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Jackie Robinson is one of the all time favorite baseball players; he was the first African American to be included in the major baseball league. He is not exactly the first player to be included into the league, but since the eighteen eighties there had been no player in the major league who was an African American.

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Latest About News Update Anna Faris:Anna Faris in her first nude scene again in the film. Previously, she was once played the role of a Playboy Bunny in the 2008 film Bunny.But House this week, 33 years old, met Anna Faris’s first scene completely naked, while for the new film What your number is stripped?

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The 84-year-old British monarch is returning to New York this morning for the first time in nearly 35 years, with a whirlwind visit that will take her to Ground Zero and the United Nations.

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AP – Tar balls from the Gulf oil spill found on a Texas beach were the first evidence that gushing crude from the Deepwater Horizon well has reached all the Gulf states.

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AFP – Security forces fanned out in China’s Urumqi city on Monday, the first anniversary of deadly unrest that laid bare deep-seated ethnic tensions in the country’s far-western Xinjiang region.

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Reuters – Israel’s defense minister will meet the Palestinian prime minister on Monday, the first meeting between the two politicians since February and the first sign of progress in indirect, U.S.-mediated talks.

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Everyone knows that Benjamin Franklin was our first diplomatic envoy in Paris and that he almost single-handedly forged the alliance with France that provided the arms that clinched the American Revolution. Or, well, we thought so, anyway

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Mention the United Service Organizations — almost universally known as the USO — to most Americans, and the first thing you’ll likely hear is “Bob Hope.” The USO is eager to alter that image. Not that organizing performances for the troops isn’t an integral part of their mission, but the expansive services they provide does so much more than entertain.

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Lady Gaga, the self-proclaimed Fame Monster, is gaining more notoriety by the day. On Friday, she reached 10 million fans on Facebook, making her the first living person to achieve this honor, Us Magazine reported.

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Losing can’t be any crueler than it was for Ghana at the World Cup. On the verge of becoming African history-makers one second, losers the next. Ghana’s squad, the youngest of this World Cup, came so close to becoming the first African team to play in a World Cup semifinal. That only made its quarterfinal loss Friday to Uruguay sting even more.

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In his first speech devoted to the disputed issue since taking office, the president aimed for a middle ground.

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First there was the Gulf Oil Disaster. And now there is the unemployment disaster caused by the first disaster

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Eminem’s ‘Recovery’ debuts with sales of 741,000. Eminem is the first artist in Nielsen/SoundScan history to top the 700K mark in weekly sales with four albums. Runner-up Garth Brooks scored with three albums.

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The bid by Venus and Serena Williams for a fifth consecutive Grand Slam title in doubles ended Wednesday with a loss in the Wimbledon quarterfinals. The sisters were beaten 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 by Russians Elena Vesnina and Vera Zvonareva. The Williamses climbed to No. 1 in doubles for the first time after winning the French Open.

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High winds and large waves expected in the Gulf of Mexico as the first named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season passes to the west are likely to slow efforts to contain the largest oil spill in U.S. history.

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Filed under: College World Series , College Baseball For the first time in school history, the South Carolina Gamecocks have won the College World Series.

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Elizabeth Edwards isn’t done raking her estranged husband John Edwards over the coals for his affair with Rielle Hunter. In her first TV interview since separating from husband John Edwards last January, Elizabeth Edwards tells The TODAY Show’s Matt Lauer that she is “not just a cuckolded wife.” “I still really feel I need to break free of the media-imposed image

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AFP – Tesla Motors, the money-losing US electric carmaker, is seeking to raise up to 244 million dollars as it becomes on Tuesday the first US automotive company to go public in more than 50 years.

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The Food and Drug Administration is seriously considering whether to approve the first genetically engineered animal that people would eat — salmon that can grow at twice the normal rate.

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Filed under: LPGA PITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) — Cristie Kerr soared to a 12-stroke victory at the LPGA Championship on Sunday in one of the most lopsided wins at a major, leaving her in position to become the first American ranked No. 1

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AP – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez denounced Israel as a “genocidal” government on Sunday as he hosted Syrian President Bashar Assad on his first visit to Latin America.

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BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa — Germany’s latest World Cup victory over England will be remembered not for any of the brilliant goals, but for the one that didn’t count. Ask anyone – players, coaches, thousands of fans in the stadium and millions more watching on television – and there’s little question that Frank Lampard put a shot in the net late in the first half that would have tied the score. But referee Jorge Larrionda waved play on, and Germany used two second-half goals by Thomas Mueller for a 4-1 victory Sunday

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The mixed martial artist from Russia Fedor loses against Fabrico on Saturday night. Fedor was knocked out in the first round of the strike force held on Saturday. The fight was a quick one after Fabrico locked Fedor with an arm bar and the fight was over

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South Carolina’s Michael Roth spent the season as a reliever, but turned his first start of the season into a legendary CWS performance.

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Are you ready for Little Fockers ? The sequel to Meet the Parents (2000) and its 2004 sequel Meet the Fockers , starring Robert De Niro, Ben Stiller, Barbra Streisand, Blythe Danner, and Teri Polo. It is the first film in the series not to be directed by lensman Jay Roach and will instead be directed by Paul Weitz.

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Welcome to the first edition of Last Look, where we round up the Style scraps that didn’t make it to our news page this week. Scroll through and catch up on what else happened since Monday! More on Fashion

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Filed under: Kings , NBA Draft SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The good news for Hassan Whiteside : he landed with one of the two teams he was hoping to play for.

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For the first time in the survey, more disapprove of how Obama’s handling his job than approve.

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AP – An Asian carp was found for the first time beyond electric barriers meant to keep the voracious invasive species out of the Great Lakes, state and federal officials said Wednesday, prompting renewed calls for swift action to block their advance.

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Verizon Wireless has unveiled the first details of its new smartphone featuring Google’s Android technology.

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Daniel Radcliffe’s always too busy acting up a storm to check out the latest YouTube sensations – so the first time he heard the vocal stylings of teen heartthrob Justin Bieber, he had no idea it was a mini-man and not a young woman who was serenading him. Ouch. Let the Twitter threats begin…..

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Asia-Pacific millionaires are collectively worth more than their European counterparts for the first time, with the rich in China and India leading the way, a study said Wednesday.

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An open letter from actor Jon Voight to President Obama:

June 22, 2010

President Obama:

You will be the first American president that lied to the Jewish people, and the American people as well, when you said that you would defend Israel, the only Democratic state in the Middle East, …

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Perez Hilton obviously isn’t at all fazed by the child porn accusations he copped after the last Miley Cyrus crotch shot he Tweeted. Just days after a photo of 17-year-old Miley’s almost-exposed Stanley Steamer nearly got him sent in front of a judge, the First Guy of Gossip has posted a similarly dodgy image of the teen experiencing a wardrobe malfunction on stage at the MuchMusic Video Awards in Toronto last Sunday night. “Oh, #Miley!” he Tweeted

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White House Party Crashers Tareq and Michele Salahi are the targets of a new anti-fan movement sweeping Facebook. A Facebook page called “ Tell the White House Pary Crashers to Go Away ” has emerged in hopes of blasting the Northern Virginia movers & shakers who have gained a cult following since illegally gaining acess to the First Couple’s first State Dinner last November

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Filed under: FIFA World Cup , Brazil , Ivory Coast JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Luis Fabiano scored a pair of goals and Elano added another as Brazil beat Ivory Coast 3-1 Sunday to secure a spot in the second round of the World Cup with a match to spare in Group G. Luis Fabiano scored his first goal in six matches for Brazil with a powerful right-footer in the 25th minute after a perfect pass by Kaka between defenders. He jumped over defender Kolo Toure before firing into the top of the net from a difficult angle.

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Canada thinks it can teach the world a thing or two about dodging financial meltdowns. The 20 world leaders at an economic summit in Toronto next weekend will find themselves in a country that has avoided a banking crisis where others have floundered, and whose economy grew at a 6.1 percent annual rate in the first three months of this year.

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Megan Fox is no stranger when it comes to guns. The bombshell actress takes shots at bad guys in the Old West in her new movie Jonah Hex, and in a new interview she talks about how it’s not the first time she’s ever whipped out a pistol.

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Jun 19, Colombo: Sri Lanka Consumer Affairs Authority has conducted 350 raids on eating places around the country last month alone to guarantee proper sanitary conditions and prices, said the CAA chairman Rumi Marzook at a press conference held in Colombo today.

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Jim Varney has been dubbing the voice of Slink in the first two parts of toy story. His voice put a total spirit in the character.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. automakers have surpassed foreign brands for the first time in a survey that measures the quality of new cars and trucks.

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The Latin American Poker Tour (LAPT) was held earlier this month in Lima Peru at the Atlantic City Casino in the beautiful district of Miraflores. After four days of play, Team PokerStars Pro Jose “Nacho” Barbero became the first person to clinch two LAPT championships.

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Busty pop tart Katy Perry is showing off her “girls” in the new Candy Land-inspired video for her charttopping summer smash, “California Gurls.” The engaged singer — 25 — goes nude in a cloud of cotton candy in one frame of the new clip, which hit the blogosphere on Tuesday afternoon. “California Gurls” — featuring Snoop Dogg — is the first single from Katy’s forthcoming third album Teenage Dream , debuting Aug

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New Zealand defender Winston Reid earned his first international goal and his country’s first ever World Cup…

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Sorry, Crunchers: You haven’t heard the last of Tareq and Michele Salahi! Get ready for at least 15 more minutes of fame for the couple that became internationally known for crashing President Barack Obama’s First State Dinner. The infamous Northern Virginia couple, who gatecrashed The Obamas’ First State Dinner — honoring Prime Minister Manmohan Singh — last November, have cruised their way onto a new reality show about Washington’s glitterati. Bravo’s The Real Housewives of DC will debut Thursday, Aug.

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The soccer revolution is being televised.

Saturday’s World Cup match between the U.S. and England drew massive viewership numbers that beat the first four games of the NBA Finals.

The hotly anticipated match, which saw the U.S. achieve an unlikely draw against the European giants, attracted 13 million viewers on ABC and 4.1 million on Univision for a total of 17.1 million.

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President Obama heads to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill Monday to begin a critical week that includes his first prime-time address …

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President Barack Obama demanded that BP set up a compensation fund for the oil-tainted Gulf Coast and prepared for his first Oval Office address to the nation as he tried to get a handle on the environmental disaster threatening to overwhelm his administration.

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JAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesians grappled with their first-ever celebrity sex-tape scandal, casting aside social taboos as they swarmed around office computers and mobile phones to watch clips allegedly showing a much-loved pop star with two girlfriends. The story topped newscasts for a week and dominated chatter on social-networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter.

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Latest Update Cro Cop vs Barry:Filipovic won by rear naked choke at 4:30 in the third round over Barry.

During the first round, Barry knocked Cro Cop down twice using his right hand. And that punch makes Cro Cop’s face swell.

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Filed under: Carl Edwards , Reed Sorenson , Nationwide Series , Joey Logano , NASCAR SPARTA, Ky. (AP) — Joey Logano became the first Nationwide Series driver to win three consecutive races at the same track when starting from the pole as he held off Carl Edwards to win the Meijer 300 at Kentucky Speedway on Saturday night

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Filed under: Angels , Dodgers , AL West , NL West LOS ANGELES — When Hideki Matsui played for Joe Torre on the New York Yankees for five seasons, Torre often made plain his admiration for his Japanese star. Before Torre and Matsui faced each other for the first time in different uniforms Friday night, Torre — the third-year manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers — recalled his first impression of Matsui, the first-year designated hitter and occasional left fielder of the Los Angeles Angels

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AP – The United States and Cuba have agreed to hold immigration talks in Washington within days, a U.S. official said Saturday, the first since a similar meeting in Havana in February.

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QUESTION Dear Irene, I met my former BFF on the first day of college almost nine years ago. A year later, I went to a party she was throwing and met my now fiancé, who is great friends with her brothers. She was always a high maintenance friend; she was more concerned with having tons of friends and living the wild college life, rather than issues I was struggling with at 19 (becoming financially independent from my parents, paying for school on my own, and keeping a roof over my head).

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Today we took a monumental step forward in our efforts to fight gang violence. I was proud to join Chief Charlie Beck, Sheriff Lee Baca, and staff members from the Office of Gang Reduction and Youth Development as we promoted our first graduating class of comprehensive gang intervention workers

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A Texas pipeline tycoon who died two months ago may become the first American billionaire allowed to pass his fortune to his children and grandchildren tax-free.

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Why make one “Twilight” film when you can charge moviegoers to see two of them?

“The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn,” the fourth movie in the vampire franchise, will be split in two, with the first half scheduled for release on November 18, 2011, distributor Summit Enter…

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European champions Spain left for the World Cup on Thursday determined to play down their tag as favourites to win the title for the first time after a history of coming up short.

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For the first time in a long time, no one can claim college sports’ governing body took it easy on a big-time program.

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Filed under: Blackhawks , Flyers , NHL Playoffs , Stanley Cup Finals PHILADELPHIA — Patrick Kane knew it all along. “I shot it between (Michael Leighton’s) leg and the post,” said Kane, 15 minutes after his sneaky goal past Michael Leighton at 4:06 of overtime gave the Chicago Blackhawks their first Stanley Cup championship in 49 years. “I knew it went in.

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Filed under: Blackhawks , Flyers , NHL Playoffs , Stanley Cup Finals PHILADELPHIA — For the first time since 1961, the Chicago Blackhawks are Stanley Cup champions.

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Filed under: Dolphins , NFL Injuries , NFL Training Camp The new face of the franchise showed the Miami Dolphins a lot more than his face Wednesday, as Brandon Marshall participated in organized team activities for the first time with his new team.

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SEATTLE — The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is using its financial clout to push the Haitian marketplace toward change by offering $10 million in prizes to the first companies to help Haitians send and receive money with their cell phones.

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Filed under: Nationals , Pirates WASHINGTON — Welcome to the Summer of Strasburg. For the first time in the history of the Nationals , a capacity crowd of 40,315 with buzz and nervous energy filled the club’s 2 1/2-year old ballpark. The anxiety lingered as The Chosen One fell behind 2-0 to Pirates leadoff hitter Andrew McCutchen before getting him on a sharp liner to shortstop, hanging there still as he fell behind, 2-0 again, to the next hitter, Neil Walker

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As Morissette pregnancy rumors abound…
Alanis Morissette suffered what may have been one of the most tortured love lives of any pop star we’ve ever heard of, with her first single “You Oughta Know” rising to the top of the 1995 charts as the anthem for the betrayed and brokenhearted. Fifteen years later, the only thing we oughta know is that Morissette is happy, as she was married in a secret ceremony last month.

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Latest About News Update Hayden Simpson:The Cubs pulled a name out of nowhere in the first round of Monday’s MLB draft, selecting Hayden Simpson from Division II Southern Arkansas. Because he’s somewhat off the radar, we can only give a very a limited scouting report.

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Sandra Bullock makes her first televised appearance since splitting with husband at the MTV Movie Awards; ‘Twilight’ wins big at MTV Movie Awards; ‘Shrek Forever After’ leads slow Hollywood weekend at U.S. Box Office. (June 7)

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Rafael Nadal is a man on the move. That’s the way he plays tennis, scampering all over the court with endless energy, and the way he approaches his career. As of Monday, he once again has risen to No. 1 in the rankings, overtaking Roger Federer. Nadal is the first man to win five French Open championships in six years.

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Rookie catcher A.J. Ellis rarely gets to play for the Los Angeles Dodgers. He got his eighth start of the season Sunday and certainly made it count. Ellis came through with an RBI single in the 11th inning for his first game-ending hit in the major leagues, giving Los Angeles a 5-4 victory over the NL East-leading Atlanta Braves and a split of their four-game series.

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Reuters – Sandra Bullock made her first public appearance since revelations of her husband’s extramarital affairs, taking the stage at a Hollywood awards show on Saturday night and comparing her recent life to an “explosion.”

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Filed under: MLB Draft , MLB Rumors , MLB Mock Draft The draft is nearly upon us, and finally we may be getting some clarity as to how the first round will go down. As always, beyond the first half of the round things still look cloudy, and will be particularly tough to project this year. But there’s now a growing consensus on many of the top 15 picks among industry sources.

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AP – Miguel Cotto watched the white towel fly into the ring, the universal sign of surrender, and thought he’d won the first main event at Yankee Stadium in more than three decades.

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The Philadelphia Flyers stared at one tough spot after another on the way to the Stanley Cup finals, so they weren’t about to blink when the Chicago Blackhawks took the first two games. They were on familiar ground. Now, they’re on even footing. Philadelphia took two at home to forge a 2-2 tie as the series returns to the Chicago for Game 5 on Sunday.

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Filed under: College Baseball CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — Florida International’s Garrett Wittels has extended his hitting streak to 56 games with an RBI double in the first inning against Dartmouth.

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Jun 05, Colombo: Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa and First Lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa hosted a reception for the Bollywood stars other Indian VIPs who are here for the IIFA festival at the Temple Trees Saturday morning.

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British Petroleum has collected 6,000 barrels of oil in the first 24 hours of pumping it from a leaking well up to a drill ship, Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen said Saturday at a press conference.

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From the time that news regarding Helen Thomas Jews remarks have hit on the media, they are creating controversies totally unimaginable. The only problem that people had over the Helen Thomas Jews remarks was that s he was the first every press icon of the White House, who actually told the truth

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Today is the day when we observe the National Donut Day 2010. Yes, the National Donut Day 2010 is when the big companies will give free of cost donuts to all of you people all across the United States of America. Th e National Donut Day 2010 as well as all the very days that have predecessed this day are commemorated in honor of the ladies who prepared donuts as well as pies and other stuff to present to the soldiers who are fighting on the front lines within the First World War.

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This week was full of surprises. Temptations singer Ali-Ollie Woodson succumbed to cancer, Paul McCartney serenaded the First Lady, and Bret Michaels continued to beat the odds. And as for the latest, Mariah Carey’s abrupt withdrawal from Tyler Perry’s forthcoming film has prompted a response from the Precious producer.

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My story had a happy ending. Thousands more mothers would too if world leaders stick to a promise they made 40 years ago. Once upon a time, I was working in the UK and seven months pregnant with my first child.

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Martha Wainwright: Maternal Mortality: It’s Time for Our Leaders to Take Notice

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Filed under: Steelers , NFL Training Camp , NFL Quarterbacks Ben Roethlisberger vowed to be a new man this season when he met the media for the first time since he returned to the Pittsburgh Steelers .

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The federal government is now $13 trillion in the red, the Treasury Department reported Wednesday, marking the first time the government has sunk that far into debt and putting a sharp point on the spending debate on Capitol Hill.

Calculated down to the exact penny, the debt totaled $13,050,826,460,886.97 as …

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Federal debt tops $13 trillion mark

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It’s Memorial Day weekend – the first fling for outdoor summer recreation. If you’re like me, you and your family will probably enjoy some form of outdoor activity this weekend, from a backyard BBQ to a backpack venture.

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David Petersen: Don’t Let Reckless Off-roaders Ruin the Summer

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Singer Mariah Carey and hubby Nick Cannon are reportedly expecting their first child. According to RadarOnline, Carey, 40, is in…

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A cast member of the hit Bravo reality show “Real Housewives of New York City” was busted for DWI early Monday morning in Southampton Village. Sonja Morgan, 46, failed to halt at a stop sign on First Neck Lane at 2:16 a.m

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‘Real Housewives Of New York City’ Lady Sonja Morgan Gets DWI

U.S. Rep. Artur Davis, a Harvard-educated lawyer and friend of President Obama, lost his bid to become the first black governor …

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One of the best analogies I have ever come across for meditation practice is a baby learning to walk. I remember my daughter taking her first step when she was about nine months old.

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Chade-Meng Tan: Zen and a Walking Baby

South Carolina had known for almost 24 hours that it was hosting a NCAA Baseball Regional for the first time at two-year old Carolina Stadium. The only question remaining was who would provide the competition for the double elimination regional in Columbia. Monday, they found out.

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USC Faces Bucknell In NCAA Opener

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Filed under: Indians David Huff knew he was OK and he wanted his family to know he was OK. “That was my first concern as soon as I went down,” Huff told reporters in New York prior to Sunday’s Yankees – Indians game

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The ultimate fighting champion Melvin Guillard knocked down Lowe in the first round. He had an impressive fight against Lowe and gave his best shot after he hit his knee and took him down. The mixed Martial artist g ave him a tough game but his punches were enough to take his opponent down.

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CHICAGO — President Barack Obama and his family are enjoying their hometown holiday weekend with barbecue Saturday night at a friend’s home.

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Steven Finn captured two wickets in eight deliveries to turn the first Test against Bangladesh back in England's favour on Saturday.

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Carrie’s best gay friend gets married in ‘Sex and the City 2′ but Sarah Jessica Parker says her real-life first gay friend is no longer with us, she told Towleroad . “Matthew and I talked about it a lot because even though we were younger than some of our friends who passed away we were very much a part of the first generation of people who were really affected by AIDS,” she said. “It’s so stunning to us how many people in our lives were lost.” SJP says she “can’t imagine any real legitimate reason” not to legalize gay marriage and her costars also speak out in support.

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A team of top federal prosecutors and investigators has taken the first steps toward a formal criminal investigation into oil giant BP’s actions before and after the drilling rig disaster off Louisiana. More on Gulf Oil Spill

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In the US there has been a fuzzy sense of admiration for the new British Conservative-Liberal coalition government, but over here the sweet liberal-scented haze has now parted and we are Camer-on. The Prime Minister and his finance spokesman George Osborne this week showed the first flick of their knife, marking out the areas they intend to cut much more deeply into over the next five years. Who have they decided can afford to take the pain first?

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James McAvoy has signed on to play a young Charles Xavier, aka Professor X, in “X-Men: First Class,” which Matthew Vaughn is directing for Fox. According to Fox, “First Class” will “chart the epic beginning of the X-Men saga. Before Charles Xavier and Eric Lensherr took the names Professor X and …

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James McAvoy to star in ‘X-Men: First Class’

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Jonathan Trott became only the seventh England batsman to score a Test double century at Lord's when he reached the landmark against Bangladesh on the second day of the first Test here on Friday.

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Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys have two reasons to celebrate. Not only is the low-key couple engaged, they are also expecting their first child together.

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