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Why LinkedIn Needs Rapportive

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Business networking site LinkedIn will reportedly acquire Rapportive, a Gmail add-on that provides information about your social contacts as you e-mail them. Sources close to the situation say LinkedIn offered the browser plug-in a figure in the low teens in millions of dollars.
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Ellen breaks silence on furor over J.C. Penney gig

Talk show host Ellen DeGeneres said she was proud and happy that retail store J.C. Penney had stood by her in the face of a conservative anti-gay campaign, and said there was no such thing as a pro-gay bandwagon.
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Prop 8 Decision: Hollywood Responds on Twitter

Olivia Wilde, Judd Apatow and Jesse Tyler Ferguson were just a few of the big stars taking to Twitter on Tuesday to praise a court decision finding California's same-sex marriage ban unconstitutional.
Rick Santorum

Missouri Republican Primary 2012 Results: Where to Get Live Updates

Tonight's primary won't award the GOP presidential candidates any delegates for the nomination, but its symbolic significance may give Rick Santorum the boost he needs to stay in the Republican race. Click here to get live updates of the results, follow the primary on Twitter and find out where to get candidates' reactions.
Singer Chris Brown performs a medley of songs at the 2011 American Music Awards in Los Angeles

Chris Brown returns to Grammys; Rihanna also to perform

Chris Brown will perform at this Sunday's Grammy Awards for the first time since beating his then girlfriend Rihanna in 2009 on the eve of the music industry's biggest night, which threatened to derail his music career.
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Minnesota Republican Caucus 2012: Where to Get Live Results

Minnesota holds its 2012 caucus Tuesday night, an influential but non-binding vote on the Republican presidential nomination. Former Gov. Mitt Romney, former Sen. Rick Santorum, ex-House Speaker Newt Gingrich and Rep. Ron Paul are all on the ballot.
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Haditha Marine's lawyers call Anonymous cowards after hack

Lawyers for a U.S. Marine court-martialed for his role in killing Iraqi civilians in Haditha slammed the international hacking collective Anonymous as cowards on Monday after they knocked out the firm's website and published internal e-mails on the web.
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RIP Big Pun: Big Punisher Fans on Twitter for 12th Anniversary of Death [VIDEOS]

Big Pun was the first Latino rapper to make a platinum album. Known for his proficiency as a rapper, his rapid and steady flow, his heavy use of alliteration, and his complex internal and multi-syllabic rhyme schemes, the Bronx-born rapper died 12 years ago today at just 28 years old on Feb. 7, 2000. The cause of death was a heart attack brought on by his life long struggle with obesity.

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