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Today, Pope Benedict XVI announced plans to live out his retirement "hidden from the world." That should come easy, considering how successful the Vatican has been at keeping secrets under wraps during his seven-year papacy. 

Finola Hughes has called the upcoming 50th anniversary of "General Hospital" a "really sweet" moment."I think the fact that we, at 'GH,' are doing so well right now, and to enter into our 50th anniversary on such a high, it feels really sweet," the actress, who plays Port Charles Police Chief Anna Devane, told Access Hollywood, when asked about the daytime drama's impending anniversary.

This doesn't sound like the Josh Groban we here at Access Hollywood know and love, but according to Jenny McCarthy, the singer was scheduled as a guest on the first episode of her talk show, but bailed upon his team's sight of sexy dancers on her set.

JOHANNESBURG, Feb 15 (Reuters) - South African media reported on Friday that Paralympic and Olympic track star Oscar Pistorius shot his girlfriend four times through a bathroom door at his Pretoria home. Pistorius is due to appear in court on a murder charge. Police have given few details of the shooting, other than to say his girlfriend, model Reeva Steenkamp, died of gun-shot wounds.

Insisting that raising the federal minimum wage to $9 an hour would cost jobs, House Speaker John Boehner has already rejected President Obama's State of the Union call to bring it up from $7.25. "When you raise the price of employement, guess what happens? You get less of it," Boehner said. Here's research that says otherwise:

ROME, Feb 15 (Reuters) - Inter Milan striker Diego Milito says he has been boosted by the flood of support following his season-ending cruciate knee ligament injury. The Argentine, who scored twice in the final when Inter won the 2010 Champions League, had only recently returned from injury but was carried off on a stretcher early in Inter's 2-0 Europa League win against CFR Cluj on Thursday. "I'd like to thank everyone - from the bottom of my heart - for the kind messages and affection I've received since last night," he said in a statement on Friday. ...