Why author and London resident Nick Hornby hasn’t caught Olympic fever.
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Katie Holmes tap-danced around truth a day before divorce filing
Katie Holmes couldn’t tell a lie, but she definitely tap danced around the truth in an interview conducted the day before she filed for divorce from Tom Cruise.
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owenthomas: A source tells us Skype cofounders Janus Friis and Niklas Zennström are no longer speaking. But why? http://t.co/pTsDrsbA
owenthomas: A source tells us Skype cofounders Janus Friis and Niklas Zennström are no longer speaking. But why? http://t.co/pTsDrsbA
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Victims Without Insurance
CBS News reports on the uninsured Aurora shooting victim facing $2 million in medical bills:
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Cleaning conflict? What happens when roommates, romantic partners have different levels of tolerance for housework left undone?
Professors look at what happens when neat freaks and slobs are paired, either romantically or as roommates.
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A Flood of Anger Follows Deadly Rains in Beijing
Government officials are sticking with their official death toll of 37 after rainstorms pounded Beijing over the weekend, but many in the capital are expecting the actual number of deaths to be much higher.
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Britain: WikiLeaks Hires Judge to Defend Embattled Founder
WikiLeaks said Tuesday that it had hired the Spanish judge Baltasar Garzón to lead the legal team representing the site and its founder, Julian Assange.
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Literary East Village Loses Another Longstanding Page
When the Bowery Poetry Club closed its doors last week, it sent a familiar ripple of dismay through the East Village. But that doesn’t mean the word is dead in the rapidly gentrifying neighborhood.
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Third ‘Hobbit’ movie may be coming from Peter Jackson
Warner Bros. and director Peter Jackson are seeking to turn the planned two-film “Hobbit†franchise into a trilogy, a move that could pay off in bigger box office returns, according to people familiar with the situation.
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Four Democrats advocate gun control legislation following Colorado shooting
Four Democrats have come forward in the wake of the mass shooting in Aurora, Colo. to voice support for new legislation aimed to combat gun violence. Colorado Rep. Diana DeGette, New York Rep. Carolyn McCarthy and New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez joined Sen. Frank Lautenberg of New Jersey Tuesday to voice support for Lautenberg’s bill outlawing […]
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