The above picture is a simulation of how Britney Spears will look at age 36. It was done by the folks at www.ageprogession.org who factored in Britney's current fast food diet, drug and alcohol use and apparently receding hair line. They also produced a shot of Britney at 46 who I guess, in the midst of a mid-life crisis, decided being blonde is sexier. These pictures are pretty amazing considering I always pictured Britney buried in a coffin by 30. Thanks to science I now know she'll lead a rich, full life surrounded by cats and old copies of Readers Digest. Outstanding.

Who's Afraid of Mideast Money?

Deep inside a fortress of government ministries in Kuwait City, Bader M. Al Sa'ad moves billion-dollar chunks of wealth around the world like chess pieces. Slim and stately, the head of the Kuwait Investment Authority manages $213 billion on behalf of his government. His portfolio, one of the biggest so-called sovereign wealth funds in the world, is constantly replenished with money that flows into Kuwait in exchange for the oil that flows out. As prices top $100 a barrel, Kuwait's coffers are swelling.

With portraits of the emir and crown prince looming above Al Sa'ad's desk, one might expect the 50-year-old money manager to be tight-lipped about his investment strategy. But Al Sa'ad, who has held his post for just four years, is in a chatty mood. He says he wants to invest more in China and Brazil and other hot emerging markets—and less in Britain and France.

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DHAKA, Bangladesh, Nov. 16 (UPI) -- A devastating cyclone on the southwestern coast of Bangladesh has killed more than 260 people and displaced thousands of others.

The storm, which made landfall Thursday evening, has left at least 500 fishing trawlers -- staffed by more than 3,000 fisherman -- missing, PTI reported Friday.

Officials said Bangladeshi Army troops and Air Force helicopters were called in to assist with rescue operations.

The officials said the Barguna district was one of the hardest-hit by the storm, with 118 people in the area killed. Reports are still pending from some areas affected by the cyclone, including the Khulna and Barisal districts and the island of Dubla Chor.

Meanwhile, the country's weather office said the sun was shining Friday, but there was a chance of rain later in the day, as the storm continues to flounder north of the country's coast in a weakened form, PTI said.