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♦Group Accuses General Larry Platt of Stealing 'Pants On The Ground'
After hearing General Larry Platt's homemade song 'Pants On The Ground' asserting young men everywhere to pull up their pants, millions of Americans became fans of the 62-year-old civil rights veteran. Now after being bum rushed with American Idol fame, someone is calling out the General as a fraud. [Hip Hop Wired]

♦Gates Makes $10 Billion Vaccines Pledge
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will donate $10 billion over the next decade to research new vaccines and bring them to the world's poorest countries, the Microsoft co-founder and his wife said Friday. [The Huffington Post]

♦Lottery Winner's Body Found Under Concrete in Florida???
Remember the convicted felon who won the lottery in '06 and recently went missing? Florida police deputies are claiming to have found the remains of his body. [Bossip]

♦Wages and Benefits Rise Weak 1.5 Percent in 2009
Wages and benefits paid to U.S. workers posted a modest gain in the fourth quarter, ending a year in which recession-battered workers saw their compensation rise by the smallest amount on records going back more than a quarter-century. [The Network Journal]

♦Is Adam Dell Padma Lakshmi's Baby Daddy?
Ever since Top Chef host Padma Lakshmi announced she was pregnant last fall and declined to name the unborn baby's father, the public has been speculating about who it could be. Today, the New York Post is identifying the baby daddy as Adam Dell, a venture capitalist and Columbia Business School professor whose brother is none other than Michael Dell of DELL computers. [Zimbio]

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This Oct. 15, 2008 photo released by the University of Alabama shows Paul R. Jones. Jones, an African-American art collector who donated troves of works to universities in Delaware and Alabama, has died. He was 81. Jones died in Atlanta on Tuesday after a brief illness, said University of Alabama spokeswoman Angie Estes. The university established an art collection in Jones' name after receiving some 1,700 pieces valued at $5 million in 2008. (AP Photo/University of Alabama, Zachary Riggins) **NO SALES**

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Jerome Valcke, FIFA's secretary general addresses a press conference in Johannesburg, South Africa, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010. Football officials say one-third of World Cup tickets remain unsold less than five months before the tournament begins. FIFA said in a Wednesday statement that South Africans and Americans led the 1.2 million ticket bids in the third round of sales which will be settled by lottery next month. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

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From left, Horst Schmidt, chairman of FIFA's ticketing sub-committe, Jerome Valcke, FIFA's secretary general and Danny Jordan, chief executive of South Africa's 2010 World Cup Soccer organizing committee, address a press conference in Johannesburg, South Africa, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010. Football officials say one-third of World Cup tickets remain unsold less than five months before the tournament begins. FIFA said in a Wednesday statement that South Africans and Americans led the 1.2 million ticket bids in the third round of sales which will be settled by lottery next month. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

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From left, Horst Schmidt, chairman of FIFA's ticketing sub-committe, Jerome Valcke, FIFA's secretary general and Danny Jordan, chief executive of South Africa's 2010 World Cup Soccer organizing committee, and Wolfgang Eichler address a press conference in Johannesburg, South Africa, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010. Football officials say one-third of World Cup tickets remain unsold less than five months before the tournament begins. FIFA said in a Wednesday statement that South Africans and Americans led the 1.2 million ticket bids in the third round of sales which will be settled by lottery next month. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

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Elizinel Martinez, 9, of P.S. 192 touches a wax figure of President Barack Obama during the initial viewing of a wax figure of first lady Michelle Obama at Madame Tussauds to kick off Black History month Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2010 in New York. Students from PS 192 are among the first to see the wax figure and continue their lesson on black history by going on Madame Tussauds' Black History Month scavenger hunt, featuring over 20 wax figures of prominent African American icons. The scavenger hunt will be available free to attraction guests through the end of February. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

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Tamara Field is no longer shocked when people make offensive remarks about her light African-American skin tone. She is shown on January 14, 2010, at her home in Evanston, Illinois. (Chris Walker/Chicago Tribune/MCT)

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♦Which iPad 3G Data Plan Should You Buy?
When Apple's iPad 3G ships in April, U.S. wireless partner AT&T will offer two data plans for the gadget, with different costs and monthly download allotments.Specifically, AT&T will offer a $14.99 monthly plan that allows for 250 MB of data consumed, and a $29.99 monthly plan that allows for unlimited Internet consumption. Which should you buy? [Business Insider]

♦Toyota faces probe after massive safety recall; Honda also recalls models
Toyota Motor Corp faced scrutiny from Congress over its biggest ever safety recall as rival Honda Motor Co, tipped to gain from Toyota's woes, also said it would recall thousands of cars worldwide. [Daily News]