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Los Angeles Lakers center Andrew Bynum (L) and guard Kobe Bryant (R) sit on the bench in the final minutes of a loss to the Dallas Mavericks during Game 2 of the NBA Western Conference semi-final basketball playoff in Los Angeles, California

NBA Cancels November Games with No Deal Struck

The National Basketball (NBA) canceled another two weeks of the season on Friday and conceded it was now too late to save the entire 82-game season even if owners and players reached an agreement to end to their bitter labor dispute.
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Missing Baby Lisa Irwin Follow-Up: Kansas City Lawyer Dropped

New York lawyer Joe Tacopina called off interviews of baby Lisa Irwin's two half-brothers scheduled for Friday. He did not give a reason for the cancellation, according to Darin Snapp, a spokesman for the Kansas City Police Department. He said he would contact police next week to reschedule for next week. Cyndy Short was fired by Tacopina late Thursday for unknown reasons.
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Occupy Wall Street Braces For the Cold

Occupy Wall Street has survived arrests, a skeptical mayor and potential expulsion from Zuccotti Park, but a weekend forecast of snow offers a reminder that the movement's resilience will soon be tested anew.
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New York Snow on Saturday Could Be Record-Setting Event

In a year already colored by rare natural events, including an earthquake and a strike from Hurricane Irene, New York could receive an all-time record snowfall for the month of October on Saturday, according to forecasts.
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Oil Falls on Skepticism Over EU Rescue Plan

Oil prices retreated on Friday in choppy trading as uncertainties about Europe's plan to tackle its debt problems prompted some profit taking after the previous session's rally.
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A Look Inside the Fantastical World of China Fashion Week [PHOTOS]

China Fashion Week is like a fantastical, mystical world unto itself. Straight off the pages of an ancient Chinese fairytale, models walked down the runways in a haute couture mix of tradtional Chinese embroidery, bold neon colors, sharp silhouettes, and temporary tattoos.
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Gold helps lift TSX as euro deal optimism fades

Canadian stocks edged higher in early action on Friday, led by a rise in shares of gold and base metal miners, even as fading optimism over a European debt deal weighed on the broader market.
Iraq war veteran Scott Olsen is shown in this undated photo released to Reuters

Injured Soldier Spurs Veteran Support for 'Occupy'

A former soldier wounded in a protest on the streets of Oakland after surviving two tours in Iraq has put a new face on the 'Occupy' movement by galvanizing veteran backing for the push against economic inequality in the United States.
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Despite Market Reactions, Global Financial Crisis Still Looms Large

If one buys into reactions of global markets, including the New York Stock Exchange and Dow Jones Industrials Average, they could go to sleep at night with little concern that the Eurozone financial crisis is a ticking time bomb, just waiting to explode with global implications that ripple back to the U.S.

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