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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
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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
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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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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
Malaya: EVERY successful actor usually has a niche: as a leading man, a heartthrob, the boy-next-door-type, a contravida or even as funny-guy-who-never-gets-the-girl. However, GMA Artist Center (GMAAC) talent Marvin Agustin is one of few actors who can say "been...
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...
Consumer product maker Jarden increases stock repurchase by 50 percent to $150 million max2010-03-10
Star Tribune: RYE, N.Y. - Consumer product maker Jarden Corp. said Tuesday that it has increased its stock repurchase program to buy back up to $150 million of its common shares. The company's board earlier authorized a $100 million repurchase, of which approximately $52...
OM Group gets $250M revolving loan, uses $100M to pay off debt related to acquisition2010-03-10
Star Tribune: CLEVELAND - OM Group Inc., which makes industrial chemicals and materials, said Tuesday that it has a new $250 million secured revolving-credit facility with a syndicate of lenders. The new revolving loan replaces a $100 million facility that was to expire in...
AP-GfK Poll: Americans want bipartisan accord on health care, but neither party yields2010-03-10
Star Tribune: WASHINGTON - Americans and their lawmakers are dramatically out of sync on health care, with large majorities of people looking for bipartisan cooperation that's nowhere in sight. A new Associated Press-GfK Poll finds a widespread hunger for improvements to...
Boston Beer's 4th-qtr profit more than doubles as margins grow, write- downs shrink2010-03-10
Star Tribune: BOSTON - Boston Beer Co.'s fourth-quarter profit more than doubled as it shipped out more beer and its profit margin grew and write-downs fell, the company said Tuesday after the market closed. The maker of Sam Adams beer earned $7.5 million, or 52 cents per...
The givingest Minnesota pol in 2009: one-time Bachmann rival, Elwyn Tinklenberg2010-03-10
Star Tribune: Democrat Elwyn Tinklenberg may not have been able to beat Republican U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann in 2008 but he was able to give Democrats another significant gift: $250,000. released Tuesday, Tinklenberg, of Blaine, donated $250,000 to the Democratic...
Bruker agrees to buy Varian product lines, smoothing Agilent's $1.5 billion takeover of Varian2010-03-10
Star Tribune: BILLERICA, Mass. - Scientific instrument maker Bruker Corp. said Tuesday it has agreed to buy certain product lines that Agilent Technologies Inc. has agreed to sell as part of its previously announced takeover of competitor Varian Inc. Agilent and Varian also...
Lithium-ion batter maker A123 Systems narrows its 4Q loss to $22.3 million as sales rise2010-03-10
Star Tribune: WATERTOWN, Mass - A123 Systems Inc., which makes lithium-ion batteries for cars, narrowed its loss in the fourth quarter as its sales rose. The company on Tuesday said it lost $22.3 million, or 22 cents per share, in the three months that ended Dec. 31,...
Texas Instruments CEO Templeton's pay edges up 2 percent to $9.8 million in 20092010-03-10
Star Tribune: SEATTLE - Chip maker Texas Instruments Inc.'s CEO's compensation edged up in 2009, according to calculations by the Associated Press, a recession year that proved difficult for the chipmaker. Richard K. Templeton, 51, received a pay package the company valued...
Saints agree to terms with defensive back Leigh Torrence2010-03-10
Star Tribune: METAIRIE, La. - New Orleans Saints general manager Mickey Loomis says the club has agreed to re-sign reserve defensive back Leigh Torrence to a one-year contract. Torrence has been with the Saints since being claimed off waivers in November 2008. He played in...
Chiefs sign Pro Bowl free agent running back Thomas Jones to beef up backfield2010-03-10
Star Tribune: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The Kansas City Chiefs have signed free agent running back Thomas Jones, who led the New York Jets to the AFC championship game last season and was the NFL's third-leading rusher. The Chiefs announced the deal Tuesday but declined to...
Eagles pick up Vicks' option for 2010, but he's not sure he'll be back with team2010-03-10
Star Tribune: BALTIMORE - Michael Vick says the Philadelphia Eagles exercised their 2010 option on him, meaning the quarterback will receive a $1.5 million roster bonus sometime this week. That doesn't necessarily guarantee he'll return to the Eagles for another season....
NCAA gives Texas, Maryland 1-year reprieve on new rule restricting head coaches-in-waiting2010-03-10
Star Tribune: AUSTIN, Texas - The NCAA has given Texas and Maryland a one-year reprieve from a new rule that limits off-campus football recruiting by a coach designated as the head coach-in-waiting. The decision allows Texas defensive coordinator Will Muschamp and Maryland...
Minnesota: The Land of 10,000 Cuts2010-03-10
Star Tribune:   Minnesota: The Land of 10,000 Cuts   “When sleight of hand is no longer enough, our leaders have turned to across-the-board cuts, which weakens every program equally, regardless of its impact on citizens. When these are exhausted and real...
NY writer who recruited women from overseas is accused of sex crimes, labor trafficking2010-03-10
Star Tribune: WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - A suburban New York City writer who offered jobs to women from Hungary, France and Brazil has been accused of sexually abusing them. A Westchester County grand jury has indicted 66-year-old Joseph Yannai (YAH'-nay) on charges including...
Emilia Burns: Visually dynamic and emotionally powerful2010-03-10
Star Tribune:   It was perhaps the most jarring scene in the play. Lady Macduff (Sun Mee Chomet) sat with her children as her son earnestly asked about the absence of his father. She made no attempt to mask her frustration and fear as she answered her son's queries. It...