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2 hrs ago | The Huffington Post

Identity Thieves Captured With Stash Of Stolen Credit Cards, On 'Alaska State Troopers'

The " Alaska State Troopers " broke up a ring of identity thieves and took away their stash of stolen credit cards.

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Related Topix: National Geographic, The Voice, Entertainment, Television

6 hrs ago | Post-gazette.com

Movie Review: 3-D can't hide the flaws in 'Phantom Menace'

Jedi Knights Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan battle Sith Lord Darth Maul in "Star Wars: Episode 1 -- The Phantom Menace." The 3-D version of the film opened Friday.

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Related Topix: Star Wars, Theater, Arts

Sun Feb 12, 2012

Daily Kos

Anti-Capitalist Meet-up: Vilifying the Poor and Disabled ... Nothing New

It is the bicentennial of the birth of Charles Dickens and I find myself with a strange feeling of dA©jA vu listening to politicians in the UK.

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Related Topix: Charles Dickens, US News, Liberal Political News

Concord Monitor

Ralph Stanley: A singular voice in bluegrass

Ralph Stanley has already won three Grammys, and tonight he goes for his fourth.

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Related Topix: Ralph Stanley, Bluegrass, Grammy Awards, Music!, Music, Country, Jim Lauderdale, Alison Krauss, Celebrities, Steve Martin

The Jersey Journal

Chatham Community Players to present 'Grapes of Wrath'

The Chatham Community Players enter their 90th year of producing local theater with the literary classic and Tony Award winning play, "The Grapes of Wrath" by Frank Galati, from the novel by John Steinbeck.

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Related Topix: The Grapes of Wrath, Pop/Rock, Theater, Arts, Recreational Vehicle, Award, John Steinbeck, Weehawken, NJ, Weather, Natural Disasters, Drought

The Daily Record

Scottish News: Luke Mitchell to blame Da Vinci rapist for murder of Jodi Jones, reports say

KILLER Luke Mitchell is to make a fresh bid for freedom by blaming the killing of schoolgirl Jodi Jones on a convicted rapist, it was reported today.

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Related Topix: Celebrities, Dan Brown

BroadwayWorld.com

Lantern Theater Co Presents C.S. Lewis' The Great Divorce 27-12

About the show: C.S. Lewis ' own favorite among his works, The Great Divorce tells the satiric and comic tale of hapless professor Clive and the motley band of malcontents who join him on a very curious bus ride.

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Related Topix: C. S. Lewis, Theater, Arts

EDGE

Classic Hollywood Glamour Still Shadows Today's Fashion

This April 1962 file photo shows actress Marilyn Monroe on the set of "Something's Got To Give," in Los Angeles.

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Related Topix: Celebrities, Marilyn Monroe

Sat Feb 11, 2012

Andover Advertiser

Carpet rolled out for Bafta awards

The champagne is on ice and the red carpet is being rolled out as some of the biggest names in Hollywood gather for the Bafta film awards.

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Related Topix: My Week With Marilyn, The Iron Lady, Celebrities, Marilyn Monroe, The Artist, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

This is Guernsey

Carpet rolled out for Bafta awards

The champagne is on ice and the red carpet is being rolled out as some of the biggest names in Hollywood gather for the Bafta film awards.

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Related Topix: The Iron Lady, My Week With Marilyn, Celebrities, Marilyn Monroe, The Artist, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Forbes.com

Dear George Lucas: Kill Jar Jar Binks And Then Maybe I'll Go See Star Wars In 3D

George Lucas has long milked his Star Wars franchise for every last penny. Now he's released the Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace in 3D.

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Related Topix: Star Wars

The New York Observer

Paging Dan Brown: Italian Daily Publishes Letter About "Death Plot" Against The Pope

Last Friday an Italian daily published stunning claims of a plot within the upper reaches of the Catholic Church hierarchy to kill Pope Benedict XVI, former Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger.

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Related Topix: Pope Benedict XVI, Celebrities, Dan Brown, Authors, Books, Roman Catholic Church, Religion

KFVS12

La Grange residents complain of starling invasion

It's not exactly Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds," but La Grange residents say an invasion of tens of thousands of starlings is both noisy and smelly.

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Related Topix: Horror Movies, Drama Movies, The Birds, Thriller, Alfred Hitchcock

The Globe and Mail

Girl Land, by Caitlin Flanagan

In the final chapter of Girl Land , Caitlin Flanagan's 1920s-to-now investigation into the all-consuming, elusive and occasionally excruciating universe of the teenage girl, the author makes a significant, though not altogether shocking, confession: She has sons, not daughters.

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Related Topix: Ann Coulter

The Daily Breeze

Acting family finds perfect ranch-style home in Calabasas

Actress Barbara Alyn Woods stands with her daughters Aly, 4, front, Emily, 9, left, and Natalie, 11, over a plate of freshly-baked cookies in the kitchen of their Calabasas home, Tuesday, January 17, 2012.

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Related Topix: One Tree Hill, Soap Opera, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Barbara Alyn Woods, J. Edgar, Celebrities, Leonardo DiCaprio, Shirley Temple, Canada,

Fri Feb 10, 2012

Marin Independent Journal

Hicks: Ray Romano opens up about wife's cancer

Ray Romano's hit sitcom, "Everybody Loves Raymond," was famously based on his experiences at home, but he and his wife of 24 years Anna, have remained mum on one very personal subject -- until now.

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Related Topix: Everybody Loves Raymond, Comedy, Entertainment, Television, Celebrities, Ray Romano, San Francisco, CA, Jazz, Tony Bennett, Star Wars

Wiltshire Times

Did Dickens pick our Pickwick for his book from Corsham?

It has often been claimed a Corsham man was the inspiration for Dickens' first novel The Pickwick Papers published in 1836.

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Related Topix: Recreational Vehicle, Carriage, Charles Dickens

KSAT-TV San Antonio

Evangelicals added weight to Catholic outcry over Obama contraception rule

The battle over who should pay for contraceptives and how has been framed in the news media as Catholics versus the Obama White House.

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Related Topix: Evangelicals, Roman Catholic Church, Religion, Celebrities, Rick Warren, Healthcare Law, Law, Marshall, TX, East Texas Baptist University

The Age

Ryan Reynolds as rookie operative Matt Weston in the action-thriller Safe House.

A young CIA agent is tasked with looking after a fugitive in a safe house. But when the safe house is attacked, he finds himself on the run with his charge.

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Related Topix: Safe House, Celebrities, Ryan Reynolds, Thriller, Mystery Movies, North by Northwest, Adventure, Alfred Hitchcock, Cary Grant, Life, Food, Slow Food

Denton Record-Chronicle

Angelou to promote courage during talk

The one thing Dr. Maya Angelou hopes students will take away from her upcoming talk at Texas Woman's University is courage.

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Related Topix: Black Entertainment, Maya Angelou, Texas Woman's University

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