Higgins to flop like a Tiger

JOHN HIGGINS 

JOHN HIGGINS has been warned: You're not out of the Woods yet.

The three-time world snooker champion will return from a six-month ban in Germany in a fortnight.
Higgins, 35, was punished for bringing the game into disrepute.
And 2005 Crucible king Shaun Murphy reckons the Scot faces a battle to re-establish himself like Tiger Woods after the golfer's marriage was destroyed by the revelations of a string of affairs.

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Football Oracle, Paul the octopus dies

 Paul the Octopus, who accurately predicted the result of every German soccer match as well as the final in this year‘s World Cup in South Africa, has died.

The mollusk-turned-sage passed away naturally in his aquarium in the western German city of Oberhausen overnight, Sealife said yesterday in a statement on its website. According to Bloomberg, aquarium workers were “devastated” when they found him dead yesterday morning.

Paul, who was 2 1/2 years old, became a media sensation in Germany and around the world this summer with his talent for World Cup predictions. He tipped winners by choosing between two mussel-filled containers adorned with the flags of each team.

German fans were not amused when he chose Spain over Germany in the semi-finals in July, leading to threats that featured octopus menu ideas. Still, the oracle continued to receive wide attention after the World Cup.

“Paul inspired people of all continents,” the aquarium‘s general manager, Stefan Porwoll, said in the statement. “He won all our hearts, and we will sorely miss him.”

Paul‘s tank was adorned with the flags of World Cup countries and a replica trophy recalls his successes. Spanish visitors grateful for his foresight flocked to the aquarium. A book deal, a movie contract and endorsements followed.

The octopus even stoked international tension when Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad accused the West of attempting to “manipulate people‘s minds through superstition, an octopus, fortune-telling and such things.” Paul’s remains will be cremated. 

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We have 48 pregnant women in camp – Commandant

Uchedu Victor
There are no fewer than 48 pregnant women at the Lagos State Resettlement Camp, Agbowa, Epe Local Government Area of the state, the Camp Commandant and a senior officer with the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Mr. Ganiyu Wewe, has said.

This is coming on the heels of a 19-year-old flood victim, Mrs. Uchedu Victor, who was delivered of a baby girl on Monday at the Agbowa General Hospital.

Wewe said of the 48 pregnant women in the camp, six might be delivered of babies any moment from now.

He said there was no cause for alarm as the government had made adequate arrangements to take care of the situation, noting that nurses and doctors had been asked to relocate to the mobile clinics near the camp to provide services and deal with emergencies.

When reminded that by the time the 48 expectant mothers gave birth, the camp would be overstretched, he spoke confidently, “There is no cause for alarm. We will cross the bridge when we get there.”

Meanwhile, the camp was thrown into jubilation on Monday when one of its campers, Victor, gave birth to a baby girl.

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Lady Gaga beats Justin Bieber to YouTube record

Lady Gaga

Lady Gaga has set a new record for YouTube.

The Bad Romance star has racked up more than one billion overall views of her material on the video sharing website.
According to internet research company famecount.com her total currently stands at 1,002,734,757.
Tweeting to her nearly seven million followers on Twitter she said: "We reached one billion views on YouTube little monsters!
"If we stick together we can do anything.
"I dub u kings and queens of YouTube!"
That figure doesn't represent views of a single video.
Teen pop sensation Justin Bieber currently holds that record with 367,025,875 views of his hit single Baby featuring Ludacris.
The 16-year-old is a very close second place behind Gaga in terms of overall viewings with 967 million views of his content on YouTube.
It's not the first time Lady Gaga has set a new record online.
Back in August she overtook Britney Spears to become the most followed person on Twitter.
She recently became the first living star to break the 20 million Facebook fans barrier and remains the most popular living star on both sites.

Source:http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/11626592

Lulu to join Take That on tour?

Lulu could perform Relight My Fire with Take That
Lulu might be asked to join Take That on tour to sing her guest vocals on Relight My Fire, Howard Donald has said.
The band will be touring together for the first time in 16 years next year, and Howard said he would suggest bringing Lulu back for part of the tour.
"We might ask her, there's every possibility - I'll put that one forward to the lads," he said.
Howard added that having Robbie Williams back on tour with them would make the shows more exciting.
The singer said: "It's going to bring surprises, because Robbie's got his own mind and can go off on an tangent. He's an amazing performer whereas I do what I do, I do my songs, I perform but I've never been the sort of showman like Robbie."
Take That's tour with Robbie, which coincides with their reunion album Progress, has been a year in the making, Howard said, and he promised they would try to top their Circus tour.
He said: "The Circus cries out for so many different things for a show whereas Progress doesn't, but there is meaning behind Progress and there is a way of transferring that on to the stage.

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