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Pleshette gets posthumous Hollywood star (AP)


AP - Suzanne Pleshette got a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Thursday, less than two weeks after she died of respiratory failure.

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Annan due to resume Kenya crisis talks as UN chief arrives (AFP)


AFP - Former UN chief Kofi Annan was Friday due to resume talks aimed at ending Kenya’s political crisis a day after an opposition lawmaker was shot dead by a policeman, setting off further clashes in the volatile western region.

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China snow leaves millions in cold and dark (Reuters)


Reuters - Millions of Chinese faced a
humanitarian crisis on Friday, as petrol and food reserves
dwindled and yet more bad weather was forecast for a country
paralyzed by record-breaking cold and snow.

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Upshaw will accede to HGH testing (AP)


AP - NFL players will consent to a urine test for Human Growth Hormone once such a test is developed.

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Alabama inmate wins stay of execution (AP)


AP - A murderer who would have become the nation’s first executed inmate in months won a reprieve Thursday from the U.S. Supreme Court a little more than an hour before he was scheduled to die by lethal injection.

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Bush’s budget lean on domestic programs (AP)


AP - President Bush’s 2009 budget will virtually freeze most domestic programs and seek nearly $200 billion in savings from federal health care programs, a senior administration official said Thursday.

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Man views porn on nun’s computer (AP)

“AP - A civilian State Police employee was accused of sneaking into a church to look at pornography on a nun’s computer. Police arrested Thomas G. Findler Wednesday and charged him with burglary and theft.”
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McCain vs. Limbaugh (Brent Bozell III)

“Brent Bozell III - You can tell a lot about how the news media feel about conservatives by watching how they talk about Rush Limbaugh.”
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Top 10 Hardest NES Games

“The following is a list of the Top 10 games on the NES that I believe are the hardest games in the NES library.”
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Kirby Piñata! [PICS]

“Gotta love sucking power.”
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