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• Poker Texas Holdem Tips Strategies Reviews Rules - Pokerellas.com
  Pokerellas.com is a free poker resource page, providing poker strategies and tips to become a successful poker player online. Here you will find information on how to play the game of Poker Texas hold'em.
• Woody Harrelson weds longtime love in Maui
  Woody Harrelson and his longtime love have officially wed.
• Woody Harrelson weds longtime love in Maui
  Woody Harrelson and his longtime love have officially wed.
• Woody Harrelson weds longtime love in Maui
  Woody Harrelson and his longtime love have officially wed.
• USC FB Stanley Havili won't play in Rose Bowl
  Southern California fullback Stanley Havili is academically ineligible for the Rose Bowl against Penn State on Thursday.
• Defiant Ill. governor fills Obama's Senate seat
  A defiant Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Tuesday named a black political trailblazer to Barack Obama's Senate seat, a surprise move that put the governor's opponents in the uncomfortable position of trying to block his choice from becoming the Senate's only black member.
• Dane Cook's Biz Manager Not a Standup Sibling?
  Dane Cook's business manager has blown his chances at being Employee of the Month.
• Blagojevich defies critics by naming Senator
  Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich defied fellow Democrats by appointing a successor on Tuesday to fill Barack Obama's vacant U.S. Senate seat -- the seat the governor is charged with trying to sell to the highest bidder.
• Israel weighs 48-hour halt to Gaza air campaign
  Israel, under international pressure, is considering a 48-hour halt to its punishing four-day air campaign on Hamas targets in Gaza to see if Palestinian militants will stop their rocket attacks on southern Israel, Israeli officials said Tuesday. Any offer would be coupled with a threat to send in ground troops if the rocket fire continues.
• Warren's inauguration prayer could draw more ire
  President-elect Barack Obama's choice of Rick Warren to deliver the inaugural invocation drew one kind of protest. Whether the evangelical pastor offers the prayer in the name of Jesus may draw another. At George W. Bush's 2001 swearing-in, the Revs. Franklin Graham and Kirbyjon Caldwell were criticized for invoking Christ. The distinctly Christian reference at a national civic event offended some, and even prompted a lawsuit.
• Are Holly Madison & Criss Angel Hunting for an Engagement Ring?
  Will there be a double wedding at the Playboy Mansion this summer?
• Robert Plant and Terry Pratchett win UK honors
  Rock singer Robert Plant, fantasy author Terry Pratchett and Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton were all honored by Britain's Queen Elizabeth on Wednesday.
• Resolving to Break an Addictive Habit?
  TUESDAY, Dec. 30 (HealthDay News) -- No matter the addiction -- drugs, gambling, shopping, smoking, alcohol or more -- people who want to kick their habit in the new year might find help in a new Harvard University publication.
• Gene Mutation Tied to Inherited Fatal Lung Disease
  TUESDAY, Dec. 30 (HealthDay News) -- A mutation in a gene previously found to help protect the lungs against toxins may also be linked to lung cancer and some inherited cases of a lethal lung disease affecting older adults, a new study says.
• As teams search for coaches, Shanahan joins list
  NFL teams searching for coaches saw a big name stunningly burst onto their radar screens.
• Russia handles Slovakia 8-1
  Nikita Filatov scored three goals and Russia remained perfect at the world junior hockey championship with an 8-1 win over Slovakia on Tuesday.
• NBA Rockets ink Mutombo
  The Houston Rockets on Tuesday found a familiar face to serve as backup for Chinese center Yao Ming, re-signing 42-year-old Dikembe Mutombo.
• Fed aims to buy $500 billion in MBS by mid-year
  The U.S. Federal Reserve on Tuesday moved forward aggressively with an effort to drive down mortgage costs, setting a goal of buying $500 billion in mortgage-backed securities by mid-2009.
• New NASA report details final minutes of Columbia
  When the first of many loud alarms sounded on the space shuttle Columbia, the seven astronauts had about a minute to live, though they didn't know it. The pilot, William McCool, pushed several buttons trying to right the ship as it tumbled out of control. He didn't know it was futile. Most of the crew were following NASA procedures, spending more time preparing the shuttle than themselves for the return to Earth.
• Kennedy's 'you knows' become political fodder
  If Caroline Kennedy had, you know, only known. Tracking the would-be New York senator's verbal tics has become a political parlor game in the days since she gave her first round of in-depth interviews, even spawning a hip-hop-style mash-up online blending her "you knows" with President-elect Barack Obama's "uhs."
• Gary Coleman has habit of police involvement
  Gary Coleman, who makes it no secret that he likes his privacy and wants to be left alone, chose to settle in small-town Utah ? far away from the paparazzi and autograph seekers of his former life as a TV star.
• Broncos fire coach Mike Shanahan after collapse
  Mike Shanahan became the latest and most stunning victim of the NFL coaching purge, fired Tuesday by the Denver Broncos after a late-season collapse knocked the team out of the playoffs for the third straight year. Shanahan joined Eric Mangini, Rod Marinelli and Romeo Crennel on the unemployment line after going 24-24 over the last three seasons, including three straight losses in 2008 that turned a three-game division lead to an 8-8 record.
• Sharapova hopes to be fit for Australian title defence
  Maria Sharapova says she hopes to be fit to defend her title at the Australian Open in January, despite pulling out of an exhibition event in Hong Kong next month.
• Report: Jets' Favre has torn biceps tendon
  Jets quarterback Brett Favre reportedly has a torn biceps tendon in his right arm that will not need major surgery to repair, ESPN said Tuesday.
• Rapper DMX pleads guilty to drug, theft charges
  DMX has reached a plea deal on multiple drug possession, theft and animal cruelty charges.
• "Australia" another letdown for Nicole Kidman
  Maybe Crocodile Dundee should have starred in "Australia."
• Fed to start buying mortgage-backed securities
  The Federal Reserve said Tuesday that it will begin purchasing up to $500 billion in mortgage-backed securities early next month in an effort to bolster the long-suffering housing market.
• DMX Cuts a Deal on Dog, Drug, Theft Charges
  Perhaps DMX has seen the error of his ways and is looking to make a fresh start in 2009.
• Villa leapfrog Arsenal into Champions League position
  Aston Villa leapfrogged Arsenal