Apple Gets The Rights To Sell Beatles On iTunes – Any hardened iTunes user (I trust you’ve visited getusitunesaccount.com) will know that the only Beatles available on iTunes are Beatles tribute bands. Well that won’t be for much longer, as it looks like Apple and EMI records have come to an..how you say… agreement. Finally, iTunes’ glaring gap will be filled. Skinny cash cow. [wallstreetjournal]

Man Makes Record $335,000 In Virtual Real Estate Deal – Second Life is an MMO that allows users to spend and earn currency that has real value. At least one Second Life player has already become a real-life millionaire from the game. Like Second Life, Entropia Universe pegs its currency to the US dollar. The largest-ever virtual real estate deal took place this week in Entropia Universe. Player Jon Jacobs earned $335,000 in one transaction for a property that doesn’t exist beyond the internet. [csmonitor]

New Facebook Messages ‘Will Change The Face Of Email’ – Facebook’s new messaging service will take e-mail and messaging to new, unexplored places. Imagine your e-mail system choosing for your how to message a contact based on where you are and what you’re doing. So a message you started typing in Facebook “e-mail” will suddenly shift to Facebook “chat” because the contact happened to be live on the Facebook service. That agility will likely be welcomed by the core Facebook audience. [pcmag]

Rolls-Royce To Replace Entire A380 Engines – Rolls-Royce will temporarily replace entire engines suffering from oil leaks on the stricken Airbus A380s, an aviation regulator has claimed. The official said the firm will completely remove the faulty engines and replace them with new ones while it fixes the leaking part. The engine-maker will then swap the old engine back in again. [skynews]

Scarlett Johansson Crowned GQ’s Babe Of The Year – “”At 26, she remains fresh-faced, curious, trying on new moods and outlets of expression as easily as she changes her hair color. This is what we love about Scarlett: that she’s game, that she’s good, that she can try on all these guises without seeming to try too hard. And all the while still seem genuinely like the observant, inquisitive (and very cute) girl in transition we fell for in Lost in Translation.” [gq]

Rachel Uchitel Breaks Silence On Tiger Woods Affair – Last night Rachel, 35, finally broke her silence. Speaking to The Mail on Sunday from the ocean-front balcony of her rented home in Malibu, she said: ‘People have called me all sorts of names, but they don’t know me. I am not the same as the other girls and I never ever imagined in my wildest dreams that I would be caught up in a scandal like this. ‘If things had been different and 9/11 had never happened, my life would have taken a different course. [dailymail]

Springboks Fail Dope Tests – Springbok players Chiliboy Ralepelle and Bjorn Basson have failed dope tests and will play no further part in the tour of Britain and Ireland, the world champions announced on Monday. The duo both returned positive test samples for the banned stimulant methylhexaneamine following the Springboks’ 23-21 win over Ireland in Dublin on November 6. [mail&guardian]

Maddie’s Parents Sign Book Deal – The parents of missing toddler Madeleine McCann have signed a book deal to replenish the dwindling funds for the campaign to find her, their publishers announced Monday. The book, entitled simply “Madeleine”, will chart Kate and Gerry McCann’s desperate search for their daughter who disappeared aged three while on a family holiday in Portugal in May 2007. [afp]

Allies Desert Berlusconi’s Sinking Ship – Flamboyant Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is fighting for his political life, after four members of his government quit yesterday, deepening a crisis that could lead to early elections. The four — Europe Minister Andrea Ronchi, Deputy Economic Development Minister Adolfo Urso and two junior ministers — are supporters of parliamentary speaker Gianfranco Fini, a former ally of Mr Berlusconi. He won’t care.. not while he’s tapping 17 year olds. [businessday]

Slide-Jumping Flight Attendant Has A New Job – Steven Slater will put his vast experience of memorable air flights to use after signing a deal to judge travelers’ ‘craziest’ stories. The former JetBlue flight attendant will represent the “Mile High Text Club” contest, which invites travelers to text in their most outrageous stories. The deal is with the company behind a mobile communication application, Line2, which allows inflight texting on Wi-Fi equipped planes. [msnbc]

World’s Fastest Roller Coaster Opens At Ferrari World – But Formula Rossa, which hits speeds of 150 miles per hour and utilizes an aircraft carrier-like hydraulic launch system to propel trains along its serpentine track, is undoubtedly Ferrari World’s state-of-the-art centerpiece. In keeping with the theme of the new park, the ride also features bright red trains specifically designed to resemble the iconic Ferrari Formula 1 cars, down to the exact “Rosso Scuderia.” Video after the jump. [huffers]

How Would You Like To Sleep In Tiger Woods’s Bed? Despite the fact that the modern grammar rules for English are sketchy around the usage of that possessive “s” in “Woods’s bed”, the fact remains that it’s very damn cool if you could. Sleep in his bed. Without a Tiger in it. [onedayonly]

live – every day – 1-click to tune