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Look who stopped by Marilyn Monroe is shown in New York in December 1961 in a photo released on Friday, Feb. 5. Photographer Len Steckler shot the black-and-white images of the actress when she unexpectedly arrived at his apartment to visit his friend, Pulitzer-prize winning poet Carl Sandburg. Steckler is offering them for a sale as a limited edition series called "Marilyn Monroe: The Visit." from msnbc.com

[NEWS] Ukraine Tymoshenko's team cries foul before polls close

Ukraine Tymoshenko's team cries foul before polls close Reuters Sunday, February 7, 2010; 12:20 PM KIEV (Reuters) - Ukrainian presidential contender Yulia Tymoshenko's campaign team cried foul as voting was under way in Sunday's election, saying it would contest results in the region which is the base of her rival Viktor Yanukovich. Prime Minister Tymoshenko, who led the 2004 street protests which propelled her to prominence and humiliated Yanukovich by denying him victory in a rigged poll, has vowed to call people onto the streets again if the current poll is falsified. "(Actions) by Yanukovich supporters spread from blocking the work of our election observers in the Donetsk region to open banditry and terrorism in some western Ukrainian regions," Deputy Prime Minister and Tymoshenko campaign chief Oleksander Turchynov told a news briefing. "This criminal approach to organizing an election cannot help holding it in an honest and transpare...