Topic: - on December 13, 2002 at 1:46:54 PM CET
Collector Buys Clues to 5th 'Potter' Book
An American collector has paid more than $45,000 for a card full of clues to the plot of the long-awaited fifth Harry Potter book.
The unidentified buyer made the winning bid Thursday for the card, handwritten by author J.K. Rowling as a charity fund-raiser. The money will be used to buy more than 18,000 books for schools in Africa.
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Topic: - on December 13, 2002 at 1:44:27 PM CET
Hollywood out of ideas
Rocky 6 announced
Sylvester Stallone has signed up to write the script for a sixth Rocky movie, 12 years after the last movie flopped at the box office. He may also return in the role of Rocky, who would be lured out of retirement for one last fight, according to reports.
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Topic: - on December 13, 2002 at 10:10:38 AM CET
U.S.'s Santa Triggers Austrian Backlash
and many Austrians wish he'd just stay home. The jolly old elf is getting an icy reception in this alpine country that gave the world "Silent Night" and clings to beloved Christmas traditions. A small but boisterous movement alarmed at the intrusion of the American-style Old Saint Nick is crusading to keep the traditional St. Nikolaus and the Christ Child as the reason for the season.
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Topic: - on December 13, 2002 at 9:56:36 AM CET
2002 Year-End Google Zeitgeist
2002 Year-End Zeitgeist offers a unique perspective on the year's major events and hottest trends based on more than 55 billion searches conducted over the past year by Google users from around the world. Whether you are tracking the global progression of the "Las Ketchup" craze or finding out who really is the queen of the Internet, the 2002 Year-End Zeitgeist enables you to look at the past year through the collective eyes of the world on the Internet.
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Topic: - on December 13, 2002 at 9:52:36 AM CET
Launch failure puzzles Europeans
European space chiefs were scrambling on Thursday to find the cause of the failure of an Ariane 5 rocket that threatened to set back the European satellite launch program by months or more.
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Topic: - on December 13, 2002 at 9:49:20 AM CET
Firefighters Find Marijuana In House
Firefighters responding to a fire found about 300 to 400 pounds of marijuana in a house on Thursday. Firefighters broke down the door. They found a giant bag of marijuana in the middle of the living room floor.
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Topic: - on December 13, 2002 at 9:46:23 AM CET
U.S. has photos of secret Iran nuclear sites
-- The United States has evidence that Iran has secretly been constructing large nuclear facilities -- sites that could possibly be used to make nuclear weapons, senior U.S. officials tell CNN.
Commercial satellite photographs taken in September show a nuclear facility near the town of Natanz and another one near Arak, the officials said.
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Topic: - on December 13, 2002 at 9:12:38 AM CET
Divorce Likely to Carve Up Chef Wolfgang Puck's Food Empire
Celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck could lose a key ingredient in his recipe for business success -- his wife and business partner of 20 years, Barbara Lazaroff, has filed for divorce. Lazaroff, who has played a key role in Puck's success from the opening of Spago in West Hollywood in 1982 to the building of a $300 million food empire, filed for divorce in Los Angeles Superior Court.
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Topic: - on December 13, 2002 at 9:10:07 AM CET
Police Scan Alleged Internet Sex Cannibal's Videos
German police are watching home videos made by an alleged sex cannibal who reportedly shared a last meal of flambeed penis with his willing victim before carving him up and freezing the man's remaining body parts to eat later.
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Topic: - on December 13, 2002 at 8:53:19 AM CET
Austro-Swiss bid wins Euro 2008
UEFA, European football's governing body, announced the decision on Thursday at its headquarters in Geneva. Other joint bids were made by Scotland-Ireland, Greece-Turkey, Bosnia-Croatia and a Nordic bid involving Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland.
HUBSI ELMAR & FRITZ springen vor freude im kreis. Was macht der kärtner & der trost? Ah die sind raus geldsuchen. & keiner aus der sportredaktion geht bist zu dieser veranstaltung freiwillig in pension gell pullover robert.
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