NEWS

Globes go big with heavy lineup of studio films

By By DAVID GERMAIN
AP Movie Writer

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) - A fairly predictable Golden Globes lineup has one thing that's become rarer in awards season: a solid presence of big studio favorites to balance the independent films that have come to dominate the competition in recent years.

Steven Spielberg's Civil War saga

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Is homosexuality a choice or genetics?

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (FOX13) -

The University of Tennessee is trying to answer the question 'is homosexuality a choice or genetics?'

Their newly-released report says that children may inherit homosexuality from their parents. The research uses mathematical modeling to show sexual orientation may not be linked to genetics exactly, but to the

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County Commission to vote on Wage Theft Ordinance

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (FOX13) -

There will be a big debate in the Shelby County Commission starting Monday. A wage protection ordinance passed committee earlier today, and moves to the full commission next week.

This ordinance would give workers in unincorporated Shelby County with complaints about missing wages or under payments a resource to

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NATO: Syrian regime approaching collapse

BEIRUT (AP) - NATO's top official says he thinks Syria President Bashar Assad's regime is on the brink of collapse.

Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said the regime's collapse is "only a matter of time."

He confirmed earlier reports that NATO had detected Syrian forces launching short-range missiles at opposition forces within Syria, saying

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Russia acknowledges Assad losing control

By By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV
Associated Press

MOSCOW (AP) - Syria's most powerful ally, Russia, said for the first time Thursday that President Bashar Assad is losing control of his country and the rebels might win the civil war, dramatically shifting the diplomatic landscape at a time of enormous momentum for the opposition.

While Deputy Foreign

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