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John Mayer recovering from throat surgery

U.S. musician John Mayer performs at the Rock in Rio Music Festival in Lisbon
John Mayer has undergone surgery for the throat inflammation that put his performances and recordings on hold earlier this year, the singer has reported on his blog.
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Ed Chernoff (R) a defense attorney for Dr. Conrad Murray, cross examines anesthesiology expert Dr. Steven Shafer, during Murray's involuntary manslaughter trial in Los Angeles

Jackson doctor's attorneys challenge drug expert

Attorneys for Dr. Conrad Murray on Friday challenged a top anesthesiology expert over assumptions he made in a courtroom demonstration on how Murray could have given Michael Jackson a deadly drug infusion.
People visit the NBA stand at Sportel 2006 (International Sport Program Market for Television and New Media) in Monte Carlo

A Silver Lining for Some in NBA's Costly Lockout

Number crunchers have come up with an unexpected conclusion about the National Basketball Association's decision to cut short its season: There may actually be a few economic winners.
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Zsa Zsa Gabor returns home from hospital

Actress Zsa Zsa Gabor returned home from a hospital on Friday after recovering from two stomach surgeries and suffering a bout of pneumonia.
Director Bela Tarr looks on during a news conference after the awards ceremony at the 61st Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin

Oscar entries, international auteurs coming to AFI Fest

New films from international auteurs Bela Tarr, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Hong Sang-Soo, Chantal Akerman, Jean-Marc Vallee and Dogtooth director Yorgos Lanthimos will come to Los Angeles for the upcoming AFI Fest 2011, festival organizers announced on Friday.
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Rupert Murdoch lucid, feisty in investor face-off

News Corp shareholders reelected the media conglomerate's board of directors on Friday and failed to approve a proposal to oust Rupert Murdoch from his chairman post.
Brent Olson wears a puppet head representation of Rupert Murdoch as protesters demonstrate at Fox Studios during the annual News Corp. stockholder meeting in Los Angeles, California

Murdoch and sons survive News Corp annual meeting

Using contentious barbs and comedic relief, Rupert Murdoch deflected attempts by angry investors to remove him as chairman of his News Corp empire at the company's annual meeting on Friday.
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Lindsay Lohan arrives at morgue, on time

Actress Lindsay Lohan arrived on time to her court-ordered community service at a morgue on Friday, after nearly jeopardizing her probation one day earlier by turning up late and being refused entry.
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News Corp. Investors Berate Murdoch at Meeting

News Corp. Chief Executive Rupert Murdoch showed defiance in the face of angry shareholders at its annual meeting on Friday as they slammed the media company for poor corporate governance and said he should give up the chairman role.
British singer Robbie Williams arrives on the red carpet for the German premiere of ''Cars 2'' in Munich

Robbie Williams to release album with Universal next year

British singer Robbie Williams, who signed one of the world's biggest music deals with EMI in 2002, is to release his ninth studio album with Universal Music, the world's largest music company, next year.
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McDonald's Profit, September Sales Beat Expectations

McDonald's Corp reported a higher-than-expected quarterly profit on Friday, helped by stronger-than-expected sales at established restaurants in September, and its shares rose 3 percent.
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Chinese Toddler Hit-and-Run Victim Dies: Can China Heal?

The two-year-old Chinese girl Yue Yue who was hit by two cars in Guangdong province last week died early Friday morning. Doctors revealed that the toddler suffered from brain damage and died from severe organ failure.
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Liquidnet Sued by Wedbush over Trade Secrets

Liquidnet Inc, a U.S. venue where institutions anonymously trade public stocks, was sued by Wedbush Securities Inc for allegedly stealing trade secrets to start a rival business trading shares of private companies.

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