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What Can I Do About Terrorism?
The first thing a person should do about terrorism is to learn to respect it. Terrorism is real and it is very dangerous. When I say respect terrorism, I don't mean that you have to educate yourself on every faction and extremist organization that exists today. What I'm saying is that you must learn to respect the threat and the problem. Read more >
Posted by Naseer Ahmad Virk on 27 May 2010 [03:55] | Tell a friend | Comments 0
Reese Witherspoon and Jim Toth cheer on soccer star Deacon
Reese Witherspoon and Jim Toth went from casual to formal on a busy Mother's Day weekend taking in Reese's son Deacon's soccer game in L.A. on Saturday before celebrating Tom Hanks's son's wedding that evening.
"Reese can't stop gushing about how special Jim makes her feel and how great it is to have him around her kids," says a source. And their body language showed it!
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Posted by CBN Extra Staff on 21 May 2010 [05:38] | Tell a friend | Comments 0
It's sex o'clock in America
Margaret Sanger opened the first American family-planning clinic in 1916, and nothing would be the same again. Since then the growing proliferation of birth control methods has had an awesome effect on both sexes and led to a sea change in moral values.
And as I've grown older over the past five decades from 1960 to 2010 and lived through this revolutionary period in female sexuality, I've seen how it has altered American society for better or worse.
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Posted by CBN Extra Staff on 21 May 2010 [05:37] | Tell a friend | Comments 0
Will this be the first $5 billion summer at the box office?
What's old is new again and both are bringing in the big box office dollars.
This summer, a smattering of sequels and 3-D films will be dominating the theaters, and they are likely to produce a box office total that's on par with the past few years. Industry watchers are already predicting that the summer box office will hit or exceed $4 billion, as it has done for the past three summers.
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Posted by CBN Extra Staff on 21 May 2010 [05:34] | Tell a friend | Comments 0
Tyra Banks to publish her first novel
Supermodel, Talk-show host, Actress, Singer, and Reality-TV queen; now, the versatile Tyra Banks is adding yet another line to her crowded résumé: novelist.
"I said I was going to do it, and here it is!" Banks, 36, writes in a note to fans posted Tuesday on Tyra.com. "It's for all the girls and guys who want a lot more FANTASY in their lives ... and some fierceness and magic, romance and mystery, crazy and wild adventures, and yeah, some danger too.
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Posted by CBN Extra Staff on 21 May 2010 [05:33] | Tell a friend | Comments 0
Study finds no link in cell phone use, brain tumors
A long-awaited international study has found no evidence of increased risk of brain tumors associated with mobile phones, but said the findings were not definitive and called for more research.
"The possible effects of long-term heavy use of mobile phones require further investigation," the study said.
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Posted by CBN Extra Staff on 21 May 2010 [05:32] | Tell a friend | Comments 0
Celebrating Buddha's birthday in South Korea
This weekend Seoul dusts off the lanterns and a remote temple in Mungyeong opens its doors for tourists, in celebration of the Buddha's birthday
Buddha’s birthday falls on May 21st this year. Mark it on the calendar. For those already in Korea or on their way over there’s no shortage of festivities to partake in. As the country is largely Buddhist, the majority of the peninsula will be lit up during the Lantern Festival which runs from May 14th to May 23rd. Read more >
Posted by CBN Extra Staff on 21 May 2010 [05:31] | Tell a friend | Comments 0
Arab-Americans react with delight to Lebanese-American Miss USA
Arab-Americans expressed delight Monday May 17, a day after 24-year-old Lebanese-American Rima Fakih was crowned Miss USA.
"For once, we're talking about beauty and not terror," said Osama Siblani, publisher of The Arab-American News, in Dearborn, Michigan, who knows Fakih and her family.
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Posted by CBN Extra Staff on 21 May 2010 [05:30] | Tell a friend | Comments 0
Volcano separates Kim Kardashian from her beauty team
Lost luggage while flying is one thing. But lost stylist, makeup artist and hair stylist?
That's what happened to Kim Kardashian this weekend when ash from the Icelandic volcano canceled her flight to Monaco, after her beauty team called the "glam squad", had already left ahead of her on another flight.
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Posted by CBN Extra Staff on 21 May 2010 [05:29] | Tell a friend | Comments 0
How the varying quality of 3D film is dividing Hollywood
Avatar, Clash of the Titans and the upcoming Tintin trilogy - all of them big budget movies made in 3D.
But it's not quite as straightforward as that. The price you pay to watch a 3D movie at the cinema is always the same - but there are several ways of tricking your eyes into seeing that extra dimension and, according to some, the quality varies greatly.
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Posted by CBN Extra Staff on 21 May 2010 [05:28] | Tell a friend | Comments 0
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