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Chris Brown and TV producer Jenny Johnson in X rated Twitter fight

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After Chris Brown posted a photo on his Twitter page with the caption, “I look old as f***! I’m only 23…” TV producer Jenny Jones took it upon herself to comment on it, writing, “I know! Being a worthless piece of s*** can really age a person.”

This began a NSFW tweeting war between the two with the singer posting the message, “take them teeth out when u Sucking my d*** HOE.”

Johnson then wrote, “It’s ‘HO’ not ‘HOE’ you ignorant f***.”

Brown responded that he should pass gas while Johnson is pleasuring him, to which she replied, “Your mom must be so proud of you.”

He wrote, “mom says hello… She told me not shart in ur mouth, wanted me to s*** right on the retina.”

Johnson came back with, “YOU FLIRT!!!”

According to Idolator, most of Brown’s tweets were deleted, but his final thought was reporteldy, “Let me leave this bitch alone… It’s good to know my worth by listening to a bitch that is worthless! #iwin #bushpigswag.”

Johnson left the conversation with, “I have zero respect for a person who seems unapologetic for the terrible crime he committed and shows no signs of changing.”

According to The Huffington Post, Johnson has been called “one of the funniest presences on Twitter” and has been mocking Brown since his 2009 arrest for assaulting Rihanna.

After the Twitter feud, many of Brown’s followers began sending sexual insults toward Johnson, the Post reports.

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Ranbaxy Recalls Generic Lipitor Doses

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Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals Inc. has recalled dozens of lots of its generic version of cholesterol drug Lipitor because some may contain tiny glass particles, the latest in a string of manufacturing deficiencies that once led U.S. regulators to bar imports of the Indian company's medicines.

Ranbaxy, a subsidiary of Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd., India's biggest drugmaker, is operating under increased scrutiny from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration because of quality lapses at multiple Ranbaxy factories over the past several years. The FDA also has alleged the company lied about test results for more than two dozen of its generic drugs several years ago.

On Friday, Ranbaxy posted a notice on its U.S. website, saying it's recalling 10-, 20- and 40-milligram doses of tablets of atorvastatin calcium. That's generic Lipitor, the cholesterol fighter that reigned for years as the world's top-selling drug.

The recall includes 41 lots of the drug, nearly all with 90 pills per bottle, but three lots contain 500 pills per bottle. It's unclear how many bottles are in each lot, but medicine batches typically contain many thousands of pills. The 80-milligram strength tablets are not affected.

Ranbaxy spokesman Chuck Caprariello did not answer questions or provide any additional information beyond the statement on the company's website.

"Ranbaxy is proactively recalling the drug product lots out of an abundance of caution," the website statement read. "This recall is being conducted with the full knowledge of the U.S. FDA."

The company also filed a two-sentence statement with the Bombay Stock Exchange stating Ranbaxy's investigation would be completed within two weeks, but that after that temporary disruption to the U.S. supply, the company expected to resume shipments here.

Patients who've filled a prescription can contact their pharmacy to determine whether it was made by Ranbaxy or another generic drugmaker and, if it's from Ranbaxy, whether it came from a recalled lot.

Ranbaxy's manufacturing deficiencies, dating to 2006, led to a lengthy investigation and sanctions by the FDA. During the probe, federal investigators found Ranbaxy didn't properly test the shelf life and other safety factors of its drugs and then lied about the results.

In mid-2008, the FDA barred Ranbaxy from shipping into the U.S more than 30 different drugs made at factories in India. Meanwhile, the U.S. Department of Justice demanded Ranbaxy turn over internal documents, alleging the company lied about ingredients and formulations of some medications.

In early 2009, the FDA said it would not consider any new applications from Ranbaxy to sell in the U.S. any products made at the troubled factories.

As FDA discussions with Ranbaxy continued, it appeared Ranbaxy would lose its shot at a revenue windfall when Lipitor's generic U.S. patent expired last Nov. 30. At the time, Lipitor brought in almost $8 billion a year in U.S. sales.

As often happens when patents first expire, for the first six months only one generic rival could compete with brand-name Lipitor. Ranbaxy had that right, although an authorized generic from Lipitor maker Pfizer Inc. and partner Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc. went on sale on Dec. 1. With competition so limited, the generic prices only declined a bit from brand-name drug's price of about $115 a month — until several other generics entered the market six months later.

The FDA finally ended the suspense, deciding just before midnight on Nov. 30 to let Ranbaxy sell generic Lipitor made at the company's Ohm Laboratories factory in central New Jersey. It was unclear Friday whether the recalled Ranbaxy pills were made there or elsewhere.

Meanwhile, Ranbaxy is operating under a settlement with the FDA, called a consent decree, signed on Dec. 20, 2011. It requires Ranbaxy to improve manufacturing procedures, ensure data on its products is accurate and undergo extra oversight and review by an independent third party for five years. Ranbaxy at the time set aside $500 million to cover potential criminal and civil liability stemming from the Justice Department investigation.

8 Weird Holiday Gift Ideas For Your Music-Obsessed Giftee | As Heard On... - Yahoo! Music

 

It’s never too early to start thinking about holiday gift-giving, especially if you’re like me who always waits ‘til the last minute (I swear this year I’ll get a head start!). While tons of people will post lists of cool, gadgety, box set-y things to get for you fave music fan this year, we’ve gathered eight weird and wild gifts that will make your lucky giftee freak—in both good and bad ways. 'You gotta hear my sick dubstep MeowReMix.' DJ Cat Scratching Pad – Thank you internet. Shaped just like a turntable complete with clever stickers, the cardboard “DJ Felix” record will give your cat a few minutes of claw sharpening pleasure, while giving cat owners hours of “awws”, YouTube video-taking and Instagramming. Admit it; this is really more a gift for the owner than it is for the cat. And the description is a real urbandictionary.com workout: “Kitty is mad pumped to kick it behind the wheels of steel and throw down a dope set of old skool joints, yo! Designed in London, the Cat Scratching Pad enables your furry homeslice to spin some phat, chillout beatz with hella catitude.” Felix da Housecat must be sick of getting these sent to him. $35.00, Uncommongoods.com

Pop Superstars Bum-Rush Retail! Rihanna, Nicki, Bruno, Alicia, Ke$ha, Kid Rock, Zep, and One Direction All Fit to Be Wrapped | As Heard On... (NEW) - Yahoo! Music

 

From the flood of superstar releases hitting stores in late November and early December, you'd almost imagine there's still a viable industry devoted to the making and selling of audio recordings geared toward young people. Yes, Virginia, there is a music business! The two weeks leading up to Black Friday have, as always, been the busiest of the year for new albums. Among the stars who joined the competitive fray with releases just in the Nov. 13-20 time frame: One Direction, Phillip Phillips, Rihanna, Nicki Minaj, Kid Rock, Pitbull, Christina Aguilera, Susan Boyle, Kelly Clarkson, Keyshia Cole, Coldplay, AC/DC, Green Day, Soundgarden, Lana Del Rey, and, just for true old time's sake, Led Zeppelin. But the makeup of the new release bins won't sit unaltered in the weeks that follow Black Friday. Although things won't be quite as busy in early December, music fans can still look forward to post-Thanksgiving product from Alicia Keys, Ke$ha, Bruno Mars, T.I., The-Dream, Wiz Khalifa, Big Boi, and hot country newcomers Florida Georgia Line. Here's our breakdown of some of the season's freshest releases, along with some initial critical and sales reactions to those albums that are already out: ONE DIRECTION, Take Me Home The group's sophomore release just debuted with 540,000 copies, the third-best opening of 2012, trailing only Taylor Swift (who, coincidentally, is said to be dating Harry Styles… again) and Mumford & Sons.  They are, as Yahoo! Music charts columnist Paul Grein noted, "the first boy band in chart history to land two #1 albums in a calendar year." How is it? Rolling Stone's three-star review sees the One Direction glass as half-full: "Their second album rivals the best of Backstreet and 'N Sync when the material pumps…But when it doesn't (i.e., most of the ballads), a certain amount of douchiness creeps in." Entertainment Weekly's C-grade review thought the eight-month wait between releases could have been a bit longer: "Catchy new tracks 'Kiss You' and 'Heart Attack' would've fit right in on March's Up All Night. But the rush shows: Most of Take Me Home is filler with barely enough zip to keep the kids up past dinner." RIHANNA, Unapologetic The dirty sales secret is that Rihanna has always been able to move a lot more singles than album units. But that may change this time, with her seventh album (and fourth November album release in a row). After the first day of sales, Hits estimates that this one will debut with around 250,000 copies, far, far more than she's ever managed in an opening frame to date. So all the seemingly bad publicity generated by her seven-city 777 plane tour obviously had no dampening effect on sales, even if it does cause a few journalists to boycott the album in sympathy with their suffering compatriots on the jet from hell. How is it? Naturally, her defensive duet with Chris Brown has been as effective at drawing critical barbs as it has been as garnering massive amounts of publicity. Said the A.V. Club, "Rihanna's much-discussed duet with Brown, 'Nobody's Business,' forms the rotten core of Unapologetic, a fiery pop album that's unfortunately coated in the icky residue of unearned defiance that has marked Brown's recent output." The Los Angeles Times' two-star review said, "It's a little sickening, because for the first time since the incident, her addressing the complicated issue feels not like a defense of love but a marketing maneuver, a way of turning a negative into a positive." But the same review approvingly notes the album's move further into dubstep territory and contends that "musically, Rihanna has evolved into one of the more forward-thinking pop divas." BRUNO MARS, Unorthodox Jukebox (out Dec. 11) This late entry in the Christmas sweepstakes could be a real December surprise, blockbuster-wise. Mars' highly lauded host/musical guest stint on Saturday Night Live only sweetened the anticipation for a sophomore album that was heralded by the Police-evoking single "Locked Out of Heaven." With genre-spanning star producers like Mark Ronson and Jeff Bhasker on board, it's any fan's guess as to how Mars might be stretching his stylistic boundaries. PHILLIP PHILLIPS, The World From the Side of the Moon The doubly monikered American Idol winner may sell about 150,000 copies of his album during Black Friday week, per Hits' estimates. If so, that would put him behind the 197,000 that previous winner Scotty McCreery bowed with, but well ahead of a lot of other recent champions from the show. He co-wrote most of the songs, though the single "Home" is an exception. How is it? In a B-grade review, Hitfix cites as commercial advantages "his natural, warm growl and the mixed blessing of always sounding like somebody else. Namely, Phillips splits time on The World between Dave Matthews Band rockers and Mumford & Sons roots numbers." EW also cites both Mumford and Matthews—and also gives the album a middling B—but calls it "still the most relevant debut album the Idol machine has cranked out in years." KID ROCK, Rebel Soul If you can't beat 'em, very belatedly join 'em—and Kid Rock has finally signed up with iTunes after being a nearly lone dissenter. That won't hurt sales, which Hits estimates will be in the 160-180K range when first-week results are announced. Kid Rock self-produced this time after having Rick Rubin helm Born Free two years ago, and he also brought more of the missing rowdiness back into the proudly redneck mix, as titles like "Cocaine and Gin" may indicate. He hasn't abandoned his serioso side, though: "Let's Ride" is a war anthem ("Keep your heads up for roadside bombs"), and "3 Catt Boogie" finds the Mitt Romney supporter doing a vaguely libertarian protest song. How is it? A New York Daily News review says Rock seems "seems pale, cranky and small" and bemoans dropping the "looser country-rock direction" of the previous album for "mainline rock" this time. Rolling Stone gave a more enthusiastic three and a half stars to this "sprawling disc of storytelling, pop history and partying." ALICIA KEYS, Girl on Fire (out Nov. 27) Billboard got a preview of the album—as did thousands of fans, when she played excerpts in a Google + hangout two days before Thanksgiving—and said "the album ranges from balladry and bedroom talk to more upbeat, inspirational music, including the Nicki Minaj-featuring title track." Maxwell duets with her on "The Fire We Make," which also includes contributions from neo-bluesman Gary Clark Jr. Frank Ocean co-wrote a track, and other collaborators Emeli Sandé, Bruno Mars, and Babyface. Her last album bowed with a whopping 417,000 copies in 2009. Will as many fans be whipping out their Citi cards this time? KE$HA, Warrior (out Dec. 4) Her single may be called "Die Young," but Ke$ha has to be hoping that won't be what happens to her official sophomore album (or third release, if you count the hybrid Cannibal as an original). Mentor Dr. Luke is back as an executive producer, as are A-level co-producers like Max Martin, Shellback, and Benny Blanco. As for what departures are in stores, "Some will also be excited to know that I don't just do silly white-girl rap," she's said. Though it's not a rock record per se, Ke$ha is claiming T. Rex and Iggy Pop as influences—and though the former wasn't able to make her party, Pop does show up for a duet. She also has a new memoir out— My Crazy Beautiful Life—which, at her age, we can only guess will be the first of many. LED ZEPPELIN, Celebration Day It took five years, but these greats finally managed to put their one-time-only 2007 reunion show out on CD and DVD/Blu-Ray for home consumption. Industry site HitsDailyDouble.com estimates it will sell close to 100,000 when the first week of sales is up. Of course, many fans already saw the film when it premiered in theaters worldwide for a one-night-stand in October. How is it? EW went churlish with a C-grade review, saying "many of the band's crunchiest classics are pitched down to accommodate Robert Plant's aging pipes." Other notices have been more enthusiastic, like the San Francisco Chronicle's, which lauds "the late John Bonham's son Jason filling in on drums, firing on all cylinders, tapping into the vintage stomp and menace of the band's glory years with an unimpeachable set list. The passing of time has made the group sound leaner and more efficient, giving well-worn classics such as 'Black Dog' and 'Kashmir' new life." NICKI MINAJ, Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded—The Re-Up A reissue of Minaj's seven-month old sophomore album adds eight new tracks. And she's taking shots at Mariah Carey and referencing Idol aplenty: "I'll take it, sign on the dotted line/But I'm quick to the check a b---- if she outta line/Shout out Mike Darnell and Nigel/Why these bums so mad that the queen on Idol, huh?" She also reminds everyone that she made the presidential news circuit—"I did a freestyle and got a shout out from Obama"—on the way to weighing in with not-ready-for-the-White-House fare like "I Endorse These Strippers." How is it? The Los Angeles Times offered a three-star review that likes this "re-up" better than the original, writing, "Minaj is at her best when offering acid-soaked tongue lashings." Will Idol producers and contestants feel the same way? KELLY CLARKSON, Greatest Hits—Chapter One That mullet she had on the American Music Awards didn't kill her, it made her stronger. Clarkson put three new tracks on her best-of, two of which are singles—"Catch My Breath" for pop radio and "Don't Rush" for country. You may have seen the former on the AMAs and the latter on the CMAs, where she was joined by duet partner Vince Gill. The just-released collection is foreseen by industry site Hits as selling in the area of 45-50K its first week. GREEN DAY, Dos! (already out) and Tre! (out Dec. 11) The second album in the band's rapidly sequential trilogy just bowed with 69,000 copies, considerably less than the 139,000 that Uno! debuted with in October. Will the third time be the charm when Tre! hits stores just two weeks before Christmas? And will Billie Joe Armstrong, MIA and last reported headed to rehab, make it home, if not back to the album-promoting circuit, for the holidays? How is it? No reports yet on Tre! But Dos! seemed to get about twice as many good reviews as its predecessor. Wrote the L.A. Times, "The good news is that it's a far better record than 'Uno!' In fact, it's an excellent Green Day album — one of its best — a catchy, revealing work… If 'Uno!' seemed to be a closed system, with Green Day working to flex its '90s punk muscles, on No. 2 the group has gone open-source, allowing in a much wider range of sounds and styles." CHRISTINA AGUILERA, Lotus She's not on the upswing. Her last album debuted with 111,000, but this follow-up bowed with a lesser 73,000… and this is her first one since she joined The Voice, proving that mass exposure doesn't always boost sales. It wasn't as if nobody saw it coming, since the lead single from the album, "Your Body," peaked at No. 34. Still, with her show in full swing, it's hard to say for sure that this one couldn't blossom into a bestseller with a hotter single. How is it? In a very mixed review, the New York Daily News criticized her for not doing more vulnerable material in the wake of her divorce. "Even when Aguilera means to shed real blood, the sheer force of her vocals cauterizes the wounds before any red can flow. She's a bully of a singer, pummeling the notes into the ground as she rails in triumph." Yet the paper found her more upbeat material "improved" and said, "Lotus contains some of the catchiest, danciest, and funniest songs of the singer's career." T.I., Trouble Man: Heavy is the Head (out Dec. 18) This one will barely have time to make it beneath Christmas trees, but T.I. seems to have faith that word will not trickle slowly to his audience about his first post-prison album being out. Guests on the obviously Marvin Gaye-inspired album include Cee-Lo Green (on the Pharrell Williams-produced "Hello"), Lil Wayne, Pink, Akon, Andre 3000, and ASAP Rocky. That's quite a coming-home party. THE-DREAM, 1977 (out Dec. 18) Experiencing some déjà vu? The-Dream released 1977 as a free mix-tape in 2011 under his given name but decided to put it out officially a week before Christmas 2012. Reviews were good enough for the project at the time of its unofficial unveiling that fans aren't too upset about being asked to dole out cash for it now, even if that means a further push-back for his next album, already announced under the hard-to-remember title Love IV MMXII... which is probably due for a 2013 name change.

Seven robbers shot dead in South Africa - Yahoo! News

 

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - An elite South African police unit shot dead seven men when they tried to rob a cash depot in western Johannesburg on Saturday evening, a spokesman for the unit said. Nine others were injured and under police guard in hospital, a spokesman of the unit known as Hawks told Reuters. Police also confiscated 11 vehicles and four firearms. "We believe we got the kingpin down. We are convinced that we got all the robbers - dead or arrested," Paul Ramaloko said. The depot belonged to Protea Coin, a security company which runs a cash-in-transit business. Crime is a chronic problem for South Africa. It has one of the highest murder rates in the world outside a war zone. About 40 percent of the adult population is jobless - a percentage expected to rise substantially in the coming years - and this is seen driving crime and widening economic inequality.

Forex: Euro Extends Losses Ahead of ECB Meeting - ForexNews.com

 

 

Risk-aversion has been the prevailing theme this week, with the Japanese Yen and the US Dollar continuing to outpace their respective counterparts while high beta currencies and risk-correlated assets, in particular the Euro and the S&P 500, have struggled to retain any footing in November. The causes for concern have been two-fold in nature: a worsening European sovereign debt crisis; and the notion that the US fiscal cliff is right around the corner. While these events have stoked demand for safety, in particular lower yielding currencies and precious metals, our focus today is on the European Central Bank, which has its monthly Rate Decision meeting today at 07:45 EST / 12:45 GMT, followed by President Mario Draghi’s press conference at 08:30 EST / 13:30 GMT. The ECB has yet to be active in Italian or Spanish bond markets following President Draghi’s promise to save the Euro via “whatever it takes,” but this isn’t a surprise given that neither country has sought an international bailout yet. With no new measures expected to be announced today and Spain continuing to sidestep the idea of a bailout – something that looks necessary to keep a lid on investors’ fears but will be nothing short of self-mutilation for the Rajoy-led government – the investment climate is looking fragile this morning. Nevertheless, if the market was in true panic mode, there would be a greater shift into the Yen and the US Dollar, with Gold and Silver selling off as well as investors hoards liquidity; this hasn’t happened. Finally, as noted in the technical section below, the S&P 500 has held fairly significant trendline support, and without a catalyst, a further breakdown may be staved off in the near-term. Taking a look at credit, weakness in periphery yields continues to weigh on the Euro. The Italian 2-year note yield has increased to 2.118% (+1.8-bps) while the Spanish 2-year note yield has increased to 3.102 % (+6.1-bps). Likewise, the Italian 10-year note yield has increased to 4.951% (+5.6-bps) while the Spanish 10-year note yield has decreased to 5.770% (+10.7-bps); higher yields imply lower prices. RELATIVE PERFORMANCE (versus USD): 10:30 GMT JPY: +0.23% AUD:+0.06% CAD:+0.02% CHF:-0.13% NZD:-0.17% GBP:-0.20% EUR: -0.22% Dow Jones FXCM Dollar Index (Ticker: USDOLLAR): +0.04% (+0.54% past 5-days)