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Kirstie Alley No Longer Such a 'Fat Actress'

NEW YORK – Actress Kirstie Alley (search) has lost 50 pounds. The star of Showtime’s reality-comedy series “Fat Actress” says she managed the loss through dieting and exercise. “I am the Jenny Craig evangelist!” Alley, a spokeswoman for the company, declares in the Sept. 26 issue of People magazine, now …

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Lackluster Ratings for Katrina Benefit

NEW YORK – While Americans are donating generously to Hurricane Katrina (search) relief funds, they’re apparently running out of patience for stars telling them to give. Friday’s benefit, “Shelter From the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast” (search), was seen by fewer than 24 million viewers despite being shown …

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New Orleans Business Owners, Residents Return

NEW ORLEANS – Streams of cars filled with business owners started to make their way back into newly reopened sections of hurricane-ravaged New Orleans (search) on Thursday, some vowing to rebuild their city, some pulling out. A month after Hurricane Katrina (search) hit the Gulf Coast, New Orleans Mayor Ray …

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