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Courteney Cox "So Proud" David Arquette - Courteney Cox thinks David Arquette looks the 'best he's ever looked'. The 46-year-old actress - who announced last October she and the actor were undergoing a trial separation after 11 years of marriage - is proud that her estranged husband recently received treatment in rehab for 'alcohol and other issues' and can't believe the transformation in him. She told US TV show 'Extra': 'Oh my God, I'm so proud of him. Best he's ever looked! He's so cute that I'm like, 'Dude, I don't understand. Really?! Why are you that cute right now?' ' Courteney also revealed she and 39-year-old David - with who she has six-year-old daughter Coco - are able to get along better than ever, though she admits it is 'weird' to be in a position of having to examine their relationship. She added: 'Our communication and the way we are, just learning about each other in a di...

Abandoned Deaf Puppy - Alice, an 8-week-old black and white springer spaniel, was taken to an animal rescue centre after she was abandoned in Ireland. Staff at the centre which took her in instantly knew the puppy would need specialist training and that most people would not want a pup who could not hear commands. But luckily a deaf couple, Marie Williams and Mark Morgan happend to be looking for a dog and decided Alice would be the perfect pet for them. The pair have now started teaching the pup sign language and can use it to instruct her to sit down, sit up, come and roll over. Abandoned Deaf Puppy

Instant Karma for Wallet Thief - An Idaho man suspected of stealing a wallet from the desk of a prospective employer has been arrested after calling police to report that his wallet was missing. The Idaho Statesman reports Boise police realized the man who reported the missing wallet matched the description of the suspected wallet thief and arrested 25-year-old Daniel Damico on suspicion of burglary and grand theft. Police say they believe Damico disposed of the stolen wallet, but used a credit card to buy tobacco at two stores. It was when he was leaving the second store Tuesday that he thought he may have dropped his own wallet. Police recovered the credit card and the stolen wallet. Officers suspect someone else found Damico's wallet. It has not been recovered. Instant Karma for Wallet Thief

Billy Ray Cyrus Could Have Been Better - Country music singer and actor Billy Ray Cyrus made waves when he said the Disney Channel TV show "Hannah Montana" destroyed his family, led to his divorce and caused his daughter, singer/actress Miley Cyrus to spin out of control. But this morning on "Good Morning America," the 49-year-old Cyrus sought to clarify those comments, telling "GMA" host Robin Roberts that a lot of what was written in the Feb. 22 issue of GQ Magazine "wasn't exactly what I said." "The way they wrote it, 'Hannah Montana,' you know, destroyed my family -- what I mean to say, and what I hope I said was, fame, the pressures of fame … fame can be a dangerous animal," Cyrus said. "And it's a delicate thing. It's funny. You know, when you get in this industry and … you strike so hard for that moment. But, fame is dangerous …" He said his family was upset with him for the comments to GQ. ...

Royal Philharmonic Plants - The 33-member orchestra played a three-hour recital to an auditorium packed with greenery to help test the theory that plants grow better when played classical music. The unorthodox audience was made up of over 100 different varieties of plants and bulbs including geraniums, fuchsias and perennials. Scientists have claimed that classical music - and the reverberation of sound waves - is thought to stimulate protein production in plants. In theory, this is thought to lead to increased plant growth, although experts have long been divided on the subject. Researchers have previously exposed rice plants to classical music and noted that some samples responded to noise levels with increased gene activity. A 2007 study by the South Korea National Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology showed two samples reacted positively to 14 different pieces of classical music. Royal Philharmonic Plants

Displaced People Global High - The number of internally displaced people worldwide reached 27.5 million in 2010, the highest number since the mid-1990s even though the situation in Africa improved, a refugee agency said on Wednesday. While refugees who cross a country's external border gain rights under international law, internally displaced people (IDPs) who have been forced to move due to conflict or hunger have no such rights in many countries. The number of IDPs in Africa fell by 4 percent to 11.1 million, while all other regions showed an increase, according to the annual report by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Center of the Norwegian Refugee Council. By comparison, there are about 15 million refugees worldwide, the report said. "This positive (African) trend gives us hope," said the report. "Indeed, the African continent remains at the forefront of policy development in support of IDP rights." The African Union (AU) in 2009 adopted the K...

Maya Rudolph Baby - Maya Rudolph will be a mama once again, as the pregnant actress is preparing to welcome her third child with her longtime partner, according to People.com sources. Soon to be starring as a bride in the upcoming comedy 'The Bridesmaids' (not to be confused with last year's Raven-Symone TV movie 'Revenge of the Bridesmaids'!), Rudolph is already mother to two daughters -- Pearl, born in 2005, and Lucille, born in 2009 -- with live-in love Paul Thomas Anderson, acclaimed director of 'Boogie Nights' and 'There Will Be Blood.' Rudolph was a 'Saturday Night Live' regular when she got pregnant the first time around, and she won critical raves on the big screen portraying a mom-to-be on a road trip with John Krasinski in 2009's 'Away We Go.' So the 38-year-old and her new baby bump should be right at home in front of the camera as she promotes 'Bridesmaids' (produced by Judd Apatow, and costarring Kristen ...