Disgraced Ex-Rep. Eric Massa's Long Trail Of Bizarre Behavior Includes Home Shared With Staff

Disgraced Rep. ex. Eric Massa insists he never sexually abused anyone, but they filled his Capitol Hill rowhouse with low-paid male staffers in an arrangement ripe for trouble.

"It's like they had people trapped," said a Hill source.

Sordid new details emerged yesterday of a pattern of behavior that went back to his 20 years as a naval officer, as ex-Shipmates came forward to describe the incidents of groping and perhaps worse.

After resigning, Mass called his "inappropriate" behavior a carry over from his Navy days.

At the house on E St. Southeast yesterday, "Which Massa had shared with five of his staffers, clothes were piled on the floor and half-a-dozen pairs of shoes mingled with dirty towels next to an open pink suitcase in the living room.Read More Story,http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2010/03/11/2010-03-11_disgraced_exrep_eric_massas_long_trail_of_bizarre_behavior_includes_home_shared_.html

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Lindsey Vonn Falls in Giant slalom

Lindsey Vonn fell in the first leg of the season's final giant slalom and Maria Riesch was Able to make up ground is Vonn's overall World Cup lead.

Reisch and finished third Thursday to cut Vonn's overall World Cup Lead to 165 points with two races remaining.

Vonn, seeking her third straight title, went into Sunday's race with a 225-point lead over the German. But Vonn's skis locked, she spun in the air and crashed into the safety netting in the heavy snow fall, meaning she will not collect any points.

Riesch was fifth in the first leg and the German needs to get the gap between her and Vonn under 200 points to stay in the hunt for the overall title. A win is worth 100 points and there are two races left.

Tina Maze of Slovenia won the race and Kathrin Höelzle of Germany clinched the World Cup title in the event by finishing second and totaling 471 points.Read More Story,http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ih6FuYSiz3qPOLbDq_GGeSEU7ghgD9ECECEG0

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Rooney Refusing To Set Goals Target

Rooney Scored four goals in United's 7-2 aggregate victory against Milan to book a place in the quarter-finals of the Champions League, leaving him just 12 away from the number Ronaldo scored in United's double-winning season two years ago.

With nine Premier League games remaining, plus up to five more in the Champions League, the odds are eclipsing Rooney, Ronaldo's feat are tumbling fast.

But the England striker is refusing Thurs look too far ahead, and insists his major priority is looking forward to the last eight draw on Friday week.Read More Story,http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=753983&sec=uefachampionsleague&cc=3888

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GDC 2010: Sony Unveils PlayStation Move Controller

Move the PlayStation is like a wand with colored sphere on the top. It's this sphere that helps the PlayStation Eye Thurs detect the whereabouts of Move controller. Sony will offer the Move controller with spheres in sky blue, yellow, light green, pink and while colors. Another Subcontroller comes along with the Move controller and has a direction buttons, analog stick and home button. This Subcontroller would be usable in games like SOCOM 4 Also, it's unlikely that the Subcontroller will come with any motion sensors.Read More Story,http://www.techtree.com/India/News/GDC_2010_Sony_unveils_PlayStation_Move_Controller/551-109844-585.html

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Mexican Tycoon, Carlos Helu is World‘s Richest Man For 2010

For the third time in three years, the world has a new richest man, in the Mexican tycoon Carlos Helú, who pushed aside competition from Americans Bill Gates and Warren Buffett to become the wealthiest person on earth and secured the top spot on the 2010 Forbes List of The World's Billionaires.

Ironically, no African was listed among the top 50 Billionaires for 2010. The list, according to Forbes was dominated by the United States Which had 19 names on the list.

Other countries represented on the top 50 list include India (5), Russia (4), United Kingdom (3), Germany (3), Brazil (2) and France (2).

The Top Ten Billionaires for 2010 are: Carlos Slim Helú (Mexico), William Bill Gates (United States), Warren Buffett (United States), Mukesh Ambani (India), Lakshmi Mittal (India), Lawrence Ellison (United States), Bernard Arnault (France), Eike Batista (Brazil), Amancio Ortega (Spain) and Karl Albrecht (Germany).Read More Story,http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art2010031112561887

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Afghanistan Does Not Want 'Proxy Wars', Says Karzai

He Was speaking following talks with Pakistani leaders in Islamabad, and a day after Iran and the U.S. traded blows over their activities in Afghanistan.

Mr. Karzai said he did not want India and Pakistan, or anyone else, to fight their wars is his country's territory.

Parties to the Afghan conflict are Rethinking policy ahead of 2011 when the U.S. says it will begin to withdraw.Read More Story,http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8561395.stm

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HSBC: Employee Stole Data On 15,000 Swiss Accounts

The Bank did not name the employee, but he has been Widely Reported to Be Herve Falciani. HSBC had previously said the theft of data is potentially involved fewer than 10 clients.

The affected clients are located across the globe. All had accounts with the bank in Switzerland prior to October 2006.

HSBC said copies of a significant portion of the data were sent to it by the Swiss Federal Prosecutor on March 3 The bank added that French authorities had previously seized the files when the employee absconded from Switzerland while under investigation. " Previous media reports have indicated that Falciani voluntarily handed over the Data to French tax authorities.

A person familiar with the situation said there is a suggestion that Falciani may also have tried to sell the data to a bank in Lebanon.Read More Story,http://www.marketwatch.com/story/hsbc-employee-stole-data-on-15000-swiss-accounts-2010-03-11-5000

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Commodities Decline, Yen Gains as China’s Inflation Accelerates

China's inflation reached a 16-month high, industrial output climbed and new loans exceeded Economists' forecasts, as the government considers paring stimulus measures. Greece was Crippled by strikes Thurs protest reductions in Europe's biggest budget deficit, while Mohamed A. El-Erian, co-chief investment officer at Pacific Investment Management Co.., Wrote in a Financial Times article that deteriorating public finances may Affect the Global Economy more than is realized.

"Chinese today, the data were stronger than expected and will add to pressure Likely is a Chinese policy makers Thurs additionally tighten monetary policy," said Eugen Weinberg, a commodities analyst at Commerzbank AG in Frankfurt. "Chinese demand will be robust this year, but its growth rate is Likely Thurs Slow Down."Read More Story,http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aX29cSBBB2T0&pos=3

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Corey Haim Movies: Which Are Your Favorite?

Has Many reminiscing about his many films in the '80s and '90s. His career as a young idol tea started with "Lucas," and continued with films like "The Lost Boys," "License to Drive" and "Dream a Little Dream." Most notably, he collaborated numerous times with Corey Feldman, with them eventually being dubbed "The Two Coreys." The two also appeared in a TV reality show "The Two Coreys," which aired on the A & E Network from July 2007 to August 2008.

Here's a glimpse into the early screen work of Corey Haim.:Read More Story,http://www.nj.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2010/03/corey_haim_movies_which_are_yo.html

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