Carlos Tevez Fined £1 million For Refusing To Play – Manchester City star Carlos Tevez was hit with a £1 million fine on Tuesday following the angry bust-up during the Champions League clash with Bayern Munich, the Premier League club announced. A statement from City said Tevez — widely reported to be earning £250,000 per week — had been fined four weeks wages following his refusal to play during the club’s 2-0 defeat at the Allianz Arena. [afp]

Apple Is Developing A TV Set – Apple Inc. (AAPL) is turning to the software engineer who built iTunes to help lead its development of a television set, according to three people with knowledge of the project. Jeff Robbin, who helped create the iPod in addition to the iTunes media store, is now guiding Apple’s internal development of the new TV effort, said the people, who declined to be identified because his role isn’t public. [bloomberg]

Letter Reveals Gaddafi Begged Berlusconi For Help – Deposed Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi wrote to Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi in August begging him to halt a NATO-led intervention that was helping a rebel uprising drive him from power. If authentic, the missive reveals Gaddafi’s desperation as, days after going on the run, he reached out to a man who had been a close friend. [reuters]

Amazon Profits Plunge – Amazon.com Inc., the world’s largest Internet retailer, reported a plunge in third-quarter profit after it ramped up spending on new products such as the Kindle Fire tablet. The shares tumbled 19 percent in late trading. Net income fell 73 percent to $63 million, or 14 cents a share, from $231 million, or 51 cents, a year earlier. [bloomberg]

Eric Bana To Play Elvis Presley – An unlikely meeting between Elvis and Nixon is going to get the movie treatment, and Eric Bana going to play the King, according to the Hollywood Reporter. In addition to starring in “Elvis & Nixon,” the Hollywood Reporter said that Bana will also act as executive producer through his company, Pick Up Truck Pictures. This is the first U.S. production for Bana’s company. [cbsnews]

Amanda Knox’s Boyfriend Misses Her – Freed Amanda Knox is in regular contact with her former boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito, he has revealed in an interview. The couple were sensationally cleared of murdering and sexually assaulting student Meredith Kercher, 21, who was found semi naked and with her throat cut in her bedroom of the house she shared with Knox, 24. [dailymail]

World’s Richest Man Attacks Wall Street Bailouts – The Wall Street bailouts have been a chief target of criticism by the Occupy Wall Streeters. Now another crusader has weighed in on the issue, saying Washington has given too much money to bankers and not enough to the mass workforce. The crusader? Carlos Slim, the world’s richest man. [huffpo]

Swazi King Witnessed A Miracle – Africa’s last absolute monarch King Mswati III has been hailed “God’s chosen one” after he apparently witnessed a miracle. Some of the evangelical Christians and top government officials who listened to King Mswati preach at a prayer meeting at Lozitha Palace near Mbabane, Swaziland, on Saturday, believe that God miraculously communicated with him. [news24]

Aerosmith Singer Steve Tyler Gets Teeth Knocked Out – Steven Tyler, the lead singer of rock band Aerosmith, had a “small accident” on Tuesday that forced him to postpone a planned show in Paraguay by one day, a spokesman for the local concert organizers said. The 63-year-old frontman reportedly suffered cuts to his face and lost two of his teeth after falling in his hotel bathroom. [msnbc]

IBM Appoints Woman CEO – IBM global sales chief Virginia Rometty will take over as CEO from Sam Palmisano in January, becoming one of the most powerful women in business and technology today. In taking the helm of the storied industry icon, she makes it the largest U.S. corporation by value to be headed by a woman. [reuters]

Fizzy Drinks Make Teens Violent – Teenagers who drink lots of soft drinks get into more fights and carry more weapons than their peers who drink less, found a new study. And while the study couldn’t determine whether soft drinks actually cause violence, the findings add to a growing – yet still controversial – body of research on the effects of nutrition on behavior. [foxnews]

Denise Richards Regrets Getting Implants – Denise Richards wishes she hadn’t had breast implants to go from flat to a D-cup as a teenager, the New York Post reported. In an essay on the parenting website iVillage, Richards said she worries the implants will send a negative message to her three daughters about beauty and confidence. [heraldsun]

15 Signs You’ll Raise a Genius – Want a little Einstein around the house? There’s no single best recipe, but studies prove that keeping TV out of the nursery, shelling out for music lessons, breastfeeding, having a big library, and withholding cookies are just a few ways to boost your child’s chances of success. [dailybeast]

39 Wives And 94 Kids – Who’s your daddy? In Mizoram, India, the most likely answer is Ziona Chana. After marrying 39 women and fathering nearly 100 children, the tribal Christian cult leader said he wants to expand his family by walking down the aisle a few more times, the Hindustan Times reported yesterday. Chana, 67, has 94 children, 14 daughters-in-law and 33 grandchildren. [thedaily]

Carlos The Jackal Goes On Hunger Strike – Carlos the Jackal’s health is deteriorating after he went on hunger strike over his treatment in France’s most notorious prison. The 62-year-old Venezuelan terrorist, whose murderous exploits shocked the world in the 70s and 80s, stopped eating a week ago. [dailymail]

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