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In Pictures: Prince William engaged
R&D spending: Here are the Top 10 firms

Apple, Google, and 3M may top Bloomberg’s list of the world’s most innovative companies, but they’re not the biggest research and development spenders – not even part of the Top 20. Out of 1,000 publicly traded companies with the highest R&D spending in 2009, here are the Top 10, according to a survey by management-consulting firm Booz & Co.:
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Batman goes global in "Batman, Inc."

Can Batman be franchised?
Gulf oil spill: Greed didn't trump safety, says Deepwater Horizon panel

The presidential commission investigating the April 20 explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico cited a misread test as one likely cause of the disaster.
Classic review: Drood

Charles Dickens stars in a thriller.
A380 engine failure: Qantas claims 'faulty design'

A380 engine failure: As the more than 400 passengers from the stricken plane arrived in Australia on new flights, investigators and Qantas officials said it was far too early to identify the cause of the problem.
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In Pictures: Airbus engine failure
Iraq war artifact added to British war collection

The Imperial War Museum now includes a car destroyed in a Baghdad suicide bombing during the Iraq war alongside artifacts, symbolizing civilian death tolls and devastation of Iraqi history.
In Pictures: Wikileaks and the war in Iraq
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Sherlock Holmes is on the case again

Sherlock Holmes – the most frequently impersonated fictional character in the world – returns to contemporary London by way of "Masterpiece Mystery"!
In Pictures: Send us your Jack-o-lanterns
In Pictures: Chile mine rescue
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Hungary toxic sludge reaches Danube River: Top 10 environmental disasters worldwide

The toxic sludge now covering 15 square miles of Hungary and seeping into the Danube River is a serious environmental disaster whose severity and long-term consequences are still unclear. Will the release of the 35 million cubic feet of alumina refining waste become one of the Top 10 manmade environmental disasters of the past century?
Osama Bin Laden evidence allowed at detainee's NYC trial

Osama Bin Laden: Prosecutors asked last week that they be allowed to show jurors bin Laden's words, including a television interview in which he said US civilians were targets of his holy war against the West.
In Pictures: Tony Curtis through the years
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger: movie review

Woody Allen's latest comedy, ‘You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger,’ hangs on two faltering marriages and the joy of delusion.
Top 5 Millennium Development Goal success stories

Ten years ago, at the crack of a new millennium, the United Nations gave the world's poorest countries 15 years to halve their poverty rates, reverse the spread of AIDS, enroll 100 percent of their children in elementary schools, and give 100 percent of their pregnant women access to medical care. Since then, these Millennium Development Goals have been the benchmarks for aid agencies, and the yardstick against which democracies and autocrats alike can measure their progress. A decade into the program, analysts concede that many of these ambitious goals won't be reached. But which ones might? Who's winning the race to 2015?
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Damien Hirst and the $200 million art bubble

Two years ago, artist Damien Hirst put new works under the Sotheby's gavel – almost unheard of – and walked away $200 million richer.
Who is the best tennis player of all time?

Using information from the International Tennis Hall of Fame website, we take a look at the best players over the years, based on Grand Slam singles victories.