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4:10 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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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.
Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Baby Madonna Wants to Adopt Lands in London
Discussion: D*ana's DIRT.
TMZ.com:
Madge's Baby Swarmed in South Africa
Discussion: Celebrity Gossip …
Sky News:   PICS OF MADGE'S BABY
TMZ.com:   Madonna's Baby Delivered to UK
Daily Mail:   I adopted according to the law, says Madonna
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 …
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Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Fabolous Shot, Arrested and Hospitalized  —  Rapper Fabolous was shot early Tuesday at a New York City parking garage and then arrested, police say.  He is now hospitalized in stable condition.  —  Fabolous (real name: John Jackson), 28, and three friends had just left the Diddy-owned restaurant Justin's …
ABC 7 Eyewitness News:
Rapper 'Fabolous' shot at Sean Combs' restaurant
Discussion: Metadish and Nah Right
The Superficial:   Fabolous gets shot and arrested
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 …
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People.com:
Nicky Hilton & Kevin Connolly Split Up  —  Hilton and Connolly at the premiere of Entourage's third season, on June 7  —  Nicky Hilton and Entourage star Kevin Connolly are no longer a couple, the hotel heiress's rep confirms to PEOPLE.  —  The couple had an off-and-on relationship for two years.
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 …
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 …
FemaleFirst:
Britney Spears to adopt African baby claims  —  Britney Spears is set to follow in her idol Madonna's footsteps and adopt an African child, it has been reported.  —  The 'Toxic' singer - who has two sons, Sean Preston and Sutton Pierce, with husband Kevin Federline - has been inspired …
Discussion: Dlisted
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Miuvonf / A Socialite's Life:
Britney and Kevin Keep A Boring Secret
Discussion: POPSUGAR
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: POPSUGAR, Dlisted and Allie Is Wired
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 …
Richard Huff / NY Daily News:
'Idol' chatter for Ryan, Tyra  —  By the looks of things, Ryan Seacrest is everywhere.  But consider this: He's in bed and asleep before "Desperate Housewives" comes on.  —  "That sums up my life," Seacrest said yesterday.  —  He is everywhere, it seems, hosting "American Idol," anchoring …
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
FemaleFirst:
James Blunt's split from model love claim  —  James Blunt has split from his model lover Petra Nemcova, it has been reported.  —  The 'You're Beautiful' singer is said to have infuriated the beautiful Czech model after allegedly cheating on her with a string of girls, including Australian TV presenter Tania Zaetta.
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?
Lara Jakes Jordan / Associated Press:
Actor Wesley Snipes accused of tax fraud  —  WASHINGTON - Movie actor Wesley Snipes was indicted Tuesday on eight counts of tax fraud accusing him of bilking $12 million from the government in false refund claims.  —  Snipes, 44, also failed to file tax returns for six years, according to an indictment unsealed in Tampa, Fla.
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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