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Will Ferrell tops Hollywood's most overpaid list

The star of Elf and Anchorman zooms up from No 9 last year in the Forbes annual list on account of the box-office disappointment of this summer's Land of the Lost A year is a long time in Hollywood. This time 12 months ago,...

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Denis MacShane: At last Britain wins a Euro-title

Listening to Justin Webb stuttering himself into silence on Today yesterday morning was a reminder of how poorly trained London-based journalists are on how Europe works. Webb was a master of Capitol Hill in Washington and...

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Fake That: The uncanny world of America's biggest celebrity-lookalike convention

Holy mackerel! Look over there! Isn't that Richard Gere, with his dreamy silver hair and professorial wire spectacles, taking a leak in the Gents? And OhMiGaaaad, am I seeing things or is that Sarah Palin holding a conversation...

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Report of Edinburgh protest against NATO on Saturday 14th November 2009

Here is detailed report of the demonstration against NATO in Edinburgh last weekend. Report of protest against NATO on Saturday 14th November 2009 There was a five day NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) conference in...

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The guru with a gift for brainwashing

Thierry Tilly looks like a geography teacher or a chartered accountant, or a French version of Bill Gates. He claims, variously, to be a Nato "master-spy", a confidant of presidents and prime ministers, a financial genius, a...

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U. of Neb. board votes down stem-cell rule changes

LINCOLN, Neb. -- The University of Nebraska's governing board on Friday voted down a proposal to restrict the school's rules governing embryonic stem-cell research beyond what the federal government allows.

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Senate sets hearing on Bernanke's renomination

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate Banking Committee said on Friday it will hold a hearing on Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's renomination to a second term on December 3, putting the central bank chief under scrutiny at...

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Senate panel notes 'red flags galore' in Fort Hood incident - USATODAY.com

Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., attend a hearing of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Thursday on the Fort Hood shooting. WASHINGTON — Military and FBI officials appeared to...

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Obama: Below 50 percent approval - The Oval: Tracking the Obama presidency

President Obama's job-approval rating has slipped below 50% in the Gallup Tracking Poll for the first time in his presidency, pulled down by concerns about the economy, federal spending and health care legislation. In daily...

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Los Angeles gets tough on medical marijuana shops

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Past the security man and his pit bull and through a haze of eye-watering smoke, two youths load up a pipe next to a row of shiny glass jars with two dozen varieties of marijuana bud displayed like candy.

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