Washington - Studs Terkel, the writer, radio-TV personality and social activist who, like Democratic presidential candidate, made Chicago his hometown, was dead at age 96, the Chicago Tribune reported late Friday.

He died after his health declined after a fall several weeks ago at home, the newspaper said.

"Studs Terkel was part of a great Chicago literary tradition that stretched from Theodore Dreiser to Richard Wright to Nelson Algren to Mike Royko," Mayor Richard M Daley was quoted as saying in a statement.

London, Oct 31: Hollywood stunner Cameron Diaz and beau Paul Sculfor are nowadays busy hunting for a Hollywood love nest.

The actress has been seeing the Essex-born model for some months.

And now the hunk has become a permanent fixture at her home.

But now, it seems, that they are planning to take things forward and are looking for a new place together where they can both put their mark on the décor.

Earlier this month Cameron, 36, viewed four houses near Sunset Plaza, just off Sunset Boulevard. It’s believed Paul, who previously romanced Jennifer Aniston, looked at some of the properties, too.

London, Oct 31 : A shop dedicated to Enid Blyton, the famous children writer, has come under fire, after it started selling golliwogs.

Viv Endecott, who owns the ‘Ginger Pop’ shop in Dorset village, has received complaints urging her to stop selling the rag dolls.

However, Endecott defends herself, insisting that the dolls are nothing but mere soft toys synonymous with Enid Blyton’s characters like Noddy.

Endecott, who is of Indian origin revealed that she has faced racism, and she does not have ay such motive behind the dolls.

The owner also revealed that there is a great demand for dolls in the village, as she has already sold 500 odd dolls, and inspite of complaints she would not remove the dolls.

London, Oct 31: The Communists in USSR have accused new Bond girl Olga Kurylenko of ‘betraying'' the Soviet people in the new 007 flick ‘Quantum of Solace’.

The Communist Party of St Petersburg has condemned the Ukrainian actress, who plays Bond''s sidekick in the latest Bond adventure, for aiding “the killer of hundreds of Soviet people and their allies”.

New York, Oct 31: Singer Gwen Stefani has introduced her 3-month-old son Zuma to the world by posting her photo on her website.

The photo shows seemingly naked Stefani holding her son with a caption "We wanted to share with you the first photo of Zuma Nesta Rock Rossdale. Gwen, Gavin, Kingston and Zuma are all doing well and enjoying being a party of four," reports the New York Daily News.

The photo came after paparazzi photos of the tiny tot began to surface.

London, Oct 31: Madonna has been reportedly taunting estranged hubby Guy Ritchie with weird text messages like ‘you’re going down’.

The 40-year-old director showed crew on the set of his latest film Sherlock Holmes one which read: “You’re going down.”

He said he found his estranged wife’s behaviour odd, but that he is used to it by now.

And he confided in one pal: “This is her idea of a joke – but it’s not funny. Imagine what it was like living with her.”