One of the most dramatic couples on Season 12 of "Dancing with the Stars" made their exit from the ballroom on Tuesday night.
After surviving two months of competition highs and some serious lows, Kendra Wilkinson and Louis van Amstel finally were given their exit papers.
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"I have lasted seven weeks, I mean seven weeks longer than I ever thought I would last," Kendra said after co-hosts Tom Bergeron and Brooke Burke announced the news.
It was a headline raising season for Kendra, who sparred - at first - with her partner, and later with judge Carrie Ann Inaba over a comment related to her lack of dancing "elegance," but the former "Girl Next Door" persisted and found her footwork improving, eventually leaving the show on Tuesday with her head held high.
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Another Woman Is Cut From 'Dancing' On Elimination Night
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Entry-Level Jobs That Pay Up To $60,000
You’ve probably heard your parents say it. Uncles, aunts and older cousins also. “To get anywhere in your career, you have to start at the bottom.”
It’s as true now as it ever was: careers almost always begin with entry-level jobs. Usually the pay’s fairly low, the hours long. It’s like an apprenticeship. You do whatever it takes during your first few years as a full-time employee. Grunt work. Menial tasks that build up gradually to bigger, better projects.
But there are some occupations that, even at entry-level, make paying off your student loans and buying bling much easier. Some need university degrees. Others don’t. They range from finance to IT and skilled trades. Here’s five for you to think about, along with their median starting salaries from an across-Canada sampling.
Accounting and Finance
Accountant:Median starting salary: $45,000 – $60,000+Responsible for completion and maintenance of general ledgers and financial reports. May require a bachelor's degree in accounting or business and 0-3 years of experience in the field or in a related area. Has knowledge of commonly-used concepts, practices, and procedures within a particular field. Relies on instructions and pre-established guidelines to perform the functions of the job. Works under immediate supervision. Primary job functions do not typically require exercising independent judgment. Typically reports to a supervisor or manager.
Entry-Level Jobs That Pay Up To $60,000
You’ve probably heard your parents say it. Uncles, aunts and older cousins also. “To get anywhere in your career, you have to start at the bottom.”
It’s as true now as it ever was: careers almost always begin with entry-level jobs. Usually the pay’s fairly low, the hours long. It’s like an apprenticeship. You do whatever it takes during your first few years as a full-time employee. Grunt work. Menial tasks that build up gradually to bigger, better projects.
But there are some occupations that, even at entry-level, make paying off your student loans and buying bling much easier. Some need university degrees. Others don’t. They range from finance to IT and skilled trades. Here’s five for you to think about, along with their median starting salaries from an across-Canada sampling.
Accounting and Finance
Accountant:Median starting salary: $45,000 – $60,000+Responsible for completion and maintenance of general ledgers and financial reports. May require a bachelor's degree in accounting or business and 0-3 years of experience in the field or in a related area. Has knowledge of commonly-used concepts, practices, and procedures within a particular field. Relies on instructions and pre-established guidelines to perform the functions of the job. Works under immediate supervision. Primary job functions do not typically require exercising independent judgment. Typically reports to a supervisor or manager.
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Pakistani computer programmer unknowingly liveblogs operation against Bin Laden
CAIRO - A computer programmer, startled by a helicopter clattering above his quiet Pakistani town in the early hours of the morning Monday, did what any social-media addict would do: he began sending messages to the social networking site Twitter.
With his tweets, 33-year-old Sohaib Athar, who moved to the sleepy town of Abbottabad to escape the big city, became in his own words "the guy who liveblogged the Osama raid without knowing it."
Soon the sole helicopter multiplied into several and gunfire and explosions rocked the air above the town, and Athar's tweets quickly garnered tens of thousands of followers as he apparently became the first in the world to describe the U.S. operation to kill one of the world's most wanted militants.
Monday, May 2, 2011
Weird ways to make money
When times are rough, people get creative.
Though the economy is recovery mode, times are still tough for many. Want proof? Ignore all positive consumer confidence scales and diminishing unemployment numbers and look here: earlier this month, marketing firm Adzookie unveiled its whacky plan to take on a homeowner's monthly mortgage payments if they painted their house, as pictured, to look like a giant billboard. It took only one morning for the bizarre, ridiculous, indefensible campaign to receive more than a thousand eager applicants, surprised Adzookie CEO Romeo Mendoza said that day.
Certainly, it may not take a recession to highlight the kooky things people will do for cash - we've been doing it for years. In honour of Adzookie's peculiar promotion, MSN looks at other weird things people do for money.
Sunday, May 1, 2011
Osama bin Laden is dead, US says
WASHINGTON — Al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden is dead and the U.S. has his body, says a person familiar with developments.
President Barack Obama was to make the announcement shortly that after searching in vain for bin Laden since he disappeared in Afghanistan in late 2001, the Saudi-born extremist is dead, the source said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
Details of the death were sparse. He was killed in a military operation in Afghanistan, according to sources, though it was unclear which countries were involved. CNN reported that the al-Qaida leader was killed in a mansion outside Islamabad, the Pakistani capital.
'Calm' Mariah Carey gives birth to baby boy and girl with husband Nick Cannon by her side
NEW YORK, N.Y. - Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon celebrated their fourth anniversary with another milestone — becoming parents to a baby girl and boy.Carey's representative, Cindi Berger, confirmed the births to The Associated Press. The singing superstar gave birth Saturday at 12:07 p.m. EDT at an undisclosed hospital in Los Angeles. Berger says the baby girl was born first, weighing 5 pounds, 3 ounces, and was 18 inches long; her brother was next, at 5 pounds 6 ounces, and was 19 inches.
Berger says the couple has not named the children yet. Cannon drove Carey to the hospital in their Rolls-Royce Phantom. Berger said the 41-year-old Carey, who had gone through false labour, was calm, thinking that it was another false alarm.
Meanwhile, the 30-year-old Cannon was so nervous he went to the wrong department at the hospital, and was guided to the maternity ward by a nurse.