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Sun Nov 29, 7:41 PM ET

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Pope Benedict XVI held a Mass on Wednesday at one of the holiest Christian places in Turkey as part of his efforts to reach out to the Roman Catholic minority in the mostly Muslim country.

The pontiff conducted the open-air Mass next to the ruins of a house where the Virgin Mary is thought to have spent her last years.

Security forces had sealed off the area and only 250 invited guests attended, making it one of the smallest crowds to attend a papal Mass. (Watch pope give blessing at Virgin Mary site )  Read More »

IRVING, Texas - While Cowboys head coach Bill Parcells only asked his players to report to The Ranch on Friday for a little lifting and running following Thursday's 38-10 victory over Tampa Bay, the personnel department did not rest.

The Cowboys claimed second-year guard Joe Berger off waivers after he was released by Miami. Berger has played in only three games during his brief NFL career, and had not been active for any games this season. Berger is the second guard the Cowboys have claimed in a week, picking up Travis Leffew from Green Bay earlier in the week. Both players would appear to be moves made for the future.  Read More »

Fearful Iraqis spent sleepless nights guarding their homes and asking who would be next after gunmen burned mosques and houses in a Sunni enclave following the worst bomb attack since the U.S. invasion. The city of 7 million was under a tight curfew for a second full day since Thursday's bombing in which more than 200 Shi'ites died.The government called for calm, desperate to avert the sort of sharp escalation in violence that followed an attack on a Shi'ite shrine in Samarra in February.  Read More »

Okay, what is this huge controversy about people always ratting on mothers about the care of their children? Why are they always saying that someone should take their children away? What nerve do you have to say something so terrible about another human being.  I do understand that some parents do hurt their babies and that is so wrong; but, there are also those good parents who are falsely accused by gossipers and people who are being busybodies.  Read More »

BRACCIANO, Italy - Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes exchanged vows Saturday in a lavish, star-studded wedding celebrated in a fairy-tale setting: a glowing 15th-century castle in this medieval lakeside town.  Read More »

Woman Files Complaint Saying She Was Being Discreet, Airline Disagrees...

A woman who claims she was kicked off an airplane because she was breast-feeding her baby has filed a complaint against two airlines, her attorney said.

Emily Gillette, 27, of Santa Fe, N.M., filed the complaint with the Vermont Human Rights Commission late last week against Delta Air Lines and Freedom Airlines, said her attorney, Elizabeth Boepple. Freedom was operating the Delta flight between Burlington and New York City.  Read More »

Filed under: Break-Ups, Britney and Kevin

.home-page-only { DISPLAY: none }Britney Spears has filed a petition for divorce from Kevin Federline.

TMZ obtained the legal papers, filed today in Los Angeles County Superior Court, citing "irreconcilable differences." In her petition, Spears asks for both legal and physical custody of the couple's two children, one-year old Sean Preston and two-month old Jayden James, with Federline getting reasonable visitation rights.

As for money, sources tell TMZ the couple, who married in Oct. 2004, has an iron-clad prenup. Not surprisingly, Spears is waiving her right to spousal support. She's also asking the judge to make each party pay their own attorney's fees.
Spears gives the date of separation as yesterday, the same day she flaunted her incredible revamped physique during a surprise appearance on David Letterman's show. Sources tell TMZ there was no single reason for Britney pulling the plug, rather, it was "a string of events."  Read More »