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Neville defends Henry over World Cup handball (Reuters)

VALLETTA Nov 22 (Reuters) - Manchester United defender Gary Neville said it was wrong to brand France striker Thierry Henry a cheat for handling the ball in his side's controversial World Cup qualifying playoff victory over...

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Patrons of Dallas-based Blockbuster pick their favorite Turkey Day dysfunctional family films

by PegNews wire DALLAS — If your family gives you more indigestion at Thanksgiving than the turkey, Blockbuster Inc. (NYSE:BBI) (NYSE: BBI.B) has a list of movies that will help you see it's all relative. In a recent poll...

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Hamas: Groups agree not to fire rockets - Jerusalem Post

Aljazeera.net Hamas: Groups agree not to fire rockets Jerusalem Post Israel reacted with little enthusiasm to reports on Saturday that Hamas had reached an agreement with other terrorist groups in Gaza to stop firing rockets at...

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Gone, not forgotten - best of Ballard

It's been a tough week at City Hall. Nathan Ballard, spokesman for Mayor Gavin Newsom, resigned Monday. Tuesday, Kevin Ryan, who runs the Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice, submitted his resignation. Then word came Wednesday...

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Florida Gators too much for overmatched FIU

A game against overmatched FIU allowed UF's elder players an opportunity to reflect on their college careers with a rivalry game against FSU and the SEC title game coming up. Nelson was standing beside quarterback Tim Tebow...

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Health care puts Herseth Sandlin in unfamiliar squeeze

The political world for South Dakota Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin might be a lonely place these days. For years, liberals have guarded her left flank while she carved out a position as a moderate Democrat in the U.S. House....

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Salesforce.com goes Enterprise 2.0 with Chatter

Salesforce.com goes Enterprise 2.0 with Chatter Thumbail image from server side store: As journalists filed into the cavernous Moscone Center for opening keynotes at Dreamforce 09—salesforce.com's annual tour de force—they...

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Let's get on board this train

By Brian O'Neill, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Henry Posner III owns railroads from Iowa to Peru, but, with his buttoned-down, deadpan delivery, he seems more like Bob Newhart than Cornelius Vanderbilt. Only then does he begin his...

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Poltergeist (1982)

A young family are visited by ghosts in their home. At first the ghosts appear friendly, moving objects around the house to the amusement of everyone, then they turn nasty and start to terrorise the family before they "kidnap"...

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Hollywood opens its wallets for Jerry Brown

If the entertainment industry were allowed to pick California's next governor, there would be no contest: Jerry Brown would win by a landslide. That was made clear this past week as the 71-year-old attorney general was feted by...

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