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Chilean government tries to stop looting

Thousand of troops are being deployed to different parts of Chile, a country recently ravaged by a massive 8.8 magnitude earthquake, to try to prevent looting and criminal acts, Al Jazeera reports.
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David Carradine dead at 72

David Carradine 1936-2009 The world of martial arts entertainment lost one of its most important and influential stars today as David Carradine was found dead in a hotel room in Thailand on June 4 at the age ...
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Remembering John Updike

John Updike, one of the most critically acclaimed American authors of the 20th century, died in Danvers, Mass. on Jan. 26. Mr. Updike had been battling lung cancer. He was 76. The author of the "Rabbit" s...
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Paul Newman dead at 83

Paul Newman, legendary actor, avid philanthropist and successful businessman, died Friday from cancer at age 83, his publicist confirmed Saturday.
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Heath Ledger dead at 28

Actor Heath Ledger was found dead Tuesday in bed at his Manhattan home in what authorities are calling a possible drug-related death. He was 28. The New York Police Department told reporters that a housekeeper for the apartment at 421 Broome St. in Soho found the actor's body when she went to inform him that his masseuse had arrived for an appointment around 3:30 p.m. BLAST has confirmed through police that Ledger's body was found with over-the-counter medicines and sleeping pills. Police said the death appears to be accidental. [...]