After canceling a scheduled appearance at a Los Angeles gay bar this weekend and facing threats of a lawsuit, Ciara was served papers during her performance at LA Pride on Saturday night.

The "Goodies" singer was performing on the catwalk when a woman reached out amid fans to hand her the lawsuit during the middle of a song. Ciara reached out for the papers nonchalantly while continuing to sing and then flung them back. TMZ published a video of the incident on Sunday morning.

The concert interruption came after Ciara bailed on West Hollywood's popular club The Factory. The singer's reps said they informed the club that Ciara couldn't make it, yet the performance was promoted nonetheless. Still, The Factory is suing for breach of contract.

Ciara's people spoke out after news of the lawsuit first emerged on Saturday, saying the singer's appearance at LA Pride the next day contractually prevented her from appearing at The Factory.

"Ciara's commitment to perform at L.A. Gay Pride on Saturday night prevented her from making such a Friday night appearance," a rep for Ciara reportedly told TMZ. "Despite being notified early last week that Ciara could not appear, The Factory continued to market and promote Ciara's appearance. The reason for the continued marketing/promotion is unclear, as it is not known why The Factory would intend to continue to mislead the public, to cause damage to the L.A. Gay Pride festival and to attempt to portray Ciara in a negative light.”

गुजरात के मुख्यमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी को बीजेपी की चुनाव प्रचार समिति का चेयरमैन बनाया गया. इसकी घोषणा बीजेपी अध्यक्ष राजनाथ सिंह ने पार्टी की राष्ट्रीय कार्यकारिणी की बैठक के दूसरे दिन की.

राजनाथ सिंह ने कहा कि 2014 में होने वाले लोकसभा चुनाव पार्टी के लिए बड़ी चुनौती है. ऐसे में पार्टी ने गुजरात के मुख्यमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी को चुनाव अभियान समिति का चेयरमैन बनाया है. उन्होंने बताया कि यह फैसला सभी की सहमति से लिया गया.

जब राजनाथ सिंह ने मीडिया के सामने आकर मोदी की नियुक्ति की घोषणा की तो उस वक्त में मंच पर लालकृष्ण आडवाणी को छोड़कर पार्टी के कई नेता मौजूद थे. मंच पर राजनाथ के अलावा सुषमा स्वराज, अरुण जेटली, अनंत कुमार, वेंकैया नायडू जैसे बड़े नेता साथ दिखे.

ऐलान के बाद मान-मनौव्वल जारी
मोदी को चुनाव प्रचार की जिम्मेदारी दिए जाने के ऐलान के बाद बीजेपी ने पार्टी के वरिष्ठ नेता आडवाणी को मनाने की कवायद शुरू कर दी. बैठक स्थल पर लगे पोस्टर में आडवाणी की तस्वीर ना होने की खबर मीडिया में आने के बाद आडवाणी और वाजपेयी के पोस्टर लगा दिए गए. इस बीच, चुनाव समिति की कमान संभालने के बाद मोदी ने भी ट्वीट किया कि उन्होंने लालकृष्ण आडवाणी से फोन पर बात की.

2014 की जंग मोदी बनाम राहुल गांधी?
मोदी को चुनाव प्रचार समिति की कमान मिलने के बाद माना जा सकता है कि 2014 आम चुनाव की जंग मोदी बनाम राहुल गांधी होगी. वैसे तो कांग्रेस सोनिया गांधी, राहुल गांधी और मनमोहन सिंह के सामूहिक नेतृत्व में चुनाव लड़ने की बात कह रही है. लेकिन राहुल कांग्रेस के चेहरे हैं. कांग्रेस उपाध्यक्ष बनाए जाने के बाद उन्हें चुनाव अभियान के समन्वय की जिम्मेदारी भी मिल चुकी है. तमाम राज्यों में कांग्रेस प्रदेश अध्यक्ष व अन्य कार्यकर्ताओं से भी वह लगातार संपर्क में हैं. ऐसे में मुमकिन है कि 2014 के लोकसभा चुनाव में दो चेहरे आमने-सामने होंगे नरेंद्र मोदी और राहुल गांधी.

राष्ट्रवाद है कांग्रेस पार्टी को सत्ता से हटानाः नरेंद्र मोदी
पीएम पद को लेकर गुजरात के मुख्यमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी की महत्वाकांक्षा तो जगजाहिर है. इसके लिए अब तक कट्टरवादी हिंदुत्व की छवि का दामन थामने वाले मोदी अब राष्ट्रवाद की बात करने लगे हैं, और उनके लिए राष्ट्रवाद है कांग्रेस पार्टी को सत्ता से हटाना.

बीजेपी की राष्ट्रीय कार्यकारिणी की बैठक को संबोधित करते हुए मोदी ने इन्हीं शब्दों का इस्तेमाल किया. इशारा साफ था. निशाने पर है कांग्रेस. और हथियार है राष्ट्रवाद ना कि हिंदुत्ववाद.

अपने संबोधन में नरेंद्र मोदी ने कहा कि कांग्रेस मुक्त भारत राजनैतिक नहीं, राष्ट्रवादी कार्यक्रम है. उन्होंने कांग्रेस पर देश का विश्वास तोड़ने का आरोप लगाया, साथ ही सत्तारूढ़ पार्टी को अविश्वास के माहौल के लिए जिम्मेदार बताया.

अपने भाषण के दौरान उन्होंने कांग्रेस के भारत निर्माण विज्ञापन पर भी निशाना साधा. उन्होंने कहा, 'यूपीए का विज्ञापन कहता है कि भारत निर्माण पर हक है मेरा. पर सच तो यह है कि भारत निर्माण पर हक नहीं, शक है मेरा.'

पार्टी का राजनीतिक प्रस्ताव पास
इससे पहले, राष्ट्रीय कार्यकारिणी की बैठक में बीजेपी की राजनीतिक प्रस्ताव पास हो गया. पार्टी के पूर्व अध्यक्ष नितिन गडकरी ने राजनीतिक प्रस्ताव पेश किया जिसका समर्थन गोवा के मुख्यमंत्री मनोहर पार्रिकर और मध्य प्रदेश के मुख्यमंत्री शिवराज सिंह चौहान ने किया.

इस राजनीतिक प्रस्ताव में कहा गया है कि यूपीए के चार साल देश के लिए बेहद ही खराब रहे. इस दौरान देश में आर्थिक गिरावट आई. इस प्रस्ताव में सोनिया-मनमोहन मॉडल पर सवाल उठाया गया है कि कांग्रेस का ढांचा दोषपूर्ण है. यूपीए में सत्ता के दो केंद्र हैं. दोनों केंद्रों के बीच मनमुटाव है. प्रस्ताव पर अपना मत रखते हुए पार्रिकर ने कहा कि यूपीए में सोनिया कैबिनेट अलग और मनमोहन सिंह कैबिनेट अलग है.


और भी...

Jessica Simpson was involved in a dastardly conspiracy with OK! Magazine to make a buck by grabbing a man's baby and mugging with the infant for the camera, making it appear as if the child were hers ... this according to a bizarre new lawsuit.

According to lawsuit uncovered by The Times-Picayune in New Orleans, Christopher Hurst took his teenage daughter and infant son to a department store in October 2011 to meet Simpson.

The lawsuit claims ... when Hurst got close to Simpson, a stranger suggested he hand his infant over to Simpson ... who was pregnant at the time.

Hurst obliged, and then, according to the suit, a photog came out of nowhere and began snapping pics.

According to the suit, Hurst was stunned months later when OK! splashed the pic on its cover, making it appear it was Jessica's baby. The irony -- Jessica's baby wasn't even born yet.

The lawsuit accuses Jessica of being in on the plot, claiming she had a deal with a competing mag to sell the first baby pic for $800k, but then got greedy and hatched a plot with OK! to double dip with a baby that wasn't even hers.

Hurst is suing Simpson, OK! magazine, and Getty Images for damages in excess of $75,000.

A man was fatally wounded when his 4-year-old son fired a gun he found while they were visiting a residence in Prescott, Arizona, officials said.

Justin Stanfield Thomas, 35, and his son made an unannounced trip Friday to the home of an unidentified former roommate, police said. Thomas had previously lived in the residence, according to investigators.

"This appears to be an accident. There was no conflict in the stories of those in the house," said police Sgt. Brandon Bonney. "The resident didn't know his former roommate was stopping by to visit."

Moments after arriving at the home, the boy picked up the small-caliber handgun and asked his father and other adults in the room what it was he was holding, said Bonney.

Seconds later he pulled the trigger.

Officers and emergency crews arrived and found Thomas, of Phoenix, with a single gunshot wound to the chest. He was transported to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Acknowledging it appears to have been a tragic accident, Bonney cautioned gun owners

"We want to remind people without making a villain of this person, that if a child is visiting your home, the first thing to do would be put the firearm away."

This isn't your typical revenge porn.

While her former classmates at Lincoln, Neb., Catholic high school Pius X contemplated going off to college, Valerie Dodds decided to stay local and start her own business: a personal adult website under her modeling name, Val Midwest.

As news of her venture spread, drama followed.

"All of the Pius kids were saying mean things and that's when I decided to go there and show them that I'm here to stay,” Dodds told ABC affiliate KETV.

The 19-year-old took a series of nude photos on the campus of her former high school over Mother's Day weekend, and recently received a ticket for trespassing and public nudity, according to the Lincoln Journal Star.

In response, Dodds visited the campus with a camera again. This time, she had her picture taken by daylight, with pasties and panties on. A police spokesman told the Journal Star that unlike her clandestine Mother's Day shoot, Dodd's recent stunt didn't break the law. However, Dodds said she won't stop there.

"I kind of want to go down to the courthouse and do a set right up front in pasties and panties. That sounds fun to me," Dodds told KETV.

According to a City of Lincoln government website outlining offenses against public decency, "It is the intent of the City to prohibit the exploitation of human nudity for the purpose of advertising, selling, or otherwise promoting the economic interests of any type of business enterprise."

Should Dodds tire of trying Lincoln's patience, it is perfectly legal for all people to go topless in New York City, as numerous advocates have pointed out.

A Texas high school silenced its Valedictorian’s microphone during his speech when he diverted from his pre-approved remarks and instead spoke about the Constitution.

Joshua High School graduate Remington Reimer, who was accepted into the Naval Academy, had his microphone silenced during his speech right after he told fellow graduates that school officials apparently threatened him with the move the day before, MyFoxDFW.com reported.

Colin Radford, a fellow graduate told MyFoxDFW.com that Reimer was "talking about getting constitutional rights taken away from him, and then he said "just yesterday they threatened to turn my microphone off," and then his microphone went off."

"Student speakers were told that if their speeches deviated from the prior-reviewed material, the microphone would be turned off, regardless of content," Joshua Independent School District said in a statement.

"When one student's speech deviated from the prior-reviewed speech, the microphone was turned off, pursuant to District policy and procedure," the statement said.

What's scarier than a really nasty break-up note? A really nice break-up note. You better watch your back if you get caught cheating and then receive a Dear John letter that opens: "Hey Honey!"

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On Friday, a Redditor posted a photograph of one such letter, and it's since gone viral, having received more than 1 million page views as of Monday morning.

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So far, no one has been able to prove the veracity of the missive, but it's dripping with realistic-sounding acid under a candy-sweet veneer of hearts and smiley emoticons. And is that red pen supposed to be the color of love or blood?

"Guess who left his Facebook open on the computer and got a message from Kelsi? Yeah! You did!" The writer goes on to say she's made a superfun game out of ditching his belongings—"since I know you like looking for other things, (like other girls!)— and provides clues to where the philanderer might find his stuff. She adds, "Oh, and while I didn't break or damage anything, I can't guarantee anybody else won't find it." It closes, "Happy Hunting!"

While the twisted genius of this revenge note is truly amazing, it's by no means the only incredible break up, letter, for better or worse, to grace the Internet.

A couple of years ago, an email from an OKCupid user, OompaLoompa to Miss Lonelyhearts surfaced that read: "Thanks for an interesting 3 dates. I spent the weekend thinking about you and me and have decided that I'm not interested in pursuing 'us' any longer….I don't think we're a good match, and after looking at us on Cupid again, neither does Cupid…[We're] a 52% on lifestyles questions. And I think the lifestyle issue is the bigger one. I think Cupid's matching system works best if the user answers more questions—so I'd recommend answering more. Cupid was founded by Harvard math majors, so I have confidence in their math algorithm." It goes on and on and on to describe how much more energy and zest for life he has than his date, and he even encourages her to move to another city. The final kiss-off? Closing the letter with an obnoxious "Ciao." Gawker calls the writer a "world class tool." We think Miss Lonelyhearts dodged a bullet and should consider herself lucky.

Another such dirtbaggy email was picked up by the Washington Post and circulated widely. After meeting a guy dancing, a young woman wrote him an email to which he responded, "I don't have time for twenty questions by email. I met five girls Saturday night, have already booked a first coffee with three of them, and meet more every time I go dancing."

A man who was clearly less of a player than the Lothario above, but equally callous, penned this note and included an image of him riding (away, presumably) on a giraffe. "Dear Janet, I think we should break up. I would tell you why but I'm having a tough time describing my feelings, so I drew a picture of me riding a giraffe, instead." Well, that explains everything.

Not to be outdone by the boys, a jilted wife named Emily purchased a billboard to break-up with her cheating husband, and the picture of it went viral. "Hi Steven," it reads, "Do I have your attention now? I know all about her, you dirty, sneaky, immoral, unfaithful, poorly endowed slimeball. Everything's caught on tape….P.S. I paid for this billboard from OUR joint bank account."

 Writing a break-up letter (or email, text, or Facebook message) may seem like an easy way out of a relationship, but, given the reach of social media, it may cause far more shame than ending things face-to-face. "No matter how uncomfortable the situation, there are certain decencies that must be observed," admonishes Emily Post . Her top advice for breaking up in a civilized manner is to meet privately, in person. Unless, of course, you want to world to know what a cad he was.

Two young thieves walked into John's Beauty Supply store in Chicago on Monday morning, pulled out a bottle of pepper spray and a gun, and went straight for the good stuff: remy human hair extensions.

A female burglar pepper-sprayed a worker behind the counter before grabbing about 10 packs of remy hair, which sell for $100 each. A male thief held a gun to another employee and had her take $1,000 from the register and shove more extensions into a garbage bag.

This incident is just the latest in a spate of hair extension heists that have been sweeping Chicago and cities such as Philadelphia and Houston. Remy hair extensions, which cost anywhere from $100 to thousands of dollars per pack, have become highly sought after, and an underground market for the goods has popped up in response.

"They're selling them to hair salons," said Shayna Crosby, who works at John's Beauty Supply. "People even sell them online or out of the trunk of their cars."

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The remy hair frenzy is not without merit: They're the highest grade of real, human hair on the market, because the cuticles are kept intact and not stripped. This means they look natural and stay shiny, soft and tangle-free.

But the silky locks, which are often sewn in at salons, come at a high price. The average person uses two packs each time and the hair needs to be replaced every three to six months. This works out to hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars each year.

In the last eight months alone, there have been two similar beauty supply store burglaries in Chicago, according to police officer Jose Estrada.

Meanwhile, last year, robbers made away with a reported $230,000 worth of extensions from the 35th Street Beauty Supply store in Chicago's Bronzeville neighborhood. A year earlier, thieves bypassed Beauty One's register and beelined straight for the remy packs, taking $80,000 of the product.

Yoonjin Han, who works at Beauty One, said she hears these heists happen even more often -- at least once a month.

They aren't just happening in Chicago. Hair extensions robberies have been reported across the country, from Texas to Oklahoma to Florida.

While the thefts are on the rise, there isn't an official count. An FBI spokesman said its crime data aren't broken down by "specific details such as hair extensions."

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Once the extensions are taken from stores, experts say thieves have no problem moving them.

"People who have the audacity and the ingenuity to do this will be able to sell them," said Neal Lester, an English professor at Arizona State University who has been lecturing about hair for the last 25 years. "It's no different from selling DVDs, where they are sold out of the back of your trunk."

They're even easier to pilfer, and to get away with, than other products that commonly make their way into underground markets, like iPhones or over-the-counter medication, since the extensions aren't marked with bar codes or serial numbers. Once they're stolen, they're virtually impossible to trace or tie back to a store.

Lester says that the pricey hairpieces have grown ubiquitous in recent years, as documented by movies like comedian Chris Rock's "Good Hair," which shed light on the lengths women go to -- and premiums they cough up -- to keep up their looks.

The Toyota Corolla has long been the antithesis of the enthusiast car. It’s the automotive equivalent of smooth jazz — ubiquitous and innocuous but seldom loved. And like a forgettably syrupy Kenny G ballad album, it’s also enjoyed enviable success over the years; in 1997 it beat out the Volkswagen Beetle to become the best-selling nameplate of all time, and is always near the top of the charts for its segment, selling 290,947 units in 2012 in spite of being near the end of its model cycle.

But reputation and bulletproof reliability alone hasn’t been enough to stave off competition in recent years, and it’s been sparring with the Ford Focus for bragging rights as the best-seller. Since a half-hearted makeover would likely lead to losing more marketshare, Toyota has unveiled a new, eleventh generation Corolla that’s sleeker and dare I say, interesting.

Surprisingly similar to the carbon fiber-trimmed Corolla Furia concept from this year’s Detroit Auto Show, the production version sheds the frumpy profile from the existing car by stretching the wheelbase and overall length by almost four inches. With chiseled lines and sculpted creases on the outside and a sportily svelte cabin within, it’s the best-looking Corolla yet. Nonetheless, the smallish tires tucked into cavernous wheel wells show it’s still an economy car at its core.

And while the fundamentals of the car won’t change much—there’s still a 1.8-liter, 132-horsepower engine, a four-speed automatic (in addition to a six-speed manual and CVT) and a torsion beam rear suspension—Toyota promises a more engaging drive. Steering has been slightly quickened to 3.19 turns lock-to-lock similar to the pre-refresh 2012 Honda Civic, and the electronic power steering unit touts better road feedback and accuracy. The S trim traditionally has little frills and no thrills, and for 2014 it’ll see a stiffened suspension setup as well as a 140-horsepower engine.

So the “sporty” grade won’t take on a Volkswagen GLI at a stoplight, but efficiency, not speed, has always been one of the key selling points of the Corolla, and Toyota is targeting 42 highway mpg for the LE Eco trim. The compact will also see more standard features across the line-up, including Bluetooth connectivity, LED-adorned headlights and eight airbags.

A TV advertisement starring former 'Baywatch' star Pamela Anderson has been banned for being sexist and degrading to women.

The commercial, for web hosting firm Dreamscape Networks, had the actress chairing a meeting of men. One of the men then fantasied about Anderson and her assistant dancing together in bikinis, reported Daily Mirror.

Dreamscape argued the ad portrayed Anderson and her assistant as "attractive, dynamic and confident business people."

The Advertising Standards Authority said it understood that the ad was intended to be a humorous and light-hearted parody of a mundane business meeting.

But it said the female characters were portrayed sexually throughout the ad, not just during the fantasy sequence, noting that their shirts were open to expose.

"Because of that, we considered the ad was likely to cause serious offence to some viewers on the basis that it was sexist and degrading to women," the ASA said.