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2011 MTV Movie Awards Winners: ‘Twilight’ Triumphs

‘The Twilight Saga: Eclipse’ dominated the 2011 MTV Movie Awards, winning five awards, including the night’s most coveted prize, Best Movie.

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Weekend Box Office: ‘X-Men: First Class’ Underwhelms

As many predicted, ‘X-Men: First Class’ easily took the top spot at the box office this weekend.

Still, the Marvel reboot, which traced the beginnings of the ‘X-Men’ characters, managed to fall well below expectations, taking in just $56.0 million. To put things in perspective: That’s the lowest debut by an ‘X-Men’ movie since the franchise launched in 2000, with $54.5 million.

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Woman Struck By Lightning During Wilderness Survival Class

For someone who was at the wrong place at the wrong time, a Florida woman sure found herself at the right place at the right time.

The unidentified woman was struck by lightning while attending a wilderness survival class Wednesday in Charlemont, Massachusetts.


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Blake Shelton Performs ‘Don’t You Wanna Stay’ With Kelly Clarkson

Last week Blake Shelton and Reba McEntire performed two shows in Durant, Oklahoma and raised $500,000 for Tornado Relief.

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Woman Has Same Bank Account For 98 Years [VIDEO]

When June Gregg finds something that works for her, she sticks with it.

The Chillicothe, Ohio woman, who recently turned 100, has defied the volatile nature of today's financial world by using the same savings account at the same bank since 1913.


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Meet Tonje Langeteig, Norway’s Answer to Rebecca Black

If you've ever wondered what viral video sensation Rebecca Black would sound like if she wasn't a native English speaker, you may want to check out Tonje Langeteig's 'I Don't Wanna Be a Crappy Housewife.'

In the Norway native's music video, Langeteig seems to be channeling the fabulously awful sound and cheesy visuals from Black's infamous single, 'Friday,' even though she's an adult with a somewhat tenuous command of the English language.


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Trace Adkins’ Home Destroyed By Fire

Trace Adkins home was destroyed by a fire Saturday afternoon.  Taste of Country reported that the Tennessee Brentwood Fire Department responded to the scene, but unfortunately, it’s being called a “total loss.”

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Company Offers Year’s Supply of Pabst Blue Ribbon to New Employee

Job applicants often have to find creative ways to help their cause. It works the opposite way in the world of high-tech business.

San Francisco-based start-up company Hipster has rolled out an unusual promotion to hire that special someone to take the firm to the next level. It’s offering $10,000 and a year’s supply of Pabst Blue Ribbon to the lucky soul who it adds to the payroll.

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Tiger Woods Named World’s Highest-Paid Athlete

Sure, he’s struggled recently on the links, lost endorsement deals and gone through a divorce, but not even all that can stop Tiger Woods from raking in the cash.

Woods has come out on top of Forbes’ list of the highest-paid athletes in the world.

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Police Fire Gunshots at Concrete Alligator [VIDEO]

How scary are alligators? So scary they don’t even need to be real to cause a commotion.

Three police officers in Independence, Missouri fired gunshots at a gator near a pond last Sunday before realizing it was actually a lawn ornament.

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Solar-Powered Bikinis Putting a Charge Into Sunbathing

If you happen to see a young lass in a metallic-textured bikini this summer, that doesn't necessarily mean she's trying to make a fashion statement.

In fact, she might be using her beachwear to power up her cell phone.


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Operation Santa Helping Our Deployed Men And Women

Operation Santa started in 2005 and since then they've shipped 153,737 stockings to our troops in Iraq, Afghanistan, Japan, South Korea, Djibouti, Algeria, Kosovo, Bosnia, and Kuwait. 

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