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  Asylum's renaming insults advocates AP - 2 hours, 5 minutes ago

  WESTON, W.Va. - It's an intriguing and provocative name that translates to Web hits, phone calls and tour tickets: the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum.

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  Starbucks ordered to pay back tips AP - 1 hour, 53 minutes ago

  SAN DIEGO - A Superior Court judge on Thursday ordered Starbucks Corp. to pay its California baristas more than $100 million in back tips and interest that the coffee chain paid to shift supervisors.

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  `Chocolate Rain' claims a YouTube award AP - 2 hours, 43 minutes ago

  NEW YORK - And the winner for best music video: "Chocolate Rain."

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  Lawsuit settled over Beach Boys name AP - 58 minutes ago

  LOS ANGELES - Two former members of the Beach Boys settled a five-year legal dispute over use of the band's name, a lawyer said.

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  Duke escapes, edges Belmont 71-70 AP - 2 hours, 20 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON - There it was, plain as could be on the overhead scoreboard, orange numbering on a black background: As the closing seconds ticked away Thursday night, Belmont was beating Duke.

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  Richardson to endorse Obama's White House bid: source Reuters - 37 minutes ago

  PORTLAND, Oregon (Reuters) - New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson endorsed Barack Obama's bid for the Democratic nomination for president, Obama's aides said on Friday, in a boost for the Illinois senator.

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  Tibetans says several died in latest riots Reuters - 48 minutes ago

  KANGDING, China (Reuters) - Tibetans in China's tense southwestern province of Sichuan said on Friday they believed police had killed several people in anti-Chinese riots there this week, disputing official claims none died.

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  Obama's passport records improperly accessed Reuters - Fri Mar 21, 2:24 AM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Contract workers for the U.S. State Department improperly viewed Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama's passport records three times this year in what his campaign called "an outrageous breach" of his privacy.

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  Somali Islamists say U.S. terror listing forges unity Reuters - 1 hour, 49 minutes ago

  MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Islamist insurgents in Somalia say their inclusion on a U.S. terrorism list will help recruiting and has spurred them to strengthen ties with other groups blacklisted by Washington.

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  Hamas plays down chances of Fatah talks Reuters - 2 hours, 2 minutes ago

  GAZA (Reuters) - Hamas expressed doubt on Friday that Yemeni-sponsored reconciliation talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's secular Fatah faction would succeed despite an agreement to extend the discussions for an extra day.

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  Blast kills soldier from NATO force in Afghanistan Reuters - Fri Mar 21, 4:49 AM ET

  KABUL (Reuters) - An explosion killed a soldier from NATO-led forces in southern Afghanistan, the alliance said in a statement on Friday.

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  Some people may transmit weaker AIDS virus: study Reuters - Thu Mar 20, 8:11 PM ET

  LONDON (Reuters) - People with a genetic variation that slows down HIV may also be causing a mutation to the AIDS virus that makes it less potent if transmitted to others, researchers said on Friday.

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  Early life on Earth - no predators, plenty of sex Reuters - Fri Mar 21, 12:44 AM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sexual reproduction may be nearly as old as animal life itself, according to researchers who discovered a new species of organism that lived 540 million years ago.

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  US House Speaker urges international probe into Tibet unrest AFP - Fri Mar 21, 5:44 AM ET

  DHARAMSHALA, India (AFP) - US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday called for an international probe into the causes of deadly unrest in Tibet but added she was not seeking a boycott of the Beijing Olympics.

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  Cyprus crossing to open in world's last divided capital AFP - 29 minutes ago

  NICOSIA (AFP) - Rival Cypriot leaders agreed on Friday to reopen a landmark street running through the heart of Cyprus's divided capital in a meeting here to kickstart new peace talks, said the top UN representative in the country, Michael Moller.

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  Gruesome crucifixions mark annual Philippines Easter ritual AFP - 2 hours, 20 minutes ago

  SAN PEDRO CUTUD, Philippines (AFP) - Devout Roman Catholic Ruben Enaje donned a crown of thorns as he put himself through the agonising ordeal of being nailed to a cross -- for the 22nd time.

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  Money can in fact buy happiness, if it's spent on others: study AFP - Thu Mar 20, 11:19 PM ET

  VANCOUVER (AFP) - Money can buy happiness -- as long as it is spent on other people or on pro-social causes, scientists said Thursday.

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  Cosmic blast 7.5 billion years old, seen with naked eye AFP - Thu Mar 20, 10:55 PM ET

  WASHINGTON (AFP) - NASA has detected the brightest cosmic explosion ever recorded -- a massive burst of energy 7.5 billion light years away that could be seen with the naked eye from Earth, the US space agency said Thursday.

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  France's EDF, ACS to move into Spain energy sector AFP - 1 hour, 37 minutes ago

  MADRID (AFP) - French power giant EDF will join forces with Spanish construction company ACS to take over Iberdrola and Union Fenosa in massive deals worth 100 billion dollars (64 billion euros), the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.

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  Severstal says it will buy ArcelorMittal US plant for 810 mln dlrs AFP - 1 hour, 31 minutes ago

  MOSCOW (AFP) - Russian steelmaker Severstal said on Friday it had reached a deal with the biggest world steel group ArcelorMittal to buy one of ArcelorMittal's US plants for 810 million dollars (520 million euros).

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  Sit-down protests trigger Beijing bathroom renovation AFP - Wed Mar 19, 2:18 AM ET

  BEIJING (AFP) - Chinese Olympic organisers are rushing to renovate bathrooms at flagship Olympic venues after complaints about a lack of western-style sit-down toilets, an official said Wednesday.

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  Mortgage lenders to pump $200 billion into markets Reuters - Wed Mar 19, 5:58 PM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two U.S. home financing heavyweights won government approval on Wednesday to pump $200 billion more into troubled U.S. mortgage markets, the latest step to stabilize credit markets and avert a deep recession.

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  Happily married have lower blood pressure than singles Reuters - Thu Mar 20, 9:17 AM ET

  NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Marriage really can be a matter of the heart with a U.S. study finding that happily married couples have lower blood pressure than single people.

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  New Anne of Green Gables book stirs debate Reuters - Wed Mar 19, 10:23 AM ET

  TORONTO (Reuters Life!) - A new book about the early girlhood of Anne of Green Gables is stirring up controversy in Canada, where the original novel written a century ago made Anne the country's best-known literary heroine.

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  First lady records show Clinton promoted NAFTA Reuters - Wed Mar 19, 6:05 PM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton now argues that the North American Free Trade Agreement needs to be renegotiated, but newly released records showed on Wednesday she promoted its passage.