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Sherri Shepherd Helps a Homeless 'Gladiator'

Twenty years ago, when Debbie Clark was known as "Storm" on TV's "American Gladiators," she was a fearless warrior in spandex. She needed nobody's help. Earlier this week, AOL News found Clark in a homeless shelter in San Diego. A knee injury had finished her career in sports, and domestic abuse had left her nowhere...

Opinion: The 10 Worst Predictions for 2010

If 2010 taught us anything, it's that few people are able to accurately predict even the simplest events in the near-term future, let alone the big ones. From the price of gold, to unemployment, to Google Wave, prognosticators got more than a few major items wrong in their predictions lists. Here, in no particular order,...

Obama Confirms 'Explosive Material' Found in US-Bound Packages [PHOTOS]

(Oct. 29) -- At an emergency press conference from the White House today, President Barack Obama confirmed what authorities alluded to and all Americans feared: Packages sent from Yemen aboard European cargo planes were found to contain devices of an "explosive" nature "intended to do harm" to U.S. citizens, allegedly to...

10 Questions for John Loughlin

Editor's note: AOL News is asking U.S. House and Senate candidates to answer 10 questions about themselves and their views on two big issues. Republican John Loughlin, a state representative since 2004 who owns a TV, radio and film production company, is running for the U.S. House from Rhode Island's 1st District against...

Glenn Beck's 'Blaze' News Site Is Up, With Year-Old Lead Story

(Aug. 31) -- After only one day of "Blazing," Glenn Beck is already looking a bit slow. Today, fresh off his successful "Restoring Honor" rally over the weekend, the Fox News personality launched his new "news, information, and opinion" website The Blaze, leading with the following video expose. It covers Ricardo...

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