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204 dead, 79 still missing after flooding in China

BEIJING -- Flooding has devastated villages and crops in southern China, killing at least 204 people and leaving another 79 missing at the start of the summer flood season, the government said Sunday. Hundreds of thousands of people have been evacuated.



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Scientists free Mars rover Opportunity from sand dune

PASADENA, Calif. -- The Mars rover Opportunity resumed rolling freely across the Martian surface Saturday after scientists freed it from a sand dune where it had been mired for nearly five weeks, NASA officials said.



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Professor targets obesity

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Everyone knows America is getting fatter. The question is what to do about the expanding waistlines plaguing so many people in today's super-sized society.




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Dan overcomes Danica

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INDIANAPOLIS -- More than 250,000 spectators watched as Danica Patrick tried to become the first female driver to win the Indianapolis 500.



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Malkmus' "Truth" a solid release

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In his first two post-Pavement solo albums — the eponymous debut and Pig Lib — Stephen Malkmus proved remarkable confidence in his abilities.


Daniel Herman

Get down and geek out

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I recently wrote a story about the upcoming release of the newest Star Wars movie, "Revenge of the Sith." For that story, I interviewed a handful of fans, and they were some of the nicest people I've ever interviewed. You know what I discovered?



Jacob Kriese

'Aviator' flies high on DVD

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Without any hesitation, I would automatically say that Martin Scorsese's "The Aviator" was the best film of last year.


Jay Seawell

Nothing 'Blur'ry about this album

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n 2001, Blur's Damon Albarn realized his own band was stagnating, and decided to strike up a side project complete with cartoon mascots, a wealth of guest artists and one very inventive producer in Dan the Automator.


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Common returns with better beats

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Back like a chiropractor" is how Common describes himself with the release of his long-awaited sixth album. With the sudden retirement of Jay-Z, the marital hiatus of Nas and the often too weird-to-listen-to experimentation of several well-known lyricists, rap has been relegated to listener-friendly dance tunes and the monopoly of airwaves by 50 Cent and his crew.


Pete Stuttgen

Summer won't be a bummer

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In talking with various different people it seems as though many feel summer's entertainment possibilities are limited in wake of "Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith" having already been unleashed upon us.


The Festival Spirit

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Summer is a time for sunshine, great tunes and rocking out with thousands of your closest friends.



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The 'Phantom' of surrealism

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Surrealist film director Luis Buñuel's films and I became acquainted a little more than two years ago when I found myself curious about how he influenced some of my favorite directors such as David Lynch ("Mulholland Dr.") and Terry Gilliam ("12 Monkeys").