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Published 12:01 am Sunday, January 2, 2011

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How ya gonna keep ’em down on the farm: The video game CityVille, which allows players to manage a digital city by allocating money to build infrastructure and support businesses, has passed FarmVille as the most popular game on Facebook, with 69 million users to FarmVille’s 57 million.

CityVille is said to be so realistic, it will now be used to train elected city officials in Lynnwood.

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Damon vs. Campbell? No contest: Charles Portis’ 1968 novel “True Grit,” which follows a marshal and the 14-year-old girl who hires him as they track the man who killer her father, has been reprinted following the release of the second of two film versions of the western.

Pick up a copy now and grab a pair of ear plugs so you don’t have to listen to your hipster son and his curmudgeonly uncle argue over who was the best Rooster Cogburn: Jeff Bridges or John Wayne.

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Are you ready for some football? With the Superbowl only weeks away, you better get busy outfitting your mancave with a 3-D TV, wireless sound system, new remote and other gadgets.

You don’t want to miss a second of the commercials.