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Jimmy Carter’s mission to North Korea was a success! The former President was expected to arrive back in the US on Friday with recently freed prisoner Aijalon Mahli Gomes in tow. Gomes had been sentenced to 8 years of hard labour in the reclusive state, but has been granted amnesty by Kim Jong-Il himself.

The US hurricane season is in full swing! Hurricane Danielle has become a category 4 storm and is gaining momentum on her way toward Bermuda and the US East Coast. Danielle’s maximum wind speed so far has been recorded at 135 miles per hour. It’s expected to deliver massive swells and rip currents to the eastern seaboard throughout the weekend.

Doctors in Argentina performing a routine surgery to remove an orange-size tumor were SHOCKED to find it was actually MUCH larger than expected. It weighed 54 pounds and measured 19 inches across! After 4 hours of surgery, 8 surgeons managed to successfully remove it from the patient’s uterus, an unnamed 54-year-old woman.

Bristol Palin will soon be Dancing With the Stars! The daughter of the former VP hopeful will join the likes of Kirstie Alley, the Situation, and Audrina Patridge for the show’s new season, starting September twentieth.

Julio Iglesias liked it, so he put a ring on it. But first, he had to THINK about it – for twenty years! He and his girlfriend Miranda Rijnsburger just tied the knot in Spain after dating for two DECADES and having five kids together! You gotta be one suave Latin lover to pull THAT off!

In sports, the US Open is officially underway in New York, and some BIG names helped get things off to a SMASHING start at the opening ceremonies. The Nike Primetime Knockout at Pier 54 saw Rafael Nadal pair up with stunning supermodel Bar Rafaeli, alongside stars including Maria Sharapova, Roger Federer, and the Hangover’s Bradley Cooper.