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Concierge service for celebrity bloggers?

Celebrity bloggers, especially of the Hollywood variety, evoke a lot of skepticism in the lay public. When a famous website like Huffington Post offers concierge services to its busy celebrity bloggers, the question over authenticity also comes into picture.

Good news for Yankees on Hughes

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Phil Hughes pitched 4 1/3 innings for the Single-A Staten Island Yankees yesterday, fanning seven batters and hitting 95 mph on the radar gun. The New York Yankees will likely get him back after the All-Star break, shoring up their starting rotation in time for the push in the pennant race.
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The Big Man: Profile of late Saxophonist Clarence Clemons

Legendary saxophonist Clarence Clemons, better known to admirers and friends as the ‘Big Man’, died of a massive heart attack on Saturday, aged 69. The death of Clemons was mourned by his fans across the United States. People thronged outside The Stone Pony, the club where Clemons and Springsteen performed alongside other E Street band members. His official website crashed as traffic exceeded bandwidth limits. On Twitter too fans mourned him.
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ESPN says it's official: It stinks to be a Mets fan

The poor trades, the bad contracts, the ticket price hikes, the season collapses--everyone knows it can be hard to be a New York Mets fans. ESPN quantified it in the recently released 2011 Ultimate Team Standings.
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Opposing Sides Of Immigration Debate Hold Dueling Protests In New York

Leaders from both sides of the immigration debate traded barbs over a controversial bill that would allow immigration judges to have the authority to determine if the illegal immigrant parents of children who, having been born in the United States, are American citizens should be ordered removed or deported from the U.S.
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Trojan targeting Bitcoin fake or true?

There has been news going around that popular digital decentralized currency Bitcoin is being targeted by a Trojan that steals funds from your Bitcoin wallet. Security firm Symantec warned the Bitcoin users on Friday about a Trojan, following an alleged hack on a Bitcoin user Wallet that cost him bitcoins, or about $500,000. What Symantec says is that the 'Infostealer.Coinbit' Trojan tries to find your wallet file and then mail it to the attacker.
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Scott Boras seeks to sign Jose Reyes

Agent Scott Boras, known for his tough negotiating tactics and for landing large and long-term contracts for baseball players, has been courting New York Mets shortstop Jose Reyes. Agents regularly meet with the clients of other agents, and Reyes has been pursued by agents in the past. But the Mets front office is likely nervous about Boras' activity.
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List Of Victims Killed In 9/11 Attacks Grows By 1

A man who died last year of lung disease while inhaling toxic debris when the World Trade Center collapsed has been added to the list of victims killed in the Sept. 11 attacks, the New York City Chief Medical Examiner's office said on Friday.
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Obama Emphasizes Father's Role, New Initiative

He’s spent the week debating the legality of the United States participation in Libya, and meeting with top officials to alter the United States’ role in Afghanistan, but in his latest speech, President Barack Obama focused on what he called his most important role: fatherhood.

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