Yahoo! Sports - Redskins safety Sean Taylor Dies a Day After Being Shot in the Leg - Article Excerpt - Washington Redskins safety Sean Taylor died early Tuesday, a day after he was shot at home by what police say was an intruder. He was 24. Family friend Richard Sharpstein said Taylor's father told him the news around 5:30 a.m. "His father called and said he was with Christ and he cried and thanked me," said Sharpstein, Taylor's former lawyer. "It's a tremendously sad and unnecessary event. He was a wonderful, humble, talented young man, and had a huge life in front of him. Obviously God had other plans."
Eonline.com - Hogan and VH1 Don't Know Best - Article Excerpt - Is anyone else feeling remotely cheated by the Hogan divorce news? Just in case you've managed to avoid it, Mama Ho (Linda Marie Bollea) filed for divorce last week—after 24 years. And according to the story making the rounds, Hulk was reportedly caught off guard by the news.
FoxNews.com - Quiet Riot Lead Singer Kevin Dubrow Found Dead at 52 - Article Excerpt - Kevin Dubrow, lead singer for the 1980's heavy metal band Quiet Riot that scored a hit with "Cum on Feel the Noize," was found dead in a Las Vegas home. He was 52.
NationalEnquirer.com - Oprah Taking Bus Trip With Obama - Article Excerpt - Oprah Winfrey is gearing up to help Barack Obama's presidential campaign by joining him on a three state bus tour starting Dec. 8. She'll meet with voters in of Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina, campaign reps said.
StarPulse.com - Chris Brown Scarred By Abusive Childhood - Article Excerpt - R&B star Chris Brown has spoken out about the violence he witnessed as a child in a bid to end the suffering of kids in similar situations. The 18-year-old singer told how the domestic abuse his mom endured at the hands of her violent boyfriend left him too scared to leave his bedroom, and he would often end up wetting his bed.
U.S. News & World Report - Do Celebrities Get Better Care? - Article Excerpt - A thank-you to hospitalist Rob Wachter and his informative and readable new medical blog, Wachter's World, for tackling a question that might have occurred to some last week. When news broke that actor Dennis Quaid's newborn twins and another baby at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles (it's on the Honor Roll of "America's Best Hospitals") had accidentally received a dose of the blood thinner heparin that was 1,000 times the normal concentration, it would have been reasonably logical to think, "How could this have happened? Don't celebrities get special care?" (The hospital says the kids are fine.)
Yahoo Entertainment - Jessica Simpson Brings Tony Romo Home For Thanksgiving - Article Excerpt - Of all the things Jessica Simpson is thankful for, it appears a new boyfriend is at the top of the list. The blonde bombshell is dating NFL star Tony Romo, a source close to Simpson confirmed to Access Hollywood.