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STOCKHOLM (AP) — A 230-meter (755 feet) tall wind turbine in Arctic Sweden came crashing down on the snow during the weekend as high winds swept across the region, officials said Monday. No one was injured. She added that she believed it was the first time such an incident took place in Sweden. It was not clear whether the collapsed wind mill was working or whether it was under construction at the time of the collapse.

The estranged sister of Mariah Carey is suing their mother after claiming she was sexually assaulted as a child, causing her to misuse drugs to suppress the 'horrific memories'. Alison, 57, is known to have once worked as a prostitute and is HIV positive. She is believed to have lost all of her teeth and is now desperate to get money to have them fixed. The lawsuit reveals more sordid details that Alison is said to have witnessed during what would have been the early 1970s and claims that her mother allowed the men to engage in 'sexual acts including...

In a draft lawsuit, the superstar is accused of calling her former head of security a white supremacist and sexually harassing him.

The "settlement" negotiations between Mariah Carey and ex-fiance James Packer have broken down, and there are now threats of lawsuits, with Mariah accusing James of being a "lying opportunist." TMZ broke the story ... Mariah demanded $50 million from James, claiming he uprooted her life from New York and caused her emotional distress that caused her to cancel the South American leg of her world tour. Our James sources say the tour cancellations were due to poor ticket sales, not distress. We're told James has now drawn the line ... he doesn't owe her squat. He says they were never...

Music video by Mariah Carey performing Hero. YouTube view counts pre-VEVO: 385,815. (C) 1993 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT

They say that perception is important, especially in politics. So even though Obama’s new, tricked-out bus for his three-day, Midwest bus tour was purchased through a U.S. retailer, the fact that it was made in Canada will surely raise some eyebrows. Rumors started swirling this week on blogs and in comment sections that Obama’s bus — nicknamed “Greyhound One” — was not American-made, which is ironic considering part of the president’s goal on the tour has been to talk about jobs and getting Americans back to work. The (Canucklehead Obama bus-ted! (PHOTOS) the large vehicles were originally built in Canada...

<p>NEW YORK — The grandmother of a 10-year-old blind girl from Oakland, Minn., is stunned by a nasty e-mail she received that allegedly came from pop singer Mariah Carey.</p> <p>Dee Hofland wrote to Carey on behalf of her granddaughter, Michelle Katz – who idolizes the singer. The e-mail was sent to the star’s official Web site asking if Michelle could meet with her in person. The girl was crushed after Carey canceled the St. Paul concert Michelle and Hofland planned to attend.</p>

GIRLS GONE WILD by Rick Kisonak (12/18/2002) "I called my other personality Celestia. I believed I was from another planet. I could see into the future. I could heal people. I was, in my mind, learning it from God." Anne Heche - September 2001 Maybe it's an undetected side effect of Botox. Maybe it's something in designer bottled water. Perhaps it's the L.A. air. Who can say? All I know is that something is affecting high profile female showbiz personalities, turning them into out of control, occasionally dangerous wackjobs and nothing is being done to stop it. Mariah Scary...sorry, I...