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Jailed Miss. sisters freed but must trade kidney - Yahoo! News

JACKSON, Miss. – A South Dakota governor once commuted the sentences of 36 criminals — on the condition they leave his state. In Florida, a convict was told in the 1990s to move to Maryland in order to be set free.

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Hearst, DirecTV reach deal on programming fees - Yahoo! News

NEW YORK – DirecTV satellite subscribers around the country will continue to receive network TV stations owned by Hearst Corp. after the two companies reached a new deal over the fees that DirecTV pays the broadcasting company to carry stations on its lineup.

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Skype could be designated illegal in China - Yahoo! News

BEIJING (Reuters) – China will crack down on what it called illegal Internet telephone providers, according to a circular from the Chinese government seen on Friday that could potentially affect Internet calling service Skype.

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Borders delaying payments to some vendors - Yahoo! News

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Bookseller Borders Group Inc (BGP.N) is delaying payments to some of its vendors, a company spokeswoman said on Thursday, sending its shares down 11 percent.

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Billy Taylor, ardent jazz promoter, dies at 89 - Yahoo! News

NEW YORK – Billy Taylor, an acclaimed jazz pianist and composer who became one of the genre's most ardent advocates through radio, television and the landmark Jazzmobile arts venture, has died at age 89.

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"Star Wars" visual effects artist McCune dies - Yahoo! News

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – Oscar-winning "Star Wars" visual-effects designer Grant McCune, who created scenes with models and miniature films for more than three decades, has died of pancreatic cancer, his production company said on Wednesday. He was 67.

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World stocks eye two-year high - Yahoo! News

LONDON (Reuters) – World stocks approached their highest level since September 2008 on Thursday on optimism about global growth next year, while the dollar fell on expectations of further money printing in 2011 by the U.S. Federal Reserve.

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Northern Ireland faces mounting water crisis - Yahoo! News

BELFAST, Northern Ireland – Frustration and fears of disease mounted in Northern Ireland Wednesday as 36,000 people were left without water, some for more than a week, after a deep freeze and a sudden thaw caused aging pipes to burst.

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UK tourists will have to wait for wax royal Kate - Yahoo! News

LONDON (Reuters) – She may marry into Britain's royal family in April, but Prince William's fiancee Kate Middleton will not take her place alongside the royals at Madame Tussauds until later in 2011.

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