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US Economy Brightens as Data Belie Gloomy Investors
Bloomberg
US steel production reached 2.64 million metric tons in November, 19 percent more than a year earlier, according to the latest data from the Brussels-based World Steel Association. That's the highest single-month output since September 2008, ...
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Bloomberg
How Google and Apple will control TV
Computerworld (blog)
By Mike Elgan Computerworld - In the global business marketplace, Silicon Valley is a shark, a killing machine hardwired with powerful instincts for tracking down sick, weak and slow businesses, and devouring them without hesitation. CES is upon us. ...
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2012 International CES Exhibitor Profiles: M through Z
MarketWatch (press release)
Additionally, the V-Zone + and V-Spot will have the capability to stream photos andvideo Company: Naztech Booth: 4537 www.naztech.com To millions of discerning consumers around the world, the Naztech name symbolizes the highest standard of quality. ...
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Concurrent to Present at 2012 International CES
Bradenton Herald
Concurrent (NASDAQ: CCUR) is a global leader in multi-screen video delivery, media data management, and monetization. Built on a solid foundation of Emmy Award-winning technology, Concurrent's solutions provide consumers with ubiquitous access to ...
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2012 International CES Exhibitor Profiles: A through L
MarketWatch (press release)
The video is stored securely on the internet and you can watch using your iPhone, iPad, Android, or laptop computer. Company: Echo360 Booth: 3306 www.echo360.com As aglobal leader in blended learning and lecture capture products, Echo360 helps higher ...
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'Extreme' mobile users hog world's bandwidth, study finds
Sydney Morning Herald
Last year, for example, 40 per cent of smartphone owners in an Ericsson survey used their devices to gain access to mobile broadband connections even before getting out of bed. The heaviest users of mobile data, according to Ericsson, watched videos 40 ...
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Sydney Morning Herald
Category Archives: THE 411
Daily Disruption
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. today introduced a new range of home theater systems with purer sounds and superior video experiences to delight any home entertainment enthusiast and audiophile. Highlighted products include: Samsung's 7.1 Channel Blu-ray...
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Helping to make the world greener - and more plastic
gulfnews.com
The 30-second video pitch talked about how the world could change if countries had model communities made out of plastic bottles or 'Eco bricks.' My idea was inspired by the Bottle Schools in Guatemala by the Hug It Forward Foundation. ...
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gulfnews.com
Wild weather hits Latin America
CBS News
While leading climate scientists are unable to pin any single flood or heat wave solely on climate change, experts say the number of extreme weather events is increasing worldwide and the evidence suggests global warming is having an impact. ...
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European Stocks Climb First Week of 2012 as Economic Data Boosts Optimism
Bloomberg
Play Video European stocks (SXXP) advanced in the first week of 2012 as economic reports from around the world added to optimism that theglobal economy can weather the fallout from the euro area's sovereign-debt crisis. ...
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Bloomberg
Inside Turkmenistan's Surreal Presidential Election
The Atlantic
A video leaked last month by RFE/RL shows a deranged-looking Berdimuhamedov berating his subordinates like children and insulting Turkey, whose companies are some of the only private businesses operating in the country (his remarks have sparked a minor ...
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The Atlantic
Saturday Reads Around the Internets - It Pays to Do Your Homework
Economic Populist
Statistically speaking, none live in Africa, China or India despite those being some of the most populous areas of the world. While his numbers show the great global village philosophy isn't growing middle classes as promised, we believe there is ...
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Economic Populist
CES 2012: NEW Keeps Consumers and Their Gadgets Protected, Connected, Corrected
Business Wire (press release)
Protected! remix video – The runaway hit at last year's CES, Protected!, grabbed the attention of thousands of CES attendees and some animated reinterpretations. This year, consumers can expect Protected! with a twist. Live show updates – In line with ...
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'Top Gear' to air in China, Korea
Variety
While some wonder whether the show -- with its gung-ho attitude toward fast cars -- can last in a world beset by dwindling gas supplies andglobal warming, the franchise's managing director, Adam Waddell, is confident in its future. ...
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Variety
Critic asks: 'Remember when they made movies for grown-ups?'
MassLive.com
“It's a global business now,” agrees Dergarabedian. “And also, at home, we're living in a world of video games, and the net, and that's changed forever how people consume and view entertainment. I mean today, compared to 'Fast Five,' 'The French ...
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MassLive.com
PTCL unveils multi-billion plans to meet customer needs
The Nation, Pakistan
For international services, PTCL provides connectivity to our carrier customers through three (3) submarine fiber optic cables. PTCL's IP network connects to global tier-1 networks for providing reliable and resilient Internet connectivity to our data ...
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The Nation, Pakistan
New racism storm hits English football; Wigan, Blackburn out of FA Cup
Courier Mail
Last year then little-known world No.34 Petra Kvitova raised the Brisbane title aloft before claiming Wimbledon and a year-end number two ranking in a breakthrough 2011 season. And anyone who witnessed Kanepi's disposal of former world No.5 Hantuchova...
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Kit Digital Acquires Sezmi
APP Market
Sezmi employs a cloud-based software-as-a-service model and its target customers are service operators, such as telcos and ISPs, as well as content providers who desire to provide licensed or owned video content to subscribers across mobile and ...
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Stocks End Lower as Jobs Gains Fail to Impress
Bloomberg
1, chart levels fixated investors today. The S&P 500 ended yesterday at 1281.06, within 0.4 percent of its highest level since Aug. 1. Its relative strength index, a measure of how fast prices have risen in the last two weeks, was 61.2. ...
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Bloomberg
MBA aspirants today are much smarter & well informed: Radhika Shrivastava ...
MBAUniverse.com
We have also launched joint courses with some of our international partners. We make students from our partner institute to sit at video conference and two faculty members, one each from FIIB and the partner institute, teach the students together. ...
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Everlast Unveils 2012 Global Marketing Campaign
Missouri Sports Magazine
The new campaign which debuted on January 1, 2012 will be supported through a variety of print, digital and social media outlets including an interactive microsite featuring a 90-second cinematic anthem video, athlete picture gallery and downloadable ...
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Latin America Battling Wildfires, Floods, Droughts
Huffington Post
While leading climate scientists are unable to pin any single flood or heat wave solely on climate change, experts say the number of extreme weather events is increasing worldwide and the evidence suggests global warming is having an impact. ...
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Dr KA Paul of Global Peace Initiative: A Mathaba Investigation
Mathaba.Net
Paul previously claimed another ministry's leper colony as his own, going so far as to videotape the colony for use in his own promotional videos, and using it to lure unsuspecting volunteers over to India on false pretences". ...
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Mathaba.Net
Play and Share Faster and Smarter with the GALAXY Ace Plus
IEWY News
SEOUL, Korea – Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, a global leader in digital media and digital convergence technologies, today announced the introduction of the Samsung GALAXY Ace Plus. As an enhanced version of the widely popular GALAXY Ace, the GALAXY Ace ...
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Dolphin activists plan to occupy the Japanese Embassy in Miami (Includes ...
DigitalJournal.com
... with events being planned around the world. The latest event, 'Occupy the Japanese Embassy', will take place in Miami next week. The protest is being organized by activist Barbara Napoles, producer of the above video captured earlier this year at ...
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DigitalJournal.com
Auto Expo 2012: Chevrolet Debuts Two Products at New Delhi Auto Show
3D Car Shows
The Sail hatchback will be powered by GM India's latest Smartech engines, which present an excellent combination of high power, high fuel efficiency and low emissions. Both gasoline and diesel engines will be offered. In line with Chevrolet's global ...
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3D Car Shows
The (Well-Known) Greek-Americans Named John We Celebrate Today
Greek Reporter
Yanni has since performed live in concert before a crowd of over two million people in more than 20 countries around the world. He has accumulated more than 35 platinum and gold albums globally, with sales totaling over 20 million copies. ...
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Greek Reporter
Betting on Telecom? See DCF
Zacks.com
The recent smartphone frenzy has also prompted huge investments in spectrum purchases to boost video content and other data services. Developments notwithstanding, investments in telecom stocks seem risky as the global market faces the threat of yet ...
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Legendary DJ/Producer Tiësto and Believe Entertainment Group Launch New ...
Business Wire (press release)
It's all about the live performances, the tour, and all my friends and the millions of people around the world who love electronic music,” said Tiësto. “The real power of this partnership is that more people globallyconsume Tiësto's music and ...
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Business Wire (press release)
FIRST ® Celebrates Student Inventors
Business Wire (press release)
The award provides FIRST ® Robotics Competition (FRC ® ) and FIRST ® Tech Challenge (FTC ® ) participants an opportunity to submit solutions to solve complex engineering challenges facing the world today, similar to the challenges set forth by the...
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Betting on Telecom? See DCF - Analyst Blog
NASDAQ
The recent smartphone frenzy has also prompted huge investments in spectrum purchases to boost video content and other data services. Developments notwithstanding, investments in telecom stocks seem risky as the global market faces the threat of yet ...
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Sceptic offers top dollar for climate change deniers
Himalayan Times
“We will pay $500 to anyone who submits a video of themselves attending the State Department event and asking questions that aim to debunk the notion that globalwarming is causing the Himalayan glaciers to disappear,” Milloy added. ...
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Using Social Media Marketing to Promote Green Business
Sustainable Business Forum
Recent research from ComScore says social networking websites reach 82% of globalinternet users. Facebook now reaches over half of the world's global audience, and accounts for one in every seven minutes spent online around the world. ...
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Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jay Carney, 1/3/2012
IEWY News
It's the latest round of Iranian threats and it's confirmation that Tehran is under increasing pressure for its continued failures to live up to its international obligation. Iran is isolated and is seeking to divert attention from its behavior and ...
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Spokesperson Victoria Nuland Takes Questions From Twitter for 21st Century ...
US Department of State (press release)
Citizens from around the world can ask questions directly of us, using the hashtag #AskState. Next week, the Secretary's Senior Advisor for Innovation, Alec Ross, will participate in a LiveAtState video chat with journalists and bloggers from around ...
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NEW Introduces Innovative Options for Extended Service Plans at CES
Business Wire (press release)
(BUSINESS WIRE)--NEW Customer Service Companies (NEW), the leading globalprovider of extended service plans and product protection, today announced new service offerings that elevate the concept of a traditional service plan, providing consumers with...
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What Will Be The Most Important Amusement Machine Location Of The 21st Century?
Vending Times
KEVIN WILLIAMS is founder and director of the out-of-home leisure entertainment consultancy KWP Ltd. His nearly 20 years of experience in global video amusements and high-tech attractions includes top management and design posts, with a focus on new ...
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Sony Adds BBC News App To UK Bravia Internet TVs
HDTV Test
... so that viewers can constantly keep up to date with the latest currentaffairs around the world. Designed to deliver an on-demand television news experience to users, the application will present the BBC videos and text in an easily digestible, ...
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HDTV Test
Child Brides: The Cost of saying "I Do"
Huffington Post Canada (blog)
In a short video, Robinson explains why, among all the world's challenges, they have set their sights on child marriage: "How can you improve girls' education when they are taken out of school to be married? How can you reduce maternal or child ...
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100% Made in the Philippines
Inquirer.net
The annual accolade goes to Filipinos who have done their country proud in the international arena. apl has been chosen not only because of his membership in the Black Eyed Peas, a massive global pop franchise that has sold more than 56 million albums ...
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Inquirer.net
Honduras Among World's Top Retirement Havens
Honduras Weekly
In this, our annual Global Retirement Index, we bring you the top choices available on the planet today. From beachfront hideaways to arts-rich colonial cities, from cosmopolitan capitals to small highland villages, there's an overseas haven to fit ...
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Honduras Weekly
Tinker, Tailor, Don't Remember Why
Hot Air
What Soviet communism was in the Cold War world is something that does not even exist today. We have no common perception now of a threat figure like the storied Soviet spymaster, because there is no threat like the predatory Soviet Union. ...
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Europe: Lord Stirling's News Blog EUROPE
By Lord Stirling
From Reuters: "Iran launched a military manoeuvre near its border with Afghanistan on Saturday, the semi-official Fars news agency reported, days after naval exercises in the Gulf increased tensions with the West and pushed up oil prices. ... the entire energy complex implode in the aftermath of Lehman. The recent decoupling of oil from all other risk indicators (oil higher is not a good thing for the economy) is vaguely reminiscent... Syria: Heart of a global struggle? - with video ~ link ...
Europe
Rising global food costs will hit Irish consumers - National News ...
Rolling Back the Years 2012 Get your free calendar today | See Special Features | ...National News Video · The Budget · Budget Live ... FOOD prices are set to rise in the coming months as supermarkets pass on rising world prices for basic foodstuffs. ... But overall food inflation has been muted at 1.6pc, the latest Central ...
www.independent.ie/.../rising-global-food-costs-will-hit-irish-c...
Netflix Members Enjoy More Than Two Billion Hours of Movies and ...
With More U.S. Members Watching Instantly, and Aided by Global Expansion, Netflix Streaming ... PR Newswire: news distribution, targeting and monitoring ...
www.prnewswire.com/.../netflix-members-enjoy-more-than-tw...
  
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CELEBRITIES Gossip, Jan 07, 2012


Kathy Griffin Scores Weekly Talk Show With Bravo
E! Online
At today's Television Critics Association Press Tour in Pasadena, Bravo unveiled Kathy, describing it as a "piercing take on the week's news," including the biggest headlines and tabloid gossip. The show will also "feature stand-up routines, celebrity ...
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Kathy GriffinMark Wright Reveals TV Love Ban
Entertainmentwise
TV star vows not to hit on anyone on his new tv show... there is always a first I'm A Celebrity's Mark Wright has banned himself from dating contestants on his new show Take Me Out: The Gossip. The former The Only Way Is Essex star begins his new role ...
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Entertainmentwise
Celebrity marriages that survive all odds
Modern Ghana
There was no better way to silence their critics and tale bearers, whose maliciousgossips had in the past almost torn the couple apart, go green with envy. Zack and Ngozi Orji are a good example of a couple that has learnt overtime to place their ...
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The Graham Norton Show Se 10 Ep 09, January 6, 2012 Part 1 of 5
YouTube
The Graham Norton Show actor actress pop star Variety Family Talk-Show BBC One Two United Kingdom UK British Irish UK BBC1 BBC2 celebrity guests mixture chat comedy night comedian host weekly chatfest gossip abroad 45 minutes week band artis airs ...
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The fortunes of the famous
Sydney Morning Herald
Last year we had Gossip Girl star Blake Lively with her bespoke cupcakes for New York City bakery Sprinkles and Gwyneth Paltrow and Sheryl Crow pushing cookbooks with recipes for, respectively, duck ragu and banana bread pudding. ...
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Sydney Morning Herald
Twama Roundup: Nick Cannon's Hospitalization, Kanye's DONDA And Britney's Bling
MTV.com (blog)
By Kara Klenk With millions of inane tweets being pumped out every day, it can be hard to keep track of actual celebrity gossip, feuds and random observations that make Twitter so much fun. So we're rounding up the week in Twitter drama – or Twama for ...
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MTV.com (blog)
Let's see Sinead, Rachel and Georgia in a kooky reality TV mash-up
Herald.ie
Boy, have we made up for lost time in less than one short week though, with Brian Kennedy slinging his plonk all over gossip hack Paul Martin on Celebrity Come Dine With Me mere days before Georgia Salpa tottered into the Celebrity Big Brother ...
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Gossip is good
The Age
Such celebrity gossip is much more than a fascination with the rich and famous. It is an in-demand social skill that picks up on our intense curiosity about the lives of others, a trait evolutionary psychologists say is deeply encoded in our DNA. ...
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The Age
BACHELOR BEN Spoilers, Bachelorette Ali New Boyfriend, CelebrityPsychic ...
AstroChicks
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AstroChicks
CELEBRITY APPRENTICE 2012, Teresa Giudice Real Mob Housewives Cat Fight With ...
AstroChicks
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Mark Wright vows to stay single for Take Me Out presenting role
Metro
Wright, who is a well-known lothario in the reality TV world, will be seen presenting Take Me Out: The Gossip tonight on ITV2, as the brand new spin-off programme airs after the main dating show on ITV1. But the TOWIE star insists that he is a reformed ...
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Metro
Tom Cruise's secret to looking good? It's all very fishy...
Now Magazine Online
'Tuna's the only solid food he was eating, along with macrobiotic drinks.' Hmm, that sounds like a risky business to us, Tom... Read more about Tom Cruise and all the latest celebrity gossip Now magazine dated 9 January - out now!
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Celebrity Wife Swap star Carnie Wilson an overweight celebrity stoner?
Green Celebrity Network
Whatever her choice about how to lose weight, we wish Carnie Wilson (who is the daughter of singer Brian Wilson from the Beach Boys) the best on her New Year's Resolution for 2012. If you liked this celeb gossip review, you might also enjoy reading...
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Jimmy Fallon's "Russell Brand" Reads Articles About Himself In US Weekly
Mediaite
But every cloud has a silver lining, and this one being Jimmy Fallon's spot-on impression of the comedian, in which Brand reads articles about himself in gossip magazines and corrects their misconceptions. The premise of the “show” is that “actor, ...
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New & improved
Ottawa Citizen
It's why we line up to be the first to buy a new gadget and why we feel the need to constantly check for text messages, emails, Twitter and 24-hour television for the next hit of news or celebrity gossip. But people have different appetites for novelty ...
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Jodie Marsh's TOWIE attack set to make life awkward in the CBB house
Metro
... to quell the gossip. In response to a query from another follower, she added: 'haha someones got the gist then....... Haha. Saturday :-) I'm coming for you housemates x' Jodie was a contestant in the fourth season of Celebrity Big Brother in 2006, ...
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Metro
Ins and Outs!
LA Canyon News
Most people love to hear the latest celebrity gossip; however, sometimes celebrities will not share with the public the truth about their personal lives until they want you to know. The media loves to shock the public. By shocking the masses, ...
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LA Canyon News
Amber Rose to unveil debut single "Fame" featuring Wiz Khalifa next week...
SoulCulture (blog)
While we haven't heard anything musical from her to date she is set to unleash her debut single on Tuesday, January 10th at 9AM EST (2PM GMT) via celebrity gossip mogul Perez Hilton's site. Her first musical offering is called “Fame” and features Ms ...
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SoulCulture (blog)
Christina Aguilera Weight Gain: Singer Addresses Critics, 'I Love My Body...
International Business Times
By IBTimes Staff Reporter: Subscribe to IBTimes's RSS feed Christina Aguilera's weight gain has been a gossip magazine headline since the singer stepped out at a Michael Jackson tribute concert in October looking noticeably heavier in a black leotard ...
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International Business Times
Last updated at 2:07 AM on 7th January 2012
Daily Mail
During her 20s, she was a fixture in the 'caner of the year' lists in gossipcolumns — 'caner' being slang for a party animal. No week was complete without paparazzi shots of Sarah falling out of a nightclub. Having found love with the DJ Tom Crane, ...
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Daily Mail
Twitter's Blank Slate Problem
Huffington Post
For others, it's a news site or a source of celebrity gossip or a way to participate in a political movement. What Twitter amounts to -- tool, tabloid, messaging service or news feed -- depends entirely on whom you follow. ...
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Olly Murs plays with his balls on the beach…
Mr Paparazzi
The Xtra Factor host was accused of piling on the pounds by variousgossip sites (not us, we think he looks fine) and he took to his Twitter to laugh it off. He wrote, “I'll be fighting fit for the TOUR!!! No worries!!! Loving all the comments! ...
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Mr Paparazzi
Justin Bieber: Year 2011 review for the Never Say Never Kid
DigitalJournal.com
Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez on St. Lucia The year 2011 began for the 16-year-old in the gossip columns. At the close of 2010 there were incessant rumors about him and an actor/singer two years older, Selena Gomez, star of the series 'The Wizards of ...
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DigitalJournal.com
Erin meets Leo's mom for brunch
The Asian Age
Before getting serious with Erin, Leonardo was linked to a bevy of beauties following his split from Gossip Girl actress Blake Lively, who he had been in a relationship with for five months. As well as seeing Australia's Next Top Model contestant Alyce ...
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People: Renner's latest mission: Fleeing for his real life
Arizona Republic
"He called me on Christmas Day and told me he's engaged," Sadie Bomar tells GossipCop, explaining that Timberlake asked her not to discuss the news with anyone "until after the holidays." Also: Actress-wood sprite Drew Barrymore is engaged to Will ...
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