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<Slug>ship 10</Slug>
<TEXT>It's being reported Italian investigators are examining whether the delay in evacuating the Costa Concordia was for financial reasons.

A newspaper claims the ship's owner may have been concerned about massive compensation pay-outs.
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<Slug>HOSPITAL1</Slug>
<TEXT>A vomiting bug that has caused disruption at Weston Hospital is still lingering more than a month after it was first noticed.

The norovirus is still affecting one ward at the hospital and visiting hours have been heavily restricted...to 1 hour each evening.
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<TEXT>Michael Jackson's family's dropped a claim for compensation from the doctor who killed him.

They'd been seeking more than 100-million dollars in damages from Conrad Murray.

He's serving four years in jail for the star's involuntary manslaughter.
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<Slug>014 SHARK PICKERING</Slug>
<TEXT>An Australian snorkeller has been describing his lucky escape after being
attacked by a tiger shark.

David Pickering's the third person to be attacked by a shark this month -
which is normally the number of incidents seen annually.

The three metre long shark sank its teeth into his arm, but he was able to
punch it - forcing it to back off.

[Take AUDIO
NUMBER: 014
OUT WORDS: seconds so +laughs
Duration: 12"]


[Total 00:31]
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<Slug>LAKE 1</Slug>
<TEXT>A new path around Backwell lake will only go two-thirds of the way round now - because of mounting costs.

The plans - to make the beauty spot more accessible, have been changed after concerns were raised about the materials being used between the bridge and the car park.

Upgrading that final third would have doubled the cost of the fifty thousand pound project.
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<Slug>bgt 9</Slug>
<TEXT>The winner of this year's Britain's Got Talent will get a prize that's quite literally 'out of this world'. 

Simon Cowell says he's teaming up with Sir Richard Branson to offer the winner a seat on one of the first Virgin Galactic flights into Space.
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<TEXT>Nova news - now you're up to date
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