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SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Apple Inc’s latest iPhone hit stores on Friday with new features and faster speeds, drawing plenty of fans, if not the crowds that had swarmed the previous iPhone debuts.

Several hundred shoppers lined up outside Apple’s stores in New York and San Francisco before their 7 a.m. opening, but the queues were shorter and moved more quickly than for the first iPhone in 2007 and for last year’s 3G model.

“This is my first iPhone purchase,” said Adam Moore, a technology consultant who arrived at the Apple store in downtown San Francisco at 3:30 a.m. “I’ve been in the industry long enough to know when to buy something. The software and the hardware have caught up… there’s nothing like it.”

Analysts had predicted smaller crowds for the launch of the new 3GS compared to earlier iPhones. For the first time, Apple and sole U.S. carrier AT&T Inc took preorders for the iPhone, helping some buyers avoid the first-day scrum. (more…)

“To doubt everything or to believe everything, are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense the need for thought.”

-Henri Poincare

Chris Brown has copped a plea in his assault case. He won’t do jail time, but he will spend 6 months doing things like road cleanup. He’s also been ordered to stay 50 yards clear of Rihanna. He’ll spend 180 days doing hard labor in Virginia which is where Brown lives – it’s equivalent to Caltrans or graffiti cleanup.

He gets 5 years probation for FELONY assault — he pled guilty. He’ll get supervised probation. He’ll have to come back to court every three months. He must enroll in a domestic violence counseling program. This is interesting … the judge said if Brown and Rihanna are at the same public events, the 50-yard stay away turns into 10 yards. The stay away order lasts 5 years.

The judge said she wanted to make sure that Chris Brown “was treated as any other person who comes through this court.” If Brown violates probation, he could get up to 4 years in prison. Rihanna is in the courthouse but never entered the courtroom. So Brown is now a convicted felon and loses the right to vote or carry a gun. Brown left the courtroom … just after he left, Rihanna walked in the courtroom. (more…)

A blonde woman was speeding down the road in her little red sports car and was pulled over by a woman police officer who was also a blonde.

The blonde cop asked to see the blonde driver’s license. She dug through her purse and was getting progressively more agitated.

‘What does it look like?’ she finally asked.

The policewoman replied, ‘It’s square and it has your picture on it.’

The driver finally found a square mirror in her purse, looked at it and handed it to the policewoman. ‘Here it is,’ she said.

The blonde officer looked at the mirror, then handed it back saying, ’OK, you can go. I didn’t realize you were a cop.’

The tattooist embroiled in a row with a teenage girl who claims he tattooed 56 stars on her face when she only asked for three has said he will help pay for them to be removed.

Rouslan Toumaniantz said today that Kimberley Vlaminck ‘absolutely’ agreed she wanted 56 stars tattooed on the left side of her face.

But now the 18-year-old is suing Toumaniantz, claiming she had asked him for only three stars – and had fallen asleep during the procedure, waking up to a nightmare in her Belgian hometown of Courtrai. (more…)

“The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up”
-Paul Valery

Even if you don’t watch the show odds are you’re  at least familiar with the whole Jon and Kate Plus 8-  yeah I’m talkin about the 8 kids a mom and a dad.  While the dynamics of this out of the ordinary family made for great tv…America’s “super couple” faced ups and downs just like the rest of us and unfortunately announced their ride as husband and wife has come to an end on tonight’s show.

Kate Gosselin released the following statement to PEOPLE magazine Monday night:

“Over the course of this weekend, Jon’s activities have left me no choice but to file legal procedures in order to protect myself and our children.  While there are reasons why it was appropriate and necessary for me to initiate this proceeding, I do not wish to discuss those reasons at this time, in the hope that all issues will be resolved amicably between Jon and myself. As always, my first priority remains our children.”

Jon released his own statement to the magazine as well: (more…)

We knew this was coming!

Spectacular

MIAMI – The staff at FlavaMen magazine doesn’t care whether Spectacular, the front man for R&B quartet Pretty Ricky, is gay or straight. All they know is the quarterly magazine’s parent company, gay adult studio Flava Works, managed to round up $100,000 to offer the singer in exchange for his nude body on the pages of their next issue.
“The company has secured and confirmed private investors to provide [Spectacular] with $100,000 in compensation for a photo spread featuring him as the magazine’s cover model,” a FlavaMen statement noted Friday.
The offer was set in motion in late May when, in an attempt to drum up buzz for Pretty Ricky’s upcoming single “Tipsy,” Spectacular posted on YouTube a video of him grinding to the tune — wearing only skimpy red briefs. The video, entitled “Strip with Spectacular,” also challenged other young R&B artists including Trey Songz, Day26, Chris Brown and Omarion to prove they could do better. The scandalous clip went viral almost immediately, prompting questions about Spectacular’s sexuality. (more…)

Pretty good!