Sunday, February 6, 2011

Aguilera flubs national anthem

Aguilera flubs national anthem

Aguilera flubs national anthem

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The Star-Spangled Banner can be a notoriously difficult song to sing, with its broad range and piercing high notes. But usually, the lyrics work out just fine.


Disney looking into cradle for customers

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The Walt Disney Company has started an ambitious and risky march toward the one corner of childhood it does not already dominate: newborns. Late last month, the company quietly began pressing its newest priority, Disney Baby, in 580 maternity hospitals in the United States.


Student killed, 11 injured in frat party shooting

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A shooting at a university fraternity party in Ohio left one student dead and 11 others wounded, officials said. Coroners identified the dead victim as 25-year-old Youngstown State University senior Jamail Johnson and local media said the shooting occurred in the early hours yesterday at an off-campus house where members of the Omega Psi Phi fraternity lived.


Twins go missing after father kills himself

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An extensive search involving Italian, French and Swiss police is currently underway in southern Italy for 6-year-old twins who have been missing for days under bizarre circumstances. Rescue workers are using dogs and helicopters to locate them.


Attorney General accused of hiring Indian illegally

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Israel's Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein is to be probed for allegedly employing an illegal Indian migrant worker in his home, a media report has said. Israel's Population and Immigration Authority is planning to open a criminal investigation against Weinstein and his wife over the allegation, daily Ha'aretz reported.


Indian-origin MP faces racial attack in UK

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Priti Patel, an Indian-origin Conservative MP in the UK has been racially attacked by a convicted killer who is leading a campaign to give prisoners the right to vote. According to a report in the Mail, John Hirst, who served 25 years in jail for killing his 69-year-old landlady with an axe, unleashed a stream of vitriol against Patel, branding her a "Paki", a "foreign import" and even insulting her looks.


Betting on news, AOL is buying The Huffington Post

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The Huffington Post, which began in 2005 with a meager $1 million investment and has grown into one of the most heavily visited news Web sites in the country, is being acquired by AOL in a deal that creates an unlikely pairing of two online media giants.


Man accused of injecting porn in TV broadcast

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An Arizona man has been arrested on charges that he used a computer to interrupt a local telecast of the 2009 Super Bowl with a 37-second pornography clip. The FBI and Marana police took Frank Tanori Gonzalez into custody on Friday on suspicion of fraud and computer tampering.


Optimism about missing Google executive in Egypt

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After disappearing in Egypt more than a week ago, leaving an ominous message on his Twitter account, Wael Ghonim, who leads Google's marketing efforts for the Middle East and North Africa, is expected to be released by Egyptian authorities to his family on Monday afternoon, a friend of the Ghonim family said Sunday night.


Egypt won't be same again, says Obama

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US President Barack Obama said on Sunday that Egypt is not going to go back to the way it was before the recent pro-democracy protests, and played down prospects that the Muslim Brotherhood would take a major role in a new government.


Ahmed Ezz: The man Egypt loves to hate

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As Egyptians turned their anger on symbols of the state late last month, torching police stations along with the headquarters of President Hosni Mubarak's ruling party, they reserved a special hatred for a garish building with black tinted windows in an upscale neighborhood, setting fire to it three times.


Egypt unrest: Talks yet to reach anything concrete, says Muslim Brotherhood

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Egypt's vice president met a broad representation of major opposition groups for the first time on Sunday to try to end the country's political crisis, even as thousands of Egyptian pro-democracy protesters packed into Cairo's Tahrir Square, calling for the ouster of longtime authoritarian president Hosni Mubarak and his regime.


Will ElBaradei fill power vacuum in Egypt?

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With the clamour for Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak to quit just not dying down, who are the possible contenders? When asked who should come next, no one in Cairo really has a clear answer, perhaps because there's no one person leading the crowds.


Russia's parasailing donkey dies of heart trouble

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The Russian donkey whose brays of terror while parasailing won her worldwide sympathy has died.


Egypt government, Opposition reach deal for a peaceful transition

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It's a first significant step towards a peaceful political transition in Egypt. Reports have emerged in the Egyptian media that the government and the Opposition have agreed to review the Constitution and lead the country to a future sans foreign interference.


Iran opens trial of 3 Americans on spy charges

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An Iranian court began closed-door proceedings on Sunday in the espionage trial of three Americans - two still in custody and one freed on bail - whose detention has been the subject of impassioned family appeals and backdoor outreach by Washington through an Arab ally in the Gulf.


Assange threatens to sue The Guardian over book that claims he is ill-tempered

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According to a report in The Sunday Times, the libel threat relates to a book written by two of the newspaper's senior reporters and reflects the level of acrimony that exists between Assange and his former collaborators.


Now, a contraceptive jab for men!

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Scientists at Edinburgh University have confirmed that a contraceptive jab for men has proved successful in preventing unplanned pregnancies after tests in Scotland, 'The Scotsman' reported.


Nepal's new PM, elected on 17th attempt, sworn in

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Nepal's new prime minister — elected by parliament after months of failed attempts — was sworn in Sunday but was unable to name a Cabinet because of continuing negotiations with his main coalition partner over key positions.


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