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How TIFF Became an Oscar Contender - TheWrap
In the beginning, the founders of the upstart Festival of Festivals, could not even get Hollywood to pay attention to their little film festival in Toronto. No one from the major studios paid attention as ...

Taiwan's HTC is iPhone's 'quiet' contender - Reno Gazette
BEIJING -- East Asia is ... cellular carriers and HTC's own television ads during the baseball World Series, HTC said that number is up to 40 percent. "We want to be one of the leaders," said John Wang, the 13-year ...

Samsung Galaxy Tab: An Android contender - CNET News
BERLIN--After more than an hour putting the Samsung Galaxy Tab through its paces, I have to say I'm impressed. It's no iPad -slayer, but it's an elegant tablet with conveniently compact dimensions, good ...

Molinari returns to European Masters as contender - Buffalo News
CRANS MONTANA, Switzerland (AP) - Edoardo Molinari is returning to the European Masters this week and unlike last year, no one is questioning why he's here. When Molinari was given a sponsors' invite to play in the ...

Alaska Senate contender calls for 'belt tightening' - Los Angeles Times
Joe Miller , the surprise leader in Alaska's unresolved Republican Senate primary, said Sunday that the growing national debt requires a "belt tightening" that should include cutting back on federal dollars ...

ACC seeks a BCS title contender - The Post and Courier
CLEMSON -- The ACC has been indicted in recent seasons for its lack of competitiveness and its inability to produce national title contenders. But at the ACC media days last month, coaches and conference ...

UFC Heavyweight Contender Shane Carwin Linked to Steroid Use by the DEA - Associated Content
UFC Heavyweight contender Shane Carwin has been named by a US prosecutor as one of twenty-two athletes receiving steroids from a drug ring in Alabama. Shane Carwin fought Brock Lesnar in UFC 116 back on ...

Former Contender Tyson Griffin meets Nik Lentz, UFC 123 - Fighters.com
It wasn’t all that long ago that Tyson Griffin appeared in the front lines of a short list of contenders for the UFC lightweight title. However following consecutive losses (the first in his career) to ...

Stanislas Wawrinka emerges as contender, juniors make impressions, and other ... - NJ.com
The Russian has been quietly slipping his way throughout the tournament since Day One, continuing to do so with a strong 7-5, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 victory over tournament surprise Tommy Robredo of Spain. The victory gets ...

The Goldman Contender for the HSBC Job - New York Times Blogs
John L. Thornton, the former co-president of Goldman Sachs , is considered to be among the possible leading candidates. to replace Stephen Green as chairman of HSBC Mr. Thornton joined the board of HSBC in ...