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LOS ANGELES – When you are a Hollywood hottie, you have to protect your property — and we’re not talking about your Beverly Hills house. So which stars reportedly have parts of their body bankrolled? • Last year, Venus Breeze not only named hip-hop heartbreaker Rihanna as 2007’s Celebrity Legs …

With the April 15 income tax deadline looming, now’s a good time to spare a kind thought for accountants. They are, it seems, prime targets for a terror attack. Or such was the thinking of Usama bin Laden follower Malcolm Hodges, a British subject who painted a big Al Qaeda …

There’s nothing like a little infamy to make a hit record. This afternoon, New York’s Z-100 premiered Ashley Alexandra Dupre‘s “What We Want” during “drive” time. Tom Poleman, SVP Programming at Z100 stated: “Z100 is all about playing what’s hot and we can’t think of anything hotter than a song …

How is California, thenation’s largest state,reacting to the war? Yes, the Berkeley city council who passed an anti-war resolutionis nuts. Yes, there are people out here who refuse to acknowledge there is evil in the world. And, yes, there are even some folks who don’t know much about the terrorist …

NEW YORK – Good news for Scarlett O’Hara wannabes: Corsets as outerwear are going mainstream this fall. The figure-squeezingitemsare madein materials as diverse as cotton, denim, leather, silk, and satin. And though some come with Victorian-era boning and lace-up backs, others cater to comfort with buckle or zipper closures and …

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I don’t know about you, but I generally hate clubs. Not all clubs, but clubs that say they’re “exclusive,” or “special.” Clubs that say “we’re in” and you’re not, unless “you’re in” with us. The French and Germans brag about their club. It’s called the European Union (search). And they …

The Environmental Protection Agency moved closer this week toward polluting New York’s Hudson River. But don’t be shocked. That’s what happens when agency policy decisions meet the political ambitions of EPA Administrator Christie Todd Whitman. The EPA is trying to force the General Electric Company to spend $500 million in …

Dear Gail — My husband is retired, collecting a company pension and his Social Security. I am still working and now contributing the max to my 401k plan. Because I took a new job in the middle of last year with a substantial increase, we find that we will owe …

LOS ANGELES – From otters to insects, the Endangered Species Act protects America’s animal and plant life … often to the detriment of humans. In Klamath Falls, Ore., environmentalists used the act to rob farmers of their water, awarding 100 percent of it to the fish instead. “We weren’t just …