• It begins five years after the ending of "Borderlands" and the opening of the Vault, a location of rumored riches that actually contained a huge alien beast with massive jaws and multiple tentacles.

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  • In it he told the story of Gary Gilmore, the first man to be executed after the ending of the moratorium on the death penalty, in sentences as spare and unadorned as the Utah desert in which it was set.

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  • It capped a big week for Kvitova, who beat former world No. 1 and 2011 Dubai champion Caroline Wozniacki in the semifinals after ending the title defense of fourth-ranked Agnieszka Radwanska following a straight-sets win over Ana Ivanovic.

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  • It's something Carmody pointed out after the season-ending loss to Iowa in the Big Ten tournament.

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  • Steven Davies is Worcestershire's best hope of reaching that target after ending the day 40 not out.

    BBC: Langer record adds to Worcs gloom

  • Australian debutant Michael Clarke, meanwhile, set his sights on a hundred after ending the day on 76 not out.

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  • Meanwhile, Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti - who faces an uncertain future after ending the season trophyless - conceded that his side had been beaten by the better team.

    BBC: Alex Ferguson & Ryan Giggs eye historic Man Utd title

  • Moss had to pelt himself with the pie because Josh Reddick, who usually gets the honor after a game-ending hit by the A's, was initially too tired.

    NPR: Tired Tale: Moss, A's Reflect On 19-Inning Win

  • The Blues full-back edged his side in front again after 32 minutes, ending the scoring in a half in which home number eight Xavier Rush, prop Gethin Jenkins and opponents Shaun Sowerby and scrum-half Byron Kelleher were hugely influential.

    BBC: Cardiff Blues 9-6 Toulouse

  • At 50, Stevens is back in the saddle after ending a seven-year retirement earlier this year.

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  • Last week, a reader in Germany got an early copy of "Dead Ever After" and leaked the ending, which angered a vocal faction of fans who wanted Sookie to end up with a different character.

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  • The organisers called off the protest after three days, ending fears that it would be a repetition of the anti-globalisation chaos at the World Trade Organisation meeting in Seattle in 1999.

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  • His relatively smooth progress was jolted in the final set when he made a mad dash to retrieve a half-volley and hit the deck just after reaching the ball with a backhand, ending up sprawled on the rubberised hardcourt.

    BBC: Murray starts with convincing win

  • Much later, Mr Barak, who sees himself as the murdered Mr Rabin's hand-picked successor, served a truncated term as prime minister from 1999 to 2001 after defeating Mr Netanyahu at the polls and ending his stint as prime minister after three years.

    ECONOMIST: Long accouchement, broad baby

  • Was the same corpse exhumed and mutilated after Charles II came to the throne, ending Britain's brief experiment with republicanism and military rule?

    ECONOMIST: Oliver Cromwell

  • After the Bush tax cuts started in 2001, quickly ending the 2001 recession, the economy continued to grow for another 73 months.

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  • This time, New York is the No. 2 seed after ending Boston's five-year reign as division champion and won three of the four meetings in the regular season.

    WSJ: Celtics try to give Boston a lift against Knicks

  • There were 3, 450 looked-after children adopted in the year ending 31 March 2012 - the highest figure since 2007.

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  • Hewlett-Packard shares are trading lower this morning after the computing giant reduced its guidance for the fiscal year ending in October.

    FORBES: HP FY Q2 Tops Guidance; But Shares Fall On Reduced Outlook

  • Fellow centre-half Madjid Bougherra is also relishing the prospect of his first taste of the Champions League after ending an impressive debut season at Ibrox with a league winner's medal.

    BBC: Weir happy to share with Ferguson

  • After ending up on the losing side against Leeds in the last three season-deciders at Old Trafford, Cunningham knows that an era is truly at an end at Knowsley Road.

    BBC: St Helens skipper Keiron Cunningham out to end on high

  • Saturday's defeat left the London club level on points with bottom side Reading, who lost 2-1 at Norwich, while Stoke climbed six points clear of the relegation zone after ending a run of six defeats and a draw.

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  • But the agreement does not meet the explicit conditions the Quartet set as its price for ending the embargo it imposed after Hamas won last year's legislative elections.

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  • It wasn't an ideal start to a new chapter in his career for the 2008 world champion, with Hamilton ending the day seventh fastest after sliding off the track during what looked to be a promising lap.

    CNN: Vettel off to a flier as Red Bull set the pace in Melbourne

  • Months after the back-to-back, mission-ending dives, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter flew over the crash sites and imaged the final resting spots.

    NPR: NASA Moon Craft Spots Ebb And Flow Crash Sites

  • Instead the frustration belonged to Burton, who have had a successful first season in the Football League but are ending the campaign on a whimper after seven games without victory.

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  • Edge - who led the competition following the dressage - retired after horse Two Thyme twice refused, ending her challenge for the Badminton title.

    BBC: Badminton Horse Trials: Mark Todd promoted to lead

  • In 1862, the Confederate garrison of Fort Pulaski at Tybee Island, Georgia, was taken after a 30-hour siege, ending the era of masonry fortifications.

    CNN: Friday,

  • Safina lost her No. 1 ranking for the second time after retiring hurt during her first match at the season-ending Sony Ericsson Championships in Qatar in October, and revealed then that she had been struggling with the problem for three months.

    CNN: Safina backs out of Dubai appearance

  • This summer, many tour operators wondered if people-to-people travel was ending altogether, after the Treasury Department started denying licenses to operators or simply not responding to renewal requests.

    CNN: Eased travel to Cuba not without hurdles

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