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Schering CEO Underscores Bayer Offer
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AP - The chief executive of Germany's Schering AG on Friday underscored his company's welcome for a "highly attractive" $19.5 billion offer from pharmaceutical and chemical firm Bayer AG, saying managers had concluded that Schering could not remain independent.
Canucks Beat Oilers 4-3 in Shootout
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AP - Markus Naslund tied it with 8:24 left and Naslund, Jarkko Ruutu and Todd Bertuzzi all scored in the shootout to help the Vancouver Canucks win their second straight game over the Edmonton Oilers, 4-3 on Thursday night.
Stone: I Have No Problem Doing Nude Scene
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AP - Sharon Stone, who returns as the seductive Catherine Tramell in "Basic Instinct 2," says she has no problem doing a nude scene — if it's right for the role.
'The Book Thief' rises above horrors of war
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USATODAY.com - Markus Zusak's The Book Thief is about a young girl struggling to survive in war-torn Europe in the 1940s. But the novel's grim, all-knowing narrator is Death - who better to recount bombings, battles and annihilation?
'Launch' Soars to Win at Box Office
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AP - "Failure to Launch," a romantic comedy starring Matthew McConaughey and Sarah Jessica Parker, took off at theaters, debuting as the top weekend movie with $24.6 million.
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'Failure to Launch' Soars to Top of Box
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AP - "Failure to Launch," a romantic comedy starring Matthew McConaughey and Sarah Jessica Parker, took off at theaters, debuting as the top weekend movie with $24.6 million.
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Canucks Came Back to Beat Blackhawks
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AP - Markus Naslund scored the only shootout goal and lifted the Vancouver Canucks to a 5-4 comeback victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Friday night.
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Canucks Tie Flames for Northwest Lead
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AP - Markus Naslund and Anson Carter scored nine seconds apart in the second period to lead Vancouver to a 2-1 win over Calgary on Tuesday night and move the Canucks into a first-place tie with the Flames atop the Northwest Division.
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New German Chancellor Enjoys High Ratings
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AP - Few expected Angela Merkel to become so popular so fast when she became Germany's first female leader, taking over a country sunk in economic gloom after she barely won an election she was expected to sweep.
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Drug Tests Negative for 10 Austrian Skiers
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AP - The Austrians' drug tests were negative. The doping probe is just beginning.
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Austrian NOC boss says IOC vote on ban, IOC deny
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Reuters - The International Olympic Committee (IOC) voted against a ban on Austria from future Olympics following the doping scandal to hit the team at the Turin Games, an Austrian Olympics executive said on Friday.
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Austria Olympic chief worries over ban
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Reuters - Austria fears the International Olympic Committee (IOC) could ban it from future Olympics Games after a major doping scandal involving one of their coaches triggered a series of investigations.
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Austrians May Have Used 'Illegal Methods'
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AP - The scandal surrounding a disgraced Austrian ski coach deepened Tuesday as team officials said two Olympic athletes may have engaged in "illegal methods" and potentially damaging new details emerged about what was seized in a surprise raid on the team's living quarters.
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No result yet in UN-chaired Kosovo talks
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AFP - Historic talks between senior Serbian and Kosovo Albanian officials on the future of the independence-seeking province failed to achieve a breakthrough but will resume in March, a United Nations official said.
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Belgrade,Pristina resume UN-mediated talks on Kosovo future
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AFP - Senior Serbian and Kosovo Albanian officials resumed delicate UN-mediated talks on the future of Kosovo, the last major unresolved question from the Balkan wars in the 1990s.
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Bosnia War Story Tops Berlin Film Fest
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AP - Jasmila Zbanic's "Grbavica," a film examining how a single mother and her 12-year-old daughter struggle with the cruel aftermath of the Bosnian war, won the top prize at the Berlin film festival on Saturday.
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Natalie Portman Shaves Head for New Film
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AP - Natalie Portman says she fulfilled a long-standing ambition by shaving her head for the sci-fi thriller "V for Vendetta."
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Altman's Film Wasn't Political on Purpose
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AP - Director Robert Altman says his big screen adaptation of "A Prairie Home Companion" wasn't intentionally political, but "reflects the truth of what's going on in ourselves."
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Deneuve to Be Honored at Bankok Film Fest
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AP - French screen idol Catherine Deneuve will come to a Bangkok film festival where she'll be honored for her contributions to cinema, organizers said Friday.
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Croatia, Argentina Advance in Davis Cup
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AP - Defending champion Croatia, Argentina, France, Russia and Belarus advanced to the quarterfinals of the Davis Cup on Saturday by winning doubles matches for unbeatable 3-0 leads.
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Croatia, Argentina Advance at Davis Cup
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AP - Defending champion Croatia, Argentina, France, Russia and Belarus advanced to the quarterfinals of the Davis Cup on Saturday by winning doubles matches for unbeatable 3-0 leads.
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Canucks Stamp Out Jackets' Rally to Win
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AP - Daniel Sedin and Markus Naslund scored power-play goals 3 minutes apart in the third period to end a late Columbus rally and give the Vancouver Canucks a 7-4 win over the Blue Jackets on Monday night.
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Sweden's Naslund to Miss Turin Olympics
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AP - Vancouver Canucks captain Markus Naslund will miss the Olympics because of a lingering groin injury, dealing a blow to Sweden's chances for a gold medal.
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