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Anna Wintour, Vogue's imperious editor-in-chief, may or may not be a fan of designer leggings, but she doesn't love them enough to tweet about them -- or about anything else, for that matter. Earlier this year, an anonymous Twitter user borrowed Wintour's name to create an account,...

Arthur Delaney reports that a number of bloggers have been pitching the virtues of www.paydayloansmania.com, an online provider of high-interest payday loans for people who are really, really, really desperate for cash. At PaydayLoansMania.com, "Nobody will ask you for what purposes you need your...