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"The Hurt Locker" emerged victorious from a tough battle with "Avatar" - the biggest movie of all time - to win Best Picture at Sunday night's Academy Awards."Hurt Locker" won five other Oscars, including, in a surprise main sweep, Best Director for Kathryn Bigelow.She made history as the first woman to receive the honor. Only three other women have been
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Online music service Pandora could hit $100 million in revenue this year, which would represent more than twice as much revenue as the company pulled in for 2009 and potentially set the stage for an IPO.The new estimate comes from a Wall Street analyst quoted in a New York Times profile of Pandora, a company that has narrowly escaped all but certain dea
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A strong, pre-dawn earthquake knocked down stone and mud-brick houses, barns and minarets in eastern Turkey on Monday, killing 51 people in five villages, the government said.The earthquake surprised many residents as they slept, crumpling buildings into piles of rubble. Panicked survivors fled into narrow village streets, some climbing out of windows,
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Justin Bieber has been ruling Twitter this week and he continues to do so with the interest in his performance in Europe last night in Berlin. The entertainer was found on state at the Dome performing to the delight of the girls and giving the EU an opportunity to understand why North America loves this young singer.After the performance, Justin tweeted
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John Harrison looks like an unmade bed, talks more than Larry King and says he sees sound as color. He makes speakers out of hemp, and to spend any time with him leaves you thinking he’s smoking some of the product.It would be easy to dismiss him as a lovable, eccentric old hippie. But the man might just be a mad genius. He has rethought the most
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Robert Downey Jr appeared on "Jimmy Kimmel Live" after the Oscars to premiere the brand new trailer for "Iron Man 2," featuring tons of new footage, including a shot of the Collapsible Briefcase Armor. Check out the trailer below.During his appearance, Downey said that after the success of the first movie, Marvel bought him a Bentley and that he was the one
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Oscar front-runner Sandra Bullock isn't letting the buzz go to her head: The Blind Side star showed up in person to accept her two Golden Raspberry awards Saturday night.Oscars: Who will win and who could make history?Bullock won the Razzie for worst actress for her role in the romantic comedy flop, All About Steve. She also shared the win for worst couple
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"Hurt Locker" director Kathryn Bigelow, left, won the best director Oscar and became the first woman ever to win the award. The film also won best picture.LOS ANGELES - “The Hurt Locker” won the top two prizes at Sunday's Academy Awards, taking home the best picture trophy and the best director honor for Kathryn Bigelow.Bigelow is the first woman
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Hugo Martin reports todaythat the Queen Mary is getting a new management company that will update the venerable cruise ship in hopes of reviving her faded glory and tourist interest. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/money_co/page/2/
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The U.S. service sector last month marked its fastest expansion in more than two years, according to a report Wednesday.The nonmanufacturing index calculated by theInstitute for Supply Managementjumped to 53 from 50.5 in January, the highest level since December 2007.Any level above 50 represents growth, according to the Tempe, Ariz.-based nonprofit.N
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By Eileen AmbroseTribune NewspapersMarch 7, 2010The U.S. tax code is massive and complicated, the perfect fodder for myth-making.Perhaps the most well-worn fallacy, shot down by many courts despite the best efforts of tightfisted taxpayers, is that federal taxes are illegal.It's an argument often used by people who have turned to Tax Masters, a company that
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Planned downsizing at U.S. companies plunged in February to its lowest level since 2006, according to a report Wednesday.Employers announced 42,090 job cuts last month, a 41% dip from the 71,482 in January and a 77% slide from the 186,350 in February 2009.The previous low was the 37,178 layoffs announced in July 2006, according to Chicago-based
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In another sign that the foundation of the U.S. housing recovery may be shaky, the number of homes placed under sales contracts fell 7.6% in January, according to a national index.The National Assn. of Realtors said its pending home sales index, a forward-looking indicator based on contracts signed in January, fell to 90.4 from an upwardly revised 97.8 in De
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Three Los Angeles area homes recently came on the market priced at or around $50 million.For comparison's sake, here's a look at what that kind of money can buy:Producer-director Bud Yorkin and his wife, actress Cynthia Sikes, listed their gated estate:Price:$49.5 millionArea:Holmby HillsSquare footage:About 11,900Bedrooms:5Bathrooms:7 1/2Lot size:Nearly 2.7
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Multi-generational home buying appears to be growing in popularity.According an online survey byColdwell Banker Real Estate, 37% of the 2,360 real estate agents who responded cited an increase in the number of families looking for homes to accommodate multiple generations in the past year and said they anticipated increased demand for these types of homes in
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Posted by:Simcha WhitehillFiled In:News 8:20AM, Thursday January 7th 2010 MSNBCForget abouthipster finger mustache tatsand evenBagel Heads in Japan, there’s a new bod mod trend invented by some cell mates that’s got even MSNBC’s attention. Twenty-seven-year-old David Boltjes was the guinea pig, er, first dude to be brave enough
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Longtime Supporter Tours Devastated Country in Support of Humanitarian Relief EffortsAngelina Jolie visits SOS Children's Village in Santo, HaitiFebruary 9, 2009: SOS Children's Villages, a global organization dedicated to the long-term care and prevention of orphaned and abandoned children, today welcomed UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie to its Vill
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The two west suburban men charged with the murder of three members of a Darien family last week were ordered held without bond in DuPage County Bond Court today.Jacob Nodarse, 23, of Countryside and Johnny Borizov, 28, of Willow Springs, were denied bond today by DuPage County Circuit Judge Terence M. Sheen.Borizov, who prosecutors s
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President Barack Obama hosts an event on the South Lawn of the White House on Wednesday with the White House Office on Olympic, Paralympic and Youth Sport,Chicago2016 and United States Olympic Committee (USOC) to promoteChicago's bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics. (Michael Tercha/ChicagoTribune)WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama made a rousing pitch Wednes
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"ALICE IN WONDERLAND" COUNTDOWN:DONE!"Alice in Wonderland" opens today and no one has covered the movie event more (or better!)than theHero Complex. Take a tumble down the rabbit hole and check out the coverage from our 30-day countdown...source: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/herocomplex/
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You don't hear too many Hollywood titans gushing about their peers and rivals, but when I sat down for lunch recently with "Alice in Wonderland" producerRichard D. Zanuck, the subject turned toGeorge Lucas. I mentioned that Lucas is not the easiest person to talk to sometimes and that he has a reputation for liking ideas more than people.Zanuck quickly defen
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This was hardly a selling point nationally for the Pacific 10 Conference.Sure, Arizona State handled UCLA, 56-46, at Wells Fargo Arena. But the Sun Devils, who finished the regular season second in the conference, were hardly the poster children for an at-large spot into the NCAA tournament.The Sun Devils scored 13 unanswered points to start the game, but we
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The 3-year-old program has been carving away at future utility expenses for the sprawling system. 'Our mission is to be the greenest school district in the country,' says school board president.An L.A. Unified school bus that runs on compressed natural gas gets a fill-up.(Robert Lachman / Los Angeles Times/February23, 2010)While the Los Angeles Unified Schoo
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A growing economy; political stability. But most Lebanese fear it won't last.By Doyle McManusMarch 7, 2010The Middle East has no shortage of conflicts to worry the rest of the world: the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the nuclear ambitions of Iran, the stalemate between Israel and the Palestinians. And now, add an old trouble spot to that list: Lebanon.
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Kathryn Bigelow is poised to become the first woman to win an Oscar for directing, for 'The Hurt Locker.' But women remain in the minority among directors, writers and producers.Nora Ephron, from right, with Meryl Streep, co-producer Dianne Dreyer and associated producer J.J. Sacha.(Columbia Pictures)By Rachel AbramowitzMarch 7, 2010By many counts, 2009 was
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Negotiators in London Try for New Pact to Repay Netherlands and U.K. for Bailout of Icesave DepositorsBy CHARLES FORELLEIceland's leaders are scrambling to blunt the impact of a referendum Saturday in which voters are set to defeat a measure to repay the U.K. and the Netherlands for bailing out depositors in a failed Icelandic Internet bank.Iceland's prospec
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By Summit EntertainmentAre you 'stingier than Christ' about faith and film?Christianity Todayraises the question in an editorial on the eve of Oscar race. The Academy Award nominees include tough viewing for believers: Pantheism glorified inAvatar; the perversion of love inPrecious; the explosive horror of war inThe Hurt Locker.But if you're
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By HAMZA HENDAWI and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRAAssociated PressMarch 7, 2010, 7:40AMBAGHDAD — Insurgents bombed a polling station and lobbed grenades at voters Sunday, killing 26 people in attacks aimed at intimidating Iraqis participating in an election that will determine whether the country can overcome jagged sectarian divisions that have plagued it since
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At least 27 people are killed and more than 40 injured as mortars and bombs cast a pall over Baghdad on election day.Iraqi men and boys sit on the rubble of a collapsed building in Baghdad.(Ahmad Al-Rubaye / AFP/Getty Images)Ned ParkerLos Angeles Times Staff WriterMarch 7, 2010|5:22 a.m.Reporting from Baghdad, Iraq - Bombs and mortars pounded Baghdad Sunday
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Business ideas are all around you. They are lurking in your garage, in your basement, in your kitchen, and in your children’s room. You’ll find them in magazine ads, at your neighbor’s house, and at work. They are right there in the vegetables you brought in from the yard . . . in the stack of papers next to your laser printer . . . in the
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TRADING ONLY WITH MOVING AVERAGEAt the moment I am rather busy. Moving to a new place and house. The house still needs a lot of work. As a result, I do not have time to update this blog. Trading is still going on but on a shorter timeframe. Result is consistent now. AudUsd is very kind at the moment with no sudden movement.In the next few weeks I will show y
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Forex Market Offers Opportunity And InformationThe market of forex is what is called an international exchange market of exchange, where currencies are exchanged daily. There are five centers of the market of forex around the world - New York, London, Tokyo, Frankfurt and Zurich. One does not need to be on the floor of trade, like one says being implied on t
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ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS FOR A SUCCESSFULTRADERCourage Under Stressful Conditions When the Outcome is UncertainAll the foreign exchange trading knowledge in the world is not going to help, unless you have the nerve to buy and sell currencies and put your money at risk. As with the lottery “You gotta be in it to win it”. Trust me when I say that the sim
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hey! even though i'm still upset & bitter about paula abdul being absent from the new season of american idol - i'm still watching the show (now in its 9th season) i can't help myself and just tonight i was thinking that ellen degeneres is turning out to be a decent fit for the competition so far! (but ms. abdul will be forever my girl) now all the idol
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LADY GaGa is on the brink of a Britney Spears-style meltdown, it is feared.The triple Brit Award winner admits the stress of her success is causing “blinding headaches and blurred vision”. She was forced to cancel gigs on the US leg of her Monster Ball tour after collapsing with severe breathing problems backstage. And paramedics in West
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Gregory Smith was in severe pain after getting a hip implant and had it replaced two years later. He said it was “like having a fire taken out of your body.”By BARRY MEIERPublished: March 3, 2010 Some of the nation’s leading orthopedic surgeons have reduced or stopped use of a popular category of artificial hips amid concerns that the devi
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By Haaretz ServiceA controversial pro-Israel campaign was launched in universities across Canada last week, in an attempt to counter the global pro-Palestinian campaign, "Israel Apartheid Week," launched on Sunday.The campaign, named "Size Doesn't Matter," was initiated by the Canadian Federation of Jewish Students, and is taking place in 23 universities acr
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Idle chit chat can make you unhappy, a study has found.Having a profound conversation can boost happiness levels, but trivial chatter can be depressing, scientists say.Psychologists investigated whether happy and unhappy people differed because of the types of conversations they engaged in.Volunteers wore an unobtrusive recording device to monitor conversati
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Requests test Patrick’s resolveByRobert WeismanGlobe Staff/March 6, 2010Three weeks after Governor Deval Patrick warned that his administration might turn down health insurance premium increases it deemed excessive for individuals and small businesses, insurers have asked the state to approve rate hikes of 8 to 32 percent for April 1.Patrick last month
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March 6, 2010|9:51am "Alice in Wonderland" will open to more than $100 million in the U.S. and Canada alone after audiences packed theaters on its opening Friday.Director TIm Burton's 3-D adaptation of the classic fairy tale starring Johnny Depp sold about $41 million worth of tickets in the U.S. and Canada on Friday, according to distr
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By Tim MastersEntertainment correspondent, BBC News, in Los AngelesThe Hurt Locker is tipped to win the best picture OscarThe final countdown to the 2010 Oscars has begun, with The Hurt Locker and Avatar going head-to-head for the coveted best picture award.James Cameron's 3D sci-fi juggernaut, which has taken more than $2bn (£1.32bn) at the box office
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By Craig Schneider and Kristi E. Swartz Gene J. Puskar, APIn this Jan. 5, 2008 file photo, Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger reacts as the Jacksonville Jaguars kick a game-winning field goal during the fourth quarter of an NFL wild card playoff football game in Pittsburgh. A 20-year-old colleg
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By JESSICA E. VASCELLAROStepping up its fight against MicrosoftCorp.,Google Inc. acquired DocVerse, a technology startup that allows people to edit Microsoft Office files online.Google paid around $25 million for the San Francisco-based company, according to a person familiar with the matter.In an interview, Jonathan Rochelle, group product manager for Googl
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By GENE EPSTEINIs joblessness 9.7% or 16.8%?WAS THE JOBS RECOVERY SUSPENDEDon account of bad weather? The Bureau of Labor Statistics Friday reported a decline of 36,000 in nonfarm payroll employment for February and an unchanged unemployment rate of 9.7%. However, the BLS stipulated employment might have been hurt by February's snowstorms. That should mean
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The department declares that the greater sage grouse merits protection under the Endangered Species Act but won't receive it for now because other species are a higher priority.March 05, 2010|By Jim TankersleyReporting from Washington — The Interior Department declared Friday that an iconic Western bird deserves federal protection under the Endangered
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