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Staying in touch is more important than staying in smell.

A new survey from McCann Worldgroup of more than 6,000 people around the world found about half would be willing to give up their sense of smell over the ability to engage in social networking.

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Russell Brand just wanted to see his wife Kate Perry perform in Japan. Unfortunately for the funnyman, Japanese authorities weren't amused by his criminal record, and on Sunday the 35-year-old was deported from the island nation.

Perry took to Twitter to explain what had gone down:

So...my husband just got deported from Japan. I am so. sad. I brought him all this way to show him my favorite place," she tweeted. "It was for priors from over 10 years ago! ...But of COURSE I my Japanese fans & the show #MUSTGOON no matter the daily aftershocks or husband kidnappings!"

Brand is just the latest in a long list of celebrities whose behavior has been deemed so abhorrent that they were banned from an entire nation. Read on to see who else got the big boot.

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Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich is officially running for President.

The Republican figure confirmed his long-awaited announcement on Wednesday in a video posted to YouTube, in which he said, "I believe we can return America to hope and opportunity ... There's a much better American future ahead."

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Twitter has seen some zany faux-accounts lately, including a NY Bronx Zoo snake escapee, Adolf Hitler and some random guy's liver.

So when Osama Bin Laden rose from the dead and began tweeting via numerous accounts on Sunday night, it was only a little strange.

Mostly, though, it was funny.

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He's baaaack!

Last night, Aflac debuted a commercial featuring the official new voice of its famous -- and admittedly annoying -- "spokesduck."

The man behind the voice is 36-year-old Daniel McKeague of Hugo, MN, who reportedly beat out 12,500 contestants for the gig, according to E! Online. McKeague is also a father of three.

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During a concert at U.S. Airways Arena in Phoenix Tuesday night, hip-hop diva Nicki Minaj pulled Phoenix Suns point guard Steve Nash up on stage and proceeded to give him a lap dance.

From the bewildered, somewhat frightened look on Nash's face, you can tell he's not really a strip club kind of guy. Nash's teammate, Vince Carter, tweeted this reaction to Nash's reaction: "If y'all could have seen @SteveNash face when @nickiminaj got on top of him ... #Classic."

Anyway, we can't blame Nash for wanting to be somewhere else - like the playoffs. Read on to see the video.

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Miley Cyrus is back on Twitter, and already, the 18-year-old singer is making headlines.

A few days ago, Cyrus tweeted a new photo of herself, in which she presumably meant to show off her "piggy tails."

"Rocking piggy tails for the first time since like 6th grade! I love summer time," she tweeted, without realizing that it's actually Spring.

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You see a lot of nutty things driving down the freeway in any major city, but morning passengers on the 405 Freeway in Los Angeles got more than they bargained for when a man decided to take a nude stroll on the side of the road on Tuesday.

A number of motorists saw the suspect running in only a pair of black socks. Some even tweeted about it and posted pictures for others to see. They say he trotted leisurely along the freeway until taking the Santa Monica Boulevard exit. Soon after he allegedly attempted to attack a woman.

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One of the stories making its way around the web this morning is that of the Associated Press obtained a draft by the Homeland Security Department for a plan that would reduce the current five color terror alert system and replace it with only two levels of warnings, elevated and imminent.

It would also allow for the use of Facebook and Twitter to relay terror warnings to the public.

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The highly venomous cobra, which made headlines after she escaped from her holding cage in the Bronx Zoo last Friday, was captured Thursday morning in a dark corner of the Reptile House, according to Bronx Zoo officials.

During her week on the lam the Egyptian Cobra has become a world-wide celebrity, and a joke Twitter account set up on the snake's behalf now has about 200,000 followers.

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Most people take their Internet connection and their cell phone for granted. And most people who use Twitter do so in order to make funny observations about the world around them and don't take much of what they read very seriously.

Daniel Morales, a New York City homeless man, got more than he could have imagined from those things most of us don't often consider to be important.

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