AP - R. Kelly's attorneys continue to try to cast doubt on prosecution witnesses who say they know the alleged victim at the center of the R&B singer's child pornography trial.

AP - After spending his youth mired in harrowing brutality and poverty as a child soldier in Sudan's ethnic conflict, Emmanuel Jal was rescued by aid workers who pushed to give him a new start at life in a different country.

AP - Jane Friedman, whose profitable and apparently joyous reign at HarperCollins abruptly ended this week, is not widely known to the general public. But the CEO's departure stunned, and saddened, an industry that regards her as the most energetic, optimistic and collegial of executives.

AP - Ashanti was one of music's hottest stars, with two multiplatinum albums and a Grammy under her belt, until her third disc, 2004's "Concrete Rose," landed like a brick on the music charts.

AFP - London waxwork museum Madame Tussauds on Thursday unveiled its latest star as French President Nicolas Sarkozy, mobile phone in hand, took his place among other world leaders.

Fashion Wire Daily - Picture this: You're a "poor little rich girl" being dragged to a tropical country club, maybe in Egypt or Bali, by your doting, but obviously clueless parents.