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XML Top StoriesBartok Duke Bluebeard's Castle / Stravinsky The Rite of Spring, English National Opera, London Coliseumpublished less than 1 hour ago
Nature and nurture - and all the dark and unexpected places in between. Some - Duke Bluebeard's cellar - you may never want to return to; others might invoke smiles, even laughter. English National Opera's audacious double-bill turns expectation on its head and springs so many surprises that to write about it at all - and it isn't an easy event to capture in words - runs the risk of giving the entire game-plan away. So stop reading now if ... more
Beckham relishing Champions League chancepublished less than 1 hour ago
David Beckham is relishing the chance to play Champions League football again
once he returns to AC Milan.
Coronation Street star questioned over crashpublished less than 1 hour ago
Coronation Street star Ryan Thomas was questioned by police in connection with
a drink-drive collision, it emerged today.
British ticket holders share £90m lottery jackpotpublished less than 1 hour ago
Two British ticketholders shared a massive £90 million jackpot in last night's
Euromillions draw, Camelot said.
Poppy sellers 'banned from Marks and Spencer'published less than 1 hour ago
Poppy sellers were banned from collecting outside a Marks and Spencer store
because the Poppy Appeal was not one of the store's designated charities,
they claimed today.
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Russia's Medvedev leaves door open to Iran sanctions (Reuters)published less than 1 hour ago
Reuters - Sanctions against Iran should not be ruled out if it fails to agree to restrictions on its nuclear program, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev ... more
Sri Lanka buying gold to diversify reserves: bank (AFP)published less than 1 hour ago
AFP - Sri Lanka's central bank on Saturday said it has been buying gold to diversify its reserves amid volatile currency markets, days after India ... more
Iran: 109 detained at opposition rally (AP)published less than 1 hour ago
AP - Iranian police have detained 109 people for "disturbing public order" during an opposition rally this week, the official IRNA news agency reported Saturday.
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Motorola settles patent dispute suitpublished about 7 hours ago
Motorola Inc. and a Silicon Valley wireless network company have settled a patent dispute more than two years after the Schaumburg-based technology giant sued its ... more
Federal prosecutors investigating Abbott about Depakote sales practicespublished about 7 hours ago
Abbott Laboratories said its sales and marketing practices of Depakote, the widely used drug for bipolar disorder and epilepsy, are under federal investigation.
Rowley to dress United for successpublished about 7 hours ago
Could a stylish flight crew help you forget that you can't find space in the overhead bin because nobody wants to pay the checked-bag fee? ... more
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Review: Motorola's Droidpublished about 7 hours ago
Impressive hardware and a host of software make the Droid a smart, fun phone. But it has a few annoying issues, like how to get ... more
Justin Bieber's "World" centers on young love (Reuters)published about 10 hours ago
Reuters - A year ago, Justin Bieber was a kid from Toronto who had a gift for singing sweet-natured covers of Usher hits, a penchant ... more
IBM offers to swap higher-interest debt (AP)published about 14 hours ago
AP - IBM Corp. on Friday made an offer to certain debt holders to swap their long-term debt with bonds carrying a lower interest rate ... more
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Pennetta gives Italy 1-0 lead in Fed Cup finalpublished less than 1 hour ago
Flavia Pennetta beat Alexa Glatch 6-3, 6-1 on Saturday to give Italy a 1-0 lead over the United States in the Fed Cup final.
Manny Exercises 2010 Option to Return to Dodgerspublished about 4 hours ago
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Slugger Manny Ramirez will exercise his $20 million option to return to the Los Angeles Dodgers for the 2010 season, the ... more
Report: Lincecum reaches plea, expected to only pay finespublished about 4 hours ago
Giants star pitcher and reigning NL Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum has reportedly reached a plea agreement stemming from a drug possession charge that ... more
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Airplane part falls onto N.Y. home’s front lawnpublished about 21 hours ago
An airplane part fell from the sky and landed on the front lawn of a home on Long Island, New York. Authorities are looking into ... more
Keep your vacation moments memorablepublished about 22 hours ago
Sometimes vacation photos reflect the harsh reality that you failed to give a moment’s thought about how you look before you stepped in front of ... more
Review: Reassessing Artworks of Ancient Romepublished 1 day ago
The exhibition "Rome: The Painting of an Empire," at the Scuderie del Quirinale through Jan. 17, offers a panoramic view of unusual broadness and depth ... more
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Man makes living by selling the shirt on his back (Reuters)published about 21 hours ago
Reuters - A T-shirt a day has kept unemployment at bay for an American man who is making about $85,000 a year by selling advertising ... more
Miss England gives up crown over brawl reports (Reuters)published about 21 hours ago
Reuters - Beauty pageant winner Miss England gave up her title on Friday after reports she had been involved in a nightclub brawl with another ... more
SKorean woman passes driver's exam on 950th trypublished 1 day ago
A woman in South Korea who tried to pass the written exam for a driver's license with near-daily attempts since April 2005 has finally succeeded ... more
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Star Ryan Thomas in drink-drive probepublished about 13 hours ago
CORONATION Street star Ryan Thomas has been questioned by police in connection with a drink-drive collision.
BAFTA honors bevy of Brits, Yanks in L.A.published about 14 hours ago
American and British stars converged on Los Angeles for the British Academy of Film & Television Arts Britannia awards, celebrating ...
No more farm animals, Clooney sayspublished 1 day ago
It may seem stranger than fiction, but George Clooney's latest film, paranormal comedy "The Men Who Stare at Goats," was inspired by real events.
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High Homocysteine in Women Raises Risk for Alzheimer'spublished about 2 hours ago
The risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease is two times greater among middle-aged women who have high levels of homocysteine than those who do not. read ... more
Health chiefs say sorry for 'failings'published about 13 hours ago
HEALTH chiefs today apologised "unreservedly"for the "major failings" in its care which left a woman to bleed to death following breast cancer surgery.
What kids drink at 5 could affect weight at 15 (Reuters)published about 15 hours ago
Reuters - Parents may be setting their daughters up for weight problems simply by allowing them to drink two or more sweetened drinks daily while ... more
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