●<B>SCANDAL. Paris Hilton exposed on web after phone hacked. </B>Racy photos of reality TV star Paris Hilton again spread across the Internet on Tuesday ? this time accompanied by celebrity phone numbers, e-mail addresses and other information hacked from her mobile phone. The heiress to the Hilton Hotels fortune, who featured in a sexually explicit videotape posted online in 2003, has now had her star-studded contact list, personal notes and topless self-portraits from her Sidekick II ?smart phone? splattered all over the Web.

●<B>CALIFORNIA. Jury picked in Michael Jackson molestation trial. </B>A jury of eight women and four men was chosen on Wednesday in Michael Jackson?s child molestation case, including one woman whose sister was raped as a child and another whose grandson is a registered sex offender. The jurors range in age from 20 to 79 and include two students. But most are older, working class and white, reflecting Santa Maria and other central California communities where they live, and appear to have little in common with a 46-year-old pop superstar.

●<B> TERMINATOR. Schwarzenegger?s approval rating slipping. </B>California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger?s job approval rating remains high, but his support has slipped from the lofty levels during his first year in office, according to a poll released on Wednesday. A majority of California voters also believe the state is moving in the wrong direction, according to The Field Poll.

●<B> SRI LANKA. Tsunami suffering may inspire Sting song. </B>Pop icon Sting has been deeply moved by the suffering of Sri Lankan children who lost parents to Asia?s tsunami and may pen a song about the island?s worst natural disaster, his wife said Wednesday. Sting and his actress wife Trudie Styler, who is an ambassador for the United Nations Children?s Fund (UNICEF), are visiting devastated seaside towns and villages along Sri Lanka?s tsunami-battered southern coast.

●<B> US. Actor Connery sued for $ 30 million by neighbor. </B>Sir Sean Connery, who conquered villains in the movies as super spy James Bond, is being sued for $ 30 million by his neighbor, who claims the Scottish actor is a real life bully. Dr. Burton Sultan charged that his family was subject to ?deafening noise, foul air and noxious fumes, water dripping, seeping through ceilings and walls, plaster flaking, cracked walls ... and finally an infestation of rats,? by those the actor allowed to renovate his $3.85 million apartment.

●<B>CHINA. Clinton to meet Taiwan?s Chen during visit. </B>Former US president Bill Clinton will meet Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian during a whirlwind visit to the island on Sunday that could annoy China, Taiwan?s arch rival. China views Taiwan as a renegade province to be reunited by force if necessary and objects to any participation by the island in international affairs, including visits by seniorgovernment officials from most countries. Clinton will arrive in Taipei on Sunday at the invitation of the Taiwan government and deliver a speech on democracy and security, said Michel Lu, foreign ministry spokesman. Lu said a dinner meeting between Clinton and Chen was being arranged for Sunday. Clinton visited China this week where he praised Beijing?s efforts to combat AIDS and pledged his foundation would donate drugs and offer training to doctors.

●<B> FASHION. Girls grow up at Gucci and D&G. </B>It was time to grow up at Milan fashion week Wednesday as Gucci?s sex kitten and D&G?s baby doll developed into elegant women. Gucci took a step away from its drainpipe trousers and cling-tight skirts last season when Alessandra Facchinetti took over from star designer Tom Ford, and the feminine touch flowed again for winter 2005.