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The bowling lane at Pleasant Valley Recreation Center in Altoona, Pa, where President Elect Barack Obama famously bowled gutter balls during a campaign stop, is now up for bid on eBay to raise money for the Special Olympics.
Venue co-owners Jean Montgomery and Bob DiVentura have put Lane 21 up for sale through the online [...]

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Kanye West’s love may not be the only thing that needs to be put on lockdown—his fists might also want to consider it.
The rapper was arrested on suspicion of assault in Newcastle, England, early this morning, after allegedly getting into a physical altercation with a paparazzo.
Northumbria Police have confirmed to E! News that a 31-year-old [...]

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Grieving the loss of his mother to cancer in September, Terrence Howard is now starting to get his life back on track.
“I know that I have been quiet but I had a lot going on,” the actor, 39, says on his MySpace blog. “But I am slowly pulling it together.”
The Oscar-nominated star of Hustle [...]

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Charles McGaney

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His name is Charles Y. McGaney, and just as City Hall officials thought, he lives one block behind the Northwood Shopping Center. He’s local. From the neighborhood. And now he’s been arrested in the Sept. 20 fatal shooting of former Councilman Kenneth N. Harris Sr.
Police last night charged McGaney in an arrest warrant with first and second-degree murder, [...]

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The Gap considered removing smiling portraits of Jennifer Hudson from its new holiday ads after her recent tragedy, but decided to keep the images after the grieving star said she wanted to go ahead with the campaign, a representative for the clothing chain said Friday.
“We felt that it was really important first and foremost to [...]

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The third season debut of BET’s original series “Keyshia Cole: The Way It Is” has just become the network’s most watched original series season premiere telecast of all time.
A total of 1.4 million households and 1.94 million viewers tuned in on Tuesday night (Nov. 11), giving the show’s season debut a 1.54 coverage rating, [...]

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Chicago rapper Twista recently announced that he will team up with Chicago Bears fullback Jason McKie and wide receiver Brandon Lloyd to present Monday Night With the Kids, and event to give back to the kids of the community.
During this event, all three celebs will play various video games and spend time with thirty children [...]

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Four years ago today marks one of the most tragic days in my life, when I lost my son Rusty, whom many of you know as Ol’ Dirty Bastard. For the past four years I have sat back and watched certain individuals try and tarnish my son’s beliefs. My son loved every single one of [...]

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MTV News is reporting that the long gestating “Munsters” remake from the Wayans Bros is finally close to seeing daylight.
Shawn Wayans and the team behind “Scary Movie” and “Little Man” are currently finalizing work on their third draft of the script.
“I’m almost ready. It’s almost ready to be shot,” Wayans said during a [...]

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President-elect Barack Obama told journalist and Daddy’s Promise founder Ed Gordon he wants his daughters, Malia and Sasha, to “feel they can excel athletically, intellectually, politically, socially whatever passions they have I want them to be able to pursue.”
The full (video) statement can be seen on daddyspromise.com.
“Obama, his wife Michelle and their two daughters have become [...]

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The daughter of one of the founding members of legendary gospel group the Clark Sisters, Kierra Sheard, has grown up in powerhouse gospel.
At a very young age, “little Kiki” was joining her mother, Karen Clark-Sheard, on stage to belt out verses.
But that young “Kiki” is now a woman on her own. Adding even more rhythm [...]

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Jennifer Hudson expressed her heartfelt gratitude Thursday for the public support she’s received since last month’s tragic loss of her mother, brother and nephew.
“I want to thank each and every one of you for your thoughts and prayers during this difficult time,” the Oscar winner, 27, wrote on her MySpace Celebrity blog under the heading, [...]

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A rep for Whitney Houston’s label Arista Records is denying reports that a photo of the singer that recently appeared online is the cover art for her new comeback album.
“The allegedly ‘new’ Whitney Houston album cover circulating throughout the Internet is not a legitimate album cover for Ms. Houston’s forthcoming Arista disc,” read a [...]

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