Jennifer Lawrence's No. 1 Fan Lives in Her Old Neighborhood

By Stephen M. Silverman 02/28/2013 at 04:45 PM EST Jennifer Lawrence not only has an Oscar, she has a best friend in Louisville. Ky., where she grew up – and even Lawrence's own mother says this smiling neighborhood kid is a star. His name is Andy Strunk. "Most popular guy in Kentucky," Lawrence, 22, tells Louisville TV station Wave 3. The...

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Iran upbeat on nuclear talks, West still wary

ALMATY (Reuters) - Iran was upbeat on Wednesday after talks with world powers about its nuclear work ended with an agreement to meet again, but Western officials said it had yet to take concrete steps to ease their fears about its atomic ambitions. Rapid progress was unlikely with Iran's presidential election, due in June, raising domestic political tensions, diplomats and analysts had...

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Vinny Guadagnino Rescues a 'Gorgeous' Pit Bull

People Pets By Alison Schwartz 02/27/2013 at 04:35 PM EST Vinny Guadagnino's new dog, Bodhi Courtesy Vinny Guadagnino; Inset: Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic Vinny Guadagnino may need to call former Jersey Shore castmate Snooki for some parenting tips: He's welcomed a furry...

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Vt. lye victim gets new face at Boston hospital

BOSTON (AP) — The 2007 chemical attack left the Vermont nurse unrecognizable to anyone who knew her.But now Carmen Blandin Tarleton's face has changed again following a facial transplant this month.Doctors at Brigham & Women's Hospital in Boston said Wednesday that the 44-year-old's surgery included transplanting a female donor's facial skin to Tarleton's neck, nose and lips, along with facial...

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Italy parties seek way out of election stalemate

ROME (Reuters) - Italy's stunned political parties searched for a way forward on Tuesday after an inconclusive election gave none of them a parliamentary majority and threatened prolonged instability and a renewal of the European financial crisis. The results, notably the dramatic surge of the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement of comic Beppe Grillo, left the center-left bloc with a majority...

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10 Things We Learned from the Oscars

Charlize Theron's secret talent! Anne Hathaway's Prada ta-da! See what we took away from Sunday's show Credit: FameFlynet Updated: Monday Feb 25, 2013 | 04:00 PM EST By: Alison Schwartz Subscribe Now ...

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C. Everett Koop, 'rock star' surgeon general, dies

NEW YORK (AP) — Dr. C. Everett Koop has long been regarded as the nation's doctor— even though it has been nearly a quarter-century since he was surgeon general.Koop, who died Monday at his home in Hanover, N.H., at age 96, was by far the best known and most influential person to carry that title. Koop, a 6-foot-1 evangelical Presbyterian with a biblical prophet's beard, donned a public health uniform...

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Wall Street trips and falls on cloudy Italian election

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks on Monday suffered their biggest drop since November after a strong showing in Italian elections by groups opposed to the country's economic reforms triggered worry that Europe's debt problems could once again destabilize the global economy. The decline marks the biggest percentage drop for the benchmark Standard & Poor's 500 Index since November7, and...

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Huge protest vote pushes Italy towards deadlock

ROME (Reuters) - A huge protest vote by Italians enraged by economic hardship and political corruption pushed the country towards deadlock after an election on Monday, with voting projections showing no coalition strong enough to form a government. With more than two thirds of the vote counted, the projections suggested the center left could have a slim lead in the race for the lower...

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10 Unforgettable Oscar Quotes

Seth MacFarlane jabs the Academy on Ben Affleck's behalf, Jennifer Lawrence's hunger pains and more one-liners from Hollywood's biggest night Credit: Mark Davis/WireImage Updated: Monday Feb 25, 2013 | 02:10 AM EST By: Brooke Showell Subscribe Now ...

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