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MySpace offers content owners ad deal

MySpace offers content owners ad dealLos Angeles - Online media site MySpace is offering the owners of copyright material the chance to cash in on its online popularity.

MySpace said Monday that it had reached a deal with media giant Viacom whereby it will insert adds into the company's video excerpts that are screened on its site and pay the media giant a slice of the revenues.

Prior to this arrangement, the only procedure MySpace followed in dealing with copyrighted material was to try and identify it and block its appearance on the popular social networking site.

Study links TV sex to high rate of teen pregnancy

Study links TV sex to high rate of teen pregnancy Los Angeles - Teenagers who watch television programs with high sexual content double their risk of being involved in a pregnancy, according to a study published Monday in the journal Pediatrics.

The RAND Corp study is the first of its kind to identify a link between teenagers' exposure to sexual content on TV and teen pregnancies.

High School Musical maintains top grades at US box offices

High School MusicalLos Angeles - The first cinematic sequel in the High School Musical series continued to earn top marks over the weekend at North American box offices, according to preliminary studio estimates issued Sunday.

High School Musical 3: Senior Year debuted as the top-grossing film last weekend and remained number one in its second three-day weekend, earning 15 million dollars.

Posey sparks unbeaten Hornets past James, Cavaliers

Los Angeles - LeBron James now has a clear understanding of why the New Orleans Hornets signed James Posey in the off season.

Posey sparked a fourth-quarter surge with a strip of James and a dunk Saturday night as the New Orleans Hornets pulled away from the Cleveland Cavaliers for a 104-92 victory in an early season match-up of championship contenders.

David West scored 25 points, and Chris Paul added 24 and 15 assists for the Hornets (3-0), who limited James to 15 points and captured their home opener after road wins over Golden State and Phoenix.

NBA standings and results

Los Angeles  - National Basketball Association standings and results from Saturday's games: <# Eastern Conference ==================

Atlantic Div. W L Pct. GB ----------------------------------- Toronto 3 0 1.000 - Boston 2 1 .667 1.0 New Jersey 1 1 .500 1.5 New York 1 1 .500 1.5 Philadelphia 1 2 .333 2.0

Central Div. W L Pct. GB ----------------------------------- Detroit 2 0 1.000 - Chicago 2 1 .667 0.5 Indiana 1 1 .500 1.0 Cleveland 1 2 .333 1.5 Milwaukee 1 2 .333 1.5

South-East Div. W L Pct. GB ----------------------------------- Atlanta 2 0 1.000 - Charlotte 1 1 .500 1.0 Miami 1 2 .333 1.5 Orlando 1 2 .333 1.5 Washington 0 2 .000 2.0

Western Conference ==================

Multi-millionaires also back Obama ahead of election

Los Angeles - Barack Obama has promised to increase taxes if he becomes president of the United States. But the really rich want change and many of them have said they are voting for the senator from Illinois.

Despite the tradition that says the country's wealthy tend to favour the Republican Party, there has been an unexpected swing ahead of Tuesday's election that favours the black Democratic candidate.

For starters, the country's two richest men, Warren Buffett and Bill Gates, have already said they will vote for Obama. According to Forbes magazine, Gates - worth an estimated 55.5 billion dollars - contributed 2,300 dollars to the Democrat's campaign in the primaries.

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