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Is Heather pregnant again?

HAVE Sir Paul McCartney and his wife Heather Mills tumthing to tell
us?

I only ask because,according to their pals, the happy couple are set to
announce some more nappy news.

Father-of-five Macca, 52, and 37-year-old charity worker, Heather, insist
they’re not expecting the patter of yet more tiny feet.

But, according to friends, Heather – whose daughter Beatrice with Paul is
16 months old – is believed to be coming up to three months pregnant and
the baby is due at the end of September.

They say the couple are keeping their baby news under wraps until Heather
has had the all-important three-month scan.

Heather was told motherhood was only a remote possibility when she lost a
leg in a road accident in 1993 and had to have a metal plate in her
pelvis.

This made delivering Beatrice naturally difficult – leading to birth by
Caesarean section.

Pals also say the baby riddle is why Macca – who has three grandchildren
- has delayed announcing a three-month US tour planned this
autumn.

The former Beatle has pencilled in September 16 in Miami to begin his
concerts in the States.

One insider said: "Paul was all set to go on a US tour. Following
his successful appearance at the Superbowl at the end of January, plans
were put in place to announce the massive US tour the following month.
But that hasn’t happened so far."

Just what can it all mean?
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Check
it out: New York’s fabled Plaza is going condo

By Lisa
Anderson Tribune national correspondent

Very soon, the legendary Plaza, the high-society hostelry that has been
making memories for New Yorkers for the last 98 years, may itself be little more
than a memory.

For now, doormen in gold braid-trimmed livery still guard
the portals of an old-fashioned world where the chandeliers are crystal and the
furniture favors gilt. An imposing vase of flowers, scenting the air with
stargazer lilies, still graces the marble-topped table in the Fifth Avenue
lobby. And, in the late afternoon, the silvery sound of a harpist playing
Pachelbel’s Canon still mingles with the clink of china and the murmur of voices
as tea is served in the elegant Palm Court.

But, as of April 30, this
fabled French Renaissance-style showpiece, with its signature green copper
mansard roof and riveting guest register, will close its doors.

Over the
following 18 months, new owners plan to transform the Plaza. The 805 guest rooms
will turn into about 200 luxury condominiums overlooking Central Park, and a
150-room hotel on the East 58th Street side. Upscale retailing will move into
beloved spaces like the Grand Ballroom, where generations of debutantes have
come out to society, married and danced as dowagers.

The facts of this
real estate transaction are as simple as the emotions they evoke are complex.

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A Milwaukee-based parody band known for
Metallica-infused covers of Beatles’ songs has been accused of violating
copyright laws.
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