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Movie review: 'La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet'
Los Angeles Times - 8 Hours ago
Bodies in motion tend to remain in motion, but almost never with the heart-stirring beauty and grace on view in Frederick Wiseman's exceptional portrait of the Paris Opera Ballet, "La Danse." Wiseman Add Comment

"Idol" wild child Adam Lambert readies first album
Reuters - 9 Hours ago
By Ann Donahue LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Adam Lambert -- the man with the outsize personality who delivered an audacious octave-and-a-half sitar-tinged purr of Johnny Cash's 'Ring of Fire' on the most-watched

"Idol" wild child Adam Lambert readies first album (Reuters) Yahoo! News

'Idol' wild child Adam Lambert readies first album (Reuters) Yahoo! News Australia

Justin Bieber Mall Appearance Canceled After Stampede Erupts MTV

"Idol" champ Allen enjoying music-biz fast track
Reuters - 11 Hours ago
By Ann Donahue LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - A year ago, Kris Allen was attending the University of Central Arkansas, playing gigs at local bars and adjusting to life as a newlywed. Now, thanks to 'American Add Comment

Celebrity Gossip

Miley Cyrus' tour bus crashes, driver dead; Cyrus not on board
FOX 61 - 100 Minutes ago
Driver's family tells KEYE-TV in Austin, Tx, William Douglas died of a heart attack at the wheel of a Miley Cryus tour bus. Sandi Cauley WTVR Staff Related links 911 Calls from Tour Bus Crash Video Noon

Miley Cyrus Tour Bus Accident Leaves One Dead, Several Injured Vancouver Sun

Miley Cyrus Mourns Tour Bus Driver After Crash Mercury FM Hertfordshire

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Justin Bieber appearance canceled due to crowd madness
Kogo - 2 Hours ago
Justin Bieber's appearance. Over 10,000 people showed up at Roosevelt Field mall in Long Island in anticipation of Justin Bieber's appearance, causing the event to be canceled. Bieber used to let his

Justin Bieber Roosevelt Field Mall Madness MyFox New York

TV review: I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here, ITV
The Scotsman - 11 Hours ago
EVENINGS in front of the television are always a trial when you've got teenage daughters, but the last few weekends have been particularly traumatic. The schedules have been taken over by a two-headed

TV review: I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here, ITV The Scotsman

Zac Efron's island-hopping fans
CHINAdaily - 10 Hours ago
Zac Efron's fans are so obsessed with him they even travelled to an island to see him. Related readings: The British premiere of 'Me and Orson Welles' at Leicester Square in London Zac Efron's High School

Zac Efron followed by fans on 'Orson Welles' island AZCentral.com

Zac Efron Isle of Man-bound for film premiere 22-year-old High School Musical heart Isle of Man Online

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Personal finance

Patient 401(k) Members Win Rewards
Investors Business Daily - 9 Hours ago
Good things happen to those who hang tough. That applies to 401(k) plan members too. Investors in 401(k) plans who stuck to a buy-and-hold strategy even through the darkest weeks of the market downturn Add Comment

Fremont Bank Increases Market Share Ranking for Home Mortgage Originations for Third
Individual.com - 11 Hours ago
(BusinessWire) Fremont Bank, a leading full-service community bank in Northern California, has significantly increased its ranking since 2007 as one of the top home mortgage originators Add Comment

More health cuts in final Cook County budget
Daily Southtown - 8 Hours ago
It's back to surgery for Cook County's roughly $800 million health care system, according to its top administrator. Tucked into the county's approximate $3 billion 2010 budget that was approved Thursday

BRIEF: Cook County sales tax cut: 4th attempt is made: County Board OKs cutting Individual.com

No New Taxes in New Cook County Budget FOX WFLD Chicago

Fremont Bank expands into Southern California with home mortgages
Houston Business Journal - 9 Hours ago
Fremont Bank, a Bay Area community bank founded in 1964, said it will expand into Southern California with the opening of a residential mortgage office. The new office will open in Aliso Viejo on Dec.

Fremont Bank Expands to Southern California to Provide Residents with Needed Traditional Individual.com

Fremont Bank expands to Southern California OC Metro Magazine

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US banking

Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle Announces Board of Director Election Results
Reuters - 12 Hours ago
SEATTLE--(Business Wire)-- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle (Seattle Bank) today announced the results of its recent Board of Directors elections for member directors in Alaska, Hawaii, and Utah

"Federal Home Loan Bank of New York Declares a Third Quarter Dividend of 5.60%" Dominican Times Magazine

Federal Home Loan Bank of New York Declares a Third Quarter Dividend of 5.60% Staten Island Live

Meet the New Boss, Literally Same as the Old Boss? Lewis to Stay at BoA?
Registered Rep - 94 Minutes ago
Blast! Our own advisor satisfaction survey was scooped by Dick Bove, banking analyst at Rochdale Securities. In a research note published this morning, Boveâ??in calling for outgoing-CEO Ken Lewis to Add Comment

Doors shut on Commerce Bank of Southwest Florida
Malaysia News.net - 6 Hours ago
Commerce Bank of Southwest Florida, Fort Myers, Florida, was closed Friday by the Florida Office of Financial Regulation. Commerce bank, headquartered at 1520 Royal Palm Square Boulevard, at Fort Myers

Small Florida bank shuttered, 124th this year Helena Independent

BRIEF: Commerce Bank of Southwest Florida fails Individual.com

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Ford Credit to Participate in Bank of America Merrill Lynch 2009 Credit Conference
TickerTech.com - 95 Minutes ago
Sponsored by: DEARBORN, Mich., Nov. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- On Thursday, Dec. 3, K.R. Kent, Ford Motor Credit Company vice chairman and chief financial officer, will deliver a presentation at the Bank of America

LP to Present at Bank of America 2009 Credit Conference on December 3 Individual.com

Bank of America Merrill Lynch Credit Conference December 2, 2009 Ashland

Blogging

Twitter this
Washington Post - 8 Hours ago
by someone other than the actual author will be removed. Finally, we will take steps to block users who violate any of our posting standards, terms of use or privacy policies or any other policies governing Add Comment

Twitter valued at $US1b
Sydney Morning Herald - 10 Hours ago
Twitter Inc., the social-networking company valued at $US1 billion ($1.1 billion) by venture capitalists, said it is generating sales of more than $US4 million a year and plans to build on that revenue Add Comment

FlixUp Is Rotten Tomatoes For Twitter Movie Talk
Washington Post - 13 Hours ago
Rotten Tomatoes is a great site because it takes all the movie reviews from around the web and condenses them into an easy-to-understand aggregate score. But let's be honest: Most movie reviewers suck.

Flixup is rotten tomatoes for twitter movie talk... (TechCrunch via TechNews AM) TechNews.AM

Forget about rotten tomatoes The Hindu

Off to a flying start by blogging
TheStar.com.my - 10 Hours ago
THE online media poses many possibilities, from rising to stardom or applying for a dream job with just a click. However, the idea of being recruited as a pilot through a blogging contest seems a bit Add Comment

Online content

[$$] Paulson Hires Gold Stars (at The Wall Street Journal Online)
Wall Street Journal Online - 12 Hours ago
Hires Gold Stars for His Fund - Welcome, is available in the following editions and languages: Americas

WSJ(11/21) Paulson Hires Gold Stars For His ... Morningstar UK

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Google adds automatic captions to YouTube
The Independent - 6 Hours ago
2009 YouTube, LLC Google, in a significant development for deaf Internet users, announced on Thursday it was adding automatic caption capability to videos on YouTube. Google said machine-generated captions

Video clips on YouTube to have automatic captions Individual.com

Google To Provide Captioning For YouTube WCHS-TV

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MashLogic Unveils Free Online Publishing Service
Econtent Magazine - 6 Hours ago
Page 1 of 1 MashLogic is releasing a 'to go' feature for online publications that would track searches for related topics back to their sites. The free service, which can be activated in two steps, analyzes

Quark unveils free online tool for small-business print jobs Charlotte Business Journal

Your donations keep Online Journal alive
Online Journal - 98 Minutes ago
Without your financial support, there will be no Online Journal. So please donate whatever you can afford to help us pay our monthly expenses. PayPal takes credit cards even if you do not have a PayPal Add Comment

Iran

Iran to hold drills for protecting atom facilities
Reuters Canada - 2 Hours ago
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran will stage large-scale air defense war games next week to help protect its nuclear facilities against any attack, a senior commander was quoted as saying on Saturday. Brigadier

UPDATE 2-Iran to hold drills for protecting atom facilities Reuters UK

U.N. panel condemns Iran for post-election crackdown
Reuters India - 10 Hours ago
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. General Assembly's human rights committee condemned Iran on Friday for a violent crackdown on protesters after presidential elections this year that the Iranian opposition

United Nations condemns Iran for post-elections human rights violations Times of India

UN committee slams Iran for post-election crackdown Reuters

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World Powers Disappointed at Iran's Intransigence
Digital Chosun - 12 Hours ago
Officials from six world powers have expressed disappointment at Iran's refusal to accept a proposal to send its uranium abroad for further enrichment. European Union official Robert Cooper says Iran

World Powers Urge Iran to Accept Nuke Offer World Jewish Daily

New sanctions weighed against Iran
Boston Globe - 6 Hours ago
PARIS - Senior officials from Western powers discussed the possibility of new sanctions on Iran yesterday for flouting the UN Security Councils demands and expressed disappointment that Iran had not accepted

IAEA speaks out against fresh sanctions on Ir ... Aljazeera.com

As Iran Stalls on Nuclear Deal, New Sanctions Weighed New York Times

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Iraq

Iraq cabinet may not discuss oil deals next week
Reuters UK - 86 Minutes ago
11:17am GMT storyKeywords 'BUSINESSPROIND US IRAQ OIL RTR_ArticleTitle 'Iraq cabinet may not discuss oil deals next RTR_ArticleBlurb 'BAGHDAD (Reuters) Deals to develop Iraq's Zubair and West Qurna oilfields Add Comment

Peacemaking Christian Ex-Hostage Returns to Iraq
Christian Post - 70 Minutes ago
A Christian peace worker has returned to Iraq for the first time since he was freed from captivity four years ago. Harmeet Singh Sooden, 36, is part of a Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT) delegation that Add Comment

Iraq: 29,000 donums for wheat, barley agriculture in Karbala
MENAFN - 6 Hours ago
donums for wheat, barley agriculture in Karbala Quote','Stock Charts') Quote','Stock Charts','Earnings') else fregion(m_n) else else getQueryVariable(variable) else (marketvalue else // return the value Add Comment

Crime & Punishment

Police should see all crime victims - PA
Guardian.co.uk - 2 Hours ago
Every victim of crime should be visited by the police, irrespective of how serious the offence, Home Secretary Alan Johnson has indicated. Launching the first national television advertising campaign

Police should visit every victim, says Home Secretary Telegraph

Police 'should visit crime victims' - PA Guardian.co.uk

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Student murder trial set for 2010
Times Live South Africa - 6 Hours ago
Eksteen made his final appearance in the Stellenbosch Magistrate's Court on Friday, when magistrate Anita Potgieter informed him that his trial was scheduled for May 17. Eksteen faces five charges - kidnapping, Add Comment

Fugitive who escaped prison in a box is found
Telegraph - 6 Hours ago
France's most wanted fugitive - who escaped from prison in a cardboard box and lived in the woods for ten weeks - has been caught, the interior minister announced on Friday night. Jean-Pierre Treiber, Add Comment

Kercher murder accused could face life terms
Irish News - 2 Hours ago
Prosecutors are expected to request life in prison for an American student and her former boyfriend accused of killing a young British woman in Italy. Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito are charged with

Kercher murder accused could face life sentences Fife Online

Kercher murder accused could face life sentences Prosecutors are expected to request Derbyshire Times

US politics

Obama asks for patience on economy
Reuters - 2 Hours ago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Saturday urged Americans to show patience over the economy and argued that his just-concluded Asia trip was critical for U.S. exports, countering criticism

Obama asks Americans for patience on economy Forbes.com

Obama's health-care budget-buster
Washington Post - 8 Hours ago
The day after the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) gave its qualified blessing to the version of health reform produced by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Quinnipiac University poll of a national

What are the positive aspects of Obama's health-care reform plan? Columbus Business First

Obamas brace for battle on health care reform TheStar.com.my