New York Post Online Edition: sports: "Meanwhile, Artest is promoting his record label, Truwarier, and said that with his other career endeavors (a rap album, a possible book deal) he was staying optimistic.

'I'm trying to be positive,' he said. 'I'm a big fan of the Nobel Peace Prize.'"

Amazon.com: Music: Chapter III: "I think this album is really good. I think its good because Ron Artest is the CEO of this group and Ron Artest is the man. I think suspending him for the rest of the season was bad because he did not deserve that and he was only protecting himself. i mean if someone threw a cup of beer at me id be pretty mad and especially if it landed on my chest. and ron artest is a good man and he is cool in every way. also ron artest is from queensbridge and you dont F' with someone from queensbridge and thats cool. Ron Artest is my idol. because he beat up 3 people. if you like ron artest and you support his great effort then purchase this album now. "

RonArtest.com:"Really I can not get to [sic] deep into the situation but I will prevent anything from reaching that magnitude again. I hope the Detroit fans continue to show positive support to their home team and I thank God for the support from Indiana, New York, all across America, and all the other countries that realize the turn around I made in the NBA. Good Bless.

- Ron Artest"

New York Post Online Edition: gossip: "SOMEBODY get Nicolas Cage's new wife, Alice, an American history book — and quick! Spies at the L.A. premiere of 'National Treasure' last week said Alice, 20, seemed befuddled when someone talked to her about the Declaration of Independence. 'She looked at them and said, 'What is the Declaration of Independence?' ' our witness relates — an account confirmed by another attendee. Cage, 40, quickly came to the rescue and said, 'I'm sorry — please don't ask my wife any history questions.'"

NFL dropout Ricky Williams chilling in Sierra / He's been found studying the healing arts: "He's no longer Ricky Williams the football player. He plans to become Ricky Williams the holistic healer."

"Then he dropped from sight. But now Williams has turned up about as far away from professional football as you can get, as a student of the ancient Indian medical system known as Ayurveda. In the Sierra foothills, no less.

'I realized a while back that I have an innate ability to be compassionate,'' he said, 'and I saw that the strength of compassion is something that healers have and healers use.''"

The New York Times > New York Region > The City > 'Facing Poverty With a Rich Girl's Habits': "Our first home there was the upstairs of a two-family brownstone in Woodside. It was a crammed, ugly place, I thought, because in South Korea I had been raised in a hilltop mansion with an orchard and a pond and peacocks until I entered the seventh grade, when my millionaire father lost everything overnight. "

Fake apology.
SI.com - NFL - Owens apologizes for role in MNF skit - Thursday November 18, 2004 1:14PM: "'I felt like it was clean, the organization felt like it was a clean skit and I think it just really got taken out of context with a lot of people and I apologize for that,' Owens said. 'Personally I didn't think it would have offended anyone and, if it did, I apologize.'"

:"Sports Today reported that Nicolas Cage first met current wife Alice Kim at a “booking club” in LA’s Korea Town. In a telephone interview with an SBS entertainment news program, a director at a Korea Town broadcasting station said the couple first met at a K-Town “booking club” known as “Bazzi.”"

O.D.B., the mongophile.
The New York Times > New York Region > Remembering O.D.B., Rap King and Jester: "On the day he died, relatives say, he was not feeling well, but refused to seek medical attention because he did not like doctors. (When one of his sons was born, he insisted that the boy's mother, Susie Wong, not allow anyone to use needles on the child for fear of what they might inject, she said.) He died two days before his 36th birthday."

"Ason Wong, 9, a son of Mr. Jones's, was trying to get the attention of his aunt Dionne. "Where's Dirty?" he asked her in the midst of the sad revelry. "Where's my daddy?" She looked down at him, stroked his head and did not answer."

eBay item 4051267885 (Ends Nov-16-04 21:43:30 PST) - Spend a day with Trishelle (Real World & Surreal Life):"This is your chance to bid on a day with reality super star Trishelle, from Mtv’s Real World Las Vegas and the hit reality TV show “Surreal Life”."

'Dogg pounding

EA Announces NFL STREET 2 Cover Features Jeremy Shockey and Hip-Hop Artist, Xzibit: "'If it wasn't for the kind of street football played in NFL STREET 2, I would not be where I am today,' said Shockey. 'This is how most NFL players started their careers and now you can play at a new level, an-all new high flying football game with incredible wall moves and new modes like Crush the Carrier and Jump Ball Battle.'"

I need.
Style.com: Shopping: Item of the Week: "Burberry London iPod case, $195, available at Burberry"

Ramen!
The New York Times > Dining & Wine > Here Comes Ramen, the Slurp Heard Round the World

Korean Women Take Over the World: "I recently remarked to a fellow Korean American about how Korean women have taken over the world of golf, and she countered with, 'A Korean woman is one of the top pool players, too.' Then we were off: 'And what about those Olympic archers?' I said. 'And,' she added, 'there's a Korean female wrestler, and a Korean woman made it into the final round of high-stakes poker. Korean women are dominating all the second-tier sports.' 'All the redneck sports,' I joked."

ESPN.com - NFL - Keyshawn: Female reporter deserves spanking: "In responding to a sideline report with which he disagreed, Dallas Cowboys receiver Keyshawn Johnson suggested Fox reporter Pam Oliver could use a spanking."

"Johnson vehemently denied having yelled -- so vehemently that he said, 'I almost wanted to get on a plane, find where she is at, and sit her down and spank her with a ruler really, really hard, because it makes no sense."

"When asked what she would do if Johnson tried to spank her, "I will punch him in the face," Oliver told the newspaper."

TIME.com: 10 Questions For Yeslam Bin Ladin -- Nov. 08, 2004: "The bin Laden name has become infamous, but one family member is trying to give it a different odor. Osama's older half brother (they share the same father) has just put his name on a new perfume, a jasmine-heavy scent dubbed Yeslam. Bin Ladin (his spelling), a resident of Geneva who has dual Swiss-Saudi citizenship, spoke with TIME's Scott MacLeod in Paris.

Aren't people going to say, 'Come on, a perfume from Osama's brother'? I'm not only a bin Laden. I am Yeslam bin Ladin. I have my own identity. It is my perfume, my creation. I was about to do it several years ago, but then I had to stop because of the events of Sept. 11. I expect people out of curiosity will try it, and they will find the smell out of this world."