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Flavor Flav Reveals In Memoir He Spent $5.7M On Drugs In Six Years

Source: Alex Steinman In his new memoir, the rapper, whose real name is William Drayton, is shockingly candid about his past life experiences with drug use, reality TV fame, children and losing his virginity. The 52-year-old told PopEater that he used to spend $2,600 on drugs every day for six years. His addiction totalled close to $5.7 million spent on drugs alone during that time span. He credited his ability to stay clean by moving away from New York in [...]

President Obama To Launch Manufacturing Initiative

Source: Jared A. Favole / The Wall Street Journal President Barack Obama travels to Northern Virginia Community College this morning to make a pitch for manufacturing in America–a key theme of his re-election effort — and launch an initiative with several business leaders to help get community college students into manufacturing jobs. Several business leaders are expected to be on hand at Wednesday's event, including Nick Pinchuk, chairman and CEO of Snap-on Inc.; Penny Pritzker, chairman of Pritzker Realty Group, [...]

How To Disable Facebook's Facial Recognition Feature

Source: Edecio Martinez / CBS News Facebook has quietly rolled out a facial recognition tool that automates photo tagging. In other words: Facebook can figure out which of your friends' photos you are featured in. According to a report from IT security firm Sophos, the feature is already live in the U.S. and is now available in most countries. If the feature, which is turned on by default, makes you uneasy, here is a quick tutorial on how to turn [...]

Are Rep. Weiner's Cyber Relationships Cheating? (VIDEO)

Relationship expert Wendy Walsh and family therapist Terry Real on scandal. WATCH:

AP Sources: John Edwards Emails Acknowledge Payments

Source: Nedra Pickler / AP / MSNBC Washington – Prosecutors have obtained emails between John Edwards and a former aide to use as evidence at trial that he knew about payments to his pregnant mistress even while he was publicly denying it, people familiar with the case told The Associated Press on Monday. Dozens of emails were exchanged between Edwards and his former speechwriter Wendy Button as they worked on a never-released draft statement to acknowledge paternity of his out-of-wedlock [...]

Denver Broncos' Safety David Bruton Teaches During NFL Lockout (VIDEO)

Denver Broncos' safety David Bruton becomes a substitute social studies teacher during the NFL lockout. WATCH:

ABC News Poll: Romney Even Against Obama In Match-Up (VIDEO)

Source: Gary Langer / ABC News An announcement bump for Mitt Romney and a bus-tour boost for Sarah Palin put the pair atop the field for the Republican presidential nomination. But while their primary standings are similar, their broader prospects for election look vastly different. Romney appears formidable: In a general-election trial heat in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll he runs evenly with Barack Obama among all Americans, and numerically outpoints him, 49-46 percent, among registered voters — not [...]

Tim Pawlenty Blasts President Obama On Economy, 'Class Warfare'

Source: Jackie Kucinich / USA Today Republican presidential hopeful Tim Pawlenty took aim at President Obama today, calling the Democrat he wants to defeat a "major practitioner of class warfare." The former Minnesota governor outlined what he's calling a "Better Deal" in a major economic speech at the University of Chicago, right in Obama's adopted hometown. Pawlenty proposed: A "simpler, fairer and flatter tax system" with two individual rates, at 10% and 25%. He's also calling for the business tax [...]

GOP Chairman, Reince Priebus, Demands Anthony Weiner Resign

Source: AP / MSNBC Washington — The chairman of the Republican Party said Tuesday that Rep. Anthony Weiner should resign after admitting to sexually charged online relationships with several women and lying about his misdeeds. Reince Priebus said in a statement that either House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi and Democratic chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz believe that members of Congress are held to a different standard, or they believe the congressman's actions demand his departure from the House. The Democratic National [...]

Abortion Billboard Put Up As Payback By New Mexico Boyfriend

Source: CBS News Alamogordo, N.M. – A New Mexico man's decision to lash out with a billboard ad saying his ex-girlfriend had an abortion against his wishes has touched off a legal debate over free speech and privacy rights. The sign on Alamogordo's main thoroughfare shows 35-year-old Greg Fultz holding the outline of an infant. The text reads, "This Would Have Been A Picture Of My 2-Month Old Baby If The Mother Had Decided To Not KILL Our Child!" Fultz's [...]