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Her diva demands and well-known love of excess is usually guaranteed to send even the most accommodating celebrity haunts into a frenzy. So staff may be breathing a sigh of relief that pop princess Mariah Carey says she doesn't want to have any kids in the foreseeable future. Perhaps there is just not enough room in the world for two Miss Careys. But in a somewhat bizarre explanation, the singer has claimed that having children would leave her feeling 'violated'. "It's hard to have kids in this world," she told OK! magazine. "I don't think I could properly educate a...

Repulsive "Wifely Expectations" pact emerges in Iowa kidnap case FEBRUARY 17--This country, as you know, is filled with the deranged. And then there's Travis Frey, a 33-year-old Iowa man who is facing charges that he tried to kidnap his own wife (not to mention a separate child pornography rap). Frey, prosecutors contend, apparently is a rather demanding guy. In fact, he actually drew up a bizarre four-page marriage document--a "Contract of Wifely Expectations"--that sought to establish guidelines for his spouse in terms of hygiene, clothing, and sexual activities. In return for fulfilling certain requirements, Frey (pictured right) offered "Good Behavior...