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Monday, February 06, 2012

Anne Hathaway gets engaged

by Piya Sinha-Roy

LOS ANGELES -Actress Anne Hathaway, known for roles in "The Princess Diaries" and "The Devil Wears Prada," is engaged to boyfriend Adam Shulman, her spokesman said on Monday.

Facebook apologizes for Merck homepage mix-up

by Jonathan Stempel

NEW YORK - Facebook Inc said Monday that it made a mistake in letting Merck & Co take over a page on the social networking website from its German rival Merck KGaA .

Beginners", "Tree of Life" win Gotham film awards

by Chris Michaud

NEW YORK - Terrence Malick's "The Tree of Life" and the Christopher Plummer film "Beginners" shared the top prize for best feature film on Monday at the Gotham Awards, a key event for independent movies which also marks the start of the film-awards season culminating in the Oscars.

Christian Bale hanging up his batman cape

by Bob Tourtellotte

LOS ANGELES - "The Dark Knight Rises" may be Christian Bale's final performance as crime-fighting superhero Batman, the actor told the Philippine Daily Inquirer.

Broadway's Spidey breaks theater box office record

by Chris Michaud

NEW YORK - Lending some credence to the old maxim that there's no such thing as bad publicity, the infamous musical "Spider-man: Turn Off the Dark" has broken house records on the eve of its first anniversary on Broadway.

Bieber fever dominates online search engine-Survey

by Piya Sinha-Roy

LOS ANGELES - Teen singing sensation Justin Bieber was named the most searched person this year on Internet search engine Bing Monday, edging out reality TV star Kim Kardashian and ``Friends'' actress Jennifer Aniston.

SPORTS

Manning wins Super Bowl MVP award

INDIANAPOLIS - New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning was named the Most Valuable Player in Sunday's Super Bowl after leading his team to a 21-17 victory over the New England Patriots.

POLITICS

Romney roars back with big Florida primary win

TAMPA, Fla. - Mitt Romney romped to a blowout victory in Florida's Republican U.S. presidential primary on Tuesday that put him back in front in the fight for his party's nomination to face President Barack Obama and left chief rival Newt Gingrich reeling but vowing to fight on.

EDUCATION

Poverty dominates many School Districts-Censuses

WASHINGTON - Nearly half of all children in America live in school districts with high levels of poverty, according to U.S. Census data released on Tuesday that pointed to financial traps many public schools are caught in.

EDITORIAL

Warm winter creates winners and losers in economy

CHICAGO - Halfway through what might turn out to be the second mildest U.S. winter on record, major parts of the nation's economy are feeling the impact, for better or worse.