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From Dali to Marilyn Monroe, Playboy auctions art

(ChinaPost.com.tw) – Pamela Anderson and Marilyn Monroe may be names that come to mind when one thinks of the art of Playboy, but how about Salvador Dali?

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Pamela Anderson in Israel to promote fur ban

(ChinaPost.com.tw) – Former “Baywatch” star Pamela Anderson said Sunday she will try her powers of seduction while in Israel on an unlikely audience — ultra-Orthodox Jewish lawmakers.

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‘Megamind’ takes mega cash in debut

(ChinaPost.com.tw) – Will Ferrell’s animated supervillain comedy “Megamind” took in some mega cash over the weekend, with a US$47.7 million debut at the North American box office, industry estimates showed.

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Desperate Housewife trumps Lady Gaga with ‘ham dress’

(ChinaPost.com.tw) – –“Desperate Housewives” star Eva Longoria trumped Lady Gaga’s now infamous meat dress by sporting a tongue-in-cheek “Spanish ham dress” to host the MTV Europe Music Awards ceremony in Madrid on Sunday.

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Lady Gaga the big winner at MTV Europe Music Awards

(ChinaPost.com.tw) – Americans cleaned up at the MTV Europe Music Awards in Madrid on Sunday, as Lady Gaga picked up three top prizes and awards crowned Katy Perry, Canadian teen idol Justin Bieber and half a dozen U.S. outfits.

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Steelers Player Destroys Ribs Before Game

We’re told the three NFLers threw back a rack of the restaurant’s famous barbecued choice pork loin back ribs … one order of the pork chops and one pulled pork sandwich.

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Reveller denies shooting family after party ejection

A reveller shot at three members of a family after he was thrown out of a New Year party in south London, the Old Bailey has heard.

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2 charged with murder in boy’s death on Halloween

Two reputed gang members have been charged with murder for a Los Angeles Halloween shooting that killed a 5-year-old boy as he showed off his costume in his backyard.

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Entrepreneurs, Civic, and Community Leaders Join Forces at Fremont College’s Los Angeles Campus Opening

Their goal: teaching the world by combining technology and Professional Action Learning®
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 8, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Andrew Cherng, founder of Panda Restaurant Group; Bill Simon, co-founder of William E. Simon and Sons; Gil Garcetti, former Los Angeles County District A
 

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$3.8 Million Coal Mine Judgment for Bailey & Glasser

SPRINGFIELD, Ill., Nov. 8, 2010 /PRNewswire/ — A judge rendered a judgment of $3.8 million against White County Coal, LLC and two other affiliates of Alliance Resource Partners, LP (NYSE: ARLP) on Friday for failing to make royalty payments to the wid…

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AIB transfers a 3bn in loans to NAMA

AIB has transferred more than a 3bn worth of loans to NAMA at a discount of around 60%. The bank says the loans belong to 20 customers.

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BP spill panel issues preliminary findings

BP incurred “additional risk” and teams of workers — both BP and contractors — made poor judgments ahead of the April 20 well blowout and rig explosion, the presidential Gulf spill panel said Monday.
 

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At least 19 dead in Assam attack

At least 19 people have been killed in attacks by separatist rebels on markets and a bus in India’s north-eastern state of Assam.

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Pakistan, and Obama’s, ‘unwinnable war’

As President Barack Obama was feted in India, his message to neighboring Pakistan — do more to shut down terrorist safe havens — was  sure to irk the Islamabad government.
 

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The Economic Causes And Consequences Of Envy

The use of experimental techniques in economics in recent years has demonstrated that decision making of individuals’ is guided not only by an individual’s own benefit, but also by material gains that other individuals can have in their social netwo…

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