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Footman who announced royal baby returns to India

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The 25-year-old royal footman who helped announce the birth of Britain's Prince George<br />
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Badar Azim joined Queen Elizabeth II's press secretary at Buckingham Palace's front court on July 22 to post the traditional bulletin announcing the birth of the third in line to the British throne.<br />
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On Wednesday, Azim returned to his home in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata after his work visa expired.<br />
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He told India's New Delhi Television on Thursday that announcing the prince's birth was an "amazing" experience and that one day he would love to return to work at the palace.<br />
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Azim said he did not seek a visa extension and wanted to spend time with his family after being away for four years.<br />
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"If I have a new visa, then why not," he said of possibly returning to work at the palace. "It would be a privilege to work with the royal household."<br />
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Azim's parents, who like millions of people were glued to their TV ahead of the royal birth, said they were extremely proud of their son. A day after the prince was born, many newspapers carried photographs of Azim walking at Buckingham Palace with the press secretary, Alisa Anderson, carrying the birth announcement.<br />
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For now, Azim is back in the one-room apartment he shares with his parents and brothers, returning in time to celebrate the Muslim festival of Eid, NDTV reported.<br />
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His father, an iron welder, struggled to put Azim and his siblings through school.</div>

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Princess Diana was ‘madly in love' with Hasnat Khan

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On the heels of the celebrated birth of Prince William's first child, Vanity Fair is remembering his mother, Princess Diana, who died in a tragic car crash in 1997 at the age of 36.</div>
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Britain's young new Prince George of Cambridge may never meet his paternal grandmother, but as her story prepares to go to the big screen in "Diana" this fall, the magazine presents a new account of the princess' love affair with Pakistani heart surgeon Hasnat Khan in the last years before her death.</div>
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"Diana was madly in love with Hasnat Khan and wanted to marry him, even if that meant living in Pakistan," said Jemima Khan, a friend to the princess, of no relation to the surgeon.</div>
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"And that's one of the reasons why we became friends."</div>
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The Princess of Wales reportedly spent a lot of time trying to get to know members of the Khan family with the intent to quietly marry into it, which was not entirely acceptable.</div>
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For a "son to marry an English girl is every conservative Pashtun mother's worst nightmare," said Jemima Khan.<br />
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Even for Hasnat Khan, discussions of a secret wedding were thought to be "ridiculous."</div>
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"I thought it was a ridiculous idea," Khan was quoted as saying in his official interview with police after Princess Diana's death, adding that he "told her that the only way I could see us having a vaguely normal life together would be if we went to Pakistan, as the press don't bother you there."<br />
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She saw he was "horrified by the secret wedding plan," Daily Mail reporter Richard Kay, who was close to Princess Diana, told Vanity Fair. "Suddenly she saw all these pitfalls looming.</div>
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Frustrated, their relationship spiraled downwards, and that was when she met Dodi Al Fayed — the new boyfriend that was with her in the car when she died in Paris.<br />
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Many friends interviewed by Vanity Fair believed the relationship with Al Fayed may have been only to make Khan jealous. He promised her a ring one day, according to Rosa Monckton, the former managing director of Tiffany & Co.<br />
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"Hasnat was a decent, intensely private man from a traditional, conservative Pakistani family, and he was worried about how it would work," Jemima Khan added.</div>
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"And he hated the thought of being in the glare of publicity for the rest of his life."</div>
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Simon Cowell's pregnant married lover breaks cover

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Lauren Silverman managed a smile as she broke her cover and appeared in public for the first time since it was revealed she is pregnant with Simon Cowell's baby.</div>
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The 36-year-old socialite was seen walking her seven-year-old son Adam down the driveway of the $4million family home in Bridgehampton, New York, where she has been staying since the baby news broke. </div>
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Lauren's outing came as a friend of music mogul Cowell, who is worth an estimated £200million, insisted he will do everything he can to support and provide for his child.</div>
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The friend told MailOnline: 'Simon has given all his exes houses - so of course he's going to be generous to his own child', adding that 'he has not even considered not looking after this baby.</div>
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'Anyone who knows him knows that he's generous to a fault. Lauren keeps saying that she just wants to be with him, she's so in love with him, they're very good together. She makes him relax and have fun.</div>
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'She's fun loving, she loves a party and a giggle. Simon's himself around her, she's been good for him. He's so happy.'</div>
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Wearing a white shirt, black cropped leggings and a baseball cap, Lauren already appeared to be displaying a hint of a bump as she stepped out with her son.</div>
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Lauren was seen waving to a female friend as she was met halfway down the driveway, and smiled widely as she placed her hand on her son's back.</div>
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She then turned round and walked quickly back into the house as the friend ensured Adam was safely on the school bus.</div>
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Lauren has been staying at the seven-bedroom property with her mother Carole and another friend.</div>
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Despite Lauren and Adam's relatively good spirits as they were pictured, it is likely that the child will be the main issue in his parents' divorce case.</div>
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However, Vanessa said that she thinks reports that Cowell could be called to the witness stand to reveal details of the alleged affair is unlikely.</div>
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But it does seem more likely that he will have to reveal details of his personal wealth, estimated to be in the region of $350million.</div>
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Vanessa added: 'It could be that in the fight between Lauren and Andrew, the financial circumstances debate would have to bring in Simon. </div>
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'Andrew's team are likely to be saying that when you look at Lauren's needs, you have to take into account that Simon will be looking after her.'</div>
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The friend added: 'Simon has been very stressed in the last few months with his various shows and juggling everything that he has in his life.'</div>
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Cowell has so far maintained a stony silence on Twitter, with his last unrelated post coming on 30th July. </div>
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However, in an interview in 2009, Cowell said: 'God, no. I couldn't have children. If I had them here drawing on the walls I'd go nuts.</div>
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In a more recent interview in April this year, Cowell appeared to have somewhat changed his mind, saying: 'I haven’t ruled it out. If I knew I could be - how do I put this delicately - faithful, I would.</div>
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'I do like kids, I’m just not sure I’d be any good for the first six months. I don’t think I’d adopt because I’d rather have my own. I’d have to say I’d like a little girl.'</div>
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On Wednesday night, Lauren’s stepmother confirmed the baby news, calling it ‘beautiful’ and a ‘blessing’.</div>
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Rosy Davis, who is the wife of Mrs Silverman’s father Steven, said: ‘We are all excited for the baby. It’s beautiful. We feel blessed. Any kid is a blessing.’</div>
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Meanwhile, Cowell's mother, Julie, 87, seemed thrilled at the prospect of becoming a grandmother, telling The Sun: 'I've not heard anything officially. But if it's true then I'm absolutely delighted. It's wonderful! He'll make a fantastic father. He'll be great.'</div>
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It is as yet unclear whether or not Cowell and Lauren will attempt to make their relationship work for the sake of their unborn child.</div>
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While some sources say he and Lauren are a couple, others say he is preparing for a legal battle over his £225million fortune - a huge chunk of which could go on child maintenance.</div>
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Cowell and Lauren are believed to have met while on vacation in Barbados some years ago through her real estate husband Andrew.</div>
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UConn basketball player gives Obama bunny ears

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President Barack Obama welcomed the University of Connecticut women's basketball team to the White House on Wednesday, commending the team on its record-tying eighth NCAA national championship and calling its players role models for women both on and off the court.</div>
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"As the father of two young, beautiful, athletic and tall daughters, it just always puts a smile on my face whenever I see such class acts represent their school and their country so well," Obama said.</div>
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In return, Huskies center Stefanie Dolson gave the president "bunny ears" as he posed for photos with the team.</div>
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It wasn't the only lighthearted moment at the ceremony.</div>
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Obama joked that Coach Geno Auriemma "spends more time than some presidents" at the White House. And when the president, who picked Baylor to win the national championship, admitted his bracketology "needs some work," a player behind Obama responded, "Mm-hmm."</div>
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"Mm-hmm," the president said. "Somebody back there is like, 'Mm-hmm.'"</div>
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Why Was Shailene Woodley Barefoot on the ‘Spectacular Now’ Red Carpet?

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While at a screening in Los Angeles on Tuesday night for her new film, "The Spectacular Now," the 21-year-old actress's heel snapped while she was standing and talking to reporters.</div>
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"I'm so freaking stoked," <span class="yshortcuts cs4-ndcor" id="lw_1375279507816_6" style="cursor: pointer;">Shailene</span> told <span class="yshortcuts cs4-visible" id="lw_1375279507816_4" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(54, 99, 136); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 2px; color: #366388; cursor: pointer;">omg</span>! about the mishap. "Now I have to go barefoot."<span class="yui-blog" style="height: 10px; width: 10px;"><span id="more-id"></span></span></div>
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"You witnessed it!" Woodley told omg!. "So when people are like '<span class="yshortcuts cs4-ndcor" id="lw_1375279507816_7" style="cursor: pointer;">Shai</span>'s such a hippie, she does the red carpet without shoes, how disrespectful,' you can be like, 'She broke her heels and her shoes!'"</div>
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Woodley has been known to put an interesting foot forward on event carpets before.</div>
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While "The Descendants" star was at the 2012 Independent Spirit Awards, she posed for pictures on the carpet sans shoes, and after the Golden Globe Awards that same year, the nominee ditched her heels for barefoot running shoes. The actress was spotted wearing the same athletic footwear when she touched down at LAX on Saturday.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.390625px;">So what gives … no webbed shoes tucked away in Shailene's handbag in case of fashion emergencies Tuesday night?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.390625px;">"I do have them!" she laughed. "I don't know where they are right now, in the car somewhere."</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.390625px;">"Shai would be going barefoot whether her shoes snapped or not," her "Spectacular Now" co-star Miles Teller chimed in.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.390625px;">Heels or no heels, Shailene looked gorgeous in a black Prabal Gurung ensemble with minimal makeup and her hair pulled back in a ponytail for the screening at Vista Theater.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.390625px;">"I chose this outfit because it's comfortable and this [necklace] is badass," Shailene explained. The "Divergent" actress is particular (in a good way) and very self-aware when dressing for events. "My necklace is from a little shop in Venice Beach. I just loved all the different stones, jade, and the turquoise is from Hawaii."</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.390625px;">Following the screening Shai, Miles, and the rest of "The Spectacular Now" cast celebrated the last day of their press tour at Rockwell bar in Los Feliz, California.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.390625px;">Woodley — who will be starring alongside Miles again in "Divergent" — appeared to be having a blast as she mingled with Teller and the crew. While she ditched her formalwear for jeans and a blouse, those who are keeping shoe tabs on the former "Secret Life of the American Teenager" star will be interested to know she found replacement heels for the after-party.</span></span></div>
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K-Fed Underfed? Britney's Ex Sheds the Excess Weight

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Who is that man swimming in Kevin Federline's XXL clothes? Why, it's Federline himself! It appears that the previously portly dancer, rapper and ex-husband/baby daddy of Britney Spears has shed the weight that made gossip headlines in previous years.</div>
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Federline was spotted this week leaving the movies with girlfriend Victoria Prince in Calabasas, California with a significantly smaller gut. It appears he hasn't upgraded his wardrobe since his bigger days, so the dancer looked lost in his baggy t-shirt and gym shorts. But that's kind of his look!</div>
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Federline, known as K-Fed, stands at six-feet tall and at one point weighed 232 pounds—a vast difference from the fit, hard body he had when he was a back-up dancer for Britney Spears in the early 2000's. The dancer and failed rapper took to the small screen to bank on his weight gain, appearing on 'Celebrity Fit Club' in 2010, successfully losing thirty pounds. But he eventually gained the weight back. In 2012, Federline appeared on another weight loss show called 'Excess Baggage' from Australia. During filming, he was sent to the hospital twice, first for heat stress and again for a minor heart attack a month later.</div>
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Federline was thrust into the spotlight when he was briefly married to pop star Britney Spears from 2004 to 2006. The couple have two children. After the high-profile relationship ended, Federline attempted a rap career (his debut was one of the worst-received albums ever) and has had small roles on several TV shows.</div>
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Snooki Keeps It Classy and Covered Up in Seaside Heights

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Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi was snapped on the beaches of Seaside Heights, New Jersey, on Monday, rocking an unusually demure black and white striped two-piece. The doting mom, who was there with fiancé Jionni Lovelle and their adorable 11-month-old son Lorenzo, was looking better — and more classy — than ever.</div>
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The 25-year-old left the teeny tiny two-piece at home, opting for a much more covered up bikini with high-waisted bottoms — a far cry from the crazy cut-out suits we always used to see her sporting on "Jersey Shore."</div>
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Actor Wes Studi arrested for drunken driving in NM

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Actor Wes Studi, who appeared in "Dances with Wolves" and "The Last of the Mohicans," was arrested early Friday for aggravated drunken driving in New Mexico, authorities said.</div>
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Santa Fe police spokeswoman Celina Westervelt said Studi refused breath, field-sobriety and blood tests. He was booked into jail on an aggravated DWI charge.</div>
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In April, Studi became the second Native American inducted into the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum's Hall of Great Western Performers in Oklahoma City.</div>
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The Wolverine mythos meets samurai lore and yakuza nastiness in the latest entry in one of Hollywood’s most enduring franchises. The Wolverine seems to have been made one eye on fans of the X-Men set of movies and another on the lucrative Asian market, especially Japan. Claws clash with swords and the often bare-chested Wolverine takes on black-suited men in an attempt to infuse exotic flavour into an increasingly stale series.</div>
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As is de rigueur for movies based on Marvel comics, The Wolverine takes off from events in the last of the three X-Men movies, The Last Stand (2006), rather than from the spin-off X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009) or from the origin yarn, X-Men: First Class (2011). James Mangold’s movie attempts to further carve out an ex-X-men identity for the mutant with the fictional metal alloy adamantium fused to his skeleton, retractable claws, and the ability to heal instantly from his wounds.</div>
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The grumpy mutant also known as Logan (Hugh Jackman) is scowling about a forest and marking his territory like an animal when he is summoned out of hibernation by Yashida, a Japanese soldier whose life he had saved several years ago. Yashida (Hiroyuki Sanada) is now the vastly successful but seriously ailing boss of a financial empire who attempts to drive a Faustian deal with Logan: give me your healing power and I will grant you the gift of mortality, he says.</div>
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Logan doesn’t initially bite but is forced to by family intrigue, bloodthirsty yakuza and Svetlana Khodchenkova’s evil mutant Viper, whose flicking tongue and poisonous breath makes her a memorable villain. Famke Janssen, who played the mutant Jean in previous editions, and who was the love of Logan’s life (despite a dalliance in X-Men Origins: Wolverine and some dainty snogging in The Wolverine), returns as a ghost who eggs on Logan whenever he is anxious or doubtful, which is all the time.</div>
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Juergen Klinsmann may miss Gold Cup final after referee's foul call

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A dominant win in a tournament semifinal is generally enough to make any coach grin. But U.S. national team Coach Juergen Klinsmann grew so incensed in the closing minutes of his team's 3-1 Gold Cup victory over Honduras on Wednesday that Costa Rican referee Walter Quesada sent him off with three minutes to play.</div>
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Whether Klinsmann will be back on the sidelines for Sunday's final with Panama will be determined by a CONCACAF disciplinary committee, which will review Quesada's post-match report and issue a ruling by Friday.</div>
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But the committee may be examining the wrong man. If anyone's conduct in the final minutes of the match deserved sanction, it was Quesada's.</div>
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With the U.S. firmly in control of the match, leading 3-1 deep in the second half, the frustrated Hondurans grew more and more physical, repeatedly assaulting -- fouling is too gentle a word -- Klinsmann's players from behind without sanction from the officials. As it became obvious that Quesada couldn't, or wouldn't, take action to stop the dirty play, Klinsmann began to worry about players being injured in a game that was no longer in doubt.</div>
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"It seemed like they flipped a switch a little bit after the 3-1 and they started coming after us a little bit," Landon Donovan said of Honduras. "You don’t want to see that. And you’re hoping in that moment the refs really protect you. Because their tournament was over but we’ve got a game to play Sunday."</div>
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Klinsmann, already irate, finally snapped when U.S. captain DaMarcus Beasley was mugged from behind right in front of the U.S. bench in the 87th minute. Klinsmann slammed a ball to the turf, then screamed at Quesada, the coach's face growing red. At that point, the official stopped the match and ordered Klinsmann off the field.</div>
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"It was a reaction out of frustration. The fouls started adding up though out the last half-hour. I just kind of overboiled," Klinsmann said, punctuating his comments with an uncomfortable chuckle.</div>
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Royal baby: Put yourself there as Prince William and Kate show off their little Prince

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AFTER showing off their "big boy" for first time, more details of Kate and William's family life have emerged - and there won't be a nanny.</div>
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The royal couple have returned to Kensington Palace, where Pippa Middleton was introduced to her nephew – and took her boyfriend Nico Jackson along to meet him too.</div>
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The couple drove to the Palace to greet the newborn prince as he was being settled into his new home. They were among the first to meet him in private and were able to give him a longed-for cuddle.</div>
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While nannies and nursemaids have always played an important role in the lives of royal children, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are to depart from tradition with their son. Kate will look after the young prince without the help of a full-time nanny for the foreseeable future.</div>
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Jimmy Fallon, Wife Welcome Baby Girl

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Just hours after joking about the royal baby, Jimmy Fallon became a father himself.</div>
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Fallon's show was an unexpected repeat last night. Juvonen runs Flower Films with Drew Barrymore.</div>
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Fallon and Juvonen met while they were working on the movie Fever Pitch and were married in December 2007. The child is the couple's first.</div>
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My wife and I thank you for all of the nice baby well wishes. Her first day was the best day of our lives. So happy. Thanks again.</div>
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U.S. got what bargained for in Lance Armstrong, his lawyers say

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"The government wanted a winner and all the publicity, exposure and acclaim that goes along with being his sponsor. It got exactly what it bargained for," the lawyers wrote. The Postal Service is an arm of the federal government.</div>
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The once-revered athlete is fighting to hang on to what remains of his reputation and his earnings after he was stripped last year of his seven Tour de France titles and banned for life from cycling.</div>
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In February, a month after Armstrong admitted to doping, the Justice Department said it was joining a fraud suit filed in 2010 by Floyd Landis, a former Armstrong teammate. Landis filed the suit under a federal law that allows whistle-blowers to report fraud in exchange for a reward.</div>
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The Postal Service paid $40 million from 1998 through 2004 to have Armstrong and his teammates from Tailwind Sports wear its logo during record-breaking wins. At least $17.9 million of these fees went to Armstrong, according to the government.</div>
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<a href="http://worldofnews360.blogspot.com/2013/07/us-got-what-bargained-for-in-lance.html">U.S. got what bargained for in Lance Armstrong, his lawyers say</a></h3>
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 While the court papers argued that the suit was filed too late, Armstrong's lawyers separately asked U.S. District Judge <span class="yshortcuts cs4-ndcor" id="lw_1374627332561_18" style="cursor: pointer;">Robert Wilkins</span>, who is overseeing the case, to dismiss Landis' complaint against his former teammate.</div>
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 Landis won the <span class="yshortcuts cs4-ndcor" id="lw_1374627332561_15" style="cursor: pointer;">Tour de France</span> in 2006 but was stripped of the title a year later after testing positive for synthetic testosterone.</div>
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The fact that Landis, like Armstrong, used performance-enhancing drugs should prevent him from suing under the False Claims Act and getting a reward, Armstrong's lawyers wrote.</div>
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"Landis defrauded his fans and other donors in order to amass a fund to pay the legal fees he racked up litigating his false denials," they wrote. "Now he would like to be paid for casting the first stone."</div>
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The False Claims Act, which dates to 1863, allows whistle-blowers to sue over suspected fraud involving U.S. government money and, if successful, get a percentage of whatever the government recovers.</div>
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