The Holywood Gossip - Jessica Burciaga Denies Affair With Kobe Bryant, Dec 22, 2011

"It's pretty much accepted as fact that Kobe Bryant cheated on wife Vanessa on more than one occasion and that his infidelity led to her divorce filing last Friday.
What's unclear is who the other woman was - but Jessica Burciaga says it's not her.
Rumors pegged Playboy Playmate and Miss February 2009 Jessica as the alleged mistress that was in the middle of it all, but she says it's simply not the case.
Vanessa Bryant filed for divorce after an affair she heard about through the NBA wife rumor mill, believing that to be the last straw. It wasn't with Jessica, though."

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Celebrity News, Entertainment News, Celebrity Gossip - E! Online UK, Dec 22, 2011

"While most Hollywood stars are taking a break for the holidays, Ashley Greene is still hard at work on her latest gig.
This morning, the Twilight star—clad in a fabulous holiday-red DKNY coat, her gorgeous brown locks blowing in the breeze—attended the unveiling of her huge, 100-foot-tall DKNY Jeans ad in New York City's Times Square."

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BBC News - Diana Ross set for Grammy tribute, Dec 22, 2011

"Diana Ross, Glen Campbell and the late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs will be among those honoured at the forthcoming Grammy Awards in February.
Ross, 67, receives her first Grammy - a lifetime achievement award for her contribution to the recording industry.
Campbell will also be celebrated along with George Jones, Gil Scott-Heron, the Memphis Horns, the Allman Brothers and Brazil's Antonio Carlos Jobim."

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BBC News - LHC reports discovery of its first new particle, Dec 22, 2011

"The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) on the Franco-Swiss border has made its first clear observation of a new particle since opening in 2009.
It is called Chi_b (3P) and will help scientists understand better the forces that hold matter together.
The as-yet unpublished discovery is reported on the Arxiv pre-print server.
The LHC is exploring some of the fundamental questions in "big physics" by colliding proton particles together in a huge underground facility."

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BBC News - US Republicans agree to payroll tax deal, Dec 22, 2011

"US House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner has agreed to a vote on a bipartisan deal to extend a payroll tax cut, in an abrupt climbdown.
He had refused to accept the bill, passed by Republicans and Democrats in the Senate last Saturday.
Correspondents say a deal would signify a cave-in by House Republicans, and victory for President Barack Obama."

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BBC News - Dozens killed in co-ordinated Baghdad attacks, Dec 22, 2011

"Dozens of people have been killed in a wave of apparently co-ordinated bomb attacks in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.
A fresh attack killed at least five people on Thursday evening, bringing the total number of blasts to 16 and the death toll to 68.
The bombings are the worst in months and come after US troops completed their withdrawal.
There are fears of rising sectarian tensions as the unity government faces internal divisions."

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BBC News - Turkey retaliates over French 'genocide' bill, Dec 22, 2011

"The Turkish prime minister has announced measures against France after MPs passed a bill criminalising denial of the 1915-16 Armenian "genocide".
Ankara is recalling its ambassador and freezing political visits as well as joint military projects, including exercises, Recep Tayyip Erdogan said.
The bill was passed by the French National Assembly on Thursday and is due to go before the Senate next year."

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BBC News - Tanzania floods: Heavy rains inundate Dar es Salaam, Dec 22, 2011

"At least 20 people have died in floods after unusually heavy rains hit Tanzania's main city of Dar es Salaam.
The Tanzania Meteorological Agency (TMA) has warned that the downpours are set to continue and has told those living in the city's valleys to move.
The BBC's Aboubakar Famau in Dar es Salaam says the city's business activities have come to a standstill.
Several main roads that link the centre to the suburbs are flooded and some bridges have been destroyed."

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BBC News - Kim Jong-il death: 'Nature mourns' N Korea leader, Dec 22, 2011

"Strange natural phenomena have been witnessed in North Korea since the death of the country's leader Kim Jong-il, the state news agency KCNA reports.

Ice cracked on a famous lake "so loud, it seemed to shake the Heavens and the Earth", and a mysterious glow was seen on a revered mountain top, KCNA said.
The personality cult surrounding North Korea's founding father and son bestows near-divine status on them.
Meanwhile, South Korean intelligence has questioned how Mr Kim died.
Citing US satellite photos, the country's national intelligence service director Won Sei-hoon said there was no sign that the special train, on which Mr Kim is reported to have died while on a visit on Saturday, had ever left Pyongyang over the weekend."

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BBC News - Pakistan plot to overthrow government, says PM Gilani, Dec22, 2011

"Conspirators are plotting to bring down Pakistan's civilian government, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said.
Without specifically blaming the military, he said it was accountable to parliament and no institution could be a state within a state.
His government is struggling with a memo scandal that has forced the resignation of the Pakistani ambassador to the US and threatens the president."

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LA TIMES - Robert Easton obituary: Hollywood dialect coach and actor dies at 81, Dec 22, 2011

"Robert Easton, a character actor whose command of a vast array of foreign and American regional accents led to a flourishing second career as a dialect coach to Hollywood stars such as Charlton Heston and Anne Hathaway, has died. He was 81.
Often called the Henry Higgins of Hollywood, he died of natural causes Friday at his home in Toluca Lake, said his daughter, Heather Woodruff Perry."

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