- Emily Maynard as the new "Bachelorette" was the topic of conversation with Chris Harrison and Khloe Kardashian on her new Texas radio talk show. Khloe's brand new Dallas radio show had Harrison spilling the beans on the up and coming season with Emily.
(topic on Khloe Kardashian's radio show with Chris Harrison! Link - Examiner)- After weeks of speculation, the face of ABCs The Bachelor and The Bachelorette franchises, Chris Harrison announced on Good Morning America that Emily Maynard will be the next lady looking for love on The Bachelorette.
(Huffington Post)- Update: ABC has since confirmed that Maynard, whose fiance Ricky Hendrick was killed a plane cash in Oct. 2004, will in fact be the first single mother to star as The Bachelorette on the series next cycle.
(New York Post)- The Oscar nominations were not the only big announcement made Tuesday morning on ABC's Good Morning America. The network also announced that Emily Maynard will be the next star of The Bachelorette.
(The Celebrity Cafe.com)- The Southern single mom, who won Brad Womacks final rose on The Bachelor last year only to break their engagement months later, returns to the franchise for another chance at love.
(Hollywood Reporter)- ABC has no comment yet, but both Entertainment Weekly and People magazine are reporting that Charlottes Emily Maynard will be the next Bachelorette for the ABC franchise.
(The News & Observer)- (CBS) Emily Maynard is looking for love on TV once again. The Southern single mom, whom Brad Womack proposed to on The Bachelor, will reportedly be the next star of The Bachelorette.
(CBS News)- Emily Maynard is ready to find love again. Us Weekly reports the single mom from North Carolina will be ABCs next Bachelorette. Maynard won notoriety when she got engaged to Bachelor Brad Womack, 38, on his second stint on the show back in March 2011.
(Click10.com)- Brad Womack has tried twice on The Bachelor to find love and failed, but perhaps his ex-fiancée will have better luck. Emily Maynard, who Womack proposed to on the ABC reality series last year, gave back his engagement ring in May.
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- National Signing Day is upon us. As college footballs 2012 recruiting classes take shape, familiar faces are again paving the way: Alabama, Texas and Ohio State currently claim the nations top three classes.
(CNN Sports Illustrated)- It wouldn't be the week of national signing day without at least a couple of recruits flipping commitments.
(Sporting News)- There is no shortage of storylines heading into national signing day on Wednesday, with several elite recruits looking for a place to call home for the next couple seasons. That makes it a tense day for college football coaches and fans around the country.
(Bleacherreport.com)- He's a star, all right. The No.1 player in college football recruiting and high school player with his own Twitter hashtag. More important, Dorial Green-Beckham—#DGB in recruitnik Twitterworld—can make four good teams great.
(Sporting News)- Danny Hope is coming off a win at the Little Caesars Bowl, but is looking to do more and move on to bigger and better bowls over the years, that is why he has worked hard recruiting.
(Bleacherreport.com)- CLEVELAND, Ohio -- College footballs national signing day for the high school class of 2012 is on Wednesday. According to most ratings, the day is a bonanza for the Ohio State Buckeyes and their new head coach, Urban Meyer.
(Cleveland Plain Dealer)- officially decreed National Signing Day, when all over America, high school seniors can officially plight their troth to a college football program. Basketball has its national signing day in November.
(NPR News)- Today is national signing day. Heres a quick look at what Miami Overall outlook: Based on current commitments, the Hurricanes 2012 signing class is ranked No. 7 nationally by Scout.com, No. 8 by Rivals.com, No.
(Sun Sentinel)- CLEVELAND, Ohio - Check out a special National Signing Day edition of Starting Blocks TV as local Ohio State football recruits discuss signing with the Buckeyes.
(Cleveland Plain Dealer)- Also a February tradition: National Signing Day. It's Wednesday, Feb. 1. For us here at The Flint Journal, the timing couldn't be better. Coming Feb. 2, the website and print product here and across MLive Media Group will be different.
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- And for the past 15 years, Secor has studied the Burmese python -- a docile ambush-feeder that may eat only every other month or even just once a year in the wild.
(San Francisco Examiner)- WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- Mammals like raccoons, opossums, rabbits and deer are vanishing from the Florida Everglades as Burmese pythons multiply, researchers said Monday.
(United Press International)- Scientists believe they may be recording the first significant impact of the explosive spread of Burmese Pythons in South Florida's Everglades National Park.
(Alaska Dispatch)- The State may need to declare the Burmese Python a non-game animal, but… A pair of python cowboy boots runs some $200 or so from reputable manufacturers.
(Article.nationalreview.com)- Entities within the U.S. Department of Interior have snuck through a new law, circumventing the voting process, which bans the transportation of the Burmese python from one state to another.
(Athens News)- Hes been catching snakes since he was a kid in Texas. But he says a 15-foot Burmese python is a handful or two. You typically try to grab them behind the head, he says, and get somebody else to grab the back end of them.
(KQED)- But if Romney and the GOP have learned anything in Florida — where they'll return in August for the GOP national convention in Tampa — it's that political identity these days can be as elusive as a Burmese python.
(Time)- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced a new rule Tuesday banning the importation into the United States of the Burmese python, yellow anaconda and the northern and southern African pythons.
(Tallahassee Democrat)- Sorry, but no. We might as well try to ban fleas. As anybody who knows anything about the Everglades will tell you, the giant Burmese python is here to stay.
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- As health officials find the bacteria which cause Legionnaires' disease in yet another Las Vegas hotel, MGM execs scramble to do damage control.
(HULIQ.com)- NHS Lanarkshire has been fined £24,000 over health and safety breaches which saw a woman get Legionnaires Disease. The 64-year-old developed the condition while being treated at Hartwoodhill Hospital in November 2008.
(BBC News)- An outbreak of legionnaires' disease at a Wisconsin hospital has health officials warning of a new potential source of legionella bacteria: wall water fountains. The outbreak affected eight patients in 2010.
(Toronto Star)- Fountains and water walls can be sources of calm, of negative ions that improve the moods of those around them.
(CBC)- Health officials in Las Vegas said Monday that the bacteria that causes Legionnaires' disease was found in water samples at the Luxor hotel-casino this month after a guest died of the form of pneumonia.
(Time)- "We were at the Bellevue in Philadelphia. All of his drummers and singers got Legionnaires Disease. They were really sick. They came and told me I'd have to play, and there was a whole crew of backups.
(Shore News Today)- LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada health officials say the bacteria that causes Legionnaires disease was found in water samples at the Luxor hotel-casino in Las Vegas this month after a guest died of the form of pneumonia.
(KTUU)- Health officials in Las Vegas say the bacteria that causes Legionnaires disease was found in water samples at the Luxor hotel-casino this month after a guest died of the form of pneumonia.
(San Gabriel Valley Tribune)- The utility responded after it emerged that higher than accepted levels of the bacteria, which can cause legionnaires' disease – a type of pneumonia – were found in the Princess Elizabeth Hospital's water supply.
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- Host Steve Jones and judge Nicole Scherzinger have both parted ways with The X Factor, Access Hollywood has confirmed. A rep for FOX, the network behind Simon Cowells reality singing competition, confirmed the news to Access on Monday evening.
(omg! on Yahoo!)- Steve Jones and Nicole Scherzinger will not be back on The X Factor this year.
(UnReality TV)- LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Steve Jones is leaving The X Factor stage. The Fox talent competition host said Monday on Twitter that he wouldnt be returning to host the shows second season.
(Associated Press)- Forget The X Factor -- Steve Jones is now experiencing the ex-factor. As in, hes now the ex-host of the show.
(TheWrap)- The X Factor has said goodbye to two of its familiar faces: mentor Nicole Scherzinger and host Steve Jones.
(Musicwire)- Pussycat Dolls singer-turned-judge Nicole Scherzinger and host Steve Jones will not return to The X Factor next season. A Fox spokeswoman told the Associated Press Monday that the pair wont be appearing on the singing competitions second season.
(The Post-Standard - Syracuse.com (blog))- Since British TV now has more reality shows seemingly conceived by drunk children than any other country in the world except Japan, theoretically we should have more than enough to write about without bothering to look over the other side of the Atlantic.
(Holy Moly!)- Steve Jones is leaving "The X Factor" stage. The Fox talent competition host said Monday on Twitter that he wouldn't be returning to host the show's second season.
(Post-Crescent)- Steve Jones will not return to the US version of The X Factor for its next series, it has been confirmed. The former T4 host fronted the American version of Simon Cowells singing talent show when it made its debut last year.
(What's On TV)- The X Factor is cleaning house! After hosting the first season of Simon Cowells The X Factor, Steve Jones will not be returning as host for season two.
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- Don't let Kristen Bell near a sloth without a few tissues nearby. In an appearance on the Ellen Show, the "House of Lies" actress said she lost it when her fiancé, Dax Shepard, brought her a visit from a sloth for her birthday.
(New York Daily News)- (CBS) Fans, take note: Kristen Bell really, really likes sloths.
(CBS News)- What caused Kristen Bell to have a minor emotional breakdown? The House of Lies star stopped by The Ellen DeGeneres Show (weekdays, syndicated) with some very revealing (and hilarious) home video footage from her 31st birthday party.
(Huffington Post)- So much that on her birthday, when boyfriend Dax Shepard surprised the actress with an actual sloth, she pretty much lost it. I had no context for knowing what [the present] was.
(International Business Times)- This is one of the funniest, sweetest, most honest videos youll ever see of a celebrity.
(The Hollywood Gossip)- RELATED: The Cast of HBOs Game Change So Far Its important to note that Kristen Bell isnt crying here because shes scared of the baby sloth that boyfriend Dax Shephard gave her. Those are happy sloth tears. The best kind of sloth tears.
(YAHOO!)- Kristen Bell loves sloths. No, you don't get it. She really, really, loves sloths. Kind of like the way you love kittens and puppies – but if nature somehow merged the two into an amalgamation of cuteness. A "kitup" or a "puppen".
(Ecorazzi.com)- I am a sedentary sort. I am one who has adopted the deadly sin "Sloth" as a lifestyle choice, but I need to remain active. I have no energy. Energy or the lack thereof has been an issue with me for years. I used to get paid to exercise.
(berkeleyind.com)- Kristen Bell has always had a secret desire. She's obsessed with sloths. She finally got her wish for her 31st birthday, and to call it an emotional event would be an understatement. It was also hilarious.
(TheImproper.com)- over the little guys. How did Cooke, with a little help from Animal Planet, accomplish this? By filming orphaned baby sloths at the Aviarios Sloth Sanctuary in Costa Rica being, well, adorable, orphaned, baby sloths.
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- Simon Cowell predicted The X Factor would be a TV hit and eclipse his ex-employer, American Idol. He was wrong, and now his show has been gutted of three of its five stars, including Paula Abdul, putting its future in question.
(AP - msnbc.com)- And then there were two. Paula Abdul will not be returning to the reality competition The X Factor, according to deadline.com. The Web site reported last night that only Simon Cowell and L.A. Reid will be back when the show returns next fall.
(Tulsa World)- LOS ANGELES - Monday was pink slip day at The X Factor, with Paula Abdul apparently the latest to get sent packing.
(Kansas City Star)- Official statements have now been released about The X Factor U.S. shakeup that resulted in the firings of host Steve Jones and judges Nicole Scherzinger and Paula Abdul. The X Factor U.S.
(Examiner)- In 1987, Abdul used her savings to make a singing demo. Although her voice was relatively untrained, her exceptional dancing proved marketable to the visually oriented, MTV-driven, pop music industry.
(Worldnews.com)- In addition to the losses of mentor Nicole Scherzinger and host Steve Jones, original American Idol diva and delightfully unpredictable judge Paula Abdul will also not be returning to the program. A source close to Cowell told Deadline.
(Musicwire)- Foxs hit reality competition The X Factor is undergoing major shake-ups: host Steve Jones and judges Paula Abdul and Nicole Scherzinger will not be returning to the show. Series impresario Simon Cowell and fellow music producer L.A.
(iVillage.com)- The X Factor is cleaning house! After hosting the first season of Simon Cowells The X Factor, Steve Jones will not be returning as host for season two.
(Parade)- The X Factor U.S.
(Examiner)- Judges Nicole Scherzinger and Paula Abdul have followed host Steve Jones by leaving The X Factor ahead of its second season, according to new reports.
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