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Astoria Characters: The Belly-Dancing Psychologist

Nancy Ruhling | Posted 05.25.2011

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Nancy Ruhling

When Irina Kom parts the exotic pink and gold silk curtain to reveal her living room-cum-bedroom-cum-dance studio, the incense refreshes the senses like a walk in a spring shower.

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10 Cheap Celebrity Homes On The Market

walletpop.com | Ann Brenoff | Posted 05.25.2011

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Along with Rolexes and Corvettes, our homes are an accessory that tells the world our station in life -- which may be why we are so surprised to see c...

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Egyptian Group Seeks to Ban One Thousand and One Arabian Nights

Firas Al-Atraqchi | Posted 05.25.2011

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Firas Al-Atraqchi

In the latest effort to censor texts considered to be "offensive to the public good", an Egyptian NGO is attempting to ban the popular book One Thousand and One Arabian Nights.

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12 Celebrities Staring Down Huge Debts (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Sara Yin | Posted 05.25.2011

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Celebrities have never been known for fiscal prudence. But, whether it's caused by the financial crisis, those seemingly ubiquitous and unscrupulous f...

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Top 5 Most Surprising Comedians to Perform at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner

Danny Groner | Posted 05.25.2011

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Danny Groner

While no comedians before have matched the level of opposition and intrigue that Colbert and Leno generated more recently, this list of prior entertainers at the press dinner might amaze you.

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Short takes: 3D, yogurt, celebrity genealogy and more

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

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Marshall Fine

Things that have been bugging me lately but which aren't worth an entire post: Why is it that the first thing a 3D film does to establish its, well, ...

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SINBAD TAXES Embarrassment!

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California's budget deficit would shrink by nearly $5 million if singer Dionne Warwick and comedian Sinbad Adkins would pay...

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Dionne Warwick, Sinbad Make List Of California Tax Evaders

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California's budget deficit would shrink by nearly $5 million if singer Dionne Warwick and comedian Sinbad Adkins would pay...

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Clinton Responds To Sinbad

Politico | Ben Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

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Hillary responded to Sinbad's recollection of their trip together to Bosnia, which Hillary has portrayed as perilous, and at which Sinbad said the mos...

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Sinbad Speaks Out On Trip To Kosovo With Hillary

Washington Post | Mary Ann Akers | Posted 05.25.2011

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Finally, the Barack Obama campaign has found a big gun to help shoot down Hillary Rodham Clinton's self-proclaimed foreign policy experience. And he m...

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Celebrity Tax Cheats: California Releases A List

LA Times | Patrick McGreevy | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tapping into the fear of public humiliation to get Californians to pay up on delinquent state income taxes, the state has released a list of Californi...

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OJ Makes List Of California's Worst Tax Scofflaws

Los Angeles Times | Patrick McGreevy | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tapping into the fear of public humiliation to get Californians to pay up on delinquent state income taxes, the state has released a list of Californi...

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