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VW buys 49.9 percent stake in Porsche

Dec. 7, 2009
Germany's Volkswagen AG says it has purchased an initial 49.9 percent stake in fellow car maker Porsche AG _ carrying out a move that it had been expected to make this week. VW, based in Wolfsburg, said Monday that it paid euro3.9 billion ($5.9 billion) for...
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Marilyn Monroe Cupcake Portrait at Madame Tussauds in New York
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A one-of-a-kind 8 x 4 foot portrait of Marilyn Monroe made from 2,100 bite sized stuffed cupcakes stands in the lobby next to her wax figure on the eve of Marilyn Monroe's 86th birthday at Madame Tussauds in New York City on May 31, 2012. UPI/John Angelillo