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Man wanted for mutilating lawyer dies in shootout

U.S. marshals in Florida fatally shot a fugitive wanted in New York City for mutilating a lawyer and stuffing him into the trunk of his BMW, a law enforcement official said Friday.

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George W. Bush to kick off book fair in Miami

Former President George W. Bush will kick off this year's international book fair in Miami.

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White is the new black at NY Fashion Week

If fashion is any guide, better days may be ahead.

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Bollywood actress helps domestic violence victims

Years after Somy Ali left her glamorous life as a Bollywood actress, she heard a knock on her door from a Bangladeshi neighbor, asking for help.

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Viva Vogue Italia? Oil-inspired spread stirs muck

The model is in black, prone and dirty on jagged rocks, netting draped around her legs like a dead sea creature.

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Parents turn to swapping for school clothes

Kelly Trella has found a way to get rid of her 2-year-old son's old clothes: She swaps them.

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Effort aims to bridge swimming gap for minorities

Six-year-old Queen Epps is decked out in her pink Spongebob Squarepants bathing suit and green goggles, ready to learn how to hold her breath.

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No hair boom as part of oil spill containment

Like countless beauticians across the country, Ana La Bella has had the hair swept from the floor of her salon, wrapped in plastic bags and shipped off to help contain the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

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From 3 to college, kids bonkers for plastic bands

Eleven-year-old Erich Marino saved up his birthday money for a cool new toy: little silicone bracelets in an array of shapes that have kids from toddlers to college going bonkers around the country.

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Edward Steichen fashion photo exhibit hits Florida

Images of actresses and models in fashion's finest clothing, many of them looking straight into the camera under dramatic lighting: This is the Edward Steichen of the early 20th century.

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T.O., Ochocinco start Super parties on South Beach

Anytime Chad Ochocinco and Terrell Owens are in the same town, there's bound to be a party.

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Tears of a clown: Economy shrinking kid parties

Ooopsy the Clown threw in a bubble machine for the monkey-themed party marking Nicholas Castillo's first birthday. She usually charges extra, but what's a clown to do in a recession that has some parents throwing less extravagant celebrations for their kids?

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Americans rush to adopt orphaned Haitian children

Tammy Gage cries every time she turns on the TV and sees the devastation in Haiti. And though she already has three daughters, she didn't hesitate when her husband suggested that they adopt from Haiti.

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Less poetry, music but big Miami book fair goes on

Poetry and music have been cut and there will be no parade to kick off the Miami Book Fair International as in years past. But one of the nation's leading literary festivals isn't giving up on readers in a bad economy.

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Unemployed husbands help at home but will it last?

Lily Pabian and her husband Jeff learned to tag-team household tasks when he lost his job and she went from stay-at-home mom to part-time consultant.

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Plus-size fashion market squeezed in recession

The American waistline may be expanding, but plus-size shoppers are tightening their belts.

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CAPITAL CULTURE: Michelle Obama's shorts flap

By now, Michelle Obama has firmly established her sartorial right to bare arms. But baring thighs may be another matter.

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Bill downgraded after leaving 2 dead on East Coast

The remnants of Hurricane Bill moved out into the Atlantic, forecasters said Monday, a day after the storm's powerful winds churned up waves that were blamed in the deaths of at least two people on the East Coast.

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Novelist writes about the journey of womanhood

"A Short History of Women" (Scribner, 237 pages, $24), Kate Walbert: This book is for any woman who has ever struggled to find her own voice; to make sense of being a mother, wife, daughter and lover. But it is not only for women.

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Foreclosed homes could become hurricane shelters

Trying to make the best of a bad situation, federal officials might use foreclosed homes as temporary housing for hurricane evacuees in Florida as soon as this summer.

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Homeowners turn to online home trading sites

Diane Peek needed to move from Georgia to central Florida, but for six months no one even showed interest in the house she and her husband built outside Atlanta.

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VA hires vets to go find comrades who need help

Derek Graner can scan a crowd of veterans and pick out those needing help.

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Joaquin Phoenix leaps into crowd at hip-hop show

Joaquin Phoenix appears to be getting into the act of being a petulant hip-hop star.

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After 2 years, no word on American missing in Iran

A Senate resolution on Monday urged the president and U.S. allies to push the Iranian government for information on an ex-FBI agent who disappeared two years ago in Iran while investigating cigarette smuggling for a client of his private security firm.

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