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'Baby Mama' bounces to No. 1 at box office.

Summer movie season starts early as Robert Downey Jr. stars as Tony Stark Iron Man in the Jon Favreau-directed superhero movie, the first Marvel Studios production. Traveling to Afghanistan (actually, it's nearby Lone Pine, Calif.) to demonstrate a new weapon system, Tony gets kidnapped by noticeably cranky jihadists who consider him "the most famous mass-murderer in the history of America" and want him to build them one of his "masterpieces of death" in the dank cave they've imprisoned him in. Though his heart has been damaged by (how ironic!) shrapnel from one of the bombs his company created, Tony, it turns out, is not a man to mess with. Turning dour and serious, he fools the jihadists, who show themselves to be bears of very little brain, and constructs his first Iron Man suit, which makes him look like an especially fierce refrigerator-freezer. read more latimes.com

David Blaine breaks world record for holding one's breath.

CHICAGO -- David Blaine took on a Zen-like appearance in the water tank as the minutes ticked by during his attempt to set a new breath-holding record. Oprah Winfrey, however, was anything but calm Submerged in a water-filled sphere on the stage of "The Oprah Winfrey Show" during a live broadcast, Blaine held his breath for 17 minutes and 4 seconds. That bested the previous record of 16 minutes and 32 seconds, set Feb. 10 by Switzerland's Peter Colat, according to Guinness World Records read more -latimes.com

'Pixie dust' helps man grow new finger.

A man who sliced off the end of his finger in an accident has re-grown the digit thanks to pioneering regenerative medicine. Lee Spievak, 69, severed half an inch from his fingertip after getting it caught in the propellor of a model plane. But over four months he watched as a perfectly-formed replacement grew from his stump, complete with tissue, nerves, nail, skin, and fingerprint. Doctors now hope that the treatment - using a powder called extra cellular matrix - could be used to repair severely burnt skin, or even damaged organs. read more -telegraph.co.uk

Dinosaur Dung Sells At NYC Auction For Nearly $1,000.

(AP) A pile of dinosaur dung 130 million years old sold at a New York auction Wednesday for nearly $1,000. The prehistoric deposit fetched $960, said a spokeswoman for Bonhams New York. Its pre-auction estimate was $450. The fossilized dung is from the Jurassic era, the auction house said. It looks like a rock on the outside and a colorful mineral inside. The buyer was Steve Tsengas of Fairport Harbor, Ohio. The 71-year-old owns OurPets, a company that sells products to treat dog and cat waste. read more -cbsnews.com

Serial sex attack suspect John Xydias pleads guilty.

A MAN believed to be one of Australia's worst serial sex offenders has pleaded guilty to one rape and is expected to plead guilty to another 85 rapes and indecent assaults. John Xydias, 44, of Glen Iris in Melbourne's east, today pleaded guilty in the Victorian Supreme Court to one count of rape. His lawyer, Remy van de Wiel QC, indicated Xydias would plead guilty to a further 85 charges of rape and indecent assault. When asked by Justice Philip Cummins' associate how he pleaded on one of the counts, Xydias replied "guilty". Mr van de Wiel then told the court his client intended to plead guilty to a further 85 charges. read more -news.com.au

16-pound tumor removed from girl's face.

MIAMI - A Vietnamese girl is finally free of a disfiguring 16-pound (7-kilogram) facial tumor, after a surgery that lasted at least 12 hours in Miami. The Schwannoma tumor had consumed the lower half of 15-year-old Lai Thi Dao's face. It had been growing since she was 3 and eventually accounted for roughly one-third of her body weight. Doctors at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Medical Center tell The Miami Herald that Lai's tumor was one of the largest ever reported. The growth had threatened to cut off her airway. read more -msnbc.msn.com

Stalker: I met Uma Thurman in a previous life.

A former psychiatric patient accused of stalking Uma Thurman told her parents he would kill himself if he was not allowed to talk to her. In telephone calls to Miss Thurman's mother and brother, and at least 19 emails to her father, Jack Jordan said he believed he and the Hollywood actress had met in a previous life and would never be happy unless they were together. Jordan, 37, who is accused of stalking and aggravated harassment, spent hours loitering on the steps of Miss Thurman's Manhattan home and once managed to visit her trailer on a film set, the New York court heard. read more -telegraph.co.uk

Mariah Carey Surprisingly Effective In "Tennessee".

NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - It's slightly unfair to describe "Tennessee," which had its world premiere at the recent Tribeca Film Festival, as the new Mariah Carey movie, but that's the way most people will talk about it. Carey is not the main character in this story of two brothers trying to make peace with their past, but her presence will give this road picture a whole other level of visibility. The picture has something else going for it: a religious undercurrent that could resonate in the heartland. Carter (Adam Rothenberg) and younger brother Ellis (Ethan Peck) fled an abusive father years ago and are living in New Mexico. But when Ellis is diagnosed with leukemia, they decide to travel back to Tennessee to see whether their father might be a match for the bone marrow transplant that Ellis needs. read more -telegraph.co.uk

Indictment: Missing girl was beaten, denied medical care.

AURORA, Colo.—A young girl who is missing and presumed dead had been repeatedly beaten and locked in a closet for hours because she wet herself, according to an indictment released Wednesday. The 60-count indictment against Aaron Thompson paints a grim picture of brutality against his daughter Aarone (EHR'-in-ay) and seven other children in his suburban Aurora home. Investigators believe Aarone may have died as early as 2003, when she was 4 years old. Thompson reported her missing in November 2005, when she would have been 6. The indictment accuses Thompson of fatal child abuse, concealing a death for two years, assault with a deadly weapon and conspiracy. It also implicates Thompson's girlfriend, Shely Lowe, who died in May 2006 of heart problems. Thompson faces up to 54 years in prison if convicted on all counts read more -boston.com

500-year-old shipwreck found by diamond firm .

A Namibian diamond company, Namdeb, said on Wednesday that it found the wreck during mining operations in the Atlantic. "The site yielded a wealth of objects including six bronze cannon, several tons of copper, more than 50 elephant tusks, pewter tableware, navigational instruments, weapons and thousands of Spanish and Portuguese gold coins, minted in the late 1400s and early 1500s," said Hilifa Mbako, a company spokesman. Dieter Noli, an archaeologist, identified the cannon as Spanish, dating from about 1500. .read more -telegraph.co.uk

Raging Maine River Floods Homes, Threatens Historic Event .

About 600 people were evacuated in the Fort Kent area, and the downtown became a ghost town. Blue lights flashed at most intersections as police, sheriff's deputies and the Border Patrol blocked off water-covered streets. There were no reports of injuries. At least 3 inches of rain combined with melting snow to raise the St. John to a record-setting 30 feet — about 5 feet above flood stage — causing water to begin rising on Main Street. Officials were waiting overnight to see if the waters would spill over a levee that protects the downtown. The previous record crest of 27.3 feet was set in 1979. read more -foxnews.com

Boat passengers 'ignored warnings'.

Four women and a man, aged in their late teens or early 20s, were killed when the 7m half-cabin runabout and a lobster boat collided near Bradley's Head at 2.45am (AEST). Nine others on the runabout - an 18-year-old woman and eight men aged in their 20s and early 30s - were injured in the collision. Police and the boat's owner have said the boat, only meant to carry eight people, was overloaded with 14 aboard. read more- news.com.au

7 Western tourists killed in Egypt bus accident.

EL-ARISH, Egypt - A bus carrying dozens of Canadian and European tourists overturned Thursday and caught fire on a desert highway in Egypt's Sinai peninsula, killing at least seven passengers and wounding at least 16, an emergency official said. The bus was carrying around 40 tourists, mostly from Canada, Italy and Eastern Europe from the Sinai resort of Sharm el-Sheik to the Egyptian capital, Cairo, said Dr. Said Issa, director of emergency services in the Sinai. It overturned at a sharp curve in the highway at Abu Zenima, an area about 70 kilometers (40 miles) southeast of the Suez Canal, then a fire swept through the bus, Issa said.
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