Human Barbie Valeria Lukyanova Opens Up to V Magazine

Looking at the photograph of Valeria Lukyanova, left, you might wonder if this Ukrainian internet star really exists outside of the strange land of YouTube, where "living doll" beauty has become a trend.

The picture, however, is from the new issue of V magazine, which flew Lukyanova, known as "the human Barbie," FULL STORY

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Is Barack Obama being a Bad Boy to wife Michelle?

Rumor mills are flying all colors these past two weeks.

And is it 'fair' for us to continue with this?

With infamous National Enquirer naming, or unnaming a white house 'source' stateing that the presidential couple are having a pit' pat and sleeping in separate beds. Hmmmm.

Seem's this all stated at Nelson Mandela's funeral where president Obama and several other world leaders attended to past tribute to the late Mandela. Besides UK prime minister David Cameron and Obama, what the Enquirer called a 'very leggy' Helle Thorning-Schmidt who is the prime minister of Denmark, may perhaps caught Obama's waundering eye big time. But is all this true?

First off, Michelle is from the South side of Chicago and we know she can 'tear some ass'.

But stay turned. I'm quite sure Michelle will get to the bottom of all this.

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Halle Berry for Diabetes

A Public Service Announcement by Halle Berry for the Children's Diabetes Foundation.

Countless lives will be saved by Halle helping to get the symptoms of diabetes out to the public

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SAG-AFTRA Members OK Commercials Contract By 96%

SAG-AFTRA members have overwhelmingly ratified a new three-year commercials contract with 96% support among those voting. It's the first major successor agreement to go into effect under the year-old.

 http://variety.com/2013/tv/news/sag-aftra-members-ok-commercials-contract-by-96-1200490906/

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A decade of slow growth?

By Fareed Zakaria From: Cnn.com: Every year at Davos, people like me try to get a sense of the mood of the place, take the temperature of people in this frosty mountain resort.

Obviously, I will give you a highly impressionistic and personal picture, but it’s one I find useful since Davos does bring together leaders in government, business, media – even the NGO community – from all corners of the world.

It is genuinely global in a way that few conferences are...

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Only 15 States Opt to Run Obamacare Exchanges

Only 15 states have told the federal government they plan to operate health insurance exchanges under President Barack Obama's reform law, leaving Washington with the daunting task of creating online marketplaces for two-thirds of the country.

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Bloomberg: The Fiscal Cliff Will Drive the U.S. Into Recession

House Speaker John Boehner says he was "flabbergasted" when Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner pitched the White House plan to save the nation from the "fiscal cliff." FULL STORY

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6 Ways The Fiscal Cliff Could Affect You

Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke used the term "fiscal cliff," it quickly became the newest Washington buzzphrase. As the deadline to avert the cliff nears, it has overtaken the European debt crisis as the most talked-about story in the financial media.

The fiscal cliff refers to the enactment of a number of laws that would, if not changed before Jan. 1, 2013, FULL STORY

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The U.S. Recovery Has Been Spectacular*

We need a real recovery. That's what Mitt Romney said during the campaign, and he was right.

Five years since the start of the Great Recession, unemployment is still far too high.

It's not for a lack of optimism among policymakers. As Evan Soltas pointed out, the Federal Reserve keeps predicting that prosperity is just around the corner, only to find it's not.

Catchup growth is the new Godot.

U.S.Recovery *Compared to almost every other rich country and almost every other financial crisis.

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Barack Obama wins election for second term as president

President Barack Obama handily defeated Gov. Mitt Romney and won himself a second term Tuesday after a bitter and historically expensive race that was primarily fought in just a handful of battleground states.

Networks project that Obama beat Romney after nabbing the crucial state of Ohio. FULL STORY

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Romney's son apologizes to Obama for 'swing' remark

Tagg Romney, Mitt Romney's oldest son, apologized to President Obama for saying he wanted to "take a swing" at him during debates, Obama aides said.

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MERCEDES-BENZ TO PRESENT “CAROUSEL OF HOPE” OCT. 20 HONORING GEORGE CLOONEY

35 Years After Its Founding, Celebrity-Supported Children’s Diabetes Foundation Has Received Over $75 Million From Star-Studded, Biannual Charity Ball.

Since its founding 35 years ago by Marvin and Barbara Davis, The Carousel of Hope has raised over $75 million on behalf of the Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes in Denver, Colo. Over 6,000 children and adults with type 1 diabetes from around the globe visit regularly for specialized care. The Center also cares for children with type 2 diabetes. Both forms of the disease are increasing at an epidemic rate.

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