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Oddball Fetishists

An auction of the Unabomber's hoodie and other personal items raked in more than $200,000.

Non-NBC Networks

Bids on the U.S. TV rights for the Olympics through 2020 proved futile for ESPN, ABC and Fox.

MUSIC

Why Can't Coldplay Stop Crying?

Chris Martin has finally out-Coldplayed himself. The British rock band's new single, "Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall" (history's most lachrymose song title?), will appear, along with the song "Hurts like Heaven," on Coldplay's forthcoming, still unnamed album. That is, if they stop weeping long enough to finish it.

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How Hollywood's Mighty Fall

When, exactly,...

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