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The 65th annual Cannes Film Festival got underway Wednesday with a lavish red carpet ceremony at the Riviera resort. The Cannes Film Festival wraps up on May 27.
After years of mopping floors, cleaning toilets and taking out the trash at New York's prestigious Columbia University, Gac Filipaj finally saw his dream come true. The 52-year-old immigrant from the former Yugoslavia graduated from Columbia with a degree in classics – with honors.
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World Crude Oil Prices
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 As the rocket flies, Earth’s moon is just a few days of travel away. While NASA Apollo astronauts made repeat treks to the barren lunar surface in the 1969-1972 time period, those fleeting footfalls were but a prelude to what some think a 21st century moon might look like.
 Team members of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission took a test rover to Dumont Dunes in California's Mojave Desert this week to improve knowledge of the best way to operate a similar rover, Curiosity, currently flying to Mars for an August landing.
 Researchers at the University of Nevada, Reno, report that male pseudoscorpions treated with the antibiotic tetracycline suffer significantly reduced sperm viability and pass this toxic effect on to their untreated sons. They suggest a similar effect could occur in humans and other species.
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General Information About Prostate Cancer. Stages of Prostate Cancer. Recurrent Prostate Cancer. Treatment Option Overview. Treatment Options by Stage. Treatment Options for Recurrent Prostate Cancer.
General Information About Renal Cell Cancer. Stages of Renal Cell Cancer. Treatment Option Overview. Treatment Options for Renal Cell Cancer.
 What Is Pneumonia? Types of Pneumonia. Other Names for Pneumonia. What Causes Pneumonia? Who Is at Risk for Pneumonia? What Are the Signs and Symptoms of Pneumonia? How Is Pneumonia Diagnosed? How Is Pneumonia Treated? How Can Pneumonia Be Prevented?
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Finance
Key ECB Interest Rates, effective from December 14, 2011
Business Wall Street falls on Europe woes, U.S. data NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stock indexes fell on Thursday as weak economic data spooked investors already concerned about Spain's economy and banking system, and about developments in Greece.
Jobless claims steady, mid-Atlantic factories sag WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New claims for jobless benefits last week held at levels suggesting sluggish growth in hiring and factory activity in the mid-Atlantic region contracted in May, worrisome signs for a still-fragile economic recovery.
Wal-Mart posts strong profit as U.S. sales jump (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc posted a better-than-expected quarterly profit on Thursday as more people shopped its established U.S. discount stores and spent more money.
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Politics Spain beset by bank crisis, recession, bond pressure MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's borrowing costs shot up at a bond auction on Thursday, after economic data confirmed the country is back in recession and reports of an outflow of deposits from nationalized Bankia hammered its share price.
Defiant Greek leftist refuses to back austerity ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's surging leftist leader predicted on Thursday his party would sweep next month's election and refused to stop demanding an end to "barbaric" austerity policies he said were bankrupting the nation.
Iran attack decision nears, Israeli elite locks down JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A private door opens from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office in central Jerusalem directly into a long, modestly furnished, half-paneled room decorated with modern paintings by Israeli artists and a copy of Israel's 1948 declaration of independence. It contains little more than a long wooden table, brown leather chairs and a single old-fashioned white projector screen.
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NUTRIBASE: Nutrition Facts DataBase
NutriBase is the largest Nutrition Facts DataBase, offering free, clear and accurate information for more than 7,000 food products. Use it to find out the content of Vitamins, Minerals, Energy, Dietary Fiber, Cholesterol, Fatty Acids and other nutrients for a lot of common and not-so-common foods.
How to search foods:
• Insert one to three words, and then click Search; you will get the list of foods containing these words;
• At least one of the words should have more than three letters; don't insert punctuation (allowed characters are letters, numbers, space and hyphen).
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Only 1 egg and very little margine are used in this low-saturated-fat, low-cholesterol low-sodium bread.
Only 1 tablespoon of oil is used in this tasty and heart-healthy rice dish.
This citrusy rice contains almonds, celery, and onions, but no added salt for a flavorful low sodium side dish.
Combine the cooked rice, scallions, and bouillon granules and mix well.
Anise seed makes turkey taste like Italian sausage, with none of the saturated fat; the red wine and dried mushrooms make this a uniquely delicious dish.
Drain the marinade before serving this dish to lower the fat and sodium—but keep all the great taste
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English Edition. May 17, 2012 Updated: 33 min ago
