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• WTC developer's NYC condo tower moving forward

  (AP) -- World Trade Center developer Larry Silverstein 's plan for a hotel-condo tower is moving forward after a London-based investment firm has agreed to provide a $660 million construction loan.Martin Burger of Silverstein Properties Inc. tells The Wa   Read more »

• Brad Pitt, others on Angelina Jolie's decision to have double mastectomy

  From fiance Brad Pitt to fellow women in the entertainment community, Oscar-winner Angelina Jolie is being applauded for revealing Tuesday that she underwent a double mastectomy after discoving she was at high risk for breast cancer ."Having witnessed th   Read more »

• JJ Abrams boldly going from 'Trek' to 'Star Wars'

  (AP) -- J.J. Abrams is master of one universe -- and he's about to try conquering another.The director who rebooted "Star Trek" for a new generation, sending the USS Enterprise out again to explore strange new worlds, has also been put at the "Star Wars"   Read more »

• Israeli PM criticized for installing bed on plane

  (AP) -- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will seek alternate sleeping arrangements when traveling after receiving a sky-high bill for installing a customized bed on a recent flight to London, officials close to the Israeli leader said.Netanyahu found hi   Read more »

• 'Star Trek' headed to another frontier

  Preparing to go where hundreds have gone before, the makers of "Star Trek Into Darkness" have assumed a burden of history: Nearly half a century of TV and movies, countless characters, story lines, spaceships, planets, alternate universes, goatees, Tribb   Read more »

Around the web

• Will history repeat in top four race?

  and Theo Walcott could have big roles to play. Source: AAP It all seems a little too familiar. Seven years ago one side of North London had it in their hands - win and a place in Europe’s elite competition would be theirs at the expense of their bitter rivals. 42 m ago from Fox Sports Australia Read more »

• Gore de France

  But it doesn’t make the individual Citibiker safer if she was doing something far safer — like riding the subway — before. Yes, London, Washington and Boston have had bike share for couple of years — with no deaths (although London had a critical injury last 57 m ago from New York Post Read more »

• Kate's care of the dog... in a grooming salon that couldn't be more perfectly named

  to be besotted with Archie, whom they acquired last June. The pampered terrier is reported to have his own bedroom in their North London home, complete with a walk-in wardrobe where they keep his collars and coats. Kate, an ambassador for fashion house Mango, 9:01 PM from Daily Mail - UK Read more »

• Domi hit sets tone at Memorial Cup for London Knights

  Saskatoon Blades set out to hammer the smaller London Knights forwards in Friday night's Memorial Cup opener. Max Domi threw that plan for a loop by wiping out the host team's Shane McColgan with a massive – and clean – body check that knocked the wind out 8:35 PM from Canoe Read more »

• Will snoopgate fell the Bloomberg giant?

  MORGAN was in the eye of a storm. Bruno Iksil, a trader in the Wall Street bank's London office, had made big bets that were starting to go wrong. The firm was on the hook for losses that would total more than $6bn. Jamie Dimon, the usually unflappable chief 7:47 PM from The Australian Read more »