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1/144 Carrey's 'Christmas Carol' wraps up $31M weekend
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AP - Jim Carrey's Scrooge collected holiday donations from movie fans with his new take on 'A Christmas Carol,' which took in $31 million to open as the weekend's top movie.
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2/144 Police: LA celebrity burglaries led by 19-year-old
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AP - A 19-year-old woman was the driving force behind a youthful burglary ring that preyed on Hollywood's rich and famous, often brazenly walking into unlocked homes to make off with cash, jewels and family heirlooms, authorities said.
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3/144 Michael Jackson father seeks monthly allowance
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AFP - Michael Jackson's father is seeking money from his late son's estate to help him meet monthly living expenses estimated at more than 15,000 dollars, court papers filed in Los Angeles have revealed.
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4/144 Rihanna describes night of attack by Chris Brown
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Reuters - R&B singer Rihanna broke her silence on Friday about the night her ex-boyfriend Chris Brown attacked her, saying he had bitten her, put her in a headlock and left her bleeding and swollen.
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5/144 Rihanna: Chris Brown 'had no soul in his eyes'
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AP - Rihanna on Friday described the horror she felt as her ex-boyfriend Chris Brown was biting and punching her during a violent argument in February, saying she saw 'no soul in his eyes.'
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6/144 Joe Jackson seeks stipend from Michael's estate
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AP - Michael Jackson's father is seeking an allowance from his son's estate to help cover expenses that exceed $15,000 a month, according to court documents filed Friday. The request seeking an unspecified amount for Joe Jackson was filed by lawyer Brian Oxman, who said there was no apparent reason for the administrators of the estate to not seek an allowance for the Jackson family patriarch.
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7/144 Matthew Broderick focuses on 'Wonderful World'
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AP - Matthew Broderick says he's puzzled by the bashing he's received for his actions during the first New York preview of 'The Starry Messenger,' a new play by good friend Kenneth Lonergan.
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8/144 A&E: Reality show about Jacksons premieres Dec. 13
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AP - A reality show miniseries about the Jackson family will premiere Dec. 13 on A&E, the network says. Back-to-back hour episodes will air that night at 9 p.m. EST.
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9/144 Latin singer Alejandro Sanz searches for paradise
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AP - Whenever Latin pop sensation Alejandro Sanz writes music, he sets off on a 'long mental journey' to find inspiration. But when Alicia Keys surprised the singer at a party in New York by joining him in an impromptu jam session, Sanz knew then that he'd found his muse.
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10/144 Morgan Freeman settles suit in crash case: lawyer
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AFP - Oscar-winner Morgan Freeman has settled a lawsuit involving a female passenger traveling in his car when it crashed last year, the woman's lawyer confirmed Friday.
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11/144 Egypt Islamists appalled by Beyonce 'sex party'
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AFP - R and B singer Beyonce, who put off a gig in Malaysia following Islamist outrage over her 'gyrating moves' and 'sexy outfits,' has brought her world tour to Egypt where she faced more hostility.
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12/144 New York City Opera revives 'Esther' — and itself
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AP - Launching its comeback in perilous financial times, the New York City Opera might well have played it safe with a surefire crowd-pleaser, like its production of Puccini's 'Madama Butterfly.'
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13/144 Stereophonics survives label chaos to 'Carry On'
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Reuters - Scoring a fifth successive U.K. No. 1 album should be a momentous occasion for any band, but in October 2007 the Welsh rock outfit Stereophonics wasn't able to savor the achievement for long.
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14/144 Calle 13 tops Latin Grammy awards
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Reuters - Puerto-Rican hip-hop duo Calle 13 won five Latin Grammy awards on Thursday, including the coveted Album of the Year, helping cement their reputation as being among the vanguard of alternative reggaeton music.
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15/144 'Christmas Carol' off to slow start at box office
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Reuters - If it's the second weekend in November, it must be Christmas in Hollywood.
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16/144 Actor Woods sues RI hospital in brother's death
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AP - Two-time Oscar-nominated actor James Woods has sued a Rhode Island hospital over the 2006 death of his younger brother.
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17/144 'Christmas Carol' beats the dickens out of box office rivals
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AFP - With more than 40 shopping days left until Christmas, North American theater audiences already had enough holiday cheer to put 'Disney's A Christmas Carol' at the top of the box office this week.
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18/144 Hollywood calls on Clooney for holiday movie cheer
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Reuters - Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. And judging by what's in theaters this holiday movie season, his name is George Clooney.
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19/144 Tom Hanks, others screen 'Beyond All Boundaries'
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AP - Actors Tom Hanks, Patricia Clarkson and James Cromwell walked the red carpet Thursday before a private screening of the Hanks-produced war film 'Beyond All Boundaries' held at the World War II Museum in New Orleans.
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20/144 Records: Morgan Freeman settles suit on car wreck
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AP - Morgan Freeman has settled a lawsuit related to a 2008 car accident that seriously injured him and a passenger, according to court records posted Thursday. Terms of the settlement were not released.
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21/144 Report: Michael Lohan To Testify Against Jon Gosselin
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LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Michael Lohan has been subpoenaed in TLC's lawsuit against his one-time friend, Jon Gosselin, RadarOnline reported.
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22/144 Adam Lambert: 'I Had To Teach Myself' How To Sing
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LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- With his rock 'n' roll wail, Adam Lambert has one of the wildest voices in 'American Idol' history - and the star told the Los Angeles Times he figured out his sound himself. 'I started rejecting the proper way to sing and I started singing,' he told the newspaper of his teenage training as an opera singer. 'I was listening to more and more rock music and wondering, 'Wow, how does that person do that with their voice?''
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23/144 'Precious' Breaks Box Office Records In Limited Release
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LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Oscar hopeful 'Precious: Based On The Novel 'Push' By Sapphire' was a hit with audiences this weekend.The gritty inner-city drama, executive produced by Oprah Winfrey and Tyler Perry, made $1.8 million at 18 theaters in its first weekend of limited release, according to Variety.
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24/144 Taylor Swift Alludes to Kanye Once Once!
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Taylor Swift could've — but she didn't. Defying expectations raised earlier in the week, the 19-year-old singer opted against using the bully pulpit of Saturday Night Live's opening monologue — or any subsequent skits — to hit back hard at Kanye West,
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25/144 Dr. Phil Re-upped Through 2014
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Dr. Phil will keep making house calls through the 2013-14 TV season. His syndicated talk show, now in its eighth season, has been renewed through its 12th season.
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26/144 Taylor Swift Drops Dating Hints On 'SNL'
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NEW YORK, New York -- Is Taylor Swift really dating 'Twilight Saga' star Taylor Lautner?While both Taylors have kept quiet on the matter after being spotted together at a hockey game and out and about in LA in recent weeks, the country star addressed their rumored relationship in her 'Saturday Night Live' opening 'Monologue Song.'
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27/144 NCIS Gets Real: U.S. Secretary of the Navy Gets a Cameo
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The United States Secretary of the Navy will make a guest appearance on an upcoming episode of NCIS, TVGuide.com has learned exclusively.Check out photos of the NCIS castSecretary Ray Maybus will appear in the Nov. 24 Thanksgiving episode entitled 'Child's Play,' a rep for the show tells us. Mabus will play an NCIS agent.Watch Mabus on The Daily Show with Jon StewartIn the episode, Gibbs (Mark Harmon) and the team have to put their Thanksgiving plans on hold when the investigation of a dead Marine leads them into the life of a 12-year-old prodigy (Madeline Carroll), who may be the killer's next target. Lisa Sheridan (Invasaion) and Francis Capra (Veronica Mars) will also guest-star.Watch full episodes and clips of NCIS in our Online Video GuideAlthough Mabus won't be playing himself...
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28/144 Report: Jennifer Lopez Files $10M Lawsuit Against Ex-Husband Over Movie Plans
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LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Jennifer Lopez has reportedly filed a lawsuit against ex-husband Ojani Noa, according to TMZ.The site reported that J.Lo filed papers in LA County Superior Court on Friday regarding Noa's planned film, 'How I Married Jennifer Lopez: The JLo and Ojani Noa Story,' as well as his alleged intentions to market '11+ hours of previously unseen home video footage.'
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29/144 Miley Cyrus: 'I've Never Heard A Jay-Z Song'
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LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Miley Cyrus may sing about her favorite Jay-Z song coming on in her No. 1 hit 'Party In The U.S.A.,' but the star has revealed that she's never heard a song by the hip-hop icon.'I've never heard a Jay-Z song,' she said in a video posted to her official site, MileyWorld.com.
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30/144 Pakistan models defy Taliban with 1st fashion week
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AP - Some women strode the catwalk in vicious spiked bracelets and body armor. Others had their heads covered, burqa-style, but with shoulders — and tattoos — exposed. Male models wore long, Islamic robes as well as shorts and sequined T-shirts.
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31/144 Korean Fashion Designers Hit New York
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Fashion Wire Daily - Nine of Korea's top fashion designers presented a selection of looks from their 2010 collections at a special runway show in New York on Wednesday, Nov. 4, kicking off a two-day preview event for local buyers.
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32/144 AP IMPACT: Framed for child porn — by a PC virus
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AP - Of all the sinister things that Internet viruses do, this might be the worst: They can make you an unsuspecting collector of child pornography.
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33/144 Software cos. eye key patent case in Supreme Court
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AP - With the technology industry looking on, the Supreme Court on Monday will explore what types of inventions should be eligible for a patent in a pivotal case that could undermine such legal protections for software.
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34/144 New `Call of Duty' could set entertainment record
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AP - This holiday season's biggest entertainment blockbuster likely will be a sequel to a popular franchise, with jarring depictions of war and an intricate story of good versus evil. It could easily rake in more than last year's record $155 million opening weekend for 'The Dark Knight.'
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35/144 Deja vu: Wal-Mart, Amazon, Target in DVD price war
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AP - First it was books. Now it's DVDs.
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36/144 French driver suspected in bank heist becomes Internet star
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AFP - A French security van driver suspected of making off with 11.6 million euros (17.2 million dollars) in cash has become a rising star on the web.
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37/144 'Modern Warfare 2' strikes on Tuesday
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AFP - 'Modern Warfare 2' strikes on Tuesday in a worldwide assault eagerly anticipated by lovers of the blockbuster role-playing battle videogame franchise.
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38/144 iPhone disappoints in China launch: analysts
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AFP - The official launch of Apple's iPhone in China has been disappointing at best for mobile operator China Unicom, with the grey market still booming and competitors offering worthy alternatives, experts say.
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39/144 W. Africa's last giraffes make surprising comeback
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AP - A crisp African dawn is breaking overhead, and Zibo Mounkaila is on the back of a pickup truck bounding across a sparse landscape of rocky orange soil.
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40/144 China sends panda expert to Taiwan to aid breeding
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AP - Nothing like a little time apart to rekindle the affections that could lead to a baby panda.
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41/144 Seattle team wins $900,000 in Space Elevator Games
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AP - A Seattle team has collected a $900,000 prize in a NASA-backed competition to develop the concept of an elevator to space — an idea spurred by science fiction novels.
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42/144 Japan eyes solar station in space
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AFP - It may sound like a sci-fi vision, but Japan's space agency is dead serious: by 2030 it wants to collect solar power in space and zap it down to Earth, using laser beams or microwaves.
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43/144 Yemen joins gas exporters' club
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AFP - Yemen, one of the world's poorest countries, joined the international club of gas exporters Saturday with pumping starting at a newly built liquefied natural gas plant in the Gulf of Aden.
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44/144 Space Junk Buzzes Station as Astronauts Sleep
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SPACE.com - A small
chunk of space trash made an uncomfortably close pass by the
International Space Station late Friday, but not close enough to force the
astronauts aboard to take shelter in their Russian lifeboats.
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45/144 Australian spearfisher survives shark attack
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AFP - A man spearfishing in South Australia was mauled in a shark attack Sunday, officials said as a report warned of several sightings of the deadly predators in the area.
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46/144 Dinosaur prints found on NZealand's South Island
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AFP - Scientists have discovered the first evidence that dinosaurs roamed the South Island of New Zealand with 70-million-year-old footprints found in six locations.
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47/144 G-20 finance officials: Too early to end stimulus
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AP - Finance officials from rich and developing countries have pledged to maintain emergency support for their economies until recovery is assured, but failed to reach a clear agreement to bear the cost of fighting climate change.
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48/144 Government: 91 dead in El Salvador flooding
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AP - Torrents of mud and boulders choked the streets of Verapaz on Sunday, part of massive wave of rain-fueled flooding that authorities said killed 91 people throughout El Salvador and left about five dozen missing.
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49/144 Miss England gives up crown over brawl reports
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Reuters - Beauty pageant winner Miss England gave up her title on Friday after reports she had been involved in a nightclub brawl with another beauty queen.
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50/144 Man makes living by selling the shirt on his back
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Reuters - A T-shirt a day has kept unemployment at bay for an American man who is making about $85,000 a year by selling advertising space on his torso.
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51/144 Giant snake capture was a hoax?
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Reuters - A man who caught a 14-foot (4.2-meter) python in a Florida drain pipe was charged with perpetrating a hoax after wildlife officers discovered he owned the snake and put it in the pipe in order to stage the capture.
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52/144 'Give pees a chance' student may face jail
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Reuters - A university student who was photographed urinating over a war memorial was warned on Wednesday that he could be jailed for the 'disgusting act.'
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53/144 Cheap mobile calls help more young couples elope
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Reuters - Somali courtship was different in Hassan Aden's day. When he was a teenager, you gave the girl's parents 11 camels and an AK-47 assault rifle as bride price and then waited respectfully.
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54/144 Rebels ban musical ringtones on phones
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Reuters - Sacdiyo Sheeq used to love listening to Bollywood movie songs on her mobile telephone.
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55/144 Scared of flying? Press the fear iButton
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Reuters - People scared of flying can now press a button on their iPhone to help them deal with their panic.
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56/144 Marilyn Monroe crypt auction fails again
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Reuters - A second attempt to sell a crypt on top of Marilyn Monroe's final resting place has failed, with not a single bid received for the burial spot in a celebrity-filled Los Angeles cemetery.
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57/144 Beefeaters 'harassed' lone female Tower guard
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Reuters - Two guardians of Britain's historic Tower of London have been suspended after a female colleague, the first woman warden in their 524-year history, accused them of harassment.
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58/144 Space hotel says it's on schedule to open in 2012
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Reuters - A company behind plans to open the first hotel in space says it is on target to accept its first paying guests in 2012 despite critics questioning the investment and time frame for the multi-billion dollar project.
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59/144 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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(AP) - Soldiers and their family's pray during a church service the 1st Air Cavalry Division Memorial Chapel at Fort Hood, Texas on Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
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(Reuters) - A man carries a girl on a street damaged by heavy rains in Verapaz, about 71 km (44 miles) east to San Salvador, November 8, 2009. Hurricane Ida roared into the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday, where important oil fields are located, after killing 91 people and leaving at least another 60 missing in floods and mudslides in El Salvador. REUTERS/Juan Carlos
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(AP) - iFive of six Senate candidates gather at a forum sponsored by the League of Women Voters at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, Mass., Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009. The six candidates are vying for the U.S. Senate seat left vacant by the death of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy. At far left is moderator Robert Pauqette of WFCR radio. The seated candidates are, left to right, Republicans state Sen. Scott Brown, Jack E. Robinson and Democrats U.S. Rep. Michael Capuano, Alan Khazei and Stephen Pagliuca. The party primaries are Dec. 8 and the special election is Jan. 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Nancy Palmieri)
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(AP) - Five of six Senate candidates gather at a forum sponsored by the League of Women Voters at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, Mass., Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009. The six candidates are vying for the U.S. Senate seat left vacant by the death of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy. From left to right are Republicans state Sen. Scott Brown , Jack E. Robinson and Democrats U.S. Rep. Michael Capuano, Alan Khazei and Stephen Pagliuca. The party primaries are Dec. 8 and the special election is Jan. 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Nancy Palmieri)
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64/144 Trainer John Shirreffs (L) embraces owner Jerome Moss as they ...
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(Reuters) - Trainer John Shirreffs (L) embraces owner Jerome Moss as they celebrate after their horse Zenyatta won the Breeders' Cup Classic thoroughbred horse race at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California November 7, 2009. REUTERS/Fred Greaves
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(Reuters) - A Sprint logo with a Manhattan skyline reflected in the window on the front door of the Sprint store on New York City's West 42nd street in this December 13, 2004 file photo. REUTERS/Mike Segar/Files
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(AP) - U.S. Army Sgt. Andrew Sobecky bows his head during the singing of 'Amazing Grace,' during a prayer service at First Baptist Church, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009, in Killeen, Texas. Governor Rick Perry delivered a message to attendees from area churches during the service that honored the dead and wounded from last weeks mass shooting on Fort Hood. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
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(AP) - Pastor Rick Artus with Christian Life Church, left, prays with U.S. Army Private First Class Cameron Parrott, right, at the conclusion of a prayer service at First Baptist Church, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009, in Killeen, Texas. Texas governor Rick Perry spoke at the service that honored the dead and wounded from last weeks mass shooting on Fort Hood. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
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68/144 Pastor Rick Artus with Christian Life Church, left, embraces ...
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(AP) - Pastor Rick Artus with Christian Life Church, left, embraces U.S. Army Private First Class Cameron Parrott, right, after praying at the conclusion of a prayer service at First Baptist Church, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009, in Killeen, Texas. Texas governor Rick Perry spoke at the service that honored the dead and wounded from last weeks mass shooting on Fort Hood. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
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(AP) - Texas Gov. Rick Perry speaks during a prayer service at First Baptist Church, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009, in Killeen, Texas. Several congregations from the area attended the service at the church honoring the dead and wounded from Thursday's mass shooting at Fort Hood. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
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(AP) - Texas Gov. Rick Perry, second from right, and dignitaries bow their head in silence at the beginning of a prayer service at First Baptist Church, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009, in Killeen, Texas. Several people from area churches attended the service that honored the dead and wounded from Thursday's mass shooting at Fort Hood. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
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(Reuters) - The sun sets over a pond in Rogers, Arkansas, November 8, 2009. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson (UNITED STATES BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT)
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(AP) - Gov. Rick Perry, front, bows his head during a moment of silence at the beginning of a prayer service honoring the dead and wounded from last week's mass shooting at Fort Hood at First Baptist Church, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009, in Killeen, Texas. Attendees from several congregations gathered at First Baptist for the service. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
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(AP) - Gov. Rick Perry addresses attendees at First Baptist Church, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009, in Killeen, Texas. Several congregations from the area attended a prayer service at the church in honor of the dead and wounded from last week's mass shooting at Fort Hood. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
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(AP) - This undated image made from KFDM-TV video shows a framed U.S. Army photo of Staff Sgt. Eric Williams Jackson, 39, of Beaumont, Texas. Jackson was one several wounded during a mass shooting, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009, at Fort Hood military base near Killeen, Texas. He was shot in the forearm. (AP Photo/KFDM-TV) MANDATORY CREDIT. NO SALES.
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75/144 A pupil receives a H1N1 vaccine injection at a school in Chenzhou, ...
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(Reuters) - A pupil receives a H1N1 vaccine injection at a school in Chenzhou, Hunan province October 29, 2009. REUTERS/China Daily
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(Reuters) - Texas Governor Rick Perry speaks to attendees during a prayer service at the First Baptist Church in Killeen, Texas November 8, 2009. The death toll from an Army psychiatrist who opened fire at the Fort Hood Army post rose to 13 on Friday, and Army officials said the suspected shooter was hospitalized and on a ventilator. REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi (UNITED STATES MILITARY CRIME LAW)
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77/144 Fort Hood Chaplain Ben Ellington and his wife, Sheri, attend ...
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(Reuters) - Fort Hood Chaplain Ben Ellington and his wife, Sheri, attend a prayer service at the First Baptist Church in Killeen, Texas November 8, 2009. The death toll from an Army psychiatrist who opened fire at the Fort Hood Army post rose to 13 on Friday, and Army officials said the suspected shooter was hospitalized and on a ventilator. REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi (UNITED STATES MILITARY CRIME LAW IMAGES OF THE DAY)
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78/144 Tiger Woods of the U.S. tees off on the fifth hole during the ...
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(Reuters) - Tiger Woods of the U.S. tees off on the fifth hole during the 2009 HSBC Champions golf tournament in Shanghai November 8, 2009. REUTERS/Aly Song
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(Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd takes a seat at the 4th East Asian Summit as part of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit meetings, held in the southern beach resort of Cha-am October 25, 2009. REUTERS/Babara Walton/Pool
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(Reuters) - The Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village private residential development (bottom C) is seen in New York, October 26, 2009. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
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81/144 A vertical cattle mixer/feeder is shown at a farm equipment ...
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(Reuters) - A vertical cattle mixer/feeder is shown at a farm equipment manufacturing business in Merced, California October 27, 2009. Since 1837 when blacksmith John Deere created the first polished-steel plow so farmers could cut furrows through dense prairie soil, farm equipment makers have been a mainstay of U.S. Manufacturing. But the sharp contraction in the U.S. economy starting in late 2007 and the subsequent surge in the dollar as investors sought the safety of U.S. government securities made sales tough -- especially overseas. Picture taken October 27. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith (UNITED STATES BUSINESS AGRICULTURE)
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82/144 Col. Kimberly Kesling listens to a question during news conference ...
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(AP) - Col. Kimberly Kesling listens to a question during news conference in front of Fort Hood headquarters in Killeen, Texas, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009. Army psychiatrist Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan is suspected of opening fire on fellow soldiers during a rampage that left 13 people dead on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009 and 29 injured. Kesling was in charge of the department that Hasan was assigned to. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
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83/144 FILE - In this Tuesday, July 14, 2009 file photo, a man sleeps ...
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(AP) - FILE - In this Tuesday, July 14, 2009 file photo, a man sleeps on a bench next to two women near the senior citizens' center in Palisades Park in Santa Monica, Calif., the same day the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California announced a federal lawsuit against the city, for allegedly violating the constitutional rights of chronically homeless people. A lawsuit, filed last month in federal court by seven Boise, Idaho residents, echoes similar cases popping up around the nation, all targeting rules that advocates say amount to the criminalization of homelessness. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)
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(AP) - A man walks near the entrance to the Dar Al Hijrah Islamic Center in Falls Church, Va., Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
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85/144 Saints go to 8-0 with 30-20 win over Panthers
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AP - What might be finest Saints team is off to the best start in club history. New Orleans moved to 8-0 on Sunday when Drew Brees overcame two early turnovers to pass for 330 yards and a touchdown in a 30-20 comeback victory over Carolina.
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86/144 Oklahoma out of AP poll, Stanford in
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AP - Over the past decade, Oklahoma has rarely been out of the AP Top 25 and Stanford has rarely been in.
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87/144 TCU moves into 4th place in BCS standings
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AP - All those blowouts have carried TCU to unprecedented heights in the BCS standings, giving the Horned Frogs hope — however slim — of becoming the first BCS buster to break into the national championship game.
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88/144 Rookie QB leads Bucs to first victory
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AP - The Tampa Bay Buccaneers saluted their past, then rookie Josh Freeman gave the struggling franchise hope for the future.
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89/144 Colts survive with 20-17 win over Houston
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AP - Indy's perfect season is still intact. Barely.
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90/144 Kurt Busch wins at Texas
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AP - Jimmie Johnson's drive to history took a hard hit against a wall and Kyle Busch ran out of gas trying to complete an unprecedented NASCAR trifecta.
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91/144 Colts escape when Texans miss game-tying field goal
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Reuters - The Indianapolis Colts kept their unbeaten record with a 20-17 victory over the Houston Texans on Sunday when Kris Brown was wide to the left on a potentially game-tying 42-yard field goal attempt.
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92/144 Suns share the ball, beat Wizards again 102-90
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AP - Jason Richardson scored 22 points, Steve Nash had 17 assists, and the Phoenix Suns maintained their dominance of the Washington Wizards with a 102-90 victory Sunday.
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93/144 Cal tailback Jahvid Best released from hospital
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AP - California star tailback Jahvid Best was released from the hospital Sunday and will miss at least one game after sustaining a concussion on a terrifying fall in the end zone.
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94/144 Ancelotti warns of Gunners threat as Fergie fumes
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AFP - Carlo Ancelotti has rubbed salt into Manchester United's wounds over their controversial defeat at Chelsea by suggesting Arsenal are just as big a threat to his side's Premier League title ambitions.
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95/144 Evans to challenge Armstrong in Tour Down Under
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AFP - Australia's world road cycling champion Cadel Evans announced his return to the Tour Down Under on Thursday, lining up a showdown with legendary American Lance Armstrong.
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96/144 Peverley, Kozlov score in SO, Thrashers beat Blues
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AP - Defensemen Tobias Enstrom and Ron Hainsey forced overtime with third-period goals, and Rich Peverley and Slava Kozlov scored in a shootout to give the Atlanta Thrashers a 3-2 victory over the St. Louis on Sunday night.
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97/144 Murray beats Youzhny to take Valencia title
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AFP - British top seed Andy Murray defeated Russia's Mikhail Youzhny 6-3, 6-2 on Sunday to win the Valencia ATP title and capture his sixth trophy of the season.
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98/144 Tiger arrives Down Under
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AP - Tiger Woods arrived in Australia on his private plane Monday, days ahead of his first appearance in an Australian tournament in 11 years.
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99/144 Haye shocks Valuev in WBA heavyweight title bout
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Reuters - Briton David Haye clinched the WBA world heavyweight title with a points win over holder Nikolai Valuev of Russia on Saturday.
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100/144 Jimmie Johnson wrecks on 3rd lap in Texas
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AP - Jimmie Johnson crashed on the third lap of the NASCAR race at Texas, where he was trying to move closer to an unprecedented fourth consecutive Sprint Cup season championship.
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101/144 Leaders defend Afghan mission as Britain remembers war dead
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AFP - Leaders sought to bolster public support for the war in Afghanistan on Sunday, as the deaths of two more soldiers brought a grim poignancy to Remembrance commemorations for the war dead.
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102/144 Queen leads Britain's ceremony for war dead
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AP - Queen Elizabeth II led Britain's annual ceremony for the country's war dead Sunday, honoring them with a moment of silence as the military reported that more than 200 British soldiers have been killed in combat in Afghanistan.
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103/144 British soldier killed in Afghanistan
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AFP - A British soldier has been killed in an explosion in southern Afghanistan, bringing Britain's losses since the 2001 US-led invasion of the country to 231, the Ministry of Defence said Sunday.
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104/144 British soldier killed in southern Afghanistan
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AP - Britain's Defense Ministry says a British soldier has been killed in southern Afghanistan.
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105/144 War support flagging as nation remembers fallen
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AFP - Foreign Secretary David Miliband and the country's top commander in Afghanistan on Sunday tried to revive support for the fight against the Taliban as thoughts on Remembrance Sunday turned to those killed.
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106/144 Support for Afghan war fading: poll
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AFP - Public support for the war in Afghanistan is falling, while more than 40 percent do not understand why British troops are fighting there, a poll released on Remembrance Sunday showed.
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107/144 Remember Afghanistan victims alongside WWI: British PM
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AFP - The fallen soldiers of World War I must not be forgotten as Britain mourns those killed in the current battles in Afghanistan, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said as the country prepared to mark Remembrance Sunday.
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108/144 BA cabin crew to vote on strike: union
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AFP - Thousands of British Airways cabin crew are to vote on whether to take industrial action, the Unite trade union said Saturday, in a row over job cuts and new contracts.
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109/144 Murdered French students' parents claim against UK
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AFP - The parents of two French students brutally killed in London are demanding compensation from the British government for mistakes that could have prevented the murders, their lawyer said on Saturday.
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110/144 Govt in push for new nuclear plants
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AFP - The country could face a serious energy crisis unless plans to build new nuclear power stations are implemented, the energy secretary revealed in an interview Saturday.
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111/144 Butcher takes biro to meet the queen
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AFP - A butcher who received a medal from Queen Elizabeth kept his trusty pen tucked behind his ear throughout the ceremony, newspapers reported Saturday.
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112/144 Brown: UK staying in Afghanistan, but wants reform
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AP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Washington's closest ally in Afghanistan, toughened his tone Friday with this harsh message for the Afghan leadership: Clean up your act — for real this time — or risk a cutoff of support.
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113/144 Britain's Brown urges debate on banking reform
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AFP - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Monday urged banks to debate reform including a possible tax on global financial transactions, in the wake of the G20 finance ministers' meet.
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114/144 Germany celebrates memory of Berlin Wall falling
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AP - With concerts and memorials on Monday, Germans will celebrate the day the Berlin Wall came crashing down 20 years ago.
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115/144 Clinton: Berlin Wall festivities not just a party
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AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton urged Europeans and Americans on Sunday to see the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall as a call to action against new global threats.
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116/144 Capello avoids Benitez row by resting Gerrard
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AFP - England coach Fabio Capello avoided a row with Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez as he left Steven Gerrard out of his squad for Saturday's friendly against Brazil in Doha.
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117/144 Turkey: Indicted Sudan leader won't attend summit
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AP - Turkey said Sunday that Sudan's internationally indicted leader, President Omar al-Bashir, will not attend a conference of Muslim nations in Istanbul.
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118/144 Pope Benedict honors Paul VI in Italian birthplace
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AP - Pope Benedict XVI made a one-day pilgrimage Sunday to northern Italy to pay tribute to Paul VI, his predecessor who made him a cardinal.
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119/144 Giant dominoes form tribute to Berlin Wall's fall
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AP - Massive colorful dominoes painted by German students were placed Saturday along the former path of the Berlin Wall to mark the 20th anniversary of the opening of the barrier that divided the city for nearly three decades.
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120/144 Bruni-Sarkozy tells of 8 years in psychoanalysis
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AP - During her years as a top model, French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy gave psychoanalysis nary a thought.
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121/144 Government: 91 dead in El Salvador flooding
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AP - Mud and boulders loosened by heavy rains swept down a volcano and partly buried the town of Verapaz Sunday, swallowing up homes and cars as massive flooding killed 91 people throughout El Salvador, authorities said. Another five dozen people are missing.
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122/144 Iraq electoral law passes, sets up national vote
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AP - Iraq's parliament ended weeks of debate Sunday and passed a long-delayed law paving the way for the planned January election to go forward, sidestepping a crisis that could have delayed the U.S. troop withdrawal.
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123/144 Saudis take mountain from Yemen rebels
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AP - Saudi Arabian forces seized a strategic mountain straddling the border with Yemen and cleared it of Shiite rebels after five days of fighting that have left three Saudi soldiers dead, a Saudi defense official said Sunday.
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124/144 Chavez to troops: Prepare for war with Colombia
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AP - President Hugo Chavez on Sunday ordered Venezuela's military to prepare for a possible armed conflict with Colombia, saying his country's soldiers should be ready if the United States attempts to provoke a war between the South American neighbors.
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125/144 Nigeria banks on River Niger to boost commerce, navigation
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AFP - After decades of delay and wrangling by resisting riverine communities, Nigeria has launched a multi-million-dollar dredging exercise to boost navigation and commerce on the Niger River.
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126/144 In Fight Against AIDS, Kenya Confronts Gay Taboo
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Time.com - Kenya launches an unprecedented campaign to survey the country's gay population about their sexual behaviors -- taking on a subject long met with hostility in the country.
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127/144 House health care bill has nowhere to go in Senate
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AP - The glow from a health care triumph faded quickly for President Barack Obama on Sunday as Democrats realized the bill they fought so hard to pass in the House has nowhere to go in the Senate.
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128/144 Expanding drug treatment: Is US ready to step up?
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AP - Based on the rhetoric, America's war on drugs seems poised to shift into a more enlightened phase where treatment of addicts gains favor over imprisonment of low-level offenders. Questions abound, however, about the nation's readiness to turn the talk into reality.
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129/144 Alaska island village hit by suspected swine flu
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AP - Suspected swine flu is sweeping a traditional Eskimo whaling village on a remote Alaska island — prompting an urgent medical mission to deliver help.
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130/144 In Europe, most swine flu shots by invitation only
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AP - In Britain, there are no long lines of people seeking swine flu vaccine. Doctor's offices aren't swamped with desperate calls. And there are no cries of injustice that the vaccine is going to wealthy corporations or healthy people who don't really need it.
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131/144 Poll: One-third able to get swine flu vaccine
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AP - Only about a third of adults who have tried to get a swine flu vaccine have been able to get it, according to a new national poll released Friday.
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132/144 Obesity causes 100,000 US cancers every year: study
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AFP - Obesity causes more than 100,000 incidents of cancer in the US every year, the American Institute for Cancer Research said in estimates published Friday.
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133/144 'All-natural' sex pill contains Viagra chemical: FDA
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AFP - The US food and drug safety watchdog warned Thursday that an over-the-counter men's sex aid, labeled as all-natural, contains a chemical similar to the active ingredient in Viagra and could be dangerous.
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134/144 Shrinking AIDS funding threatens gains: aid group
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AFP - Waning international donor support for the fight against AIDS is a threat to a decade of progress in HIV treatment, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) warned on Thursday.
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135/144 Fibre may keep asthma, diabetes at bay, study finds
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AFP - An apple a day may keep the doctor away but a fibre-filled diet could also hold the key to keeping asthma, diabetes and arthritis at bay, according to Australian research released Thursday.
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136/144 Obesity causes 100,000 U.S. cancer cases, group says
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Reuters - Obesity causes more than 100,000 cases of cancer in the United States each year -- and the number will likely rise as Americans get fatter, researchers said on Thursday.
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137/144 Stocks eye retailers as jobless ranks grow
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Reuters - As unemployment in the United States edges above 10 percent, anxious investors will look to earnings reports from major retailers for signs of life in the beaten-up consumer.
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138/144 Opel unions see autonomy as condition to talks
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Reuters - Opel's top German labor leader said on Sunday he was willing to hold negotiations over a restructuring of the European carmaker under its parent General Motors so long as it gains greater independence.
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139/144 Geithner: need stimulus, not financial transactions tax
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Reuters - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Saturday stressed the necessity of keeping global economic stimulus in place until recovery is assured and opposed the utility of a tax on financial transactions as a way to dampen risky bank behavior.
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140/144 China hopes U.S. keeps deficit to appropriate size
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Reuters - China hopes that the United States will keep its deficit to an appropriate size to ensure basic stability in the U.S. dollar exchange rate, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said on Sunday.
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141/144 UK, Australia seek UBS data after U.S. tax case
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Reuters - Authorities in Britain and Australia have requested information from UBS after the Swiss bank agreed in August to disclose some 4,450 client names to settle a U.S. tax case, the bank confirmed on Sunday.
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142/144 Freddie Mac loses $6.3B in 3Q
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AP - Freddie Mac's losses narrowed to $6.3 billion in the third quarter, but the government-controlled mortgage finance company didn't need a federal cash infusion.
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143/144 Freddie Mac posts $5 billion loss
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Reuters - Freddie Mac , the second largest provider of U.S. residential mortgage funding, on Friday posted a loss of $5 billion in the third quarter and predicted it would need more government support amid a 'prolonged deterioration' in housing.
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144/144 Staff at struggling German retail giant agree to tighten belts
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AFP - Employees of the embattled German department store chain Karstadt, owned by the insolvent retail group Arcandor, agreed Saturday to take salary cuts as part of a last-ditch effort to save their jobs.
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