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• Jackman Is Chosen as Host of Oscars
  posted on December 15, 2008 - 07:24:32 am
  
  Hugh Jackman, the Australian actor known to film audiences will be host of the 81st incarnation of the Oscars, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced on Friday.
  
  
• ANC to name Motlanthe as successor to Mbeki
  posted on September 22, 2008 - 10:37:42 am
  
  South Africa's ruling African National Congress party is to name deputy president Kgalema Motlanthe as the successor to President Thabo Mbeki Monday, two government sources have told CNN.
  
  
• Barrack Obama tops John McCain as football-watching buddy
  posted on September 19, 2008 - 11:44:06 am
  
  People would rather watch a football game with Barack Obama than with John McCain — but by barely the length of a football.
  
  
• Pro boxer Edgar Santana busted as part of alleged major cocaine ring
  posted on August 18, 2008 - 06:58:07 am
  
  Edgar Santana, the pro welterweight boxer often billed as "The Pride of Spanish Harlem," has been arrested as part of an alleged international cocaine distribution ring busted by the New York Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Strike Force.
  
  
• Adults drink less alcohol as they age
  posted on August 16, 2008 - 04:43:12 am
  
  American adults aren't drinking as much alcohol as they used to, and by the time they reach their 80s, more than 40 percent of men and 60 percent of women.
  
  
• Obama Hopes to Improve Image takes campain around the world
  posted on August 16, 2008 - 04:40:44 am
  
  Sen. Barack Obama's trip to the Middle East and Europe is a chance for him to be seen as a world leader, but with the klieg-light attention on him any mistake could be crippling to his effort to be seen as a capable commander-in-chief.
  
  
• Stewart as owner benefits more than one person
  posted on July 26, 2008 - 03:55:41 am
  
  After 10 seasons with Joe Gibbs Racing, Tony Stewart is taking the next logical step for a racer whose passion and talent for motorsports exceeds most of his fellow competitors — NASCAR Sprint Cup team ownership.
  
  
• Brett Favre comeback talk as rumors swirl
  posted on July 26, 2008 - 03:55:10 am
  
  Brett Favre insists that all this talk about his potential return to the Packers is just that.