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Daily Archives: Sep 20, 2011

Ashton Kutcher's character, Walden Schmidt is a dumped billionaire who has attempted to commit suicide

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Ashton Kutcher Two and a Half Men début had been the subject of a slew of Hollywood hype after it was announced he would...
Toilet roll The Beatles refused to use while recording Abbey Road, because they thought it was too “hard and shiny”

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Beatles, the world's most famous band once refused to use a toilet roll while recording their Abbey Road album, because they thought it was...
S&P cut Italy's government debt rating from A+/A-1+ to A/A-1 and said country's economic growth prospects were getting weaker, with planned reforms by the government not expected to help much

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Standard and Poor's dropped Italy's credit rating from A+ to A, with the ratings agency keeping the country's outlook on negative in a surprise move...
Zybrestat collapses tumor vasculature and interrupts its blood flow, leading to the death of cancer cells.

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Biopharmaceutical company Oxigene has presented data that showed Zybrestat (fosbretabulin) helped improve the one-year survival rate of patients with larger anaplastic thyroid cancer tumors.   The...
The explosion killed three people, injured at least other 15 and set several vehicles on fire in Ankara

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An explosion near a secondary school killed three people, injured at least other 15 and set several vehicles on fire in the Turkish capital,...
Legal battle rages between Apple and Samsung over alleged similarities between their touchscreen smartphones and handsets

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Samsung sources revealed this week that the company was considering legal action to ban Apple's upcoming iPhone 5 in Europe, after one of its executives admitted...
Bob Hope and Dolores Hope: "Together, they brought countless hours of laughter and cheer to Americans everywhere." (Nancy Reagan)

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Dolores Hope will be buried alongside her husband.   Dolores Hope, the singer who was married for 69 years to comedian Bob Hope, died on September...
Listeria monocytogenes causes listeriosis, with fever, muscle aches and vomiting

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On Monday, September 19, the Food and Drug Administration announced that it found Listeria monocytogenes in samples of Jensen Farms’ Rocky Ford-brand cantaloupe taken...
Two people have been killed and other 10 have been injured after an explosion rocked the centre of the Turkish capital, Ankara

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Ankara explosion updates. Suspected bomb killed 3 and wounded 15.   Two people have been killed and other 10 have been injured after an explosion rocked...
Picture of P-51 Mustang airplane taken moments before crashing at Reno Air Race shows the pilot is absent from the cockpit

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Photographs taken moments before the World War II-era plane went out of control during Reno air race appear to show the pilot was unconscious,...
Nocturnal Wonderland 2011

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For the first time in 2011, Insomniac sets two nights of electrifying music when Nocturnal Wonderland festival comes back to San Bernardino’s NOS Fairgrounds.   From...