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Actress Carrie Fisher gets a posthumous Grammy nomination/REUTERS.

Nominated news nuggets picked from the press.

1. Berlin police have found radioactive iodine on playing cards in a raid. Detectives believe players could wear a hidden detector on their bodies allowing them to recognise certain cards, giving them an advantage.
2. In the UK, men will no longer require a prescription to obtain the impotence drug Viagra and will instead be able to buy it over the counter at pharmacies.
3. Grammys 2018: In the last 20 years, only two black artists have won the Grammys main prize, album of the year, but this year, the main categories are dominated by rap and R&B.
4. Firing off on a mission that will test different methods to clean up space junk, the RemoveDebris spacecraft will attempt to snare a small satellite with a net and test whether a harpoon is an effective garbage grabber.
5. A former high-ranking Chinese military official has taken his own life, state media say, sparking a debate over the possible circumstances, while a war crimes appeal hearing at The Hague was dramatically cut short when one Serbian defendant drank what he said was poison upon hearing the verdict.
6. The government of Canada has earmarked C$100m ($78m, £58m) to settle a class-action lawsuit filed by LGBT victims as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau apologises for historical injustices against the community during the Cold War.
7. Crispin School, in England, Somerset, claimed on its Facebook page that "achieving" pupils were "sharply dressed" and in "the correct footwear". The post attracted hundreds of angry comments from people claiming it discriminated against students who could not afford "the nicest shoes".
8. US President Donald Trump mocked a political rival as Pocahontas as he welcomed Native Americans to the White House, while Democratic congressional leaders have cancelled a meeting with Trump after he attacked them on Twitter.
9. NBC has sacked its star Today Show host Matt Lauer over an allegation of sexual misconduct, while one of the most beloved voices on US public radio, Garrison Keillor, was fired for inappropriate behaviour.
10. The economic and military balance of world power could be altered as China rushes to develop artificial intelligence technology, a US think tank has warned, while three Chinese citizens have been charged by a US court with hacking attacks on international corporations.

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