NY TIMES - Another Bitter Divorce for Ronald Perelman, Jan 21, 2012

"Ronald O. Perelman’s marital breakups — divorces from the actress Ellen Barkin and Patricia Duff among them — have been rich fodder for the gossip pages. Now a split with a longtime business associate promises to be almost as acrimonious.
The former associate, Donald G. Drapkin, and Mr. Perelman are headed to a federal courtroom in Manhattan next week in a dispute over roughly $20 million. The court battle provides a rare window on the pay, perks and behind-the-scenes politics in the world of deal-making."
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ZEE News - Adele slams reports she’s dating married man, Jan 21, 2012

"New York: Adele has shot down rumours that her new boyfriend Simon Konecki is a married man.
The British singer took to her blog on Tuesday to criticize reports that the charity entrepreneur, is still in the midst of divorce proceedings.
“Contrary to reports and headlines in the press today, Simon is divorced and has been for 4 years,” the New York Daily News quoted her as writing on her blog."
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BILALALI Productions - Jimmy Castor, Musician Who Mastered Many Genres, Dies at 71, Jan 21, 2012

"Jimmy Castor, a singer, instrumentalist and songwriter whose mastery of genres from doo-wop to Latin soul to funk, and instruments including saxophone and bongos earned him the title Everything Man, died on Monday in Henderson, Nev. He was 71.
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ENTERTAINMENT NEWS - Johnny Otis, 'Hand Jive' singer, dead at 90, Jan 21, 2012

"Johnny Otis, the "godfather of rhythm and blues" who wrote and recorded "Willie and the Hand Jive" has died at the age of 90.
His manager told the Associated Press that Otis died at his Los Angeles home and had been in poor health for years.
Throughout his career, the musician and songwriter brought black music to white audiences as a bandleader and radio host. Otis was born John Veliotes to Greek immigrants and grew up in the black section of Berkeley where he said he identified far more with black culture than his own. He changed his name to Johnny Otis as a "
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USATODAY - Freestyle skier Sarah Burke dies at 29, Jan 21, 2012

USATODAY.com: "SALT LAKE CITY (AP) – Sarah Burke was an X Games star with a grass-roots mentality — a daredevil superpipe skier who understood the risks inherent to her sport and the debt she owed to it."
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LA TIMES - Jailed Cuban dissident dies in hunger strike, Jan 21, 2012

"REPORTING FROM MEXICO CITY -- A Cuban dissident serving a four-year prison term has died after staging a hunger strike to protest his incarceration, human rights groups say.
Wilman Villar, 31, died Thursday night in a hospital where authorities had transferred him after he fell ill, apparently from the effects of a seven-week hunger strike. His widow, Maritza Pelegrino Cabrales, told Human Rights Watch that prison guards had placed Villar naked in solitary confinement in a small, cold cell. Cuban rights activists said he succumbed to pneumonia.
"The responsibility for Wilman Villar Mendoza's death in custody lies squarely with the Cuban authorities, who summarily judged and jailed him for exercising his right to freedom of expression," Javier Zuniga, special advisor at Amnesty International, said in a statement.
Villar was convicted in November of "contempt" and resisting arrest when he participated in an antigovernment demonstration in eastern Cuba. Supporters of the government of President Raul Castro dismissed the little-known Villar as a common criminal."

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