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I would recommend starting with http://cgcookie.com/blender/get-started-with-blender/

When starting from zero I don't think there exists any Blender tutorials that can really compete.

There's also Blender Noob to Pro (http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Blender_3D:_Noob_to_Pro) I can't really say how good it is, since I started with Blender in 1999/2000 and back then everything was different and there was only sparse documentation :)

3D Buzz has some great free video series. http://www.3dbuzz.com/vbforum/content.php?223