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Stand-up comedian Patrice O'Neal suffered a stroke last week and his condition is still uncertain. The 41-year-old star's family has asked for privacy at this difficult time and has set up an email loveforpatrice@gmail.com, to receive wishes from fans.

In a first-ever move for television, Fox's new singing competition The X Factor is opening up its voting process to Twitter, the network announced Tuesday.

Comedian Patrice O'Neal suffered a stroke last week, according to Jim Norton, a fellow comic on the Opie and Anthony show. We don't know how he is. We don't know how he's going to be, said Norton on Wednesday.

Comedian and television actor Orlando Jones was panned by his Twitter followers and by the Internet community for posting rather insensitive tweets about former Governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin.

Unthink, which launched a beta version of its web site yesterday, bills itself as everything Facebook is not: it won't make deals with ad companies, it won't invade your privacy, and it will let you dictate terms of use. The site is swamped with users responding to Unthink's message of social media revolution, but will it garner enough followers to really challenge Facebook?

A proposed federal law has sparked fears that people like Justin Bieber, who got his start performing cover songs on YouTube could end up in jail. The Commercial Felony Streaming Act would make unauthorized Web streaming of copyrighted content a felony punishable by up to five years.

Jack the Cat has been found at JFK International Airport. After a two-month search for the feline, which went astray at JFK Airport, Jack the Cat was found alive late Tuesday night and taken immediately to a veterinarian in Queens. He is in critical condition.

Occupy Oakland protestors will attempt to retake Ogawa Plaza again tonight, following the news that an Iraq war veteran was severely injured during a violent clash between police and protestors last night. As Mayor Quan is threatened with recall and mass arrests spread through occupied zones in the U.S., will the Oakland riots' violence spread?

Courtney Stodden and Doug Hutchinson proved that they are just too hot for Halloween. The 17-year-old bride and her 51-year-old Lost husband Doug Hutchinson spoke to Dr. Drew for an upcoming episode of his show Lifechangers that it was the concerned moms at the pumpkin patch who were to thank for their being kicked out. The women were coming up to the manager and complaining, said Stodden. Because of 'the kids.'

An IBM report reveals the triangular relationship between consumers, businesses and social media networks.

Whether they are on the social network or not, New York's convicted sex offenders have de facto Facebook profiles, as the state has released a Facebook app that gives access to its sex offender registry.

Comedian Patrice O'Neal, who most recently appeared on The Roast of Charlie Sheen, suffered a serious stroke last week for which he was hospitalized and may not recover.

Nokia's first-ever Windows Phone offers a bevy of apps and features built directly into the phone, but with a steep price tag, will it be able to battle Apple and Samsung?

Unthink says it is starting a social networking revolution. And it is serious. The Unthink homepage even features black and white photos from the Civil Rights Movement as its background. According to CNET, Unthink promises to emancipate social media and unleash people's extraordinary potential. It will be the anti-Facebook. Unthink backs this proclamation by stating that, as an online social networking hub, it will be free of privacy issues, endless redesig...

An Egyptian court jailed two policemen on Wednesday for seven years for their cruel treatment of an activist whose death helped kindle the popular revolt against Hosni Mubarak.

Mitt Romney has backtracked his earlier statements supporting the controversial Senate Bill 5 in Ohio

Bree Boyce, the reigning Miss South Carolina, said she was once an obese teenager who dropped more than 110 pounds over two years before she won the pageant title.

Texas Gov. Rick Perry criticized former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney for failing to outright support Ohio's anti-union collective bargaining law.

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IBM said it elected Virginia Rometty as president and CEO, succeeding Samuel Palmisano, 60, who will retire after 10 years in the post. Rometty will become the first woman in 101 years to lead IBM.

There is no set order of phones to get Android's new OS, but Motorola and Samsung devices are likely the first recipients.

The death of Stuart Walker, the openly gay 28-year-old who was murdered in Scotland over the weekend, has sent a shock wave through the small-town community of Cumnock in Ayrshire county.

Go Ask Alice is a sex education forum run by Columbia University' health services department. The site gives students a platform to ask health and sex-related questions and receive responses from educated health professionals who use the penname Alice. It is an internet resource produced by the Alice Health Promotion Program at Columbia University. However, the site is coming under fire for its methods of sex education.

Kelly Clarkson album is getting rave reviews.

Israeli technology companies, once the darlings of New York's Nasdaq, have turned their backs on the exchange and are looking for suitors to acquire them.

McDonald's has brought back one of its cult classics - the McRib. The McRib is making its return on Nov. 2 in a big way. This is the first time in 16 years McDonald's will introduce the sandwich nationwide.

Google Inc. is reportedly gearing up to launch a music downloading service sometime in the next two weeks that it will link to its Google+ social network. The application - currently referred to as Google Music - will be an extension of Google Music Beta, a free service that allows users to store their existing music collection in the cloud.

Teen bride Courtney Stodden, who hit the headlines for marrying actor Doug Hutchison at the ridiculously young age of 16, was kicked of a pumpkin patch after she showed up in clothes alleged to be indecent for a farm that caters to families

Zynga, the social gaming company behind hits like FarmVille, CityVille and Words with Friends, has reportedly set its IPO date for Nov. 17, just a week before Thanksgiving.