A stark reminder about how deadly the new H1N1 virus can be. During a news briefing Thursday, U.S. health officials said the virus has hit pregnant women especially hard. “The CDC is aware of about 700 cases of 2009 H1N1 in pregnant women since late April or early May,” Tom …
Read More »Michael Jackson: Anatomy of an Autopsy
As the world awaits the preliminary results of Michael Jackson’s autopsy, the details surrounding his mysterious and sudden death remain shrouded in rumor and speculation. The L.A. County coroner began the pop star’s autopsy Friday morning in an attempt to determine the cause of death and whether prescription drugs played …
Read More »Miss California Carrie Prejean Loses Her Crown
Less than a month after being told by Donald Trump that she can keep her Miss California crown, Carrie Prejean was fired on Wednesday. In a release first obtained by FOXNews.com, K2 Productions, the independent producers of the Miss California USA pageant, under license from Miss Universe, cited continued breach …
Read More »Jon and Kate Announce They're Splitting
Tonight on “Jon & Kate Plus Eight,” Jon and Kate Gosselin announced that they are separating after 10 years of marriage. The news came as no surprise. Late last week, TLC had announced that the Gosselins would be making an important announcement on tonight’s episode. Earlier on Monday, People.com had …
Read More »Massachusetts Man Says He Was Fired for Telling Colleague Her Gay Marriage Is Wrong
A manager at a Massachusetts retail store claims he was unjustly fired after he told a colleague he thought her impending marriage to another woman was wrong. Peter Vadala, 24, told FoxNews.com he was terminated in August from his position as second deputy manager at a Brookstone store at Boston’s …
Read More »Astronauts Wrap Up Final Tasks in Delayed Spacewalk
Two NASA astronauts completed their mission’s third and last spacewalk Monday, installing a new science experiment and an oxygen tank outside the International Space Station. The spacewalkers, STS-129 mission specialists Robert “Bobby” Satcher, Jr. and Randy Bresnik, got a late start this morning after dealing with an issue on Satcher’s …
Read More »Reality Check: Whoever Said Rumors Are No Fun Doesn't Watch 'The Hills'
They say that rumors are no fun, but they must not be “Hills” viewers. After a month of anticipation, we finally got to see what went down when Audrina Patridge heard JustinBobby had cheated on her with Lauren Conrad. And even with all the hype nothing about the episode disappointed. …
Read More »Celebrities' Stalker Menace: 'It's Tough To Control Crazy'
The car that’s been been driving behind you for three blocks. A wrong number who suddenly hangs up. That guy who glances at you from behind his newspaper. If you’re a celebrity with a stalker, the first thing that comes to your mind every time you have these everyday encounters …
Read More »Kids News Show to Address Gay Issues
WASHINGTON – The network that’s home to the popular Rugrats and Sponge Bob cartoons is planning a news special that engages children in a discussion over gay parenting and discrimination against homosexuals. And some conservative groups are steaming from the ears about it. The Nickelodeon cable television network, a subsidiary …
Read More »Election Day 2002
It seems so many politicians put so much at stake on this one day. Careers made. Careers broken. Stars born. Stars snuffed out. I don’t know. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: We’re so riveted by the here and now, that we forget that it’s just here, …
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