Published: April 29, 2010
Film investors: Paris Hilton owes $1M restitution
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MIAMI – Paris Hilton should return up to $1 million she was paid for the 2006 box-office bomb “Pledge This!” because she didn’t plug the film enough, an attorney for the movie’s investors told a federal judge Thursday.
The 29-year-old hotel heiress, actress and self-promoting businesswoman refused nine requests for print and broadcast interviews she should [...]
Published: April 29, 2010
Activision locks up `Halo' creators for 10 years
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SANTA MONICA, Calif. – Activision Blizzard Inc., currently embroiled in a legal shootout with two of its former game developers, has locked up the makers of “Halo” in an exclusive 10-year deal.
The company said Thursday it will bring to market the next big action game universe from Bungie, the video game studio behind “Halo,” “Myth,” [...]
Published: April 29, 2010
Hunter says she didn't wreck John Edwards' home
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CHICAGO – John Edwards’ mistress said on Thursday’s episode of “The Oprah Winfrey Show” that she doesn’t believe she destroyed the former presidential candidate’s marriage.
“It is not my experience that a third party wrecks a home,” Rielle Hunter told Winfrey. “I believe the problems exist before a third party comes into the picture.”
“So you don’t [...]
Published: April 29, 2010
Woods all wet at Quail Hollow
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Tiger Woods will need to keep his shots out of the water if he hopes to contend at the Quail Hollow Championship.
Woods put drives in the water off the 17th and 18th tees and finished with a 2-over 74 on Thursday at Quail Hollow Club. That left him nine shots behind leader [...]
Published: April 28, 2010
Jake Pavelka Out of Dancing with the Stars |
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Jake Pavelka Out: Dancing with the Stars Elimination April 27 – Who got voted? This is the Dancing with the Stars Elimination on April 27, 2010. Want to know who among the participants voted off with the Dancing with the Stars tonight. So we are giving you some details about the said elimination night.
Many of [...]
Published: April 28, 2010
Sandra Bullock Adopts Baby BoySandra Bullock Adopts Baby Boy |
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Sandra Bullock Adoption: Sandra Bullock, Oscar award winning actress once again came into news. Recently, she adopted a baby boy and filed for divorce with her husband Jesse James. Sandra Bullock adopted a 3½ month baby boy from New Orleans.
Sandra Bullock named him as Louis Bardo Bullock. She adopted the child in last January, when [...]
Published: April 28, 2010
5-minute colon cancer test could save thousands
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LONDON – A five-minute colon cancer test could reduce the number of deaths from the disease by about 40 percent, a new study says.
British researchers followed more than 170,000 people for about 11 years. Of those, more than 40,000 had a “flexi-scope” test, an exam that removes polyps, small growths that could become cancerous.
The test [...]
Published: April 28, 2010
Bad habits can age you by 12 years, study suggests
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CHICAGO – Four common bad habits combined — smoking, drinking too much, inactivity and poor diet — can age you by 12 years, sobering new research suggests.
The findings are from a study that tracked nearly 5,000 British adults for 20 years, and they highlight yet another reason to adopt a healthier lifestyle.
Overall, 314 people studied [...]
Published: April 28, 2010
US, Europe press China to drop tech security rule
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BEIJING – Global technology suppliers face a looming Chinese deadline to reveal the inner workings of computer encryption and other security products in a move the United States and Europe say is protectionist.
Suppliers must comply with the rules that take effect Saturday or risk being shut out of the billions of dollars in purchases that [...]
Published: April 28, 2010
Facebook's expansion triggers political backlash
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SAN FRANCISCO – Facebook’s plan to spread its online social network to other websites could be detoured by regulators looking into privacy concerns that have raised the ire of federal lawmakers.
Four senators said Tuesday that Facebook needs to make it easier for its 400 million users to protect their privacy as the site opens more [...]
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