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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Janet Jackson has taken the stage at the BET Awards to speak on behalf of her grieving family and thank fans for their love and support.
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Farrah Fawcett, the "Charlie's Angels" star whose feathered blond hair and dazzling smile made her one of the biggest sex symbols of the 1970s, died Thursday after battling cancer. She was 62.
PATERSON, N.J. (AP) -- One of the stars of Bravo's "The Real Housewives of New Jersey" has stopped an ex-boyfriend from releasing a sex tape -- at least temporarily.
PALO ALTO, Calif. (AP) -- Facebook is testing new privacy controls that will allow the online hangout's roughly 200 million users to decide who should see each of their personal updates.
PHOENIXVILLE, Pa. (NBC) -- Michael W. Buck is accused of blasting a pornographic movie over his stereo system while kids ages two-and-a-half to 14 years old were playing outside his house.
ST. ANDREWS, NB (NBC) -- A German shepherd in Canada may be the first to be able to sniff out egg-bearing lobsters.
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Ed McMahon, Johnny Carson's sidekick on the "Tonight Show" for 30 years, has died at a Los Angeles hospital.
(NBC) -- Susan Boyle shocked Britain and the world with her secret singing talents. Now, it's America's turn to give unknown talents a showcase.
NEW YORK (AP) -- A new poll suggests half of all pet owners consider their animals as much a part of the family as any humans in their households.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Celebrity parents Jon and Kate Gosselin say they plan to divorce.
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Chris Brown has plead guilty to one count of felony assault on pop star Rihanna.
SEATTLE (AP) -- It is not yet clear how investors will take the latest word, that Jobs had a liver transplant two months ago in Tennessee, according to The Wall Street Journal, and that he will likely work part-time, at least at first.
(NBC) -- There's a new political parody from the internet animators known as JibJab and it pokes fun at President Obama.
LILONGWE, Malawi (AP) -- An airport employee and a person familiar with Madonna's adoption proceedings in Malawi say the pop star's new daughter has been flown to London.
HOUSTON (NBC) -- A state judge was charged with criminal mischief after his neighbor claimed he caused thousands of dollars worth of damage to his car.
BOSTON (AP) -- People.com is reporting Gisele Bundchen is pregnant. Citing two anonymous sources, the report says Tom Brady's wife is due early next year.
NEW YORK (AP) -- The new iPhone is on sale in the U.S., greeted by much smaller lines and less hoopla than previous models.
PORTLAND (NEWS CENTER) -- Many lobstermen go their whole lives without catching an orange lobster. This week, two were caught in the waters off Maine.
BOERNE, Tx. (NBC) -- A family, including two children, steal hundreds of dollars in merchandise from a Texas store.
NAPLES, Fla. (NBC) -- With her pacemaker and frail body, few would describe Christa Taft-Mueller of Naples, Florida as an intimidating woman.
TAMPA, Fla. (NBC) -- TV for thousands of Hillsborough County jail inmates went blank Friday, but it wasn't because of bad behavior.
BROOKLINE, Mass. (NBC) -- A Massachusetts woman made an all-star rescue out on the Charles River. She pulled New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady out of the water.
CAIRO (AP) -- Tech-savvy Iranians have turned to Twitter to spread the word and pictures on post-election protests amid a government crackdown on traditional media.
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- The paramedic who scuffled with an Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper while a patient waited inside the ambulance says the trooper should lose his badge.
NEW YORK (AP) -- A top New York City correction official suspected of approving a bar mitzvah at a Manhattan lockup has submitted his resignation.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Six New York City mothers are suing the maker of a baby sex test that touted its product as "infallibly accurate," saying the test results they received were wrong.
DIXFIELD (AP) -- A Sumner woman has been reunited with her Shetland sheepdog that had been missing in the Maine woods for 51 days.
LONDON (AP) -- Internet singing sensation Susan Boyle has pulled out of a singing engagement with the "Britain's Got Talent" live tour.
BLANTYRE, Malawi (AP) - Malawi's highest court says Madonna can adopt a second child from the southern African country.
DELRAY BEACH, Fla. (NBC) -- Almost everybody has heard the phrase, "Home Sweet Home", but what about "Closet Sweet Closet"?
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