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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- Malaysian radio stations worry some lyrics in Lady Gaga's gay anthem "Born This Way" are on the wrong track, baby. Broadcasters in this Muslim-majority nation have refused to play lines in the hit song that encourage public acceptance of gays, claiming Thursday they are being cautious because the government forbids offensive content. Malaysians who tune in to

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LONDON (AP) -- The British government announced Monday it has given protected status to a former workhouse thought to have inspired Charles Dickens' "Oliver Twist," a move that should save the building from demolition. Heritage minister John Penrose said the austere Georgian edifice was "an eloquent reminder of one of the grimmer aspects of London's 18th-century social history." He said the

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NEW YORK (AP) -- More openness in government. Lawmakers across the country, including the Republicans who took control in many states this year, say they want it. But a survey of all 50 states by The Associated Press has found that efforts to boost openness often are being thwarted by old patterns of secrecy. The survey did find signs of progress in a number of states, especially in technological

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President Barack Obama is expected to nominate a Chinese-American as ambassador to Beijing for the first time. Gary Locke, who is now secretary of commerce, has been an influential figure on both sides of the Pacific. Gary Locke has come a long way since his Chinese grandparents arrived in America on a steamship. His grandfather got a job as a domestic servant in Olympia, the capital of

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- What to do about Libya and Moammar Gadhafi? It's not only a national security question for President Barack Obama. Twenty months before the next election, it's a difficult political question, too, for the Republicans who hope to take his place as commander in chief. There are plenty of strong opinions coming from Capitol Hill. Lawmakers of both parties are sounding off,

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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- Pennsylvania's new Republican governor is under fire for proposing the nation's biggest cuts in higher education - more than 50 percent for some universities - while refusing to tax the gas drilling that is fast becoming one of the state's largest industries. Some critics of Gov. Tom Corbett are frustrated that he won't tap such a rich source of tax revenue when the state

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KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) -- Jamaica's top justice official testified under oath Tuesday that she was kept out of the loop about the hiring of a U.S. law firm to lobby Washington to contest an extradition request for alleged drug kingpin Christopher "Dudus" Coke. As an opposition lawyer heckled and prodded her, Justice Minister and Attorney General Dorothy Lightbourne insisted she was unaware that

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. government quietly green-lighted a $77 million deal to provide at least 50 refurbished armored troop carriers to Moammar Gadhafi's army, approving a license that signaled growing American business contacts with his regime in the months before Libya imploded in civil war. Congress balked, concerned the deal would improve Libyan army mobility and questioning the Obama

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CNN -- Ilija Bozoljac and Nenad Zimonjic won a thrilling four-set doubles match to edge holders Serbia 2-1 ahead in their Davis Cup World Group first round tie against India in Belgrade Saturday. Missing Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic, Serbia have been made to struggle against the Indians, who shared the opening singles as Somdev Devvarman beat Janko Tipsarevic. Bozoljac and Zimonjic

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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) -- North Carolina finished off its fiercest rival and the Atlantic Coast Conference regular-season race with one strong performance. Harrison Barnes scored 18 points to help No. 13 North Carolina beat No. 4 Duke 81-67 on Saturday night, clinching the ACC championship and the top seed in next week's league tournament. Kendall Marshall had 15 points and 11 assists as the Tar

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) -- Jonathan Horton was more nervous before the American Cup on Saturday than he was leading into the world championships in October. He worried about rusty routines, sloppy skill sets and fault-inducing fatigue. "I kept thinking, 'Please don't have a meltdown,'" Horton said. Not even close. Horton finished in the top three in five of six events, good enough to win his

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NEW YORK (AP) -- With "tiger blood," "Adonis DNA" and his "fire-breathing fists," Charlie Sheen has practically invented a new language with his rants and ramblings. And while it may not rate an entry in Webster's, the sitcom star's batty, blustering poetry has resounded in social media. Sheen gained 1 million Twitter followers in just 25 hours and 17 minutes - record time, according to Guinness

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- NPR, PBS and local public broadcast stations around the country are hiring more journalists and pumping millions of dollars into investigative news to make up for what they see as a lack of deep-digging coverage by their for-profit counterparts. Public radio and TV stations have seen the need for reporting that holds government and business accountable increase as newspapers

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Four years after a retired FBI agent mysteriously vanished inside Iran, U.S. officials have received irrefutable proof he is alive, a dramatic development that has sharply intensified diplomatic efforts to bring him home, The Associated Press has learned. The U.S. had lacked reliable information about whether Robert Levinson was alive or dead since he disappeared in March 2007

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Even in the midst of large spending cuts, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said Monday that schools can improve the performance of students if they put more emphasis on rewarding excellent teaching and less emphasis on paying teachers based on seniority and graduate degrees. Gates spoke to the nation's governors mindful of the severe financial woes that many of them face as they

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GOODYEAR, Ariz. (AP) -- Grady Sizemore's goal is to be in center field on opening day. The Cleveland Indians have accepted that might not be possible. General manager Chris Antonetti said Tuesday that he's not expecting Sizemore, the three-time All-Star who underwent microfracture surgery on his left knee last June, to be ready when the Indians open their season at home on April 1 against the

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The United States and European allies intensified efforts to isolate Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi on Monday, redoubling demands for him to step down, questioning his mental state and warning that those who stay loyal to him risk losing their wealth and being prosecuted for human rights abuses. Europe, which buys most of Libya's oil exports, outlined fresh sanctions to force

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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) -- Frank Buckles, who lied about his age to get into uniform during World War I and lived to be the last surviving U.S. veteran of that war, has died. He was 110. Buckles, who also survived being a civilian POW in the Philippines in World War II, died peacefully of natural causes early Sunday at his home in Charles Town, biographer and family spokesman David DeJonge said in

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CHICAGO (AP) -- Out of patience after three straight playoff misses, many Chicago fans were calling for coach Lovie Smith to be fired a year ago. The Bears stuck with him. Now, they plan to keep him around a little longer. The Bears gave Smith a two-year contract extension Friday, keeping him through the 2013 season after a year in which his team won the NFC North at 11-5 and reached the

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Confronting crushing budget woes, many of the nation's governors are calling for painful spending cuts. But beyond that, their approaches are diverging drastically, from union-cramping proposals in Wisconsin and other states to higher taxes in Illinois and elsewhere. Most states' chief executives are struggling to plug massive budget holes without pushing unemployment higher

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DENVER (AP) -- Integrating five new players offensively will take time for the Denver Nuggets. Defense? That came right away. The Nuggets held the short-handed - and shortened - Boston Celtics scoreless over the final six-plus minutes Thursday night, closing the game with a 16-0 run for an 89-75 win, their second straight since sending Carmelo Anthony and Chauncey Billups to the New York Knicks.

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AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) -- The NBA has a message for players and officials: Be ready to start when a timeout is over. The league's scoreboard operators have been told to sound warning horns during breaks in the action in an effort to cut down on the length of games. According to a courtside memo Tuesday night at the Detroit Pistons' game against the Houston Rockets, games have been taking longer

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BEIJING (AP) -- Officials in China rounded up Internet users who had reposted a call for protests and charged them with subversion as the authoritarian government continued its campaign to crush any Middle East-style democracy movement, activists said Wednesday. Though only a handful of people responded to the call to demonstrate in 13 cities across China this past weekend and were met by a show

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JERUSALEM (AP) -- Google has for years fought claims its mapping and photography services infringed on personal privacy. Now the Internet giant is facing concerns from Israel that the technology could be used for terrorism. Israel announced Monday it is considering ways for Google Street View to photograph Israeli cities, despite concerns the popular service could be used by terrorists to plot

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LONDON (AP) -- Oil prices soared to more than $93 a barrel Tuesday as Libya's uprising spawned violence and chaos that threatened to affect crude production and even spread to other larger OPEC nations in the region. Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's grip on power weakened steadily as the protests spiraled out of control. Key government officials at home and abroad resigned and air force pilots

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A Massachusetts mother and her boyfriend are accused of killing the woman's 4-year-old daughter. The mother, Lymari Acevedo, and her boyfriend, Richard Castillo, pleaded not guilty Friday to charges with assault and battery upon a child causing substantial bodily injury and wantonly permitting substantial bodily injury on a child. The have been ordered held without bail. Worcester authorities

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BEIJING (AP) -- Jittery Chinese authorities wary of any domestic dissent staged a show of force Sunday to squelch a mysterious online call for a "Jasmine Revolution," with only a handful of people joining protests apparently modeled on the pro-democracy demonstrations sweeping the Middle East. Authorities detained activists, increased the number of police on the streets, disconnected some cell

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More than a year ago, Bob Hentzen, 74, set out on a remarkable journey - to walk with the poor in order to raise awareness of their plight. Since leaving his home in Guatemala, he's walked through El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. Hentzen and his supporters have covered more than 9,000 of the planned 13,000-kilometer-long route to Valparaíso,

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Talks between the U.S. and Russia over a new anti-ballistic missile system for Europe are stuck on a key point, with Moscow demanding to jointly run the system and the U.S. refusing to yield. Russia is insisting on shared control of the missile defense program with the U.S. and NATO, which President Barack Obama has flatly opposed because it would essentially give Russia

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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- India and Malaysia signed a free trade agreement Friday, the second this week for Asia's third-largest economy as it seeks to deepen its economic ties in the region. The economic partnership agreement came just two days after India sealed a similar pact with Japan, and will pave the way for trade between Malaysia and India to reach $15 billion by 2015. The deal

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The chairman of Uganda's electoral commission has promised a credible general election on Friday. "We are absolutely ready and prepared, and I am confident we shall have a free and fair election." Chairman Badru Kiggundu disputed reports of a grossly inflated national voters' register to be used for the general elections. But a civil society consortium says the register includes the names of

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Egypt's transition government inherits a damaged economy. One of the hardest hit sectors is tourism, which accounts for 11 percent of the country's income - hundreds of millions of dollars each day. Those taking the most direct hit are impoverished people - guides, hotel employees and others in service industries. Camel guide Hassan Hefnawi Abdel Maksoud is wondering how he is going to feed his

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Baghdad (CNN) -- Hundreds of Iraqi demonstrators took to the streets Tuesday in at least two areas, protesting against corruption, the government's inability to provide basic services and shortages of food, water and power. The protests were taking place in the Sunni town of Falluja, about 35 miles wast of Baghdad, and the Shiite district of Sadr City in eastern Baghdad. Police also reported

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Latest Japanese government estimates show that China has overtaken Japan as the world's second largest economy. Japanese officials confirmed the estimates Monday, when they announced the country's gross domestic product, the broadest measure of its economy, shrank in the final three months of 2010. The statistics say the country's economy declined 0.3 percent as domestic consumption slowed down.

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A state in Sudan's Darfur region has expelled the French aid Group Medecins du Monde, or Doctors of the World. South Darfur Governor Abdel Hamid Kasha on Monday accused the humanitarian group of working with rebels loyal to Abdelwahid Nur, who lives in Paris. The rebel group is one of several in Darfur fighting the Sudanese government. Paris-based Medecins du Monde says it is dedicated to the

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A coalition of non-governmental organizations has partnered with the Kenyan government to tackle the leading cause of infant mortality in the east African Nation. As Kenya strives to meet the Millennium Development Goals, one of the largest battles facing the east African nation is infant mortality. According to the United Nations Children's Fund, Kenya ranked 21st worldwide in infant mortality

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Despite losing out on the night's Best Newcomer Grammy, Justin Bieber is still the world's reigning pop prince right now. But when he's not making music (or hanging out with "friend" Selena Gomez), he's indulging in another passion: basketball. "I'd really like to see Carmelo Anthony go to the L.A Lakers," Bieber told FOX411's Pop Tarts last week at the Los Angeles premiere of his new movie "

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Reporting from Washington - The White House says it is pushing friendly but autocratic governments in the Middle East to accelerate political and economic reforms, a message that is raising fears in those countries about the strength of the U.S. commitment to its allies. A day after Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was driven from power by a popular uprising, President Obama called Jordan's King

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Thousands of anti-government Thai protesters demonstrated Sunday in Bangkok, for the latest in a series of rival political rallies ahead of elections expected later this year. The French news agency quotes police as saying some 15,000 "Red Shirts" - the movement behind weeks of mass anti-government protests in 2010 - gathered near Bangkok's Democracy Monument to call for the release of 18 jailed

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NEWARK, N.J. - Law enforcement officials have called the stretch between Port Newark and Newark Liberty International Airport the most dangerous two miles in America. A series of recent court cases shows that despite increased attention on airport security since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, another security concern - a homegrown one - persists at the ports: organized crime. Experts differ on

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(CNN) -- Southern Italy is facing a potential "humanitarian emergency" as waves of Tunisians fleeing unrest in north Africa are landing on a coastal island near Sicily, the country's official ANSA news agency reported Sunday. About 1,000 immigrants arrived on the island of Lampedusa overnight, the Coast Guard in Sicily told CNN. The tiny Mediterranean island is about 240 miles southwest of Sicily

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(CNN) -- South African photographer Jodi Bieber has clinched the 2010 World Press Photo award for her haunting portrait of a brutally mutilated Afghan girl. The winning photo, which was featured on the cover of August's TIME magazine, captured 18-year-old Bibi Aisha, who had her ears and nose cut off by the Taliban as punishment for fleeing her husband's house. Jury chair David Burnett said: "

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(CNN) -- Bayern Munich climbed to third place in the Bundesliga on Saturday with a 4-0 victory over Hoffenheim. Luis Van Gaal's team started brightly and took the lead after two minutes through Germany striker Mario Gomez, who scored his 17th league goal of the season. Gomez's compatriot Thomas Muller doubled the reigning champions' advantage with only 15 minutes gone when he fired home from

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A former aide to ex-House majority leader Tom DeLay was sentenced to 20 months in prison for role in a lobbying scandal that rocked Washington from 2000-2005. Michael Scanlon, a former press secretary to the Texas Republican who later became a lobbyist, aided the federal government in its conviction of Jack Abramoff. The sentence was handed down by U.S. District Judge Ellen Huvelle. The

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Arizona Sen. Jon Kyl, the No. 2 Republican leader, said today he'll retire and not seek a fourth term. Although both Arizona senators are Republicans and native son John McCain was the state's pick in the 2008 presidential election, Democrats vow they'll fight to put Arizona in their column. Kyl made his announcement in Phoenix, explaining that he originally thought he'd only serve two terms but

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LOS ANGELES -- Elizabeth Taylor has been hospitalized for treatment of congestive heart failure. Her spokeswoman, Sally Morrison, said Friday that the Oscar-winning actress was admitted to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center within the past couple of days. The 78-year-old Taylor is being treated for symptoms caused by congestive heart failure, a condition she disclosed she had back in November 2004.

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Republican congressman Allen West, who rode Tea Party support to get elected to the U.S. House, is going to keynote the closing night of a popular conservative gathering. The Florida lawmaker told Twitter followers that he is "humbled" to be closing the Conservative Political Action Conference, an annual event that draws thousands to Washington. "I've been asked today to have the honor of giving

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In a time of unparalleled aviation safety in the United States, reports of mistakes by air traffic controllers have nearly doubled -- a seeming contradiction that puzzles safety experts. The near midair collision last month of an American Airlines jet with 259 people aboard and two Air Force transport planes southeast of New York City has raised concerns in Congress that safety may be eroding. A

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No tip-toeing around it, this foot bone could change the story of human evolution -- or at least the story of human foot evolution. The bone is additional evidence that Australopithecus afarensis, an ancient human ancestor who lived around 3 million years ago, spent most of its time walking, instead of climbing trees like chimps. "Lucy and her relatives were bipedal, but there had been a debate

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