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Amy Schumer has been forced to change her infant son’s name as she thought it sounded like “genital,” she revealed. The 38-year-old comic gave birth to son Gene on May 5 last year. Schumer and her husband, Chris Fischer, 40, gave him the middle name Attell in honor of fellow comic and close friend Dave Attell. However, speaking on her podcast “3 Girls, 1 Keith,” Schumer told her co-hosts Rachel Feinstein, Bridget Everett and Keith Robinson: “Do you guys know that Gene, our baby’s name, is officially changed? It’s now Gene David Fischer. It was Gene Attell Fischer, but we...

The General's Eggnog One quart of cream One quart of milk A dozen eggs One pint of brandy A half pint of rye A quarter pint of rum A quarter pint of sherry Christmas of 1826 was snowy, cold and lonely for the cadets of West Point. Though called "men" they were really teenage boys -- some as young as 17 -- and they wanted to celebrate Christmas. Young Jefferson Davis, future president of the Confederate States of America, was amongst them. But West Point then, as it is now, was a house of order and discipline. The military...

CAMP LIBERTY, Iraq, July 29, 2007 – Comedians Dave Attell and Scott Kennedy are keeping troops laughing during an eight-stop USO-sponsored comedy tour for servicemembers deployed to the Operation Iraqi Freedom theater of operations. Dave Attell performs his comedy routine during a USO-sponsored show July 25 on Camp Adder in Iraq. Attell is traveling with fellow comedian Scott Kennedy. This was the one of eight tour stops in theater. U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Robert W. Valenca  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. Attell may be best known for his travelogue show on Comedy Central, "Insomniac," where...