Paula Abdul Gone: American Idol Still Looking For New Judge

American Idol will be judging judges in its next, ninth season. Since Paula Abdul left the show, Idol has invited a number of guest judges to help rate contestants, among them Victoria Beckham, Mary J. Blige and Kate Perry. Canada's Shania Twain will also be appearing on the...

Miss Philippines is crowned Miss Earth 2008

"Environmental knowledge is something that all of us must share, but most importantly we must teach the youth that this is something that we should instill in them so that in the near future they will be the ones...

Driver died sitting in car blaze

A woman in a car accident in the UK burnt to death when she refused to leave her vehicle after the accident, an inquest has been told. Truly a bizarre story."A driver burnt to death after refusing to leave her vehicle when it was set alight following a crash, an inquest was...

Idol Judges Show United Front

Leave it to Simon Cowell to take an American Idol press conference and turn it into something creepy.  Do they really even like each other? Does it matter? "Songwriter Kara DioGuardi, the newest American...

Injured 'Valkyrie' extras threaten to sue Tom Cruise, United Artists

Plagued by post-production set backs and a release date push back, Tom Cruise's latest pet project 'Valkyrie' has hit another bump in the road with the announcement today that the 12 extras injured on set last year are threatening to launch an $11 million lawsuit against...

Paula Abdul Ain't Down With New 'American Idol' Judge

Earlier this morning it was announced that the virtually unknown, but apparently Grammy-nominated, songwriter Kara DioGuardi will become the fourth judge of 'American Idol' in its upcoming 8th season....

100 Year-old Tortoise acts as Mom to Baby Hippo

"100 Year-old Tortoise acts as Mom to Baby Hippo A baby hippopotamus that survived the tsunami waves on the Kenyan coast has formed a strong bond with a giant male century-old tortoise in an animal facility in...

European Court agrees to hear chimp's plea for human rights

"His name is Matthew, he is 26 years old, and his supporters hope to take his case to the European Court of Human Rights. But he won't be able to give evidence on his own behalf  -  since he is a...

American Idol: Who Judges The Judges?

With such a large audience and a super successful TV program, no one seems to stop and evaluate the three people who act as judges for new talent each week. Each of the three judges has a different type...

7 must see places in Calabria

If you are headed for Italy and you are to choose where to go and what to see, Calabira might not be your first choice – for a number of reasons: there is rarely a direct flight to reach it, it is very much on...

Paula Scher Diagrams the Blog

This ran as "Op-Art" in the NYTimes on 4/5/07. As a long-time blogger, a blog researcher and blog meetup organizer, need I say more? You can purchase Ms. Scher's limited edition prints through Maya Stendhal. Diagram of a Blog by Paula Scher

Tesco Serial Killer?

"Detectives investigating the alleged 'Suffolk Murders' of five prostitutes are questioning a 37-year-old male Tesco worker. Police said the man was arrested at his home near Felixstowe, Suffolk, shortly before...

U.K. Fears New 'Jack The Ripper'

"English police said Wednesday they continue to "fear the worst" about two missing prostitutes from a town where three other sex workers have been killed, one of them strangled, by an apparent serial killer. The naked corpses of two women found at the side of a busy road on...

Evolution: RNA Silencing Sheds Light on the RNA World

Intro: "These findings provide a link between RNA silencing and the earliest mechanisms of RNA transcription - perhaps shedding light on both the origins of RNA replication (and therefore life) and the evolution...

More Votes Than Registered Voters

The mainstream media censored the vast majority of the evidence of fraud, so that most Americans to this day, have never heard a fraction of what was amiss.

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