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		Chris Graue 
		checks on a smoker filled with pork shoulders Saturday as he and a team 
		of volunteers prepare the melt-in-your-mouth main feature of the annual 
		Boy Scout barbecue. The annual event has become one of the biggest draws in the community. This year the 
		Boy Scouts served up approximately 1,100 meals. 
		
		
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			A Los Angeles Police Bomb Squad 
			patrol car is parked outside Staples Center before an NBA basketball 
			game between the Portland Trail Blazers and the Los Angeles Clippers 
			in Los Angeles on Tuesday. Security measures have been 
			increased in Los Angeles and elsewhere in light of Monday's bombings 
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This is a Sept. 25, 2007, file photo of 
Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne as they arrived at the Elton John AIDS Foundation's 
sixth annual benefit, "An Enduring Vision," at The Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New 
York. On Tuesday, rocker Ozzy Osbourne denied rumors he has 
split from wife, and he apologized to his family for his return to drink 
and drugs.  
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	Entertainment, Entertainers, Media & Arts 
				
				
				
				 Prom 
				fashion turns into red carpet moment 
 
 
 
 
 
 
				
				
				
				 Texas 
				woman self-publishes, hits best-seller lists 
 
 
 
				
				
				
				 Producer: 
				NY is best home for Fallon's 'Tonight' 
 
 
				
				
				
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				 Bowler-hatted 
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				 There's 
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				 Benny 
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				 'Leave 
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					 Album 
					No. 13 unlucky for The Flaming Lips
 
 
 
 
 
			
			
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