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 LBN READERS RANK WEBSITE “MORE USEFUL” THAN YAHOO!, CNN AND MSNBC: In a random survey of it’s readers, the LBN E-Lert readers ranked it’s website — www.LBNElert.com as “more useful” than some of the world’s largest and most prestigious news source websites including Yahoo! News, CNN, MSNBC. “Even we were surprised by the reader confidence that the survey revealed” said LBN Editor Shannon Donnelly. The LBN website is now viewed by approximately 50,000 per week from readers from over 50 countries throughout the world.
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 WHO READS THE LBN E-LERT? Laugh Factory comedy club owner Jamie Masada along with approximately 300,000 other “influencers”.
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 LAWYER SAYS JACKSON TOO SICK TO TRAVEL FOR TRIAL: ARAB SHEIKH SUING KING OF POP FOR $7 MILLION IN LONDON COURT: Michael Jackson might be too sick to travel to London to testify in a suit claiming he owes an Arab sheik $7 million, the pop stars attorney said Tuesday. Jackson is seeking to give his testimony by video link from the United States. It would be unwise for him to travel, given whats hes got now, lawyer Robert Englehart said, declining to elaborate for the obvious reasons.
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IRAQ SETS DATE FOR LONG-AWAITED PROVINCIAL VOTEELECTIONS SEEN AS PROGRESS, ALTHOUGH KEY NORTHERN AREA WILL NOT PARTICIPATE: Iraq said Tuesday that it will hold long-awaited provincial elections on Jan. 31, a step forward for U.S.-backed efforts to promote national reconciliation even though a key northern area will not participate in the vote. Government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said the Cabinet decided on the date, which had been widely expected, at a meeting Tuesday. The announcement of the election date comes as parliament prepares for a Nov. 24 vote on a U.S.-Iraqi security pact to allow American troops to stay in Iraq for three more years.
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 PAULSON, BERNANKE DEFEND $700 BILLION BAILOUT: PAULSON OPPOSES USING FUND TO HELP AUTOMAKERS: Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson told Congress Tuesday he opposes tapping a $700 billion taxpayer-funded bailout pool to help struggling U.S. automakers. Paulson and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke were on Capitol Hill defending their management of the bailout program, just one week after the administration abandoned the original strategy behind the rescue.
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 CALIF. WILDFIRE VICTIMS SIFT THROUGH WRECKAGE: Three fires destroyed nearly 1,000 homes, burned 42,000 acres: Smoky skies cleared and once-whipping winds slowed to a standstill Tuesday, as another wave of those who fled Southern California’s ferocious weekend wildfires prepared to sort through the remains of their homes.Three fires have destroyed nearly 1,000 homes and apartments and burned 42,000 acres, or 65 square miles, forcing thousands to flee. The causes of all three were under investigation, although a human cause was suspected in a Santa Barbara County blaze.
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 LBN-SEE IT:…..Jeffrey Dahmer Mugshot…..
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 ASIA STOCKS SINK AS LAYOFFS ADD TO GLOBAL GLOOMBANK PROFITS TUMBLE AROUND THE WORLD AS ARE JOBS SLASHED AND BONUSES CUT: Asian stock markets sank Tuesday after Wall Street retreated and global financial firms announced another round of massive layoffs, adding to gloom about the world economy. European markets traded lower. Major world banks in particular showed the unrelenting strain of economic crisis on Tuesday, with Britain’s Barclays offering funds to quell shareholder anger and profits in Japan’s largest bank tumbling 64 percent.
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 AUTOMAKERS BEG FOR AID AS BAILOUT BILL STALLS: Detroit’s Big Three auto makers are begging Congress for a $25 billion government rescue, while the legislation clings to life support on Capitol Hill and top lawmakers and the White House suffer from bailout fatigue. Democratic congressional leaders want to tap the $700 billion Wall Street rescue package for new loans to U.S. auto manufacturers and suppliers, but the White House and GOP lawmakers say the beleaguered industry shouldn’t get any new funds.
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LBN-MEDIA INSIDER: ***David Frum, a prominent conservative writer who enmeshed himself in a minor dustup during the campaign by turning negative on Governor Palin, is leaving, National Review Magazine. In an interview, he said he planned to leave the magazine, where he writes a popular blog, to strike out on his own on the Web.
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 CITY WANTS HER CENT: A 74-year-old blind woman has been told a lien will be put on her South Attleboro home if she doesn’t come up with a penny she owes on an outstanding utility bill. Eileen Wilbur, of Glenn Street, said she discovered the notice of the potential lien after her daughter, Rose Brederson, came over to read her mail.”It’s so upsetting,” Wilbur said. “It sent my blood pressure up so high.”
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 YAHOO RISES AS YANG EXIT SPARKS MICROSOFT SPECULATION: Yahoo! Inc., owner of the second- largest U.S. Internet-search engine, rose as much as 17 percent in Nasdaq trading after Chief Executive Officer Jerry Yang agreed to step down, opening the door for a fresh Microsoft Corp. bid. Yahoo, based in Sunnyvale, California, climbed $1.23 to $11.86 at 12:16 p.m. New York time in trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market. The gain was the largest in a month.
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 LBN-COMMENTARY BY ROBERT REDFORD: On the very day that we raised our voices for change and voted to move away from the failed energy philosophy of “drill, baby, drill,” the Bush administration dragged us in the opposite direction.
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 LBN-NOTICED: ***Personal manager and author Larry Thompson having lunch yesterday at Cafe Roma in Beverly Hills. ***Ian Schrager and his new wife, Tania Wahlstedt, partying at Patsy’s in NYC with 21 of their closest friends and family for their rehearsal dinner the night before they wed. ***Comedian and motivational speaker Adam Christing having dinner at the famous Pantry in downtown Los Angeles. ***Jill and Bobby Zarin and Simon Van Kempen of “The Real Housewives of NYC” buying a Nikon camera at Willoughby’s in NYC. ***BE AN LBN CORRESPONDENT Send your celebrity sightings to LBNElert@TimeWire.net.
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 LBN-COMMENTARY By PAULA DUFFY: An item appeared on a New York Times blog that makes me understand why Mr. Cuban seems to be throwing caution to the wind and making an accusation of federal misconduct.
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LBN- SPORTS INSIDER: *** Boston Celtics star Kevin Garnett has been suspended for one game and Phoenix center Shaquille O’Neal has been fined $25,000 for separate incidents over the weekend.Garnett was penalized for hitting Milwaukee’s Andrew Bogut in the face near the end of Saturday’s game. Garnett will sit out Tuesday night when the Celtics host the New York Knicks. O’Neal was fined for verbally abusing an official and failing to leave the court quickly after being ejected Sunday night against Detroit. The NBA issued the penalties Monday. *** The Cubs, moving to address one of their offseason priorities, are close to re-signing free-agent right-hander Ryan Dempster to a four-year contract, according to major-league sources.The deal will be worth slightly more than $50 million, sources said. *** Tony Romo had to learn how to throw with four fingers instead of five, and how to celebrate with his left hand instead of his right. He was successful on both counts Sunday night, returning just in time to help rescue the Dallas Cowboys’ season. His 25-yard pass to rookie Martellus Bennett with 10 1/2 minutes to play was the go-ahead touchdown in a 14-10 victory over the Washington Redskins, a must-win-come-true for a team that had been reeling without its offensive leader. *** Novak Djokovic the 21-year-old Serbian was able to regroup on Sunday as he ended a year that began so gloriously with his first Grand Slam title in Australia with another highly significant trophy his first Tennis Masters Cup title with a 6-1, 7-5 victory over Nikolay Davydenko in Shanghai.
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 LBN-A DIFFERENT VIEW:…..
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 LBN - OVERHEARD: ***Lindsay Lohan gets splattered with flour by PETA members as she sports a fur coat early Saturday morning while entering a Parisian nightclub. ***Jen and John get cozy at a New York eatery, as John goes on to spill his feelings about Jen to the press, “That girl knows me … so whether I go to bed alone or not, to have somebody who knows you in this world, that’s a really nice thing.” ***Nia Vardalos, the star of “My Big Fat Wedding” and husband Ian Gomez, best known for his role as Javier from “Felicity”, adopted a little girl who’s just under the age of 5 a few months ago. “They are going public now to bring attention to National Adoption Month and the 500,000 children in foster care,” Vardalos’ rep says in a statement, which points people toward AdoptUsKids.org. “Of these children, 129,000 are ‘legally free’ for adoption and waiting for a family.” ***Heidi Klum and husband Seal are set to renew their vows yet again for the fourth time next May with an intimate ceremony on a beach in Costa Careyes, Mexico. The lovely couple are parents to three children and are have made it a custom to get re-married there every year. “We love it. It’s great saying your vows again. You remember who it was you fell in love with. It’s also a good excuse to have a big party, and we have a different theme every year.”
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LBN-DID YOU KNOW: ***No piece of normal-size paper can be folded in half more than 7 times. ***Earth is the only planet not named after a pagan God. ***Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise. ***Footprints of astronauts who landed on the moon should last at least 10 million years since the moon has no atmosphere. ***Earthworms have five heartbeats.
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LBN-QUOTE: “Democrats historically tax and spend and Republican historically borrow and spend. For members of both parties asking them to stop spending is like asking a junkie to stop using dope. Literally.”—–Michael Levine.
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LBN-HISTORY: On Nov. 18, 1976, Spain’s parliament approved a bill to establish a democracy after 37 years of dictatorship.
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