| Hospital: Actress Brittany Murphy dies at age 32 (AP) Posted: 20 Dec 2009 12:53 PM PST  AP - Brittany Murphy, the actress who got her start in the sleeper hit "Clueless" and rose to stardom in "8 Mile," died Sunday in Los Angeles. She was 32.
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| Major volcanic eruption feared in Philippines (AP) Posted: 20 Dec 2009 04:27 AM PST  AP - The Philippines' most active volcano could have a huge eruption within days, officials warned Sunday after detecting a drastic surge in earthquakes and eerie rumbling sounds in surrounding foothills. Tens of thousands of villagers have been evacuated as a precaution.
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| Israel harvested organs in '90s without permission (AP) Posted: 20 Dec 2009 09:30 AM PST ![]() AP - Israel has admitted that in the 1990s, its forensic pathologists harvested organs from dead bodies, including Palestinians, without permission of their families.
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| Hyundai Motor announces China truck venture (AP) Posted: 20 Dec 2009 02:11 AM PST ![]() Hyundai Motor Co. said Sunday it has agreed to launch a $400 million truck manufacturing venture in China with a local partner as it seeks further inroads in the world's biggest auto market.
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| Eurostar train services canceled indefinitely (AP) Posted: 20 Dec 2009 06:07 AM PST  AP - The only passenger rail link between Britain and the rest of Europe has been shut down indefinitely, Eurostar said Sunday, promising more travel misery for thousands of stranded passengers just before Christmas.
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| U.S. sends 12 Guantanamo detainees to home countries (Reuters) Posted: 20 Dec 2009 07:35 AM PST  Reuters - The United States has sent 12 inmates from the American military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to Afghanistan, Yemen and an enclave in Somalia despite concerns about militant cells in those countries.
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| Flozell Adams shows Saints how to tackle Marion Barber (Yahoo! Sports) Posted: 20 Dec 2009 10:51 AM PST ![]() In suffering their first loss of the 2009 season, the New Orleans Saints validated a vulnerability they've...
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| 5 Alabama players headed to Senior Bowl Posted: 19 Dec 2009 05:13 PM PST ![]() Top-ranked Alabama will have four All-Americans playing in the Senior Bowl. Cornerback Javier Arenas, offensive guard Mike Johnson, nose guard Terrence Cody and placekicker Leigh Tiffin have accepted invitations to play in the NFL audition for top senior prospects, Senior Bowl officials announced Saturday.
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| Weighing the Risk of CT Scans Posted: 20 Dec 2009 02:29 AM PST  Could getting a CT scan bring you more harm than good? Dr. Nina Shapiro: An article in this week's Archives of Internal Medicine showed that getting a single CT (computed tomography) scan can tremendously increase the risk of cancer in the near and distant future. While this is a compelling article, we have to better understand how this information is being presented. This was a modeling study. The authors were likening the radiation exposure incurred by the atomic bombs of Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II to that received during CT scans. A significant difference is that the a
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| Reports: Dutch teen sailor found in Caribbean Posted: 20 Dec 2009 05:50 AM PST ![]() Dutch media are reporting that police have found 14-year-old Dutch sailor Laura Dekker on St. Maarten in the Caribbean.
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| McCain: Obama Created More Partisan Environment Than Bill Clinton Posted: 20 Dec 2009 06:43 AM PST  Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) ripped into the president on Sunday for abandoning his pledge to foster bipartisanship in Washington, accusing Obama of creating a more toxic political environment than that which existed during the Clinton administration. "In some ways, of course, yeah," McCain told Fox News Sunday when asked if the Obama White House was more partisan than Bill Clinton's. "At least under Hillarycare they tried to seriously negotiate with Republicans. There has been no effort that I know of -- of serious across the table negotiations -- such as I have engaged in with other administr
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| Top Iran dissident cleric Montazeri dies at 87 (Reuters) Posted: 19 Dec 2009 11:11 PM PST  Reuters - Iran's most senior dissident cleric, Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, has died at the age of 87, providing a fresh catalyst for renewed demonstrations against the country's hardline leadership.
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| James Cameron's 'Avatar' snows the competition at the box office Posted: 20 Dec 2009 10:23 AM PST ![]() Despite snowstorms that battered the East Coast and kept many moviegoers at home, the sci-fi epic Avatar still managed out-of-this-world ...
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| NFL to ask its players to donate brains for study (AP) Posted: 20 Dec 2009 08:31 AM PST  AP - The NFL is partnering with Boston University brain researchers who have been critical of the league's stance on concussions, The Associated Press learned Sunday.
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| Susan Boyle to star in James Bond movie? (IrishCentral) Posted: 20 Dec 2009 05:54 AM PST ![]() Niall O'Dowd: The name is Boyle, Susan Boyle. The Scottish star seems set to sing in the next James Bond movie joining Sean Connery as another famous Scottish star, to leave their mark on the James Bond franchise.
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