Giant Sun Eruption Could Swallow 20 Earths

- SPACE.com
A massive eruption on the surface of the sun this week blasted out a wave of super-hot plasma so high that it could tower over 20 Earths, NASA officials say.

Puny Earthlings: Watch this 'minor' solar eruption
Los Angeles Times
The space agency published a photo Friday morning comparing the size of Earth with this "relatively minor" eruption. The eruption (see video below), which occurred on Monday over the course of about four hours, extended about 160,000 miles out from the sun...

In Depth:Solar Storm 2013 Forecast Suggests Sun's Peak Activity To Hit Century Low

#UP Paula Deen Diet Advice Does Not Involve Butter

The Inquisitr
Paula Deen giving diet advice may sound a bit contradictory, but the butter-loving TV chef who once embraced the worst of American cuisine in a big way is now preaching moderation to her fans instead ...

Paula Deen Attributes Her 36-Pound Weight Loss ...
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Nearly a year ago, Paula Deen announced that she was living with type 2 diabetes. Since then she has shed a total of 36 pounds – and she’s keeping off the weight. "It's about moderation,”

NFL Ray Lewis to return against Colts

- ESPN
Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis will make his return from a torn triceps in Sunday's wild-card...

Ray Lewis to Retire After Playoffs - ABC News
Hot Topics: ... He intends to return Sunday to face the Indianapolis Colts in what will almost certainly be his final home game.

Scott Pioli out as Chiefs GM

Pioli out as Chiefs general manager after four years - NFL ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Scott Pioli is out as general manager of the Kansas City Chiefs, who have been negotiating the past two days with Andy Reid to become their ...

Scott Pioli out as Chiefs GM - KansasCity.com
Scott Pioli is out after four seasons as Chiefs general manager. The move clears the way for the Chiefs to hire Andy Reid as their head coach. Reid will likely bring ...

Anna Faris lands new lead role in Chuck Lorre's CBS Pilot 'Mom'

Anna Faris Joins Chuck Lorre's CBS Pilot 'Mom'
Anna Faris is to be a mother again after landing the lead role in a forthcoming American sitcom ...

Anna Faris lands lead role in CBS’ new Chuck Lorre single ...
Anna Faris, who is now a mother in real life, will get a chance to play one on television. The Dictator actress has landed the lead role in Mom, a new CBS comedy from ...

Al Pacino won't meet Phil Spector

Pacino won't meet Spector because 'he's not the same person ...
On Friday, Al Pacino said he won't meet Spector before his portrayal of him in an upcoming movie. However, to his surprise, he already met former record producer and ...

Pacino Won’t Meet Spector: Actor Didn’t Want To Meet With ...
Al Pacino won’t meet Phil Spector, even though he is playing the famed record producer and convicted killer in an HBO movie.

#UP Plane Crashes Into Florida Home, House Bursts Into Flames

Plane crash in Florida sets home on fire and leaves three ...
A plane crash in Florida leaves at least three people dead on Friday, Jan. 4, according to officials on the scene. The Florida Highway Patrol dispatcher reported that ...

Plane Crashes Into Florida Home, House Bursts Into Flames
PALM COAST, Fla. -- Authorities say at least three people are dead after a small plane crashed into a house while trying to land at a central Florida airport.

#RIP Pro Football's Pete Elliott dies

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Pro Football Hall of Fame executive director, former Illinois coach Pete Elliot dies at 86.

Pete Elliott dies: Former Michigan QB standout and college ...
Pete Elliott dies: Former Michigan standout and college coach dead at 86

Taliban chief killed by US drone

Pakistani officials: Suspected U.S. drone strikes kill 15 ...
Among the 11 killed in one strike in the province of South Waziristan was a ... Nazir was at odds with the Pakistani Taliban over a peace agreement he signed with the ...

Taliban chief killed by US drone - World News - MSN News UK
A senior Taliban commander has been killed in a US drone strike on north-west Pakistan, intelligence officials have said. The commander, Maulvi Nazir, fought American ...
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#UP Princess Diana Rare Photo With Mystery Man To Be Auctioned

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A never-before-seen photo of a young Princess Diana lounging with a mystery man -- cryptically marked NOT TO BE PUBLISHED -- is expected to fetch a hefty sum at an ...

Revealed: The mystery man in Diana photograph who 'could have ...
Lady Diana Spencer, and Adam Russell, pictured before her engagement to Prince Charles Photo: Caren Archive A source who was on the same skiing holiday as the young ...

#UP Postal Service rescue: Plan’s goal is to destroy union

U.S. Postal Service Looks To New Congress For Rescue
The U.S. Congress that expired this week might have steered the nation away from the "fiscal cliff" of potentially devastating tax hikes ...

Postal Service rescue: Plan’s goal is to destroy union ...
The Obama administration last week proposed a temporary financial rescue plan for the U.S. Postal Service.

Streets of Gaza turn to gold as thousands rally to Fatah cause

Telegraph.co.uk
Central Gaza city was transformed into a mass of yellow flags as Fatah staged its first rally since it was thrown out of Gaza five years ago in a brutal offensive by Hamas. The rally heard calls for a renewal of the united front between the two groups as Fatah ...

Meet Chuck Hagel

Hagel likely to be nominated for Defense Secretary next week
NBCNews.com
Multiple sources on Capitol Hill and in key special-interest groups involved in national security issues say they have been told to be prepared for a Chuck Hagel nomination for Defense Secretary, either as early as Monday or perhaps ...

#UP Naomi Campbell Mugged In Paris, Suffers Leg Injury

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You would think that everyone would have learned by now: You don't mess with Naomi Campbell. But that didn't stop a band of "thugs" who attacked and mugged the ...

Model Naomi Campbell mugged in Paris in November - Yahoo! Music
PARIS (Reuters) - British supermodel Naomi Campbell was mugged by two assailants who tried to steal her handbag in Paris in late November, the prosecutor's office and ...

#UP David Letterman opens up about his affair on Oprah interview

Letterman Sex Scandal: 'I Hurt a Lot of People,' He Tells ...
Now, during an interview with Oprah Winfrey for " Oprah’s Next Chapter," Letterman opens up about the headline-making scandal.

David Letterman Admits to Oprah Winfrey That Sex Scandal ...
David Letterman granted a rare interview to Oprah Winfrey, and you can bet the two talk show titans -- who have managed to put their bad blood behind them -- tackled ...

David Letterman opens up about his affair on Oprah interview ...
'I have no one to blame but myself': David Letterman opens up to Oprah about affairs with female employees

#UP Jimmy Kimmel Slams Jay Leno: ‘He Totally Sold Out’

The late-night gloves are off: Jimmy says he has ‘disdain’ for Jay in a surprising new interview. Apparently switching time slots makes Jimmy Kimmel cranky ...

Kimmel slams Leno, calls him a 'sell-out' - Jacksonville Top ...
Jimmy Kimmel slams Leno in the latest Rolling Stone magazine, which hits shelves Friday, according to NY Daily.

#UP Beam Me Up! William Shatner Tweets With Astronaut in Space

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Move over Scotty, Captain Kirk has a new favorite engineer. Actor William Shatner, the Canadian actor who portrayed the iconic captain of the Starship Enterprise on ...

William Shatner Sends Tweet To Space — Gets A Response ...
On Thursday, William Shatner sent a tweet to Commander Chris Hadfield of the Canadian Space Agency, who is currently serving as the International Space

#UP Off-duty cops caught egging house of superior officer

Cops these days. It's like they have no respect for authority. Last month, several off-duty police officers were caught egging the home of a superior officer in a ...

Mass. cops caught egging superior officer's home - News ...
NEWTON, Mass. (AP) — Massachusetts police responding to reports of teenagers tossing eggs at a house last month got quite a surprise when they tracked down the ...

#UP World's 100 richest people got $241 billion richer in 2012

World's 100 richest people got $241 billion richer in 2012 at ...
Their aggregate net worth climbs to $1.9 trillion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, a daily ranking of the world's 100 wealthiest individuals. The ...

100 richest people ~ News Term
100 richest people, Their aggregate net worth climbs to $1.9 trillion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, a daily ranking of the world's 100 wealthiest ...

#UP Ex-pinup Brigitte Bardot says will seek Russian citizenship

Ex-pinup Brigitte Bardot says will seek Russian citizenship ...
PARIS — Sex symbol-turned-animal rights activist Brigitte Bardot is threatening to join actor Gerard Depardieu in Russian exile unless France halts the scheduled ...

French actress Brigitte Bardot says she will seek Russian citizenship if 2 sick elephants at zoo are killed

245 arrested in US-led child sex abuse, pedophile operation

CNN
Washington (CNN) -- An international operation led by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement aimed at child pornography and sexual abuse has resulted in the arrest of 245 suspects, officials announced Thursday.

Football's rarest play? Fiesta Bowl's 1-point safety

Chicago Tribune
Thursday night's Fiesta Bowl featured perhaps the rarest play in college football: a one-point safety. It is apparently only the second time that has ever happened.

#UP Leaked video shows Steubenville High School students joking about rape

TheCelebrityCafe.com
A chilling video showing high school students joking about the rape of a young girl in a small Ohio town hit the web this week after it was leaked by an Anonymous hacktivist cell.

Attorney for alleged Steubenville rapist: 'Anyone's right to a fair trial is being ...
CNN
An alleged rape case from last August involving two high school football players accused of sexually assaulting an underage teenage girl from Steubenville High School in Ohio is drawing national attention this morning.

#UP Candice Swanepoel is Victoria's Secret 'Swim 2013' cover model

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Which Victoria’s Secret Model Covers the Swimsuit Catalogue This Year? 01 / 03 / 2013 at 03:00 PM ET. Facebook; Tweet; Permalink; 13 Comments; ... Put one on the cover, ...

Candice Swanepoel is Victoria's Secret 'Swim 2013' cover model
Apparently the Victoria's Secret annual "Swim 2013" catalog is starting to treat its cover model reveal like the Sports Illustrated one.

#RIP Women's history pioneer Gerda Lerner dies at 92

Gerda Lerner, pioneer of women's history studies, dies ...
(Reuters) - Gerda Lerner, a former professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who played a pioneering role in the study of women's history, has died at age 92 ...

Women's history pioneer Gerda Lerner dies at 92 - News ...
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Gerda Lerner, a pioneer in the field of women’s history and a founding member of the National Organization for Woman, has died in Wisconsin, her ...

‘Drunk’ Women Force Landing of British Airways Flight

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Two reportedly drunk women forced the landing of a British Airways flight in Lyon, France, earlier this week. Flight BA2664 was headed from London’s Gatwick Airport ...

Drunk women force British Airways flight to make emergency ...
British Airways flight forced to make emergency landing after 'pair of middle-aged women drunk on Malibu ran riot and tried to storm cockpit' Pair, 50 and 43, swore ...

Kelly Clarkson Responds To Gay Rumors

Getting 'Hit On By The ...
Kelly Clarkson is unfazed by the gay rumors that have followed her for years. In fact, the rumors have lead to her getting hit on by some of "the hottest girls ever ...

Kelly Clarkson Responds to Gay Rumors: "I Get Hit On by the ...
Kelly Clarkson may be engaged, but that doesn't deter fans of both sexes from flirting with the American Idol winner. "I get hit on by [guys and girls],"

Sen. John Cornyn: Partial government shutdown may be necessary

Washington Post
A partial government shutdown may be necessary to ensure the nation's long-term fiscal stability, Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) writes in an op-ed published on Friday.

How Obama Can Prevent Another Debt-Ceiling Crisis
The Atlantic
Obama's correct--and constitutional--response to Republican intransigence is the same as Bill Clinton's before him: a replay of the 1995 government shutdown. If Republicans force that confrontation, they will lose, just as they did before.