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TODAY'S ZAMAN :: Life
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Guitar man Phillip Phillips
crowned new ‘American Idol’
 Phillip Phillips, a bluesy Georgia guitar man, was crowned the new “American Idol” after defeating teenager Jessica Sanchez in record viewer voting. He was the fifth male “Idol” winner in a row.
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A smoke-free country? New Zealand taxes aim for it
 There are smoke-free bars, smoke-free parks, even smoke-free college campuses. But a smoke-free country?
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Tommy Lee Jones wants to know about Smith’s Moscow kiss
 Will Smith may not want to talk about what happened last week in Moscow, but Tommy Lee Jones sure does.
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Zoo to hand-raise cubs after cheetah birth
 Two cheetah cubs have been transported to the Smithsonian’s National Zoo to be raised by hand after a risky birth last month at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute.
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Former nanny sues actress Sharon Stone
 A former nanny for Sharon Stone sued the actress on Wednesday claiming the Oscar-winner repeatedly insulted her Filipino heritage and fired her after discovering she had been paid overtime.
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Nancy Reagan
recovering from injury
Former first lady Nancy Reagan is recovering from fractured ribs she suffered in a fall at her Los Angeles home, her spokeswoman said on Wednesday.
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Census: Asians lead US in college degrees
Asians are the most highly educated group of Americans, with more than half with a bachelor’s degrees or higher, the Census Bureau reported on Thursday.
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Hyatt: Pritzker prize’s other winner in China
When architect Wang Shu accepts his field’s richest prize in a ceremony on Friday at the seat of China’s legislature, a symbolic second winner will be waiting in the background -- Hyatt Hotels.
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Bird-watching takes off in Ä°stanbul
 As the weather begins to really warm up, certain winged visitors are arriving in Turkey; traveling all the way from Africa, these winged visitors are in fact predatory birds that enter the country from the southern province of Hatay.
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White House said to give inside access
for bin Laden film
 The Obama administration arranged for two Hollywood filmmakers to get special access to government officials involved in the commando operation that killed Osama bin Laden, according to a conservative legal group that posted internal government documents on its website on Tuesday.
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Green Bay’s Driver wins ‘Dancing With the Stars’
 Green Bay Packers football star Donald Driver won the 14th season of “Dancing With the Stars” on Tuesday, Cha Cha Cha-ing to victory on the strength of perfect scores from the show’s judges and voting support from fans.
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Mountain lion wanders into California city center, is killed
A mountain lion ventured into the center of a crowded Southern California city on Tuesday, and was shot and killed when authorities had trouble corralling the animal in the courtyard of a building, police said.
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Scientists turn skin cells from patients into beating heart muscle
 Scientists have for the first time succeeded in taking skin cells from patients with heart failure and transforming them into healthy, beating heart tissue that could one day be used to treat the condition.
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Don’t be misled, this place is not just for rice lovers
 Don’t be misled by the name on the sign that hangs over the Pilavcı (pilaf-seller) restaurant. This is not, contrary to its name, a spot that specializes only in pilaf dishes.
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Private rocket lifts off for space station trial run
 An unmanned rocket owned by privately held Space Exploration Technologies blasted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Tuesday for a mission designed to be the first commercial flight to the International Space Station.
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Who can resist these?
 When sandwiched between bread, everything takes on a whole new flavor. But imagine wrapping the ingredients you usually try with bread in delicate layers of yufka, the phyllo pastry used to make all sorts of treats in Turkey.
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Study: Fake malaria drugs common in Asia, Africa
 More than a third of the malaria-fighting drugs tested over the past decade in Southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa were either fake or bad quality, seriously undermining efforts to fight the disease, a study said Tuesday.
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Rare ‘ring of fire’ solareclipse dims the skies
 The sun and moon aligned over the Earth in a rare astronomical event on Sunday -- an annular eclipse that dimmed the skies over parts of Asia and North America, briefly turning the sun into a blazing ring of fire.
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EU gives Google 'weeks' to ease antitrust concerns
 The European Union said on Monday that Google Inc. must in "a matter of weeks" outline steps it is willing to take to ease concerns about alleged abuses of its dominant position in the online search market.
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‘The Avengers’ sinks ‘Battleship’ to remain No. 1 at box office
 “The Avengers” continues to muscle out everything else Hollywood throws at it, easily sinking naval rival “Battleship” and other new releases.
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