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Briton joins Iranian Press TV as presenter (Calcutta News)
Britain born journalist Yvonne Ridley, who was taken into custody by the Taliban in Afghanistan in 2000, is now working as a TV presenter for Iranian Press TV after converting to Islam to honour her promise to captors.

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Rogers Television helps to nab Toronto murder suspect (680 News)
Toronto – Toronto police credited the media and Rogers Television, in particular, for helping them find a murder suspect who's been on the run since 2005.

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Music Review: State Radio – Year Of The Crow (Blogcritics.org)
The most passionately honest music since the Clash. These guys could very well be the next "only band that matters." Have you ever noticed some bands just feel too big to listen too indoors? There's something about their sound, or their energy, that makes you feel you need to have open space around you when play their music because the walls of the building you're sitting in are somehow or …

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Texarkana College s Chamber Music Series brings Goldberg Variations (Texarkana Gazette)
A last-minute addition to Texarkana College s Chamber Music Series means local classical music fans can hear Johann Sebastian Bach s Goldberg Variations.

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12-Year-Old New Yorker's Music Makes It To Pyongyang (Arts Journal)
Lost in all the hype over the New York Philharmonic's trip to North Korea was the fact that the trip to Pyongyang marked the international debut of a new piece of music by a 12-year-old composer.

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Movies: Want to boost the Oscar telecast's ratings? Add movie ads (The Salt Lake Tribune)
The movie that won the Best Picture Oscar of 1952 – the first time the Academy Awards ceremony was televised, on March 19, 1953 – was "The Greatest Show on Earth.

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21st century cinema: Movie theaters move into the future (Detroit News)
Welcome to the new world of movie theaters, where seismic shifts in technology and content are helping keep the threat of home entertainment at bay.

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Cinema fans preserve old neighborhood movie houses (phillyburbs.com)
OAKMONT, Pa. – When an opportunity to buy the movie theater she used to frequent as a child came up six years ago, Meg Burkardt and two friends jumped at the chance.

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Jordan Agate Signs To Play Golf At Covenant (The Chattanoogan)
Covenant's first official signee for the women's golf team is Jordan Agate, from Murrysville, Pa. Jordan was awarded the prestigious Mac Scholarship for her outstanding academic record, leadership skills as well as her high school golf performance.

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Brown wins Johnnie Walker golf at DLF greens (IANS via Yahoo! India News)
Gurgaon, March 2 (IANS) New Zealander Mark Brown continued his love affair with India, registering his second win in as many weeks as Sunday he added the Johnnie Walker Classic to the SAIL Open Golf he won last week.

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On Golf: AT&T at Aronimink in '11? (Philly.com)
Could Tiger Woods' new tournament – officially known as the AT&T National – be coming to Aronimink Golf Club in 2011?

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UConn Football Gets Oral Commitment From One Of State's Top Juniors (New London Day)
Mike Osiecki, a 6-foot-3, 212-pound linebacker from Seymour High School and arguably the state's top junior prospect, gave the UConn football program an oral commitment

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Antonio Coleman's injury brings quick end to Auburn football scrimmage (Birmingham News)
AUBURN – Auburn's first spring football scrimmage came to an abrupt end Saturday with a defensive end falling to the turf motionless – an ambulance on the field to take him away.

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Foothills football job goes to Johnson (Arizona Daily Star)
Matt Johnson, former head coach at Rincon/University, is the new head football coach at Catalina Foothills High School, Foothills athletic director Jody Brase announced Saturday.

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For teen star of 'Breaking Bad,' disability is no obstacle (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
RJ Mitte provides a unique authenticity to the disabled character he plays on AMC's edgy new series "Breaking Bad."

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