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Lady Antebellum, at Allentown Fair Thursday, tops CMA nominees

August 31st, 2010

The first half of the Country Music Awards nominations were announced this morning, and Lady Antebellum – who headlines Allentown Fair’s grandstand on Thursday – is up for awards in four of the seven categories revealed.

The trio – who is the best-selling act so far this year, according to Billboard magazine – was nominated for Best Vocal Group, ad its song “Need You Now” was nominated for Single of the Year and Song of the Year, and its video for Video of the Year.

Lady Antebellum won two awards last year – Vocal Group and Single of the Year.

Only Miranda Lambert has more nominations so far – five. But she can only win three because she’s competing against herself. She was nominated twice for Single of the Year for her songs “White Liar” and “The House That Built Me” and the same songs both were nominated for Video of the Year.

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Polamalu’s locks inspire insurance, memories

August 31st, 2010

(ESPN) - Athletes have been losing their hair at an alarming rate over the last couple days. First, nearly the entire St. Louis Cardinals team shaved their heads on Monday. Then came word from the White Sox that Manny Ramirez may have to cut his dreads to fit in on the south side. White Sox general manager Ken Williams said Monday, “From my understanding, it’s not going to be an issue, and he’s going to make an adjustment and conform to how we like to have our players represented out there.”

So we at Page 2 couldn’t be more relieved to learn that Troy Polamalu’s nearly three feet of hair is insured by Head and Shoulders for $1 million through Lloyd’s of London. That fired up a little nostalgia about the great hairstyles in sports that we’d insure so they could live forever.

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State Farm, Nationwide Among Property Insurers in Hurricane Earl’s Path

August 31st, 2010

State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. and Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. are among insurers with the most at risk from Hurricane Earl, which threatens to graze North Carolina on Sept. 3.

The state had about $133 billion of coastal property covered by insurers according to 2007 data from AIR Worldwide, distributed by the Insurance Information Institute. Nationwide, Bloomington, Illinois-based State Farm and North Carolina Farm Bureau Insurance Group are the biggest property-casualty carriers in the state by premium revenue, according to North Carolina Department of Insurance data.

“Insurers with larger market shares in coastal insured properties will see the most meaningful impact,” said Elizabeth Malone, an analyst at Wunderlich Securities Inc., in an interview. “Hurricanes that come on to the Atlantic coast could have greatest impact on the properties on the Outer Banks of North Carolina.”

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