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1/135 Stars come out for CNN Heroes ceremony
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AP - Kate Hudson, Pierce Brosnan, Neil Patrick Harris and other stars who are used to getting applause were giving it gladly at a ceremony honoring people who make a difference in the lives of others.
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2/135 International Emmys to honor David Frost
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AP - British TV personality David Frost will be honored at the 37th Annual International Emmy Awards for a wide-ranging career that has taken him from pioneering political satire on television to conducting serious interviews with former President Richard Nixon and other newsmakers.
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3/135 Jackson's glove sells for $350,000 at auction
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Reuters - Michael Jackson's famous white glove sold for $350,000 at a memorabilia auction on Saturday, soaring far past pre-sale estimates, while a black jacket he wore during a 1989 world tour fetched $225,000.
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4/135 Bollywood star Shetty marries in glittering ceremony
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AFP - Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty, best known for winning the British version of television show Celebrity Big Brother, married in a lavish ceremony in western India on Sunday.
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5/135 Macau hotel to display Jacko 'moonwalk' glove
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AFP - A hotel in the glitzy Asian gambling haven of Macau will display Michael Jackson's rhinestone-encrusted glove after paying 350,000 dollars for the piece of pop history at auction, the hotel said on Sunday.
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6/135 Jacko 'moonwalk' glove sells for $350,000
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AFP - The rhinestone-encrusted glove worn by pop icon Michael Jackson for his first 'moonwalk' dance in 1983 sold Saturday for 350,000 dollars at a frenzied auction in New York.
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7/135 Motown caps 50th anniversary with hometown gala
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AP - Black ties and gowns filled a ballroom Saturday in a big-bucks salute to Detroit-style royalty — the King of Motown, the Queen of Soul and the Kid of Rock.
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8/135 Jackson moonwalk glove sells for $350K in NYC
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AP - The shimmering, white glove Michael Jackson wore when he premiered his trademark moonwalk dance in 1983 was auctioned off for $350,000 — plus tax — on Saturday.
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9/135 Motown gala 'means everything' to founder Gordy
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AP - Hundreds have gathered to salute Detroit-style royalty — the King of Motown, the Queen of Soul and the Kid of Rock.
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10/135 Tween Justin Bieber fans lose control at NY mall
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AP - New York police shut down a mall appearance by teen pop singer Justin Bieber (BEE'-ber) after thousands of young girls showed up and got a little too wild.
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11/135 Losing Winfrey would be big blow for Second City
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AP - Step outside Oprah Winfrey's Harpo Studios and into the near west side neighborhood that's been home to her television talk show for two decades, and it's easy to get a sense of what she's meant to Chicago.
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12/135 Warrant: Drug in Jackson case came from Vegas firm
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AP - A powerful anesthetic recovered from Michael Jackson's bedside after he died had been purchased in Nevada by his doctor who had it shipped to California, court documents show.
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13/135 Parker-Broderick surrogacy case jury breaks
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AP - The jury in the trial of an Ohio police chief accused of breaking into the home of a woman who carried twins for Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick ended five hours of deliberations Friday without a verdict.
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14/135 Oprah's departure presents problem for TV stations
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AP - For more than two decades, Oprah Winfrey has been the inspirational, change-your-life champion who reigned over daytime television much like Johnny Carson once ruled late night.
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15/135 Racette's Angelica a triumph at Met Opera
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AP - Patricia Racette had just sung her moving final notes in 'Suor Angelica' and fallen to the stage.
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16/135 Smash 'Twilight' sequel enters record books
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Reuters - The 'Twilight' sequel scored the third-biggest opening weekend of all time at the North American box office on Sunday, as millions of young women swooned over the complex love triangle involving a high school girl, a vampire and a werewolf.
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17/135 `New Moon' wolfs down $140.7M in opening weekend
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AP - The vampire romance 'The Twilight Saga: New Moon' sucked up $140.7 million in its first three days and pulled in a total of $258.8 million worldwide, according to studio estimates Sunday.
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18/135 Travolta appears at fundraiser in Fla. hometown
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AP - John Travolta and his family made their first public appearance in their adopted Florida hometown since his son's death, helping raise thousands of dollars for charity at a screening of the actor's new comedy Friday night.
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19/135 '2012' a home run with patriotic fans in China
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AP - When the apocalypse comes, China will save the world.
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20/135 Brad Pitt's production company enters 'Dark Void'
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Reuters - 'Dark Void' will yield movie development matter.
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21/135 Sarandon gets lifetime achievement award at Stockholm film fest
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AFP - American actress Susan Sarandon was on Saturday honoured with a lifetime achievement award at the Stockholm film festival.
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22/135 'Twilight' sequel breaks opening day record: report
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AFP - All the hype surrounding the 'Twilight' vampire romance sequel is scoring big at the box office, with industry reports estimating Saturday it took in the largest opening-day receipts on record.
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23/135 1.25 million bought Pacquiao-Cotto pay per view
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AFP - Manny Pacquiao's 12th-round TKO of Miguel Cotto was the top-drawing pay-per-view bout of 2009 with 1.25 million purchases worth 70 million dollars in revenue, Home Box Office Sports said Friday.
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24/135 Bullock in New Orleans for 'Blind Side' showing
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AP - Wearing a floor-length pastel striped evening gown, Sandra Bullock walked the red carpet in New Orleans Thursday for a special premiere of her latest film, 'The Blind Side.'
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25/135 Jon Brings Bouquet of Roses To Arbitration Hearing With Kate
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The couple comes face-to-face Saturday to discuss custody, division of assets and child support
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26/135 Al Gore Takes 'Green' Message to Saturday Night Live
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Al Gore took his message to Saturday Night Live for NBC's 'Green Week,' joking that he had a 'backup plan' and zinging the network for the patronizing opportunity to let him appear once a year — 'like Punxsutawny Phil.'
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27/135 Michael Jackson's Moonwalk Glove Auctioned for $350,000
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The studded white glove, made famous when Michael Jackson debuted the moonwalk in 1983, was auctioned off for $350,000, according to The Associated Press. Hoffman Ma of Hong Kong placed the winning bid Saturday on behalf of...
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28/135 Two hurt as bulls flee Tom Cruise film set
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AFP - Two women were slightly hurt on Sunday when they were struck by bulls that escaped the set of a new film that stars Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz, local police and officials said.
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29/135 The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show Returns to New York
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Fashion Wire Daily - The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show came back to New York City in its 14th year and took audience members on a wild journey through various themes from futuristic to classical romantic on Thursday, Nov. 19.
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30/135 Newspaper circulation may be worse than it looks
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AP - While U.S. newspapers are losing subscribers at a staggering rate, a few dailies stand out because their circulation is rising. But they aren't necessarily selling more copies.
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31/135 South Koreans to get Apple's iPhone this week
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AP - Apple Inc's iPhone is coming to South Korea this week, a local carrier announced Sunday, bringing the iconic communications device to one of the world's most sophisticated mobile phone markets.
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32/135 Sony hopes online service will build brand loyalty
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AP - Sony's new online service connecting the whole range of its gadgets to downloadable content like movies and games should help build brand loyalty, a top executive said Friday.
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33/135 Dell's profit, stock drop on weak quarterly report
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AP - Some of the computer industry's biggest players — such as IBM Corp., Intel Corp. and Hewlett-Packard Co. — have wowed Wall Street this fall with stronger-than-expected profits.
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34/135 200 Web sites spread al-Qaida's message in English
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AP - Increasing numbers of English-language Web sites are spreading al-Qaida's message to Muslims in the West. They translate writings and sermons once largely out of reach of English readers and often feature charismatic clerics like Anwar al-Awlaki, who exchanged dozens of e-mails with the Army psychiatrist accused of the Fort Hood shootings.
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35/135 Vodafone seeks more time to reply to Indian tax claim
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AFP - British mobile phone giant Vodafone Group Plc has sought an extra two months to reply to a two-billion-dollar Indian tax claim over its purchase of India's third-largest mobile operator.
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36/135 Ciena takes Nortel unit auction to 2nd day: sources
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Reuters - The auction for Nortel Network's optical networking and carrier ethernet business went into a second day on Saturday, after Ciena called for a break in the auction late on Friday, two sources said.
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37/135 Denmark: 65 world leaders for UN climate summit
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AP - Sixty-five world leaders have said they will attend the Copenhagen climate summit in December, and several more have responded positively to invitations, Danish officials said Sunday.
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38/135 Rare Charles Darwin book found on toilet bookshelf
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AP - An auction house says it is selling a rare first edition of Charles Darwin's 'On the Origin of Species' found in a family's guest lavatory in southern England.
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39/135 Restored machine to explore mysteries of Big Bang
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AP - Scientists are preparing the world's largest atom smasher to explore the depths of matter after successfully restarting the $10 billion machine following more than a year of repairs.
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40/135 India's Reliance announces bid for LyondellBasell
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AFP - India's private sector energy giant Reliance Industries Limited has announced a cash bid to buy a controlling stake in bankrupt petrochemicals firm LyondellBasell Industries.
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41/135 Astronaut's baby daughter born as he circles Earth
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AP - Astronaut Randolph Bresnik jubilantly welcomed his new daughter into the world Sunday as he floated 220 miles above it.
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42/135 Measure to change U. of Neb. stem-cell rule fails
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AP - The University of Nebraska's governing board on Friday voted not to place tighter restrictions on embryonic stem cell research than those outlined under federal guidelines, which were expanded after President Barack Obama took office.
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43/135 Ukraine's `hot air' bedevils global climate deal
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AP - Vladimir Gapor is a plumber by trade, but now he's a scavenger, prying bits of scrap steel from the ruins of his old factory and selling them for a pittance.
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44/135 Study: Scavengers big and small dwell in deep sea
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AP - Thousands of marine species eke out an existence in the ocean's pitch-black depths by feeding on the snowlike decaying matter that cascades down, and even sunken whale bones, according to a report released Sunday.
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45/135 China harnesses mountain wind power
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AFP - In the mountains above the southwestern Chinese town of Dali, dozens of new wind turbines dot the landscape -- a symbol of the country's sky-high ambitions for clean, green energy.
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46/135 Rain-lashed Britain braces for fresh deluges
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AFP - The flood-hit northwest braced Saturday for more devastation after river levels rose again and forecasters warned of more rain following unprecedented torrential deluges.
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47/135 Ageing Santa gets $100,000 facelift for Christmas
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Reuters - A Santa in New Zealand with a droopy eye has received a NZ$100,000 ($74,000) face-lift in the run-up to Christmas so that his aging face does not scare children.
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48/135 Gang accused of killing to sell human fat
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Reuters - Peruvian police said on Thursday they had broken up a gang that allegedly killed dozens of people and sold their fat to buyers who used it to make cosmetics.
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49/135 Diplomats arrested for cigarette smuggling
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Reuters - Swedish police have arrested two North Korean diplomats on suspicion of smuggling 230,000 cigarettes into the Nordic country, the Swedish Customs Office said Friday.
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50/135 U.S. election, iPhone among decade's top 10 Internet moments
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Reuters - The launch of Wikipedia, emergence of the iPhone and the election of U.S. President Barack Obama were among the 10 most influential moments on the Internet in the past decade, according to the annual Webby awards.
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51/135 Johnny Depp named People's 'sexiest man alive'
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Reuters - 'Pirates of the Caribbean' star Johnny Depp was named People magazine's 'Sexiest Man Alive' on Wednesday, reclaiming a title he first won in 2003.
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52/135 Lawmaker apologizes for insulting rival on Twitter
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Reuters - A Canadian member of Parliament learned the hard way on Tuesday that insulting a rival legislator by Twitter is not a good idea, especially if you're sitting around the same table at the time.
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53/135 Make toilets cool to fix sanitation woes?
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Reuters - Jack Sim, founder of the World Toilet Organization, has a theory about why governments and people are so reluctant to talk about hygiene: it isn't cool.
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54/135 What's in a name? More than you might think
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Reuters - A London-based translation firm is offering parents-to-be the chance to check the meaning of prospective baby names in other languages to avoid inadvertently causing their offspring future embarrassment.
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55/135 Women disappointed by Gaddafi 'party'
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Reuters - Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, in Rome for a U.N. food summit, spent several hours in the company of 200 Italian women recruited by an agency and tried to convert them to Islam, Italian media reported on Monday.
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56/135 Putin wins respect at hip-hop party
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Reuters - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin rubbed shoulders with rappers and was hailed with 'respect' in a television show Friday that could help boost his flagging ratings.
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57/135 In this Nov. 17, 2009 photo Mike Samsel holds up an Ohio whitetail ...
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(AP) - In this Nov. 17, 2009 photo Mike Samsel holds up an Ohio whitetail deer he shot in Ashtabula County in 2007. More venison is being donated to strapped food banks as states provide financial and other aid to help manage high deer populations and feed the hungry at the same time, and pantries struggling to meet rising demand hope more states will follow that lead. Samsel has been donating venison for more than 20 years. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)
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58/135 Sarah Palin talks to a young fan while at a book tour stop in ...
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(AP) - Sarah Palin talks to a young fan while at a book tour stop in Roanoke, Va., Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009. (AP Photo/Don Petersen)
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59/135 Sarah Palin talks to a young fan while at a book tour stop in ...
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(AP) - Sarah Palin talks to a young fan while at a book tour stop in Roanoke, Va., Sunday, Oct. 22, 2009. (AP Photo/Don Petersen)
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(AP) - This NOAA satellite image taken Sunday, November 22, 2009 at 12:45 PM EST shows widespread clouds blanketing the Southeast as low pressure moves along the Gulf Coast and lifts across Mississippi. Warm, moisture advection produces fairly widespread rainfall from Georgia through western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee. High pressure slides down the southeast Atlantic Seaboard with cool northeast flow, making it difficult for additional warming across the Southeast. Meanwhile, warm air advection lifting behind a warm front that stretches across northern Florida triggers bands of rainfall and isolated thunderstorms. The heaviest concentration of showers develop primarily to the southeast of Belleview, while additional thunderstorms spread inland from the Gulf of Mexico. Elsewhere, a stalled frontal boundary in the Central US produces patches of clouds and pockets of light rainfall in the Plains and the Mid- to Upper Mississippi Valleys. (AP PHOTO/WEATHER UNDERGROUND)
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61/135 Canada's Tessa Virtue from London, Ont. and Scott Moir from ...
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(Canadian Press) - Canada's Tessa Virtue from London, Ont. and Scott Moir from Ilderton, Ont. perform their free dance to win the gold medal in the ice dance competition at the Home Sense Skate Canada International figure skating competition Sunday, November 22, 2009 in Kitchener, Ont. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson
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(AP) - Sarah Palin buttons are seen for sale outside a Barnes & Noble book store where Palin was autographing books during a book tour stop in Roanoke, Va., Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009. (AP Photo/Don Petersen)
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63/135 Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) speaks after the U.S. ...
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(Reuters) - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) speaks after the U.S. Senate voted to begin debate on legislation for a broad healthcare overhaul on Capitol Hill in Washington November 21, 2009. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts
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64/135 Barbara Epperly of Radford, Va, celebrates after Sarah Palin ...
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(AP) - Barbara Epperly of Radford, Va, celebrates after Sarah Palin signed her books at a book tour stop at Barnes & Noble Book Store in Roanoke, Va., Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009. (AP Photo/Don Petersen)
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(AP) - Caroline Perkins, of Roanoke, keeps warm in the early morning cold while waiting for Sarah Palin on her book tour stop in Roanoke, Va. at a Barnes & Noble Book Store Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009. (AP Photo/Don Petersen)
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66/135 In this photograph provided by 'Meet the Press,' Sen. Joe Lieberman, ...
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(AP) - In this photograph provided by 'Meet the Press,' Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., and Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., left, appear on 'Meet the Press'' Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009, at the NBC studios in Washington. (AP Photo/Meet The Press, William B. Plowman)
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(AP) - In this photograph provided by NBC's 'Meet the Press,' Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., appears on 'Meet the Press'' Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009, at the NBC studios in Washington. (AP Photo/Meet The Press, William B. Plowman)
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(AP) - FILE - In this undated file screen image taken from the Internet, a detail of a TripAdvisor disclaimer is seen on a web site. (AP Photo, File) *NO SALES
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69/135 FILE - In this Nov. 22, 2006 file photo, travelers arrive for ...
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(AP) - FILE - In this Nov. 22, 2006 file photo, travelers arrive for their flights at LaGuardia Airport in New York. Fewer people are expected to fly this holiday season, but travelers shouldn't expect a full reprieve from the horrid flight delays of Thanksgivings past, especially if they need to land anywhere near New York City. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)
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70/135 In this Nov. 8, 2006 file photo, Rhode Island Republican Gov. ...
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(AP) - In this Nov. 8, 2006 file photo, Rhode Island Republican Gov. Don Carcieri address the media during a news conference at the Statehouse, in Providence, R.I. Gov. Don Carcieri's administration has failed for months to spend $20 million meant to insulate poor people's homes against the winter chill and put unemployed people to work during one of the worst economic crises since the Great Depression. (AP Photo/Stew Milne, File)
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(AFP/File) - US President Barack Obama boards Air Force One as he leaves South Korea at a US military airbase in Osan, south of Seoul, on November 19. Obama's top domestic priority, remaking US health care, cleared a major Senate hurdle but strong opposition Sunday to key parts of the proposals augured a tough battle ahead.(AFP/File/Jung Yeon-Je)
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72/135 Demostrators rally against the Senate's health care reform ...
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(AFP/Getty Images/File) - Demostrators rally against the Senate's health care reform bill outside Capitol Hill on November 21, in Washington, DC. President Barack Obama's top domestic priority, remaking US health care, cleared a major Senate hurdle but strong opposition Sunday to key parts of the proposals augured a tough battle ahead.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Brendan Hoffman)
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73/135 The Senate's health care reform bill sits on the podium ...
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(AFP/Getty Images/File) - The Senate's health care reform bill sits on the podium following a news conference by Republican Senators on Capitol Hill on November 21, in Washington, DC. President Barack Obama's top domestic priority, remaking US health care, cleared a major Senate hurdle but strong opposition Sunday to key parts of the proposals augured a tough battle ahead.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Brendan Hoffman)
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74/135 Actor Robert Pattinson, star of the new film "The Twilight ...
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(Reuters) - Actor Robert Pattinson, star of the new film "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" poses at the film's Los Angeles premiere November 16, 2009. REUTERS/Fred Prouser
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75/135 The Police lead singer Sting performs in Belgrade in this June ...
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(Reuters) - The Police lead singer Sting performs in Belgrade in this June 24, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Ivan Milutinovic
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76/135 In this Nov. 19, 2009 photo, moving company owner Michael Stamm ...
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(AP) - In this Nov. 19, 2009 photo, moving company owner Michael Stamm stands in front of one of his moving trucks in Concord, N.H. Stamm thinks if New Hampshire wants to mandate paid sick days for his business, New Hampshire should pay for them, not him. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)
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77/135 England's batsman Jonathan Trott plays a shot during the One-Day ...
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(Canadian Press) - England's batsman Jonathan Trott plays a shot during the One-Day International cricket match against South Africa at Supersport Park in Centurion, South Africa, Sunday Nov. 22, 2009. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Themba Hadebe)
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(AP) - This combination of undated photos shows, from left: Ali Abd al-Aziz Ali, Waleed bin Attash, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Mustafa Ahmad al-Hawsawi and Ramzi Binalshibh. The five men facing trial in the Sept. 11 attacks will plead not guilty so that they can air their criticisms of U.S. foreign policy, the lawyer for one of the defendants said Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009. (AP Photos)
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79/135 In this photo made Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009, Chuck Ferrar poses ...
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(AP) - In this photo made Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009, Chuck Ferrar poses for a portrait at his liquor store in Annapolis, Md. Ferrar expects to pay $9,000 in unemployment taxes next year, up from $3,000 this year. (AP Photo/Rob Carr)
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80/135 In this Nov. 13, 2009 photo, a newspaper rack is shown in Palo ...
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(AP) - In this Nov. 13, 2009 photo, a newspaper rack is shown in Palo Alto. While U.S. newspapers are losing subscribers at a staggering rate, a few dailies stand out because their circulation is rising. But they aren't necessarily selling more copies. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
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81/135 In this Nov. 13, 2009 photo, a newspaper rack is shown in San ...
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(AP) - In this Nov. 13, 2009 photo, a newspaper rack is shown in San Francisco. While U.S. newspapers are losing subscribers at a staggering rate, a few dailies stand out because their circulation is rising. But they aren't necessarily selling more copies. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
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82/135 Ole Miss, Cal, UNC back in AP Top 25
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AP - Mississippi, California and North Carolina, teams that started the season with lofty expectations before stumbling, have surged back into the AP Top 25 college football poll.
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83/135 At 6-5, Weis would have hard time arguing firing
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AP - Charlie Weis wouldn't blame Notre Dame for firing him.
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84/135 No. 2 MSU tops Valpo 90-60 for Izzo's 340th win
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AP - Tom Izzo won his 340th game at Michigan State on Sunday, tying the school record for victories in the No. 2 Spartans' 90-60 win over Valparaiso.
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85/135 Murray beats Del Potro in 1st match at ATP finals
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AP - Andy Murray beat Juan Martin Del Potro 6-3, 3-6, 6-2 Sunday in the opening group match of the season-ending ATP World Tour Finals.
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86/135 Five-star Defoe as Spurs put nine past Wigan
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AFP - Jermain Defoe scored five goals as Tottenham Hotspur thrashed Wigan Athletic 9-1 at White Hart Lane here on Sunday, a record victory for the hosts in the top-flight.
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87/135 Seven-try France smash sorry Samoa
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AFP - France warmed up for their year-ending clash with New Zealand by cantering to a comfortable 43-5 win over Samoa in their second autumn Test match at the Stade de France here on Saturday.
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88/135 Toews has 2 goals, assist in Blackhawks' 5-2 win
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AP - Jonathan Toews scored two goals and added an assist as the Chicago Blackhawks won their sixth game in a row, knocking off the Edmonton Oilers 5-2 on Saturday night.
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89/135 Home hero Murray makes winning start at Tour Finals
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AFP - Andy Murray kicked off his bid to win the ATP World Tour Finals on home turf with a 6-3, 3-6, 6-2 victory over US Open champion Juan Martin del Potro in London on Sunday.
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90/135 Lee Westwood of England wins Dubai, money titles
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AP - Lee Westwood of England became Europe's No. 1 golfer on Sunday after winning the Dubai World Championship by six strokes.
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91/135 Ward claims Kessler's WBA title in 11th round
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AP - With a stunning victory in his hometown, Andre Ward proved he's ready for the world.
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92/135 Busch wins title, Nationwide finale
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AP - Kyle Busch only needed the green flag to drop to win his first NASCAR title. His coronation was never in doubt and neither, really, was the outcome of the Nationwide Series finale.
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93/135 Holcomb wins bobsled gold at Lake Placid
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AP - Steven Holcomb said the U.S. bobsled team was going to be a powerhouse this year. He sure seems like a prophet.
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94/135 Failed N.Ireland car bombing highlights terror threat
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AFP - A massive car bomb that failed to explode properly was designed to cause widespread destruction in Belfast, police said Sunday, underscoring the threat to Northern Ireland's fragile peace.
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95/135 Report: Leaked UK documents detail Iraq war chaos
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AP - Leaked British government documents call into question ex-Prime Minister Tony Blair's public statements on the buildup to the Iraq war and show plans for the U.S.-led 2003 invasion were being made more than a year earlier, a newspaper reported Sunday.
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96/135 UK checks safety of 1,800 bridges after storms
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AP - Police and army experts say they're urgently checking the safety of about 1,800 bridges in northern England amid some of the worst storms ever recorded in Britain.
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97/135 Dissidents suspected in N. Ireland bomb attempt
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AFP - A massive car bomb in Belfast that failed to explode properly was designed to cause widespread destruction, police said Sunday, underscoring the threat posed by dissident groups to Northern Ireland's fragile peace.
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98/135 Remains of 15 British Tommies found in France
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AFP - The remains of 15 British soldiers who were killed in the early months of World War I were found in northern France this week 95 years after their deaths, a local mayor said on Sunday.
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99/135 UK had sketchy post-invasion Iraq plan: report
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AFP - Britain had no effective plan for what to do after coalition forces overthrew leader Saddam Hussein following the 2003 invasion of Iraq, a newspaper reported on Sunday, citing a leaked army analysis.
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100/135 Poll boost for PM as hung parliament raised
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AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown's governing Labour Party is closing the gap on the Conservatives, a new poll showed on Sunday, raising the prospect of a hung parliament at the general election due by June.
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101/135 British business chiefs seek path to recovery
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AFP - Business leaders gather here on Monday for an annual conference expected to focus on how companies can recover from the country's longest recession on record.
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102/135 Tories say would pull troops out of Germany
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AFP - The Conservatives, tipped to win power in an election next year, said on Saturday they would pull the country's 25,000 troops out of Germany as part of a reorganisation of NATO forces.
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103/135 Afghan government would fall if NATO withdraws: UK minister
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Reuters - The Afghan government would quickly be overthrown if NATO troops pulled out of the country now, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said Friday.
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104/135 Kidnapped Britons say Somali pirates may kill them
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AP - A retired British couple snatched from their yacht by Somali pirates said in an interview broadcast Friday they fear they could be killed within a week or handed to a terrorist group if a ransom demand is not paid.
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105/135 Britons warn Somali captors 'losing patience'
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AFP - A British couple held hostage by Somali pirates said in a video telecast Friday that their captors are 'losing patience' and could kill them 'within a week' if no ransom is paid.
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106/135 'Dream Killer' cleared of wife's murder
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AFP - A man who strangled his wife in his sleep because he dreamt she was an intruder was freed on Friday, after prosecutors withdrew the case against him.
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107/135 Britain hit by floods after record rainfall
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Reuters - Lifeboats and military helicopters rescued hundreds of people overnight in northern England and a policeman was killed as torrential rain flooded homes, washed away bridges and closed roads.
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108/135 Rovers give Allardyce a boost with win over Bolton
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AFP - Blackburn Rovers gave their absent manager Sam Allardyce something to cheer with a 2-0 win away to his former club Bolton Wanderers in the English Premier League on Sunday.
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109/135 Russian cosmonaut Feoktistov dies at 83
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AP - Russian spaceship designer Konstantin Feoktistov, the only non-Communist space traveler in the history of the Soviet space program, has died at the age of 83.
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110/135 Collingwood hits century as England down Proteas
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AFP - Paul Collingwood, making a record 171st one-day appearance for England, hit a century, took two wickets and held a superb catch as England gained a comfortable seven-wicket win over South Africa in the second one-international at SuperSport Park on Sunday.
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111/135 Police: IRA dissidents plant car bomb in Belfast
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AP - Irish Republican Army dissidents left a 400-pound (180-kilogram) car bomb outside police reform headquarters in Belfast but the homemade device failed to detonate, Northern Ireland's police commander said Sunday.
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112/135 Life requested for US suspect in Italy murder case
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AP - Prosecutors on Saturday requested life in prison for an American student and her ex-boyfriend accused in the fatal stabbing of her British roommate during a drug-fueled sex game — charges the U.S. woman dismissed as 'pure fantasy.'
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113/135 Pope and Anglican leader agree on closer relations
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AP - After offering a home in his church to disaffected Anglicans, Pope Benedict XVI assured the archbishop of Canterbury on Saturday that he is still committed to seeking closer relations between Catholics and Anglicans.
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114/135 Italian police arrest 2 linked to Mumbai attacks
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AP - Italian police on Saturday arrested a Pakistani father and son who allegedly spent just over $200 to set up a reliable and untraceable phone network that was used by the militants who carried out last year's terror attacks in Mumbai, India.
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115/135 Researcher: Faint writing seen on Shroud of Turin
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AP - A Vatican researcher has rekindled the age-old debate over the Shroud of Turin, saying that faint writing on the linen proves it was the burial cloth of Jesus. Experts say the historian may be reading too much into the markings, and they stand by carbon-dating that points to the shroud being a medieval forgery.
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116/135 Iran begins war games to protect nuclear sites
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AP - Iran on Sunday began large-scale air defense war games aimed at protecting its nuclear facilities from attack, state TV reported, as an air force commander boasted the country could deter any military strike by Israel.
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117/135 Israeli aircraft strike Gaza targets
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AP - Israeli aircraft attacked two suspected weapons-making factories and a smuggling tunnel in the Gaza Strip early Sunday in what the military said was retaliation for Palestinian rocket fire into southern Israel.
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118/135 Survivors recount China mine disaster; 92 dead
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AP - When gas levels suddenly spiked deep in the Xinxing coal mine, Wang Jiguo grabbed two co-workers and they ran for their lives. Minutes later, there was a huge bang, a torrent of hot air and the earth shuddered.
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119/135 Egypt's media stoked soccer fan anger with Algeria
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AP - Angry soccer fans rampaged through a posh diplomatic neighborhood in Cairo over the weekend, smashing shop windows and shouting obscenities in a frenzy fed by venomous headlines that portrayed Algerians as barbaric terrorists with a history of violence.
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120/135 Iraq PM ramps up attacks on Baathists before vote
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AP - A stepped-up campaign by Iraq's prime minister against Saddam Hussein loyalists is alienating Sunni Muslims and stoking tensions between them and the majority Shiites ahead of key national elections.
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121/135 Palestinian nun takes step toward sainthood
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AP - A Palestinian nun who co-founded a charity dedicated to educating Arab girls on Sunday took an important step toward sainthood.
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122/135 Honduras election sets return to business as usual
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AP - The coup last summer in this tiny, Central American country blew up into an international incident, with thousands of Hondurans taking to the streets while everyone from Barack Obama to Fidel Castro lined up behind ousted President Manuel Zelaya.
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123/135 Indian PM starts first state visit under Obama
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AFP - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived Sunday in the United States for the first state visit under President Barack Obama, an Indian official said.
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124/135 Homes under threat as Australian wildfires blaze
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AFP - Hundreds of residents in eastern Australia were on alert Sunday as out-of-control wildfires fanned by soaring temperatures and windy conditions threatened properties, officials said.
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125/135 RI bishop asked Kennedy in 2007 to avoid Communion
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AP - The Roman Catholic bishop of Rhode Island said Sunday that he asked Rep. Patrick Kennedy in a 2007 letter to stop receiving Communion, the central sacrament of the church, because of the congressman's public stance on moral issues.
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126/135 GOP: Health test recommendations could affect care
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AP - Republicans are seizing on this week's recommendations for fewer Pap smears and mammograms to fuel concern about government-rationed medical care — and to try to chip away support by women for President Barack Obama's proposed health care overhaul.
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127/135 Canadian woman loses benefits over Facebook photo
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AP - A Canadian woman on long-term sick leave for depression says she lost her benefits because her insurance agent found photos of her on Facebook in which she appeared to be having fun.
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128/135 Child abuse may shorten cell lifeline: study
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AFP - Beaten or sexually abused children are more likely to show accelerated ageing of cells later in life, a condition linked to higher rates of cancer and heart disease, according to a study released Friday.
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129/135 US survey shows southern counties most obese
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AP - The first county-by-county survey of obesity reflects past studies that show the rate of obesity is highest in the Southeast and Appalachia. High rates of obesity and diabetes were reported in more than 80 percent of counties in the Appalachian region that includes Kentucky, Tennessee and West Virginia, according to the new research from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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130/135 Stocks may sputter with Black Friday eyed
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Reuters - U.S. stocks could sputter this week as volumes dry up in holiday-shortened trading and with a slew of economic reports likely to illustrate the recovery is still fragile.
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131/135 Cadbury prefers merger with Hershey over Kraft: report
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Reuters - Cadbury Plc would prefer a merger with U.S. chocolate maker Hershey Co rather than Kraft Foods Inc , the British company's chairman Roger Carr told the Sunday Telegraph newspaper.
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132/135 Nestle seen weighing possible Cadbury bid: report
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Reuters - Swiss food giant Nestle may consider a bid for Britain's Cadbury to challenge a hostile 9.9 billion-pound bid by Kraft Foods Inc and a potential move by Hershey, Bloomberg reported on Sunday.
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133/135 BofA may extend CEO search into 2010: report
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Reuters - Bank of America may extend its search for a new chief executive into next year if its board is unable to pick a candidate in the next four days, according to a report on the Bloomberg News website.
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134/135 Stocks dip as investors fret about recovery
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Reuters - U.S. stocks fell for a third straight day on Friday as investors took weaker-than-expected results from computer maker Dell and homebuilder D.R. Horton as a further sign that the recovery would be anemic.
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135/135 Desperate retailers seek holiday season rescue
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AFP - US retailers are taking desperate measures to spark holiday sales in the face of what promises to be another troubled year-end shopping season.
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