Just A Few Hours to Save the World at the G-20

To what extent has the outcome of today’s meeting of 19 leading economies and the European Union already been agreed? That’s the $2 trillion question. The sum is the proposed level of fiscal stimulus by G-20 nations identified in an early leaked draft of the final communiqué expected later today.

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Ghosts stay clear of ‘Haunting’ actress

In its opening weekend, "The Haunting in Connecticut" scared and thrilled millions of moviegoers across the country. The film, which earned $23 million to finish No. 2 at the box office, emphasizes psychological horror over slasher film blood ‘n’ gore, which its audience apparently appreciated

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Crowded courtroom for start of Kercher murder trial

An American woman and her Italian former boyfriend went on trial in Perugia Friday in the 2007 killing of a British exchange student, with reporters crowding the courtroom as proceedings began. The cases of Amanda Knox, 21, and 24-year-old Raffaele Sollecito are expected to take months.

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Alibi undermined in Kercher murder trial

A grocer has told a court in Italy that an American woman accused of murdering British student Meredith Kercher was in his shop the morning after the death, contradicting the timeline she had previously given. Amanda Knox, 21, has said she was at the home of her former boyfriend and co-accused Raffaele Sollecito, 24, until 10 a.m. on the day after Knox’s roommate, Meredith Kercher, was stabbed to death

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What your husband isn’t telling you

Men talk to me all the time about sex, which is only natural, since I’m a sex therapist and I make my living talking to people about their sex lives. But it’s funny how many guys like to talk to me when I’m not working, when I’m pushing my sons in their double stroller or watching them at the playground. Neighbors know what I do, and it seems to draw the men to me — and they open up about certain things that the guys who actually come to see me with their wives just don’t.

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Juventus succumb to Chelsea cup heroics

Chelsea reached the quarterfinals of the Champions League with a fighting 2-2 draw against 10-man Juventus in Turin for a 3-2 aggregate victory on Tuesday. Juventus had hauled themselves back into the last-16 tie thanks to a stunning strike from Vincenzo Iaquinta after 19 minutes.The forward was put clear by David Trezeguet and lashed an angled dive beyond Petr Cech

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Man beats up ‘kangaroo Jackie Chan’ in house

What do you do when your 10-year-old son wakes up in the middle of the night screaming, "There’s a ‘roo in my room!" If you’re Beat Ettlin, you wrest the marsupial into a headlock, drag it down your hallway and toss it out your front door. Ettlin and his family were woken early Sunday when a 6-foot-tall kangaroo crashed through a window, landed on their bed and thrashed around their house in the suburb of Garran, south of the capital of Canberra, Australia

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