Colin Firth talks about the Oscar buzz surrounding ‘The King’s Speech’ and reveals it has been hard to lose his character’s stammer. (Nov. 18)
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The Nobel Peace Prize committee says the award may not be handed out this year because no one from prize winner Liu Xiaobo’s family is likely to attend the ceremony. (Nov. 18)
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The hajj was winding down in Saudi Arabia Thursday with some of those taking part performing a ritual stoning of the devil in Mina. (Nov. 18)
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A budget fight got physical in Argentina when opposition member Graciela Camano punched fellow lawmaker Carlos Kunkel in the mouth on live television. (Nov. 18)
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Lawyers for a reality TV producer charged with killing his wife in Mexico have promised a vigorous fight against extradition. The suspect, Bruce Beresford-Redmond has been ordered to stay in jail until a bail hearing is held. (Nov. 17)
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Highlights of this day in history: Cult leader Jim Jones and hundreds of followers die in mass murder-suicide in South America; Massachusetts high court rules gay couples can marry; Disney’s ‘Steamboat Willie’ premieres in New York. (Nov. 18)
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Electric cars are not just things to show off at the car show. They’re now at your local dealer. At the 2010 LA Auto Show manufacturers confirmed “green” is in their long-term business plan as the AP’s John Mone reports. (Nov. 17)
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It’s the latest mystery to grip Hollywood. A prominent publicist and woman-about-town is killed, her body slumped in her Mercedes near Sunset Boulevard. Ronni Chasen had been shot several times in the chest. No has been arrested. (Nov. 17)
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Trail Blazers center Greg Oden, the former No. 1 draft pick whose short career has been marred by injuries, will have microfracture surgery on his left knee and will not play this season. (Nov. 18)
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Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski has become the first US Senate candidate in decades to win a write-in campaign after a count of hand-written votes in Alaska. The state Republican party has asked her opponent, Joe Miller, to withdraw. (Nov. 17)
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