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Joe Biden ft. WINGER - "Seventeen"

Janis Ian - At Seventeen (Live, 1976)

It seems every year Americans have more TV channel options than the year prior, but one number has remained consistent — 17. That’s the average number of channels viewers actually tune in to. In 2013, the average TV home received 189 channels, up from 129 in 2008, according to a new report from Nielsen. Back in 2008 Americans tuned in to an average of 17.3 channels, as opposed to this year’s 17.5 figure. Maybe that’s all we channel-surfers can handle. “This data is significant in that it substantiates the notion that more content does not necessarily equate to more channel...

Who's the one person capable of knocking Oprah Winfrey out of Forbes' top spot on the list of the world's most powerful celebs? Angelina Jolie. Winfrey, who topped the list last year, was dethroned and moved to the No. 2 spot on the annual Forbes list, which came out yesterday. "Though viewership for the self-made billionaire's flagship chat fest, The Oprah Winfrey Show, continues to erode, her earning power remains resilient," the list said. The Celebrity 100 list ranks the rich and famous based on media exposure and earnings over the past year.

DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del., April 4, 2006 – Seventeen people are in various stages of recovery after surviving a C-5 aircraft crash less than a mile from Dover Air Force Base's southern perimeter yesterday. "Our crew did a spectacular job of landing the airplane in its location," said Air Force Col. Chad T. Manske, 436th Airlift Wing vice commander and current acting commander of the wing. "Thankfully, there were no fatalities or injuries, and by the grace of God the aircraft didn't explode." The C-5B Galaxy broke apart into three major pieces at 6:42 a.m. in a grassy...

The October issue of Seventeen magazine is too racy for the Albertsons' supermarket chain. The magazine have been pulled because of an article titled "Vagina 101." Close-up drawings detail various parts of the female anatomy, under the headline "Owner's Manual." The Idaho-based Albertsons' corporate office issued a statement saying the magazine was pulled because of complaints from customers. But there's plenty of racy stuff still on the Albertsons' magazine rack, including Men's Health, with an article called "Six Secret Ways to Turn Her On."