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[22 Feb 2009 | Comments | ]
Catch Hollywood’s glamour during the Oscars (Live Video Streaming)

The show will include supplementary coverage of Hollywood’s biggest event, including live commentary and footage from multiple locations. Viewers can interact by chatting with the show hosts and with each other during the live stream.

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[22 Feb 2009 | Comments | ]
China mine blast kills 74

A blast in a coal mine has killed at least 74 miners in China’s Shanxi province. Scores more were rescued after being trapped underground for hours. More than 400 miners were working underground when the accident occurred at Shanxi Jiaomei Group’s Tunlan mine in Gujiao City near Taiyuan, the provincial capital.

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[22 Feb 2009 | Comments | ]
Man charged with fraud in scuttling of his own yacht

Felony insurance fraud charges have been filed against a Seattle man who is accused of sinking his own yacht because of “financial pressure and frustration with the maintenance” of the vessel, authorities said.

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[22 Feb 2009 | Comments | ]
World’s Shortest Escalator

The world’s shortest escalator is in the Kawasaki More’s department store in Japan. It has even been certified by the Guinness Book of Records in 1989 as having the shortest vertical height of 834mm.

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[22 Feb 2009 | Comments | ]
Boy, 11, charged with killing father’s pregnant girlfriend

A Pennsylvania boy allegedly killed his father’s pregnant girlfriend— then calmly got on the bus and went to school, authorities said Saturday.

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[22 Feb 2009 | Comments | ]
Snooker ace Mark Selby handed writ during live match

Mark Selby has been knocked out of the Welsh Open quarter-finals but the competition was overshadowed by weird circumstances. The snooker ace was left stunned after being handed legal papers —just seconds before the start of his match on live television.

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[21 Feb 2009 | Comments | ]
Woman fails driver’s test 775 times

Cha Sa-soon, 68, is not about to give up on her hope of one day buying a truck. She has been trying since 2005 to pass the written portion of the test to get a license, but she has so far failed to get the 60 percent required to clear it.

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[21 Feb 2009 | Comments | ]
‘Funny People’ trailer starring Adam Sandler

The movie stars Adam Sandler as a famous comedian who has a near-death experience and then hires a struggling comic/joke writer played by Seth Rogan. Written, co-produced, and directed by Judd Apatow, “Funny People” is due out July 31st, 2009.

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[21 Feb 2009 | Comments | ]
Police seek help in finding Caroline Stitcher

Deerfield police in Illinois are asking for the public’s help in finding a missing teen. Caroline E. Stitcher, 17, lives in Highland Park and is a junior at Deerfield High School. On Friday afternoon, she left the school for her daily run and has not been seen since.

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[21 Feb 2009 | Comments | ]
Oscars fake winners list

There’s an Oscars winners list doing the rounds on the internet and the Oscar organizers have dismissed a list claiming to reveal all those poised for Academy Awards as a “complete fraud”.

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[21 Feb 2009 | Comments | ]
Obama says tax cuts will be felt by April 1

After the US Senate gave the final approval to the economic stimulus plan and President Barack Obama has signed it into law Tuesday. The President said in his weekly radio and Internet address that Americans will start to feel the benefits of the tax cuts by April 1.

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