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A dwarf actors’ group is outraged after Universal Studios casted average-sized people for the dwarf roles in “Snow White and the Huntsman.” The group is threatening a 100-midget march to protest the box-office hit featuring Oscar-winner Charlize Theron. The leader of the actors’ group, Matt McCarthy believes that this injustice is similar to a studio […]
Media sources reveal that actor John Travolta had a six-year fling with his former pilot Doug Gotterba. Travolta’s ex-secretary Joan Edwards claims that she became aware of this relationship while she worked for the actor. "That's how I met Doug. We both worked for John at the same time. Doug is a wonderful guy and […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Just one week old, June already is proving a cruel month for President Barack Obama and the Democrats — and it could get a lot worse. The political blows from Tuesday's bitter loss in Wisconsin's gubernatorial recall and from last week's abysmal unemployment numbers, bad as they were, could multiply before the […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Federal Reserve survey finds the U.S. economy grew moderately in most regions of the country this spring and companies kept hiring, a hopeful sign after a spate of gloomy data released last week. The Fed survey shows growth in each of its12 bank districts from April 3 through May 25. Growth […]
CAIRO (AP) — Hosni Mubarak's health entered a "dangerous" phase on Wednesday, and doctors had to administer oxygen five times to help the deposed Egyptian leader breathe, according to security officials at his prison. Mubarak's health crisis came days after he was sentenced to life in prison for failing to stop the killing of protesters […]
LONDON (AP) — Business social network LinkedIn said it is investigating reports that more than six million passwords have been stolen and leaked onto the Internet. Although LinkedIn did not confirm if any user data had been hacked or leaked, researchers at U.K. Web security company Sophos say they have confirmed that a file posted […]
BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) — A jury was selected Wednesday in the child molestation scandal that brought down Joe Paterno, and the makeup of the panel left no doubt this is Penn State country. The seven women and five men who will hear opening statements on Monday in the case against former Penn State assistant football […]
A new movement is rising against Republicans by encouraging women to “Rock the Slut Vote.” The new website, created by Susan McMillan Embry aims to turn the derogatory word into one of empowerment. “If the GOP thinks that throwing the word ‘slut’ at us at this point is going to silence women they have another […]
Dr. Jill Biden revealed that tensions between President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden have subsided after her husband jumped the gun in announcing the administration’s support of a gay marriage. During a Today Show interview, Dr. Jill acknowledged the rumors that her husband and President Obama did have a tiff about the premature announcement. […]
A Florida woman is accused of choking her boyfriend for not marrying her. Nikoleta Karoly was arrested for domestic violence after she choked, scratched, and slapped her boyfriend. Her boyfriend reported that this was Karoly’s fourth violent attack on him in the past two weeks. He also said that she threatened to stab him if […]
GETTYSBURG, Pa. (AP) — Candi Ludwig is the face of Mitt Romney's hopes in Pennsylvania, a state Republicans would love to take away from President Barack Obama this fall. Ludwig, a registered Republican and mother of two teenagers, voted for Obama in 2008 when he won Pennsylvania by more than 10 percentage points. But now […]
BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) — Despite his repeated efforts to delay it, Jerry Sandusky's child molestation trial was set to begin with the start of jury selection, as prosecutors and his defense lawyers choose 12 people from the area around Penn State to decide his guilt or innocence. Sandusky's lawyer said the 68-year-old, who gained fame […]
