INQUISITOR - Nello Ferrara, “Lemonhead” and “Atomic Fire Balls” Candy Creator, Dies at 93, Feb 10, 2012

"Sugar fanatics and sweets connoisseurs have reason to mourn: Nello Ferrara, the inventor of Atomic FireBalls, Lemonheads, Boston Baked Beans and Black Forest Gummy Bears died Friday of cancer at his home in River Forest, Illnois. He was 93"
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LA TIMES - Robert Hecht Jr. dies at 92; dealer in ancient art, Feb 10, 2012

"Robert Hecht Jr. died just weeks after his criminal trial in Rome, on charge of trafficking in looted antiquities, ended without a conviction. One of his chief clients had been the J. Paul Getty Museum"
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NY TIMES - John Sargent, Former Doubleday President, Dies at 87, Feb 10, 2012

"John T. Sargent, who as president and later chairman of Doubleday & Company oversaw its expansion from a modest-size family-controlled book publisher to an industry giant with interests extending into broadcasting and baseball, died on Sunday at his home in Manhattan. He was 87"
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FIJI LIVE - Soul singer Adele finds her voice again, Feb 10, 2012

"British soul singer Adele, who shot to fame with her album "21", is to make her live comeback at the Grammy Awards on Sunday after a throat problem threatened to wreck her stellar career.
Despite being out of action since October, she has continued to win plaudits and will showcase the voice that has caused so much concern at the ceremony in Los Angeles, where she is in contention for six awards.
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FIJI LIVE - Madonna stalker escapes from hospital, Feb 10, 2012

"A man convicted of stalking Madonna and who has "very violent tendencies" has escaped from a psychiatric hospital, the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) said Thursday.
Robert Dewey Hoskins, 54, who was convicted in 1996 of stalking Madonna -- he once scaled a wall of the star's Hollywood home and threatened to cut her throat from ear to ear -- walked out of hospital last Friday, said a spokesman.
He was jailed for 10 years in 1996, and after his release was transferred to one hospital where he was determined to be a "mentally disturbed offender," according to police."
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Cook Islands News, Feb 10, 2012 (2)

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The Cook Islands Aotearoa Society gathered at their Marae in Tupapa to celebrate Waitangi Day with a hangi and chats over a cuppa tea. While today, February 6, is officially Waitangi Day – the society members decided to celebrate the day yesterday in line with New Zealand."
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Cook Islands News, Feb 10, 2012

"Two builders are being praised for their quick thinking and selfless actions after they saved an American tourist who was at risk of drowning in rough seas.
Joe Kaveao and Daniel Maoate came to the aid of a man who got himself into trouble while swimming in the lagoon at Crown Beach Resort and Spa."
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SAMOA NEWS - Cruise Ships Just Keep Coming, Feb 10, 2012

"The second of three cruise ships scheduled to visit the territory this week arrived yesterday morning. The cruise ship Costa Deliziosa, along with its 2,828 passengers and 1,100 crew members visited the territory during beautiful, sunny weather, and is the biggest ship to visit so far this year."
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SAMOA NEWS - LBJ medical staff march on EOB called off, Feb 10, 2012

"A planned peaceful march at 9a.m. today (Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012) comprising medical staff of the LBJ Medical Center did not go off as scheduled after new developments early this morning surfaced from the government. The half-mile march from Utulei Beach to the Executive Office Building was to call the government’s attention to the current financial plight faced by the hospital, which has implemented fee hikes and is poised to start laying off more than 200 workers starting tomorrow."

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HAWAII REPORTER - 5 Questions with NEWSmaker State Representative Gene Ward, Feb 09, 2012

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KISS 925 - Confirmed: Kim Kardashian Has The World’s Best Butt, Feb 08, 2012

"Kim Kardashian is officially the owner of the World’s Best Butt. Kim beat off stiff competition from the likes of Rihanna and Scarlett Johansson to bag the coveted title. Voted for by more than … 2,000 readers of ZOO magazine, the top 20 also featured the likes of Jessica Biel, Shakira, and Beyonce Knowles. Pippa Middleton only managed to bag 36th place. Elsewhere, Cheryl Cole was notably absent from the top 20, while Jennifer Lopez and Kylie Minogue’s famous derrieres only came in 22nd and 27th places respectively. Damien McSorley, editor of ZOO magazine, said: “Kim’s curves are famous the world over, so there could only ever really be one winner when it comes to the World’s Best Butt.”"
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SQIDOO - Top 5 Hottest Romanian Singers - The Sexiest Female Singers in Romania, Feb 08, 2012

"Here are the Top 5 Hottest Romanian Pop Stars of the moment. They made this list not only based on their amazingly good looks but on their singing talent as well."
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FIJI LIVE - Yahoo chairman, directors step down, Feb 08, 2012

"Yahoo! chairman Roy Bostock announced Tuesday he was stepping down from the board of the struggling Internet company along with three other directors.
Bostock, in a letter to shareholders, also said Yahoo! was in "active discussions" with its partners in Asia on restructuring its holdings in the Alibaba Group and Yahoo! Japan.
Bostock said he had decided not to stand for re-election at Yahoo!'s next shareholders meeting, along with board members Vyomesh Joshi, Arthur Kern and Gary Wilson."
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Concord Monitor - Philanthropist, businessman Grappone dies, Feb 08, 2012

"John Grappone, the patriarch of a family known in the Concord area as much for its philanthropy as its eponymous empire of automobile dealerships, died yesterday at the age of 92.
A lifelong Concord resident, he died shortly after 1 a.m. at the Concord Regional Visiting Nurse Association's Hospice House, several weeks after a fall, according to his granddaughter, Gina Grappone."
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THE NATION - American brigadier general dies in Afghanistan, Feb 08, 2012

"A 49-year-old US Brigadier general died of apparently natural causes in Afghanistan, the Army said Friday, the highest-ranking soldier to die during the war.
Brig. Gen. Terence J. Hildner was identified as the first of that rank to die in Afghanistan since the war began there in 2001.
The New Haven, Conn.-born Hildner, who listed Fairfax, Va., as his home, took command of 13th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) on Aug. 19, 2010, the Army said. He was deployed to Afghanistan in December from Fort Hood."
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LA TIMES - Yuri Rasovsky dies at 67; maker of radio dramas, audio books, Feb 08, 2012

"Radio drama was thought to be nearly extinct when Yuri Rasovsky launched the National Radio Theater of Chicago in the early 1970s, and he emerged as a major voice in its revival.
One of his first productions was a radio adaptation of the 1920 silent horror film "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari." By 1978, producer-writer-director Rasovsky and his theater had earned a Peabody Award for the weekly radio plays that aired on a small Chicago station."
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DIGITAL TRENDS - Micron CEO Steve Appleton dies in plane crash, Feb 08, 2012

"Micron Technology chief executive Steve Appleton passed away Friday after crashing his "experimental" single-engine aircraft at the Boise Airport.
Steve Appleton, chairman and CEO of memory chip maker Micron Technology, died today after suffering fatal injuries in a plane crash at the Boise Airport in Idaho. He was 51.
“We are deeply saddened to announce that Steve Appleton, Micron Chairman and CEO, passed away this morning in a small plane accident in Boise,” the company said in a statement. “Our hearts go out to his wife, Dalynn, his children and his family during this tragic time. Steve’s passion and energy left an indelible mark on Micron, the Idaho community and the technology industry at large.”
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ABCNET Australia - Spanish artist Tapies dead: reports, Feb 08, 2012

"Avant-garde Spanish painter and sculptor Antoni Tapies has died in Barcelona at the age of 88, local media reports.
Tapies was hailed as one of the biggest names in European contemporary art for his striking abstract canvases and compositions in which he sometimes used waste material.
He won many awards and was associated early on in his career with other major names in 20th century art, including fellow Catalan Joan Miro."
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USATODAY - Last Briton to serve in WWI dies at 110, Feb 08, 2012

"LONDON (AP) – Florence Green never saw the front line. Her war was spent serving food, not dodging bullets.
Florence Green is presented with a birthday cake on behalf of the Royal Air Force at her home in King's Lynn, England, on Feb. 19, 2010.
But Green, who has died aged 110, was the last known surviving veteran of World War I. She was serving with the Women's Royal Air Force as a waitress at an air base in eastern England when the guns fell silent on Nov. 11, 1918.
It was not until 2010 that she was officially recognized as a veteran after a researcher found her service record in Britain's National Archives."
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NY TIMES - Josh Powell, Whose Wife Disappeared, Dies With Sons in Blast, Feb 08, 2012

"The husband and the two young sons of a missing Utah woman died on Sunday at the husband’s home in Washington State in what appeared to be an intentional explosion, the authorities said."
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