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at 19:21 on May 24, 2013, EDT.

Steely Marion Cotillard shines in the gripping tale 'The Immigrant,' alongside Joaquin Phoenix

CANNES, France - Academy award-winner Marion Cotillard gave her all and even learned another language to play a Polish woman struggling with the realities of 1920s New York in James Gray's terse offering, "The Immigrant."

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at 19:06 on May 24, 2013, EDT.

Horror in the rearview mirror: Trucker amazed by tragedy behind him after load hits I-5 bridge

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. - The trucker was hauling a load of drilling equipment when his load bumped against the steel framework over an Interstate 5 bridge. He looked in his rearview mirror and watched in horror as the span collapsed into the water behind him. Two vehicles fell into the icy Skagit River.

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at 18:44 on May 24, 2013, EDT.

Calif. bill sought to require product makers to reduce plastic trash polluting the ocean

SAN FRANCISCO - A California bill that would have required manufacturers to figure out how to keep the most common plastic junk out of state waterways died in the state Assembly without a vote Friday.

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at 16:30 on May 24, 2013, EDT.

Taliban attack int'l compound in Afghan capital, killing 2 guards and wounding 4 aid workers

KABUL - In the latest militant strike on the Afghan capital, Taliban gunmen backed by a suicide car bomber attacked an international aid group's compound on Friday, killing two guards and setting off an hours-long street battle with police in the heart of Kabul .

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at 16:29 on May 24, 2013, EDT.

Country star Blake Shelton aiding fellow Oklahomans with benefit concert to air on NBC

NBC and sister networks will air Blake Shelton's concert to help his fellow Oklahomans affected by this week's storms in their home state.

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at 15:52 on May 24, 2013, EDT.

Bruce Dern a leading man again in Alexander Payne's Cannes entry 'Nebraska'

CANNES, France - For the aging, gruff patriarch of his father-son road trip "Nebraska," Alexander Payne tried to lure Gene Hackman out of retirement and considered the likes of Robert Duvall and Jack Nicholson. Bruce Dern calls them "the obvious guys."

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