US – Saturday, November 21

Experts: Homegrown terror biggest threat

Terrorist incidents over the past 12 months show that Islamic extremists within the U.S. increasingly are launching attacks against targets such as military bases, antiterrorist experts said Thursday.

OPRAH TO QUIT IN ’11

The end is near.

What women want: Wilmer

How does Wilmer Valderrama do it? The actor has dated a bevy of Hollywood beauties, from Mandy Moore to Lindsay Lohan (pre-career implosion) to Hilary Duff. He’s even claimed that Ashlee Simpson and Jennifer Love Hewitt have had a piece of Vaderrama-action.

The saga continues with rush of ‘New’ blood

REVIEW. No matter how this review of ‘New Moon’ ends, whether this critic loves or loathes the film, is irrelevant. If you’re one of the legions of “Twi-Hards,” you’ll be stepping on heads to see it this weekend anyway.

Wall Street dips after bad outlook for Target

NEW YORK. U.S. stocks fell yesterday after discount retailer Target gave a cautious holiday season outlook, but positive brokerage comments on tech bellwether Microsoft helped limit losses.

Annie Lennox: ‘I am my own aids campaign’

Annie Lennox has been an icon since shooting to fame with the Eurythmics two decades ago. The “Greatest White Soul Singer Alive” won a 2004 Academy Award for best original song. But these days, Lennox’s heart belongs less to Billboard charts than to dying children. She campaigns on behalf of African children infected with AIDS. She talked exclusively to Metro.

Published 21:27, April the 19th, 2009

Photo: Courtesy Of Grey Worldwide

Fury over Mao comparison

NEW YORK. A German condom ad depicting Hitler, bin Laden and Mao Zedong as diabolical spermatozoids has drawn ire from the Chinese government.

The ad campaign — meant to frighten the sexually active with thoughts of “wrap it up, or you may conceive the world’s next tyrant” — has incited a firestorm of anger and calls for apology. The responsible ad agency, Grey Worldwide, has sent a letter of apology to the Chinese consulate.

Some Chinese, however, have failed to understand the outrage. “I still cannot understand why these people defend Mao so strongly,” wrote one commenter on sina.com.

METRO

The November MMMpod features interviews and music with a band called Girls, a band of girls called Supercute, and a supercute vampire. Yes, listeners, we have Pattinson!

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