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She concealed her pregnancy for months before revealing her baby bump at the MTV Music Awards in August. But now Beyoncé is said to be moments away from giving birth to her first child. And the appearance of the star's mother Tina, 57, sister Solange, 25, and nephew Julez in the city has certainly added weight to the report. Nurses at New York's St Luke's Roosevelt hospital have allegedly been told to prepare the labour suite for the arrival of a celebrity VIP. And designer Tina and sister Solange, were spotted leaving vintage store Stella Dallas in New York City yesterday, which means they are clearly keen to be on hand should the star go into labour. The singer lives in a multi-million pound penthouse apartment in the city with rapper husband Jay Z. It is thought the 30-year-old singer and husband Jay Z could be welcoming a child as early as today according to MediaTakeOut.com. The website reports that the half the floor of the hospital's Labor and Delivery Suite has been booked by the singer, although the hospital has not confirmed the claims. Beyoncé is thought to have reached the nine month mark in her pregnancy. And in a clip from her Live at Roseland DVD she said: 'Hello! It's September 23rd ... Right now I'm actually shooting the video for 'Countdown' and I'm six months pregnant, pretending that my stomach is flat in body suits.' A spokesperson for the singer was unavailable for comment earlier today. Beyoncé's baby may not have been born just yet but it has been the source of speculation for months. In October the singer sparked rumours that she was wearing a prosthetic belly after her stomach appeared to collapse as she sat down during a live TV appearance in Australia. Earlier this month the Love On Top singer labelled the reports 'ridiculous', and told Katie Couric that she didn't let the rumours effect her. Follow @YardFlex

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The US media is reporting another case of Jamaican lottery scammers targeting an unsuspecting elderly victim. A resident of Renton in Washington has been swindled out of more than US$16,000 after receiving a telephone call from Jamaica informing her that she had won the lottery. The woman paid over the money during a four month period. She said a man first called in July claiming that he was from an organization known as "Winners International" and that the widow had won a US$2.5 million lottery. After dozens of phone calls and at least 31 wire transfers, the woman sent more than US$16,000 from her bank accounts and her late husband's retirement plan. She even sold jewelry in order to meet the demands of the Jamaican scammers. The woman is now broke.
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Opposition Leader Portia Simpson Miller has threatened to stay away from official Government functions. The threat follows what Simpson Miller said was the instruction of a state minister to cancel a function of the National Youth Council, purely because she was slated to be the guest speaker. Last night, the state minister for youth Senator Warren Newby was unavailable for response to the claims by the Opposition Leader.
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Former Dean of Humanities and Education at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Professor Aggrey Brown has died. Professor Brown was also a former director of the Caribbean Institute of Media and Communication (CARIMAC) at the UWI. Professor Brown, who had been ailing for some time, died this morning at the Tony Thwaites Wing at the University Hospital of the West Indies. In 2002, after spending 22 years as head of the CARIMAC, Pofessor Brown left to become the dean of the Faculty of Arts and Education at the time. A past headboy of Cornwall College, Montego Bay, St James, Professor Brown is the author of several books and numerous articles, and has presented several papers at local and international conferences. Before joining CARIMAC in 1974, he taught in various capacities at such American universities as Howard, Rutgers, and Princeton. He is a former newspaper columnist, TV cameraman, radio announcer, news analyst, and moderator of the call-in programme 'The Public Eye'.
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Patrick Wong, former Chief Executive Officer of the National Works Agency (NWA), on Thursday morning pleaded guilty to two counts of failing to answer questions requested by the Contractor General. The former NWA boss had found himself in trouble after being accused of failing to answer a lawful request of the Contractor General. It is understood that the matter is in relation to a St. Catherine project. Mr. Wong was served with a summons last week Monday to appear before the court on Thursday. Following his guilty plea, Mr. Wong was fined $5,000 or 30 days on each count. Meanwhile, Member of Parliament for St. Catherine North Central, Natalie Neita Headley also appeared in court. She pleaded guilty to breaching the Integrity Commission Act. Last Friday a warrant of disobedience was issued for her arrest after she failed to appear in court. However, the warrant was stayed until Thursday. Mrs. Neita Headley was fined $10,000 or 30 days. They both appeared before Senior Magistrate Judith Pusey in the Corporate Area Criminal Court.
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ATLANTA (AP) -- Filmmaker Tyler Perry is defending his controversial decision to cast reality television star Kim Kardashian in an upcoming film about marriage. Perry announced that Kardashian will have a role in "The Marriage Counselor" shortly before she ended her 72-day marriage to NBA player Kris Humphries, creating a buzz on social media sites. Perry says he wanted a younger cast, which Kardashian rounds out, to help attract younger viewers. In a statement on his website, Perry says he thinks "it would be a very responsible of her to be a part of this film" and good for young people who see her as a role model to "see her in a film that is about what happens in life when you make the wrong choices." Perry asked for his fans' understanding.
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SAN DIEGO (AP) -- An estimated 17 tons of marijuana were seized in the discovery of a cross-border tunnel that authorities said Wednesday was one of the most significant secret drug smuggling passages ever found on the U.S.-Mexico border. The tunnel discovered Tuesday stretched about 400 yards (400 meters) and linked warehouses in San Diego and Tijuana, authorities said. U.S. authorities seized about nine tons of marijuana inside a truck and at the warehouse in San Diego's Otay Mesa area, said Derek Benner, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement special agent in charge of investigations in San Diego. Mexican authorities recovered about eight tons south of the border. Authorities spoke at a news conference near packages of seized dope festooned with labels of Captain America, Sprite and Bud Light. The markings are codes to identify the owners. Photos taken by Mexican authorities show an entry blocked by bundles that were likely stuffed with marijuana, said Paul Beeson, chief of the Border Patrol's San Diego sector. Tunnel walls were lined with wood supports. The passage was equipped with lighting and ventilation systems. The tunnel was about four feet high and three feet wide. It dropped about 20 feet on the U.S. side. Two men allegedly seen leaving the warehouse in a truck packed with about three tons of pot were pulled over Tuesday on a highway in suburban La Mesa and arrested. A California Highway Patrol officer was overwhelmed by the smell, according to a federal complaint. Cesar Beltran and Ruben Gomez each face a maximum penalty of life in prison if convicted of conspiracy to distribute marijuana, said Alana Robinson, chief of the U.S. attorney's narcotics enforcement section in San Diego. They were scheduled to be arraigned Thursday. Cross-border tunnels have proliferated in recent years, but the latest find is one of the more significant, based on the amount of drugs seized.
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