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Helio's Dance Card Opens Up

Racing champ gains trophy, loses fiancee

By Rob Quinn, Newser Staff

Posted Nov 28, 2007 11:59 PM CST

(Newser) – Helio Castroneves may have won big in "Dancing With the Stars" but he's lost his fiancee, AP reports. Aliette Vasquez announced she'd called off their engagement less than a day after the Brazilian Indy 500 champ won the mirrorball trophy in the show's grand... Read full story »

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