Monthly Archives: January 2011

Brittany Murphy death house averts forced auction (Reuters)

Reuters – The Hollywood Hills home in which actress Brittany Murphy died in 2009 has averted a foreclosure auction for at least two weeks as her mother tries to sell it at a sharply reduced price. Continue reading

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CBS orders replacements for "Two and a Half Men" (Reuters)

Reuters – CBS has ordered two additional episodes of Monday sitcoms “Mike and Molly” and “Rules of Engagement” to help cope with scheduling issues arising from the absence of Charlie Sheen from the hit show “Two and a Half Men,” according to sources. Continue reading

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South Korea’s Lee open to summit with Kim Jong Il (AP)

AP – South Korea’s president pressed North Korea on Monday to take responsibility for two deadly attacks last year and to change its pattern of provocations if it wants to improve relations with the outside world. Continue reading

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Is Charlie Sheen Taking Rehab Seriously? (omg!)

omg! – PopEater’s Rob Shuter discusses all the latest Hollywood buzz. Continue reading

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Kurt Warner’s First Things First Foundation (omg!)

omg! – The NFL and “Dancing With the Stars” personality discusses his charity work. Continue reading

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Steve Jobs, Money Cult Rapped by Soloist Daisey: Berkeley Rep

He deconstructs this force in “The Last Cargo Cult,” the more far-reaching of the monologues. (The second carries the intriguing, if slightly misleading, title, “The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs .”) Continue reading

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Nearly Net Anthony scores 37 but Nuggets fall in Newark (Reuters)

Reuters – The New Jersey Nets gave a rude welcome to one time trade target Carmelo Anthony on Monday, beating his Denver Nuggets 115-99 in his first visit to New Jersey since the proposed deal broke down. Continue reading

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Retailers to report chilly end to holiday season (Reuters)

Reuters – Retailers are poised to show only a modest rise in January sales as record snow in many parts of the United States kept shoppers away from malls and crimped demand for early spring merchandise. Continue reading

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Pakistani court blocks release of American suspect (AP)

AP – A Pakistani court has ordered the government not to release an American official arrested in the shooting deaths of two Pakistanis. Continue reading

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Arbor: Mobile Networks Trail Fixed Line in Security (PC World)

PC World – Mobile network operators are trailing their fixed-line counterparts by several years in regards to security, with many experiencing outages and other problems due to the use of outdated security technology, according to a new report released… Continue reading

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