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1/140 Music review: Rihanna's CD is decent, but uneven
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AP - Rihanna, 'Rated R' (Island Def Jam)
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2/140 Q&A: Shakira says new CD looks out for single gals
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AP - All the single ladies — Shakira is looking out for you!
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3/140 Mya is 3 points from perfect at 'Dancing' finale
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AP - Mya is poised to take the 'Dancing With the Stars' title after finishing three points away from perfect during the final night of competition Monday.
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4/140 French first lady Bruni to act for Woody Allen
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AFP - France's first lady, singing ex-supermodel Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, has agreed to star in US auteur Woody Allen's next movie, she told a television interviewer.
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5/140 Britain wins 5 International Emmys; 1st for Brazil
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AP - Julie Walters and Ben Whishaw took the top acting awards as British TV productions won five International Emmys on a night that saw Brazil get its first ever for a Bollywood-style telenovela.
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6/140 Britain tops Emmy awards list, Brazil gets first
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AFP - Britain walked away with five International Emmy Awards on Monday, including for best performances, while Brazil joined the television elite for the first time at a gala ceremony in New York.
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7/140 Attorney: Gosselin divorce could be finalized soon
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AP - Jon Gosselin offered his estranged wife a bouquet of red roses at their divorce arbitration hearing over the weekend. She evidently turned them down. Despite the snub, the marathon session went so well that the feuding stars of 'Jon & Kate Plus 8' could be divorced by the end of the year, his attorney said Monday.
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8/140 Chief guilty of 3 counts in Parker-Broderick case
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AP - An eastern Ohio police chief was convicted of three felonies Monday but was acquitted of burglary charges in an alleged break-in at the home of a woman who carried twin girls for Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick.
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9/140 Jackson's doctor returns to his Houston clinic
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AP - Michael Jackson's doctor returned to work at his Houston medical clinic on Monday for the first time since the pop star's death and his patients welcomed him back without reservation.
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10/140 Winfrey to interview widow of Ted Kennedy
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AP - Another interview coup for Oprah Winfrey: Vicki Kennedy, wife of the late Sen. Edward Kennedy. In her first interview since her husband's death, Vicki Kennedy will appear on Winfrey's television talk show Wednesday, along with her stepson, Ted Kennedy Jr., and her two children from a previous marriage, Caroline and Curran.
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11/140 Music Review: Cosby rap CD bold but lacks spark
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AP - 'Bill Cosby Presents the Cosnarati: State of Emergency' (Turtle Head Recordings)
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12/140 Adam Lambert's sexually-charged act draws complaints
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Reuters - ABC television said on Monday it had received about 1,500 complaints about the sexually-charged performance by 'American Idol' runner-up Adam Lambert at the American Music Awards on Sunday.
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13/140 ABC: Lambert's performance draws 1,500 complaints
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AP - Complaints poured in Monday about Adam Lambert's sexually charged performance at the American Music Awards, including criticism of his kiss with a male keyboard player that was left out of rehearsals for the show.
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14/140 Bob Dylan, Sugarland, Archuleta among holiday CDs
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AP - Here are reviews of recently released holiday CDs:
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15/140 Susan Boyle set for biggest UK album of 2009: HMV
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Reuters - Scottish singer Susan Boyle, who shot to fame after her audition for 'Britain's Got Talent' was aired in April, appears set to have the biggest album in Britain this year, music retailer HMV said on Monday.
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16/140 Bill T. Jones — the man behind Broadway's 'Fela!'
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AP - In the run-up to the Broadway opening of 'Fela!' — Bill T. Jones' new musical — one man sat through every single preview performance and hated being there every minute.
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17/140 Taylor Swift wins five American Music Awards
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Reuters - Country crossover star Taylor Swift overshadowed the late Michael Jackson at the American Music Awards on Sunday, winning five prizes including artist of the year.
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18/140 U2 to headline UK's Glastonbury Festival
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Reuters - Irish rock band U2 are to headline next year's Glastonbury Festival on the 40th anniversary of the world's biggest green field arts and music event.
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19/140 Review: `Princess and the Frog' is a hearty hop
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AP - The last time we heard from the hand-drawn animators at Disney, they offered up the barnyard tale 'Home on the Range.' The 2004 'toon was so forgettable it seemed as though it really might be the last time we ever heard from the hand-drawn animators at the studio where the art form was pioneered.
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20/140 Review: `Ninja Assassin' sports a dull blade
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AP - When considering the meager merits of the bone-snapping, blood-splattered 'Ninja Assassin,' it's best to remember the words of John Goodman's PC-challenged character in 'The Big Lebowski': 'The man in the black pajamas, Dude. Worthy ... adversary.'
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21/140 Brad Pitt's production company enters 'Dark Void'
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Reuters - 'Dark Void' will yield movie development matter.
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22/140 Vampire sequel 'New Moon' feasts on box office
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AFP - The 'Twilight' vampire romance sequel 'New Moon' took a record-breaking bite out of the North American box office this weekend, final figures showed Monday.
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23/140 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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24/140 Review: `The Road' strives, but leads nowhere
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AP - In Cormac McCarthy's post-apocalyptic novel 'The Road,' no word is repeated so often and with such steady emphasis as 'ash.'
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25/140 Michael Jackson wins 4 at AMAs; Swift top artist
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AP - The King of Pop is still winning awards and setting records doing it.
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26/140 Avast! Crichton's 'Pirate Latitudes' runs aground
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AP - 'Pirate Latitudes' (HarperCollins, 320 pages. $27.99), by Michael Crichton: It's pointless to complain about the cardboard characters, dreadful action-movie dialogue and wildly improbable plot points in Michael Crichton's latest — and last — book, published posthumously.
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27/140 Jon Gosselin: Kate and I Are 'Definitely Not Gonna Be Married Again'
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On the finale, Kate Gosselin calls the end of the show 'useless, pointless, totally avoidable'
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28/140 13 is Nicole Fox's lucky number
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The season 13 winner of 'America's Next Top Model' is a self-professed dork who advises the importance of being yourself on a reality TV show. (Nov. 23)
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29/140 J.Lo, Lambert Fall at Music Awards Show
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30/140 Wrapping Up the American Music Awards
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In Touch's Amy Palmer looks back on the winners and losers.
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31/140 Charlie Dewley: 'New Moon' Vampire Demetri
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The actor talks about the success of the film and the 'Twilight' series.
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32/140 Austin City Limits in Pictures
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Music festival from start to finish.
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33/140 2009 American Music Awards: Jennifer Fights Her Way Back
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Backstage at the AMAs, a playful Jennifer Lopez chats with Access' Shaun Robinson about how she came up with the boxing theme for her performance of 'Louboutins.' And, who is babysitting the kids while she and Marc are at the AMAs?
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34/140 AP source: Palin book sells big in first week
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AP - Sarah Palin appears well on her way to becoming a million-selling author.
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35/140 ABC says it has received complaints on Lambert
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AP - ABC says more than 1,500 people have called to complain about Adam Lambert's sexually charged performance at the American Music Awards.
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36/140 The real Alice in Wonderland's book up for auction
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Reuters - A copy of the book 'Through the Looking Glass, and What Alice Found There' that belonged to the British girl who inspired author Lewis Carroll's 'Alice in Wonderland' will be sold at an auction next month, the company behind the sale said on Monday.
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37/140 Shock and Awe at the American Music Awards: Taylor Swift, Jennifer Lopez, Adam Lambert Shake Up the Place
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Fashion Wire Daily - Bondage may be the new look for the holidays if the outfits onstage at the American Music Awards held Sunday, Nov. 22, at the Nokia Theater in downtown Los Angeles were any indicator.
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38/140 Palin heads to Fla. town that feted her in 2008
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AP - Sarah Palin's 'Going Rogue' book tour is heading to a Florida retirement community where she attracted a crowd of tens of thousands as the Republican vice presidential nominee.
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39/140 HP profit jumps on cost cuts, new market expansion
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AP - Hewlett-Packard Co.'s cost-cutting and push into new markets is helping soften the blow from weakness in the company's mainstay businesses.
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40/140 Friends go online at Foursquare to meet offline
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AP - Laura Fitton's ascent has been staggering: In less than a year, she's become mayor of nine different places in several different states, all without giving any speeches or kissing any babies.
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41/140 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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42/140 Nokia says it will cut 220 R&D jobs in Japan
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AFP - Nokia, the world's biggest mobile phone maker, said on Tuesday it would cut around 220 jobs in Japan as part of its plans to streamline its vast research and development operations.
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43/140 'Jail broken' iPhones hacked by new virus
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Reuters - Hackers have built a virus that attacks Apple Inc's iPhone by secretly taking control of the devices via their Internet connections, security experts said.
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44/140 Big Bang atom smasher starts speeding proton beams
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AP - Scientists running the world's largest atom smasher used the $10 billion machine's accelerator to speed up proton beams for the first time Tuesday, in a step toward experiments about the makeup of the universe.
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45/140 New dad-in-space: Focusing on shuttle job easy
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AP - NASA's new dad in space says he had no problems focusing on his job while awaiting his daughter's birth.
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46/140 US ponders climate talks target
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AFP - The United States is to announce concrete targets for cutting greenhouse gas emissions as pressure mounts on polluters to find a formula for success two weeks ahead of a crucial climate summit.
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47/140 Coal-burning China invests in methane capture
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AFP - China, a massive consumer of fossil fuels and coal in particular, is trying to modernise its mines by containing emissions of methane and turning the toxic gas into a source of much-needed energy.
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48/140 Belgian says he was alert but mute for 23 years
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AP - For 23 torturous years, Rom Houben says he lay trapped in his paralyzed body, aware of what was going on around him but unable to tell anyone or even cry out.
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49/140 Australian PM urges parliament to approve carbon cuts
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AFP - Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd urged parliament Tuesday to approve legislation aiming to slash carbon pollution by up to 25 percent by 2020 ahead of next month's global talks on climate change.
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50/140 The nation's weather
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AP - Two main weather features were expected to bring active weather to the U.S. on Tuesday.
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51/140 New Map Bolsters Case for Ancient Ocean on Mars
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SPACE.com - Several
lines of evidence point to the possibility of a past ocean on Mars, from
apparent ancient shorelines to chemicals in the soil.
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52/140 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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53/140 India ties solar plans to global climate support
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Reuters - India issued solar power targets on Monday, with plans to boost ouptut from near zero to 20 gigawatts (GW) by 2022, but tied chances of the plan's success to availability of international finance and technology.
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54/140 Residents return to survey cost of devastating floods
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AFP - Residents in the flood-hit northwest began returning to their homes Monday but police warned it could take years to recover from the devastation left by the heaviest rainfall on record.
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55/140 Don't kiss Santa, he may have the flu
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Reuters - Santa Claus should avoid kissing children and shaking their hands to prevent spreading the flu and should get vaccinated against the illness, Hungary's state health authority said.
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56/140 Darwin book worth up to $100,000 found on shelf
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Reuters - A first edition of Charles Darwin's 'On the Origin of Species,' which had been kept in a toilet bookcase for years, will go on sale this week and is expected to fetch 40-60,000 pounds ($66-100,000).
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57/140 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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58/140 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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59/140 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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60/140 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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61/140 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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62/140 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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63/140 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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64/140 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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(AP) - FILE - In this May 18, 2009 file photo, a customer reads magazines inside the Barnes and Noble store in Tallahassee, Fla. Barnes & Noble said Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009, it posted a wider loss in the second quarter because of costs for an acquisition.(AP Photo/Phil Coale, File)
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66/140 FILE - In this May 27, 2008 file photo, a Borders store is seen ...
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(AP) - FILE - In this May 27, 2008 file photo, a Borders store is seen in Boston. Borders Group said Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009, it lost money for the third straight quarter as sales at its bookstores continued to decline, but the loss was smaller than a year ago.(AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)
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(Reuters) - Filipino villagers dig a shallow grave of victims at the scene of a massacre of a political clan, which included several journalists, on the outskirts of Ampatuan, Maguindanao in southern Philippines, November 24, 2009. REUTERS/Erik de Castro
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(AP) - In this Sept. 3, 2009 photo workers build a new commercial building in Warrensville Heights, Ohio. The economy grew at a 2.8 percent pace last quarter, as the recovery got off to a slower start than first thought. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)
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(AFP/Getty Images/File) - The risks of taking anti-inflammatory drug Vioxx could have been detected nearly four years before the drug was pulled from the market, according to analysis of nearly 30 clinical trials.(AFP/Getty Images/File)
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(DoC) - The Commerce Department(DoC) said Tuesday that the US economic growth in the third quarter was revised down to 2.8 percent, cutting its earlier estimate of a 3.5 percent pace of expansion.(DoC)
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(Canadian Press) - Toronto police are keeping watch on a deer that has wandered into the downtown core. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Megan Leach
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72/140 Galleon hedge fund partner Raj Rajaratnam is escorted by FBI ...
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(Reuters) - Galleon hedge fund partner Raj Rajaratnam is escorted by FBI agents after being taken into custody in New York, October 16, 2009. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
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(Reuters) - Pedestrians are reflected in downtown Boston, March 31, 2009. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
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(Reuters) - Police investigators inspect the scene of a massacre on the outskirts of Ampatuan, Maguindanao in southern Philippines, November 24, 2009. REUTERS/Erik de Castro
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(Reuters) - U.S. Army soldiers of A-BTRY 2/377 PFAR Task Force Steel fire a 105mm Howitzer during a training session at FOB Tillman, Afghanistan, November 10, 2009. REUTERS/Bruno Domingos
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(AFP/Getty Images/File) - A highway in San Francisco, California. The United States is to announce concrete targets for cutting greenhouse gas emissions as pressure mounts on polluters to find a formula for success two weeks ahead of a crucial climate summit.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Justin Sullivan)
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(AFP/Graphic) - Chart showing carbon dioxide emissions per capita by the Group of Eight nations and the Group of Five emerging nations. The United States is to announce concrete targets for cutting greenhouse gas emissions as pressure mounts on polluters to find a formula for success two weeks ahead of a crucial climate summit.(AFP/Graphic)
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78/140 A man wears a facemask on a hazy day in Beijing. The United ...
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(AFP) - A man wears a facemask on a hazy day in Beijing. The United States is to announce concrete targets for cutting greenhouse gas emissions as pressure mounts on polluters to find a formula for success two weeks ahead of a crucial climate summit.(AFP/Frederic J. Brown)
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(AP) - In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, a model stands next to a Rolls-Royce car during the 7th Guangzhou International Auto Show opened in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009. Some 720 vehicles from over 60 auto makers are on show, Xinhua said. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Lu Hanxin)
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(Reuters) - An Iraqi soldier stand guard at a check point in Baghdad, November 26, 2008. REUTERS/Ceerwan Aziz
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(Reuters) - A Stork Craft baby crib in an image released by the Consumer Product Safety Commission on November 23, 2009. REUTERS/CPSC/Handout
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82/140 Bottles of Heinz ketchup are displayed at a grocery store in ...
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(AP) - Bottles of Heinz ketchup are displayed at a grocery store in Palo Alto, Calif., Monday, Nov. 23, 2009. H.J. Heinz Co. said Tuesday, its second-quarter profit dropped 16 percent from last year as the company's results were hurt by currency shifts.(AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
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83/140 A bottle of Heinz ketchup is displayed at a grocery store in ...
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(AP) - A bottle of Heinz ketchup is displayed at a grocery store in Palo Alto, Calif., Monday, Nov. 23, 2009. H.J. Heinz Co. said Tuesday, its second-quarter profit dropped 16 percent from last year as the company's results were hurt by currency shifts.(AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
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84/140 In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, visitors ...
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(AP) - In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, visitors crowd the exhibition floor during the 7th Guangzhou International Auto Show opened in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009. Some 720 vehicles from over 60 auto makers are on show, Xinhua said. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Lu Hanxin)
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85/140 Cars are stuck in traffic with the traffic lights not working, ...
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(Reuters) - Cars are stuck in traffic with the traffic lights not working, on a road in Changsha, Hunan province, January 11, 2009. REUTERS/China Daily
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86/140 In this photo taken Oct. 21, 2009, in Naperville, Ill. Butterball ...
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(AP) - In this photo taken Oct. 21, 2009, in Naperville, Ill. Butterball Turkey Talk Line instructor Carol Miller teaches cooking and carving during day one of the 29th season of Butterball University. Butterball's Talk Line functions year-round, mainly as an automated answering service where it answers all sorts of turkey cooking questions, but, each November and December the hotline goes live. Fifty-five ladies are onhand as the hotline receives 100,000 calls, e-mails and inquiries from struggling cooks. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)
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87/140 BernzOmatic's new QUICKFIRE(R) torch provides a 40 percent ...
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(AP) - BernzOmatic's new QUICKFIRE(R) torch provides a 40 percent height reduction for accessibility, maneuverability and control in tight spaces. The new BernzOmatic QUICKFIRE(R) hand-held torch combines a strikingly compact profile with an instant on/off quick-start trigger and precision-adjustable flame for 30 percent faster soldering time. (PRNewsFoto/BernzOmatic)
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88/140 In this photo taken Oct. 21, 2009, Butterball Turkey Talk Line ...
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(AP) - In this photo taken Oct. 21, 2009, Butterball Turkey Talk Line insturctor Marty VanNess teaches carving methods during day one of the 29th season of Butterball University in Naperville, Ill. Butterball's Talk Line functions year-round, mainly as an automated answering service where it answers all sorts of turkey cooking questions, but, each November and December the hotline goes live. Fifty-five ladies are onhand as the hotline receives 100,000 calls, e-mails and inquiries from struggling cooks. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)
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89/140 In this photo taken Oct. 21, 2009, Butterball Turkey Talk Line ...
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(AP) - In this photo taken Oct. 21, 2009, Butterball Turkey Talk Line experts take part in cooking and carving classes during day one of the 29th season of Butterball University in Naperville, Ill. Butterball's Talk Line functions year-round, mainly as an automated answering service where it answers all sorts of turkey cooking questions, but, each November and December the hotline goes live. Fifty-five ladies are onhand as the hotline receives 100,000 calls, e-mails and inquiries from struggling cooks. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)
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90/140 Champion boxer survived where friends went astray
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AP - Devon Alexander was 7 when his mom gave in and let him join the new boxing program in his downtrodden neighborhood. He came home the first day crying, his nose bloodied from a sparring session with his friend Terrance Barker.
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91/140 Late field goal gives Titans 20-17 win over Texas
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AP - Rob Bironas kicked a 53-yard field goal with less than a minute remaining and the Tennessee Titans beat the Houston Texans 20-17 Monday night for their fourth straight victory after an 0-6 start.
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92/140 Ochoa edges Shin for LPGA's top player award
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AP - Lorena Ochoa and Jiyai Shin fought to the last hole for the LPGA's top player award.
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93/140 Mauer near-unanimous pick as American League MVP
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AP - At the ripe old age of 26, Joe Mauer now has an AL Most Valuable Player award to add to a jam-packed trophy case that already holds three batting titles, three Silver Sluggers and two Gold Gloves.
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94/140 Kansas still No. 1 in AP poll; Syracuse No. 10
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AP - Syracuse was so impressive in the 2K Sports Classic that it made one of the best entrances ever into The Associated Press' college basketball poll.
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95/140 Florida's Meyer: Notre Dame not a coaching option
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AP - Standing behind the same podium where quarterback Tim Tebow delivered his now-famous promise 14 months and 21 wins ago, coach Urban Meyer vowed Monday to be at Florida 'as long as they'll have me.'
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96/140 Mindset an issue for skidding Seahawks
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AP - Of all the alarms going off while another Seahawks season crumbles, the one sounded by quarterback Matt Hasselbeck rings loudest.
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97/140 Defense still the key for No. 23 Tar Heels
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AP - From the start of the season, North Carolina's players and coaches knew their success largely would be determined by how well their talented defense carried the burden for a young offense.
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98/140 Gunners seek Euro tonic ahead of Chelsea showdown
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AFP - Arsene Wenger has told his Arsenal stars to forget about a looming showdown with Chelsea and the absence of injured striker Robin van Persie as they look to book their place in the knockout stage of the Champions League.
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99/140 Selanne nets shootout winner for Ducks vs. Flames
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AP - Jean-Sebastien Giguere made 41 saves in his first victory of the season despite allowing Jarome Iginla's tying goal with 18 seconds left in regulation, and Teemu Selanne scored the only shootout goal in the Anaheim Ducks' 3-2 victory over the Calgary Flames on Monday night.
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100/140 Nadal needs to regain his composure
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AFP - Rafael Nadal said he needed to rediscover his composure when facing crucial points and admitted he was short of confidence in his bid to claim the season-ending World Tour Finals crown.
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101/140 Nordqvist wins LPGA Tour Championship
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AP - Lorena Ochoa and Jiyai Shin's duel for LPGA player of the year fittingly came down to the final hole of the season.
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102/140 49ers' Vernon Davis gets a broom and goes curling
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AP - Vernon Davis stepped onto the ice and started moonwalking, fully confident he could conquer the sport of curling — or at the least be respectable. He is an NFL star, after all.
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103/140 Britain begins long-awaited Iraq war probe
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AFP - A long-awaited public inquiry into Britain's role in the Iraq war opened on Tuesday, as its chairman vowed not to 'shy away from criticism' of individuals or institutions over the controversial conflict.
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104/140 British panel begins inquiry on Iraq war
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AP - In the most sweeping inquiry on the Iraq war, a panel investigating Britain's role in the conflict began questioning witnesses Tuesday in hearings that critics hope will humble ex-Prime Minister Tony Blair and expose alleged deception in the buildup to fighting.
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105/140 British Iraq war probe starts hearings
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AFP - A long-awaited public inquiry into Britain's role in the Iraq war held its first hearing Tuesday, six and a half years after Tony Blair controversially led the country in backing the US-led conflict.
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106/140 Lloyds to sell shares at 37p in biggest rights issue
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AFP - Lloyds Banking Group on Tuesday said it was offering shareholders new stock at a discount of almost 60 percent under the country's largest ever rights issue.
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107/140 Thatcher back at Downing Street for portrait unveiling
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AFP - Former prime minister Margaret Thatcher returned to her old offices in Downing Street on Monday for the unveiling of a new portrait of the 'Iron Lady' at a reception hosted by Gordon Brown.
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108/140 MoD to name judge for Iraq deaths probe
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AFP - The government will this week announce details of an inquiry into the alleged torture and murder of Iraqi detainees by British troops, a spokeswoman said on Tuesday.
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109/140 Police agree compensation for De Menezes shooting
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AFP - Police said Monday they have agreed a compensation deal with the family of an innocent Brazilian who was shot dead in London four years ago after being mistaken for a suicide bomber.
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110/140 Cadbury shares rise on report of Nestle interest
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AP - Shares in British chocolate maker Cadbury PLC hit their highest level in at least five years Monday on reports that another rival, Switzerland's Nestle SA, may make a takeover bid.
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111/140 Police officer jailed in Britain for fiancee killing
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AFP - A policeman was jailed for at least 18 years on Monday for the 'brutal' murder of his fiancee, also a police officer, days before their wedding.
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112/140 N.Ireland parties unite after huge car bomb planted
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AFP - Northern Ireland's leaders closed ranks Monday to denounce weekend attacks including a huge car bomb which only just failed to go off, in a new threat to the long-troubled province's fragile peace process.
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113/140 Britons back 'Tobin' tax to help the poor: poll
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AFP - More than half of Britons would support a tax on financial transactions if part of the money was directed to help people hit by the economic crisis here and abroad, a poll showed Monday.
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114/140 UK's Thatcher sweeps back to 10 Downing Street
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AP - Former British leader Margaret Thatcher returned to London's Downing Street Monday as she unveiled her own portrait, which has been installed in the official residence of Britain's prime minister.
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115/140 British leaders clash over public finances, recovery
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AFP - Britain's political leaders clashed Monday at a key business conference over how to fix rocketing public debt and spark economic recovery, with an election looming next year.
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116/140 British TV star Susan Boyle's album goes on sale
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AFP - British reality TV singing sensation Susan Boyle's debut album went on sale Monday, having already become the most pre-ordered CD in the history of online retailer Amazon.
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117/140 European stocks steady despite US growth downgrade
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AP - European stock markets and Wall Street futures were little changed Tuesday after the U.S. government confirmed that the U.S. economy did not grow as fast as previously predicted.
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118/140 VW's Slovak plant to create 8,500 jobs
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AFP - German car giant Volkswagen said Tuesday the production of a new line of small family cars in its Slovak plant would create 1,500 direct and 7,000 indirect jobs as of 2011.
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119/140 Beckham is 'long-term asthma sufferer'
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AFP - England midfielder David Beckham has suffered from asthma since he was a boy, but it does not affect his performance, his agent was quoted as saying Tuesday.
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120/140 2 warlords plead innocent in Congo massacre trial
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AP - Two Congolese militia leaders sent child soldiers and other fighters to wipe out a village in a revenge attack that left more than 200 men, women and children dead, a prosecutor told judges Tuesday at the International Criminal Court.
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121/140 Big Bang atom smasher records first proton hits
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AP - The world's largest atom smasher made another leap forward Monday by circulating beams of protons in opposite directions at the same time and causing the first particle collisions in the $10 billion machine after more than a year of repairs, organizers said.
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122/140 Romania's president, rival in runoff election
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AP - The third-place candidate in Romania's presidential election threw his support Monday behind the Western-backed socialist who faces the centrist president in a runoff seen as key to the country's emergence from political and economic crisis.
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123/140 Camus' children torn over Pantheon transfer bid
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AP - Albert Camus' children are torn about whether to allow the Nobel Prize-winning author's remains to be moved from southern France to Paris' Pantheon, the final resting place of other French greats like Voltaire and Victor Hugo.
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124/140 Report: Russian billionaire buys Hitler's car
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AP - A German newspaper is reporting that Adolf Hitler's original Mercedes has been sold to an unidentified Russian billionaire for several million euros.
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125/140 Philippines declares emergency after 46 killed
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AP - The Philippine president placed two southern provinces under emergency rule Tuesday as security forces unearthed more bodies, pushing the death toll to 46 in some of the deadliest election violence in the nation's history.
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126/140 China executes 2 for role in tainted milk scandal
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AP - China executed a dairy farmer and a milk salesman Tuesday, the only two people sentenced to death in a scheme to water down infant formula with an industrial chemical that left at least six children dead and sickened more than 300,000.
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127/140 Iran said ready for uranium exchange on its soil
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AP - Iran said Tuesday it was ready to exchange its low-enriched uranium with a higher enriched material, but only on its own soil, to guarantee the West follows through with promises to give the fuel.
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128/140 Google documents Iraqi museum treasures
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AP - Google is documenting Iraq's national museum and will post photographs of its ancient treasures on the Internet early next year, Google chief Eric Schmidt announced Tuesday.
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129/140 Brazil's president urges West to work with Iran
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AP - Iran's leader got a welcoming bear hug from the Brazilian president, who urged Western nations to drop threats of punishment over the Iranian nuclear program and instead negotiate a fair solution.
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130/140 Hague prosecutor accuses Congo warlords
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Reuters - Two Congolese militiamen were the top commanders of forces that raped, killed and looted civilians in a brutal attack that left 200 dead, a war crimes prosecutor said Tuesday.
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131/140 200,000 animals to be sacrificed at Nepal festival
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AP - Hundreds of thousands of Hindus gathered at a temple in southern Nepal on Tuesday for a ceremony involving the slaughter of more than 200,000 animals, a festival that has drawn the ire of animal-welfare protesters.
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132/140 Icebergs head from Antarctica for New Zealand
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AP - Ships in the south Pacific Ocean have been alerted that hundreds of icebergs believed to have split off Antarctic ice shelves are drifting north toward New Zealand, officials said Tuesday.
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133/140 United Nations: HIV outbreak peaked in 1996
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AP - The number of people worldwide infected with the virus that causes AIDS — about 33 million — has remained virtually unchanged for the last two years, United Nations experts said Tuesday.
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134/140 Trying last-ditch lung bypass for worst swine flu
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AP - A technology originally developed for premature babies may be helping to save some of the sickest swine flu patients by rerouting their blood so their lungs can rest.
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135/140 Schumer says failure not an option on health care
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AP - Failure is not an option on health care, a leading Democratic senator said Monday, even as Republicans turned up the heat on moderates who hold the fate of the legislation in their hands.
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136/140 Health reform: Is tax on 'Cadillac' plans fair?
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AP - Schoolteacher Kinzi Blair makes only $46,000 a year, but she has what many would consider a 'Cadillac' health plan, now targeted for a big tax increase by health reformers.
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137/140 AIDS death toll passes 25 mln: UNAIDS
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AFP - AIDS has killed 25 million people worldwide but new infections are slowing sharply, the UN said on Tuesday as it issued its annual report that mixed hope with a warning against complacency.
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138/140 Futures little changed after GDP data
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Reuters - U.S. stock index futures pointed to a flat open on Tuesday after data showed the U.S. economy grew in the third quarter, but at a slower-than-expected pace.
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139/140 Galleon's Rajaratnam denies inside trading charges
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Reuters - Raj Rajaratnam, the billionaire founder of Galleon Group, on Tuesday rejected federal insider trading charges, and accused the government of violating his constitutional rights with its use of wiretaps.
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140/140 Warner Music posts surprise loss as costs rise
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Reuters - Warner Music Group , the world's third largest music company, on Tuesday reported a surprise quarterly loss as higher interest expense and operating costs cut into the record label's margins.
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