Lance Armstrong biopic in the works from Paramount, J.J. Abrams

By Eric Kelsey LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Paramount Pictures and "Star Trek" producer J.J. Abrams' Bad Robot company have purchased the film rights to a forthcoming book about cyclist Lance Armstrong's fall from grace, according to a person with knowledge...

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Poisoned U.S. lottery winner's body exhumed in murder probe

CHICAGO (Reuters) - The body of a man who died from cyanide poisoning shortly after winning a $1 million lottery prize was exhumed on Friday from a Chicago cemetery and major organs and stomach contents tested, authorities said. The findings from the...

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Hostage's family says Algerian army attacked hostage jeeps

By Eamonn Mallie BELFAST (Reuters) - A hostage who escaped unharmed from Islamist militants in Algeria on Thursday said the Algerian army bombed four jeeps carrying fellow captives and probably killed many of them, his brother told Reuters. Irishman...

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Pay cuts may signal 'new normal' on Wall Street

By Aaron Pressman and Lauren Tara LaCapra BOSTON (Reuters) - In the past few days, major global banks have taken the axe to pay with unusual zeal. JPMorgan Chase & Co slashed the compensation of CEO Jamie Dimon, one of the world's top bankers,...

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Nearly $1 trillion of debt at risk of downgrade to junk in 2012 - SP

By Daniel Bases NEW YORK (Reuters) - The amount of sovereign and corporate credit on the cusp of being downgraded to junk status more than quadrupled in 2012, due primarily to an erosion in the credit quality of the world's banking sector, Standard...

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Smarter infrastructure spending needed for growth - study

LONDON (Reuters) - Countries could increase the productivity of infrastructure investment to make savings of 40 percent, or $1 trillion a year, by adopting proven best practices, McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) said on Thursday. MGI estimated that the...

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U.S. singer Jessica Simpson to star in TV comedy

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Pop singer Jessica Simpson is set to star in a television pilot in development for NBC that is loosely based on her life, executive producer Ben Silverman said on Tuesday. The comedy could be Simpson's first step back into a...

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Anti-hacking law questioned after death of Internet activist

By Aaron Pressman BOSTON (Reuters) - Lie about your identity on Facebook or delete files from your work laptop before you quit and you could run afoul of a 29-year-old U.S. computer security law that some experts say has been changed so often it no...

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Joblessness is global crisis - IFC chief

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Joblessness is a global crisis, the head of the World Bank's private sector lender, the International Finance Corp, said on Monday, as the group examines ways its investments in developing countries can help generate more jobs....

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Pakistan cleric tells followers: bring down govt now

By Mubasher Bukhari ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A populist Pakistani cleric told tens of thousands of supporters gathered in the capital for an anti-corruption rally early on Tuesday morning that they could force the government to quit within hours. Supporters...

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Bin Laden film 'Zero Dark Thirty' leads box office

REUTERS - "Zero Dark Thirty," Hollywood's re-telling of the decade-long manhunt for Osama bin Laden, captured the No. 1 spot on movie box office charts over the weekend with $24 million in U.S. and Canadian ticket sales. The movie starring Jessica Chastain...

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Narcotics seized in bulk near Indo-Pak border in 2012: BSF

Jalandhar, Jan 13 (PTI) Border Security Force (BSF) seized over 288 kgs of heroin and fake currency Indian notes with a face value of Rs 46 lakh in 2012 along the Indo-Pak border in the state. In addition to heroin and fake currency notes, the BSF has...

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Jamieson five clear in wet Durban as Oosthuizen slips up

By Michael Todt DURBAN (Reuters) - Britain's Scott Jamieson capitalised on a rare bad round from 2010 British Open champion Louis Oosthuizen with a four-under-par 68 to seize a five-stroke lead in the Volvo Golf Champions on Saturday. Second-round...

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Qatar revives proposal to send an Arab force to Syria

CAIRO (Reuters) - Qatar has made a fresh call for an Arab force to end bloodshed in Syria if current diplomatic efforts by international peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi fail, according to the Doha-based al Jazeera television. Brahimi is trying to build...

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