Obama wax figure will be free for Yanks

Obama wax figure will be free for Yanks

LONDON — Stuck in Britain on Inauguration Day? Madame Tussauds, the London waxwork museum, is offering U.S. tourists the chance to see their new president up close for free.

The attraction says it’s offering free entry to any visitors able to prove they’re a U.S. citizen — a passport or driver’s license will do.

The offer is intended to celebrate the inauguration of the museum’s new attraction — a Barack Obama waxwork — on Jan. 20.

Rapper pays up

ATLANTA — Rapper T.I. went to court and promptly paid an $8,000 overdue lawyer bill for the mother of two of his sons, telling a judge the debt was an oversight.

Lawyers for LaShon Dixon asked a Fulton County judge to intervene after the 28-year-old rapper, whose real name is Clifford Harris, failed to pay in November. He had agreed to the payment as part of an ongoing child-support case.

T.I. had a check for the money owed, effectively settling the matter.

Today’s birthdays

Comedian Soupy Sales is 83. “Sunday Morning” host Charles Osgood is 76. Game-show host Bob Eubanks (“The Newlywed Game”) is 71. Singer Anthony Gourdine of Little Anthony and the Imperials is 68. Guitarist Robby Krieger of The Doors is 63. Singer David Bowie is 62. Singer R. Kelly is 42. Reggae singer Sean Paul is 36. Actress Gaby Hoffman (“Field of Dreams”) is 27.