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Undaunted Somali pirates seize four more boats
Nairobi - Undaunted Somali pirates have seized a total of four ships - among them two cargo ships -...
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Somali pirates seize another tanker after hostage drama
Nairobi- Somali pirates have seized another tanker just days after US and French forces killed five...
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Somali pirates demand ransom as US Navy sends more ships
Nairobi/Washington - Somali pirates, holding a US ship captain in a lifeboat and surrounded by two...
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16 killed in German school shooting spree
Berlin - A former pupil went on a shooting spree at a school in south-west Germany on Wednesday,...
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US diver accused of murder in Australia
Sydney - US citizen Gabe Watson was one step closer to facing a murder trial in Australia on Friday...
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EPA Wants Cleaner Air for Americans
Americans will breathe cleaner air thanks to a decision
taken last week by the Environmental...
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Hurricane Gustav strikes Louisiana
Washington - Hurricane Gustav made landfall Monday near the town of Cocodrie in Louisiana state,...
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Hurricane Gustav churns toward Louisiana, Gulf Coast
Washington - Hurricane Gustav churned toward an evacuated US Gulf Coast early Monday, headed for...
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New Orleans Evacuated As Hurricane Gustav Closing In
Last night, mayor Ray Nagin demanded a quick
evacuation of New Orleans, meant to protect the...
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Hurricane Gustav hits Cuba, heads to Gulf Coast
Havana/Washington - Gustav strengthened to a dangerous category 4 hurricane late Saturday, as it...
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Fay Downgraded To A Tropical Depression After Soaking Florida
According to the National Hurricane Center, Tropical Storm Fay weakened to tropical depression...
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Fay Becomes Tropical Depression after Killing 12
The landfall record-breaking tropical storm Fay turned into a tropical depression Saturday as it...
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Tropical Storm Fay hovers over northern Florida, dumping rain
Washington - Tropical Storm Fay came ashore in Florida for the third time on Thursday, where the...
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Obesity Rates Continue To Rise In 37 U.S. States
In spite of initiatives such as public service campaigns
warning about the risks extra weight...
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House speaker Pelosi softens stance on offshore drilling
Washington - The Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi said Saturday she will...
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Prosecutor Confirms That Brooke Bennett’s Death Was Homicide
According to Vermont’s
chief medical examiner, Brooke Bennett was killed. He ruled her death...
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9 Killed in Alabama and New Mexico Air Crashes
Four people died in a plane crash not far from the Walker County Airport in Alabama. The plane...
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Storms, Tornadoes Hit Southeast Killing One and Injuring Three
Several powerful storms hit the Southeast on Thursday leaving wrecked homes and businesses behind....
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20 Injured as School Bus Crashes near Birmingham, Ala.
A charter bus with about 44 elementary school children aboard crashed on Interstate 59 on Friday....
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Florida Legislature Issues Formal Apology for Slavery
Florida has become the sixth American state who formally apologized for “the shameful chapter” of...
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Second Tornado Kills 2 in North Georgia before Heading East
A powerful tornado struck northwest Georgia killing two people, one day after a powerful storm,...
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Auburn Student Shot Dead
An Auburn
University freshman was
shot on a highway and her car was discovered on campus...
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National Guard Barracks Smashed by Tornado, 14 Injured
Fourteen Arkansas National Guardsmen were injured late
Monday night when their barracks collapsed...
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Report Says: One In 100 American Adults In Jail
A new report shows that for the first time in the U.S. history
one in 100 adults is in prison,...
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Blackout Keeps '60 Minutes' Off The Air
During a segment of CBS’ “60 Minutes” on Sunday night, a
television station in Huntsville,
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Prattville, Alabama Struck by a Tornado
The Alabama town of Prattville, counting some 35,000 residents, was struck Sunday evening by a...
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South And Midwest Suffer From Storms
Part of the country was hit by severe weather on Sunday, with
tornadoes in the South injuring...
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Baby Miraculously Survives After Tornado Shatters His Home
An 11-month-old baby
miraculously survived after a tornado destroyed his home and threw him...
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UPDATE: Tornadoes Batter Southern U.S.,40 Killed
The death toll in southern United States after a chain of overnight tornadoes and thunderstorms...
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Court Decides Against Georgia’s Rights Over Lake’s Water
A federal appeals court decided on Tuesday against Georgia’s agreement with the Army Corps...
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U.S.
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Decade after Columbine, gun laws lax as ever
San Francisco - Ten years ago, two teenaged misfits walked into their high school in Columbine,...
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US captain rescued from pirates arrives in Kenya
Washington/Nairobi - Richard Phillips, the American captain dramatically rescued from pirates...
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US ship attacked by Somali pirates but escapes capture
Washington - A US-flagged cargo ship, The Liberty Sun, was attacked by Somali...
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Obama hails captain, calls for anti-piracy action
Nairobi/Washington - US President Barack Obama on Monday praised the rescue of a US captain from...
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Alabama crew hails rescued captain, calls for anti-piracy action
Nairobi - Crew members of the Maersk Alabama, whose captain Richard Phillips was freed from the...
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US captain's rescue may mean trouble for other hostages
Nairobi - Three shots from US Navy snipers, and the drama was over. Three Somali pirates lay dead...
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US captain kidnapped by pirates is freed
Washington - US Navy snipers shot dead three Somali pirates who were holding the captain of a...
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US Navy catches sight of US hostage amid stalled talks
Nairobi - The US Navy on Sunday caught sight of the American captain being held hostage on a...
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Lifeboat with US captain nears Somalia; talks failed
Washington/Nairobi - A hijacked lifeboat with the captain of a US cargo ship held hostage was...
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Tornados, wildfires leave eight dead in US
Washington - A wave of violent spring weather across the United States left at least eight people...
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Somali pirates rush to help comrades in US Navy face-off
Nairobi/Washington - Somali pirates were on Saturday rushing to the aid of their...
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Second US Navy ship arrives on scene
Washington - A second US Navy ship arrived Friday on the scene of a tense hostage stand-off near...
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Standoff continues as Somali pirates foil escape attempt
Nairobi/Washington - Somali pirates recaptured the captain of a US-operated ship after he jumped...
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Report: Somali pirates foil US captain's escape attempt
Nairobi/Washington - Somali pirates recaptured the captain of a US-operated ship after he jumped...
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US Navy increases pressure on Somali pirates in hostage standoff
Nairobi/Washington - Further US Navy ships were steaming Friday to the coast of...
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Pirates still hold ship captain, but running out of fuel
Nairobi/Washington - Somali pirates were Thursday holding the captain of a US-operated vessel...
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Somali pirates seize ship, 21 American crew members
Nairobi - Somali pirates on Wednesday seized a Danish-owned container ship with 21 American crew...
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Gunman's rampage kills 10 in rural Alabama
Washington - The details of a shooting spree across three southern Alabama towns began to come to...
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Shooting spree leaves at least 10 dead in rural Alabama
Washington - A gun is believed to have killed at lease nine people in a shooting spree in...
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Obama gets party started at Lincoln Memorial concert
Some of the biggest names in show business got president-elect Barack Obama to dance to their tune,...
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Pilot Who Tried to Fake Own Death Faces Criminal Charges
The Indiana businessman who tried to fake his own death in order to avoid financial and legal...
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Small Plane Crashes in Florida, Pilot Still Missing
The pilot of a plane which crashed Sunday night in Florida is still missing. Rescue workers are...
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Brrr! Put Your Coats On, It’s Freezing Out There!
Winter will come to the United States too this year. According to the...
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NASA staff bring "Americana" to Russia's space base
Star City, Russia - Viewed from one side, they look like thinly-spread but typical US suburban...
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New Federal Rules for Banks Target Online Gambling
The Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve finalized a set of rules on Wednesday that will put...
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Couple Killed after Argument over Alabama/LSU Football Game
A football game went as awful as possible and two people died as a result. I’m not talking about...
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Obama victory helps turn page on US racial history
San Francisco - An 11-year-old white girl came home from school in rural California a few days...
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US Diabetes Diagnoses Almost Double in 10 Years
The number of Americans diagnosed with diabetes is continuously rising, reaching double the cases...
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Specials
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Mardi Gras Festivities Are Recession Proof
Tourism officials from New Orleans have announced that they did not believe that the global...
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Elective C-section Risky for Babies
New research published this week in the journal New England Journal of Medicine questions the...
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Odetta’s Voice and Humanism Will Always Be Remembered
One of the great folk singers of late-20th-century America, Odetta Holmes known as Odetta, died of...
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Odetta Holmes, Civil Rights Force, Passes Away At 77
Odetta Holmes, singer, songwriter, guitarist, actress, and
human rights activist, passed away...
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The Dishonest Mayor
The mayor of Birmingham, Alabama, was arrested by the FBI Monday, on federal charges including...
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Quit Smoking To Prevent Cancer! Lung Cancer Incidence Higher In Smokers
There are some easy steps Americans can do in order to prevent cancer: avoid smoking, whether it be...
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Christmas With Witherspoon and Vaughn
Reese Witherspoon is one of Hollywood’s most beloved actresses, bringing her Southern charm to...
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Diabetes Rate Up 90%
A study shows that in the past 10 years the rate of people suffering from diabetes has increased...
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EPA Sets Tighter Standard On Lead Emissions
The Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) has informed that they would be setting a new standard...
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EPA Strengthens Air Quality Standards For Lead Emissions
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Thursday strengthened
the nation’s air quality...
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Obesity In The US Is A Real Problem, Study Says
On Thursday, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention published the alarming results of...
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Stay Alert! West Nile Virus Makes Its First Victims in the US
With the return of summer, the risk of getting infected with
West Nile virus is higher than in any...
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2008 Kids Count Data Book
The situation of children in the United States shows slight signs of
improvement from 2000 to...
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FCC Investigating "60 Minutes" Alabama Blackout
The Federal Communications Commission has decided to look into a recent blackout on an Alabama...
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New Jersey Legislature Formally Apologizes For Slavery
New Jersey is now the fifth U. S. state to apologize for its role in the practice of slavery before...
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California Hall of Fame Inducts 13 Legendary Individuals
Author John Steinbeck, actress Elizabeth Taylor, comedian Milton Berle and Justice Earl Warren were...
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Health
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People’s Level of Stress Depending on Their Geographic Location
According to a study in the current issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, people...
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More Mentally Ill Adults Cared for in Nursing Homes
According to a report from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid prepared for The Associated...
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CMV Vaccine Proves Successful in Trial
An experimental vaccine from Sanofi-Aventis proved effective in preventing infection with...
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Bacterial Meningitis Kills Second Soldiers at Missouri Base
Bacterial meningitis made a second victim among soldiers stationed at the Army’s Fort...
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Smoking Death Rates – The Highest in Kentucky and West Virginia
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a report in its journal Morbidity and...
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Health Groups Dissatisfied with U.S. Tobacco Control Policies
The annual report on U.S. tobacco control efforts released by the American Lung Association gave...
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Early C-Sections Pose Risks For Babies, Study Reveals
Babies born by Caesarean section earlier than medical guidelines recommend are twice as...
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C-Sections Increases Risks For Babies If Done Before Term
Cesarean delivery appears to increase the risk of an adverse neonatal outcome by 50 percent...
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Vermont - The Healthiest State
Vermont seems to be the nation's healthiest state, according to the United Health Foundation (UHF),...
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Quit Smoking to Prevent Cancer! Lung Cancer Incidence Higher in Smokers
There are some easy steps Americans can do in order to prevent cancer: avoid smoking, whether it be...
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Law Requiting Vision Test for the Elderly Tied to Fewer Driving Deaths
A study from the University
of Alabama showed that
instituting a law requiring drivers who are...
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Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes Often Go Hand in Hand
When you look at the list of risk factors
for developing type 2 diabetes you may see that there...
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CDC: The Rate of New Cases of Type 2 Diabetes Has Doubled in 10 Years
According to a report released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the rate of new...
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Obesity, Sedentary Life Blamed For Soaring Rates Of Diabetes In The South
The rate of new cases of diabetes almost doubled in the US in
the past ten years, fueled by...
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HealthGrades Annual Hospital Quality Study Released
Analyzing 17 procedures undergone at 5,000 US hospitals from
2005 to 2007, HealthGrades, a leader...
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Advocacy Group Sues Oklahoma's Law Against Abortion
An Oklahoma
law that prohibits a woman from getting an abortion before she undergoes...
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4 Doctors Receive Genius Grants
Among the 25 recipients of $500,000 MacArthur Foundation "genius grants”, there were four...
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Too Much Salt Contributes to Resistant Hypertension
Researchers
at the University of Alabama have recently informed that too much salt contributes
to...
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Salt Intake Leads To Lower Blood Pressure
According to a report released by the University of Alabama, a high amount of salt can play a role...
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The Risk of Obesity Can Be Blunted Through Regular Physical Activity
A new study from the University of Maryland
suggests that a person’s level of exercise can...
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Hurricane Gustav: Thousands of Patients, Residents Evacuated
Before Hurricane Gustav hit the Gulf Coast
Monday, thousands of people were evacuated from New...
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New Orleans Hospitals Learn From Past Lessons, Prepare For Gustav
New Orleans’ area hospitals began preparing for Hurricane Gustav by stocking up on food and medical...
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Study: Magnesium Sulfate Cuts Risk Of Cerebral Palsy
Magnesium sulfate administered to mothers at risk of premature delivery may reduce children’...
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Magnesium Sulfate (Epsom Salt) May Cut Cerebral Palsy Risk In Preemies
Magnesium sulfate, a drug given to mothers
at risk of preterm delivery in an attempt to delay the...
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Obesity Epidemic Worse in 37 U.S. States
Unfortunately, the efforts to curb the raging obesity pandemic have mostly failed. Our citizens are...
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Report Says Obesity Rates Worsen In 37 US States
Obesity-related risks don’t seem to scare too many people in
the US
if considering the findings...
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Whole Foods Market Inc. Announces Harsh Conditions for Meat Processors
Whole Foods Market Inc., which recalled an additional 1.2 million pounds of beef this month due to...
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Meat Recall Due To E.coli Outbreak Announced By Whole Foods Market
Whole Foods Market is recalling fresh
ground beef that was sold between June 2 and August 6 in...
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Obesity Rate Increases in the U.S. because of Calorie-Heavy Menus
Mississippi, Alabama
and Tennessee
are the states with the biggest percentage in obesity. 30...
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More than a Quarter of American Adults Are Obese, Study Says
The Centers for Disease Control has published a study according to which 1 in 4 American adults is...
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People
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Andy Kennedy, Arrested in Cincinnati
Andy Kennedy is currently the head basketball coach for the men’s basketball team at the...
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Travis Barker Released, DJ AM Attends Funeral For Crash Victim
Former Blink 182 drummer Travis Barker has been released
after nearly ten days spent in a Georgia...
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Travis Barker and DJ AM Alive But In Critical Condition, Badly Burned
Former Blink 182 drummer, Travis Barker and DJ AM, real name Adam Goldstein, are lucky to be alive...
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Mike Huckabee Asked To Quit Playing ‘More Than A Feeling’
Boston guitarist and songwriter, Tom Scholz, wrote a letter to Republican presidential hopeful Mike...
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Travis Barker And Shanna Moakler Are Officially Divorced
One of Hollywood’s most famous on-again, off-again couples, Travis Barker and Shanna Moakler, keep...
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Mary Lynn Rajskub Expecting First Child
“24” star Mary Lynn Rajskub is pregnant with her first child and she expects the little...
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Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillippe Officially Divorced
Academy Award winning actress Reese Witherspoon filed for divorce from her husband of seven years,...
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Reese Witherspoon Is Now The Avon Lady
In glamorous ceremony held in New York Oscar-winning actress
Reese Witherspoon, 31, became an Avon...
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