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Middle East
4:18 am
Tue May 22, 2012

Clashes In Lebanon Attributed To Syrian Spillover

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Originally published on Tue May 22, 2012 5:25 am

Intense fighting in Lebanon has killed more than a dozen people over the past week. One deadly battle was sparked by the murder of an anti-Syrian Lebanese cleric. The violence is stoking fears that the conflict in Syria is spreading to its neighbors.

Movies
2:19 am
Tue May 22, 2012

Power Couple, Covering War (And Waging Their Own)

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HBO's Hemingway & Gellhorn tracks the relationship between Ernest Hemingway (Clive Owen) and war correspondent Martha Gellhorn (Nicole Kidman) as Gellhorn begins to develop her voice as a war correspondent, beginning with the Spanish Civil War.
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1941: Hemingway and Gellhorn, married in 1940, stand on deck aboard a ship, wearing leis and holding cocktails. They divorced in 1945.
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In Italy in 1944, Gellhorn talks to Indian soldiers of the British army on the 5th Army's Cassino front.
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Originally published on Tue May 22, 2012 7:11 am

Before Christiane Amanpour, before Ann Garrels, before Lourdes Garcia-Navarro, there was Martha Gellhorn, one of the first great female war correspondents.

From the Spanish Civil War through Vietnam, she covered every major conflict of the day. But Gellhorn's reputation as a journalist was sometimes overshadowed by her marriage to one of the great American writers, Ernest Hemingway.

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Music News
5:35 pm
Mon May 21, 2012

Garbage: After An Absence, Always The Oddball

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"I wanted to make loud, guitar-driven rock again," says Garbage lead singer Shirley Manson, on the band's reunion.
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Originally published on Tue May 22, 2012 7:46 am

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Around the Nation
6:26 am
Mon May 21, 2012

New York Reaches Real Estate Milestone

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New York has its first million dollar parking spot. The 12 by 23 foot space in lower Manhattan's East Village comes with its own deed and maintenance fees just like the luxury condo it's attached to. The New York Post calculates the investment this way: It's the same as paying $115 parking ticket every day for the next 24 years.

Around the Nation
6:18 am
Mon May 21, 2012

Man Credits Adrenaline For Defeating Mount Lion

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Brandon Arnold of Arizona was camping this month when a rabid mountain lion leaped out of the bushes. It attacked his dog. Arnold chased the big cat and hit it with a frying pan.

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