Articles Archive for August 2009
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Every dog has its day – and for Chanel, the wiry-haired dachshund who held the Guinness World Record for oldest dog, her last day finally came.
The adorable pooch, who celebrated ... read more
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Well, Saturday afternoon saw the real performance this weekend when a crowd reported to total more than 12,000 people came together in downtown Mexico City to shake it to Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” on the day that he would have celebrated his 51st birthday.
The idea was to... read more
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A Floridian biology teacher fired after posing for racy pictures has landed a new career – in pornography.
Tiffany Shepherd, 31, made headlines in April after bikini-clad pictures of her on a fishing charter got her canned from Port St. Lucie High School. She turned to doing porn, she told ... read more
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Paula Abdul is heading to Las Vegas for her own show.
At a Sunday night soiree in Los Angeles to celebrate Lifetime’s primetime hit “Drop Dead Diva,” which Abdul guest stars on in episodes airing Sept. 13 and Oct. 11, the former “American Idol” judge confirmed the rumors she is abou... read more
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The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department says five people who refused to heed wildfire evacuation orders are trapped in a canyon and it’s too dangerous to rescue them.
Sheriff’s spokesman Steve Whitmore says the four men and a woman refused to leave the Angeles National F... read more
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Kim Clijsters, the 2005 US Open champ who’s been absent from the game since having a child two years ago, made a triumphant return to the tournament today, the New York Times reports.
The unseeded Belgian easily dispatched Viktoriya Kutuzova 6-1, 6-1 in the first game at Arthur Ashe. “Lit... read more
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Healthy people shouldn’t be taking aspirin, according to a new study.
The drug doesn’t actually reduce the risk of heart attack, as many of the “worried well” have long believed, British scientists told a medical conference, but it does nearly double the risk they’ll be hospitalized... read more
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A trio of robbers used President Obama’s health care plan as a ruse to invade a Long Island home where they shot two people and pistol-whipped a third, cops said Saturday.
Suffolk County cops nabbed Benjamin Thompson and Vance Jackson shortly after they forced their way into the Hunting... read more
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In two new interviews, Chris Brown talks about his continuing love for Rihanna and his personal history with abuse.
Brown, who was sentenced to five years of probation last week for assault on his one-time girlfriend Rihanna, spoke with both People and Larry King for the first time since his ... read more
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President Alvaro Uribe is expected to fully recover from swine flu by midweek his office said Monday, a day after announcing that the Colombian had become the second Latin leader to fall ill from the virus.
Uribe’s office announced Sunday that the Colombian leader appears to have fallen... read more
