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MIAMI – A Halloween costume that depicts a space creature in orange prison garb emblazoned with the words "illegal alien" is reigniting debate over a long-used term based on the U.S. government's designation of all foreigners as aliens.
The dispute has immigrant advocates calling on retailers to pull the costume from its shelves, while a group that supports strict immigration laws say it's all a to-do over nothing, with freedom of speech being…
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP)—Text messages between a woman and former NFL quarterback Steve McNair(notes) made in the hours before police say she shot him to death and turned the gun on herself support authorities’ contention that she was spiraling out of control.
Nashville police released the 50 text messages Monday night as part of a case summary and detailed the exchanges between the two hours before the July 4 murder-suicide.
Sahel Kazemi…
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Eminem has said that the forthcoming Relapse 2 will be more "emotionally driven," and pointed out that he's working with some new collaborators.
"[The album] is gonna be a lot different than people expect," Eminem said in an interview on his Shade 45 satellite-radio station last week. "As far as the contrast from the last album to this one, I got a couple of tracks with [D12's] Mr. Porter, two tracks with him so far. Four, possibly five with Just…
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BOSTON -- The winner of reality TV show "Big Brother" has confessed to using his $500,000 prize to buy thousands of oxycodone pills and resell them, authorities said.
Adam Jasinski, 31, of Delray Beach, Fla., has been charged with attempting to sell 2,000 pills in Massachusetts to a government witness.
Federal prosecutors said Jasinski was arrested Saturday after he flew to Boston and showed the witness a sock containing two plastic…
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Kelly Osbourne danced herself right into the emergency room after Monday night's "Dancing With the Stars."
Osbourne, who is competing on the reality dance competition, visited the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center E.R. immediately after last night's taping because of an injury she sustained from her shoe buckle at the end of her paso doble routine with partner Louis Van Amstel.
"At the end of our paso doble, Kelly banged her foot on the…
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Cops across the city are on alert for a Bloods initiation drive that calls for 145 slashings, police sources said Monday.
Word of the potential violence is something of an urban legend and has been a staple of the Halloween season for a decade. But the actual gang bloodshed never has fully materialized, the NYPD said Monday.
"There was an incident in 1995 that gave rise to this annual rumor but has not materialized since then," said Deputy Commissioner Paul…
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Normally, it's good news when a car's engine is purring - except when a cat is trapped inside.
A plucky and downright lucky feline used up at least one of its nine lives in the Bronx Monday when it miraculously survived a 2-mile drive while stuck inside the engine of a hybrid SUV, police said.
The cute tan-and-white tabby was freed from its trap by a pair of NYPD detectives - and appeared to emerge from the harrowing ordeal in good…
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A blood-sucking vermin helped put a robber behind bars this week.
Australian police used DNA from a leech found at a 2001 crime scene to put a man who admitted to robbing an elderly woman behind bars, officials told The Associated Press. Forensic science researcher Sally Kelty said this is the first case in Australia - and maybe the first case ever - where investigators have used DNA from a blood-sucking animal to nab a criminal.
"It's…
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THE WAIT IS OVA!!!
RIHANNA’s NEW ALBUM - RATED R - HITS MONDAY, NOV. 23rd
“Russian Roulette,” first new single pick –written by Ne-Yo – launches worldwide Oct. 20th on radio and on official Rihanna website
“Russian Roulette” video to premiere on ABC-TV
Long-awaited follow-up to 2007’s worldwide…
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First Miley, now all of Hollywood might trash their Twitter accounts.
According to a recent Hollywood Reporter blog post, "there's a growing number of studio deals with new language aimed specifically at curbing usage of social-media outlets by actors, execs and other creatives."
That means no Twitter, no Facebook, or "any other interactive social network or personal blog."
The first alleged victims of the great "tweet"…
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LOS ANGELES - Deposed beauty queen Carrie Prejean still owes $5,200 for breast implants floated by pageant organizers in January, a new lawsuit claims.
Ex-Miss California Carrie Prejean stiffed pageant organizer K2 Productions even though she requested the surgery "to be more competitive" at the April 2009 Miss USA pageant and verbally agreed to repay the K2 loan, a complaint filed yesterday states.
Prejean was stripped of her crown…
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As if Lindsay Lohan didn't have enough problems lately, her puffy-faced New York City appearance last night is causing concern.
She showed up at the Whitney Museum of Art Gala with eye lids that seemed to struggle to stay open and lips that looked freshly plumped.
The Daily Mail suggests the 23-year-old starlet is starting to resemble 54-year-old Donatella Versace, and appears to be tampering with her looks. Lohan arrived on the red…
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Although Beyoncé agreed to tone down her show for her debut performance in Malaysia, the concert has been postponed in the wake of accusations by Islamic conservatives that the show would be "immoral," according to The Associated Press.
B was scheduled to perform at the Kuala Lumpur stadium on October 25, but Malaysian promoter Marctensia said in a statement, "The show has been postponed to a future date to be announced shortly. The postponement…
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A Hartford man is being held in the stabbing death of star University of Connecticut football player Jasper Howard, police said Monday.
Johnny Hood, 21, is being held on $100,000 bond in connection with the early Sunday morning stabbing outside a school dance at the Storrs campus.
Cops said Hood was charged with interfering with an officer and breach of peace, but he has not been charged in the stabbing.
Witnesses identified…
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A man accused of murdering his daughter in an “honour killing” collapsed in the dock today as his wife gave evidence against him.
Mehmet Goren slumped in his chair and court officials called for medical assistance.
Mr Justice Bean halted proceedings and the jury was led from the Old Bailey courtroom.
Goren had been watching his wife Hanim give evidence for the prosecution about their 15-year-old daugher Tulay.
She…
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The city that led the country in banning smoking in bars, restaurants and most public spaces is about to ban the sale of flavored tobacco products.
A long-debated bill authorizing the flavored-tobacco ban was finally approved by the City Council last Wednesday, by a 46-to-1 vote. Mayor Bloomberg - who instigated the city's smoking crackdown in 2002 - said he will sign the bill into law soon.
The ban will likely kick in around February,…
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