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10 percent jobless rate adds to pressure on Obama
AFP - Saturday, November 7WASHINGTON (AFP) - - The jump in US unemployment above 10 percent for the first time since 1983 will pressure President Barack Obama to find additional stimulus to keep a fragile economic recovery on track, analysts say.
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Joe Jackson seeks allowance from son's estate
Reuters - Saturday, November 7LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Joe Jackson, the elderly father of late pop star Michael Jackson, on Friday filed a court petition seeking an allowance from the singer's estate, saying his son had supported him for many years.
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Opel chief quits after GM decides to keep European unit
AFP - Saturday, November 7NEW YORK (AFP) - - General Motors said Friday it will seek a new chief for European operations with Carl-Peter Forster quitting following the automaker's decision to hang on to its Opel/Vauxhall division.
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Obesity causes 100,000 US cancers every year: study
AFP - Saturday, November 7WASHINGTON (AFP) - - Obesity causes more than 100,000 incidents of cancer in the US every year, the American Institute for Cancer Research said in estimates published Friday.
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Police: LA celebrity burglaries led by 19-year-old
AP - Saturday, November 7LAS VEGAS - A young woman broke into the homes of Hollywood celebrities she admired, including Lindsay Lohan, Paris Hilton and Audrina Patridge, because she wanted to own their designer clothes and jewelry, an informant told police.
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Judge OKs plea deal for 'Girls Gone Wild' founder
AP - Saturday, November 7LOS ANGELES - A judge sentenced "Girls Gone Wild" founder Joe Francis on Friday to 301 days already served and a year of probation for filing false income tax returns and bribing Nevada jail workers.
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Thaksin on a mission to humiliate Thai government
AP - Saturday, November 7BANGKOK - Thailand's fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has spent much of the past three years roaming the globe, shopping for diamonds in Africa, golfing at Asian resorts _ and humiliating the government from a distance.
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Gold price hits record after 'Sri Lanka purchase'
AFP - Saturday, November 7LONDON (AFP) - - The price of gold hit a record high above 1,100 dollars an ounce in trading here on Friday following a report that Sri Lanka had joined India in purchasing the precious metal in favour of the US currency.
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Climate talks set to hand major problems to Copenhagen
AFP - Saturday, November 7BARCELONA, Spain (AFP) - - Talks on a new UN climate pact were wrapping up Friday, leaving a roster of bitterly divisive issues to be hammered out at a showdown in Copenhagen next month.
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Newborns cry, coo in their own language: study
AFP - Saturday, November 7PARIS (AFP) - - A baby's very first cry is audibly shaped by the language heard while in the womb, according to a new study.
