NZ Herald - Brangelina in Sydney. Or maybe not, Mar 28, 2012

 "Sydneysiders may have thought they had spotted Hollywood's hottest couple admiring the views from Sydney Tower. But close up they seemed rather stilted.
Wax figures of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie were displayed on the Skywalk deck.
Madame Tussauds Sydney, due to open in May, is the thirteenth such attraction worldwide and will feature over 70 wax figures"

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NZ Herald - Indonesians riot over fuel price-rise plan, Mar 28, 2012

"Police fired tear gas and water cannons to disperse thousands of rock-throwing Indonesians protesting at plans to push up fuel prices by more than 30 per cent. Several people were injured and rushed to hospitals.
Rallies were held under tight security in big cities all over the country as Parliament debated the increase."

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MGMI - Tibetan dies from self-immolation in India before Hu visit, Mar 28, 2012

 "NEW DELHI (Reuters) - A Tibetan man died on Wednesday after setting himself on fire earlier this week in New Delhi to protest Chinese rule of the Himalayan region, activists said, hours before Chinese President Hu Jintao was due to arrive in India for a summit of emerging market nations.
Thirty Tibetans, mostly Buddhist monks and nuns, have set themselves on fire, mostly in southwestern China, in the past year, according to Tibetan rights groups. At least 20 have died"

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BNQT.com - - Skateboarding Innovator Larry Stevenson dies at 81, Mar 28, 2012

 "Larry Stevenson, one of the foremost skateboard designers, died on Sunday after a long struggle with Parkinson's disease. Stevenson was a Southern California native who, after witnessing the rise of surfing in the 1950s, aimed to popularize skateboarding by comparing it to surfing. He designed skateboards that looked similar to surfboards and promoted them in Surf Guide, a magazine he founded with a friend. In 1963, he created the world's first professional skateboard, which he named after noted surfer Phil Edwards.
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INQUISITR - 19 Year Old Stanford Women’s Volleyball Player, Samantha Wopat Dies Tragically, Mar 28, 2012

"Samantha “Sam” Wopat, passed away on Sunday, eight days after being rushed to Stanford Hospital, after what the school called a medical emergency at her campus residence. Wopat was placed in the intensive-care unit upon arrival and remained there until her death. She was surrounded by all those who loved her, including family, friends and fellow athletes reports ESPN"

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CBS News - Iconic boxing scribe Bert Sugar dies at 75, Mar 28, 2012

(AP) MOUNT KISCO, N.Y. - Bert Sugar, an iconic boxing writer and sports historian who was known for his trademark fedora and ever-present cigar, died Sunday of cardiac arrest. He was 75.
Jennifer Frawley, Sugar's daughter, said his wife, Suzanne, was by his side when he died at Northern Westchester Hospital. Sugar also had been battling lung cancer.
"Just his intelligence and his wit and his sense of humor," Frawley said when asked what she will remember about her father. "He was always worried about people. He was always helping people."

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BBC Sport - Jocky Wilson dies two days after turning 62, Mar 28, 2012

 "Two-time world darts champion Jocky Wilson died on Saturday night at the age of 62.
Wilson turned professional in 1979 and rose to fame after he claimed the 1982 and 1989 World Championships.
A Fife police spokeswoman told the BBC: "The death is non-suspicious and due to a medical matter."
Tommy Cox, who managed Wilson from 1988-1996, said: "In the 1980s there wasn't a person in the country who didn't know who Jocky Wilson was.""
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CBS 19 TV - Iraqi woman beaten in her California home dies, Mar 28, 2012

"(CNN) -- An Iraqi woman who was left brutally beaten in her Southern California home with an apparently xenophobic note beside her has died.
Shaima Alawadi, a 32-year-old mother of five, was taken off life support Saturday, said the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR), an organization that advocates for Muslim civil liberties.
She had been on life support since Wednesday when her teenage daughter found her unconscious in the living room of their home in El Cajon in San Diego County.
"During the initial stages of this investigation, a threatening note was discovered very close to where the victim was found," Lt. Mark Coit of the El Cajon police said."

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HOLLYWOOD Reporter - Ulu Grosbard, Stage and Film Director, Dies at 83, Mar 28, 2012

: "Grosbard was nominated for his first Tony in 1965 for The Subject Was Roses, Frank D. Gilroy’s Pulitzer Prize-winning drama about a soldier (Martin Sheen) returning from war to his parents (Irene Dailey and Tony winner Jack Albertson) in the Bronx. His second nom came in 1977 for the original Broadway production of David Mamet's American Buffalo, the junk shop-set drama that starred Duvall.
Grosbard directed Hoffman in Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me? (1971) and Straight Time (1978) and helmed the 1968 screen adaptation of The Subject Was Roses, his feature debut that starred Sheen, Albertson and Patricia Neal.
Other credits include Falling in Love (1984), starring Robert De Niro and Meryl Streep; Georgia (1995), with Jennifer Jason Leigh and Mare Winningham as sisters; and The Deep End of the Ocean (1999), starring Michelle Pfeiffer and Treat Williams."

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ARCAMAX - Dorothy Townsend, L.A. Times reporter who broke newsroom barrier, dies at 88, Mar 28, 2012

 "LOS ANGELES -- The only woman in a sea of men in suits, Dorothy Townsend can't help but stand out in the official photograph of the Los Angeles Times team that won a Pulitzer Prize in 1966 for coverage of the Watts riots.
The picture also inadvertently documents Townsend's other historic role at the newspaper. After insisting on being reassigned from "the women's pages" in early 1964, she became the first female staff writer to cover local news in a city room long populated only by men.
Townsend, who wrote for the Times from 1954 to 1986, died March 5 of cancer at her home in the Sherman Oaks neighborhood of Los Angeles, said her cousin, Louise Hagan. She was 88."

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FOX News - Former Red Sox lefty Mel Parnell dies at 89, Mar 28, 2012

 "NEW ORLEANS –  Mel Parnell, the left-handed pitcher who spent his entire 10-year career with the Boston Red Sox and faced some of the best hitters of the 1940s and early 1950s, has died. He was 89.
Parnell, a New Orleans native, died Tuesday after a battle with cancer, said his son, Dr. Mel Parnell Jr.
Mel Parnell was masterful at Fenway Park even though he pitched in front of the Green Monster, a home run hitter's dream at only 310 feet down the left field line. Parnell had a career record of 123-75, but he was 70-30 at Fenway."

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THE STAR - World News: Pope Shenouda III, head of Egypt’s Coptic Christian church, dies at 88, Mar 28, 2012

"CAIRO—Pope Shenouda III, the patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church who led Egypt’s Christian minority for 40 years during a time of increasing tensions with Muslims, died Saturday. He was 88.
The state news agency MENA said Shenouda died Saturday after battling liver and lung problems for several years, and a doctor who treated him several years ago said he suffered from prostate cancer that had spread to his lungs. He died at his residence in the main Coptic Cathedral in Cairo, several figures close to the pope said"

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USA Today - Thai billionaire who created Red Bull dies, Mar 28, 2012

 "Chaleo died of natural causes in Bangkok on Saturday, according to local media reports and state television broadcaster, MCOT, which cited the Thai Beverage Industry Association"

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LA TIMES - John Demjanjuk obituary: Convicted Nazi death camp guard dies at 91, Mar 28, 2012

 "Reporting from London -- John Demjanjuk, a retired Ohio autoworker convicted of serving as a guard at a Nazi extermination camp and being complicit in the deaths of more than 28,000 people, died Saturday in Germany. He was 91"
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POLITIC 365 - John Payton's Tireless Work and Advocacy Remembered, Mar 28, 2012

 "Last Thursday, civil rights advocate and legendary attorney John Payton passed away after a brief illness.  He was 65.  Payton has left a legacy to which very few can compare, but many can admire.  Payton led the way in some of the most groundbreaking civil rights battles of recent memory.  Payton is survived by his wife, Gay McDougall"

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LA TIMES - Sanford McDonnell obituary: Former McDonnell Douglas CEO dies at 89, Mar 28, 2012

 "March 21, 2012|By W.J. Hennigan, Los Angeles Times
Sanford "Sandy" McDonnell, the former chief executive of aerospace giant McDonnell Douglas Corp. who in the 1970s helped turn around the company started by his uncle, died Monday. He was 89.
His death was announced by Boeing Co., which acquired McDonnell Douglas in 1997. McDonnell's family told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that he had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer at Thanksgiving 2010 and died at his home in Clayton, Mo."

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GIZMAG - Successful face transplant is "most extensive to date", Mar 28, 2012

 "A gun accident fifteen years ago left Richard Lee Norris without his lips, nose, and with limited movement of his mouth. Now after a marathon 36-hour surgical procedure described as "the most extensive full face transplant completed to date," a team led by Dr. Eduardo Rodriguez at the University of Maryland has restored Mr. Norris' quality of life"

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NAVY Times - Obama to Medvedev: More flexibility after Nov, Mar 28, 2012

 "SEOUL, South Korea — President Barack Obama told Russia’s leader Monday that he would have more flexibility after the November election to deal with the contentious issue of missile defense, a candid assessment of political reality that was picked up by a microphone without either leader apparently knowing

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