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  Contest held for world's ugliest dog in California

  World | June 24, 2012 8:44 IST

  Petaluma,  Jun 24: A Chinese crested's short snout, beady eyes and white whiskers earned it the title of World's Ugliest Dog at the annual contest in Northern California on Friday.Competing for fame, 1,000 US dollars

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  Huge Marilyn Monroe statue arrives in Palm Springs

  World | May 17, 2012 15:56 IST

  Palm Springs, California, May 17: A massive statue of Marilyn Monroe has arrived in the desert resort city of Palm Springs.The Los Angeles Times says the 26-foot (85-foot)-tall, 34,000-pound (15,422-kilogram) statue arrived Monday morning.Chamber of

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  Titleholder of living longest with bullet in head dies

  World | April 27, 2012 8:35 IST

  Turlock (California), Apr 27: The man who holds the Guinness World Record for living the longest with a bullet in his head has died in Central California at age 103.The Modesto Bee reports that William

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  Rubber chicken sent to space by US school students

  World | April 23, 2012 9:25 IST

  Los Angeles, Apr 23:  Students of Bishop Union High School in California last month  sent a rubber chicken to space to study a solar storm. The bird, called Camilla, was attached to a helium balloon

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  Police Find Stolen Guitars Of Tom Petty And Band

  Hollywood | April 18, 2012 19:23 IST

  California, Apr 18: It was a heartbreaker for Tom Petty and the band when someone stole five of their precious guitars from a soundstage, but it was music to their ears when police in California

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  Hitler Wanted To Rule From Hollywood

  World | March 19, 2012 16:07 IST

  London, Mar 19: German dictator Adolf Hitler had a secret Nazi ranch near Hollywood in Los Angeles in the US state of California from where he intended to rule the world had his country won

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  Houston Laid To Rest, With Honour And Peace

  Hollywood | February 20, 2012 17:47 IST

  New Jersey, Feb 20: Whitney Houston was laid to rest at a private ceremony in New Jersey on Sunday.Earlier the hearse with her coffin left the Whigham Funeral Home in Newark, followed by limousines carrying

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  Franklin Not Expected To Attend Houston Funeral

  Hollywood | February 18, 2012 20:45 IST

  New Jersey, Feb 18: Aretha Franklin is no longer planning to sing at the funeral for Whitney Houston.Franklin had been expected to sing. A person close to the Houston family but not authorized to speak

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  Family And Friends Gather For Houston Goodbye

  Hollywood | February 18, 2012 20:09 IST

  New Jersey, Feb 18: To the world, Whitney Houston was the pop queen with the perfect voice, the dazzling diva with regal beauty, a troubled superstar suffering from addiction and, finally, another victim of the

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  Christina Aguilera Appears Bra-less To Promote Talent Hunt Show

  Hollywood | January 08, 2012 10:12 IST

  Los Angeles, Jan 8: Singer Christina Aguilera on friday  appeared bra-less to promote The Voice at the Langham Huntington in California. The 31-year-old singer spoke out about her shape : 'I have a boyfriend that

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  Protesters Halt Operations At Some Western Ports

  World | December 13, 2011 8:27 IST

  Oakland, Dec 13: More than 1,000 Occupy Wall Street protesters blocked cargo trucks at some of the West Coast's busiest ports Monday, forcing terminals in Oakland, California, Portland, Oregon, and Washington state, to halt operations.While

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  Arnold Schwarzenegger Misses Austria, And Schnitzel

  Hollywood | June 21, 2011 17:08 IST

  Vienna, Jun 21 :  Under fire back home in California, Arnold Schwarzenegger is rediscovering the simple, gentler pleasures of Austria, the country of his birth.In Vienna for an environment conference, the former governor of California

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  Reese Witherspoon Puts Honeymoon On Hold To Promote New Movie

  Hollywood | April 06, 2011 21:40 IST

  London, Apr 6: Newlywed actress Reese Witherspoon has postponed her planned honeymoon with husband Jim Toth to promote her latest movie Water For Elephants with Robert Pattinson.The Legally Blonde actress wed the Hollywood agent at

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  Cock Stabs Man To Death In California

  World | February 08, 2011 15:12 IST

  Delano, California, Feb 8 : A U.S. man attending a cockfight has died after being stabbed in the leg by a bird that had a knife attached to its own limb.The Kern County coroner says

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  World Tallest Couple Is In California

  World | November 27, 2010 15:41 IST

  Los Angeles, Nov 27: A Californian couple have become the world's tallest man and wife after a ceremony in Hollywood this week.Guinness Book of World Records bestowed the towering distinction on Wayne and Laurie Hallquist

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  Juliette Lewis Injured In Hit And Run

  Hollywood | October 08, 2010 16:37 IST

  Actress Juliette Lewis was injured in a hit-and-run crash in California, police said.Sgt Sean Kelley said Lewis was a passenger in the back seat of a four-door sedan on Wednesday night when a driver ran

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  Eight Killed After Vehicle Crashes Into Crowd At Race In US

  World | August 15, 2010 16:58 IST

  An off-road truck ploughed into a crowd moments after sailing off a jump at a race in Southern California on Saturday night, killing eight people and leaving 12 injured, authorities and witnesses said.  The accident