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    Choosing a baby name may be one of the hardest things a parent has to do. I'd say it's harder than potty training -- which has become my nemesis right now. Giving your kid a name, whatever name it is, is the one single word your kid is going to hear for the rest of their life. It's a BIG deal. It also says a whole lot about you as a parent. It even reveals your political leanings.

    Conservatives tend to choose a certain kind of name, and liberals prefer names with a certain kind of sound. 

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    Aww! Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar are officially grandparents again. Their son Josh Duggar, and his wife Anna have just welcomed their third child, making their first two kids, Mackynzie and Michael, the proud siblings of a baby brother. The announcement came via the Today Show website, and of course, the new parents are "thrilled and thankful."

    And the newest Duggar baby has a name that shouldn't come as a huge surprise. In fact, you can probably go ahead and take a wild guess and you just might come up with what they chose to call him.

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    It's a widely agreed upon fact that no one thinks more highly of Phaedra Parks than Phaedra Parks. The Real Housewives of Atlanta star is as self-congratulating as they come, and her latest project highlights her amusing, perfect-for-TV self-righteousness. The reality star is writing a book, y'all, on how to be a Southern belle. Entitled, wait for it, Secrets of the Southern Belle: How to Be Nice, Work Hard, Look Pretty, Have Fun, and Never Have an Off Moment, Phaedra's manual promises to teach us everything we need to know about being a lady. Laff.

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    Have you heard, y'all? Paula Deen has her own line of butter now. Yes, I know it totally sounds like the premise of a Saturday Night Live sketch, but it's true. The Southern cooking queen, who went public with her Type 2 diabetes diagnosis early last year and says she has since been committed to making healthy lifestyle choices, is peddling a whole new line of Paula Deen-branded foods, including five "finishing butters," which supposedly "let cooks bring a wonderful fresh butter taste to various dishes while just adding butter to the end of the cooking process." They come in five flavors: Southern Grilling Butter, Lemon Dill Butter, European Style Butter, Sweet Citrus Zest Butter, and Garden Herb Butter.

    Of course, at first glimpse, this looks crazy. Who is she kidding? "Finishing" or not, butter is still evil, fattening BUTTER, right? But meh. I'm not so sure we should be lambasting this move so quickly.

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    In the wake of Paris Jackson's tragic suicide attempt yesterday, a plethora of people are reaching out to offer their help and support. They include somewhat creepy offers, such as those coming from Conrad Murray, but also surprisingly sweet ones like this from rocker Marilyn Manson.

    Today Manson told TMZ that whenever Paris comes to his concert he's going to treat her like a VIP. He also sent this message for Paris: "I hope you feel better. You will be on my guest list anytime you want."

    It isn't as random as it might seem. As details of her suicide have continued to pour in, one source said that the final straw that led her to take the pills and cut herself was the fact that she wasn't allowed to go to one of Manson's concerts. So his offer is sweet ... it just feels a bit wrong.

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    It's no secret that Teen Mom Jenelle Evans has an addictive personality. The reality star has been to rehab a handful of times for marijuana, prescription pills, and most recently heroin and her latest habit, while not illegal, may be just as harmful. According to RadarOnline, Jenelle's got a new boyfriend with whom she's obsessed. Even though she's still very much married to Courtland Rogers, it seems Jenelle can't get enough of her new man, Nathan Griffith.

     

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    Hundreds of thousands of people who tuned in to the Today Show this morning just missed seeing a desperate cry for help. A man took advantage of the morning show's open door policy to join the crowd in New York City's Rockefeller Plaza, then he pulled a knife and slashed his own wrists in an apparent suicide attempt.

    Photos tweeted out by bystanders who were also on hand to watch the popular morning show taping, hoping to get on air, show a man who appears to be middle-aged, wearing a ball cap, brandishing a knife.

    The images are scary.

    But more than that, they're sad. Warning -- the video ahead may be upsetting although it's not graphic in nature (and you can choose to not play it).

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    Real Housewives of Atlanta cast member Kenya Moore is, surprise surprise, in financial trouble. The reality star and former beauty queen (Miss USA, not Miss America! Don't get it twisted, y'all) has allegedly been evicted from the Roswell, Georgia mansion she was renting. RadarOnline obtained court documents filed by Kenya's landlord that say Kenya was short about $850 on her $4,000 rent, among other issues, and has been ordered to get out.

    Thing is, Kenya's been telling everyone that her billionaire boyfriend who lives overseas has been footing her bills. Wait. Could Kenya be lying?!

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    There's scary news out of Philadelphia today. The City of Brotherly Love has come to a halt today as rescue workers rush to a demolition site to rescue people trapped beneath a collapsed building in the Center City area of town. Reports vary from just 2 people trapped to as many as 10 or 12 underneath the rubble, but one thing is clear: it's a dire situation.

    Imagine, just going about your day, when suddenly a building collapses on you. It's unthinkable. And yet how many times do you walk by a construction site and not even think twice?

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    Paris Jackson was reportedly rushed to the hospital around 2 a.m. after an apparent suicide attempt, TMZ is reporting. I'm really hoping this is some kind of mistake, but so far no word from Paris. TMZ says that Paris was taken out of her Los Angeles home by a stretcher and that she had cut her wrists. If this is true, it's terribly tragic, considering spunky blue-eyed Paris, who is Michael Jackson's only daughter, seemed to be doing so well.

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