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Planet hunters say it’s just a matter of time before they lasso Earth’s twin, which almost surely is hiding somewhere in our star-studded galaxy. Momentum is building: Just last week, astronomers announced they had discovered three super-Earths — worlds more massive than ours but small enough to most likely be …

LOS ANGELES – Who would have guessed that Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson would go from wrestling the world’s best to kissing a man for money? And Johnson actually enjoyed the experience. “One of the skills I had to learn and become proficient in is kissing a man. I had never …

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Timing Is Everything There is an apparent discrepancy in the timeline regarding Barack Obama’s explanation for his use of speech passages from his friend, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick. The governor told The New York Times that they discussed the matter last summer …

LOS ANGELES – Anne Hathaway and Steve Carell appear to be unlikely lovers even on-screen, but after spending months getting sweaty on the set of “Get Smart,” the pair has, well, an interesting relationship away from the lights and action. “I can’t get him to leave me alone,” Anne “Agent …

In the last week, someone in Barack Obama’s camp had to step down for saying something mean about Hillary Clinton and then someone in Hillary’s camp had to step down for saying something mean about Obama. And now, we’re about to see David Paterson become governor of New York and …

There’s no question that Americans are the most generous people on earth, and that has been demonstrated once again in the money donated to the families of the terror victims. One billiondollarshave been pledged thus far to help families effected by the terror attacks. But the money is slow in …

So Compaq and Hewlett Packard are getting together. Big merger. Big plans. Big whoop-dee-doo! Here’s how I see it: Two losers who want to be one big winner. Good luck. I don’t buy it. And here’s why: Neither company has its act together. They want to be Dell Computer. But …

‘N Sync | Lizzie Grubman| Steven Soderbergh ‘N Sync Depends on Members, Dancers for New Songs The end of the insipid boy band era may be upon us. So declared Entertainment Weekly in a recent think piece, and now the signs are in place. ‘N Sync may be out to …

Opponents and supporters of medical research involving embryonic stem cells may not agree on the ethics of embryo destruction, but they should be able to find common ground — albeit for different reasons — on another point: The federal government’s role in the research should be reconsidered. Supporters desperately hope …

Hi, I’m Bill O’Reilly. Thank you for watching us tonight. Well, he encouraged his followers to die fighting the American infidels, and he protected the terrorist Usama bin Laden. But now Taliban leader Mullah Omar wants protection. And that’s the subject of this evening’s Talking Points memo. Omar is surrounded …