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It’s not as iconic as the photo of a Marilyn Monroe standing in a white dress over a sewer grate – but it fetched quite a price. Adding to strange celebrity medical memorabilia, three X-rays of the actress were sold at a Las Vegas, Nevada, auction this weekend for $45,000. Her chest X-ray was sold […]

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When Apple was just a niche maker of Mac computers and only truly popular among college students and graphic designers, hackers paid little attention to the company. Instead, they focused on Microsoft, which had more than a 90% share of the PC operating system market. Those days are over. Recent iPad security scares are a […]

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If you love salty snacks and reach for the saltshaker like clockwork at every meal, you might think you have dull or underpowered taste buds that need a boost to get excited. In fact, just the opposite may be true: A new study suggests that you may love salt because you’re a “supertaster” — a […]

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A Los Angeles, California, judge refused Monday to ban Dr. Conrad Murray, charged with involuntary manslaughter in Michael Jackson’s death, from practicing medicine in the state. The California medical board had asked the judge to add the prohibition to bail conditions for Murray, who was the pop star’s personal physician when he died. Michael Jackson’s […]

“Wait till I tell my mom Stevie Wonder stayed for my set!” Jay-Z announced as he kicked off Saturday’s final main-stage show at Bonnaroo. Wonder — and the 70,000 or so other people who watched the rapper’s hit-filled set — got an earful, as Jay-Z tore through a hit-filled set that included Big Pimpin’, 99 […]

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He’s had more Number One albums than Elvis Presley. He hangs with Barack Obama at the White House. And he’s riding high after leaving his longtime label Def Jam to work a $150 million deal with Live Nation, delivering some of his best live performances ever. At the age of 40, Jay-Z qualifies as an […]

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If you’d asked Bekki Scotto a few years back about her interest in attending a high school reunion, she would have rolled her eyes and laughed in your face. Uprooted from Northern California as a 12-year-old after her parents divorced, she landed in Bismarck, North Dakota, where she was a stranger in a strange land. […]

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A woman out for a morning stroll on Galveston’s East Beach stumbled onto a washed-up bag with 16 bricks of cocaine worth an estimated $2.1 million, police said Tuesday. The woman, whose name was not in the police report, was walking on the beach near the Beachtown subdivision when she saw a backpack rolling in […]

Events have just kicked off at the D8 Conference with Apple CEO Steve Jobs taking the stage for a conversation with All Things Digital producers Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher. After an introduction from Rupert Murdoch commenting on how content creators and technology companies are “finally getting along,” the trio took the stage to shed […]

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Thousands of census workers, including many temporary employees, are fanning out across America to gather information on the citizenry. This is a process that takes place not only every decade in order to complete the constitutionally-mandated census; but also as part of the continuing “American Community Survey” conducted by the Census Bureau on a regular […]

Just last month, Microsoft’s market cap exceeded Apple’s by about $25 billion, but now Apple is in the lead by nearly $3 billion. Facebook Digg Twitter Buzz Up! Email Print Comment on this story Microsoft’s consumer products business is struggling to compete as Apple’s hot new items like iPad and iPhone capture the attention of […]

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Once a size 16, Jennifer Hudson is now reveling in her new size 6 body, telling PEOPLE, “I’m in the best shape of my life!” After giving birth to her son last August, Hudson, 28, had to drop her post-pregnancy pounds for her next movie role as Winnie Mandela. “Whatever it takes to morph into […]