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American football: Slain former NFL star McNair buried - 07/12/2009

MT. OLIVE- Retired National Football League star Steve McNair, shot to death a week ago by a woman he was dating, was buried on Saturday in a private funeral following a memorial service. McNair's...

Lightning delays NASA space shuttle launch to Sunday - 07/12/2009

CAPE CANAVERAL, Jean-Louis Santini - A dramatic lightning storm forced NASA to delay the space shuttle Endeavour's launch on Saturday, pushing takeoff to late Sunday, in the latest blow to the...

Publishers deny British tabloid celebrity phone-hacking claims - 07/11/2009

LONDON- The publishers of Britain's biggest-selling newspapers insisted Friday that their journalists had not paid private detectives to hack into the mobile phones of thousands of celebrities....

Fujimori to plead innocent in corruption trial - 07/11/2009

LIMA- Former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori will plead innocent to charges that he funneled 15 million dollars to a top advisor when his corruption trial opens July 13, his attorney said...

Tranvestite in Ronaldo sex scandal dies of AIDS - 07/11/2009

SAO PAULO- A transvestite at the center of a sex scandal last year involving Brazil's football star Ronaldo has died of AIDS, media here reported Friday. Andre Albertini, a 22-year-old...

Low-cost online computer gaming surges in US: comScore - 07/11/2009

SAN FRANCISCO- US videogame lovers are adapting to tough economic times by turning to low-cost online play, according to figures released Friday by industry tracker comScore. Some 87 million US...

Pushy French are world's worst tourists: study - 07/10/2009

PARIS - Penny-pinching, rude and terrible at foreign languages: French people are the world's worst tourists according to a study of the global hotel industry released on Thursday. Carried out...

Study finds calorie restriction prolongs life - 07/10/2009

WASHINGTON - A nutritious but calorie-restricted diet can increase life expectancy and reduce the risk of age-related diseases, including cancer, according to research published in the journal...

Obama and Kadhafi shake hands - 07/10/2009

L'AQUILA - US President Barack Obama shook hands warmly on Thursday with Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi, long reviled in Washington. The landmark handshake took place as leaders from major economic...

40 years on, Paris shows 'A Man On the Moon' - 07/09/2009

PARIS - A rare photographic collection showing in Paris this week traces the entire 13-year US space odyssey that put Neil Armstrong on the moon and features original snapshots of the lunar landing....
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