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Armstrong stays optimistic despite "biggest setback"

Armstrong stays optimistic despite "biggest setback" Austin, Texas - Lance Armstrong remains upbeat about his chances of being to race in May's Giro d'Italia despite suffering a broken collarbone in a racing accident on Monday.

The seven-time Tour de France winner crashed on stage one of the Vuelta a Castilla y Leon and will undergo surgery in the United States to insert a metal plate to strengthen the bone.

Bill Clinton to deliver keynote speech at Holocaust museum opening

Bill Clinton to deliver keynote speech at Holocaust museum openingWashington, Mar 25 : Former US President Bill Clinton will deliver the keynote speech on April 19 when the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center opens for the first time in Skokie.

Clinton will join Governor Pat Quinn, foreign dignitaries and Holocaust survivors at a ceremony that will mark the much-anticipated opening of the museum.

The ceremony will begin at noon April 19 under a large tent outside the museum, 9603 Woods Drive, The Sun Times Group reported.

Jolie fan sues charity for bogus ‘Meet Star’ bid

Jolie fan sues charity for bogus ‘Meet Star’ bidWashington, Mar 25 : American actress Angelina Jolie has landed in the middle of a lawsuit after a fan sued a children's charity he claims used the star's name for a bid.

As per TMZ. com, the man said he bid 30,000 dollars for a meeting with Jolie, but it never took place, reports Contactmusic.

The unnamed plaintiff has filed suit against executives at the Lili Claire Foundation.

Spurned wife shackles self to hubby to resolve dispute

Spurned wife shackles self to hubby to resolve disputeNew York, Mar 25 : An American lady, who tried to keep her marriage from ending, handcuffed herself to her husband while he was sleeping.

Helen Sun, 37, of Fairfield, Conn., handcuffed Robert Drawbough and even attacked him by biting him.

Drawbough somehow managed to call the Connecticut cops and asked them for help, screaming at the same time as his wife attacked him.

"My wife has handcuffed me. .... She''s attacking me. ...," the New York Daily News quoted him as telling an emergency dispatcher in suburban Fairfield.

Madoff''s secretary has upmarket mansions, fancy cars

Madoff''s secretary has upmarket mansions, fancy carsNew York, Mar 25 : A long time aide of Ponzi king Bernie Madoff went from a middle-class up bringing on Howard Beach to high society Boca Raton while signing up friends and families for her boss''s.

She''s acquired a 2.6 million dollar mansion in a gated community in Manhasset, L. I., and three fancy cars, including a 100,000 dollars Mercedes.

‘Frustrated’ Lindsay to paparazzi: Be nice to me

New York, Mar 25 : Hollywood actress Lindsay Lohan is frustrated with constant media scrutiny and urges the paparazzi to be nice to her.

The 22-year-old starlet claims that constant speculation about her bank accounts, sobriety and her relationship with Samantha Ronson has left her perturbed.

"They need to stop saying we''re fighting," The New York Daily News quoted Lohan as telling E! Online.

"People telling lies about me to her and all this garbage.

"I''m really a good person and I have a good heart and just want to work. The only reason I go to clubs is to hear Samantha spin or be normal," she added.

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