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© Luke MacGregor / Reuters A man enters BBC New Broadcasting House in London November 11, 2012. The company’s website was hacked on Christmas. A hacker secretly took over a computer server at the BBC, Britain’s public broadcaster, and then launched a Christmas Day campaign to convince other cyber criminals to pay him for access to the system. While it ...

Bryan Smith for New York Daily News Although he made only a cameo appearance, some judged the Mets’ mascot, Mr. Met, to be the star of the teams 2013 holiday video. Is there no end to the indignity of being a Mets fan? The only thing that is more embarrassing, evidently, is being a Mets player. This holiday season I ...

William H Lyons and the Duchess of Argyll [EXPRESS] An infamous photo showing Margaret, Duchess of Argyll performing a sex act on a man shocked the nation when it was produced as evidence in her divorce proceedings. But the man’s head was cut off in the photo, leading to feverish speculation as to who he was. Suggested candidates have included ...

“The Housemaid’s Daughter” “The Housemaid’s Daughter” by Barbara Mutch (St. Martin’s) Quiet, grievous loss pervades “The Housemaid’s Daughter.” The novel is about a black woman and her white mistress in South Africa, each dedicated to the other and both cruelly undone when apartheid is enacted and becomes their new reality. Barbara Mutch’s first novel, a saga spanning five decades, is ...

THE SPECIALIST: Dr. Taraneh Shirazian The director of global women’s health at Mount Sinai, Taraneh Shirazian is a minimally-invasive gynecologic surgeon who specializes in problems like fibroids, endometriosis and pelvic pain. She also runs a nonprofit, Saving Mothers, that provides education and training for local health-care providers around the world. WHO’S AT RISK Although on average women worldwide live four ...

Kevin Mazur/WireImage  Miley Cyrus unveils Beacher’s Madhouse Las Vegas at the MGM Grand Hotel & Casino on Dec. 27. After watching Britney Spears kick off her Las Vegas residency with a bang-erz, Miley Cyrus went on to host quite the party. The 21-year-old “Adore You” singer hit up Sin City to support Spears during the opening night of her “Piece ...

David Handschuh/New York Daily News Patrons at the International Bar on First Ave and E. 7th St. will be able to drink all night New Year’s Eve and straight into New Year’s Day. Here, bartender Drey Perez pours shots for patrons. It’s the longest New Year’s Eve party in recorded history — 44 hours of nonstop drinking and carousing beginning ...

Evan Vucci/AP President Obama ‘s administration initially cited local outrage over the film ‘Innocence of Muslims,’ which mocks the Prophet Muhammad, as the motivation for the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, that killed four Americans, including Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens. The latest New York Times report supports that version of events. The deadly attack on the U.S. ...

Ron Hoskins/NBAE/Getty Images Deron Williams’ passive and sporadic play doesn’t help in Brooklyn’s loss. PACERS 105, NETS 91 INDIANAPOLIS – It’s a depressing phenomenon for the Nets: a team full of stars has no stars. They’re a collection of failing mercenaries. Keeping up with one of the many disturbing trends of the season, Deron Williams was passive and ineffective, Joe ...

STARPICZ / Splash News/STARPICZ / Splash News Britney Spears performs live during the opening night for her residency show ‘Britney: Piece Of Me’ at The AXIS inside the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino on Dec. 27 in Las Vegas. Britney Spears received star-studded support during the opening night of her Las Vegas “Piece of Me” show on Friday. The pop ...