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Japan dolphin hunt town shrugs off ‘Cove’ Oscar 
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Japan dolphin hunt town shrugs off ‘Cove’ Oscar 
    (AP)

Japan dolphin hunt town shrugs off ‘Cove’ Oscar (AP)

AP - The gala crowd in Los Angeles cheered as "The Cove" won the best documentary Oscar with its grisly portrayal of dolphin hunting. Half a world away, residents of the small Japanese village shown in the film abhorred the attention and said it won't end their centuries-old tradition.

Calif. boy who called 911 thanks dispatcher

11 March 2010

NORWALK, Calif. (AP) -- A 7-year-old boy who called 911 from a locked bathroom while armed robbers threatened his parents hugged and high-fived on Wednesday the sheriff's dispatcher who took his call....

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Mexico’s Slim becomes ‘world’s richest’ person

11 March 2010

MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Mexican telecom tycoon Carlos Slim is the world's richest person, jumping past Americans Bill Gates and Warren Buffett to become the first person from a developing nation to top the list, according to Forbes magazine....

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Huge ‘botnet’ amputated, but criminals reconnect

11 March 2010

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) -- The sudden takedown of an Internet provider thought to be helping spread one of the most promiscuous pieces of malicious software out there appears to have cut off criminals from potentially millions of personal computers under their control....

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Spike in Prius complaints may not be all it seems

11 March 2010

NEW YORK (AP) -- Reports of sudden acceleration in the Toyota Prius have spiked across the country. But that doesn't mean there's an epidemic of bad gas pedals in the popular hybrid....

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House GOP leaders press earmark moratorium

11 March 2010

WASHINGTON (AP) -- House GOP leaders are pushing rank-and-file Republicans to break their addiction to pet projects by going cold turkey and giving up the long-cherished practice of directing federal dollars to their home districts....

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Thai thriller straddles homophobia, homoerotica (Reuters)

11 March 2010

Reuters - In the slasher-thriller "Slice," a cop-turned-convict tracks down a serial killer by delving into his own troubled childhood memories.

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Mattingly, Dodgers have talked about manager’s job

11 March 2010

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) -- On his first day as Dodgers interim manager, hitting coach Don Mattingly said Wednesday that the team has made overtures about him eventually becoming Joe Torre's permanent replacement....

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"2012" debuts atop three video charts 
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"2012" debuts atop three video charts (Reuters)

11 March 2010

Reuters - The end-of-the-world drama "2012" debuted at the top of all three home video charts the week ending March 7, the first release in nearly a month with a box office pedigree of more than $100 million.

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Corey Haim prolonged tragic Hollywood tradition 
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Corey Haim prolonged tragic Hollywood tradition (AP)

11 March 2010

AP - Corey Haim's story is sadly familiar in Hollywood: A teen talent who discovered drugs as he tasted his first success and whose personal problems increased as his star-power faded.

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FDA rules out bisphosphonate, thigh fracture link (Reuters)

11 March 2010

Reuters - U.S. regulators said on Wednesday they have found no link between oral bisphosphonate osteoporosis medications such as Merck & Co Inc's Fosamax and certain thigh bone fractures.

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