London, January 12 : The new Collins dictionary could include new words like `Staycation'-a holiday spent at home, especially due to straitened financial circumstances.

Also under consideration are the words `brickor mortis'-used to explain a period of difficult times in the housing industry-and `bad bank'-meaning a state-owned financial institution created to alleviate a financial crisis.

The three words have already made it to the list of "words to watch" for 2009.

Last year, Collins'' official list of new words included credit crunch, sub-prime, and downturn. And the new shortlist also reflects the economic gloom.

Los Angeles - The Orlando Magic hit the long ball on Sunday night to beat the San Antonio Spurs at their own game.

Jameer Nelson scored 12 of his 22 points in the final quarter, and the visiting Magic hit 14-of-22 three-pointers to shoot down the Spurs 105-98 in a battle of division leaders.

"It was a really well played game with neither one of us able to stop the other for any length of time," said Orlando coach Stan Van Gundy, after his South-east Division leading Magic (30-8) moved to a league best 14-5 on the road.

"The difference in the game simply came down to three-point baskets. We simply shot the heck out of the threes."

London, Jan 12: White House Press Secretary for George W. Bush, Dana Perino, says that the President has been like a second father to her.

Perino, who is very loyal to Bush, will be heading to Britain where she will join her husband Peter MacMahon, children, and twin grandchildren.

"It's probably not professional to say it, but in many ways he has been like a second father to me," Times Online quoted her as saying.

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New Delhi - Terrorism and regional security issues were to figure prominently in talks between Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi Monday.

Karzai, who arrived in Delhi Sunday, was to express Afghanistan's condolences and solidarity with India over the November terrorist attacks in Mumbai in which more than 170 people were killed, a statement from Karzai's office said.

Melbourne, Jan 12: Aussie model Lara Bingle's tattoo on her wrist, which reads "wish you were here" is not for her fiance Australian cricketer Michael Clarke - the message is for her late father Graham.

A source told Confidential she got the tattoo soon after her father lost his battle with liver and pancreatic cancer in May, reports the Daily Telegraph.

Bingle usually hides it with big bangles and wrist brands, or in the case of her recent Speedo shoot, airbrushing.