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Straighten Up: "Spider-Man" actress Kirsten Dunst has reportedly checked into rehab. Shouldn't she just see a good orthodontist? (NYDN)

This Just In: Hillary Clinton's money situation grew so desperate that, on several occasions while campaigning, she shared a hotel room with her husband, former president Bill Clinton. (NYP)

Oliver Stone, Please: Could this be true? Investigators from Scotland Yard have concluded that Benazir Bhutto, the Pakistani opposition leader, died after hitting her head as she was tossed by the force of a suicide blast, not from an assassin’s bullet, officials who have been briefed on the inquiry said Thursday. (NYT)

How Do You Say Fierce in Persian? In Iran, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the gang will stone you to death in broad daylight for being gay. But if you're transgender? A sex-change operation on the house! "[They] are not to blame," Hassan Moussavi Chalak of Iran's State Welfare Organization told Bloomberg News. "They have rights such as every other citizen." Well, almost every other citizen. (NYP)

Thanks for Coming: Senegal police on Thursday released five of the men arrested this week on charges of homosexuality that stemmed from the publication of pictures purportedly of a gay wedding. Like attending weddings isn't bad enough. (365Gay)

Swallow Your Pride: The David Barton Rule: A top official in Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick's administration is accused of performing oral sex on a teenage boy in the steam room of a Florida resort and has been placed on unpaid leave. Some thanks for a free blow job. AP)

Dazed and Confused: Former Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss was arrested Thursday on charges of illegal possession of prescription drugs and driving under the influence, authorities said. She sure looks like she did a lot more wrong than that. (AP)

Doppelganger: Maybe Uma Thurman could get her stalker to turn his attention to her twin ex-nanny who's pregnant with Ethan Hawke's love child. (NYDN)

Meeting Turns Deadly: Five people were fatally shot and two others wounded on Thursday evening by a man who opened fire as a City Council meeting began in Kirkwood, Mo., a generally placid suburb of St. Louis, the authorities there said. The gunman was shot to death by police. (NYT)

That's a Major Appliance, That's Not a Name! I have to say despite having it shoved down my throat 24 hours a day, I had absolutely no interest in watching "Cashmere Mafia" "Lipstick Jungle" -- until I found out Andrew McCarthy was on it. (Can you believe he still has an agent and a manager?!!!) Check out his weeklong "Making 'Lipstick Jungle'" blog in which he discusses growing up in the public eye with co-star Brooke Shields. (Slate)

Havana Tell You Something: Taking up Raul Castro's invitation to speak their minds without fear of reprisal, more Cubans have begun publicly complaining and challenging government policies on everything from gay rights to limits on Internet access and travel restrictions. (AP)