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years</a></h6></div><div class="story medmax "><h6><a href="/web/20090820061714/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32484098" title="Updated" class="icoUpd" name="icon_U" ic_cd="633863285860030000"> </a> <a href="/web/20090820061714/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32484098/ns/entertainment-celebrities/">Phil Spector fears for his safety in prison</a></h6></div><div class="story medmax "><h6><a href="/web/20090820061714/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32476615/ns/entertainment-television/">‘60 Minutes’ creator Don Hewitt has died</a></h6></div><div class="story medmax "><h6><a href="/web/20090820061714/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32481852/ns/entertainment-celebrities/">Jason Schwartzman ties the knot</a></h6></div><div class="story medmax "><h6><a href="/web/20090820061714/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32475018/ns/entertainment-celebrities/">Eternal rest above Marilyn Monroe? Bid on it</a></h6></div><div class="story max "><h6><a href="/web/20090820061714/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32484152/ns/entertainment-celebrities/">Whitney Houston to be Oprah’s first guest</a></h6></div><div class="story max "><h6><a href="/web/20090820061714/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32464723/ns/entertainment-access_hollywood/">Jackson’s doctor thanks supporters in video</a></h6></div><div class="story max "><h6><a href="/web/20090820061714/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32474530/ns/entertainment-access_hollywood/">Donny to be paired with Kym on ‘Dancing’</a></h6></div><div class="story max "><h6><a href="/web/20090820061714/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32474255/ns/entertainment-reality_tv/">One temper tantrum too many for Chima</a></h6></div></div><div id="cell3" class="content w1-5 x3" ct="GRD" cn="21583865/Multimedia" pn=""><span class="label" id="label3">Multimedia</span><div class="story img-left img-thumb-m minmedmax nowrap "><div class="img"><div><a href="javascript:SSOpen2('32448211',null,null,null);"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090820061714im_/http://msnbcmedia2.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Slideshows/_production/ss-090819-celebs/ss-090819-celebs-tease2.thumb-m.jpg" title="Image: Premiere Of " My One And Only" - Arrivals" alt="Image: Premiere Of " My One And Only" - Arrivals"></a></div><cite><span class="byline">Jemal Countess / </span>Getty Images</cite></div><div class="text"><div><p class="sublabel-tease"><a href="javascript:SSOpen2('32448211/ns/entertainment-picture_stories',null,null,null);" title="Click to view slide show: "Celebrity sightings"" class="icoSli"> </a> Slideshow</p><h6><a href="javascript:SSOpen2('32448211',null,null,null);">Celebrity sightings</a></h6><p class="source"><a href="/web/20090820061714/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4999736/ns/multimedia/ ">more photos</a></p></div></div></div><div class="story img-left img-thumb-m medmax nowrap "><div class="img"><div><a href="javascript:vPlayer('32480265','fe6f9ca6-6341-4100-9181-9fff32b00fbe')"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090820061714im_/http://msnbcmedia3.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Video/__NEW/entertainmentbuzz_090819c.thumb-m.jpg"></a></div></div><div class="text"><div><p class="sublabel-tease"><a href="javascript:vPlayer('32480265','fe6f9ca6-6341-4100-9181-9fff32b00fbe')" title="Click to view video: "Renee Zellweger on 'My One And Only'"" class="icoVid"> </a> Video</p><h6><a href="javascript:vPlayer('32480265','fe6f9ca6-6341-4100-9181-9fff32b00fbe')">Renee Zellweger on 'My One And Only'</a></h6><p class="source"><a href="/web/20090820061714/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/18424726/#18424726 ">NBC Mobile</a></p></div></div></div><div class="story img-left img-thumb-m max nowrap "><div class="img"><div><a href="javascript:vPlayer('32479983','12b20fd8-8640-49fd-969b-55c4b339b37c')"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090820061714im_/http://msnbcmedia4.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Video/__NEW/NBC_AH_BiggestLoserEXT_081909.thumb-m.jpg"></a></div></div><div class="text"><div><p class="sublabel-tease"><a href="javascript:vPlayer('32479983','12b20fd8-8640-49fd-969b-55c4b339b37c')" title="Click to view video: "Shay Sorrells on 'Biggest Loser'"" class="icoVid"> </a> Video</p><h6><a href="javascript:vPlayer('32479983','12b20fd8-8640-49fd-969b-55c4b339b37c')">Shay Sorrells on 'Biggest Loser'</a></h6><p class="source"><a href="/web/20090820061714/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7358550/ns/entertainment-access_hollywood/ ">Access Hollywood</a></p></div></div></div></div><div id="cell4" class="content w0-5 x4-5 sR" ct="GRD" cn="21583865/Topics" pn=""><span class="label" id="label4">Topics</span><div class="story minmedmax"><h6><a href="/web/20090820061714/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032387/ns/entertainment-gossip/">Gossip</a></h6></div><div class="story minmedmax"><h6><a href="/web/20090820061714/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7358550/ns/entertainment-access_hollywood/">Access Hollywood</a></h6></div><div class="story minmedmax"><h6><a href="/web/20090820061714/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9409919/ns/entertainment-celebrities/">Celebrities</a></h6></div><div class="story medmax"><h6><a href="/web/20090820061714/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032450/ns/entertainment-television/">Television</a></h6></div><div class="story medmax"><h6><a href="/web/20090820061714/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6071102/ns/entertainment-reality_tv/">Reality TV</a></h6></div><div class="story medmax"><h6><a href="/web/20090820061714/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032428/ns/entertainment-movies/">Movies</a></h6></div><div class="story max"><h6><a href="/web/20090820061714/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032433/ns/entertainment-music/">Music</a></h6></div><div class="story max"><h6><a href="/web/20090820061714/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8523679/ns/entertainment-comics_games_news_of_the_weird/">Cartoons, Games</a></h6></div></div></div></div></div><div ct="slc" cn="Health" pn="sectionslice" class="sum" id="ss_9034"><div class="box-hdr"><h2><a href="/web/20090820061714/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032076/ns/health/">Health</a></h2><ul class="ctrl1"><li class="label"><span>Move box</span></li><li class="btn up"><a href="#" title="up"> </a></li><li class="btn down"><a href="#" title="down"> </a></li></ul><ul class="opt-size"><li class="label">Show</li><li><a href="#" s="1">0</a></li><li><a href="#" s="2">5</a></li><li><a href="#" s="3">10</a></li><li><a href="#" s="4">15</a></li><li class="label">stories</li></ul></div><div class="ssBody"><div id="grid_21582828" class="grid std"><div id="cell1" class="content w1 sL inner-div" ct="GRD" cn="21582828/Top headlines" pn=""><span class="label no-border" id="label1">Top headlines</span><div class="story minmedmax "><h4><a href="/web/20090820061714/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32467170/ns/health-more_health_news/">Candlelit dinners spark romance — and toxins</a></h4><p class="abstr">You may be ingesting more during those romantic, candlelit dinners than a nice cabernet and a lamb chop. Side of benzene, anyone? </p></div><div class="story max "><h5><a href="/web/20090820061714/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32477402/ns/health-aging/">Life expectancy reaches all-time high in U.S.</a></h5></div></div><div id="cell2" class="content w2 x1 sL" ct="GRD" cn="21582828/cell2" pn=""><span class="label" id="label2"></span><div class="story minmed "><h6><a href="/web/20090820061714/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32477402/ns/health-aging/">Life expectancy reaches all-time high in U.S.</a></h6></div><div class="story minmedmax "><h6><a href="/web/20090820061714/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32476950/ns/health-swine_flu/">Ready for swine flu at work? U.S. says plan now</a></h6></div><div class="story minmedmax "><h6><a href="/web/20090820061714/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32482014" title="New" class="icoNew" name="icon_U" ic_cd="633863296016700000"> </a> <a href="/web/20090820061714/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32482014/ns/health-addictions/">Treating addiction with heroin? May be viable</a></h6></div><div class="story medmax "><h6><a href="/web/20090820061714/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32480900/ns/health-kids_and_parenting/">Overweight pals eat more when they're together</a></h6></div><div class="story medmax "><h6><a href="/web/20090820061714/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32480357/ns/health-cancer/">Lung cancer pill poised for a comeback</a></h6></div><div class="story medmax "><h6><a href="/web/20090820061714/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32479855/ns/us_news-environment/">Stream survey: Mercury in fish is widespread</a></h6></div><div class="story medmax "><h6><a href="/web/20090820061714/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32468082/ns/health-health_care/">Opinion: Health care reform dead? Think again</a></h6></div><div class="story max "><h6><a href="/web/20090820061714/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32480880/ns/health-health_care/">N.J. hospitals paying docs more to save money</a></h6></div><div class="story max "><h6><a href="/web/20090820061714/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32479400/ns/health-swine_flu/">Swine flu shots seem safe enough to test kids</a></h6></div><div class="story max "><h6><a href="/web/20090820061714/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32463644/ns/health-health_care/">End-of-life counseling aids last days, study says</a></h6></div><div class="story max "><h6><a href="/web/20090820061714/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32469863/ns/politics-washington_post/">Obama aims to fix intraparty rift</a></h6></div></div><div id="cell3" class="content w1-5 x3" ct="GRD" cn="21582828/Multimedia and features" pn=""><span class="label" id="label3">Multimedia and features</span><div class="story img-left img-thumb-m minmedmax nowrap "><div class="img"><div><a href="javascript:SSOpen2('32451587',null,null,null);"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090820061714im_/http://msnbcmedia4.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Slideshows/_production/ss-090817-AT/ss-090817-AT-tease.thumb-m.jpg" title="Image: Two horses fight on the grassland near Chifeng, China." alt="Image: Two horses fight on the grassland near Chifeng, China."></a></div><cite><span class="byline">Wu Xiaoling / </span>Zuma Press</cite></div><div class="text"><div><p class="sublabel-tease"><a href="javascript:SSOpen2('32451587/ns/health-animal_tracks_slide_show',null,null,null);" title="Click to view slide show: "Animal Tracks"" class="icoSli"> </a> Slideshow</p><h6><a href="javascript:SSOpen2('32451587',null,null,null);">Animal Tracks</a></h6><p class="source"><a href="/web/20090820061714/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4999736/ns/multimedia/ ">more photos</a></p></div></div></div><div class="story img-left img-thumb-m medmax nowrap "><div class="img"><div><a href="javascript:vPlayer('32473375','d2c30262-0aec-4c93-9117-8dfd17a10278')"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090820061714im_/http://msnbcmedia1.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Video/__NEW/__NewsChannel/nc_deliverydejavu08_19_500kmsnbc_090819.thumb-m.jpg"></a></div></div><div class="text"><div><p class="sublabel-tease"><a href="javascript:vPlayer('32473375','d2c30262-0aec-4c93-9117-8dfd17a10278')" title="Click to view video: "Paramedic helps mom deliver... again"" class="icoVid"> </a> Video</p><h6><a href="javascript:vPlayer('32473375','d2c30262-0aec-4c93-9117-8dfd17a10278')">Paramedic helps mom deliver... again</a></h6><p class="source"><a href="/web/20090820061714/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/ ">NBC News Channel</a></p></div></div></div><div class="story img-left img-thumb-m max nowrap "><div class="img"><div><a href="javascript:vPlayer('32467661','76ff08f1-2fe3-4ccc-b999-52b57ba66c82')"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090820061714im_/http://msnbcmedia1.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Video/090818/nn_todd_health_090818.thumb-m.jpg"></a></div></div><div class="text"><div><p class="sublabel-tease"><a href="javascript:vPlayer('32467661','76ff08f1-2fe3-4ccc-b999-52b57ba66c82')" title="Click to view video: "Taking pulse on health reform "" class="icoVid"> </a> Video</p><h6><a href="javascript:vPlayer('32467661','76ff08f1-2fe3-4ccc-b999-52b57ba66c82')">Taking pulse on health reform </a></h6><p class="source"><a href="/web/20090820061714/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/ns/nightly_news_with_brian_williams-nightly_news_with_brian_williams/">Nightly News</a></p></div></div></div></div><div id="cell4" class="content w0-5 x4-5 sR" ct="GRD" cn="21582828/Topics" pn=""><span class="label" id="label4">Topics</span><div class="story minmedmax"><h6><a href="/web/20090820061714/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3034536/ns/health-health_care/">Health care</a></h6></div><div class="story minmedmax"><h6><a href="/web/20090820061714/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3034601/ns/health-womens_health/?ns=health-womens_health">Women's health</a></h6></div><div class="story minmedmax"><h6><a href="/web/20090820061714/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3034481/ns/health-kids_and_parenting/?ns=health-kids_and_parenting">Kids and parenting</a></h6></div><div class="story medmax"><h6><a href="/web/20090820061714/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3034546/ns/health-heart_health/">Heart health</a></h6></div><div class="story medmax"><h6><a href="/web/20090820061714/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3034506/ns/health-aging/">Aging</a></h6></div><div class="story medmax"><h6><a href="/web/20090820061714/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13594238/ns/health-diet_and_nutrition/?ns=health-diet_and_nutrition">Diet and nutrition</a></h6></div><div class="story max"><h6><a href="/web/20090820061714/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3034576/ns/health-cancer/">Cancer</a></h6></div></div></div></div></div><div ct="slc" cn="Tech & science" pn="sectionslice" class="sum" id="ss_13945"><div class="box-hdr"><h2><a href="/web/20090820061714/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032118/ns/technology_and_science/">Tech & science</a></h2><ul class="ctrl1"><li class="label"><span>Move box</span></li><li class="btn up"><a href="#" title="up"> </a></li><li class="btn down"><a href="#" title="down"> </a></li></ul><ul class="opt-size"><li class="label">Show</li><li><a href="#" s="1">0</a></li><li><a href="#" s="2">5</a></li><li><a href="#" s="3">10</a></li><li><a href="#" s="4">15</a></li><li class="label">stories</li></ul></div><div class="ssBody"><div id="grid_21604102" class="grid std"><div id="cell1" class="content w1 sL inner-div" ct="GRD" cn="21604102/Top headlines" pn=""><span class="label no-border" id="label1">Top headlines</span><div class="story minmedmax "><h4><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090820061714/http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/08/19/2037761.aspx">Cosmic Log: X-rays solve artistic mystery</a></h4><p class="abstr">Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: Researchers use X-ray vision to bring the colors of a painted-over N.C. Wyeth illustration back to life after 85 years of oblivion.</p></div><div class="story max "><h5><a href="/web/20090820061714/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32479552/ns/technology_and_science-innovation/">Science fiction’s robotics laws need reality check</a></h5></div></div><div id="cell2" class="content w2 x1 sL" ct="GRD" cn="21604102/cell2" pn=""><span class="label" id="label2"></span><div class="story minmed "><h6><a href="/web/20090820061714/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32479552/ns/technology_and_science-innovation/">Science fiction’s robotics laws need reality check</a></h6></div><div class="story minmedmax "><div class="text"><div><h6><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090820061714/http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/08/18/2034421.aspx">Cosmic Log: 2,000 days of work on Mars</a></h6></div></div></div><div class="story minmedmax "><h6><a href="/web/20090820061714/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32467318/ns/technology_and_science-tech_and_gadgets/">Sue Facebook for sharing your info? Seriously?</a></h6></div><div class="story medmax "><h6><a href="/web/20090820061714/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32482651/ns/technology_and_science-space/">Lack of gravity waves limits cosmology theories</a></h6></div><div class="story medmax "><div class="text"><div><h6><a href="/web/20090820061714/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30501433/vp/32467392#32467392" title="Click to view video: "Get ready to drop in 'Halo 3 ODST'"" class="icoVid"> </a> <a href="/web/20090820061714/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30501433/vp/32467392#32467392">Get ready to drop in 'Halo 3 ODST'</a></h6></div></div></div><div class="story medmax "><h6><a href="/web/20090820061714/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32478588/ns/technology_and_science-science/">Rat-eating plant named after TV naturalist</a></h6></div><div class="story medmax "><h6><a href="/web/20090820061714/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32478936/ns/technology_and_science-space/">Images show stars born in violent cosmic cradle</a></h6></div><div class="story max "><h6><a href="/web/20090820061714/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32475730/ns/technology_and_science-science/">Hope Diamond to go bare for anniversary</a></h6></div><div class="story max "><h6><a href="/web/20090820061714/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32480031/ns/technology_and_science-science/">Diver brings 300-year-old cannons ashore</a></h6></div><div class="story max "><h6><a href="/web/20090820061714/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32475033/ns/technology_and_science-science/">Was ancient Cypriot cave a prehistoric diner?</a></h6></div><div class="story max "><h6><a href="/web/20090820061714/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32475682/ns/technology_and_science-security/">Radisson Hotels’ computer systems hacked</a></h6></div></div><div id="cell3" class="content w1-5 x3" ct="GRD" cn="21604102/Multimedia" pn=""><span class="label" id="label3">Multimedia</span><div class="story img-left img-thumb-m minmedmax nowrap "><div class="img"><div><a 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