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Young, Horns win epic Rose Bowl The No. 2 Longhorns stunned No. 1 Southern California 41-38
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Kobe Bryant scores 81 points
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Disney buys Pixar in $7.4bn deal Disney has agreed a $7.4bn deal to buy the animation firm behind films including Toy Story and The Incredibles
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Hoffman, Witherspoon win at SAG
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Woods wins fourth Buick Invitational title
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Ex-postal employee kills 6
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Early Grammy success for Mariah
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Bush details foiled al Qaeda attack on LA| The attackers would have flown the plane into the Los Angeles tallest building | |
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Best picture goes to 'Crash'
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Hingis wins rivalry with Davenport
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Sharapova gets Indian Wells title
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Federer secures third title in row
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Japan beats Cuba in baseball final Japan beat Cuba 10-6 in the championship game at the inaugural World Baseball Classic
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Florida, UCLA to meet for championship
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| Apr.10 |
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Disney puts shows online for free
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Immigrants stage boycott day Up to a million immigrants have joined a day of nationwide action to protest against proposed immigration reform
| Iin 'A Day Without Immigrants' the immigrants boycotted work and school and avoided spending money to show their worth to the economy. In Chicago 400,000 people marched through the streets
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Tiger Woods' father Earl dies, 74
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| May.11 |
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Mighty Ducks sweep Avalanche 4-1
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Edmonton eliminate Ducks The 8th-seeded Oilers won the conference finals 4-1 and will play for the Stanley Cup
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TV legend Aaron Spelling dies
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Storms push firefighters off front lines
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Newly crowned Miss Universe faints 40 minutes into her reign, Miss Puerto Rico Zuleyka Rivera Mendoza collapsed during a news conference
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Mel Gibson charged with drink-driving| The Oscar-winner, Hollywood actor and director made anti-Semitic remarks | |
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Gibson faces drink-drive charges The Oscar-winning director is accused of having a raised blood-alcohol level and having an open
alcohol bottle in the car
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Disney proceeds with Gibson film Walt Disney is rebutting reports that it wanted to distance itself from Mel Gibson
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Maskaev stuns Rahman to win WBC title
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JonBenet suspect lands back in US John Mark Karr, 41, was escorted on his direct flight from Bangkok to LA by US security officials
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Emmy best drama and actor for 24 The Fox thriller's star Sutherland picked up the award for best actor in a drama for playing crusading agent Bauer
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Congress OKs 700 miles of Mexico fence 
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Mets top Dodgers to earn playoff sweep
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Cardinals eliminate Padres
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Madonna attacks adoption coverage Madonna says she is disappointed by media coverage, saying it discourages other people from doing the adoption
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4 firefighters died in fire 5-man Forest Service crew was trying to protect a house from the fire, which was deliberately set near Palm Springs
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Marine enters plea in Iraq case Lance Cpl. Tyler A. Jackson, 23, pleaded guilty to aggravated assault and conspiracy to obstruct justice
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Britney Spears files for divorce Pop star and her husband, Kevin Federline, have filed for divorce in Los Angeles
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| Nov.10 |
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Veteran western star Palance dies Veteran actor Jack Palance starred in the classic western Shane and the comedy City Slickers. He was 87
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| Nov.15 |
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Michael Jackson returns to stage Singer has performed at the World Music Awards ceremony despite telling reporters he was not going to
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| Nov.21 |
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Film director Robert Altman dies The director of MASH, Nashville, Gosford Park and The Player has died at the age of 81
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LA diocese settles abuse claims The largest Roman Catholic diocese in the US has agreed to pay $60m to settle lawsuits alleging sexual abuse
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Animator Joseph Barbera dies Hanna-Barbera animation team produced such characters as Tom and Jerry, Yogi Bear and the Flintstones
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Gerald Ford dies Born in 1913 he was the 38th (1974–1977) President and the first appointed to the VP under the 25th Amendment
| Former US President has died aged 93, former First Lady Betty Ford has said. Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr. became the first (and to date, only) president in U.S. history to fill that office without having been elected either President or Vice-President. Ford had become the longest-living US president
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