Is Justin Bieber a baby daddy? (The Week)

New York ? A 20-year-old fan alleges that the teen hearthrob conceived a child with her during a backstage tryst ? and she could be charged with statutory rape

Justin Bieber's hit song "Baby" may be taking on an entirely different new meaning. The 17-year-old pop megastar is facing allegations that he fathered a child with one of his fans, according to reports by Radar. Bieber's legal team swiftly denied the claims. Still, what are the details of the allegations, and what exactly does Team Bieber have to say about them? Here, a brief guide:

What are the allegations?
A 20-year-old female Justin Bieber fan alleges that she despoiled the erstwhile virgin backstage at a Los Angeles concert last year, and that the singer is the father of her three-month-old baby, Radar first reported Wednesday. Mariah Yeater says Bieber propositioned her on October 25 of last year, when she was 19 and he was 16. She has filed a paternity suit in a California court; her claims are made in a "hand-signed affidavit, sworn under the penalty of perjury." Tristyn Anthony Markhouse Yeater's birth date, July 6, 2011, "was exactly 36 weeks and two days after the sexual encounter with Justin Bieber," Yeater says. Based on that timing, she asserts that "there were no other possible men that I had sex with that could be the father of this baby."

How did they meet?
According to reports, Yeater alleges that she was "whisked away by security guards" to meet the pop star after his concert at Los Angeles' Staple Center. "Immediately, it was obvious that we were mutually attracted to one another, and we began to kiss," Yeater allegedly says in the paternity suit. She claims that Bieber then suggested they go to a private place to be alone, and that he didn't want to use protection because it was his first time having sex. The tryst "was brief," Yeater says, "lasting only approximately 30 seconds."

Is Yeater essentially admitting to statutory rape?
The allegations are certainly "further complicated" by the age difference between Bieber and Yeater, says People. The age of consent in California is 18, but the teen idol was 16 at the time of the alleged encounter, raising the question as to whether Yeater could be charged with statutory rape if Bieber is indeed the father. Responding to that possibility, California defense lawyer Steve Cron tells The New York Post that under normal circumstances, prosecutors would let that age difference slide. "But under these circumstances, the DA?s office has to show they?re not treating women differently, not treating a celebrity differently, [and] they might have to do something.?

What does Bieber's camp say?
In a statement to E! Online, Bieber's team denied the allegations. "While we haven't yet seen the lawsuit, it's sad that someone would fabricate malicious, defamatory, and demonstrably false claims," the statement reads. "We will vigorously pursue all available legal remedies to defend and protect Justin against these allegations." They also say Bieber and Yeater could not possibly have been alone backstage at the concert in question. For his part, the singer blithely tweeted to his nearly 14 million followers: "so Im going to ignore the rumors?and focus on what is real. and opportunity to help by doing what i love. Judge me on the music! Love y'all!"

How damaging is this?
Whether or not the claims are true, says Jen Chaney at The Washington Post, they mark the first time that Bieber has found himself mired in a true scandal ? which is remarkable given his high profile. Before this, the "wholesome kid" hasn't been linked to anything "much more controversial than a water balloon fight and some public kissing with girlfriend Selena Gomez." But given Team Bieber's forceful denials, it's likely that these accusations "will not tarnish Bieber's reputation." Not everyone agrees, however. "Anything besides puppy love? is unacceptable for the Tiger Beat crowd," says Molly Lambert at Grantland. This could seriously hurt the star.

What now?
Star's executive editor Dylan Howard, who has seen the legal papers, tells CBS News that the affidavit requests that the court compel Bieber to undergo DNA testing "to prove, indeed, that he is the father of baby Tristan." Yeater is also asking for child support, effectively immediately, Howard says. A court hearing is set for December.

Sources: E! Online, Fox News, NY Post, People, Radar, Twitter, Wash. Post

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Asia stocks down as Greek vote plan rocks markets

A currency trader reacts at the foreign exchange dealing room of the Korea Exchange Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2011. A wave of selling swept across Wall Street and stock markets around the world Tuesday after Greece's prime minister said he would call a national vote on an unpopular European plan to rescue that nation's economy. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

A currency trader reacts at the foreign exchange dealing room of the Korea Exchange Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2011. A wave of selling swept across Wall Street and stock markets around the world Tuesday after Greece's prime minister said he would call a national vote on an unpopular European plan to rescue that nation's economy. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

(AP) ? Global market turmoil continued Wednesday as fears intensified that Greece might reject an austerity plan and default on its massive debts.

Asian stocks slumped for a third consecutive day, extending the wave of selling in world markets that was sparked Monday when Greece's prime minister said he would call a national vote on an unpopular European plan that entails painful tax increases and drastic welfare cuts.

Oil fell below $91 a barrel, while the dollar was steady against the euro but lower against the yen.

Japan's Nikkei 225 index tumbled 1.8 percent to 8,673.78. Hong Kong's Hang Seng dropped 0.9 percent to 19,192.72 and South Korea's Kospi index sank 0.9 percent to 1,892.70. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 index lost 0.7 percent to 4,201.40.

Benchmarks in mainland China, Taiwan, Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia also fell. Singapore's rose.

A top European official warned that Athens could be left to go bankrupt if it went through with the vote and experts said the broader deal ? which hopes to protect larger countries such as Italy from markets panic and was agreed to only last week ? could collapse.

Ultimately, Greece could leave the 17-nation euro currency union, causing financial havoc and pushing the global economy back into recession.

"A no vote could quickly start a chain reaction leading to Greece being forced to leave the Monetary Union. A resulting run on Greek banks could have serious spillover effects on Portugal and Ireland," Citibank analysts said in a report.

That prospect could be enough to keep the referendum from happening ? Papandreou's government could collapse before the proposal goes through, having lost huge amounts of support from its own party.

The possibility of financial contagion spreading across the continent rattled banking stocks. Japan's Mitsubish UFJ Financial Group fell 2.1 percent. Industrial & Commercial Bank of China, the world's largest bank by assets, slid 1.9 percent. Australia & New Zealand Banking Group fell 1.8 percent.

The Dow fell 2.5 percent to close at 11,657.96 on Tuesday. It was the biggest drop since Sept. 22. The S&P 500 lost 2.8 percent to 1,218.28. The Nasdaq composite dropped 2.9 percent to 2,606.96.

Japan's powerhouse export sector fell sharply, a day after data showed that U.S. manufacturing grew more slowly in October, hampered by weak demand for exports.

Mazda Motor Corp. tumbled 4.8 percent, Panasonic Corp. lost 3.3 percent and Sharp Corp. fell 3.3 percent.

Japanese utility Tokyo Electric Power Co. fell 1.3 percent after saying there may be signs of fresh nuclear fission in the No. 2 reactor at its disaster-damaged Fukushima Daiichi power plant.

Mainland Chinese shares lost ground, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index falling 1 percent to 2,445.40 and the Shenzhen Composite Index lost 1.3 percent to 1,028.30.

"The loss was due to both to what is happening with Greece and also China's worse than expected manufacturing data, which shows slower growth," said Cai Dagui, an analyst at Ping'an Securities, based in Shenzhen.

Shanghai-listed Inner Mongolia Baotou Steel Rare-Earth Hi-Tech Co. lost 4.6 percent while Huaxin Cement fell 3.1 percent.

Benchmark crude for December delivery was down 62 cents at $91.57 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract fell $1 to settle at $92.19 in New York on Tuesday.

In currency trading, the euro was steady at $1.3715. At one point Tuesday, the euro fell to $1.3607, its lowest point since Oct. 12. The euro is down nearly 4 percent after hitting a seven-week high Thursday, when the European financial rescue plan was announced.

The dollar slipped to 78.10 yen from 78.33 yen.

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AP researcher Fu Ting contributed from Shanghai.

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No major Fed moves expected as economy shows gains

(AP) ? Let's wait and see.

That's likely to be the message from the Federal Reserve on Wednesday, when its two-day policy meeting ends. Few expect any bold new steps to be announced.

Fed policymakers likely want to gauge the impact of action they've taken recently to keep interest rates low. The Fed has breathing room because the economy and stock markets have strengthened enough to allay fears of another recession.

After their September meeting, the policymakers said they would shuffle the Fed's investment portfolio to try to further reduce long-term interest rates. And in their previous meeting in August, they had said they plan to keep short-term rates near zero until at least mid-2013 unless the economy improved.

"They know they are running out of tools, so they don't want to employ another one unless they have to," said David Wyss, former chief economist at Standard & Poor's.

At its last meeting, the Fed left open the possibility of taking additional action to try to help the economy. One option is to further explain the steps it has already taken and their purposes. Another would be to launch a third program of bond purchases.

But the Fed remains deeply divided over what, if any, action to take, which is another reason economists don't expect any major announcements this week.

The actions taken in August and September were adopted on 7-3 votes, the most dissents in nearly 20 years.

Three regional bank presidents ? Richard Fisher of Dallas, Charles Plosser of Philadelphia and Narayana Kocherlakota of Minneapolis ? all voted no. They have expressed concerns that the Fed's policies could lead to high inflation later.

On the other hand, four policymakers are worried that the Fed might not be doing enough. Vice Chair Janet Yellen, Governor Daniel Tarullo, Chicago Fed President Charles Evans and New York Fed President William Dudley have said the economy is at risk and might need more support.

"I have never seen the Fed more deeply divided than it is at this moment," said David Jones, head of DMJ Advisors and the author of books on the Fed.

At its meeting in September, the Fed stopped short of expanding its portfolio of investments. Instead, it opted to shuffle $400 billion of its investments to try to lower long-term rates.

But two officials pushed for bolder action, according to minutes of the meeting. The members discussed more bond-buying. Some said it should remain an option.

A brighter outlook for the economy has given the Fed more room to wait. The economy grew at an annual rate of 2.5 percent in the July-September period ? the best quarterly performance in a year.

That's strong enough to show that the economy isn't about to slide into recession. Still, growth would have to be nearly twice as high ? consistently ? to make a major dent in the unemployment rate, which has been stuck at 9.1 percent for three straight months.

Stocks have rallied of late. Even after a drop of nearly 2.5 percent Monday, the Standard & Poor's 500 stock index in October notched its best one-month showing since December 1991.

European leaders have also announced a debt agreement that could help prevent a financial catastrophe on the continent. Still, even if it does, many analysts don't think Europe can avoid another recession.

Many economists think the Fed will hold off on new action until its December meeting or early next year. The next step could be further clarity on its interest-rate policy.

Evans has proposed that the Fed set benchmarks for raising rates. For example, it could agree not to raise short-term rates until unemployment fell below 7 percent or the outlook for inflation exceeded 3 percent. The unemployment rate has hovered around 9 percent for more than two years, and the Fed's inflation outlook is under 2 percent.

Yellen, who heads a Fed panel that is examining ways to improve the central bank's communications, says the idea should be examined. But she cautioned that such benchmarks could confuse investors.

She has suggested that the Fed could add further guidance when it provides its economic forecasts four times a year. The forecast offers estimates for growth, unemployment and inflation. It does not forecast interest rates.

Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody's Analytics, said that adding a Fed forecast on the federal funds rate, its main policy lever, would reassure investors about when it might move interest rates.

"They have given investors more clarity about the timing of future rates, but including an actual forecast of when rates might change would help bring rates down further," Zandi said.

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Drunk, naked driver smashes 12 cars in Moscow (AP)

MOSCOW ? Russian police say a drunk and naked driver has wreaked havoc in central Moscow, damaging 12 cars before being caught by police.

The city police said they started pursuing the man Sunday after he ignored a road sign banning a turn and refused orders to stop. In the ensuing chase, the motorist nearly hit a school bus, rammed through a police vehicle and smashed several other cars before being caught. When police got him he was completely naked.

Footage broadcast by Russian television stations showed him lying on the pavement and shouting "don't cover me!" to officers who tried to cover him with clothes.

The man said he came from the ex-Soviet nation of Moldova and was in distress over an unhappy relationship.

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NY fed suspends MF Global, deal on future nears (Reuters)

NEW YORK (Reuters) ? The New York Fed suspended MF (MF.N) Global from conducting new business with the central bank on Monday and its shares were suspended, as the troubled brokerage nears a deal on its future.

As per a tentative plan, MF Global's holding company would file for bankruptcy protection and derivatives trader Interactive Brokers would buy the assets, the Wall Street Journal and the Financial Times reported.

"The Federal Reserve Bank of New York has informed MF Global Inc. that it has been suspended from conducting new business with the New York Fed," the Fed said.

"This suspension will continue until MF Global establishes, to the satisfaction of the New York Fed, that MF Global is fully capable of discharging the responsibilities set out in the New York Fed's policy."

MF Global, run by former Goldman Sachs (GS.N) Chief Executive Jon Corzine, has been struggling over the past week in which it posted a quarterly loss, its shares fell by two-thirds and its credit ratings were cut to junk.

Its shares were suspended before trading opened in New York, pending a statement.

Interactive Brokers would likely make an initial bid of about $1 billion during a court supervised auction for the U.S. futures brokerage, the WSJ said.

MF Global clients in London said the company wasn't taking on new business and they were closing out positions.

"It was quite difficult to get our money out on Friday, because they had a lot of redemption calls," a trader, whose firm used MF Global as a brokerage said.

"The company is not initiating any new position. They are trying to close down positions that they already have with clients that are open," the trader said.

The company is suffering because of low interest rates and bets it made on European sovereign debt, making it possibly the most prominent U.S. casualty yet from the eurozone debt crisis.

MF Global was in talks on Sunday with possible buyers, aiming "squarely" to do a deal, though all options remained on the table as the firm hired restructuring and bankruptcy advisers, sources familiar with the situation told Reuters.

The New York Times reported in its electronic edition that by Sunday evening, the talks had narrowed to one bidder, Interactive Brokers.

Sullivan & Cromwell's restructuring and mergers teams have joined the long roster of those advising MF Global, one source familiar with the situation said.

Weil, Gotshal & Manges was also hired to prepare potential restructuring options, a second source familiar with the situation said. The sources could not be identified by name because the talks were not public.

Weil would focus on MF Global's UK subsidiary if it needed to pursue a formal restructuring overseas, the Journal reported in its electronic edition.

The securities company also has hired firms Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, the newspaper said.

MF Global and Interactive Brokers declined to comment. The law firms could not be reached immediately for comment.

A number of interested parties were considering several possible deals, including buying all or parts of MF Global, said the source, who requested anonymity.

"The goal is squarely for some sort of M&A transaction," the source said, adding the situation was "fluid."

QUARTERLY LOSS

Corzine, who became CEO in March last year after a term as New Jersey's governor, has been trying to transform MF Global from a brokerage that mainly places customers' trades on exchanges into an investment bank that bets with its own capital.

The plunge last week in MF Global's corporate bonds to distressed levels, and in its shares to below $1 at one point on Friday, makes it all the more urgent for the company to come up with some sort of solution before markets open on Monday.

MF Global has given potential buyers limited information about its financials and has not set up a data room for bidders to conduct due diligence, a buy side source earlier said.

The source, who is looking into deals both for the whole company and for its parts, said he was skeptical about the possibility of MF Global striking a deal over this weekend.

The company's positions are big and hard to value, especially the firm's sovereign risk exposure, the source said.

"How do you put a price on that? How do you get a deal done when the right side of the balance sheet keeps moving so dramatically?" the source said.

The company hired boutique investment bank Evercore Partners Inc (EVR.N) to help find a buyer, separate sources said this past week.

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AMD Bulldozer breaks own world record, overclocked to 8.46GHz

Advanced Micro Devices is probably feeling a bit silly right about now. To show off how powerful the Bulldozer chip really is, it drafted in the world's most elite overclockers, set them up in a room with whatever was required (including a vat of liquid helium) and broke the chip-speed world record. With a verified speed of 8.429GHz, the company collected its Guinness world record and sat back, thinking that no one could ever best it. Less than two months later and Andre Yang (who we can assume does not have his own military complex to run his experiments in) managed to get his Bulldozer running at 8.46GHz, 30MHz faster than the chip's own parent could manage. We wouldn't dare suggest that anyone stand outside AMD's Sunnyvale HQ whilst playing the sad trombone -- but if anyone deserves that chance, it'd certainly be Mr. Yang.

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EAST AFRICA RADIO USA - Oct 29,2011

Dujis MP Adan Duale wants the President and Prime Minister to hold an urgent Cabinet meeting to discuss the distribution of aflatoxin contaminated Unimix to at least 60,000 school children facing starvation.

Duale said on Friday that the Parliamentary Health Committee should also institute an investigation into the matter.?These are issues that the two principals must address; these are issues that the Minister for Public Health must come out very clearly about,? he stated.?We will not allow 60,000 children of this country to suffer from cancer as a result of food which was given to them when they were starving,? he said.Aflatoxin is a lethal mycotoxin caused by fungus which medics say could cause cancer if consumed over a long period of time and in large quantities.Duale questioned why the quality check was done while the Unimix had already been distributed to schools in drought stricken areas of North Eastern, Eastern and Coast region.?It is Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) that is mandated to make sure they take care of the safety of the Kenyan people ? what they eat, what they use. If KEBS takes over one month to detect this how sure are we that these millers pass through them?? he posed.More info Click here?

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Syrian security forces fire on rallies, killing 30

Two Syrian regime women supporters hold a banner with a sarcastic caricature on it in Umayyad Square in downtown Damascus, Syria. Wednesday Oct. 26, 2011. Tens of thousands of Syrians packed a Damascus square Wednesday in a show of support for embattled President Bashar Assad, a few hours ahead of a visit by senior Arab officials probing ways to start a dialogue between the regime and the opposition. (AP Photo/Muzaffar Salman)

Two Syrian regime women supporters hold a banner with a sarcastic caricature on it in Umayyad Square in downtown Damascus, Syria. Wednesday Oct. 26, 2011. Tens of thousands of Syrians packed a Damascus square Wednesday in a show of support for embattled President Bashar Assad, a few hours ahead of a visit by senior Arab officials probing ways to start a dialogue between the regime and the opposition. (AP Photo/Muzaffar Salman)

Syrian regime supporters flash the V-victory sign as they hold up a portrait of Syrian President Bashar Assad during a rally at Umayyad Square in Damascus, Syria. Wednesday Oct. 26, 2011. Some thousands of Syrians packed the square Wednesday in a show of support for embattled President Bashar Assad, a few hours ahead of a visit by senior Arab officials probing ways to start a dialogue between the regime and the opposition. (AP Photo/ Bassem Tellawi)

A young girl looks on during the Pro-Syrian President Bashar Assad rally in Umayyad Square in downtown Damascus, Syria, Wednesday Oct. 26, 2011. Tens of thousands of Syrians packed a Damascus square Wednesday in a show of support for embattled President Bashar Assad, a few hours ahead of a visit by senior Arab officials probing ways to start a dialogue between the regime and the opposition. (AP Photo/Muzaffar Salman)

A Syrian regime supporter holds up a banner that reads in Arabic and English "No to foreign interference" during a rally in Umayyad Square in downtown Damascus, Syria, Wednesday Oct. 26, 2011. Tens of thousands of Syrians packed a Damascus square Wednesday in a show of support for embattled President Bashar Assad, a few hours ahead of a visit by senior Arab officials probing ways to start a dialogue between the regime and the opposition. (AP Photo/Muzaffar Salman)

(AP) ? Syrian security forces opened fire Friday on protesters and hunted them down in house-to-house raids, killing about 30 people in the deadliest day in weeks in the country's 7-month-old uprising, activists said.

The popular revolt against Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime has proved remarkably resilient, with protests erupting every week despite the near-certainty the government will respond with bullets and tear gas. The U.N. estimates the regime crackdown on the protests has killed 3,000 people since March.

Much of the bloodshed Friday happened after the protests had ended and security forces armed with machine guns chased protesters and activists, according to opposition groups monitoring the demonstrations. Authorities disrupted telephone and Internet service, they said.

The Syrian opposition's two main activist groups, the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and the Local Coordinating Committees, gave figures for the protesters killed on Friday ranging from 29 to 37.

The flashpoints were Homs and Hama in central Syria, where opposition to the regime is strong. Hama is the site of a massacre nearly 30 years ago which has come to symbolize the ruthlessness of the Assad dynasty.

Rami Abdul-Rahman, the head of the observatory, said security forces in Homs were firing machine guns as they conducted raids in search of protesters and activists. In Hama, there were heavy clashes between the army and gunmen believed to be army defectors.

Syria has largely sealed off the country from foreign journalists and prevented independent reporting, making it difficult to confirm events on the ground. Key sources of information are amateur videos posted online, witness accounts and details gathered by activist groups.

Communications were spotty Friday in the Damascus suburb of Douma and in Homs. The move appeared to be an attempt to cut off the opposition's ability to organize and report on the protests.

"There was a very fierce reaction to the protests in Homs today," said Syria-based activist Mustafa Osso. Syrian forces opened fire as some 2,000 people gathered for protests, he said.

"There are many injured as well. Hospitals are having a hard time coping with the casualties," Osso told The Associated Press.

Majd Amer, an activist in Homs said sporadic gunfire could be heard as protesters poured out of mosques following Friday prayers.

It is difficult to gauge the strength of the revolt in Syria, a country of 22 million people. The crackdown does not appear to have significantly reduced the number of protests, but neither does the regime appear to be in any imminent danger of collapse.

The regime appears to lack sufficient numbers of loyal troops to garrison all the centers of unrest at the same time, so government forces will often sweep through an area in the wake of protests, breaking up new gatherings and hunting activists, before being deployed elsewhere.

The result has been a monthslong stalemate. Still, the capture and subsequent death of Libya's Moammar Gadhafi, under still-unclear circumstances, has energized the opposition. Last week, thousands of Syrians took to the streets shouting that Assad will be next.

The protests come amid efforts by the Arab League to end the bloodshed, and debates within the opposition on how to bring international pressure to bear on the regime.

On Friday, many protesters said they wanted a no-fly zone established over Syria to protect civilians in case the Syrian regime considers attacking protesters from the sky, the activist groups said.

The protesters also called for international monitors, although most opposition groups reject the idea of foreign military intervention.

The Syrian government insists the unrest is being driven by terrorists and foreign extremists looking to stir up sectarian strife.

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