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Meagan Good And Her Sister La’Miya Party With Jamie Foxx In Miami (Photos)

Meagan Good and sister La’Miya kicked it in Miami this weekend for Jamie Foxx’s album release party. Ronnie DeVoe, Tank, LeToya Luckett, and Trey Trey were also in the building. You’re welcome Slide. SMH.

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Random Ridiculousness: Man Attempts To Commit Suicide By Jumping Out Window, Lands In Big Pile Of Garbage Instead

This sounds like a case of “when trying to off yourself goes wrong”: A despondent West Side man took a leap out of his ninth-floor window this afternoon — but was saved when he landed onto a huge pile of garbage that’s been collecting since New York’s devastating post-Christmas blizzard, officials said. Vangelis “Angelo” Icapatos, 26, apparently attempted his death leap at 12:04 p.m. from a building on W. 45th St. between 8th and 9th avenues, police said. Icapatos landed on his back and was taken to Bellevue Hospital. A worker at the building said Icapatos is a resident at the building on the ninth floor. “I can’t believe the garbage broke his fall,” said an astounded neighbor, Ingrid Suprock, 26, who lives next door. “I guess the trash saved the guy.” For the first time in a torturous week, what has been going all wrong, finally went right. Collecting trash has been piling up around the city — as sanitation workers try to catch up with snow removal that has bogged down the city since the day after Christmas. But with Mother Nature helping to melt the 20 inches that got dumped in the devastating blizzard, the city has been turning its attention to the gathering garbage — untouched since the storm. “It’s been out here all week,” Suprock said of the trash out in front of the victim’s building, and others along the block. Source

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Why is "Science is Real" by They Might Be Giants So Popular Now? (Video)

I happened upon this great music video for kids, “Science is Real” making its way up the Most Popular list on Reddit. It’s by the alt rock band They Might be Giants, famous for their ‘Istanbul (Not Constantinople)’ tune and the theme song to Malcolm in the Middle. Anywho, it piqued my curiosity. Why was such a simple, cutesy conce… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Green Building in Louisville Really Is Green, Now LEED Platinum

Images courtesy (fer) studio One post on TreeHugger says The Greenest Brick is the One That’s Already in the Wall ; another that LEED stands for “Lunatic Environmentalists Enthusiastically Demolishing” . But now we are beginning to see the best of both worlds, with very green renovations and restorations, like the eponymously named Green Building in Louisville, Kentucky; it has just been certified LEED Platinum. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Britney Pays Visit to Jason Trawick At Work

Filed under: Britney Spears , Jason Trawick , Jason Alexander Britney Spears went to the William Morris Endeavor Entertainment agency in Bev Hills this afternoon … to visit boyfriend Jason Trawick in a show of solidarity. Britney spent time with Jason inside the building, left by car and then returned.

Bon Jovi at the AMAs: Pics & Performance Video!

Considering Justin Bieber was named Artist of the Year , it’s safe to say the American Music Awards skewed toward a younger generation last night. But try telling that to Bon Jovi. The veteran band is releasing a Greatest Hits album this winter, replete with four new songs. It performed one of them at the ceremony over the weekend, transitioning from “What Do You Got?” to

AMA Fashion Face-Off: Katy Perry vs. Rihanna

Chart-topping friends Katy Perry and Rihanna both performed at Sunday’s American Music Awards. Who will perform better in a test of style supremacy? Katy looked adorable as ever on the red carpet, so much so that we can’t help wonder if that dress may have helped salvage this rendition of “Firework.” Meanwhile, Rihanna’s performance to open the show was a good one, but does her latest style experiment measure up? Vote on the fashion champ below: [Photos: Splash News Online] Who looked better at the AMAs?

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Gabriel Aubry: Kourtside with Kim Kardashian!

The Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Golden State Warriors 117-89 last night. Not exactly a surprising result, considering the talent gap between these two teams. But Gabriel Aubry and Kim Kardashian made sure fans were taken aback by at least one development: these two sat courtside at the game, embracing the camera at every opportunity, as evidenced below: Look, there’s one guy in this building I haven’t dated! Aubry split from Halle Berry in April, following four years of dating. He and the actress are the parents of a daughter, Nahla, and have remained friendly since the break-up. Kim, meanwhile, claims to be happy on her own – but it wouldn’t be surprising if she’s dabbling in a bit of Canadian cuteness while single. What do you think of these two as a couple?

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BP & Feds Ban Journalists Digging Sand or Building Sandcastles on Beach

If you thought killing the Macondo well over the weekend meant that the all to familiar saga of

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Low carbon hemp house put to the test

Called the “HemPod,” this one-storey building has highly insulating walls made from the chopped woody core, or shiv, of the industrial hemp plant mixed with a specially developed lime-based binder. The hemp shiv traps air in the walls, and the hemp itself is porous, making the walls incredibly well insulated. The lime-based binder sticks together and protects the hemp and makes the building material highly fire resistant. The industrial hemp plant takes in carbon dioxide as it grows, and the lime render absorbs even more of the climate change gas, effectively giving the building an extremely low carbon footprint. “The walls are breathable and act as a sort of passive air-conditioning system, meaning that the internal humidity is kept constant and the quality of the air within the house is very good. The walls also have a 'virtual thermal mass' because of the remarkable pore structure of hemp shiv combined with the properties of the lime binder, which means the building is much more thermally efficient and the temperature inside the house stays fairly constant.” http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100915205229.htm added by: JackHerer