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New York’s Most Famous Mail-Order Bride May Conquer All Media

Six months ago, Glamour introduced us to 27 year-old Lera Loeb , a Ukranian girl who found love and a rich American husband through a marriage brokerage service. Now she’s working on a book and a television series. What’s her secret

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New York’s Most Famous Mail-Order Bride May Conquer All Media

Michelle Obama: The Most Fascinating Person of 2009

Whether you love or hate her husband’s politics, and whether you revere or loathe her celebrity fashion icon status, Michelle Obama is a compelling individual. Barbara Walters picked the First Lady of the United States as the most fascinating person of 2009, a choice she revealed tonight on her annual ABC special. Obama bested music stars Lady Gaga and Adam Lambert , political phenom and lightning rod Sarah Palin, Kate Gosselin; and Michael Jackson’s three children

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Michelle Obama: The Most Fascinating Person of 2009

Anne Applebaum’s Freaking Car Explodes

Washington Post columnist Anne Applebaum is A) married to a high-ranking Polish politician, and B) critical of Russia’s shady government, which makes it—in the most general way—kind of alarming that her car blew up yesterday. Her car blew up! That is not just a regular thing, right? From the Times UK : Ms Applebaum, 45, author of a Pulitzer prize-winning history of the Soviet Gulag, was driving through the Jozefow suburb of Warsaw on Saturday when she heard a strange noise in her car and got out to investigate

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Anne Applebaum’s Freaking Car Explodes

U.N. nuclear chief pushes Iran on deal

BERLIN (Reuters) – The U.N. nuclear watchdog chief urged Iran on Friday to accept an offer to process its enriched uranium abroad by the end of 2009, and advised Western powers not to impose further sanctions on Tehran. Mohamed ElBaradei, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, said a plan brokered by the IAEA in which Iran would send low-enriched uranium to Russia and France for conversion into fuel for a Tehran medical reactor was a rare chance to defuse mistrust over its nuclear program.

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Tila Tequila on UStream Video: I’m No Rihanna – Nip Slip

I can’t follow Tila Tequila on twitter anymore. It’s just too fucking desperate to see her trying to get male attention or fame or whatever the fuck it is she’s looking for and her tweets just annoy me. I am all for girls trying to suck dick to get to the top, I am all for girls with serious daddy issues, who are willing to get naked and compromise any self respect they may have possibly had, but I hate having to watch it unfold all day long on the internet makes me feel like I am part of her insane, cheesy, stripper, clubkid, loser life and that’s just not working for me.

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Tila Tequila’s Ustream Insanity Nipple Slip Strip of the Day

Sarah Palin is Not Smart

Okay, maybe our headline above is a little harsh. Maybe when Sarah Palin confused Iraq with Iran in an interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity this week, it was just a slip of the tongue and we should back off

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Sarah Palin is Not Smart

Viagra-laced Desserts

Student chefs in Colombia have created a new desert made of passion fruit and Viagra. Apparently women are most excited by it

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Viagra-laced Desserts

Vladimir Putin At A Rap Battle

So Obama is winning the Cold War Dance Off. I think Russia might be winning the MTV battle, though.

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Vladimir Putin At A Rap Battle

Red Scare: Favorite Comic Book Communists

It’s about time credit was given to some of the great, evil, sexy, superhero, comic book characters from Russia and China and places where Communists rule…or ruled. A lot of fun stuff here — from Black Widow and KGBeast to Red Ghost and His Super-Apes.

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Red Scare: Favorite Comic Book Communists

Scientologists convicted of organised fraud in France

PARIS — A French court fined the Church of Scientology on Tuesday for defrauding vulnerable followers, but officials voiced regret that a recent change in the law prevented France from banning it outright.

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Scientologists convicted of organised fraud in France