REUTERS - Diego Maradona's stormy spell as Argentina coach came to an end on Tuesday when the Argentine Football Association (AFA) voted unanimously not to renew his contract.

Maradona's future had been in doubt since Argentina's 4-0 thrashing by Germany in the World Cup quarter-finals in South Africa this month, less than two years since his headline-grabbing appointment.

A spectacular new image from ESO's Wide Field Imager at the La Silla Observatory in Chile shows the brilliant and unusual star WR 22 and its colourful surroundings. WR 22 is a very hot and bright star that is shedding its atmosphere into space at a rate many millions of times faster than the Sun. It lies in the outer part of the dramatic Carina Nebula from which it formed.

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Anna Wintour isn't quite adding restaurateur to her résumé like many of her editorial peers, but she will be hosting the hottest table in town tonight -- the Vogue editor in chief is opening her Sullivan Street home to President Barack Obama for a fund-raiser to benefit the Democratic National Committee (clearly showing Wintour isn't just a friend during presidential campaign times). Obama, who will tape an appearance on "The View" earlier in the day, will decompress among what's rumored to be a small crowd of donors including longtime fashion liberals Calvin Klein and Donna Karan....

The guest list for this go-round seems a bit more guarded, perhaps a sign of the President's lagging approval ratings (down to 48 percent according to a Reuters-Ipsos poll Tuesday) or maybe just a nod to the entry fee, which the Washington Post pegged at $30,000 a head.

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