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January 16, 2011 - 12:00 am
 

Here are a few things in news, sports, entertainment and pop culture that we've been talking about lately.

Sports Illustrated reports that Andre Agassi u25B6 offers to give the high bidder at a charity auction a glimpse of a racy photo of wife Steffi on his cell phone. Luckily for Steffi, Andre has an iPhone, so the guy would only see her forehead before the stupid thing crashed.

A 79-year-old Las Vegas man bequeaths millions of dollars to the National Trust for Scotland, despite having no connection to the country and never having visited there. Hey, what about us? You didn't know us, either!

The Rev. Fred Phelps of Topeka's Westboro Baptist Church says God sent the shooter in last weekend's attack on U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords because "that's how God ... rolls." Dude, when you find out how God really does roll, you are gonna be so surprised.

JOHN PRZYBYS (jprzybys@reviewjournal.com)

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