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."

New York, November 22: U. S. President-elect Barack Obama and his wife Michelle have announced the name of the school where their two daughters will study.

The couple have decided to send their children — Malia, 10, and Sasha, 7 — to Sidwell Friends School, the pricey and prestigious academy that has educated generations of this city’s elite.

“A number of great schools were considered,’’ the New York Times quoted Katie McCormick Lelyveld, a spokeswoman for Michelle as saying.

New York  - In an unexpected move, Wal-Mart Stores Inc said Friday it would replace its chief executive of nine years.

Lee Scott, 59, will retire February 1 and be replaced by Mike Duke, 58, who has led the company's international division since 2005.

Scott, who has been with the world's largest retailer for nearly 30 years, will remain chairman of the executive committee of the board.

The change comes at a time of uncertainty in the US retail market with the financial crisis hanging over the holiday shopping season. But discounter Wal-Mart looks poised to benefit from more cost- conscious shoppers and it was set to be the top earner in the Dow Jones Industrial Average for the year, Bloomberg financial news reported.