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“After much thoughtful mutual consideration, Deane and I have agreed to move forward with dissolving our marriage,” the statement said, referring to Dean Sheremet. They’ve been married for seven years.

“This decision was amicable and we remain committed and caring friends with great admiration for one another,” the message added.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/09/02/leann.rimes.divorce/index.html

A Wal-Mart shopper who became so angry about a crying child that he allegedly slapped the girl in the face is due in court Wednesday.

Investigators said the incident happened Monday at the Stone Mountain store on Rockbridge Road.

A police report said the man, Roger Stephens, 61, of Stone Mountain, had warned the child’s mother, Sonya Mathews, that if she didn’t quiet down the child, he would do it for her.

Microsoft has outlined plans to push a mandatory Windows Live Messenger upgrade in order to plug a security hole related to a vulnerable code library.

The security vulnerability stems from the use of a vulnerable version of Microsoft's Active Template Library (ATL). A programming error involving the inclusion of an extra "&" character meant that any software packages that made use of the ATL library template inherited a critical software flaw.

Windows Live Messenger 8.1 and 8.5 are both also vulnerable as a result of the same ATL problem. Microsoft has already begun offering a voluntary update but, starting later this month, will force users to upgrade to the the latest version of Live Messenger if they want to use Microsoft's IM service.

Users already on version 14 of Live Messenger will also be pushed towards the latest variant, version 14.0.8089, but mandatory updates in these cases won't happen until late October, as explained in a blog post by Microsoft here.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/09/02/messenger_update/
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For $9 per user per month, Contact Manager Edition will store and manage all contacts and accounts in the cloud. The product will integrate with any email system, including Microsoft Outlook, Gmail, Yahoo. The system will track all emails, keeping a record of customer interactions and will run pre-configured and customized reports on contacts and accounts. Of course, this tracking system can be customized to track data that is most important to an user’s needs.

Interestingly, the Contact Manager Edition will come automatically with integration with Google Apps, the search giant’s cloud based productivity suite that is steadily gaining enterprise customers and already has a foothold among small businesses. community. All applications within Google Apps, including Gmail, Calendar, Docs, etc, will be integrated with the lightweight CRM. Not only is this an interesting partnership, but the strength of Salesforce’s CRM combined with the steady growth of Google Apps certainly puts pressure on Microsoft.

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It was one moment in time that she just wasn’t ready for.

Whitney Houston cut short her much-hyped comeback performance on “Good Morning America” Tuesday after apparently losing her voice.

The Grammy-winning diva got through just three songs from her new album “I Look to You” before apologizing to the 5,000-person crowd for overusing her famous pipes.

“I’m so sorry. I did ‘Oprah.’ I’ve been talking for so long. … I talked so much, my voice,” she said, trailing off.

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Christmas will come in October for Yankee season-ticket holders.

For the first time ever, playoff tickets will actually be cheaper than the astronomical prices the team charged during the regular season, the team said yesterday.

The $2,500 Legends seats right behind home plate will cost only $275 during the American League Division Series.

And even if the Bombers make it all the way to the World Series, the most fans will pay for Legends seats — the priciest in the Stadium — will be $425.

But the ALDS markdown from $2,500 to $275 is not as drastic as it appears.

Most of the $2,500 that wealthy fans shelled out to sit in Legends seats went toward the upfront “licensing fees” they paid for the privilege of actually buying the tickets.

That made the average cost of a regular-game ticket itself $325.

So the $275 price for the ALDS actually represents a savings of $50 a ticket.

Less affluent fans who want to see the ALDS will pay $5 for obstructed-view bleacher seats and up to $29 for grandstand seats. Terrace-level seats will go for up to $80, and those on the main level will cost up to $125.