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rumor stories: 42 news summaries

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Nicollette Rings In Birthday With David Spade Hookup

Abandons Housewives co-stars to smooch

Nov 23, 08 3:51 PM CST
(Newser) - Nicollette Sheridan went out to celebrate her birthday with colleagues and ended up smooching in a booth with David Spade, Us reports. Sheridan arrived at a Beverly Hills restaurant Friday with Desperate Housewives co-stars Felicity Huffman, Neal McDonough, and Kyle MacLachlan to celebrate her 45th. Then Spade winked at her... More »

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celebrity • birthday • Desperate Housewives • rumor • Nicollette Sheridan • David Spade

Gwyneth's Weekend Romp Fuels Divorce Rumors

Miami fun sparks rumors with resort owner

Nov 19, 08 4:15 PM CST
(Newser) - Something's fishy in Miami, and it's not the tacos. Gwyneth Paltrow flew down for a Victoria's Secret fashion show but spent her time feeding divorce rumors by frolicking on yachts with resort owner and just-a-friend Jeff Soffer, and pals Alex Rodriguez and Kate Hudson. Paltrow hardly seemed a happily married... More »

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Miami • Alex Rodriguez • celebrity • Gwyneth Paltrow • rumor • celebrity divorces • Chris Martin • Jeff Soffer

(Newser) - Hillary Clinton today good-naturedly refused to address rampant rumors that she's under consideration to be Secretary of State in the Obama administration, the Journal News reports. Appearing in Albany at a conference on public transportation, she said, "I have to start by saying I'm very happy there is so... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • rumor • President Obama

The Rumors
the Press
Won't Cover

Most don't pass the smell test, and some are just plain nuts

Oct 31, 08 11:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - It’s been a year for political rumors and paranoia. In Politico, Ben Smith rounds up some of the salacious tidbits readers keep haranguing the press to cover.
  • Obama’s not a citizen. At first, this rumor focused on having a parent born elsewhere, then moved on to suggesting
... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • rumor • Election 2008

Iranian Prez's Illness
Nothing Serious, MP Says

Rumors to contrary are just political 'ploy'

Oct 26, 08 11:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - The irrepressible Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is suffering from exhaustion, but it won’t keep him down for long, an MP told an Iranian news agency. Rumors that the Iranian president is very sick are “psychological warfare,” “an old ploy” designed to undermine him among fundamentalists before next June’... More »

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Iran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • illness • rumor

Duchovny Kicks Up Racket Over Cheating Story

Star sues Daily Mail for printing rumor he strayed with tennis pro

Oct 23, 08 12:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - David Duchovny sued a British newspaper yesterday for the media flap it created by claiming the actor cheated on his wife with a tennis player, Reuters reports. The Daily Mail's story "is false—it never happened," the lawsuit states. Duchovny, who split from wife Tea Leoni several months... More »

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lawsuit • David Duchovny • rumor • British tabloids • Tea Leoni

 Hillary Didn't Really 
 Want VP Slot: Bill 

Clinton would've paired up with Obama only out of sense of 'duty'

Sep 22, 08 6:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - Even as rumors continue to bounce around the Internet that Hillary Clinton could end up on the Democratic ticket, she never wanted to—and would only have accepted the VP slot out of a sense of duty, Bill Clinton said on The View today. “Not really, she didn’t,... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Joe Biden • The View • Bill Clinton • rumor • Election 2008

United Shares Dive 99.92%
on False Bankruptcy Report

6-year-old story posted on newspaper site picked up across financial world

Sep 8, 08 12:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - Trading in United Airlines shares was halted today on the New York Stock Exchange after a false bankruptcy report made them nearly worthless, the New York Times reports. At one point, the airlines’ shares fell 99.92%, to a single cent, after a reporter incorrectly republished a 6-year-old story about... More »

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stock market • bankruptcy • United Airlines • South Florida Sun Sentinel • rumor

Woman Denies Husband Was Palin's Lover

'1000%' certain there was no hanky panky, says ex wife

Sep 6, 08 11:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - The  former wife of Todd Palin's business partner has denied rumors that her ex-husband, Scott Richter, had an affair with Sarah Palin, Us magazine reports. "I can tell you with 1000% certainty, Sarah Palin never had an affair," said Debbie Richter, who was treasurer of Palin's gubernatorial campaign... More »

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Alaska • affair • rumor • Sarah Palin • Wasilla

Obama Denies Connection
to Palin Family Rumors

Candidates' private lives 'shouldn't be part of our politics,' Dem says

Sep 1, 08 4:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama sharply denied today any connection to rumors about Sarah Palin’s family, the Chicago Tribune reports. A John McCain staffer said earlier sites with “Barack Obama's name on them” were among those spreading the rumor that Palin’s 17-year-old daughter was the real mother of her youngest... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • pregnancy • presidential campaign • rumor • Sarah Palin • party politics • Bristol Palin

ANALYSIS

 Makeover Rumored for Nano 

Apple insider Rose says iPod will get a new screen; iTunes set for big changes, too

Aug 25, 08 2:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rumors are flying about a makeover for the iPod family in the coming weeks, with the biggest changes in store for the Nano, Ian Paul writes in PC World. The baby of the clan may soon have a much larger and tapered widescreen, according to Apple-watcher Kevin Rose, who also... More »

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Apple • iPod • iPod Nano • tech sector • rumor

SEC Aims to Check False Rumors on Wall Street

Feds worried about false info in skittish market, but nailing culprits is tough task

Jul 14, 08 9:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - After months of urging from business, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced plans yesterday to clamp down on the rumor mill that can induce Wall Street gyrations with false information. Last week's market turbulence pushed the feds to make the move before this week's trading, the New York Times reports—... More »

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Wall Street • investigation • Bear Stearns • SEC • Lehman Brothers • rumor • securities fraud

Bloomberg Defends Obama Before Jewish Audience

NYC mayos asks Floridians to be vigilant against false rumors

Jun 20, 08 11:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - NYC Mayor Mike Bloomberg today urged Jewish voters in Florida to denounce and speak out against false rumors that paint Barack Obama as a secret Muslim, the AP reports. Bloomberg—mentioned as a potential VP for both White House contenders—spoke out against the campaign that plays off "fears... More »

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Barack Obama • Michael Bloomberg • rumor • the Jewish vote

Ashlee Auctions Rights to Cover 'Secret' Wedding

Reportedly has 7-figure offer for Saturday's hush-hush nuptials

May 15, 08 11:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rumor has it that one media outlet is offering seven figures to cover Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz’s maybe-shotgun wedding, an affair so secretive that not even the guests know where it will be. Friends and family were sent an e-vite (yes, an e-vite), telling them only to book... More »

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celebrity • wedding • rumor • celebrity pregnancy • Pete Wentz • Ashlee Simpson

 Is Beyoncé
 Eating
 For Two? 

Pregnancy rumors heightened by star's recent weight gain

May 13, 08 11:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Is Beyoncé starting to show? Friends of the hush-hush songbird, who won't even admit she married hip-hop impresario Jay-Z last month, say the newlywed is expecting the couple's first child. "When she gains weight, she normally does the Def Jam detox, but not now," a source told the... More »

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Beyonce • rumor • celebrity pregnancy • Jay-Z

 Baby Bump for Brit? 

Photo of shopping singer starts rumor mill

May 12, 08 12:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Britney "bump watch" is on now that the Daily Mail has caught Spears resting a "protective" hand around her slightly rounded belly. Baby, maybe—or too many milkshakes. The singer was shopping in sweats and a T-shirt when a photographer snapped her clasping her abdomen. She’s... More »

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Britney Spears • baby • celebrity • rumor • celebrity pregnancy • British tabloids

 Is America's 
 Wild Child 
 Growing Up? 

Paris Hilton talks about her domestic makeover

May 9, 08 12:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - What's this? America’s wild child Paris Hilton says she’d rather "cook great lasagna" and "play Monopoly" than hit the club scene—and next up she wants a baby and a wedding. "When I was younger I loved to go out, but now that I'm in... More »

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New York City • Paris Hilton • rumor • Benji Madden

Obama Rebuttal of Muslim Slurs May Hurt, Not Help

Viral videos could make public suspicious candidate is hiding something

Jan 24, 08 7:30 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama is refuting an Internet smear campaign about his religious beliefs with a viral video campaign of his own, but social psychologists and folklore experts say the move could backfire—and instead persuade the uninitiated that the lies carry weight. Obama's campaign site enables users to send the candidate's... More »

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Barack Obama • rumor • Islamic radicals

Lesbian Gossip Trumps Mideast Peace Plan

Tabloid buzz draws more readers from hard news; CJR upset

Dec 3, 07 6:26 PM CST
(Newser) - Sure, Condoleezza Rice is trying to broker Mideast peace, but isn't she really gay? Like Hillary Clinton? And isn't John Edwards having an affair? A recent spate of articles has swung the political spotlight on gossip, the Times of London reports—and the Columbia Journalism Review is so concerned that... More »

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Hillary Clinton • John Edwards • New York Times • Washington Post • Condoleezza Rice • National Enquirer • rumor

Microsoft to Buy Yahoo: Blogger

Says software company has sent a clear signal of intent

Nov 18, 07 1:24 PM CST
(Newser) - Microsoft wants to buy Yahoo, blogs Huffington Post’s Henry Blodget—there’s no other way to interpret comments made by a honcho Thursday that the Bill Gates brand plans to up its online search market share from its current 10% to 30%. Do the math, says Blodget: Acquiring Yahoo’... More »

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Yahoo • Microsoft • acquisition • online • search engine • rumor

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