Dave Chappelle was hospitalized over the weekend for exhaustion. But his publicist says he doing just fine now.
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Chappelle OK After Brief Hospitalization |
Dave Chappelle was hospitalized over the weekend for exhaustion. But his publicist says he doing just fine now.
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Kids in the Hall reunite at Montreal's Just for Laughs |
The Kids in the Hall take to the stage at Montreal's Just for Laughs festival on Wednesday, more than 12 years after they last appeared together.
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Harry Potter and the leaked ending |
Only days before its official release, the entire manuscript of ''Harry Potter and the Death Hollows'' has been leaked on the internet. When J.R. was shot on Dallas the whole world had to wait and see who did it, now, thanks to the internet, the answers are only a few clicks away.
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Gisele Is Tops When It Comes to Earnings |
Gisele Bundchen is the world's top model - by a substantial stretch - according to the newly released list of the biggest earners in the field, by Forbes.com.
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Harry Potter Spoilers Proliferate |
In the final days before the world learns whether Harry Potter lives or dies, spoilers - or those pretending to spoil - are spreading on the Internet.
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Man Injured by Falling Yankees Fan Heads Home |
A New York Yankees fan who had another fan fall on top of him heads home. The possibly drunk man broke the fan's neck. He hasn't been identified.
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Internet Dating Tips |
Hannah Storm speaks with relationship contributor Amy Kean about how people looking for love can now turn to experts to maximize their Internet dating potential.
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Tattoos not so taboo in Cuba |
They used to be frowned on as fit only for criminals and counter-revolutionaries, but now tattoos are gaining mainstream acceptance in Cuba, where some are choosing them as a way to show their support for their ailing leader. A report on political body art in Havana.
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Taiwanese meals with bite |
A Taiwanese restaurant is serving up everything crocodile.
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Microsoft Zune Welcomes Rockeros to the Social at the 2007 Latin Alternative Music Conference |
The Latin Alternative Music Conference engaged hundreds of participants, industry leaders and guests as it raided New York City, July 10-14. Throughout the 8th annual conference, the interactive Zune Lounge hosted appearances by major Latin performers.
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AP Top Stories for Wednesday, July 18 |
Here's the latest news for Wednesday, July 18: Brazil plane crash; Sniper fatally shoots himself; Night debate in Congress; Manatees on the move.
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Boy Suffocates in Discarded Microwave |
Police say a 6-year-old boy who crawled into a microwave suffocated during a game of hide-and-seek.
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Teen's Secret Travels, This Time to Afghanistan |
A Fort Lauderdale teen made a surprise trip to Iraq in 2005 without telling his parents. Now he's in Afghanistan, and his mother says she didn't know her son was going anywhere until he called from the plane.
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New Services Ease Mobile Video |
WSJ's Jessica Vascellaro demonstrates how MyWaves.com allows users to download or stream short videos to their cellphones.
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Plane Slides Off Runway |
A passenger plane skidded off a wet runway and into the Caribbean Sea on Tuesday in Colombia.
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Deadly jet crash in Sao Paulo |
The TAM Airlines jet was carrying 176 passengers when it lost control during landing and skidded off the wet runway. The plane was flying into Sao Paulo from Porto Alegre in southern Brazil. This is the second deadly plane crash in Brazil in the past year.
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Toxic cloud over Ukraine train crash |
Officials said 13 people had been taken to hospital after breathing the poisonous fumes.
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Drug boom in Mexico |
U.S. agents say Mexico's cartels are the main traffickers in almost all regions of the United States and increasingly active at every stage of the international business.
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Iran's endangered caviar industry |
Ninety percent of the world's caviar comes from the Caspian Sea, half of that from Iran. But sturgeon are increasingly rare and so are their roe which make up the caviar. In order to save the delicacy, Iranians are trying to repopulate the Caspian Sea with sturgeon farms.
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Lower Rate? Just Ask |
You've heard the old saying... it can't hurt to ask... And when it comes to your credit card interest rate, just asking the bank to lower your rate could save you hundreds, even thousands of dollars.
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Wallstrip - Wallstrip Index Show! |
The good, the bad, and the undervalued: Howard and Lindsay talk past Wallstrip stocks from 60 feet high. Special thanks to Yahoo! Inc. (YHOO).
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New Music: Suzanne Vega, Yellowcard |
Suzanne Vega uses New York City as a backdrop on her latest album, 'Beauty and Crime.' Also out his week is Yellowcard with 'Paper Walls' and the Editors sophmore album, 'An End has a Start.'
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Will Bracelett Tame Lohan's Lifestyle? |
Now that Lindsay Lohan has checked herself out of rehab, the question of her sobriety remains. To silence her critics, the 21-year old star says she'll voluntarily wear an alcohol-monitoring ankle bracelet.
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Here Comes The E3 Judge: MTV News' Gaming Expert |
MTV News - 2007 - Here Comes The E3 Judge: MTV News' Gaming Expert.
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Nikki Sixx Doubles Up With Side Project, Book |
Nikki Sixx of Motley Crue has a new side project with his new band Six am called the Heroin Diaries.
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Sting Ordered to Pay $51,000 to Ex-chef |
Sting and his wife have been ordered to pay a former chef that accused them of sexual discrimination 51-thousand dollars.
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Katie Holmes Shows for 'Hairspray' NY Premiere |
The all-star cast of 'Hairspray' - including John Travolta, Queen Latifah and Michelle Pfeiffer - were on hand for the film's NY premiere. But it was another actress who stole the limelight on the red carpet - Katie Holmes.
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Anti-terror song tops charts |
Reaching number one in Pakistan, a song preaching anti-terrorism hopes to find similar success in the UK. It has already topped the music charts in Pakistan and now a new anti-terror song is hoping to do the same in Britain.
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Nebraska's Pavan, Top Woman College Athlete |
Sarah Pavan, who led the University of Nebraska to the NCAA volleyball title, was recently named as the Woman College Athlete of the Year. Pavan also maintained a 4.0 grade-point average in biochemistry.
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Harry Potter books readied for distribution |
Tight security is guarding sealed boxes holding millions of copies of the long-awaited finale in the children's series. Jon Decker reports.
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Mom and Baby Manatee Set Free |
An injured manatee and her calf, fitted with a satellite tracking and monitoring system, were released Tuesday in the Florida Keys more than a year after being rescued.
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Half lion, half tiger - it's a liger |
Visitors to a German zoo can visit a pair of rare animals who are half lion, half tiger -otherwise known as ligers. The 17-year old animals are the result of a love affair between a female tiger and a male lion who were kept in the same enclosure. The two ligers live in "Noah's Ark" zoo on Germany's Baltic coast. The zoo says the animals are so rare, that only two other ligers exist in the world.
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Model of Taj Mahal Floats Down London's Thames |
A model of India's famed Taj Mahal was sent floating down London's Thames river - to mark the start of a festival celebrating London's ties to India.