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September 4th, 2010  by lol

Two eyewitnesses told Radaronline.com that they saw Lindsay Lohan clip a baby stroller with her Maserati and drive away.

"There was a woman pushing a kid in the stroller, maybe a two or three-year-old, crossing the street," freelance paparazzo Brayan Jaime told Radar. "Lindsay took the red light and hit the stroller. It wasn't super hard, but she made impact and hit them. Lindsay pulled to the right, stopped for two seconds, and then just kept going."

Jaime's friend shot a video seconds after the alleged incident that shows a baby crying from a stroller as Lindsay's Maserati disappears in the other direction.

Jaime told TMZ that Lindsay hit the stroller "in the middle, knocking 3 of the 4 wheels in the air."

As for why the child's nanny appears unruffled after the alleged accident, Jaime said, "She was in shock and Hispanic so she was scared."

When Radar reached Lindsay for comment, she said, "I don't know what you're talking about."

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September 3rd, 2010  by lol

Demi Lovato is so over Joe Jonas and totally crushes on R&B singer Trey Songz!!
Demi Lovato admitted it was easy for her to move on from ex-boyfriend Joe Jonas by facing her heartache head on, but we all know it’s even easier when there’s someone new making your heart pound a little harder. It sounds like Demi’s could be going at a jack hammer speed now that she’s spilling all about her new crush, R&B singer Trey Songz!!

Demi, who just turned 18, told Celebuzz of 25-year-old Trey, “I’m kind of digging Trey Songz – he’s pretty hot. We followed each other on Twitter and direct message each other… He’s pretty awesome.”

We think it’s a much needed and deserved distraction for the actress/singer who has watched Joe move onto a new romance with Twilight star Ashley Greene.

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September 2nd, 2010  by lol

Mommies just love to spoil their children, but has Katie Holmes gone overboard with Suri’s wardrobe?
OMG! Suri Cruise is one lucky 4-year-old little girl. Her mommy Katie Holmes, 31, loves her so much that she had Suri’s favorite dress made for her in 4 DIFFERENT COLORS — red, white, blue and green. But the catch is that the Holmes & Yang (Katie’s line) dress retails for $635!

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September 1st, 2010  by lol

While some resources are available for inmates looking to turn their lives around after jail, many children with incarcerated parents end up making many sacrifices due to a crime they did not commit.

One student at Southern Illinois University wants to help those children go to college.

Stephen Ross, an agribusiness economics major at SIU, started the "Peanut Scholarship Fund" after his friend went to prison--leaving his son (nicknamed "Peanut") behind. Ross told the Saluki Times that he knew the child would face an uphill battle trying to pay for college with an incarcerated parent.

Ross, who is from Chicago, told the Associated Press that the "Peanut" fund would provide need-based scholarships to potential students at the Carbondale school whose parents can't provide financial support because of crime, either because they are in prison or have been victims of crime.

Ross hopes to raise enough money to provide full-ride scholarships to eligible students.

A fundraiser for the "Peanut Scholarship Fund" will take place from 4 to 8 p.m. on Sept. 8 the SIUC Student Center at the Carbondale university. The event will feature a screening of the Norwegian film, "Troubled Water," according to the Saluki Times. The film tells the story of what happens when a young man recently released from prison encounters the victims of his crime.

Admission to the event is $2.

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August 31st, 2010  by lol

Chef Charlie Palmer has a Michelin star, a few James Beard Awards, and a Kramer Knife. Chef Thomas Keller has three Michelin stars, several James Beard Awards, and a Kramer Knife.

What's a Kramer Knife? It may fall in the J.P. Morgan category of "if you have to ask, you can't afford it." The hand-crafted Kramer Knives sell for $300 an inch. So figure for a basic 8-inch chef knife, you'll have to pony up $2400. On top of that, there is a waiting list of well over a year.

Why? Bob Kramer is one of only a hundred and three people in the world, and the only former chef, to be certified as a Master Bladesmith. He makes each knife by hand, using a multi-step process which encompasses as many as 200 layers of steel. The outcome is a stunning Damascus steel blade with a swirling pattern resembling wood grain and is harder, thinner, sharper, and slices and dices with ease and perfection..

Bob Kramer has been a circus clown, a magician, a chef, a waiter, and a traveling knife sharpener. But it's his ability to slice through a one inch thick rope with one swing and hack through a 2X4 that's helped him achieve rock star status with chefs all over the globe.

If you don't feel like waiting for your own custom blade, Williams-Sonoma currently sell more affordable and ready made versions of the Kramer Knives.

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August 28th, 2010  by lol

Gerard Depardieu is no fan of fellow French actor Juliette Binoche, saying "she has nothing" in an interview with the Austrian publication Profil.

The Guardian translated part of the article, which appeared in German.

He asked the interviewer, "Please can you explain to me what the secret of this actress is meant to be?

"I would really like to know why she has been so esteemed for so many years. She has nothing. Absolutely nothing!"

Binoche, 46, won an Oscar for her role in "The English Patient" and was nominated for "Chocolat."

But Depardieu, 61, went on, reiterating, "She is nothing. Compared with her, Isabelle Adjani is great even if she's totally nuts. Or Fanny Ardant - she is magnificent, extremely impressive. But Binoche? What has she ever had going for her?"

Binoche also won the Best Actress prize at Cannes this year.

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August 27th, 2010  by lol

Late last week, Kimora Lee Simmons Tweeted that she was leaving her job as Creative Director at Baby Phat and Page Six might have uncovered why. According to a Baby Phat insider, "Kimora was going over-budget. She'd pay herself a fee to be in the ads, plus she paid her children fees to appear in ads. It costs thousands of dollars to airbrush her because she's a size 10. Plus, they spent a ton of money on body doubles. They would shoot another model in the clothes, and take Kimora's head and put in on her body."

In April, Jezebel matched Kimora's body in her "Dare Me" perfume ad to that of Daria Werbowy on French Vogue's March 2005 cover. Neither Kimora nor her lawyers have commented on the current situation but she did Tweet:

Exaactly!--->RT @ShiGyrl: @OfficialKimora - Oh whatever, they r just jealous!! If it costs thousands of dollars to airbrush then u need to hire me!! Ha!!
Kimora hasn't given a specific reason for her split with Baby Phat, which is owned by Kellwood. She typed, "No I did not quit. But it is over!" and fielded questions from fans like:

Q: Why r u leaving? Can we get a reason? A: At this time I must decline to comment
Q: Are u still going to do the fabulosity brand?!
A: Absolutely!

Q: Are yuh leaving PHAT fashions because of [your ex Russell Simmons]??
A: He and I BOTH are OUT!

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August 25th, 2010  by lol

CHICAGO — Retired slugger Sammy Sosa is upset with the Chicago Cubs for not retiring his No. 21 jersey, telling a magazine that the organization doesn't care about him.

Sosa hit 545 homers over 13 seasons with the Cubs while becoming one of baseball's biggest stars. But he was traded to the Baltimore Orioles in 2005 after a sour end to his time in Chicago.

Sosa tells Chicago Magazine for a story in its September issue that his "number should be untouchable because of the things that I did for that organization."

Rookie outfielder Tyler Colvin is wearing No. 21 for the Cubs this season.

Sosa finished with 609 homers in 18 years in the majors. He hasn't appeared in a game since 2007.

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August 24th, 2010  by lol

The chief operative behind then-candidate Barack Obama's attempt to combat the smears he faced on the campaign trail has penned a memo for Democratic candidates around the country, advising them how to deal with similar attacks as the election approaches.

Will Bunnett, who was a senior e-mail writer and producer on the Obama for America campaign and the overseer of the Fight the Smears microsite, advises Democrats in a "working-paper" memo to engage their detractors rather than sit idly by.

"The number one rule of smear fighting is don't let a bad narrative about your candidate settle in. Because the anxiety a smear creates leads people to seek information, you have a window to make sure some of what they receive counters the smear."

But Bunnett's counsel is more nuanced than just arguing for direct engagement. For example, he urges candidates not to give up "refuting the facts of the smear."

"When a smear risks catching on, work on beating back the fear underlying the smear (like the fear that John Kerry is less than who he says he is)... You're more likely to successfully update the 'story' someone has in their head of John Kerry by appealing to someone's gut with a more generic character defense or counterattack than by peppering them with facts about medals and commendations."

He also stressed that smear targets frame their push-back "in moral language."

"In the [Fight The Smears] context, that means it's not "rumors are going around that Barack is a Muslim." Instead it's "shameful, shadowy attackers have been lying about Barack's religion." That second version involves morality in the forms of shame, cowardice, and deception and uses active voice to give people more of a sense of an opponent."

Culled from experiences of the Obama and Kerry campaigns, the memo's content provides an interesting window into the Democratic psyche heading into the closing months of the 2010 election. Not only does the party remain incredibly wary of Republican campaign tactics, they seem cognizant that the Internet community that helped propel them to office in the past two cycles could now be the conduit for the rumor mongering that facilitates their downfall.

The pushback advice is heavy on political psychology and broad messaging tactics as opposed to individual instructions for smears to come. But that may be because the memo is anticipatory in nature and meant for broad usage for any candidate who wants it.

"It is certainly preemptive," said Larry Huynh, a colleague of Bunnett's at Trilogy Interactive who contributed to the memo. "The point is to get it out before because people need to understand how to deal with this in an effective way because we expect this to be a pretty dirty cycle."

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August 20th, 2010  by lol

Reporting from Washington and Vineyard Haven, — World leaders are planning to invite Israeli and Palestinian officials to Washington in September to begin direct Middle East peace talks, a U.S. official confirmed Thursday.

An invitation from the United States, the European Union, Russia and the United Nations is expected to be announced as soon as Friday, nearly two years after the last round of talks broke off.

The world leaders are suggesting early September for the first session of negotiations.

Details were still being worked out late Thursday, and though acceptance by both sides was expected, officials warned that nothing had been confirmed.

U.S. and allied officials in recent days said they had persuaded Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to join the talks. President Obama would be directly involved in the meetings, officials said.

The U.S. has spent months on shuttle diplomacy — special envoy George J. Mitchell has been meeting extensively with Israeli and Palestinian officials since May — in an attempt to start indirect talks, with little discernible result.

Key negotiators signaled a breakthrough in the effort to begin negotiations this week, when Catherine Ashton, the European Union's top foreign policy official, announced in a letter to other EU officials that Abbas was on the brink of committing to talks.

Confirmation of such negotiations, first reported by the Reuters news agency Thursday, would be a relief for Obama, who has made Mideast peace talks a high foreign policy priority in his administration.

The resumption of face-to-face meetings would be a measure of political success for his administration, even if the two sides didn't agree to discuss core issues that could relieve long-term hostilities and move the region toward a two-state solution.

As in previous talks, major issues would include the borders of a Palestinian state, Israeli security, the claims of Palestinian refugees and competing claims over Jerusalem.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said he is willing to make sacrifices for peace, but the hard-liners in his right-wing government have been reluctant to give ground to the Palestinians.

As for Abbas, it's not clear how decisive a commitment he could make on behalf of the Palestinians from his office in the West Bank. His rivals in the militant group Hamas control the Gaza Strip, home to about 1.5 million Palestinians.

Although pessimism may shadow the resumption of Mideast peace talks, a wild card in any new meetings is the role the U.S. may assume.

Obama has signaled that his government is willing to take a more active role than the previous administration, which was more reluctant to push the Israelis.

Such a prospect has stirred hope among Palestinians, who think Obama may have more sympathy for their cause, and anxiety among the Israelis, who worry the administration may press them for concessions that threaten their security.

Even such a small step toward peace is seen among American officials as a move toward building support in the Muslim world for the U.S. and its goals, including the military campaign in Afghanistan and the effort to halt Iran's nuclear program.

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