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Elliott Sadler has spent the last three years mulling over a mistake in the 2009 Daytona 500, wondering if he’d ever get a chance to redeem himself.
And when he had no ride for last year’s 500, Sadler began to think he wouldn’t have a shot at the redemption and glory he so craves. But an [...]

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Harry Potter author and adorable billionaire J.K. Rowling has pitched her next book to little, Brown and Company, and it's geared chiefly toward adults. no word on the title, synopsis or when we can expect to haul ass to the bookstore to buy it the day it goes on sale (or, okay, pre-order it [...]

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Restricted free agent Mike Wallace and the Steelers are working on a new contract before NFL free agency begins, but the salary cap situation is complicated and he admits — reluctantly — that he could end up leaving town.In an interview with SiriusXM NFL Radio on Wednesday, Wallace said his heart “is definitely in Pittsburgh” [...]

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– London Fashion Week wrapped up Tuesday, with the last of its runway showings of fall 2012 fashion. but we thought perhaps we should revisit Monday's showing of McQ, from Alexander McQueen, which is meant to be a more accessible version of the McQueen brand. What's that on top of the models' heads? Not hats. It's [...]

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Updated at 9:25 a.m ET  
Target (TGT) posted fiscal fourth-quarter earnings of $1.49 per share, excluding certain items, up from $1.38 a share in the year-earlier period. Revenue was $21.29 billion, up from $20.66 billion a year ago. Revenue rose 3% to $21.29 billion. Analysts had expected the company to earn $1.40 a share on revenue [...]

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The U.S. advisory panel of medical experts voted 20 to 2 in favor, to endorse the weight-loss drug, Qnexa. The weight loss drug will now wait for the Food and Drug Administration to approve the prescription drug for obesity. If they approve, it will be the first time since 1999 that a weight loss pill [...]

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MESA, Arizona | Wed Feb 22, 2012 8:09pm EST

MESA, Arizona (Reuters) – Rick Santorum finally got his chance at center stage in a debate of Republican presidential candidates on Wednesday that represented the best chance to address large numbers of voters before a pivotal period in the 2012 campaign.
Santorum, surging in opinion polls, [...]

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Headline News correspondent Nischelle Turner called Star Jones’ appearance on The View “awkwardly” awesome and that was a great way to describe it. Six years after she left The View in a storm of controversy, Star Jones proved just why she wasn’t a good fit for The View. during her guest appearance on the show yesterday, [...]

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GIVE IT UP FOR LENT: My God, Lent is here already and, as always, we don’t know what sort of sacrifice we’re going to make during the 40-day (more or less) period of voluntary (and mandatory) abstinence. just as with Christmas shopping, and everything else, for that matter, we make up our mind at the [...]

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Judging by the content of a press statement issued on Monday, February 20, 2012 by the Youth League of the Opposition Congress for Democratic, a copy of which is in the possession of this paper, one can safely surmise that once again, Liberia’s fore most opposition political party is heading for a serious internal rift, [...]

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