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Entries from December 2007

Miley Cyrus Says Photos Are No Big Deal

December 31st, 2007 · No Comments

Los Angeles - Get your minds out of the gutter! Pictures showing Miley Cyrus and a female friend romping in a hotel hallway and sharing a lollipop are “nothing bad” according to the Hannah Montana star.
Fifteen-year-old Cyrus told New York’s Z100 radio that she was “really upset” when the private photos garnered such a critical […]

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Wal-Mart loses battle with iTunes and Netflix

December 31st, 2007 · No Comments

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has made the announcement that they have shut down their video-downloading service, throwing in the towel and surrendering to Apple’s iTunes service as well as Netflix.
The video download sales stopped as of December 21st. Wal-Mart spkeswoman Amy Colella stated that the decision was greatly based on the fact that Hewlett-Packard decided to […]

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Tags: Sci/Tec

New Jersey mandates HIV testing for all pregnant women

December 31st, 2007 · No Comments

As part of an overall tightening of state regulations and health rules, Acting New Jersey Governor Richard Cody signed into law a new regulation that mandates doctors to test women who are pregnant for the HIV infection. Women who are steadfast against having the test can still choose not to, but are urged not to.
All […]

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Tags: Health

NASA not sure when the shuttle will be ready for launch

December 31st, 2007 · No Comments

NASA officials have come out and stated that they will not set a date for th launch of the Atlantis space shuttle which has been delayed due to problems with the fuel gauges.
The malfunction of several fuel gauges has caused some severe headaches for NASA as they stated that they will not make the proposed […]

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Tags: Sci/Tec

Obama and Edwards make final push to gain on Clinton

December 31st, 2007 · No Comments

Democratic presidential hopefuls have been focusing in on Iowa for months and months now, and it is about to come to an end as candidates such as Barack Obama and John Edwards make their final push to gain on the leader Hillary Clinton.
Barack Obama and John Edwards did not stand still at all over the […]

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Tags: U.S.

Will Michael Bloomberg run for president?

December 31st, 2007 · No Comments

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has stated that he will attend the 2008 campaign unity talks, taking one step closer to running for president.
The idea is that Bloomberg may run as an indepedent as he is currently the ideal candidate to lead the independent White House hopefuls along with Chuck Hagel of Nebraska.
The unity talks […]

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Tags: U.S.

Nonja the world’s oldest orangutan dies

December 31st, 2007 · No Comments

The world’s oldest orangutan, 55-year-old Nonja, died at the Miami zoo.
The 55-year-old Nonja is believed to be the oldest Sumatran orangutan in the world. Nonja was born on the Indonesian island of Sumatra and has lived in Miami since 1983.
On Saturday morning the Nonja was unfortunately found dead.
Spokesman Ron Magill of the Miami Metro […]

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Tags: U.S.

National Treasure makes a fortune at the box office

December 31st, 2007 · No Comments

The sequel, National Treasure: Book of Secrets, had a great weekend at the box office as it took the top spot for the second week in a row taking in $35.6 million.
This brings the 10-day total of the film to an impressive $124 million. The film is clearly going to surpass what the original […]

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Tags: Entertainment

David Letterman back to work

December 31st, 2007 · No Comments

The late night talk shows may all be returning this week, but not in the way that David Letterman will be as he has struck an interim agreement on Friday with the Writers Guild of America which will allow The Late Show With David Letterman to return with its full writing staff.
This was possible because […]

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Tags: Entertainment

Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban are expecting

December 31st, 2007 · No Comments

Reports have been circulating that Nicole Kidman and husband Keith Urban are expecting their first child, but a rep for the actress has denied the pregnancy reports.
The UK’s Daily Mail made the report that over the Christmas holiday 40-year-old Keith Urban and 40-year-old Nicole Kidman revealed to their family that Nicole was pregnant. This […]

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Tags: Entertainment