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Murphy’s “Norbit,” released amid a film-honors season that earned Murphy an Academy Awards nomination for “Dreamgirls” last year, received eight Razzie nominations, five of them for Murphy alone, more than anyone has ever gotten in a single year. Besides worst picture, “Norbit” had nominations for Murphy as worst actor in the title role, [...]

The quarter included results from LaSalle Bank, which Bank of America purchased on Oct. 1. Analysts expected earnings of 18 cents per share on revenue of $13.24 billion, according to a poll by Thomson Financial. The earnings estimates typically exclude one-time items. In premarket trading, Bank of America shares were down [...]

Nominees for feature film in wide release include Julie Taymor’s Beatles musical “Across the Universe,” the fantasy “Stardust” and “The Jane Austen Book Club.” Special prizes will go to singers Rufus Wainwright and Janet Jackson, MTV Networks president of entertainment Brian Graden, “My So-Called Life” actor Wilson Cruz, activist David Mixner and “The [...]

“Atonement” scored the Golden Tomato for romance. “The Bourne Ultimatum” won in the action/adventure category, “Juno” was the best comedy and “No Country for Old Men” the best thriller. “Away From Her” was named best drama, “Sicko” won best documentary and “Grindhouse” was the top horror flick. “Harry Potter and the Order of [...]

Another of the nation’s usual cold spots, International Falls, Minn., managed only 16.1 below zero, but even after the sun came up its temperature of 14 below combined with 6 mph wind for a wind chill of 29 below zero, according to a weather service Web site.
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The new money will pay for mergers or acquisitions that fit with its banking and asset management businesses, it said. But the insurer’s shares fell by the maximum daily limit of 10 percent on Monday amid concern that the huge share issue — accounting for about 14 percent of its capital — would [...]

“This was ready to blow,” said Daniel Hughes, one of several pastors who has been preaching patience while residents demand more answers about the shooting. “It still could go either way.” More than two weeks have passed since the Jan. 4 death of Wilson, a 26-year-old mother of six. Her baby son, Sincere [...]

Ford lost $2.8 billion, or $1.30 per share, in the fourth quarter, narrower than a loss of $5.6 billion, or $2.98 per share, in 2006. The full-year loss of $2.7 billion, or $1.35 per share, was significantly better than 2006, when Ford lost $12.6 billion, or $6.72 per share. Mulally said Ford remains [...]

More than 100 schools and colleges have turned to the computer software universities use to combat plagiarism because of growing alarm at sixth-form pupils cheating in their coursework.
Almost all universities in the UK use Turnitin - the world’s leading plagiarism-detection software, which is provided by the government-funded Plagiarism Advisory Service (PAS) at Northumbria University.
But amid [...]

France’s education minister has vowed to improve student financial support after a series of accounts by undergraduates working as prostitutes.A memoir by a 19-year-old language student and a book of interviews with undergraduate sex workers has shocked France, lifting the lid on a practice which appears to be increasingly common. A new study showed a [...]