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Full List *** 3 IntermediateStories Checked for Students of English by Jamaby Why Companies Lack Successful Innovation (Business Week) Viewpoint: Small Business Owners Shouldn't Fret Over Stocks (Business Week) Stiller: Sir Elton is a genius Actor Ben Stiller, 43, is reportedly the seventh-best paid actor in the world. He came to international fame in 1998 comedy Theres Something About Mary, followed by roles in Zoolander and Dodgeball. Stiller is back in Madgascar: Escape 2 Africa, out this week.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/324/f/4508/s/27cc310/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Stiller: Sir Elton is a genius&link=http://www.metro.co.uk/fame/interviews/article.html?Stiller%3a_Sir_Elton_is_a_genius&in_article_id=429873&in_page_id=11" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Stiller: Sir Elton is a genius&link=http://www.metro.co.uk/fame/interviews/article.html?Stiller%3a_Sir_Elton_is_a_genius&in_article_id=429873&in_page_id=11" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/25853505323/u/0/f/4508/c/324/s/41730832/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/25853505323/u/0/f/4508/c/324/s/41730832/a2.img" border="0"/></a> (Metro) Why Companies Lack Successful Innovation (Business Week) Viewpoint: Small Business Owners Shouldn't Fret Over Stocks (Business Week) Harare diarist tells of no water, no cash and army riot (BBC News) Dakota reveals cheerleading life Dakota Fanning, 14, is Americas most successful child actress, reportedly earning more than £5million a film. Shes already acted with Tom Cruise and Robert De Niro. Fanning plays a runaway teenager in The Secret Life of Bees, released in cinemas this week<img width='1' height='1' src='http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/324/f/4508/s/27b19b9/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Dakota reveals cheerleading life&link=http://www.metro.co.uk/fame/interviews/article.html?Dakota_reveals_cheerleading_life&in_article_id=428170&in_page_id=11" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Dakota reveals cheerleading life&link=http://www.metro.co.uk/fame/interviews/article.html?Dakota_reveals_cheerleading_life&in_article_id=428170&in_page_id=11" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/24193220446/u/0/f/4508/c/324/s/41621945/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/24193220446/u/0/f/4508/c/324/s/41621945/a2.img" border="0"/></a> (Metro) Parents and policymakers need to take action to protect children from being harmed by TV, the Internet and other types of media, ... (USATODAY.com) (Business Week) Choosing gifts, helping others is 'life-changing' for kids in USA Some U.S. children have learned that it's better to give than to receive by helping children in other countries. About five years ... (USATODAY.com) Bush to country: 'I'm sorry' about the economic crisis President Bush expressed regret Monday that the global financial crisis has cost jobs and shrinking retirement accounts and said ... (USATODAY.com) Oil falls below $50 as OPEC doesn't cut output Oil prices tumbled below $50 a barrel Monday as manufacturing activity in the U.S. hit a 26-year low, a showing that was much ... (USATODAY.com) US factory output plummets again US manufacturing activity fell in November to a fresh 26-year low, the latest Institute for Supply Management data shows. (BBC News) US foreclosure sales help buyers find bargain (BBC News) (Business Week) Decision due on conjoined twins Doctors will decide next Tuesday whether to operate on two conjoined twins born in a London hospital last week. (BBC News) Man 'put mother's body in river' A man is detained in China for throwing his mother's body into a river because he could not afford a funeral, state media says. (BBC News) Decision due on conjoined twins Doctors will decide whether to operate on conjoined twins born to an 18-year-old English woman, the youngest ever such mother. (BBC News) Opec refuses oil production cuts Opec leaders leave oil production quotas unchanged after a brief meeting in the Egyptian capital. (BBC News) A BBC reporter's 12-year-old child set up a scoop (BBC News) Hearts suffer more wage problems Hearts confirm their players have not received their wages on time for the second time this season. (BBC Sport) Keeping home workers busy (BBC News) Wal-Mart worker dies after shoppers knock him down A Wal-Mart worker died after being trampled by a throng of unruly shoppers shortly after the Long Island store opened Friday, ... (USATODAY.com) It's 'Britney,' the documentary The documentary Britney: For the Record airs Sunday at 10 p.m. ET/PT on MTV. The production company @radical.media followed the ... (USATODAY.com) Many feel pull of inauguration Many people without event tickets feel compelled to be there for emotional or symbolic reasons. (USATODAY.com) India return up to us - Pietersen England captain Kevin Pietersen says none of his players will be forced to return to India for the two-Test series after the terror attacks in Mumbai. (BBC Sport) India return up to us - Pietersen England captain Kevin Pietersen says none of his players will be forced to return to India for the two-Test series after the terror attacks in Mumbai. (BBC News) Many feel drawn to inauguration Many people without tickets to official events feel compelled to be there for emotional or symbolic reasons. (USATODAY.com) It's 'Britney,' the documentary Britney Spears stares out a window at the Mondrian Hotel in West Hollywood, then turns and looks squarely into the camera. (USATODAY.com) Air crash suggests the wild 1990s cast a long shadow (BBC News) Webber targets return in February Mark Webber tells BBC Sport he hopes to recover from a broken leg in time for the first test of Red Bull's new car. (BBC Sport) Maxine reveals sex scene shocker Actress Maxine Peake, 34, got her big break in Victoria Woods sitcom Dinnerladies then lost 5st to play Veronica in chav drama Shameless. She is currently appearing in costume dramas Little Dorrit on BBC1 and The Devils Whore on Channel 4. 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(BBC Sport) Distractions 'hit old-age memory' Mental slowing down in old age can be blamed partly on being more easily distracted, research suggests. (BBC News) China's central bank cuts rates China's central bank cuts the country's interest rates for the fourth time since mid-September in order to stimulate growth. (BBC News) The US gun owners who will not give up their AK-47s (BBC News) Blood pressure dips in mothers Moms, on some days you might feel as if life with children sends your blood pressure soaring, but a study out today suggests ... (USATODAY.com) Toys 'R' Us CEO on Holiday Shopping (Business Week) University of Washington Admissions Q&A (Business Week) Toys "R" Us CEO on Holiday Shopping (Business Week) Care 'failing the terminally ill' Terminally ill people and their families are being let down by failings in end of life care, a watchdog says. (BBC News) Fewer smokers linked to lower cancer death rate The number of new cancer cases and deaths are falling for both men and women for the first time since the government began compiling ... (USATODAY.com) UK rapist father gets life sentence A father from Sheffield who repeatedly raped his two daughters, resulting in 19 pregnancies, is jailed for life. (BBC News) Rapist father gets life sentence A father from Sheffield who repeatedly raped his two daughters, resulting in 19 pregnancies, is jailed for life. (BBC News) Tehran cab service puts women in the driver's seat (BBC News) Unprecedented Times for the Stock Market (Business Week) What's it like to earn your living by tasting chocolate? (BBC News) Many keeping babies with Down's More Down's syndrome babies are born in the UK than before the widespread introduction of pre-natal screening, figures show. (BBC News) Many opting to keep Down's babies More Down's syndrome babies are born in the UK than before the widespread introduction of pre-natal screening, figures show. (BBC News) Saudi Arabia cuts interest rate Saudi Arabia cuts a key interest rate to boost the economy, while stocks drop to a five-year low. (BBC News) |
