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May 30, 2012         12:39 pm One of the stars of a pornographic movie shot partly at the historic Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum said he received a congratulatory call from rapper Snoop Dogg, who saw a story about the experience in Wednesday’s Los Angeles Times. The performer, who goes by the name Mr. Marcus, [...]

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  May 30, 2012 An Ohio man is fighting a littering ticket he says he got when he tried to give money to a panhandler in a wheelchair, and the cash fell to the ground. A Cleveland police spokeswoman says the panhandler was at a busy intersection and that it’s illegal to solicit or give [...]

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05/30/2012                02:55:39 AM MDT Former city Rep. Beto O’Rourke bucked a nationwide trend Tuesday night by ousting eight-term U.S. Rep. Silvestre Reyes in the 16th Congressional District race. In the final tally, O’Rourke beat Reyes by 23,248 votes to 20,427, or 50.5 percent to 44.4 percent. Nationally, challengers [...]

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9:00 AM EDT           Wednesday May 30, 2012 The first former head of state to be convicted of war crimes since World War II was sentenced to 50 years in prison Wednesday by an international court in The Hague, Netherlands. The Special Court for Sierra Leone convicted former Liberian president Charles Taylor last [...]

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May 29 2012             9:19 PM EDT “Power concedes nothing without a demand”: If a quote could sum up the Throne’s “No Church in the Wild” music video, Frederick Douglass’ famed call for revolution might do it best. Neither Kanye West nor Jay-Z actually appear in their Romain Gavras-directed clip, which was released online Tuesday (May 29) — [...]

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May 29, 2012, 9:15 p.m. For more than a decade, whatever the state of her health or her game, no matter the opponent or arena, Serena Williams always won first-round matches at Grand Slam tournaments. Always. Until Tuesday at the French Open. Until Williams came within two points of victory nine times, yet remarkably failed to close the deal [...]

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Home:  Ormond Beach, Fla. Birth Year:  1980 Resides: Ventura, Calif. Height: 6-9 Weight: 200 lbs College: University of Central Florida Olympic Experience: 2008 Men’s Beach Volleyball (Gold Medal) View Phil’s complete statistics and event results at BVBInfo.com PERSONAL: Born Philip Peter Dalhausser on Jan. 26, 1980, in Baden, Aargau, Switzerland… Parents are Peter and Marianne Dalhausser… Has one brother, Mark… Received a degree in [...]

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SWIMMER STATS NAME: MISSY FRANKLIN DOB: MAY 10, 1995 HOMETOWN: CENTENNIAL, COLO. BIRTHPLACE: PASADENA, CALIF. CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Won five medals at the 2011 FINA World Championships, including three gold in the 200m back, 4x100m medley relay and 4x200m free relay … won the 100m free and 100m back and finished fourth in the 200m IM at the 2011 ConocoPhillips [...]

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09:11 EST              28 May 2012 Sex and the City Cynthia Nixon has married her long-term partner Christine Marinoni. The couple, who raise 15-month-old son Max, as well as Samantha, 16, and 10-year-old Charles from the actress’ marriage to Danny Mozes – tied the knot in New York yesterday. Her [...]

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May 27, 2012                11:16 AM ET Ryder Hesjedal has made history. The Victoria, B.C., native became the first Canadian to win one of cycling’s three Grand Tour events Sunday, wrapping up the 2012 Giro d’Italia with an excellent performance in the 21st and final stage in Milan. He [...]

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Sunday May 27, 2012        2:25pm EDT The Vatican faces a widening scandal that in one short week has seen Pope Benedict’s butler arrested, the president of its bank unceremoniously dismissed and the publication of a new book alleging conspiracies among cardinals. It was a poisonous Pentecost Sunday for the pope, who likely [...]

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May 25, 2012        9:14 AM Sandra Leduc said Mount Everest seemed like “a morgue” after she was forced to turn back during her summit attempt last weekend. The Ottawa resident was only hours away from the summit on Sunday morning when she encountered a storm so bad it deterred even an experienced [...]

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05/27/12         12:24 AM ET Junior Dos Santos flattened Frank Mir with a huge right hand and finished him on the ground at 3:04 of the second round Saturday night, emphatically defending his heavyweight title at UFC 146 on Saturday night. Dos Santos (15-1) picked apart the two-time ex-champion with superior boxing [...]

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Though it has yet to be determined who will represent the US in gymnastics, one thing is clear. The women have the type of depth that has other countries scrambling to equal. Jordyn Wieber, Alexandra Raisman, Gabby Douglas, McKayla Maroney, and Anna Li are the up-and-coming stars from the US camp. But don’t count out [...]

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A ten-time Grand Prix Association Rider of the year, Margie Engle was not born with a silver riding crop in her hand. From the age of nine, she mucked stalls and did other odd jobs in exchange for riding lessons. Her tenacity served her well. At 54, Engle’s experience is definitely worthy of the title [...]

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May 21, 2012 An assistant treasurer for the 2010 campaign of the District of Columbia mayor has been charged with making straw donations to another mayoral candidate and destroying evidence related to those contributions. The criminal information filed Monday against Thomas Gore represents the first charges in a more than yearlong federal probe of Mayor [...]

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May 21, 2012 Russian President Vladimir Putin named a new Cabinet Monday, warning its members that they will have to fulfill their duties in a difficult global economic climate. Several key ministers, including foreign, defense and finance, have kept their seats, but some of the most unpopular ones were replaced. Their dismissal, however wouldn’t necessarily [...]

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May 19, 2012, 8:40 a.m. Tom Fuentes, whose forceful leadership of the Orange County Republican Party confirmed it as an epicenter of GOP fundraising and political clout, has died. He was 63.Fuentes died late Friday at his home in Lake Forest, according to family spokeswoman Kathy Tavoularis. He hadliver cancer that had spread to his lungs and lymph system. Chairman [...]

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April 24, 2012 Greece’s economy will contract a deeper than expected 5 percent this year, the country’s central bank chief said on Tuesday, piling more pressure on to a citizenry already battered by crippling austerity and record joblessness. The projection topped a previous forecast the central bank made in March, when it projected the 215 [...]

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May 15, 2012 European Union finance ministers agreed on a plan to force banks to hold more capital in a deal that gives the U.K. full powers to implement its so-called Vickers banking agenda. U.K. Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne said at a meeting of EU finance ministers in Brussels he won assurances from [...]

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