The Wishful Thinker ( World News To You )

Choi up to seventh in World Rankings
Miami Herald - K.J. Choi's wire-to-wire victory Sunday at the Sony Open in Hawaii moved him up two places to No. 7 in this week's Official World Golf Rankings. Choi achieved a new personal best ranking of seven as he collected his seventh PGA Tour win. Tiger Woods

'American Idol'alum Katharine McPhee latest to split with record
Chicago Tribune - This time, it's Season 5 runner-up Katharine McPhee, whose sole eponymous effort for the label has sold 365,500-plus copies since 2006. Sony BMG is the parent company to Arista, Columbia, Epic, J Records, RCA and others. McPhee's dismissal has yet to

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iPO Atlantic Intros MacBook Case, Waterproof iPod Speakers - (The Mac Observer)
Accessory maker Atlantic Inc. on Monday introduced a new MacBook case, called Raindrop Sleeve, as well as ice, a waterproof iPod speaker system

JVC adds iPod dock to new LCD TVs (Washington Post)
JVC is making it easier to hook-up an iPod to a flat-panel TV with new sets that contain a dock for the popular music player, it said Saturday on the eve of the International Consumer Electronics Show.

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Apple takes another bite (Canadian Business)
I was recently in the Silicon Valley area with some time to kill on a sunny day. So, like anyone with an interest in the latest consumer technology would do, I headed down to University Ave. in Palo Alto, the leafy, two-lane strip that leads into Stanford University, and ducked into an Apple store.

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Electronic gadgets top wish-lists (TVNZ)
The electronic jingles of new mobile phones and MP3 players will echo throughout many New Zealand homes this Christmas. Retailer Noel Leeming says personal gadgets have been top of a lot of people's wish-lists.

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Juliette Binoche: France's best-paid actress reveals what makes her tick (Independent)
It was 20 years ago that Juliette Binoche first captured men's hearts in The Unbearable Lightness of Being, going on to bring her brand of sexual tension to The English Patient, for which she won a 1996 Oscar. Today, at 43 years old, the French actress is still in huge demand as a love interest, long after contemporaries such as Meg Ryan and Daryl Hannah have disappeared from the romance genre.

Blanchett gets Globe for best supporting actress (The West Australian)
Cate Blanchett has won the Golden Globe for best supporting actress in a film for playing music legend, Bob Dylan. Blanchett was the favourite for the award, despite tough competition from fellow nominees headed by Julia Roberts.

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