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• Feb 5, 2014

  FDA Anti-Smoking Ads Aimed at Teens: 'The Real Cost' Shows Youth Pulling Out Teeth and Skin (VIDEOS)

  FDA anti-smoking ads have been released Tuesday that are aiming to stop at-risk youth from picking up cigarettes or convince them to quit smoking before they become addicted. The large campaign addresses the millions of teens who are just beginning to experiment with cigarettes or are open to the idea.

• Feb 5, 2014

  Girl's iPhone Catches Fire in Her Pocket, Leaves Her With Second-Degree Burns

  A girl's iPhone caught fire Friday morning while the 13-year-old was in the middle of class, leaving her with first and second-degree burns. The Maine middle school girl was taken to the hospital to treat her injuries.

• Feb 4, 2014

  Miley's 'W' Cover is Unrecognizable

  Miley's W cover is unrecognizable as the "Wrecking Ball" singer appears in scantily clad outfits, bleached eyebrows and significantly longer hair. The 21-year-old entertainer also gave an interview about her new fashion sense that was revealed on the covers, which leaked several days before their public release.

• Feb 3, 2014

  High School Gunman Kills Teacher and Cop in Moscow, Takes 20 Hostages: 'I Came to Die' (VIDEO)

  A high school gunman in Moscow killed his teacher, a police officer and took a class of 20 other students hostage Monday before was talked down by his own father and detained. The two guns he used were registered to his father, and the student was said to be motivated to harm others because of an incident with his geography teacher.

• Feb 3, 2014

  Philip Seymour Hoffman Bought Drugs at ATM Before Death? Police Investigating Eyewitness Allegations

  Philip Seymour Hoffman was found dead in his West Village apartment Sunday morning of an apparent drug overdose, and police are now looking into a possible drug deal the actor was involved in Saturday night. A witness alleged that he saw the 46-year-old actor take out cash and purchase the drugs.

• Feb 3, 2014

  380-Foot Tower in Frankfurt Blown Up at Record-Breaking Demolition (VIDEO)

  A 380-foot tower in Frankfurt, Germany was blown up Sunday in a record-breaking explosion. The European demolition was one of the biggest known controlled explosions on the continent, and thousands of spectators gasped as the huge tower collapsed in a cloud of dust.

• Feb 3, 2014

  Kristen Bell on Twitter: People Magazine, Stop Buying Celebrity Child Photos!

  Kristen Bell's Twitter rant against People magazine and other tabloids that buy pictures of celebrity children without their consent has garnered attention on the internet. Bell and her husband, Dax Shepard, want customers to boycott tabloids that enable "pedorazzi"— paparazzi who make their living off of taking pictures of children without their parents' consent.

• Jan 31, 2014

  Jesse Eisenberg is Lex Luthor in 'Batman vs. Superman,' Movie Delayed Until 2016

  Jesse Eisenberg is Lex Luthor in the upcoming "Man of Steel 2" movie, tentatively referred to as "Batman vs. Superman." Along with the seemingly out-of-character casting of Eisenberg— he's best known as Mark Zuckerberg in "The Social Network"— is British actor Jeremy Irons, who will be playing Alfred.

• Jan 31, 2014

  Heroin Happy Meals: McDonald's Employee Arrested for Selling Drugs on the Job

  Heroin happy meals were found at an East Pittsburgh McDonald's Wednesday when authorities arrested employee Shantia Dennis. She was apparently using her job as a cover to sell the drugs, telling her special customers in advance to use the code: "I'd like to order a toy."

• Jan 31, 2014

  Amanda Knox Guilty Again: 'We're All Ready to Fight This' With Appeal, Says Family

  Amanda Knox was found guilty of the 2007 murder of Meredith Kercher by an Italian court in Florence Thursday, but the 26-year-old Seattle girl said that she would not stop fighting because she is innocent. After the verdict, her lawyers have 90 days to appeal the ruling in Italy's Supreme Court, but regardless of what happens, Knox refuses to go back to the country willingly.