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Europe's Big Guns under Threat in Champions League

The Champions League could have one of the most diverse and understated quarterfinal lineups in its 20-year history if four of Europe's major powers fail to up their game in this week's last-16 second legs.

Unheralded APOEL, the first Cypriot team to reach the knockout stage of the competition, and Benfica, whose best days in Europe came in the 1960s, reached the last eight last week along with Barcelona and AC Milan.

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Nadal, Federer, McHale Each Win at Indian Wells

American teenager Christina McHale stunned Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova with a 2-6, 6-2, 6-3 victory in the night session of the PNB Paribas Open, which has seen several withdrawals because of illness.

Gael Monfils of France, Jurgen Melzer of Austria, and American Vania King each battled an intestinal virus that has sidelined at least a half-dozen players.

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'Lorax' Trumps 'John Carter' with $39.1M Weekend

"Dr. Seuss' the Lorax" has easily beaten Edgar Rice Burroughs' "John Carter" at the weekend box office.

Studio estimates Sunday put "The Lorax" at No. 1 for the second-straight weekend as the animated adventure based on the children's book took in $39.1 million. That raised its 10-day domestic total to $122 million, making "The Lorax" the year's top-grossing release.

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Schwarzenegger's Son Injured in U.S. Ski Accident

The 18-year-old son of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver says he has been treated for injuries after getting in "a little ski accident" in Idaho.

Patrick Schwarzenegger tweeted Saturday that he received stitches after the accident, and he thanked doctors who he said cared for him in Sun Valley.

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Oprah and Jaycee Dugard Honored at The DVF Awards

Oprah Winfrey was embraced in a hug by longtime friend Diane von Furstenberg as she took to the stage to accept a "Lifetime Leadership" honor at the third annual DVF awards.

"She is the most formidable person I have ever met in my life," the designer and humanitarian said of Winfrey at the event, held Friday night at the United Nations. "What is extraordinary about Oprah is that she has done so much and yet she is still a little girl. She is still very pure and you can make her cry and laugh so quickly."

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Iranian-Americans Get The Reality TV Treatment

Reality TV's life lessons tend to be at least as synthetic as the shows themselves.

Say you were intrigued by Snooki's problem-solving approach, if one existed, to drummed-up crises on "Jersey Shore." Translatable to the actual world? Nah.

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Woman Gives Birth to Son Weighing Nearly 14 Pounds

A Southern California woman says doctors predicted she would give birth to a big baby boy, but nobody was prepared for just how big.

Jayden Sigler weighed in at 13 pounds, 14 ounces, when the healthy boy was delivered Thursday by cesarean section, the North County Times reported Saturday (http://bit.ly/Amd2Wv ).

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Egypt Court Acquits 'Virginity Test' Military Doctor

An Egyptian military tribunal has acquitted an army doctor of an accusation of public obscenity filed by a protester who claimed she was forced to undergo a virginity test while in detention.

Samira Ibrahim won a civilian court ruling last year that affirmed the tests were taking place at military jails and ordered they be halted.

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Japan Marks 1 Year since Quake, Tsunami Disaster

Through silence and prayers, people across Japan on Sunday remembered the massive earthquake and tsunami that struck the nation one year ago, killing just over 19,000 people and unleashing the world's worst nuclear crisis in a quarter century.

A moment of silence was observed at 2:46 p.m. — the exact time the magnitude-9.0 quake struck on March 11, 2011.

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Solar Storm Shakes Earth's Magnetic Field

A solar storm shook the Earth's magnetic field early Friday, but scientists said they had no reports of any problems with electrical systems.

After reports Thursday of the storm fizzling out, a surge of activity prompted space weather forecasters to issue alerts about changes in the magnetic field.

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