Whitney Houston Files for Separation

Grammy-winning singer Whitney Houston has filed for a legal separation from her husband of 14 years, singer Bobby Brown. In court documents, she claimed irreconcilable differences as the reason for the split.

Houston's publicist, Nancy Seltzer, confirmed to People magazine that Whitney plans to divorce Brown. Proceedings are expected to begin next month. The couple has made headlines many times during the past several years.

Police have arrested Brown for illegal drug possession, drunk driving, probation violations, unpaid child support and domestic abuse. In 2003, Whitney reported to police that Brown hit her in the face, but misdemeanor charges were later dropped.

Whitney admitted to drug use during a 2004 interview and has twice checked herself into rehab centers. Bobby and Whitney have one child, 13-year-old Bobbi Kristina.

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Britney Spears Gives Birth to Second Child

On September 12, 24-year-old pop singer Britney Spears gave birth to her second son at a Los Angeles hospital.

One unconfirmed source says that Britney and her husband, Kevin Federline, have named him Sutton Pierce.

The couple's first child, Sean Preston, celebrated his first birthday on September 14. Britney and Kevin mark their second wedding anniversary on September 18.



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Putting your money where your mouth is.

Branson pledges $3 billion to fight global warming
NEW YORK Richard Branson announced Thursday that he would donate an estimated $3 billion over the next 10 years toward fighting global warming.

The announcement came at a news conference at the Clinton Global Initiative in New York, Branson said all future proceeds from Virgin Group's trains and airline businesses would go toward tackling the problem.
"We must not be the generation responsible for irreversibly damaging the environment," said Branson. "We must hand it over to our children in as near pristine condition as we were lent it from our parents."

He stressed the need for consumers to eliminate our addiction to coal and fossil fuels to achieve this goal. "Our generation has the knowledge, it has the financial resources and as importantly, it has the willpower to do so," he said.


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