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Matthews Band Sax Player LeRoi Moore Dies 
Black America Web - 3 Hours ago
LOS ANGELES - LeRoi Moore, the versatile saxophonist whose signature staccato fused jazz and funk overtones onto the eclectic sound of the Dave Matthews Band, died Tuesday of complications from injuries
Dave Matthew's Band Gives Emotional Concert TheCelebrityCafe.com
Dave Matthews Band sax player LeRoi Moore dies FindLaw AP International News Canada
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Mars band leads Kerrang! awards 
BBC - 2 Hours ago
Actor Jared Leto set up 30 Seconds To Mars with his brother US band 30 Seconds To Mars were the big winners at the Kerrang! awards on Thursday, scooping two prizes for best single and best international     Add Comment

Mexico CIE inks deal with concert giant Live Nation 
Reuters - 5 Hours ago
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican entertainment firm CIE said it signed a five-year deal with U.S. concert promoter Live Nation Inc, whose clients include Madonna and U2, to bring international artists
Mexico CIE inks deal with concert giant Live Nation (Reuters) Yahoo! News Australia
UPDATE 2-Mexico CIE inks deal with concert giant Live Nation Reuters
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NBC trying to keep the Phelps glow 
Forbes.com - 4 Hours ago
Trying to keep the Michael Phelps glow, NBC has agreed to televise next year's World Swimming Championships from Rome, along with the 2009, 2010 and 2011 national championships. The deal, announced Thursday,
NBC trying to retain the Michael Phelps glow Forbes.com
NBC will keep trying to ride Phelpsâ?? wave MSNBC
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>>   Celebrity Gossip
Actor Jean Reno released from hospital 
USA Today - 3 Hours ago
FORT-DE-FRANCE, Martinique (AP) ? French actor Jean Reno has been released from a hospital in the Caribbean island of Martinique after falling ill. Bernard Cavignaux is a director of the Centre Hospitalier
French actor Jean Reno released from Martinique hospital Los Angeles Times
Leon actor Jean Reno discharged from hospital after 'serious health scare' Evening Standard
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Scoop: Hewitt wishes she'd been nude more 
MSNBC - 4 Hours ago
Jennifer Love Hewitt was fired up about those unflattering bikini images that circulated last winter, but since then, sheâ??s certainly taken advantage of every press opportunity to talk about her body.
Scoop: Love Hewitt Wishes She'd Been Nude More NBC 6
Jennifer Love Hewitt wishes she spent 16 years of her life "nude" LiveNews
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President Shimon Peres celebrates 85th birthday 
Jerusalem Post - 90 Minutes ago
'You have to love what you're doing and you always have to be ready to learn something new,' President Shimon Peres said Thursday, explaining his ability to stay forever young to Dimona youngsters during
President Monson celebrates 81st birthday Thursday Deseret Morning News
Astrology.com Daily Celebrity Birthday - Thursday August 21, 2008 Yahoo! Shine
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TheaterMania - 3 Hours ago
Message: I recommend this article on TheaterMania.com. And, while you're there, you can read news, reviews, features and more, covering theater everywhere! Gossip's New Guy Musical theater star Patrick     Add Comment
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>>   Personal finance
Is college still worth the price? 
CNN - 12 Hours ago
spectators gathered under blue skies at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Conn. to hear Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama deliver the commencement address. After recalling his days as a     Add Comment

Making money in a bearish decade 
Fortune - 9 Hours ago
NEW YORK (Money Magazine) -- Question: Over the past ten years, the stock market has gone nowhere and a buy-and-hold strategy only makes advisers rich. There is plenty of money to be made by buying the     Add Comment

Home insurance: party on, but make sure you are fully covered 
Telegraph - 8 Hours ago
A recent 1m compensation claim highlights the importance of never cutting corners on your home insurance, writes Sarah Cornish. Many householders host garden parties during the summer, but they need to     Add Comment

Personal Finance Daily: For most families, it's a mad scramble to pay for college 
MarketWatch - 7 Hours ago
You wouldn't think that deciding how to pay for your kids' college education would be something that would sneak up on you. But it appears that most families don't do much in the way of long-range planning.     Add Comment
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>>   US banking
Comerica shares continue decline 
Forbes.com - 4 Hours ago
Comerica Inc. shares continued their decline Thursday as investors continued to avoid financial stocks. Shares dropped 96 cents, or 3.6 percent, to $25.94 in afternoon trading. Shares lost 4 percent on
Comerica shares continue decline as financial worries rattle Wall Street Canadian Business Magazine
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Wachovia Announces Expansion Into Downtown Los Angeles With Flagship Financial Center,  
Globe Investor - 6 Hours ago
Company continues its expansion in California as part of Western growth strategy LOS ANGELES, Aug. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Wachovia Corporation (NYSE: WB) today announced its first full-service retail
Wachovia Announces Expansion Into Downtown Los Angeles With Flagship Financial ... FinanzNachrichten.de
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Wachovia shares dip on "Underperform" rating 
Forbes.com - 8 Hours ago
Wachovia Corp. shares fell Thursday after an analyst reinitiated coverage of the bank at 'Underperform,' due to its significant exposure to troubled mortgage loans. Shares shed 55 cents, or 3.7 percent,     Add Comment

DBS, Northern Trust, Royal Bank of Scotland 
Reuters UK - 9 Hours ago
(Reuters) - The following financial services industry appointments were announced on Thursday. DBS GROUP (DBSM.SI: Quote, Profile, Research) Singapore's DBS Group said it appointed Chng Sok Hui as chief     Add Comment
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>>   Blogging
TotalBeauty.com Partners with the Beauty Blog Network Creating the Largest Online  
Forbes.com - 5 Hours ago
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- TotalBeauty.com (http://www.totalbeauty.com), the most comprehensive online beauty resource for women, is enjoying growing support from the most credible source of     Add Comment

Beijing 2008 Olympic Games: Autodesk Technology Enhances Olympic Experience for  
Globe Investor - 3 Hours ago
'Birds Nest' Stadium Visualizations, Olympic Mascots and TV Content All Shaped with Autodesk Software SAN RAFAEL, Calif., Aug. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Autodesk, Inc. (Nasdaq: ADSK) entertainment
Beijing 2008 Olympic Games: Autodesk Technology Enhances Olympic PR Newswire via MSN Money
Beijing 2008 Olympic Games: Autodesk Technology Enhances Olympic Experience ... FinanzNachrichten.de
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Newsweek.com to Provide Daily Coverage of Political Conventions With Reporting,  
Houston Chronicle - 5 Hours ago
NEW YORK, Aug. 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Newsweek.com will cover both political conventions with behind-the-scenes reporting, breaking news and analysis from the magazine's award-winning political     Add Comment

U.S. Olympic Swimming Heroes Michael Phelps and Dara Torres, Most-Searched Olympic  
Macro World Investor - 5 Hours ago
WALTHAM, Mass., Aug. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Lycos, Inc. (http://www.lycos.com), a leading provider of social publishing, media and search services, today announced the following information from The Lycos     Add Comment
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>>   Online content
Sector Snap: Web content stocks mixed, IAC rises 
Forbes.com - 6 Hours ago
though shares of IAC/InterActiveCorp rose in its first day of trading after the former Internet conglomerate completed its split into five publicly traded companies. Shares of IAC, which retains a variety
Sector Snap: National bank stocks fall Yahoo! Canada
Web content stocks are mixed, IAC rises in first day of trading after conglomerate's  Canadian Business Magazine
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Top 10 YouTube Hacks 
Time - 6 Hours ago
Summerâ??s ending, and with it goes a certain sense of taking it easier, relaxing a bit at the officeâ??you know, caching up on all that YouTube browsing you skip when thereâ??s real work to be done.     Add Comment

CNET News Daily Podcast: Why security experts still fret about DNS 
CNET News.com - 2 Hours ago
MessageLabs revealed that an intricate flaw in the underlying design of the Internet's DNS (domain name system) protocol is still vulnerable several weeks after patches were made available. Elinor Mills,     Add Comment

Photobucket, Scrapblog form crafty partnership 
CNET News.com - 8 Hours ago
Photobucket, the massive photo-sharing site that was , has partnered with Scrapblog, a start-up that lets members create online scrapbooks. Through the partnership, whose financial terms were not disclosed,     Add Comment
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>>   Iran
Iran's space agency says it will send man to space 
Boston Globe - 5 Hours ago
TEHRAN, Iran --State TV says Iran's space agency aims to send an astronaut to space within 10 years. The report Thursday quotes Space Agency chief Reza Taghipoor saying the mission's timing will be decided
Man in space within 10 years: Iran space agency CTV.ca
Iran says it will send man to space within 10 years Jerusalem Post
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Report: Iran buys wheat from U.S. first time in 27 years 
SINA - 4 Hours ago
:53:58 (Beijing Time) Xinhua English WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- Iran this summer resumed buying U.S. wheat after a 27-year hiatus, a sign of the limited options for importers seeking large quantities
Iran buys wheat from U.S. first time in 27 years: report Macro World Investor
Iran Buys Wheat From U.S. For First Time in 27 Years Wall Street Journal Online
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What Russiaâ??s Moves on Georgia Could Mean for Iran 
MSNBC Newsweek