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They have waited two long years, and now they have only 24 days to go. As the diehard fans of Harry Potter count the minutes until they can get their hands on Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the seventh and final installment in the monumentally successful series by J. K. Rowling, they are engaging in a frenzy of speculation and rumor-mongering about what will happen to their beloved characters.

Predictions are flying across the Web and out of bookstores, where titles like Mugglenet.coms What Will Happen in Harry Potter 7, The End of Harry Potter? and The Great Snape Debate spew theories about who will die, who will get together with whom, and who is really good or evil.

At the same time, with little more than three weeks to go before Deathly Hallows goes on sale at 12:01 a.m. on July 21, some people claiming to have actual knowledge of the books plot are posting ostensible spoilers online. At one site, for instance, what appears to be a page from a manuscript appears, showing one paragraph outlined in red, suggesting that one of the most morally enigmatic characters in the series dies in the final book, with a few bars from the chorus of Tarzan Boy by Baltimora playing on an endless loop in the background.

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NEW YORK (AP) ? Stocks that were moving substantially or trading heavily Monday on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Market:

Blackstone Group LP, down $2.62 at $32.44

The private equity firm sank in its second day of trading, as investors exhibited uncertainty about the value of the company, which has few publicly traded peers.

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      Calling Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney "a great friend," Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson on Monday told a national radio audience that the former Massachusetts governor is not the same man he once was, at least not ideologically.

Rocky Anderson

      Anderson, in New York City to speak in favor of impeaching President Bush at a meeting of the Society for Ethical Culture, appeared on Democracy Now!, a syndicated radio program that is broadcast on more than 500 stations across North America, including KRCL in Salt Lake City.

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More than 14 million listeners at least gave satellite radio a chance to prove its worth over traditional over-the-air radio.

The two rival satellite companies, Sirius and XM Radio, are now awaiting government approval for a merger that they hope would help them better compete with regular radio.

Over-the-air radio stations are facing increased competition for audiences from satellite radio and iPods, just as other types of media struggle with Internet broadcasts and a growing number of cable channels. The way local radio stations will keep their audiences, local program directors say, is to provide services that far-off satellite stations cannot. Many are also exploiting the Internet.

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