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Michael Jackson named top-earning dead celebrity

Michael Jackson was named this year's top-earning dead celebrity on Tuesday in a list compiled by financial website Forbes.com, earning the title for the second year in a row following his death in 2009.

MLB: McCourt looted $190 million from LA Dodgers

Major League Baseball commissioner Bud Selig (L) and Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt are shown in this combination of file photos
Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt looted $190 million from the bankrupt team to fund his lavish lifestyle, which includes eight homes, according to court documents filed on Tuesday by Major League Baseball.
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Pan-Asian girl band looks to Snoop Dogg for help

The pan-Asian girl band Blush has been around for only 11 months but already has a track record more established groups might envy -- a single that hit number three on the U.S. dance music charts and rapper Snoop Dogg in one of their songs.
Actress Lohan poses at 2008 MTV Movie Awards in Los Angeles

Lindsay Lohan Posing Naked for Playboy? [PHOTOS]

Lindsay Lohan, the troubled Hollywood actress who has been ordered to perform 16 hours of community service at the Los Angeles County coroner’s office before her next court hearing on Nov. 2, is posing for pornographic magazine Playboy, according to Access Hollywood and E! News.
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In Japan, Crooked Teeth Enhancement for Girls is Hot Trend

In America, people spend thousands of dollars to have straight teeth through orthodontics. In Japan, however, a trend has been underway for a couple of years in which crooked teeth through purposeful dental cosmetic surgery have become the rage. In Japan, the crooked teeth trend is called yaeba, or double tooth.
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Nara Bancorp to raise $55 mln in stock offering

Nara Bancorp Inc , which posted a better-than-expected third-quarter profit, said it had commenced an underwritten public offering of about $55 million of its common stock, nearly a fifth of its current market value.
Aniya Cope (L) and Ryan Goss, 5, color Chinese masks at Broadway Elementary School in Venice, Los Angeles, California

California school districts to take down reserves

When California lawmakers reached a deal to close a $10 billion budget gap in June, critics warned the agreement relied too heavily on $4 billion in additional tax revenue projected to materialize with a rapidly rebounding economy.
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Hotel Bel-Air back to business after protest

When the posh Hotel Bel-Air was re-opened earlier this month by luxury hotel chain the Dorchester Collection, the reviews from the neighbors and press outlets who follow such things was warm and admiring. But from the reported 260-plus union workers who were laid off as a result of the renovation ... not so much.
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Justin Bieber, Christina Augilera to peform at AMAs

Justin Bieber and Christina Aguilera will be among the artists taking the stage at the 2011 American Music Awards, Dick Clark Productions president and executive producer Orly Anderson announced Monday.
Victoria Beckham

Victoria Beckham's Fashion Label set to Earn over $96 Million

Victoria Beckham's eponymous label has generated sales in excess of $24 million during the first quarter of 2011. It is further believed that if this trend continues, the designer could very well generate over $96 million from her fashion line.
Stuart Walker

Stuart Walker's Brutal Murder in Cumnock: Will Gay Hate Crimes Ever End?

Stuart Walker, a young gay hotel manager and barman, was found tied, beaten and burned alive in Cumnock, Scotland this weekend. Though police will not confirm that Walker was the victim of a hate crime, his death, evoking as it does the legacy of Matthew Shepard and the rash of gay teen suicides in North America, is a testament to how far the LGBT movement still has to go, and how stark a reality dying for who you love can still be for gay teens and adults.

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