Archive for May 7th, 2009
Thursday, May 7th, 2009
Newlywed supermodel Gisele Bundchen has sparked rumors she’s expecting her first child with husband Tom Brady, after the pair were photographed leaving an obstetrician’s office.
The Victoria’s Secret model and football star Brady visited a Manhattan-based OB/GYN on Monday, three months after they exchanged vows in a Catholic ceremony in Santa Monica, Calif.
They celebrated their union with a larger ceremony and wedding reception in Costa Rica weeks later.
Bundchen and Brady began dating after his 2006 split from actress Bridget Moynahan, with whom he shares a 17-month-old son, John Edward Thomas Moynahan.
A spokesperson for Bundchen tells the New York Post, “We have no comment on our clients’ personal lives.”
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Thursday, May 7th, 2009
“American Idol” judge Paula Abdul has broken her silence about her 12-year long battle with painkiller addiction.
The singer-turned-TV personality was left in debilitating pain after a 1992 car accident and 1993 plane crash that required 15 spinal surgeries and left her dependent on pain medication.
Abdul has been dogged by reports she had become an addict and continues to defend herself against allegations she filmed the TV talent show high on drugs.
But since a stint last November at Carlsbad, Calif.,’s La Costa Resort and Spa, Abdul admits she’s come to terms with her dependency and is determined to stay sober.
Describing her withdrawal symptoms, Abdul tells Ladies’ Homes Journal: “I was freezing cold, then sweating hot, then chattering and in so much pain. It was excruciating. But at my very core, I did not like existing the way I had been.”
And Abdul insists she won’t be turning back to drugs after realizing how close she came to death.
She adds: “I could have killed myself.”
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Thursday, May 7th, 2009
The fast-rising inflation that characterized most of 2008 has continued to fall since its high six months ago, bringing the monthly inflation rate to nearly half of April’s 10-year average, according to a report released Tuesday by the National Statistics and Census Institute (INEC).
The Consumer Price Index rose 11.75 percent since May of last year, falling from a high of 16.3 percent yearly change in November, according to the INEC report. April’s monthly increase was 0.33 percent.
The report indicated that the prices for luxury goods, like alcoholic beverages and tobacco, rose most significantly in April, a 3 percent increase; prices for necessities like food and non-alcoholic beverages actually dropped about 0.46 percent.
While inflation has been slowing, the yearly price increase of 11.75 percent the report cited is actually slightly above par � the third highest in the past decade. The number accentuates just how high inflation was throughout 2008, since the past five months have logged price inflation far below average.
Prices for gasoline rose 6.4 percent, while the cost of electricity rose 1.6 percent, the INEC reported.
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