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From MSNBC: CONCEPCION, Chile – Chile’s government scrambled on Monday to provide aid to thousands of homeless in coastal towns devastated by a massive earthquake and tsunamis as 10,000 troops moved into stricken areas to quell looting.

Singer-songwriter Anita Baker will NOT go to jail and is negotiating to allow a judge to research how much her ex-husband is owed in music royalties.

According to a report,Ne-Yo was detained in Oslo last night after a member of his entourage punched a bus boy. 

(From TMZ) Gary Coleman suffered an apparent seizure this morning while on the set of “The Insider” and was rushed to the hospital … according to sources on set.

Tiger Woods will soon appear on a PETA billboard in his hometown of Windermere, Fla.

From ChicagoPublicRadio.org: Last September, a young man incarcerated at one of Illinois’ youth prisons killed himself.

HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. – David Paterson has launched a campaign for a full four-year term as New York’s governor.

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama personally welcomed the Dalai Lama to the White House Thursday and lauded his goals for the Tibetan people, but he kept their get-together off-camera and low-key in an attempt to avoid inflaming tensions with China.

Via: BoingBoing.Com According to the filings in Blake J Robbins v Lower Merion School District (PA) et al, the laptops issued to high-school students in the well-heeled Philly suburb have webcams that can be covertly activated by the schools’ administrators, who have used this facility to spy on students and even their families. The issue […]

After the media frenzy that surrounded Tiger Woods’ car accident and alleged affairs, he finally speaks publicly to a select group of friends, colleagues and associates at PGA headquarters in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL. According to CNN.com, a statement on Woods’ Web site elaborated: “While Tiger feels that what happened is fundamentally a matter between […]