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By By The Associated Press ___ US bank earnings up 6.6 percent, most in 6 years WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. banks earned more from July through September than in any other quarter over the past six years. The increase is further evidence that the industry is strengthening four years after the 2008

Eddie Murphy named Most Overpaid Actor in Hollywood

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Netflix outbids Starz for rights to Disney movies

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By By MICHAEL LIEDTKEAP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Netflix's Internet video service has landed the U.S. rights to show Disney movies shortly after they leave theaters, a coup that could turn into a costly mistake if the deal doesn't bring in more customers. The multiyear

Criticism of Dutch "Black Pete" tradition grows

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By By TOBY STERLINGAssociated Press AMSTERDAM (AP) - Foreigners visiting the Netherlands in winter are often surprised to see that the Dutch version of St. Nicholas' helpers have their faces painted black, wear Afro wigs and have thick red lips - in short, a racist caricature of a black

Powerful typhoon kills at least 74 in Philippines

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By By JIM GOMEZAssociated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Torrential floods from a powerful typhoon engulfed emergency shelters and an army truck carrying soldiers and villagers who were fleeing their homes in the southern Philippines, raising the death toll from the storm to at least 74. At

Typhoon pounds the Philippines, killing at least 7

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By By JIM GOMEZAssociated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) - One of the strongest typhoons to hit the Philippines this year barreled across the country's south on Tuesday, killing at least seven people and forcing more than 50,000 to flee from inundated villages. Typhoon Bopha slammed into

Palestinians: settlement expansion means 1 state

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By By KARIN LAUBAssociated Press RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) - The Palestinians will ask the U.N. Security Council to call for an Israeli settlement freeze, President Mahmoud Abbas and his advisers decided Tuesday, as part of an escalating showdown over Israel's new plans to build thousands

100,000 protest at Egypt's presidential palace

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By By HAMZA HENDAWI and AYA BATRAWYAssociated Press CAIRO (AP) - More than 100,000 Egyptians protested outside the presidential palace in Cairo on Tuesday, fueling tensions over Islamist leader Mohammed Morsi's seizure of nearly unrestricted powers and the adoption by his allies of a

Iran claims US drone capture; Navy denies loss

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By By ALI AKBAR DAREINI and BRIAN MURPHYAssociated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran claimed Tuesday it had taken another prize in a growing showdown with Washington over drone surveillance, displaying a purported U.S. unmanned aircraft it said was captured intact. The U.S. Navy, however, said

Dancing's Brooke Burke-Charvet to undergo surgery for thyroid cancer

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By Kate Stanhope, After wrapping up another season of Dancing with the Stars just last week, co-host Brooke Burke-Charvet is gearing up to undergo surgery for thyroid cancer this week. Losties? Trekkies? Which TV show has the best fans? Vote now!