| Islam's hajj: rain and fears of swine flu (AP) Posted: 25 Nov 2009 05:12 AM PST  AP - Muslim pilgrims circled Islam's holiest site Wednesday in their traditional white robes, with a few additions — umbrellas and face masks — as the opening of the annual hajj was complicated by torrential rains and fears of swine flu.
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| Did Angelina Jolie Call Barack Obama a "Socialist"? Posted: 25 Nov 2009 04:52 AM PST  More Negativity from Anti-Angelina Sources Do you feel like Angelina Jolie has been getting a lot of flak lately? Even though it was recently revealed that the actress donated a good chunk of money to charity with her husband Brad Pitt, she's at the center of some interesting political rumors this time around.
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| Israel offers 10-month West Bank settlement freeze Posted: 25 Nov 2009 06:35 AM PST ![]() Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has proposed a 10-month freeze on West Bank settlement construction in what he says ...
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| Miley Cyrus On 'Twilight': 'It's A Cult' Posted: 24 Nov 2009 05:19 PM PST ![]() "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" might have opened with huge numbers at the box office and had the biggest November & Friday openings for any movie ever - but teen sensation Miley Cyrus wasn't one of the Twi-hards pledging their allegiance to Team Edward or Team Jacob. In fact, the teen star conside...
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| Dobbs Reaches Out to Latinos Posted: 24 Nov 2009 04:49 PM PST  Former CNN anchor Lou Dobbs, pondering a future in politics, is trying to wipe away his image as an enemy of Latino immigrants by positioning himself as a champion of that fast-growing ethnic bloc.
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| Polanski wins $4.5M bail, house arrest likely (AP) Posted: 25 Nov 2009 07:35 AM PST  AP - Roman Polanski was granted $4.5 million bail Wednesday, clearing the way for the fugitive director to move within days from a Swiss jail to house arrest and electronic monitoring at his Alpine resort chalet.
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| Donny Osmond wins `Dancing with the Stars' (AP) Posted: 25 Nov 2009 07:11 AM PST ![]() Donny Osmond was declared the new champion of "Dancing with Stars" on Tuesday night, taking home the show's mirror ball trophy in the season finale of the ABC contest reality program.
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| Ed Begley Jr. Flips Out On Fox: Climate Change Is Real (VIDEO) Posted: 24 Nov 2009 07:43 PM PST  On Tuesday afternoon on Fox News, actor and environmental activist Ed Begley Jr. got into a heated shouting match with Fox News contributor and substitute Neil Cavuto show host Stuart Varney about the "hacked climate emails." The conversation started out civil enough. "Does this change things at all, these emails," Varney asks Begley. "Do you ever think that maybe you're wrong about global warming?" The GOP has now opened a probe into the emails, and the Drudge Report is calling the emails "the greatest scandal in modern science." "I think the science is very clear on global warmin
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| Paper: Trigger best option for reform Posted: 25 Nov 2009 01:07 PM PST  Urban Institute paper casts issue as more about containing health costs than extending benefits.
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| ABC Receives Complaints Over Adam Lambert's AMA Performance Posted: 25 Nov 2009 10:05 AM PST ![]() During a S&M-themed performance of his debut single, "For Your Entertainment," the American Idol runner-up flipped off the audience, kissed a male keyboard player and fondled several of his backup dancers, one of whom had his head pulled into Lambert's crotch.
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| Mom of teen set on fire: Son focused on recovery (AP) Posted: 25 Nov 2009 08:34 AM PST  AP - In the days after 15-year-old Michael Brewer was set on fire by a group of teens, his mother, Valerie Brewer, sat at his hospital bedside and worried.
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| Iran clerics start taking control of schools (AP) Posted: 25 Nov 2009 05:38 AM PST ![]() AP - Islamic religious authorities have begun tightening their grip on Iranian public schools, a report said Wednesday, as hard-liners expand an ideological "soft war" against Western influence.
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| What Professional Sports Leagues Can Learn from One Another Posted: 24 Nov 2009 11:39 PM PST  Nothing in this world is perfect. Sports and the various accompanying leagues are no different. Some are enjoying an overall popularity boost, such as Basketball and Football, while others have suffered a mild decline a la Baseball (I cannot comment on professional hockey as I have not seen actual viewership figures to reflect my assumptions). All, however, can stand to improve, and some can do so by looking around at one another. MLB More than the payroll/market considerations, I think the biggest trouble-spot of Major League Baseball is its playoffs, the bread and butter of any leag
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| NFL referee didn't mean to high-five Vince Young (Yahoo! Sports) Posted: 25 Nov 2009 01:21 PM PST ![]() NFL referee Jerome Boger may have given Vince Young a high-five Monday night, but it doesn't mean he liked...
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| Toyota to replace 3.8M gas pedals (AP) Posted: 25 Nov 2009 05:10 AM PST ![]() Toyota Motor Corp. said Wednesday it will replace accelerator pedals on 3.8 million recalled vehicles in the United States to address problems with the pedals becoming jammed in the floor mat.
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