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Jul 23, 2010

Argentina walks out of Prosecutors organization to protest Falklands’ membership — MercoPress

Trends to kill

Yes, we get it - you're stylish, you're cool and you think you're famous (and hot) enough to pull off any style. Wrong. There are some trends that are so preposterous that not even the biggest names should show their faces in them. Unfortunately, they do. Click through to point and laugh at the celebs you love ... wearing the trends you love to hate.
BY JOANNA SLOAME

Published: 07/20/2010 19:22:05

Credits: Cercone/Everett; Baron/BEImages

Hollywood's little black dresses

No wardrobe staple has withstood the test of time quite like the little black dress has. First introduced to the American vernacular in 1926 by world-renowned designer, Coco Chanel, this fashion basic overcame its traditional association with mourning to become the definition of sexy simplicity. The versatility of the LBD, and its ability to make women of all shapes and sizes look slim and sophisticated, is what has kept the dress in vogue for more than 80 years.

Angelina Jolie sparkles in a black mini at the premiere for her new movie 'Salt.'

Scope out the other H'wood stars who succumbed to the power of this ever-sexy little number ...

Published: 07/22/2010 17:05:27

Credits: Everett Collection

MTV receives 'excellent' rating from GLAAD - first network to ever do so

MTV is the first network to earn an 'excellent' rating from GLAAD's Network Responsibility Index. Shows like 'The Real World' (DC cast above) were described as a fair portrayal of LGBT people.

Cervantes/MTVMTV is the first network to earn an 'excellent' rating from GLAAD's Network Responsibility Index. Shows like 'The Real World' (DC cast above) were described as a fair portrayal of LGBT

Foxy Brown's ex-therapist not surprised rapper arrested, says she has 'issues'

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Rapper Foxy Brown (above.) was arrested for violating a protection order. She allegedly mooned and screamed obscenities at a rival.

Tropical Storm Bonnie moving toward site of Gulf of Mexico oil spill

UN warns of dire humanitarian crisis in Somalia

Pakistan ranks 104th in International Property Rights for women

Kenyans embrace computers to perform new lifestyles

Palau to press Australia over accepting Gitmo Uyghurs

Tunisia bans spanking of children

Pyongyang slams US-South Korea drill - GlobalTimes

North Korea Thursday condemned the imminent US-South Korea naval exercises as a threat to global peace, a day after US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in Vietnam for Asia-Pacific security talks.

Bernanke makes markets reel, China, Jul 23, 2010

US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testifies before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee during a hearing on the Federal Reserve's semiannual monetary policy report to the Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C., capital of the United States, July 21, 2010. Photo: Xinhua