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Parent Group Brands Pete Townshend A Sex Offender

This sex offender warning on music legend Pete Townshend is being handed out by child abuse campaigners in Miami before The Who play at the Super Bowl.

Anne Hathaway Hasty Pudding

Anne Hathaway has been named the Harvard’s Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year Award and today the Devil Wears Prada star was honored by the group. Flanked by to men dressed in drag and riding in the back of a convertible despite the rain, Hathaway smiled as she clutched a giant bouquet of flowers.

Mark Wahlberg Adds a Fourth to His Bunch

Mark Wahlberg has a new set of lovely bones to admire. The 38-year-old actor and his new wife (but longtime love of nearly nine years), Rhea Durham, 31, are parents for the fourth…

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Will the Times Fire a Harvard Prof. Who Broke Their Freelancer Rules?

Remember Mike Albo ? He’s the freelancer who broke The New York Times ‘ convoluted travel writer rules and had his column axed . Now, Mary Tripsas , who pens the Times’ “Prototype” column, has made a similar misstep

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Scoring Sunday’s Nuptials: In Which Will Ferrell Photobombs the NYT’s Weddings

Once it hits your lips , Altarcations are so good. Phyllis Nefler will drink the NYT’s Weddings & Celebrations milkshake beerbong like it’s nobody’s business, especially when it’s got good guest stars like this week’s.

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Scoring Sunday’s Nuptials: In Which Will Ferrell Photobombs the NYT’s Weddings

Iceland says bye to Mickey D’s

The Big Mac, long a symbol of globalization, has become the latest victim of this tiny island nation's overexposure to the world financial crisis. Iceland's three McDonald's restaurants – all in the capital Reykjavik – will close next weekend, as the franchise owner gives in to falling profits caused by the collapse in the Icelandic krona. “The economic situation has just made it too expensive for us,” Magnus Ogmundsson, the managing director of Lyst Hr., McDonald's franchise holder in Iceland, told the Associated Press by telephone on Monday

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Report: Current health care system wastes up to $850 billion annually

According to a report by Thomson Reuters, the American health care system wastes between $505 billion and $850 billion every year, which is up to a third of the nation's total health care costs. “America's health care system is indeed hemorrhaging billions of dollars, and the opportunities to slow the fiscal bleeding are substantial,” said the report, which was completed by Thomson Reuters' vice president for health care analytics.

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Report: Current health care system wastes up to $850 billion annually

Monterey Bay Aquarium report: Demand for seafood leading to oceans’ decline

The Monterey Bay Aquarium has been working for years to improve the health of the planet's oceans, and today it has announced new collaborations to spread the word through chefs, seafood buyers and others. The aquarium, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary, released a report today on the state of the oceans. Prospects for the oceans are improving with a growing consensus to manage wild and farm fishing, the report says

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Facebook, as Cast by Hollywood

It appears Aaron Sorkin has confirmed many of the casting choices for his upcoming Facebook movie. If only Silicon Valley were this good looking. There’s someone from Gossip Girl , Melanie Griffith’s daughter — even a very built male model

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Facebook, as Cast by Hollywood

The Ten Types of Harvard Wannabes

William Fitzsimmons, Harvard’s dean of admissions, is taking questions on the New York Times ‘ website . So far, 788 queries have been submitted

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