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An alleged fatwa banning women from touching bananas and cucumbers is making the rounds through Muslim listservs.

The religious directive forbids women from handling bananas or cucumbers, because their phallic shape may "make them think of sex," according to The Times of India.

"If women wish to eat these food items, a third party, preferably a male related to…

NEWARK, N.J. — A New Jersey woman who police say injected a man’s penis with silicone, resulting in his death, has been charged with manslaughter.

The Essex County prosecutor’s office says 34-year-old Kasia Rivera gave 22-year-old Justin Street the…

It’s that time of the year again when critics put out their best of the year lists. The editors at TIME and Rolling Stone have released their picks for the best albums of 2011. Adele’s Grammy-nominated 21 scores top honors on both lists and Jay-Z and Kanye West’s historic joint LP Watch the Throne also ranks in the top 3. Although it was never commercially released, Frank…

Two more non-album featured clips from T-Pain. Seems like he likes the cam just as much as the auto-tune. Above he returns with the flow and then catches a “Hangover” below .rEVOLVEr in stores today.…

Philadelphia morning show host Tarsha "Miss Jones" Jones was fired earlier this week from her position on Power 99 after a two year tenure.

According to Philly.com, Clear Channel Radio spokeswoman, Loraine Ballard Morrill, confirmed that Jones is "no longer an employee of Clear Channel Philadelphia."

The radio personality's departure from the station comes a…

Early this morning it was reported that dancehall star Vybz Kartel (born, Adidja Palmer) escaped from the Horizon Adult Remand Centre in Jamaica with other inmates, after holding officers at gunpoint. Now the Jamaican Observer reports that the story was only a rumor, with Jamaican police claiming no knowledge of the incident.

According to the Observer, The Assistant…

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Non-Dutch residents will be banned from cannabis-selling coffee shops in southern Netherlands from January 1 to spare locals from the nuisance of drug tourism, the justice ministry said Tuesday.

The centre-right government of Prime Minister Mark Rutte has since September 2010 been weighing a "cannabis card", reserved for nationals and obligatory when visiting one of…

A rare yellow pear-shaped diamond is expected to fetch $11-15 million at auction next week, and the buyer will have the chance to name it, Sotheby's said Wednesday.

The so-called Sun-Drop Diamond is described as fancy vivid yellow — the highest color grading — by gemstone experts. It is the largest known diamond of its kind, at 110.3 carats.

"It looks the…