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NFL Sacks Local Movie Theatres With Legal Letters (WBZ Boston)
Three New Hampshire movie theaters have been told by the NFL that they're not allowed to show the Super Bowl on their big screens Sunday night.

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Jay Chou in Singapore to promote latest movie "Kungfu Dunk" (Channel NewsAsia)
SINGAPORE: Taiwanese artiste Jay Chou is in town again to promote his latest movie "Kungfu Dunk". The US$10 million production had its gala premiere at Suntec City on Sunday evening, and it will be screened all over Asia during the Lunar New Year.

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Movie review: 27 Dresses full of laughs (The Lompoc Record)
The plot of 27 Dresses can almost be summed up by the old phrase, always a bridesmaid, never a bride. There is a little more to it than that, but not much of it is any fresher. Yet despite its moth-eaten premise, 27 Dresses manages to be a funny, and fun, feel-good movie.

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Golf course review: A course with creative twists (The Myrtle Beach Sun News)
SUNSET BEACH, N.C.It seems designer Tim Cate has been getting more creative with both layouts and aesthetics in his most recent courses, and Leopard's Chase Golf Club continues that trend. Leopard's Chase is an attractive layout made difficult by a multitude of bunkers and fast, undulating greens, and features white rock embedded with seashells lining the walls of some water hazards, a waterfall …

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Arroyo snubs Lakas golf game (ABS-CBNNEWS.com)
President Arroyo was a no-show at the scheduled golf game Sunday among Lakas Christian-Muslim Democrats (Lakas-CMD) to resolve the leadership row in the House of Representatives.

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Golf course review: A course with creative twists (The Myrtle Beach Sun News)
SUNSET BEACH, N.C.It seems designer Tim Cate has been getting more creative with both layouts and aesthetics in his most recent courses, and Leopard's Chase Golf Club continues that trend. Leopard's Chase is an attractive layout made difficult by a multitude of bunkers and fast, undulating greens, and features white rock embedded with seashells lining the walls of some water hazards, a waterfall …

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Lady?Back tennis shines in victory over Kansas (NWAnews.com)
Senior Audrey Bordeleau claimed victories in both singles and doubles to surge the No. 40 ranked University of Arkansas Lady Razorback tennis team to a victory over Kansas, 5-2, on Saturday. (Northwest Arkansas Times)

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Barclays Bank announces promotional campaign for Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships (AME Info)
Barclays Bank has announced a series of promotional campaigns that will enable new and existing customers residing in the United Arab Emirates to receive complimentary tickets for the Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships.

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Hockey: Waiting for the call (Sheboygan Press)
The Web site for the Grand Rapids Griffins touts the minor league hockey affiliate for the Detroit Red Wings as The Road to Hockeytown.

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UW men's hockey: Badgers jump back in OT loss (Wisconsin State Journal)
The first big surprise for the masses Saturday night at the Kohl Center came during a lull in the action. Members of the University of Wisconsin men's hockey team were milling around their bench, preparing for overtime in their duel with Minnesota-Duluth, when pounding rhythms of "Jump Around" came blasting over the sound system. No one on the ice or in the press box knew it was coming — the …

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Rain ruins Australia-India one-day cricket match (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Persistent rain ruined an intriguing first match in the triangular one-day cricket series when the match between Australia and India at the Gabba was abandoned on Sunday.

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Rain halts play in S.Africa's one-day cricket match with W.Indies (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Rain stopped play for a second time in the fifth and final one-day international between South Africa and the West Indies at the Wanderers Stadium Sunday.

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Rain ruins India-Australia one-day cricket match (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Persistent rain ruined an intriguing first match in the triangular one-day cricket series when the game between Australia and India at the Gabba was abandoned on Sunday.

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Schools cricket: Schools sides fall at the last (Croydon Guardian)
Croydon Schools' Cricket Association's Borough sides were involved in two disappointing defeats last week. The U11s paid the penaly for a slow start in their Surrey Schools Cricket Association cup final against Woking Schools at Epsom College.

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Datsyuk scores tie-breaking goal in Red Wings' win over Bruins (WZZM 13 Grand Rapids)
BOSTON (AP) – The Red Wings beat the Bruins 3-1 in Boston for their seventh straight win. Pavel Datsyuk scored the tie-breaking goal early in

Brockton man accused of breaking into Traders Mart corrects police on the dollar amounts of what he's accused of … (The Enterprise)
BROCKTON Checking the price tag is good practice, but telling police the cost of something you're accused of stealing probably isn't. Just ask the Brockton man accused of breaking into Traders Mart in Brockton the other day.

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