Reuters - Celebrity photographer Annie Leibovitz has arranged a deal with a private equity firm to sort out her debts, the Financial Times reported in its Tuesday edition.
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Valli's Walk of Shame Chic (Fashion Wire Daily)
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Fashion Wire Daily - If style is grace under pressure, as Ernest Hemingway once defined it, then designer Giambattista Valli surely has it in spades.
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David Foster Wallace archive goes to U. of Texas (AP)
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AP - The archive of writer David Foster Wallace, best known for his 1996 novel Infinite Jest, has been acquired by the Harry Ransom Center library and museum at the University of Texas, the center announced Monday.
Read more »Bart Stupak, Dem Threatening To Kill Health Care Bill Over Abortion, Says Deal Looks Likely
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pTAWAS CITY, Mich. (AP) -- Prospects are good for resolving a dispute over abortion that has led some House Democrats to threaten to withhold support of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, a key Michigan Democrat said Monday./p
pRep.
Read more »Earmark Ban Being Debated By Democratic Leaders
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p"As they try to reclaim the ethical high ground during a difficult stretch, House Democratic leaders are considering a dramatic move: declaring a party-wide ban on earmarks this year," the Capitol Hill newspaper a href="http://www.rollcall.com/issues/55_99/news/43906-1.html" target="_hplink"Roll Call reported on Monday/a./p
blockquoteThe idea, floated by Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) in a leadership huddle Tuesday, is for House Democrats to outflank their Republican counterparts, who have mulled and rejected such a moratorium in recent years.
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Illinois Budget Crisis 2010: Big Cuts Coming For Schools, Police, Child Care
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pThough Gov. Pat Quinn won't discuss his proposal for fixing the state's massive deficit until Wednesday, a top Quinn aide told a href="http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/2088547,state-budget-schools-police-child-care-030710.article" target="_hplink"the Associated Press Monday/a that the state can expect 17,000 teachers to lose their jobs, thousands of poor families to get less help with child care and fewer state troopers to patrol the roads. /p
pQuinn budget director David Vaught told the AP that even if lawmakers agree to Quinn's proposed tax hikes, the state will still face big cuts.
Read more »Goldman Sachs Sued By Union Fund For Overpaying Executives
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pThe International Brotherhood of Electric Workers fund filed the lawsuit in Delaware Chancery Court, seeking to recover money for the company on behalf of other shareholders./p
pIt seeks to stop Goldman from allocating roughly 47 percent of 2009 net revenue as compensation, saying such allocations "vastly overcompensate management and constitute corporate waste."/p
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Read more »Courage And Consequence: Karl Rove Book Full Of Lies
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pKarl Rove's forthcoming memoir Courage and Consequence purports to respond to critics by "putting the record straight," but Media Matters has found that Rove's book is full of falsehoods.
Read more »Variety Drops Chief Film And Theater Critics
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pThe evisceration of Variety contiues./p
pOn Monday, the trade let go of chief film critic Todd McCarthy and chief theater critic David Rooney./p
pPublisher Neil Stiles told the New York Times that the layoffs were a "cost-cutting" measure.
Read more »Daley Lashes Out At Quinn: Says Quinn Lied About Tax Share
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pMayor Daley accused Gov. Quinn today of a political double-cross regarding the governor's proposal to cut $300 million from the share of state income tax revenues earmarked for local government./p
pDaley said that, just weeks before the Feb.
Read more »UConn Wins NCAA Record 71st Straight Game
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pHARTFORD, Conn. mdash; The top-ranked Connecticut Huskies made women's college basketball history Monday night ndash; not that you would have known it by watching them./p
pTina Charles scored 16 points and Maya Moore added 11 to help UConn win an NCAA record 71st straight game, a 59-44 victory over No. 6 Notre Dame in the semifinals of the Big East tournament./p
pThe Huskies didn't gloat, though. They didn't even celebrate.
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