Silver went to world champion Catherine Ndereba of Kenya with bronze for Deena Kastor of the United States.

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The 36-year-old, using the event as preparation for the London Marathon on 25 April, beat American Deena Kastor by 26 seconds.

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Deena Cortese doesn't think her previous career as a dental assistant is in the cards anymore, because the show has tainted her reputation, not improved it.

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"When Deena went away, I thought if I could make the top three that would be okay, " added Yamauchi, who finished second in last year's London Marathon in a personal best time of 2:23:12.

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Trotted out in the same way Tom Hanks, Laura Linney and Yoko Ono were earlier in the two-week-long gathering of the Television Critics Association, Shore newcomer Deena Nicole Cortese along with Snooki and The Situation settled in to field questions.

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In Shanksville, Pennsylvania, where mourners gathered to remember the passengers and crew of United Airlines Flight 93, Deena Burnett remembered her husband, Tom -- one of the passengers thought to have fought with the hijackers before the plane crashed in a field.

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MTV's mega-hit, "The Jersey Shore, " has successfully followed eight dark haired and tan strangers -- Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi, Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino, Jenni "JWoww" Farley, Paul "Pauly D" DelVecchio, Ronnie Ortiz-Magro, Sammi "Sweetheart" Giancola, and Deena Nicole Cortese (replacing Angelina Pivarnick in season three) from the New Jersey shores to most recently, Florence, Italy.

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