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                   President Obama, now facing a Republican-run Senate and a bigger GOP majority in the House, will host a post-election news conference Wednesday afternoon, White House officials said. Obama is scheduled to face reporters at 2:50 p.m. Obama has pledged to work with both parties on middle class economic issues, including his calls for a minimum wage hike and student loan aide. On Tuesday, Obama will likely be asked about his hopes for the lame-duck Congress and foreign policy challenges that include the rise of the Islamic State. As he moves forward, Obama is expected to nominate a new attorney general. On Friday, he is scheduled to meet with leaders of the current, lame duck Congress, which is slated to take up budget issues in a session later this month.  USA TODAY  reports.

                  She’s cemented herself as a pop icon but in Esquire Magazine’s Food And Drink Special, Rihanna has revealed she’s a bit of a gem in the kitchen too. And the temperatures weren’t just rising in the oven either, with the 26-year-old sending the mercury soaring as she flaunted her fabulous figure in a series of barely-there outfits. In one shot, the Grammy Award-winning musician wears nothing more than a pair of low-rider denim jeans, unbuttoned at the top to reveal her toned stomach and collection of intricate tattoos. In the steaming hot seven page shoot, captured by award-winning fashion photographer and director Ellen Von Unwerth, the December cover star speaks to Esquire about how she likes to work up an appetite. Rihanna was back in the swing of things, posting a slew of Halloween pictures on Sunday. RiRi has been flying under the radar in recent months, but she's thought to be releasing a brand new album imminent...

                      The former Destinys Child singer welcomed her first child with husband Tim Witherspoon yesterday Nov. 4. He was born at 1.30pm Los Angeles time and has been named Titan Jewell Witherspoon. The couple had this to say, “We are thrilled to announce that today we are the proud parents of our first son. We are blessed to report everyone is healthy and happy!”

                  Kim Kardashian was spotted attending her younger sister Kendall Jenner‘s 19th birthday party on Monday as she showed off a shocking new look featuring bleached eyebrow. See one more Pics below. Continue...

                    Aspirants seeking to contest presidential election on the ticket of the United Progressive Party (UPP) in the 2015 are expected to pay the sum of N15 million for nomination forms. The party has also fixed nomination fees for other political offices at N5 million for governorship, N1 million for Senate, N500,000 for the House of Representatives and N200,000 for aspirants interested in running for the state House of Assembly. These were contained in the guidelines and timetable for party congresses/primary elections for all elective offices in the country including the presidential primary election/national convention approved at the party's Tuesday's National Executive Committee (NEC). In a communique issued at the end of its NEC meeting in Abuja, the party said it would hold its presidential convention on December 8. Vangard reports.

                      A presidential aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and founder of Leadership Newspapers, Sam Nda-Isaiah, on Tuesday said he would make the unity of Nigeria a top priority of his administration if elected into office as president next year in order for the country, which has been divided along ethnic lines, to make progress. Nda-Isaiah made these promises while delivering his speech during an event to declare his intention to contest for president in 2015 in Minna, Niger State  Thisdaylive  reports. Comntinue...

                     Taking home more than $115m (£72m) has made Beyonce this year's best paid woman in music. She had the "biggest year of her career", playing 95 shows, bringing in an average $2.4m (£1.5m) per city, according to Forbes. Continue...

                        A Mexican mayor characterized as a "probable mastermind" in the mass abduction of 43 students has been taken into custody as authorities have tracked down a top target who eluded them for weeks -- even if they still haven't managed to locate the missing. Iguala Mayor Jose Luis Abarca and his wife, Maria de los Angeles Pineda -- dubbed "the imperial couple" by local media for how they presided over their southern Mexican city -- were detained early Tuesday morning at a house they had rented in Mexico City's Iztapalapa neighborhood. They did not resist arrest, authorities said. Continue...