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Almost a quarter-century after they were taken captive in Iran, five former American hostages say they got an unexpected reminder of their 444-day ordeal in the bearded face of Iran's new president-elect. Watching coverage of Iran's presidential election on television dredged up 25-year-old memories that prompted four of the former hostages to exchange e-mails. And those four realized they shared the same conclusion - the firm belief that President-elect Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had been one of their Iranian captors.
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Time Inc. said Thursday it would comply with a court order to deliver the notes of a reporter threatened with jail in the investigation of the leak of an undercover CIA officer's name.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8417075/A research group studying protection measures against tsunamis succeeded in simulating an unprecedented 2.5m tsunami yesterday. To simulate the extent of damage from a killer tsunami, the institute installed exterior walls of a wooden house and life-sized dolls inside the tank.
http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,15772798%255E663,00.htmlMonica Novotny reports: would anyone want to work in New York's proposed Freedom Tower?
Michael Jackson began a vacation at a prince's palace in the tiny Gulf kingdom of Bahrain, his first trip overseas since being acquitted of child molestation charges, an official close to the royal circle said Thursday. Jackson and his three children arrived on a private plane from Europe on Wednesday night for an indefinite stay.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8415726/That's some of what we're planning for tonight's show.
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British balloonist and explorer David Hempleman-Adams has done his most bizarre feat to date - staging the world's highest formal dinner party. Clad in formal evening wear, Hempleman-Adams, 44, fellow explorer Bear Grylls, 30, and Lt. Commander Alan Veal, 34, ascended to 24,262 feet last week in a balloon above Bath in southwest England. After a salute to Queen Elizabeth II, the pair parachuted to earth. The trio faced temperatures of minus-58 and risked contracting the life-threatening condition of hypoxia, in which the body is starved of oxygen. Click link for photo.
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TSA contractor wasted millions, audit shows. Agency lost control of more than $300 million spent on airport screeners.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8410241/Rescuers have reached the wreckage of a U.S. special forces helicopter that crashed in a rugged mountain ravine in eastern Afghanistan, but there was no immediate word on the fate of the 17 troops on board, a U.S. military spokesman said Thursday.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8391112/Summer jam: Most congested spots listed. Study by AAA, partners ranks 25 bottleneck areas across United States.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8416913/Israel declared a closed military zone in Jewish settlements in Gaza on Thursday and sealed off a hotel where radical Jews have holed up to resist a planned August withdrawal from the occupied territory.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8384929/MADRID, Spain - Parliament legalized gay marriage Thursday, defying conservatives and clergy who opposed making traditionally Roman Catholic Spain the third country to allow same-sex unions nationwide. Jubilant gay activists blew kisses to lawmakers after the vote.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8413036/A seller of online marketing tools said Wednesday it sued Google Inc., charging that the Web search giant has failed to protect users of its advertising program from "click fraud," costing them at least $5 million.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8417283/For $10,000, Kari Smith has gone ahead and had her forehead tattooed with the Web address of a gambling site. Bountiful, 30, who sold her unusual advertising space on eBay, said the money will give her 11-year-old son a private education, which she believes he needs after falling behind in school. Tattoo artist Don Brouse said he and his staff spent nearly seven hours Wednesday trying to talk Smith out of putting "GoldenPalace.com" above her face.
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