Renee Thomas, 20, of Pittsboro, N.C., and Angela Keathley, 26, of Belmont, N.C., were taken to Hi... Cheerleaders had sex in ba

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Renee Thomas, 20, of Pittsboro, N.C., and Angela Keathley, 26, of Belmont, N.C., were taken to Hillsborough County Jail early Sunday.

Witnesses said the women were having sex in a stall with each other, angering patrons waiting in line to get into the restroom at the club in the Channelside district.

Thomas was charged with battery Sunday after allegedly striking a bar patron when s...

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Bollywood? What was that? Isn't it Hollywood misspelled? Not a chance. It's out there, a real c... Bollywood vs. Hollywood Clas

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Bollywood? What was that? Isn't it Hollywood misspelled? Not a chance. It's out there, a real celluloid central of the Asian hemisphere, now a contender of Hollywood in the filmmaking.

Formerly Mumbai, Bollywood is located in the heart of India, in Bombay. “The biggest in the world, it produces almost double the number of movies and sells a billion more tickets each year than Hollywood....

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KUNMING, China - On the day she arrived at the Number Three People's Hospital to seek treatment ... Hospitals in China find pro

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KUNMING, China - On the day she arrived at the Number Three People's Hospital to seek treatment for HIV, Cai had no symptoms. But she did have a little bit of money, and that gets quick attention in the modern-day Chinese health care system: The doctors pressured her to check in and begin a regimen of expensive intravenous drugs, warning that the alternative was a swift death, she said.

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The local Chinese community has today called on the government to crack down on rising corruption... Local Chinese Community ca

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The local Chinese community has today called on the government to crack down on rising corruption in the Immigration Department.

President of the Chinese Business Association in Fiji and Government Senator, Kenneth Low said they are concerned over the increasing number of illegal Asian immigrants in the country whose entries have been allegedly facilitated by some immigration officers.

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Do you value the information you're getting from AlterNet? Please show your support with a tax-d... A Woman in Command...

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A month into her administration as America's first female president, Mackenzie "Mac" Allen of ABC's new hit evening drama "Commander in Chief," has already called out the military twice, out-savvied her male political rivals, and lamented that in contemporary Washington ...

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Alastair Summerlee has never liked shoes. Nor does he put much stock in sleep. At best, the presi... Waging a war for talent...

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Alastair Summerlee has never liked shoes. Nor does he put much stock in sleep. At best, the president of the University of Guelph spends four hours between the sheets each night, usually rising sometime after 3 a.m. to head to his office on the fourth floor of the University Centre. So it should come as no surprise that in the wee hours of Oct. 19 he could be found at his desk, shoeless and soc...

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We need to recognize, first of all, that we need a diversified energy base in this world. And it ... Why corporations now must

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We need to recognize, first of all, that we need a diversified energy base in this world. And it is a bit ironic to me that it is not the oil companies but General Electric that is the second-largest producer of wind- generating equipment in the world after a Danish company. General Electric just bought AstroPower, which is a financially troubled but interesting solar-energy company. So my ques...

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WHEN Prema's* friend, Sharon, introduced her to Devan, she thought she had finally met her match... Casanova comes a-calling...

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WHEN Prema's* friend, Sharon, introduced her to Devan, she thought she had finally met her match. He was a gentleman who opened doors and pulled up a chair for her. He also showered her with gifts – chocolates, flowers and jewellery. After a whirlwind courtship of a month, Devan proposed. Eager to settle down because she was in her late thirties, Prema quickly accepted the proposal. Prema's f...

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The opening ceremony of the Third Chinese (Guangzhou) Sex Culture Festival on Saturday was hosted... Guangzhou Embraces Sex Fes

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The opening ceremony of the Third Chinese (Guangzhou) Sex Culture Festival on Saturday was hosted by a dozen sex experts from the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong.

"Holding this festival shows the mainland is open and bold about sex," Xu Tianmin, president of the China Sexology Association, told China Daily during the ceremony.

A survey of more than 10,000 25-34-year-olds by Durex.com...

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The four are charged with theft of government property, conspiracy and transportation of stolen g... NATION IN BRIEF...

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The four are charged with theft of government property, conspiracy and transportation of stolen goods.

Chi, the lead engineer on a classified research project involving quiet propulsion systems -- known as Quiet Electric Drive -- for Navy warships, is accused of taking sensitive information about the project, copying it onto compact discs and delivering them to his brother. The affidavit ...

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