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'Lincoln': 6 actors who won Oscars for portraying historical figures
'Lincoln' actor Daniel Day-Lewis is already a frontrunner for this year's Best Actor Oscar for his portrayal of the sixteenth president. Here are a few other actors who took home a statuette when they portrayed real people.
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How well do you know J.R.R. Tolkien? Take our quiz
There is more to J.R.R. Tolkien than just 'The Hobbit' and 'The Lord of the Rings.' Take this quiz to test your knowledge on the great scholar and storyteller.
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John Lennon: 40 quotes on his birthday
Here are 40 quotes from John Lennon, who would have been 72 today.
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Gold medal quotes from the London Olympics
Athletes and others have their say before and during the 30th Olympiad of the modern era in England.
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Wimbledon 101: What you need to know
A short look at some interesting facts and figures on the British tennis championships.
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Gold medal quotes from the London Olympics
Athletes and others have their say before and during the 30th Olympiad of the modern era in England.
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Forget the Greeks, British ideals undergird the modern Olympics
From rowing to fencing to equestrian to sailing, the London Games represent a return to many sports' roots. More broadly, the Olympic ideal is founded on ideas that emerged in England nearly two centuries ago.
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Modern Parenthood 2012 Olympics: Chess should be included – for players and parents
Chess isn't included in the list of events for the 2012 Olympics, though as an officially-recognized sport, it should be. Like other sports, chess attracts driven players and supportive parents to world competitions.
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Zara Phillips negotiates tough equestrian course as royal cousins spectate
Her cousins, Princes William and Harry joined an estimated 50,000 fans in Greenwich Park to root for Phillips as she negotiated her horse over 28 obstacles and a slippery course that claimed a dozen fallen riders.
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Olympics outrage: Should Jordyn Wieber be in the all-around final?
Criticism mounts after favorite Jordyn Wieber failed to qualify for the all-around final at the Olympics despite a solid performance. Rules allow only two American gymnasts in the final.
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From 'Hunger Games' to 'Call Me Maybe,' how athletes sell Olympic sports (+video)
Athletes at the London Games don't just have to be world class, they often have to be salesmen for sports that slip into obscurity after the Olympics are over.
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Opening ceremony London 2012 to wow with memorable show
Opening ceremony: London 2012's kickoff promises to set the capital apart, by being different.
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London welcomes Olympic flame as excitement for Games builds
After years of preparation and months of buildup, London's Olympic moment finally arrived Friday night.
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Global News Blog Got an appointment with Vladimir Putin? Better bring a book.
It doesn't matter if you're a business leader, a prime minister, royalty, or even the pope: Russian President Vladimir Putin keeps everyone waiting, sometimes for hours.
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Two weeks till the Olympics, and still a long to-do list
It's time to put on the finishing touches on Olympic Park; will it be a mad rush to finish before the opening ceremony?
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Shooting Victoria
Writer Paul Thomas Murphy's crisp prose provides a vivid look at the various assassination attempts against Queen Victoria.
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The Socialist, the Tory, and the queen: Hollande visits UK
France's President Hollande is on his first state visit to Britain, where he is talking eurozone strategy with the prime minister and chatting – en français – with the queen.
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Wimbledon 101: What you need to know
A short look at some interesting facts and figures on the British tennis championships.
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Global News Blog UK's thoroughly modern royals? Not exactly. Commoner Kate has to curtsy.
The British monarchy has raised eyebrows by updating a rulebook to include guidelines on how the Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton, who has no royal blood, must acknowledge the "blood princesses."
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Note to Olympics fans: London will be crowded
In light of the large crowds for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee and Olympic torch relay, British Olympic organizers are allocating more funds for public safety and crowd control in London this summer.
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Queen Elizabeth's granddaughter to compete in London Olympics
Zara Phillips will compete for Britain in eventing, an equestrian sport that combines dressage, show jumping and cross country.
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Diggin' It Grow the roses that starred in Queen Elizabeth's Jubilee celebration
Thousands of David Austin English Roses perfumed the Thames during Queen Elizabeth's Jubilee celebration. You can grow many of them.
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Stir It Up! Coronation chicken salad
Coronation Chicken, as Poulet Reine Elizabeth became known, was created as a balance between necessary thrift and needed elegance.
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Britain's Big Lunch aims to bridge big divides amid Jubilee's good spirits
The annual Big Lunch, in which Britons of all walks of life gather to share meals, has been wrapped into Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee festivities this year.
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Crowds gather in London to cheer queen on last day of Jubilee (+video)
During the service, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, praised the queen for bringing happiness to the nation.
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Stars dazzle at Queen's Jubilee concert, but Prince Philip absent in hospital
The Prince Consort was admitted with a bladder infection, though much of the rest of the Royal Family was present.
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Elizabeth barges down the Thames for Diamond Jubilee
The pageantry for Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee included a royal barge trip down the Thames today and hundreds of thousands cheering her on from the banks.
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Global News Blog For Queen Elizabeth, a Google doodle of diamonds and doggies
In a crowning achievement, Queen Elizabeth gets a Diamond Jubilee Google doodle that honors key symbols of her reign – and offers just a glimpse of the vast amount of jubilee kitsch on tap.
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Queen's Diamond Jubilee: Just how many dogs does she own?
For the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, a Google doodle shows off her prized corgis. How large is her canine entourage?
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The Monitor's View: Diamond jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II
As Britain celebrates the diamond jubilee of Queen Elizabeth's 1952 ascension to the throne, it can also assess her legacy in balancing the monarch's duty as 'supreme governor' of the Church of England with being head of state.
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