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• I HEART RUTH MADOFF

  - 2009-07-14

  "She has become perhaps the most vilified spouse of a financial rogue in history," The New York Times announced. Americans love to loathe Ruth Madoff, wife of convicted fraudster Bernard Madoff. One typical ABC News headline was hopefully titled: "Homeless? Ruth Madoff to Lose Penthouse, Other Homes." When she...

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• MISS CALIFORNIA USA KEEPS HER TITLE

  - 2009-05-12

  So Donald Trump, the big, strong alpha male, steps in to rescue the fair damsel in distress. Carrie Prejean, Miss California USA, will keep her title. Good for him. Carrie is going to be OK. She's going to have far more powerful and numerous defenders than me. She...

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• WHY IS DONALD TRUMP TRYING TO SHUT UP MISS CALIFORNIA?

  - 2009-05-06

  Say it ain't so, Donald! Why is Donald Trump, one of the biggest mouths on the planet, trying to make Miss California USA, the runner-up Miss USA, shut up? That's what went through my mind as I looked at the cease-and-desist order from the Trump-owned Miss Universe pageant directed...

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• THE TRUTH VS. THE TIARA

  - 2009-04-21

  Susan Boyle has inspired millions of people with her willingness to brave ridicule in pursuit of her dream. Oh, sure, it may have been a staged moment, but that is not Susan's fault, and it does not detract an ounce from her triumph: Middle-aged, plump women without beauty...

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• Recycled Paper Greetings

  - 2009-04-20

  Recycled Paper Greetings is roiling out its exclusive introduction of The Argyle Sweater collection of cards designed by cartoonist Scott Hilburn. A Universal Press Syndicate cartoon, The Argyle Sweater is a look at pop culture that is published in more than 200 newspapers. The Argyle Sweater collection also...

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• IS OBAMA SORT OF LIKE US?

  - 2008-08-26

  The headline over the Associated Press story on the first day of the Democrat convention sums up Obama's current political dilemma: "Obama's 'sort of like us.'" In Eau Claire, Wis., Obama laid out the theme for the convention in a late-summer barbecue for supporters: "I think...

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• ROM UNIVERSAL PRESS SYNDICATE

  - 2008-02-07

  SECOND WIFE FROWNS WHEN DAD TAPS ON HIS DAUGHTER'S TUSH DEAR ABBY: My husband is 56. His daughter, "Loreen," from his first marriage is 35. At times when he gives her a hug (as she's leaving from a visit) he will slap her on the butt. This makes me uncomfortable...

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• Hollywood Previews to Power Co-Branded Online Video Entertainment Channel for Los Angeles Newspaper Group

  - 2008-02-07

  iMedia International, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: IMED), a provider of digital entertainment content for the publishing industry, today announced that the Los Angeles Newspaper Group LANG has licensed iMedia's Hollywood Previews to provide online video entertainment content for the group's LA.com Network. The network, which attracts more than 2.4 million...

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• / CORRECTION - Hollywood Previews to Power Co-Branded Online Video Entertainment Channel for Los Angeles Newspaper Group

  - 2008-02-07

  In the news release, "Hollywood Previews to Power Co-Branded Online Video Entertainment Channel for Los Angeles Newspaper Group," issued earlier today by iMedia International, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: IMED), we are advised by the company that the contact phone number should read "310-453-4499 x13" rather than "310-577-8255" as originally issued. Complete...

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• UNIVERSAL PRESS SYNDICATE

  - 2008-02-01

  THE CAMPAIGN BEGINS TO LOOK MORE ORDINARYLOS ANGELES -- Let it be known that the old French maxim that the more things change, the more they stay the same applies in the United States as well, at least as one considers this presidential campaign so far. Despite the...

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