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High drama or “The Hills”?
Is MTV’s “The Hills” a modern day Shakespeare play? Take this quiz to find out if you can tell the difference between the Bard and the Bimbos.

Queen Latifa to get gay married
Soul singer engaged to girlfriend of 4 years. Word is that once Queen Latifah’s finished promoting her current movie, “The Perfect Holiday” she’ll officially come out of the closet.

Strife Girls disunited: Behind the scenes of pop’s most fractious comeback
Posh won't get off the phone and could be pregnant, Baby Spice is putting her faith in magic pants and Geri can't shut up about her baby.

A Hollywood strike without movie stars
Why are A-listers like George Clooney, Tom Hanks, and Brad Pitt avoiding the picket lines?

Where to buy crack in Northwest D.C.
In addition to a cultural revival, Washington D.C. also seems to be experiencing a crack renaissance. Local bloggers have been reporting scores of rock-related incidents.
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Bad Santa: Worst gifts ever
We’ve all had to fake a smile when presented with a truly awful Christmas gift. Here is a rundown of the worst possible gifts.

Who’s winning the Romney-Giuliani slugfest?
Fibber vs. Flopper: The Thanksgiving spat that broke out between Rudy Giuliani and Mitt Romney threatens to last into the New Year.

Morrissey ‘refuses to live in the UK because of immigration explosion’
The pop singer Morrissey claims he can no longer live in a Britain he believes lost to an “immigration explosion.”

Twelve days of “Kitschmas”
Welcome to the Ship of Fools annual roundup of truly covetable gifts for Kitschmas. Twelve righteous and deserving products, plus a special item for the 13th day.

Lottery winner wasn’t supposed to gamble
The winner of a $1 million lottery scratch ticket may not be so lucky after all: He's a convicted bank robber who isn't supposed to gamble.


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Grandmother saved by daughter's poo
A grandmother who contracted a potentially fatal superbug in Scotland has been saved after a hospital fed her daughter’s faeces to her.

Madonna dyes sheep for Vogue shoot, RSPCA outraged
Singer Madonna has horrified animal activists after dyeing her sheep blue, pink, yellow and green for a Vogue spread at their English country estate, in Wiltshire.

Most dangerous toys ever — updated!
Radar presents an updated version of the most dangerous toys of all time—those treasured playthings that drew blood, chewed digits, took out eyes, and, in one case, actually irradiated.

Boy killed playing chicken on road while high on ecstasy

A 12-year-old boy was high on ecstasy when he was knocked down by a car while playing "chicken" on a busy road, an inquest heard.

Oversized portions? Blame the chef
Nutrition experts have long urged Americans to pay more attention to portion sizes. But someone forgot to tell the chef.
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Troublesome transvestites start WWE-style brawl at McDonalds
Memphis Police continue to search for three cross-dressers who started a fight involving hot grease, a tire iron and a wet floor sign at a McDonalds on Sunday night.

Hockey brawl between 8-year-olds stuns police
Six hockey players and two coaches were suspended following a brawl between two teams of 8-year-olds in Canada last week that has stunned police.

Older white woman join Kenya’s sex tourists
Bethan, 56, and her best friend Allie, 64, are on their first holiday to Kenya, a country they say is "just full of big young boys who like us older girls."

Sucker: Larry King
Now it's official. America's pre-eminent TV interviewer will believe anything.

When ‘Goodbye’ is a click away
Ready to start dating again, this woman decided to try out the Internet. But she discovered it was easy come, easy go.

Videos of the day
Talking cats: A YouTube morality tale
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Tree man ‘who grew roots’ may be cured
An Indonesian fisherman who feared that he would be killed by tree-like growths covering his body has been given hope of recovery by an American doctor — and Vitamin A.

British teacher faces 40 lashes for naming a teddy bear Mohamed
A British teacher is facing 40 lashes from police in Sudan where she has been accused of insulting Islam after naming a Teddy bear Mohamed. Gillian Gibbons, 54, was being questioned at a police station in the capital Khartoum.

Getting the message
Check out another mug shot roundup featuring arrestees wearing supposedly witty T-shirts.

Road Rules: Giuliani style
The big news this weekend, for reporters covering the Giuliani campaign, was that Rudolph W. Giuliani had gotten a bus.

Video of the day
Unfortunate TV news slip-up
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New Zealand bars British man’s ‘fat’ wife
A British man who moved to New Zealand has been told by officials that his wife is too fat to join him.

Thanksgiving ham?
A group of Virginians are claiming that Virginian settlers held the first Thanksgiving in 1619 and ham not turkey was on the menu.

Mum jailed for daughter’s truancy
A mother has been jailed after her 14-year-old daughter routinely skipped school. Her daughter's excuses ranged from bad hair days to having cat hair on her trousers.

The Iraq War
Slate.com finds out whether you should believe the optimistic news coming out of Iraq.

MySpace hoax ended in girl’s suicide
The Smoking Gun has the police report detailing the heartless online hoax that apparently triggered last year’s suicide of 13-year-old Megan Meier.

Video of the day
Snowboarder vs. model
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Man accused of using toad to get high
A 21-year-old man has been accused of using a toad to get high. The Kansas City man possessed a Colorado River toad with the intention of using it as a hallucinogenic.

The merchandizing of the Crocodile Hunter’s little girl
Bindi Irwin has a fashion range, CDs, videos and glossy magazine covers to her name. She's even set to release her own rap song and there is talk about a Bindi doll — which is likely to be more popular than Barbie in her native Australia.

Lying starlet’s boozy bust
Nabbed for underage drinking, a young starlet lied about her identity to arresting officers because she was a "Hollywood actress" and news of her bust "would not look good."

Singer in odd mood at concert
Amy Winehouse went into meltdown on stage last night hours after visiting her husband in jail. The star appeared drunk and turned her gig into a crazed tribute to hubby Blake Fielder-Civil, which had fans booing and walking out.

Video of the day
Spider Cat
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Man fleeing police killed by alligator
A man running from police was killed by an alligator when he dove into a retention pond and was attacked by the gator.

Where to put your hand during the national anthem
Some conservative bloggers are furious about a photo showing Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama without his hand on his heart during the national anthem.

Old golfers accused of hogging the holes
A golfing magazine has described older players as 'leeches', saying they clog up courses and put the younger generation off joining clubs.

Sexy texts: Is it really cheating?
Chelsy Davy is said to be heartbroken after discovering cheeky texts from a mystery woman on her boyfriend Prince Harry’s phone.

Soldier who took overdose on eve of Iraq trip 'feared having to shoot children'
A young soldier was so traumatised by the prospect of his first Iraqi posting, he took an overdose which killed him.

Video of the day
Slide mishap
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50 Cent’s tour demands
Rapper 50 Cent requires concert promoters to violate federal laws when they stock his dressing room prior to a concert. The rapper, who has done time for dabbling in drugs and guns, is demanding that a box of Cuban cigars (Montecristos, specifically) be waiting for him backstage.

Amy Winehouse interview
Over the past months, chart-topping tabloid magnet Amy Winehouse has wandered bloody through the streets of London, checked in to (and out of) rehab and slipped into a coma. She falls asleep three times during the Blender interview.

Photos from golden age of hip-hop
This week sees the release of "The Breaks: Stylin' and Profilin' 1982-1990," a collection of portraits by British photographer Janette Beckman. The photos include shots of the Beastie Boys, LL Cool J, Slick Rick, Busta Rhymes, and others.

Babyshambles singer on course for death
Pete Doherty is convinced he will die unless he is able to wean himself off his dependency on drugs. “If I don't pack in drugs, particularly crack and heroin, I am likely to either die, go mad or end up permanently institutionalised. I'm on a direct course for all four."

Video of the day
Presidential candidate Tom Tancredo’s TV commercial
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Tens of thousands of householders on the east coast of England are today preparing for some of the worst coastal floods in decades.

Sea levels could rise up to 9 feet this morning, putting lives at risk.

Check out the story on England's Daily Mail Web site.


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Stripper spanks schoolboy in surprise blunder
A teenage schoolboy was pulled around his classroom on a lead and spanked by a stripper after a birthday surprise blunder.

Blasé about blow
To find out if cocaine has lost its social stigma in New York, Radar.com dispatched reporter Neel Shah to places swank and pedestrian, armed with a baggie of confectioners' sugar and our lawyer's phone number.

Uncle Sam wants you. Really badly
Offering $20,000 to recruits who ship out within 30 days is one of many ways the U.S. Army is willing to persuade you to sign up.

The worst person in the world
Nightmare online dater John Fitzgerald Page is still trying to puzzle out why people had such a strong negative response to his braggy, hatefilled email to a girl who had the audacity to turn him down on Match.com.

You might be allergic to Christmas
One person in every seven could be allergic to traditional Christmas trees, say doctors.

Video of the day
Wacky soccer
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Speed dating for millionaires
An undercover reporter attends a Manhattan speed dating event where the men must have at least a million in the bank and females must submit five pictures to prove their hotness.

Beware: Red Bull can kill you
Energy drinks like Red Bull can cause heart attacks and strokes by boosting blood pressure, medics warned yesterday.

World’s tallest dog meets world’s smallest dog
Despite their radical difference in size, these two dogs have something in common — Gibson the Great Dane and Boo Boo the toy Chihuahua are both world record holders.

Facebook more popular than porn
Generation Y's changing habits means  they're often too busy chatting with friends on social networking sites to look at online skin.

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Reporter walks into a bar
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Teen regrets trying to have sex with sidewalk
A teenager tried to have sex with a sidewalk after downing a half-bottle of vodka while on medication. The 18-year-old’s bizarre antics were witnessed by a woman taxi driver, among others.

Miracle dog survives nine days in trunk of car after going into 'hibernation'
A border collie dog survived an incredible nine days in the boot of a car - by going into hibernation.

Reality bites!
As the reality of the writer’s strike sets in, we face the growing fear that once scripted entertainment dries up, networks will be forced to show even more reality programming.

New drug alert!
A bizarre “information bulletin” prepared by the sheriffs in Collier County, Florida, warns about a “new drug” favored by the kids. "Jenkem’s" active ingredients are urine and fecal matter, hence its street name, “Butthash.”

Video of the day
Unfortunate mistake
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Eight-limbed toddler to have surgery
A toddler born with eight limbs and believed by some to be the reincarnation of the multi-limbed Hindu goddess Vishnu, is set to undergo a 40-hour operation to remove half of her limbs.

Santa told to slim down to set a good example
Santa is being told to shift the pounds before Christmas — because the obese saint is failing to set a “good example” for children.

Twitter is for twits
Twitter is a " relatively new (Internet) program that allows its mostly young members to post 'miniblogs’ — running diaries about the mundane details of their lives, in entries of barely two sentences."

Got breast milk?
An Iowa mother with extra breast milk on her hands this week placed a newspaper ad offering to sell the milk for $200 (or the best offer she receives).

New mother dies for Jehovah
Pals of 22-year-old Emma Gough told last night how the devout Jehovah’s Witness cuddled her newborn twins — then died just hours later after refusing a blood transfusion.

Video of the day
Top 10 dirty plays
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Family dog saves toddler from deadly snake
A doberman saved a toddler from a deadly snake by throwing her out of harm's way as it attacked.

Carrot Top has hit rock bottom
Gawker.com’s Stalk of the Town wonders why someone hasn't yet assassinated Carrot Top.

Radar reviews Britney’s new album
“Blackout” is great news for the only people Britney's songs ever mattered to in the first place: slumber-party attendees and wasted revelers at (preferably gay) nightclubs.

What's wrong with Sports Illustrated?
Slate.com discusses the decline and fall of a once-highly regarded sports magazine.

Photos of President Bush’s pets dressed for Halloween

Photos of Vice President Dick Cheney’s dogs dressed for Halloween

Video of the day
Model falls, anchor laughs
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