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Carrie Underwood Engaged To Hockey Player Mike Fisher

The country superstar’s boyfriend popped the question on Sunday. By Jocelyn Vena Country superstar Carrie Underwood and her boyfriend, hockey player Mike Fisher, announced their engagement Monday (December 21).

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Taylor Swift Named Associated Press Entertainer Of The Year

Newspaper editors and broadcast producers voted for the 20-year-old after a wildly successful 2009. By Eric Ditzian Taylor Swift Photo: Candice Lawler Taylor Swift came in a very close second to Lady Gaga in MTV News’ Woman of the Year countdown for 2009. In a year not dominated by Gaga, we surely would have selected Swift as the very biggest female entertainer of the last 12 months

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Israel admits harvesting Palestinian organs

Israel has admitted that pathologists harvested organs from dead Palestinians, and others without the consent of their families – a practice that it said ended in the 1990s, it emerged at the weekend. The admission, by the former head of the country's forensic institute, followed a furious row prompted by a Swedish newspaper reporting that Israel was killing Palestinians in order to use their organs – a charge that Israel denied and called “antisemitic”. The revelation, in a television documentary, is likely to generate anger in the Arab and Muslim world and reinforce sinister stereotypes of Israel and its attitude to Palestinians

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Senate Democrats clinch a deal on health bill

WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats said on Saturday that they had clinched an agreement on a far-reaching overhaul of the nation’s health care system, and that they were on track to approve the legislation by Christmas over fierce Republican opposition. As the Senate convened in a driving snowstorm, Democratic leaders said a breakthrough came when Senator Ben Nelson, Democrat of Nebraska, agreed after 13 hours of negotiations on Friday to back the bill, making him the pivotal 60th vote

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Duggar Baby #19 Hanging in There

Michelle Duggar says she is cherishing every moment with her premature 19th child, Josie Brooklyn, who remains hospitalized at the University of Arkansas. “Josie is doing as well as can be expected for a baby her age. We’re taking each hour as it comes,” says Michelle, who has been released from the hospital.

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Taylor Swift Is MTV News’ #2 Woman Of The Year

Country superstar swept awards, notched the year’s best-selling album and had an infamous run-in with Kanye West. By Gil Kaufman Taylor Swift Photo: Kevin Mazur/ WireImage/ MTV News Which stars had the biggest year?

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Toby Keith Pulls a Miley, Offends Asians Everywhere

Toby Keith better start working on that apology statement about now. Asian watchdog groups are blasting the country crooner over an allegedly racist gesture made during an impromptu…

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Lindsay Lohan Shoots Human-Trafficking Documentary In India

‘Focusing on celebrities and lies is so disconcerting, when we can be changing the world one child at a time,’ the actress tweeted. By Jocelyn Vena Lindsay Lohan Photo: Stephen Shugerman/ Getty Images Lindsay Lohan is back in the U.S. after spending time in India shooting a documentary for the BBC about the trafficking of women and children from impoverished areas of that country

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Fan Kid Cudi Allegedly Punched Won’t Press Charges

Man says rapper hit him after misunderstanding over wallet thrown onstage in Vancouver.

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Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber, More Play To Screaming Tweens At Jingle Ball

John Mayer, Kris Allen, Jordin Sparks, Jay Sean, Owl City, Pitbull, Boys Like Girls, Ke$ha and the Fray take the stage at New York’s Madison Square Garden. By Eric Ditzian Taylor Swift performs at Z100’s Jingle Ball Photo: Theo Wargo/ WireImage NEW YORK — As the lights went down at Z100’s Jingle Ball on Friday night, giant screens played a countdown video instructing the nearly sold-out crowd to scream

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