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* Anne Toth: Head of Privacy at Google+, former Chief Trust Officer at Yahoo!

* Andrew Keen: British-American entrepreneur and author

It’s the ballroom competition that sweeps America off its feet and on to the couch. Three couples are headed to the finals next week. Last night was a jam-packed episode with performances by Alanis Morissette, Julianne Hough with her Rock of Ages cast mates Diego Boneta and Mary J. Blige, and Carrie Underwood. Maria Menounos and her professional dancing partner Derek Hough had to say goodbye to the Mirror Ball Trophy.

* William Levy: paired with two-time DWTS champion and most recent runner-up Cheryl Burke, the Latin-American soap opera star and heart throb is taking the USA by storm. (Bonus: William Levy was also one of the recipients honored in the Hispanic Heritage Youth Awards sponsored by Spokeo who shared the stage with our founder, Harrison Tang!)

* Donald Driver: the GreenBay Packers wide receiver known best known as a Super Bowl champion and three-time Prowl Bowl player is paired with New Zealand native and pro dancer Peta Murgatroyd.

* Katherine Jenkins: a Welsh lyric mezzo-soprano and classical-popular crossover singer. She is currently overcoming a back injury but is set to dance in the finals with partner and two-time DWTS champion Mark Ballas.

You can watch last night’s performance-packed episode on the ABC Website.

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On May 28th, Memorial Day, people across the USA will honor the many men and women who have died serving in the United States Military. The sacrifice these individuals make for our nation is invaluable. No matter our different political affiliations or beliefs, we can all agree that the service and sacrifice of the men and women in our military are to be honored.

As of 2010, 1.4 million men and women were estimated to be in active service within the US Military. While active and often in extreme situations, these giving individuals make friends with one another who have a major impact on their lives. Often, upon return, the friendships that were made away from home, fall behind with the responsibilities and stresses of returning to life as it was.

Spokeo understands that these friendships are meaningful and has heard from many users that our service was useful in helping them connect with former military friends. Spokeo is committed to helping more military personnel make connections this Memorial Day. A simple name search can help you find the friend you’re looking for, while an email search may lead you to a phone number to get in touch.

If you know of any members of the military seeking a friend from the past, or are yourself looking to reconnect please share your story with us by emailing pr@spokeo.com. Our staff works hard everyday to continue making Spokeo a better resource for connecting people.

Have you used Spokeo to find a military friend? Please share your story with us!! We love hearing about how Spokeo has impacted the lives of our users and in honor of this upcoming Memorial Day we want to highlight the wonderful features that exist for military members!

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Top 10 NBA Players:

1. LeBron James – player for the Miami Heat and 2012 NBA Most Valuable Player

2. Chris Bosh – power forward for the Miami Heat

3. Kobe Bryant – shooting guard for the Los Angeles Lakers

4. James Harden – a shooting guard for the Oklahoma City Thunder

5. Andre Iguodala – small forward with the Philadelphia 76ers

6. Kevin Garnett – plays power forward for the Boston Celtics

7. Kevin Durant – small forward for the Oklahoma City Thunder

8. Metta World Peace – (aka Ron Artest) a Los Angeles Laker

9. Chris Paul– point guard for the Los Angeles Clippers

10. T. J. Ford – player for the San Antonio Spurs

We have new lists every week, so be sure to check back in! Follow us on Twitter and Facebook to get all the Spokeo news.

* Washington Capitals Alex Ovechkin and Dennis Wideman will face off against the New York Rangers tomorrow night for game seven in round two of the conference semifinals.

*  New York Rangers Marian Gaborik  and Henrik Lundqvist will take on the Washington Caps at home in NYC’s Madison Square Garden to finish out round two.

* The winner of tomorrow night’s game will take on  Ilya Kovalchuck and Patrik Elias of the New Jersey Devils.

* LA Kings Dustin Brown and Anze Kopitar dominated round two, 4-0 against the St. Louis Blues.

*Phoenix Coyotes Ray Whitney and Radim Vrbata took the Nashville Predators out of the semifinals with a win in game five at home.

Top 10 Celebrity Moms*:

1. Sarah Michelle Gellar – became widely known for her role as Buffy Summers on the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer; Sarah is married to actor Freddie Prinze, Jr., is the mother of one daughter, Charlotte, and is currently pregnant with her second child
2. Jennifer Garner – first gained recognition for her performance on the television series Alias; Jennifer is married to actor Ben Affleck and has three children, Violet, Seraphina and Samuel
3. Angelina Jolie – won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Girl, Interrupted; Angie is engaged to fellow actor Brad Pitt and is the mother of six children
4. Alyson Hannigan – has one daughter, Satyana, and is expecting her second child with husband Alexis Denisof; you can currently watch Alyson on How I Met Your Mother
5. Jessica Alba – rose to prominence as the lead in the television series Dark Angel; Jessica has two daughters, Honor and Haven
6. Ellen Pompeo – best known for her role on Grey’s Anatomy; Ellen has one daughter, Stella
7. Miranda Kerr – a Victoria’s Secret model and spouse to actor Orlando Bloom; the couple has one son, Flynn
8. Gwen Stefani – the lead vocalist for the band No Doubt; Gwen is the mother of two boys, Kingston and Zuma
9. Victoria Beckham – came to fame as a member of the all-female pop group Spice Girls; she is married to soccer superstar David Beckham and has four children, Brooklyn, Romeo, Cruz and Harper
10. Sandra Bullock – winner of an Academy Award for Best actress for her performance in The Blind Side; she adopted a baby boy named Louis

Do you have a great family reunion story or use Spokeo to find your mother? Please share your inspiring story with us by commenting below or emailing pr@spokeo.com! Learn more here.

*Source:
http://celebritybabyscoop.com/2012/04/24/top-10-favorite-celebrity-moms

Seven-hundred-and-forty-four-million, one-hundred-and-fourteen-thousand, eight-hundred-and-ninety-seven.

In case you’re wondering if I’ve gone crazy, that behemoth of a figure – 744,114,897 – is the number of dollars that The Avengers has made worldwide. That’s over half a billion dollars. Pretty crazy, huh?

While it’s probably not much of a surprise that The Avengers has been a smash hit, nobody could have predicted just how big it would be. Over half a billion dollars later, and director Joss Whedon‘s star-studded blockbuster is quickly becoming one of the highest-grossing films of all-time.

There’s no doubt about it: we love our super-heroes. We like seeing them use their super-powers to overcome adversity and beat the bad guys.We all have our faves. My own personal superhero is probably my mom (aww!); after that I’d have to go with Matter-Eater Lad, a little-known superhero from the DC universe who possesses the incredible ability to eat everything – rocks, trees, space monsters. I find them both to be  inspirations in their own way.

Check out the Spokeo profiles for Avenger cast-members:

Robert Downey, Jr. (Iron Man)

Chris Evans (Captain America)

Mark Ruffalo (The Hulk)

Chris Hemsworth (Thor)

Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow)

Jeremy Renner (Hawkeye)

Samuel L. Jackson (Nick Fury)

Gwyneth Paltrow (Pepper Potts)

Tom Hiddleston (Loki)

Clark Gregg (Agent Phil Coulson)

Cobie Smulders (Agent Maria Hill)

Stellan Skarsgård (Professor Erik Selvig)

* Al Gore - the 45th Vice President of the United States will serve as    keynote speaker for the event. The well-known environmentalist was also the Democratic Party’s nominee for President in the 2000 U.S. presidential election.

* Sarah Palin – Also serving as a keynote speaker is the famed author and the 2008 Republican party nominee for Vice President.

* Secretary Robert Gates - Rounding out the lineup of keynotes, is former Secretary of Defense, Robert Gates. Prior to his appointment, Gates served for 26 years with the CIA.

* Antonio Villaraigosa - The 41st and current Mayor of Los Angeles, he is also the third Mexican-American to have ever held office in the city of Los Angeles.

* Robert Gibbs -  Heavily involved in the 2008 Obama campaign as Communications Director, Gibbs assumed the role of U.S. Press Secretary in 2009.

* T. Boone Pickens  – With an estimated current net worth of about $1.4 billion, financier, Thomas Boone Pickens is ranked by Forbes as the 328th-richest person in America.

* Karl Rove - Now working as a political analyst and contributing to various prestigious news stations, Rove served  as White House Deputy Chief of Staff for president George W. Bush.

* Jeremy Siegel - Appearing often on various network finance shows, esteemed economist Jeremy Siegel is a professor of finance at the University of Pennsylvania.

* Ben Mezrich - Mezrich has authored 12 books. His latest book, “The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook, a Tale of Sex, Money, Genius and Betrayal,” debuted at #4 on the NY Times Bestseller list.

* Paul Singer - Singer is the founder and CEO of hedge fund Elliott   Management Corporation, with $16 billion in assets under management, and The Paul E. Singer Family Foundation.

Stay tuned for more people search trends and news of the day on the Spokeo People Search Blog.

Witnesses on the panel include FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz, FTC Commissioner Maureen Ohlhausen and Department of Commerce General Counsel Cameron Kerry.

Tune in and watch the hearing live via the committee website.

Some of the members of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science & Transportation include:

•    * Chairman John D. Rockefeller IV (a.ka. Jay)
•    * Senator Daniel K. Inouye
•    * Senator John F. Kerry
•    * Ranking Member Kay Bailey Hutchison
•    * Senator Olympia Snowe
•    * Senator Jim DeMint