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  • Valerie Dodds, AKA 'Val Midwest,' Took Nude Photos To Get Back At Nebraska Catholic School

    This isn't your typical revenge porn.

    While her former classmates at Lincoln, Neb., Catholic high school Pius X contemplated going off to college, Valerie Dodds decided to stay local and start her own business: a personal adult website under her modeling name, Val Midwest.

    As news of her venture spread, drama followed.

    "All of the Pius kids were saying mean things and that's when I decided to go there and show them that I'm here to stay,” Dodds told ABC affiliate KETV.

    The 19-year-old took a series of nude photos on the campus of her former high school over Mother's Day weekend, and recently received a ticket for trespassing and public nudity, according to the Lincoln Journal Star.

    In response, Dodds visited the campus with a camera again. This time, she had her picture taken by daylight, with pasties and panties on. A police spokesman told the Journal Star that unlike her clandestine Mother's Day shoot, Dodd's recent stunt didn't break the law. However, Dodds said she won't stop there.

    "I kind of want to go down to the courthouse and do a set right up front in pasties and panties. That sounds fun to me," Dodds told KETV.

    According to a City of Lincoln government website outlining offenses against public decency, "It is the intent of the City to prohibit the exploitation of human nudity for the purpose of advertising, selling, or otherwise promoting the economic interests of any type of business enterprise."

    Should Dodds tire of trying Lincoln's patience, it is perfectly legal for all people to go topless in New York City, as numerous advocates have pointed out.

    Texas high school silences Valedictorian's microphone during speech on Constitution, report says

    A Texas high school silenced its Valedictorian’s microphone during his speech when he diverted from his pre-approved remarks and instead spoke about the Constitution.

    Joshua High School graduate Remington Reimer, who was accepted into the Naval Academy, had his microphone silenced during his speech right after he told fellow graduates that school officials apparently threatened him with the move the day before, MyFoxDFW.com reported.

    Colin Radford, a fellow graduate told MyFoxDFW.com that Reimer was "talking about getting constitutional rights taken away from him, and then he said "just yesterday they threatened to turn my microphone off," and then his microphone went off."

    "Student speakers were told that if their speeches deviated from the prior-reviewed material, the microphone would be turned off, regardless of content," Joshua Independent School District said in a statement.

    "When one student's speech deviated from the prior-reviewed speech, the microphone was turned off, pursuant to District policy and procedure," the statement said.

    Best Break-Up Letter Ever Ask Kelsi Where Your Stuff Is

    What's scarier than a really nasty break-up note? A really nice break-up note. You better watch your back if you get caught cheating and then receive a Dear John letter that opens: "Hey Honey!"

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    On Friday, a Redditor posted a photograph of one such letter, and it's since gone viral, having received more than 1 million page views as of Monday morning.

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    So far, no one has been able to prove the veracity of the missive, but it's dripping with realistic-sounding acid under a candy-sweet veneer of hearts and smiley emoticons. And is that red pen supposed to be the color of love or blood?

    "Guess who left his Facebook open on the computer and got a message from Kelsi? Yeah! You did!" The writer goes on to say she's made a superfun game out of ditching his belongings—"since I know you like looking for other things, (like other girls!)— and provides clues to where the philanderer might find his stuff. She adds, "Oh, and while I didn't break or damage anything, I can't guarantee anybody else won't find it." It closes, "Happy Hunting!"

    While the twisted genius of this revenge note is truly amazing, it's by no means the only incredible break up, letter, for better or worse, to grace the Internet.

    A couple of years ago, an email from an OKCupid user, OompaLoompa to Miss Lonelyhearts surfaced that read: "Thanks for an interesting 3 dates. I spent the weekend thinking about you and me and have decided that I'm not interested in pursuing 'us' any longer….I don't think we're a good match, and after looking at us on Cupid again, neither does Cupid…[We're] a 52% on lifestyles questions. And I think the lifestyle issue is the bigger one. I think Cupid's matching system works best if the user answers more questions—so I'd recommend answering more. Cupid was founded by Harvard math majors, so I have confidence in their math algorithm." It goes on and on and on to describe how much more energy and zest for life he has than his date, and he even encourages her to move to another city. The final kiss-off? Closing the letter with an obnoxious "Ciao." Gawker calls the writer a "world class tool." We think Miss Lonelyhearts dodged a bullet and should consider herself lucky.

    Another such dirtbaggy email was picked up by the Washington Post and circulated widely. After meeting a guy dancing, a young woman wrote him an email to which he responded, "I don't have time for twenty questions by email. I met five girls Saturday night, have already booked a first coffee with three of them, and meet more every time I go dancing."

    A man who was clearly less of a player than the Lothario above, but equally callous, penned this note and included an image of him riding (away, presumably) on a giraffe. "Dear Janet, I think we should break up. I would tell you why but I'm having a tough time describing my feelings, so I drew a picture of me riding a giraffe, instead." Well, that explains everything.

    Not to be outdone by the boys, a jilted wife named Emily purchased a billboard to break-up with her cheating husband, and the picture of it went viral. "Hi Steven," it reads, "Do I have your attention now? I know all about her, you dirty, sneaky, immoral, unfaithful, poorly endowed slimeball. Everything's caught on tape….P.S. I paid for this billboard from OUR joint bank account."

     Writing a break-up letter (or email, text, or Facebook message) may seem like an easy way out of a relationship, but, given the reach of social media, it may cause far more shame than ending things face-to-face. "No matter how uncomfortable the situation, there are certain decencies that must be observed," admonishes Emily Post . Her top advice for breaking up in a civilized manner is to meet privately, in person. Unless, of course, you want to world to know what a cad he was.

    Hair Extensions Hot New Underground Commodity

    Two young thieves walked into John's Beauty Supply store in Chicago on Monday morning, pulled out a bottle of pepper spray and a gun, and went straight for the good stuff: remy human hair extensions.

    A female burglar pepper-sprayed a worker behind the counter before grabbing about 10 packs of remy hair, which sell for $100 each. A male thief held a gun to another employee and had her take $1,000 from the register and shove more extensions into a garbage bag.

    This incident is just the latest in a spate of hair extension heists that have been sweeping Chicago and cities such as Philadelphia and Houston. Remy hair extensions, which cost anywhere from $100 to thousands of dollars per pack, have become highly sought after, and an underground market for the goods has popped up in response.

    "They're selling them to hair salons," said Shayna Crosby, who works at John's Beauty Supply. "People even sell them online or out of the trunk of their cars."

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    The remy hair frenzy is not without merit: They're the highest grade of real, human hair on the market, because the cuticles are kept intact and not stripped. This means they look natural and stay shiny, soft and tangle-free.

    But the silky locks, which are often sewn in at salons, come at a high price. The average person uses two packs each time and the hair needs to be replaced every three to six months. This works out to hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars each year.

    In the last eight months alone, there have been two similar beauty supply store burglaries in Chicago, according to police officer Jose Estrada.

    Meanwhile, last year, robbers made away with a reported $230,000 worth of extensions from the 35th Street Beauty Supply store in Chicago's Bronzeville neighborhood. A year earlier, thieves bypassed Beauty One's register and beelined straight for the remy packs, taking $80,000 of the product.

    Yoonjin Han, who works at Beauty One, said she hears these heists happen even more often -- at least once a month.

    They aren't just happening in Chicago. Hair extensions robberies have been reported across the country, from Texas to Oklahoma to Florida.

    While the thefts are on the rise, there isn't an official count. An FBI spokesman said its crime data aren't broken down by "specific details such as hair extensions."

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    Once the extensions are taken from stores, experts say thieves have no problem moving them.

    "People who have the audacity and the ingenuity to do this will be able to sell them," said Neal Lester, an English professor at Arizona State University who has been lecturing about hair for the last 25 years. "It's no different from selling DVDs, where they are sold out of the back of your trunk."

    They're even easier to pilfer, and to get away with, than other products that commonly make their way into underground markets, like iPhones or over-the-counter medication, since the extensions aren't marked with bar codes or serial numbers. Once they're stolen, they're virtually impossible to trace or tie back to a store.

    Lester says that the pricey hairpieces have grown ubiquitous in recent years, as documented by movies like comedian Chris Rock's "Good Hair," which shed light on the lengths women go to -- and premiums they cough up -- to keep up their looks.

    All-new 2014 Toyota Corolla goes from bland to bold

    The Toyota Corolla has long been the antithesis of the enthusiast car. It’s the automotive equivalent of smooth jazz — ubiquitous and innocuous but seldom loved. And like a forgettably syrupy Kenny G ballad album, it’s also enjoyed enviable success over the years; in 1997 it beat out the Volkswagen Beetle to become the best-selling nameplate of all time, and is always near the top of the charts for its segment, selling 290,947 units in 2012 in spite of being near the end of its model cycle.

    But reputation and bulletproof reliability alone hasn’t been enough to stave off competition in recent years, and it’s been sparring with the Ford Focus for bragging rights as the best-seller. Since a half-hearted makeover would likely lead to losing more marketshare, Toyota has unveiled a new, eleventh generation Corolla that’s sleeker and dare I say, interesting.

    Surprisingly similar to the carbon fiber-trimmed Corolla Furia concept from this year’s Detroit Auto Show, the production version sheds the frumpy profile from the existing car by stretching the wheelbase and overall length by almost four inches. With chiseled lines and sculpted creases on the outside and a sportily svelte cabin within, it’s the best-looking Corolla yet. Nonetheless, the smallish tires tucked into cavernous wheel wells show it’s still an economy car at its core.

    And while the fundamentals of the car won’t change much—there’s still a 1.8-liter, 132-horsepower engine, a four-speed automatic (in addition to a six-speed manual and CVT) and a torsion beam rear suspension—Toyota promises a more engaging drive. Steering has been slightly quickened to 3.19 turns lock-to-lock similar to the pre-refresh 2012 Honda Civic, and the electronic power steering unit touts better road feedback and accuracy. The S trim traditionally has little frills and no thrills, and for 2014 it’ll see a stiffened suspension setup as well as a 140-horsepower engine.

    So the “sporty” grade won’t take on a Volkswagen GLI at a stoplight, but efficiency, not speed, has always been one of the key selling points of the Corolla, and Toyota is targeting 42 highway mpg for the LE Eco trim. The compact will also see more standard features across the line-up, including Bluetooth connectivity, LED-adorned headlights and eight airbags.

    Pamela Anderson's sexist TV ad banned

    A TV advertisement starring former 'Baywatch' star Pamela Anderson has been banned for being sexist and degrading to women.

    The commercial, for web hosting firm Dreamscape Networks, had the actress chairing a meeting of men. One of the men then fantasied about Anderson and her assistant dancing together in bikinis, reported Daily Mirror.

    Dreamscape argued the ad portrayed Anderson and her assistant as "attractive, dynamic and confident business people."

    The Advertising Standards Authority said it understood that the ad was intended to be a humorous and light-hearted parody of a mundane business meeting.

    But it said the female characters were portrayed sexually throughout the ad, not just during the fantasy sequence, noting that their shirts were open to expose.

    "Because of that, we considered the ad was likely to cause serious offence to some viewers on the basis that it was sexist and degrading to women," the ASA said.

    My first failure in Bollywood affected me Neha Sharma

    After making a successful debut in southern cinema with "Chirutha", Neha Sharma was disappointed when her Bollywood debut "Crook" bombed at the box office. She says she was in denial after that.

    "Honestly, my first (southern) film was a huge hit, so I didn't expect my first film here (in Bollywood) to fail. I had seen that high in life and didn't know that this was a possibility too. When it didn't do well, I was in denial and disappointed. I was obviously living in a cocoon," Neha told IANS in an interview.
    Neha Sharma with Emraan Hashmi in a still from her Bollywood debut film 'Crook'

    "I want to do good work. The first failure affected me. That is why I did 'Kyaa Super Kool Hain Hum'," said the actress and added that she wouldn't have done the adult comedy had her first film worked.

    "It's something that I would not have done as it is like going out of my comfort zone. But I was like if this is what works, then why not do this," she explained.

    It is important for newcomers, who don't have film background, to have box office success. "You have to have box office success then only people will show interest in you. This is something, which surprises me. I don't think it is about talent or looks, it is primarily about box office success," she said.

    But she doesn't take success or failure seriously any more.

    "I have done four films and I understand it is not something that you can control. It is part of the business. No actor can just have failures and no actor can just have successes," she said.

    "I don't get affected whether a film does well or it doesn't. But you do want your films to do well as you put in a lot of hard work," she added.

    Her next is Deols' "Yamla Pagla Deewana 2", which is coming out June 7. Directed by Sangeeth Sivan, the film also stars Dharmendra as well as his two sons - Sunny and Bobby.
    Neha Sharma in a still from her upcoming film 'Yamla Pagla Deewana 2'

    She nurtured the dream of being a fashion designer and acting just happened along the way.

    "I always wanted to be a designer and I loved clothes and everything to do with it. When I got a Telugu film, it happened out of the blue ... at that point of time, I didn't realise how big it was. I really enjoyed my journey. Then I was like this was exactly what I want to do," she said.

    NIOS Class X Result 2013 will declared tomorrow at 3 P.M.

    The result of NIOS Class 10th, conducted by National Institute of Open Schooling, will be declared on June 7, Friday at 3 P.M., according to an official notification.

    The students who appeared in class 10th examination can access the result at the official website nios.ac.in/results after 3 P.M. tomorrow.

    The NIOS Class X Examination was held in April 2013.

    NIOS is an "Open School" to cater to the needs of a heterogeneous group of learners up to pre-degree level. It was started as a project with in-built flexibilities by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) in 1979.

    In 1986, the National Policy on Education suggested strengthening of Open School System for extending open learning facilities in a phased manner at secondary level all over the country as an independent system with its own curriculum and examination leading to certification.

    Bollywood mourns Jiah Khan's untimely death

    Calling her "full of life" and "high-spirited", Bollywood celebrities expressed their grief and shock over the death of young actress Jiah Khan.

    Jiah, 25, whose real name is Nafisa Khan, was found hanging at her residence at around 11 pm last night.

    The actress made her acting debut with Ram Gopal Varma's 'Nishabd' opposite Amitabh Bachchan in March 2007.

    "What!!! Jiah Khan ??? what has happened ? is this correct ? unbelievable !!!," tweeted a shocked Bachchan.

    Filmmaker Varma called Jia a girl with "spunk and spirit".

    "Never ever seen a debutante actress with more spunk and more spirit than Jiah when I was directing her in 'Nishabd'. The whole unit of 'Nishabd' was literally in love with Jiah. "No matter what her problem was I just so wish she applied her on-screen philosophy of 'Nishabd' to her own life. Shocked and choked to hear about Jiah," Varma tweeted.

    The British-Indian actress was later seen opposite Aamir Khan in 'Ghajini' and Akshay Kumar in 'Housefull'. She had been missing from the big screen for a while now.

    Actor Riteish Deshmukh, who worked with Jia in 'Housefull', said, "Nothing worse than waking up to a bad news- shocked n dumb struck- RIP Jiah. She was full of life and had incredible sense of humour. She was a friend n will miss her. Am deeply saddened."

    "Jiah Khan was full of life when I worked with her long time back. So sad that something drove her to take this extreme step. RIP," tweeted Anupam Kher who had also worked with the actress.

    Actor Shahid Kapoor, said, "Shocked and saddened to hear about Jiah Khan... Very disturbing. RIP... May her soul rest in peace."

    "Life has to be experienced and lived!It's a limitless ocean, have to swim through it,and not let it drown you! Rip Jiah Khan!God bless her soul," Bipasha Basu tweeted.

    "Rip Jiah khan. Terrible tragedy.. Very very shocking and disturbing news," added Sonam Kapoor.

    Filmmaker-choreographer Farah Khan tweeted, "Can't register that Jiah is no more... Worked with her in 'Housefull' and she was so beautiful n such a good soul. Too young to go Jiah."

    Filmmaker Kunal Kohli said, "What she must've gone through to take such a step we'll never know. May her soul rest in peace."

    "Shocked to hear about Jiah Khan, she was too young to give up on life. RIP," said Arshad Warsi.

    Actress Dia Mirza posted on her Twitter page, "RIP Nafisa(Jiah) Khan. You were too young and beautiful. This is no way to go! Life is too precious. The worst phases pass. They do. Never give up!."

    New Hampshire senior wins state title when foe walks off court and forfeits because of fan behavior

    It may be the strangest way yet to win a state title. After taking the first set in the best-of-three New Hampshire girls tennis singles final, Bow (N.H.) High senior Sunday Swett was told that she had won the title. Yet it wasn’t an injury that befell her opponent, Nashua (N.H.) Bishop Guertin senior Briana Leonard. Rather, Leonard unilaterally decided to end the match because she was being heckled by the crowd.

    The Bishop Guertin girls tennis team, with Briana Leonard on the front right — BGHS.orgThe Bishop Guertin girls tennis team, with Briana Leonard on the front right — BGHS.org

    Ladies and Gentlemen, we have a crowd-induced state champion. This may be a first.

    “We had an unfortunate experience,” New Hampshire Interscholastic Activities Association Executive Director R. Patrick Corbin told the Nashua Telegrah. “I’ve never seen something like this at a tennis match.”

    The forfeit occurred when Corbin attempted to shift the girls singles final to a different court at the conclusion of the first set, which Swett won 6-4. Yet, instead of heading to the new court, Leonard left the scene entirely, retreating to her car with her parents and driving home.

    The elder Leonards told the Telegraph that their daughter was being persecuted by the crowd because she lives in Massachusetts and attends high school in New Hampshire.

    “They were bullying her,” Karen Leonard told the Telegraph. “This has been going on for two years. They’ve wanted her out for two years because she’s not a New Hampshire girl. Because we live in Massachusetts.”
    Sunday Swett, who won a state title after her foe walked off because of crowd issues — YouTubeSunday Swett, who won a state title after her foe walked off because of crowd issues — YouTube

    Regardless of where the family lives, Leonard’s own coach acknowledged that dealing with hostile crowds is an integral part of sports, even if he did feel that his athlete was facing a number of challenges in the final match of her prep career.

    “Bri was heavily not the crowd favorite today,” Bishop Guertin coach Barry Ndynia told the Telegraph.

    “But in sports that’s something you have to deal with. Some people will not cheer for you. They’ll cheer for your opponent. That’s why I was trying to keep her focused.”

    As for Swett, the senior celebrated a title in her final match and told the Concord Monitor that the stunning forfeit would not take away from her contentment with the achievement.

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