If oceanographers are right, a veritable island of cars, houses, human remains, and other debris from Japan’s earthquake will soon wash ashore in Hawaii, and from there travel to the west coast of the US. Using computer models developed by tracking buoys across the ocean, researchers at the University of Hawaii in Manoa have predicted the path of the “plume” of debris, which will reach Hawaii by year’s end, CNN reports. It will hit the west coast in three years, according to papers spotted by NPR. “I’m expecting parts of houses, whole boats, and feet in sneakers to wash up,” one oceanographer tells the Daily Mail. “I'm expecting the unexpected.” The US Navy has spotted the floating junk, and says there’s so much of it that it poses a danger to shipping traffic. “Getting through some of these obstacles doesn't make much sense if you are going to actually cause more debris by having your own vessel become stuck in one of these waterways,” one ensign said.

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When Egypt's ancient Dog Catacombs were fully excavated for the first time in 2010, scientists found about 8 million animal mummies. They're now examining the 2,500-year-old remains, and new research shows that most of the mummies are dogs—many just hours old when mummified. They were likely the product of ancient puppy mills, bred to provide dogs to Egyptians who believed that the spirit of a mummified dog could transport prayers into the afterlife, where they were heard by the canine-headed god Anubis. The Dog Catacombs were discovered more than a century ago, but new research is shedding more light on the mummies discovered there. They were piled there between approximately the late sixth century BC and the late first century BC, National Geographic reports, and hold dogs of "all shapes and sizes," says an archaeologist. "I think they [mummified] whatever was there at the time and whatever suited the pilgrim's pocket." They've deteriorated to the point that "it's not easy to identify individual mummies in the galleries or in the photographs," says one expert. "We have piles of mummy remains just over a meter high, on average, that just fill the side tunnels." Click to see photos.

Advances in mind-reading technology have made it possible for people with disabilities to control a computer cursor using only their thoughts, say Washington University researchers. The team has demonstrated that people can move a cursor around a computer screen and "click" by thinking of a particular vowel sound—in this study, oo, ah, ee, or eh—when electrodes are planted directly on the surface of the brain, the BBC reports. Volunteers wore a "cap" of electrodes, but researchers believe the same results can be achieved with a much smaller surgical implant. "We can distinguish both spoken sounds and the patient imagining saying a sound, so that means we are truly starting to read the language of thought," the lead researcher says. "This is one of the earliest examples, to a very, very small extent, of what is called 'reading minds'—detecting what people are saying to themselves in their internal dialogue."

Nine years ago, the world’s tallest known tree was 369 feet high—roughly twice the size of the Statue of Liberty. But after holding that title for four years, a 379-foot tree was discovered in California’s Redwood National Park. That tree, nicknamed “Hyperion,” and the old title-holder, “Stratosphere Giant,” are both somewhere in California—but the people who discovered them won’t say where, exactly. Why? Because trees, unlike people, “cannot run away from paparazzi,” an ecologist tells NPR. That ecologist led a team to the top of Hyperion and dropped a tape to the ground to determine the tree’s height is 379 feet, 4 inches. (Watch another scientist make the climb in the video at left.) California boasts another record-making tree, Del Norte Titan, in the Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park. That behemoth boasts enough wood to build 120 average-sized houses. Click for more, including a very impressive picture of the world’s (formerly) tallest tree.

Wendy Williams is the second celebrity to be eliminated from Dancing With the Stars. She and Tony Dovolani earned 15 out of 30 points from the judges after their performance Monday night, which featured the stars telling personal stories about themselves. Williams talked about how she got start as a radio DJ. She revealed that she slept in her car at rest stops between jobs so she wouldn't have to "be trapped and explaining the process of how I'm trying to achieve my radio dream. I would take bird baths and brush my teeth really quickly and then move on to my next job." So the duo performed the foxtrot to the song "Last Night the DJ Saved My Life." "To be honest, it was a struggle," judge Len Goodman said. "It lacked fluidity; there was no movement. It was a dance more suited to the radio." Williams follows "Psycho" Mike Catherwood as the second star to get the boot on this season of ABC's dancing competition. What does the show have against radio?

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Early reports from Charlie Sheen's show last night in Cleveland are mostly positive, and Charlie left the stage to a standing ovation. He continued with the interviewer-style format, with questions supplied by the audience. He talked about everything from crack to his brother Emilio, and though some felt smothered by the merchandising, few could resist Charlie's charm. He's now set to head south with a scheduled stop at Palace in Columbus, Ohio before his big Radio City Music Hall gig in NYC on Friday night.

British billionaire Richard Branson unveiled plans Tuesday to pilot a "flying" mini-submarine down to the furthest depths of the oceans, in his latest record-breaking adventure. The single-seater Virgin Oceanic craft will try to reach the deepest points in each of the world's five oceans -- in what would be the first such feat -- starting with the deepest of them all, in the western Pacific later this year.

Lindsay Lohan is reportedly eager to play one of Hollywood's most famous murder victims, Sharon Tate. Photographer Tyler Shields tells Entertainment Weekly that Lohan is in talks to star as Tate in his upcoming film 'Eyes of a Dreamer,' about Charles Manson, whose followers butchered Tate and her unborn child in 1969. Shields says he wants the controversial Lohan precisely because of her well-documented troubles. "Sharon Tate was a movie star," he says. "So I want [an actress who] you already have a backstory with. People have a backstory with someone like Lindsay. And I think it's very relatable." "We've worked together many, many times," Shields says, relating that Lohan says playing Tate would be "amazing." Shields, by the way is going to play Manson. He promises to "go all the way" in showing the notoriously gruesome murder scene.

Last week, Kevin Federline announced he was expecting a child with girlfriend Victoria Prince, and yesterday he revealed they're having a little girl. Prince, a former professional volleyball player, and Federline have been dating since late 2008. She is five months along and the couple plans to name their little girl Jordan. "[Victoria] said that if we were going to have a little girl, she wanted to name her Jordan. And then, we actually thought that it was a boy, but we stuck with the name Jordan because, you know, it fits both ways," the daddy-to-be told UsMagazine. "We just found out the other day that we're having a girl. So it worked out!" Jordan will be Federline's fifth child: He and Spears have sons Preston, 5, and Jayden, 4, and he and ex-girlfriend Shar Jackson have a daughter Kori, 8, and son Kaleb, 6.

Vince Neil has been charged with battery and disorderly conduct for allegedly jabbing his ex-girlfriend at a Las Vegas theater, prosecutors said on Tuesday. The charges stem from a March 24 altercation between the 50 year-old Motley Crue singer and his former girlfriend of seven months, Alicia Jacobs, at the Shimmer Cabaret lounge at the Las Vegas Hilton. Neil approached Jacobs at a table she shared with two friends, pointing his finger at them and shouting obscenities. Neil, who split with Jacobs two weeks earlier, then jabbed her in the right shoulder. Neil is scheduled to be arraigned May 2 in Las Vegas Justice Court. It is his second brush with the law in recent months, having been arrested in June 2010 for drunk driving, which led to 10 days in jail in February. His attorney said Vince will plead not guilty and that he is "looking forward to vigorously defending this case."

Ashley Judd's memoir details a family faced with troubles ranging "from depression, suicide, alcoholism, and compulsive gambling to incest and suspected murder," she writes. Radar and MSNBC received advance copies of All That Is Bitter & Sweet, out today. Judd writes that "there was always marijuana inside the house" and that her father "was prone to taking hallucinogenics," and adds that when her mother divorced and got a new boyfriend, that man was an "abusive full-blown heroin addict with a criminal record." The most tragic incident Radar recounts is one in which Judd describes sexual abuse she suffered: "An old man everyone knew beckoned me into a dark, empty corner of the business and offered me a quarter for the pinball machine at the pizza place if I'd sit on his lap. He opened his arms, I climbed up, and I was shocked when he suddenly cinched his arms around me, squeezing me and smothering my mouth with his, jabbing his tongue deep into my mouth."

Charlie Sheen has applied to trademark 22 of his catchphrases, including "Duh, Winning," "Vatican Assassin," "Tiger Blood" and "Rock Star From Mars." The former "Two and a Half Men" star introduced the world to many of the phrases during a media blitz in February and early March that Sheen dubbed a "Media Tsunami." That trademark is still up-for-grabs, but the applications point to a possible merchandising blitz. The phrase, "I'm not bi-polar, I am bi-winning," could end up on cell phones, in comic books, on wallets, purses, stickers and pens and pencils. Other potential items where the phrases may be emblazoned include bras, pens and pencils, pet foods and even alcoholic drinks. There may even be something for gamblers — "Winning" could end up on slot machines. Sheen's spokesman said Tuesday that how the trademarks are used if they are approved will be determined later.

• American Idol winner Jordin Sparks will be touring with New Kids on The Block and the Backstreet Boys this summer.
  
• A new book claims that Malcolm X had "an early homosexual relationship with a white businessman."
• Batman is coming to Pittsburgh, which will host shooting of The Dark Knight Rises this summer.
• Incredible video shot by a Minnesota man showed the power of an ice flow.
• A bankruptcy auction for movie rental chain Blockbuster kicked off with a $284 million bid from Dish Network.
• Leann Rimes is firing back at criticism of her thinner frame exclaiming on Twitter, “dear lord! I do not workout too much nor do I starve myself."
• Bristol Palin earned more than $262,000 for her role in helping raise awareness for teen pregnancy prevention in 2009.
• While Michael Buble was marrying Luisana Loreley Lopilato de la Torre, thieves broke into their house in Argentina.
• Voting opened yesterday for the MTV O Music Awards.
• An inflatable Miley Cyrus sex doll named "Finally Mylie" from has reportedly become such a hot ticket item that stores can't meet the demand.
• Texas is pushing a bill that would require any university that has a GLBT studies program to spend an equal number of dollars promoting heterosexual studies.

The marketing hype is apparently true: The Verizon iPhone drops fewer calls than AT&T’s, an independent study finds. In a survey of 4,068 iPhone users, those on Verizon dropped calls at a 1.8% rate, while those on AT&T lost them 4.8% of the time, notes VentureBeat. The results extend beyond the iPhone, ChangeWave Research discovered: in general, Verizon customers had a 1.4% drop rate, compared to AT&T’s 4.6%, the worst in the industry. Still, users on both services were similarly happy with their experience, with 82% of Verizon customers and 80% of AT&T customers describing themselves as very satisfied. And survey taker ChangeWave offers this caveat on the dropped-call results: "It remains to be seen how well the Verizon network performs as the number of Verizon iPhone 4 owners ramps up and inevitably puts more pressure on their system."

Gamers—including some reviewers—who have tried out Nintendo's new 3D-effect console say it has left them feeling distinctly woozy. Customers complain that the Nintendo 3DS, which flashes separate images into each eye, has caused headaches and nausea, and now they're having trouble getting full refunds from retailers, the Telegraph reports. Nintendo has responded to complaints with some simple advice: If it's making you feel ill, take a break. "As with anything that requires focus, from reading to staring at a computer screen, taking frequent breaks is always recommended," a spokesman said, noting that some people might experience discomfort when viewing any 3D images.The Nintendo 3D was designed with a 3D "depth slider that lets users adjust the 3D effect to a level that suits them," he said.

When some people see a milkshake it can activate the same areas of the brain as when a drug addict sees cocaine. Researchers writing in the Archives Of General Psychiatry say if certain foods are addictive, that may explain why people find it difficult to achieve sustainable weight loss. The scientists used brain imaging on their study group of young women who ranged from lean to obese. They found that seeing a milkshake triggered two brain areas that have been implicated in an addict's urge to use drugs.

McDonald's is going on a 24-hour hiring binge: The company plans to add 50,000 new workers to its ranks on April 19. The new McJobs will boost the US workforce to 700,000, reports CNN. Full- and part-time positions are open, with the average pay clocking in at $8.30 an hour (the federal minimum wage is $7.25); managers can walk home with as much as $50,000 a year. And lest you think Newser is being cruel by referring to these employment opportunities as McJobs ... well, we're just respecting McDonald's wishes. Writing for Advertising Age, Maureen Morrison notes that the company is trying to rebrand the McJob, doing away with the whole "low-paying, dead-end job" connotation and redefining it as a "desirable employment opportunity." Explains McDonald's USA social-media director, "McJob is going to enter the conversation. Rather than avoid the term, let's embrace it and turn it on its ear."

Remind yourself that you're a catch

If you have a problem with confidence, there's a good chance that you're just not giving yourself enough credit. Maybe you're being a bit too hard on yourself, or you're having a hard time seeing all of the great qualities that you possess. Here's an easy exercise: Get out a piece of paper and list all the reasons why you're a "great catch." Are you funny? Are you loyal? Ethical? These are all qualities that most women would prize. Make a list, and make it long. Remember: A woman is more turned on by who a man is and how he communicates than how he looks or what kind of car he drives. Write down what a woman would like about you, and remind yourself of just how much of a catch you really are.

Look beyond her looks

Have you ever wondered why it's so much harder to keep your cool around really beautiful women? We have a tendency to put far too much emphasis on the way a woman looks, and it's an easy recipe for intimidation. But what if you knew -- before she even said a word -- that a particularly attractive woman was completely psycho, or that she had no sense of humor, or that she was terrible in bed? Would you feel as intimidated then? Next time you see an attractive woman, remind yourself that there is a very good chance she's not the perfect 10 that she appears to be, and treat her just like anyone else. You'll put yourself at ease and come across as the confident, relaxed man she is looking for.

Focus on having fun

When you are talking to a woman, do you find yourself constantly worrying about how the conversation is going or whether or not she's into you? If so, you can bet that she senses your insecurity and nervousness, and is probably getting turned off as a result. Next time, instead of being uptight and concerned with your goal, relax and have fun. Be playful. A conversation isn't like a final exam that you have to "pass." The more laid-back and care-free you are, the more confident you will naturally become, and the more attraction a woman will feel for you.

Date multiple women

Imagine that, after having gone three months without a date, you're getting ready to meet a woman for a drink. Feeling nervous? Of course you are. But if you had dated three different women that same week, the confidence would literally be oozing from your pores. The fact is, you are naturally more confident when you have more than one "iron in the fire," because if things don't work out with one particular woman, you'll have other options to fall back on. So expand your options. It will help you to relax, have fun and give off that confident vibe women love.

Practice, practice, practice

If you wanted to become a world-class swimmer, would you dangle your little toe in a pool every so often? Of course not. You'd dive in the pool every day for hours if you wanted to really improve your skills. Well, the same kind of dedication is required to develop your confidence around women. Talking to a few women here and there is like dipping your toe in, and it's a great strategy if you want to stay exactly where you are now. But if you want to go somewhere different and begin to feel more confidence around women, then you need to do something radically different. Start chatting up women every day, wherever you are. Take every opportunity that presents itself to interact with a woman. You'll literally feel your confidence sky-rocketing with each and every opportunity you take.

Succeed & repeat

They say repetition is the mother of skill. It's also the mother of confidence. So when you find something that works at a certain step in your interactions with women, remember it and make it your "default move." When you find a way to start conversations that works, stick with it. When you find a place that's full of fascinating stuff to talk about, take every woman you meet there. By repeating what works, you'll accumulate more and more confidence at each stage of the game.

Conquer your fears

Learning to act in the face of fear is a powerful way to improve your confidence with women. When you feel fear building up when you're doing something with a woman, let it be a sign for you to do something about it. Make fear your signal to act. If you're afraid to start a conversation, take it as a sign that you need to go over there and strike it up. If you're afraid of picking up the phone and calling a woman and asking her out, it means you need to pick up the phone and make it happen. By continually doing what you fear, you'll not only get over the things that are holding you back, you'll gain pride from conquering your challenges. Every time you win one of these little "battles," you'll get an instant boost to your self-esteem. And trust me: Women will notice.

Do the right thing

It's hard to be confident in yourself if you don't respect yourself, and self-respect comes from establishing a reputation as a good human being by doing the right thing. So even if you must go out of your way, always do what's ethical. Maybe it's waiting in line when there's an opportunity to cut, or helping out a complete stranger -- even if doing so interrupts your day. Choosing the high moral ground will give you a feeling of self-respect that translates into strength and confidence around women.

Be a leader

It's a known fact that confident men are leaders, so it should come as no surprise that if you want to boost your confidence, you should become a leader as well. Be the "man with the plan." Never "ask" a woman what she wants to do on a first date. Decide when, where and how, and show her that you've got things under control. It may seem strange at first, but keep it up and it will soon be second nature to be the "take-charge" man that women look for.

Improve your image

Improving your body language, fashion and grooming is the simplest and perhaps the most powerful way to improve your confidence with women. When you feel like you're "looking good," you send out a positive, sexy vibe that all women pick up on. So learn to hold eye contact when you catch a woman's eye, slow down your speech and maintain a powerful, "manly" posture. Make sure your wardrobe includes a nice black shirt, cool jeans, and a belt and shoes that match. Get a haircut, trim those nails, and put on some nice cologne. You'll be amazed what improving your image will do for your confidence and for your luck with the ladies.

Kemba Walker scored 16 points and Connecticut beat Butler 53-41 on Monday night to give Jim Calhoun his third national championship, something only four other coaches have done. The Huskies did it with defense holding the Bulldogs to a Final Four-record low 18.8 shooting percentage (12 for 64). Connecticut capped one of college basketball's best postseason runs, winning six games in the NCAA tournament after winning five games in as many days to win the Big East title. It was the second straight year Butler lost in the championship game. Last year they were beaten 61-59 by Duke.

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Kirstie Alley and Maksim Chmerkovskiy were dancing the rumba to "Over the Rainbow," with Alley telling the poignant story of her move to L.A. to become an actress and her mother's death, when the pair fell – to the shock of the audience. It appeared that Chmerkovskiy's leg gave out and he tumbled while holding Alley, who also went to the floor. They were able to get back up and finish the routine, but Chmerkovskiy was wincing and appeared to be in pain. "My thigh just gave out. I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry," a perspiring Chmerkovskiy said later. "It has nothing to do with her." The judges still gave them a respectable 21 out of 30 points. "Sometimes tragedy leads to an amazingly beautiful moment," Carrie Ann Inaba said, noting that after the fall "something magical happened." "You've overcome it," said Len Goodman. "You got up and dusted yourself off." And 
Bruno Tonioli added, "You can't keep good talent down. Once you got up it was better than ever."

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Jaden Smith is set to star opposite his dad, Will, for director M. Night Shyamalan in an untitled sci-fi adventure. Set 1,000 years into the future, the movie centers on a young boy who navigates an abandoned and sometimes scary Earth to save himself and his estranged father after their ship crashes. Jaden made his big screen debut in 2006's The Pursuit of Happyness costarring his dad.

The big-screen adaptation of Suzanne Collins's wildly successful sci-fi story The Hunger Games Josh Hutcherson (The Kids Are Alright, Journey To The Center Of The Earth) in the lead role of Peeta. He will compete for the affections of Katniss (played by Jennifer Lawrence) with her strapping hunting partner Gale, to be played by 21-year-old Liam Hemsworth (Miley Cyrus's on-again, off-again boyfriend). The teen love triangle comes to a head in a televised, to-the-death match that finds tough-gal Katniss determining her own fate. That heated combat is where the movie, out March 23, 2012, gets its name.

Prince William has invited some of his closest Royal Air Force mates to participate in his wedding on April 29 in London, and all of his old colleagues were on hand to celebrate his stag party last month. One of the RAF fellas who's been part of the wedding preparations is a male friend of William who dresses up as a woman named Ayla. The flight lieutenant identifies himself as a transsexual, has posted a photo of himself in drag on Facebook, and has noted to his friends that his "male profile" will soon disappear.

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Jose Canseco is being sued for breach of contract after he tried unsuccessfully to send his twin brother to participate in a boxing match. Hollywood Boxing Federation President Damon Feldman has claimed the MLB slugger owes him $5,000 after he advanced him the salary for a celebrity boxing match at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida, on March 26th. It was canceled last minute amid speculation that Jose had sent his twin brother to fight the match in his place. In a statement, Canseco insisted that Feldman knew that Ozzie Canseco would be showing up to fight instead because Jose was "dealing with severe depression regarding (their) father's death (in early March)" and "had thrown his back out on his way back from Miami, where he laid his father to rest." Canseco claimed that the agreement was always that Ozzie would fight in his place – and even challenged Feldman to agree to a lie-detector test.

Justin Bieber celebrated his mom's birthday on stage Saturday night with some unexpected pyrotechnics. He surprised his mom, Pattie Mallette, with a birthday cake at the end of the concert at Berlin's O2 World arena. But as she leaned over the cake to blow out the candles, a few strands of her hair caught on fire. Bieber quickly put out the flames, and then said, "Mama, I'll always be your baby." They both Tweeted about the incident later. Bieber wrote: "sick show in Berlin...brought @studiomama on stage 2 sing her happy bday but she lit her hair on fire with the candles. lol. i saved her." Mallette wrote: "Thank u @justinbieber for the cake (& embarrassing me on stage lol)."

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Despite reports that Justin Timberlake and Olivia Wilde were rebounding with one another over the weekend, sources close to the pair insist they are just good friends and neither of them is ready to leap into another serious relationship. "Justin and Olivia became close working together on 'Now.' They are both newly single and both want to get out and have fun with friends, but they are not an item," a friend told PopEater. It was first reported last week that the pair were dancing and getting close all night at the Roxbury in Los Angeles. "They were dancing, whispering, he had his hand on her back and shoulders, and they were together all night," an insider said. Timberlake just split from Jessica Biel last month after four years together, and Wilde just filed for divorce from her husband Tao Ruspoli after eight years of marriage.

• Katie Couric's replacement for the CBS Evening News will reportedly be Scott Pelley.
• Oxygen announced that it has three new series in development.
• It turns out you can make plastic out of chicken feathers instead of petroleum.
• Cracked has an amazing list of 10 Things You Wont Believe You're Doing Wrong.
• Stevie Nicks will be making her first appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show in two weeks.
• Sources are saying that Hugh Hefner hasn't asked for a pre-nup from Crystal Harris.
• Sean Hayes will play Larry in the upcoming Three Stooges remake.
• Snoop Dogg was approached for a seat at the judges table on The X-Factor, but turned it down.
• Chris Brown has found a surprising ally in Rosie O'Donnell, who believes Brown's haters are racist.
• Rebecca Black may consider legal action against the producers of her song 'Friday.'
• Lindsay Lohan will audition for a role in the upcoming Superman reboot this week.
• J.K. Rowling is considering releasing the Harry Potter series in e-book format.
• Reelz Channel set a record Sunday night with their first two hours of The Kennedys.
• It's been announced via Titan Comics that Family Guy will be launching a new comic book.
• Celebrity Rehab alum and rich socialite Jason Davis has pled not guilty to felony heroin possession.
• Dan Savage's new MTV show has officially been given the green light.
• Jeremy Renner has been offerred the title role in the new Jason Bourne movie.
• Reg Traviss, who has been dating Amy Winehouse since 2009, revealed that the couple are planning to get married.

A new study shows that designer logos bring benefits including more cooperation, job recommendations, and even money from others. In one experiment, when presented with pictures of a man wearing a polo shirt, volunteers rated him as having higher status and more wealth when the shirt had a designer logo than when it didn't. In another, volunteers rated a man as more suitable for a job—and recommended a higher salary—when he was sporting a designer logo. And behavior was affected, too: Shoppers were much more likely (52% compared to 13%) to agree to stop and take a survey from a woman wearing a sweater with a designer logo than an identical one without, and donors gave more to charity when the women collecting wore designer shirts. The researchers say this effect can be attributed to the fact that designer labels are seen as symbols of quality, meaning only the best can pay for them, the Economist reports.

Alaska lawmaker Bob Lynn has revived an old bill that would allow members of the military under 21 years of age to drink and smoke in the state, Fox reports. Alaskans can't legally drink before they're 21 or smoke before they're 19, although American troops serving abroad are allowed to drink at 18 unless commanders decide otherwise. Alaska would lose $50 million in federal highway funds if the bill, currently being considered by two state House committees, passes. Defense Secretary Robert Gates has said he opposes lowering the drinking age for troops. "One of the things we're seeing as a result of repeated tours is not just an increase in suicides but an increase in risky behaviors, particularly by young men. And so that would be a concern of mine," he told a hearing last month.

Airline complaints soared an astounding 28% last year. Oddly, though, actual data reveals that planes improved their performance in a number of areas, with fewer lost bags and bumped passengers, and more on-time arrivals. A co-author of the Transportation Department report speculates that the complaints are due to an increasing number of travelers and fewer flights and seats. Flights tend now to be packed, making it tougher to rebook. "Even though airlines are vocal about saying they want to please the customer, when it comes right down to it, they're going to make money first," she tells AP. The report tallies problems in four categories—on-time arrivals, mishandled baggage, denied boardings, general complaints. At the top of the Department of Transportation's list of complaints per 100,000 passengers:

• Delta Airlines, 2 per 100,000
• United, 1.64
• US Airways, 1.53
• Continental, 1.48
• American, 1.44

The best of the bunch? Southwest, with just 0.27 complaints per 100,000 passengers. For the full list, see the AP story.

The Daily Beast put together an overview of some of the most notable celebrity super-spawners. Here's a list of the father(s) of all baby mamas:

• Jack Nicholson, with 4 children by 3 women
• Lil Wayne, with 4 children by 4 women
• Clint Eastwood, with 7 children by 5 women
• Rod Stewart, with 8 children by 5 women
• Bob Marley, with 11 children by 8 women
• Genghis Khan, with thousands by thousands

Charlie Sheen opened his 20-city 'Torpedo Of Truth' tour this weekend, and it was a rocky start. Saturday night at the Fox Theater in Detroit, Charlie was booed offstage after a disorganized and haphazard show. Audience members complained that he showed too many videos, relied heavily on guests such as rappers and a stand-up comic, and failed to provide any laughs himself, instead just ranting without much structure. Early reports from last night in Chicago are very different, as Charlie did away with the special guests and used an interviewer to moderate and take questions from the audience. He told the story of the first time he smoked pot (with Chris Penn), said he would consider returning to Two & A Half Men, and admitted that he pays for sex because he has millions and ran out of things to spend it on. There were reportedly no boos or walk-outs, unlike Detroit, which Charlie referenced on stage, blaming the Motor-city audience for the poor show and leading the Chicago audience in a chant of 'Detroit Sucks'. He even took off his shirt at one point when someone in the crowd yelled for him to 'get naked.'

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Taylor Swift was named entertainer of the year at the Academy of Country Music Awards on Sunday night in Las Vegas, but Miranda Lambert took home the most awards during the show with four, including female vocalist of the year. Swift was nominated alongside Jason Aldean, Toby Keith, Miranda Lambert, Brad Paisley and Keith Urban for the fan-voted award. Presenter Ryan Seacrest said the award had received the most votes ever cast in the category. Brad Paisley was named male vocalist of the year, while Lady Antebellum took home the awards for top vocal group and album of the year. The show was hosted by Blake Shelton and Reba McEntire from the MGM Grand and Mandalay Bay.

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The winners of Nickelodeon's 2011 Kids' Choice Awards were announced at a star-studded ceremony live from the Galen Center at the University of Southern California on Saturday night. For more than twenty years now the ceremony has been a chance for celebrities to let loose and bring thier kids to an awards ceremony. Host Jack Black was at the helm for the third time and kicked things off with an over-the-top musical number. Heidi Klum, Jane Lynch, Jason Segel, and Snoop Dogg are among the stars to get covered in green slime during the ceremony. Justin Bieber, Katy Perry, and Johnny Depp were among the winners.

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The Easter-themed movie Hop far exceeded expectations in debuting to an estimated $38.1 million at the domestic box office, one of the best showings of 2011. Source Code opened 2nd with an estimated $15 million. Starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Michelle Monaghan, the movie played heavily to adults. The other headline of the weekend was the PG-13 version of Oscar winner The King's Speech, which succeeded in getting some family business, although not as much as the Weinstein Co. was hoping for. The company hopes to keep the tamer cut in theaters even after the R-rated King's Speech is released on DVD April 19th.

Phil Collins' daughter, Lily, 22, will play Snow White in The Brothers Grimm: Snow White, the upcoming 3-D adaption starring Julia Roberts as the Evil Queen. The film is heading into production at the same time as another major Snow White project: Snow White & The Huntsman, starring Charlize Theron and Kristen Stewart. Collins has a Twilight connection, too, due to rumors that her boyfriend is Taylor Lautner. The pair co-star in the thriller Abduction, opening later this year.

Rutgers University thinks Snooki is worth more as a guest speaker than Nobel-winning novelist Toni Morrison. Beloved author Morrison will be paid $30,000 to give the commencement speech in May (the first time Rutgers has paid for a graduation speaker) but Snooki snagged $32,000 when she hosted a pair of Q&A sessions last week. One difference: Snooki was not booked or paid by Rutgers officials, but by a student-run committee that used student activity fees to pay the reality star’s fee. One of her wise pieces of advice, via the Star-Ledger: "Study hard, but party harder." She also taught students the Jersey Shore fist pump and how to do the iconic “pouf” hairstyle. The students who lined up early to get into the 8pm and 10pm events seemed to think it was worth the $32,000. Parents were especially upset that Snooki got paid more than they pay annually to send one kid to Rutgers. Tuition and housing at the university is said to total more than $23,000 per year.

Last night the American Idol top 11 took on the catalog of Elton John. Some soared and some crashed, and some (like Casey Abrams and Haley Reinhart) laid it on the line with gutsy performances. Tonight's double-elimination show will feature season-three winner Fantasia performing her new single "Collard Greens & Cornbread," and will.i.am and Jamie Foxx throwing down their first-ever musical collaboration, "Hot Wings (I Wanna Party)," from the "Rio" soundtrack.

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Judge Judy was rushed to the hospital yesterday after becoming incoherent while taping in Los Angeles, Radar Online reports. It's apparently related to oral surgery she had earlier in the week. After speaking a few sentences unrelated to the case at hand, she told the audience she had “to stop” because she wasn’t feeling well. “She was just sitting on the stand during her show taping and she started saying things that didn't make any sense,” says an insider. A rep for Judy confirmed the hospitalization. “The judge was feeling nauseous and had some intestinal discomfort and decided to go to the hospital to get it checked out,” he said. “They are keeping her overnight for tests." Judge Judy reportedly had oral surgery Tuesday and was on pain medication.

Arnold Schwarzenegger will soon return to his acting career with a new animated TV series. The planned action-comedy cartoon is called The Governator, according to a partner in the venture. It will focus on a superhero living a double life as an ordinary family man. Schwarzenegger will provide the voice of the title character. Comic-book legend Stan Lee is another partner in the project, which will be officially announced Monday at the MIPTV trade show in Cannes, France. The series is planned as the first stage of a franchise that could also include comics and films.

The jewelry store at the center of the Lindsay Lohan theft case is charging online users $2.99 to watch the surveillance video showing her allegedly stealing the $2500 necklace. The video shows four different camera angles and is 42 minutes in length. On necklacevideo.com, a representative associated with Kamofie & Company is promising to post "new content every day" and are attempting to seduce an audience to "come back tomorrow for more." Lohan and her lawyer, Shawn Holley, have maintained her innocence and rejected a plea deal that would have involved jail time.

Bill Murray has been tapped to play Franklin Delano Roosevelt, sources tell New York. Murray is set to take on the role in Morning Glory director Roger Mitchell's adaptation of the British radio play Hyde Park On the Hudson. The movie, set during the weekend in 1939 when King George VI visited FDR's upstate New York cottage, will focus on the alleged affair between the president and his distant cousin, Margaret Suckley.

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Her character just gave birth this season on 30 Rock and now Elizabeth Banks is a mom in real life as well. The actress Tweeted her good news early Wednesday: "What's greater than overjoyed? Megajoyed? Add humility, love, awe. Sprinkle w cute. Result: my new life as a mom. It's a boy!" Banks and husband Max Handelman welcomed son Felix via gestational surrogate. The actress turned to her blog to talk more about her new baby boy. "I have been very fortunate in life both professionally and personally. I have had untold number of opportunities to work with inspiring people, on great projects as an actress, and I have had a fantastic long term relationship of nearly 20 years with my now husband, Max."

Edward Norton is engaged. The Academy Award-nominated actor popped the question to his longtime girlfriend, producer Shauna Robertson, three weeks ago in India, according to The New York Post. The 41-year-old actor and his fiancee, who has produced films like Superbad, Knocked Up and Pineapple Express, have been dating for six years. Norton previously dated Courtney Love for three years and Salma Hayek for four years.

In a new interview with the AP, Paris Hilton says she has achieved all her professional goals, by the ripe old age of 30. "I have done everything that I wanted to do and I feel very blessed that I have been very successful on every area," she says. "So it's very exciting. There is nothing else to do.” Of course, that doesn’t mean she’s resting on her laurels; she has a new shoe collection out, a new reality show, and she says she wants to get into the real estate business. And, despite the existence of Kim Kardashian, Hilton says “there is nothing like me. … There's so many people out there who try to imitate what I do but I am the original.” As to her success? "I think that I have the best style and I know fashion," she says. "The girls all love my style. When they buy my products they can be like me." Later, at a news conference, she denied demanding the Swarovski crystal bottle of water next to her. “I think someone sent it as a present," she said. "I'm not a diva, I am not like that.”

• Britney Spears is being sued over her perfume for breach of contract, fraud and deceit.
• David Boreanz has settled the sexual harassment lawsuit that was filed against him.
• 25 years after a boy tossed a message in a bottle off a ship in the Baltic Sea, he got an answer.
• ZZ Top is "in full production" on its first record in eight years.
• There's a crazy dog man in China who's adopted 140 stray canines.
• Vanilla Ice is starting a new career as a pantomime.
• After much outrage, NBC has changed the Wonder Woman costume.
• A new poll finds President Obama's approval rating at the lowest point in his presidency.
• Donald Trump Jr. and wife Vanessa are expecting their third child.
• Dreamworks is working on a Penguins of Madagascar movie.
• ABC News says Juju Chang is headed to Nightline.
• A dwarf couple filed a lawsuit against E! for using a photo of them to spoof reality shows.
• Jennifer Aniston will direct a short film about breast cancer for Lifetime.
• Jerry Bruckheimer has a screenplay in the works for a fifth Pirates of the Caribbean film.
• Rihanna agreed a judge could ease a restraining order against Chris Brown.
• A Spanish singer's decision to smoke during a news conference could cost his hotel $11,000.
• The patient database of the clinic that does STD tests for California's porn industry has been leaked.
• We’re now so fat we have to develop new crash test dummies just to test the cars accurately.
• A group of friends brought their deceased friend in a coffin to a Colombian soccer game.

Anthropologists who surveyed attitudes about weight around the world found that a "fat stigma" is showing up for the first time in places such as American Samoa, Puerto Rico, and Paraguay—where having extra pounds has long been seen as a good thing, reports the New York Times. Researchers figure the campaign against obesity in the West is a main contributing factor. “The change has come very, very fast in all these places,’’ says one Arizona State University professor. “Of all the things we could be exporting to help people around the world, really negative body image and low self-esteem are not what we hope is going out with public health messaging."

Could "Red 40" dye be making your kid hyperactive? The FDA is going to find out. During a two-day meeting beginning today, the FDA will review existing data to determine whether they link dyes used in everyday foods with hyperactivity. The advisory committee will then decide if the issue merits further study, or if food labels need to be altered. To date, the FDA has found no proven link between the two, but it has said that the behavioral issue of "certain susceptible children" could be exacerbated by the dyes. The meeting is in response to a 2008 petition that sought to ban Yellow 5, Red 40, and six other dyes, reports the AP.

1. Women get turned on by monkey sex

Think guys are aroused by just about anything? It's actually the other way around. Researchers from Northwestern University showed men and women videos of nude actors exercising, masturbating, or having sex. They found that men have pretty clear "targets" — straight dudes got hot looking at ladies, while gay dudes were turned on by men. It's fuzzier for chicks, though. Even if they didn't report feeling in the mood, straight women experienced physical arousal after viewing pretty much any kind of sexual stimuli — guy-on-guy porn, girl-on-girl action, and even bonobo monkeys getting frisky.

2. Utah is the perviest state

A Harvard study found that Utah had the most online porn subscriptions per every 1,000 broadband users. (The state with the lowest rate of porn subscriptions? Montana.)

3. The body part that men focus on when watching porn is the woman's — wait for it — face

You read that right: eyes and lips win out over boobs and a badonkadonk, according to an eye-tracking study from the Kinsey Institute at the University of Indiana. The researchers speculated that guys look at women's faces to gauge how turned on they are.

4. The pill affects whether you go for the money shot

More from the Kinsey Institute study: Women not on hormonal birth control (like The Pill) zoned in on people's genitals when shown a pornographic pic. But women taking The Pill were more interested in contextual elements such as the background, or what the actors are wearing. Researchers hypothesize it's because Pill-free women have a higher sex drive.

5. All — literally all — men watch it

A researcher from the University of Montreal wanted to study whether pornography has an impact on guys' sex lives. There was just one teensy problem though: To form a control group, he searched for men in their twenties who'd never consumed porn...and he couldn't find a single one.

6. Most guys get into it before puberty

The majority check out porn for the first time at age 10, according to the same University of Montreal study.

7. Presidential elections put people in the mood

Talk about dirty politics. After President Bush won the election in 2004, red states saw a jump in porn-related Internet searches. And after President Obama won in 2008, blue states went on a porn-search frenzy. Researchers from Villanova and Rutgers University believe it's because being on the winning team creates a surge of testosterone, which spikes sex drive.

You Aren't Learning Anything New

Yes, you want to know how to do most of your job. But there are also things you want to be learning; otherwise you are not growing professionally. If you have stopped learning at work, it's time to find a job where you will learn new skills and grow professionally.

You Never Have a Day When You Wake Up Excited To Go To Work

If you wake up every morning Monday through Friday and never feel excited to go to work, that is a problem. It means you aren't enjoying your job and it is diminishing your quality of life. If you wake up every day and dread going to work, it's time to consider quitting your job.

You Spend More Time Surfing the Web Than Doing Your Job

When you are at work, you are supposed to be productive. Otherwise, it's a waste of your time and the company's money. If you are bored and surfing the web most of your work day, you may want to think about looking into job options where you'll get more stimulation and responsibilities.

You Don't Like Most of Your Coworkers

There are always one or two coworkers in the office that most people can't stand. But if you don't like most of your coworkers, chances are your days aren't very enjoyable because you have to work with them day in and day out. If you can't stand most of your coworkers, it's time to think about finding a company whose employees you mesh with better.

You Aren't Making Enough Money to Pay Your Bills

If you are working your butt off and not getting paid enough to pay your bills, you might be overqualified and underpaid for your position. Go find a job that pays what you deserve.

You Spend Time Looking For Other Jobs

If you are spending time looking for other jobs while you are on the clock, it's obvious you want to leave your job. So keep looking for new jobs and as soon as you find a good one, take it and run.

You Haven't Gotten a Raise in the Last Two Years

If you work hard and benefit the company you work for, you deserve to be rewarded for that. If your boss hasn't given you a raise in the last two years, ask for one. If he or she says no, get out now.

Your Boss Sucks

Sometimes bosses suck. But if your boss sucks all the time and takes advantage of your time, it's time to find a new job.

The Company Isn't Doing Well

This sign varies from company to company. You must keep in mind that we are in a recession and if sales are down but the company isn't in jeopardy, this sign may not apply to you. However, if business is down to the point where it looks like the company is going to go under, start looking for a new job NOW!

You are Stressed All the Time

You are supposed to enjoy life, not be stressed out all the time. If you spend most of your days stressed about everything that going on at work, you are not at the right job.

A 12-year-old student started her day on a Dutch field trip as a girl and ended it as a mother. The girl suddenly suffered severe stomach pains on the outing, and arriving paramedics discovered she was about to give birth, reports the Telegraph. Both the pre-teen mom and baby are doing well. Neither the girl nor her parents "knew she was pregnant," said a local official.

British builder George Bentley and Edinburgh cleaner Sarah Kemp felt a strange connection when they met on an online dating site and chatted it up over the Internet. But an hour after their very first face-to-face date at a London bar, they discovered why: They were siblings. "To meet your long-lost brother, in a bar, after over 30 years would be something by itself," Kemp said. "But to meet him in those circumstances—on a date, for crying out loud—is something else. We obviously had far more in common than first thought." Fortunately, they made the discovery before any "kisses and fumbles," reports the Daily Record. Their parents split more than 30 years ago, each one taking a child, and the kids immediately lost touch. When Bentley tried later to track down his sister he couldn't locate her because she had married then divorced, but kept her husband's name. That changed with the fateful meeting. "I would never have agreed to go to London on a blind date, but we hit it off from the beginning," says Sarah. "It was as if we'd known each other all our lives."

Wisconsin Republican Sean Duffy is taking some heat from liberal blogs like Think Progress over an exchange at a town hall meeting last week, in which he assured constituents that his $174,000 salary wasn't all that great. A constituent told Duffy that his wife, a teacher, was being asked to take a pay cut, and asked how much Duffy made, and if he'd take a cut. In reply, Duffy spent several minutes complaining about his federal benefits, which he says "don't even compare" to the "gold plated" ones he earned as a Wisconsin DA. Duffy then revealed his $174,000 salary, adding, "I didn't vote on that." The constituent sputtered, "that's three times—that's three of my family's—that's three times what I make." Duffy reiterated that he didn't vote for that salary, but added, "I guarantee that I have more debt than all of you. ... I still pay my mortgage. I drive a used minivan. If you think I'm living high off the hog, I've got one paycheck. So I struggle to pay my bills right now." Of course, if mortgage payments are so weighing on Duffy, Think Progress recommends he sell his second home.

An Illinois woman ended up a lot closer to nature than planned during a sightseeing trip in the Florida Keys when an eagle ray leaped right into her tour boat, pinning her to the floor. "It happened so fast, in a split second," Jenny Hausch, who had been taking photos of the ray moments earlier, tells the Keynoter. "It hit me in the chest and knocked me back." Hausch managed to free herself, and wildlife officers who heard screams arrived soon afterward. Eagle rays can weigh up to 500 pounds; Hausch believes this one weighed at least 300. The wildlife officers managed to get the ray back into the water and it swam off. "The Florida officers did a great job," says Hausch, who escaped with no injuries apart from a sore leg. "We didn't want the ray hurt, it's such a pretty animal. We just didn't want to see it in the boat with us." The family has a souvenir of the incident: a tail barb that the ray left behind

PETA is staging a contest related to its spay/neuter campaign, and the lucky winner will get … a free vasectomy. To enter, you just get your cat or dog spayed or neutered, then submit an essay answering the question, “Why should PETA neuter you?” But hurry, you only have until April 27 to enter, Fox News reports.

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Radio host Mike Catherwood was the first celebrity voted off the new season of Dancing with the Stars. Catherwood drew the lowest score when the audience vote was combined with the judges' tally. His exit leaves 10 contestants, including a high-scoring Ralph Macchio. Others in the field are Kirstie Alley, talk-show host Wendy Williams, actress Chelsea Kane, singer Romeo, reality star Kendra Wilkinson, model Petra Nemcova and athletes Sugar Ray Leonard, Hines Ward and Chris Jericho. Chris Brown pre-taped two songs for the elimination show without talking to host Tom Bergeron or anyone mentioning his tantrum on Good Morning America.

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Amazon has launched a new service that allows people to store their music on the company's servers and play it on their computers or Android devices, reports CNET. The move is getting plenty of buzz because Amazon beat both Apple and Google in the development of a so-called cloud system, notes the Los Angeles Times. A handful of smaller companies offer such digital musical lockers, but Amazon is the first big player. With the Cloud Player and Cloud Drive, customers start with 5GB of free storage (figure about 1,000 songs), but that jumps to 20GB if they buy an Amazon MP3 album. Additional storage can be purchased in various plans. NPR's The Record blog has been playing with the new service and provides some basics for potential users. TechDirt, meanwhile, thinks Amazon could run into legal trouble over whether it needs licenses from record labels to store all this stuff.

The Riverside County District Attorney has decided not to file criminal charges against Lindsay Lohan in connection with the altercation last December between Lindsay and a Betty Ford staffer. The D.A. believes there is "insufficient evidence" to prosecute Lindsay. The Palm Desert Police Department had been investigating the confrontation between Lindsay and former staffer Dawn Holland, but ultimately the D.A. felt the firepower wasn't there. So it's just the felony theft case now.

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s defense lawyers have named everyone from George Clooney, to the Italian foreign minister, to a bevy of showgirls as witnesses at his upcoming prostitution trial, an attorney and news reports said. Prosecutors, for their part, have asked to hear from 136 witnesses, including the Moroccan teenager at the center of the scandal and 32 other women who allegedly worked as prostitutes during parties at Berlusconi’s villa, according to Italian news reports. Both sides presented their lists of witnesses at the Milan tribunal where the trial opens next week. A judge must now decide which witnesses to admit. The 74-year-old Berlusconi is accused of having paid for sex with the Moroccan, who is known as Ruby and was 17 at the time, and then using his influence to try to cover it up. The premier denies wrongdoing. Clooney was listed because Ruby once said she had seen the Hollywood star and his Italian girlfriend Elisabetta Canalis at one of Berlusconi’s parties.

A Texas prosecutor says Willie Nelson can resolve marijuana possession charges by agreeing to plead guilty, pay a fine, and sing “Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain” for the court. County Attorney Kit Bramblett says he recommended the penalties to Hudspeth County’s judge Becky Dean-Walker. Bramblett says the judge specifically demanded Nelson appear in court instead of pleading by mail, which is a common procedure in such cases because she “wants to meet Willie.” Nelson was arrested Nov. 26th for marijuana possession at a Border Patrol checkpoint after an agent smelled an odor coming from his vehicle and decided to conduct a search. Nelson’s spokeswoman has declined to comment on Bramblett’s sentencing suggestion.

A radio chain that dropped Glenn Beck from five of its stations since January did so, in part, because the show's content was hurting ratings, the company's president said Monday. Buckley Radio of Greenwich, Conn. announced it would pull Beck's show from four stations in Connecticut (WDRC-AM, WWCO-AM, WSNG-AM, and WMMW-AM). Those stations simulcast programming and will no longer air Beck's morning show, replacing it with two local personalities. The move comes just months after WOR Radio, the chain's flagship station in New York, replaced Beck with a local host in January. In recent months, Beck's show has frequently veered into apocalyptic religiosity.

The hair that Justin Bieber recently chopped off sold for more than $40k during a special charity auction on eBay, and now it's making special appearances around the country. Enclosed in a glass case and protected by two bodyguards, the hair is about to go on display at Lucky Strike Lanes in Miami. Fans of Bieber can pose with the strands for a photo as long as they donate for the tsunami relief effort in Japan.

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Perez Hilton has authored a children's book titled The Boy With Pink Hair that is meant to celebrate individuality, his publisher said on Tuesday. The story tells of a child born with a shock of pink hair that some of his peers find hard to accept. But he learns to embrace what makes him different. Hilton is an openly gay 'journalist' who was born Mario Armando Lavandeira. Early in his career, he built his successful blog by drawing sometimes rude pictures or writing mean-spirited comments over celebrity photographs, but in October, Hilton vowed to end his public bullying. The Boy With Pink Hair is scheduled for publication in September and will have a first printing of 75,000 copies.

• Farley Granger, who starred in the Alfred Hitchcock classic Strangers On A Train, died Monday at age 85.
• Zsa Zsa Gabor is back to the hospital again after she started spitting up blood.
• Enrique Iglesias abruptly pulled out of Britney Spears' new tour just hours after it was officially announced.
• Potential presidential candidate Donald Trump released his birth certificate yesterday as a challenge to President Obama.
• Charlie Sheen has reportedly been banned from New York hotels like The Plaza and Waldorf-Astoria as he tries to book rooms for his tour.
• Kevin Federline is expecting his fifth child this summer, the first with girlfriend Victoria Prince.
• Kim Cattrall gained 20 pounds for the title role in the indie film Meet Monica Velour, about a washed up, aging porn star living in a trailer park.
• Disney is reviving Agatha Christie's iconic sleuth Miss Marple, with Jennifer Garner.
• Patrick Kennedy is engaged to be married to a New Jersey middle school teacher.
• Universal has dropped plans to turn the Tony-winning musical In The Heights into a feature film.
• Jennifer Aniston will direct The Goree Girls, about a group of Texan women who form a band in prison. She's set to star and sing, too.
• The Daily Beast wonders if Britney Spears is mentally and emotionally capable of promoting a new album.
• There could be less than 49 years of oil supplies left, even if demand were to remain flat.
• Nathan & Elisa Bond were both diagnosed with advanced cancer within a week of each other. They have an 18-month-old daughter.
• The winning $319 million Mega Millions lottery ticket from Friday night's drawing has been claimed.
• AMC has officially ordered a fifth season of Mad Men for a 2012 return.
• Rosie O'Donnell will host a new talk show on Oprah's network this fall and tape it in Winfrey's old Chicago studio.
• The April 26th episode of Glee may be expanded to 90 minutes. The theme is body acceptance, and will conclude with a performance of Born This Way.
• The champion of the Pro Gay Wrestling Federation is angry that WWE announcer Michael Cole has not been suspended for posting a homophobic slur on Twitter.

A third of hard-to-treat high blood pressure may actually be 'fake' and instead a patient's nervous response to being seen by a doctor, say experts. They made the discovery when they continuously monitored the blood pressure of nearly 700,000 people as they went about their normal lives. Some 37% of 8,295 patients thought to have stubborn or resistant hypertension actually had "white coat" hypertension. Experts proposed that patients suspected of having high blood pressure get another check at home because of fears that nerves from being at a doctor's office may be leading to too many people being diagnosed. So-called white coat hypertension may affect a quarter of all people.

New research, published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, shows that the part of the brain that turns on when someone is rejected romantically is the same one that registers physical pain. The study looked at MRI scans of 40 people who had been "dumped" romantically within the past six months. While the scan was taking place, each one was touched on the arm with a probe hot enough to be somewhat painful, but not enough to do damage. It was the equivalent of holding a very hot drink without one of the little cardboard sleeves to insulate it. Then the study participant was scanned either looking at a photo of the former love interest and thinking about the breakup or thinking about good times with a friend. The scans were compared to scans taken in other circumstances in order to examine both physical and emotional pain. According to a report in Medical News Today: "the brain actually triggers sensations that you also feel in times of real physical pain, making heartbreak truly, physically painful to add to the emotional distress it sometimes causes."

A high proportion of little girls have absorbed the stereotype that math is for boys by the time they reach the second grade, a new study finds. Researchers found that little boys and girls alike tend to associate enjoyment of math with boys, MSNBC reports. "We still don’t know where the children are getting this,” says the study's lead author. “I don’t think anybody is explicitly telling them that. I think it’s a very subtle message.” The researchers say parents should do their best to counter the stereotypes that cause little girls to think math isn't for them. "Children have their antennae up and are assimilating the stereotypes exhibited by parents, educators, peers, games and the media," one researcher says. "Perhaps if we can depict math as being equally for boys and girls, we can help broaden the interests and aspirations of all our children."

Death rates among adolescents have overtaken those of young children as increasing numbers of young males are dying through violence or injury while efforts to reduce child mortality are succeeding. A study of data from 50 countries over the second half of the 20th century found that most deaths of young people were due to incidents such as car accidents or reckless behavior, with violence and suicide also key causes of death. The findings, published in the Lancet medical journal on Tuesday, show the reversal of an historical trend and are partly a reflection of success in reducing death rates among very young children, the researchers said. But the strong international focus on reducing infant and child mortality has not been matched by similar efforts in older groups, they said, even though more than two-fifths of the world's population are in the five to 24 years age group.

Real men lie to women

Lying to a woman -- especially one you love -- should never be easy. But some men -- whose moral centers have been eroded by watching too many episodes of Jersey Shore -- can lie to a woman with relative ease. It becomes really alarming when these men take pride in their deceit, rather than feel remorse. The real men are the ones that own up to their mistakes, take responsibility for their actions and tell their women the truth. They're also usually single.

Real men get real drunk

Men often believe that the more beers they can slam or the more Jager Bombs they can guzzle, the more masculine they become. But what sounds more manly? Having a glass of fine scotch on a cold winter night while sitting by the fire next to the woman you love? Or crushing tall cans by the minute with your drunkard friends and waking up under the toilet in a pile of your own puke? Tough call.

Real men watch football (exclusively)

Men by nature are competitive. Since the days of the gladiators, they've taken pride and pleasure in beating other men at pretty much anything. Running, jumping, wrestling, spaghetti-squash-throwing -- you name it. These days, some men are of the opinion that American football is the embodiment of masculinity: Yes, it is a sport based on strength, speed, agility, and pain. It is a sport where men have a distinct advantage over women. It is a sport that rewards its top performers with fame, money, power, and women. But to all the men who believe football is the be all and end all of masculinity, we say this: Watch a game of playoff hockey, then come talk to us.

Real men know that salad is for sissies

We'll be the first to admit that there's something inherently manly about a heaping plate of smoked brisket and buttery rosemary potatoes, and there's certainly few things more satisfying after a long, hard day at work. But with everything we know today about cholesterol and red meat's contribution to heart disease, it wouldn't hurt to eat some greens once in a while. After all, what's the point of being a real man if you're not alive to enjoy it?

Real men travel in packs

There's perhaps no social gathering that feels manlier than a bachelor party, a final celebration of one man's passing from our world to the afterlife. Or at least that's what your buddies tell you while they're holding you upside down over your Vegas hotel room balcony. There's something about the process of coming together in order to achieve one common goal (in this case, getting drunk and laid) that taps into a man's most primal urges. When men get together, it doesn't matter what they're doing or who they're doing it with, as long as they're doing it with a deep crew. But there's also something to be said for the lone wolf, the solitary voyager, the quiet thinker, who -- while you and your friends are getting your pockets emptied by good-at-their-job strippers -- is figuring out the quickest way to get from Ghana to Namibia alone by foot. There's nothing manlier than that.

Real men are players

Picture this: You wake up after a night of heavy drinking next to a woman you barely know. Let's call her "asymmetrical" for politeness' sake. She kisses you with breath fit for a banshee. You squirm. You spend the next 15 minutes trying to locate your underwear amid a pile of her crumpled clothes and various Wes Anderson DVDs scattered violently throughout her dark, dank bedroom. Eventually, you decide to forgo the underwear, only to find them once you're fully dressed. You stuff the underwear in your coat pocket, kiss her damp forehead goodbye and stumble home with your dignity just a distant memory. Now repeat. It's a glimpse into the life of a player, and there ain't nothin' manly about it.

Real men have a "personal style"

The rise of the metrosexual caused a backlash that made it distinctly effete to take any pride in dressing. Instead of making carefully curated sartorial choices, men often choose the opposite route and dress down any chance they get. Ratty old T-shirts, torn jeans, a backwards ball cap, and worn sneakers have become the de facto uniform for a man trying to assert his masculinity. To these men we say: Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Tom Brady, David Beckham. You get the point.

Real men throw money around

Money may buy you a 500-foot yacht, your very own Chinese crested hairless puppy and a lifetime supply of pizza-flavored Pringles, but it won't always buy you happiness (unless you happen to really, really love pizza-flavored Pringles). Most men are taught from an early age that their primary role on this planet is to act as provider, so spending money is invariably associated with masculinity. The truth is, real men are secure enough to pursue their passions, no matter how small the paycheck. Struggling artists, unite!

Real men look like Ronnie (from Jersey Shore)

The boys from Jersey Shore have done everything in their power to convince men everywhere that getting jacked means getting chicks. But before you go ahead and order The Situation's workout DVD, consider this: If Ronnie and co. realized that you don't have to be he-man to be a man and spent more time exercising their minds (perhaps some Chaucer?) than their abs, the grenade count at Casa Guido would be significantly reduced. And no, reading Flex magazine on the can doesn't count.

Real men fight

We're still not sure why some men resort to fisticuffs in order to prove their manliness. There's perhaps nothing more barbaric than watching two boozy meatheads trade blows outside a club, usually for reasons as mundane as a scuffed sneaker. Don't get us wrong: We're the first to promote fighting as a method of defending yourself or the ones you love from physical harm. But punching someone in the face because you like the way spilled blood looks on the sidewalk or the way a shattered nose feels against your knuckles isn't manly; it's moronic.