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“Celebrity Big Brother” has once again dipped into President Trump’s former employee rolls for on-air talent: CBS announced Sunday that Anthony Scaramucci, the man who lasted less than two weeks as the White House communications director in 2017, is joining the B-list cast of the “Real World”-meets-“Survivor” competition series. Scaramucci follows in the stilettoed footsteps of former Trump staffer Omarosa Manigault Newman, whose salacious tenure on “Celebrity Big Brother” was marked by headline-grabbing confessionals about the utter chaos behind the scenes at 1600 Penn. While there’s no doubt that “the Mooch” will be dropping gems of his own, as a...

Mary Jane Trumps Joe Camel By Mary BeckmanScienceNOW Daily News23 May 2006 It seems logical that inhaling enough smoke will give you lung cancer. But a new study of Los Angeles residents suggests that smoking marijuana--even more than 22,000 joints in a lifetime--doesn't increase cancer risk. The results surprise many researchers, who point out marijuana has other ill health effects. Decades of research have shown that cigarette smoking dramatically increases the risk of certain cancers. But controversy surrounds the risk of smoking weed. A 1999 study of blood donors suggested a link between marijuana and head and neck cancer,...

RICKY WILLIAMS Next stop: the end zone Ricky Williams returns to the Dolphins' backfield on Sunday -- after a strange journey that has taken him all over the world. BY JASON COLE Oct. 15, 2005 Ricky Williams was literally lost in translation for at least one night during his 15 months away from football. In July 2004, shortly after he retired from the Dolphins, Williams flew from the United States to Tokyo to attend a Lenny Kravitz concert. It was just a day trip to take in the show, but the trip quickly went awry. First, Williams went to the...

Rescuers failed for a second day to save two rare dolphins in tsunami-hit Thailand Tuesday after a local official and environmentalists argued about how best to save the mammals swept inland by the giant waves. The dolphins -- a female adult and her calf -- were dumped in a 300 meter by 200 meter lake left by the wall of water that struck Thailand's Andaman Sea coastline on Dec. 26. Rescue teams, including a group of Greek divers, failed to catch the endangered Indo-Pacific Humpbacks Monday. When they returned early Tuesday, a group of local fishermen and volunteers, led by...

<p>DEMI Moore is accustomed to the attentions of men - but not an over-sexed porpoise. Moore, her beau Ashton Kutcher, ex-hubby Bruce Willis and kids Talluleh, Scout and Rumer were all in Las Vegas to catch the Duran Duran show at the Hard Rock Hotel's venue, the Joint. Sunday morning, the crew went to see Siegfried & Roy's Secret Garden & Dolphin Habitat, and took a swim with the flippery mammals. "Dolphins are very sexually aggressive, and one went after Demi in a big way," laughed our spy. Moore had to get out of the pool.</p>

ESPN's Chris Mortensen reports the Miami Dolphins have won their grievance with retired RB Ricky Williams. Arbitrator Richard Bloch ruled Williams must return $8.6 million in signing bonus money to the Dolphins.

Ricky did the right thing. That's not what any Miami Dolphins fan wants to hear, but it's the truth. Unlike a lot of other athletes, Ricky Williams is leaving on his own terms, while he still has his health, while he still has a chance to do something else productive with his life. Many pro football players become walking medicine cabinets when they retire. A good portion of them wind up with chronic back and neck pain. Some have a permanent limp. Some have limited use of their extremities. Almost all deal with considerable pain on a daily basis. Sure,...

<p>MIAMI (AP) - Ricky Williams has told the Miami Dolphins that he's retiring after just five years in the NFL, The Miami Herald reported on its Web site Sunday.</p> <p>Williams said he was overjoyed by his decision.</p> <p>"You can't understand how free I feel," Williams told the Herald in a cell phone interview Saturday before boarding a plane in Hawaii and heading to Asia to begin several months of travel.</p>

NFL Shocker: Williams To Retire? Is he another Robert Smith? Is he bothered by persistent drug rumors? Whatever the reason, Dolphins star running back Ricky Williams, 27, has told the team he is retiring after just five NFL seasons, ESPN's Dan Le Batard reports.