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Reuters - Most Americans have an easier time naming members of the
 cartoon Simpson family than listing the five freedoms granted by the
 nation's founders, a survey by a museum released on Wednesday said.

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Reuters - Budding Canadian film makers looking for a big break may want
 to think small -- about 2 inches by 2 inches to be exact -- organizers
 of Canada's first mobile film festival said Wednesday.

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Reuters - Painter Helen Frankenthaler's landmark abstract work "The Bay"
 just got a little more abstract -- to the dismay of Detroit museum
 officials.

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Reuters - Palestinian brewer Nadim Khoury, far from going out of
 business after Hamas Islamists won an election landslide, is preparing
 a new product -- non-alcoholic beer.

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Reuters - Under pressure from the city's chief rabbi, two Tel Aviv
 branches of the fast food firm McDonald's have changed the color of
 their trademark signs to assure diners that their burgers and fries are
 kosher.

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Reuters - There will be no F-word but the word "bitches" will be heard
 during the first-ever rap performance at the Academy Awards Sunday.

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Reuters - In the dead of night, shadowy figures armed with axes, drills
 and poison are leaving a trail of death around Sydney's wealthiest
 suburbs.

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AP - A small Norwegian town was quickly running out of moose Thursday
 after offering to name each animal after its sponsor in a research
 project.

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Reuters - Three German police officers face disciplinary action after
 lifting their kilts at a fancy dress party while wearing nothing
 underneath, police said on Thursday.

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AP - A 2-year-old colt who has yet to run a race drew a world record
 sale price of $16 million at auction.

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Reuters - Breathtaking views high above Rio de Janeiro's beaches and
 mountains can be yours for just a few dollars a day -- if you skip
 pricey hotels and sleep in a slum.

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AP - A man showing off his OnStar system in his Cadillac Escalade found
 out the system worked too well. Ralph A. Gomez, 38, was being held
 Wednesday on $15,000 bond on charges of possession of an illegal
 narcotic within 1,000 feet of a church and possession of drug
 paraphernalia.

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Reuters - In the dead of night, shadowy figures armed with axes, drills
 and poison are leaving a trail of death around Sydney's wealthiest
 suburbs.

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AP - Do you take this man, and do you want fries with that? A couple
 decided to get married under the golden arches, as customers continued
 to place their orders for Big Macs and Chicken McNuggets.

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Reuters - Goalkeepers and baseball catchers who miss curved or spinning
 balls coming at them may not be at fault.

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AP - A man is accused of rigging his apartment to explode and throwing
 an explosive device at a neighbor's front door.

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Reuters - Under pressure from the city's chief rabbi, two Tel Aviv
 branches of the fast food firm McDonald's have changed the colour of
 their trademark signs to assure diners that their burgers and fries are
 kosher.

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