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Facebook on Thursday set a proposed price range of $28 to $35 per share for its highly anticipated initial public offering.
In an amendment to its IPO filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the social media giant said it will sell 337.4 million shares, meaning the deal could raise over $11 billion if the stock [...]

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Image Credit: Zade Rosenthal
The Avengers doesn’t come out for a week, but the folks at Disney (distributors of Marvel’s superhero title) are already seeing a lot of green — and it’s not just because of the Hulk.
In its overseas debut yesterday, the Avengers punched up a terrific $17.1 million from 10 countries. that gross includes [...]

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In front of 30,000+ at Oriole Park, the Baltimore Orioles won their 2nd game of the year 8-2. O’s starter Tommy Hunter followed yesterday’s strong outing from Jake Arrieta with 7 scoreless innings of his own.
The Good:
1) After allowing a lead-off double to Morneau, and hitting Willingham; Hunter was able to come back and get [...]

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If you’re a band creating a bluesy, garage rock sound, then you should be prepared for the comparisons to Jack White and White Stripes. Of course, it wasn’t surprising then that the first album by Band of Skulls brought plenty of these comparisons—from the heavy riffs to guitar tone, Band of Skulls tried to emulate [...]

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SLEIGH BELLS Comeback Kid (3:00) Producer: Derek Miller Writers: Derek Miller, Alexis Krauss Publisher: SONGS Mom + Pop   With few choruses in sight and beats so assaulting they’re practically metal, Brooklyn duo Sleigh Bells earned unexpected buzz for their 2010 debut, “Treats.” for a band that wrote about brace-face tweens on its first [...]

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It’s time now for music, and this is a story of how the troubadour Jill Sobule may be picking a fight with Barbra Streisand. But before we get to that, Jill Sobule is probably best known for her 1995 hit single, “I Kissed a Girl.”
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, “I KISSED a GIRL”)
JILL SOBULE: (Singing) so we [...]

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IRVING, Texas — when Tiger Woods opens his PGA Tour season at the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am on Feb. 9-12, Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo will be his playing partner, according to a source.
The pairing has been widely speculated since Woods announced he would make his 2012 debut at Pebble Beach and survived a [...]

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Por segundo año consecutivo y, en plena temporada de verano, Personal presenta la Fiesta de la P con un show internacional, gratuito y masivo en la costa Atlántica. En esta edición, la fiesta contará con la presentación de Bruno Mars, un talentoso cantante, escritor y productor -nacido en Honolulu, Hawaii- que actuará por primera vez [...]

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LOS ANGELES, Jan. 6 (UPI) — Van Halen announced plans to release a new album called “A different Kind of Truth” next month during a performance at New York’s Cafe Wha?.
The CD will debut on Interscope Records Feb. 7. the first single from the album, “Tattoo,” and its accompanying video will premiere simultaneously Tuesday, with [...]

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Portlandia: What was the inspiration for this place? Mike Wellins: it was a group of people who all like this kind of stuff, and we went to the next level. Lisa and I were looking around to do something to get out there, besides a Web site or something
IFC's "Portlandia," a series of gentle and [...]

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