An entertaining match finished 2-2 after extra time, with Boyd twice hauling his side back into the game after goals from Noel Hunt and Mark de Vries.

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"CBS and billionaire Mark Cuban are on a talent hunt, " the Hollywood Reporter swooned, noting how the deal was struck at the height of popularity of Fox's latter-day hit American Idol.

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Mr Hunt said he also wanted to meet BBC director general, Mark Thompson, to discuss the salaries the corporation pays its top executives.

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But Oster's attempted lob drifted wide of the mark while Doyle, looking for his first goal in 16 games, and Hunt were denied by a hustling Beye.

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Questioned over Smith, Hunt said his aide's contacts with James Murdoch and his representatives had "overstepped the mark, " which was why he had resigned.

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Hull started strongly and Brown, along with most of the home fans, felt they should have had a penalty when Nicky Barmby met Stephen Hunt's lobbed cross and saw his shot come off Maynor Figueroa, only for referee Mark Clattenburg to wave away their claims of handball.

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Det Supt Mark Payne, who is leading the inquiry, said he would leave "no stone unturned" in the hunt for the killer.

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Conservative MP for the Forest of Dean Mark Harper is in the process of setting up a meeting in Parliament to discuss the issue with Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt.

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