PREMIER LEAGUE TABLE

PREMIER LEAGUE TABLE

Team P W D L GD PTS 1 = Man Utd 35 27 4 4 43 85 2 = Man City 34 21 8 5 30 71 3 = Chelsea 34 19 8 7 33 65 4 = Arsenal 35 18 10 7 30 64 5 = Tottenham 34 18 8 8 17 62 6 = Everton 35 15 14 6 14 59 7 = Liverpool 35 14 12 9 25 54 8 = West Brom 34 14 6 14 2 48 9 = Swansea 34 10 12 12 -1 42 10 = West Ham 35 11 9 15 -8 42 11 = Fulham 35 10 10 15 -9 40 12 = Stoke 35 9 13 13 -10 40 13 = Southampton 35 9 12 14 -10 39 14 = Norwich 35 8 14 13 -21 38 15 = Sunderland 35 9 10 16 -12 37 16 = Aston Villa 35 9 10 16 -22 37 17 = Newcastle 35 10 7 18 -23 37 18 = Wigan 34 8 8 18 -23 32 19 = QPR 35 4 13 18 -27 25 20 = Reading 35 5 10 20 -28 25

Kriss Kross member Chris Kelly dies in US aged 34

Chris Kelly, half of the 1990s kid rap duo Kris Kross has died in a US hospital.

Authorities said that he was found at home and died of an apparent drugs overdose later. He was 34.

Kriss Kross had a hit with the song Jump in 1992.

Kay Lester, a spokeswoman for the Fulton County police, said they were called to the singer's home on Wednesday. He was taken to the Atlanta Medical Centre.

Investigator Betty Honey of the Fulton County Medical Examiner's office said Kelly was pronounced dead at the hospital.

Mac Daddy

Chris Kelly was known as Mac Daddy and Chris Smith as Daddy Mac.

Kriss Kross wore their clothes backwards on the cover of their album, Totally Krossed Out.

Together they formed the band Kriss Kross and were introduced to the music world in 1992 by music producer and rapper Jermaine Dupri after he discovered the pair in an Atlanta mall.

The duo wore their clothes backwards as a gimmick, but they won over fans with their raps.

In 2011, the song was featured in the movie Friends with Benefits, starring Justin Timberlake and Mila Kunis.

The group was never able to match the tremendous success of their first song, though they had other hits like Warm It Up and Tonite's tha Night.

Earlier this year, the group performed together to celebrate the anniversary of Durpri's label, So So Def.

No official cause of death has been determined ahead of an autopsy.

credit. bbc

Willem-Alexander Becomes New Dutch King After Queen Beatrix Abdicates The Throne,, From Amsterdam With Love

From Amsterdam With Love

Willem-Alexander Becomes New Dutch King After Queen Beatrix Abdicates The Throne

AMSTERDAM -- Willem-Alexander became the first Dutch king in more than a century Tuesday as his mother, Beatrix, abdicated after 33 years as queen.

The generational change in the House of Orange-Nassau gave the Netherlands a moment of celebration, pageantry and brief respite as this trading nation of nearly 17 million struggles through a lengthy recession brought on by the European economic crisis.

Visibly emotional, the much-loved Beatrix ended her reign in a nationally televised signing ceremony as thousands of orange-clad people cheered outside. Millions more were expected to watch on television.

King Willem-Alexander, who became the youngest monarch in Europe, gripped his mother's hand and looked briefly into her eyes after they both signed the abdication document in the Royal Palace on downtown Amsterdam's Dam Square.

Beatrix looked close to tears as she then appeared on a balcony, decked out with tulips, roses and oranges, overlooking some 20,000 of her subjects.

"I am happy and grateful to introduce to you your new king, Willem-Alexander," she told the cheering crowd, which chanted: "Bea bedankt" ("Thanks Bea.")

Moments later, in a striking symbol of the generational shift, she left the balcony and King Willem-Alexander, his wife and three daughters – the children in matching yellow dresses and headbands – waved to the crowd.

"Dear mother, today you relinquished the throne. 33 moving and inspiring years. We are intensely, intensely grateful to you," the new king said.

The former queen becomes Princess Beatrix and her son becomes the first Dutch king since Willem III died in 1890.

The 46-year-old king's popular Argentine-born wife became Queen Maxima and their eldest of three daughters, Catharina-Amalia, who attended the ceremony wearing a yellow dress, became Princess of Orange and first in line to the throne.

Willem-Alexander has said he wants to be a 21st century king who unites and encourages his people and will not be a "protocol fetishist," but a king who puts his people at ease.

He will do so as unemployment is on the rise in this traditionally strong economy. European Union figures released Tuesday showed Dutch unemployment continuing to trend upward to 6.4 percent – still well below the EU average of 10.9 percent, but higher than it has been for years in the Netherlands.

Amsterdam resident Inge Bosman, 38, said she doubted Willem-Alexander's investiture would give the country much of an employment boost.

"Well, at least one person got a new job," she said.

Els Nederstigt, 38, said she got up at 5:30 a.m. to travel to Amsterdam and sat on a camping stool close to the Royal Palace wearing an orange cowboy hat and tiara.

"It's a special moment. I was a very small girl when Beatrix came to the throne so this is the first change in the monarchy I can really experience," she said. "We were here when Willem-Alexander and Maxima got married and what you remember is that you were there – you forget how early you had to get up and how tired you were."

The square was overwhelmingly orange, but one blue and white Argentine flag being held up in front of the palace was emblazoned with the Dutch language text: "Netherlands thanks for loving and having faith in Maxima."

The day is expected to be a huge party culminating in a boat trip by the new king and queen around the Ij waterway, but security also was tight with thousands of police – uniformed and plain clothes – and an untold number of civil servants assisting in the logistics.

Police arrested two protesters on Dam Square – one of them wearing a white shirt indicating he was a republican – shortly after the abdication for not following officers' orders to leave. But Amsterdam police released both without charge shortly afterward and apologized for detaining them.

The celebrations were peaceful across the city, in stark contrast to Beatrix's investiture in 1980 when squatters protesting a chronic housing shortage fought pitched battles with police and clouds of tear gas drifted through parts of the city.

The airspace above Amsterdam was closed Monday for three days. Dutch police swept Dam square for bombs, with assistance from German agents with sniffer dogs.

Royal guests from 18 countries are attending, including Britain's Prince Charles and his wife, Camilla, and the Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako. Charles was also in attendance when Beatrix was crowned in 1980.

Observers believe Beatrix remained on the throne for so long in part because she was seen as a stabilizing factor in the country that struggled to assimilate more and more immigrants, mainly Muslims from North Africa, and shifted away from its traditional reputation as one of the world's most tolerant nations.

In recent years, speculation about when she might abdicate had grown, as she endured personal losses that both softened her image and increased her popularity further as the public sympathized.

Her husband Prince Claus died in 2002; and last year her youngest son, Prince Friso, was hit by an avalanche while skiing in Austria and suffered severe brain damage. Friso remains in a near comatose state.

CHRIS BROWN HATES DRAKE But LOVES His Music

Chris Brown might despise Drake with a passion, but even CB can't resist dancing when one of his songs comes on at the club.

Brown and Drake have been beefing for a while now -- peaking last June with a massive club fight, reportedly over Rihanna.

CB was hosting a party at Stage 48 in NYC earlier this month and apparently the DJ had no fear at all ... and played a Drake song, "Started From the Bottom." Rather than react (how do we say this nicely?) poorly ... CB simply got down like it was his favorite jam in the world. 

Clearly he can let bygones be bygones when it comes to music ... or he had no idea it was a Drake song
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Becks red shocker

STUNNED ... David Beckham looks bemused after being sent off

DAVID BECKHAM was sent off for Paris Saint-Germain last night — just eight minutes after coming on.

He was shown a straight red for a studs-up challenge on Evian striker Youssef Adnane.

Incredibly, PSG were already down to 10 men when Beckham, 37, came on after 84 minutes — Marco Verratti was dismissed for a second yellow.

And the fiery Ligue 1 encounter ended in a mass brawl and red cards for PSG keeper Salvatore Sirigu and Evian’s Saber Khlifa.

PSG sporting director Leonardo said: "The red card shown to Beckham, for example, was really unfair.

"The referee lacked lucidity. He made mistakes.

"It was always a very tense match. Nobody wanted to lose - especially not Evian, who are struggling to stay up.

"I also believe that our team is really tired at the end of the season."

PSG can clinch a first French title for 19 years next week, after Javier Pastore gave them a 1-0 win.

FLASH POINT ... David Beckham sent off after challenging Youssef Adnane

But Becks, who is set to become the first Englishman to win titles in four different countries, will miss out on the big day as he starts a three-match ban.

PSG coach Carlo Ancelotti said: “At this part of the season all games are difficult.

“All the teams are playing for something.

“It was quite a heated match, especially at the end.”

source. the sun