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Cordell Broadus, the son of famed West Coast rapper Snoop Dogg, has been offered a football scholarship to UCLA.

Two Union Pacific Railroad freight trains Sunday collided head-on in the Oklahoma Panhandle. The train crash, which left three crew members missing, occurred two miles east of Goodwell, Okla., when a westbound train with three locomotives and 80 rail cars collided with an eastbound intermodal train consisting of four locomotives and 108 rail cars, according to news reports.

In a police investigation from 1967 that has been reopened, Connecticut authorities have concluded that actor Dylan McDermott's mother, Diane McDermott, was murdered by her now-dead gangster ex-boyfriend.

Monday, June 25, marks the three-year anniversary of Michael Jackson's death. Since 2009, fans have around the world have been mourning the tragic loss of The King of Pop by celebrating his music and honoring his memory. Admirers of Jackson gathered on Monday at the Neverland ranch, where Jackson lived in Santa Barbara County.

Nadya Suleman, aka Octomom, is making more headlines this weekend as she claims to have had an extremely bad experience aboard a Virgin America airline flight.

Jim Packard, a Wisconsin Public Radio legend, died on Mon., June 18, after a yearlong battle with cardiopulmonary disease. He was 71. A staple of Wisconsin Public Radio, Packard wore multiple hats at the station, where he was often heard between shows and producing for Conversations with Larry Meiller. Most notably, Packard worked with Michael Feldman to produce Whad'Ya Know, an interview and quiz radio show.

The lone star tick is what insiders are saying is responsible for the wave of meat allergies spreading up the East Coast. Named for the white spot on its back, the lone star tick makes its mark by biting its victim and releasing saliva into the wound, which triggers an allergic reaction to meat.

A valuable Salvador Dali watercolor and ink painting was recently swiped off the wall of a New York City art gallery. The Associated Press is reporting that the painting, which is valued at around $150,000, was taken from a Madison Avenue Art Gallery on Tues., June 19, by a man posing as a customer.

Kirk Douglas may be 95 years old, but that isn't stopping him from riding high on the recent success of his 10th book or going for his third consecutive Bar Mitzvah.

Some controversial pictures that were taken at the White House are circulating on the Internet. Images of prominent gay activists making obscene gestures toward paintings of anti-gay presidents have surfaced on Facebook.

Oscar Fuller has been sentenced to one year in prison for punching a woman during a dispute over a New York City parking space. Fuller received the maximum punishment for the misdemeanor assault, which ended up causing Lana Rosas serious brain damage.

Justin Bieber appeared on David Letterman on Thursday night and received disapproving remarks from the Late Show host. Bieber showed off his new arm tattoo to Letterman, who was increasingly judgmental about the the 18-years-old's fresh ink.

Megan Crafton, An assistant cheerleading coach at an Indianapolis high school, has been arrested for allegedly performing sexual acts on a 17-year-old male student.

Scientists from the Alaska Volcano Observatory have raised the aviation alert level around a remote volcano after a small eruption produced an ash cloud several miles high.

Ryan Leaf, a former NFL quarterback, was sentenced to 15 months of lockdown after pleading guilty to charges of burglary and drug possession stemming from early 2012. Leaf will reportedly spend the first half of his sentence in a secure drug treatment facility and then go on to a pre-release living center.

Natalee Holloway's mother has filed a lawsuit against The National Enquirer that claims the tabloid published untrue stories to profit from her daughter's 2005 disappearance in Aruba. According to the Associated Press, the lawsuit filed by Beth Holloway on Wednesday, June 20, claims that the magazine and its publisher, American Media Inc., published false headlines, articles and statements for nearly seven years.

Alec Baldwin is making all sorts of headlines these days. In an apparent effort to clear the air on his recent scuffle with a photographer, Baldwin appeared on Wednesday's Late Night with David Letterman.

Prolific sports artist LeRoy Neiman died on Wednesday, June 20 at the age of 91. While no details of how he died were provided, his New York-based publicist confirmed Neiman's death to the Associated Press.

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is dishing out $42 million to build a giant grandfather clock. The clock, which will chime an elaborate song every year, decade, century, millennium and 10 millennia, is reportedly intended to ensure that people will remember Bezos for years to come.

Tampa Bay relief pitcher Joel Peralta is catching head after being ejected for allegedly using pine tar during the eighth inning of the team's June 19 victory over the Washington Nationals. Umpires reportedly found the pine tar after the Nationals requested Peralta's glove be examined shortly after he entered the game in the eighth inning. The glove was confiscated and Peralta was ejected.

Serious flooding is taking place in Duluth, Minn. on Wednesday, June 20 as torrential rainfall is bombarding the North Shore of the city. According to weather reports, a series of training thunderstorms, that all passed over the same region, has dumped 4 - 5 inches of rain over the large area of Northern Minnesota. Evacuations are under way in the Fond du Lac neighborhood of Duluth and in Thomson Township, while Duluth fire and police crews are trying to take control of the situation.

Joe Amendola's All My Children comment is being widely criticized as most inappropriate considering that he is representing a man facing 51 charges of child sex abuse. And while the trial of the former Penn State assistant football coach is now in its sixth day, Sandusky has continued to deny the allegations against him.

Nick Stahl, the actor who played John Connor in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, has apparently checked himself out of rehab and is currently missing. Stahl's wife, Rose Murphy Stahl, has confirmed with E! News that her husband has not been in rehab for at least the last couple of days and cannot be found.

In a recent viral video dubbed the Hockey Mom Clip, Gina O'Toole, a Boston-based hockey mom, steps onto the ice an effort to try and break up a fight between two junior hockey teams.

Bobby Brown and fiancée Alicia Etheredge have gotten married. The two tied the knot on Monday, June 18, in Honolulu, just one day after Brown performed a New Edition concert in the same location.

Gary Giordano, a former suspect in the disappearance of his travel companion Robyn Gardner, has filed suit against American Express in an effort to collect on an insurance policy he took out on the missing woman.

Coming off his recent win on The Celebrity Apprentice, Arsenio Hall is capitalizing on his new found popularity and has inked a deal with CBS Television Distribution for a new syndicated nightly talk show.

Charlie Sheen is reportedly getting ready to retire. The former Two-and-a-Half Men star plans on making his next acting gig - starring in FX's upcoming Anger Management, his last.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. earned his first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series win after four years and 143 races without a first place finish. Earnhardt Jr.'s four year drought had many fans and critics questioning whether the good ole boy still had it. But after his June 17 NASCAR Sprint Cup victory at Michigan International Speedway, even his girlfriend, Amy Reimann, is convinced that No. 88 can still ride with the best of them.