New York - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Sunday sharply condemned an apparent coup attempt in Guinea-Bissau.

Soldiers opened fire on the home of Guinea Bissau President Joao Bernardo "Nino" Vieira in the early hours of Sunday morning, less than two days after the results of a recent parliamentary election were announced, reports said.

New York, Nov 23 : American actress Glenn Close, who had been considered for the role of a hooker, was found ‘not slutty enough’ for the part, reveals a new book.

New York, Nov 23 : With most of the establishments facing the financial crunch, many have lost their jobs or are finding it difficult to hold on to the ones they have.

Such was the case with Sam Gallup, an out-of-work upstate miner who moved to Montana from New York, but only to be laid off again from his new job after working for 10 hours.

Gallup, 24, a mine worker had travelled 2,000 miles in the hopes of starting a new home, a new life and a new job, and being on the payroll of the Stillwater Mining Co.

“It''s kind of a dead-end situation,” the New York Daily News quoted him as saying.

“Job security? There is none. Right now, I''m in the financial situation of losing everything,” he stated.

New York, Nov 23 : Even before hitting movie theatres, more than 2,000 showings of teen vampire love story ‘Twilight’ had been sold out in United States – making one of the largest presales in big-screen history – a prominent ticket seller has said.

According to movie ticketing outfit Fandango, the heavily hyped film is the third-most popular pre-sale flick in company history, trailing only "The Dark Knight" and top-selling "Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith."

New York, Nov. 22: Nearly half of Americans say they are ready to let the Big Three automakers go out of business rather than rescue the sputtering car companies with taxpayer dollars, a new poll shows.

According to the New York Post, voters believe that the Detroit auto industry - which includes GM, Ford and Chrysler - have priced themselves out of the car market with labor contracts that are more expensive than what Japanese and other foreign companies pay workers at American assembly plants.

New York, Nov 22: After appearing at a shoot for Victoria''s Secret in Miami Beach, Karolina Kurkova became the talk of the town, thanks to her looks, curves – and a missing belly button. Now the ‘navel’ case has been solved.

According to the stunner’s rep, the missing body part is because of an infant surgery.

"She had an operation when she was an infant," the New York Daily News quoted the rep, as saying.

"It’s a fact and just thank God she''s healthy,” the rep added.