FIJI LIVE- Smiling Prince Philip leaves hospital, Dec 27, 2011

"Britain's Prince Philip was reunited with his wife Queen Elizabeth II and other family members for a late Christmas on Tuesday when he left hospital four days after having heart surgery.
The outspoken 90-year-old smiled and waved from the open window of his Range Rover vehicle as he was driven away from the specialist Papworth hospital near Cambridge, eastern England, an AFP photographer witnessed.
Trailed by police protection officers, he was then driven to the royal Sandringham estate where the queen, the couple's children and their grandchildren have spent the Christmas holiday without him."

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The Top 100 Best Songs Of 2011: 9. Beyoncé – ‘Run The World (Girls)’ « The Gospel According To Richard Eric, Dec 27, 2011

"When I first heard ‘Run The World (Girls)’ I was with my friends Adem and Ben in Geelong. I don’t remember exactly what my feelings were, but the general consensus was that the song was okay and that that warped-carnival noise was awesome. The heavy sample of ‘Pon De Floor’ divided listeners, but I still thought this would be huge. It wasn’t, despite being given every big promotional push short of being beamed directly into the heads of every human on the planet. I guess it goes to show that you just can’t make people like a song if they don’t no matter how much money you throw at it. But for me, ‘Run The World’ revealed itself to be an utter beast of a song, an assault on the senses from every angle, and it would be a track I came back to again and again. Misunderstood, bullied and hated by many pop fans this year, ‘Run The World (Girls)’ is like Kelly Rowland: one day everyone will realise just how special it is. But it will be too late."

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Inside Movies - Pedro Armendariz Jr. dies, Dec 27, 2011

"Mexican character actor Pedro Armendariz Jr. died Monday at the age of 71. There was no immediate confirmation of the cause of death.
Armendariz was best known for playing sly, sometimes cynical characters he endowed with wit and charisma. Armendariz played Gov. Riley in the 2005 movie The Legend of Zorro, and had roles in 1989′s Old Gringo and Once Upon a Time in Mexico in 2003."

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BBC News - Oxford Street stabbing: Teenager dies near Foot Locker, Dec 27, 2011

"An 18-year-old man has been stabbed to death in London, on one of the UK's busiest shopping streets.
The victim died outside the Foot Locker sports shop on Oxford Street, near the junction with Stratford Place.
Police said they were called to the scene at about 13:45 GMT. Eleven people were arrested and part of the street, near Bond Street Tube, was closed.
Det Ch Insp Mark Dunne said there appeared to have been two groups of young people "opposing each other"."

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Motoring Industry News - 19 killed in horror head-on collision, Dec 27, 2011

"Nineteen people were killed when a minibus taxi and a car collided head-on in the Free State, police said on Tuesday.
Sergeant Mmako Mophiring said both the car and taxi caught fire after they collided on the R26 between Frankfort and Tweeling on Monday.
“Some of the people were burned beyond recognition after the impact,” he said.
He said it was alleged that the accident occurred when the car, with four occupants, tried to overtake another car on the barrier line but instead collided with the on-coming taxi."

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World News - 143 killed by tainted batch of bootleg booze in India, Dec 27, 2011

"KOLKATA, India -- A tainted batch of bootleg liquor killed 102 people and sent dozens more to the hospital near the eastern Indian city of Kolkata, in the state of West Bengal, officials said.

Day laborers and other poor workers began falling ill late Tuesday after drinking the brew that was laced with the toxic methanol around the village of Sangrampur, about 30 kilometers (20 miles) south of Kolkata, according to district magistrate Narayan Swarup Nigam."

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Garrett McNamara rides 90 Foot Wave! (Full Video) New World Record, Dec 27, 2011

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ENTERTAINMENT News - Top Films Of 2011: Best Movies Ever List - Best Movies Ever, Dec 26, 2011

"2011 was quite an interesting year of films with a real grab bag of good and bad and plenty that were nice but that’s about it. Here’s our 2011 Best Movies Ever list of the films we loved the most."

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THe Washington Post - Johannes Heesters, singer-actor who performed in Nazi Germany, dies at 108, Dec 26, 2011

"Johannes Heesters, a Dutch-born singer and actor who made his name performing in Adolf Hitler’s Germany and was dogged in his long career by controversy over his Nazi-era past, died Dec. 24 at a hospital in Starnberg, Germany. He was 108.
His agent, Juergen Ross, announced the death but did not provide a cause.
ASSOCIATED PRESS) - Dutch-born actor and singer Johannes Heesters performs in Amersfoort's De Flint Theater . The agent for Dutch-born entertainer Johannes Heesters says the artist died on Christmas' Eve. He was 108.
Mr. Heesters made his debut as a tenor at the Volksoper in Vienna in 1934. His career took off in Berlin where, starting in 1935 — two years after the Nazis took power — he became a crowd favorite at the Komische Oper and Admiralspalast. He also appeared in films, including “Die Leuchter des Kaisers” (“The Emperor’s Candlesticks,” 1936) and “Das Hofkonzert” (“The Court Concert,” 1936)."

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NY Times - Robert Morvillo, Legal Pioneer, Dies at 73, Dec 26, 2011

"Robert G. Morvillo, a prominent New York trial lawyer who pioneered the practice of white-collar criminal defense and whose client list included colorful celebrities, powerful politicians and billionaire businessmen, died on Saturday at his home in Rockville Centre, N.Y. He was 73.
Peter Foley/European Pressphoto Agency.
Robert G. Morvillo with Martha Stewart in Manhattan in 2004 after she was convicted on obstruction-of-justice and other charges
He died in his sleep while recovering from a recent operation, according to his law firm, Morvillo, Abramowitz, Grand, Iason, Anello & Bohrer."

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NY Tim,es- Robert Ader, Who Linked Stress and Illness, Dies at 79, Dec 26, 2011

"Dr. Robert Ader, an experimental psychologist who was among the first scientists to show how mental processes influence the body’s immune system, a finding that changed modern medicine, died on Tuesday in Pittsford, N.Y. He was 79.
University of Rochester Medical Center
Dr. Robert Ader was known for his research on the relationship between the mind and body.
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His death followed a long illness and complications of a fracture suffered in a fall, his daughter Deborah Ader said."

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