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Photos: Rihanna Shoots Ad for Clothing Line

Photos: Rihanna Shoots Ad for Clothing Line Singer Rihanna will release a Spring clothing line for the British apparel company, River Island. On Dec. 4, Rihanna tweeted a photo from the upcoming ad campaign and wrote, "My b*** so Bvalgari... Just directed my first ad campaign for my new collection with River Island, Spring/Summer 2013!! And that's a wrap at the end of a 2 day shoot w/ MARIO SORRENTI"


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Winter Weather Threatens Christmas Travel

Winter Weather Threatens Christmas Travel A pre-Christmas blizzard that is battering at least eight states in the middle of the nation could trip up travelers headed home for Christmas in the coming days.


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Simon Cowell Is Dating Carmen Electra

Simon Cowell Is Dating Carmen Electra Simon Cowell seemed to confirm to Ryan Seacrest that he's dating Carmen Electra, though he insists she's not his girlfriend.


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Rock, Pop, Rap Stars Die Young, Study Finds

Rock, Pop, Rap Stars Die Young, Study Finds A BMJ study has found that rock, pop, rap stars die very young.


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Mealworms an Earth-Friendly Meal

Mealworms an Earth-Friendly Meal Reported by Dr. Lauren Browne: The first crunchy bite of an inch-long fried grasshopper in a chapulines taco is surprisingly palatable.  The reddish-brown bug is coated in Oaxacan-style spices that pepper the tongue and enhance the underlying nutty, earthy flavor of the grasshopper itself.  Admittedly,...


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Claire Danes Welcome Baby Boy

Claire Danes Welcome Baby Boy Claire Danes and her husband, actor Hugh Dancy, have welcomed their first child, a boy. The “Homeland” star, 33, and British actor, 37, welcomed Cyrus Michael Christopher Dancy on Monday, Dec. 17, People magazine confirmed. The Emmy-winning actress has remained mostly quiet on her pregnancy...


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Guns, America's DNA and Fred's Rules

Guns, America's DNA and Fred's Rules Gun ownership is a rite of passage in some communities, where you learned to respect guns and not fear them.


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LIVE UPDATES: The End of World, Dec. 21.

LIVE UPDATES: The End of World, Dec. 21. The world, according to one widely debunked theory, is slated to end on Dec. 21.  Around the world the paranoid are readying themselves for Doomsday, a date they believe is predicted in an ancient Mayan prophesy.  There’s just one problem: no one  seems to know...


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Watch: Tim Tebow Passed Over for QB Spot, Splits With Girlfriend

Watch: Tim Tebow Passed Over for QB Spot, Splits With Girlfriend The Jets second-string quarterback is about to become a free agent on and off the field.


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'Kings Park': Filmmaker Revisits Her Past at a Mental Asylum

'Kings Park': Filmmaker Revisits Her Past at a Mental Asylum Condemned as "evil" institutions, state hospitals were the first to provide treatment for the mentally ill. But their shutdown caused the fragmented system that fails patients today.


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Businesses Market Around End of World

Businesses Market Around End of World While many people are paying little attention to the Mayan prediction of the end of the world on Friday, businesses have had a bit more fun with the latest Doomsday prediction.


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The End Of The World As We Know It (Fiscally Speaking)

The End Of The World As We Know It (Fiscally Speaking) By MICHAEL FALCONE (@michaelpfalcone) and AMY WALTER (@amyewalter) NOTABLES: OBAMA PROMISES ACTION: At his news conference on Wednesday President Obama pledged action to prevent gun violence, ABC’s Jake Tapper reported for “World News” and “Good Morning America” Obama said, “I will use all the powers...


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Foul-Mouth Bird Banned to Solitary

Foul-Mouth Bird Banned to Solitary   BEIJING – An exotic bird is in solitary confinement at a Chinese Zoo after spewing a toxic expletive involving one’s mother. It started out innocently enough. In an apparent attempt to cash in on the human weakness for talking birds, the Jiufeng Mountain Forest...


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Avalanche Survivor Saved by Left Hand

Avalanche Survivor Saved by Left Hand The quick thinking of a 20-year-old Washington skier who was buried beneath an avalanche for up to 15 minutes managed to keep breathing by scooping the snow away from her mouth so she could breathe until rescuers arrived.


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'The Year With Katie Couric' Full Episode

'The Year With Katie Couric' Full Episode Review 2012's top news, celebs and trends.


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Are Curvy Celebs Here to Stay?

Are Curvy Celebs Here to Stay? You may have noticed them on 'Mad Men,' starring in their own sitcoms, or rocking the red carpet at the American Music Awards: curvy women, from Christina Aguilera to Christina Hendricks, are raising their profile in Hollywood.


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Footage Shows Escaped Robbers Boarding Cab

Footage Shows Escaped Robbers Boarding Cab The manhunt for the two bank robbers who escaped from a downtown Chicago prison this week intensified overnight, with police chasing multiple leads as new footage shows the men getting into a taxi minutes after their brazen escape.


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