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THE OFFSPRING "DAYS GO BY"

The Offspring, whose last release was 2008’s ‘Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace,’ have announced that they are currently wrapping up work on their ninth studio album and it will be called ‘Days Go By.’ Due out this summer, the disc will contain 12 new tracks, including the title track / first single ‘Days Go By.’ The album will be their first recorded with new drummer Pete Parada. 

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DOUCHE OF THE DAY

GRETA VAN SUSTEREN - she could have invited anyone to White House Correspondents' Dinner - she chose Lindsay Lohan because she's rooting for her...

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Greta Van Susteren from Fox News Channel could have invited anyone she wanted to the White House Correspondents' Dinner, but she chose Lindsay Lohan because she's rooting for her. Greta has been mum on her dinner guest, but she told Harvey Levin from TMZ: "I love comebacks, and I'd like her to succeed." Greta thinks Lindsay is on the rebound, "She's got a new movie and I'm hoping things work out for her." Greta brought Kim Kardashian to the dinner in 2010.  [TMZ] 

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NEWS

USC will pay the Los Angeles Police Department to provide more security around its campus

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Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and LAPD Chief Charlie Beck said the university will contribute at least $600,000 to the new plan. The LAPD will reassign 30 officers to the Southwest Division, which services the West Adams district, and add another four officers on campus who will work alongside USC’s Department of Public Safety. A special detective who will track area crime trends and a neighborhood prosecutor will round out the new security plan, officials said. Parents and students have called for additional security after two graduate students from China, Ying Wu and Ming Qu, were shot and killed near campus earlier this month. [CBSLA]

When University of Colorado student Madalyn Starkey posed for a picture with President Barack Obama, she had no idea the hilarious picture would go viral

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While traveling through Colorado on Tuesday, Obama stopped in at a local pub known as the Sink. In the photograph, Obama is grinning with his arm around Starkey while the she points her finger at the president in seeming disbelief. Starkey has been having fun with all the attention on her Twitter feed, writing, "Woooo, never knew a tweet could blow up like that. Neat!" And then joking with another Twitter user, "bet you wish you had taken me to prom now, huh?" [Yahoo]

A day after U.S. lawmakers were briefed on an alleged prostitution scandal in Colombia involving Secret Service members, a report emerged yesterday of similar allegations, this time in El Salvador

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Seattle TV station KIRO, a CNN affiliate, cited an unnamed U.S. government contractor who worked extensively with the Secret Service advance team in San Salvador prior to President Barack Obama's trip there in March, 2011. The source said he was with about a dozen Secret Service agents and a few U.S. military specialists at a strip club in the city a few days before Obama arrived, KIRO reported. The men drank heavily at the club, and most of them paid extra for access to a VIP section where they were provided sexual favors in return for cash, the source told the station. [KTLA]

Not only can Costco shoppers find bulk-packs of chicken wings, 24-rolls of toilet paper and large-screen TVs at a discount, they can now land themselves a mortgage

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After a year of testing, Costco is rolling out a full-service mortgage lending program on its website in partnership with First Choice Bank, a New Jersey-based community bank, and 10 other lenders. Costco's partners have issued more than 10,000 mortgages to members under the program. [KTLA]

Nearly a third of workers in the U.S. aren't getting enough sleep, according to a new government report

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Overall, 30 percent of employed U.S. adults reported getting less than six hours of sleep a night, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in its report. The National Sleep Foundation recommends that healthy adults get seven to nine hours of sleep. "Insufficient sleep can have serious and sometimes fatal consequences for fatigued workers and others around them," the CDC wrote. An estimated 20 percent of vehicle crashes are linked to drowsy driving. [MSNBC]

Former The Smiths stars Johnny Marr and Mike Joyce have denied new reports the band is planning to reunite

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The group split in 1987 after a bust-up between singer Morrissey and guitarist Marr, and they’ve been dogged by rumors of a reunion ever since. The speculation was reignited again on Thursday when a music news website reported the rockers are eyeing a series of gigs later this year – but Marr and drummer Joyce are adamant it’s not true. A representative for Marr tells WENN, “Purely a rumor. (It’s) false.” [SFGate]

It looks like Gorillaz and Blur aren't done after all

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Damon Albarn was asked if this was really the end of his two bands and he said: "No. That comes from an article which was an interesting take on a very long conversation. I don't know how we'll feel when we [Blur] play Hyde Park. Some days I feel one way and other days I feel the other. If you don't see something as a career but as an important part of your life, you don't know how you're going to feel about it. We want to put on a great performance but nothing's been said between us about the beginning or the end." As for Gorillaz, Albarn said: "When Jamie [Hewlett] and I have worked out our differences, I'm sure we'll make another record."  [Idolator]