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ATLANTA, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Atlanta-based CNN.com said WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was chosen by visitors as the "Most Intriguing Person" of 2010.
The news organization said Assange received 25 percent of the votes in the online poll, with runners-up including President Barack Obama, Facebook mastermind Mark Zuckerberg, Apple chief Steve Jobs and Chilean miner Edison Pena.
Assange, 39, who first made headlines in July with the release of 90,000 secret military documents about the Afghanistan war, recently gained further prominence with the release of 250,000 U.S. diplomatic cables.
Assange is currently facing a sex crime charge in Sweden.
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An employer says a 17-year-old girl Texas girl who spent a night in jail for truancy does nothing but work and go to school.
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To avoid a meltdown in 2006, Ford Motor Co. mortgaged the farm putting up its assets – including its Blue Oval logo, and F-150 pickup and iconic Mustang trademarks – to secure $23.5 billion in credit.
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