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| Court stops Heidi Klum |
| London, Sept 30 : German supermodel Heidi Klum's hit reality TV design contest Project Runway has been stopped from moving to America's Lifetime network by a New York judge, because of airing rights. |
| Race driver Castroneves heads to court in tax case
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AP - Two-time Indianapolis 500 winner and "Dancing With The Stars" champion Helio Castronoves was set to appear in court Friday to face allegations he used offshore accounts to hide millions of dollars in income from the Internal Revenue Service.
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| Congo and UN send troops after Ugandan rebel leader - Summary |
| Nairobi/Kinshasa - The United Nations and the Democratic Republic of Congo have started a military operation directed against Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony and his Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), news reports said. Kony is refusing to sign a final p... |
| US researchers call off controversial autism study
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| AP - A government agency has dropped plans to test a controversial treatment for autism that critics had called an unethical experiment on children. |
| Driver's traffic fine tab: $1.9 million |
| Brazilian police reportedly have caught up with a motorist who owes the equivalent of nearly $2 million in unpaid traffic fines. |
| Campaign in flux |
| Matt Frei, presenter of BBC World News America, watches as the economic crisis shakes up the presidential race. |
| Miami-Dade to launch $2M marketing campaign |
| Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau and American Airlines are joining forces on a $2 million global marketing campaign to promote Miami-Dade County as a dynamic, world-class destination for... |
| Pinpoint attacks focus on Obama |
| A series of ads in Michigan highlight this year's roughest political attacks: narrowly aimed shots from small groups. |
| Here, kitty: Police expect house cat, get cougar |
| A police officer didn't think much of a call to shoo off a bothersome "kitty cat" at a home in Casper, Wyo. |
| Palin lawyer meets with investigator in probe |
| Less than a week after balking at the Alaska Legislature's investigation into her alleged abuse of power, Gov. Sarah Palin on Monday indicated she will cooperate with a separate probe run by people she can fire. |
| Feds: Judge should ax Pa. Muslim scientist's suit |
| A federal judge does not have the jurisdiction to second-guess security clearance decisions and should throw out a lawsuit by a Muslim scientist who claims he wrongly lost his clearance — and his job — at a nuclear warship plant, U.S. Justice Department attorneys said in court documents. |
| State, federal courts uphold early voting in Ohio
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AP - In a defeat for Republican challenges, state and federal courts have cleared the way for a weeklong period in which new voters can register and cast an absentee ballot on the same day in Ohio.
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| 'SNL' sends up VP debate with Fey, Queen Latifah |
| It's starting to feel like Tina Fey is running for vice president. |
| Russian minister raps U.S. missile shield in Poland
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Reuters - Russia's foreign minister told Poland on
Thursday a U.S. missile defence shield Warsaw has agreed to
host poses a direct threat to his country's security but said
Moscow remains open to further talks.
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| US: Man dives in to save dog from shark attack |
| A dog is recovering after his owner dove in to save his pet from a shark. |
| NYC Emergency Hot Lines Accepting Photos, Videos |
| NEW YORK (CBS) ― A picture is truly worth a thousand words, as far as New York City's new 9-1-1 calls are concerned. On Tuesday, Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced that photos and video can now ... |
| Stocks Plunge As Lawmakers Reject U.S. Bailout Package |
| "Everybody took for granted that this would be approved...but the fact is this [bill rejection] is extremely bad for the markets," said Vitoria Saadi, lead Latin American analyst at RGE Monitor. "It... |
| Recordings aim to capture wild West sounds |
| SALT LAKE CITY - Rattlesnakes aren't to be trifled with, but if you're trying to collect the sound of every creature in the West that slithers, hops, flies or flops, distance isn't a luxury you can af... |
| President Bush signs bill providing auto industry with loans |
| (10-01 12:27) President George W. Bush signed into law legislation providing the auto industry with US$25 billion in federal loans, lifting an offshore oil-drilling ban and funding the government unt... |
| Clinton summit hopes for generosity amid turmoil |
| NEW YORK (Reuters) - The United States may be suffering its worst financial crisis since the Depression, but former President Bill Clinton hopes companies arrive in a generous mood for his fourth annu... |