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A federal judge awarded Bratz maker MGA Entertainment Inc. millions in damages, fees and other costs in its long-running battle with Mattel over the wildly popular billion-dollar doll line.
Surrogates for the president's campaign are pushing back early against criticism on the issue, and are developing lines of attack against potential Republican opponents.
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