Wanna ride? Rihanna and Oprah Winfrey go for a spin together in Barbados

By Cassie Carpenter

Between the two of these powerful women lie a single monicker, incredible talent, two massive multimedia empires, and over $3billion in the bank. But earlier today they were just two girlfriends catching up in a truck as the 24-year-old pop star gave the 58-year-old talk show host a guided tour of her hometown of Barbados.

'Look who popped up in my Hometown BARBADOS #topnotch,' Rihanna tweeted tonight to her 23.6million followers.

Let's ride: Rihanna gave Oprah Winfrey a guided tour of her hometown Barbados for her talk show Oprah’s Next Chapter, which will air on August 19 on OWN

And in the same instant Oprah posted, 'Look who’s driving me around Barbados!' for her 13million followers.

Oprah is taping an exclusive interview with the provocative singer for her talk show Oprah’s Next Chapter, which will air on August 19 on OWN.

Rep. Paul Ryan named Mitt Romney's running mate

NORFOLK, Va. -- Rep. Paul Ryan named Mitt Romney's running mate on Saturday, ending weeks of speculation about the No. 2 slot on the GOP ticket.
The Associated Press and several TV networks confirmed the news about the Wisconsin lawmaker. By about 2:35 a.m. ET, RomneyRyan.com went live as a website.

Ryan, 42, is best known as the chairman of the House Budget Committee and author of a dramatic plan to overhaul Medicare, the government-run health insurance program for senior citizens.

Romney is set to reveal his running mate at the U.S.S. Wisconsin, before setting out on a tour of key swing states to highlight his economic plans for the middle class. In an interview with NBC on Thursday, Romney said he was looking for someone with "a strength of character" and "a vision for the country that adds something to the political discourse about the direction of the country."

With Ryan as his running mate, Romney appears ready to have a national conversation about federal spending and the growth of entitlements with one of the GOP's leading budget authorities at his side.

Ryan, a House member since 1999, has proposed to overhaul both Medicare and Medicaid, the programs that have been a hallmark of the nation's compact to provide health care to senior citizens and the poor. Under his plan, Medicare would be run by private insurers while Medicaid would be turned over to the states.

His goal, he said, was to leave "a debt-free nation" to the next generation. "At stake is America," he said last year. Ryan's budget plan has been widely criticized by President Obama and his fellow Democrats, who contend it would "end Medicare as we know it." Obama has called Ryan's plan "thinly veiled social Darwinism."

With much speculation focused on Ohio Sen. Rob Portman and ex-Minnesota governor Tim Pawlenty, the 42-year-old Ryan got a big boost from conservatives this week.    The Wall Street Journal, whose editorial page holds sway among conservatives, said choosing Ryan would underscore "the nature and stakes of this election." "More than any other politician, the House Budget Chairman has defined those stakes well as a generational choice about the role of government and whether America will once again become a growth economy or sink into interest-group dominated decline," the Journal editorial said.

Virginia is the first stop in a four-day bus tour of swing states that will also include North Carolina, Florida and Ohio. Obama won all four states in the 2008 election.

Oops! American woman's tattoo to commemorate taking part in London 2012 torch relay is mis-spelled 'OYLMPIC'

• Jerri Paterson, 54, is keeping the tattoo because 'it is as unique as I am'
• She originally paid $10 (£6.40) for the tattoo in her hometown Atlanta, US
• She only realised the mistake when a friend pointed it out after the relay
• Hotel worker carried the torch through Derby on June 30

When charity fundraiser Jerri Peterson was selected as an Olympic torch bearer, she wanted a permanent reminder of the honour.

The 54-year-old hotel worker, from Atlanta, Georgia, took the unusual step of inking the Olympic rings on to her arm along with the words 'Olympic Torch Bearer' above and 'London' underneath.

Unfortunately for Mrs Peterson, her pride soon turned to red-faced shame when the tattoo artist managed to misspell the event as 'Oylmpic' in the permanent memento.

Gaffe: Olympic torch bearer Jerri Peterson had a tattoo on her arm to commemorate her part in the relay, only to find out it was spelt incorrectly

Mrs Peterson, an overseas employee of the British-based Intercontinental Hotels Group, was chosen to take part in the relay for her charity work, along with 70 other international colleagues.

She paid $10 (£6.40) to a 'really good' tattooist for the words 'Olympic Torch Bearer' to be inked above a picture of the Olympic rings two months before her big moment.

 Mrs Peterson was flown over to the East Midlands especially, where she triumphantly carried the torch through Derby on June 30.It was not until after she had successfully carried the flame through the city and sent a photograph of the artwork to a friend that she realised the gaffe.

Mrs Peterson, who lives in the Atlanta suburb of Roswell, told BBC News: 'I always wanted to have a tattoo but I never quite felt passionate about any one thing to have it put on my body permanently,” the charity fundraiser told BBC News.'So when I was selected for this wonderful honour, I thought "that's it - I'm ready to have my tattoo".'

Proud: Jerri (in white, right), from Atlanta in the US, carried the torch through Derby on 30 June after she was selected for her charity work by the hotel chain she worked for

She was initially delighted with the tattoo until she noticed the mistake in the photograph.'I looked at it and I was so disappointed. I called my husband and he giggled a little bit. Then I started laughing about it and I've laughed ever since.'Amazingly, Mrs Peterson has decided to keep the wrongly spelt tattoo on her arm - despite offers from the tattoo artist to remove it - as she says it is 'as unique as I am'.

Controversial artist Tracey Emin carried the Olympic Flame on the Torch Relay leg between Margate and Westgate-On-Sea in Kent today

Photo of James Holmes, the Colorado theatre shooting suspect

24 year old James Holmes was a Neuroscience PHD candidate at the University Colorado. He was in the process of withdrawing from the school before the shooting. He's yet to tell police why he carried out this sickening act. He had no criminal record prior to this.

Police named the suspected attacker as 24-year-old San Diego student James Holmes, thought to be a "lone wolf" but not on US terrorist watch lists.

The massacre at the screening of The Dark Knight Rises in Aurora, near Denver, Colorado is said to have erupted during a shooting scene in the film.

Reports said a black-clad gunman wearing a gas mask entered the sold-out showing through a fire exit before letting off a gas canister and mowing down terrified cinema-goers as they fled.

The suspect was arrested soon afterwards in a car park outside the multiplex. He had an assault rifle, a shotgun and two pistols with him.Survivors spoke of seeing a "silhouette" emerge from smoke at the front of rows of seats, before a person pointed a gun at the audience.

Eyewitness Jennifer Seeger said: “There were bullet (casings) just falling on my head. They were burning my forehead."

Steve Nash join LA Lakers

In an unforeseen twist that could thrust the Los Angeles Lakers straight back into title contention, two-time NBA MVP Steve Nash has successfully negotiated a sign-and-trade deal from the Phoenix Suns to the Lakers that will team him up with Kobe Bryant, according to sources with knowledge of the deal. Sources told ESPN.com that Nash, with the New York Knicks also pressing hard to complete a similar sign-and-trade deal, was swayed to join the Lakers after a determined push from Bryant and because the move keeps him in the title hunt and allows him to stay in close proximity to his three children in Phoenix.

Nash will receive a three-year deal in excess of $25 million, sources said, because the Suns ultimately agreed to sign-and-trade him to the Lakers, who can absorb Nash via the trade exception they created by dealing Lamar Odom to the Dallas Mavericks in December.

The Suns will receive 2013 and 2015 first-round picks and 2013 and 2014 second-round picks from the Lakers, according to the Arizona Republic.

"After talking with (owner) Robert (Sarver) and (president of basketball operations) Lon (Babby) we've agreed that it's time for both of us to move in new directions," Nash told ESPN.com. "I approached them and asked if they would be willing to do a sign and trade deal with L.A. because it is very important to me to stay near my children and family.

Gina Rinehart: Queen of the Pilbara

GINA Rinehart was revealed yesterday as the richest woman in the world, almost tripling her wealth by pulling off two big international deals in iron ore and coal.
The deals, which in the past year have lifted her wealth to $29.17 billion, according to the BRW Rich 200 List, make her the eighth-richest person in the world.
They also take her a step closer to fulfilling a lifelong family dream to have Hancock Prospecting, the family company, build and operate an iron ore mine in the Pilbara. The $18.87 billion increase in her wealth is equivalent to earning almost $600 a second, the average annual wage every 2½ minutes, or $51.7 million a day. Another ambition is to win two seats on the Fairfax Media board after becoming the largest single shareholder earlier this year. That was dealt a blow yesterday when the Fairfax board announced board changes that did not include Mrs Rinehart. The news of her estimated wealth will not go unnoticed by her three estranged children, John, Bianca and Hope, who have taken legal action to remove her as trustee of the family trust. Based on the BRW valuation, the children's shares in Hancock Prospecting are now worth more than $9 billion. But they cannot sell or leverage against them, due to a clause in the company constitution that says they can be sold only to lineal descendants of their grandfather, Lang Hancock.
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The mining boom has turned the BRW Rich List on its head, as traditional operators such as Westfield's Frank Lowy, the cardboard box making Pratt family, retailer Solomon Lew, James Packer and GerryHarvey have had to rub shoulders with mining entrepreneurs such as Andrew Forrest and Mrs Rinehart.
It has also had huge ramifications for the Australian economy, creating deep structural changes. BRW says if the resources boom continues, Mrs Rinehart's wealth could rise to $100 billion, which would make her the richest person in the world, unprecedented for any Australian.
Rich List editor Andrew Heathcote says: "The $18.87 billion increase in her wealth is unparalleled. It is a product of foreign investment in new projects, increased production and a recovery in the iron ore price over the past six months."
The BRW valuation is far higher than the valuation of Forbes, which in February estimated her wealth at $US18 billion. The difference between the two figures is due partly to a rise in iron ore prices over the past few months. But mostly it shows that valuations of private companies are subjective and based on numerous assumptions, including debt. Mrs Rinehart's $29.17 billion fortune leapfrogs her to the richest woman in the world, deposing Christy Walton ($26 billion), who as the widow of John Walton has a major stake in US retail giant Wal-Mart.
Mrs Rinehart's wealth makes her the eighth-richest person in the world, the three richest being Carlos Slim, Bill Gates and Warren Buffett.
Adele Ferguson's unauthorised biography of Gina Rinehart will be released on June 26.

Maria Sharapova wins French Open at Roland Garros

Maria Sharapova  defeats Sarah Errani 6-3 6-2 to win her first major since 2008 as she now joins M. Court, C. Evert, M. Navratilova, S. Graf & Serena Williams as players to have won all 4 Grand Slams in Open Era."

Infostrada Sports on Twitter: "Maria Sharapova can become the 3rd Russian to win the Women's Singles title at Roland Garros after Myskina (2004) & Kuznetsova (2009)."

A VERY Big Mac! World's biggest McDonald's with 1,500 seats to be built for games.

The biggest McDonald's restaurant in the world will open for six weeks during the London 2012 Olympic games. More than 50,000 Big Mac burgers and 180,000 portions of fries will be served from the outlet in Stratford, east London. The huge temporary branch will have seating for 1,500 customers and will employ more than 2,000 staff.

Dining: An artist impression of how the huge 1,500 seat McDonald's in east London will look

While the world's top athletes compete at the Olympics and Paralymics from July 27 to September 9 three million people are expected to visit the McDonald's branch. The 3,000 square-metre restaurant built from recyclable materials will stretch over two floors and is equivalent to half the length of an American football field. The 12,000 people who applied to work at the huge branch and three others planned for the Olympic site have been put through X Factor style auditions across the country.

Interior: The huge McDonald's branch will have a bright and colourful design featuring nutritional advice

They were judged on politeness and how well they flipped burgers, served ice cream and cooked the French fries. McDonald's began its involvement with the Olympics in 1968 when the company airlifted hamburgers to U.S. athletes competing in Grenoble, France. The firm first became an official sponsor at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal and in 1984 McDonald's footed the bill for the Olympic swimming stadium in Los Angeles. The London Olympics will be the ninth games where McDonald's has acted as the event's official restaurant and the only branded food retailer feeding the athletes. Usain Bolt, the world's fastest man who won gold at the 100 metres in Beijing in 2008, claimed that chicken McNuggets were key to his success.

Mike Tyson reveals he got a prison official pregnant while in jail,'

Shamed boxer Mike Tyson has claimed he got a prison worker pregnant while serving a jail sentence.The former world heavyweight champion also revealed the official in question never had the child, though he never divulged if this was because she had an abortion or miscarried.

The shocking revelation came during an interview with ESPN's Rick Reilly, who asked him what stories he had left out of his one man show Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth. He said: 'I didn’t talk about getting a prison official pregnant.'Oh yeah. In prison, stuff happens. But she had no baby.' While he did not discuss when exactly the incident occurred, his longest stint behind bars was when he was convicted of raping 18-year-old beauty queen Desiree Washington in 1992.

Tyson was handed a 10 year sentence, six in jail and four on probation, though he was eventually released after serving just three. He served his sentence at the Indiana Youth Center, which later was named the North Plainfield Correctional Facility.

The hard-hitting athlete regained his WBC heavyweight title soon after being released, scoring an easy victory over champion Frank Bruno in March 1996, and added the WBA strap months later. However his comeback was short-lived as he was knocked out by unfancied former champion Evander Holyfield in November that year.A road rage conviction in 1998 sent him to the Montgomery County Detention Center in Maryland for nine months.