Archive for July, 2008
Thursday, July 31st, 2008
James Spears' conservatorship over his daughter Britney's estate has been extended until the end of the year by the Los Angeles Superior Court Commissioner.
He took over her affairs early this year when Spears was checked into a mental hospital after suffering a nervous breakdown.
Since then however, Spears has gotten her ...
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Thursday, July 31st, 2008
Rapper Ludacris is in the spotlight after the Barack Obama camp blasted him for his song in which he insults Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, President Bush, John Mccain and others.
In his song he calls Bush mentally handicapped, which may or may not be true, and uses bad words to describe ...
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Thursday, July 31st, 2008
Results of a new study published in the journal Cell, show that a new experimental drug called GW1516 when given to sedintary mice, appeared to allow them to burn calories and lose weight without exercising.
If this news is not good enough for couch potatoes, when the mice who received the ...
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Thursday, July 31st, 2008
Lawyers for New York Yankee slugger Alex Rodriguez are confirming earlier statements made by his wife Cynthia to the effect that their marriage is irretrievably broken.
In his statement to be filed in court today, Alex reminds his soon to be ex wife of their pre-nup agreement signed before they were ...
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Thursday, July 31st, 2008
The FDA has stated that they have confirmed the same strain of salmonella bacteria that has sickened thousands of Americans on a Mexican farm that produces serrano peppers.
So far in the US since April, Americans have been contracting the bacteria at an alarming rate, with FDA officials first blaming the ...
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Thursday, July 31st, 2008
One fat cat is about to have her 15 minutes of fame, as she will be appearing on television shows including Live with Regis and Kelly and Good Morning America.
The cat was found roming around New Jersey last weekend, and was taken to the Camden County Animal Shelter.
The amazing thing ...
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Thursday, July 31st, 2008
Scientists have discovered a number of different genetic hotspots that they say may explain the link to schizophrenia.
Three studies have been published this week alone, all of them finding similarly that certain points in genetic code, appear to trigger the onset of the mental health disease.
Schizophrenia is a very serious ...
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Thursday, July 31st, 2008
The US house has passed new legislation that would insure that tobacco companies became regulated by federal authorities.
The proposed bill, called the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act aims to reduce the ability of tobacco companies to advertise their deadly products, and would impose stiff penalties for the selling ...
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Thursday, July 31st, 2008
Wyclef Jean is being sued by the founder of a high price jeweler known as Jacob the Jeweler over claims that he owes more than 300,000 dollars.
According to the lawsuit, the musician purchased a watch and other forms of jewelery and only paid half the tab, meaning that he still ...
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Wednesday, July 30th, 2008
Jamie Lynn Spears maybe planning her wedding according to a source close to the teenaged momma.
Spears and boyfriend Casey Aldridge are the proud parents of a beautiful baby girl, and according to OK magazine, they plan to wedd before the end of 08.
They have been engaged since March of this ...
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