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    • Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) speaks during a campaign rally in the rain at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia, September 27, 2008. From Reuters Pictures by Reuters.

      Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) speaks during a campaign rally in the rain at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia, September 27, 2008.

    • A puppy stands on a truck carrying people to be evacuated from the area in preparation for the approach of Hurricane Gustav in Batabano, on the southern coast of Cuba, August 30, 2008. Powerful Hurricane Gustav roared toward western Cuba on Saturday with 125 mph (205 kph) winds on its way to the oil-rich Gulf of Mexico after a deadly pass through the Caribbean. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.

      A puppy stands on a truck carrying people to be evacuated from the area in preparation for the approach of Hurricane Gustav in Batabano, on the southern coast of Cuba, August 30, 2008. Powerful Hurricane Gustav roared toward western Cuba on Saturday with 125 mph (205 kph) winds on its way to the oil-rich Gulf of Mexico after a deadly pass through the Caribbean.

    • BANGKOK, THAILAND - AUGUST 30:  A member of Anti-government People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) stands behind barbed wire outside Government on August 30, 2008, in Bangkok, Thailand. The protesters want to unseat the seven-month old coalition government lead by Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej. From Getty Images.

      BANGKOK, THAILAND - AUGUST 30: A member of Anti-government People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) stands behind barbed wire outside Government on August 30, 2008, in Bangkok, Thailand. The protesters want to unseat the seven-month old coalition government lead by Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej.

    • Georgian soldiers run near a blazing building after a Russian bombardment in Gori, 80 km (50 miles) from Tbilisi, August 9, 2008. A Russian warplane dropped a bomb on an apartment block in the Georgian town of Gori on Saturday, killing at least 5 people, a Reuters reporter said. The bomb hit the five-story building in Gori close to  Georgia's embattled breakaway province of South Ossetia when Russian warplanes carried out a raid against military targets around the town. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.

      Georgian soldiers run near a blazing building after a Russian bombardment in Gori, 80 km (50 miles) from Tbilisi, August 9, 2008. A Russian warplane dropped a bomb on an apartment block in the Georgian town of Gori on Saturday, killing at least 5 people, a Reuters reporter said. The bomb hit the five-story building in Gori close to Georgia's embattled breakaway province of South Ossetia when Russian warplanes carried out a raid against military targets around the town.

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    • Andy Roddick of the U.S. serves, on his way to beating Tommy Robredo of Spain 6-3, 6-4 during a tennis match at the Madrid Masters in Madrid Wednesday Oct. 15, 2008. From AP Photo by Paul White.

      Andy Roddick of the U.S. serves, on his way to beating Tommy Robredo of Spain 6-3, 6-4 during a tennis match at the Madrid Masters in Madrid Wednesday Oct. 15, 2008.

    • U.S. actress Susan Sarandon arrives for the Cinema Verite ceremony during the Middle East International Film Festival (MEIFF) in Abu Dhabi October 15, 2008. The festival will run until October 19. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.

      U.S. actress Susan Sarandon arrives for the Cinema Verite ceremony during the Middle East International Film Festival (MEIFF) in Abu Dhabi October 15, 2008. The festival will run until October 19.

    • HEMPSTEAD, NY - OCTOBER 15:  U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) greets debate-goers before the third presidential debate in the David S. Mack Sports and Exhibition Complex at Hofstra University October 15, 2008 in Hempstead, New York. This is the final debate before voters will go to the polls in the 2008 general election on November 4. From Getty Images.

      HEMPSTEAD, NY - OCTOBER 15: U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) greets debate-goers before the third presidential debate in the David S. Mack Sports and Exhibition Complex at Hofstra University October 15, 2008 in Hempstead, New York. This is the final debate before voters will go to the polls in the 2008 general election on November 4.

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    • Jury President Sean Penn (R) and actor Robert de Niro (2nd L) pose with Special Prize recipient Catherine Deneuve and Best Actor Benicio Del Toro during the award ceremony at the 61st Cannes Film Festival May 25, 2008. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.

      Jury President Sean Penn (R) and actor Robert de Niro (2nd L) pose with Special Prize recipient Catherine Deneuve and Best Actor Benicio Del Toro during the award ceremony at the 61st Cannes Film Festival May 25, 2008.

    • BANGKOK, THAILAND - SEPTEMBER 26:  Actor Jean-Claude Van Damme and actress Claudia Bassol arrive for the red carpet and gala screening of 'Queeen of Langkasuka' during day four of the Bangkok International Film Festival 2008 at SF World Cinema, Centralworld on September 26, 2008 in Bangkok, Thailand. From Getty Images.

      BANGKOK, THAILAND - SEPTEMBER 26: Actor Jean-Claude Van Damme and actress Claudia Bassol arrive for the red carpet and gala screening of 'Queeen of Langkasuka' during day four of the Bangkok International Film Festival 2008 at SF World Cinema, Centralworld on September 26, 2008 in Bangkok, Thailand.

    • TV weather forecaster Louis Bourgougoin, right, and Belgian actor Jean Claude Van Damme, joke during the Cesars film award ceremony in Paris Friday, Feb. 22, 2008. From AP Photo by Michel Euler.

      TV weather forecaster Louis Bourgougoin, right, and Belgian actor Jean Claude Van Damme, joke during the Cesars film award ceremony in Paris Friday, Feb. 22, 2008.

    • Reality TV show star Lauren Conrad from "The Hills" poses backstage at the 60th annual Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles September 21, 2008. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.

      Reality TV show star Lauren Conrad from "The Hills" poses backstage at the 60th annual Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles September 21, 2008.

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...for the first time in 40 years when they are auctioned at an Edinburgh sale later this week. The oil paintings feature James Macpherson, born in Inverness in 1794, and his wife Jessy Young, born in Aberdeen in 1807. James Macpherson was the son of Donald Macpherson,...
...Sept. 29 to Oct. 24. "Fragments of Ancient Poetry" is the title of a controversial work published in 1760 by Scottish poet James Macpherson who claimed it was the translation of an epic poem by the third-century Celtic bard. The work gained admirers...
...on the power lines above, are designed to make the lines visible to birds, or scare them off a crash course. (AP Photo/James MacPherson). Recently, biologist Darren Doderer located casualty No. 373, a mangled and bloodied double-crested cormorant that appeared...
...Bureau said McIntosh County had the oldest population in North Dakota in 2000. The county now ranks second. (AP Photo/James MacPherson). "We stock Depends, but we don't have any for babies," said Kyle Anderson, a store clerk in the McIntosh County town of...
...visit of George IV in 1822, like some Chinese Olympic ceremony organiser. The "Ossian" phenomenon in the 18th century – James Macpherson passed off his epic poem of Celtic mysticism as a "recently discovered" Gaelic text – is re-asserted as a key moment of...
...key players as possible. Notable re-signings around the AFL are QB Jeff Garcia (New York), WR T.T. Toliver (Orlando), QB James MacPherson (Grand Rapids), Los Angeles' WR/DB Kevin Ingram and FB/LB Lonnie Ford and Chicago's QB Russ Michna and WR Donovan Morgan....
...free agents before the end of the Arena Football League's re-signing period yesterday. Among those re-signing were quarterback James MacPherson (Tucson, Ariz.) and receiver Cole Magner (Palmer, Alaska). In just his first year as an AFL starting quarterback,...
...expressed in popular anthologies and Samuel Johnson's famous "Lives of the Poets" prompted the search for a Celtic Homer. James Macpherson's translations from a Gaelic epic of the third century purportedly by the bard Ossian offered an answer, and Scotland's...
...that lies at the very heart of the Scottish identity: its literary soul. In the 1760s, an undistinguished writer named James Macpherson "discovered" the works of the blind third-century poet Ossian, who over the next 50 years was to become Scotland's very...
...Paula Sherman $15,000 and the Ardoch community $10,000. The appeals court didn't release its decision until July 7. Justice James MacPherson wrote that the sentences were set aside because they were too harsh, and identified a number of problems that led...

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