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Samsung has purchased 1 million copies of Jay-Z's coming album, entitled "Magna Carta Holy Grail," slated for release July 4, and plans to give them to Samsung Galaxy smartphone users for free - 72 hours ahead of the release. The users are to receiv  «Full Post»

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Manu Ginobili broke out of a slump in a big way with 24 points and 10 assists in his first start of the season, and the Spurs beat the Miami Heat 114-104 to take a 3-2 lead in the NBA Finals. Tony Parker scored 26 points, Tim Duncan had 17 points  «Full Post»

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Checking account customers are racking up hundreds of dollars in overdraft fees each year, a new government report finds. On average, overdrawing an account costs customers $225 in fees per year, according to a new study from the Consumer Financia  «Full Post»

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HBO said Wednesday that O'Brien will be a reporter on the monthly magazine show, which is anchored by Gumbel. Her first story, due this month, is about war veterans who use martial arts to help cope with post-traumatic stress disorder. "It's exact  «Full Post»

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Oprah Winfrey is giving $12 million to a museum being built on Washington's National Mall that will document African-American history, officials said Tuesday. The media mogul and former talk-show host previously gave $1 million to the National Mus  «Full Post»

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As jury selection begins today in the Trayvon Martin murder trial, Florida prosecutors and defense attorneys are bracing for a heated court battle that is likely to be as emotional as it is high profile. George Zimmerman, 29, is facing second-degr  «Full Post»

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Cicely Tyson, who returned to Broadway this season for the first time in 30 years, took home the Tony Award for best leading actress in a play on Sunday night in New York. In Horton Foote's "The Trip to Bountiful," Tyson plays a widow in 1953 whos  «Full Post»

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Nelson Mandela, the former president of South Africa, spent the night in hospital battling a lung infection this weekend. On Saturday, South Africa officials said Mandela was in "serious but stable condition" with his family by his side. As of  «Full Post»

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The love affair between Americans and their tablets and smartphones shows no sign of abating. More than four out of 10 now own a tablet computer, up from 30% last year, according to a new survey from Frank N. Magid Associates. Ownership is even hi  «Full Post»

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The Heat used a 33-5 run to rout the San Antonio Spurs 103-84 on Sunday night and even the series at one game apiece. LeBron James missed 10 of 13 shots through three quarters and the Heat trailed by a point late in the period before unleashing th  «Full Post»

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Black New Yorkers are nearly five times more likely to be arrested on low-level marijuana possession charges than whites, and the disparity is much wider in the state’s most populous counties, a report Thursday found. In Monroe County, for example  «Full Post»

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Chase Bank is laying off about 400 employees at its call center in Albion. Employees got their 90 days notice Thursday and will be out of a job come September. The facility in Orleans County will remain open with about 100 people still employed.  «Full Post»

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Tony Parker banked in a 16-footer with 5.2 seconds left for the last of his 21 points and the San Antonio Spurs stunned the Miami Heat 92-88 in Game 1 of the NBA Finals on Thursday night. Tim Duncan had 20 points, 14 rebounds and three blocks, and  «Full Post»

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In a major shakeup of President Obama's foreign-policy inner circle, Tom Donilon, the national security adviser, is resigning and will be replaced by Susan E. Rice, the American ambassador to the United Nations, White House officials said on Tuesday.  «Full Post»

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Route 490 westbound between Culver Road and Monroe Avenue will shut down at approximately 7 o'clock Wednesday night, June 5, while crews replace overhead signs. The stretch of road will reopen Thursday at 6 a.m. It will close again Thursday ni  «Full Post»

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Miguel has potentially landed himself in an awful lot of trouble after it emerged he was ordered not to jump over the crowd during his performance at the Billboard Music Awards because producers deemed it too dangerous. Of course, the Latin star  «Full Post»

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Michael Jackson traveled with what amounted to a mini-clinic and an anesthesiologist who used a surgical anesthetic to put the singer to sleep after shows during his "HIStory" tour, sources close to Jackson told CNN just days after his death. But  «Full Post»

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About 140 people have been arrested during the latest weekly demonstration led by the North Carolina chapter of the NAACP against the state's Republican-led General Assembly. Police estimate that roughly 1,000 people attended a rally late Monday a  «Full Post»

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Despite the mega success R. Kelly had experienced with sales of more than 38.5 million albums in the U.S. and 54 million abroad, making him the most successful R&B musician of the 1990s. R Kelly released some surprising facts on himself when he sp  «Full Post»

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LeBron James scored 32 points and grabbed eight rebounds, ailing Dwyane Wade matched his postseason high with 21 points, and the Heat ran away from the Indiana Pacers 99-76 in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference series on Monday night. In the NBA Fin  «Full Post»

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In what may go down as the biggest box-office upset of the year, the man who has arguably been Hollywood's No. 1 star couldn't even manage a second-place finish. "After Earth," the $135-million sci-fi flick costarring Will Smith and his son Jaden,  «Full Post»

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Looks like a little fashionista is joining the Kardashians. Kim Kardashian and Kanye West are expecting a girl. The baby's gender was revealed on the Season 8 premiere of "Keeping Up With the Kardashians." The cameras followed Kim to her doctor  «Full Post»

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A Mexican court released an American woman detained over allegations she tried to smuggle 12 pounds of marijuana under a bus seat. Yanira Maldonado, an Arizona resident and mother of seven, had denied the charges. She was released Thursday night  «Full Post»

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On Thursday, judges Mariah Carey and Nicki Minaj, who frequently feuded on the singing competition's just-completed season, both announced that they are leaving the show. Carey, who has a No. 1 global hit with Miguel titled Beautiful, made the new  «Full Post»

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The numbers are in...and it's good news for the Oprah Winfrey Network. Tuesday's premiere of Tyler Perry's "The Haves and The Have Nots" drew 1.77 million viewers, making it the highest rated series debut in OWN history, according to the network.  «Full Post»