MIRROR - London Fashion Week autumn/winter 2012 trends style guide blag a front row seat with alexa chung nicola roberts rihanna and olivia palermo, Feb 20, 2012

"And they’re off! London Fashion Week has landed and over the next few days we’ll all be expected to drop EVERYTHING, and pick up some autumn/winter 2102 trends instead.
Alexa Chung, Nicola Roberts, Victoria Beckham and *maybe even Rihanna* (SCREAM!) may already have their show style nailed, but for most of us, being a fashion darling just feels a lot like hard work."
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SAMOA News - All Stars en route to IFAF Championship, Feb 20, 2012

"Yesterday, Team American Samoa All Star left for Apia, Samoa, transiting to Down Under to compete in the Under-19 Championship game on February 25 in Brisbane, Australia.
The Championship game is a qualifying event, with the winning team to represent the World Team against Team USA at the IFAF World Cup of Football, in Austin, Texas this June."

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NEW STRAITS Times - TOP PICKS: The best of Whitney - Showbiz, Feb 20, 2012

"She was one of the world’s best-selling artistes, emerging in the 1980s as one of the generation’s greatest voices and quickly took the music industry by storm. Whitney Houston’s sudden passing last Saturday rocked the showbiz world. Here, we re-listen to some of her hits that showcased that unmistakable voice"
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HAWAII Reporter - More Windmills Coming, But Not All Island Residents Approve, Feb 20, 2012

"Very soon, Kahuku won't be the only place on the North Shore of Oahu with giant white windmills.
First Wind is breaking ground today on construction for Kawailoa Wind, Hawaii's largest wind project, with 69 MW, or enough power for 14,500 homes. This is the company's fourth project in Hawaii."
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LOUDWIRE - MC5 Bassist Michael Davis Dies at 68, Feb 20, 2012

"Michael Davis, bassist for the politically charged punk-rock pioneers MC5, passed away at the age of 68 on Friday as the result of liver failure. MC5′s influence in the hard-rock world stretches from their contemporaries the Stooges to future acts like Rage Against the Machine.
According to Davis’ wife Angela, the bassist died at Enloe Medical Center in Chico, Calif., on Friday after being hospitalized for one month for liver disease."
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TELEGRAPH - British woman, 59, dies in snowboard tragedy, Feb 20, 2012

"Sandra Thompson was coming down a slope at a popular Austrian ski resort when she hit her head during “an innocuous little fall” in front of her family.
Although Mrs Thompson was wearing a helmet at the time of the accident, she suffered severe brain swelling and died two days later after relatives decided to switch off her life support machine.
The mother-of-two had been on her seventh snowboarding trip with husband David, 58, sons James, 30, and Christopher, 25, when she fell"
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ULTIMATE Classic Rock - MC5 Bassist Michael Davis Dies, Feb 20, 2012

"Michael Davis of the highly influential band MC5 died on Friday (Feb. 17) at age 68 following a battle with liver disease. The bassist played on all three of the group’s studio records, including the legendary 1969 album ‘Kick Out the Jams.’
According to the BBC, Davis’s wife Angela revealed the news that her husband passed away over the weekend. He had been a patient at the Enloe Medical Center in Chico, Calif. during his recent health battle.
Davis helped solidify the classic lineup of MC5 (short for “Motor City Five,” after their Detroit homebase and the number of musicians in the band) when he joined in 1965. The group quickly won over live crowds all over the nation with their ignitable blend of garage and psychedelic rock."
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NY TIMES - Anthony Shadid, a New York Times Reporter, Dies in Syria, Feb 20, 2012

"Anthony Shadid, a gifted foreign correspondent whose graceful dispatches for The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe and The Associated Press covered nearly two decades of Middle East conflict and turmoil, died, apparently of an asthma attack, on Thursday while on a reporting assignment in Syria. Tyler Hicks, a Times photographer who was with Mr. Shadid, carried his body across the border to Turkey."
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LA TIMES - Dr. William Lamers Jr. obituary; championed modern hospice care, Feb 20, 2012

"The psychiatrist helped start one of the U.S.' first hospice programs. It enabled terminally ill patients to spend their last days at home, surrounded by family and people trained in end-of-life care."
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