Every August, just when many people go vacationing in the country, where skies are dark, the best-known meteor shower makes its appearance. • Click here to visit FOXNews.com’s Space Center. It is also the month of “The Tears of St. Lawrence,” more commonly known as the Perseid Meteor Shower. Laurentius, …
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So ABC News had yet another article on Internet addiction, about some dude who spent 16 hours a day on the Web. The story cites the usual experts and focused on the rise of rehab for this terrible affliction. One doc claims that the person who is addicted to his …
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LOS ANGELES – Lindsay Lohan‘s efforts to stump for Barack Obama were reportedly thrown back in her face by the Democratic candidate’s campaign … and her father is none too happy about it. According to the Chicago Sun-Times, LiLo wanted to promote Obama but was turned away by his camp …
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Edwards Affair: Did Elizabeth Know More? | Mickey Rourke’s Comeback; Hurt Locker; Golden Globes’ Espresso Machine… Edwards Affair: Did Elizabeth Know More? How much did Elizabeth Edwards, John Edwards’ wife, know about his affair with Rielle Hunter and when did she know it? Edwards has said that he told his …
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On Wednesday, Gawker ran an item on Tony Snow, the former White House spokesman and just-hired CNN talking head. He’s been fighting cancer for a couple of years now and on Wednesday he had to enter the hospital. Gawker’s item was atypical in its patronizing snark, in that it attempted …
Read More »Pop Tarts: Anna Faris Named Hugh Hefner's Honorary New Girlfriend
LOS ANGELES – Watch out, “Girls Next Door.” It seems Hugh Hefner has found a fourth lady in his life. Anna Faris stars in the upcoming “The House Bunny” (which features the men’s magazine mogul and his three busty blondes), and has since been spending quite a bit of time …
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WATERMILL, N.Y. – Celebrities like Howard Stern, his girlfriend Beth Ostrosky and “Sex and the City” star Kim Cattrall turned out on Saturday for the most highly anticipated summer event of the New York charity circuit: the Robert Wilson Watermill Art Center Benefit. The center, a residency program that’s the …
Read More »Coming Up on 'FOX News Sunday': Secretary Henry Paulson and Mike Huckabee
Our guests this week: • Henry Paulson, secretary of the Treasury• Mike Huckabee, presidential candidate, former Arkansas governor The White House and House members in Congress came to an agreement on a nearly $150 billion stimulus package to boost the economy. The plan, which sends checks to millions of Americans, …
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Every other week or so, FOXNews.com tries to solve your most vexing technology-related problems. Send your questions to TechQuestions@foxnews.com and we’ll reply to selected ones in our next installment. As Churchill “Churchy” la Femme (the superstitious turtle from Walt Kelly’s “Pogo” comic) might have said, Friday the 13th comes on …
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While peering at her computer screen four months ago, astronomer Alicia Soderberg expected to see the small glowing smudge of a month-old supernova. But what she and her colleague saw instead was a strange, extremely bright, five-minute burst of X-rays. With that observation, they became the first astronomers to catch …
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