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NEWS ABOUT: rumors

rumors stories: 9 news summaries

 Teen 
 Angelina 
 Slept With 
 Mom's Beau 

Star stole mom's lover at age 16, says new book

Oct 28, 09 3:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - Angelina just can’t catch a break: unauthorized biographer extraordinaire Andrew Morton is pushing a new book and dangling the revelation that she slept with her mother’s live-in boyfriend when she was just 16. Angelina apparently confessed the affair to her mother, Marcheline Bertrand, much to the detriment of... More »

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Angelina Jolie • celebrity • affair • rumors

 Tori Turns to Twitter 
  to Defend Marriage 

Mag claims hubby just wants attention

Sep 4, 09 12:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Tori Spelling is on the defensive after a Star magazine story declared her marriage to Dean McDermott a loveless sham. "R they kiddin? DON'T believe!" she tweeted. "Uggh. Hate tabloid lies!" In the story, a source claimed Dean "craved being in the spotlight, and Tori's... More »

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entertainment • Twitter • celebrity marriage • Tori Spelling • rumors • Dean McDermott

 McCartney Recalls  
 'Madness' of Death Rumor 

'Paul is dead' rumor refused to die, Beatle says

Aug 26, 09 3:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - The infamous rumor that Paul McCartney died in 1966—and was replaced by a man who looked and sounded like the original—had Beatles’ fans regularly checking the musician’s appearance to see if he was the genuine article, McCartney tells Mojo magazine, as noted by the Telegraph. “I... More »

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music • Paul McCartney • celebrity • Beatles • rumor • rumors • Abbey Road

UPDATED

 S. African 
 Track Star 
 Told to Take 
 Gender Test 

Gender confusion has followed Semenya's meteoric success

Aug 19, 09 1:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - The International Association of Athletics Federations has asked South African track star Caster Semenya to undergo gender testing, the BBC reports. The 18-year-old Semenya won the 800-meter final today at the World Championships in Berlin, just weeks after becoming African junior champion by smashing the South African record. More »

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gender • race • IAAF • gender confusion • rumors • Jay-ZTV • Caster Semenya

 Swayze's Not Dead: Rep 


May 19, 09 1:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rumors flooding the Internet today of Patrick Swayze’s death are exaggerated, his publicist says. A Florida radio station announced this morning that Swayze had lost his battle with pancreatic cancer, setting the web abuzz. “Patrick is alive, well, and is enjoying life,” his publicist told E! “... More »

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cancer • death • Patrick Swayze • rumors

(Newser) - The rumors surrounding her marriage aren’t the only thing popular on the Kate Gosselin front: Her signature haircut has her stylist’s phone ringing off the hook, the reality-TV star tells Entertainment Weekly. “Everybody wants it,” the Jon and Kate Plus 8 mom says. “It’s... More »

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entertainment • infidelity • TLC • Jon and Kate Plus 8 • Jon Gosselin • Kate Gosselin • rumors • hairstyle

OPINION

 Key Twitter Myths Debunked 

A guide to what Twitter isn't

May 6, 09 3:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - The whole country may be having a love affair with Twitter, but a great many people are missing the point, argues blog Seldo.com. Among the things Twitter isn't:
  1. A replacement for email. "Idiot" Maureen Dowd's New York Times column was "entirely missing the point."
... More »

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Google • blogging • Oprah Winfrey • Maureen Dowd • Ashton Kutcher • Twitter • rumors

 Rumors as Virulent 
 as Swine Flu Itself 

Theories implicate everyone from Smithfield Foods to al-Qaeda as responsible

Apr 30, 09 1:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rumors about the origins of the swine flu outbreak are spreading faster than the virus itself, with theories ranging from a group of slaughtered pigs in China to an al-Qaeda conspiracy, Reuters reports. China’s government was actually prompted into making a formal statement by international media reports suggesting that... More »

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Mexico • disease • virus • rumor • al-Qaeda • genetic engineering • pandemic • swine flu • rumors • Smithfield Foods

ANALYSIS

Favre and
the Rumor That Just Won't Die

Vikings obvious next stop for retired 'at this time' QB

Apr 29, 09 12:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - The fact that Brett Favre left the door ajar, if only slightly, has sportswriters in at least two cities salivating over where the “at this time, I am retired” quarterback will land next season. And speculation is Minnesota, where, Judd Zalgad of the Minneapolis Star Tribune points out, the... More »

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NFL • Arizona Cardinals • Brett Favre • retirement • Minnesota Vikings • Kurt Warner • rumors

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