Casey Anthony 3 billion lawsuit

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MS-13 gang

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration declared the ultra-violent street gang MS-13 to be an international criminal group on Thursday, an unprecedented crackdown targeting the finances of the sprawling U.S. and Central American gang infamous for hacking and stabbing victims with machetes.

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Nelly tour bus

Police found narcotics and a loaded weapon on rapper Nelly’s tour bus at a border patrol checkpoint, TMZ is reporting, after a police canine detected the presence of drugs.
According to TMZ, police found heroin (36 small bags totaling .64 ounces), ten pounds of marijuana (roughly the size of a large pillow) and a loaded .45 calibre pistol on their search.
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Miley Cyrus Bonnie and Clyde

AIf you think it’s been too long since Miley Cyrus showed up in your regularly scheduled television programming, then you’re in luck. However, it may not be exactly in the form that you remember her. The former Disney Channel star is in talks to play the infamous BoAnnie Parker in an unnamed Bonnie and Clyde
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Michael Vick dog

On Wednesday, Eagles quarterback Michael Vick declined to answer a question about whether he owned a dog. But on Thursday he released a statement confirming that his family recently got a dog. "I understand the strong emotions by some people about our family's decision to care for a pet," Vick said in a statement
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Brain-eating amoeba

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A brain-eating amoeba has killed at least 10 people in Pakistan's most populous city since May, a World Health Organization official said on Tuesday.

Naegleria fowleri has a fatality rate of more than 98 percent. It is transmitted when contaminated water enters the body through the nose and cannot be passed person-to-person.
The 10 confirmed cases have all occurred in the southern port city of Karachi, said Dr Musa Khan, head of the WHO's Disease Early Warning System in Pakistan.

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Sarah Brightman space

British singer Sarah Brightman will become the first soprano in space when she travels to the International Space Station (ISS).
The recording artist - who hit the charts in 1978 with I Lost My
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Cruise ship captain sues

The captain of an Italian luxury liner which ran aground in January is taking ship owner Costa Crociere to court for firing him and is demanding his job back, Italy's Repubblica newspaper said.
Francesco Schettino, who is being investigated for causing the shipwreck which claimed 32 lives and abandoning the Costa Concordia before everyone had been evacuated, was fired by Costa at the end of July, the report said, AFP reports.Read more »

Baby bones victim identified

FREEHOLD, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey police have identified a child whose skeletal remains were found in 2005 and charged three people, including her aunt and uncle, with covering up her death.

Authorities said the body was that of 9-year-old Jon-Niece Jones, who was abused and died at her aunt's New York City home in August 2002.

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Cyclops kitten

A kitten was born having only one eye in the place the nose supposed to be. People who saw the pictured on the media started blogging and writing articles about a "strange" creature born. This is also because the media made a huge fuss about it. Scientists were aware of the condition the kitten had, and unfortunately it

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Romeo Beckham tattoo

 Romeo Beckham wants to be just like his famous father — tattoos and all!

David and Victoria Beckham's middle son showed off some familiar neck art while shopping for Halloween costumes over the weekend. The 10-year-old sported a "Harper" tattoo on his collarbone. The fake ink is an exact replica of the

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Bam Margera puppy threat

Animal rights activists have taken aim at Jackass star Bam Margera for posting a picture online showing his pitbull puppy with a toy gun held to its head.
The actor took a shot of himself holding his pet terrier at gunpoint and uploaded the photo on Twitter.com last week (begs01Oct12) alongside a caption which read, "Penny pooped in my bed. Not too fond of that. If it happens again, Penny goes Bye Byes!"

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Swim with tiger cubs

Dade City, Florida - Dade City's Wild Things is holding their annual "Swim with the Tiger" and inviting all of Pasco County to join in on the cuddly

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Missing Marine identified

DENVER (AP) — Thirty-seven years after he was declared missing during the rescue of an American ship crew that was seized by the Khmer Rouge, a Colorado Marine is being buried with military honors.
Pfc. James Jacques (HAW'-kas) was buried Tuesday at Fort Logan National

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Vanessa Lachey figure

Making pregnancy look ridiculously easy, new mom Vanessa Lachey strided out of Mastros Steakhouse in Beverly Hills, Calif., Monday night. The television

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Car sliced in half

Car sliced in half . WEST HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. (AP) — A car was cut in half after smashing into trees along a Long Island parkway Monday morning, killing four 18-year-old passengers, New York State Police said. The 17-year-old driver, who had a learner's permit, was taken to a hospital.

The accident on the westbound Southern State Parkway happened at about 4 a.m., closing the roadway for

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Tammy Sytch fourth arrest

Former WWE performer Tammy Sytch, famously known as Sunny, is entering a rehabilitation center again after being arrested three consecutive days this week in Connecticut for crimes related to domestic violence.
According to WFSB Channel 3 in Connecticut, Sytch kept returning to her boyfriend’s home after police ordered her not to. During one of the incidents, she placed him in a headlock and pulled his hair. Later, she was intoxicated and entered the residence by climbing through a window.

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Jessica Ridgeway missing

Obama as Costanza

Looking to recover from his disastrous Wednesday debate performance, President Obama appears to be stealing a page from George Costanza’s public relations playbook.
Obama may have sleepwalked through last night’s debate, failing to answer any of Mitt Romney best attack lines, but at a rally in Denver today he was ready with some tart responses of his own. On Romney’s line about PBS and Big Bird, Obama shot back today, “Thank goodness somebody is finally getting tough on Big

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Jon Hubbard slavery a blessing

Arkansas Republican Rep. Jon Hubbard is currently running for a state House seat, and his 2009 self-published book, entitled Letters to the Editor: Confessions of a Frustrated Conservative, has resurfaced and is attracting a lot of attention. In the book he states that slavery may “have been a blessing in

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William Christopher pettry stabbed

A Florida man has been charged with the stabbing death of a Chicago Bears fan who flew to Jacksonville to watch his team play on Sunday.

Matthew Reid Hinson, 27, of Jacksonville, was charged with at least one count of felony murder on Sunday, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office records. 

Hinson allegedly stabbed William Christopher Pettry, 42, of Lake Villa, to death early Sunday inside a

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QVC host faints

QVC guest-host Cassie Slane gave at-home shoppers quite a scare on Sunday, when she fainted on live TV. And what did QVC host Dan Wheeler do in response to Slane's medical fright - keep on going with the segment, of course! Watch the bizarre clip below.

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Tiffany Webb counselor lingerie photos

 Tiffany webb counselor lingerie photos---Tiffany Webb, Counselor Fired Over Lngerie Photos: Tiffany Webb, a highly regarded guidance counselor at Murry Bergtraum HS for Business Careers downtown, was fired after 12 years with the Department of Education because photos of her in lingerie and bikinis from her early career as a model are still floating around the Internet.

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Nicole Kidman Grace Kelly

In some “oh, wow, I totally forgot they were casting that” news, Variety reports that Nicole Kidman has “beaten out some stiff competition” to grab the role of Grace Kelly in Grace of Monaco. That actress is currently in negotiations for the role in Olivier Dahan‘s film, which comes complete with a Black List script

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Jim Tracy resigns

After giving his future as manager of the Colorado Rockies some thought over the past 48 hours, Jim Tracy decided to resign from his post, the team announced on Sunday.
On Friday, Tracy had met with the team's new director of major league operations, Bill Geivett, to discuss the vision each man had for the direction of the club heading into 2013. After having those discussions, it's

apparent Tracy agreed with the vast majority of Rockies fans who view the situation as a sinking ship coming off their third consecutive disappointing season and a franchise worst 64-98 record.
Despite that awful finish, Tracy ends his run in Colorado with a respectable 294-308 record. Of course most of those victories were attained in 2009 when he took over for fired manager Clint Hurdle on May 28. From that point on, Tracy helped lead Colorado to a remarkable 74-42 finish. That was good enough to clinch the wild card and earned Tracy the National League Manager of the Year award, but in the grand scheme of things the run may have proven to be a worst case scenario for Colorado as it solidified Tracy's status and the status of a front office that may have been on the way out.
Over the next three seasons Colorado would take significant steps backwards, going from 92 wins to 83, 73 and 64 respectively. The final two seasons were marred to some extent by injuries and unusual circumstances. For example, in 2012 the Rockies lost Troy Tulowitzki, Todd Helton and Michael Cuddyer for extended stretches, and they also had an entirely new four-man rotation installed with a 75-pitch count in June that Tracy didn't exactly endorse, but executed at the order of then sole general manager Dan O'Dowd.
So yes, it would be entirely unfair to say Jim Tracy was the only or even the biggest problem for Colorado. What they have experienced would best be described as an organizational breakdown starting with their ownership right on through their minor league development. But they were also hampered by the same questionable decision-making Tracy made during his stints with the Los Angeles Dodgers and Pittsburgh Pirates that quickly wore out his welcome in those cities.
Now he's on the outside looking in with his third organization, though this time he probably has a big smile on his face. He's off to a much healthier lifestyle, while the man who takes his spot has the unenviable task of turning around a franchise that doesn't even know which direction its going in.
I would not expect any big names to be beating down the door for that opportunity.

Amber Tamblyn and David Cross married

Sisterhood of the traveling... veil?

First America Ferrera tied the knot, then Blake Lively, and now, "Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" star Amber Tamblyn is married!

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Rihanna facebook leader

Rihanna has been crowned the most-likeable star on Facebook after overtaking Eminem in the popularity stakes.

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Roger federer death threat

BEIJING (Reuters) - Shanghai Masters organisers have increased security for the tournament starting on Saturday after an online threat to decapitate world number one Roger Federer, the Shanghai Youth Daily newspaper reported on Friday.

"On October 6 I plan to assassinate Federer in order to exterminate tennis," read a post by "Blue Cat

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Lolo Jones tweets

On Tuesday, October 2, 2012, Eric LeGrand sent a tweet to Lolo Jones, an Olympic hurdler, that challenged her to a race. After she replied with some trash talk about how he would never beat her, she began catching some flak from followers. It seems she did not realize that Eric LeGrand was famously

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Cold war tests

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Doris Spates was a baby when her father died inexplicably in 1955. She has watched four siblings die of cancer, and she survived cervical cancer.

After learning that the Army conducted secret chemical testing in her impoverished St. Louis

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Lolo Jones switching

Olympic track star Lolo Jones trash talked former Rutgers football player Eric LeGrand on Twitter last night after he joking suggested he could take her in a race on Twitter.
After LeGrand tweeted to Jones "want to race me?" on Tuesday night, she replied: "Get Checked for a concussion. Clearly, u've been hit in the head... Cos u arnt beating a track athlete."

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Nicole Scherzinger Bulimia Battle

Nicole Scherzinger was suffering in silence during her seven years as the Pussycat Dolls' lead singer.

In her VH1 "Behind the Music" special (airing Oct. 7), the 34-year-old singer opens up for the first time about her struggle with bulimia.

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Meryl Streep Donates $1 Million

NEW YORK, N.Y. - Meryl Streep has donated $1 million to The Public Theater in honour of both its late founder, Joseph Pap, and her friend, the author Nora Ephron.

The announcement was timed to Thursday's unveiling of the non-profit's $40 million face-lift to its

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Charlize Theron’s home

The home where Charlize Theron's mother killed the actress's father in self-defence in 1991 is at the centre of a new murder investigation

Charlize Theron's former childhood home is at the centre of a violent new murder investigation.
A horrific murder was carried out last weekend at the property, which is the same house where Charlize's mother Gerda Maritz killed the Oscar winning actress's father Charles in self-defence in 1991, in

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SF nudity ban

Responding to proposed legislation that would ban nudity in public in San Francisco, nudists are planning to rally against the legislation later this month in the Castro.
Already 73 people have indicated via the Facebook page for the protest that they plan to attend. The Nude

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Florida man lightning

PANAMA CITY BEACH — Authorities say an Alabama man was fatally struck by lightning while carrying his stepson on a Florida Panhandle beach.

The Bay County Sheriff's Office says James Keith Brown of Chelsea, Ala., and his family had been

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Long Island alligators

Alligators are a common enough sight in Florida. But in a New York parking lot? Rare. At least until two showed up at a Pathmark supermarket parking lot on Long Island two days in a row: a 2- to 3-foot-long gator on Tuesday, and then a 3- to 4-foot-long one on Wednesday.

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Julianne Moore jewelry

Actress Julianne Moore has become the latest celebrity victim of jewelry theft. According to reports, the red-headed star lost more than $127,000 worth of jewelry after her Manhattan home was robbed. A total of 10 items were stolen

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Karrueche Tran and Chris Brown

Karrueche Tran seems to have indicated that she and Chris Brown are finished after posting a telling message on Twitter.
The model is said to have issued the 23-year-old singer with an ultimatum to stop "disrespecting" her in public - after photos of him surfaced leaving Rihanna's hotel and rumous of the two enjoying a

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Robin Roberts Ann Romney

NEW YORK, N.Y. - Ann Romney is guest-hosting "Good Morning America" next Wednesday.

ABC says the wife of Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney will be on hand at the morning

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Chicago marijuana farm

Urban farming is usually thought of as a niche business for high-end food produce. In Chicago, it has taken on a new meaning.

Police in a helicopter stumbled upon what may be the largest outdoor pot farm in the city's history. Planted in rows and spread over an area the size of two football fields, as many as 1,500 plants averaging 6-feet tall were growing amidst heavy brush in an industrial area on the city's South Side.

"This would not be visible from the street," said Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy at a

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Scott Stapp and T.I.

Creed’s lead singer Scott Stapp appreciates T.I. for coming to the rescue following a suicide attempt.

The 39-year-old rocker checked into the penthouse suite at the Delano Hotel in Miami while binging on drugs.
After days of being awake and hearing phantom voices, Scott decided to end it all by jumping off the

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Justin Bieber's mom

Okay, this is all sorts of adorable: "The Bachelor" host Chris Harrison might just be dating Pattie Mallette. Who? She's better known as Justin Bieber's mom.

"Had a great night w @chrisbharrison! Thanks @ryanseacrest for setting it up," Mallette tweeted on

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Anderson Cooper Star Jones

Star Jones has made yet another powerful enemy: Anderson Cooper.

On Thursday's episode of his talk show Anderson Live, Cooper, 45, chatted with Bravo's Andy Cohen about his recent open letter to gay political blogger Andrew Sullivan -- in which the veteran

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Chicago pot plants

By DON BABWIN, Associated Press

CHICAGO — In Chicago, a bustling urban metropolis where skyscrapers are as likely to sprout up as anything a farmer might plant, someone decided there was just enough room to grow something a little more organic: Marijuana.

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Al Gore blames altitude

President Obama has enjoyed some glorious nights during the course of his high-flying political career. But the occasion of his first 2012 debate with Republican challenger Mitt Romney will not rank among them.

For so long cast as the awkward, hapless politician, Romney turned rampant during their first

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Maple syrup seized

TORONTO (Reuters) - Canadian police may have caught a break in the sweetest crime of the year, seizing thousands of gallons of maple syrup from an exporter on suspicions that it was part of a cache of syrup that went missing from a Quebec warehouse in late August.

Quebec provincial police removed about 1,000 barrels, or 600,000 pounds, of maple syrup from S.K. Export Inc's storage facility in Kedgwick in the neighboring province of New Brunswick, according

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Garth Brooks vegas 2012

 Garth Brooks had added more shows onto his sporadic weekend residency at the Wynn Resort in Las Vegas.
The country superstar will take a break for the holiday season and return to the Vegas stage Jan. 6-7. Since last check, four more weekends have been confirmed: March 2-3, March 30-31, April 20-21

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Lark Voorhies mental illness

Remember beautiful Lisa Turtle on "Saved by the Bell"? The girl Screech pined for? Well, the actress who played her, 38-year-old Lark Voorhies, has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, her mother tells People.
"There are things that have traumatized her," says her mom, Tricia, 64. "I care deeply about my

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Facebook 1 billion users

Last summer we took a look at Facebook usage around the world, and with Facebook recently announcing that they’re currently at over 800 million active users we thought it would be interesting to extrapolate their current grown rate and estimate when they’re likely to hit a billion active users.

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Drew Barrymore Olive

Drew Barrymore is officially a mom! The 37-year-old actress has given birth to her first child with husband Will Kopelman.“We are proud to announce the birth of our daughter, Olive Barrymore Kopelman,” says the statement to People. “Born September 26th, healthy, happy and welcomed by

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Rihanna & Chris Brown

 Rihanna and Chris Brown are far from over, at least according to Twitter users who claim to have seen the ex-lovers making out at Griffin, a nightclub in New York.
“Btw (by the way) Chris brown and Rihanna are def together or at least hooking up... Saw it 1st hand," wrote @kandibecool, who says he or she was at the club Monday evening when the artists

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"Rolling in the Deep" star

James Bond fans have welcomed Adele's theme for the latest 007 film after a short clip was leaked online.
She has teamed up with Paul Epworth, who co-wrote and produced her massive hit Rolling In The Deep, to write Skyfall for the new film of the same name.
Fans were given a taste of the track when a 90-second clip appeared on the Soundcloud website but it

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2 Arrested In Border Killing

February 12 -- SAN DIEGO (AP) - A man suspected of killing a U.S. Border Patrol agent last year by running him over with a drug-loaded Hummer was arrested Wednesday near a Mexican resort town, the FBI said.
Mexican federal agents arrested Jesus Navarro Montes, 22, near Zihuatenejo in an operation

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Chicago Teachers Back Deal

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(CBS News) CHICAGO – For a second straight day Tuesday, 30,000 Chicago Public Schools teachers will be on the picket lines instead of in the classroom, CBS Chicago station WBBM-TV reports.
Both sides will be back at the negotiating table Tuesday to try to hammer out a deal. Efforts to do so

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Seacrest No Problem Nicki Mariah

NEW YORK (AP) — Feuding divas on "American Idol"? Ryan Seacrest says that's just great.

The show's host said Wednesday that things got intense between new judges Nicki Minaj and Mariah Carey during a tryout taping the previous day in Charlotte, N.C.

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Chris Pratt Lego

Chris Pratt has been cast as the lead voice in the Lego animated movie from Warner Bros. Will Arnett has nabbed a supporting role, that of a Lego version of Batman.

"21 Jump Street" and "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs" co-directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller

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Yvonne Mounsey dies

Yvonne Mounsey, who danced major roles for George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins with the New York City Ballet in the 1950s and went on to found an influential West Coast ballet school, has died. She was 93.
Mounsey died of cancer on Saturday at her Los Angeles home, said her daughter, Allegra Clegg of Los Angeles.
Mounsey danced with the City Ballet from 1948 to 1958, rising from soloist to principal dancer.

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Michael Vick 30 million

Michael Vick may be making millions tossing a football in the NFL, but the Philadelphia Eagles quarterback has been unable to keep most of it.

Vick has reportedly spent nearly $30 million since filing for bankruptcy in 2008, paying off his

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Paris Jackson wig

Will Paris Jackson go the full Miley?

The normally long-haired, 14-year-old daughter of the late Michael Jackson posted a photo of herself on Instagram over the weekend -- in which she tried out a pixie cut reminiscent of

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St. Peter's dome protest

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - An Italian man clambered onto a ledge on the huge dome of St Peter's Basilica on Tuesday to stage a precarious protest against Prime Minister Mario Monti and the European Union.

Video footage showed the man, identified as Marcello Di Finizio, jumping over railings near the top

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Woman riding manatee

A 91-year-old Bradenton woman was killed Wednesday afternoon when the car she was in entered the path of another vehicle in Manatee County, the Florida Highway Patrol said.
Dorothy D. Schroeder was riding in a 2004 Mercury Grand Marquis driven by Dennis Joseph

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Holmes Cruise divorce details

That was quick! Less than two weeks after Katie Holmes filed for divorce, she and Tom Cruise have signed off on a settlement.  The estranged couple negotiated a deal to ensure the legal proceedings go smoothly as they work to put their five-year marriage behind them.

When Holmes filed papers in New York on June 28 she cited "irreconcilable differences" for the split. She requested sole legal custody and "primary residential custody" of their six-year-old daughter, Suri. Details about the settlement have been kept under wraps, but sources tell People.com that Suri will likely live with

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Kraft spinoff

In a regulatory filing Mondelçz International said effective as of 5 p.m. EDT on October 1, 2012, Mondelçz International, Inc. (formerly Kraft Foods Inc.) completed the previously announced spin-off of our North American grocery business, Kraft Foods Group, Inc., to our shareholders. On

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Peanut butter recall

WASHINGTON (AP) — A recall of peanut butter and other nut products has some of the country's largest grocery stores pulling store-brand products off their shelves.

New Mexico-based Sunland Inc. has expanded its recall of peanut butter and almond butter to include cashew butters, tahini and blanched and roasted peanut products. The company, which sells its nuts and nut butters to large groceries and other food distributors around the country, recalled products

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Adele James Bond

A 90-second clip of the 21 crooner's new song, which will be featured in Daniel Craig's new outing as 007, has hit the internet well ahead of a planned release

The song: Skyfall, the latest blockbuster in the James Bond franchise, won't be released in the U.S. until Nov. 9, but now, eager fans can get an early audio sample of the super-spy's upcoming

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Police chief suspended

DETROIT (AP) — For the second time in two years, a Detroit police chief is embroiled in a sex scandal.
Detroit Mayor Dave Bing suspended Ralph Godbee on Tuesday amid allegations that the married

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Homeless billionaire

Nicolas Berggruen, a 46-year-old American, owns a three-billion-dollar fortune. The most interesting thing about this man is the fact that the general public does not know anything about him. Furthermore, he is officially a homeless man. Berggruen says that he prefers to live in hotels.

When he made his billion-dollar fortune on investments and media business, Berggruen began to lose the interest in acquiring material values. Real estate, cars, works of art, jewels and other valuable things have become a burden for him. The billionaire started selling his property: apartments in New

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South park and Honey Boo Boo

Here Comes Honey Boo Boo’s season finale ended with high ratings last week, but she’s already back on the air. In cartoon form, that is.
In an all-new episode of South Park, titled “Raising the Bar”, Honey Boo Boo goes to a pig farm to

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Jennifer Lopez's daughter

The 4-year-old girl accompanied her mother to the Chanel show at Paris Fashion Week on Tuesday. The ladies arrived hand-in-hand —

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Eccentric billionaire

Australian billionaire Clive Palmer, whose estimated $8 billion fortune comes from investments in various natural resources companies, made headlines a few weeks ago when he released more details of his plan to build the Titanic II, which he promised would be, "every bit as luxurious as the original

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Sahara Davenport dies

Sahara Davenport from season two of RuPaul's Drag Race, real name Antoine Ashley, died on Tuesday at the age of 27, and former contestants and friends of Davenport sounded off their support on Facebook and Twitter.
Davenport, whose cause of death is unknown at this time, according to People, came in seventh in her season of RuPaul's Drag Race in 2010, and also had roles in 15 Films About Madonna,

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Tyson's visa canceled

Life Education Trust (NZ) Inc. became aware yesterday afternoon of a letter supporting Mike Tyson’s Visa application.

The promoter of the Mike Tyson event approached Life Education Trust (NZ) in August seeking whether Life Education Trust (NZ) would like the opportunity to be a charity

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Real housewives of new jersey reunion

 It has been a year since the ladies of The Garden State were all in one room together, but that doesn’t mean time apart healed old wounds! Fans of Bravo’s The Real Housewives of New Jersey have been hearing for awhile just how contentious things are between Teresa Giudice and fellow Housewives

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Adult halloween costumes

CostumesMegastore.com and SEOMiracle.com offered baby Halloween costumes at affordable prices and increased their sales by 40%.

Zeeland, MI (PRWEB) October 02, 2012 Everyone will say that babies always look cute, especially in their baby Halloween costumes. Even the baby is still too young to go trick or treat; wearing Halloween costumes is a tradition that starts at the first age of a baby’s life. Once they grow, they will be glad to take a look at the

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New colon cancer drug

NEW YORK (AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved a new colorectal cancer pill developed by Onyx Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Bayer HealthCare.
The drug is called Stivarga, and it is designed to block several enzymes that promote cancer growth. The FDA approved Stivarga as a treatment for colorectal cancer that has progressed after treatment and metastasized, or spread to other parts of the body. The agency approved the drug about one

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Foods That Fight Fatigue

Lean Protein

• Lean protein contain an amino acid that helps fight emotional fatigue by promoting a calm feeling, according to Psychology Today. Foods with large amounts of protein also promote attentiveness and
  

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Hong Kong ferry sinks

HONG KONG (AP) -- A boat packed with revelers on a long holiday weekend collided with a ferry and sank off Hong Kong, killing at least 36 people and injuring dozens in the deadliest accident to strike the Chinese territory in years.

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Cesar Chavez home

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is designating the California home of labor leader Cesar Chavez as a national monument, a move likely to shore up support from Hispanic and progressive voters just five weeks before the election.

The White House said Monday that Obama will establish the Cesar E. Chavez National Monument in Keene, Calif., during a campaign swing through California next week. The property is known as La Paz, short for Nuestra Señora Reina de la Paz, or Our Lady Queen of Peace.

The site served as national headquarters of the United Farm Workers union, as well as Chavez's home, from the early 1970s until his death in 1993. Chavez is buried there and his gravesite will be part of the monument.

Obama said in a statement that Chavez "gave a voice to poor and disenfranchised workers everywhere," adding that La Paz was at the center of significant civil rights events. By designating his home as a national monument, "Chávez' legacy will be preserved and shared to inspire generations to come," Obama said.

As head of the UFW, Chavez staged a massive grape boycott that raised awareness of the plight of predominantly Latino farmworkers. His efforts were credited with inspiring millions of other Latinos in their fight for more educational opportunities, better housing and more political power.

Creation of a national monument at La Paz follows designation of the site in the San Joaquin Valley near Bakersfield as a national historic site. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced the site's designation on the National Register of Historic Places last year.

This year marks the 50th anniversary of Chavez's founding of the National Farm Workers Association, which later became the UFW.

The Chavez monument will be the fourth national monument designated by Obama using the Antiquities Act. He previously designated Virginia's Fort Monroe, California's Fort Ord and Colorado's Chimney Rock as national monuments.

Stanley Tucci formal wedding

Stanley Tucci and Felicity Blunt have been married for almost two months now, but they still decided to throw a formal ceremony this weekend.

The newlyweds walked the aisle Saturday at Middle Temple Hall in London with Steve Buscemi as best man

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New York Jets owner

New York Jets owner Woody Johnson said today he'd take a Mitt Romney victory on Election Day over a winning season for his "Gang Green" football team.
"Well I think you always have to put country first," the Romney campaign finance co-chair told Bloomberg TV today. "So I think it's very, very important that not only for us but particularly for our kids and grandkids that this election come off with Mitt Romney and Ryan as president and

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Anne Hathaway's veil

(Reuters) - Actress Anne Hathaway married fiancé Adam Shulman at a wedding on the scenic coast of Big Sur, California, celebrity media reports said on Sunday.

Hathaway, 29, known for roles in "The Devil Wears Prada," "The Princess Diaries" and "The Dark Knight Rises," married jewelry designer Shulman at a private estate on the rugged Pacific Ocean

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Jason Aldean scandal

Fans of Jason Aldean were shocked on September 30 when pictures hit the internet of him with another woman. This was not his amazing wife Jessica and instead Brittany Kerr. Today Jason spoke out to fans and apologized about what took place.

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Prison officer Facebook

It might seem reasonable to assume that a prison guard and an inmate would not naturally be friendly to one another. A recent incident in the Texas Corrections System, however, is belying that notion -- with a social media twist.

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BET Awards brawl

ATLANTA — Atlanta police officers broke up an altercation Saturday evening between two groups at the seventh annual BET Hip-Hop Awards, but no arrests were made.

Police spokesman Carlos Campos said officers responded to the scuffle at around 7:30 p.m. in the

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CBS breast cancer awareness

LOS ANGELES and PLEASANTON, Calif., Sept. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Actress and Stand Up To Cancer Ambassador Marg Helgenberger will appear in a new public service campaign on behalf of The Safeway Foundation and Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C). The campaign is designed to raise

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Hornets vice president Joshua Richardson

 After reports of two loaded guns making it past airport screeners and on to passenger flights this week, one congressman says "hundreds" of prohibited items get past screeners every day, a situation he calls "intolerable."

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Lotto winner death

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How your boss can take control of your ipad

CHICAGO (MarketWatch) — In what’s referred to as BYOD, or “bring you own device,” companies are allowing employees access to corporate emails, calendars and other company files on their personal phones and tablets.
But what employees might not know is that they give up a lot of privacy with that privilege: The company can see everything on your personal device. What’s more, the company can wipe it all out if you leave or if the device is lost or stolen. It can also remotely turn on the camera to find it.
“You get access to corporate resources such as mail, and an IT manager gets access to your device,” said Dale Jonathan, director of marketing at FiberLink, which creates management solutions for mobile devices in the workplace.
Think of BYOD as the junction between your personal and work lives. As smartphones have evolved from a business device to a consumer one, users find themselves returning work-related emails at midnight or responding to Twitter service complaints from home.
“BYOD is actually blurring the line separating business devices from consumer devices,” said Nitin Bhas, a senior analyst at Juniper Research. “This consumerization of business devices reflects the change in consumer attitudes toward bringing in their own devices to the work place.”
And that’s expected to explode as more smartphones permeate the marketplace and younger users move into the workplace. Juniper predicts that the number of employee-owned smartphones and tablets in the workplace will swell to 350 million in 2014 from nearly 150 million this year.
At this point, however, allowing you to use your iPad to send reports, set meetings and create documents is still something of a conundrum for many companies. Allowing employees to access corporate email and their calendars through a personal iPhone, Android or Blackberry drives productivity and customer service. But doing so also opens the company to corporate espionage, security breaches and a handful of legal challenges.
“BYOD is an inevitable trend today, but from the security point of view, it is considered an insecure policy (that) could damage a company’s reputation and business,” Bhas said.
Use of personal mobile devices soars
Nearly 70% of North American companies support some form of mobile-device management, according to a recent Forrester Research study. However, only 8% support all personal devices.
But Forrester calls the tide of personal mobile devices in the workplace an “oncoming train,” underscoring the challenges companies face.
“The general trend is that more and more companies are embracing it as a standard practice across the company or as a limited experiment,” said Chenxi Wang, principal analyst at Forrester.
On company-owned devices, most understand that when you use the device you give up every shred of privacy attached to it, even emails or text messages that have been deleted.
What many will be surprised to learn is they give up all that and more on personal devices too that are connected to company systems.
In other words, your bosses can see what you did last weekend by looking at your photos or your text messages. They can also find out if you ditched work for a ball game by following your GPS record. Anything you do or install on that device is like an open diary to IT.
When you connect to your company’s email system, you are allowing your company to download mobile-device management software. That’s critical for companies because it allows you to get inside the firewall but lets them keep control of who else or what else — think malware and viruses — get in.
The software carries a profile that includes security protocols that may, for example, dictate the number of characters required for passwords and when a device will be locked out or wipe itself out after a certain number of failed attempts at inputting a password.
A blanket corporate policy is likely to tell you that when you consent to use your company’s systems you should not expect privacy or confidentiality in anything you create, download, display, store, send or receive.
At the same time, the policies allow the company to access, monitor, copy and/or disclose any and all information that is stored on any device tied to the company network.
“If your employer wants to locate where you are, they can do that,” said Phillip Redman, research vice president for Gartner, Inc., an information technology research and advisory company.
“It’s the same as if your child is not answering text messages you can see where the phone has been and find out where your child is,” he said. “It’s a good reason to have those capabilities but like anything they can also be abused.”
Employer security vs. employee privacy
No one is suggesting that corporations routinely or even scarcely exploit their snooping capabilities but workers are alarmed that they’re giving up so much privacy to get workplace email and calendars. In a recent Harris study, commissioned by FiberLink, 82% of respondents considered their company’s ability to track them during on and off hours an invasion of their privacy.
Some 57% didn’t even know their company had the ability to remotely wipe out personal files like music, pictures and contacts.
It’s not surprising then that 76% of those polled said they would forgo corporate email if it meant their employers can see what apps are already fit on the device. And 75% said they would if their employer has the ability to locate them through GPS, wi-fi signal or cellular triangulation during work and nonwork hours.
There are plenty of good reasons that companies take such a strong stance: They have to protect their intellectual property and corporate secrets.
Most corporate policies will include language like this: to protect the company from “error, fraud, misuse, alteration, theft, copyright violation and sabotage.”
What’s missing, however, is complete transparency to users, FiberLink’s Dale said. “In general we don’t see that a lot of companies are explicitly telling the users what they have access to.”
One solution would be for companies to implement privacy settings and policies that assure employees that what they do on a Friday night isn’t the subject around the water cooler on Monday morning.
Of course, most companies won’t be following your weekend antics or even tracking your sick-day activities because they simply don’t care.
“The IT department doesn’t necessarily want to snoop,” Redman said. “They want to respect the privacy of their employees and don’t want to use that information for their benefit.”
How to protect yourself
If you are using your phone for both personal and work issue, here’s a rundown of what you should know:
By consenting to the mobile-device management software, your company can see all your apps, photos, text messages, tweets, contacts, GPS records and Internet activity. It knows what music and games you’ve downloaded and what meetings or parties you plan to attend.
It can remotely turn on your camera or wipe out the phone — every single thing on it — if it’s lost or stolen.
In some workplaces, such as extremely sensitive research labs, the software may automatically shut down cameras and recording mechanisms when you walk near the room.
While the company can track where you went, both physically and on the Internet, it cannot track how much time you spent on Facebook or Words With Friends.
Some software can segregate personal uses from business uses and erase only corporate information, leaving your photos, apps and contacts in place. But it’s very limited at this point, so be sure you know if it applies to your device.
Be sure to back up every little thing you want to keep should something happen to the device, a rule of thumb you should follow even if you don’t connect to your company’s system.
A future generation of smartphones and tablets could very well include screens to split your personal from you work uses, so watch for them.
Understand the consequences of installing the software and remember that you do have a choice. If you’ve already connected and don’t know your company’s policy, ask human resources for the information.
“You have to educate yourself on the risk of having the company manage you device, even if they only manage it very slightly,” Forrester’s Wang said. “Understand what the worst-case scenario is to see if that’s something that is acceptable to you.”

Jennifer Waters is a MarketWatch reporter, based in Chicago.

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