Benazir Bhutto assassinated

Pakistan opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was assassinated Thursday in a suicide attack that also killed at least 20 others at the end of a campaign rally, aides said.
The death of the 54-year-old charismatic former prime minister threw the campaign for the Jan. 8 election into chaos and created fears of mass protests and an eruption of violence across the volatile south Asian nation.
The attacker struck just minutes after Bhutto addressed a rally of thousands of supporters in the garrison city of Rawalpindi, 8 miles south of Islamabad. She was shot in the neck and chest by the attacker, who then blew himself up, said, Rehman Malik, Bhutto's security adviser.

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Madonna in Hall of Fame

The Material Girl is about to become a Hall of Famer.
The ever-evolving Madonna was announced as a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee on Thursday along with John Mellencamp, The Ventures, Leonard Cohen and The Dave Clark Five.

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Diana inquest shown Prince Philip letters

Princess Diana's inquest was shown affectionate letters between her and Prince Philip Thursday in which she addressed him as "dearest Pa" and he apologised for his lack of marriage guidance skills.

In one letter about her doomed marriage to his son Prince Charles, Philip wrote: "If invited, I will always do my utmost to help you and Charles to the best of my ability, but I am quite ready to concede that I have no talents as a marriage counsellor!!!"

Diana replied: "Dearest Pa, I was particularly touched by your most recent letter which proved to me, if I didn't already know it, that you really do care.

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J.K. Rowling fairy tales sell for $4M

A book of fairy tales created, handwritten and illustrated by J.K. Rowling sold for nearly $4 million at auction Thursday. The buyer, Web retailer Amazon.com Inc., now owns one of only seven copies of "The Tales of Beedle the Bard," which is leather bound with silver mounts.

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William Kidd's ship found off Dominican island

A U.S. underwater archaeology team announced Thursday it has likely discovered the shattered remnants of a ship once captained by the notorious buccaneer William Kidd off a tiny Dominican Republic island.
The barnacled cannons and anchors found stacked beneath just 10 feet of crystalline coastal waters off Catalina Island are believed to be the wreckage of the Quedagh Merchant, a ship abandoned by the Scottish privateer in 1699, Indiana University researchers say.

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Longoria and Parker: He didn't cheat

A French model claims she had an affair with Eva Longoria's husband, Tony Parker. Tony Parker says he's not a double dribbler. The San Antonio Spurs star and his wife, Eva Longoria, issued a statement Wednesday night defending their marriage against claims by a French model that she had an affair with Parker in September.

Don't Mess With An Old Lady

Hilarious grandma escape from an impossible accident!!

Batman-The Dark Knight

Christian Bale as Batman in Warner Bros. Pictures' The Dark Knight - 2008

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Jessica Alba is pregnant

Jessica Alba has revealed that she's pregnant, and that the father is her boyfriend, Cash Warren. The couple revealed the exciting pregnancy news on Tuesday.

Indiana Jones and the KIngdom of the Crystal Skull

This is a new movie of the epic adventure of Indiana Jones starring Harrison Ford and Shia LeBeouf and directed by Steven Spielberg.

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Scientists Discover How BRCA1 Gene Causes Cancer

Mutations in the BRCA1 breast cancer gene appear to be linked with the loss of a protein important for putting the brakes on cell growth, a finding that could lead to new therapies, researchers said on Sunday.

The breakthrough could lead to more effective therapies for women with an aggressive and especially deadly cancer known as triple-negative that does not respond to current advanced drugs, the researchers said.

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Chocolate by LG

Allow yourself to be seduced by the luxury and innovation of the Chocolate by LG – now available in black, white, red, and green. With its minimalist-inspired style and silky-smooth slide design, the Chocolate offers a rich array of features that include V CAST Music, a glowing, touch-sensitive keypad, superlative music/video player, luxury 1.3 megapixel camera/camcorder, Bluetooth capabilities, and a microSD memory port for extra storage. Chocolate. LG’s newest mobile treat.

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Anna Nicole's Son Died From Lethal Drug Combo, Pathologist Says

The late son of reality TV star Anna Nicole Smith was killed by a combination of methadone and the antidepressants Zoloft and Lexapro - a cocktail that would have turned lethal after about five hours - a pathologist testified Monday.
The conclusion by Dr. Govinda Raju, who performed the official autopsy on Daniel Smith, confirms the findings of a private doctor who examined the 20-year-old's body after he died Sept. 10, 2006 in the Bahamas.
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Gifts for the Super Rich

More of a jewelry person? Maurice Lacroix's Masterpiece Le Chronographe is precisely proportioned in a 45mm pink gold case that protects the unique chronograph wheel and maximizes its precision. Priced at $24,800,
production is limited to 250 pieces.

Want some more tangible? Something that your loved one can hold in their hand? Then consider Tibaldi's Bentley Motors Brooklands Coupe white gold fountain pen. Tibaldi produced two sets of 550 bespoke sterling silver Brooklands fountain and roller ball pens. The pens have a special hand engraved racing motif on the pen barrel capturing a moment in one of the many racing victories Bentley Motors experienced in 1920's.

Cost: $12,750

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A Golden Controversy

The Golden Compass, a film starring Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig has stirred up controversy. The anger stems from the belief that the film is anti-religion and pro-atheism. Some folks plan to boycott the film as a sign of protest. Ironically, searches on "atheism" and "define atheism" have both spiked in response to their efforts. Clearly, people are hearing the message, but not in the way the protestors had hoped.
So, will the boycott hurt or help the film's performance?

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The Vegetable Orchestra

Using vegetables as musical instrument? You got to see it to believe it. They sound great too!!!

Controversial and Grueling Procedure Lengthens Limbs, Risks Lives

Some people can go beyond their thought just to be a few inches taller. A surgeon breaking your leg bones in four places, then attaching a steel scaffold frame to the outside of your limbs with metal pins jutting into your bones.
Every day for months you rotate screws attached to the pins in your legs. There are many moments of excruciating pain and the constant worry of infection. After that there is a grueling regimen of physical therapy. Now imagine, this was all completely voluntary — in fact, it was your idea. A leg-lengthening procedure can cost upwards of $120,000. Jiao Xiaoyu (picture), 19, a drama student from Shanghai, did this surgery to be taller and happy with it.

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Waitress' Wrong-Facing Feet

A Chinese waitress, 27-year-old Wang Fang, from Chongqing, China was born with inverted soles, pictured at left, but she doesn't considered herself disabled. Fang can walk and run as fast as anyone. "I can run faster than most of my friends and have a regular job as a waitress in the family restaurant," Wang said, according to The Daily Mail in England. "There is no reason to class me as disabled." Fang operates the family restaurant with her husband, and the couple have a 3-year-old child.

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Wife of Tiger Woods wins damages after nude pictures slur

An Irish magazine apologized to Tiger Woods's wife Elin Nordegren Woods on Friday and agreed to pay the former model "substantial" damages after it published fake nude pictures during the 2006 Ryder Cup at the K Club.

She did not disclose the scale of damages received in settlement of a libel action brought in November 2006 but a source who was in the court room said the magazine had agreed to pay 125,000 euros ($182,000) over two years.

Nordegren Woods said the money would be donated to cancer support charities in memory of Heather Clarke, the late wife of British golfer Darren Clarke.

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Top Model turned Golfer

Top model, Anna Rawson decides to take on golf. She's the next big thing. The person you'll be searching on for the next decade. The model-turned-golfer is blowing up in Buzz, currently resting among our top 100 overall searches. That's huge, folks... Orson Welles huge. One look at Rawson's pictures and it's easy to understand the infatuation. Objectively speaking, she's quite fetching and must inspire a drooling gallery wherever she plays.

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She without arm, he without leg dancing gracefully-Hand in Hand

An inadequate couple but yet can perform so well. Amazing!!!

Saudi rape lawyer faces disciplinary hearing

The Saudi lawyer who represented a victim of gang rape faces a disciplinary hearing Wednesday for "insulting the Supreme Judicial Council and disobeying the rules and regulations" of the judiciary.

Abdul Rahman al-Lahem: "I believe I didn't do anything wrong."

His client is a teenage rape victim who was sentenced to 200 lashes and six months in prison for violating the kingdom's strict Islamic law by being alone with an unrelated man before the rape.
The attacks took place in Qatif in March 2006 when the woman was 18 and engaged to be married.
Her seven rapists were sentenced to between two to nine years in prison.
Abdul Rahman al-Lahem said the rape case had elicited a fierce response, including calls for his beheading.
"These opinions don't scare me, but they make me feel a disappointment that there are people who think this way.
"I wish that those who oppose me could engage in a direct dialogue instead of calling for violence. Unfortunately, they are still stuck in a culture of closed-mindedness."
Al-Lahem, who has two daughters, predicted he would have his revoked license to practice law reinstated on Wednesday and said he would represent the Saudi woman again. The hearing has the power to disbar him.

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Missing canoeist of five years arrested in UK

A British man who reappeared five years after he was thought to have drowned in a canoeing accident has been arrested on suspicion of fraud, police confirmed Wednesday. The police are investigating the authenticity of a photo published in British tabloid newspaper the Daily Mirror, which claims to show John Darwin alongside his wife on the balcony of an apartment in Panama City in July 2006.

The 57-year-old was presumed dead in 2002 after he went missing after going canoeing in the North Sea off the coastal town of Seaton Carew, in northeast England.

Hutchinson said police had been probing the case over the past few months in relation to some financial enquiries.

Darwin, a prison officer and former teacher, was declared dead by a coroner in 2003, 13 months after he went missing. But on Saturday Darwin walked in to a police station in central London and told officers: "I think I am a missing person", a spokeswoman for Cleveland Police, the local force investigating the case, told CNN.
According to widespread media reports, Darwin told police that he did not remember where he had been for the last five years.

He was later reunited with his two sons, Mark, 31, and Anthony, 29, who released a joint statement saying the reappearance of their father was "a huge shock." The statement said their mother, Darwin's wife Anna, who is believed to have moved to Panama last month after selling the couple's home in Seaton Carew, had also been informed of the news and "was delighted to hear it."

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One of the Forgotten Modern Wonders of the World- Big Ben

Possibly the most famous clock face and chimes in the world, Big Ben is actually the name of the biggest bell (13.5 tons) inside The Clock Tower (320ft) which forms part of the HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT.

Built in 1858/9 the bell was named after one Sir Benjamin Hall and when it was cast it was Britain's heaviest bell.
The clock's four dials each have a diameter of 23ft, the minute hands are 14ft long and the numerals on each face are nearly 2 feet high. The accuracy of the clock movement is controlled by the placing of old pennies in the mechanism.

There is a light at the top of the tower which, when lit, indicates that the House of Commons is sitting. During the day you can tell if they're sitting by looking for a flag at the top of the nearby Victoria Tower which is the tallest and largest of the Westminster towers.
The tower which houses Big Ben has been called by many names, one of the most popular being St Stephen's Tower. However, the official line, from the Head of Public Information at the Palace is that the Clock Tower is simply called The Clock Tower. The subject of John Buchan's "39 Steps", the Clock Tower is unfortunately not open to the public so you won't be able to check how many steps actually lead to the belfry.

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The Golden Compass

Based on author Philip Pullman's novel, 'The Golden Compass' is an exciting fantasy adventure, set in an alternative world where people's souls manifest themselves as animals, talking bears fight wars, and Gyptians and witches co-exist. At the center of the story is Lyra (played by newcomer Dakota Blue Richards), a 12-year-old girl who starts out trying to rescue a friend who's been kidnapped by a mysterious organization known as the Gobblers - and winds up on an epic quest to save not only her world, but ours as well. The cast includes Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig, Sam Elliott, and Ian McShane.

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Doggy or Teddy Bear?

A dog in a Halloween costume. Isn't it looks cute?

Entangled tails-The Rat Kings

This engraving is of a rat king found at Johann Heinrich Jager's flour-grinding mill at Gross Ballheiser, Holland on July 13, 1748. The rats were hidden under the cogwheels and fell out from between two stones. According to Martin Hart's definitive book "Rats" (London, 1982), 57 incidents of rat kings were recorded between 1564 and 1963, mostly in Germany and all among black rats. Most kings consist of five to twelve rats, which are often of the same age, seemingly not yet adult. They are usually found alive, discovered because of their loud squeals and in the sort of places where black rats make their nests (behind walls, in lofts, cellars and barns).

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Britney Spears VMA 2007 " Gimme More"- A different version

A funny but mean version of Britney Spears " Gimme More".

Spice Girls Reunion Tour in Vancouver

Discover the Girl Power because they are back on the music scene!!

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David Blaine Changes Coffee Into Money

Check out this cool magic trick by David Blaine!!

Jennifer Love Hewitt's honeymoon

Newly engaged Jennifer Love Hewitt and Ross McCall were seen vacationing in Hawaii with a feathered friend. There's no rule that says the honeymoon can't come before the wedding!

Link: http://omg.yahoo.com/week-in-photos:-nov.-25---dec.-1-2007/photos/1019#id=10

Paris Hilton New Beau

Could there be wedding bells in the future for Paris Hilton and her beau Alex Vaggo? Paris introduced the delivery boy-turned-model to her parents for the first time. The foursome even had dinner together (in public view, of course).

Link: http://omg.yahoo.com/week-in-photos:-nov.-25---dec.-1-2007/photos/1019#id=11