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It is universally accepted that one is better off wearing a seatbelt in a car than not, but now it looks like safety belts might also be the source of a serious problem. A new study has found that women who wear seatbelts are at a greater risk than their male counterparts: More »
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While driving on a deserted road in Iowa, Jamie Carrion lost control of her pickup truck and the car rolled several times before stopping on its side, the N.Y. Daily News reports. She thought her 4-year-old daughter Averie was unconscious because she wasn't answering her, but the girl had actually climbed out of the car and tried to dig through the snow to help her mom and injured baby brother. She then walked a quarter of a mile through a foot of snow and found a farmhouse where she called for help. Averie was treated for hypothermia and all three suffered only minor injuries. More »
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A Colorado woman claims she crashed her car into a canal on Sunday night because a vampire was chasing her. Shockingly enough, police do not suspect drugs and alcohol were involved. Click to watch the news report. [KDVR via Newser] More »
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Nikki Catsouras, 18, died in a horrifying car crash in 2006. Days afterward, her father received an email with a picture of the bloody accident scene and the caption, "Woohoo! Hey daddy, I'm still alive." More »
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• David and Victoria Beckham were in a car crash Friday in France. David was driving his BMW to the Nice airport when he lost control and crashed into a wall. No kids were in the car; Posh was the only passenger. The vehicle had a smashed windshield and damage on the passenger side, but everyone was OK. Bex had to catch his plane (to appear in the Olympic closing ceremonies) so he left poor Vicky with the car… [Perez Hilton]
• Playdate! Kingston Rossdale and the Spears brothers! Britney entertained the three boys while Gwen and Gavin have their hands full with a new baby at home. It says a lot about Brit's progress that people will leave their kids with her, huh? And look, only two nannies in the accompanying picture. [Daily Mail]
• Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie can claim £1,400 a month in child benefits after registering France as their home. Not that they will claim the money. Because they are perfect. [The Sun]
• Lance Bass helped Christina Applegate recover from her double mastectomy. "I was at the hospital holding her hand and getting her through it," he says. "She is a very, very loved person. She's a big crossword puzzle girl. That kept her busy. In her hours of recovery, she's made all these roses out of lace. She has hundreds and hundreds of these amazing different roses. She doesn't know what she's going to do with them." [People]

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Mary-Kate Olsen's lawyer says that MK had "nothing to do" with the drugs that killed Heath Ledger (despite tabloid and gossip blog speculation that she supplied the drugs to him) and that she has already provided the government with "relevant information." Hm. • Morgan Freeman's female passenger during his car accident was Demaris Meyer, a very close friend of his wife. Freeman was driving Meyer's car at the time of the crash. • Charlie Sheen gets paid $825,000 per episode for the painfully unfunny TV series, Two And A Half Men, making him the highest paid comedy star in prime-time. [People, TMZ, Perez Hilton] More »
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More LaBeoufWatch: Now you can own a piece of debris from his headline-making car crash! Like all magical things, this piece of celebrity memorabilia is for sale on eBay (current bid $158.00, there is no God). • Hm, we wonder how the Hiltons feel about the $4,600 they donated to John McCain's campaign last year being used to vilify their daughter for commercials against Obama?• Oh! Here is the "first listen" for the New Kids on the Block and Ne-Yo single that is to be released on August 12th. Kinda meh. [Perez Hilton, TMZ, People] More »
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