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Protesters clash with police in Egypt near Algerian Embassy
Hundreds of angry demonstrators in Egypt's capital fought with police near the Algerian Embassy early Friday, the Interior Ministry said.
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Fans mourn end of 'Oprah'
There will be no more car giveaways, no more tearful interviews and Tom Cruise will have to find someone else's couch to jump on.
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British hostages say pirates will kill them
A British couple kidnapped from their yacht in October by pirates pleaded for their life in a video broadcast on Britain's Channel 4 Friday, warning that their captors were running out of patience and could kill them if no ransom is paid.
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Woman to plead guilty to misdemeanors in Missouri Wal-Mart scuffle
A woman accused of cutting in line at a Wal-Mart, shoving merchandise and assaulting police officers will plead guilty to disturbing the peace and resisting arrest, both misdemeanors.
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Two charged in Arkansas killings
Authorities have charged two people with murder in the slaying of five people in Arkansas last week, police said Friday.
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Woman to plead guilty to resisting arrest after Wal-Mart scuffle
A woman accused of cutting in line at a Wal-Mart, shoving merchandise and assaulting police officers will plead guilty to disturbing the peace and resisting arrest, both misdemeanors.
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Hospital hearing requested for suspect in Fort Hood shootings
Prosecutors have requested a pretrial confinement hearing for accused Fort Hood shooter Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan in his hospital room on Saturday, Hasan's attorney told CNN on Friday.
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Amanda Knox tortured, killed roommate, prosecutor says in closing
Accompanied by two smitten young men vying to impress her, a resentful Amanda Knox toyed with a knife and then plunged it into her roommate's neck, killing her, an Italian prosecutor charged in closing arguments Friday.
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Ex-U.S. official, wife plead guilty in Cuba spy case
A former State Department employee and his wife, accused of illegally aiding the government of Cuba for nearly 30 years, pleaded guilty Friday to federal charges.
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'New Moon' sets midnight showing record
The second installment in the "Twilight" saga, starring Robert Pattinson as vampire Edward Cullen, Kristen Stewart as his star-crossed love and Taylor Lautner as the wolfboy who loves her, has already ripped through a box office record.
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Big business for a 'New Moon' romance
Are they or aren't they a couple? That's the multimillion-dollar question fueling the "Twilight" franchise.
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1969 Alcatraz takeover 'changed the whole course of history'
Alcatraz Island was a chilly, unwelcoming place once reserved for infamous criminals. Not even the federal government appeared to want it after the penitentiary closed in the 1960s.
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Woman takes stand at Wal-Mart trial
A woman accused of cutting in line in a Wal-Mart, shoving merchandise and assaulting police officers took the stand Friday and denied all charges in the racially charged case.
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Right-wing activists storm TV station over 'bias'
A band of right-wing activists ransacked an Indian television station in the country's financial hub of Mumbai in an assault their party said was an act of retaliation against the channel's "bias" against their veteran leader.
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Burned Florida teen having skin graft surgery
A Florida teenager attacked and set on fire last month, allegedly by five teenage friends, was undergoing skin graft surgery Friday, the first procedure in his recovery, a hospital spokeswoman said.
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Lincoln letter to schoolboy sells for $60,000
Less than a month before the Civil War's start, a newly inaugurated President Lincoln took time from his frantic schedule to write to an Illinois boy whose classmates didn't believe he'd met the president.
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Arrests made in ring that sold human fat, Peru says
Peruvian authorities say they have arrested four members of a gang that specialized in selling fat obtained from dead humans.
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California students occupy buildings to protest fee hike
Students were occupying buildings Friday on campuses of the University of California system in protest of a 32 percent tuition hike.
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Google OS: the end of the hard drive?
Google today unveiled more details of Chrome OS, a lightweight, browser-based operating system for netbooks.
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Three charged as Comcast hackers
Three alleged members of the hacker gang Kryogeniks were hit with a federal conspiracy charge Thursday for a 2008 stunt that replaced Comcast's homepage with a shout-out to other hackers.
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