Patient dies after 22 hours in chair, officials say
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Drew Lachey raring to win car race for charity (AP)
AP - Drew Lachey has traded in his dancing shoes for a racing helmet.
`High School Musical' makes grade with $42M debut (AP)
AP - "High School Musical 3: Senior Year" debuted as a box-office valedictorian, taking in $42 million a record opening for a musical.
"10,000 BC" clubs the DVD competition (Reuters)
Reuters - The prehistoric epic
"10,000 BC" scored a triple victory on the latest home video
charts, topping the national DVD sales and rental charts as
well as the Blu-ray Disc sales chart its first week in stores.
Pakistan bans foreign troops after U.S. operation
Pakistan's military chief said Wednesday that no foreign forces will be allowed to conduct operations inside Pakistan in light of last week's "reckless" U.S. military ground operation.
"Cool cat" Travolta is a dog in latest role (Reuters)
Reuters - John Travolta has played a sympathetic hit man, a teenage rebel, a middle-aged biker, a presidential candidate, a disco king and an overweight housewife.
Catherine Zeta-Jones to star in "Cleo" (Reuters)
Reuters - Catherine Zeta-Jones is going back to the boards.
Plane crashes into Congo market
A plane crashed in the Democratic Republic of Congo, tearing the roofs off houses and plowing through a densely populated market near the runway. A Congolese lawmaker said the crash killed at least 18 people while roughly 66 others -- including five crew members -- survived.
"Elephant" lumbers through tale of culture clash (Reuters)
Reuters - Americans behaving badly abroad seek independence and redemption in writer-director Seth Grossman's "The Elephant King." Vaguely pitched somewhere between indie-gritty and predictably conventional, the film struggles to strike a manageable equilibrium, much as its characters attempt to navigate the prospects and pitfalls of a footloose life overseas.
37 hurt when fireworks misfire at show
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Globes category is no laughing matter (Reuters)
Reuters - You may not remember the run-up to the war in Iraq as being an especially hilarious time.
Toronto film festival promises lighter touch (Reuters)
Reuters - The Toronto International Film Festival
is promising a lighter touch this year, both thematically and
in the number of films presented, with domestic dramas and
comedies prominent among the list of 312 features and short
films unveiled on Tuesday.
Lab makes diesel fuel from E. coli poop
Fossil fuels that keep our planet running -- oil, natural gas and coal -- were created from the decomposition of plants, plankton and other organic material over millions of years.
Pop star's slaying sheds light on hidden world
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The 10 movies you shouldn't watch online (AP)
AP - Movies are increasingly creeping online, as video sites like YouTube and Hulu are adding feature films to their extensive libraries.
'The Dark Knight' stays No. 1 at box office (AP)
AP - "The Dark Knight" once again cast its tall shadow over the competition at the box office, reaching the $300 million mark in a record 10 days.
McCain pokes fun at campaign on 'SNL'
With days before the elections and polls showing him trailing, Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain appeared on NBC's late night comedy show "Saturday Night Live," poking good-natured fun at his campaign.
Gas hits another all-time high
Retail gas prices have risen to a new record high while diesel prices have held steady, according to a daily survey by AAA Tuesday.
Kite-surfer who hit building improving, mom says
Kevin Kearney was harnessed to a kite along a Fort Lauderdale, Florida, beach Monday when strong winds caught the kite and slammed him into a nearby wall. He sustained spinal fractures, brain swelling, a broken rib and a broken ankle, among other injuries, but his mother says his condition has improved.
Damon 'honored' by Joe the Plumber's shout-out (AP)
AP - Matt Damon is honored that the most recent celebrity of the presidential campaign "Joe the Plumber" dropped his name in an interview.
Czech wins first gold at Olympics
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