Not only did KSDK preempt "Parks and Recreation" last week, but it didn’t run it overnight at the time listed, as it had promised viewers who wanted to tape it, a chatter told Gail Pennington at her Thursday chat at stltoday.com/TubeTalk. Gail said to watch online, adding, "If a station doesn’t respect you, don’t respect back."

Singer Miley Cyrus has given up her Twitter page after posting a final message: "FYI Liam (Hemsworth, rumored to be her boyfriend) doesn’t have a Twitter and he wants ME to delete mine with good reason."

 Mattel has launched a line of black Barbie dolls with fuller lips, a wider nose and more pronounced cheek bones — a far cry from Christie. Christie, Barbie’s black friend in the 1960s, was a white doll painted brown. The dolls are offered in light brown, chocolate and caramel. Two have curlier hair.

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