And in news that will send Lindsay Lohan’s head popping right off her shoulders, Lost In Translation’s Scarlett Johansson, 24, is at the top of a list of seasoned actresses being considered by director Simon Curtis and producer David Parfitt to play blonde bombshell Marilyn Monroe in a new motion picture.
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The US economy shrank at an annualised rate of 1% in the April-to-June quarter, government figures have shown.
The data was better-than-expected, with many economists predicting a slightly bigger contraction of 1.5%.
The pace of decline seems to be easing, after a revised 6.4% fall in GDP in the previous quarter, the Commerce Department said.
On Wednesday, the Federal Reserve’s influential Beige Book said US economic activity had "begun to stabilise".
Although, the second-quarter data was better than forecast, the Commerce Department said that the economy had shrunk by more than initially thought in the first quarter.
It has previously estimated a contraction of 5.5%. </p
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Twitter and Youtube are the main weapons used by Iranian dissenters in their protest against the regime. Digital dissent vs. bullets and batons – will the new technologies bring change in Iran?
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Japanese carmaker Honda has announced it is recalling 440,000 vehicles in the US due to an airbag defect.
One fatality and a number of injuries have been linked to the defect, Honda said. The carmaker had already recalled some models last November.
The recall includes some of the company’s best-selling Accord and Civic models from 2001 and 2002.
The carmaker said it would contact customers and arrange for the airbag to be replaced free of charge.
"If an affected [airbag] inflator deploys, the increased internal pressure may cause the inflator casing to rupture.
"Metal fragments could pass through the cloth airbag cushion, possibly causing an injury or fatality to vehicle occupants," Honda said. </p
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Clinton, in choosing the largest economies and the continent’s most influential capitals, is likely to highlight more traditional US economic and security interests than Obama did on his Ghana trip.
This is not the time for policymakers and business leaders to disengage and take potshots — be they from the right or the left. Now is the time for negotiation and compromise to secure reform.
We have completely changed the systems by which we provide ourselves with food, but we have hardly changed the systems of societal organization in response to this.
CHICAGO (AP) — Gov. Pat Quinn says Illinois needs a tax increase even after the latest round of budget cuts.
The Democratic governor presented another round of cuts Friday as officials try to close an $11.6 billion budget deficit. He says Il…
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A federal appeals court today reversed former Qwest chief executive Joe Nacchio’s six-year prison sentence.
The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals remanded the case to the district court for resentencing. The order means Nacchio’s sentence could b…
