Marvin Harrison's Accuser Found Shot 7 Times

Dwight Dixon–the man who accused NFL receiving legend Marvin Harrison of shooting him in 2008–was found leaning against his car in Philadelphia yesterday morning. With seven bullet holes in his body. He was rushed to the hospital in critical condition.
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Big Brother U.K. Contestant Electrocutes Housemates For Fun

Basically, the housemates had to pass a metal ring over a twisting electrified bar, and if the ring touched the bar, other housemates got an electric shock (hence the ridiculous suits, I believe). One of the guys just repeatedly touches the ring to the bar, intentionally shocking his housemates over and over again.
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George Lucas is Hollywood's Highest Paid with $170M/Year

"My question: if George Lucas is making $170 million a year and Jerry Bruckheimer $100, why are their movies still such sucky, shameless cash grabs?  Once you’ve made more money than you could ever spend, wouldn’t you want to do something that you can actually be proud of? "
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Steve Carell's Animation Movie 'Despicable me' Trailer

"This trailer for Despicable Me (from Universal and Illumination Entertainment) looks promising. If only because it kept making me go “Wha?” "
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Breaking: School Board Overreacts

The “braintrust” running Walkersville High School in Frederick County (MD) have lost their damn minds. They fired their girls’ softball coach after he hosted a team party where alcohol was served…wait for it…TO THE PARENTS.
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NBA Salary Cap Lowered For 2009-2010

The figure the league announced Tuesday night was about $1 million less than last season’s cap of $58.68 million, even though league-wide revenue rose 2.5 percent. The number is expected to drop further next season when the full effect of the economic difficulties hits.
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Sci Fi Becomes 'SyFy' Today, Nerds Pissed

As previously reported, today’s the day that the Sci Fi Channel changes its name to Syfy. And science fiction fans feel like their girlfriend is dumping them because she got a makeover and wants to hang out with cooler kids now.so Syfy digital exec (or “head Syfylist”) Craig Engler has taken to answering questions on Syfy’s Twitter feed.
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Hilarious News Reporter Bloopers and Out-Takes

Many of the clips in this compilation will be immediately recognizable to crusty veterans of the Internet (”We lost a lotta good men on Friendster”). But even if you’ve seen them before, it’s nice to have them all packaged together to relive your favorites and see how they hold up over time.
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Soulja Boy Threatens to Quit

Soulja Boy had some frustration to get off his chest on Wednesday night, so he launched into a 2-hour Twitter tirade about "crackers" and his struggles as an artist.
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'The Last Airbender' Trailer

The Last Airbender is Manny Shyamalan’s adaptation of the animated Nickelodeon cartoon starring the sullen kid from Slumdog Millionaire
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