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Week of 1 December 2008
1 December 2008
50 Cent is concerned about the economy ...
Barbara Bush is 'in great spirits' recovering from surgery ...
Bill Kristol calls on President Bush to pardon torturers and wiretappers, reward them with Medal of Freedom ...
De Beers demands New York Times parody be taken off-line ...
Debbie Allen is on board for remake of Fame ...
Hopalong Cassidy returns to the screen ...
Ex-Drug Czar Barry McCaffrey sure has a sweet deal for selling weapons and war ...
Actor Paul Benedict is found dead in Martha's Vineyard ...
Former Pennsylvania Congressman Raymond F. Lederer, implicated in ABSCAM, dies of lung cancer at his home in Philadelphia ...
2 December 2008
Porno pal I cuffed was unhurt, says Boy George ...
Simon Cowell says Britney Spears is "in awe" of him ...
You can't pull anything past those smart guys at the National Bureau of Economic Research ...
Ex-brother-in-law arrested in murder of Jennifer Hudson's mother, brother, nephew ...
The Bush administration ignored warnings in 2005 and 2006, and gave corporations and lobbyists the mortgage deregulation they wanted ...
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo masterpiece stashed for 200 years 'cuz it showed a hooter ...
The Kids in the Hall comics to return to CBC with series next year ...
Tina Fey reveals the trauma behind her scar ...
Folk singer Odetta dies from heart disease at a New York City hospital ...
3 December 2008
Robert A. Heinlein even wrote delightful form letters ...
Patrick Swayze disputes reports of his looming death ...
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper may suspend Parliament to keep from being ousted ...
Roman Polanski seeks dismissal of decades-old sex charge ...
New Orleans families start moving into the homes built by Brad Pitt ...
Muslims in India say they won't allow Mumbai's dead terrorists to be buried in Muslim cemeteries ...
Gary Coleman pleads no contest to disorderly conduct ...
Ron White jokes about his marijuana arrest ...
Former Calvin College President William Spoelhof dies in his sleep in Grand Rapids, Michigan, suffering an illness after an accidental fall ...
4 December 2008
Barack Obama's grandfather was imprisoned and tortured by the British government ...
Mark Ruffalo's brother shot in Beverly Hills ...
Tim Burton and Johnny Depp are working on a big-screen Dark Shadows ...
Roger Ebert devolves Ben Stein ...
Mr. Science Fiction, Forrest J. Ackerman, dies from heart failure at his home in Los Angeles ...
Former President of Clemson University R. C. Edwards dies in a Seneca, South Carolina hospice ...
5 December 2008
O.J. Simpson gets 15 years in prison for armed robbery ...
Rep Ileana Ros-Lehtinen hangs up twice on phone calls from Pres-elect Barack Obama ...
Boy George is found guilty of false imprisonment ...
Russell Brand to redo Arthur? ...
Don Cornelius pleads not guilty to battery charges ...
Paula Abdul wants to sell home after fan's suicide ...
Kid Rock to Judge: Screw me? My fans screw you. ...
Actress Nina Foch dies from myelodysplasia at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles ...
Actress Beverly Garland dies after a long illness at her home in Hollywood Hills, California ...
6 December 2008
Stephen Colbert's writers take Twilight and make Twilight-Ade ...
Katie Holmes says she's not a victim of mind-kidnapping ...
105-year-old Johannes Heesters says Adolf Hitler was "a good guy" ...
Natalie Maines gets sued for comments about murder ...
Heiress Sunny von Bulow dies in Manhattan, ending her coma of 28 years ...
7 December 2008
Bettie Page is hospitalized after heart attack ...
Jeff Goldblum eats dirt ...
Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong can still fire it up ...
Guitar man Joe Satriani sues Coldplay for plagiarism in "Viva La Vida" ...
George Clooney raises £10m ($14M) for Darfur with A-list London party ...
Bear Grylls is airlifted after Antarctic fall ...