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CELEBRITY ALERT: I think I would rather have been on that Amsterdam-Detroit plane with that dude who tried to set himself on fire: Ivana Trump kicked off jet for cussing out a bunch of rambunctious kids.

HOLIDAY HUBBUB: Eh -- get over it: Experiencing parent guilt about the Santa Claus lie.

Parenting Fail -- an extra-special Christmas edition.

CELEBRITY ALERT: It all makes perfect sense now: Dennis Rodman's father, PHILANDER (yep, that's really his name), has 27 kids.

Minnesota guv is on a mission from God: Pawlenty's campaign to protect schoolchildren from cross-dressing teachers.