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DJ Dave Herman arrested in child sex sting

TheWrap
Retired New York radio host Dave Herman was arrested this week for allegedly trying to set up an encounter with a 7-year-old girl, New Jersey U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced Friday.
The 77-year old Herman was a longtime rock and roll DJ at the FM station WNEW, and a radio fixture for listeners throughout the five boroughs, who offered up a steady diet of Bruce Springsteen songs.
Prosecutors say he was arrested in the U.S. Virgin Islands by Homeland Security agents where he had arranged to meet a young girl. In a series of web chats he allegedly told an undercover officer from the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office in New Jersey that he wanted to have sex with her fictitious daughter.
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Ozil makes shortlist for Ballon d'Or

Mesut Ozil has been named on the 23-man shortlist for the Ballon d'Or.
The Germany international has made a major impact at the Club since joining from Real Madrid this summer, scoring three times and claiming four assists in nine games.
The 24-year-old is joined on the shortlist for the prestigious Fifa award by the likes of Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Franck Ribery.
The winner will be announced on January 8.
Shortlist in full:
Mesut Ozil (Arsenal/Germany)
Gareth Bale (Real Madrid/Wales)
Edinson Cavani (Paris St Germain/Uruguay)
Radamel Falcao (Monaco/Colombia)
Eden Hazard (Chelsea/Belgium)
Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Paris St Germain/Sweden)
Andres Iniesta (Barcelona/Spain)
Philipp Lahm (Bayern Munich/Germany)
Robert Lewandowski (Borussia Dortmund/Poland)
Lionel Messi (Barcelona/Argentina)
Thomas Muller (Bayern Munich/Germany)
Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich/Germany)
Neymar (Barcelona/Brazil)
Andrea Pirlo (Juventus/Italy)
Franck Ribery (Bayern Munich/France)
Arjen Robben (Bayern Munich/Netherlands)
Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid/Portugal)
Bastian Schweinsteiger (Bayern Munich/Germany)
Luis Suarez (Liverpool/Uruguay)
Thiago Silva (Paris St Germain/Brazil)
Yaya Toure (Manchester City/Ivory Coast)
Robin van Persie (Manchester United/Netherlands)
Xavi (Barcelona/Spain)

Sir Alex Ferguson harsh on Steven Gerrard - Brendan Rodgers

Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers has defended captain Steven Gerrard after Sir Alex Ferguson claimed he is not a "top, top player".

Former Manchester United manager Ferguson made the comment in his book, My Autobiography, but Rodgers said the criticism was unjustified.

Steven Gerrard in numbers

Age: 33
Squad number: 8
Liverpool games: 640
Liverpool goals: 161
England games: 107
England goals: 21 

Jose Mourinho: Chelsea boss fined for improper conduct

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has been fined £8,000 by the Football Association for "improper conduct" during his side's Premier League match against Cardiff on Saturday.

Mourinho, 50, was ordered from the technical area by referee Anthony Taylor after protesting about apparent time-wasting during the 4-1 win.
He did not appeal and can be in the Stamford Bridge dugout on Sunday.
"I accept the fine and against Manchester City I can work," he said.
"What the referee wrote is true. I wasn't aggressive, I wasn't offensive, I just had a disagreement."

Yaya Toure: Black players may boycott 2018 Russia World Cup

Black players might boycott the 2018 World Cup in Russia unless the country tackles racism in football, Manchester City's Yaya Toure has suggested.

"If we aren't confident at the World Cup, coming to Russia, we don't come," the Ivorian midfielder was quoted as saying by the RIA Novosti news agency.

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Meet the top ten Most Popular Nollywood Actresses Still Single!!

Meet the top ten Most Popular Nollywood Actresses Still Single!!

        

For some actresses in the Nollywood industry, they have remained single despite attaining marriageable ages due to some reasons best known to them. Some of them have remained single mothers, never married before, or divorced their husbands. 

EFCC Press Release: Banker Arraigned For N12m Scam

By Wilson Uwujaren

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday October 23, 2013 arraigned a banker, Yagana Ibrahim Bukar before Justice Fatu Riman of the Federal High Court Kano on 10-count charge bordering on money laundering and theft.
The accused is said to have abused her position as account officer at Sky Bank Plc and stole N12, 626, 250 of depositors’ fund. She allegedly perpetrated the scam by posting the sum into three Sky Bank accounts belonging to her family members- Hajja Fanna, her sister; Grema Ibrahim Bukar, her brother and her child, Ummu Kulthum.