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Alex Kinsey and Sierra Deaton, winners of Fox’s “The X-Factor” returned home to Orlando on Sunday as they were greeted by family, friends and fans in the airport.

His health care plan facing a dicey transition, President Barack Obama said Friday that insurance sign-ups are surging now that the government’s website is working better for consumers. But it was too soon to say the rollout has turned the corner. More than 1 million people have enrolled since Oct. 1, Obama said at his end-of-the-year press conference. That’s more …

A Salvation Army kettle was stolen outside Hanes Mall on Tuesday afternoon, according to a spokeswoman with The Salvation Army. The incident happened around 3 p.m. Tuesday at the Belk store entrance at Hanes Mall. The bell ringer was trying to help an elderly woman get her walker through the door. When the bell ringer turned his back, someone stole …

Sex and the City actress Sarah Jessica Parker has hit out at claims that she is considering having surgery to make her hands look better. Sarah was recently the subject of a tabloid article, which suggested that she was thinking about getting her “witch hands” improved, something which made the actress feel physically ill.

Canada’s highest court has thrown out the country’s anti-prostitution laws in a victory for sex workers who said a ban on brothels and other measures made their profession more dangerous. But the supreme court ruling, in a case brought by three women in the sex trade, drew criticism from the conservative government and religious leaders.

After 7+ years as the Daily Show’s “Senior British Correspondent,” John Oliver was given an emotional sendoff during his final episode last night. Jon Stewart apparently tricked him into thinking they were doing a bit on “royal nuts,” and instead pivoted on air into a retrospective of Oliver’s tenure on the show. And Stewart made Oliver’s stiff upper lip get …

Actress ROBIN WRIGHT is set to wed boyfriend BEN FOSTER after almost two years of dating, according to a report. The 47 year old officially ended her 14-year marriage to Sean Penn in July, 2010 and began dating Foster, who is 14 years her junior, in early 2011 after meeting on the set of movie drama Rampart.

I’m convinced that Christmas music carries much of the blame for mistakes like the one that occurred last Sunday at church, when a little girl extolled the virtues of the “Surgeon Mary.” The error went uncorrected. As a kid, I didn’t think Mary was medically trained, but I was confused by a lot of holiday songs.

A large industrial fire at a federal Superfund site in central Tennessee was about 95 percent contained by Thursday evening, a day and a half after it started, reports The Associated Press. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency On-Scene Coordinator Kevin Eichinger said in a phone interview that officials were continuing to monitor air quality around the site in rural Hickman County, …

Mariah Carey’s All I Want For Christmas has hit the 1 million sales in the UK, 19 years after it was first released. According to the Official Charts Company the track crossed the milestone after selling 68,000 copies in 2013. The American singer said: “Thank you to all of my British fans! Love, Mariah.” The track reached number two when …

Fearne Cotton was forced to apologise to listeners of her Live Lounge show today after she swore live on air. The Radio 1 presenter was hosting a Christmas party edition of her show when her production team forgot to fade out her microphone while Wizzard’s I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day was playing.