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Now it’s Paris Hilton and her sister. The partying heiress — who has been snapped in pics looking amorous with plenty of men as well as a few women — is now getting cozy with her sister. Photos of Paris and Nicky Hilton in the back of a limo wrapped around one another in a more-than-sisterly embrace are being circulated on the internet. The scantily clad twosome are both wearing teddies; Paris has stockings and garters, her sister is bare-legged, and in some shots, the two have their legs up in the air and their rear ends touching.

Democratic Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is popular within her party but could have trouble winning the presidency, according to a poll that also identified potential hurdles within the GOP for former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani. The former first lady held a double-digit lead over possible rivals in the survey released Thursday by Marist College's Institute for Public Opinion. Clinton, who has taken steps suggesting a 2008 bid, had the support of 33 percent of Democrats to 14 percent for former Sen. John Edwards. Former Vice President Al Gore was at 13 percent and Illinois Sen. Barack Obama 12 percent....

<p>NEW YORK - After igniting a media firestorm by flashing her apparent lack of underwear to the paparazzi, Britney Spears is finally talking. “It’s been so long since I’ve been out on the town with friends,” the singer writes in a posting Thursday on her Web site. “It’s also been 2 years since I’ve even celebrated my birthday.</p>

HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. (Nov. 15) - Leon Washington jump-started the New York Jets ' running game with his shifty moves and gamebreaking speed. The rookie running back has also created a stir among sports trading card collectors with a questionable photograph. Leon Washington says he was making an 'E' symbol with his hands to honor his hometown. A Bowman "Signs of the Future" autographed card, issued by The Topps Company, Inc., features a photo of Washington from the waist up in his green Jets jersey with his arms folded across his chest - and appearing to make obscene gestures with both...

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (AP) -- Bill Cosby settled a lawsuit Wednesday with a woman who said the entertainer drugged and sexually assaulted her at his home outside Philadelphia. Terms of the settlement will remain confidential, according to a one-paragraph statement released jointly by both sides. Cosby's publicist, David Brokaw, said there would be no further comment. A telephone number for the plaintiff could not be determined Wednesday and she could not be reached for comment.

Cue "Eye of the Tiger"--the Italian Stallion is coming out of retirement for more one shot. ADVERTISEMENT Sylvester Stallone has signed on to reprise his role as the boxing champ for a sixth installment in the once mighty franchise. The film, simply titled Rocky Balboa, was announced Monday by Columbia Pictures, Revolution Studios and original distributor MGM, which will team up to produce what a press release describes as a return to the style and grit of the 1976 franchise-launching original. The story will pick up with the fictional prize fighter retired and a widower (no Adrian!), who, after resisting...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Paris Hilton is happy with tycoon fiance Paris Latsis, settling down to a quieter life and thinking about having a baby -- but first she wants a new $2 million engagement ring. Hilton, 24, told Vanity Fair magazine, in an issue that hit New York newsstands on Wednesday, that she is over the sex tape of two years ago and has abandoned the "nightclub scene" for home-cooked meals and nights at home in Beverly Hills. The hotel heiress, TV star, movie actress, author, model and perfume purveyor also told the magazine that she wants to have...

September 7, 2005--Twenty-seven percent (27%) of Americans say they will definitely vote for Hillary Clinton if she runs for President in 2008. The latest Rasmussen Reports poll for the Hillary Meter finds that 38% will definitely vote against her. Those figures are little changed from our last poll, but are a bit more pessimistic for the former First Lady than poll results from earlier in the year. Related surveys have shown Clinton leading Condoleezza Rice and Laura Bush in hypothetical 2008 match-ups while trailing Rudy Giuliani and John McCain. Twenty-eight percent (28%) of Americans say New York's junior Senator is...

BROOKLYN, Mich. (AP) -- Jeremy Mayfield was happy to leave his winning car behind and walk to Victory Circle on Sunday. The winner of the chaotic NASCAR Nextel Cup race at Michigan International Speedway blew two tires as he celebrated his first victory in nearly a year with a burnout in front of the frontstretch grandstand. No matter. Mayfield was still grinning widely when he stepped out of his crippled No. 19 Evernham Motorsports Dodge. ``Every win I've ever won in this series is like that, full of drama,'' Mayfield said. ``Right up to the wire you never know.'' He...

NEW YORK - Two years ago, Demi Moore met "That '70s Show" star Ashton Kutcher at a casual dinner. They've been together ever since. "Talk about meeting your soul mate," the 42-year-old actress tells Harper's Bazaar in its September issue. "I truly feel I have been given that gift. And believe me, I wasn't some lightweight package. I'm, like, the package that didn't just come with luggage — I had trunks." While she and Kutcher, 27, would like to "expand our family" — there have been tabloid reports that Moore was pregnant — there are no plans for marriage. "I...

OTTAWA (AFP) - Two longtime friends, neither gay, who recently announced plans to get married to take advantage of Canada's tax rules that give couples preferrential treatment have called off their nuptials, they told AFP. Bryan Pinn, 65, and Bill Dalrymple, 56, have been best friends for 22 years. Both are divorced. Pinn has two adult children. When Prime Minister Paul Martin's government enacted a controversial same-sex marriage law last month, the duo decided to take advantage of a loophole in the legislation and get hitched. The bill did not specificy that the couple had to be gay. "We were...

The Democrats' political divisions could be worse than New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton said they were when she called last month for a cease-fire among the party's warring factions and a renewed focus on beating Republicans in the next election. Her call for unity came at a time when a major sector of the party's working-class base appeared to be splitting apart, a key Senate Democrat was criticizing his party's credibility on national security and new polling data showed that a majority of the nation's working class has turned against unions, one of the party's most loyal allies. These...

NEW YORK - In the eyes of Jessica Simpson, Daisy Duke is an "iconish" figure. During her co-hosting gig Friday on the syndicated TV show "Live With Regis and Kelly," Simpson said she had to "step into those shorts and the red bikinis and I had to do Catherine Bach proud" for her role in "The Dukes of Hazzard" movie. "To play Daisy Duke, I mean, that's like an iconish ... is that a word ... iconic figure," she said. Simpson said she hired a trainer to get in shape for the film, which stars Johnny Knoxville as Luke Duke...

Hillary's cease-fire is, like, so not going to happen So Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) wants to make peace between centrist Democrats like those in the Democratic Leadership Council (DLC), who helped her husband win election, and then reelection, to the White House — the first Democrat to do so since Franklin Delano Roosevelt — and the world of the Vast Left Wing Conspiracy, the coalition of MoveOn.org, liberal bloggers, Michael Moore, Air America radio and others on the left who helped John Kerry win election to the White House. Okay, strike that last part. Anyway, Sen. Clinton has decided...

LONG POND, Pa. (AP) -- Kurt Busch dominated at the beginning, surged back to the lead late and raced to his second win of the season Sunday in the Pennsylvania 500 at Pocono Raceway. The defending NASCAR Nextel Cup champion led 110 of the first 150 laps on the 2.5-mile triangle and kept his fifth place spot in the points standings with six races left to decide the 10 drivers who will race for the title. The ``Chase for the Cup'' begins at New Hampshire International Speedway on Sept. 18. Busch passed second-place finisher Rusty Wallace coming out of turn...

LOUDON, N.H. (AP) -- Tony Stewart won for the third time in four races, passing at will inside and outside in a dominant performance Sunday at New Hampshire International Speedway. The win in the New England 300 was his third this season, second on this track and 22nd of Stewart's career. He also won in Sonoma, Calif., and Daytona Beach, Fla., and has posted finishes of second and fifth in his last five starts. Stewart began a run of dominance after passing Ryan Newman on the 51st lap. Kurt Busch, trying to become the only driver to win three times...

Even before the E! website falsely reported that Nick Lachey and Jessica Simpson had filed for divorce, the "Newlyweds" were on damage control about the status of their relationship. And despite the fact that they constantly try to assure the public that their marriage is solid, those who witness them together always seem to say otherwise. An attendee at Jessica's 25th birthday party last week told the New York Daily News about the couple's interactions with each other - "Nick and Jessica weren't even speaking. In fact, they didn't even arrive together - he met her there. Then, when she...

JOLIET, Ill. (AP) -- The roar from the crowd told the story after Sunday's NASCAR Nextel Cup race at Chicagoland Speedway: Dale Earnhardt Jr. is back. The fan favorite finally appears to have broken out of a nearly season-long slump. A sellout crowd of about 100,000 at the suburban Chicago track was howling its approval as the jubilant Earnhardt celebrated his first win of the season by smoking the tires of his No. 8 Chevrolet and hugging crew members in the infield grass. ``I was worried I was going to go winless this year,'' the relieved Earnhardt said after taking...

Anna Kournikova talked about her third season in the 2005 World TeamTennis (WTT) Pro League presented by Advanta, July 4-24, as she joins the Sacramento Capitals in the Western Conference. She will make her 2005 WTT debut on Thursday, July 7, as the Sacramento Capitals visit the Newport Beach Breakers at the Palisades Tennis Club in Newport Beach, Calif. Her next match will be at home as the Philadelphia Freedoms visit the Sunrise Mall in Sacramento, Calif., on Sunday, July 10. She then heads to the Westside Tennis Club in Houston, Texas to take on the Wranglers, Tuesday, July 12....

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- After numerous frustrating finishes, Tony Stewart finally won at NASCAR's most famous track. Stewart dominated the rain-delayed Pepsi 400 on Saturday night, but still needed a dramatic four-wide pass to move to the front, then pulled away on a restart with nine laps left to seal his first Nextel Cup victory in 14 starts at Daytona International Speedway. The only thing that could top this would be winning the Daytona 500 or a race -- any race -- at his beloved Indianapolis Motor Speedway. But Stewart will settle for this for now, and celebrated by...