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Paula Abdul just twittered. Read what she has to say : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ # It truly has been breathtaking, especially over the past month # What I want to say most, is how much I appreciate the undying support and enormous love that you have showered upon me # I’ll miss nurturing all the new talent,but most of all being a part of a show that I helped from day1 become an international phenomenon. # With sadness in my heart, I’ve decided not to return to IDOL. I’ll miss nurturing all the new talent, but most of all..Cont'd.

'Ally McBeal' Star to Play Conservative Pundit in New TV Series By E&P Staff Published: July 24, 2006 11:55 AM ET NEW YORK ABC reportedly has huge hopes for a new series to air this fall called "Brothers & Sisters," which will follow the hit "Desperate Housewives" on the schedule. Calista Flockhart, best known as Ally McBeal, plays a conservative radio host turned TV pundit. Others in the high-powered cast include Patricia Wettig, Rachel Griffiths, Ron Rifkin and Sally Field. Flockhart recently explained, "I really want to go back to work. It just seemed like the perfect time and the...

Every Wednesday a small but growing energetic group of Rocklin (near Sacramento) residents gather to rally for our President and our brave and courageous military and annoy the heck out of the Bush haters across the street. We get a lot of support from Rocklin residents driving by. The hippies may get a few honks, but we get the enthusiastic ones. Click on the link for some pictures and then go the news link and read about Mark, the young man who saw these goons protesting and what he did. His brother is a marine serving in Iraq.Rocklin, CA

SEATTLE - Mary Kay Letourneau and her former sixth-grade pupil — the father of her two youngest children — will be married Friday night, "Entertainment Tonight" and "The Insider" reported Thursday. Tents were being set up Thursday afternoon for the ceremony in a secluded spot in King County, according to the television programs, which obtained exclusive rights to cover the event. A rehearsal dinner for bridesmaids, groomsmen and relatives was planned Thursday. Letourneau, now 43, served 7 1/2 years in prison after she was convicted of raping Vili Fualaau, now 22. She was released last August. The couple first met...

A 23-year-old female teacher in Tampa, Fla., was arrested Monday for the second time on charges of having sex with a 14-year-old male student. Debra Lafave, (pictured, left) was accompanied by her new attorney, John Fitzgibbons as she surrendered to Marion County deputies in Ocala. Lafave, who is married, is a reading teacher at Greco Middle School in Temple Terrace, just northeast of Tampa. The new charges accuse Lafave of pursuing the 14-year-old student to Ocala, Fla., while he was visiting his 15-year-old cousin. Detectives said Lafave had sex with the student twice in Ocala - once in the back...