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Hundreds line up for shot at, well, not quite stardom

Reuters
Oct 13, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Taking a page from the "American Idol" playbook, the Metropolitan Opera held open auditions Saturday for its lavish new production of "War and Peace." The au...
Your seat is ready -- in the jury box

Associated Press
Oct 13, 2007 11:00 pm - MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich. -- Like diners waiting for a seat in a popular restaurant, jurors in one busy Michigan court soon could be free to stroll and shop until a pager sum...
Wearing handcuffs near court? Bad idea

Associated Press
Oct 13, 2007 11:00 pm - TULSA, Okla. -- Some fashion statements draw more attention than others, and wearing handcuffs while walking near the Tulsa County Courthouse is one that got noticed. A ...
It's no coffee table book

Associated Press
Oct 13, 2007 11:00 pm - VATICAN CITY -- It's not the Holy Grail, but for fans of "The Da Vinci Code" and its tantalizing story line about the Knights Templar, it could be the next best thing. I...
U.S. appealing for restraint in Turkey

Associated Press
Oct 13, 2007 11:00 pm - ISTANBUL, Turkey -- Two senior U.S. officials promised Saturday they would convey to Iraq Turkey's unease over Kurdish rebels in the north, but they also expressed conce...
Split-up touted by Iraqi leader

Associated Press
Oct 13, 2007 11:00 pm - BAGHDAD -- The son and heir apparent of Iraq's top Shiite politician came out strongly Saturday in favor of autonomy for Iraq's religiously and ethnically divided region...
New York Times: Israeli strike hit Syrian reactor

Reuters
Oct 13, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Israel's air strike inside Syria last month was directed at a site judged by Israeli and U.S. intelligence analysts to be a partly constructed nuclear reacto...
Nine killed in Ukraine gas explosion

Associated Press
Oct 13, 2007 11:00 pm - KIEV, Ukraine -- A powerful natural gas explosion ripped through an apartment building in eastern Ukraine on Saturday, killing at least nine people and damaging other bu...
Colombia mine collapses; 21 killed

Associated Press
Oct 13, 2007 11:00 pm - BOGOTA, Colombia -- A makeshift gold mine collapsed in southwest Colombia on Saturday, killing 21 people and injuring another 18, authorities said. Efforts were under wa...
How do climate, peace tie in?

Reuters
Oct 12, 2007 11:00 pm - OSLO -- Awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to former Vice President Al Gore and the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change widens a definition of peacemaking and wil...

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