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3 hrs ago | WLWT-TV Cincinnati

Gas prices lower, but not leading to more spending

Gas prices are slightly lower this year, but that's not leading to a large pick-up in consumer spending, according to a survey by Bankrate.com. About 80% of the 1,000 people Bankrate surveyed said they have not increased their discretionary spending in response to falling gas prices this year.

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Related Topix: Bankrate, Computers

Sun May 19, 2013

Fox News

'IRRELEVANT':Obama Adviser Offers Bold Defense of Scandals

A top White House adviser staked out a defiant defense Sunday on a series of scandals that have hit the Obama administration, going so far as to say it was an "irrelevant fact" where the president was the night of the Benghazi terror attacks and saying the Obama administration wouldn't cooperate in "partisan fishing expeditions" over IRS officials ... (more)

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Related Topix: US News, Tea Party, HarperCollins Publishers, Publishing, Television, Ottaway Newspapers, Fox Filmed Entertainment, Digital Journal, FOX News Network

411mania.com

[Gossip] Courtney Stodden Says She Has a Sex Tape

Everyone's "favorite" child bride told E! News that she has in fact made a solo sex tape and that it was recently shot.

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Related Topix: Fox Filmed Entertainment, Movies, Entertainment

WPTZ-TV Plattsburgh

Winklevoss twins are Bitcoin bulls

The Winklevoss brothers' legal battle with Facebook over the social network's messy creation made them rich.

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Related Topix: Startups, Facebook, Social Software, Publishing, New Times

SFGate

'Trek' leads, but falls short of studio hopes

This undated publicity film image released by Paramount Pictures shows, Zachary Quinto, left, as Spock and Chris Pine as Kirk in a scene in the movie, "Star Trek Into Darkness," from Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions.

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Related Topix: Star Trek, Star Trek Into Darkness, Paramount Pictures, Zachary Quinto, Chris Pine, Los Angeles, CA

Queerty

NY Gay Man Killed In Fifth Hate Crime This Month

Mark Carson, a 32-year-old gay Brooklyn man, was shot and killed in New York's Greenwich Village last night following a shouting match with the gunman who hurled homophobic insults at his victim, according to the New York Times .

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian, Greenwich Village (New York, NY), Publishing, New Times, Chelsea (New York, NY), New York

Sacramento Bee Newspaper

Provisions: A guide for what you need

What does it say about our consumer culture that we're willing to spend almost as much for a case for our electronic devices as for the device itself? Oh, cut it out with the high-minded sociology lesson.

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Related Topix: Publishing, Rand McNally

The Washington Post

News from across the nation: Officer charged with rape; Inmates face sex abuse, report says

In this Feb. 24, 2009, photo, first lady Michelle Obama and Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Biden, stand with Philadelphia police officer Richard DeCoatsworth during President Obama's address to a joint session of Congress.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime, Publishing, Television, Ottaway Newspapers, Fox Filmed Entertainment, Digital Journal, FOX News Network

Sat May 18, 2013

The Age

Fans surprised at Daft Punk no-show

Party rages on as the small country town capitalises on Daft Punk's album launch despite the distinct lack of stars.

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Related Topix: Daft Punk, Electronic, Sony Music Entertainment, Music

KURB-FM Little Rock

New Teaser Trailer for "Anchorman 2" Hits the Web

Paramount Pictures released a new teaser trailer for the highly-anticipated sequel to the 2004 film Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy on Saturday .

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Related Topix: Paramount Pictures, Celebrities, Will Ferrell, Steve Carell, Paul Rudd, David Koechner

KURB-FM Little Rock

California Key to Massive Powerball Jackpot

As the countdown ticks on to Saturday night's record Powerball drawing, the jackpot has swollen to over $600 million, largely due to California's participation in the game, lottery officials said.

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Related Topix: Lottery, California, California Government, District of Columbia Government, Washington DC, Publishing, Television, Ottaway Newspapers, FOX News Network

KMIZ

Some of fall's most promising new shows

Networks unveiled their fall lineups this week in New York at their various upfront events, and although CBS, NBC, ABC and Fox all trumpet their new shows as the best of the best, not every pilot is destined to be a hit, or even worth your time.

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Related Topix: CBS, Television, Showtime Networks, Star Trek, Karl Urban, US News, US Federal Bureau of Investigation, The Avengers, Entertainment

The Miami Herald

NewsRight dismantles, transfers brand to Moreover

NewsRight, an organization created to turn unauthorized publishers of newspaper content on the Internet into licensed customers, said it is disbanding and transferring its operations to Moreover Technologies, which monitors how Moreover's clients are portrayed in the media.

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Related Topix: Moreover Technologies, Startups, Publishing, Lee Enterprises

Examiner.com

Student killed in home invasion: Hofstra student dead, gunman killed

A student was killed in an armed invasion overnight, according to the New York Times on May 17.

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Related Topix: Publishing, New Times, Hofstra University

Fri May 17, 2013

FOX23

James Bond movie studio expansion plans rejected

Britain is at risk of losing the James Bond movies after plans to expand the franchise's iconic Pinewood Studios were rejected.

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Related Topix: Pinewood Studios, Buckinghamshire County, England, United Kingdom, Entertainment

KING-TV Seattle

Washington serial killer appealing death sentence

Serial killer Robert Yates, whose death sentence has been upheld by the state Supreme Court, is seeking an appeal through the federal court system.

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Related Topix: Publishing, Seattle Times, Seattle, WA

New York Post

Bloomberg appoints ex-Ibm Ceo as privacy adviser

Bloomberg LP, the financial news and information service, on Friday said it has appointed Samuel Palmisano, the former CEO of IBM, as an independent adviser on its privacy and data standards.

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Related Topix: Bloomberg LP, IT Services, IBM, Journalism

Lincoln Daily News

Money market fund assets fell to $2.582T

Total U.S. money market mutual fund assets fell $1.04 billion to $2.582 trillion for the week that ended Wednesday, according to the Investment Company Institute.

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Related Topix: Mutual Funds, Personal Finance, Westborough, MA, Bankrate, Computers

KFVS12

'Scandal' cast performs finale live for Academy

Millions of fans actually watched the season-two finale of the ABC drama "Scandal" the old-fashioned way: on a TV screen, as it was fed from the network to their local affiliates.

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Related Topix: Scandal, Entertainment, Television, Emmy Awards, Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, Kerry Washington, Theater, Arts

Thu May 16, 2013

NBC Chicago

LA Worst City for Dog Attacks on Mail Carriers: Study

Pamela Devitt was on one of her regular walks around Littlerock when she was fatally mauled by pit bulls on Thursday.

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Related Topix: Fox Filmed Entertainment, California, The Postal Service, Indie

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