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Beth Howland: ‘Alice’ Actress died at age 74 late last year

Beth Howland: 'Alice' Actress died at age 74 late last year

Beth Howland, who gave memorable performances as flighty featherbrains in the original production of Company and the television sitcom Alice, died on December 31, 2015, in Santa Monica, CA. She began her career at 16 on Broadway in the original 1960 production of Bye Bye Birdie starring Dick Van Dyke. Howland appeared in four other Main Stem shows during the …

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Pop princess Selena Gomez announces NZ tour dates

Pop princess Selena Gomez announces NZ tour dates

Pop star Selena Gomez will play a one off show in New Zealand later this year. The 23-year-old Slow Down hit-maker will headline her very first New Zealand show at Auckland’s Vector Arena on Saturday August 13, as part of her worldwide Revival Tour. Selena’s debut solo album Stars Dance was released in 2013, taking out the top spot in …

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Alligator caught lurking outside Dallas school (Video)

Alligator caught lurking outside Dallas school (Video)

A 7-foot alligator was captured Wednesday morning outside a Dallas, Texas, middle school. A sheriff’s deputy on routine patrol spotted the gator at about 2 a.m, in a field next to D. A. Hulcy Steam Middle School. That’s at South Polk Street, near East Danieldale Road and Interstate 20, in the Redbird area of Dallas. Dallas police and the Texas …

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Muslim taxi driver beaten and robbed by ‘passenger’ in the Bronx

Muslim taxi driver beaten by passenger in the Bronx speaks out

A muslim taxi driver is speaking out after being attacked on the job in the Bronx. Sirajul Islam Khan said he picked up a customer in the Bronx at Bedford Park and Webster Avenue around 8:30pm. When they arrived to the destination at 187th street, he pulled out money to make change for the customer’s $9 fare. Khan told Bronx …

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Antidepressants used for more than depression, Quebec study

Antidepressants used for more than depression, Quebec study

The term “antidepressant” is increasingly becoming a misnomer, suggests new study published Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Scientists from McGill University in Montreal had suspected that antidepressants were being used to treat conditions other than depression, but little research existed on the topic. Jenna Wong, a Ph.D student in the department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational …

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Casey Anthony allegedly paid her lawyer with sex, Detective Claims

Casey Anthony allegedly paid her lawyer with sex, Detective Claims

A deposition given by a private investigator alleges Casey Anthony, who was acquitted of killing her 2-year-old daughter in 2011, paid for her defense with sex. According to RadarOnline, a private investigator hired by Baez during the case found out Anthony was trading sexual favors for legal representation. Apparently, the sleazy truth came to light after Baez got Anthony out …

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Apple rehires security and encryption expert Jon Callas

Apple rehires security and encryption expert Jon Callas

Apple has added a security star to its firmament with the hire of Jon Callas to its security team. Jon Callas is best known for his work on the pioneering PGP encryption system, including authoring the openPGP standard for IETF and developing PGP’s universal server software. He co-founded the secure-messaging system Silent Circle in 2012.

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Australian Deputy PM claims to be Johnny Depp’s ‘Hannibal Lecter’

Australian Deputy PM claims to be Johnny Depp's 'Hannibal Lecter'

Australia’s Deputy PM Barnaby Joyce has said that he is “pulling strings” in Johnny Depp’s head, like film villain Hannibal Lecter. Barnaby Joyce was hitting back after Depp quipped that the ruddy-faced deputy prime minister appeared to be “inbred with a tomato”. The exchange on Wednesday is the latest salvo in the dispute which began a year ago when Mr …

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