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(Newser) - Paris Hilton is pretty sure she knows the burglar who stole $2 million in jewels from her home, E! Online reports. “I think whoever did this, definitely has been there before. We have some suspects that I'm thinking of,” said the heiress, adding that many of the stolen items have sentimental value. Some reports indicate the door may have been unlocked when the burglary occurred. More »

(Newser) - Paris Hilton says she is “devastated” over the loss of more than $2 million in jewelry stolen from her Los Angeles home last week. “I cannot believe someone broke into my home. They took items that had such sentimental value that no one will ever be able to replace. I’m just thankful that I wasn’t there,” the heiress told Life & Style . More »

(Newser) - Hilary Duff is growing up, but that doesn’t mean that she’s any less tight-lipped about her personal life, Fox News reports. “I was quoted saying I was a virgin” in 2006, “but I absolutely did not say that,” the starlet tells Maxim . So, she’s not? “That’s nobody’s business but my own.” More »

(AP) - Britney Spears' latest CD, Circus, has landed her back at a familiar position—No. 1. The singer's comeback CD—make that her second comeback CD—will top the album charts next week, according to her label, Jive. Though Nielsen SoundScan does not release its official figures until today, estimates have the record selling as many as 500,000 copies in its first week of release. More »

(Newser) - It looks like Britney Spears will have her fifth No. 1 album next week. Her new Circus CD is poised to debut in the top spot when figures are released, Billboard reports. Spears is expected to sell about 455,000 copies. Among female artists, only Barbra Streisand, Madonna, Mariah Carey, and Janet Jackson have had more No. 1 albums. Streisand leads the pack with eight. More »

(Newser) - While Britney Spears' life has resembled something of a sideshow over the past couple of years, her newest release is a welcome return to her musical roots, writes Jim Farber in the New York Daily News . And for Glenn Gamboa, writing in Newsday,  Circu s can't just be called a comeback: "Not only is "Circus" (Jive) the best album of her career, but it could return her to the kind of massive, multiplatinum sales that she hadn't seen since the turn of the century." More »

(Newser) - Britney Spears' son Jayden James was rushed to a Louisiana hospital yesterday, the Sun reports. Onlookers said the 2-year-old might have suffered a seizure, but TMZ reports that it was simply a case of gastrointestinal distress. He is likely to be released tomorrow. Kevin Federline is supposedly on the way to his son’s bedside, says Perez Hilton, but the family has been unable to reach him. More »

(Newser) - Britney Spears is returning fire on the paparazzi by mocking them on her website, the BBC reports. The singer plans to post a "paparazzie award" every week along with a video of a bumbling photog. The first clip shows a pap falling over, camera in hand, over the caption: "This photographer eats some dirt while trying to get a shot of Britney." More »

(Newser) - The blogosphere is, ahem, atwitter over Britney Spears’ new Web site and micro-blogging account. The pop star promises to provide fans the inside scoop via britneyspears.com and Twitter, a social-networking site allows users to post constant updates. “I’d like to welcome Britney Spears to our world,” writes Michael Arrington at TechCrunch. More »

(Newser) - The jury in Britney Spear's traffic trial couldn't reach a verdict yesterday and has retired for the weekend to ponder whether the LA resident counts as a California girl, the Los Angeles Times reports. Spears' lawyer argues the singer, charged with driving without a valid California license, doesn't need one as her true home is Louisiana and she plans to move back there when her custody battle is concluded. More »