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And the Big Brother 12 winner is…

Hayden Moss of Tempe, Arizona. This 24 year old is now half-way to becoming a millionaire, having won $500,000 and emerging as the Big Brother winner. Hayden won the HOH (Head of Household) three times and showed strong competitive skills from the start. He won his final HOH competition and chose his best bud David “Lane” Elenburg and evicted housemate Enzo.

Lane was a strong competition from the start and this writer thought that he was going for the win. Lane was funny, friendly and easily liked by his Big Brother 12 housemates. But Lane was particularly close to Britney that led many viewers to believe that there may be something going on between them. Britney was later on awarded as America’s Favorite Houseguest for Big Brother 12. She took home a $25,000 prize money.

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One thing is for sure, the Grammy’s isn’t about millions and millions of albums sold. It isn’t about how popular an artist is because popular triumphs nay. Well, at least that was what it seemed when Esperanza Spalding won over Justin Bieber for Best New Artist this year. Truthfully, you might have guessed that Esperanza Spalding was just a nuisance candidate when her name was included in the roster of nominees. In fact, most of us haven’t heard of Esperanza Spalding until now. But thanks to the Grammy’s I discovered a genuine talent. Not that Justin Bieber ain’t got talent. I am only saying.

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For a certain period of time, the world stood still. Yep, and that was because of Facebook DNS failure. Millions of people from all across the earth suffered for a few hours not being able to work Facebook properly. Okay maybe suffered is such a strong word but, really to some, Facebook down is a very, very big deal.

During Facebook DNS failure, some users were not able to log in to their accounts. I can only imagine what that could mean to people who virtually live and depend on Facebook. Others were able to log in but can’t do much due to Facebook down time. No pictures were uploaded during the DNS error, no post were posted and alas! No vegetables were harvested! It must’ve really been terrible. No wonder some thought it was the apocalypse.

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One Tree Hill, an American teen, young adult television drama which premiered on September 2003, resumes its seventh (some would say possibly the final) season. The show will be aired on CW Television Network and is the official broadcaster of the show since September 2006 in the USA.

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I don’t know about you but I strongly believe that this nasty phrase ‘irreconcilable differences’ is getting on the American family system. Take the latest divorce announcement of Achy Breaky Heart Billy Ray Cyrus and soon to be ex-wife Leticia ‘Tish’ Cyrus –parents of Hannah Montana Miley Cyrus. Famous as they are, husband and wife just got added to the divorce statistics, citing their irreconcilable differences as the culprit for their failed marriage. As it turns out, Billy Ray Cyrus and wife Tish Cyrus has been separated months ago and husband Billy finally filed the divorce papers to put their marriage to death.

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Tom Brady was involved in an awful car accident that sent a passenger from the other car to the hospital with a broken back. Tom Brady though shaken was unhurt.

Witnesses and police claim that the driver of the other car ran into a red light. However, I cannot but feel sorry for Tom Brady for being branded as a bad guy on the recent accident he was into. The family of Rogerio Rodrigues (the passenger who got hurt) are upset as Tom Brady did not reach out to the family (to help, maybe). They (Rodrigues family) even claim that Rodrigues’ son Ludgero -who was driving the mini van that crashed into Tom Brady’s car- did not ran a red light accusing the police of siding with Tom Brady ‘because he is a star studded celebrity.’ They might as well say that the Tom Brady hair was impairing the quarterback vision –that would fly.

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Rally to Restore Sanity –is this a take off from the Restoring Honor rally?

The Rally to Restore Sanity is a rally promoted by Jon Stewart. He made his announcement about the rally on his daily show at Comedy Central. According to Jon Stewart, the Rally to Restore Sanity is for rationality. He aims to encourage viewers to join him to rally against the United States radical political trends; the conservative blocks of the Tea Party; and Obama. My friend Simon says we could conveniently call it the anti-Republican, anti-government rally. Ha-ha.

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Considering that it had concluded four victories away from repeating as national champions, the Duke Blue Devils will have a tad bit difficult time to speculate their season as a success. The No.1 National ranking was theirs when they began the season.

I’d bet there’d be questions on how it came apart so quickly in the second half.

Singler’s career met its end with an 18 point, 8-rebound performance, but the foul made him on the defense end.

It’s hard to think of Duke Basketball without Kyle Singler.

The second leading scorer and ultimate team player for four years has been with the Duke Blue Devils’. He is the fourth on Duke Basketball history’s scoring list, following J.J. Redick, Johnny Dawkins, and Christian Laettner.

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Nine years after 9/11 and the pain remains. And there won’t be enough memorials and services for the September 11 attacks that can eliminate the pain. Truly, the September 11 attack is one unfortunate event that not only the US will remember but the whole world as well.

To recall, the September 11 attacks not only damaged three buildings from the World Trade Center Complex but many buildings in the vicinity. And most importantly, the many lives claimed by the attacks. All passengers, crew and hijackers of the four aircrafts were killed, 246 in all. 2,606 lives were lost in New York and 125 in Pentagon. And of all these numbers 55 were military men. Hundreds were killed on impact, others trapped in the buildings when the buildings collapsed and some suffered diseases related to dust and smoke from the debris of 9/11. Rescuers, paramedics and fire fighters lost almost 500 from their ranks.

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Skywatchers, pseudo scientists and like species, don’t stay up late. Wake up during the wee hours of the morning and catch the Leonid meteor shower. Scientists say that the meteor shower is happening tonight until morning and the best time for the showdown is at 2.40 AM, when the moon sets on the horizon. With a clear sky, we would be able to see one of nature’s spectacular displays of beauty.

So, what should we expect from the meteor shower tonight? Expect to be awed by the lights as if they were peas. These are actually dusts from a comet named Tempel-Turtle.

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