Comedian Jerry Seinfeld will be bringing his stand-up comedy show to town with a performance at 7 p.m.

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“Jersey Shore” isn’t slowing down.

Mike Sorrentino of MTV series “The Jersey Shore” arrives at the 2010 American Music Awards in Los Angeles November 21, 2010. REUTERS/Danny Moloshok

MTV’s hit reality show delivered its highest-rated season finale yet on Thursday night, drawing a 7.3 rating in the 12-to-34 demographic, up 20 percent from the Season 2 finale.

About 7.6 million total viewers tuned in to the telecast. “Jersey Shore”‘s third season is the top TV show of the year in the 12-to-34 demographic.

Season to date, “Jersey Shore” is up 35 percent from its second season average (7.7 vs.

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By Sean O’Connell Mondo, the art boutique arm of the Alamo Drafthouse, has been busy catering to geek cinema fanatics who like to bring a piece of the movie-going experience home with them.

Recently, Mondo collaborated with Duncan Jones to commemorate his debut film, “Moon,” and his anticipated follow-up, “Source Code.”

Today, the boutique revealed two posters tied to Zack Snyder’s “Sucker Punch,” which opens in theaters Friday, March 25.

Artist Ken Taylor designed the new posters (below, courtesy of EW.com), and they have a retro feel that calls to mind the period setting of Snyder’s film as well as the art-deco design of the wildly popular “Bioshock” video games. The “Sucker Punch” po

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Title: Outside In

Author: Maria V. Snyder

Genre: Science Fiction(Fantasy), Romance, Young Adult

Publisher: Harlequin Teen Publication Date: February 2011 Paperback: 336 Pages

Stand alone or series: Book 2 in the Inside Out series

Me?

A leader?

Okay, I did prove that there’s more to Inside than we knew.

That a whole world exists beyond this cube we live in. And finding that led to a major rebellion—between worker scrubs like me and the snobby uppers who rule our world. Make that ruled. Bec

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Ecuadorean restaurant now open in former W.D.M. Yanni’s location

Mi Patria opened Sunday at 1410 22nd St. in West Des Moines, next to Michael’s craft and hobby store. It’s in the space formerly occupied by Yanni’s restaurant. The interior has been brightened with fresh paint.The owners are Cesar Miranda, who is also manager, and his wife, Dalila Alonzo. Miranda says his restaurant is the only one in the metro area serving all Ecuadorean food.Both a lunch menu and a dinner menu are offered. Menu items usually include rice and beans, such as lentils or fava beans, and plantains, similar to bananas, are common.

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BOSTON (AP) — St. Patrick’s Day may have been Thursday but the two biggest St. Patrick’s Day parades in Massachusetts are kicking off this weekend.

The parades scheduled for South Boston and Holyoke on Sunday are expected to attract hundreds of thousands of spectators.

Boston’s parade, which started in 1901, features floats and Irish pipe bands and kicks off at 1 p.m. at Broadway.

Boston authorities are promising to make the parade as family-friendly as possible and clamp down on excessive drinking.

Holyoke is holding its 60th St. Patrick

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