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12/30/2007 9:55 PM
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If You Missed Your Chance To See SICKO
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It's playing for free, yo! If you missed your chance to see SICKO - or even if you already saw it once and want to review the facts again - now's your chance! It's playing for free in Asheville, NC, Mundelein, IL, Vaughan, ON, Spring Hill, FL, Hilton Head Island, SC, Stamford, CT, Stillwater, OK, and Salt Lake City, UT, and more cities up-and-coming, for free!! Penny-pinchers, rejoice!
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12/30/2007 9:53 PM
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Former Major Leaguer Teaches Us Not To Drink And Drive
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Jim Leyritz, the 44-year-old former Major League baseball player, was arrested on Friday for a felony DUI manslaughter charge after he collided his vehicle with another motorist who is now dead.
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12/30/2007 9:53 PM
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Say A Little Prayer For Michigan And Ohio
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The new year will be a sad one for many families in Ohio, as 2008 will kick off with about 1,600 Army National Guardsmen from Ohio being deployed to the Middle East for the Iraq War. They'll be going sent to Kuwait, and then in and out of Iraq.
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12/30/2007 3:02 PM
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Another Bin Laden Tape Released
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In an audio recording that was released on the internet yesterday, al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden's still photo appeared with what is believed to be audio of his voice, warning of more attacks against Israel and the expansion of the jihad (holy war). The tape has circulated through worldwide media outlets, although it has not been verified - and probably will not be, as we don't recall anyone officially verifying the last tape, either.
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12/30/2007 3:00 PM
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Boiling Vegetables Can Increase Nutrient Content...Sometimes
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But a new study by Italian researchers, which is being published in the ACS' Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry, Nicoletta Pellegrini and colleagues note that although many people maintain that eating raw vegetables is more nutritious than eating cooked ones, a small but growing number of studies suggest that cooking may actually increase the release of some nutrients - depending on which vegetable you're cooking.
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12/30/2007 2:58 PM
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Bhutto's 19-year-old Son Named As People's Party Leader
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Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's 19-year-old son, Bilawal Zardari, has been named by The Pakistan Peoples Party as its new leader, and the party has announced it's participation in parliamentary elections next month. Bilawal, a student at Oxford University, told reporters in a news conference today that he will stand committed to the principle of federation.
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12/30/2007 2:56 PM
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Miley Cyrus Responds To Risque Photos
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Seriously, when did it become okay to publish risque photos of 15-year-olds? If you thought it was questionable for bloggers to spread around nude photos of 18-year-old Vanessa Hudgins, then you will probably be at least as peeved that photos that some consider risque are circulating of pre-16 Miley Cyrus. So who's fault is it, though? The posters, or the posers?
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12/30/2007 2:50 PM
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New Jersey Makes HIV Testing For Pregnant Women Mandatory
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This week, the state of New Jersey took a huge leap in the fight against HIV and AIDS. Beginning next year, all pregnant women in the state will have to take HIV screening tests, in a statewide effort to control mother-to-child transmission of the virus.
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12/30/2007 2:48 PM
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Barack Obama Is Made Out Of...Butter?
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This chick actually digs Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama so much, that she's actually carved a statue of him made out of butter. We were going to say immortalized him in buttah, but butter doesn't last forever, so that would be a lie. Duffy Lyon, who local residents of Toledo, Iowa know better as the Butter Cow Lady, for the life-sized butter cows she sculpts for the Iowa State Fair, presented Obama with the bust, was thanked by Barack himself on December 27th.
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12/30/2007 2:47 PM
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Party Like Diddy...Or Roll Your Eyes At Him
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We choose to just roll our eyes at him and shake our heads, but do what you will with [Diddy, Puff Daddy, Sean John, whatever his name is]'s New Year's party advice for 2008. Diddy posted on his weblog this month his tips for you to have a rockin' New Year's Eve bash. I'm going to add my comments in pink for shiz & giggles.
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12/30/2007 2:46 PM
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Rosie O'Donnell Responds To Being Called Most Annoying Celebrity
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When Rosie O'Donnell was on The View, she boosted ratings by 17 percent. But now, according to a new poll by Parade Magazine, 44% of their readers think Rosie O'Donnell is the most annoying celebrity out there, with Paris Hilton coming in second at 24%, Ann Coulter at 16%, Heather Mills McCartney (12%), and blogger Perez Hilton at 4%.
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12/29/2007 5:09 PM
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Bush Wins The Battle Over Children's Health Care
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This morning, President George W. Bush signed a temporary extension into law, granting a health insurance program for children after months of disagreement over Congress on the issue. Through the signed legislation, about 6.6 million poor children will have coverage extended through March 31, 2009, which leaves any renewal decisions of the legislation up to the next President and Congress.
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12/29/2007 5:08 PM
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Jamie Lynn Spears To Do A Baby Photo Shoot Just Like The Big Girls Do
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It may not be a belly-baring photo shoot like big sister Britney or Brit's pop rival Christina Aguilera, but Jamie Lynn Spears has reportedly already agreed to $1 million dollar exclusive deal with OK! Magazine to run pictures of her baby.
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12/29/2007 5:07 PM
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Suicide Bombings On The Rise In Iraq
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Figures released today by the top U.S. commander in Iraq show that suicide bombings are on the rise in Iraq. General David Petraeus told reporters today that although the number of high-profile bombings has dropped 60%, suicide attacks using explosive vests and car bombs have increased in November and December. At least 24 people were killed and around 100 injured in two suicide bombings in Iraq on Christmas Day.
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12/29/2007 5:05 PM
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Dita Von Teese Is Di-Vorced
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It's official: burlesque dancer and animal lover Dita Von Teese and goth rocker Marilyn Manson's divorce was finalized on Thursday. Dita, whose real name is Heather Sweet, and Manson (Brian Warner), were restored to the status of single persons, thanks to a judgment by the Superior Court.
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12/29/2007 5:04 PM
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WTF Is This? Nobody Knows
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A mysterious unidentified object has washed up on a beach in the Western Isles, and no one knows what it is. The approximately 89-foot high tank was discovered by a dog walker on Poll Na Crann beach on the west of Benbecula, an island of the Outer Hebrides in the Atlantic Ocean off the west coast of Scotland. The beach is better known as Stinky Bay because of fermenting seaweed that covers the area.
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12/29/2007 5:03 PM
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Yawn...The Late Night Shows Are Coming Back
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Yawn...If you haven't heard, the late night shows are coming back. David Letterman and the Craig Ferguson show are coming back with their full writing staff, after making a deal with the union; they'll be back January 2nd. Jay Leno, Conan O'Brien, and Jimmy Kimmel will have their shows return January 2nd without writers.
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12/29/2007 5:01 PM
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Celebrity Pregnancies Here, There, And Everywhere
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Something is in the air or the water, people! Everyone is getting sperminated, and Nicole Kidman is the latest celeb rumored to be with child. The UK's Daily Mail is claiming that Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban are expecting.
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12/29/2007 4:59 PM
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Musharraf Cracking Down On Rioters After Bhutto's Death
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After the assassination of Benazir Bhutton in Pakistan this week, Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf is cracking down on rioters, thieves, and unrest in the country. Looters must be dealt with firmly and all measures be taken to ensure safety and security of the people, he said. Almost 40 people have died in the violence that has erupted since the shooting/suicide bomb attack.
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12/28/2007 7:35 PM
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Brandy Will Not Be Charged With Vehicular Manslaughter
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Singer Brandy Rayana Norwood, known simply as Brandy, will not be charged with misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter in last December's car crash that resulted in the death of 38-year-old Awatif Aboudihaj. The crash was actually a chain reaction accident; Aboudihaj collided with the highway's center divider before the Grammy-winning ex-Moesha star collided with the 2005 Toyota Corolla in her 2007 Land Rover at 65 mph.
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12/28/2007 7:33 PM
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Paris Hilton Blew It: The Inheritance Is Going To Charity
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You are going to love this news. Hilton hotel heress Paris Hilton is not standing to inherit the disgustingly huge fortune of the Hilton hotel chain. Her grandfather, Barron Hilton, 80, announced on Wednesday that he is donating 97 percent of his $2.3 billion fortune to charity. $4.5 million of it is going to the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation. That leaves just about $69 million, to split among all of Barron's children and grandchildren.
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12/28/2007 7:32 PM
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Mischa Barton Busted For DUI
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Actress Mischa Barton, 21 was arrested yesterday on a charge of Driving Under the Influence in Los Angeles. Sheriff's deputies took her into custody after her vehicle was spotted straddling two lanes of traffic in West Hollywood, and failed to use her turn signal. She was booked at West Hollywood Sheriff's Station, where her bail was set at $10,000. She was also in possession of an as-yet-undisclosed narcotic substance.
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12/28/2007 7:29 PM
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Former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto Assassinated
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Yesterday, former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was assassinated. Bhutto was shot twice, just a few yards from where the country's first prime minister, Liaqat Ali Khan, was assassinated in 1951. Her attacker fired several bullets at her while she was leaving a political rally in Rawalpindi, and then exploded with a suicide bomb that killed at least 20 of her followers.
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12/28/2007 7:28 PM
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After An 11 Year Marriage, Sean Penn Is Single
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Sean Penn has been married to Robin Wright Penn for 11 years. Yesterday, their rep Mara Buxbaum confirmed to People Magazine that the couple is getting divorced. Sean and Robin, who have two kids - Hopper Jack, 14, and Dylan Frances, 16 - have been in several films together and started dating back in the early '90's.
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12/25/2007 3:24 AM
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More On Mike Huckabee And The Dog
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The decision to run that video was one of great conflict for me. I do not believe in running a smear campaign just because of politics. This one I take personally. And this is not about David, this is ultimately about his father. Unfortunately for David, his father is running for President of the United States of America, and his every action will be scrutinized. My issue with what happened at that Boy Scout camp revolves around how Mike Huckabee handled it. I most certainly have seen dogs abused, neglected, abandoned, mistreated, starved, hurt, and euthanized.
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12/25/2007 3:22 AM
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Every Year, Someone Has To Go And Steal The Baby Jesus
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I say we round up everyone who stole a baby Jesus this year and have each of them spend one week on death row. I am so sick of these annual nativity theft stories. Do people go and rip the lights off of temples or knock down Mary statues in May? Leave Jesus alone!!!!
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12/25/2007 3:21 AM
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FYI-zzles: Our Ratings
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Guess what? We've added something new! If you hadn't noticed, starting on Wednesday, December 19th, we've added a post rating feature. If it's an article you like or dislike, a topic you want/don't want to see: rate it!
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12/25/2007 3:18 AM
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Rosie O'Donnell, Dr. Phil Weigh In On Jamie Lynn Spears
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Everyone's talking about it. And when I say everyone, I mean everyone. Jamie Lynn Spears, 16 and pregnant. The father, only two years her senior, will not be facing statutory rape charges as some people have speculated, as he is within the accepted age range difference at just 17 years old. It's coated the media like syrup, oozing and ebbing its way into every media outlet possible.
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12/25/2007 3:16 AM
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Five And A Half Years Later, R. Kelly Has A Trial Date Set
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We never thought this day would come. R. Kelly finally has a trial date set, five and a half years later, for the 2002 child pornography charges. He had a trial date in September that was postponed, and by the end of November was still not rescheduled. A Cook County Circuit Court Judge, Vincent Gaughan, saw R. Kelly in court on Friday and did not revoke his bond, although Robert Sylvester Kelly, aka R. Kelly (Sylvester?) missed his scheduled hearing on Wednesday.
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12/25/2007 3:15 AM
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Danielle Fishel, Boy Meets World's Topanga, Arrested
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Danielle Fishel, best known as Topanga on the former TV series Boy Meets World, was arrested on Thursday morning on a warrant from Los Angeles County, on suspicion of driving drunk in Newport Beach, California. Sgt. James Rocker made the arrest around 5 a.m., and she was released from jail shortly after, police told the AP.
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12/20/2007 12:27 AM
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Dipping Into The Hate Mail Bag: A Hugo Chavez Puppet!
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Hello, and welcome back to a dip in our hate mail bag! Today's dip reveals we apparently posted something that ticked some Hugo Chavez followers off. Well, geez, there's a lot worse we could have said. Regardless, for the article Iranian And Venezuelan Presidents Up To No Good, we got the following hate mail this evening. Read it in all it's uncensored insanity here!
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12/20/2007 12:24 AM
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Guess who? Christmas Elf Celeb
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Find out who this funny elfin character is...after the jump!
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12/20/2007 12:21 AM
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No People's Choice Awards This Year
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Dammit! After we spent all that time typing up the People's Choice Awards nominees for you, the show is cancelled. Extra reported on their website today, Extra has just learned that the People's Choice Awards ceremony has been canceled. Plans to televise some form of the show on CBS...is scheduled but no press is allowed and no red carpet. No further info is available at this time. Extra reported that it would air January 8th, as was previously planned; on CBS's website, however, they have made a change: a form of the awards will air Sunday, January 13th at 9 pm ET instead.
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12/20/2007 12:19 AM
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December 19th News Roundup
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Other news you don't want to miss...
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12/20/2007 12:16 AM
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John Graziano's Mother Reports He May Be Improving
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John Graziano, the handsome 22-year-old Marine who was put in a coma after Nick Bollea aka Hogan crashed his sports car under the influence, may be showing some signs of getting better. His mother told Tampa Bay 10 News last week that John is semiconscious and has opened his eyes. He still can't breathe without a machine and can't speak, the article states, but recently, he has shown some signs of improvement. Graziano leaned away from his mother as she tried to touch his face recently, she said.
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12/20/2007 12:14 AM
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Bush Administration Blocks EPA Bid To Reduce Gas Emissions
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Green gifts are all the rage this year, Priuses galore, Inconvenient Truth DVDs for Christmas, etc., etc. And yet the Bush Administration still doesn't get it. I know, I know, I have a pet peeve about him every day. But really - nearly every day there is a news story about something this administration has done that I find shameful.
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12/20/2007 12:12 AM
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Tony Parker Sues Photo Agency For Claims He Cheated On Eva
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Tony Parker filed a lawsuit in L.A. County Superior Court today against X17, the photo agency that published the initial reports and text messages that alleged Tony cheated on Eva Longoria after they were wed.
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12/20/2007 12:10 AM
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Update Video: Mike Huckabee's Son Stoned, Hung Dog
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The VIDEO: Former Arkansas governor and Southern Baptist minister Mike Huckabee has a 26-year-old son named David who has made his way into the media. David could be considered a problem child. Battling with an obesity problem for most of his life that appears worse than his father's (who notoriously shed 110 pounds and ironically speaks out against childhood obesity), David began getting into trouble at a young age.
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12/18/2007 2:51 AM
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Mike Huckabee: Would Our Country Turn Out Like His Son?
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Not that I think there's any chance of Republican Candidate Mike Huckabee winning the 2008 elections, but it stands to reason that instead of viewing his son's past as a smear attempt, we might want to consider: if a child is not raised to be a good man, ought his father be considered fit to raise an entire country?
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12/18/2007 2:51 AM
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PETA Goes After Mars Candy Makers
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Oh, PETA. You are busy this season. First the Trollsens, now this? Workin' overtime! People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals - the CODE Pink of animal rights activists, if you will - are on the offensive now with candymaker Mars, Inc.
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12/18/2007 2:47 AM
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Our Favorite Song Of The Day
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Wyclef Jean, featuring Akon, Lil Wayne, and Niia. Song: Sweetest Girl Album: Carnival 2: Memoirs Of An Immigrant
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12/18/2007 2:45 AM
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Oh, Pamela: Anderson Files For Divorce, Then Retracts It
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Never a dull moment for Pamela Anderson. The actress and performer filed for divorce from new husband Rick Salomon on December 14th. Anderson, 40, and Salomon, 39, got married at the Mirage Hotel Las Vegas in between Pam's shows as magician's assistant, on October 6th. CelebTV.com obtained the court documents, which cited irreconcilable differences.
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12/18/2007 2:43 AM
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December 17th News Roundup
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Other news you don't want to miss...
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12/18/2007 2:41 AM
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President Bush Photo: Nothing Like A Good Subliminal Message
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Holy George photo ops are abound this holiday season. I especially like the Reuters photo above, found at Javno.com. The headline's caption reads: The White House said President George W. Bush did not recollect being told about the CIA tapes or their destruction before Thursday. Yes, look at him, how could you not believe him? He's just a little angel! It's just the Democrats' fury.
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12/18/2007 2:39 AM
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Same Old Lang Syne Singer Fogelberg Dies At 56
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Dan Fogelberg, the singer and songwriter of hits like Leader of the Band and Same Old Lang Syne (which I've listened to at least a trillion times!) passed away yesterday at the age of 56, at home in Maine, after a battle with prostate cancer.
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12/18/2007 2:39 AM
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New York Chooses A Winner, We Nearly Lose Our Dinner
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You did not see this coming, trust me. Tiffany Pollard, AKA New York, has chosen her love match and the winner of VH1's I Love New York Season 2. Even if you haven't been following the show, this is a thrill to watch.
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12/15/2007 10:12 AM
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Bloggers Cause Wal-Mart To Remove A...Product
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There are all sorts of ways that headline could have gone wrong, so I played it safe. One of the sites on our News & Blogroll, Feministing, just did some awesome underwear activism! One of Feministing's readers submitted a photo of a pair of juniors panties at Wal-Mart that say on the front, Who needs credit cards... Yes, who needs to worry about bank accounts when you can simply use your...wait a minute!! Feministing blogger Jessica wrote, There's nothing quite like telling adolescent girls that they don't need to worry about finances since they have their very own moneypot between their legs.
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12/15/2007 10:10 AM
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December 15th News Roundup
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Other news you don't want to miss...
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12/15/2007 10:08 AM
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Tori Amos Kicks Out Two Of Her Fans Video
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Tori Amos was wearing a sparkly red jumpsuit (it's so hard not to say apparatus there), and was in the middle of performing Code Red in San Diego, California, Wednesday night when she interrupted the show, stopped the music, and cussed out two fans. Two of the girls in the front row distracted her - Amos did a double take and shouted out, Hey, hold on! Hey, hold on! Get the f*ck out of my show. It's a privilege to sit in the front row. I reserve those seats for people who appreciate music. Get the f*ck out!
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12/15/2007 10:06 AM
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Attorney General Refuses Lawmakers' Demands
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On that note, Attorney General Michael Mukasey sent letters to Congress yesterday (Friday), telling the House and Senate Judiciary committees that he refuses to provide the details of the CIA terrorist interrogation tapes. Lawmakers demanded Mukasey divulge material key to the investigation as to why the tapes were destroyed by the CIA in 2005.
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12/15/2007 10:05 AM
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New Jersey Looking To End The Death Penalty
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The state of New Jersey is moving towards becoming the 14th state that does not execute prisoners. The State's General Assembly approved a bill on Thursday that would eliminate capital punishment entirely. The bill is waiting for Governor Jon S. Corzine to sign the measure, which could happen as soon as Monday.
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12/15/2007 10:03 AM
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Adrianne Curry Poses For Playboy, Thanks...TMZ?
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Adrianne Curry is the face (and bod, of course) on the cover of the January 2008 Playboy Magazine's Holiday Anniversary Issue. I still haven't made up my mind on Ms. Adrianne. Adrianne! Sorry, Rocky moment. Curry has spoken out about many things in the past on her blog, and in September got people m-a-d when she called for a boycott of BET and Black History month from her MySpace page.
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12/15/2007 10:03 AM
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Rosie O'Donnell Talks Back To Hulk Hogan
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Rosie O'Donnell, whom we love and adore, is talking back to Terry Bollea aka Hulk Hogan, after he recently told reporters that the celebrity he would most love to pummel is Without a doubt Rosie O'Donnell. Somebody needs to shut that big mouth up. I have no doubt whatsoever that Hulk is trying to make waves to get people interested in his new TV show about gladiators or some such boringness.
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12/14/2007 4:28 AM
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PETA Goes After The Olsen Twins Hardcore
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PETA's had it with former Full House stars Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen, and on Monday they launched an anti-Olsen campaign on a subsite called Meet The Trollsen Twins: Dress Up The Trollsens. The site, Peta2.com, has an interactive online game of sorts, where you can dress up Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen cartoon dolls, who have odd body marks, and are featured stick-thin standing in a wardrobe full of - bloody - fur clothes.
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12/14/2007 4:27 AM
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Madonna Inducted Into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame
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Madonna, John Mellencamp, The Ventures, Leonard Cohen, and The Dave Clark Five are the latest inductees into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame, as announced yesterday. A panel of 600 industry figures selected five acts to be inducted at the annual ceremony, to be held March 10 in New York, the AP reports.
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12/14/2007 4:25 AM
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Ike Turner Dies At 76, Cause Unknown
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Ike Turner, whom USA Today referred to as a "tarnished rock legend" has passed away at the age of 76 in his San Marcos, California home Wednesday. Ike is best known for his tumultuous marriage to Anna Mae Bullock, aka Tina Turner, from the late '50's through the early '70's. Tina left him in 1978, and published an autobiography called I, Tina in 1993 that graphically detailed alleged abuses by Ike.
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12/14/2007 4:23 AM
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Mischa Barton Channels Swamp Thing
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Speaking of celebs who wear fur, Mischa Barton is on the cover of Spanish magazine Citizen K's December 2007 issue, looking like the Swamp Thing emerging from a lagoon, in a feature entitled, Mischa Barton, La nina bonita de Hollywood (The Pretty Child of Hollywood). So this is what happened after she died on the O.C.!
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12/14/2007 4:20 AM
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Tom Cruise Warms Xenu Santa's Lap
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Funny mock photo of Tom Cruise sitting in a mall Santa's lap...only the mall Santa is really an alien from...well, whatever that planet is.
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12/14/2007 4:19 AM
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And The Word Of The Year Goes To: W00t
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Oh, see, now I feel like a member of the in crowd, because I used this word a lot this year. Well, the last few months, anyway. Merriam-Webster has announced their Word of the Year for 2007, and the winner is: w00t! And that's with two zeroes, not two o's. W00t, which Merriam-Webster defines as (interjection): expressing joy (it could be after a triump, or for no reason at all); similar in use to the word yay, has not made it into the regular Merriam-Webster dictionary yet, though.
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12/14/2007 4:16 AM
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Pamela Anderson: No Reality Show For Me
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Rumors are running rampant online that animal lover, sex tape star, and actress Pamela Anderson is to be starring in a reality show with new hubby Rick Salomon. US Weekly magazine, who we love to prove wrong (because they almost always are), reported for their new issue, Sources tell [us] that the couple is developing a reality series for the E! network that will bring viewers inside their whirlwind lifestyle. Says a source: Think Nick and Jessica's show [MTV's Newylweds], but with a lot more sex and a crazier family life. Anderson recently said of her marriage, We're in every night. Having sex...Sources say the show is slated to debut in 2008.
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12/14/2007 4:15 AM
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Why Doesn't The FDA Require Testing Of Cosmetic Ingredients?
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I am sure that at some point you have seen a lovely fear-mongering article about the amount of bacteria that is in your makeup after it reachs a certain age (usually just a few months old). Everyone from FOX News to The Tyra Banks Show has done a special on the life expectancy of mascara, eye shadow, lipstick, and how brushes that can't be cleaned can trap and harbor bacteria or whatnot.
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12/14/2007 4:14 AM
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The Stork Pays A Visit To Jessica Alba
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It's a bird, it's a...bird. A stork, in fact. Jessica Alba is pregnant, folks. The 26-year-old Latina actress from Dark Angel, The Fantastic Four, Good Luck Chuck, and a lot of others, is pregnant with boyfriend Cash Warren's child. Alba's rep, Brad Cafarelli, told People Magazine, I can confirm that Jessica and Cash are expecting a baby in late spring, early summer.
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12/14/2007 4:12 AM
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Al Gore Has A Petition On Care2!
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I got a message from Care2 News this morning, and imagine my surprise to find Al Gore has his own petition through this animal rights/civil rights/environmentalism site. In conjunction with The Alliance For Climate Protection, Gore is hosting a petition across the internet, requesting that you sign it for him to deliver at the UN Climate Change Conference.
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12/14/2007 4:08 AM
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Janice Dickinson Makes Things Worse
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If you miss the Janice Dickinson drama on Tyra Banks' America's Next Top Model, Janice has been trying to stir it up without being a judge on the show. It seems like every time Janice opens her mouth about Tyra, it is something negative, and done to get attention. Doesn't she ever watch tapes of her appearances on TV and think, wtf was I thinking?
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12/13/2007 5:02 PM
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TIME And CNN Release Most Underreported Stories Of 2007
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Infighting in Somalia has been so bad for so long that reader — and editor — fatigue set in years ago. Which is why many Americans were surprised to hear that more than 1 million Somalis had fled their homes in 2007 in a refugee crunch whose scope and severity rival that of Darfur. "We have a major crisis," Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah, the top U.N. envoy for Somalia, told TIME. "And it's being ignored." The violence hampering humanitarian efforts has also kept U.N. forces at bay. It's a Catch-22, Ould-Abdallah says. "We cannot go there because there is no security, and because we don't go there, there isn't security."
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12/13/2007 5:02 PM
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December 13th News Roundup
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12/13/2007 5:01 PM
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A Smokeless Cigarette That Uses Water Vapor
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What do you think? Watch the video.
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12/13/2007 5:01 PM
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Baby Spice Emma Bunton Takes A Tumble On Stage
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The Spice Girls, as you may or may not know, have their own Virgin Atlantic plane, which they're travelling in for their world tour. Fans voted on the name of the plane and the winning name was "Spice One." The Spice Girls debuted their private Virgin Airlines plane last night in Los Angeles, and then headed over to London to celebrate the opening of the airline's new terminal in Heathrow.
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12/13/2007 5:01 PM
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Tucker Carlson Sets Up Ron Paul With Prostitutes
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This is a double-smear campaign! The media, namely TV personality and Dancing With The Stars reject Tucker Carlson, actually arranged a smear campaign against Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul. Tucker Carlson phoned a brothel owner friend of his named Dennis Hof, in Nevada, and asked him to check out Ron Paul while Paul was in Nevada. He then proceeded to bring Hof and two of Hof's prostitutes to a Reno news conference, and put out the story that Ron Paul is endorsed by a Nevada brothel owner.
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12/13/2007 4:59 PM
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Cindy Sheehan Goes After Pelosi...And Her Job
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Notorious antiwar protestor - and now U.S. Congressional candidate - Cindy Sheehan today called upon Nancy Pelosi to respond to a story printed in the December 9th Washington Post which claimed that the Speaker of the House was present in a 2002 meeting where four members of Congress were given a virtual tour of the CIA's overseas detention sites and torture program.
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12/13/2007 4:58 PM
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PA Salvation Army Kettle Gets Anonymous 3 Thousand Dollars
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What a happy story! An 18-year-old boy was volunteering as a bell ringer at a Pottsville, Pennsylvania mall on Monday got an anonymous $3,000 donation from an older man with glasses, a flannel shirt and jeans, the AP reports. It wasn't the first time the man had made a donation, said Andrew J. Hunt, the Salvation Army volunteer, but it was the first time he gave three thousand dollars!
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12/11/2007 8:26 AM
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Bill Clinton Told Hillary To Dump Him
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Former U.S. President Bill Clinton was on the Iowa campaign trail for wife Hillary Clinton yesterday, and he told the crowd that Hillary impressed him so much when they were first dating, that he tried to convince her she should break up with him and focus on her political ambitions.
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12/11/2007 8:24 AM
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December 11th News Roundup
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Other news you don't want to miss...
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12/11/2007 8:22 AM
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Video: What's Going On In Fallujah, Iraq
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The filmers of this video - USMC - are hardly phased by an occupied building being blown up on 10-second impact...in fact, they find it rather funny. Although, I wouldn't be in the least bit surprised if they were suffering from PTSD or another mental condition brought on by armed conflict. Here is a video clip of a building being destroyed on camera by firefight bombings by the U.S. in Fallujah, Iraq. The video was leaked two days ago.
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12/11/2007 8:18 AM
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UPDATE: Michael Vick's Sentencing, Startling Admissions
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UPDATE: Michael Vick, the fallen Atlanta Falcon's football player charged with federal dogfighting, was sentenced to 23 months in prison yesterday by U.S. District Judge Henry E. Hudson. Vick appeared in court yesterday morning, where prosecutors revealed that he had hung two dogs, arranged the killing of six to eight pit bulls, and injured many others through an illegal dogfighting enterprise.
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12/11/2007 8:17 AM
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New York Breaks Punk's Heart
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On last night's new episode, New York let go of Punk. I felt so bad for the guy, an attorney from Chicago whose real name is David OTunga, who seemed like the only one on the show who could have actually saved New York from herself and her mother. He's a muscular, good looking, and sincere guy, and New York claims to be looking for a life partner - David, aka Punk, was able to put up with her drop-of-the-hat drama fits, her flirting with other men, her two-second attention span, and the fact that she wears more makeup than a mime (which gets rubbed all over people in every scene, it seems).
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12/10/2007 2:08 AM
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A Real Reindeer In The Sky
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Now you can tell your kids for a fact that there are reindeer in the sky. Check out this lucky shot that photographer Alan Blacklock caught of a cloud formation that looks strikingly similar to the profile of a Christmas reindeer. Isn't that amazing?
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12/10/2007 2:07 AM
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December 10th News Roundup
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Other news you don't want to miss...
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12/10/2007 2:05 AM
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Video: Oprah Working It For Obama
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Oprah Winfrey, as I'm sure you know by know, has broken her own tradition and decided to endorse a presidential candidate in this election, her first endorsement in a presidential campaign, ever. She has a personal belief in Democratic candidate Barack Obama, and she told it to at least 23,000 people in Des Moines, Iowa last week.
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12/10/2007 2:04 AM
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UPDATE: Scott Baio Makes It Legal
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Update on the Scott Baio sitch: he's made it legal! No longer 45...and Single, Scott Baio is suddenly 46...With Husband And Child! Baio finally sealed the deal with longtime girlfriend Renee Sloan in a high-rise rooftop ceremony Saturday in L.A.
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12/10/2007 1:44 AM
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Michael Vick Prepares For Sentencing
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We still don't know why Michael Vick decided to turn himself in early, when he had until today at 10:00 a.m. EST to surrender to U.S. marshals for sentencing and incarceration on federal dogfighting charges. This writer speculates it having to do with attempting to look responsible for United States District Judge Henry E. Hudson, whom Vick will appear before this morning.
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12/10/2007 1:30 AM
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Goodbye, TMZ...You Had Us At Hayden
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I've often found fault with their incessant coverage of Britney Spears' daily activities, their willingness to publish paparazzi photos of unwilling photo subjects, their pairing with evil gossip extraordinaire, Perez Hilton, and their promotion of La Lohan and Paris. TMZ has toed the line between informative and trashy many times - in the last few months, they've far surpassed respectable journalism.
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12/8/2007 7:48 AM
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CIA vs. Bush And Cheney
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Seriously furious over how Bush and Cheney misused ambiguous intelligence data back in 2002 and 2003 to justify a pre-emptive invasion of Iraq, the CIA and the rest of our vast Intelligence Community made certain this week by taking the unprecedented step of releasing for full public viewing the latest National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) so that the American people, the media, the Congress and especially the 2008 presidential candidates know the truth - without a White House filter.
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12/8/2007 7:46 AM
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December 8th News Roundup
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Other News You Don't Want To Miss...
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12/8/2007 7:45 AM
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Great Green-Friendly Christmas Gifts
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Have an economical, green-friendly, environment-sensitive recipient on your holiday gift list this year? No problem! We've put together five Great Green Gifts to get you started - none of whom we're affiliated with, of course - so the work is done for you! Even if you don't find the gift your looking for among these five, they will lead you to sites with green gifts galore for any price range
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12/8/2007 7:43 AM
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Whoah...Trent Reznor Is Pissed At The Grammys, Too
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Trent Reznor of the band Nine Inch Nails is joining the likes of Pete Wentz from Fall Out Boy and taking to his online blog to complain about the 2007 Grammy Awards, which are celebrating their 50th Anniversary this year.
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12/8/2007 7:42 AM
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Longtime Anchor Walter Cronkite Speaks Out Against Iraq War
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Former longtime anchor for CBS Evening News, Walter Cronkite, has turned to Common Dreams News Center to speak out about the Iraq War. The American people no longer support the war in Iraq, he wrote. The war is being carried on by a stubborn president who, like Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon during the Vietnam War, does not want to lose.
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12/8/2007 7:41 AM
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Usher's Little Brother Making A Name For Himself
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Is that an old picture of User? No! The lookalike in the photo above is actually User's little brother, JLack! User Raymond's little bro, James Lackey, aka JLack, has already had R&B success through producing the hit single "Get It Shorty" for Lloyd, and in creating the music for big brother Usher's fragrances for men and women.
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12/7/2007 11:46 PM
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Update: Policeman Who Stunned Pregnant Woman Fired
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The policeman who tasered a pregnant woman in front of her one-year-old son in Trotwood, Ohio last month - resulting in national attention and a federal investigation - has been fired. But according to authorities, not for the reason you think.
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12/7/2007 11:38 PM
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Where Can You Smoke?
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As far as U.S. state smoking bans go, it is difficult when travelling to know where you can and cannot smoke. So, we've made a chart for you, with information on legislation up until 2011, which we will keep updated if there are any changes to statewide law(s). Here is where you can and cannot smoke in the United States of America.
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12/7/2007 11:36 PM
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George Clooney And Brad Pitt's Bathroom Stall Action
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George Clooney and Brad Pitt filmed their own little Senator Larry Craig sketch in adjoining bathroom stalls for the American Cinematheque Julia Roberts Tribute, which aired Wednesday night on AMC. The tribute episode was taped in October in Los Angeles.
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12/7/2007 11:31 PM
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Fall Out Boy Pete Wentz Rants About Grammy Loss
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The band Fall Out Boy - whose 2005 album From Under the Cork Tree went double platinum, and whose 2007 album Infinity on High reached #1 on the Billboard 200 (This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race reached #1 on the Pop 100 and #2 on the Billboard Hot 100) - not only won't be getting a Grammy this year, they weren't even nominated.
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12/7/2007 11:31 PM
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Who Scored 2007 Grammy Nominations?
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The nominees for the 2007 Grammy Awards were announced yesterday. Kanye West grabbed the most nominations with eight; Amy Winehouse received six nomations; the Foo Fighters, 5; Justin Timberlake, 5; and Rihanna, 4.
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12/5/2007 9:09 PM
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Teri Hatcher's Rep Says It Just Ain't True
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Teri Hatcher's legal representatives issued a statement today regarding the lawsuit for upwards of $2.4 million by Hydroderm skincare company for allegedly endorsing another company's skincare lines at the same time that she endorced Hydroderm.
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12/5/2007 9:09 PM
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The View Gets Heated Over Transgendered Children
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Sherri Shepard and Barbara Walters looked each other in the eye and I felt tension sitting here in my computer chair. On The View, the cast of ladies were discussing transgendered children, and Sherri said that if her son wants to be transgendered, he can wait until he's eighteen and moves out of the house to be such.
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12/5/2007 6:11 AM
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Don't Bother Laura Bush, She's Busy With Christmas
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Speaking of the White House: while craziness is going on worldwide, First Lady Laura Bush is back from her travels and has finshed holding haughty receptions to commission ornament painters for the ornaments on the White House Christmas tree. (I love how she oh-so-casually adjusts the ornament with "Honor" printed on it for the photo op.)
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12/5/2007 6:08 AM
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Celebrity Lawsuits Galore
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Celebrities sure do know how to wield an attorney. Lots of lawsuits this week: Dennis Quaid and his wife have sued the manufacturer of a blood-thinning drug; Terri Hatcher is being sued by Hydroderm skincare company; Pink is being sued over her last album; the makers of Borat are being sued (again); Scarlett Johansson threatens legal action against US Weekly.
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12/5/2007 6:06 AM
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Illegal Fur And Wildlife Trade Increases In China
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The Chinese State Forestry Administration and China Wildlife Conservation Association published statistics yesterday that revealed an 11.5 percent increase in the number of cases related to illegal trading and hunting, with a total of 10,818 recorded so far this year, Reuters reported.
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12/5/2007 6:04 AM
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Uh Oh...Fifty Cent Caught Snorting On Video
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This video is so worth watching. I love foreign news stations. This Croatian newscaster especially makes me laugh the way he speaks Croatian so fluently, yet says "50 Cent" so perfectly. What a world this is. Anyhow, this video could prove to be bad news for Curtis James Jackson III, 28, aka 50 Cent, aka Fifty Cent.
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12/5/2007 6:01 AM
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It's Hump Day: Protect The Humpback
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Remember when we told you about the Japanese fishermen that are killing dolphins and whales for their meat? Don't let Hayden Panettiere be the only one taking action against international commercial whaling - we've got an easy petition for you to sign.
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12/5/2007 6:00 AM
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Tell Me, Tell Me, Tell Me Poll
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We must, of course, put together some sort of 2007 wrap-up (eventually). So while we're working on today, want to give us a hand with yesteryear? After combing through the news for over a year now (yes, our anniversary was in November!), I am definitely still appalled on a daily basis - but I don't know that I'm shocked by news anymore.
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12/4/2007 5:02 PM
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Bush shows little sympathy for Saudi rape victim
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A week or so ago we told you the shocking story of the 19-year old Saudi Arabian woman who was sentenced six months in jail and 200 lashes after suffering a gang rape. The Bush Administration, which could attempt to call on King Abdullah to cancel the ruling, refused to get involved, on the grounds that it was an internal Saudi judicial decision. Today, Bush used the same story to try and look sympathetic, and then promptly dodged the issue.
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12/4/2007 5:01 PM
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Quaids file lawsuit against blood thinner manufacturer
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Dennis Quaid and his wife Kimberley Buffington have filed a lawsuit against the manufacture of the blood-thinning drug that their newborn twins were given a massive overdose of at an L.A. hospital by mistake. CelebTV.com obtained the court documents showing that the Quaids are suing the makers of Heparin, blaming the drug co. because they claim the 10-unit vial and the 10,000 unit-vials of Heparin look the same.
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12/4/2007 4:59 PM
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Catholic League says no to Kidman's new movie
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Nicole Kidman's new movie The Golden Compass, which opens in the U.S. this Friday, is the film version of the book The Northern Lights by British author Philip Pullman. It's the first book in Pullman's Dark Materials fantasy trilogy, and attempts to be Harry Potteresque in it's aim at teenage readers.
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12/4/2007 4:59 PM
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Tina Fey unleashes on Paris Hilton again
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Love that Tina Fey. Fey, the star and creator of 30 Rock, sat down with Playboy Magazine and discussed her appearance on Howard Stern's radio show last year where she dissed Miss Paris Hilton.
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12/3/2007 11:04 PM
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Chinchillas, Gators, and Snakes, Oh My
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First of all, speaking of fur, US Weekly has a Hollywood Gift Guide in this issue. Happy Holidays! it says, Treat someone special (or give 'em a helpful hint!) with these A-list-approved presents for everyone on your list. What are some of the A-list gifts they've chosen? Are you f$#&ing kidding me? What is this, Deck Our Closets With Boughs Of Cruelty? Why would anyone spend those ridiculous amounts of money on animals that were tortured, electrocuted, and skinned?
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12/3/2007 11:01 PM
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Sarah Jessica Parker channels Chewbacca
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I try to avoid paparrazi shots like the plague. But in the case of fur, I make an exception! Sarah Jessica Parker committed a fashion no-no last night at a screening of Revolver in New York City. Leather pants, Chewbacca coat, stiletto pumps, and a sequined bag? No, girl, no!
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12/3/2007 10:59 PM
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I Don't Recall
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YouTube comedy video clip of George W. Bush and Administration Official scandal: I don't recall. Funny!
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12/3/2007 10:57 PM
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California puts the smackdown on knockoffs
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Somewhere in between Mary Kay and Avon makeovers and Tupperware parties, knock-off purse parties span generations and leave many females with at least one item that looks designer but is totally not. And then there are all of those other items that we have because someone gave it to us or we downloaded it ourselves, but we don't really think about it.
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12/3/2007 10:56 PM
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Is a pregnant Nicole Ritchie getting serious?
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This is a shot of Ritchie and Madden, who held a baby shower today and gave $200,000 worth of baby goods to 100 pregnant women at the Los Angeles Free Clinic. It is the first gesture for their new joint children's charity, Richie Madden Children's Foundation.
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12/2/2007 9:43 PM
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What Hillary Clinton did this Sunday
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Today is Britney Spears' 26th birthday. She as old as me today. Lovely. In the midst of all of the Britney birthday and pregnancy-rumor hullabaloo cluttering up the news, I have managed to find something that a woman who is on a strong career path did today. You love her or you hate her, you're thrilled for her or terrified of her: Hillary Clinton. What did she do on this hazy, lazy Sunday? Clinton asked the people of Cedar Rapids, Iowa to review Obama's health care plans, told a reporter to examine Obama's character issues, and ended her day with an appeal to voters in Bettendorf to caucus for her. Workin' her butt off and slinging that mud. Hey, Iowa's caucuses are one month away!
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12/2/2007 4:28 PM
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If you were missing Lewis Black...
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Remember Lewis Black? The comedian whose Black on Broadway comedy tour you've seen clips of, and it left you rolling? Well, if not, you need to meet Lewis Black. He is one hilarious dude, and is a much-watch for one's lifetime.
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12/2/2007 4:27 PM
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Suspects arrested in shocking NFL death
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Arrests have been made in the shocking killing of Pro Bowl NFL player Sean Taylor. Taylor, 24, a safety for the Washington Redskins, was fatally shot early Monday at his Miami home in a botched robbery. He was shot in the upper leg, which hit an artery and caused massive blood loss. Though he showed signs of recovery on Monday night - according to his lawyer, he squeezed a nurse's hand - he never regained consciousness.
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12/2/2007 4:25 PM
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Make up for missing World AIDS Day
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Yesterday was World AIDS Day. Every day, 6,000 children lose a parent to Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS). By 2010, experts estimate there will be 15.7 million children orphaned by the disease in sub-Saharan Africa and 20.2 million children globally.
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12/2/2007 4:25 PM
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Scott Baio is a new daddy
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Yup, you heard right. Scott Baio, 46, the star of VH1's Celeb-Reality show Scott Baio Is 45 And Single, is now 46 and a daddy. That was fast! Baio and girlfriend (now fiancee) Renee Sloan, had a baby girl on November 2nd. Renee already has an 18-year-old daughter from a previous relationship.
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12/1/2007 6:05 PM
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Evel Knievel Dies At 69
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Shocking! Just three days after announcing his amicable settlement with Kanye West over a former feud between the daredevil and rapper, Evel Knievel has passed away at the age of 69.
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12/1/2007 6:04 PM
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Kellie Pickler thinks Budapest is the capital of France
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I most definitely do not watch this show, but former American Idol contestant Kellie Pickler made an appearance on some reality show - I'm guessing it's Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader? or whatever that nonsense is, and showed her true colors on a thrid-grade geography question.
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