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.

New York, Nov. 22: Colleagues of Timonthy Geithner, Barack Obama''s pick for Treasury secretary, have described him as a bright and even-keeled man who will do the new President proud.

"He is a very cerebral guy. Very outgoing, very thoughtful and a good listener. He's as sound a thinker as anyone I can think of in this country," former Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Arthur Levitt told the Daily News yesterday.

Steven Radelet of the Center for Global Development, who worked under Geithner at Treasury, called him a consensus builder.

New York, Nov 22: Michael Jackson’s nanny revealed during a hearing in London High Court that an Arab Sheikh had paid the king of pop’s utility bills.

Grace Rwaramba said that the ‘Thriller’ star was so broke that he needed a sheikh to pay his utility bills.

Rwaramba, said that she was "flabbergasted" when Jacko''s benefactor, Sheikh Abdulla bin Hamad Al-Khalifa transferred 35,000 dollars into her account to cover the bills for Neverland Ranch in California.

New York, Nov. 22: The flip-flop over the future plans of Hillary Rodham Clinton continues. Though there are reports that discussions are "very much on track," for her to accept the post of Secretary of State under the Obama administration, Clinton officials on Friday flatly denied that she had accepted the job offer.

The New York Post quoted an official in the Clinton camp as saying: "They''re just talking about the state of the world and what''s next."