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WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. - The MTV Video Music Awards were saluted by the likes of party girl Ke$ha, daring rapper B.o.B, hip-hop cat Deadmau5 and a "Jersey Shore" duo at a series of soirees held along the Sunset Strip on the eve of Sunday's big show downtown at the Nokia Theatre, where Lady Gaga and Eminem are poised to win multiple moonman trophies.

NEW YORK - New York stores were jammed Thursday for Fashion's Night Out, where shoppers rubbed elbows with celebrities - sometimes quite literally.