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Kim Zolciak Twin Names, On Nov. 25. The former "Real Housewives of Atlanta" star announced that she and hubby, Kroy Biermann, welcomed boy-girl twins over the weekend and in a separate post, Kim told everyone what the couple chose for names. Kim Zolciak's twin's names both start with the letter "K" which is clearly a going thing for her and Kroy. Not only do their names begin with "K" but their two sons Kroy Jr. and Kash Kade also have "K" names. It sounds like Kim and Kroy put a lot of thought into their newborns' names and that they both have special meaning, which is always nice. The names are definitely different but they are nice and they sort of "match" their brothers' names. Kim really wanted to have a baby girl and she got her wish. Of course her priority was to have two healthy babies but Kim's fans know that she must be over the moon -- and she's probably so excited to dress her little girl in the ...

Stoning Afghanistan, Death by stoning for convicted adulterers is being written into Afghan law, a senior official said on Monday, the latest sign that human rights won at great cost since the Taliban were ousted in 2001 are rolling back as foreign troops withdraw. "We are working on the draft of a sharia penal code where the punishment for adultery, if there are four eyewitnesses, is stoning," said Rohullah Qarizada, who is part of the sharia Islamic law committee working on the draft and head of the Afghan Independent Bar Association. Billions have been invested on promoting human rights in Afghanistan over more than 12 years of war and donors fear that hard won progress, particularly for women, may be eroding. During the Taliban's 1996-2001 time in power, convicted adulterers were routinely shot or stoned in executions held mostly on Fridays. Women were not permitted to go out on their own, girls were barred from schools, and men were obliged to grow long beards...

Raiders Fan Jumps From Oakland Coliseum Upper Deck, In Critical Condition, An Oakland Raiders fan is in critical condition after jumping off the third deck of the O.co Coliseum, commonly known as the Oakland Coliseum. Another spectator at the game acting as a good Samaritan who tried to catch her also was seriously injured. Law enforcement sources believe the female jumped intentionally and that the fan who interceded — described as a 61-year-old ex-Marine and season-ticket holder — “100 percent saved her life.” The incident occurred at about 7:30 pm Eastern time as the game between the Tennessee Titans and the Raiders was ending. Tennessee defeated the Raiders 23 to 19 in the NFL matchup.The story is still developing, and further details will be forthcoming. The woman said to be in her 20s reportedly went into section 301 of the stadium and got ready to jump off the edge. Section 301 is said to be closed to the public. Fans about 60 feet below in the second concourse tried to con...

Billboard Christian And Gospel Song Charts To Be Updated With Digital And Streaming, Billboard is updating its Christian and gospel song charts, continuing a modernization process intended to reflect the use of the Internet on listening habits. Beginning Wednesday, Billboard will add digital download sales and streaming data to its existing radio airplay methodology. This will bring the Christian and gospel songs charts in line with other charts like the Billboard Hot 100 and country, rock and hip-hop songs lists that were updated last year. Silvio Pietroluongo, Billboard's director of charts, says adding the new data "provides a more holistic view of a song's popularity" in a news release to be issued Monday. The addition of digital and streaming information has changed the makeup of the Hot 100, opening the way for Internet stars like PSY or Ylvis to be counted in an age when listeners increasingly consume their music through services like YouTube, Spotify an...

Rihanna's AMA Icon Award Presented By Her Mom And Four Other Show Highlights, No question Justin Timberlake is the man of the year, but oh how the women of pop music proved its their world again at the American Music Awards. Debonair at every turn, Timberlake put on a great performance and said something funny each time he appeared. But it was Taylor Swift who won the night, taking home four awards, including top honor artist of the year for the third time. It was Rihanna who won the Icon Award — at age 25. And it was Miley Cyrus, Lady Gaga and Katy Perry who will again drive the morning's water-cooler conversation with their continuing awards show brinksmanship. Not to worry, though, JT, we'll still include you our five moments to remember. But first, Miley: — Miley's kitty: What was that exactly? We can describe it, no problem: Cyrus performed her hit "Wrecking Ball" as a duet of sorts with a giant, lip-syncing CGI kitten that floated through space pr...

Ariana Grande's AMAs Performance Earns Her Standing Ovation From Lady Gaga, Ariana Grande's performance of "Tattooed Heart" at the 2013 American Music Awards on Sunday night managed to shock the likes of Lady Gaga, who gave the young songstress a standing ovation. Grande performed the single off her album, "Yours Truly," leading with an a cappella rendition of "Baby I," on the AMAs stage at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on Nov. 24. She sang her heart out in a performance MTV News has compared to the Motown vibe of Gladys Knight and the Pips, in front of an audience packed with music greats like Gaga, Justin Timberlake and Taylor Swift. The 20-year-old was one of the most talked about acts of the night, E! News noted, and the performance earned her applause from the "Do What U Want" signer, as well as Ciara. She also took home the New Artist of the Year Award. "Oh my God! I'm so nervous," she said when she took to the ...

Two puny monster oarfish found, Twice last week, carcasses of the rarely seen oarfish were discovered near to California’s shore.  The 18 foot and now 13.5 foot bodies of the largest bony fish on the plant were not full grown. According to the NOAA, the species is found hundreds to thousands of feet deep and can reach lengths of over 50 feet. Scientists have cut the second oarfish into sections to accommodate refrigeration and may be studying the specimen to further their understanding of the generally hidden species.  The California coast parallels the continental shelf and slope, which are etched by submarine canyons and may be the home of oarfish populations that have never been the subject of comprehensive study. Perhaps the double finding is a fluke; perhaps it’s a harbinger of a yet-to-be revealed trend.

Macklemore Pays Tribute To Trayvon Martin, At the American Music Awards in downtown Los Angeles Sunday night, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis won Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Album for The Heist. Since they’re currently on tour, the two appeared via satellite from Miami, FL, where they were performing. After thanking the fans for the honor, Macklemore brought up the issue of racial profiling. Here’s the full text of Macklemore’s speech: “Now that I’m sitting here in front of millions of people, I’d like to address something extremely important to me. I was talking to my friend before the show and he reminded me of a great Martin Luther King quote. He said, ‘Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.’ And due to the fact that we are in Florida tonight accepting this award, I want to acknowledge Trayvon Martin and the hundreds and hundreds of kids each year that are dying due to racial profiling and the violence that follows it. This is really happening. These are our friends, our n...

Jena Malone Rocks Crop Top, Thigh-High Slit At LAX Airport, Jena Malone travels in style.The "Hunger Games: Catching Fire" star was photographed arriving at LAX Airport, wearing a long-sleeved striped crop top and a sexy skirt featuring a thigh-high zip-up slit. Malone, 29, was all smiles as she made her way through the airport and to her car. "Catching Fire," which opened in theaters yesterday (Nov. 22) is estimated to make between $135 million to $150 million during its opening weekend. "It's kind of like winning the lottery as an actor," Malone told On The Red Carpet of playing Johanna Mason in the box office hit. "I mean, getting to join such an incredible franchise with an amazing book series, an amazing fan base, an amazing cast and you know, having a new director come on board so you don't feel like you have to kind of fit in to something that's already been created."

Early iPad Black Friday 2013 Deals Offer up to $150 Off, When it comes to the iPad Black Friday 2013 deals, Staples is taking an early lead with up to $80 off the current iPads and a special Black Friday deal that takes up to $150 off the last generation iPad 4. Hands down, if you are looking at the Walmart Black Friday 2013 iPad mini deal or the Best Buy Black Friday 2013 iPad 2 doorbuster, stop and check these out for a good alternative that offers more choice and will let you enjoy Thanksgiving with your friends or family. Unlike the Walmart Black Friday 2013 deals, these iPad deals at Staples include more than just the 16GB models and even include LTE models on AT&T and Verizon. These iPad Black Friday deals are available online right now, allowing shoppers to avoid the long lines and crowds that can make even a guaranteed in stock iPad mini at the Walmart Black Friday shopping event a hassle that some will pass on. When it comes to the iPad, we don’t see deep dis...

Winston’s legal issues cloud final stages of Heisman race, If all that mattered was playing football, Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston would have a hammerlock on the Heisman Trophy race this morning. But more is involved, starting with the same integrity clause for candidates that led some voters to announce plans to disqualify Texas A&M’s Johnny Manziel from the 2013 race before the defending champ took his first snap of the season. Manziel drew voter rebukes amid allegations he took money for signing memorabilia against NCAA rules. The same integrity issue applies to Winston. But his situation is way more serious than anything attached to Manziel. Unless you have spent the past week in total isolation, you should know Winston leads the NCAA in passing efficiency (194.5 rating) and has No. 2 FSU (11-0) on pace to meet No. 1 Alabama (11-0) in the BCS National Championship Game. You also should realize Winston led his team to Saturday’s 80-14 rout of Idaho while p...

Mount Etna erupts, showers volcanic ash on towns, Mount Etna, Europe's most active volcano, has erupted again, showering volcanic ash on towns dotting the mountain's slopes and nearby Taormina. The eruption Saturday did not force any evacuations, but a highway was closed for half an hour as a precaution. Authorities also briefly closed two of four air corridors serving the nearby Catania airport but air traffic was not interrupted. Etna erupts occasionally. Its last major eruption occurred in 1992.

Katy Perry's Geisha-inspired AMA getup sparks controversy, Katy Perry offered a visual feast for viewers at the top of Sunday night's American Music Awards. Perry wore a traditional Japanese dress during her show-starting performance of "Unconditionally" as scores of colorfully clad dancers waved fans, danced in front of rice-paper screens and played the drums. She said before the show she wanted to up her game, given the chance to open, and the whirling stage production was a wash of colors and movements before Perry disappeared in a puff of smoke. But not all AMA viewers appreciated Perry's efforts. Only moments after her performance began, some took to Twitter, charging that the pop star's stage costume was racist.

Country singer Wayne Mills shot and killed by bar owner, who claims self-defense, Country singer Wayne Mills was shot to death in a Nashville bar in the early morning hours of Saturday morning. Mills was in a bar when an argument over smoking broke out and the bar owner shot the country singer claiming it was in self-defense, according to USA Today on Nov. 24. Mills was shot by Chris Ferrell, the Pit and Barrel bar owner following an argument about the country singer smoking inside the bar. The 44-year-old Mills was transported to the Vanderbilt University Medical Center where he later died. Kris Mumford, a Nashville Police spokesperson, said that the police are still investigating the claim that Mills was shot in self-defense. No arrests have been made in this case as of yet. Mills played in the Wayne Mills Band, known on the college scene. His band has been around for some time and when first starting out in their careers Blake Shelton, Jamey Johnson and Taylor Hicks of Americ...

Country singer Wayne Mills shot and killed by bar owner, who claims self-defense, Country singer Wayne Mills was shot to death in a Nashville bar in the early morning hours of Saturday morning. Mills was in a bar when an argument over smoking broke out and the bar owner shot the country singer claiming it was in self-defense, according to USA Today on Nov. 24. Mills was shot by Chris Ferrell, the Pit and Barrel bar owner following an argument about the country singer smoking inside the bar. The 44-year-old Mills was transported to the Vanderbilt University Medical Center where he later died. Kris Mumford, a Nashville Police spokesperson, said that the police are still investigating the claim that Mills was shot in self-defense. No arrests have been made in this case as of yet. Mills played in the Wayne Mills Band, known on the college scene. His band has been around for some time and when first starting out in their careers Blake Shelton, Jamey Johnson and Taylor Hicks of Americ...

High surf and wind warnings remain in Daytona area Monday, A high surf advisory and lake wind advisory remain in effect for the Daytona Beach area Monday, according to the National Weather Service in Melbourne. The high surf advisory is in effect until 4 a.m. Tuesday, and was issued for Volusia south to Martin County. Forecasters said “…strong rip currents…” will bring “…large breaking waves up to 5 to 7 feet…” to area beaches Monday. They added that the large waves, “…will be hazardous to anyone entering the surf…” and warned beachgoers not to swim alone. Some minor beach erosion is also expected around high tide from 1230 p.m. to 1 p.m. Wind advisory for boaters and drivers The lake wind advisory is in effect until 4 p.m. Monday from Daytona Beach south to Fort Pierce. East winds at 15 to 20 miles per hour, with gusts around 25 miles per hour are forecast. The National Weather Service in Melbourne says the strong winds will make for hazardous conditions for small boats on inland...

Texas actress has plea deal over ricin letters sent to Obama, Bloomberg, A Texas actress accused of mailing ricin-laced letters to President Barack Obama and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has reached a plea deal with federal prosecutors, according to federal court documents. Shannon Guess Richardson, 36, whose acting career included minor television roles, had attempted to blame her husband for sending the letters in May that tested positive for the presence of ricin, according to prosecutors. Notice of the plea deal was filed on Thursday in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. Richardson's attorney, Tonda Curry, could not be immediately reached to detail the terms of the plea agreement. Richardson was arrested in June and a federal grand jury accused her in a three-count indictment of mailing the letters to Obama, Bloomberg and Mark Glaze, the director of Mayors Against Illegal Guns, a group founded by Bloomberg that lobbies for stricter gun laws. Ric...

Good Morning America's Amy Robach Returning To Work After Double Mastectomy, It’s good news for Amy Robach, who announced her pending return to Good Morning America after undergoing treatment for breast cancer. The GMA host discovered that she had the disease during what was supposed to be a routine mammogram for a segment on the show. According to the LA Times, Robach sent an email to her ABC colleagues on Friday thanking them for the support and announcing that she is already on the mend. The account of her treatment included an unpleasant, but necessary procedure, as Robach announced that she had undergone a bilateral mastectomy. She wrote, "While in surgery last week my surgeon found a second, undetected malignant tumor. No MRI, no mammogram, no sonogram had found it. ... It was only through the mastectomy that she discovered it." Robach was diagnosed in October and she shared the news in a difficult piece for ABC News. Unfortunately, the GMA host is not finished...

Katie Couric Negotiating ABC News Exit,  Couric is set to exit her role as ABC News special correspondent early as she nears a deal for an interview show on Yahoo. Less than three years after joining ABC in a lucrative and wide-ranging deal that included a daytime talk show and a role at ABC News, Katie Couric is negotiating an exit package, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. The move comes as Couric is close to finalizing an extensive deal with Internet giant Yahoo, according to multiple sources. Couric's daytime talk show is in its second and almost certainly final season on ABC. She will complete the season and sources at Disney-ABC insist that a decision about the future of Katie will not be made until sometime in December after executives get a look at the November sweeps ratings. The original deal -- said to be worth $40 million -- encompassed two seasons of the daytime talk show and three years at ABC News; it is standard for news contracts to be three years. It...

Jessica Simpson Arrives in Boston With Her Family, The holidays have officially arrived for Jessica Simpson and her family!  On Sunday the singer and her fiance Eric Johnson were spotted leaving the Boston airport on Sunday on their way to Eric’s parents house for Thanksgiving. The couple took the divide and conquer approach for their exit with Jessica carrying Ace and Eric wrangling his little lady Maxwell. Over the weekend the family posed on the red carpet at Jessica’s Event At Dillard’s NorthPark Center in Dallas Texas. The busy mama recently revealed on Parents.com that she is happy Maxwell and Ace will have each other to rely on in the magical way that only siblings can.  As they grow up she also shared four things she wants them to know: Build a great support system. A strong family and wonderful friends keep me headed in the right direction every day! Learn to accept compliments as graciously as you give them. Don’t dismiss them – soak up the positivity and ...

Long brothers involved in scuffle, The first matchup between Chicago Bears guard Kyle Long and his brother, Chris Long of the St. Louis Rams, received attention entering Sunday’s game, but a scuffle in the second quarter shined the spotlight directly on the duo. During Chicago’s 42-21 loss to St. Louis, quarterback Josh McCown absorbed a vicious hit while attempting to throw a pass to Tony Fiammetta, with Kyle Long becoming involved in somewhat of a mini-brawl with Rams defensive end William Hayes away from the play. During the scuffle, it appeared Long kicked Hayes. That led to Chris Long sprinting off St. Louis’ sideline to grab his younger brother and pull him away from the fight. Kyle Long declined to discuss the incident after the game, saying, “Look, I’m here to talk football. So if there are any football questions you guys have, I’d love to answer those.” He later apologized on Twitter. “I want to apologize to the fans for losing my cool today,” Long said. “Not a re...

'Penniless' man is worth $65 million, court rules - and must give wife half, One of Britain's longest and most bitter divorce battles culminated on Friday with a High Court judge branding a well-connected millionaire a liar and his ex-wife a conspiracy theorist. Far from being "penniless and hopelessly bankrupt", as he had claimed, Scot Young, 51, was worth 40 million pounds ($65 million) and his estranged wife Michelle Young, 49, should get half of it, judge Philip Moor ruled. "This case has been quite extraordinary even by the standards of the most bitter of matrimonial breakdowns," Moor wrote in his ruling, noting that it had taken over six years and 65 court hearings to come to trial. The case has made headlines in Britain because of the size of the claims and the fact that Scot Young has enjoyed financial help from high-profile friends including Philip Green, the billionaire owner of the Topshop retail chain. Michelle Young has run up legal...

Sosie Bacon named Miss Golden Globe, Sosie Bacon will assist hosts Tina Fey and Amy Poehler duringold the Gen Globe ceremony, which will air live from L.A.’s Beverly Hilton Hotel on Jan. 12, 2014, from 8 p.m.-1 a.m. ET (5-8 p.m. PT) on NBC. Miss Golden Globe is traditionally the child of a well-known celebrity. Sosie Bacon made her acting debut 11 in the film Lover Boy, where she played the younger version of her mother’s character. She also appeared on Sedgwick’s TNT drama The Closer.

Young Detroit Pistons fan battles usher in epic dance off, SOMETIMES it's the action off the court that provides the most excitement during a sports match. That was certainly the case during the Detroit Pistons basketball game in New York last week, reports The Daily Mail . During the time-outs fans dance in their seats in the hope of being caught on the "Dance Cam" and have their 15 seconds of fame. The camera locked on one young fan, who jumped at the chance to show off his killer dance moves. Soon the camera jumped to the Dancing Usher, who is famous for busting out awesome dance moves during Dance Cam time. The young boy and the usher were soon locked in an epic dance battle with the camera flicking back and forth between the two. While the usher let loose pulling out some of his best dancefloor routines, the young boy certainly gave him a run for his money.

Kendall Jenner denies dating Harry Styles, Kendall Jenner has denied she is dating Harry Styles.The 'Keeping Up With The Kardashians' star has broken her silence on her close relationship with the 'Story Of My Life' singer by insisting they are ''cool'' and just friends after they were spotting leaving a Los Angeles restaurant following a cosy dinner date last week. The 18-year-old beauty - who is the younger sister of Kim Kardashian - shut down rumours of a romance when she attended the American Music Awards on Sunday night (24.11.13), where Harry had also been performing with One Direction. She told E! News: ''[There is] No story. We're friends. He's cool, yeah, he's cool.'' Kendall split from her high-school boyfriend Julian Brooks earlier this year, before hitting-out at reports she was dating 21-year-old rapper Young Jinsu last month - but she has insisted it's difficult to have male friends. She added: '...

Tarence Mitchell, High School Football Star, Stabs Older Gay Lover To Death, The 18-year-old captain of Connecticut's Bloomfield High School football team has been charged with murder following the stabbing death of a 27-year-old man with whom he says he had been engaging in a sexual relationship. Tarence Mitchell appeared in court on Friday, with his lawyer describing him as extremely upset and confused, local station WVIT-TV reports. The Bloomfield, Conn., high school student was charged in the killing of Ronald Taylor Thursday night in the front yard of  Taylor's home. Police arrived at the home at 9:13 p.m. Thursday night after receiving reports that two men were fighting. At the scene, they discovered two men with stab wounds. Taylor was taken by ambulance to Saint Francis Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Mitchell informed officers that he and Taylor had been in a sexual relationship but that he had attempted to end it. He also said that three weeks ago, Tayl...

72-Year-Old Man Pushed onto Subway Tracks in Harlem, A 72-year-old man was pushed onto the subway tracks at a stop in Harlem Friday afternoon by a homeless man that police officials believe to have been drunk. The incident occurred at the 145th Street A and C train station, where the victim, Sho Kuan Lin, was standing with his wife waiting for the train.  Rudralall Baldeo, 57, approached Lin and pushed him off the platform onto the tracks. Fellow commuters quickly sprang into action and rescued Lin from the tracks before the oncoming train pulled into the station. Lin suffered a cracked skull and a broken collarbone, and is currently on life support. “You know he is still dangerously ill. You know he’s not coming out yet. He was lying there and the machines are everywhere helping him to breathe,” said Eliyah Sheera, Lin’s pastor, to CBS News. Baldeo, who was pointed out to police by the victim’s wife, is being charged with attempted murder and felony assault. Baldeo is...

Food Network star Giada De Laurentiis slices finger during live broadcast, Giada De Laurentiis suffered a gory accident and sliced her finger during the Food Network's annual Thanksgiving Live special on Saturday, Nov. 23. The Italian-American chef's knife slipped while she was trying to cut some turkey she had just prepared. "She seemed to go pale and got very quiet putting pressure on it and whispering to Ina that it was bad," an eyewitness told Radar Online. "She looked like she was about to faint." The 43-year-old immediately left the show to receive medical attention for her deep cut. "Before & After.....an adjustment to my normal mani! #backtonormalin2wks #thanksgivinglive," she captioned an Instagram pic, which showed her finger before getting stitches and after. De Laurentiis was a trooper and returned back to the kitchen with her bandaged pointer finger. Chefs Alton Brown, Ina Garten and Bobby Flay joined De Laurentiis for ...

Remains of McStay Children Positively Identified, The coroner’s office in San Bernardino confirmed Friday that the remains of two children found in a shallow grave in the desert outside Victorville are those of 4-year-old Gianni and 3-year-old Joseph Jr, the son’s of Joseph and Summer McStay. McStay’s brother, Michael, delivered the sad news on a Facebook page dedicated to finding the missing family. “Coroner Office called…it was confirmed… It’s the boys,” Michael McStay posted. The family was last heard from Feb. 4, 2010 just months after moving from south Orange County to Fallbrook, in San Diego County. Their bodies were discovered Nov. 11 by an off-road motorcyclist between Quarry Road and the 15 Freeway, north of Stoddard Wells Road, authorities said. Joseph McStay and Summer were identified through dental records. DNA was used to identify the children, according to a news release from the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department. “The manner of death has been determin...

Live black widow spider found in grapes from grocery store, A Pennsylvania woman discovered a creepy crawly surprise while washing off the grapes she bought at a local food store. Yvonne Whalen said she was rinsing and eating the fruit on Thursday when she found what an expert said was a dangerous black widow spider. "The next thing I know, there was this leg coming up over a grape," she told ABC 27. Whalen, who is from Dillsburg, Pa., caught the venomous spider in a plastic container. “There's no mistaking a black widow, even in a juvenile form like this. There is just enough there that you can really tell it's a black widow," Ryan “The Bug Man” Bridge told the station after examining the spider. Bridge said he hears about people finding black widows in grapes “more often than anything else.” Black widows are toxic, and a bite is enough to send you to the hospital. Whalen bought the grapes at a Giant Food Store, and the company said in a statement...

Dad, Mick Jagger, to be great-grandfather,  Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger will become a great-grandfather early next year. The singer's daughter Jade told The Sunday Times that her daughter, Assisi, expects to give birth in several months. Assisi, 21, tells Hello! magazine that Jagger was pleased when she told him the news. She says, "I imagine it's nice to be a great-granddad, although I'm not sure he likes the idea of getting old, or being called one. I call him Mick - I wouldn't start calling him grandpa."

Not a husband or wedding ring in sight as Francesca Eastwood dines out with mystery man, Clint Eastwood's daughter continues to baffle with her behavior one week after her alleged Vegas elopement with Jonah Hill's brother. Francesca Eastwood, 20, seemed like a single girl as she stepped out for dinner with a dark and handsome mystery man on Saturday at Mastro's steakhouse in Beverly Hills. Clutching the arm of her well-dressed date, Francesca's hand was noticeably bereft of a wedding ring and her supposed new husband, 35-year-old Jordan Feldstein, was nowhere to be seen. Francesca smiled, tossed back her blonde mane and laughed as though without a care, looking amazing in a clingy, silky black long dress with deep neckline. After dinner, the couple left the posh eatery through a side exit, perhaps hoping to steal away undetected, but that wasn't the case as they were spied by several onlookers. It was curious behavior for one who supposedly just got marri...

Large storm already blamed for 8 deaths threatens Thanksgiving travels, A storm blamed for at least eight deaths in the West was expected to bring freezing rain and sleet to parts of Texas as it continued making its way through the Southwest before moving east ahead of Thanksgiving. The National Weather Service said late Sunday night that a winter storm warning for most of North Texas had been replaced with a winter weather advisory through noon Monday. A mix of rain, light freezing rain and light sleet was expected, but meteorologist Steve Fano with the weather service's Dallas-Fort Worth office said the temperatures would not be as cold as initially forecast. "They will still go below freezing in some places, just not as much below freezing as we initially thought," Fano said. Meteorologists said they expected the Arctic mass to head south and east and threaten plans for Tuesday and Wednesday as people hit the roads and airports for some of the busiest travel day...

After Surviving Cancer, Motorcycle Accident, Sally Ann Okuly Dies, A Virginia woman who survived cancer and a major motorcycle accident was killed the first time she left her home since the accident six months ago. It was one week before her 41st wedding anniversary. Sally Ann Okuly was going out for coffee when she was run over by a car at 9:30 a.m. last Sunday. Crossing the street, with the light giving her the right of way to return to her Woodbridge home, Okuly was struck by 24-year-old driver Amanda Styles-Mays. On Monday Sally and her husband Bill would have celebrated their 41st wedding anniversary. "She's the most giving person ever," her husband told NBC News. "One of her favorite things to do was walk across the street to the WaWa," Bill said of his wife. She bought a paper and a coffee, but never made it back. He says his wife will always be with him, “Oh yeah, she’ll always be there.” Styles-Mays was charged with failure to yield to ...

Angelina Takes The Twins For A Fun Day Out, In Australia where she is directing a film, Angelina Jolie took a day off from work to spend a fun afternoon with her twins Vivienne   and Knox, the youngest of her six kids. Along with a coworker from the film, who had her own daughter in tow, Jolie and the twins had a relaxing lunch at Grandfather’s Moustache restaurant and then did some shopping. Vivienne scored a cute doll that she held on to for the rest of the excursion.  Knox, a mini me of dad, Brad Pitt, seemed happy with his can of Solo, an Australian soft drink. Jolie is Down Under filming a World War II drama, Unbreakable.

Georgia QB Facing Season-Ending Knee Surgery, Coach Mark Richt says the play that ended quarterback Aaron Murray's season wasn't the senior's final snap when he was flung to the ground by Kentucky defensive end Za'Darius Smith. Richt said Sunday Murray heard a pop in his left knee when he made a cut on his 28-yard run on Georgia's earlier possession in the second quarter on Saturday night. Murray was limping at the end of that series, which ended with his touchdown pass to tight end Arthur Lynch. But he remained in the game for one more possession. Georgia said that tests Saturday night and another exam Sunday confirmed Murray tore the anterior cruciate ligament in the knee and will have season-ending surgery this week. Hutson Mason will make his first career start when Georgia plays at Georgia Tech on Saturday. "He felt something pop whenever it happened on the run," Richt said. "He didn't know for sure what it was. We've had other guy...

Vatican displays Saint Peter's bones for the first time, The Vatican has publicly unveiled bone fragments purportedly belonging to Saint Peter, reviving the scientific debate and tantalising mystery over whether the relics found in a shoe box truly belong to the first pope. The nine pieces of bone sat nestled like rings in a jewel box inside a bronze display case on the side of the altar during a mass commemorating the end of the Vatican's year-long celebration of the Christian faith. It was the first time they had ever been exhibited in public. Pope Francis prayed before the fragments at the start of Sunday's service and clutched the case in his arms for several minutes after his homily. No pope has ever definitively declared the fragments to belong to the apostle Peter, but Pope Paul VI in 1968 said fragments found in the necropolis under St Peter's Basilica were "identified in a way that we can consider convincing". Some archaeologists dispute the ...

‘Duck Dynasty’ Star Reed Robertson Reveals, ‘I Wanted to Kill Myself’, The stars of “Duck Dynasty” have always been open about the sharing the ups and downs of being a famous family, but now, they’re getting more personal than ever. In a new film by the Christian group IAmSecond, Reed Robertson admitted that the pressures of being on a hit television show changed him, and not necessarily for the better. “A couple years ago, I started to get real cynical and looking at everything like ‘That’s wrong,’ or ‘They are looking at that wrong’ because I thought I had it all figured out,” he said. “I guess I got really caught up in thinking that I was better than everyone else because of who my family was.” Ultimately, the changes in his personality caused his friends and loved ones to begin avoiding him. He grew angry and depressed, and after getting snubbed by his pals after church one day, he “finally hit rock bottom.” “No one wanted anything to do with a cynical person like me,” he ...

Tim Duncan News: Divorce, Gay Rumors Behind, San Antonio Star Dating Reality TV's Vanessa Macias, Tim Duncan is now dating former reality TV star and current media personality Vanessa Macias, according to BlackSportsOnline.com. After an offseason filled with acrimony and bitterness leading to his divorce from longtime wife and former college sweetheart Amy Duncan, the San Antonio Spurs star appears to have moved on. BlackSports previously reported Amy Duncan berated her now former husband throughout much of the proceedings, including hinting that she had long suspected he might be gay. She later claimed in court documents another man once even lived under the same roof as the couple over the first two years of their marriage. The website also reports attorneys for Duncan admitted during proceedings he once hired a private investigator to tail his wife because he suspected she might be cheating on him with her personal trainer, later identified as Gilbert Urbano. The two were...

'Catching Fire' tops box office with $161.1 million opening weekend, Moviegoers satiated their appetite for the "Hunger Games" franchise by making the sequel "Catching Fire" one of the year's biggest hits. "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" opened with $161.1 million at the domestic weekend box office, according to studio estimates Sunday. It became the biggest November debut ever, as well as Lionsgate's most lucrative opening. The result fell short of some expectations and failed to dethrone the year's biggest box-office opening, "Iron Man 3" with $174 million. But the film opened massively worldwide, taking in a total of $307.7 million. The marketplace largely ceded the weekend to "Catching Fire." The only other new wide release was Disney's Vince Vaughn comedy "Delivery Man," which sputtered to an $8.2 million opening. The box-office performance for "Catching Fire" establishes ...