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Michelle Gielan reports on clues to fighting
the next flu pandemic; teens are illegally obtaining...
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Anna Nicole Smith’s Boyfriend, Doctors Charged with Conspiracy
Ana Nicole Smith’s longtime boyfriend and two doctors were charged on Thursday for giving the...
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Bayer Agrees to Pay $20 Million to Correct Misleading Information about Its Contraceptive
Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals has announced the decision to introduce a new advertising...
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FDA Advisory Panel Recommends Banning Painkiller Darvon
FDA advisers have recommended that Darvon, a commonly prescribed painkiller, should be...
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Efficacy of Bristol, Sanofi’s Plavix Questioned
The Food and Drug Administration said it has ordered the makers of the widely used blood thinner...
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The Growth Rate in Health Care Spending in US Lower
The increase in health care spending in the US was the smallest since 1998 due to the growing use...
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Hazardous Drug Combos Put The Elderly At Risk
Four out of five U.S. seniors regularly take at least one prescription drug and more than 50...
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FDA Wants ‘Black Box’ Warning for Bowel Cleansing Drugs
Drugs used before colonoscopies may cause kidney damage, the Food and Drug Administration warned on...
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U.S. Teens Prefer Painkillers, Alcohol and Marijuana to Stimulants and Smoking
Abuse of painkillers continues to be a
problem among teenagers, although fewer of them are smoking...
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Almost Half of U.S. Adults Use Alternative Medicine
Alternative medicine is steadily finding its way into
mainstream adoption, according to a...
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Are Popular Asthma Drugs Safe? FDA Panel to Decide on Their Safety
A Food and Drug Administration panel of medical
experts is weighing whether to allow certain...
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Brain-Stimulating Drugs: Should Healthy People Be Allowed to Take Them?
Should healthy people take prescription
drugs to boost their brain strength? A panel of medical...
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It’s Time to Pick a Medicare Drug Plan that Meets Your Needs!
Sign up period for Medicare Part D
started Saturday. This is the time for you to decide and to...
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Update: Top Court Hears Arguments in Wyeth & Levine Case
Patients and drug companies are still waiting
for a decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in Levine’s...
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Diabetes Care Costs Nearly Doubled Since 2001
A report in Monday’s Archives of Internal Medicine reveals
that Americans are spending double the...
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Suicide Predominant in White, Middle-Aged Americans
While anti-suicide campaigns have focused on teens and young
adults because they are thought to be...
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FTC's Big Win Over Spam Senders
After receiving more than 3 million complaints, the Federal
Trade Commission (FTC) managed to...
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FDA to Write More Severe Rules for Children’s Cough Medicine
The FDA was petitioned by pediatric experts and consumer groups on Thursday to pull off the market,...
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Heather Locklear Arrested in California for DUI
Be very careful what you wish for! Many people wish to be famous, just like actress Heather...
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Learn to Avoid Energy Drinks! It’s for Your Own Good
Scientists at the Johns
Hopkins Hospitals
University are requiring
warning labels for popular...
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Energy Drinks? You’d Better Avoid Them, Study Says
Have you wondered how many people consume energy drinks on a daily basis, or even more often? Or...
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Medicare Prescription Drugs Premiums to Increase
Analysis of
government data has revealed that in 2009, Medicare prescription drug-plan...
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U.S. Teen Suicide Rates Shooting Up
After a 15 year decline, suicide rates among United States
teenagers have currently began to...
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Marion “Suge” Knight Posts $19,000 Bail Following Las Vegas Arrest
Rap mogul Marion
“Suge” Knight was arrested on Wednesday on assault and drug charges after he
was...
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Andy Dick Charges Reduced from Sexual Battery to Assault, Drug Possession
Andy Dick can heave a sigh of relief. The comedian escaped
sexual battery charges, although he was...
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Heath Ledger's Co-Stars' Touching Tribute To His Daughter
Hollywood actors Johnny Depp, Jude Law and Colin Farrell, who took the challenge to complete the...
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Medicare Drug Premiums to Rise about 12 Percent a Month in 2009
Medicare’s beneficiaries will see about a $3 increase in their monthly premiums for prescription...
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Medicare Prescription Drug Premiums Will Rise in 2009
Medicare’s beneficiaries will see a premium
increase in their current plan. The typical medical...
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Teenagers’ Access to Drugs, Alcohol, Marijuana Easier Than Ever
The latest survey of the National
Center on Addiction and Substance
Abuse (CASA) at Columbia
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Survey: Youngsters Can Procure Prescription Drugs Easier Than Beer
More youngsters say it's easier for them to get prescription drugs than it is to acquire beer,...
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Drugs, a Problem for Teens who Say It’s Easier to Get Prescription Drugs
Many teens try alcohol, tobacco, household
chemicals, prescription medicines and illegal drugs....
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Movies
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Heath Ledger in His Last Role
Heath Ledger’s sister, Kate, told reporters backstage at the Academy Awards ceremony on...
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Heath Ledger, Honored Posthumous At Golden Globes
Ceremony awards are usually happy, glamorous events, where stars gather to gain recognition for...
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A Golden Globe For Heath Ledger's Performance In "The Dark Knight"
Heath Ledger won a Golden Globe award for best supporting actor Sunday for his role as The...
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Heather Locklear Officially Charged With DUI
Actress Heather Locklear has been finally charged with one count of driving under the influence of...
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Film Stars Donate Their Paychecks to Heath Ledger’s Daughter
Due to the fact that Matilda Ledger, Heath Ledger’s daughter
was not named in her father's will,...
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The Trio Replacing Ledger Donates Fees to His Daughter
The three actors that have taken the part played by Heath Ledger in his upcoming film “The...
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The Dark Knight Reaches $400 Million Milestone
In jus 18 days since its premiere, the latest movie from the
Batman’s franchise, “The Dark...
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Mary-Kate Olsen's Lawyer Insists She Has Nothing To Hide
While actress Mary-Kate Olsen asked for immunity from prosecution before cooperating with the...
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“The Dark Knight” Claims Another Colossal Weekend, Surpasses $300 Million
“The Dark Knight” conquers it all. The fresh Batman movie has broken another box office record in...
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'The Dark Knight' Set New Box-Office Debut Record
'The Dark Knight' Sets New Box-Office Debut RecordWhat a weekend it must have been for the guys at...
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Is Heath Ledger's Performance Convincing Enough To Win Him The Oscar?
Heath Ledger's role as the Joker in "The Dark Knight" is without a doubt his most...
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Batman Fans Ready as "The Dark Knight" Release Approaches
The release of "The Dark Knight" approaches, and both fans and the industry are eager for...
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The Premiere Of "The Dark Knight" Is Just One Day Away
The newest Batman movie, The Dark Knight, managed to attract
a massive worldwide interest and it...
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Michelle Williams Denies Feuding With Heath Ledger's Family
Actress Michelle Williams spoke up about rumors claiming she will be skipping the premiere of Heath...
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Rob Lowe Sues Ex-Nannies, Chef in Extortion Claim
Rob Lowe sued two of his former nannies and his former chef on Monday in a Los Angeles court.The...
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Doctors Investigated In Connection With Heath Ledger's Death
Federal drug authorities are investigating two doctors, one in California and one in Texas, in...
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Heath Ledger's Drug Video Pulled Out
Footage of a video from two years ago showing Heath Ledger talking
about his marijuana addiction...
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Heath Ledger Autopsy Inconclusive
The first autopsy performed on Heath Ledger’s body was unable to determine the precise cause of the...
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Health
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FDA Calls for New Warnings for OTC Painkillers
Over-the counter painkiller will get new labels warning consumers of the potential risks of liver...
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FDA Extends Review of AstraZeneca, Bristol Diabetes Drug Onglyza
The Food and Drug Administration announced Thursday that it needs additional time to complete the...
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Unapproved Morphine Remains on the Market, FDA Rules
The Food and Drug Administration on March 30 requested manufacturers of 14 medications based on...
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FDA Warns 9 Companies for Making Unapproved Narcotics
The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday warned nine manufacturers for illegally making powerful...
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FDA Includes More Weight-Loss Products on Its Risk List
The Food and Drug Administration expanded its list of tainted weight loss products that consumers...
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US Prescription Drug Sales Continue to Be Slow in 2008
According to market research firm IMS Health Inc., sales of prescription drugs...
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Humana On Medicare Rate Calculations
Humana Inc is "closely analyzing" all aspects of the planned fiscal 2010 payment rates...
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Commonly Used Pain Drug May Treat Symptoms of Opioid Withdrawal
People addicted to heroin and prescription drugs such as codeine and morphine may be able to...
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FDA Starts Battle Against 24 Prescription Drugs
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has just announced that it will change some rules in an...
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FDA Seeks to Toughen Restrictions on Narcotics
Following new government figures showing a rise in nonmedical use of prescription painkillers...
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Most Cancer Patients Can’t Afford Medical Care
According to a report released February 5 by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the American Cancer...
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Addictive Painkiller Finally Withdrawn by the FDA
An advisory panel to the Food and Drug Administration voted 14 to 12 to recommend the withdrawal of...
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FDA Warns about Skin Numbing Drugs
The Food and Drug Administration on Friday released a statement warning consumers about the...
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WellPoint Suspends Enrollment Of New Members In Medicare Health Plans
WellPoint, parent company to Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Wisconsin, and one of the largest...
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Sex, Drugs, Violence – the Favourite Topic of Conversation for Half of Teens
According to a new study, 54% of teens talk about behaviours such as sex, alcohol use, and...
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National Health Spending Continues to Rise, But at Slower Rate
According to a study published in the today’s issue of the journal Health Affairs, national...
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Seniors Must Be Careful With Their Medication
A newly released survey shows that about 4 percent of older adults in the United States combine...
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Older Americans Use Dangerous Drug Combos, Survey Finds
A nationwide survey revealed that nearly one in 15 older Americans or 2.2 million people are...
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NovaDel’s Oral Spray Sleep Drug Zolpimist Gets FDA Clearance
The Food and Drug Administration has approved NovaDel Pharma Inc.’s Zolpimist for the...
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FDA Issues Warning for 28 Weight Loss Products
The Food and Drug Administration is warning against 28 products marketed for weight loss that you...
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Surgeon Acquitted of Speeding Death for Organs
San Luis Obispo County Superior Court on Thursday acquitted an Iranian-born transplant surgeon...
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FDA: Epilepsy Drugs to Carry Suicide Risk Warning
The US Food and Drug Administration is ordering companies that make epilepsy drugs to add warning...
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Hormone Replacement Therapy Linked to Breast Cancer
A new study presented by the Woman Health Initiative
(WHI) at the San Antonio Breast Cancer...
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Fewer Teens Smoke Marijuana, Many Abuse Painkillers
Although alcohol use among teenagers dropped, the abuse of
prescription drugs increased, according...
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Prescription Drugs Abuse Is More Common
A study shows that alcohol and cigarettes are being consumed less and less by teenagers and youths...
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FDA Panel Rules: Two Popular Asthma Drugs Risky, Advair and Symbicort Safe
A Food and Drug Administration panel said Thursday that the risk of taking the asthma medications...
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Fewer Teens Smoke Marijuana, Many Abuse Painkillers
Although alcohol use among teenagers dropped, the abuse of prescription drugs increased, according...
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FDA Calls for Stronger Warnings on Bowel Cleansers for Acute Kidney Injury
Following the reports of kidney damage in
people who had used some sodium-based bowel cleansing...
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More And More People Use Alternative Medicine
A new survey ordered by the government shows that
alternative medicine is growing decidedly...
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Overdose Deaths on the Rise in West Virginia, Report
Deaths from overdose of prescription drugs seem to be increasing in the United States, especially...
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People
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Anna Nicole Smith's boyfriend, doctors charged with suppling drugs
Los Angeles - Anna Nicole Smith's attorney and boyfriend as well as two doctors...
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Heath Ledger’s Life Insurance Case Wraps Up
The lawsuit involving Heath Ledger’s $10 million life insurance policy is close to an end...
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Heath Ledger’s Parents Proud by Posthumous Oscar Nomination
Heath Ledger was nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the Academy Awards, for the extraordinary...
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Sopranos Actor Brancato Jailed
Sopranos actor Lillo Brancato has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for having taken part in a...
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Heather Locklear Pleads No Contest to Reckless Driving in Plea Deal
Former “Melrose Place” star Heather Locklear pleaded no contest on Friday to a...
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DUI Misdemeanor Charge for Heather Locklear
Heather Locklear was charged Tuesday with misdemeanor
driving under the influence of legally...
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Heather Locklear Booked by California Police
Saturday, “Melrose Place” actress Heather Locklear was
arrested outside the coastal city of Santa...
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Meltdown Followed by Arrest. What a Day for Heather Locklear!
Heather Locklear chose the wrong place and the wrong time
for an emotional breakdown.
We all go...
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Suge Knight Posts Bail, Expected in Court Sept. 26
Hip hop entrepreneur Marion “Suge”
Knight posted $19,000 bail Wednesday after being arrested on...
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Rapper Suge In Jail For Drug Charges And Domestic Violence
Rapper Marion “Suge” Knight was arrested Wednesday on
charges of assault and domestic violence,...
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Mary-Kate Olsen Subpoenaed By DEA To Testify In Front Of Grand Jury
Actress Mary-Kate Olsen, who asked for immunity before cooperating with the police in the...
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Mary Kate Olsen’s Lawyer Says She Doesn’t Know Provenience of Heath's Drugs
After it was reported that Mary Kate Olsen asked immunity
from prosecution before she will...
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Birkhead Buys Playboy Shoot Lingerie for Anna's Daughter
Yes, it is as messed up as the title sounds. Larry Birkhead, the man once known as Anna Nicole...
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CSI Star Arrested On Drug Possession
Two days ago, popular CSI star Gary Dourdan was arrested for
possession of narcotics....
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Report: “CSI” Gary Dourdan Arrested for Drug Possession
“CSI” star Gary Dourdan was put under arrest for drugs possession, according to Access...
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Daniel Smith's Final Cause Of Death: Accidental Overdose
After deliberating for less than two hours, a Bahamas jury determined that the son of late Playboy...
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Rumor Mill: Heath's Potential Love Child
More drama is added to the sad story of Heath Ledger’s untimely demise, as one of his uncles...
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Legendary Patients Rights Advocate Barbara Seaman Died
Female patients’ rights advocate Barbara Seaman, 72, has died of complications related to lung...
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Controversial Anna Nicole Smith Remembered
On February 8, 2007, a year ago, Vickie Lynn Marshall aka Anna Nicole Smith died.A Texas native,...
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Notorious Former Hollywood Madam Arrested
Former Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss was arrested Thursday by Nevada police on charges of illegal...
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DEA Suspicious over Ledger's Abundance of Prescription Pills
Autopsy results for Heath Ledger released Wednesday confirm that the actor died from an accidental...
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Heath Ledger Died of Six-Drug Accidental Overdose
Heath Ledger, 28, died of accidental intoxication brought on by his abuse of a cocktail of...
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Christian Brando's Autopsy Not Edifying
An autopsy on the body of Christian Brando performed at the request of his estranged mother has...
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Anna Nicole’s Son Killed By Eight-Drug Cocktail
A year and three months after his mysterious death, the son of late Playboy Playmate Anna Nicole...
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Did Britney Fail Her Drug Test or Not?
Surprisingly or not, Britney Spears may or may not have failed one of her court-ordered random...
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Californian Authorities Raid Six Locations In Anna Nicole Smith Probe
California Attorney General Jerry Brown announced that the Californian
raided six locations Friday...
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George Michael Escapes Jail
Pop singer George Michael was spared jail time in connection with a traffic violation but was...
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Anna Nicole's Death Accidental
Officials have set the record straight: there was no foul play in the death of the (in)famous Anna...
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Death By Accident: Anna Nicole’s Sad Demise
There was no foul play in the death of the (in)famous Anna Nicole Smith, model, actress and mother...
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Paula Abdul: Denies Drinking Allegations
"I've never been drunk. I have never done recreational drugs," the American Idol judge...
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