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Most of the time, you're excited to return home after a vacation. That wasn't the case after Jimmy Kimmel's recent trip to Japan with his family. "After traveling to Japan, I realize that this place, this USA we're always chanting about, is a filthy and disgusting country," the host said on Monday night's "Jimmy Kimmel Live." The ABC host admitted that before spending seven days in Japan, he believed America was a country that had its faults and "areas for improvement," but that it was "pretty buttoned up" compared to the rest of the world. "I go to Europe, and...

TAYLOR MILL, Ky. -- Parents pulled their 8-year-old son off his baseball team when they found out it would be sponsored by Hooters, WLWT-TV in Cincinnati reported. "I was just was very shocked," said the boy's mother, Karen Schwartz. "I thought it was a little odd and inappropriate for little children." Added the boy's father, Richard Schwartz: "I told her without batting an eye, 'I'm going to pull him from the team.'" The Schwartzes said several parents were upset that the Taylor Mill Boosters assigned Hooters to represent a group of 7-, 8- and 9-year-old boys. "I don't think there's...

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