Quit smoking book writer diagnosed with lung cancer

Allen Carr, whose books have helped peopleto quit smoking, has been diagnosed with lung cancer.

Mr Carr, who is aged 73, quit smoking in 1983. At the time, he had a 100-a-day habit. Since then, he has become a millionaire, advising people how to quit the habit through self-help books and clinics worldwide.

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Mel Gibson: Shows his true Self

ACADEMY Award winner and self-described alcoholic Mel Gibson launched an anti-Semitic diatribe against police officers arresting him for drink-driving in Los Angeles, ranting: "F..king Jews, the Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world." the Australian News reports. (Report)

The actor and director who started his career in Australia has since apologised for the potentially career-ending incident that also included threatening a police officer, insulting another, smashing a police station payphone and trying to urinate in a police cell while wearing handcuffs.

I guess these actions very well explain real intentions of 2004 film The Passion of the Christ and the anti-Jewish sentiment it had aroused.

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Shakira - Hips Dont Lie spoof

My brothers spanish final. Which just happens to be a hilarious, yet disturbing, Shakira spoof. Shakira - Ryan Gangsters - Sal, Matt Directed/Filmed/Edited - Tom Go to the official shakira spoof homepage at www.myspace.com/shakiraspoof

Paris Hilton's New Music Video "Stars Are Blind"

"Stars Are Blind" is the debut single from heiress, actress, and newly minted pop star Paris Hilton. Watch it now on Google Video, courtesy of Warner Music International. The video was shot on the beach in Malibu, California in May by noted director Chris Applebaum, who also lensed Rihanna's "S.O.S." and Natasha Bedingfield's "Unwritten," as well as Hilton's high-profile Carl's Jr. campaign. "Stars Are Blind" is the lead-off single from Hilton's self-titled debut album, which is due for release by Warner Bros. Records late summer.

Bass, Justin Timberlake’s Colleague at N SYNC, Is Gay

Lance Bass, Justin Timberlake’s colleague in the now-on-hiatus band N SYNC, was forced to acknowledge by increasingly annoying gossip that he’s gay and declared the obvious for People magazine. He’s in a committed relationship with an openly gay male fashion model, Reichen Lehmkuhl.

"I knew that I was in this popular band and I had four other guys' careers in my hand, and I knew that if I ever acted on it or even said (that I was gay), it would overpower everything," says Bass, referring to bandmates Joey Fatone, Chris Kirkpatrick, JC Chasez and Justin Timberlake.

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Teen says no to chemotherapy sentence

The Virginia teen who has been court-ordered to undergo chemotherapy for his Hodgkin's Disease after opting to treat his condition with an herbal diet -- says he will defy the court's order and refuse chemotherapy.

Cherrix has been seeing American doctors based in Mexico for five months for guidance with his herbal diet, with the blessing of his parents. Cherrix says, "I feel good. I believe that in my heart, the treatment will cure me.

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Teen killed family to go to prom

A man was convicted of killing his father, stepmother and two stepsisters 17 years ago so he could attend some high school prom events.

Pelley was angry because his father had grounded him for stealing and would allow him to attend only the prom dance.

Prosecutors say Pelley shot his family members on the evening of the prom, disposed of the shotgun and shells, took a shower, put his clothes in the washer and left for the prom.


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Haifa's Arabs, Jews appear united against Hezbollah

Hezbollah attacks appears to have hardened support among Hiafa residents.

"This is a mixed city where Jews and Arabs live in harmony, but with Hezbollah we are being forced to deal with the trash of the Muslim world," said one of the muslim residents of Haifa.

Many Hezbollah rocket attacks have targeted both Jewish and Arab towns throughout northern Israel, including Acre, the ancient Crusader city of Richard the Lionheart and home to Arabs and Jews alike. One rocket hit the holy gardens of the Bahai Temple. There were no casualties.

Arab Israelis, who in the past have opposed Israeli army operations against Palestinians in the occupied territories and to Israel's previous occupation of Lebanon, express little sympathy for Hezbollah.

"Unlike previous conflicts between Israel and the Arabs, this time Israeli Arabs are sitting on the sidelines," said Palestinian affairs correspondent for the Jerusalem Post. "Hezbollah is not the Palestinians."

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77 die from rare tropical disease on island paradise

77 people from the rare chikungunya virus which is carried by mosquitoes.

Chikungunya is a African word meaning the illness of the bended walker and most of the deaths have occurred in elderly people.

Symptoms usually appear between four and seven days after the infecting bite and the virus causes fever, joint and muscle pain, headache and a rash.

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A Clone of Skype VoIP from China?

According to a Blog posting, a Chinese firm has succeeded in engineering a clone of the popular Skype VoIP (Voice-over-IP) client. It doesn't mention the name of the company yet.

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MySpace most visited?

Hitwise issued a press release reporting that www.myspace.com has surpassed Yahoo! Mail as the most visited domain on the Internet for US Internet users

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Stupid laws and where to break them

Some stupid laws still exist in the US. Here are some:

Arkansas - Oral sex is considered to be sodomy...

California - San Fransisco - It is illegal to wipe one's car with used underwear.

Delaware - Lewes - It is illegal to wear pants that are "firm fitting" around the waist.

Hawaii - Coins are not allowed to be placed in one's ears.

Louisiana - You may not tie an alligator to a fire hydrant.

New Mexico - Carrizozo - It's forbidden for a female to appear unshaven in public.

Utah - It is illegal to detonate any nuclear weapon. You can have them, but you just can't detonate them.

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