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The World of John Edwards' Mistress, Rielle Hunter
Wed, 16 May 2012 09:05:35 -0400 List of things that make Rielle Hunter, John Edwards mistress, such a colorful character.
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RFK Jr.'s Wife, Mary Kennedy, Kills Self
Wed, 16 May 2012 22:09:25 -0400 Robert F. Kennedy's estranged wife, Mary Richardson Kennedy, has died at age 52, apparently of suicide, sources told ABC News.
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Facebook's IPO, From an Adman's Perspective
Wed, 16 May 2012 15:40:55 -0400 It is just days before Facebook's scheduled May 18th IPO. By many accounts the IPO will be a $100+ billion dollar success, minting a sub-way car full of new millionaires and an elevator full of new billionaires.
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Steven Powell: Guilty of Voyeurism
Wed, 16 May 2012 22:15:51 -0400 Steven Powell, the father-in-law of missing woman Susan Powell, was found guilty of voyeurism in a Washington court today for taking inappropriate images of neighborhood girls using the bathroom and showering. He could be sentenced to nearly five years in prison.
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Hole-In-One Contest Ends With Warrant
Wed, 16 May 2012 17:49:10 -0400 Montana authorities took the unusual step last week of issuing a warrant for Kevin Kolenda, the operator of Hole-In-Won.com, a golf insurance site that promised a payout to Troy Peissig, who scored a hole-in-one at a charity event. Kolenda is wanted on charges of felony insurance fraud and misdemeanor selling insurance without a license.
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Bathtub Bride's Husband Flees
Wed, 16 May 2012 20:25:42 -0400 The husband of a newlywed bride found stabbed to death in a bathtub wearing her wedding dress is on the run from police in a 2006 Maserati, police said today.
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Judge Deals a Blow to John Edwards
Wed, 16 May 2012 19:57:29 -0400 John Edwards abruptly rested his case today, but his defense was dealt a blow when the federal judge said she will set a lower bar than Edwards' legal team had sought for convicting the former presidential candidate of violating the federal campaign finance law.
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Facebook's Zuckerberg and 9 Other Garage Geniuses
Wed, 16 May 2012 12:35:17 -0400 Many corporate giants had humble beginnings. As Facebook goes public, here is a list of some others that started in dorm rooms, garages, and in one case, a church crypt.
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Watch: 'Fix at Four' for Your Pets
Wed, 16 May 2012 17:49:51 -0400 New ad campaign takes cheeky approach to getting pets neutered.
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Watch: Maria Menounos 'Dies' Over This Dessert
Wed, 16 May 2012 11:06:17 -0400 "DWTS" star screamed when she was surprised with her favorite dessert on "GMA."
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Watch: Melanoma Detected on Skin With New Device
Wed, 16 May 2012 11:46:04 -0400 Actress Gabrielle Union, Dr. Doris Day discuss skin-cancer awareness, detection.
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Watch: Judge Judy on Time Magazine Cover, Octomom, Twitter
Wed, 16 May 2012 11:43:28 -0400 TV judge also discusses her new website where users can seek her advice 24/7.
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Watch: 'Punk'd' Returns: Bieber to Be First Rotating Host
Wed, 16 May 2012 11:42:44 -0400 Josh Elliott reveals show's best moments as producers plan a comeback.
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| Word of the day |
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for May 17, 2012 is:
maffick \MAF-ik\ verb
: to celebrate with boisterous rejoicing and hilarious behavior
Examples:
Fans mafficked for hours outside the stadium, celebrating the team's dramatic victory in the division championship.
"In half an hour, after the mildest of mafficking, the last visitors of the exhibition's last day had gone out of the gates and the staff began their final acts of closing up shop." From an article in The Guardian (London), October 1, 2011
Did you know?
"Maffick" is an alteration of Mafeking Night, the British celebration of the lifting of the siege of a British military outpost during the South African War at the town of Mafikeng (also spelled Mafeking) on May 17, 1900. The South African War was fought between the British and the Afrikaners, who were Dutch and Huguenot settlers originally called Boers, over the right to govern frontier territories. Though the war did not end until 1902, the lifting of the siege of Mafikeng was a significant victory for the British because they held out against a larger Afrikaner force for 217 days until reinforcements could arrive. The rejoicing in British cities on news of the rescue produced "maffick," a word that was popular for a while, especially in journalistic writing, but is now relatively uncommon.
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