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Local residents look at eucalyptus trees which fell on cars and blocked the street on Ave 57 after a heavy wind storm in the morning at Highland Park in Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles wind storm disrupts flights, cuts power

A powerful wind storm with gale-force gusts left much of the Los Angeles area strewn with toppled trees and downed power lines on Thursday, slowing traffic, damaging homes and knocking out electricity to over 350,000 customers.
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Protestors remove the flag of the British embassy in Tehran

Iranian Students Storm British Embassy in Tehran

In a scene of anger that looked like a replay of the 1979 Islamic Revolution, dozens of hard-line Iranian students stormed the British Embassy in Tehran on Tuesday, tearing down the Union Jack flag and flinging documents out of windows.
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Randgold Resources Cuts '11 Production Target

West Africa-focused miner Randgold Resources has cut its 2011 production target for the second time this year after a perfect storm of difficult mining conditions, work stoppages and a mill breakdown at its Tongon mine in Ivory Coast.
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Ski Season Preview: The Best of the Rockies

As winter chills set in, it's time to dust off the skis and head to the hill! But before you do, check out this guide to the best of the Rockies. This ski season preview has you covered for season dates, best runs, and directions to the top resorts.
San Francisco may expand ban on plastic bags

San Francisco Ban on Plastic Bags Set to Expand

Think before you say next time Double Bag It during shopping - for it could cost you more than what you think. If San Francisco's Board of Supervisors have its way, a legislation would soon be enforced that would expand the city's restriction on checkout bags to include all retail stores and restaurants and customers would have to pay for each bag the business establishment provides.
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U.S. Stock Futures Signal Mixed Open

Stock index futures pointed to a mixed open on Wall Street on Tuesday following the previous session's sharp losses, with futures for the S&P 500 up 0.49 percent, Dow Jones futures up 0.21 percent and Nasdaq 100 futures down 0.17 percent at 0831 GMT.
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Asian Shares Fall as U.S. Deficit Deadlock Looms

Asian shares fell on Monday as uncertainty remained over how euro zone leaders would respond to mounting funding difficulties for European banks, and an apparent failure by U.S. politicians to agree on deficit reduction hurt sentiment.
Natalie Wood

Natalie Wood's Death: Case Reveals Lifelong, Eerie Connection to Water

Long before Wood's death by drowning, the West Side Story and Rebel Without a Cause star had a lifelong, unsettling relationship with water, including a childhood fear of drowning and many significant parts of her life lived at sea. As Wood's case is re-opened, and as details about Robert Wagner and Dennis Davern emerge, sister Lana Wood links her drowning to premonitions of a watery death.
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Wall Street set to bounce as S&P faces key test

Wall Street stocks were set to bounce back on Friday after Europe's debt crisis drove heavy market losses this week, with the S&P 500 falling through important technical levels and possibly facing another key test of strength.
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HP adds activist investor Whitworth to board

Activist investor Ralph Whitworth is joining Hewlett Packard Co's board after taking a small stake in the Silicon Valley behemoth, a move that may cheer many on Wall Street frustrated by the company's recent decisions.

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