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

• Lebanon-born Rima Fakih is crowned Miss USA in Las Vegas; photos of her pole-dancing (but fully clothed) hit the Internet less than a day later. The Internet: Just like that tattletale little brother you used to hate.

• A study says daily stress and worry drop, and daily happiness increases, after age 50. A study conducted, no doubt, by whippersnapper researchers years away from 50.

• Little Orphan Annie's 86-year-old comic strip will end on June 13. The sun will come out ... oh, the hell with it.

• NBC cancels "Law & Order" after 20 seasons. It's -- all together now -- a crime.

JOHN PRZYBYS (jprzybys@reviewjournal.com)

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