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Lenovo, IBM recall laptop batteries
Lenovo and IBM are recalling more than half a million laptop batteries made by Sony after a computer caught fire at the Los Angeles International Airport.

Max Mara: Laughably Mundane (Fashion Wire Daily)
Fashion Wire Daily - Typically in Milan, the true acid test of what women will be wearing six months from now is a Max Mara show, which is a genuine worry given the lackluster and mundane Spring/Summer 2007 collection presentation in Milan on Thursday, September 28th.

Warner Bros. enlists "Superman" in war on piracy (Reuters)
Reuters - Warner Bros.'s home video unit and its Chinese partner on Thursday unveiled a new strategy to fight DVD piracy in China by selling disks earlier, at lower prices and in more stores than before with the backing of government officials.

Brewster fits profile for CBS' "Minds" (Reuters)
Reuters - Paget Brewster has joined the cast of CBS' hot sophomore drama "Criminal Minds" as a regular.

Fantasy authors resurrected in "Dragons" (Reuters)
Reuters - Warner Bros. Pictures has pre-emptively picked up the rights to "Here, There Be Dragons," an upcoming children's novel by James A. Owen.

Madonna and Janet Jackson records topple Britney (Reuters)

Reuters - Madonna's pay-packet, Janet Jackson's malfunctioning wardrobe, Hillary Clinton's memoirs and Sigourney Weaver's height all have one thing in common -- they're world record breakers.

Iraqi violence is growing, author says (AP)

AP - Violence in Iraq is greater than the White House has acknowledged, and the outlook is even bleaker for 2007, author and journalist Bob Woodward said in comments to air Sunday night on CBS television's "60 Minutes."

Reich hopes music keeps reporter Pearl's name alive (Reuters)
Reuters - Composer Steve Reich does not expect his memorial piece for Daniel Pearl to stop what he calls the "medieval religious war" that claimed the reporter's life.

O'Brien wins bluegrass song of the year (AP)

AP - Tim O'Brien won song of the year and Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder earned instrumental group of the year for the eighth straight time at the International Bluegrass Music Awards Thursday.