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The Tampa Tribune

Published: March 5, 2009

Newton-John Joins Moffitt Board

Olivia Newton-John, the Grammy Award-winning singer, actress and cancer advocate, has joined H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center's national board of advisers.

Advisers serve as Moffitt ambassadors and offer expertise, advice and counsel on issues relating to the Tampa cancer center. The panel is chaired by ABC newsman Sam Donaldson.

Oil Prices Jump On Market Rally
Oil prices jumped 9 percent Wednesday as global stock markets rallied and the government reported crude levels in U.S. storage houses unexpectedly shrank. Benchmark crude for April delivery rose $3.73 a barrel to settle at $45.38 on the New York Mercantile Exchange, its highest close in six weeks.
IPhone Users Can Get Kindle Books

Amazon, in a bid to expand its book sales, released a free application Wednesday that lets iPhone and iPod Touch users read electronic books purchased at its online Kindle bookstore.

The software performs many of the same functions featured on Amazon's $359 Kindle 2 reading device released last month.

Wednesday's move could cut into sales of the Kindle device, but it also greatly expands the number of customers who can buy Amazon's books.

A wire report

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