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ABC News: Travolta Extortion Case Dismissed By Judge
A judge in the Bahamas dismissed charges Monday against two people accused of trying to extort money from John Travolta. Officials said the actor no longer wanted to face the pain of a new trial...


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ABC News: The Conversation: Bible Tweeter Chris Juby
Twitter -- from their lunch plans to breaking news to the latest Justin Bieber sightings. But amid all of the earthly chatter, some Tweeters are also finding time for the...
McClatchy Newspapers: S.C. Rep. John Spratt facing tough re-election battle
In another time and place, in an era devoid of razor-sharp political elbows, Tea Party politics and instant, viral communication, South Carolina Rep. John Spratt might be just another powerful...
Washington Post writer learns Twitter lesson
The good people at Twitter should send a bottle of champagne to Mike Wise. Wise is the freshly chastised sportswriter from The Washington Post who was suspended last week for taking his company's...
'Expendables,' 'Inception' battle for int'l No. 1
"Inception" were as of Labor Day still duking it out for the No. 1 overseas box office crown. How both films fare in China -- "Inception" just opened there while "Expendables" is in the third...
Jean-Luc Godard to skip Oscar honor
The Australian newspaper, Anne-Marie Mieville cited the director's age as reason for his not wanting to make the trip. But she also made clear the director, 79, had issues with the fact that the...
New York Times photographer Damon Winter wins prize for Haiti coverage
New York Times photographer Damon Winter on Sunday won the top prize in the news category at the International Festival of Photojournalism here for his coverage of the Haiti earthquake.Winter, 35,...
ESPN: Former Cardinals QB Matt Leinart lands with Texans
, a move that was highly scrutinized at the time but has worked out pretty well. Now they're importing Leinart, who won college football's most esteemed prize in 2004.-- Nate...
JetBlue Attendant Officially Resigns
made headlines last month when he screamed obscenities into a plane's loudspeaker system, activated the emergency chute, grabbed two beers and made a grand exit. Slater left the job on...
Andrew Garfield reflects on 'Never Let Me Go'
Though his "Red Riding" films screened at Telluride last year, Andrew Garfield, who co-stars alongside Keira Knightley and Carey Mulligan in Fox Searchlight Picture's drama "Never Let Me Go," is ...
ABC News: MJ's Kids Thriving in the Classroom
"I don't know what the instructions were that the school gave to other kids," he said. "I do know that these kids can handle anything." The school boasts an elite student population about 770 from...
McClatchy Newspapers: Republican wave building toward November's elections
WASHINGTON — Two years into the age of Obama, America may be about to change course. The hope and optimism that President Barack Obama stoked into Democratic control of Washington two years...
ABC News: Brought Together by Britney: JT and K-Fed
I'm sure that Britney Spears' exes have plenty to talk about when they get together, which is exactly what Kevin Federline and Justin Timberlake have been doing. Federline actually used to do back-up...
McClatchy Newspapers: Palin's neighbor Joe McGinniss talks about 'Going to Extremes' in Alaska
WASILLA — In November 1975, Joe McGinniss arrived in Alaska via ferry. Over the months that followed, he traveled extensively around the state interviewing political leaders and average folk. ...
ABC News: Bear Encounters on the Rise Across Nation
bears are coming out of the woods and finding their way into people's cars , campsites and homes looking for food. "Once they get people food, they don't want to go anywhere else," California...
Ad Age Spends a Day With Hyundai -- Yes, Hyundai
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Why Gen X Won't Save Our Economy
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Some Newspapers, Tracking Readers Online, Shift
In most businesses, not knowing how well a particular product is performing would be almost unthinkable. But newspapers have always been a peculiar business, one that has stubbornly, proudly clung to...
What Big Brands Are Spending on Google
NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- Before BP could stem the oil gusher at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico, it unleashed $100 million in ad spending, largely on network TV, to stem the damage to its image. But...