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Ted Nugent, who is clearly qualified to judge such things, has decreed that President Barack Obama is a "clueless rookie president", and explained why he thinks the current Chief Executive is doing a terrible job.

Rock legend Ted Nugent is well known as an outspoken conservative and especially a defender of the rights of gun owners. In an op-ed for the conservative Washington Times, Nugent spoke mostly about his distate for the current Supreme Court, but also weighed in on the President and other issues. Nugent feels it should always be easy to buy guns and other self defense weapons, under the second amendment.

Said Nugent, in one remarkably long sentence: "With the Mao Zedong fan club in the White House, a clueless, rookie president hellbent on spending like a maniac as unprecedented debt piles up all around him, and every other imaginable indicator of an America turned upside-down, it comes as no surprise that this insane level of madness has metastasized into a Supreme Court where the Bill of Rights is being trashed by clueless, dangerously insulated old people intentionally disconnected from the real world, where the possession of a firearm often means the difference between life and death for good, innocent Americans every day of the year.

Ted Nugent: Obama "Clueless!"
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Rocker Ted Nugent, a vocal advocate of the right to bear arms, calls Barack Obama "a clueless, rookie president" and Supreme Court justices who disagree with his stance on gun ownership "losers" and "weasels", in a scathing op-ed in The Washington Times. U.S. officials have not commented on Nugent's article in the right-leaning newspaper, published after a Supreme Court 5-4 ruling on June 28 that extended the Second Amendment to states and cities and ahead of the Fourth of July holiday to celebrate the U.S.'s independence.

Ted Nugent: Obama "Clueless!"

Ted Nugent, the rock music veteran and right-wing commentator, has decreed that President Barack Obama is a "clueless rookie president", and explained why he thinks the current Chief Executive is doing a terrible job.

Rock legend Ted Nugent is well known as an outspoken conservative and especially a defender of the rights of gun owners. In an op-ed for the conservative Washington Times, Nugent spoke mostly about his distate for the current Supreme Court, but also weighed in on the President and other issues. Nugent feels it should always be easy to buy guns and other self defense weapons, under the second amendment.

Said Nugent: "With the Mao Zedong fan club in the White House, a clueless, rookie president hellbent on spending like a maniac as unprecedented debt piles up all around him, and every other imaginable indicator of an America turned upside-down, it comes as no surprise that this insane level of madness has metastasized into a Supreme Court where the Bill of Rights is being trashed,,,"

Ted Nugent: Obama "Clueless!"
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Rocker Ted Nugent, a vocal advocate of the right to bear arms, calls Barack Obama "a clueless, rookie president" and Supreme Court justices who disagree with his stance on gun ownership "losers" and "weasels", in a scathing op-ed in The Washington Times. U.S. officials have not commented on Nugent's article in the right-leaning newspaper, published after a Supreme Court 5-4 ruling on June 28...

Ted Nugent: Obama "Clueless!"

Lindsay Lohan, who always stays in the news for her latest gossip fodder, is making noise again with reports that she has a brand new girlfriend!

Lohan is a once a-list actress who in recent years is better known for her tempestuous personal life full of drug problems and relationship drama. She first became known publicly as a lesbian after her relationship with socialite DJ Samantha Ronson, but now she has a new girlfriend, named Eilat Anschel.

Eilat Anschel was a member of the Israeli defense force, has been seen out with Lohan numerous times recently, as Lohan deals with the ongoing stress of her SCRAM bracelet that monitors whether she is drinking alcohol. Lohan was ordered by the courts to wear the bracelet, and has been accused of breaknig her agreement by drinking and trying to manipulate the bracelet to get away with it.

Lindsay Lohan New Girlfriend
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It looks like Lindsay Lohan has a new girlfriend, and you'd better not mess with the troubled actress now, because her girl will totally whomp you! Eilat Anschel, a former member of the Israeli Defense Force, met Lindsay a while back in L.A., and has been spotted with the train wreck a bunch lately. Lindsay and Eilat, who completed her mandatory stint in the Israeli army, have been "getting pretty serious" over the last month, according to reports. One source says the head case began using Eilat Anschel as a "shoulder to cry on" during the probation / bail / ankle monitor drama, then things evolved.

Lindsay Lohan New Girlfriend

Lindsay Lohan, who always stays in the news for her latest gossip fodder, is making noise again with reports that she has a brand new girlfriend!

Lohan is a once a-list actress who in recent years is better known for her tempestuous personal life full of drug problems and relationship drama. She first became known publicly as a lesbian after her relationship with socialite DJ Samantha Ronson, but now she has a new girlfriend, named Eilat Anschel.

Eilat Anschel was a member of the Israeli defense force, has been seen out with Lohan numerous times recently, as Lohan deals with the ongoing stress of her SCRAM bracelet that monitors whether she is drinking alcohol. Lohan was ordered by the courts to wear the bracelet, and has been accused of breaknig her agreement by drinking and trying to manipulate the bracelet to get away with it.

Lindsay Lohan New Girlfriend
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It looks like Lindsay Lohan has a new girlfriend, and you'd better not mess with the troubled actress now, because her girl will totally whomp you! Eilat Anschel, a former member of the Israeli Defense Force, met Lindsay a while back in L.A., and has been spotted with the train wreck a bunch lately. Lindsay and Eilat, who completed her mandatory stint in the Israeli army, have been "getting pretty serious" over the last month, according to reports. One source says the head case began using Eilat Anschel as a "shoulder to cry on" during the probation / bail / ankle monitor drama, then things evolved.

Lindsay Lohan New Girlfriend

Kate Hudson has the tabloids in a frenzy, with speculation that things are getting serious between her and the rock star Matt Bellamy. But what's the real story?

Hudson, the star of many hit movies like Almost Famous and Bride Wars, has been seen lately with Bellamy who is known for his top-selling rock band Muse. Most recently she was seen rooting him on at the Glastonbury festival. And Bellamy has now confirmed that they are together and even said they are planning for him to meet her even more famous mother Goldie Hawn very soon.

Kate has been single for a while after breaking things off with the Yankee everyone loves to hate, Alex Rodriguez. Bellamy says about hooking up with the actress and meeting her mother, "I'm meeting her (Hawn) next week... I'm already nervous. I don't want to make the whole experience even more embarrassing. She's (Hudson) great. Everything is going very well. We are really happy and enjoying spending time with each other. She had a great time at Glastonbury."

Kate Hudson & Matt Bellamy!
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Rocker Matt Bellamy has confirmed he is dating Hollywood beauty Kate Hudson - and is "nervous" ahead of an imminent meeting with the actress' mom Goldie Hawn. Hudson, who has been single since splitting from baseball star Alex Rodriguez late last year, sparked rumors she is in a new relationship with the musician after the pair was spotted enjoying an intimate date in May.

Kate Hudson & Matt Bellamy!

Apple has finally admitted there are problems with the new iPhone, but does their explanation make sense, and is the apology good enough?

There have been widespread reports of problems wit the display that shows whether your iPhone is picking up a signal, and that when you hold the metal parts on the sides of the phone makes the signal lose its strength. Or so it appears on the iPhone 4 display.

According to Apple: "The iPhone 4's wireless performance is the best we have ever shipped. For the vast majority of users who have not been troubled by this issue, this software update will only make your bars more accurate. For those who have had concerns, we apologize for any anxiety we may have caused."

The issue is set to be corrected, so soon you'll be able to buy a new iphone 4 and not worry about any glitches. We'll see how long it takes for the first iphone sales to start.

Apple iPhone Apology (VIDEO)
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For a company that prides itself on its carefully-honed attention to detail and aesthetic, Apple's apology for a faulty signal display on the iPhone was a rare admission that it got things wrong. But will that be enough to put a growing controversy behind it? For more than a week, iPhone customers have complained that gripping the metal antennas surrounding the phone's body resulted in loss of signal strength. In a release put out early Friday, Apple acknowledged that something was amiss with the smartphone's design. The company reported being "stunned" to learn that the formula used to determine the number of signal strength bars to display had turned out to be "totally wrong."

Apple iPhone Apology (VIDEO)

A dog is finding fame this week all the way in Vladivostok, Russia, as his owner has successfully taught the dog scuba diving!

The russian man has taught his dachshund, named Boniface, how to scuba dive and even equipped his canine best friend with a custom made diving suit and helmet. The dog is well trained and behaved perfectly as he was suited up, and followed through on the scuba dive though it was heard to make some whining sounds underwater. The owner reassured onlookers that there was no unpleasantness for his furry adventurer, though.

Click below for more photos of the adventurous dog, and video of a cat who pulled off the same trick once in the past.

Scuba-Diving Dog (VIDEO)
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This Russian guy is teaching his dog, Boniface, to scuba dive. Aw. Click through for more pictures of this amazing scuba diving dog. Writes the AP: "Owner Sergei Gorbunov, a professional diver in the Pacific Coast city of Vladivostok had a diving suit complete with helmet made for the dog and is teaching him the tricks of the trade. In a recent demonstration, Boniface barked eagerly as Gorbunov readied the equipment and uncomplainingly endured being hung upside-down as Gorbunov fitted the suit on him."

Scuba-Diving Dog (VIDEO)

Kelsey Grammer, who for years on 'Frasier' gave out relationship advice, is now having relationship drama of his own as he's facing a divorce form his wife of 13 years.

Grammer and his wife Camille Donatacci are sending their divorce lawyers in to sort things out due to "irreconcilable differences". Kelsey confirmed the sad news on his twitter page: "Hello everyone thank you for ur support and Yes it's TRUE Camille and I are Divorcing I ask U 2 respect our privacy in these difficu..."

Grammer's publicist elaborated on the news, saying "Kelsey and Camille value privacy. They understand that private lives sometimes get played out in public but ask on this occasion that their privacy - and the privacy of their children - be respected."

Best of luck to both of them as they figure out child custody and the other complications, hopefully things can work out well for the family.

Kelsey Grammer Divorce
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'Frasier' star Kelsey Grammer's wife has filed for divorce after 13 years of marriage, citing ''irreconcilable differences'' as the reason for the split. Kelsey Grammer's wife has filed for divorce. The 'Frasier' star - who has been married to former Playboy model Camille Donatacci since 1997 - confirmed the pair would be parting ways, marking the end of his third marriage...The 41-year-old model has reportedly cited irreconcilable differences as the reason for the split.

Kelsey Grammer Divorce

Jenna Fischer is already in one of America's favorite couples on 'The Office', and now she's about start a new family in real life, as she weds her longtime boyfriend.

Fischer is tying the knot with her partner Lee Kirk, a screenwriter who pulled out the engagement ring and proposed to her last summer during a vacation together in Europe. They've been dating since January of 2008, Fischer was married to the movie director James Gunn for 6 years, before breaking up in 2007.

No word yet on where or when the wedding will be, but I'm sure the wedding planners are putting together a grand affair for them.

Jenna Fischer Weds
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Forget the fireworks. Jenna Fischer had her own special plans for the Fourth of July weekend - she got married! The star of "The Office" tied the knot with writer Lee Kirk on Saturday, according to Us Weekly. Lee previously popped the question to Jenna, 36, while the two were vacationing in Europe in July 2009. The couple began dating in January 2008. Jenna was previously married to director James Gunn. However, the couple divorced in July 2007 after six years of marriage.

Jenna Fischer Weds

Snooki and JWOWW, two of the most loved and hated stars of MTV's Jersey Shore, are not so beloved by one woman in Miami who is suing them for their alleged role in a nightclub fight with her.

The woman, Carrie Malec, is having her attorneys file a lawsuit for $75,000 worth of physical and emotional distress, and her lawyers are also trying to block MTV and Viacom form airing the footage of the fight, which is supposed be seen in the second season of Jersey Shore.

Said the woman's lawyer: "If the episode is allowed to air, PLAINTIFF will be thrust into the public spotlight without her consent after being beaten and humiliated by DEFENDANTS. The airing of the episode would cause increased emotional distress."

Snooki & JWOWW sued
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Two of the cast members of the "Jersey Shore" took the term "battling" on the dance floor a little too literally during the filming of the show's second season -- and now they are in hot water because of it. Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi and Jenni "JWoww" Farley are named in a lawsuit by a Chicago woman, Carrie Malec, who claims the two "guidettes" assaulted her on the dance floor at the Miami-area nightclub, Tantra, on May 6. The incident allegedly took place after Malec provoked Farley and Polizzi by approaching several of the male cast members while at the club.

Snooki & JWOWW sued

Fourth of July celebrations suddenly turned into tragedy in one small town yesterday, as two horses pullling a wagon started running out of control and wound up trampling dozens of spectators and killing one.

A 60 year old woman died after the incident, and at least 23 other people were injured. The tragic accident happened in the small town of Bellevue, Iowa, where they were holding their annual July 4th parade.

According to one mother who was there with her kids, "I could see it was two horses, They were running at full speed and they were harnessed together and I knew we were going to most certainly get hit, and as soon as it happened, everybody was crying and screaming."

Parade Goers Trampled
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Two runaway horses pulling a wagon trampled spectators at a small-town Fourth of July parade, killing a 60-year-old woman and injuring at least 23 other people. Four of the injured, including two children, were in critical condition. Among those injured were youngsters who had stooped in the street to pick up candy that had been tossed to them. Sandie Crilly, 46, was collecting Tootsie Rolls from the street with her 8-year-old son, 12-year-old niece and 2-year-old granddaughter when the horses ran toward them.

Parade Goers Trampled

As Chelsea Clinton prepares to expand the Clinton family by marrying her longtime boyfriend, some controversial news as it is confirmed Al Gore will not be attending her wedding!

Al Gore, and his now estranged wife Tipper Gore, have confirmed that they will not be attending the Clinton wedding. According to their statement,. "The Gores are not attending the wedding. They both wish Chelsea well, believe she is a wonderful young woman, and they share in the family's excitement."

Gore, the former Vice President alongside President Bill Clinton, had mentioned in earlier interviews he was looking forward go Chelsea's wedding, leading some to wonder now if Gore did indeed plan to attend the wedding ceremony but was simply not invited by the Clinton family, whose relationship with the Gore's is said to have cooled over the years.

Gore: Attending Chelsea Wedding
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Al and Tipper Gore won't need directions to Chelsea Clinton's wedding. They're not going. As news broke Thursday that the former First Daughter's planned July 31 wedding to investment banker Marc Mezvinsky will take place in upstate Rhinebeck at Astor Courts, the Stanford White-designed former estate, Gatecrasher learned that the former vice president and his estranged wife won't be there.

Gore: Attending Chelsea Wedding

Joran Van Der Sloot, who is now facing murder charges in Peru after escaping justice for allegedly killing Natalee Holloway, is getting ready to sue his original lawyer in the Peru case.

Apparently it appears the original representative pretended to be a public attoerney when he was really a lawyer who has a private practice.

Said van der Sloot's spokesperson, "We have searched the name of Luz Romero Chinchay in the list of public defenders provided by the Ministry of Justice and her name was not on that list. We do not know why the police called this lawyer. We want to know who paid for her because my client did not."

Van Der Sloot Sues
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Joran van der Sloot has sued the lawyer who represented him during a police interrogation on the day that authorities say the Dutchman confessed to killing a Peruvian woman, his current attorney said Saturday. Maximo Altez told The Associated Press he filed suit Friday charging attorney Luz Romero Chinchay with misrepresentation, abuse of authority and conspiracy to commit a crime. Altez said the initial lawyer "pretended to be a public advocate when she is actually a private attorney."

Van Der Sloot Sues

An Iranian woman, and mother of two, could soon be stoned to death under the sentence being imposed on her by authorities in Iran.

The woman, Sakineh Mohammadie Ashtiani, would be buried up to her chest, and then stones would be hurled at her until she died. Her crime: adultery.

And to make matters worse, she was convicted only because authorities forced a confession out of her by subjecting her to brutal lashings. She later retracted the confession, and pleaded for clemency, but no mercy has been given and she could now face this barbaric penalty any day now if the Iranian authorities are not persuaded to change their plans.

Said one of the protest leaders about the need to speak out against this atrocious act: "Legally it's all over, It's a done deal. Sakineh can be stoned at any minute. That is why we have decided to start a very broad, international public movement. Only that can help."

Iranian Mother Stoned
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A veteran Iranian human rights activist has warned that Sakineh Mohammadie Ashtiani, a mother of two, could be stoned to death at any moment under the terms of a death sentence handed down by Iranian authorities. Only an international campaign designed to pressure the regime in Tehran can save her life, according to Mina Ahadi, head of the International Committee Against Stoning and the Death Penalty. Article 74 of the Iranian penal code requires at least four witnesses -- four men or three men and two women -- for an adulterer to receive a stoning sentence...

Iranian Mother Stoned

According to officials in Iran, airports in numerous countries have been refusing to give fuel to Iranian passenger jets. But none of the other countries will agree that this happened. What's the real story here?

According to Iran, Britain, Germany, and the UAE have all refused to let Iranian passenger planes refuel at their airports. Said an Iranian representative, "Since last week, after the passing of the unilateral law by America and the sanctions against Iran, airports in England, Germany, the UAE have refused to give fuel to Iranian planes."

But spokespeople in both England and Dubai say they have done nothing of the sort, and anyone flying on Iranian airlines should have no trouble making good on their plane tickets.

Iran Jets Fuel
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An Iranian official said Monday airports in Britain, Germany and the United Arab Emirates had started to refuse to refuel passenger planes from Iran but the reports were denied in all three countries.Their refusal has so far impacted Iran Air, the national carrier, and a leading private airline, Mahan Air, as both operate several flights to Europe, Aliyari said. Heshmatollah Falahat-Pisheh, an MP and member of the Iranian parliament's committee on foreign policy and national security, warned of retaliatory action by Tehran, especially towards the United Arab Emirates.

Iran Jets Fuel

Lindsay Lohan's troubles continue, as she hires a new lawyer after her defense attorney has abandoned her. Her original attorney

Meanwhile Joan Rivers took some stabs at Lohan on twitter, saying "I was just reading about the new Lindsay Lohan diet, which is all liquid. 80 Proof. Lindsay Lohan said she wouldn't mind being under oath because she thought Oath was a Norwegian ski instructor."

Lohan's friend and ex-girlfriend Samantha Ronson stood up for Lindsay, saying "Hey Joan Rivers, you have collagen older than Lindsay, pick on someone your own age, oh wait I guess people that old can't hear." But really Samantha, you can't hurt Joan Rivers that way since she makes those jokes about herself all the time.

Lindsay Lohan Hires New Lawyer
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It looks like Samantha Ronson still has a soft spot for her ex Lindsay Lohan. PHOTOS: How Lindsay's face has changed Joan Rivers mocked Lohan, who was just sentenced to 90 days in jail, in a series of Tweets. "Lindsay Lohan is so dumb. Her idea of being sworn in is cursing at the judge," said one, a clear reference to Lohan's F-word manicure. Meanwhile, TMZ.com reports she's hired a new lawyer, Chicago-based Stuart V. Goldberg, to appeal her jail sentence. Her former lawyer, Shawn Chapman Holley, issued a scathing statement slamming Lohan's sentence and quit the same day.

Edward Norton, one of the most respected actors, is now getting so much respect that he's actually become an ambassador for the United Nations.

Norton will be a goodwill ambassador for biodiversity, thanks to his long histroy of working on environmental conversation and sustainable energy. "I think that (goodwill) ambassadors in many ways can play a role in highlighting the models of success that the UN is promoting around the world."

Biological diversity is a key issue for the future of the planet, but it's one not as many people are well informed on. Biodiversity is a measure of the variety of life forms within an, or across the entire Earth. Biodiversity is often used as a measure of the health of biological systems. Biodiversity on Earth consists of many millions of distinct biological species, but many key species are now endangered or have already gone extinct as we run out of energy sources and keep exploiting the planet for more. The year 2010 has been declared as the International Year of Biodiversity.

Edward Norton Ambassador
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American actor Edward Norton, who has starred in films including "The Incredible Hulk," "Fight Club," and "Kingdom of Heaven," has a new role -- United Nations goodwill ambassador for biodiversity. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon made the announcement, noting that Norton and his family had long been involved in issues related to sustainable development and conservation. Norton said he hoped he can use his celebrity to boost awareness of the UN's ideals and activities in environmental conservation.

Edward Norton Ambassador

Playing off of Lindsay Lohan's recent profanity-laced fingernail message, Glenn Beck recently offered a hidden message of his own for rival network MSNBC, as seen in the video below.

Imitating Lohan's foul-mouthed manicure on the day of her sentencing last week, Beck painted his fingernails with the message "no ratings" for his liberal news media counterparts.

Said Beck about his arch-enemies: "Hey MSNBC... 'I wonder why I don't I don't have any ratings'... maybe because you're not covering anything that anybody wants to watch! Maybe because you're talking about Lindsay Lohan and she doesn't affect anyone's life!"

Glenn Beck is one of the top rated conservative news hosts, with hiew Fox News program bringing in millions of viewers every night. He's also a best selling author and recently even put out a book of fiction.

Glenn Beck Fingernail, MSNBC Snub
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Glenn Beck channeled Lindsay Lohan Thursday. On his Fox News show, Beck devoted over 17 minutes to a segment about the liberal media ignoring stories he deemed critical. Midway through that segment, he took a page out of Lohan's book by sending MSNBC a message written on his fingernails. Earlier this week, Lohan was seen sporting "F**k U" on her nails during the court hearing at which she was sentenced to 90 days in jail. Beck's message for MSNBC? "NO RATINGS."

It looks like James Cameron has finally finished counting his money, and now we know exactly how much gold he collected from making his world of blue people.

The grand total of money he will make from Avatar: $350 million!

Cameron said he wasn't sure at first the studio would even back him on this film that had such an ambitious scope, and such a strong environmental "But my belief was that if I put enough sexy stuff in it with big action, and lots of cool design, and creatures, and 3-D and CG and all that stuff then people would come anyway,And then I knew that as a filmmaker that I could work on them emotionally, because that's what cinema was all about."

James Cameron $350 Million Avatar
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The blue aliens of "Avatar" earned director James Cameron an unprecedented and staggering amount of green. With his gross percentage stake as writer, director and producer on the No 1 box office hit of all time, Cameron will make $350 million off the film, Deadline.com reports. Deadline blogger Nikki Finke cited Hollywood insiders' calculations based on both the "first dollar" gross off the film's $2.7 billion worldwide box office haul and the stellar
DVD sales. But Cameron may stand to pocket even more: the film will be re-released on 3-D IMAX screens for a two-week run starting Aug. 27. And a director's cut, 3-D DVD is also yet to be released.

James Cameron $350 Million Avatar

Carrie Underwood finally got married this weekend to her hockey playing boyfriend Mike Fisher, and details are starting to come out about the uber-fancy wedding.

According to radaronline, the wedding planners set up a regal affair at the Ritz Carlton Reynolds plantation east of Atlanta, Georgia. The reports say over half a million dollars have been spend on the wedding and reception. Underwood arrived by helicopter after every single other guest was asked to leave the resort.

No photos or video have been found yet from the Carrie Underwood wedding, but the country music superstar and American Idol veteran is sure to have images of her newly minted marriage available some time soon!

Carrie Underwood Wedding This Weekend
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The Radar Online site lists a number of new details about country star Carrie Underwood's wedding to pro hockey player Mike Fisher, happening this weekend at the Ritz Carlton, Reynolds Plantation a little more than an hour east of Atlanta. The event's supposed price tag hits the half-million mark, for example, and Underwood is expected to arrive by helicopter today. Because the Underwood-Fisher wedding has booked the entire resort, guests who had been staying there were gently asked to vacate by noon today. The Radar site posted a photo of the elegantly worded letter to guests politely requesting that they scram.

Carrie Underwood Wedding This Weekend

Research done on the Florida shoreline shows that the tar balls that have been seen there for years do not contain any petroleum, as was previously believed. Or at least, they didn't before the BP oil spill.

The coast guard studied tar balls in their laboratories, and found that tar balls were not evidence of oil spills necessarily. But others said these studies were being misused to underestimate the effect of oil spills. "They try to draw the conclusion that any oil found on the beaches is actually from these natural causes," said one expert. "Their argument is if most of the oil comes from seeps, then most of the oil on beaches must come from seeps."

Florida Tar Balls
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Florida's shoreline was apparently untouched by any raw petroleum before the Deepwater Horizon disaster smothered the western Panhandle with crude oil in June. That's according to what authorities consider to be the most exhaustive detective work yet on tar balls found along the state's 1,260 miles of coast. U.S. Coast Guard lab findings defy the longstanding belief that a regular ingredient of at least some of the tar balls that for years have turned up occasionally on state beaches is either crude spilled during offshore drilling or oil that seeped from natural vents under the Gulf.

Florida Tar Balls

A brave little kitty cat had an amazing adventure this month, as it survived a journey of as many as 45 days trapped shipping container going from China to Canada!

A workder who helpd find the cat said it was "pretty distressed and very, very thin, and had been meowing for weeks. We had to empty the entire container before being able to reach the cat, because (she) jumped and hid in a corner that was unreachable."

Cat experts from the humane society said they were not sure how the cat could have survived so long without food or water readily available. They speculated the cat might have found mice and such wandering around the container. However it survuved, the kitty will now be a beloved pet for one of the recipients of the shipment!

Kitten Survives Shipping to China
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Workers at a Canadian import business said a cat was trapped in a container
shipped from China for as many as 45 days. Amy Bindman, an interior designer at Calgary, Alberta, import business ICON Stone and Tile, said the calico cat survived the journey from China, which she said takes an average 30 to 45 days, in a steel shipping container loaded with granite slabs and wood bracing, the Calgary Herald reported Friday.

Kitten Survives Shipping to China

The youngest kids of Brat Pitt and Angelina Jolie, Knox and Vivienne, made a rare public appearance this week for their first birthday!

the last time they were seen the superstar parents took their gorgeous kids out for some fancy italian ice cream in Venice, along with Zahara. They have traveled aroudn the wolrld since then, including spending time with their parents in the New Orleans area where Brad and Angelina are very active in trying to rebuild the community.

Knox & Vivienne Jolie-Pitt
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Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt take their little ones out for ice cream before getting on a water taxi in Venice, Italy on Tuesday (February 16). Ang held hands with Zahara as they went to get ice cream together, and when on the taxi, held on tight to twins Knox and Vivienne, 1, and bundled them up in adorable winter hats. The family is in town to support Ang as she films The Tourist with Johnny Depp. Earlier today, the family took a ride down the Grand Canal!

Knox & Vivienne Jolie-Pitt

The hosts of ABC's The View have once again stirred up controversy, but this time it's not Elizabeth Hasselbeck, but Sherri Shepherd and their guest D.L. Hughley, who both made some questionable statements about HIV and AIDS, and how it affects the health of the Black community.

Shepherd and Hughley both suggested that the high rates of HIV in the Black population. Without offering any evidence to back up this claim, Hughley said "When you look at the prevalence of HIV in the African American community, it's primarily young women who are getting it from men who are on the down low," referring to Black men who allegedly have relationships with women while secretly being actively gay.

Shepherd made similar comments, again without any evidence to back it up: "It's so big in the black community with women because they're having sex with men who have been having sex with men."

But accidents and experts have pointed out that all evidence and studies available say this is not true, and is only a rumor and stereotype that is irresponsible to spread, as well as being homophobic. For more info see below.

The View HIV
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This is a first: The View is facing controversy, and it's NOT over something Elisabeth Hasselbeck said. In fact, that conservative commentator - whose most recent example of opinionated nonsense involved a shot at Erin Andrews - has nothing to do with why GLADD is taking aim at this ABC talk show. Instead, the organization has its sights set on Sherri Shepherd and D.L. Hughley, the June 22 guest host. On that date, the pair talked about the influx of HIV among African-Americans and blamed it on gay black men that were in the closet, aka "on the down low."

The View HIV

As she tries to rebuild her once thriving career, Jennifer Lopez has faced a lot of obstacles, and now she's got possibly her biggest one yet: a $40 million lawsuit!

Lopez is being sued by a luxury hotel in Cyprus, who claim that J-Lo cancelled a major concert gig there for "political reasons." The area of Cyprus where the hotel and casino complex is has become a contested political issue, as it is now controlled by Turkey while Greece also controls other parts of the island.

Lopez is a longtime star as an actor and singer, but in recent years has had trouble making hits in either field. This concert at the resort vacation spot was going to be a major score for her but she and her management decided it might not be in her best interests.

Jennifer Lopez Faces Lawsuit
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A hotel in Turkish-occupied northern Cyprus has threatened Jennifer Lopez with a 40 million dollar lawsuit after she cancelled a concert there for "political" reasons, press reports said Sunday. The chief executive of the Turkish company which runs the hotel and casino complex said Lopez still had time to change her mind about the July 24 gig. Lopez drew the wrath of Greek-Cypriots in the southern half of the divided island after the new Cratos Premium hotel and casino complex announced the singer would perform there on her 41st birthday.

Jennifer Lopez Faces Lawsuit

Disgraced oil company BP has even more bad news coming, as they are planning to reduce payment to a whopping 40,000 people who they are supposed to be reimbursing for money lost on their fishing work and other work that has been sabotaged by their disastrous oil spill.

Critics are defending the workers who will be jeopardized because of BP's nitpicking of the how they filled out forms. They say in many cases it was impossible for people to have all the paperwork BP demanded, and they owe it to those affected by this disaster to give them financial support to make up for the damage to their employmeny livelihood.

Said one critic. "It is crucial that BP not continue to penalize these individuals and instead accept alternative forms of documentation, such as records held by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries." With the impossibility of working or finding new job opportunities, help is crucial for many people right now in the fishing industry especially.

BP Cuts Claim Payments
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BP has decided to reduce payments to tens of thousands of people whose claim files are incomplete, the secretary of Louisiana's Department of Children and Family Services said, through the federal oil spill claims administrator Kenneth Feinberg. It was not immediately clear how severe the payment cuts would be. BP did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Nichols said her department discovered the change after reviewing BP's Thursday claims summary, which showed a significant cut in daily payments.

BP Cuts Claim Payments

International drama for Jenny from the block! As Jennifer Lopez continues trying to regain her spot on the a-list, she's facing a new obstacle now, with a $40 million lawsuit form overseas.

Ms. Lopez is being now sued by the owners of a luxury hotel in Cyprus, who claim that J-Lo canceled a major concert event there for "political reasons." The area of Cyprus where the hotel and casino complex is has become a contested political issue, as it is now controlled by Turkey while Greece also controls other parts of the island.

Lopez is a longtime star as both an actor and singer, but in recent years she's had trouble making hits in either field. This concert at the resort vacation spot was going to be a major score for her but she and her management decided it might not be in her best interests.

Lopez also made news with her relationships over the years, with Sean Diddy Combs, Ben Affleck, and finally Marc Anthony.

Jennifer Lopez Faces Lawsuit
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A hotel in Turkish-occupied northern Cyprus has threatened Jennifer Lopez with a 40 million dollar lawsuit after she cancelled a concert there for "political" reasons, press reports said Sunday. The chief executive of the Turkish company which runs the hotel and casino complex said Lopez still had time to change her mind. Lopez drew the wrath of Greek-Cypriots in the southern half of the divided island after the new Cratos Premium hotel and casino complex announced the singer would perform there on her 41st birthday.

Jennifer Lopez Faces Lawsuit

A massive police sting swept across Italy yesterday, as one of the top mafia clans was swept up in a raid.

Over 300 people were arrested across the country, and millions upon millions of euros seized along with many other assets, as the infamous 'ndrangheta crime conglomerate was taken down. The clan was made up of numerous families, each among the top mafia families in the country.

The raids started before dawn, and required 3,000 police to complete. The 300 men arrested will face a slew of charges from murder to drug trafficking to extortion, and many many defensee attorneys will be busy for probably years to come trying to help these mafia men.

Organized crime has continued to thrive in Italy despite the police's best efforts, and even spread to Germany a few years ago. Authorities say it is now most intensely focused in Milan.

Mafia Clan Raid
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Italian police on Tuesday carried out one of the biggest operations ever against the powerful 'ndrangheta crime organization, arresting 300 people including top bosses, and seizing million of dollars (euros) in property. The man believed to be the 'ndrangheta's top boss, Domenico Oppedisano, was picked up earlier in the day in Rosarno, a small coastal town in Calabria, the southern region where the organization is based, police said. Also arrested was the man in charge of the gang's businesses in Milan, where the 'ndrangheta has been making major inroads.

Brad Pitt does lots of work trying to help the earth and the environment, and now he's making news again for changing the landscape.. of his face!

Pitt has shaved off his beard, and gone back to the clean shaven look of his younger days. The actor known for many hit movies like 12 Monkeys and Mr. and Mrs Smith was sporting a grizzly beard in recent years, but on Monday the 46-year-old switched back to shaving it all off and made his first clean public appearance.

He said he was keeping the beard soimply because he was "bored", but of course a star of Pitt's magnitude influences the nation's style whenver he changes his look, and hairstylists and fashion experts were sure to take note. Now they will have to reassess once again! For photos see the link below.

Brad Pitt Shaves! (PHOTOS)
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Brad Pitt's foray into facial fuzziness is finally over -- for now! On Monday, the 46-year-old actor showed up completely clean-shaven for his first day of work on the L.A. set of his flick Moneyball. (It's also his twins Vivienne and Knox's second birthday) PHOTOS: Vivienne and Knox Jolie-Pitt turn 2! Pitt has been sporting a shaggy beard since last fall, although he was spotted with a closer-cropped beard and mustache a month ago. PHOTOS: Brad's many bearded looks Why did the father of six and love of Angelina Jolie get so shaggy? "It's boredom," he said recently. "No other reason than that." See more pics of Brad without his beard.

Brad Pitt Shaves! (PHOTOS)

A local dog has become a local hero this week, as he saved himself from being trapped in a car by honking the horn for help!

Said his owner in Allentown, "I came in and started cleaning and about an hour later I heard a horn blow. So, I came back in the house and I started cleaning again and the horn blew again. I rushed over and got him out real fast and he was panting like crazy. I brought him in the house and he just dropped to the floor"

The pet owners had forgotten the dog was in the car as they went shopping, but by all accounts they are good and loving pet owners, and did a great job of making sure the doggie was ok after they found him in the car.

Dog Honks for Help
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A local Labrador helped himself get out of a scorching situation by taking matters into his own paws, Allentown TV station WFMZ reported. Donna Gardner said 11-year-old Max is not just a dog. He's like another member of the family. "You have to know Max," Gardner said. "He's a very smart dog and he just does things that I don't think a normal dog does all the time." The chocolate lab proved that a couple weeks ago. Gardner said she took Max with her when she ran an errand, but forgot the dog was still in the car when she returned

Dog Honks for Help

Rush Limbaugh gets lots of scorn for his right wing radio show, but also lots of praise and reward, and this month he's about to get even richer when he sells his New York home for $11 million!

He is putting his NY residency on the real estate to escape what he calls unfairly high taxes on home owners who are wealthy as he is. His condo on the upper easat side is expected to go for $11.5 million.

His luxurious condo has Fortuny upholstered walls, finely crafted marble floors, and murals by the noted artist Richard Smith. His real estate brokers expect there will be no trouble finding a buyer for this gorgeous home, annd then Rush will be free to move to whichever red state he chooses.

Rush Limbaugh $11 Million
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Limbaugh put the 10-room, 4,600 square-foot pad on the market in March for $12.95 million, promising to leave New York City - and its high-taxes on wealthy home owners - behind for good. And now he is free to flee: the property went into contract late last week with an undisclosed buyer, reports Luxist.com. Located at 86th Street and Fifth Avenue, the 20th-floor penthouse is anything but modest. In addition to the basics, the apartment features a library, four terraces, his and hers dressing rooms, a maid's room, working fireplaces, and views of Central Park, according to the Corcoran listing.

Rush Limbaugh $11 Million

The planet of Mercury is prone to bad weather beyond anything we can imagine on Earth, according to new studies of their violent magnetic storms.

Their magnetosphere sends out energy that causes huge disturbances and radiation. NASA was able to learn this by their scientists studying data collected by the Messenger spacecraft, that made several close runs by the planet which is closest to the sun.

Said one scientist, in a comment that I'm not educated enough to follow,
"This is all very curious...We have very weak solar wind conditions, yet we're seeing more tail loading than what we see on Earth. What's going to happen when the [solar] wind conditions pick up?" If you say so!

Mercury: Violent Magnetic Storms
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Mercury is wracked by intense magnetic disturbances more extreme than any on Earth, new research suggests. The small, rocky planet also experienced volcanic activity for much longer than once thought, according to several new studies based on observations during the latest flyby of the small, rocky planet by a NASA spacecraft.The new findings come from data collected by NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft, which unearthed even more secrets about the closest planet to the sun during its third and last flyby of Mercury last September.

Mercury: Violent Magnetic Storms

A not-so-funny incident for a beloved cartoon character this week, as Porky Pig was attacked and beaten up at a Six Flags theme park!

An amusement park worker in a porky pig costume, a female no less, was attacked on the job by two men who punched her in the head more than a dozen timers, allegedly, before being caught and detained. And to make matters worse, believe it or not her attackers were actually fellow employees of the theme park.

This does not exactly make me eager to visit this particular theme park for my next vacation wiith the family! But maybe it was an isolated incident, and anyway I don't live near Chicago, I'm sure this never happens ad Six Flags Great Adventure up here in the Northeast/

Porky Pig Allegedly Beaten Up at Theme Park
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Two Six Flags employees were ejected from the theme park after allegedly attacking a female colleague dressed as "Porky Pig." Police say 20-year-old Taras Sikalchuk and 19-year-old Dmytro Petrychenko took a photo with Porky on Monday afternoon at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, about 40 miles north of Chicago, and then punched the mascot in the head 10 to 15 times. Gurnee Police Sgt. Jon Ward says park security detained the men until police arrived.

Porky Pig Allegedly Beaten Up at Theme Park

Photos published online of Mel Gibson's ex-girlfriend showing a chipped tooth, shocking readers of celebrity news, have been confirmed as accurate by Oksana Grigorieva and her attorneys.

Said her lawyer "The photo released by Radaronline.com is 'true and accurate' and real. It was NOT doctored by Oksana or anyone associated with her. As a former photo analyst, I can say that I see no credible evidence of any alterations or 'doctoring' of the photograph as some have asserted. The reports that it was doctored are simply false."

Grivorieva has caused a huge scandal as she releases audio tapes and other evidence of Mel Gibson's abusiveness and racism in their relationship. Mel Gibson is rumored to be looking for rehab, and their lawyers are negotiating the delicate situation.

Oksana Grigorieva Chipped Tooth
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A rep for Oksana Grigorieva claims that a disturbing photo of Oksana -- reportedly taken hours after she claims Mel Gibson punched her in the face -- is "true and accurate" and was not altered by anyone. The photo is a close-up of Oksana's face in which she shows what appears to be her chipped right front tooth. RadarOnline says the picture is being used by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department as it investigates Mel for possible domestic violence.

Oksana Grigorieva Chipped Tooth

Comedy genius David Cross is coming back to TV finally, as he joins with Arrested Development cohorts Will Arnett and Mitch Hurwitz for a new series named Running Wilde.

Cross will play what sounds like a juicy role for him, a radical environmentalist who lives out in the Amazon with Keri Russell. I'm not entirely crazy about left-wing activists always being played for comic relief but I'm sure it'll be funny. Mitch Hurwitz, the creator of Arrested Development, will be at the helm, and Gob himself, Will Arnett, is a co-star.

It's bad news because it makes the mythical Arrested Development movie seem that much less likely, but good news that will get a little taste of their spirit in this new show.

David Cross FOX Show
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It's an Arrested Development reunion! David Cross has just inked a deal to team up with former AD costar Will Arnett and creator Mitch Hurwitz in the new fall series Running Wilde, a Fox rep tells TV Guide Magazine. Cross will appear in seven of the first 13 episodes, including the pilot (airing Tuesday, September 21 at 9:30/8:30c), and he will play Andy, the radical environmentalist fiancé of Keri Russell's Emmy who has been living with her in the Amazon. Cross takes over the role from Andrew Daly, who played Andy in the show's original pilot.

David Cross FOX Show

For the millions of Americans who find themselves or their family members suffering from Alzheimer's or other memory loss issues, may have good news coming as studies show that insulin, when you take it by sniffing it, may improve the memory of Alzheimer's sufferers.

The disease, that sets in on many people in the last years of their life, is a fatal and debilitating illness that causes the brain to deteriorate. It affects many senior citizens, causing their family to lose them bit by bit over a period of years, and can be terribly painful and confusing to deal with.

Insulin has been shown in recent tests to be a useful treatment, quite possibly, though more research is needed to figure out how it can be implemented. It seems to show real improvements in memory and recall though, so far. Hopefully this can be a step forward in treating this disease that causes so much pain for so many people.

Sniffing Insulin Help Memory, Alzheimer's?
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Squirting insulin up the noses of patients with early forms of Alzheimer's disease showed signs of improving their memory, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday. Patients who got the treatment for four months showed improvements in tests of memory recall that lasted for two months. "We believe our results are very promising and they warrant future trials," said Dr. Suzanne Craft of the VA Puget Sound Health Care System and the University of Washington in Seattle, who presented her findings at a meeting of the Alzheimer's Association in Honolulu.

Sniffing Insulin Help Memory, Alzheimer's?

A cave in Sydney, Australia is home to amazing fossils that date back 15 million years, according to scientists now digging into the cave. They found 26 skulls of a prehistoric creature similar to the Koalas, among other incredible discoveries.

They also found bones that seem to indicate early ancestors of kangaroos. They even found babies that seemed to be in their mother's pouches. The scientists say these remains were remarkably well preserved, and should provide lotsof new insight into the origin of these species.

15-Million-year-old Fossils Found, Outback
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Scientists in Sydney have discovered a cave that contains fossils, which date back to 15 million years ago. The fossils are that of prehistoric marsupials in the Outback. The discovered fossils have similarities to the modern day koalas and kangaroos. The fossils were well preserved in the cave when scientists discovered it. The fossils included skeletons of young Nimbadon babies who were still in their mother's pouches. The scientists say the fossils were extraordinarily well preserved but they are surprised how the fossils were found together in one cave. But some theorize that the herds might have accidentally fallen into the cave.

15-Million-year-old Fossils Found, Outback

A woman on an adventurous vacation had to be rescued from Leverett Cave today, after finding herself stuck 30 feet below the surface.

The woman was exploring the cave with her hiker/climber friends when she fell into a small and tight crevice, and was stuck for 5 hours before her friends heard her calls for help and realized she was trapped.

Rescuers soon arrived after that, and after giving her food and water, they were able to give her a chisel that allowed her to extricate herself, after many hours. She finally got out at 1AM today and luckily had no serious injuries. Perhaps next time she will take a nice resort vacation instead?

Woman Rescued from Leverett Cave

A woman trapped 30 feet underground in a cave in Leverett for 12 hours was finally rescued early Tuesday. Rescue crews said Maya Hirch, 25, of Leverett, who was crawling through caves with friends, was stuck in a 12-inch crevice for five hours before they were even alerted to her calls for help. She started exploring about 1 p.m. Monday in the Rattlesnake Gutter Conservation Area off Montague Road about a mile north of Leverett.

Woman Rescued from Leverett Cave

Can you go to court and hit back against debt collectors? As the economy continues to struggle, debt collectors are being more aggressive than ever in harassing citizens, allowing more consumer lawsuits to turn the tables and file lawsuits against them.

As debt collectors ue possibly illegal tactics, lawsuits against them are up as much as 60%. Said one lawyer of these lawsuits against debt collectors, "This is definitely increasing in popularity, It's most likely because debt collectors are hurting."

"They said I'd go to jail, lose my family, my home, never see my children again. It was really brutal. It was horrifying. I didn't know I had the right to make it stop. After bawling my eyes out every day, I broke down and one of the ladies at the office told me to get an attorney."

Consumer Lawsuits Against Debt Collectors
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Got debt? If you're being harassed by collectors, you may also have a good lawsuit. Lawyers in the debt business say that as collectors get desperate in these tough times, consumers are increasingly fighting back by suing those who use illegal tactics. In Houston, U.S. District Court statistics show lawsuits filed against debt collectors under a federal consumer protection law are up 60 percent the first quarter of this year, compared with the same time last year.

Consumer Lawsuits Against Debt Collectors

A scandalous incident in Utah, as a list of people suspected of being illegal immigrants was leaked out and made public, unfairly exposing over 1,000 people to suspicion even though it hasn't been proven they did anything wrong.

The list was sent anonymously to media outlets, and showed 1,300 names and personal information along with the accusation that they are undocumented and living here under illegal immigration status.

Said one critic of this action, "You replace 'Mexican,' you replace 'illegal alien' ... with 'Jew,' and use that same kind of language - that was spread throughout Nazi hit lists in Germany."

The people on that list will hopefully get lawyers and attorners and file a lawsuit, as this unfair treatment could even be a criminal act, punishable by a fin e or maybe even jail time.

Utah Listgate
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A 29-page list of 1,300 people accused of being in Utah and the US illegally was mailed anonymously to media outlets and law enforcement agencies last week. It included Latino names, addresses, phone numbers, Social Security numbers, and private health information such as the due dates of babies.Two state employees - identified within the Utah Department of Workforce Services and already placed on administrative leave - could face criminal charges in connection with the list's release. And state Attorney General Mark Shurtleff says his office is still investigating further leaks.

Utah Listgate

Many people are up in arms this week with the news that the governement may put a ban on harvesting lobster for much of the east coast. The lobster population is said to be dangerously low, and biologists say that slowing down the business of harvesting lobster may be necessary to avoid putting the species in danger in our region.

Lobster are a perennial favorite dish for cooking in luxury restaurants and locally in lobster rolls and other more humble fare. Considered one of the most delectable kinds of seafood, it often goes for high prices and provides thousands of people with livelihoods as they support their families working on lobster boats and providing restaurants with the crustaceans.

Said a representative, about Maine being left out of the ban: "There have been people making allegations that we're doing this to price markets. Just the idea that it's going to somehow be a boost to our fishery is not based on any information that I've seen. So there's no economic boom that I see from our discussion in southern New England."

Lobster Ban East Coast
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Consider the lobster: The population of the crustaceans is at such low levels along the East Coast that a regulatory agency is proposing a five-year ban on harvesting them between Cape Cod and Virginia. "Long Island Sound, in particular, has been in poor health since 1999," said Toni Kerns, senior fishery management plan coordinator at the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission. "We had a die off in the fishery." On Thursday, the technical committee of biologists for the Atlantic commission is meeting in Warwick, R.I., to discuss the proposal. They have the final authority to shut down lobstering in these coastal waters.

Lobster Ban East Coast

A city in California has done the unthinkable: fired every single city employee, so they could set up a new government that outsources everything.

The town of Maywood California this week fired every single one of its municipal employees, and outsourced policing and every other job to outside entities. Police officers were replaced by cops from other depts, maintenance workers, traffic guards, and every other kind of city worker was replaced by people from elsewhere to save money.

What does this mean for employment opportunities in Maywood, as the economy continues to struggle? How will the city maintain the same quality of service for its citizens? All of this remains to be seen

Maywood City Outsources Everything
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Not once, not twice, but three times in the last two weeks, Andrew Quezada says, he was stopped and questioned by the authorities here. Mr. Quezada, a high school student who does volunteer work for the city, pronounced himself delighted. Chalk up another Maywood resident who approves of this city's unusual experience in municipal governing. City officials last month fired all of Maywood's employees and outsourced their jobs. While many communities are fearfully contemplating extensive cuts, Maywood says it is the first city in the nation in the current downturn to take an ax to everyone.

Maywood City Outsources Everything

President Barack Obama may have mixed reviews so far, but his First Lady has been a smash hit all the way, and her latest home run is the "Let's Move" clinic.

Her first initiative sought to get healthier meals into schools, and into communities and neighborhoods where good healthy food is not always affordable and easily available.

Now she's following that up by encouraging kids to get fit and exercise with the "Let's Move" movement. it's all a part of her mission to work against childhood obesity in America.

She said in her speech, "The truth is that lots of kids just aren't getting enough healthy foods and they're not getting enough exercise. And that's going to make it hard for them to pay attention in class, it's going to make it hard for them to keep up with their friends on the playground, and it's going to make it difficult for young kids to grow up to be the kind of strong athletes that we see here."

First Lady 'Let's Move' Clinic
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We're trying to get companies to provide healthier foods for you guys to eat. The second thing, we're trying to help schools like yours offer healthier meals so that you get good food at school. The third thing, we're making sure that all families can get healthy, affordable food in the communities where they live. One of the biggest problems in this country is that lots of children live in neighborhoods that don't have a supermarket at all, not a single supermarket. That means that healthy fruits and vegetables are harder to find, and we're trying to change that.

First Lady 'Let's Move' Clinic

If you've been wondering how Salma Hayek keeps those amazing looks, the secret is out! Read below for the details on Salma's secret juice cleanse that keeps her looking and feeling so healthy.

Salma has for years done a cleanse where she only drinks these specially made concoctions, and eats no meals. IT lets her system clear out of toxins and get a fresh start. She explains about her diet plan, "If I've been indulging in rich foods, a cleanse is a wonderful way to hit the reset button."

She used to make the juice herself or with her trainer and nutritionist, but now she has gone into business with a nutrition expert to sell the juice cleanse to you, the public. If you can afford $58 a day for it, anyway. Cleansing this way is a popular health technique, and with a little research you can probably do it for much cheaper yourself, but if you can afford to indulge why not take advantage of Salma's expertise!

Salma Hayek Juice Cleanse
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"I've been doing juice cleanses for 15 years," she tells UsMagazine.com. And now the curvy actress, 43, has collaborated with pal and professional juicer Eric Helms to create Cooler Cleanse, a three or five-day juice detox delivery program. PHOTOS: Find out how the stars fight cravings. To begin the juice cleanse -- which costs $58 per day -- detoxers eliminate processed foods, caffeinated drinks, alcohol, dairy products and sushi. Those on the program receive a home delivery of six drinks -- including almond milk and watermelon lime -- that add up to less than 1,200 calories a day.

Salma Hayek Juice Cleanse

Marijuana, is it nature's greatest medicine or just another poison? There are many theories about the good and bad of the drug, but now a new study says there may be complex connections between marijuana and a psychotic disorder.

It's not that marijuana causes schizophrenia, but the studies of the drug show that people who suffer from schizophrenia are twice as likely to smoke marijuana, and people who smoke are twice as likely to develop the disorder.

But, and this is an important but, the study does not indicate that marijuana causes the psychotic disorder, or makes you more likely to suffer from it. Researchers are quick to point out that even though marijuana has become much more popular in the last 50 years, rates of schizophrenia have not risen at all.

So this study does not seem to show that marijuana poses a danger, and it still is widely believed to have many health benefits and medicinal uses in moderation.

Complex Link Marijuana Psychotic Disorder

Since the days of Reefer Madness, scientists have sought to understand the complex connection between marijuana and psychosis. Cannabis can cause short-term psychotic experiences, such as hallucinations and paranoia, even in healthy people, but researchers have also long noted a link between marijuana use and the chronic psychotic disorder, schizophrenia. Repeatedly, studies have found that people with schizophrenia are about twice as likely to smoke pot as those who are unaffected.

Complex Link Marijuana Psychotic Disorder

A miracle in Massachusetts, as a man was directly struck by lightning, fell to the ground without a heartbeat, but was amazingly revived right on the scene and brought back to life.

The man was working at a nursery in Dartmouth when a thunderstorm came through, and the man tried to run to his pickup truck to safely hide out from the lightning. But he didn't make it in time and was struck by a lightning bolt. Luckily coworkers were able to run up immediately and revive him.. Quite a lucky scene, and heroic work from his comrades.

Man Struck by Lightning, Revived
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Authorities say an employee at a Dartmouth nursery was revived by coworkers after being struck by lightning during a series of thunderstorms that swept across Massachusetts. District Fire Chief Timothy Andre tells The Standard-Times that workers at Sylvan Nursery were advised to take cover when a storm moved through early Monday afternoon. A man identified by police as 37-year-old James Gallant of Westport was running to his pickup truck for shelter when a bolt of lightning either hit the ground or his truck, then struck him.

Man Struck by Lightning, Revived

Eric Roberts, the brother of superstar Julia and movie actor himself, is checking into rehab, and not just any rehab but Dr. Drew's Celebrity Rehab!

It's not yet clear exactly what Roberts is joining the reality show/treatment center for, but it is some sort of addiction that hasn't been specified yet.

According to Roberts' spokespeople, "It's not for anything serious. He's not hooked on prescription meds or hard drugs or anything like that... It's ironic that Eric is going through the same Celebrity Rehab experience as Andy Dick, his co-star in the film. They certainly never bonded on the set and chatted about anything like this. It's a complete surprise. No one knew Eric had a problem."

Eric Roberts Celebrity Rehab Shocker
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Julia Roberts' brother, Eric, has checked into rehab -- and his treatment will be televised. The actor, who is actress Emma Roberts' father, has joined the cast of the new season of reality TV show Celebrity Rehab, where celebrity counselor Dr. Drew Pinsky will attempt to help the star battle his substance abuse demons once and for all. Roberts, who was arrested in 1987 for cocaine and marijuana possession and continued to battle a cocaine problem throughout the 1990s, joins fallen pop star Leif Garrett and fellow actor Jeremy London in the new season of Celebrity Rehab, which began shooting last week.

Eric Roberts Celebrity Rehab Shocker

The Scream 4 movie is starting to come together, and one new star just added is Emma Roberts, as seen below.

Roberts, from the same family as Julia Roberts, is joining the veterans Courtney Cox, Neve Campbell and David Arquette. Roberts will be playing one of the main stars of the movie, similar to what Neve Campbell was in the original version.

Scream is one of the most successful movie franchises, a big hit in theaters and on DVD. It satirizes other horror movies and started a new trend of self-aware horror/comedies.

Emma Roberts, Scream 4
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With filming set to begin at the end of June, Weinstein's Dimension Films is furiously putting its Scream 4 cast together. Young upstart Emma Roberts is set to join the ensemble team of Courteney Cox, David Arquette, and Neve Campbell. And while the script from Kevin Williamson is being kept under wraps, sources tell EW.com that Roberts is expected to play Jill, one of the film's primary heroines. Scream 4 returns to Woodsboro, the home of Sidney Prescott (Campbell). And Roberts will play a role similar to Campbell's star-turning one in the original.

Emma Roberts, Scream 4

Eric Roberts, the brother of Julia Roberts, has had more than his share of drama. Along the way in his long career, he has had a wide variety of movie roles, but also many trials and travails in his personal life.

Roberts suffered a terrible car accident that left him in a coma and severaly damaged his face, so much that from then on he had to take different movie roles than he had before, playing the bad guy or the tough guy.

And he has been perceived as a bad guy by the law as well, getting arrested numerous times usually for drug related offenses, as he has suffered through drug addiction and sought treatment for it at various times in his career.

Eric Roberts arrested in 1987 for cocaine marijuana resisting arrest
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In February 1995, Eric Roberts was arrested for shoving his wife into a wall. It was not the first time he got into a domestic dispute. He had previously appeared in court for fighting with his former girlfriend, Kelly Cunningham. In addition, in 1987, Roberts was arrested for resisting arrest and possession of cocaine and marijuana after he tried to assault a New York police officer.

A woman who was officially declared dead, has turned out to be alive after all, after a car accident was thought to have left her gone forever.

The woman, Abby Guerra, was in a terrible accident, in which one person died and two others were in critical condition. The family was told she had died, and was planning her funeral, when it turned out that she actually was still in the hospital in criticam condition in the ER , and receiving medical treatment.

Great news for them. but heartbreak for the other family who was sitting by one woman's bedside thinking it was their loved one, and now it turns out their loved one was already deceased and they were praying and hoping next to some other person's hospital bed the whole time.

Dead Woman Found Alive: Guerra
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A woman who was pronounced dead has been found to be alive. Abby Guerra, 19 was in a car wreck with her friends coming home from a trip to Disneyland. They crashed on July 18. What is being called a medical mix-up found Guerra's family preparing for the funeral of their living daughter after they were told Abby was dead. One passenger died in the wreck while two others were taken to the hospital with severe head injuries. Officials told Guerra's family she had died. The Arizona family went through believing their daughter was dead, but it was a mistake.

Dead Woman Found Alive: Guerra

The media and Washington have been salivating and over the story of Chelsea Clinton's wedding, and they've gotten so excited about it they may get a little ahead of the facts as the compete for scoops on the details of the marriage and wedding plans.

One detail many news outlets picked up on, including the Washington Post and NY Daily News, was the tidbit that Chelsea and her fiancee Marc were planning to get married in Martha's Vineyard. But over time it became apparent that this may not be the true story, with more evidence coming out that their wedding planners were planning a deluxe affair in Rhinebeck, in instead. In fact details already available show that there will be a $2 million w

edding in the works for the elite couple.

Chelsea Clinton $2 Million Wedding (VIDEO)
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The catering, being done by Blue Ribbon Restaurants, St. Regis and Olivier Cheng Catering and Events, is estimated to cost $750,000. One company might be doing the cocktail hour with another taking care of the main meal and the third one doing late-night snacks. Wedding planner Claudia Hanlin told ABC News that each company may charge around $500 a head, given the remote nature of the wedding site, along with having to share the kitchen and coordinate with two other caterers. That works out to $1,500 per guest (there's rumored to be 500 of them) for food alone.

Followers of the Royal Family just got a rare new opportunity to connect with the Queen herself, as Queen Elizabeth has now started a new personal Flickr account.

The Queen will share photos of the family and their various appearances representing the United Kingdom. The photos go back to the 19th century, showing the Monarchy in various stages of its history. Most of the photos show Prince Charles, Elizabeth and other Royals on their various trips around the globe including a recent trip to Canada.

The queen has been relatively quick to adopt new social media technology, already getting on twitter and youtube to show off the royal jewels and the royal family's various delights.

Queen Elizabeth Flickr Photos!
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Britain's Queen Elizabeth II is launching a Flickr photostream Monday, Buckingham Palace announced. The British Monarchy stream on the photo-sharing website launches with more than 600 historic and current photos of the royal family. The White House has had a Flickr stream since April 2009. The British Monarchy stream includes photos going back to Queen Victoria and her husband Prince Albert, dating from about 1861. It also has photos of eminent Victorians such as the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, as well as baby pictures of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Charles, the heir to the throne.

Queen Elizabeth Flickr Photos!

An amazing find in Egypt, where scientists stumbled upon a pristine impact crater the likes of which has rarely been seen before.

Said one of the experts studying the rare find in Egypt, "This crater is really a kind of beauty because it's so well-preserved that it will tell us a lot about small-scale meteorite impacts on the Earth's crust, It's so nice. It's so neat. There is something extraordinary about it."

This will be a rare attraction for people to come see, hopefully tourists who have vacation packages or plane tickets to Egypt will get to add this sightseeing to their trip. This sort of crater is usually only found on the moon or on Mars, because thy are better preserved there. So it could give new insights into how meteorites affect the environment.

Pristine Impact Crater Discovered in Egypt Desert
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What may be the best-preserved small impact crater ever seen on Earth has been discovered in the remote Egyptian desert, scientists announced Thursday. The crater, called Kamil, is positively pristine when compared to most holes in the Earth gouged by impacting meteorites. Where many craters on our planet are partially eroded, this one retains much of its structure, down to even the rays of ejected material that were shot from the center when the space rock hit. [Photo of the new impact crater]

Pristine Impact Crater Discovered in Egypt Desert

A beloved pet dog was released into the wild by mistake this week, after authorities mistakenly identified it as a coyote, somehow.

The humane society had found the Shiba Inu breed, 11 years old, after it went missing from its loving family. The pet owners put up posters all around town for their lost dog but it was not traced back to them in time. It was picked up by an officer, and brought to the humane society, who should specialize in proper care for pets but could not identify it as a regular domestic pet dog, and somehow thought it was a coyote though it was clear in the photos this was not the case. A horrible mistake, as now the dog is gone, and the family has little hope of finding it again.

For photos of the lovable dog that is clearly not a coyote, see below. What a sad story for any animal lover or pet owner!

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An American Kennel Club-registered dog has been turned loose in the wild after the Frankfort Humane Society mistook her for a coyote. Copper is a female Shiba Inu. Lori Goodlett told The State-Journal her pet of 11 years disappeared from her fenced back yard on July 3. It was after she put up posters that a police officer recognized Copper as the dog he had taken to the shelter. A shelter worker later called police and said it had to be picked up because coyotes weren't allowed there.The department turned the animal loose behind a home improvement store after consulting with a wildlife expert who said coyotes were nuisance animals and should be returned to the wild or killed.

An amazing step forward in medical science may be coming, according to this 60 Minutes report about the possibility of growing new body parts from human cells.

This new form of regenerative medicine will hopefully be used for serious medical issues that require treatment including transplants of organs and other surgery. Doctors believe it may not be long before these new organs can be produced. People who suffer from heart disease, problems with their ears, eyesight, bladder, kidneys and more could all benefit from this huge breakthrough.

Said one doctor, "the hope for the future is that if you do have a patient who has organ failure, you don't want that patient to die because you're waiting for an organ.People are dying every day on the transplant wait list. So the hope of the field is that some day we can provide replacement tissues and organs that can be used to help them survive."

growing body parts from human cells "60 minutes"
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It is called regenerative medicine and the goal is to help the thousands waiting for organ transplants and the hundreds of veterans who return from Iraq and Afghanistan horribly maimed. So far, researchers have created beating hearts, ears and bladders by manipulating cells in the human body into regrowing tissue. The hope is to one day profoundly change human lives. Dr. Anthony Atala runs the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine in North Carolina. You name the body part, chances are Dr. Atala is trying to grow one. "Currently at the institute we're working on over 22 different tissues and organs," Dr. Atala told 60 Minutes correspondent Morley Safer.

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A lake that has been in Iowa since the 1920s has completely disappeared in a matter of hours, after a burst dam made it vanish during a rain storm.

The lake was manmade, and maintained by a dam that was privately owned dam. THe heavy rain storm that caused the dam to burst caused major property damage and ruined lots of real estate in the small Iowa town.

Residents are hoping FEMA will step in to help the town revcover and rebuild the town and the dam, since the expenses will go beyond wat real estate insurance and local government resources can cover.

Iowa Lake Vanishes (PHOTOS)
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One day, Lake Delhi was filled with summer revelers swimming and tubing. The next, it was a mere fraction of what it used to be, after a privately owned dam that had created the Iowa lake in the 1920s broke down from heavy rain, sending its water cascading away. Witnesses estimate that the lake receded at a pace of six inches per minute, almost emptying overnight. "It just makes your jaw drop," said one local resident. "The lake's gone." Denizens are hoping to seek aid from FEMA to rebuild the dam and deal with flooding costs, though a majority of the properties around the nine-mile-long lake are vacation homes, which don't always qualify for rebuilding funds.

Iowa Lake Vanishes (PHOTOS)

As investors in the TV business continue struggling with how to make news profitable, and evening network news shows continue to struggle in the ratings, at least one channel is planning to try out tv news in a different way: with no anchors!

According to the executive spearheading this TV experiment: "We are about to launch a TV newscast in Houston that has no anchors, that has great pictures and great writing, but doesn't involve a set or a desk or anyone standing in the way of the picture. Now is it going to work? We're going to find out."

This could be a big cost saving measure for the major corporations that run TV news enterprises and have been struggling to keep them solvent and profitable for their investors. But whether this can win an audience and make news into a good financial investment for your stock portfolio again remains to be seen.

Future TV News: No Anchors?
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Houston, we have no problem, according to Tribune Co. Chief Executive Randy Michaels....He is trying to shake up the staid TV news world. Michaels told The Wall Street Journal. It will be interesting to note the reaction of the viewers -- and the TV industry. Michaels, a radio veteran, is tinkering with something sacred here. For better or worse, local news anchors -- even before comedy actor Will Ferrell mocked the practitioners -- appear on the tube at breakfast and dinner times day after day and have become a regular part of our lives.

TV News: No Anchors?

We've all gotten used to seeing celebrities in trouble with the law, but here's one picture you probably thought you'd never see: Justin Bieber in a prison jumpsuit!

As seen in the photo below, Bieber was indeed captured on film in full prison garb, and in handcuffs. But he won't need a team of defense attorneys to help him with his court case, as this prison sentence is one he will only serve on television, as he is a guest on the hit TV show CSI.

The smash hit singer and pop music CD platinum seller Bieber will be playing a criminal on the show, that is sure to bring big ratings and DVD sales when it appears. Bieber has become a superstar with the teen and tween audience, while also saucily flirting with older women like Chelsea Lately and Tina Fey on Saturday Night Live.

Justin Bieber Prison Jumpsuit
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The teen pop sensation posted a TwitPic of his "CSI" appearance on Friday with the caption, "I told you I was a BAD MAN!!" He announced his first acting gig on the CBS crime drama earlier that day with the message, "BIG DAY today ... excited. I'm ACTING!!! CSI BABY!! Im a BAD MAN!! lol." Bieber will play Jason McCann, a troubled teen who confronts the CSIs over a decision he makes about his brother, according to E! Online. "It is the beginning of an emotional story that will conclude later in the season," CBS added. Although the "Baby" singer had an "amazing day" on the set, it wasn't all work for the 16-year-old.

Justin Bieber Prison Jumpsuit

A new development in the ongoing marriage/divorce saga of the Jon and Kate Gosselin, with reports that they have finally reached a custody settlement that decides the future of their 8 beautiful kids.

The details that their attorneys worked out in family court are confidential, but the custody settlement agreement that they negotiated is said to bring a truce and an agreement on who takes care of them when, and what happens with current and past child support.

The two were stars of the Jon & Kate Plus 8 reality show until their breakup changed the show to simply Kate Plus 8. Marriage counseling and all the help they could find was not enough to keep the marriage together, but hopefully now they are beginning to move on and set up a stable situation for themselves and their kids. Best of luck to them!

Gosselin Custody Settlement
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The epic child custody war between Jon and Kate Gosselin is officially over. The former spouses/stars of Jon and Kate Plus 8 have reached a settlement agreement. The terms are extremely confidential, but the new deal replaces their previous one, in which Jon was on the hook for child support he could not pay. Jon filed documents in a Pennsylvania court asking for custody of their eight kids in April, looking to renegotiate those child support payments. He then dropped that lawsuit and sought a truce with Kate, which he apparently got.

Gosselin Custody Settlement

A NY restaurant is now in the Guinness Book of World Records for their feats of gourmet eating, specifically in the form of a $69 hot dog!

The incredible dog, seen in a photo at the link below, is full of fancy ingredients like truffles, foie gras, and truffle butter. Hopefully it also comes with a good health insurance plan for the instant heart condition it will cause.

The same restaurant also holds the world record for the most expensive Ice cream sundae, which they sold for a whopping $1,000. I'm not sure what could possibly have been in that dessert that boosted the price so high. But I'd love a taste!

$69 Hot Dog! (PHOTO)
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"It was great. Great flavor," said tourist Trudy Tant, 49, who played a key role in helping a Manhattan restaurant savor another Guinness World Record. Tant, of Rock Hill, S.C., said she was outside Serendipity 3 on E. 60th St. Friday morning - National Hot Dog Day - when owner Stephen Bruce asked her to spend her dough on the pricey frankfurter. The publishing company worker said she relished the opportunity "to do something out of the ordinary." The haute dog, prepared by head chef Joe Calderone, comes with truffle oil, a salted pretzel bed, truffle butter, duck foie gras, Dijon mustard, Vidalia onions and ketchup. Tant paid for the foot-long with Guinness World Records official Kimberly Patrick looking on.

$69 Hot Dog! (PHOTO)

An unusually icky prehistoric find this week in East Timor, where scientists have unearthed an ancient rat the size of a small dog.

The Australian team uncovered the rat and found that it would have weighed in at 13 pounds or so. Bigger than my cat. You'd need quite a hard core exterminator to take care of these!

Said one of the scientists about this prehistoric pest, "Rodents make up 40 percent of mammalian diversity worldwide and are a key element of ecosystems, important for processes like soil maintenance and seed dispersal. Although less than 15 per cent of Timor?s original forest cover remains, parts of the island are still heavily forested, so who knows what might be out there?""

Giant Dog Sized Rat
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Australian archaeologists have documented the remains of ancient giant rats the size of small dogs which were discovered in a remote East Timorese cave. Ken Aplin of government science agency CSIRO said the rats, detailed in the Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History this week, grew up to six kilograms (13 pounds) -- nearly the size of an adult Jack Russell. The remains of the super-rats, three times the size of the largest living species, were among 13 types of rodents discovered during years of research in East Timor. Aplin told AFP the rats lived there until 1,000 to 2,000 years ago, and were likely wiped out by changes in agricultural practices and habitat clearance.

Giant Dog Sized Rat

Have you ever the heard the one about the guy who tried to sell the Brooklyn Bridge? Well in London this really happened, as a man was just jailed and found guilty of a scheme to sell the Ritz Hotel, despite not being an owner of the landmark building at all.

Said the judge, "You were found guilty by a jury of this elaborate and outrageous scam, purporting to sell the Ritz Hotel, thereby obtaining £1m from your victim."

The scam was based on convincing wealthy people that he was closely affiliated with the Barclay Brothers, who are the controllers of the hotel. This was truly a financial scheme that would make Bernie Madoff and his Wall Street crook colleagues proud.

Man Jailed: Ritz Hotel Scheme
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A jobless lorry driver who pulled off an "elaborate and outrageous scam" to sell London's Ritz Hotel for £250m has been jailed for five years. Anthony Lee, 49, of Beal, North Yorkshire, found victims who were interested in the hotel in Piccadilly and duped them into handing over £1m. He was convicted earlier this month of obtaining the money by deception. Southwark Crown Court heard that he pretended to be a close friend of the hotel owners, the Barclay brothers.

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This could be the most brazen shoplifting story ever: A woman applying for a job at a retail store stole an outfit form that store, and wore it to her job interview!

The woman was applying for a job at a store in Ontario, Canada, and got noticed only when she shoplited a second time on her way out from that interview.

To make matters even more comical, she was tracked down by the police in an even more absurd way: "Police attended the store and, as they say in their press release, "easily identified the thief using her resume."

Perhaps she is just going through hard times and desperate in these economic dog days, and had no clothes to wear to the job interview. But you gotta at least resist stealing the second time around!

Shoplifting Job Applicant
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A lady goes to a store to apply for a job. On the way out, she steals an outfit. She wears the outfit to her interview and does not get caught, until she shoplifts again. On her way out. Again. Is this a story about the cycle of poverty, a woman with kleptomania, or a dumb criminal? Officials in Barrie, Ontario are optimistic about finding the lady.

Shoplifting Job Applicant

Big news from Melissa Rycroft, one of the most beloved Bachelor stars: she has officially announced she is pregnant!

Melissa, who also wowed audiences on Dancing With The Stars after she was infamously done wrong by the bachelor who turned out to be a scoundrel, made the big happy family announcement on Good Morning America. She and her husband are welcoming a bouncing new baby later this year.

Said Rycroft: "Apparently Tye and I wanted to see how many life-changing events we could fit into one calendar year. From getting engaged, married, new job, and we are now pregnant." With any luck they should be coming home from the hospital natal ward with a healthy and beautiful little one, best of luck to them!

Melissa Rycroft Pregnant (VIDEO)
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Former "Bachelor" contestant and "Dancing With the Stars" alum Melissa Rycroft is pregnant. The 27-year-old made the announcement Wednesday on Good Morning America. Rycroft said she and her 29-year-old insurance agent husband, Tye Strickland, "weren't even trying." The two were married in December. "He wanted the kids right away, and I was laughing at him going, 'No, not ready!'" Rycroft is due in February. This is the first child for both.

Melissa Rycroft Pregnant (VIDEO)

Sad news in twitterland as the world's oldest tweeter has bassed away at the age of 104.

Ivy Bean had been tweeting for years from her care home in Bradford England where she received top flight care at the center for the elderly. She became a famous twitter star with her lively presence online, attracting over 50,000 followers.

With the news of her passing condolences came from around the world, even from the wife of the Prime Minister Gordon Brown. People often wonder if the internet and social media are bad for your health, but it looks like this plucky woman stayed lively and young at heart through getting on twitter, so maybe it has some good uses after all.

Oldest Tweeter Dies, at 104!
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Ivy Bean, who became an online celebrity as the oldest known user of micro-blogging site Twitter, has died at the age of 104. Pat Wright, manager of the care home where she lived in Bradford, northern England, says Bean died peacefully early Wednesday. Wright said Bean "grabbed new technology. She would try anything." Bean joined Twitter in 2008 and amassed more than 56,000 followers. They included Sarah Brown, wife of former Prime Minister Gordon Brown, who tweeted Wednesday: "Sad to hear the news of Ivy Bean's passing. A great spirit and sense of humor; highly respected senior ambassador for Twitter."

Oldest Tweeter Dies, at 104!

Pole dancing for sic year old kids? Believe it or not this is actually happening in a Scottish dance teaching camp.

The club invites kids as young as six to learn pole dancing as a way to stay fit and get good healthy exercise, but critics of ccourse say the good health benefits are outweighed by how it increases your fitness for being in a strip club and objectifying yourself.

As one parent said: "Kids of that age shouldn't be exposed to that sort of thing...It's more Bangkok than Scotland. It is totally unacceptable. Parents will be horrified."

But over the phone, one of the people who runs the classes said "At the moment the age range we've got is six to 12. I've been teaching my little sister for four years and a lot of her friends come to the class as well. Honestly, they will love it.

Scottish Pole Dancing School Classes for Kids
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FURY has erupted as girls aged just six are being targeted to take pole-dancing lessons. The Up Yer Pole club today starts under-16 classes for youngsters - with even primary schoolkids allowed to take part. But the move has sparked outrage among worried parents and child-care campaigners - with one claiming it verges on kid porn. One horrified mum - who emailed Lanarkshire-based Up Yer Pole for more info on their £5 tutorials - said: "The lessons are promoted as a way to keep fit. But they're so closely linked to the sex industry that it's really sleazy.

Scottish Pole Dancing School Classes for Kids

Usually cheerleaders are on the sidelines, but this week one takes center stage, after Kealey Oliver used her athletic prowess to tackle a thief in the local mall.

Oliver, 16, was on the phone with her mom when she saw the thief trying to make his escape.

According to Kealey, "I was like, 'Hang on, Mom,' and I like put the phone down. And when he got close to me, I just got in his way and like grabbed him, and he kept trying to run, so I just slammed him on the ground."

She pulled all this off in a strapless dress, and came away with only a scratch or two to show for it! Plus fans and admirers around the world, Expect to see her on one of the morning news shows soon!

Cheerleader Kealey Oliver Tackles Thief
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Kealey Oliver, a member of Moore High School's cheerleading squad, ripped a page out of the football team's play book when she tackled a would-be thief Sunday evening. An ordinary trip to the Penn Square Mall became extraordinary when the 16-year-old junior, who was on the phone with her mother, saw the alleged perp running in her direction. See here for video

Cheerleader Kealey Oliver Tackles Thief

A tragic event at Mount Rainer National Park, as an adventurer died after falling into a crevasse. The climber was in the park as part of a four man team, when he fell.

The reposts indicate that he was killed instantly. Other climbers also fell at the same time but landed without falling as far. The other injured men were taken to the hospital but Adams was unable to be saved. Many people hike and climb in national parks every day and such accidents are usually rare, but it is an activity that always carries a risk.

Lee Adams was known by friends and family as an avid climber, and died doing what he loved. Condolences to all who feel his loss.

Rainier Climber Dies
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A spokeswoman for the Mount Rainier National Park says a 52-year-old climber died on the mountain Tuesday after falling into a crevasse. Mount Rainier National Park spokeswoman Lee Taylor says Lee F. Adams of Seattle was part of a four-men crew descending the mountain on Emmons Glacier when the final person on the rope tripped and fell. The climbing crew was then swept off its feet and fell in into a Crevasse. Two climbers landed on a false shelf and were not injured, a third man fell farther and hurt his knee and Adams was killed instantly, Taylor said.

Rainier Climber Dies

The beloved star of Sister Sister, Tia Mowry, has big news: she is finally getting engaged!

The actress who won hearts in the 90s with her twin sister on Sister Sister, and more recently has a big cult following on The Game, said her longtime boyfriend surprised her in front of the whole family with his engagement ring.

Mowry said of his surprise proposal: "I knew something was up because he came over to my parents' house and he was acting strange. He went to the bathroom three times in 10 minutes and he was sweating profusely. I was like 'Cory, are you okay?' "

Now the wedding planners will be put to work setting up the most deluxe wedding anyone could hope for.

Sister, Sister Star Engaged
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Actress Tia Mowry got engaged to her boyfriend of six years, actor Cory Hardrict, on Christmas day, she tells PEOPLE. "He surprised me in front of my entire family," says Mowry, 28, who starred with twin sister Tamera on the 1994-1999 WB series Sister, Sister and is now on the CW comedy The Game. Turns out, acting funny was Hardrict's master plan. "He's a jokester," says Mowry, who costarred with Hardrict, 27, in the independent film Hollywood Horror. "He said, 'Tia, I just want you to know that I want to be committed to you, and with this promise ring I want to let you know that I love you and I want to work towards the near future.' "

Sister, Sister Star Engaged

As American Idol moves into the future without Simon Cowell, everyone is wondering how they will survive and who will fill those evil shoes. And right now it's looking like one of the new judges may be Jessica Simpson!

The singing and sometimes acting star is said to be in negotiations to join the cast of judges. "The network's dream scenario would be to make a splashy announcement at TCA on Monday morning. They'd be the talk of TCA, and the message to other networks would essentially be, 'Follow that!'"

American Idol's rating plunged in this last season thanks to Paula Abdul'sAnd with Cowell not returning many people are wondering how the show will maintain any audience at all. but maube Jessica Simpson will be the one to keep it hot!

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Reality TV staple and singer Jessica Simpson has met with American Idol producers about joining the show's judging panel, a source close to the show tells EW, confirming a report on TMZ this afternoon. As was widely reported yesterday, former Idol executive producer Nigel Lythgoe is all but certain to return to the show for its tenth season, and he went on the record last spring saying he favored an entirely new slate of judges for Fox's ratings juggernaut. Translation? The network may be looking for more than a replacement for the departing Simon Cowell, who jumped ship at the end of Idol's ninth season in order to launch a U.S.-based version of his popular British series The X Factor.

Idol: Jessica Simpson

As American Idol moves into the future without Simon Cowell, everyone is wondering how they will survive and who will fill those evil shoes. And right now it's looking like one of the new judges may be Jessica Simpson!

The singing and sometimes acting star is said to be in negotiations to join the cast of judges. "The network's dream scenario would be to make a splashy announcement at TCA on Monday morning. They'd be the talk of TCA, and the message to other networks would essentially be, 'Follow that!'"

American Idol's rating plunged in this last season thanks to Paula Abdul'sAnd with Cowell not returning many people are wondering how the show will maintain any audience at all. but maube Jessica Simpson will be the one to keep it hot!

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Reality TV staple and singer Jessica Simpson has met with American Idol producers about joining the show's judging panel, a source close to the show tells EW, confirming a report on TMZ this afternoon. As was widely reported yesterday, former Idol executive producer Nigel Lythgoe is all but certain to return to the show for its tenth season, and he went on the record last spring saying he favored an entirely new slate of judges for Fox's ratings juggernaut. Translation? The network may be looking for more than a replacement for the departing Simon Cowell, who jumped ship at the end of Idol's ninth season in order to launch a U.S.-based version of his popular British series The X Factor.

Idol: Jessica Simpson

Jennifer Love Hewitt is in the news again, for the latest details in her always mysterious love life!

The scoop this week is that she may have a new man in her life, and quite a young man at that. According to sources at Us Weekly she is head over heels for the young actor/director Alex Beh. It's a fairly new relationship but they're said to be wuite into each other and making a very cute couple.

Jennifer Love Hewitt is best known nowadays for The Ghost Whisperer, and has many other movies to her credit. She also made the news for controversy about her weight, as she proudly rebelled against people's judgment of her body type, and struck a blow for real women across America against Hollywood'ss silly beauty standards, that are just set up to keep you buying cosmetics and beauty products, plus diet and fitness plans.

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Jennifer Love Hewitt has reportedly found herself a new man. Sources tell Us Weekly she is dating actor/director Alex Beh, 27 "She's so into him," a source said. "It's relatively new. But they're really cute together. They were holding hands the whole night!" Alex's tagline on his MySpace page is "never settle" and his relationship status is single. He lists dozens of favorite movies, including 'Lost in Translation,' 'Manhattan,' 'Amelie' and 'Little Miss Sunshine.' 'Can't Hardly Wait' didn't make the cut.

Jennifer Love Hewitt, Alex Beh

Has the mystery of the Dead Sea Scrolls now been solved? In some detective work worthy of a Da Vinci code sequel, the study of an ancient cup, tunnels in Jerusalem and other arcane hunting has brought new clues into the meaning of one of histories most mysterious documents.

It is now believed that the scrolls may have been used by a group of "rebel priests", at some point early AD or maybe even BC. Said one of the experts studying it, "Gone is the Ark of the Covenant. We're never going to find Noah's Ark, the Holy Grail. These things, we're never going to see. But we just may very well have documents from the Temple in Jerusalem. It would be the great treasure from the Jerusalem Temple."

Dead Sea Scrolls Mystery Solved
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The recent decoding of a cryptic cup, the excavation of ancient Jerusalem tunnels, and other archaeological detective work may help solve one of the great biblical mysteries: Who wrote the Dead Sea Scrolls? The new clues hint that the scrolls, which include some of the oldest known biblical documents, may have been the textual treasures of several groups, hidden away during wartime--and may even be "the great treasure from the Jerusalem Temple," which held the Ark of the Covenant, according to the Bible.

Dead Sea Scrolls Mystery Solved

Legendary Hollywood star Zsa Zsa Gabor continues to go throguh health problems, as according to her husband she is getting a feeding tube put in.

Zsa Zsa has been in the hospital for some time, after suffering from a broken hip in her home in California. As she recovers from surgery she has been receiving treatment at Ronald Reagan Medical center. She has been partially paralyzed since 2002 and rarely appears in public since then, but her millions of fans still wish the best for her and are rooting for her to recover.

Zsa Zsa Feeding Tube
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ET spoke with Zsa Zsa Gabor's husband Prince Frederic von Anhalt regarding a medical procedure the former actress is having done. According to her husband, Zsa Zsa, 93, is currently undergoing a procedure to place a feeding tube in her stomach so she can get the nutrients she needs. A few weeks ago, Zsa Zsa was admitted to the hospital after incurring a broken hip from a fall in her Bel-Air, CA home. She has been at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center recovering from surgery.

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Zac Efron is usually known as the squeaky clean star of the High School Musical movies, but now he's shocking his fans with stories of visiting a strip club with his real life high school buddy.

Efron said he did it for the first time to see what it was like, but the exotic dancers gentlemen's club experience was not everything he'd been led to believe it would be:

"I'm not really the type of guy that does that kind of thing very often, but I had this image of what it would be like. I've heard a lot about these places, mostly from rap music. They're supposed to be pretty reputable. So I just envisioned myself on a nice couch in stunner shades with T-Pain and Usher making it rain money, and it just wasn't like that."

From the way he described it to Jimmy Kimmel, it sounds like Zac will not be visiting again anytime soon. And if you had Vanessa Hudgens waiting for you at home, why would you?

Zac Efron Strip Club
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Zac Efron was recently spotted coming out of a strip club in New York City, and spoke to Jimmy Kimmel about how he broke the news to longtime girlfriend Vanessa Hudgens that he was going to the risque bar. Zac Efron was recently spotted coming out of a strip club in New York City, and spoke to Jimmy Kimmel about how he broke the news to longtime girlfriend Vanessa Hudgens that he was going to the risque bar. As for whether the reports were true that he spent $2,000 at the club, he responded sarcastically, "It was like six [thousand.] ... No, I don't remember..."

Zac Efron Strip Club

One of the stars of Inception, Tom Hardy, has made a bold admission in recent interviews, describing gay experiences he has had in the past.

While not in fact saying that he is gay, Hardy said that he has experimented in the past, and had no regrets about exploring same sex relationships: "Of course I have. I'm an actor for f*ck's sake. I've played with everything and everyone. I love the form and the physicality, but now that I'm in my thirties, it doesn't do it for me. I'm done experimenting but there's plenty of stuff in a relationship with another man, especially gay men, that I need in my life. A lot of gay men get my thing for shoes."

It's good to see people willing to talk openly about things like this, there really shouldn't be any shame in loving whoever you want to love!

Tom Hardy Gay, Sometimes?
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Tom Hardy Gay, Sometimes?

Even though marijuana continues to move towards being decriminalized, even in California the government is still cracking down on people who grow it, and this week a huge bust went down, with almost $2 billion worth of pot seized in raids.

"Tremendous devastation has been done and continues to be done by these industrial-sized grows," said Gil Kerlikowske, who directs the White House's Office of National Drug Control Policy and was in Fresno on Thursday to support the raid. "I think when people see what these marijuana grows do to their land, it makes a huge difference." Marijuana is believed to help with glaucoma, stress, insomnia, chronic pain, and maybe even to slow tumor growth in the lungs, breasts, and brain.

$1.7 Billion Worth Pot Seized
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Nearly 100 people have been arrested in an ongoing sweep of marijuana-growing operations that has netted more than $1.7 billion worth of pot in California's Sierra Nevada range, federal and state agents said Thursday. Fresno County Sheriff Margaret Mims said several Mexican drug cartels were involved in the grow operations and that most of the 97 people arrested are Mexican nationals. Agents were combing tracts of public land in the remote stretches of Fresno, Madera and Tulare counties.

$1.7 Billion Worth Pot Seized

Even though marijuana continues to move towards being decriminalized, even in California the government is still cracking down on people who grow it, and this week a huge bust went down, with almost $2 billion worth of pot seized in raids.

But even though m,any people believe marijuana is harmless and has many medicinal benefits. "Tremendous devastation has been done and continues to be done by these industrial-sized grows. I think when people see what these marijuana grows do to their land, it makes a huge difference."

Federal agents destroyed almost 500,000 marijuana plants.

$1.7 Billion Worth Pot Seized
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Nearly 100 people have been arrested in an ongoing sweep of marijuana-growing operations that has netted more than $1.7 billion worth of pot in California's Sierra Nevada range, federal and state agents said Thursday. Fresno County Sheriff Margaret Mims said several Mexican drug cartels were involved in the grow operations and that most of the 97 people arrested are Mexican nationals. Agents were combing tracts of public land in the remote stretches of Fresno, Madera and Tulare counties.

$1.7 Billion Worth Pot Seized