Ms. Medek loved pink and Hello Kitty, said her mother's friend, Roxanne Torres.

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At a news conference Sunday, NTSB board member Kitty Higgins said the cockpit voice recorder captured sounds of loud "thumps" seconds after the pilot and first officer commented on a nearby flock of birds.

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"What we saw last week was not unlike the first flight of the Kitty Hawk, " said Friedland, Ivanhoe's cofounder and deputy chairman, in a conference call the next day.

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To replenish its depleted kitty the FDIC recently said it would require healthy banks to make three years of advance payments for future premiums by the end of this year rather than hit them with new assessments.

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"Get rid of the iron and bring in the kitty, " one commenter said.

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The thumps are followed by a "rapid decrease in engine sounds, " said NTSB board member Kitty Higgins.

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"The reports that we are hearing are very alarming, " said U.N. refugee agency spokeswoman Kitty McKinsey.

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Scolari is expected to be handed a huge transfer kitty and the 26-year-old Kaka is said to be top of his wanted list.

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"Nobody reads news reports about the wonderful and pleasant gaming aspects of Hello Kitty Island Adventure or Barbie's Beach Vacation, " said Whittle.

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It also said it was selling equity stakes in state-run firms, to help fill the public kitty.

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However, the Kings said they've had to fight every step of the way to protect Lise's kitty-inspired patents from copycats, no pun intended.

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