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...music business, which theoretically would benefit ticket buyers and artists. The proposed megamarriage of Ticketmaster and Live Nation, if approved by regulators, would combine the country's largest ticketing company with the nation's biggest concert promoter. Since the $2.5 billion all-stock deal was unveiled in February, a throng of players, ranging from angry independent concert promoters to frustrated music fans, has been drumming the Department of Justice to block the deal, claiming the merger will create a conglomerate that will shut out competition and lead to higher ticket prices. "This is deemed by many to be the first...
...Finally, Ahmadinejad appeared onstage amid a throng of aides, all male, all dressed in black. The crowd burst into chants exalting the President. Over the past four years, Ahmadinejad has cultivated an image as the leader of the downtrodden. At home, the hallmark of his presidency has been his visits to provincial towns and villages, always highlighting the plight of society's least privileged in his speeches. "We came to make a revolution from within the state," the President's aide Mehdi Kalhor tells TIME. "This was a revolution of the barefooted...
...table filled up and a throng of spectators gathered. Demauro rolled double sixes, hard fours, snake eyes, every possible combination of the dice. Some people called out requests and Demauro managed to fulfill them. Players from the nearby blackjack table came over to watch, and then came the casino executives, or as she describes them, "men in dark suits." Demauro and her audience knew they would never witness anything like this again. "There was a woman there, and we happened to catch each other's eyes," Demauro says, "She smiled at me, and I smiled and said...
David Carr (7:25 p.m.) #nerdprom security alert: tiny nathalie [sic] portman getting smushed and adored by throng at same time...
...Senate Democratic leadership was so anxious to declare victory that they ran to announce the news before their House counterparts had fully signed off. "The difference between the Senate and House versions were resolved," Senate majority leader Harry Reid told a throng of reporters on Wednesday afternoon. "The bills were really quite similar. And I'm pleased to announce that we've been able to bridge those differences." (Read "How to Know When the Economy Is Turning...