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Sarah Palin has a new defense for her conspicuous use of hand notes: God uses them.
When the media first challenged her on the need to write her core beliefs on her hand to remember them, she said:

“I didn’t really have a good answer, as so often — is me…But then somebody sent me the other [...]

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Cecilia Attias, the former first lady of France, officially made New York her home at Thursday night’s inaugural gala dinner for the Cecilia Attias Foundation for Women.
Mrs. Attias divorced Parkozy in 2007 after 11 years of marriage. The following year she married Morocco-born and New York-based global events planner Richard Attias, who recently founded the [...]

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The recession has caused the number of shopkeepers willing to let bargain hunters haggle over the price of goods, to be substantially raised.
Roughly two thirds of high street stores will give discounts to shoppers brave enough to bargain, according to moneysupermarket.com.
The study found 61% of shop owners and managers report that the recession has made [...]

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We want to wish a Very Happy New Year to all our friends, customers, vendors and everyone else. May this be a healthy, successful and happy 2010 and may all your wishes come true.
From everyone here at MUGI.

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Dear readers, we stand on the heels of a new year and a new decade. The world is spinning fast! Here’s a list of 12 changes which have affected technology and technology shopping.
CALLING
Calling on the telephone is becoming replaced by text messaging, BlackBerry messaging, Instant Messaging, Tweeting, Google Wave-ing, and emailing.
NEWSPAPER CLASSIFIED
Not only has [...]

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Father Tim Jones of St. Lawrence’s Church in York, England has ignited controversy with a fiery sermon, in which he told his congregation that it is better to shoplift from major retailers, than to turn to robbery or prostitution.
Father Jones claims that he did not violate the eighth commandment, “Thou Shalt Not Steal” because [...]

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It was reported today that Steven Tyler, the 61-year-old Aerosmith front-man has entered a rehabilitation facility to treat his addiction to painkillers.
“I love Aerosmith; I love performing as the lead singer in Aerosmith. I am grateful for all of the support and love I am receiving and am committed to getting things taken care of.”

Last [...]

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It is a sad farewell to a talented young actress. Brittany Murphy, who acquired fame in such films as, “Girl Interrupted”, “8 Mile”, “Clueless” and “Just Married” was found unconscious at her home in Los Angeles on Sunday morning.
She was pronounced dead at about 10 a.m. at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. She was taken there [...]

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Want to hold a business conference or a virtual family reunion, via the web, but don’t want to have to worry about the crappy quality of your web cam? Check out what’s new from HP. Why, it’s a solution to dinky web camera blues for video conferences, called HP SkyRoom.
HP SkyRoom provides “high-definition video conferencing [...]

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As predicted, Black Friday was HIGHLY successful for retailers. In the predawn darkness of post-Thanksgiving shopping mayhem, both online and in stores, millions of dollars were spent and millions of dollars were made. Throughout the country shopping centers reported year-over-year sales increases on Friday.
In stores, the hottest categories on the shelves, or flying off [...]

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