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Chuck Hagel is in Afghanistan for his first official visit to the country since taking on the role of defense secretary. Hagel spent much of his first morning in Afghanistan touring a training center for officers and enlisted men and women. KABUL — Afghan President Hamid Karzai lashed out at the United States in strikingly acerbic terms Sunday, implying that the American military was stoking violence in collusion with the Taliban to justify a prolonged presence here and charging that foreign troops were harassing Afghan university students. The remarks painted an embarrassing picture of discord that marred Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel’s first foreign trip as Pentagon chief and plunged the tenuous allies into crisis mode at a time when the United States is struggling to wind down the unpopular war in a dignified manner. Afghan and American officials provided differing accounts about why a joint news conference scheduled for Sunday night that had been expected to be the center

Lil’ Kim Lil’ Kim is suing her lawyer and business partner for $1 million, claiming that she was swindled her out of endorsement money. The Brooklyn-born rapper filed the lawsuit against Sunny Bakrats on Friday. She claims that Bakrats, along with friend Andrew Ro, robbed her of “valuable trademark and branding rights” in regard to liquor, makeup, and fashion endorsements. Lil’ Kim said that Bakrats promised he “multimillion dollar deals for [Kim’s] brands in the cosmetic and perfume business,” but failed to back up his claims. Bakrats sees it differently. He said that Lil’ Kim just wanted to get out of a contract, saying her lawsuit was just “another frivolous attempt by Lil’ Kim and her attorneys to get out of what is otherwise a binding agreement.” Sunny predicted that the judge would throw out Lil’ Kim’s lawsuit. With Lil’ Kim suing her lawyer, it is more drama in the life of the diminutive rapper, who in recent years has had a beef with fellow Brooklyn rapper Nic

$250,000 subway typo: Over 80,000 Maps misprints A $250,000 subway typo is causing some major issues for the New York transit authority today. On March 9, the New York Post reported that brand new signs had to be taken down and thrown away after someone realized that the fare amounts on them were incorrect. This is costing a lot of money for the MTA and it caused major mayhem this week when workers were urgently ordered to stop distributing the maps. "They’re very embarrassed about this. They were frantically calling the booths trying to get these maps back," a transit source said. Apparently the Transit Workers Union Local 100 made the mistake, and printed over 80,000 maps with the wrong information on them. The $250,000 subway typo won't be rectified until later this week. According to the report, new maps won't be distributed until March 15. Many people have the maps containing the wrong information and they may get a surprise when they learn that the fares li

Zach Braff attends the European premiere of "Oz: The Great and Powerful" at Empire Leicester Square on February 28, 2013. Zach Braff has one of those faces. While promoting his new movie, Oz the Great and Powerful, the 37-year-old actor revealed which celebrities he's most often mistaken for in Hollywood. "I get Anne Hathaway's ex-boyfriend [Raffaello Follieri], I get Dax Shepard, Ray Romano," Braff told Extra. He then joked, "I think there's like a BlogSpot on the web that's like men who look like zachbraff.com or something like that." Braff, who plays circus assistant Frank and voices the character of Finley the monkey in Oz the Great and Powerful, said his resemblance to convicted conman Follieri almost got him into trouble. "Once Anne's dad saw me at a premiere and gave me this look for a second like he was going to tackle me because I guess he wasn't the best ex-boyfriend." (After pleading guilty to 14 counts o

Bernard Hopkins broke his own record by becoming the oldest man to win a world title, at age 48, in Saturday's unanimous decision over Tavoris Cloud. Add another name to Bernard Hopkins' list of victims. Hopkins became the oldest boxer to win a major title on Saturday night, scoring a 12-round unanimous decision over Tavoris Cloud to claim the IBF light heavyweight championship. "It feels good. It feels real good," Hopkins said. "I'm going to Junior's (Restaurant and) I'm going to have cheesecake." The 48-year-old Hopkins broke the record he set by beating Jean Pascal for the WBC light heavyweight title on May 21, 2011. When asked which fight meant more, Hopkins said "tonight was better. Because I'm older. (It's) more gratifying. "Tonight was one of the bigger fights (in my career)." And while he reveled in what he accomplished, he was looking toward the future. Hopkins, who was adamant that he will not fig

The site of a US killer drone attack in North Waziristan, Pakistan Two people have been killed in a US assassination drone strike in Pakistan’s northwestern tribal region of North Waziristan. According to local media reports, the attack was carried out on Sunday when the killer drone fired two missiles at a house in Muhammad Khel village of Tehsil Boya area in North Waziristan. Pakistan’s tribal regions are attacked by the US drones almost regularly, with Washington claiming that militants are the targets. However, casualty figures clearly indicate that civilians are the main victims. The killing of Pakistani civilians, including women and children, has strained relations between Islamabad and Washington. On January 7, eight people were killed in similar attacks in the village of Haiderkhel in the Miranshah district of North Waziristan. Sixteen people were also killed in a killer drone strike on South Waziristan the previous day.     On January 22, Pakistani Foreign Minister Hin

Tom Hanks, left, and Alec Baldwin join host Justin Timberlake in the Five Timers sketch on 'SNL. / NBC Justin Timberlake has completely rocked Saturday Night Live from begining to end as host (his fifth time) and musical guest. The episode included a parade of star cameos. JT opened the show impersonating Elton John at Hugo Chavez's memorial. "You lived your life like a candle in the wind... if a candle could pull out two pistols at a press conference," sang Timberlake. "You said the U.S. causes earthquakes and you outlawed Coke Zero. And on your shoulder stood your parrot with a matching red beret. ... You helped to make a country the kidnapping capital of the world. ... You were hero to your people and you never gave up a fight. We'll Miss you Hugo Chavez, because Live from New York, it's Saturday Night!" In his monologue he talked about becoming a member of the "Five Timers" club, for hosting five times. "There are so many ex