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Costume Designers Guild Awards Honor Hathaway
Costume Designers Guild Awards Honor Hathaway
On the red carpet at the 15th Annual Costume Designers Guild Awards, honoree Anne Hathaway talked about working with the Oscar-nominated costume designer Paco Delgado for "Les Miserables" and what being honored means to her. (Feb. 20)

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French, Malian forces take control of Bourem
French, Malian forces take control of Bourem
Hundreds of French and Malian soldiers have retaken the jihadist stronghold of Bourem, a town where many radical Islamic fighters were believed to have fled, officials and witnesses said Sunday. Militants launched two suicide attacks last week on a checkpoint leading into Gao on the road from Boure

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AirAsia plans budget airline in India
AirAsia plans budget airline in India
AirAsia, Southeast Asia's top budget carrier, said Wednesday it will set up an airline with India's Tata conglomerate to tap the world's second most populous nation after moves to liberalize its airline industry. AirAsia said it has applied to Indian authorities to take a 49 percent stake in a join

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Egypt soccer protests hit restive Suez Canal city
Egypt soccer protests hit restive Suez Canal city
Thousands of soccer fans enforced a work stoppage Sunday in Egypt's restive city of Port Said to protest what they called government "injustices," disrupting rail services and forcefully evicting workers from factories and provincial government offices. Egypt's president Mohammed Morsi had declared

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Review: Sony's rascally raccoon Sly Cooper returns
Review: Sony's rascally raccoon Sly Cooper returns
It's been seven years since ring-tailed master thief Sly Cooper has headlined a video game — about three times the lifespan of a typical wild raccoon. The guy's been on Sony's bench since his creators, Sucker Punch Productions, moved on to the "InFamous" series, so you could forgive him if his ski

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China promises more effort to cool housing costs
China promises more effort to cool housing costs
China's government ordered local officials Wednesday to do more to cool surging housing costs after a scandal over a bank employee who bought 45 properties highlighted the potential for evasion of ownership limits. A Cabinet statement also directed local leaders to build more low-cost housing. Soar

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Iraq gives go-ahead for Iranian pipeline to Syria
Iraq gives go-ahead for Iranian pipeline to Syria
Iraq has approved the construction of a natural gas pipeline across its territory that will connect Iran to key ally Syria. The move likely to strengthen Tehran's influence over its neighbors. The Iraqi Cabinet said in a statement Tuesday evening that it has instructed the country's oil minister to

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Chinese portal Sina says profits tumble
Chinese portal Sina says profits tumble
Chinese portal Sina Corp.'s quarterly profit tumbled 75 percent on relatively small revenue for its microblog service. Sina said Wednesday it earned $2.4 million in the three months ending Dec. 31, compared with $9.3 million a year earlier. Revenue rose 4 percent to $139.1 million. Online advertisi

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Vodafone asks India court to halt spectrum auction
Vodafone asks India court to halt spectrum auction
Vodafone has petitioned an Indian court to stop the government from auctioning off rights to the cellphone spectrum it now uses for 18.7 million customers in three cities, the company said Wednesday. India's second-biggest mobile phone operator filed the petition in the Delhi High Court, saying the

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Chavez foe to face corruption charges in Venezuela
Chavez foe to face corruption charges in Venezuela
Prosecutors plan to bring corruption charges against a prominent opponent of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, claiming he misspent public funds by using them to launch an organization that has become one of the country's most popular political parties. Opposition politician Leopoldo Lopez allegedl

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Israeli premier defends Israel in prisoner scandal
Israeli premier defends Israel in prisoner scandal
Israel's prime minister on Sunday defended the actions of his country's security forces following a public uproar over the mysterious death of a man who apparently hanged himself while being held secretly in a maximum-security prison. Israel has said little about the case. But Australian media have

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Police: Gunmen kidnap 7 foreign workers in north Nigeria attack on construction company
Police: Gunmen kidnap 7 foreign workers in north Nigeria attack on construction company
Police: Gunmen kidnap 7 foreign workers in north Nigeria attack on construction company.

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Filipino rebels storm pineapple plantation; 1 dead
Filipino rebels storm pineapple plantation; 1 dead
More than 100 communist guerrillas stormed one of the world's largest pineapple plantations in the southern Philippines, killing a guard and torching farm equipment in their biggest attack this year, officials said Wednesday. At least two other guards and a villager were shot and wounded by the New

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China's Defense Ministry attacks hacking report
China's Defense Ministry attacks hacking report
China's military says a study accusing it of sponsoring massive hacking attacks on U.S. targets is deeply flawed. A statement from the Defense Ministry on Wednesday said the conclusions of the report by Virginia-based Mandiant were wrong because the addresses linking the attacks to a military facil

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News Summary: Average credit card debt falls in 4Q
News Summary: Average credit card debt falls in 4Q
HOLIDAY HANGOVER: Credit reporting agency TransUnion says ramped-up holiday season spending likely kept many Americans from making timely payments on their credit cards in the last three months of 2012. HIGHER DELINQUENCY RATE: The rate of U.S. credit card payments at least 90 days overdue jumped to

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Earnings Preview: Sandy to weigh on AIG's 4Q
Earnings Preview: Sandy to weigh on AIG's 4Q
American International Group Inc. is expected to report a loss in the fourth quarter, reflecting more than $1 billion in losses related to insurance policy payouts in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy. AIG will report its latest financial results on Thursday after the market closes. WHAT TO WATCH F

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Michael Kors sells shares in secondary offering
Michael Kors sells shares in secondary offering
Michael Kors Holdings Ltd. said Tuesday that a number of its shareholders are selling off at least 25 million shares in a secondary offering. The offering also includes the option for the sale of another 3.8 million shares for over-allotments. The high-fashion clothing and accessories company will n

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Iran plans to establish new navy base
Iran plans to establish new navy base
Iran's official news agency says the country's navy plans to establish a new base near Pakistan's border in the Sea of Oman. The plans are part of Iranian ambitions to exert its naval power outside the Persian Gulf, including sending warships to the Mediterranean and claiming it might someday have

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Earnings roundup: Herbalife, Marriott, Dell
Earnings roundup: Herbalife, Marriott, Dell
Among the earnings stories for Tuesday, Feb. 19, from the AP Financial Desk: Top stories: NEW YORK (AP) — Herbalife, the company caught in the middle of a hedge fund dogfight, says it's doing just fine, thanks. NEW YORK (AP) — Marriott International Inc. turned a better-than-expected profit in i

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Movers roundup: Fresh Market jumps on upgrade
Movers roundup: Fresh Market jumps on upgrade
Among the stock activity stories for Tuesday, Feb. 19, from the AP Financial Desk: Top stories: Other stories: The Fresh Market Inc.'s shares jumped Tuesday after a Goldman Sachs analyst upgraded the company.

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