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NY inmate guilty of seeking $890M in tax refunds
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) -- A jury has convicted a New York prison inmate of falsely filing tax returns seeking $890 million in refunds....

NJ camel predicts Giants will win the Super Bowl
LACEY TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) -- People use all sorts of ways to try to predict the winner of the Super Bowl: comparing regular season records, judging who looked stronger in the post-season run-up to the big game, or watching the betting lines from Las Vegas oddsmakers....

Museum: Rare coin may be Roman brothel token
LONDON (AP) -- The Museum of London is displaying a coin found by the River Thames that may have been used nearly 2,000 years ago as a "brothel token" in Roman London....

NYT > Art & Design

Eiko Ishioka, Costumer of the Surreal, Dies at 73
Ms. Ishioka, who won a 1992 Academy Award in costume design for ?Bram Stoker?s ?Dracula,?? came to be known as one of Japan?s, then the world?s, foremost art directors.

Art Review: ?The Loving Story? at International Center of Photography
?The Loving Story: Photographs by Grey Villet? portrays the Lovings, a Virginia couple at the center of a storm about interracial marriage, as accidental heroes.

Antiques: Antiques Auction Shows on Television
About a half-dozen new television shows about antiques auctions have appeared, but they have little resemblance to how the trade really works.

washingtonpost.com - White House Watch -- News on President George W Bush and the Bush Administration

Obama the Sphinx
President Obama officially launched his push for peace in the Middle East yesterday, sending his new envoy George Mitchell to the region and declaring his desire for genuine progress -- "not just photo-ops."

Is Reaching Out Futile?
In his first weekly address from the White House, President Obama on Saturday described his proposed $820 billion economic stimulus plan in more detail and appealed for public support.

Return to the Moral High Ground
All it took, at long last, was a few strokes of a pen.

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Cops: Caregiver Performed Sex Act On Unconscious Man Brought To Hospital By Cops

According to Utah police, a patrolman caught Hal Weston, 46, in the act of sodomizing a suspect inside an exam room at the Logan Regional Hospital.

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After Government Smackdown, Clothing Designer Abandons Effort To Trademark Blue Ivy Carter?s Name

The three-week-old daughter of Beyonce and Jay-Z is a "famous infant" who has no connection with a proposed line of infant, toddler, and junior clothing, a federal official has ruled.

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Another Mom Gets Arrested For Serving As Ferdie Pacheco During Teen Daughter's Brawl With Classmate

Orlando police allege that Sandra Padilla Miranda, 38, shouted encouragements like "hit harder" and "bite her" as her child scrapped with a fellow student.

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Friday Photo Fun Match Game

Prize contest entrants have to examine mug shots and align the perps with their jobs for a shot at a New York Times best seller.

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"Mob Wives" Star Once Worked As Cocaine Dealer

Angela "Big Ang" Raiola, 51, was caught on a wiretap complaining to a drug kingpin about the inferior quality of coke she had to sell to her customers.

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