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Sarah Palin Tops New York Times Best Seller List with 'Going Rogue' (HispanicBusiness.com)

Race hurdles die hard in South (Politico via Yahoo! News)

Archives (Jewish World Review)

State Dept. Worker Sentenced for Passport Snooping (PC World via Yahoo! News)

Mark Penn's two firms got $6 million from stimulus for PR campaign (The Hill)

American Hays injured in bobsled training crash (AP)

AP - U.S. Olympic bobsled hopeful Todd Hays crashed in training Wednesday and is expected to miss the weekend World Cup races because of what was preliminarily diagnosed as a concussion.

Hatton close to decision on comeback (Reuters)

Reuters - Britain's Ricky Hatton is close to making a final decision on whether he will make a comeback to professional boxing.

South Korean leads Australian PGA after 9-under 62 (AP)

AP - South Korean Han Min-kyu upstaged the big-name locals at the Australian PGA on Thursday, shooting a 9-under-par 62 to take a four-stroke lead after the first round.

Milwaukee lands Wolf & Hawkins; O's get Millwood (AP)

AP - Pitchers were on the move at the winter meetings, with Milwaukee landing Randy Wolf and LaTroy Hawkins, and Baltimore acquiring Kevin Millwood in a trade with Texas.