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Joe Jackson: Stay Out of Michael Jackson's Estate
A California appeals court rejected a bid Tuesday by Michael Jackson’s father to challenge the administration of his son’s lucrative estate. A three-justice panel of the California Second District Court of Appeal unanimously affirmed a probate judge’s ruling that Joe Jackson didn’t have standing to intervene in his son’s estate. Joe Jackson was excluded from…
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AskMen.com: Kanye West and Jay-Z More Influential Than Obama
AskMen.com has rolled out the results of its fifth annual “Top 49 Most Influential Male” survey, and there were some surprises, like celebrities ranking higher than the president of the United States. Comedian Jon Stewart, Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Steve Jobs and Kanye West made up the top five. Not only is West in great…
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Court Halts Limewire Music-Sharing Service
According to Reuters, on Tuesday a U.S. federal judge in New York City granted the music industry’s request to shut down the popular Limewire file-sharing service, which had been found liable for copyright infringement. In Manhattan federal court, Judge Kimba Wood halted one of the world’s largest services for letting consumers share music, movies and…
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'The View': Juan Williams Should Not Have Been Fired
The women of The View weighed in on NPR firing Juan Williams because of comments he made about Muslims. In a rare instance of agreement, the ladies said that Williams should not have been fired for expressing his personal opinions. Joy Behar was noticeably absent, with celebrity host and staunch conservative Patricia Heaton filling in…
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Marion Jones Releases Book: 'On the Right Track'
Once-celebrated track-and-field star Marion Jones has written a book, On the Right Track, detailing her shocking rise and fall in the world of track and field. Once known as the fastest woman on earth, the former Olympian admitted that she lied to federal investigators about using performance-enhancing substances and her involvement in a check-fraud case.…
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Northwestern University: No Blackface This Halloween
Northwestern University’s Dean Burgwell J. Howard has sent an e-mail to students warning that there will be no blackface costumes this year, particularly after photos of students donning blackface and offensive costumes surfaced last Halloween. The e-mail was also signed by other student leaders and actually informed students why blackface is a horrible, racist practice.…
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Rand Paul Supporters Wrestle Woman to the Ground
Fresh from our “You’ve gotta be kidding me” file, Lauren Valle of MoveOn.org told Louisville, Ky., station WDRB that she was wrestled to the ground when trying to confront Republican candidate Rand Paul Monday night in Lexington right before a debate between Paul and Democratic opponent Jack Conway. Valle alleges that she was “manhandled” by…
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Allen Iverson Agrees to Two-Year Deal With Turkish Team
Yahoo Sports is reporting that basketball icon Allen “A.I.” Iverson will sign a two-year deal with a professional basketball team in Turkey. Iverson will be paid $4 million to play with the Besiktas. He is expected to sign this week and report for work next week. The deal would allow Iverson, an 11-time NBA All-Star,…
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Obama Plugs Job Creation As Midterm Elections Loom
President Barack Obama plugged his administration’s job-creation efforts eight days before the midterm elections. During a campaign stop in Rhode Island, Obama acknowledged that some of his policies were not popular and that Americans were frustrated by the weak economic recovery. The president stressed that the steps he took averted a second economic depression. “It…
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'Hiccup Girl' Charged With First-Degree Murder
Jennifer Mee, 19, a teenager who attracted national media attention after she couldn’t stop hiccuping for five weeks, has been charged with first-degree murder for allegedly luring a man to a house where he was robbed and fatally shot. According to St. Petersburg, Fla., police, the victim, Shannon Griffin, 22, befriended Mee while online at…
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