| Brittany Murphy Vomiting Before Death; Prescription Drugs Found Posted: 21 Dec 2009 07:08 AM PST  UPDATE: Brittany Murphy died apparently of natural causes, the Los Angeles County coroner's office said. Us Magazine: Before her shocking Dec. 20 death at age 32, Brittany Murphy "was taking prescription meds for flu-like symptoms she had been experiencing for several days," TMZ.com reports. According to the website, she began vomiting early Sunday morning and told family members she was feeling very ill. (She was "found unresponsive" Sunday morning at her Hollywood Hills home and was pronounced dead at 10:04 a.m. at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.) TMZ also reports that "vario
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| Carrie Underwood engaged to NHL player Mike Fisher (AP) Posted: 21 Dec 2009 10:35 AM PST  AP - Carrie Underwood is engaged to Ottawa Senators hockey player Mike Fisher, her publicist said Monday. No wedding date has been set for the couple, who have been dating for about a year. "The couple couldn't be happier," said publicist Jessie Schmidt.
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| Funeral for Iranian Cleric Turns Into a Vast Protest Posted: 20 Dec 2009 11:58 PM PST ![]() Mourners for a founding father of Iran's Islamic revolution flooded the holy city of Qum and faced off with Iranian security forces, witnesses said.
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| Yes, it's all about him Posted: 20 Dec 2009 09:20 PM PST  Obama's self-indulgent crusade to seize the liberal holy grail of "universal coverage."
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| DC chief slams officer over gun at snowball fight (AP) Posted: 21 Dec 2009 05:32 AM PST  AP - The city's police chief slammed a veteran detective Monday for pulling a gun during a mass snowball fight that had been advertised on Twitter.
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| Demjanjuk says in pain, Holocaust survivors testify (Reuters) Posted: 21 Dec 2009 05:35 AM PST  Reuters - John Demjanjuk complained of back pain while Holocaust survivors on Monday recalled the horrors of Nazi Germany at his trial on charges of helping to force 27,900 Jews into gas chambers in 1943.
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| Brrrr: The Buzz on Winter Solstice Posted: 21 Dec 2009 01:10 PM PST  by Claudine Zap Not that anyone needs to remind the snowed-in people on the Eastern seaboard, but today is the first day of winter, known as the winter solstice. The Buzz sheds light on the darkest day. What exactly is the winter solstice? The bleak news: It's the shortest day of the year, meaning the earth's tilt is at 23.5 degrees. As LiveScience puts it, the top half of the earth will spin on its axis away from the sun. Most of us will experience daylight for only about nine short hours. But it gets worse: The weather will actually get colder. Without sunlight to warm the ocean, temperat
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| Stern's threat to quit Sirius could be empty talk (AP) Posted: 21 Dec 2009 12:11 PM PST ![]() Howard Stern is threatening to leave Sirius XM Radio Inc. now that the shock jock and the satellite radio provider are getting set to enter contract talks in 2010.
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| The Bankruptcy Mall of America (infographic) Posted: 21 Dec 2009 07:45 AM PST ![]() Bankruptcy has run rampant recently and no one is immune. This map depicts some of the biggest retail bankruptcies since 2008.
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| Mexico City Approves Gay Marriage Posted: 21 Dec 2009 02:40 PM PST  MEXICO CITY — Mexico City lawmakers on Monday made the city the first in Latin America to legalize same-sex marriage, a change that will give homosexual couples more rights, including allowing them to adopt children. The bill passed the capital's local assembly 39-20 to the cheers of supporters who yelled: "Yes, we could! Yes, we could!"
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| Survivor: Samoa Winner Unveiled Posted: 20 Dec 2009 07:32 PM PST ![]() Spoiler Alert: The following reveals the winner of Sunday night's Survivor: Samoa finale.
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| Gas could be the calvary in global warming fight (AP) Posted: 21 Dec 2009 06:36 AM PST ![]() An unlikely source of energy has emerged to meet international demands that the United States do more to fight global warming: It's cleaner than coal, cheaper than oil and a 90-year supply is under our feet.
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| 1 Dead, 5 Hurt in Christmas Boat Parade Crash Posted: 21 Dec 2009 05:29 AM PST  FoxNews: A 33-foot Coast Guard vessel and a pleasure boat collided as a Christmas watercraft parade was going on in San Diego Bay, killing an 8-year-old boy and seriously injuring five people, authorities said. There were no other injuries among the 13 people aboard the 24-foot pleasure boat in the 6 p.m. accident Sunday, Coast Guard spokeswoman Jetta Disco said. None of the five people aboard the Coast Guard patrol boat was hurt. The injured were rushed to University of California, San Diego Hospital, where the boy was declared dead, said Fire Department spokesman Maurice Luque. Five othe
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| Astor son gets 1-3 years for looting mom's money (AP) Posted: 21 Dec 2009 10:33 AM PST  AP - The 85-year-old son of philanthropist Brooke Astor was sentenced Monday to as many as three years in prison for exploiting her mental frailty to plunder her millions, but the legal saga surrounding the society doyenne's fortune will persist with planned appeals.
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| Favre episode causes predictable waves Posted: 21 Dec 2009 09:56 AM PST ![]() As was widely expected, Vikings QB Brett Favre is the center of attention in December for the wrong reasons.
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