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Why is the Mona Lisa so Famous?

Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa is the most famous painting in the world. It is unquestionably a great painting, but does it deserve the notoriety? How did it become so well known?
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Delhi Bombing: Police Sketch First Suspects

Delhi police released sketches of two suspects hours after a suitcase bomb was placed outside Gate No. 5 of the court house, where around 300 people were lined up to enter the building.
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Darden warns of earnings hit from Hurricane Irene

Darden Restaurants Inc (DRI.N), parent of Red Lobster and Olive Garden, warned that Hurricane Irene dented earnings in its fiscal first quarter, and its shares fell almost 5 percent in after-hours trading.
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Fire from plane crash destroys 12 California homes

A brush fire ignited by a fatal small-plane crash in Southern California has destroyed 12 homes and forced the evacuation of hundreds of others, leaving over 13,000 acres charred on Tuesday as it flared out of control for a third day.
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10 Best Universities in the World

QS, an English educational consulting firm, used a number of requirements to rank the schools, including academic reputation, which accounts for 40 percent of a total score, employer review, the number of foreign students and faculty, and the faculty-to-student ratio.
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Healthcare Group Wants Debt Committee to Fail

The powerful healthcare industry hopes a congressional super committee tasked with slashing America's debt will fail and is lobbying instead for automatic spending cuts that will kick in if the panel deadlocks.
Australia Braces for More Heat Waves to Come

Texas Wildfires 2011: 852 Homes Lost in 2 Days, 1,000 Destroyed in Past Week [PHOTOS]

Wind-fueled Texas wildfires have consumed 852 homes within two days and more than 1,000 have been destroyed in the past seven days, officials say. Texas Gov. Rick Perry has said more than 100,000 acres have burned in his drought-stricken state. He took a break from the campaign trail on Monday to return to Texas to oversee the firefighting efforts.

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