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1:55 PM ET, October 17, 2006

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Daily Mail:
Madonna: 'David is just the best little baby ever'  —  Madonna has revealed she's "never been happier" after an emotional trip to Malawi to adopt a 13-month-old baby.  —  After being allowed to take little David Banda home, the superstar added: 'It's so worth it.  He's just the best baby ever.
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Sky News:
PICS OF MADGE'S BABY  —  Looking cute as a button, 13-month-old David Banda has landed in Britain.  —  Despite the controversy surrounding Madonna's adoption of the Malawian baby boy, things look to be going her way.  —  David touched down on English soil this morning, having been flown by private jet from Malawi.
Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Baby Madonna Wants to Adopt Lands in London  —  The 13-month-old Malawian boy Madonna is hoping to adopt arrived in London Tuesday en route to be reunited with the singer.  —  David Banda arrived at London's Heathrow airport at about 6:20 a.m. aboard a British Airways 747 from Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg.
The Sun:
Madge flies baby Davie into UK  —  MADONNA'S newly adopted baby son was flown into Britain early today after the star had him whisked out of Malawi.  —  The nanny, bodyguard and aides accompanying the child avoided waiting reporters at Heathrow's Terminal 1 arrivals hall and left by another exit.
TMZ.com:   Madonna's Baby Delivered to UK
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Madge's Baby Swarmed in South Africa
Discussion: Celebrity Gossip …
Miuvonf / A Socialite's Life:
Madonna Buys Baby
Discussion: Reuters
Mike Collett-White / Reuters:   Madonna adoption plans trigger broad backlash
Gil Kaufman / MTV:
Fabolous Shot And Arrested In New York  —  Rapper in stable condition after being shot in the leg in a parking garage.  —  Fabolous  —  In a bizarre sequence of events, New York rapper Fabolous was shot in the leg early Tuesday morning (October 17) as he stood in a Manhattan parking garage …
Discussion: celebrity terrorist
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ABC 7 Eyewitness News:
Rapper 'Fabolous' shot at Sean Combs' restaurant  —  The 28-year-old rapper was shot, then arrested for possession of a gun  —  The rapper "Fabolous" was shot in the leg, and later placed under arrest, following a fight that spilled out of Sean Combs' restaurant this morning.
Discussion: Metadish and Nah Right
The Superficial:
Fabolous gets shot and arrested  —  Rapper Fabolous was shot in the leg early this morning in a New York parking garage when an identified man approached and opened fire on him and three of his friends after they had left Justin's restaurant.  Fabolous was hit in the thigh …
Samantha Gross / Associated Press:   Rapper Fabolous shot, stable in NYC
Jeannette Walls / MSNBC:
Love blooms for Olsen twin and oil heir  —  Plus: Prince Harry's sweetie is no brain surgeon  —  Mary-Kate Olsen has found love again.  —  The 20-year-old mogul has been single for about a year - ever since Paris Hilton swiped her last sweetie, shipping heir Stavros Niarchos …
Sean Daly / Celebrity Week:
Bonaduce: "I Could Eat Bobby Brown"  —  Didn't catch last season of the train-wreck reality series Breaking Bonaduce?  No biggie - neither did its star.  "And I don't intend to watch one minute of this year's show either," former drug addict, radio host and Partridge Family actor Danny Bonaduce tells us.
Discussion: Blowing Smoke
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Catherine / US Weekly:
Breaking News: Nicky Hilton and Kevin Connolly Split  —  After a two-year romance, Nicky Hilton and Kevin Connolly have called it quits.  "They're no longer a couple," a Hilton rep confirms exclusively to Us.  Hilton, 23, began dating Connolly, 32, star of HBO's Entourage, in late 2004 …
NY Daily News:
Barkin finds her Clooney closeup 'Ocean's' of fun  —  Ellen Barkin has stoked rumors of romance on the set of "Ocean's 13" by declaring, "Yes, I have f— George Clooney.  —  "I always heard that George has amazing chemistry with all of his co-stars," said Barkin, freshly divorced …
Miuvonf / A Socialite's Life:
This Looks Like Fun  —  Can we join in?  —  Kevin Federline made an appearance during a taping of wresting show Monday Night Raw in Los Angeles.  He was greeted by a rounding chorus of boos.  Wrestler John Cena and Federline pretended to exchange words, which ended in Cena unleashing his signature move …
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Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Lindsay Lohan: I Want to Be Married by 30  —  At 20, Lindsay Lohan knows what she wants to accomplish within the next decade.  —  "I want to get married before I'm 30.  And have my house.  And make the kind of record I want.  And I'd like to win an Oscar before then," the Bobby actress says in the November issue of InStyle.
Discussion: Dlisted and Allie Is Wired
New York Post:
DIVA DETENTE  —  LINDSAY Lohan is playing with fire.  She's now decided to be best buds with her former nemesis Paris Hilton, and the two even had a sleepover in Las Vegas this weekend.  On Saturday night, the terrible twosome arrived arm-in-arm to Michelle Trachtenberg's 21st birthday party …
Michael K / Dlisted:
Tweedle Dog and Tweedle Fug  —  Fergie and A**hole Simpson met up last night in London for dinner at Mr. Chow's.  A**hole is currently performing in Chicago and Fergie is there to fix her meth face.  Actually, she's there to promote her album.  —  The two looked like fug twins as they strolled …
Sky News:
WHO'S IN THE BAG?  —  It's not the first time this hilarious chap has played hide and seek with the paparazzi.  —  And it has to be said, it's rather refreshing to see a celeb larking around with the snappers rather than getting irrate and flicking the Vs.  —  But who is this cheeky monkey under the brown paper bag?
Sky News:
LET DITA TEESE YOU  —  Unlike in television, there isn't a watershed for our website.  —  Therefore, if you're not a fan of dancing performed in the nip, consider this a warning...  Something tells us, however, that you are still here, eager to see the sins of the flesh for yourself.
POPSUGAR:
Denise and Charlie Acting Civil?  —  Denise and Charlie just went through a nasty divorce, but they look to be enjoying a lovely afternoon together with their two little girls.  As for the other woman, well that's Charlie's girlfriend Brooke Mueller.  Are you shocked to see the two acting civil for the sake of their daughters?
 
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