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Facebook prices its shares at $38 each ahead of one of the most eagerly anticipated share flotations in recent stock market history.


Composite photo of George Zimmerman on 27 February 2012Zimmerman found with bloody nose

A Florida neighbourhood watch volunteer who shot an unarmed black teenager had a bloody nose and a cut on his head, according to police reports.

Donna Summer performs at "VH-1 Divas 2000: A Tribute to Diana Ross" in New York, 2000 Tributes to Donna Summer pour in

The music industry pays tribute to Donna Summer, famous for disco hits like I Feel Love and Love To Love You Baby, after she dies aged 63.

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