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Lindsay Lohan admits flaws, says career is not over - Yahoo! News

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Troubled actress Lindsay Lohan has admitted she was irresponsible in a new interview released on Tuesday, but downplayed alcohol or drug troubles and declared her acting ability was still in top shape.

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'Crocodile Dundee' says he can't afford back taxes - Yahoo! News

ADELAIDE, Australia – Paul Hogan, star of the "Crocodile Dundee" movie trilogy, said Tuesday he cannot afford to pay even 10 percent of what the Australian Tax Office says he owes in back taxes.

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Casino proposed near battlefield splits Gettysburg - Yahoo! News

GETTYSBURG, Pa. – The town where the Civil War's tide-turning battle was waged is fighting dissension in its own ranks, with even hard-core preservationists split over a proposed casino that would rise near the historic battlefield and be named for the line that divided North and South.

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ER visits for concussions soar among kid athletes - Yahoo! News

CHICAGO – Emergency room visits for school-age athletes with concussions has skyrocketed in recent years, suggesting the intensity of kids' sports has increased along with awareness of head injuries.

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Chile, divided by quake, unites around miners - Yahoo! News

SAN JOSE MINE, Chile – Just six months ago, one of the largest earthquakes in a century tore Chile apart, physically ripping the ground, triggering a deadly tsunami and leaving in the wreckage a divided society and government trying to decide whom to blame.

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Asia assesses prospects as world recovery stumbles - Yahoo! News

SEOUL, South Korea – Talk of the global economic recovery fizzling doesn't faze Cho Byung-cheol, president of a small South Korean technology company that has already set up a branch in China and plans one soon in the United States.

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Jamaican dancehall stars embrace "conscious" lyrics - Yahoo! News

NEW YORK (Billboard) – With reputed drug kingpin Christopher "Dudus" Coke in custody and Jamaica's state of emergency officially over, many dancehall stars are turning their backs on the violent lyrics that have characterized the genre in recent years.

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Homes evacuated overnight near Montana wildfire - Yahoo! News

HELENA, Mont. – Authorities in western Montana roused people from their beds early Friday to flee an approaching wildfire, as thunderstorms sparked dozens more in blazes across the West in Idaho and Nevada.

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SPIN METER: What Biden didn't mention on stimulus - Yahoo! News

FRESNO, Calif. – Vice President Joe Biden said this week that the Obama administration "hit the accelerator" toward spending $5 billion under the economic stimulus law to weatherize people's homes, create thousands of jobs, help consumers save money and put the nation on track for energy independence.

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US points to oil as key to Iraq's postwar future - Yahoo! News

WASHINGTON – When the U.S. overthrew Saddam Hussein seven years ago, the Bush administration envisioned a liberated Iraq that was rich, stable, democratic and a shining example to the rest of the Arab world.

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