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AUDIO Title track “Sing the Delta” from Iris DeMent’s long-awaited new album

It’s been over 16 years but Iris DeMent is finally releasing an album of all original songs entitled Sing the Delta. Take a listen to the stunning title track and take a brief look back at her career from a seriously hard core fan’s perspective. In addition, find out the release date, see the cover art and additional great images and most importantly get a link to order your own copy.

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MUG SHOT DUI arrest of Crocs™ founder gives Crocs™ haters a reason to rejoice

The man responsible for arguably one of the most comfortable and worst fashion choices of the last decade got arrested for DUI and dude didn’t go gently into that good cuffs! Depending on your vantage point George Boedecker is the hero that created Crocs or the villain that created Crocs. The footwear mogul has made a fortune off those shoes and while his feet may have been covered he totally showed his ass during an arrest in Boulder, CO. See his full mug, find out what Taylor Swift had to do with all of this and the most important part – what type of shoes was he wearing during his drunken scene.

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MUG SHOTS Men fake “You Just Got Robbed” reality show to poorly commit robbery

21-year-old Randall Smith and 18-year-old Artie Goodwine were arrested after they faked a reality show to rob employees of a pizza restaurant in Indiana, Pennsylvania. See a local video report on their failed attempt at crime and reality TV as well as their full mug shots.

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PHOTOS TLC premieres “High School Moms” tonight

TLC continues to try to capitalize on the succes of MTV’s popular reality series 16 and Pregnant and Teen Mom by following their other 2012 shows My Teen is Pregnant and So Am I and Birth Moms with a new pseudo-pilot for High School Moms, premiering tonight at 10/9c. High School Moms takes cameras into the hallways of Florence Crittenton High School and into the lives of some of its student body — which is made up entirely of pregnant young girls! Keep reading for a description of the show as well as photos of some of the girls we will meet in the premiere.

VIDEO Slow motion, science and a cute guy explain why cats land on their feet

In 99.9% of cases dogs way rule over cats. The other little percentage involves two things; feline videos totally dominate on these here interwebs and if you toss both in the air Fido will probably break something while Kitty will land on her feet and then walk away and ignore you because you just interrupted her 8th nap. So why do cats always land on their feet? Here is a video put together by Smarter Every Day that uses slow motion and science to explore and explain.

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Guy bought a TV from Amazon, received an assault rifle!

I’ve never personally had many problems with ordering items from Amazon, and I do it ALL the time, but I’ve never tried to order a TV from them like Seth Horvitz did. The thing is that Amazon doesn’t ship a lot of their items out, and a lot of the time acts as a online retailing service for other merchants. This is how Seth got into the weird spot he got into, one of those merchants really messed up.

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Walt Disney World offering custom 7″ princess figurines with your child’s likeness

Want something special to remember your family’s trip to Walt Disney World Resort? Then stop by the World of Disney in Downtown Disney Marketplace and have your daughter’s image superimposed on a 7-inch Disney princess figurine! But, only if she’s between the ages of 3 and 12 and you have an extra $99.95 (plus $15.95 shipping) laying around.

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MUG SHOT Randy Travis arrested for DWI naked, threatened to shoot police

A little more than six months after being arrested for public intoxication in front of a Baptist church after breaking up with his girlfriend (wasn’t that a Waylon Jennings or a Billy Joe Shaver song?), country singer Randy Travis was arrested again last night for DWI. The added country lyrics this time around were that he was naked (and apparently intoxicated) when he crashed his Trans Am and later threatened to shoot the arresting officers. (Although he apparently only had his one “weapon”) Keep reading for the details and some musical wisdom about Randy’s troubles from a singer who knows more about those kinds of choices than just about anyone else.

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Truth about Barbie’s body: Barbie proportions on a real woman’s body

Almost all girls grow up on Barbie. It’s just part of the deal, and we all know she looks ridiculous. But still, it’s pretty weird to see Barbie’s dimensions drawn out on a real lady. Almost all girls grow up on Barbie. It’s just part of the deal, and we all know she looks ridiculous.

Lodged LEGO tire discovered in 6-year-old’s nose after 3 years

Kids stuff anything they can in their noses and mouths and ears and… I know this to be true because I’ve told my 4-year-old, “Don’t stick (insert random plastic toy item) into (ear, nose, mouth…) so many times I can’t begin to keep count. As a parent sometimes you just want to give up but the following story of 6-year-old Isaak Lasson and a LEGO tire from Salt Lake City is a keen reminder to stay on top of those kiddies! It also highlights the importance of the need for doctors to be attentive to their patients.

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MUG SHOT Florida woman arrested after fleeing police while driving truck topless

35-year-old teacher’s assistant Mandy Ramsey Woodard has made headlines Florida style when it was reported that she was arrested after leading police on a chase – topless. See her full mug shot, what the police report stated happened, Mandy’s reaction via Facebook as well as a more flattering photo.

Don’t text and drive! Chance Bothe’s ominous text before crash

We all know it’s dangerous to text-and-drive, but it’s one of those things where people think that a horrible outcome won’t happen to them, just other people. Here’s one of those other people:

Although he did have a car accident, thankfully he didn’t die. He did sustain brain injuries, broke nearly every bone in his body, and had to brought back to life several times.

HERO Neighbor’s Chihuahua locates 2 lost girls in Georgia forest

2 young girls got lost in the woods near their home in Newnan, GA on Monday. They were missing for 2 hours as police and firefighters searched for them. They weren’t located until neighbor Carvin Young let his little Chihuahua, Bell, go on the search. See a great local news report on a story reminding us all that dogs rule and there’s nothing quite like a good neighbor.

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PHOTO Spanish women’s water polo player suffers Olympics’ first wardrobe malfunction!

What’s a huge televised sporting event without a woman’s boob popping out? (Cue: Janet Jackson’s “Nasty Girl”)

NBC had a D’ohlympics moment during a rare, non-tape-delayed segment (otherwise known as “live”) of the women’s water polo match between Spain and the United Steats States. NBC cut to an underwater view of the action and just as the broadcaster commented, ‘You see a lot of suit grabbing going on underwater,’ US player Kamie Craig tugged on an opposing Spanish player’s swimsuit, exposing her la sandia (aka watermelon) (aka breast) for the world to see. Meanwhile, the network is being accused of some rather dramatic editing on their tape-delayed broadcast of the women’s gymnastics competition in order to ramp up the suspense artificially.

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MUG SHOTS That one about K-Y Jelly and a Walmart in Kansas

Julian Call, 22, and Tina Gianakon, 35, seen above, were arrested after they decided to get their freak on at a Walmart in Hutchinson, Kansas. Not only were they busted for lewd conduct but the couple was popped for lube conduct as well as they “borrowed” some K-Y Jelly that was then used in their always low prices foray. See al the glorious mug shots including K-Y and find out what the Chotchkie’s waiter from the film Office Space had to say about all of this discount lovin’!

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TLC’s ‘My Teen Is Pregnant And So Am I’ premieres tonight at 10/9c

Taking a page out of MTV’s programming guide (almost literally if you remember teen Whitney Purvis from 16 & Pregnant Season 1 and her pregnant-at-the-time mother, Michelle), TLC is all set to premiere a one-hour special titled My Teen Is Pregnant And So Am I tonight at 10/9c. Get all the details about the show and watch a video report on the show from ABC News.

Berenstain Bears address Chick-fil-A gay marriage controversy and their upcoming promotion together

Last week the Jim Henson Company announced they were severing ties with fast food chain Chick-fil-A and would no longer be providing toys for their kids’ meals after the restaurant’s president Dan Cathy recently officially confirmed the company’s anti-gay marriage stance. Beloved childhood book characters The Berenstain Bears also have an upcoming promotion with Chick-fil-A, so will they be following in the furry footsteps of the muppets in opposition? Sort of, but not really.

Keep reading for the letter from the Bears posted on their official website and read the slightly more condemning statement posted by publisher HarperCollins that has since been removed!

VIDEO Paranormal Activity 4 trailer

America’s favorite found-footage horror franchise is back! (Sorry Blair Witch, you done’ got left behind.) Picking up where Paranormal Activity 2 left off (the third installment was a prequel – and a disappointing one at that), PA4 is directed by PA3 vets Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman and bears the tagline “All of the activity has led to this.” After a good bit of teasing, Paramount Pictures finally released the first official trailer today, and it looks to be a teen-centric take on the usual Paranormal Activity formula – which has not been a bad thing 66% of the time so far! PLUS, find out about Paramount’s special Facebook promotion in which you can help your hometown get an early screening of the flick!

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Random Olym-Pics: McKayla Maroney’s awesome vault caused judge’s jaw to actually drop

The U.S. Women’s Gymnastics Team obliterated the competition over in London as they took home the gold for America. The next closest competitor was Russia and they were lagging 5 points behind (which is a HUGE margin). It was such a dominating performance it has some asking if this is the greatest women’s gymnastics team America has ever assembled. One of the many great individual performances was a vault so spectacular by McKayla Maroney that it literally dropped a judge’s jaw! See the vault and a close up image of the stunned judge in question.

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Random Olym-Pics: Tom Daley is an English diving Adonis

Every 4 years the world gathers together in a spirit of harmony to embrace the open theatre of competition and athleticism that is the Olympic Summer Games. What they also do is remind us that some of the most sculpted and otherwise stunning looking men on the planet participate in these events. Case in point is 18-year-old English diver Tom Daley. For 99% of the human population Speedos are a HORRIBLE idea. Tom is the 1% folks!

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VIDEO Napping 7-day-old hedgehog makes world a better place

Sometimes we all need reminders of what a sweet old big beautiful world this can be. Today’s memorandum comes in the form of one precious little week-old hedgehog taking a nap. Take a deep breath, relax and enjoy the peacful glee that is the following 42 seconds. As a bonus I added an older clip from the same YouTube user of another little guy getting a belly rub and yawning. You’re welcome.

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Random Olym-Pics: German cyclists’ quad off featuring Robert Förstemann’s freakish quads

In case you haven’t noticed, the 2012 Summer Olympics are well under way over in London. The opening ceremony received the highest TV ratings ever for the premiere night of a Summer Olympic broadcast resulting in a serious win for NBC. We’re not a sports blog but we sure do love us some randomly strange and / or interesting photos so we’re gonna run a daily photo post for the rest of the summer games – starcasm style. Please enjoy our inaugural Random Olym-Pics post as German cyclist Robert Förstemann flexes his freakish upper-leg muscles in an impromptu quad off.

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Style Network new reality series Big Rich Atlanta filmed at Buckhead Country Club in… Roswell?

On Wednesday Style Network revealed in a statement that it would be renewing its reality series Big Rich Texas for a third season and also announced that they will also be airing another installment of the franchise based in Atlanta called Big Rich Georgia! Although the press release states the show is being filmed at “Buckhead Country Club, where outrageously wealthy mothers and daughters do whatever it takes to stay on top of the social scene and in control of the action,” we discovered it’s actually being filmed at Brookfield Country Club in Roswell, GA. Keep reading for all kinds of info, including the press release from Style Network and the Brookfield Country Club newsletter announcing to its members that a reality show is coming.

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8-month-pregnant lady competed in The Olympics!

8-month-pregnant Malasian shooter Nur Suryani Mohammed Taibi just competed in the 2012 Olympics 10-meter air rifle event, placing 34th place in the qualifying competition (which was actually pretty good considering she went into the Olympics ranked 47th in the world.) Nur found out she was going to be a mom around the same time she…

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MUG SHOT Fix-A-Flat ‘doctor’ arrested for manslaughter

Back alley “doctor” Oneal Morris has been arrested again for her illegal injection practices. This time the charges are much more serious as a former victim, Shatarka Nuby, died back in March stemming from complications from said injections. See Morris’ latest full mug shot and get the details on her arrest including the official booking info.

Florida teenager Brittany Wenger wins Google Science Fair with breast cancer diagnosis app

Google had themselves a science fair and the grand prize winned is 17-year-old Brittany Wenger from Lakewood Ranch, Florida. When I was 17 I was sleeping through math class, Brittany on the other (and much smarter) hand, was creating a breast cancer diagnosis app! Read on to see Brittany explain her work and to find out how her neural network will potentially save lives and provide detection that will be non-invasive.

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VIDEO Korean fitness machine owns Shake Weight’s sexual suggestiveness

Just when you were sure that there would never, ever be a work out device more sexually suggestive than the infamous Shake Weight along comes ACE POWER!!!!!!!! In the following video that just goes on and on and on like my girlfriend’s ex-boyfriend with the long hair and tan (Think Tim Robbins’ character from High Fidelity), you are introduced to a horse riding simulation exercise device called ACE POWER!!!!!!!!! Yes. I have to write that in all caps followed by a bunch of exclamation points. After seeing the clip you’ll understand.

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Christian Bale visiting victims of Dark Knight shooting

Christian Bale, who plays Batman in the Christopher Nolan series, was horrified by the Dark Knight shootings in Aurora, Colorado and is now visiting the victims. Twelve people were killed, and 58 were wounded when Joshua Holmes opened fire at a midnight premiere showing of The Dark Knight Rises in Aurora early Friday morning.

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BREAKING Dark Knight Rises shooter James Holmes initial court appearance

James Holmes had his arraignment hearing this morning for his alleged attack at a midnight showing of The Dark Knight Rises that resulted in the death of 12. Following this hearing the district attorney’s office run by Carol Chambers will have 72 hours from the hearing to file formal charges. In addition this hearing also provided the first look at one of Holmes’ public defenders.

VIDEO Dad leaves 4-month-old son and family behind in Colorado theater shooting, later proposes at the hospital after 19-year-old stranger helped them to safety

Patricia Legarreta and Jamie Rohrs were in attendance at the midnight showing of Batman: The Dark Knight Rises in Aurora, Colorado early Friday morning when a gunman opened fire, killing 12. The couple caught the attention of the media after it was revealed they were at the movie with their 4-month-old son and Legarreta’s 4-year-old daughter. Patricia suffered a minor bullet wound, but both children and Jamie were unharmed – Jamie due in part to the fact that he bolted from the theater, leaving Patricia to tend to the safety of the two children. Keep reading to watch an interview with the couple on Piers Morgan Tonight in which an emotional Rohrs recounts what was going through his mind as he ran from the theater. Plus, it’s revealed he proposed to Legarreta at the hospital where she was being treated for her bullet wound, and she accepted.

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Massacre at Dark Knight Rises screening, gunman identified as James Holmes

A heavily-armed 24-year-old gunman identified as James Holmes opened fire at an Aurora, Colorado midnight screening of The Dark Knight Rises. As of this report there are a dozen confirmed dead and many more injured, including a 3-month-old-baby. See a cellphone video of the chaos that followed in the lobby and read President Obama’s official statement.

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VIDEO Mother of two highlights ex-husband’s cheating on home for sale sign

Elle Zober is officially my new favorite realtor of all time. The Beaverton, OR mother of two went next level by adding the fact that her husband left her for a 22-year-old yoga-loving college student on her for sale sign. Read on to see the glorious signage in question as well as some unforgettable quotes from the mom who looks at it less as a woman scorned and more like truth in advertising.

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Are Mermaids real? Fake documentary fools some

A strange two-hour documentary style television special called Mermaids: The Body Found aired this May on Animal Planet, and then again recently for “Monster Week,” leading many people to believe that scientists had actually found evidence of the existence of mermaids.

As desperately as I want this to be true (I wanted to be a mermaid when I grew up,) it’s not, it’s pure fiction.

VIDEOS Bus driver saves autistic child from 3-story fall

“I’m not a hero — anybody would have done it. I did it out of normal instincts.” That was the statement from 52-year-old MTA bus driver Steve St. Bernard after he made a probable life-saving catch when a 7-year-old autistic girl named Keyla fell from her 3rd-story window. Find out how Keyla ended up in the dangerous situation and see the amazing footage that directly contradicts St. Bernards’ statement. This man is indeed a hero.

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PHOTO No blood-sucking parasite no cry: Bob Marley receives strange scientific homage

When you’re one of the most influential musicians ever the accolades and dedications can be vast and, yes, sometimes weird. And so it is for Bob Marley as he has been “honored” by having a blood-sucking parasite named after him. Check out Gnathia marleyi and discover who thought this would be a good idea.

PHOTOS Man plants 6,000 oak trees in outline of heart in memory of late wife

17 years ago farmer Winston Howes lost his wife Janet to sudden heart failure. As a tribute, he and his son had 6,000 oak saplings planted in the outline of a heart. Only recently thanks to a hot-air balloon enthusiast was his breathtaking tribute discovered by the outside world. See the awe-inspiring images of one man’s lasting dedication to the woman he will always love.

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Report slams Joe Paterno, Penn State officials for “catastrophic failures”

The Board of Trustees at Penn State University went straight to the top by hiring former Director of the F.B.I. Louis Freeh to conduct an independent investigation of the school in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky child molestation scandal. The results are now in and it’s hard to imagine that they could be anymore damning of late head football coaching legend Joe Paterno and other university heads. The conclusion is that these leaders, “failed to protect against a child sexual predator harming children for over a decade.”

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Is Nicole Kidman Katie Holmes’ secret friend?

Katie Holmes just quickly settled a surprise divorce from Tom Cruise, and although there’s a lot of speculation that Tom’s fervent involvement with Scientology caused a huge problem problem for the marriage, especially as far as daughter Suri is involved, the Church of Scientology is said to have not been involved in their settlement negotiations. Scientology was also thought to have played a part in Tom’s split from second wife Nicole Kidman (and it also played a key role in his split from first wife Mimi Rogers, oddly enough all of Tom’s wives left him at the age of 33. That’s a coincidence, but it’s still a little weird.)

Now US Weekly has a source saying that Katie Holmes and Nicole Kidman have been clandestinely talking on the phone (part of Katie’s stealth leaving the marriage involved her changing her getting a secret, disposable cell.)

Viacom stops streaming full episodes of Teen Mom, The Colbert Report, more over DIRECTV feud

The showdown continues between media giants Viacom and DirecTV as the the two sides continue to be unable to reach a new contract agreement, resulting in all of Viacom’s networks (including MTV, VH1, Comedy Central, and Nickelodeon) to be unavailable to DirecTV subscribers since Tuesday night at midnight. In reaction to their subscribers outrage over not being able to see certain programs, DirecTV posted a list of “Other ways to watch” Viacom programming that included links to the programs that offered full episodes streaming on network sites. In an apparent reaction to those links, Viacom has since removed recent full-episode streaming content for some of its shows, including Teen Mom, The Daily Show, and The Colbert Report. Keep reading for all the latest in the showdown that appears to be getting more and more serious by the hour!

Tabloid “Reality Weekly” goes out of print, to return as app only

That didn’t last long! Only 29 weeks after their first issue at the very end of December, 2011, tabloid publication Reality Weekly is shutting down their printing presses. Keep reading for the full announcement, including the magazine’s plans to return later this summer as an all-digital app for iPad and Kindle Fire.

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VIDEO Violent courtroom fight during Stand Your Ground Florida hearing

Things went from bad to worse in an Osceola courthouse on Monday where Jason Clair, accused of murdering two brothers, who is using Florida’s controversial Stand Your Ground law as a defense, was in a hearing. Members of both the accused and the deceased families were on hand as some were there to testify but the hearing was postponed so that new gun evidence could be used. In what proved to be a serious lack of planning, both families were escorted out of the courtroom and were waiting in the same small lobby when tempers boiled over. See the footage and get the details behind what happened that would have made it seem obvious not to have these two families herded together into a confined space.

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Why did Direct TV cancel MTV, Comedy Central and 24 other Viacom channels?

A whole new generation is going to be reviving the old slogan “I want my MTV!” as DirecTV is set to cancel the popular network along with 25 other Viacom channels tonight at midnight if the two companies can’t work out an agreement – soon! KEep reading for both sides of the argument as well as a complete list of the channels that may not be there when you wake up tomorrow morning.

UPDATE – As of midnight DirecTV has suspended all the Viacom channels!

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Now you can draft Adrian Peterson high in your mug shot fantasy league!

Minnesota Viking stud RB Adrian Peterson has been a consistent top 5 fantasy football league draft pick for a while now. Well you can put AP high up on your fantasy mug shot draft board now that the smiling after getting tipsy and allegedly scuffling with a cop mug has surfaced! See the full booking photo and get the deets on AP’s arrest.

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6-year-old “Booty Pop” music video is the latest most tasteless thing ever

So who thinks having a 6-year-old rap about having women’s bootys pop accompanied by a music video that features bikini clad women popping said bootys in his face while he waters them down with a Super Soaker? Yeah. Me neither. But his parents, the director of the video and the girls who agreed to do the popping had no problem in the assistance of creating the latest most tasteless thing on the internet.

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Katie Holmes changed cell phones, email, and cut off communication from friends weeks before divore

Divorcing Tom Cruise is not something you can just do over night. Katie Holmes has reportedly been strategically planning this move for weeks, possibly months. About three weeks ago Katie Holmes changed her cell phone number, her email address, fired her staff, and stopped talking to almost all of her friends, according to a People report.