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Hope Witsell was just beginning the journey from child to teen. The middle-school student had a tight-knit group of friends, the requisite poster of “Twilight” heartthrob Robert Pattinson and big plans to become a landscaper when she grew up.
The family of a 15-year-old Florida boy who was nearly killed when allegedly set on fire by classmates have a lot to be thankful for on Thanksgiving, as does the severely burned boy, Michael Brewer. Though he still faces a long hospital stay with multiple surgeries and painful physical therapy, Michael’s doctors say he will survive.
For Charla Nash, victim of a savage mauling by a chimpanzee, life goes on despite odds no one would ever want to confront. After her friend’s 200-pound chimp Travis savagely attacked her on Feb. 16, ripping off her eyes, lips, nose and all of her fingers save for a solitary thumb, doctors didn’t expect her to survive.
Folks in central Texas don’t like being played for boobs — especially by a woman who claimed to have breast cancer when all she really had was a chest that was flatter than she wanted it to be.
Former Miss California Carrie Prejean on Tuesday defended a recently surfaced erotic video of her as a youthful indiscretion and questioned whether it could actually be called a “sex tape” since no one else appears in it.
After 32 years, Katie Callaway Hall thought she had put away the horrible things that Phillip Garrido did to her during eight hours of terror long ago. But when the man accused of kidnapping and raping Jaycee Dugard for 18 years locked eyes with Hall in a California courtroom, it all came rushing back.
It was the ultimate rude awakening: A 4 a.m. wake-up call delivered by an automobile in a cascade of noise, debris and hot, leaking engine fluids.
Hilary Swank isn’t known for doffing her duds on the big screen. But her revelation that she goes nude in real life — in front of her boyfriend’s 6-year-old son — has sparked such a controversy that it threatens to upstage her bid for a third Oscar: a new biopic about legendary aviatrix Amelia Earhart.
Dressed in a button-down shirt and tie and speaking calmly and articulately, first-grader Zachary Christie hardly looks or acts like the sort of kid who should be spending 45 days in reform school. But, thanks to a zero-tolerance policy, that’s where Zachary’s Delaware school system wanted him to go after he made the mistake of taking his favorite camping utensil to school.
Most people go into business to earn a living. Jane Croft did it to bring home the bacon.
After giving birth to quintuplets three months early, Bridgett Maskell and husband John Mistalski know their babies face a tough road. But also knowing the odds of having spontaneous quints in the first place is 1 in 60 million, they keep faith and hope alive.
Fighting back tears, Kate Gosselin said on TODAY Monday that she is broke and can’t pay her bills after her estranged husband Jon cleaned out their joint bank account. But later the same day, Jon Gosselin fired back, telling TV show “The Insider” that Kate’s account was “a total fabrication” and accusing her of “hiding money.”
In the next two weeks, Shannon and Paul Morell will meet their baby boy for the first time after the woman who was wrongly implanted with their frozen embryo gives birth. "This has been a terrible thing that has happened to two good families, but we’re doing the best we can for the health of this baby," Shannon Morell said.
Turk Sultan Kosen, 27, says he is ''proud and happy'' at being named the new Guinness record holder for tallest man, and human, in the world. “Up until now, I’ve really had a difficult life,” said the 8-foot-1-inch man, whose height was caused by a pituitary condition. “From now, I’m really going to have it a lot easier.”
Michelle Duggar was surprised to learn that just eight months after she gave birth to her 18th child, another is on the way. "We are thrilled that we're expecting our 19th," she said Tuesday. It will arrive after the Duggars’ first grandchild.
Tressel Hawkins, one of three Texas boaters who spent eight days clinging to their capsized catamaran, said they experienced hallucinations before a boater spotted them. When one finally did, “My first reaction was, is this really real?” Hawkins said.
Alana Stewart said Tuesday that right to the end, she never lost hope that “some miracle” would enable Fawcett to win her battle with cancer. She also revealed that Fawcett’s son Redmond O’Neal promised his mother before she died that he would never do drugs again.
Therese Ziemann, alleged ringleader of a bizarre revenge plot involving Krazy Glue by four woman against a faithless man, said Tuesday that all is not what it seems in the strange case. “Nothing was done against his will,” she claimed. “We’re the victims.”
“Jon & Kate Plus 8” star Kate Gosselin said she still wears her wedding ring for her eight children despite breaking up with their father. She also denied she was having an affair, lashed out at her brother for talking to tabloids, and said the breakup would have occurred “cameras on, cameras off.”
Some stereotypes die harder than others. One of the most enduring is the widespread perception that women who give up custody of their children are horrible mothers.
For 23 years, Susan Boyle waited for fame to find her — and when it did, the impact was “like a giant demolition ball.”
President Barack Obama admitted that there is not enough money in the system to pay for medical coverage for the 46 million Americans who have none, and that to bridge the gap additional taxes will probably have to be levied on the nation’s wealthiest citizens.
Cancer took its final, ultimate toll on beloved American actress and sex symbol Farrah Fawcett, but the spark of life never left her eyes until the moment of death. In an exclusive interview on TODAY Tuesday with Meredith Vieira, Farrah’s romantic companion of 30 years Ryan O’Neal described in heart-wrenching detail the end of his beloved’s life.
He was controlling, and obsessed with the wife who was ending their marriage. As their bitter divorce was coming to a conclusion, Richard Shenkman kept talking about “The War of the Roses,” the hit movie in which a couple’s divorce battle takes both their lives.
For 23 years, Susan Boyle waited for fame to find her — and when it did, the impact was “like a giant demolition ball.”
Video: Defense claims Casey Anthony case mirrors popular 1960s TV show, The FugitiveFeb. 6: TODAY's Meredith Vieira talks to Jose Baez and Linda Kenney Baden, defense attorneys for Casey Anthony, the woman awaiting trial for the murder of her daughter, Caylee.
Today Show Video: Casey Anthony forced to appear in courtJan. 9: TODAY's Meredith Vieira talks to the attorney for Casey Anthony's parents about the case. Casey Anthony appeared in court for the first time since her daughter's remains were found.
Video: Jeanine Pirro comments on Casey visitation videosDec. 5 - Today Show Meredith Vieira talks with Jeanine Pirro
Photos give missing tot's grandma hope--Video: Interview with Cindy Anthony-- Nov. 26: While 3-year-old Caylee Anthony remains missing, new photos give her family hope that she's alive. TODAY's Meredith Vieira talks to the toddler's grandmother, Cindy Anthony, about the case.
Now, an apprentice eclipses his mentor -The rise and rise of the prodigious Cesc Fabregas.
Arsenal 2 - Juventus 0 : Arsenal pound a nine-man JuventusIt's difficult to say in what proportions the different causes of this victory were - how much of it was down to Arsenal's youthful authority; how much was down to Juventus's comparitive disarray? One has to admit that the Italian Serie A leaders looked distinctly flat: missing
1-0 To the Arsenal at half-timeFar too excited to write much more than this... let's see how the second half pans out.
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