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Iranian TV: Pentagon Video, Audio Fake
2008-01-09 21:22:00
 TEHRAN, Iran - Iran accused the United States on Wednesday of fabricating video and audio released by the Pentagon showing Iranian boats confronting U.S. warships in the Persian Gulf. The video from Sunday's incident shows small Iranian boats swarming around U.S. warships in the Strait of Hormuz. In the recording, a man speaking in heavily accented English threatened, "I am coming to you. ... You will explode after ... minutes." "The footage released by the U.S. Navy was compiled using file pictures and the audio has been fabricated," an official in Iran's Revolutionary Guards was quoted as saying by the state-run English-language channel Press TV. State TV did not give the name of the Revolutionary Guard official and did not offer more details about how the official knew the footage was "fabricated." U.S. Defense Department spokesman Bryan Whitman said the "allegation is absurd, factually incorrect and reflects the lack of seriou...
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Obama Rumors Exposed!
2008-01-09 04:42:00
 A Rumor was floating around that Obama was muslim and would be swearing in on a Quran instead of HOLY BIBLE. Yet this picture shows him using a HOLY BIBLE! Another rumor said he refused to Pledge of Allegiance, yet the picture shows him saying the Pledge of Allegiance with his right hand over his heart. So how did the rumors start about him being a Muslim? Maybe his name is to blame for the rumors! My swahili dictionary lists "barak(a)" as a noun meaning " blesssing, prosperity, abundance". It can also be confused for the Hebrew word, baruch, which means blessed or the Arabic word, mubaarak, which means blessed as well. Swahili, Hebrew and Arabic are extremely similar languages because of millenia of trade between East Africa and the Middle East.  Swahili, is actually a Bantu language even though it has many Arabic and Hebrew loan words, it developed as a linqua franca for trade between the different peoples. Just like there are lots of English words o...
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What Really Is News?
2008-01-07 02:20:00
 The status of the mass media and its faithful propagation of the established opinion that Western policy is fundamentally benevolent in intention, is an issue of paramount importance. What role has the media played in clarifying the real principles and motives of Western policy to the public, and what does this entail for the nature of Western democracy and the role of the population in the formulation of policy? The mass media is clearly one of the most powerful institutions in society; it is, for most of the public, the ultimate source of all their information. The structure of the mass media will therefore have fundamental implications for the political and cultural orientation of the public. Hence, an understanding of the mass media will throw considerable light on the structure of Western society, the relationship between the public and ...
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Analysis: Iowa voters want unity
2008-01-07 01:55:00
 If you want to understand what happened to Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama in Iowa , recall who stood by them on their respective stages Thursday night.  For the Republican presidential candidates, the lesson was less obvious, even though former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee slammed former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney with a Chuck Norris-like punch. Iowans offered a roadmap for the nomination and general election fights. This election is about change but not just for change's sake, and Iowans seemed primarily interested in authenticity. They courted but ultimately rejected Romney, a relative latecomer to conservative social positions. They took a serious look at Clinton, the senator from New York but put her claims of 35 years as an agent for change behind the fresh hopefulness of Obama, the senator from Illinois, and the anger of former Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina. Thursday was a very bad day for one-time front-runners l...
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Guard mocked by escaped cons kills himself
2008-01-03 02:14:00
 NEWARK, N.J., Jan. 2 - A New Jersey jail guard, distraught after being sarcastically thanked by two escaped convicts, has committed suicide.Rudolph Zurick, 40, was found Wednesday in his home, The Newark (N.J.) Star-Ledger said. Police planned to interview Zurick Wednesday about the Dec. 15 escape of Otis Blunt and Jose Espinosa, who chiseled holes in jail walls and covered them with magazine photos before escaping through the holes and jumping 25 feet.They remained at large Wednesday.A note left behind included a smiley face and the words: "Thank you Officer (Zurick) for the tools needed. You're a real Pal! Happy Holidays."Zurick "was very depressed and distraught over all the media attention," police union spokesman Kenneth Burkert told the newspaper. "He just couldn't believe what happened. He was a perfectionist."Espinosa, a Bloods street gang member, was awaiting sentencing in a 2005 drive-by shooting murder. Blunt was awaiting ...
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Boy shot while playing hide-and-seek
2008-01-03 02:01:00
OPA-LOCKA, Fla., Jan. 2 - An 11-year-old Florida boy playing hide-and-seek was killed when a neighbor fired a semiautomatic weapon into an abandoned couch the boy was hiding behind.Joshua Arroliga of Opa-locka, Fla. was shot several times, including once in the head, and was pronounced dead at the scene, Miami-Dade police said Tuesday.The suspect, Zenon Fernandez, 49, fled from the apartment complex, but later turned himself in to North Miami police. He was charged with one count of manslaughter, The Miami Herald reported Tuesday.Arroliga's body was lying face down in the parking lot behind the discarded sofa. When his brother, 15-year-old Marvin, picked him up, he saw a wound in his brother's head.''Then the bullet fell out of his mouth,'' Marvin said.The family planned to try to raise money to pay for the burial, the newspaper reported.
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Topless Woman Lured Perverts in Police Sting
2007-12-28 22:50:00
 Robin Garrison, an off-duty 42-year-old firefighter, was walking in Berliner Park in Columbus, Ohio, in May when he saw a woman sunbathing topless under a tree. He approached her and they started talking and getting comfortable, the woman smiling and resting her foot on his shoulder at one point. Eventually, she asked to see Garrison's penis; he unzipped his pants and complied. Seconds later, undercover police officers pulled up in a van and arrested Garrison; he was later charged with public indecency, a misdemeanor, based on video footage taken by cops who were targeting men having sex or masturbating in the park. While topless sunbathing is legal in the city's parks, exposing more than that is against the law. The case is just one of the more extreme examples of police stings aimed at luring people into committing crimes, a tactic that has resulted in hundreds of arrests, many convictions and plenty of controversy. Law enforcement officials say that such sting operation...
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Girl genius, 15, makes history as youngest Black female accepted into Ivy L
2007-12-28 22:02:00
 She was sitting up at 4 1/2 months old, making pyramid designs with blocks at 6 months old, walking at 8 months old and completing 24- to 100-piece jigsaw puzzles at 15 months old. So it should come as no surprise that Brittney Exline, 15, of Colorado Springs, CO, recently graduated from high school and then made history by becoming the youngest Black female ever accepted to an Ivy League school, the University of Pennsylvania. "I'm not easily excitable, but I think it's cool and I'm proud of myself for holding that record," said Brittney, a graduate of Palmer High School's International Baccalaureate program in Colorado. Her dad, Christopher Exline, who works in copier sales, said, "I feel really proud of her. I think it's wonderful." A spokesperson for the University of Pennsylvania would not comment, telling JET, "We do not give out information about our students." Brittney, who studied anthropology last year during summer school at Harvar...
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Cop Busted For Stealing $1 Million in Coke
2007-12-27 19:25:00
 (Well good luck America on fighting the so-called war on drugs with corrupt cops like this.)A veteran California Highway Patrol officer was arrested after he allegedly stole more than $1 million worth of cocaine that had been in his agency's custody, authorities said Monday. Joshua Blackburn, who has been on the force six years, is being held on $4 million bail at the Orange County Jail. Around 4 a.m. Friday, CHP officials discovered a break-in at the evidence locker room of their headquarters in Santa Ana and notified local police, authorities said. The Orange County District Attorney's office is heading the investigation. Deputy District Attorney Susan Schroeder said Blackburn was arrested later Friday in Riverside County and the cocaine was recovered. Authorities said Blackburn, 32, forced his way into the evidence locker room early Friday morning, took several pounds of cocaine - valued at more than $1 million - and hid it. The stolen cocaine was evidence in a case ...
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Over 120 feared dead in Indonesia floods
2007-12-27 14:07:00
 MOGOL, Indonesia - Landslides and floods triggered by heavy rain have left more than 120 people dead or missing on Indonesia's Java island, as rescuers struggled on Thursday to pull out bodies buried under thick mud. Officials said thousands of people have been left homeless after their houses were submerged by floods or buried by landslides in villages near the Bengawan Solo river, which lies about 500 km from the capital, Jakarta. About 40 people were missing after floods swept away a bridge in Madiun district in East Java province on Wednesday, a local police officer said. In neighboring Central Java province, about 1,000 rescuers, police and soldiers tried to unearth 26 people buried in mud from steep slopes in Tawangmangu, a hilly area that has been hardest hit by landslides on Java. Rescuers had to use manual equipment, spraying the mud with water to soften it.Workers pulled out 12 more bodies on Thursday, bringing the confirmed death toll to 48, said ...
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Two suspects arrested in slayings of six people near Seattle
2007-12-27 14:01:00
 SEATTLE — King County sheriff's investigators have arrested two suspects in connection with the slayings of six people in a rural Carnation home Wednesday morning. The man and the woman haven't been identified, but are described as being in their late 20s or early 30s. Charges are expected to be filed at the end of the week, said sheriff's spokesman John Urquhart. "I'm not sure what the relationship is between the victims and the suspects," Urquhart said. "We now have to process the scene." Detectives are investigating the deaths as homicides near this town about 21 miles from Seattle . Murder-suicide in the Christmas Eve deaths has been ruled out, the King County Sheriff's Office said. Among the victims were a woman and man in their 50s, a woman and man in their 30s, and a girl, 6 and a boy, 3, said Sgt. John Urquhart. He did not explain the relationships among the people. Around 8 a.m. Wednesday, a co-worker of one of the victims went to the hom...
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Revealed: scientist who sparked racism row has black genes
2007-12-27 13:43:00
 A Nobel Prize-winning scientist who provoked a public outcry by claiming black Africans were less intelligent than whites has a DNA profile with up to 16 times more genes of black origin than the average white European. An analysis of the genome of James Watson showed that 16 per cent of his genes were likely to have come from a black ancestor of African descent. By contrast, most people of European descent would have no more than 1 per cent. "This level is what you would expect in someone who had a great-grandparent who was African," said Kari Stefansson of deCODE Genetics, whose company carried out the analysis. "It was very surprising to get this result for Jim." The findings were made available after Dr Watson became only the second person to publish his fully sequenced genome online earlier this year. Dr Watson was forced to resign his post as head of a research laboratory in New York shortly after triggerin...
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Chris Stokes Responds To Raz-B's Pedophilia Claims
2007-12-26 14:57:00
B2K member Raz B makes the claim that he, other members of B2K (including Omarion) as well as members of IMX (including Marques Houston) we're molested and also forced to perform oral sex on each other as young teenagers. All of this happened under the guidance of their manager Chris Stokes! CHRIS STOKES RESPONDS! Here is the latest! Chris Stokes has denied the allegations of Raz B (Demario Thorton) and Ricky Romance ( Ricardo Thorton). See the statement below.   "The accusations that Demario “Raz B” Thorton and Ricardo Thorton have made are vehemently false and hold no merit. I have recently stopped financially supporting both individuals along with assisting them with their criminal and legal matters which leads me to believe they are resentful and looking to benefit financially from this. My family is my first priority and the reason why I have been so supportive of them. In bringing these false claims, they have not only slandered me, t...
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Will Smith Angers Jewish Group And They Call For Boycott
2007-12-26 06:13:00
Welp, the Jews are pretty effin pissed off at Will Smith . Apparently he said something to the effect that Hitler wasn’t all that bad of a guy, and well, they took offense: Even Hitler didn’t wake up going, ‘let me do the most evil thing I can do today’,” said Will. “I think he woke up in the morning and using a twisted, backwards logic, he set out to do what he thought was ‘good’. Stuff like that just needs reprogramming. I can kind of see where Will is going with that, but according to the Press the Yamaka-donning Justice League of the Jewish community are outraged and demanding that Will’s movie “I Am Legend” be pulled from theaters:The Jewish Defense League is calling on Barack Obama to repudiate Smith’s comments, and wants theaters to pull Smith’s new flick “I Am Legend” from their screens. Smith’s words, they say, “spit on the memory of every person murdered by the Nazis. ...
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Jay Z Steps Down As President Of Def Jam, Ends Year With A Bang
2007-12-26 05:35:00
Hip Hop mogul Jay Z will officially be stepping down as president of Def Jam at the end of the year. According to News Reports, Jay, who still has one album left in his recording contract with Def Jam, will focus on his expanding franchise of 40/40 Nightclubs over the next year and other businesses."Now it's time for me to take on new challenges," he said in a statement. "I am pleased to have had the opportunity to build upon the Def Jam legacy," he added.No explanation was given as to why Jay quit the executive suit.In other Jay Z news, the Roc Boy will be closing out the year with a bang--performing live in Las Vegas on New Year 's weekend.Tickets for the show, which sold out within 2 hours of going on sale and were originally priced up to $225 each, are now selling on eBay for as much as $750 a pair. 
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Freed Prisoner Goes Into Hiding
2007-12-23 14:23:00
 MANAGUA, Nicaragua (Dec. 22) - American Eric Volz has gone into hiding after hastily leaving Nicaragua, where an appeals court overturned his conviction and 30-year-sentence in the slaying of his Nicaraguan girlfriend.The judge's decision to free the 28-year-old from Nashville, Tennessee, sparked outrage among some Nicaraguans who say the American received special treatment in the local justice system and should not have been released.In a statement broadcast on local television Saturday, the government denied it had acted on pressure from the United States.The U.S. "understands with absolute clarity that we don't respond to pressure," said Foreign Minister Samuel Santos, adding that the Nicaragua's justice system is "independent, and in this case, two out of three judges decided to free Volz."Increasing numbers of American have moved to Nicaragua - the second-poorest country in the hemisphere after Haiti - in recent years, buying up beachfront property ...

Risky Sex Returns Syphilis to Europe
2007-12-23 09:27:00
 LONDON - Syphilis is back: The sexually transmitted disease long associated with 19th Century bohemian life is making an alarming resurgence in Europe . "Syphilis used to be a very rare disease," said Dr. Marita van de Laar, an expert in sexually transmitted diseases at the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. "I'm not sure we can say that anymore." Most cases of syphilis are in men, and experts point to more risky sex among gay men as the chief cause for the resurgence. But more cases are being seen among heterosexuals, both men and women, too. Syphilis was the sexual scourge of the 19th Century, and is believed to have killed artists like poet Charles Baudelaire, composer Robert Schumann, and painter Paul Gauguin. But the widespread use of penicillin in the 1950s all but wiped it out in the Western world. In the last decade, however, syphilis has unexpectedly returned, driven by risky sexual behavior and outbreaks in major cities a...
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Woman Allegedly Stabs Husband Over Gift
2007-12-23 09:18:00
 ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo. - A woman stabbed her husband with a kitchen knife following an argument that began when she accused him of opening a Christmas present early, authorities said Friday. Misty Johnson, 34, was arrested and charged with aggravated assault and battery, a felony, and misdemeanor domestic battery. Her husband, Shawn Fay Johnson, 34, was treated at a hospital for a wound to the chest, police said. Misty Johnson made an initial court appearance Thursday in which she requested a court-appointed attorney, authorities said. She was released after posting bail, which was set at $7,500. There was no telephone listing for her in Rock Springs. Authorities said Shawn Johnson called 911 just before 1 a.m. Wednesday to report that his wife had stabbed him. He told police that his wife started arguing with him over his opening a Christmas present, according to court records. As the argument escalated, Misty Johnson accused her husband of having an affair, authoritie...
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Teens Charged in 'Mortal Kombat' Death
2007-12-23 08:55:00
 Two teens have been charged with killing the 7-year-old sister of one of them by beating her with imitations of moves from the 'Mort al Kombat ' video game, prosecutors said. Lamar Roberts, 17, and Heather Trujillo, 16, were charged as adults on one count each of felony child abuse causing death, state prosecutor Robert Miller said in court documents released Wednesday and filed a day earlier. According to a police affidavit, the teens were baby-sitting Trujillo's half-sister, Zoe Garcia, on Dec. 6 while the girl's mother was at work. Zoe lost consciousness and stopped breathing after the teens hit, kicked and body-slammed her, imitating moves used in the video game, the document said. Trujillo and Roberts tried reviving the girl by putting her under running water and attempting CPR before they called her mother and 911, the affidavits stated. The girl died at a hospital. An autopsy showed she had a broken wrist, more than 20 bruises, swelling of the brain, and bleeding in h...
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Woman Married To 10 Men At Same Time
2007-12-23 03:58:00
 Eunice Lopez, a 26-year-old woman from Miami, Florida, was arrested last week and charged with nine counts of bigamy when authorities discovered she was married to ten different men -- and divorced from none of them. Prosecutors allege that the woman has been marrying men over the past five years in exchange for money so that they could remain in the United States. In 2005, she married two different men within a period of two weeks. You'd think the clerk of court would start to recognize her face by now, if not her name. Considering all the legal paperwork one has to file in order to get married, it's rather astonishing that it took more than five years to pick up on this woman's multiple marriages -- not to mention the fact that the IRS might be getting curious about this woman's source of income. Well, the system caught up with her in the long run... the very long run. The charges say she married the men between 2002 and 2006 without divorcing any of them. In...
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Lakota Indians Withdraw Treaties Signed With U.S. 150 Years Ago
2007-12-20 17:19:00
 WASHINGTON — The Lakota Indians , who gave the world legendary warriors Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse, have withdrawn from treaties with the United States. "We are no longer citizens of the United States of America and all those who live in the five-state area that encompasses our country are free to join us,'' long-time Indian rights activist Russell Means said. A delegation of Lakota leaders has delivered a message to the State Department, and said they were unilaterally withdrawing from treaties they signed with the federal government of the U.S., some of them more than 150 years old. The group also visited the Bolivian, Chilean, South African and Venezuelan embassies, and would continue on their diplomatic mission and take it overseas in the coming weeks and months. Lakota country includes parts of the states of Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana and Wyoming. The new country would issue its own passports and driving licences, and living there wou...
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Romney Aligns Himself With Bush in Iowa
2007-12-20 10:46:00
 DAVENPORT, Iowa - Republican Mitt Romney aligned himself squarely with President Bush and his national security policies Wednesday, reaching out to GOP loyalists who hold the president in high regard, back the Iraq war and could sway the high-stakes nomination race. "I support our troops, and I support what our troops are doing. I also support our president. I believe that the president has acted in good faith and out of a desire to protect this country to do everything in his power to keep America safe," the Republican presidential candidate said. He spoke after touring the Army's Rock Island Arsenal near this eastern Iowa river city. Romney staunchly defended Bush in Iowa a few days after rival Mike Huckabee criticized the Bush administration's efforts in a Foreign Affairs journal article, denouncing a go-it-alone "arrogant bunker mentality" and questioning decisions on Iraq. The former Arkansas governor says his comments have been misinterpr...

Helping Son's Parties No Laughing Matter
2007-12-20 10:33:00
 LAKE ELSINORE, Calif. - The mother of a 13-year-old boy has been arrested for supplying nitrous oxide, or laughing gas, used during her son's ditch parties at their Lake Elsinore home. Maria Antonia Mendez was arrested for providing the gas used by the teens to get high. Riverside County sheriff's Sgt. Evan Petersen says the teens skipped school and hung out at the home. Police began investigating the case after a school officer noticed repeated absences of a group of students. Canisters of nitrous oxide were found by deputies serving a search warrant Monday evening. Investigators say the teenagers filled balloons with the gas and inhaled it. The sergeant says the 28-year-old mother also participated in the nitrous parties. She was booked for investigation of multiple counts of child endangerment and contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
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Bow Wow Unable To Take Bet Joke.
2007-12-20 10:22:00
  A flash of that hissy fit behavior Bow Wow says led to a cut finger and missed tour dates several weeks ago was on full display in leaked footage of a BET spoof interview that went horribly wrong. Omarion and Bow Wow were just beginning a joint interview for BET's "The Black Carpet" when Bow got upset, cut off the interview and stormed off claiming interviewer Touré was being too disrespectful with the questions. "Do you take moves from people like Chris Brown?" Toure had asked O. Toure also pointed out that Lil Wayne's chain is bigger than Bow Wow's, and praised O for being dope in the "Naked" video – which was actually Marcus Houston. Toure then began to yawn during one of O's answers. But it wasn't until he checked Bow Wow for using his phone during the interview that the young rapper freaked out.       "You pay my bills, bruh? Real talk. …Don't ask this man is h...
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Fantasia, pregnant with rapper Young Dro's baby?
2007-12-20 10:09:00
 The "Color Purple" superstar Fantasia Barrino is pregnant with rapper Young Dro's baby.  Yes, the very Dro who taught listeners how to "Shoulder Lean" in 2006. As previously reported, The Post's Michael Riedel wrote last week that Fantasia has missed nearly 50 performances since the summer, disappointing fans and causing ticket holders to request refunds at the box office.     &nbs p;  The "American Idol 3" winner, who already has a 6-year-old daughter, Zion Quari, is scheduled to end her extended Broadway run as Miss Celie on Jan. 6. Chaka Khan and Bebe Winans join the company as Sofia and Harpo, respectively, on Jan. 9. Also, yesterday (Dec. 19) marked the Broadway debut of Fantasia's fellow "American Idol" alumnus LaKisha Jones as the Church Soloist.
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Woman accused of groping Santa Claus at US shopping mall
2007-12-20 09:47:00
 DANBURY, Connecticut  - A woman is facing sex assault charges after allegedly groping a man working as Santa Claus at a U.S. shopping center.Santa, whose real name was not released, claimed Sandrama Lamy touched him inappropriately while sitting on his lap at Connecticut's Danbury Fair mall over the weekend.Lamy was charged with fourth-degree sexual assault and breach of peace, The News-Times reported in its Tuesday edition. She was released on a promise to appear in court on Jan. 3rd. A message seeking comment was left on Lamy's answering machine Tuesday morning.
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John Edwards love child scandal
2007-12-20 08:01:00
Presidential hopeful John Edwards is embroiled in a love child scandal with a former employee for his campaign revealed the National Enquirer (theres a source you can trust?) John is accused of knocking up six-months-pregnant Rielle Hunter, a video segment producer who worked on his campaign last year. The forty-three year-old has told close friends that she’s pregnant with the Democrat’s child. “Rielle has said from the beginning that the baby is John’s, but she appears willing to do whatever they want her to do to protect his candidacy,” a friend gushed to The Enquirer. Meanwhile, John’s wife, Elizabeth, is presently fighting for her life against incurable breast cancer.
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Larry Birkhead has a crush on Britney Spears
2007-12-20 07:58:00
Former photograph Larry Birkhead has fallen for another troubled star: Britney Spears . The father of Anna Nicole Smith’s baby girl Dannielynn, has confessed to a crush on Britney. “I think Britney is sexy,” Larry tells In Touch. An insider added that “Larry has a thing for vulnerable blondes - and no one seems more vulnerable than Britney these days. Larry wants to find someone who already has kids so they can raise their families together, just like the Brady Bunch.”The magazine speculates that they would, “Either be a match made in heaven or the biggest disaster since the Titanic.” Maybe Larry Birkhead could help Britney Spears with her court battles for her two children, Jayden James and Sean Preston.

R.Kelly arrested for not showing up in court
2007-12-20 07:54:00
A judge has issued an arrest warrant for rapper R.Kelly after the singer missed a court date in his child pornography case on Wednesday. The 40-year-old failed to arrive at the Chicago hearing on time after his tour bus was reportedly stopped by police in Utah. Judge Vincent Gaughan has held off putting the bench warrant into effect until Thursday morning at 9am when Kelly is set to appear in court. Next year, the R&B superstar is expected to stand trial on 14 child pornography charges.
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I didn't say Britney should end it all: Tyra
2007-12-20 06:02:00
 Talk show host and supermodel Tyra Banks is at the centre of a controversy over what she is claimed to have said at a private party about Britney Spears.Banks issued a denial after  reports that she was overheard saying: "Britney should just go ahead and kill herself after the album and go out like Marilyn [Monroe], very grand. She should have done it after the last album."  A representative for Tyra's reality show, America's Next Top Model, said the report on E!Online and the National Ledger was "absolutely not true." Banks issued a statement saying:  "Britney is a friend and we correspond with each other. These alleged statements are completely false." Meanwhile, Spears did not appear at a scheduled deposition yesterday in her ongoing child custody dispute with former husband Kevin Federline, saying she did not feel well. Federline's lawyer Mark Vincent Kaplan said he had been told that Spears did not feel w...