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Ex-US official wife plead guilty in Cuba spy case (21 November 04:01) |
| A former State Department employee and his wife, accused of illegally aiding the government of Cuba for nearly 30 years, pleaded guilty Friday to federal charges.
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Amanda Knox tortured killed roommate prosecutor says in closing (21 November 03:39) |
| Accompanied by two smitten young men vying to impress her, a resentful Amanda Knox toyed with a knife and then plunged it into her roommate's neck, killing her, an Italian prosecutor charged... |
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New Moon sets midnight showing record (21 November 02:46) |
| The second installment in the "Twilight" saga, starring Robert Pattinson as vampire Edward Cullen, Kristen Stewart as his star-crossed love and Taylor Lautner as the wolfboy who loves her, h... |
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Right-wing activists storm TV station over bias (21 November 02:33) |
| A band of right-wing activists ransacked an Indian television station in the country's financial hub of Mumbai in an assault their party said was an act of retaliation against the channel's ... |
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1969 Alcatraz takeover changed the whole course of history (21 November 02:25) |
| Alcatraz Island was a chilly, unwelcoming place once reserved for infamous criminals. Not even the federal government appeared to want it after the penitentiary closed in the 1960s.
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Woman takes stand at Wal-Mart trial (21 November 02:02) |
| A woman accused of cutting in line at a Wal-Mart and assaulting police officers took the stand Friday to defend herself in racially charged case.
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Burned Florida teen having skin graft surgery (21 November 01:02) |
| A Florida teenager attacked and set on fire last month, allegedly by five teenage friends, was undergoing skin graft surgery Friday, the first procedure in his recovery, a hospital spokeswom... |
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California students occupy buildings to protest fee hike (21 November 12:56) |
| Students were occupying buildings Friday on campuses of the University of California system in protest of a 32 percent tuition hike.
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Three charged as Comcast hackers (21 November 12:34) |
| Three alleged members of the hacker gang Kryogeniks were hit with a federal conspiracy charge Thursday for a 2008 stunt that replaced Comcast's homepage with a shout-out to other hackers.
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Arrests made in ring that sold human fat Peru says (20 November 11:51) |
| Peruvian authorities say they have arrested four members of a gang that specialized in selling fat obtained from dead humans.
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Replay fairest solution says Henry (20 November 10:31) |
| Thierry Henry believes a replay would be the "fairest solution" after his handball set up France's clinching goal in their World Cup playoff with the Republic of Ireland.
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Winfrey announces end of Oprah (20 November 09:54) |
| Oprah Winfrey knows how to keep viewers on the edge of their seats.
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After suicide takes their loved ones survivors find purpose (20 November 09:42) |
| When Lori Zeller lost her sister to suicide in 1991, she began a life of activism.
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Prosecution closing in Amanda Knox trial (20 November 09:30) |
| Closing arguments began Friday in the trial of American Amanda Knox with the prosecutor calling for an end to the legal saga that began with British student Meredith Kercher's death two year... |
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New cervical cancer screening guidelines released (20 November 09:29) |
| The new mammogram recommendations out earlier this week caused quite an uproar. Now comes another change in screening tests for women -- this one for cervical cancer.
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False alarms prompt space station scare (20 November 08:27) |
| Astronauts aboard the international space station and space shuttle Atlantis woke up to a worrying sound -- alarms indicating a fire and dangerous loss of pressure, NASA said Friday.
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A primer for New Moon newbies (20 November 08:22) |
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World is small for mileage millionaires (20 November 08:05) |
| It can take years to snag a reservation at El Bulli, a restaurant in Spain that's been called the best in the world, so when Gary Leff got the word that he'd finally gotten in, he whisked hi... |
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Man who killed wife while dreaming is freed (20 November 07:18) |
| A British man who strangled his wife in his sleep while dreaming that she was an intruder walked free from court Friday after the case against him was withdrawn, prosecutors said.
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Google OS the end of the hard drive (20 November 06:53) |
| Google today unveiled more details of Chrome OS, a lightweight, browser-based operating system for netbooks.
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Big business for a New Moon romance (20 November 06:29) |
| Are they or aren't they a couple? That's the multimillion-dollar question fueling the "Twilight" franchise.
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Poll Public shifting blame for recession (20 November 05:28) |
| Nearly two years into the recession, opinion about which political party is responsible for the severe economic downturn is shifting, according to a new national poll.
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Closing arguments begin in Kercher trial (20 November 05:24) |
| Closing arguments began Friday in the case of slain British student Meredith Kercher, with the prosecutor calling for an end to the legal saga that began with Kercher's death two years ago.
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Move to where the jobs are (20 November 05:17) |
| In the early 1990's, I was listening to the Rush Limbaugh radio show when a young man from Youngstown, Ohio, called in to complain about... well, life.
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FIFA turn down Irelands replay request (20 November 04:14) |
| The governing body of world football, FIFA, have turned down the request from the Irish Football Association (FAI) to replay their deciding World Cup play-off game against France.
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Vicks nasal spray recalled over bacteria (20 November 04:01) |
| Procter & Gamble is recalling Vicks Sinex nasal spray in the United States, Britain and Germany after finding it contained bacteria, the company said.
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Students arrested after 32 tuition hike sparks protests (20 November 01:43) |
| Authorities arrested dozens of angry students at the University of California, Davis, campus late Thursday after they refused to vacate the school's administration building in protest of a 3... |
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Summers were the worst says woman in Missouri sex abuse case (20 November 01:28) |
| Graphic details of bestiality, child rape and sodomy emerged in court documents filed Thursday in the case of a Missouri family accused of horrific crimes against their relatives.
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New guidelines Pap tests should start at age 21 (20 November 10:53) |
| Young women should have their first Pap test no sooner than age 21, regardless of when they become sexually active, say new guidelines from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecolo... |
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University of California students protest 32 percent tuition increase (20 November 09:05) |
| Angry students at the Davis, California, branch of the University of California refused to vacate the school's administration building Thursday evening in a show of defiance and protest over... |
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Demonstrators demand justice in Puerto Rico gay teens slaying (20 November 08:43) |
| Several hundred gay activists rallied Thursday afternoon in Puerto Rico to demand a robust prosecution in the brutal slaying of a gay teenager nearly a week ago.
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Georgia mascot Uga VII dies at age 4 (20 November 08:16) |
| Uga VII, the University of Georgia mascot whose deeply furrowed face was a fixture at the school for more than a year, died early Thursday, the university said. He was 4 years old.
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Murder rape charges pending in Shaniya Davis case (20 November 08:05) |
| Murder and rape charges will be filed against a North Carolina man in the death of 5-year-old Shaniya Davis, police said Thursday.
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Oprah ending talk show in 2011 (20 November 06:29) |
| Oprah Winfrey will announce on Friday's "The Oprah Winfrey Show" that she is ending the talk show after 23 years, a spokesman for Winfrey's Harpo Productions said.
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California university regents approve 32 percent tuition increase (20 November 04:59) |
| Angry students staged a sit-in Thursday in an attempt to block university officials from leaving the UCLA campus after the California Board of Regents voted to raise undergraduate tuition 32... |
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Continental American expand peak-day surcharges (20 November 04:15) |
| Major U.S. airlines' "going to see Grandma" surcharges are piling up this holiday season, and my, what big teeth they have.
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Skip the lines on Black Friday go online for great deals (20 November 02:21) |
| For all the ballyhoo about Black Friday, the crown jewel in the holiday shopping calendar has been something of a bust for retailers. That's led to a shift in how the day is being handled th... |
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Senate panel seeks to connect the dots (20 November 02:07) |
| A key congressional committee on Thursday opened its investigation into the November 5 Fort Hood shootings with a pledge to find out whether authorities failed to "connect the dots" and coul... |
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Belgian PM is first president of Europe (20 November 02:05) |
| Belgium's prime minister, Herman Van Rompuy, has been appointed the first "president of Europe," British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Thursday.
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Florida teens accused of burning boy plead not guilty (20 November 01:51) |
| Three teens accused of setting a 15-year-old friend on fire pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges of attempted murder, a public offender for one of the boys said.
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Palins next move Pivot or profit (20 November 01:44) |
| Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin embarked on her nationwide book tour with confidence, determined to settle scores and explain her side following a bruising year in the spotlight.
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Ireland outraged after French handball nixes World Cup hopes (20 November 12:20) |
| Soccer star Thierry Henry became the villain of Dublin on Wednesday.
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3 Florida teens arraigned in burn case (19 November 11:24) |
| Three teens accused of setting a 15-year-old friend on fire were being arraigned Thursday on charges of attempted murder.
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Toe to toe with John Mayer (19 November 11:16) |
| John Mayer's fourth studio album is called "Battle Studies," and it examines the push-and-pull relationship between men and women. Those words could also describe Mayer's dealings with journ... |
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With Internet Explorer 9 Microsoft fights back in browser wars (19 November 10:50) |
| With Internet Explorer 9, Microsoft showed Wednesday it's trying to retake the browser initiative.
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Covering Mexicos cartel wars puts journalists in the line of fire (19 November 10:19) |
| Lucio Soria is a recorder of the dead in Ciudad Juarez's drug cartel war.
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FAA System back up after causing flight delays (19 November 10:14) |
| The failed computer system that caused flight delays across the country has been restored, the Federal Aviation Administration said Thursday.
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Nicole Richie hospitalized for pneumonia (19 November 09:22) |
| After complaining of feeling badly for days, Nicole Richie was hospitalized for pneumonia at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles and was "doing well," her rep said Wednesday.
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Computer glitch causing flight delays (19 November 08:57) |
| Carmen McDonald said she thought her Spirit Airlines flight would leave on time -- around 7 a.m. ET Thursday from Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
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I want my mammograms! (19 November 08:22) |
| A government task force says women in their 40s don't need annual mammograms, but Sara Fought would beg to differ: She says she's alive today because a routine mammogram found cancer when sh... |
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