Reuters - Barack Obama's presidential victory got more clicks than any other story on yahoo.com this year, but the most searched term was "Britney Spears," Yahoo reported on Monday.

AP - France's glamorous first lady threw her considerable star power behind the global fight against AIDS on Monday, as the world tallied the victims of the HIV virus that infects a new person every 15 seconds.

AP - Singer Boy George admits in a recording played in court that he restrained a male escort with handcuffs.

Reuters - Kylie Minogue, who went from soap actress to become one of the world's most famous female recording artists, wowed fans on Monday at her first performance in Chinese capital Beijing with an electric show.

AP - Britney Spears, "Circus" (Jive)