerous than alcohol and cigarettes.
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86/125 Britain set for fresh post strikes
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AFP - Postal workers would stage more strikes next week, trade union leaders said Friday, as their battle with bosses over modernisation, pay and jobs escalated.
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87/125 Exit Blair as France, Germany call EU shots
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AFP - France and Germany will join forces to choose a new-look European Union's first big boss, President Nicolas Sarkozy said Friday, sweeping Tony Blair towards the Brussels exit.
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88/125 FTSE 100 falls victim to profit-taking
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AFP - The leading stock exchange fell victim to profit-taking on Friday as data showed spending by US consumers fell in September for the first time in five months.
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89/125 Captive British woman says pirates 'hospitable'
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AP - A British woman who is being held by Somali pirates with her husband after their yacht was hijacked said in a phone call broadcast Friday that the couple were 'bearing up' and she described her captors as 'very hospitable.'
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90/125 Super-Sonic gamer smashes world record
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AFP - A gamer from Kent has played himself into the record books Friday after speeding through the classic Sonic the Hedgehog game in the fastest recorded time ever.
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91/125 WPP warns on outlook for advertising
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AFP - WPP, the world's second-biggest advertising group, said on Friday that its third-quarter sales fell 8.7 percent on a comparable 12-month basis but showed an improvement from the previous quarter.
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92/125 Govt mulls resuming deportations to Zimbabwe
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AFP - The government is moving to resume flights deporting failed asylum seekers back to Zimbabwe, a minister said Thursday, citing a political power-sharing agreement in the troubled state.
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93/125 Rolls-Royce wins $720mln Virgin engine order
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AFP - Rolls-Royce, the maker of plane engines, said Friday that it had won an order worth 435 million pounds for engines to power 10 Virgin Atlantic Airbus A330 aircraft.
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94/125 Govt aims to complete first swine flu vaccinations within weeks
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AFP - Britons with the highest risk of catching swine flu should receive vaccinations by mid-December, the government said Thursday as the numbers catching the illness rose.
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95/125 Byron letters sale breaks record
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AFP - A collection of correspondence by Lord Byron broke the world record price Thursday for a group of letters or manuscript by a British Romantic poet, auction house Sotheby's said.
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96/125 U.S. would have tried to extradite Megrahi: U.S. envoy
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Reuters - The United States would have sought the extradition of the Lockerbie bomber if it had known the Scottish government was planning to release him, the U.S. ambassador to Britain said Thursday.
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97/125 Maine puts squeeze on low-alcohol British lemonade
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AP - Call it a culture clash, trans-Atlantic style.
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98/125 China rejects EU criticism of Tibet executions
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AFP - China has hit back at European Union criticism of the execution of two Tibetans over unrest in the Himalayan region last year and warned Europe not to interfere in the issue.
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99/125 Poulter opens commanding lead in Singapore
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AFP - Ian Poulter opened up a commanding five-stroke lead as the second round of the weather-interrupted Singapore Open was completed Saturday, with the Englishman hitting a rich vein of form.
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100/125 Radcliffe seeks to finish year on high note in NY
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AFP - Paula Radcliffe, holder of the marathon world record since 2003, will compete in Sunday's New York Marathon as she tries to end the year on a high note after a season of injury frustrations.
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101/125 Celtic hope for home comfort against Kilmarnock
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AFP - Celtic will hope to quickly bury the memory of their mid-week League Cup exit when they host Kilmarnock in the Scottish Premier League on Saturday.
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102/125 Fergie seeks Premier response as drop battle hots up
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AFP - Manchester United will go in search of a return to winning ways in the Premier League when the champions welcome swine-flu hit Blackburn Rovers to Old Trafford on Saturday.
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103/125 EU leaders slap Tories over Czech letter: report
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AFP - The leaders of France, Germany and Spain criticised Tory leader David Cameron for urging the Czech president to delay ratifying a key EU treaty, a report said Saturday.
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104/125 World's largest cruise ship sails for US port
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AP - It's five times larger than the Titanic, has seven neighborhoods, an ice rink, a golf course and a 750-seat outdoor amphitheater. The world's largest cruise ship is finally finished and Friday it began gliding toward its home port in Florida.
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105/125 Blow for England as Tindall limps out of Gloucester loss
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AFP - England's Mike Tindall, faces a fight to be fit for his country's autumn internationals after the Gloucester star limped out of Friday's 28-23 Premiership loss at Sale.
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106/125 Medvedev: Soviet-era terror cannot be justified
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AP - President Dmitry Medvedev told Russians Friday that there can be no justification for the Soviet government's crimes against its own people, lamenting millions of deaths and 'maimed destinies' in some of the strongest criticism of the Communist era to come from the Kremlin since Vladimir Putin came to power a decade ago.
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107/125 Vatican: pope to meet Anglican chief
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AP - Pope Benedict XVI will meet with the Archbishop of Canterbury next month in the leaders' first encounter since the Catholic church moved to make it easier for disenchanted Anglicans to convert to Catholicism, a Vatican spokesman said Friday.
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108/125 Iran undermines heart of Western nuclear offer
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AP - Iran insists on simultaneously exchanging its low-enriched uranium for nuclear fuel produced overseas, the state news agency said Friday, calling the demand a 'red line' that will not be abandoned.
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109/125 France's Jacques Chirac ordered to stand trial
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AP - A French judge ordered former President Jacques Chirac to stand trial on embezzlement charges predating his presidency — a case that could mark the first time a former leader of modern France is forced to defend himself in court.
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110/125 World stocks fall on drop in US consumer spending
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AP - European and U.S. stock markets fell Friday after data showing American consumers are still holding off on spending underscored the fragility of a recovery in the world's largest economy.
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111/125 EU can't agree on how much climate aid to give
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AP - European Union leaders failed to agree Friday on how much to give poorer nations to counter the effects of a warming climate — squandering the last chance that global greenhouse gas talks in December will produce real results.
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112/125 Clinton continues push for Mideast peace
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AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is making a new push to get Israelis and Palestinians back to the negotiating table, holding talks Saturday in this Persian Gulf city with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas and later in Israel with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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113/125 Clinton faces herculean challenge to renew talks
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AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's long-shot attempt to resuscitate a moribund Mideast peace push is coming up against a firm Palestinian decision not to sit down with Israel, unless it freezes settlement construction on lands the Palestinians seek for a future state.
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114/125 Sources: Abdullah to pull out of Afghan runoff
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AP - Afghan presidential challenger Abdullah Abdullah plans to boycott next week's runoff against incumbent Hamid Karzai following a breakdown in talks on how to fix the country's electoral crisis, two people familiar with the discussions said.
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115/125 Roadside bomb kills 7 in Pakistan
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AP - A government official says seven paramilitary soldiers were killed when their vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb in a tribal region of northwestern Pakistan.
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116/125 4th typhoon in month lashes sodden Philippines
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AP - A powerful typhoon crashed into the Philippine capital Saturday with pounding rain and strong winds, causing a massive power outage, downing trees and bringing fresh floods to areas still partially submerged from a recent deadly storm.
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117/125 Pact to restore ousted Honduran leader in Congress
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AP - Honduran legislators now have the final say over a U.S.-brokered agreement that could return deposed President Manuel Zelaya to power, and diplomats urged them not to delay.
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118/125 Mozambique president leads election results
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AFP - Mozambican President Armando Guebuza and his ruling party on Friday held huge leads in the country's fourth democratic elections, according to the latest results.
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119/125 Australian charged over Irish backpacker death
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AFP - An Australian man was charged Saturday over the death of an Irish backpacker, police said, following an emotional plea by the victim's mother that he turn himself in.
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120/125 CDC: Swine flu kids' deaths jump to 114
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AP - Swine flu has caused at least 19 more children's deaths — the largest one-week increase since the pandemic started in April, health officials said Friday.
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121/125 Experts: HS football concussions merit more study
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AP - While headlines focused this week on potential long-term risks of head injuries to pro football players, Jarek Dombrowski was just hoping to get through his school days without the headaches coming back.
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122/125 Some who get vaccine not in high-risk groups
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AP - It was bound to happen: Some people who aren't at high risk for swine flu complications got the much-in-demand vaccine.
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123/125 Stocks tumble on recovery jitters, financials
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Reuters - The Dow industrials suffered its worst slide since July on Friday on concerns that the economic recovery won't be robust enough to sustain the seven-month stock rally, while financials sank on renewed worries about Citigroup's balance sheet.
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124/125 Chevron profit hit by oil, refinery weakness
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Reuters - Chevron Corp posted a 51 percent drop in quarterly profit on Friday, becoming the latest oil major to be hit by the steep decline in oil and natural gas prices and anemic margins at refineries.
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125/125 CIT moves closer to pre-packaged bankruptcy approval
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Reuters - CIT Group has met at least one of the hurdles necessary to file for a prepackaged bankruptcy, sources said, bringing the commercial lender one step closer to the fast bankruptcy process it is seeking to lower its liabilities and get back to health.
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