Chris Pine puts his own spin on 'Trek's' Kirk

Pine believes the new movie will give audiences a sense of hope - something he feels has been lacking in other sci-fi box office hits.

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No effort to seat Franken in Senate Tuesday

On Nov. 5, Norm Coleman stood before TV cameras, declaring victory and saying if he were opponent Al Franken he'd "step back." Now Coleman finds himself down by nearly the same margin.

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Burris rejected in bid to claim Senate seat

Roland Burris failed in his bid to take President-elect Barack Obama's Illinois Senate seat on Tuesday in a scripted piece of political theater staged just before the opening of the 111th Congress.

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Richardson withdraws as Commerce nominee

New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson on Sunday announced that he was withdrawing his nomination to be President-elect Barack Obama's commerce secretary amid a grand jury investigation into how some of his political donors won a lucrative state contract.

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Man's final lotto ticket wins widow $10 million

On the day that Donald Peters died, he unknowingly provided financial security for his wife of 59 years and their family.

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Israeli ground forces launch Gaza invasion

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Bush: Hamas attacks on Israel an 'act of terror'

President George W. Bush on Friday branded the Hamas rocket attacks on Israel an "act of terror" and outlined his own condition for a cease-fire in Gaza, saying no peace deal would be acceptable without monitoring to halt the flow of smuggled weapons to terrorist groups.

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Slump means identity crisis for Las Vegas

For the first time in decades, Las Vegas' population has stopped growing. Casino projects are on hold. Planes full of free-spending tourists are landing with less frequency.

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Onboard birth adds a passenger to flight

There were 124 passengers on Northwest Airlines Flight 59 when it left the Netherlands. There were 125 when it landed in Boston.

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Palin most desirable celeb neighbor, poll says

If they had to live next door to a celebrity, American adults would most like to be neighbors with Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and chat show host Oprah Winfrey.

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White House blames Hamas for violence

The deaths of hundreds of Palestinians in Israel's deadliest-ever air assault on the militant Hamas further complicates President-elect Barack Obama's challenge to achieve a Middle East peace - something that eluded both the Bush and Clinton administrations.

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Police: Man shot over noise during movie

A man enraged by a noisy family sitting near him in a movie theater on Christmas night shot the father of the family in the arm, police said.

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Calif. family finds $10,000 in box of crackers

The box of crackers Debra Rogoff bought from the grocery store had some crackerjack in it - an envelope stuffed with $10,000.

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Banned Snowzilla returns - bigger than ever

A �giant snowman named Snowzilla has mysteriously appeared again this year - despite a city's cease-and-desist order.

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Times published fake letter from Paris mayor

The New York Times admitted Monday it published a fake letter purportedly from the mayor of Paris criticizing Caroline Kennedy's Senate bid as "appalling" and "not very democratic."

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U.S. judge jails Muslim woman over head scarf

A judge ordered a Muslim woman arrested Tuesday for contempt of court for refusing to take off her head scarf at a security checkpoint.

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In Mideast, Arabs hail shoe-hurling journalist

Arabs across many parts of the Middle East hailed the journalist as a hero and praised his insult as a proper send-off to the unpopular U.S. president.

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Former Nasdaq chairman arrested for fraud

Bernard Madoff, a Wall Street trader who founded Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC, was arrested and charged on Thursday with allegedly running a multi-billion dollar Ponzi scheme

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O.J. Simpson sentenced to long prison term

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Eight great real-life mummies

Real-life mummies have fascinated the public for decades - often with their own horrific tales.

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Man says God ordered him to ram vehicle

A man who rammed his truck into a woman's vehicle on a highway early Friday told authorities he crashed into her while going more than 100 mph because God told him "she needed to be taken off the road."

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Conviction on lesser charges in MySpace case

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Shopper clubs suspect with frozen turkey

Stopped. Cold turkey. North Carolina authorities say a shopper clubbed an alleged carjacker with a frozen turkey as he tried to steal a woman's car in a grocery store parking lot Sunday.

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Southern California battles devastating fires

Southern Californians weathered a second straight day of devastation Saturday as wind-blasted wildfires destroyed hundreds of homes and shut down major freeways.

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