NASTY: Burger King has now admitted that horse meat was used in it’s Whopper burgers and other meat products in the United Kingdom.

Burger King has faced allegations of orchestrating a cover-up of its links to the horsemeat scandal in order to give it time to find an alternative supplier.

It is currently shipping in tens of thousands of burgers from suppliers in Germany and Italy in order to meet demand at its UK outlets.

It is known that the management at Silvercrest has been using a series of non-approved ingredients in their burgers for a range of household name brands.

These included meat off-cuts, including horse, that were imported in large frozen blocks from Poland.

The contamination has been going on since at least last May and potentially for up to one year, according to evidence presented to MPs earlier this week.

Tonight Burger King abandoned its earlier denials, saying: ‘Four samples recently taken from the Silvercrest plant have shown the presence of very small trace levels of equine DNA.

It might be tough for BK to recover from this mighty Whopper of a scandal in the UK.

Veteran political journalist Bob Schieffer is moderating the third Presidential debate tonight between President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney.

And since many of you will be asking during the debate….

So just how old is Bob Schieffer?  The answer is 75-years old.

Bob was born on February 25, 1937 in Austin, Texas.

He’s best known for being a contributor to 60 Minutes from 1973-1996 and for hosting the CBS Evening News on the weekends and at other times from 1973-2005.  Schieffer has been the moderator of Face the Nation since 1991.

His wife is Patricia Penrose Schieffer and they have two adult children.

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Austrian daredevil Felix Baumgartner breaks the ‘Speed of Sound’ with astonishing parachute jump from 128,000 feet above the earth. That’s 24 miles above the earth.

His successful jump, whereby he broke the speed of sound by traveling 833mph (Mach 1.24), came on the 64th anniversary of American Chuck Yeager breaking the ‘Speed of Sound’ in an airplane.

Felix did it with his BODY!

Baumgartner said looking down upon the earth, “I know the whole world is watching right now and I wish the world could see what I can see. Sometimes you have to go up really high to understand how small you really are.”

Baumgartner used a ballon to loft him the 128,000 feet above the earth. The ballon carried a capsule that Baumgartner was riding in. Upon reaching the preferred distance, Baumgartner exited the capsule and shortly after jumped in a free fall towards the earth whereby he reached the speed of 833mph before pulling for his chute 4 min 20 seconds in.

He eventually landed safely on his feet in Roswell, New Mexico (ALIENS!)

Chris Stevens, the U.S. Ambassador to Libya was killed in Libya earlier today during riots over a film that ridiculed Islamic prophet Mohammad.

Three other Americans, who worked for Stevens’ staff, were also killed in the violent attack.

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said the deadly attack should “shock the conscience of people of all faiths around the world.”

Clinton said the assault was committed by a “small and savage group” of militants, not by the people or government of Libya.

Stevens was suffocated.

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Here is a look at some of the hottest news stories across the globe this morning:

• Today is National Running Day: Do You Plan to Run? – Run It Fast
• Doctor’s Report Who Initially Found Abraham Lincoln Shot Released: Yahoo! News
• Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker Survives Recall Vote – AP
• Apple’s Mac Pro to Get a Facelift – L.A. Times
• Low Income Americans Find Smartphones Poor Substitute for Laptops – Huff Post
• Photos to Celebrate the 68th Anniversary of D-Day – CNN

Here is a look at some of the hottest news stories across the globe this morning:

• Health Risks of Soda: Is it Really Bad for You? – Yahoo! Health
• Jon Bon Jovi Gets a Ride on Air Force One – Politico
• Woman Arrested for Setting Husband on Fire with Nail Polish Remover – My Fox Orlando
• TV Weatherman Shot with Crossbow in Home Invasion – Daily Mail
• Wisconsin Recall Election Today to Decide Governor Scott Walker’s Fate – Huffington Post
• Most School Districts Reject ‘Pink Slime’ for Lunch Programs – USA Today
• FDA Strikes a Sour Note with Corn Sweetener Makers – L.A. Times
• Controversy Fizzing Over Proposed Soda Ban in NYC – CNN
• GOP Readying It’s Own Gay Candidate = Yahoo! Power Players

Vice President Joe Biden is more known for his gaffes than anything he’s done politically.

“I promise you. The President has a big stick.”  - Joe Biden.

Hopefully, ole’ Joe was not talking about the President’s wanker, that would just lead to more stereoytpes, and instead was talking about Obama’s ability to wield power.

The United States Secret Service is in a mound of trouble in the wake of the prostitute/callgirl scandal that several of it’s agents were banging and partying it up with down in Cartagena, Columbia.

The scandal broke when one of the agents tried to pay the escort $28 instead of the $800 they had agreed on before the ‘date’ had commenced. Said ‘prostitute’ was pissed, wanted her paper, and made it public.

We now have photos of one of the hookers that was helping take care of the men who are employed to take care of our President’s safety and well being. Her name is ‘Dania’ Suarez and she is sixty-nine shades of smoking hot.  She is the greatest thing to happen to the Columbian tourism agency since the nose candy factories started flourishing several decades ago.

Word leaked earlier this week that several members of the Secret Service, men with the job of protecting President Barack Obama, were steady dipping with local Columbian hotcakes.  The callgirls were left privy to details about the President’s forthcoming trip to the country that were left in the men’s rooms that the women were using in the course of their employment.

If Bill Clinton was still President these SS agents would simply be commended for doing their due diligence in testing out every crook and cranny the President might find himself in.

Several heads from the scandal have started to roll and more will fall before the guillotine is done.

More Photos of Columbian Escort Dania Suarez

[images: NY Daily News]

After 20 years out of the spotlight, the “Family” and “Empty Nest” star Kristy McNichol is coming back and out of the closet to announce she is gay in an attempt to inspired kids to do the same and help those who are being bullied.

Zachary Quinto Comes Out Of The Closet: “I’m a Gay Man”

Kristy, who is currently happy and healthy, has been living with her partner Martie Allen for the past 20 years, after she decided to retire from acting when she was diagnosed with bipolar disorder back in 1992.

The 49 year-old actress wants to “be open about who I am” as she is “approaching 50″ and also “hopes that coming out can help kids who need support. She would like to help others who feel different.”

Out and proud. Kristy looks happy and is enjoying living a private life with her partner. The former troubled star spends her time with yoga, tennis, travelling and raising miniature dachshunds.

[image: People]

Actor Jeremy Renner was injured in an extremely violent brawl that ended with one man being taken to the hospital in a serious condition after getting slashed in the neck with a rotor axe at around 4:30 am in Phuket, Thailand on Thursday (January 5).

According to TMZ, the violet fight broke when one of Jeremy’s “friends”, the general manager of Siri Panwa Resort, Vorasit Issara, dropped a glass on the floor during a heated argument with the bar’s staff.

The six men working at the bar quickly attacked Jeremy’s group. Fortunately, Jeremy was not seriously injured, but Vorasit was stabbed in the neck and stomach with a knife. The six men were promptly arrested (watch video below).

Jeremy Renner Violent Bar Brawl Video go on reading »

Former Miss Venezuela, Eva Akvall, sadly passed away at a hospital in Houston, Texas on Saturday (December 17) after losing a long battle against breast cancer. Eva was only 28 years old.

Eva won the Miss Venezuela title back in 2000, when she was only 17. The beauty queen, who was also the third runner-up in the Miss Universe competition in Puerto Rico in 2001, settled down when she married her husband, radio producer John Fabio Bermudez.

A bald Eva without makeup posed for the cover of her a book titled “Fuera de Foco” (“Out of Focus”) about her struggle with cancer. In the book, she also confessed that her 2 year-old daughter Miranda was the reason to stay alive.

“I hate to see photos in which I come out ugly,” Ekvall told El Nacional. “But you know what? Nobody ever said cancer is pretty or that I should look like Miss Venezuela when I have cancer.”

Eva, whose mother died of the same type of cancer at 39, is survived by her father, husband and daughter. A funeral service will be held in her home country as soon as her remains are returned to Venezuela.

Vaya con Dios. R.I.P. Eva Ekvall.

North Korea’s dictator Kim Jong-il is dead at the age of 69 according to published reports out of North Korea.

One report stated that he died of physical fatigue during a train ride in Pyongyang.

Jong II took power of North Korea in 1994 after the death of Kim II-sung.