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PersonalFinance: Where to put your money in 2010

Here's a prediction for 2010: Another wild ride in the stock and bond markets, in real estate and in interest rates. The economists and analysts are all over the place when it comes to this year, leaving individual investors on their own to prepare for anything and everything.

How to get yourself headhunted in 2010

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It’s all very well applying for jobs. However, the most desirable and prestigious ones are not necessarily advertised but filled by headhunters who approach suitable candidates on behalf of whoever’s hiring.
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Jason Alexander joins Jenny Craig ranks

Jason Alexander, the former star of 1990s hit television sitcom Seinfeld, on Wednesday joined the ranks of celebrities working with weight control company Jenny Craig, Inc. to lose pounds in the new year.
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Lost producers come full circle in final season

Get ready to return to the island one last time: The final season of ABC's Lost is going to be an emotionally intense journey that harks back to previous highlights of the series, with the ideological battle between Jack Shephard and John Locke taking center stage.
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Police Woman TV producer David Gerber dies, age 86

Award-winning television producer David Gerber, who worked on a range of programs from series like 1970s hit Police Woman to 2006 TV movie Flight 93, has died at age 86, his spokesman said on Tuesday.
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The Tsunami 5 Years On: My Visit to Aceh, Indonesia

Prior to the tsunami, a long standing, low level conflict existed within Aceh. Aji, a young Indonesian Red Cross volunteer at the time, recalls how he used to evacuate at least one corpse every day, victims of the fighting. After 29 years of conflict, that meant a lot of bodies. Instability raged across turbulent Aceh.
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Nisga’a Memorial Lava Bed Provincial Park

Two hundred and fifty years ago, the earth opened up in this little known corner of northwest British Columbia. Molten lava oozed and spewed from the pores of the earth, consuming some 2000 Nisga’a (pronounced nish-ga) people. And these days, in a
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Making the Most of Sunday in Madrid

It's Sunday morning in Madrid. As it's Sunday in Madrid, chances are, you've probably just rolled out of a nightclub and you're wandering the streets. So what can you do to ease yourself into the day?
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8 Reasons to Stop Putting Off That Argentina Trip

Argentina is a a country where just about anything can be found. From a sultry street tango on a bustling street in Buenos Aires to the enormous whip-cracking sound of a house-sized chunk of ice falling from a glacier in Patagonia, Argentina is a land with something for everyone. Finding a variety
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Glasgow fights No Mean City tag, 75 years on

Razor King Johnnie Stark is long dead, but the specter of violence raised by the brutal street fighter in No Mean City still haunts Glasgow seven decades after the novel's publication.
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Graphic novel revisits forgotten Gaza killings

Comic book meets investigative journalism in Footnotes in Gaza, a graphic novel by Joe Sacco that focuses on two days in Gaza in 1956 when Palestinians said hundreds of civilians were killed by Israeli forces.
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Spain's EU art installation sidesteps controversy

Spain played it safe as it unveiled an artwork to represent its European Union presidency on Tuesday, avoiding the controversy of a year ago when the Czech Republic managed to offend most of the EU.
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Oscar contenders raise some questions

For just a moment, stop obsessing about which 10 movies the members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, who are now in the middle of marking their ballots, will nominate for best picture.
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Rapper Game finds mentor, friend in Williams

Once upon a time, gangster rapper Game had preconceived notions about eccentric rapper/producer Pharrell Williams -- and vice versa. But the two have since put aside their differences; Williams is the executive producer of Game's fourth studio album, R.E.D..
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Producer settles suit over crime drama

The legal wrangling over the troubled crime drama Black Water Transit has taken another turn, with the film's backer quietly settling a $3.1 million lawsuit brought by a producer on the eve of trial.
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Film box office overtakes 2009 DVD, Blu-ray sales

For the first time since 2002, U.S. consumers spent more to see Hollywood movies in theaters last year than buy them on DVD and Blu-ray discs, industry figures showed on Monday, and that trend is expected to continue.
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Rockers Lifehouse try new slant with Mirrors

Just like clockwork, since its 2000 debut, No Name Face, rock band Lifehouse has cranked out a studio album every two to two-and-a-half years, and each has peaked in the top 15 of the U.S. pop chart.
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Persistence pays off for Empire songwriter

Empire State of Mind has been a chart-topping hit for Jay-Z and Alicia Keys, spending five weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100. The No. 1 anthem is also responsible for reigniting the singing aspirations of songwriter/producer Angela Hunte, who penned and produced Empire with writing partner Jane't Jnay Sewell-Ulepic. It all started with a bad case of homesickness.

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