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He ... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/2OElZLArmj7i6RjhpYlhYdMvYC4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/2OElZLArmj7i6RjhpYlhYdMvYC4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/2OElZLArmj7i6RjhpYlhYdMvYC4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/2OElZLArmj7i6RjhpYlhYdMvYC4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/usatoday-LifeTopStories/~4/IKLv1MYg1pw" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/televisionawards/emmys/2009-07-13-harris-emmy-host_N.htm?csp=34 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/usatoday-LifeTopStories/~3/pfoi0n0HdVw/2009-07-12-idol-albums_N.htm Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:44:07 GMT After eight seasons and almost 100 finalists, a week rarely passes without new music from a former 'American Idol'contestant. ... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/cDjjG4K1U8f8he0fNh4AsW3EQDw/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/cDjjG4K1U8f8he0fNh4AsW3EQDw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/cDjjG4K1U8f8he0fNh4AsW3EQDw/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/cDjjG4K1U8f8he0fNh4AsW3EQDw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/usatoday-LifeTopStories/~4/pfoi0n0HdVw" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2009-07-12-idol-albums_N.htm?csp=34 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/usatoday-LifeTopStories/~3/bR_i1KmICPU/2009-07-12-simplicity_N.htm Mon, 13 Jul 2009 11:51:46 GMT A third, 32%, say they have been spending less and intend to make that their "new, normal" pattern; 27% say they are saving more ... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/-qh_TzZsFwYvOpt1HYXOmUk19rk/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/-qh_TzZsFwYvOpt1HYXOmUk19rk/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/-qh_TzZsFwYvOpt1HYXOmUk19rk/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/-qh_TzZsFwYvOpt1HYXOmUk19rk/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/usatoday-LifeTopStories/~4/bR_i1KmICPU" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.usatoday.com/life/lifestyle/2009-07-12-simplicity_N.htm?csp=34 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/usatoday-LifeTopStories/~3/JeO096ZBMA0/2009-07-12-david-wright_N.htm Mon, 13 Jul 2009 02:29:26 GMT Gospel singer Timothy Wright's son has been installed as pastor of his late father's New York City church. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/07J89aNeRuXzc9OoU6kRTYLGCTQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/07J89aNeRuXzc9OoU6kRTYLGCTQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/07J89aNeRuXzc9OoU6kRTYLGCTQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/07J89aNeRuXzc9OoU6kRTYLGCTQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/usatoday-LifeTopStories/~4/JeO096ZBMA0" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2009-07-12-david-wright_N.htm?csp=34 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/usatoday-LifeTopStories/~3/3Al9gg4cOB0/2009-07-12-critics-corner_N.htm Mon, 13 Jul 2009 02:15:48 GMT We're traveling from St. Louis to Branson on The Great American Road Trip (NBC, tonight, 8 ET/PT), a new Amazing Race clone that ... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Ac0Qp2r0T4ZZ2o3P4SkkRFmRZ4U/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Ac0Qp2r0T4ZZ2o3P4SkkRFmRZ4U/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Ac0Qp2r0T4ZZ2o3P4SkkRFmRZ4U/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Ac0Qp2r0T4ZZ2o3P4SkkRFmRZ4U/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/usatoday-LifeTopStories/~4/3Al9gg4cOB0" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.usatoday.com/life/columnist/criticscorner/2009-07-12-critics-corner_N.htm?csp=34 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/usatoday-LifeTopStories/~3/7vwJxQ6V9W8/2009-07-12-deschanel-gordon-levitt-500-days-of-summer_N.htm Mon, 13 Jul 2009 01:07:18 GMT Zooey Deschanel and Joseph Gordon-Levitt are sitting in an empty, shadowy bar on a sunny, sweltering afternoon, piecing together ... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/XkJ2XjZEySqg0jKQTAxy9zoCn_U/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/XkJ2XjZEySqg0jKQTAxy9zoCn_U/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/XkJ2XjZEySqg0jKQTAxy9zoCn_U/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/XkJ2XjZEySqg0jKQTAxy9zoCn_U/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/usatoday-LifeTopStories/~4/7vwJxQ6V9W8" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2009-07-12-deschanel-gordon-levitt-500-days-of-summer_N.htm?csp=34 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/usatoday-LifeTopStories/~3/zRXZ_wGjO6w/2009-07-12-transformer-winner_N.htm Mon, 13 Jul 2009 01:02:51 GMT Even though he says he's more of a 'Star Wars' fan, 'Transformers' has proved to be designer Matthew Colrain's lucky charm. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/T-_l63O46MrisjtqHe_Vt5CMoe0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/T-_l63O46MrisjtqHe_Vt5CMoe0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/T-_l63O46MrisjtqHe_Vt5CMoe0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/T-_l63O46MrisjtqHe_Vt5CMoe0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/usatoday-LifeTopStories/~4/zRXZ_wGjO6w" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2009-07-12-transformer-winner_N.htm?csp=34 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/usatoday-LifeTopStories/~3/6aeXJRUqG74/2009-07-12-summer-ratings_N.htm Mon, 13 Jul 2009 01:00:14 GMT Summer has cast a gray cloud on the major TV networks. Most are suffering double-digit drops from last year as top cable networks ... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/lXoy519l9eLxMxAKBulzHjUOx5o/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/lXoy519l9eLxMxAKBulzHjUOx5o/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/lXoy519l9eLxMxAKBulzHjUOx5o/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/lXoy519l9eLxMxAKBulzHjUOx5o/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/usatoday-LifeTopStories/~4/6aeXJRUqG74" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2009-07-12-summer-ratings_N.htm?csp=34 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/usatoday-LifeTopStories/~3/QJPHOGrBBp8/2009-07-12-transformers-ramon-rodriguez_N.htm Mon, 13 Jul 2009 00:52:59 GMT Ramon Rodriguez played with toy Transformers as a kid, but in the blockbuster brawling-robots movie, they're the ones playing ... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/vLGcVPYI8goaMScLQV0f-_w5LUY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/vLGcVPYI8goaMScLQV0f-_w5LUY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/vLGcVPYI8goaMScLQV0f-_w5LUY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/vLGcVPYI8goaMScLQV0f-_w5LUY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/usatoday-LifeTopStories/~4/QJPHOGrBBp8" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2009-07-12-transformers-ramon-rodriguez_N.htm?csp=34 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/usatoday-LifeTopStories/~3/DkyQhTo3n_A/2009-07-12-celeb-fingernails_N.htm Mon, 13 Jul 2009 12:04:57 GMT Beautiful dresses and clusters of diamonds are usually what catch people's attention on the red carpet, but some stars are aiming ... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/LRGmkiJokRRz1RvaXpm0RmIHzQc/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/LRGmkiJokRRz1RvaXpm0RmIHzQc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/LRGmkiJokRRz1RvaXpm0RmIHzQc/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/LRGmkiJokRRz1RvaXpm0RmIHzQc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/usatoday-LifeTopStories/~4/DkyQhTo3n_A" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2009-07-12-celeb-fingernails_N.htm?csp=34 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/usatoday-LifeTopStories/~3/AlZezPh4AzI/2009-07-12-box-office_N.htm Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:23:16 GMT Bruno, which follows the title character, a gay Austrian fashionista, as he comes to the USA seeking fame, earned $30.4 million, ... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/_8TJ12AcZnyiXCTDQEy6V1B6m_E/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/_8TJ12AcZnyiXCTDQEy6V1B6m_E/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/_8TJ12AcZnyiXCTDQEy6V1B6m_E/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/_8TJ12AcZnyiXCTDQEy6V1B6m_E/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/usatoday-LifeTopStories/~4/AlZezPh4AzI" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2009-07-12-box-office_N.htm?csp=34 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/usatoday-LifeTopStories/~3/6TnmBZNW9x0/2009-07-11-glaad-bruno_N.htm Sat, 11 Jul 2009 10:39:57 GMT The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation said Friday that Bruno, the new film starring Sacha Baron Cohen, reinforces negative ... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/_DC3LST6cTeQoolvQEMkc1TTPxQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/_DC3LST6cTeQoolvQEMkc1TTPxQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/_DC3LST6cTeQoolvQEMkc1TTPxQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/_DC3LST6cTeQoolvQEMkc1TTPxQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/usatoday-LifeTopStories/~4/6TnmBZNW9x0" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2009-07-11-glaad-bruno_N.htm?csp=34 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/usatoday-LifeTopStories/~3/2gVl2xP5kBY/2009-07-10-jackson-hometown_N.htm Sat, 11 Jul 2009 08:01:25 GMT This gritty steel-making city where Michael Jackson got his start playing on street corners with his brothers and competing in ... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/wS5xMyPIQB-34BCLtkjGL9ucFO8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/wS5xMyPIQB-34BCLtkjGL9ucFO8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/wS5xMyPIQB-34BCLtkjGL9ucFO8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/wS5xMyPIQB-34BCLtkjGL9ucFO8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/usatoday-LifeTopStories/~4/2gVl2xP5kBY" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2009-07-10-jackson-hometown_N.htm?csp=34