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9 Weirdest Celeb Name Changes

The former Ron Artest is in good company

(Newser) - In honor of Ron Artest’s name change to Metta World Peace , Time rounds up nine more celebrities who’ve undergone rather, er, interesting name changes:
  • Lisa Bonet: The Cosby Show star became known as Lilakoi Moon in the 1990s because, she said, she wanted privacy. But she continued to
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Need a Baby Name? Uncle Sam Has App for That

Social Security Administration's 'Baby Name Playroom' is free

(Newser) - Why bother with a baby name book when you can go straight to the Social Security Administration … via your iPhone? The SSA, of course, releases an annual list of the most popular baby names in the US, and its new (and free!) Baby Name Playroom app can suggest...

Lindsay Cutting 'Lohan' From Her Name

LiLo becomes ... Li?

(Newser) - Is Lindsay Lohan about to join the ranks of Madonna, Cher, and Beyonce? If her mother is to be believed, yes. Dina Lohan has confirmed to PopEater that Lindsay intends to drop "Lohan" from her name and just go by Lindsay. "Plus, me and Ali will be officially...

In Western States, Weirder Baby Names

You'll find more traditional names in the original 13 states

(Newser) - Sarah Palin's brood—Bristol, Willow, Track, Piper, and Trig—are more typical than you think, at least when it comes to their names. Babies born in the youngest of the 50 states have more unusual names than newborns in the original 13 states and their neighbors, finds a new study....

Fort Wayne Won't Name Building After Mayor Because...

...his name is Harry Baals

(Newser) - What to do, what to do? Fort Wayne has a new government center, and its people voted to name it after the Indiana city's longest tenured mayor ... except his name was Harry Baals. As of today, the city's website had logged 3,541 votes for the "Harry Baals Government...

Pope: Please Give Your Babies Christian Names

Traditional names 'indelible seal' of faith ... and Chelsea is a no-no

(Newser) - Offbeat baby names are getting more common every year, but Pope Benedict XVI is having none of it. The pontiff took time out from baptizing 21 babies in the Sistine Chapel on Sunday to rail against the trend of giving babies names that don't come from saints or the Bible,...

In Wacky Election, Wackier Names Rule
 In Wacky 
 Election, 
 Wackier 
 Names Rule 
MEET ISAAC HAYES
Oct 27, 2010 2:37 PM CDT

In Wacky Election, Wackier Names Rule

Surely you remember Krystal Ball?

(Newser) - In an election cycle in which Karl Rove doomed Lisa Murkowski to failure because Alaskans would actually have to write in her name, one would think that candidates with strange names would suffer. Not so, reports the Wall Street Journal. Some of the highlights:
  • Krystal Ball: You might have heard
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100 Baby Names That Are Truly Unique
 100 Baby Names 
 That Are Truly 
 Unique 
no 'sloane' here
Aug 1, 2010 5:26 PM CDT

100 Baby Names That Are Truly Unique

Publishing them will probably make them less unique...

(Newser) - You want to give your baby a truly unique name...and think "Juniper" might do the trick. Think again. Plenty of "hipster choices" lurk below the list of the Top 1000 baby names—for now—but "Juniper" will be the next "Sloane" soon enough, and your...

Nation's Capitol Now Known as 'the DMV'
 Nation's Capitol Now 
 Known as 'the DMV' 


DC GETS A NICKNAME
Jul 30, 2010 10:07 AM CDT

Nation's Capitol Now Known as 'the DMV'

Washington nickname slowly catches on

(Newser) - After more than 200 years, the Washington, DC, area finally has a nickname a bit catchier than 'the nation's capitol." The DMV is no longer just the Department of Motor Vehicles, but also an increasingly known and used acronym for District / Maryland / Virginia. The nickname's origin is...

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