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Oprah's TV announcement

The Globe's Andrew Ryan and Sarah Hampson liveblogged the show Friday afternoon

Micah Toub
Micah Toub's The Other Half

For lessons in manliness, turn to women

Women make the best mentors for such 'male' characteristics as assertiveness, I've found

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Today's top business stories

Bankruptcies to remain high? Roubini calls for ‘U' recovery

Plus, Flaherty sees no new spending measures. Japan grapples with deflation again. And, why hedge funds and brokerages are looking for poker players

Politics: Ottawa Notebook

How editorial cartoonists
see Afghan torture

A grim case of hand-washing; beavers gone blind, deaf and mute; a bear trap for Stephen Harper; and our national conscience lost in the fog

Finance Minister Jim Flaherty

Pace of rebound to determine budget moves: Jim Flaherty

Government will look at possible spending cuts only after economic recovery is entrenched, Finance Minister says

Resort island reels after gunman kills five

Two children among the dead on Pacific resort island of Saipan

Sponsorship player pleads guilty to fraud

Gilles-André Gosselin, who billed $655,276 in fake invoices, faces two years plus a day in jail

Coast guard searches for adventurer feared lost at sea

Author and experienced captain Hubert Marcoux, 67, left Halifax on Nov. 9 for Bermuda

Henry calls for World Cup replay

But FIFA turns down Irish soccer association's appeal to stage another World Cup qualifying playoff match with France

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Globe Drive: Review
Dynamic little fuel miser likely to be a hit

Lightweight Mazda2 has excellent ride and handling, and is sure to be popular in Canada

European Mazda2 model

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