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Liberace, Cruise, Palin among Winfrey's highlights

Oprah Winfrey has racked up memorable moments during her long television reign. Some were moving, some embarrassing — to her or others — and a handful became pop-culture landmarks. Here are highlights through the years:

Flight 3407 rocked like roller coaster before fall

Seats are upright. Belts are buckled. Trays are up. Flight 3407 is beginning its descent to Buffalo Niagara International Airport. And then something suddenly goes terribly wrong.

Grammy Awards' best and worst moments

Here's a look at some of the highlights and lowlights at this year's Grammy Awards telecast:

Scoop: Oprah (and show) come to Washington

- Oprah Winfrey finally made a public appearance Sunday night. While crews were putting the finishing touches on her set for Monday’s “Oprah Winfrey Show” at the Kennedy Center, Oprah made a brief appearance at a party thrown by the Washington Post.

Scoop: Stars take unity theme to heart

- The only thing more impressive than the sheer number of celebrities who made it to Washington for the inauguration is the fact that they all seemed to be getting along.

2008: The year politics saturated our pop culture

In any normal year, it would be impossible to discern a coherent theme from a year of American pop culture, try as we journalists might. This year was different.

A serious Obama campaign also produced odd moments

It wasn't so long ago that Barack Obama himself considered the idea of a President Obama to be "hooey."

What are TV's most memorable moments? You decide

The most memorable moments in television history will be revealed during the 60th Primetime Emmy Awards next month, and it's up to voters to decide which bits should take top honors.

Notable moments in Clinton's quest

2007

Notable moments in meetings of presidents and popes

Some notable moments in the 89-year history of pope-and-president meetings:

Terrifying Final Moments in NIU Hall

When Steven Kazmierczak strode from behind a screen onto the stage of a Northern Illinois University lecture hall carrying four guns, he saw rows of students lined up in an auditorium that sloped toward him.

A Glance at Scalia Controversies

A glance at incidents or comments involving Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia that prompted calls for him to step aside in individual Supreme Court cases.

First Call After Ledger Was Found: Olsen

A massage therapist who discovered a lifeless Heath Ledger in his Manhattan apartment made her first call to Mary-Kate Olsen, according to an in-depth timeline police released Wednesday of the moments surrounding the Australian-born actor's death.

Memorable Moments From Campaign Trail

Presidential campaigns are about more than just speeches, rallies and the horse race.

Pop-Culture Moments of 2007

So what really happened in that diner? You know, after the cut-to-black, after the juke box stopped playing "Don't Stop Believin'" and the onion rings were gone? Did Tony Soprano die, or did he live, perhaps not to return to criminal ways but to reinvent himself as an insurance salesman?

British Jurors Trace Diana's Steps

The scenes were preserved in the grainy footage of security cameras: Princess Diana and her lover emerging from the whirl of a hotel's revolving doors, exchanging smiles in a cramped elevator, embracing in a corridor asawaited their final journey.

Diana Inquest Jurors Tour Paris

The roar of Paris rush hour died down, giving way to eerie quiet. With traffic halted, jurors in a British inquest ventured by foot into a dark underpass and came to a halt before the scarred, dented pillar where Princess Diana's Mercedes crashed 10 years ago.

Bad Behavior Rules Pop Culture in 2006

No, Jon Stewart had to emphasize this year, Stewart/Colbert will not be a presidential ticket in 2008. All in fun, of course, but there are some who get their news almost exclusively from Comedy Central's fake newscasters. Was this the year where fact and fiction tended to blur together?

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10 Embarrassing Moments In Tech
Source: TechRadar: All Phone and communications feeds

Here are 10 embarrassing moments in tech of all time.

Remains found in Caylee Anthony case match predictions of forensic astrologers
Source: Examiner

Excerpt: Astrologers posting on one of the Web's most popular true-crime forums predicted that the body of missing Caylee Marie Anthony, 2, of Orlando, Fla., was hidden in her own neighborhood and would indeed be found, despite the passage of months and the failure of massive s …

RAW INTERVIEW: Bill Shaeffer Reacts To Discovery Of Child's Remains
Source: WFTV.com

Legal analyst Bill Shaeffer spoke to Eyewitness News live moments after a child's remains were found. (12/11/08)

GET HAPPY! - 10 Things Science Says Will Make You Happy
Source: AlterNet.org

Excerpt: In the last few years, psychologists and researchers have been digging up hard data on a question previously left to philosophers: What makes us happy? Researchers like the father-son team Ed Diener and Robert Biswas-Diener, Stanford psychologist Sonja Lyubomirsky, and e …

Photos and Update: KFC Employees Fired After Provocative Photos
Source: WESH.com

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Embarrassing Celebrity Moments
Source: AOL

The weird expressions on celebs' faces as they're photographed. Anyone can be caught at an odd moment as they're being photographed. So, it's better them, than me! LOL

The Happiest Moment of Your Life so Far?

Ever wondered what people have as their happiest moment? I found to many happiest moments but one is a cut above the rest by a far far far bigger marging, and it most probably is the same for most people. But the day my little boy was born by cesearean section.

11 Athletic Performances That Rival Michael Phelps 8 Gold Medals
Source: theangryt.com

I want to preface this article by saying that I love me some Michael Phelps. I mean I went to school with the guy at the University of Michigan, where I called him "Phelpsy", stared at him from across the bar, and attempted to towel him off after workouts.

Baseball's 50 Strangest Moments
Source: theloveofsports.com

One of the great things about watching a baseball game is you never know when you're going to see something you've never seen before. On any given night, you may bear witness to one of those rare, strange moments which leaves every spectator speechless.

10 Greatest Video Game Moments of 2007
Source: mtv.com

Lil' Stevey T has given his top ten list style rundown of the greatest video game moments this year. There are a couple of great moments here that I have almost forgotten in this hectic year.

The Life Unwritten...

Imagine if you will... your life as a novel that is left to be written.

9 Baseball Moments More Wretched Than Steroids
Source: Racked

Mention the word "steroid," and baseball fans slam the doors to their glass houses. But, the truth is that America's pastime has long been associated with abominable behavior. Baseball history reads like the script of the greatest reality television show ever produced.

The Right Beer For The Right Moment
Source: doubleviking.com

Beer. It's the sweet, sweet nectar of the gods. Besides women and Ferraris, it's one of the best things ever invented – not to mention it's the oldest, most popular, and most consumed alcoholic beverage in the world. Real men drink beer.

Unusual sport photos
Source: justelite.net

Sport is always funny, but sometime is hilarious. And when camera catches those funny moments the party can start

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