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Michael Clarke Duncan of ‘Green Mile’ fame dies at 54 

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 Michael Clarke Duncan
Michael Clarke Duncan -- best known for his Oscar-nominated role as a death row inmate who possessed magical healing powers in the 1999 film "The Green Mile" -- died on Monday at the age of 54, according to his fiancee Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth...Read Remaining News...
Naked ambition: Diners pay $500 to eat sushi off NUDE MODELS at Florida restaurant 

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Staff: The restaurant's waiters volunteered to take their clothes off for extra cash
Who needs plates when you have a naked model to eat off? One controversial Miami restaurant is saving on washing up by giving diners the chance to eat sushi directly off the bare bodies of good looking men and women - but you have to pay a whopping $500 for the privilege...Read Remaining News...

Oscar-winning composer Marvin Hamlisch dies at 68 

Oscar-winning composer Marvin Hamlisch
FILE - This undated file image originally provided by Columbia Artists Management Inc. LLC shows Marvin Hamlisch. Hamlisch, a conductor and award-winning composer best known for the torch song "The Way We Were," died Monday, Aug. 6, 2012 in Los Angeles.
Marvin Hamlisch, who composed or arranged the scores for dozens of movies including "The Sting" and the Broadway smash "A Chorus Line," has died in Los Angeles. He was 68...Read Remaining News...

Jackson says she was kept from communicating

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FILE - In this Oct. 8, 2011 file photo, from left, Prince Jackson, Prince Michael II "Blanket" Jackson and Paris Jackson arrive on stage at the Michael Forever the Tribute Concert, at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales.
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The mystery of Michael Jackson's mother's disappearance was clarified Thursday with the release of court papers that said she was kept from communicating with outsiders while at a resort and was unaware she had been reported missing...Read Remaining News... 


Two years later, alien-like sea creature gains Internet stardom

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Stunning photo of bizarre sea creature
Among the more bizarre-looking visitors to California waters this summer are Mola molas, or ocean sunfish, which are being seen in unusually high numbers. But it's a stunning photograph of one of these gentle giants that appears to be getting the most attention...Read Remaining News...

World's tiniest house available for rent 

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World's tiniest home
Hey, Mayor Bloomberg, you and your new NYC "micro houses" (and other similarly sized 250- to 300-square-foot mansions) can step aside: There now exists in the world a house that measures one square meter...Read Remaining News...

'Dark Knight Rises' reportedly earns $160 million 

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This undated film image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Christian Bale as Batman in a scene from the action thriller "The Dark Knight Rises."
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- "The Dark Knight Rises" was on track to earn $160 million, which would be a record for 2-D films, over the weekend following a mass shooting at a Colorado screening of the Batman film...Read Remaining News...

He found his car after 42 years on eBay 

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The Robert Russell happy with his wife and his Austin Healy.
Los Angeles - After 42 years, has recovered his stolen an American sports car. He found it on eBay again and can now appreciate its value...Read Remaining News...

Lots of sex - but little satisfaction in the U.S. 

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More sex, less satisfying - that is the survey by a condom manufacturer, according to the daily life in American beds.
New York - More sex, less satisfying - that is the survey by a condom manufacturer, according to the daily life in American beds. What else came out in the study...Read Remaining News...

Mother told she would never have children celebrates christening of quadruplet daughters following 25million to one pregnancy 

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The gorgeous girls, Evelynn, Gracie-Lou, Rosaline and Amalia-Rose Connaughton, are now six months old
Mother told she would never have children celebrates christening of quadruplet daughters following 25million to one pregnancy...Read Remaining News...

Hot Wheels Set Record With Double Loop Dare In Los Angeles 

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 A rally car driver and a stuntman set a new record by driving through a 66ft high double loop at the X Games in Los Angeles...Read Remaining News...

Military Wives Strip Down to Raise Awareness About PTSD: Battling Bare 

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Ashley Wise's husband Rob is about as tough as they come. The career soldier spent 8 years in the Marines before joining the Army after 9/11 and serving on two tours of duty in Iraq, but in April this year, he hit a wall. He locked himself in a hotel room with guns and alcohol and told his wife "he might do something stupid."...Read Remaining News...

No need for a bikini! Kate Upton covers her chest with her hands as she poses for raunchy poolside shoot 

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Kate Upton is seen posing with her hands covering her modesty in one shot for GQ magazine
There's little doubt that she is one of the hottest women on the planet.

And it appears that Kate Upton doesn't even need a bikini these days and has taken matters into her own hands...Read Remaining News...


Picking up the kids and moving house! Bird bullied by aggressive starlings leaves nest with egg in its beak 

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Beautiful: The Northern Flicker Bird was spotted flying the nest in Yellowstone Park in the U.S.
It can always be a hassle moving home - especially when you have kids to think about, even in egg form.

These Northern Flicker birds had to vacate the nest they had painstakingly chiselled into a roadside signpost...Read Remaining News...


10 Things to Know for Wednesday 

10 Things to Know for Wednesday
Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, left, takes a walk with his wife Ann, on the beach after a campaign stop at Holland State Park on Tuesday, June 19, 2012 in Holland, Mich.

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today (times EDT):

1.BAIN CAPITAL MAY NO LONGER BE ROMNEY'S BANE

The presumptive GOP nominee spent years vetting people for jobs at the private equity firm, an experience that might help him pick his VP...Read Remaining News...


TOWIE's Georgina Dorsett whisked away to Dubai by toyboy footballer Tom Cleverley

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TOWIE star Georgina Dorsett and her new man Manchester United star Tom Cleverley have been enjoying a romantic break in Dubai

It's the time of year when most WAGs find themselves being taken away on luxurious holidays just before pre-season training starts...Read Remaining News...


The 75-year-old bodybuilding woman

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The world's oldest female bodybuilder wakes up every day at 02:30 to fit in a 10 mile (16km) run before hitting the gym...Read Remaining News...


Get Down From There!: Inverted Helicopter Ceiling Fan

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Inverted Helicopter Ceiling Fan
This is a ceiling fan created by artist Raphaele Iaennello using a 1/6 scale Hughes MD 500 helicopter mounted upside down to the ceiling. Obviously, it's far cooler than my ceiling fan, which isn't a ceiling fan at all, but a box fan in my apartment window that I sometimes talk through so I sound like Darth Vader to the people walking by outside...Read Remaining News...


Lindsay Lohan OK after road accident on coastal highway

Lindsay Lohan OK after road accident
Lindsay Lohan's crashed Porsche lies on a flatbed tow truck, after it collided with a truck on Pacific Coast Highway in Santa Monica, Calif., Friday, June 8, 2012.

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Lindsay Lohan emerged uninjured from a collision with a dump truck on a coastal highway near Los Angeles on Friday, returning to the set of her new movie hours after the accident left her sports car crumpled...Read Remaining News...


Topless in US Central Park: A New Yorker Puts the Law to the Test

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Topless beautiful girl lying on the grassy field at New York Central Park
Inspired by the mysterious Topless Bowery Lady who recently set the Internet aflame, and the publicly acknowledged legality of being topless in the city, our pal Jamie Peck took it upon herself to take off her own shirt in the outside air recently and see what happened...Read Remaining News...


Lucy Mecklenburgh rates the other TOWIE girls as she poses topless in bed for raunchy shoot

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In bed with Lucy: The TOWIE favourite has posed for a raunchy shoot for FHM magazine and was seen posing topless while lying on a bed

There are certainly no shortage of curves in Essex and while she is often seen flaunting her own Lucy Mecklenburgh can also appreciate her co-stars figures...Read Remaining News...


Caroline Wozniacki to release own underwear line

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Caroline Wozniacki
Ladies, do you ever open your drawer of unmentionables and think, "I wish I could wear intimate garments that made me feel like the No. 9 tennis player in the world?" If so, then news of Caroline Wozniacki's upcoming underwear collection is like a dream fulfilled...Read Remaining News...


Of Course You Can Buy Salt Made from Human Tears

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Are the dinners you cook for yourself not sad enough? Have you been looking to give your meals a little extra boost of emotion? Well then you might want want to try seasoning them with these new salts made from human tears. They're sold by Hoxton Street Monster Supplies in London and the website promises a magical sounding product...Read Remaining News...


Red Hot Chili Peppers to release 18 new songs over the next six months

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Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea has revealed that the band will be releasing 18 new songs over the next six months...Read Remaining News...


Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner planning world record 120,000-foot jump from space

Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner
Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner
Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner planning world record 120,000-foot jump from space...Read Remaining News...


Monster Tasmanian King Crab saved from the pot and shipped to Britain for aquarium display

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Lucky escape: The Tasmanian King Crab is a delicacy in its native Australia and was destined for the dinner table until it was snapped up by a British aquarium worker. He paid £3,000 for three and had them flown to the UK

He was destined for the pot – if they had found one big enough to fit.

But Claude the Tasmanian giant crab was saved from death when the fisherman who caught him sold him to a British aquarium  for £3,000...Read Remaining News...


Coco shows off her ample assets poolside in Las Vegas and tweets action plan

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Buxom blonde: Coco glistened in the Las Vegas sunshine yesterday as she hosted a pool party at Caesars Palace for Memorial Day Weekend

Coco has never been shy about showing off her curvaceous body.

And the glamour model, and wife of rapper and actor Ice-T, certainly didn't hold back for Memorial Day weekend...Read Remaining News...


Mark Zuckerberg, Priscilla Chan Make Bizarre Cameo in Chinese Documentary

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Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan are seen  in Chinese Documentary
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his bride, Priscilla Chan, have made a bizarre, odds-beating cameo in a Chinese documentary that’s become a viral sensation in that country...Read Remaining News...


Diablo 3 Is the Fastest-Selling PC Game in History

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Diablo 3 PC Game
Blizzard has announced it sold more than 3.5 million copies of Diablo 3 in the first 24 hours after its release, making it the fastest selling PC game in history...Read Remaining News...


Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg weds on day after IPO

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Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- A day after the historic Facebook IPO, founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg updated his status Saturday to "married."...Read Remaining New...


10 most beautiful women of the year 2012

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Anne Hathaway

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Disco Queen Donna Summer dies at 63

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Donna Summer, the Queen of Disco
NEW YORK (AP) -- Like the King of Pop or the Queen of Soul, Donna Summer was bestowed a title fitting of musical royalty - the Queen of Disco...Read Remaining News...


‘Supermoon’ Tonight! Tips to See Year’s Biggest Full Moon

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Biggest Full Moon
If the full moon looks a bit bigger and brighter in tonight’s sky, you’re not seeing things: It’s just the “supermoon” — the biggest moon of 2012. And there’s a meteor shower from Halley’s comet peaking tonight, too, adding to the sky show...Read Remaining News...


Another finalist takes a bow on 'American Idol'

American Idol finalist 2012 Skylar Laine
Skylar Laine performs on the singing competition series "American Idol," 
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- It was an unfortunate night for Skylar Laine on "American Idol."...Read Remaining News...


JoeyBra: The Perfect Under-the-Shoulder Smartphone Holder

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JoeyBra
A night out dancing is always so much better when you don’t have to hang on to a clunky purse...Read Remaining News...


Scary injury on the rise at playgrounds

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Picture of sliding board fracture
Danger on the Playground: Riding the Slide with Your Toddler in Your Lap Could Break Her Leg

When your toddler is clamoring to ride down the big-kid slide at the playground, most parents assume that the safest thing to do is put her on your lap and ride down with her. But orthopedists say that doing so puts small children at risk for broken legs -- and it happens far more frequently than you'd think...Read Remaining News...


Frog relaxes, world goes wild

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Amazing frog sitting like human on the bench
Frogs have a reputation for being kinetic creatures. Hoping from lily pad to lily pad, searching for flies. But sometimes, an amphibian just needs to relax...Read Remaining News...


Royal photographer laid bare: Lord Lichfield's collection of nudes displayed for the first time in new exhibition

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A nude woman is captured climbing the escalator in Moscow

He was famed for his royal commissions - capturing The Prince of Wales, and Lady Diana Spencer on their wedding day...Read Remaining News...