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"Dark Knight" sets opening day box office record
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The new Batman movie, "The Dark Knight," raked in $66.4 million in its opening day to set the single-day box office record, according to its distributor Warner Bros.
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Mexico awards highest honor to Sen. Kennedy
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico has awarded Democratic Sen. Edward Kennedy the country's highest honor for his work defending the rights of immigrants during his decades in Congress.
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Tropical storm Cristobal strengthens off U.S.
MIAMI (Reuters) - The third tropical storm of the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season, Cristobal, gained strength just off the U.S. East Coast on Saturday and gale-force winds and heavy rains were expected to lash the Carolinas as the storm grazed the shoreline on a northeasterly path.
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Jolie leaves hospital after giving birth
NICE, France (Reuters) - Angelina Jolie has left the French hospital where she gave birth to twins last week, the hospital said on Saturday.
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House prices could fall for two years: Citigroup
LONDON (Reuters) - Citigroup chairman Win Bischoff has warned that house prices in Britain and the United States are likely to keep falling for another two years.
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"Dark Knight" breaks preview record
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The new Batman movie, "The Dark Knight," swooped into theaters to gross a record $18.5 million from midnight preview screenings ahead of its official opening on Friday, according to distributor Warner Bros.
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Houston refinery crane collapse kills 4
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Four workers were killed when one of the world's largest cranes collapsed at a Houston refinery on Friday afternoon, a refinery spokesman said.
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Ed McMahon sues hospital over injury
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Ed McMahon, the long-time sidekick to talk show host Johnny Carson, sued a Los Angeles hospital on Friday, claiming its doctors failed to diagnose his broken neck after a fall and discharged him without taking an X-ray.
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"Dark Knight" breaks preview record
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The new Batman movie, "The Dark Knight," swooped into theaters to gross a record $18.5 million from midnight preview screenings ahead of its official opening on Friday, according to distributor Warner Bros.
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Consumer electronics group defends world trade
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Consumer electronic companies, who depend on open markets to keep their costs low, are mounting a cross-country campaign to persuade worried American voters that trade is good for them.
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Bin Laden driver lawyers can interview witnesses
GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) - On the eve of the first Guantanamo war crimes trial, defense lawyers on Friday won long-sought permission to question potential witnesses including the alleged September 11 mastermind after a military judge threatened to delay the trial.
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New U.S. athletics chief vows to drive out doping cheats
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The United States' new athletics chief Doug Logan pledged on Friday to drive doping cheats out of sport.
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U.S. Hispanics ramp up drive to register voters
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - U.S. Hispanic activists laid out plans on Friday to register 2 million new Latino voters to boost the clout of the United States' fastest-growing voter bloc in the November presidential election.
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Houston refinery crane collapse kills 4
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Four people were killed and six were injured when a massive crane collapsed at LyondellBasell's Houston refinery on Friday afternoon, a refinery executive said.
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College accuses fusion scientist of misconduct
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A scientist who claimed to have achieved nuclear fusion on a table top committed research misconduct, Purdue University said on Friday.
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California opposes move to ban gay marriage: poll
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Californians are likely to uphold the right to gay marriage in the state by voting against a ballot measure that seeks to override a court ruling allowing same-sex unions, poll results showed on Friday.
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A new travel style for Washington VIPs? It's SLICC
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - They sound like first-rate in-flight accommodations -- leather chairs, a 37-inch (94-cm) flat-screen monitor, bed, couch, table -- all the comfort a traveling VIP could want.
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CORRECTED: J&J found not liable in Motrin lawsuit
(Clarifies in paragraph 4 that family sought damages of almost $1 billion)
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San Franciscans weigh renaming sewage plant after Bush
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - San Francisco voters, never thrilled with George W. Bush, may give the president a parting shot in November by naming a sewage plant after him.
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Bids for Cubs due by end of the day
CHICAGO (Reuters) - The first bids for the storied Chicago Cubs baseball team and related assets are due by the close of business Friday in an auction that could fetch more than $1 billion, according to a source close to the process.
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