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Houston Chronicle: In Girl World, girls talk openly about Facebook attacks, racy cell-phone photos and mean girls at school. But in Girl World, girls don't swap their stories with friends....
David Letterman Extortion Case: CBS News Producer Pleads Guilty
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The Examiner: Robert "Joe" Halderman pleads guilty in David Letterman Extortion Case.AP/Louis Lanzano Related articlesTop 10 celebrity sex scandals...
Major business groups launch major ad campaign to stop Obama health care bill
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Star Tribune: WASHINGTON - Major business groups say President Barack Obama's health care overhaul is a job killer, and they're launching a multimillion-dollar ad campaign to take that...
Struggles at bank owned by candidate's family loom over Ill. race for Obama's old Senate seat
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Star Tribune: CHICAGO - With the public still furious over bank bailouts, Democrats desperate to keep President Barack Obama's old Senate seat are scrambling to counter revelations...
 
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David Beckham and Ronaldinho
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CNN: A.C. Milan's David Beckham is looking forward to return to Man. U - Soccer - SI.com
Toyota Supra MKIV from the en:2 Fast 2 Furious movie.
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The Daily Tribune: The Toyota myth is shattered
Barack Obama and Joe Biden at rally held in their honor at the Bank Atlantic Center in Sunrise, Florida on October 29, 2008
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Star Tribune: Restrictions on abortion funding take on different form in Obama's health care overhaul bill
Liverpool's manager Rafael Benitez talks to the media during a press conference at the club's Anfield stadium, Liverpool, England, Monday March 5, 2007.
photo: AP / Dave Thompson
Independent online (SA):  Benitez losing patience as time runs out
Rafael Nadal of Spain serves to Lukas Lacko of Slovakia during the men's singles match at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Wednesday Jan. 20, 2010.
photo: AP / Mark Baker
Independent online (SA):  Nadal says he's fit for Indian Wells
Dogs - Animal - Pet
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Star Tribune: A chip for spot: British dog owners could be forced to microchip and insure their pets
Classic General Electric neon sign, in Willacoochee.
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Star Tribune: GE proposes limiting downstream PCB contamination during Hudson River dredging
Workers leave the headquarters of Panasonic Corp. in Kadoma in Osaka Prefecture
photo: AP / Kyodo News
Star Tribune: Samsung and Panasonic try to launch the era of 3-D TVs, with models going on ...
Cars - Vehicles - Parking Lot
photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag
Inquirer: Summer heat no picnic for your car
Manchester United's manager Alex Ferguson, left, and his assistant Carlos Queiroz watch proceedings during a practice session at the team's Carrington training ground before their upcoming FA Cup semi-final soccer match against Watford, in Manchester
photo: AP Photo / Jon Super
The Independent: Brown ruled out for over a month
Vitali Klitschko,left, former WBC and WBO heavyweight champion during a training session in Going in the Austrian province of Tyrol, Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2008. Klitschko will fight against WBC boxing world champion Samuel Peter of Nigeria in Berlin, Germany on Oct. 11, 2008 for Peter's WBC heavyweight title.
photo: AP / Kerstin Joensson
MSNBC: Vitali Klitschko to fight Albert Sosnowski
Netherlands' Ryan Babel
photo: AP / Armando Franca
Sky Sports: Babel keeps the faith
Former Formula One World champion Michael Schumacher
photo: AP Photo / Manu Fernandez
The Daily Telegraph Australia: Michael Schumacher will fail - Mark Webber
Retailing- super market- mall- India
photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar
Star Tribune: Publix Super Markets recalls some seasoning mixes that may be contaminated with salmonella
Brazil's top model Gisele Bundchen, right, and U.S. American football star Tom Brady
photo: AP / Tadeu Vilani/Agencia RBS
Boston Herald: Buyers beware of Tom Brady & Gisele Bundchen’s Back Bay digs
USA's Bode Miller reacts in the finish area after taken the second place together in the same time with Mario Scheiber from Austria during the men's Downhill World Cup race in Kitzbuehel, Austria, on Saturday, Jan. 19, 2008. (bb2)
photo: AP / Kerstin Joensson
USA Today: Bode Miller decides to skip World Cup finals
President George W. Bush discusses the Medicare prescription drug benefit plan at the Etta & Joseph Miller Performing Arts Center in Jefferson City, Mo., Tuesday, April 11, 2006. ula1
photo: White House by Eric Draper
The Daily Beast: Bush's Ghostwriter
Kim Clijsters of Belgium returns the ball to Thailand's Tamarine Tanasugarn during their Women's singles match at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Wednesday Jan. 20, 2010.
photo: AP / Mark Baker
China Daily: Kim Clijsters
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov speaks at Moscow's President Hotel, Friday, March 27, 2009. Friday's conference on coordination of global efforts to combat terrorism and drug-trafficking in Afghanistan, whose participants include United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, is organized by the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, which includes Russia, China and the ex-Soviet Central Asian nations of Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekista
photo: AP / Misha Japaridze
Star Tribune: Russian foreign minister says nuclear arms treaty could be signed by April
U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates testifies before the House Armed Services Committee about the 2010 National Defense Authorization Budget Request May 13, 2009, at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington.
photo: US Navy file / Chad J. McNeeley
Star Tribune: Gates praises troops in hard-hit battle unit in southern Afghanistan
Joe Biden
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Star Tribune: Biden in Israel says United States will back those who "take risks for peace"
Bollywood (Hindi film) actress / heroine Bipasha Basu at the launch of Filmfare cover issue featuring her in a hot & sexy bikini.
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The Siasat Daily: Bipasha Basu harassed
Mark Alan Webber,is an Australian Formula One driver. (rs1)
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The Times of India: Schumacher in for a hard season: Webber
Pakistan cricket Captain Inzamam-ul-Haq looks on during a practice session in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, March 14, 2006. Pakistan will play three One-Day Internationals and two Test matches with Sri Lanka beginning March
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Newstrack India: Pak cricket should move on from Oz debacle : Inzamam
Lindsey Vonn, of the United States, takes a jump on her way to winning an alpine ski, Women's World Cup Downhill race, in Are, Sweden, Wednesday, March 11, 2009.
photo: AP / Marco Trovati
m&c: Vonn poised for third straight World Cup overall title (News Feature)

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Letterman's scandal is over, but can he beat Leno?2010-03-10
Yahoo Daily News: NEW YORK – Dave Letterman can heave a huge sigh of relief after the guilty plea Tuesday of a TV producer charged with trying to extort him. No time-consuming legal mumbo-jumbo will be dogging Letterman. No more messy, embarrassing public revelations of...
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PR Newswire: ERIE, Pa., March 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Eriez®, world authority in magnetic, vibratory and inspection applications, now offers a 14-page brochure which helps buyers at industrial companies select the proper magnetic separating equipment for their processing...
The Sound of Broken Bells2010-03-10
Wall Street Journal: By JIM FUSILLI An abundance of musical ideas define "Broken Bells" (Columbia), the self-titled '60s-minded debut from the duo of Brian Burton, best known as Danger Mouse, and James Mercer of The Shins. It's the kind of textured pop album that reveals new joys...
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PR Newswire: NEW YORK, March 9 /PRNewswire/ -- American Media, Inc. (AMI) today said that it has made available at its corporate website certain information, including the average estimated monthly circulation of certain key magazine titles during the period April 2009...
Sears Brings Home Multiple Prestigious Industry Honors2010-03-10
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Inside the world of Obama’s Secret Service bodyguards2010-03-10
Taipei Times: Keeping the US president alive is the greatest challenge the US secret service has ever undertaken. But who wants to kill him? And how likely are they to succeed? The Southern Poverty Law Center began life in 1971 as a tiny law firm specializing in civil...
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Fu Jen have last laugh as Culture club hit false note2010-03-10
Taipei Times: Final Four action in the University Basketball Association tournament on Monday evening saw Fu Jen Catholic University edge past Chinese Culture University in a 64-63 thriller and National Taiwan Normal University cruise past Mingdao University 87-60 at...
Wrestling Wrap Up: From 02/01 - 02/09 20102010-03-10
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IGN Digigods Podcast Episode 1302010-03-10
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Pacquiao still looking at Floyd POC says NSAS must have hand in selection -->2010-03-10
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PBL officials surprised by Chino's move2010-03-10
Malaya: OFFICIALS and team representatives in the Philippine Basketball League expressed mixed reactions yesterday over the reported resignation of China Trinidad as commissioner, most of them disbelief. Gil Angeles, who represents Toyota Otis in the PBL board, said...
Kilmarnock boss Jimmy Calderwood rues second-half show2010-03-10
BBC News: Jimmy Calderwood was at a loss to explain his Kilmarnock team's inability to maintain their first-half form after the break in their defeat by Rangers. Prior to goals by Steven Whittaker and Kenny Miller, Killie looked the team more likely to win the game....
UST keeps overall title2010-03-10
Malaya: PROVING it has not lost its appetite for winning, University of Santo Tomas has annexed its 37th general championship, anchored on victories in seven fronts, at the close of the 72nd season of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines recently....
Marvin means business2010-03-10
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Hilary Duff Signs Multi-Book Deal With Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing2010-03-10
PR Newswire: NEW YORK, March 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Hilary Duff, film and television star, recording artist, clothing designer, and philanthropist, has signed a world rights deal with Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers to publish her first-ever young adult fiction...
Turkish delight2010-03-10
Taipei Times: Contemporary Turkish artist Memduh Kuzay’s exhibit Shall We Dance? Istanbul offers a visual narration of the country’s recent history through paintings that incorporate many of its rich artistic traditions When Mustafa Kemal Ataturk founded the Republic of...
Mac prez gets his 5 minutes of fame2010-03-10
Star Tribune: The president of Macalester College awakes to a bagpipe-playing alarm, delivers helium to a chemistry lab and solicits donations while wearing a sandwich board. All in a day's work. Or so a YouTube video pretends. A five-minute video produced by the St. Paul...
Sen. Vitter's fundraising letter target of ethics complaint; opponent says eagle-image illegal2010-03-10
Star Tribune: BATON ROUGE, La. - A challenger to Louisiana Sen. David Vitter filed an ethics complaint Tuesday, claiming a fundraising letter for the Republican incumbent's campaign makes illegal use of a government emblem. The complaint with the Senate Select Committee on...
ProLogis prices $400 million of convertible notes, $1.1 billion of fixed-rate notes2010-03-10
Star Tribune: DENVER - ProLogis, a real estate investment trust, priced $400 million of convertible senior notes and $1.1 billion of fixed-rate senior notes Tuesday. The sale is expected to close on March 16. ProLogis said it plans to use the proceeds from both offerings to...
Flow International narrows its loss in 3rd quarter, year-ago period marred by charge2010-03-10
Star Tribune: KENT, Wash. - Flow International Inc., which makes water jet machines for cutting and cleaning applications, said Tuesday it narrowed its loss in the third quarter, compared with a year-ago quarter weighed by a hefty charge. For the three months ended Jan. 31,...
2009 compensation for Bristol-Myers Squibb CEO Cornelius falls 22 percent amid recession2010-03-10
Star Tribune: TRENTON, N.J. - The chief executive of drugmaker Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., James Cornelius, received a 2009 compensation package valued by The Associated Press at $17 million, down 22 percent from 2008, due to the much lower value of his stock awards. The...
Court allows Pratt & Whitney to speed up appeal in case to move 1,000 jobs ...2010-03-10
Star Tribune: EAST HARTFORD, Conn. - Pratt & Whitney said Tuesday a federal appeals court granted the jet engine maker's request for an expedited appeal of a lawsuit it lost as it tries to move 1,000 jobs out of Connecticut. The subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. filed...