Evan Rachel Wood marries “Billy Elliot” star Jamie Bell

affiliate marketing LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Hollywood actress Evan Rachel Wood has quietly married Briton Jamie Bell – star of the 2000 “Billy Elliot” dance movie – in a ceremony in California, Wood’s spokeswoman said on Wednesday.“The bride wore a custom dress by Carolina Herrera. It was a small ceremony with close family and friends,”...

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Bellevue Hospital Evacuates Patients

affiliate marketing New York City’s Bellevue Hospital Center was evacuating hundreds of patients to other hospitals, according to city officials, making it the latest hospital in the city forced to transfer patients after damage from Superstorm Sandy.The evacuations from Bellevue — perhaps the best known of the 11 hospitals that make...

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NYC Rats: Stronger Than Sandy

affiliate marketing Unprecedented flooding throughout low-lying portions of New York City over the past two days undoubtedly left hundreds—if not thousands—of rats scrambling for their dear lives. According to experts, most of them likely survived. “They’re a jack of all trades when it comes to locomotion,” says Rick Ostfeld of the Cary...

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Hurricane’s death toll rises to 65 in Caribbean

affiliate marketing PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — As Americans braced Sunday for Hurricane Sandy, Haiti was still suffering.Officials raised the storm-related death toll across the Caribbean to 65, with 51 of those coming in Haiti, which was pelted by three days of constant rains that ended only on Friday. affiliate...

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Steve Ballmer Wants You to Come Over to Windows 8 [VIDEO]

affiliate marketing On the fence about Windows 8, or Microsoft‘s Surface Tablet, or the new batch of Windows phones? Wondering whether to develop for them, or purchase one? The CEO of Microsoft would like a word with you.[More from Mashable: Steve Ballmer on Tim Cook’s Attack: ‘I’m Glad He’s Paying Attention’] affiliate...

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Steve Ballmer Wants You to Come Over to Windows 8 [VIDEO]

affiliate marketing On the fence about Windows 8, or Microsoft‘s Surface Tablet, or the new batch of Windows phones? Wondering whether to develop for them, or purchase one? The CEO of Microsoft would like a word with you.[More from Mashable: Steve Ballmer on Tim Cook’s Attack: ‘I’m Glad He’s Paying Attention’] affiliate...

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Disney to buy “Star Wars” producer for $4.05 billion

affiliate marketing LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Walt Disney Co agreed to buy filmmaker George Lucas‘s Lucasfilm Ltd and its “Star Wars” franchise for $ 4.05 billion in cash and stock, a blockbuster deal that includes the surprise promise of a new film in the series in 2015.Disney Chief Executive Bob Iger told analysts on Tuesday that the...

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Sandy prompts harrowing NYC hospital evacuation

affiliate marketing NEW YORK (AP) — Evoking harrowing memories of Hurricane Katrina, 300 patients were evacuated floor by floor from a premier hospital that lost generator power at the height of superstorm Sandy.Rescuers and staff at New York University Langone Medical Center, some making 10 to 15 trips down darkened stairwells, began...

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Economy may skirt direct hit from Hurricane Sandy

affiliate marketing WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Hurricane Sandy is shaping up to be one of the biggest storms ever to hit the United States but even with the severe damage that is expected, the blow to the economy is seen as short-term.Economists say some of the impact caused by businesses closing will be offset by reconstruction...

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Pole gets 30 years for killing 6 on Channel Island

affiliate marketing LONDON (AP) — A Polish builder who killed six people, including his wife and children, on the British Channel Island of Jersey has been sentenced to 30 years in prison.Damian Rzeszowski, 31, carried out the knife attack in August 2011 at his home. He was said to have become depressed after his wife admitted to an...

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