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Paula Abdul: A Timeline Of The Former ‘Idol’ Judge’s Long Career

Actress/singer/choreographer/producer takes the next step after 20 years in the entertainment industry. By Gil Kaufman Paula Abdul Photo: Kevin Winter/ Getty Images To “American Idol” fans, for the past eight seasons Paula Abdul has been like that wacky aunt at a wedding who puts her arm around you and says things that sound really, really nice, but kind of make no sense. And that’s why America fell in love with Abdul all over again, more than 20 years after the former Laker Girl first made a mark on the entertainment industry

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Five-year-old raises enough money to feed 18,000 needy people

Phoebe Russell is the definition of a badass.

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Five-year-old raises enough money to feed 18,000 needy people

New HIV strain discovered in woman from Cameroon

WASHINGTON — A new strain of the virus that causes AIDS has been discovered in a woman from the African nation of Cameroon. It differs from the three known strains of human immunodeficiency virus and appears to be closely related to a form of simian virus recently discovered in wild gorillas, researchers report in Monday's edition of the journal Nature Medicine. added by: rahoskins 2 responses

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‘Happiness Meter’ analyzes blogs, tweets

A “hedonometer,” or a device that measures happiness, has been created by scientists in Vermont.

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‘Happiness Meter’ analyzes blogs, tweets

Man Charged With ‘American Idol’ Contestant Alexis Cohen’s Death

Cohen, who was killed in hit-and-run accident Saturday, was best known for battling with Simon Cowell during audition rounds. By Gil Kaufman Alexis Cohen during her “American Idol” audition in 2007 Photo: Fox Police have arrested a 23-year-old New Jersey man in connection with Saturday morning’s hit-and-run death of two-time “American Idol” contestant Alexis Cohen. The Asbury Park Journal reports that Daniel Bark was arrested at 6 p.m

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Analog TV abandoned to make room for RFID

According to a former 31-year IBM employee, the highly-publicized, mandatory switch from analog to digital television is mainly being done to free up analog frequencies and make room for scanners used to read implantable RFID microchips and track people and products throughout the world. So while the American people, especially those in Texas and other busy border states, have been inundated lately with news reports advising them to hurry and get their expensive passports, “enhanced driver’s licenses,” passport cards and other “chipped” or otherwise trackable identification devices that they are being forced to own, this digital television/RFID connection has been hidden, according to Patrick Redmond.

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Is the end of men imminent?

What makes a man a man? Socially, that is a complicated question. Genetically, however, it is as simple as a single Y chromosome

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Is the end of men imminent?