- Coal Miner’s Daughter’ Lynn married at 15, not 13
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LOUISVILLE, KY. (AP) - Country music legend Loretta Lynn is three years older than she has led people to believe, an age change that undermines the story she told of being married at 13 in “Coal Miner’s Daughter,” documents obtained by The ...
- Jerry’s Least-Favorite ‘Seinfeld’ Episode
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On “Plead the Fifth” with Andy Cohen on Bravo's “Watch What Happens Live,” Cohen asked the comic Jerry Seinfeld if there was a “least favorite episode” of his show "Seinfeld." Impossibly, there was. Seinfeld recounted, "There was one where a ...
- Babe Ruth's 1920 Yankees jersey sells for $4.4 million
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Who will end up with the prize of the sports memorabilia auction isn’t yet clear, but the winning bid certainly was enough to grab anyone's attention. A New York Yankees jersey that is the earliest known uniform to be worn by Babe Ruth sold ...
- Forbes Games: Bioware's Hope And Zynga's Dive
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Everything comes to an end — but sometimes not until fans are ready. In March, the unsatisfying ending to the hit game Mass Effect 3 mobilized a legion of fans in protest, and convinced developers at Electronic Arts’ Bioware division to take ...
- Wall Street Hellhound Puts JPMorgan’s Loss in Perspective
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If you want to put JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM)’s announced $2 billion trading loss into perspective, pick up Michael Perino’s “The Hellhound of Wall Street.” This vivid reconstruction of former New York City prosecutor Ferdinand Pecora ...
- India’s Reddy Said to Travel to Turkmenistan for Gas Deal
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India’s oil minister, S. Jaipal Reddy, will lead a team to Turkmenistan to sign a deal to get natural gas through a pipeline, according to three people familiar with the matter. GAIL India Ltd. (GAIL), the nation’s biggest gas distributor ...
- U.S., Suu Kyi agree Burma reforms fragile
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(CBS/AP) WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Burma democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi have discussed the recent easing of U.S. sanctions and the need to protect against the country's backsliding on reforms, the State ...
- At Auction, Reagan's Blood Is Pricey But A Bargain Compared To Flag Signed By Fidel
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It's safe to say that when it comes to recent presidents, Ronald Reagan is the most venerated, especially among Republicans but not exclusively so. Some even accuse conservatives of beatifying the 40th president as though he were on the road to ...
- Mexico's former ruling party distances from ex-gov
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MEXICO CITY – Mexico's former ruling party said Wednesday it will suspend the party membership of a former governor accused of accepting millions of dollars in bribes from drug cartels. The Institutional Revolutionary Party said the former ...
- U.S. Stocks Erase Gains
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NEW YORK—U.S. stocks erased gains from a day mostly spent in positive territory to close flat, as worries resurfaced in late trading about potential European instability. U.S. stocks turned negative in late trading Tuesday, after spending most ...
- Bank Of America's Brian Moynihan Says Universal Banking Model Isn't Dead
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This afternoon Moynihan was asked to defend the universal banking model which marries retail banking with investment banking. The CEO of the nation’s second largest bank said the model is the “most important” model there is because it ...
- With China’s Growth Easing, Premier Calls for Stimulus
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HONG KONG — Premier Wen Jiabao is calling for Chinese economic policies to tilt a little more toward fostering growth, official media reported on Monday, in the latest sign of concern in China about a faltering in the country’s economic ...
- China's economic problems greater than reported
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(Money Watch) Home prices in China continued to decline last month, according to official statistics, despite two years of government efforts to stabilize them. This is just one of many indicators that the world's second largest economy is ...
- Wainwright's complete game is 4-0 Cardinals win
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ST. LOUIS (AP) Adam Wainwright was so excited after throwing a shutout for the St. Louis Cardinals, he acknowledged he got emotional. ''It was a huge sense of relief,'' Wainwright said. ''A huge sense of feeling blessed. I've worked very hard to get back ...
- S.Africa's capital renames streets for anti-apartheid heroes
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AFP - The city of Pretoria has begun renaming streets to honour heroes of the anti-apartheid struggle, leaving some whites worried about losing their cultural identity in the South African capital. Eighteen years after the African National ...
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