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WASHINGTON (AFP) - Hollywood actor Ashton Kutcher felled media-giant CNN on Friday in a twitter duel to see who could amass one million followers first. The star of the television series "That '70s Show" and husband of actress Demi Moore defeated the news channel in a race on the micro-blogging service that promised a large charitable donation from the winner, but was laden with social significance.

The federal budget estimate for the fiscal year just completed dropped to $250 billion, congressional estimators said Friday, as the economy continues to fuel impressive tax revenues.

Lawsuit opposes some prayers at Cobb County meetings By BILL RANKIN The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Published on: 08/10/05 Five Cobb County residents represented by the American Civil Liberties Union filed a federal lawsuit today seeking to halt certain prayers that are given before county commission meetings. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Atlanta, asks a federal judge to keep legislative prayers at county meetings free of references to specific religious denominations.