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Rosie O'Donnell announced Wednesday she is will no longer be a co-host on ABC's "The View" because a contractual agreement could not be reached.

While her time there was short, she did increase ratings. Ratings for "The View" during February sweeps were up 15 percent in key women demographics over the same time in 2006.

"I induced Rosie to come back to television on 'The View' even for just one year," Walters said. "She has given the program new vigor, new excitement and wonderful hours of television. I can only be grateful to her for this year."

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A curious coyote steped into a Quiznos restaurant around Tuesday afternoon in Chicago's Loop downtown, in search of food and shelter. The shop's door had been propped open because of the warm weather. The one and a half-year-old animal did not hurt anyone. He wanted to look for some of that "mmmm...Toasty!" He found a spot to cool off in a drink cooler.

One employee, Ronneshia Mukes, had jumped on top of the counter. He was confused over why the animal was they and scared of what it might do.

Another employee, Raymundo Zavala, stated this was not in his job description.

Animal Control worker Forest Drake quickly removed the animal. Animal Control is taking the coyote to a vet and then, if he is in good health, will release him in northern Illinois.

AP reports the whole incident lasted about 40 minutes.
The city captures about 10 to 15 coyotes a year, said Anne Kent, director of Chicago Animal Care and Control.

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By: Rachele Cermak

Angelina Jolie adopted Pax Thien Jolie , a three-year-old Vietnamese boy. Jolie adopted him from the Tam Binh orphanage. There was a ceremony at the Department of Justice in Ho Chi Min City to officially grant possession of the child. They still have to go to the U.S. Consulate before returning to the United States so officials can review Jolie's application for final approval and issue Pax a passport so he may leave the country.

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt care for four children now, Zahara, a two-year-old born in Ethiopia, Shiloh, the couple's biological 10-month-old child, Maddox, a five-year-old born in Cambodia and now Pax.

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Wireless home networks are becoming more common. So common that in the city a laptop computer user with a wireless internet card could find multiple unprotected connections. Wardriving is a practice where people drive around neighborhoods specifically looking for open connections to hijack and steal information stored on the network.

There are ways to protect yourself whether you're a MAC user or PC with windows.

By opening a new brower window and typing IP address of the EBR/WBR series router, usually something like 192.168.0.1, you're able to view the administrative page which is where the activity log is found. Each router manufacturer has a help site to walk you through the set-up. D-Link's webpage is a good example.

Requiring log-in to your network stops most people from jumping on your connection but firewalls and encrypting data transfers are also precautionary steps people can set-up to further protect the valuble information stored on personal computers.

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By Rachele Cermak

Anna Nicole Smith’s untimely death has left a mess of legal problems.

Smith didn’t update her will so she had left everything to her son, Daniel who died on September 10th, 2006. Plus, the wording used may exclude her five month-year-old Dannielynn. There is about $88 million up for stake.

A judge has ordered Smith’s DNA to be analyzed to be sure Dannielynn is truely Smith’s daughter. A request made by Larry Birkhead, who is claiming to be the father.

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By Rachele Cermak

According to CNN.com Anna Nicole Smith is dead at age 39.

She was found unconscious in her hotel room at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino. She was declared dead at the Memorial Regional Hospital in Hollywood.

According to the AP story featured in the Chicago tribune prescription drugs were found in Anna Nicole Smith's hotel room, but there were no pills in her stomach, and investigators said Friday they are awaiting tests that could tell whether the former centerfold died of an overdose, as some close to her suspect.

The future for her 5-month-ago daughter is undecided. Three men, entertainment photojournalist ex-boyfriend Larry Birkhead, fiance lawyer Howard K. Stern and allegedly Prince Frederick von Anhalt, husband to Zsa Zsa Gabor, are fighting over the title of being the child's biological father.

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