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Enter POINTERS IT’S A BOY FOR ADELE 5 FROM TOP: MIKE MARSLAND/WIREIMAGE/GETTY IMAGES; HANNIBAL HANSCHKE/AFP/GETTYIMAGES 6 Adele has given birth to her first child, a son, with boyfriend Simon Konecki. “We are all over the moon,” a family source told People. While many fans offered their congratulations over Twitter, Joan Rivers took the occasion to make a fat joke about the British singer. “Congratulations to Adele on the birth of her 68 pound 8 ounces bouncing baby boy,” she tweeted. TALIBAN COMMANDER CAPTURED A joint Afghan-NATO operation has led to the capture of a key Taliban commander in northern Afghanistan, Mullah Abdul Rahman. “He encouraged insurgents to plant roadside bombs and stage high-profile attacks on Afghan officials,” Kunduz province police spokesman Sayed Sarwar Husseini told Reuters. Police also described Rahman as a “shadow governor” in Kunduz province, where insurgent violence has escalated in recent years. THAT’S VIRAL NEW YORK SHOOTS DOWN DOMA HUFFINGTON 10.28.12 German Defense Minister Thomas de Maiziere (left) greets Afghan soldiers in Kunduz in July. A selection of the week’s most talked-about stories. HEADLINES TO VIEW FULL STORIES YES, THIS WOMAN BREASTFEEDS HER DOG YOU CAN’T EVEN TELL THIS GUY HAD A FACE TRANSPLANT OW. THE BEST FACES FROM THE “NIGHTMARES FEAR FACTORY” HAUNTED HOUSE