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** FILE ** Cartoonist Bil Keane, creator of the comic "Family Circus," poses in his home in Paradise Valley, Ariz., in June 2006. A spokeswoman for King Features Syndicate, the comic's distributor, said Mr. Keane died on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2011, at age 89. (AP Photo/East Valley Tribune, Paul O'Neill)

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Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou announces on Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2011, that a agreement has been reached on forming interim government in this image taken from a television broadcast. (AP Photo/Dimitri Messinis)

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A photo made Monday, Nov. 7, 2011, shows the bedroom at the Carolwood Drive home where singer Michael Jackson passed away in 2009, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Julien's Auctions will sell various antique furnishings and paintings that surrounded the King of Pop at the home he rented as he prepared for a series of comeback concerts. The auction is set for Dec. 17. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg)

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Hollywood producer/director Brett Ratner. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

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Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter and the Roots will be honored by band's hometown of Philadelphia with a city-sanctioned mural in their honor. The mural site is still being finalized, but it is planned for the South Street shopping area. ASSOCIATED PRESS

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REBUTTAL: "I have never acted inappropriately with anyone — period," Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain tells the news media Tuesday in Scottsdale, Ariz., responding to a string of accusations from women that he sexually harassed them. (Associated Press)

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The controversy that Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio generates hasn't stopped presidential candidates from meeting with him, as Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota did in September. The sheriff makes inmates wear pink underwear and live in tents during Arizona's sweltering summers. (Associated Press)

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Director Clint Eastwood's take on FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, played by Leonardo DiCaprio, is humanizing and balanced. The story is "told" to viewers by an old Hoover dictating his life story to young FBI stenographers. Naomi Watts (below) portrays Helen Gandy, Hoover's loyal secretary for 54 years.

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Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter and the Roots will be honored by band's hometown of Philadelphia with a city-sanctioned mural in their honor. The mural site is still being finalized, but it is planned for the South Street shopping area. (Associated Press)