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Don Imus: He Has Prostate Cancer

2009-03-17T02:45:00.002+05:00

The broadcaster Don Imus said that he has prostate cancer, the Web site of New York’s WCBS television station reported. Mr. Imus, 68, made the remarks during the Monday morning broadcast of his syndicated “Imus in the Morning” radio program, which in New York is broadcast on WABC-AM radio; he said that he had stage II prostate cancer, giving no further details of his prognosis, but added that he was confident his doctors would beat it.

According to FoxNews.com, Mr. Imus speculated on air that the cancer could be a result of stress. Discussing his diagnosis on the show, Mr. Imus said, “The day you find out is fine. But the next morning when you get up, your knees are shaking. I didn’t think I could make it to work.”

In a statement, a spokesman for Mr. Imus said: “Don appreciates the good wishes he’s already received from his listeners and viewers. After years at the Imus Ranch surrounded by inspirational children battling cancer, Don is well-prepared to fight this. And no, this does not make him eligible for the kids’ rodeo competition.”

Mr. Imus was heavily criticized in 2007 for making disparaging remarks on air about the Rutgers women’s basketball team; his shows on CBS Radio and MSNBC were canceled, but he resumed broadcasting on ABC later that year.

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Long March or Wrong March ? Why The Pakistani Military Won’t Intervene

2009-03-15T16:24:00.000+05:00

The Pakistani military will not intervene to protect President Asif Ali Zardari or his nemesis Nawaz Sharif. Although firmly opposed to intervention as per the wishes of Army Chief Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, the Pakistani military is nonetheless exploring all options to deal with the looming specter of a total collapse of government leading to anarchy across the country.

There is a common feeling in military circles that Pakistan’s elite political class should bear the responsibility for its decisions. The full range of the public administration abilities of these politicians, many of whom have been elected more than twice and thrice, are exposed as sharply lacking. The political class consists of people who are recycled, tried, tested and failed.

But the ineptitude of Pakistani politicians has entered a dangerous phase now. The new threat includes creating an ethnic confrontation between two provinces, Sindh and Punjab, which could result from the aggressive drive by Mr. Nawaz Sharif to dislodge the Zardari government.

This time Pakistanis are seeing a breathtaking failure and irresponsible behavior across the board.

ZARDARI VS. SHARIF

The incompetence of President Zardari is evident in the manner in which he deliberately pushed all his political enemies to align themselves against him simultaneously. The support for Mr. Zardari’s government from the United States and the United Kingdom is a matter of deep concern for many Pakistanis. These Pakistanis feel that Mr. Zardari’s government is a vehicle for Washington and London to contain Pakistan’s military, intelligence agencies and its nuclear and advanced missile programs. They cite the examples of the behavior of this government in the aftermath of the Mumbai attacks, the attempts to sideline and dismantle ISI, and the acceptance of U.S. military’s aerial and ground border violations. In this sense, Mr. Zardari has few friends within the Pakistani public opinion. His ouster is the demand of most Pakistani nationalists.

But Mr. Nawaz Sharif’s role is no less deceptive and destructive than that of Mr. Zardari’s. The former premier, who is denouncing Mr. Zardari today, played the most important role in helping Mr. Zardari become President. Nawaz Sharif helped Zardari come to power. It is hypocritical for Mr. Sharif now to condemn NRO (the law that Musharraf promulgated on Anglo-American desire to facilitate the return of the Bhutto-Zardari combine back to power) when his own political career is at stake. Nawaz Sharif’s recent outbursts are not principled politics but revenge. The sorry part is that the lawyers and the media have failed to put this opportunism by Mr. Sharif on the spotlight.

Mr. Sharif has also declared ‘rebellion’ against the State and has encouraged policemen and government officials to declare mutiny. This is the most dangerous aspect of this crisis. The fact that Pakistani television commentators have almost ignored this dangerous call is surprising. For those Pakistanis who had condemned, in 2005, the rebellion against the State by politician-turned-terrorist Akbar Bugti, Mr. Sharif’s statements came as a shock. It is possible that in the near future, Bugti-wannabes will quote Sharif’s example to justify such rebellions. Their argument will be, ‘You ignore the calls for rebellion from Punjab politicians but condemn those from smaller provinces.’

Another alarming development was how Mr. Sharif resorted to portray his issues with Mr. Zardari as a battle between the entire Punjab province and a President from Sindh.

This use of the so-called ‘Punjab card’ by the Sharif brothers sets a dangerous precedent. Pakistan’s security managers must stay alert to the possibility of trouble in Sindh if the Zardari government falls. There are indications that subversive elements will stoke trouble by suggesting that Mr. Zardari’s government crumbled due to a mutiny led by Punjab.

This is why it is important that Mr. Nawaz Sharif does not emerge from this crisis with more political influence than what he had before the crisis. Pakistanis are right in wanting Mr. Zardari and his team out, but the Sharif brothers are not the right replacement. This is also why it is important to heed the advice of Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain of the PML-Q. Shujaat has proposed a three-party coalition government in Punjab, where Mr. Sharif will have to share power with both PPPP and PML-Q.

AMERICA & BRITIAN

It was surprising to see some Pakistani commentators describe the panicked American and British diplomatic moves to save the Zardari government as ‘good this time’ because, in the words of these commentators, the two countries were trying to stabilize Pakistan and save democracy.

The reality comes with a twist. Such naïveté on the part of some Pakistanis is unfortunate and shows the extent to which Pakistan stands confused and disturbed thanks to the constant barrage of Anglo-American psychological operations, missile attacks, and covert insurgencies being waged against this country by the powers that occupy Afghanistan.

The fact is that Washington and London moved swiftly to save the Zardari government regardless of whether they like Mr. Zardari or not. This is a government in which Washington had made huge investment. It is part of a ‘deal’ linked to the Anglo-American interests in the region.

It is incorrect that Washington ‘does not trust’ President Zardari, as some Pakistani commentators have been saying recently. The Americans accepted Benazir Bhutto after a long neglect when they felt they needed to counterbalance the Pakistani military and Musharraf, whom America and Britain did not trust.

President Zardari is as acceptable to Washington and London as Benazir Bhutto was when the ‘deal’ was brokered by the two capitals to force a beleaguered Musharraf to share power with someone the Anglo-Americans could trust.

The real problem this time was that President Zardari made an unnecessary move that threatened this government and made the military takeover look good to many Pakistanis. The Americans need this democracy so that they can use its players to counterbalance the Pakistani military in Afghanistan and Kashmir. They know it is easy to meddle in Pakistan. They know that Pakistani politicians are characterless, corrupt and easily buyable through money and power. There are no political parties in Pakistan, only political families with their own interests. It is easy for foreign powers to manipulate these players for their interests.

So U.S. and U.K. intervened to save ‘democracy’ and avert the scary possibility of the Anglo-Americans having to deal with the Pakistani military in the driving seat again.

LAWYERS’ MOVEMENT

Despite the good intentioned statements to the contrary, the lawyers’ movement has become thoroughly politicized by now. Pakistanis have noticed how Mr. Nawaz Sharif, a political partisan with his own agenda, has become the face of the movement and its official spokesperson.

In 2007, wily politicians too scared to directly confront the military government sheepishly hid behind the lawyers’ movement and used it to topple the military government.

In 2008, the politicians ditched the lawyers and refused to boycott elections under a military ruler.

In 2009, one politician, Nawaz Sharif, is using the lawyers to topple another politician, Asif Zardari.

Chaudhry Aitzaz Ahsan played a key role in turning the movement into a tool for ambitious politicians. Chaudhry Iftikhar, the deposed chief justice, would have done a great service by decisively shunning this overt politicization. But even he, after being released from house arrest in March 2008, dashed straight to the residence of Asif Zardari, not a president then but the leader of the party in government, to thank him for releasing him. When Zardari shunned him, Iftikhar is now basking in the glory of Mr. Sharif.

Mr. Sharif is no innocent political player and the message of change that the lawyers’ movement is promoting cannot happen with Mr. Sharif at the helm.

The question is: Have the two Chaudhrys - Iftikhar and Aitzaz – irreparably politicized the noble cause of an independent judiciary? If he is restored, will Chaudhry Iftikhar be in a position to fairly deal with Mr. Sharif and the other political players in the country?

Then there is also this: Pakistan does need an independent judiciary. But this should come as part of wider changes in the entire political system that is falling apart. Merely reinstating a few judges, who are also now politicized, will never solve the problem for good.

THE MEDIA

The media in Pakistan has also gone berserk, becoming politically partisan under the pretext of siding with truth. First its hype helped these failed politicians come to power. The media failed to help the Pakistani public opinion ask questions about the past record of these politicians before electing them. During the run-up to the 2008 elections, the media suppressed any criticism of these politicians under the pretext of fighting dictatorship. And today when these politicians have plunged the nation into another unnecessary confrontation because of their lust for power, the media has readily become a tool in this fight, siding with one party against another. Until now, there is no regulation whatsoever of this important medium of influence. Other countries have sophisticated media management systems that wage diplomatic and military wars. In Pakistan, this important pillar of national security is running amok.

DEMOCRATIC HORROR

If democracy could turn into horror, it just did in Pakistan. Politicians and partisan activists posing as civil society have just turned Pakistan into the butt of global jokes: a nation with vast economic, geographic, cultural and military potential that is unable to produce a mature, educated leadership.

This internal chaos is excellent fodder for the propaganda that strong lobbies in the United States have been engaging in against Pakistan over the past two years, trying to convince the world that Pakistan is a dangerous country that desperately needs U.S. military intervention and containment of its nuclear and strategic programs.

The worst part is that even if the judges are restored and Mr. Nawaz Sharif’s government in Punjab is reinstated, this failed political system in Pakistan will keep generating artificial tensions and crises linked to dogfights among politicians over booty. Pakistan is ripe for a major overhaul in its political structure and foreign policy. Sooner or later, the ball will fall in the military’s court. When that happens, the military better be ready with creative solutions because old-style coups won’t work this time.

Originolly Posted Here: http://www.ahmedquraishi.com/article_detail.php?id=626

Farrah Forke

2009-03-13T18:04:00.002+05:00

Farrah Forke, sometimes credited as Farrah R. Forke (born January 12, 1968 in Corpus Christi, Texas), is an American actress known for her role as "Alex Lambert" on the NBC sitcom Wings, and "Mayson Drake" on Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman. She also voices the character Big Barda on the animated television series Batman Beyond and Justice League Unlimited.

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David Sereda

2009-03-13T17:52:00.001+05:00

Henrik Stenson

2009-03-13T17:47:00.002+05:00

Henrik Stenson took 69 shots in the opening round of the CA Championship.

He was dressed for 68 of them.

Seeking any way to avoid getting his clothes caked with mud after a wayward tee shot on the par-4 third hole, Stenson came up with only one alternative.

So off came his shoes, his socks, his shirt and his slacks.

"Just the way God created me," Stenson said.

Well, that isn't entirely true, unless he was born wearing boxer shorts and a golf glove, along with having a wedge in his hands.

Stenson hacked the ball out of the muck, got dressed standing in the rough off the left side of the fairway, and wound up making perhaps the most entertaining bogey of his life. He ended the day four shots off the lead at Doral, but the only thing anyone wanted to talk with him about following the round was the Swede's striptease.

"If you are saving a shot, that has to be worth taking your shirt and trousers," Stenson said. "I'm sure I'll hear a few comments and once the pictures get out, I'll hear a few more, no doubt. I'll probably take that to my grave with me. I don't think I scared too many spectators off the course, hopefully."

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Kerry Thomas

2009-03-13T17:36:00.001+05:00

There must be something between Kerry Thomas and HIV. He had the "honor" of being the first man in Idaho convicted for knowingly spreading HIV. Now Kerry Thomas is charged again accused of committing the same crime: knowingly spreading HIV.

It appears that the former BSU player Kerry Thomas did not learn anything from his last conviction. Why would someone in his good mind knowingly spread HIV? Aren't people naturally good?

This time Kerry Thomas is charged on seven counts of knowingly transferring the HIV virus. Each count carries a maximum punishment of 15 years and a $50,000 fine.

The Centers For Disease Control And Prevention has a very informative coverage on HIV Transmission. There we learn that "HIV is spread by sexual contact with an infected person, by sharing needles and/or syringes (primarily for drug injection) with someone who is infected, or, less commonly (and now very rarely in countries where blood is screened for HIV antibodies), through transfusions of infected blood or blood clotting factors. Babies born to HIV-infected women may become infected before or during birth or through breast-feeding after birth."

Last year in December the police department learned that Kerry Thomas had been involved in a sexual relationship with a woman.

Jean Fisher, Ada County deputy prosecutor told CNN that he does not know why Kerry Thomas would continue to spread the HIV virus, especially as a man who has been previously convicted and spend years behind bars.

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Santa Muerte and Doña Sebastiana

2009-03-13T17:07:00.002+05:00

Saint Death (also known as La Santísima Muerte (Holy Death), and Doña Sebastiana (Lady Sebastianne), is a religious figure who receives petitions for love, luck, and protection. Saint Death is often depicted as a female figure. In some Mexican traditions, most notably among the descendants of Austrian immigrants, Saint Death is believed to be the wife of Krampus. She is sometimes referred to as Virgin Mary's twisted sister

Although the Catholic Church has attacked the worship of Saint Death as a pagan tradition contrary to the Christian belief of Christ defeating death, many people insist on praying to this figure for miracles. Saint Death is venerated by a wide variety of people from many different backgrounds. Often, those who pray to this figure are seeking the recovery of health, stolen items, or kidnapped family members.

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Douglas Hofstadter

2009-03-13T17:00:00.003+05:00

Douglas Richard Hofstadter is an American academic whose research focuses on consciousness, thinking and creativity.

Books written by him

The books published by Hofstadter are (the ISBNs refer to paperback editions, where available):

Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid (ISBN 0-465-02656-7)
Metamagical Themas (ISBN 0-465-04566-9) (collection of Scientific American columns and other essays, all with postscripts)
Ambigrammi: un microcosmo ideale per lo studio della creatività (in Italian only) ISBN 88-7757-006-7
Fluid Concepts and Creative Analogies (ISBN 0-465-02475-0)
Rhapsody on a Theme by Clement Marot. The Grace A. Tanner Lecture in Human Values, 1995. (Published 1996)
Le Ton beau de Marot: In Praise of the Music of Language (ISBN 0-465-08645-4)
Eugene Onegin: A Novel Versification (ISBN 0-465-02094-1)
I Am a Strange Loop (ISBN 0-465-03078-5) (2007)

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Jon Stewart and Jim Cramer

2009-03-13T16:38:00.002+05:00

Jim Cramer sure got his assets handed to him tonight.

On Thursday, in an extremely hyped culmination of a week's worth of finger-pointing, insult-exchanging and lamentation over the U.S. stock market, The Daily Show's Jon Stewart took the Mad Money host to task in no uncertain terms.

"I understand that you want to make finance entertaining, but it's not a f--king game," Stewart said, one of a series of hardballs he tossed at Cramer, who strode into the studio looking as if he'd been brawling in the hallway, sleeves rolled up and prominent brow already glistening.

And Cramer's voice may have even cracked a few times as he uselessly tried to defend himself against Stewart's sobering critique of the CNBC star's on-camera treatment of the prevailing economic mess.

"I can't reconcile the brilliance and knowledge you have of the intricacies of the market with the crazy bulls--t I see you do every night," Stewart told Cramer, whose 2008 advice to snatch up shares of the since-failed investment bank Bear Stearns was the clip du jour on The Daily Show all week.

"Don't you want guys who have been in it like me to show the shenanigans?" protested Cramer, who, by the way, set a record for use of the word shenanigans in a 12-minute interview (an uncut version of which will be available on ComedyCentral.com tomorrow).

"We all should have seen it more," Cramer said, referring to his fellow financial newshounds and pundits.

But Stewart didn't buy the whole shenanigans argument, anyway.

"Now to pretend that this was some sort of crazy once-in-a-lifetime tsunami that no one could see coming is disengenous at best and criminal at worst," the Emmy-winning ball-buster said.

Ultimately, Cramer vs. Stewart (aka Not Cramer) probably won't result in a massive shift in the way real cable news works, but at least The Daily Show can say it tried.

"So," Stewart concluded, "maybe we could remove the 'financial expert' and the 'in Cramer we trust' and start getting back to fundamentals on the reporting, as well, and I can go back to making fart noises and funny faces."

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Daily Show s Asif Mandvi Joins Last Airbender

2009-03-13T16:33:00.002+05:00

More casting on M. Night Chameleon’s next movie, Avatar: The Last Airbender. It’s based on the anime cartoon of the same name, and the name is probably going to be the most recognizable thing about it.

So far he’s stuck with hiring lesser-knowns to fill out the cast, and that trend continues. According to a press release issued today, Aasif Mandvi, Shaun Toub, Cliff Curtis, and Keong Sim have all joined the cast of the film. Aasif Mandvi’s name may be familiar to Daily Show fans. He’s a regular correspondent for Jon Stewart. According to the press release, “Mandvi is set to play the role of Commander Zhao, an ambitious and hot-tempered Fire Nation commander. Toub, last seen in IRON MAN and THE KITE RUNNER, is cast as Uncle Iroh, the retired Fire Nation general and devoted surrogate parent to Dev Patel's character Zuko. Curtis is set to play the ruthless ruler Fire Lord Ozai. Keong Sim has been cast in the role of Earthbending Father.”

Already in the cast are Noah Ringer as the titular Airbender, Nicola Peltz who plays the Waterbender Katara, Jackson Rathbone in the role of Katara's brother Sokka, and Slumdog Millionaire star Dev Patel who plays Prince Zuko, prince of the Fire Nation.

Here’s my question. Is he filling the cast with unknowns because his usuals saw his last two movies and were getting tired of being made fun of for their association with him… or is this what he actually wants? Maybe I’m just cynical but I can’t imagine anyone with better options actually wanting to work with Shyamalan after The Happening. M. Night has already made Mark Wahlberg a punch line, who’s next?

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Anna Nicole Smith: Who was murdered

2009-03-13T16:21:00.002+05:00

The late Anna Nicole Smith's boyfriend and two doctors have been charged with illegally providing the ex-Playboy model with addictive prescription drugs, two years after she died of an overdose.

California's attorney general on Thursday said that Smith's boyfriend and attorney Howard K. Stern and the two doctors -- Khristine Eroshevich, and Sandeep Kapoor -- conspired to "repeatedly and excessively" provide Smith with drugs.

Smith, 39, was found dead in February 2007 in a Florida hotel room. Her death was ruled an accidental drug overdose.

"These individuals repeatedly and excessively furnished thousands of prescription pills to Anna Nicole Smith, often for no legitimate medical purpose," Brown said in a statement.

"There is ample evidence that ... Eroshevich and Doctor Kapoor violated their ethical obligations as physicians, while Mr. Stern funneled highly addictive drugs to Ms. Smith," Brown said.

Over a period of three years, the three suspects "furnished thousands of prescription pills to Ms. Smith, including opiates, benzodiazapines, and other controlled and non-controlled substances," read Brown's statement.

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Gwen Araujo: Who was murdered

2009-03-13T14:26:00.002+05:00

The Murder of Gwen Araujo, an American teenage transwoman, was a murder case in Newark, California, in October 2002. Araujo was killed by four men, two of whom she had been sexually intimate with, who beat and strangled her after discovering she was transsexual. Two of the defendants were convicted of second-degree murder^[5], but not convicted on the requested hate crime enhancements. The other two defendants pleaded guilty or no contest to voluntary manslaughter. In at least one of the trials, a trans panic defense - an extension of the gay panic defense - was employed.

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Tina Davis

2009-03-11T02:16:00.002+05:00

Chris Brown’s alleged attack on girlfriend Rihanna was triggered when he received a three-page text message from his manager, TMZ revealed Tuesday.

According to the entertainment website, 40-year-old Tina Davis had flooded the 19-year-old singer with messages, which is said to have angered Rihanna.

Davis and Brown were rumored to have had a sexual relationship when the R&B star was only 16, something both have denied.

However, the detective’s affidavit refers to the text message as being “from a woman who Brown had a previous sexual relationship with.”

According to law enforcement sources, Davis’ message to Brown talked about hooking up later. After Rihanna read the text, she slapped and hit Brown. The fight then turned even more brutal as he allegedly beat Rihanna.

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Kim Kardashian

2009-03-08T15:44:00.002+05:00

Kim Kardashian and Khloe Kardashian made their move on the same male mannequin yesterday during an Old Navy party in Los Angles . Look at Kim's hand placement!
The sisters, and the rest of their K-named family, return to the small screen Sunday when a new season of their E! reality show Keeping Up with the Kardashians premieres.

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Lily Allen

2009-03-08T14:32:00.002+05:00

Lily Allen has been complaining to the Daily Record about how broke she supposedly is. She's still got a place to live and has been living it up in LA with fellow "broke" pal Lindsay Lohan, so how bad off could she really be?

According to Lily, she had to sell her BMW, and no banks will advance her any money. Oh the horror! Her financial situation, however, did not stop her from purchasing a Jamaican beach last month, and hasn't slowed her habit for buying mountains of new clothes.

Lily told the Daily Record:

I had to sell my car because I’m so broke. I bought it last year and that was probably my biggest extravagance. Clothes, too. I’m always buying clothes.”

I’m completely skint,” she said. “I can’t even spend on credit cards. I mean, I won’t be broke because I’ll get the royalties from the album and all the radio plays, but that takes about a year… The banks will usually front your money in that kind of situation, but obviously they are not lending at the moment, so it’s quite a tricky time.

“I’ve been hit big time by the credit crunch.”

Poor Lily. While perhaps by celebrity standards she is "broke", in the real world she's still far from it. And if she is hoping for any sympathy from her fans, she's not likely to find it.

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Meghan Mccain

2009-03-04T14:56:00.004+05:00

"The election killed my personal life," said Meghan McCain, daughter of Sen. John McCain, in The Daily Beast. "I am not only turned off by people who voted for Barack Obama, but I am also turned off by people who voted for my dad—or, more so, obsessive supporters of my dad." It's impossible to keep politics out of relationships when nobody can shut up about the campaign.

Lest you think this creates an opening for lovestruck Naderites and Ron Paul supporters, said Tommy Christopher in AOL News, Meghan says that in the politically obsessed post-election world, apathy is the best aphrodisiac. Some of her dating experiences sound downright "creepy"—like the fan of her mother's who said Meghan could be "his Cindy."

Meghan McCain is sharing too much, said Jason Linkins in The Huffington Post. "The piece begins: 'The election killed my personal life,' and it ends, 'So to all the fathers out there: If you want your daughters to be single in her 20s, I can say this—run for president.' There's no need to read between those lines."

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Scott Macintyre

2009-03-04T14:45:00.002+05:00

Scott MacIntyre, "American Idol's" first visually challenged contestant, was beaming following some "Mandolin Rain" last night. Though MacIntyre had a few pitchy moments, his rendition of the Bruce Hornsby classic was touching, although Kara, who two weeks ago seemed to be canonizing Danny Gokey as a saint who gives us all hope, may have been too effusive about Scott with her beatification of him: "You move mountains."

More to the point was Randy who said "it wasn't the most perfect vocal...but you could feel the passion pouring out." Paula felt happy and proud, while Simon, feeling slightly grumpy, said he wasn't crazy about the song. Judge Dread did add that "there are better singers in the competition, but in a sea of forgettable performances, yours is the only one I'll remember."

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Maia Campbell

2009-03-04T14:29:00.002+05:00

As a biography, Maia Campbell was born on November 26, 1976 in Takoma Park, Maryland, so her age is 32. At 7, she and her family moved to Los Angeles where she caught the acting bug. She attended Spelman College for one year before leaving for the television show “In the House”. She has a daughter, Elizabeth Elisha Gutierrez.

In 1993, Maia landed a role in the Janet Jackson hit “Poetic Justice”. After a couple of appearances on television shows like “Beverly Hills 90210″ and “Moesha”, she landed a steady gig on “In the House” with LL Cool J. She has also appeared in a couple of music videos.

The drug incident discussed above is not the first run-in with controversy Maia has had. In 2006, some particularly naughty nude photographs hit the internet, and it wasn’t the cute girl from “In the House” anymore. Then in 2007, it was reported that she recorded a video singing naked for crack and was in a mental hospital where she was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, although she was accused of that much earlier. Then it was said that she stole a car.

Medicean Stars

2009-03-04T14:01:00.002+05:00

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Jason Mesnick

2009-03-03T11:46:00.003+05:00

News: 'Bachelor' winner Jason Mesnick chooses Melissa, but heart belongs to Molly

One hour and 45 minutes into ABC's 3-hour-long true love festival Monday, "The Bachelor" Jason Mesnick was doubled over, gasping for air after sending Molly Malaney, a 24-year-old Michigander, packing.

Up strolled Melissa Rycroft, a 25-year-old former Dallas Cowboy cheerleader, who screamed blissfully several times after Jason dropped to his knee, gave her a ring and that final red rose.

"I'm going to be a Mesnick!" Melissa said before she, Jason and his son Ty executed a carefree jump into a pool in formal wear.

But wait! As predicted by mysterious blogger "Reality Steve," Jason reveals during the "After the Final Rose" that "the chemistry's been completely different" with Melissa once the cameras were off. He still loves Molly, he says through a fresh set of tears.

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Online Alarm Clock

2009-02-28T17:01:00.003+05:00

Here is the free version of the Online Alarm Clock.

You can edit current time. And set the alarm time. Hover mouse button for help.

Regards.

Gisele Bundchen

2009-02-28T14:01:00.003+05:00

News: Gisele Bundchen marries with Tom Brady

New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady and Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bundchen were married in a private ceremony in California. They wed in a small party.

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Billy Idol

2009-02-28T01:17:00.002+05:00

News: Billy Idol's White Wedding Song Turned Literal

Billy Idol is an English rockmusician. He first achieved fame in the punk rock era as a member of the band Generation X. He then embarked on a successful solo career, aided by a series of stylish music videos, making him one of the first MTV stars.

White Wedding is a song by Billy Idol that appeared on his album Billy Idol. According to the VH1's Pop-up Video trivia show, Idol claims it was written to show his displeasure with his sister's fiancé. It is often considered his most successful song, although other Idol songs charted higher. It reached #36 on the Billboard Hot 100 on its original release, and reached #6 in the UK upon its release there in 1985.

Kendra Wilkinson

2009-02-28T01:01:00.003+05:00

News: Kendra Wilkinson Wishes The Best For Holly Madison

Illusionist Criss Angel and 29 year-old model Holly Madison split a few days ago. But that doesn't mean that Madison is alone.

According to People, Kendra Wilkinson -- who, like Holly, was a galpal of Playboy founder Hugh Hefner -- hopes she'll "find what she's looking for."

"[Holly] has so much love to give someone," the 23 year-old Wilkinson said. "I hope that she finds someone to give her that love back."

Wilkinson added that she wants her Girls Next Door costar to find a guy who "treats her well."

"I hope she stays happy and strong and I hope she finds someone that loves her for who she is - for her heart."

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Bart Scott

2009-02-28T00:27:00.002+05:00

News: Bart Scott To Agree With N.Y. Jets

According to The Sporting News, former Baltimore Ravens linebacker Bart Scott will join head coach Rex Ryan and play for the New York Jets. Adam Schefter of NFL Network reports that the deal will pay Scott about $8 million a season. The Ravens offered Scott around $7 million to stay with Baltimore.
Playing his entire seven-year career in Baltimore, Scott shined in 2006 when he finished the season with 103 tackles, 9.5 sacks and 2 interceptions. Scott made the Pro Bowl team and was an All-Pro selection in '06.

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Chris Kunitz

2009-02-27T02:36:00.002+05:00

News: Ducks trade Chris Kunitz for Penguins' Ryan Whitney

Maligned for their lack of scoring depth, the Pittsburgh Penguins swung a trade for the present and the future on Thursday, dealing promising defenceman Ryan Whitney to Anaheim. In return, Pittsburgh receives scoring left-winger Chris Kunitz and prospect Eric Tangradi, a left-winger with the Ontario Hockey League's Belleville Bulls.

In an interview with CBCSports.ca, Ducks centre Todd Marchant expressed sadness in having to say goodbye to a good friend in Kunitz but also excitement as far as what the six-foot-four, 220-pound Whitney could bring to the team's back line. "He's a big defenceman, and we hope that he can come in and help us," Marchant said by phone from Boston. "We're in a playoff fight, and every point is going to be huge for us, so we're looking for him to play his game, and that'll take care of itself."

The NHL's trade deadline is March 4 at 3 p.m. ET.

The Penguins entered play Thursday in 10th spot in the NHL's Eastern Conference and out of a playoff spot with a 30-26-6 record. At 30-27-5, Anaheim is 10th in the West. Pittsburgh is fifth in the East with 186 goals scored, but 73 of those have come from three players: Evgeni Malkin, Petr Sykora and captain Sidney Crosby, who is currently nursing a groin injury.

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Portuguese Water Dog

2009-02-26T01:39:00.002+05:00

News: Obama family picks Portuguese water dog

A Portuguese water dog could be heading to the White House soon, Michelle Obama indicated to People magazine in an interview that will hit the shelves this Friday. According to Mrs. Obama, the first family is now actively seeking a rescue dog of this breed that is "old enough" and a proper "match." Senator Ted Kennedy, who himself owns two beloved Portuguese water dogs, seen frequently at his side, had unofficially lobbied the Obamas to adopt such a dog. It looks as if his efforts have succeeded in swaying the first family away from a Labradoodle and towards the breed that was once trained to herd fish into the nets of Portuguese fishermen. "Temperamentally they're supposed to be pretty good," Michelle Obama told People. "From the size perspective, they're sort of middle of the road – it's not small, but it's not a huge dog. And the folks that we know who own them have raved about them. So that's where we're leaning." She expressed surprise over the fact that the public is so interested in this matter. She also shared that her daughters Malia and Sasha have been struggling to come up with a fitting name for the proposed new D.C. dog.

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Lake Jocassee

2009-02-26T00:26:00.005+05:00

News: Divers Find Hotel 300 Ft. Deep In Lake Jocassee

Divers have discovered an intact hotel buried 300 ft. deep in, a manmade water body in upstate South Carolina. The hotel was part of a neighborhood washed away by the water nearly four decades ago.
The area now known as Lake Jocassee used to be a community called Jocassee Valley. In 1973, a dam being built by the Duke Power Community replaced the neighborhood with 300 ft. of water. The dam’s purpose was to stop the flow of four rivers in the area, but the side effect was the loss of the Jocassee Valley.One building, however, survived: a hotel called the Attakulla Lodge. The hotel’s owner fought the Lake Jocassee development and was able to keep the Duke Power Company from demolishing his structure. It was the only structure still intact when the water poured in back in 1973. Now, all these years later, divers have located the hotel 300 ft. deep in the lake–and the woman who grew up as a child there has been able to finally revisit her memories.

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Lance Armstrong

2009-02-20T00:06:00.002+05:00

Lance Armstrong is an American professional road racing cyclist who rides for UCI ProTeam Team Astana. He won the Tour de France a record-breaking seven consecutive years, from 1999 to 2005.
His bicycle has been lost few days ago but now its recovered by his campaign started at twitter and facebook. He alerted his 140,000 Twitter followers to the theft on Sunday, and four days later police in Sacremento, California took receipt of the Trek bicycle.
"They recovered the bike!" Armstrong said on Twitter . "Don't have details yet but it's apparently on it's way here. Thanks to the Sacramento P D for the help!"

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Duffy

2009-02-19T23:11:00.002+05:00

The lovely Welsh singer takes three awards home with her. It was Duffy's night at the BRIT Awards in London last night, with the Welsh singer winning in three categories which are Best Female, Best Album ('Rockferry') and Best British Breakthrough Act.
Close to tears accepting the awards, Duffy said: "I can't tell you what this means after five years, thank you so much." After the awards show, she said she had left the ceremony "happier than I could have imagined".

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Raquel Alessi

2009-02-19T00:29:00.001+05:00

Raquel Alessi is an American actress. She played Lia Mathers in the Fox drama Standoff. She also appears in the movies Ghost Rider and Summerhood.

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Brad Van Pelt

2009-02-18T23:59:00.000+05:00

Brad Van Pelt was an American football linebacker who played fourteen seasons in the National Football League. He played for the New York Giants from 1973 to 1983, the Los Angeles Raiders from 1984 to 1985, and the Cleveland Browns in 1986. He was selected to the Pro Bowl five times from 1976 to 1980.
Brad Van Pelt, famously a member of the team's "Crunch Bunch" linebacking corps in the early 80s, passed away yesterday of an apparent heart attack in his home state of Michigan. He was 57. Van Pelt, who played for the Giants from 1973 to 1983, was a five-time Pro Bowler and teamed with Harry Carson, Lawrence Taylor and Brian Kelley to form one of the league's most-talented units of defenders. Van Pelt also played two seasons with the Los Angeles Raiders and one season with the Cleveland Browns before retiring in 1986.

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Mike Whitmarsh

2009-02-18T19:35:00.002+05:00

Mike Whitmarsh, an Olympic silver medalist and a champion on the pro beach tour after leading the University of San Diego to its first major basketball title, was found dead Tuesday morning at a friend's home in Solana Beach.
The Medical Examiner's Office said Tuesday night that Whitmarsh, 46, was found in the garage of the home on Shoemaker Lane. Whitmarsh, who was married, regularly resided with family in San Diego, but occasionally stayed with the friend in Solana Beach, the Medical Examiner's Office said.

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Katy Perry

2009-02-17T11:50:00.005+05:00

Katy Perry, is a Grammy nominated American singer-songwriter and musician. Born in California to pastor parents, she grew up listening to gospel music and singing in church. Perry rose to fame in 2008 with her breakthrough single "I Kissed a Girl".
Katy Perry has got back at her family for leaking her embarrassing childhood pictures to an American television network.Snaps of the pop singer, known for her unconventional style of dress, often humorous, had been provided by her parents on the request of CBS. And now, the ‘I Kissed A Girl’ hitmaker has settled scores by uploading fault0finding pictures of her flame-haired sister Angela on her blog.

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Ashera Cat

2009-02-17T10:28:00.020+05:00

The Ashera Cat is an alleged domestic or wild hybrid cat, a hybrid between the African serval, the Asian leopard cat, and a domestic housecat. However, the authenticity of the breed has been challenged, as the only known examples of "Ashera" cats have been proven by DNA testing to be Savannah cats, an existing breed. The results of official DNA tests confirmed that 3 "Ashera" kittens confiscated at Schiphol Airport in Feb 2008 are F1 Savannahs bred by Chris Shirk of Cutting Edge Savannahs. US Fish and Wildlife supervised the taking of blood samples from Shirk's cats in Pennsylvania. The samples were shipped directly from the vet surgery to the Dutch government.

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