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on Jun 15, 2009 | In Movies & Hollywood
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The latest celebrity news including "The Hangover" stays on top while Eddie Murphy's latest film lands with a thud at the weekend box office.
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| | | Senate Democrats strip apostate Sen. Specter of all committee seniority. Judiciary Committee top Republican says he''ll not allow Schumer-style political filibustering of Obama judicial picks |
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| | | South Carolina''s top prosecutor on Tuesday called on the chief executive of popular online site Craigslist to take down ads related to prostitution and pornography or face prosecution himself |
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| | | Youngster Li Tianqi can read and recognize over 2,000 Chinese characters, impressive for a child who has yet to reach her second birthday. |
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| | | Obama meets with Pakistan''s President; Afghan civilians die in U.S. air attacks; Health insurance industry offers to end practice of charging higher premiums to women |
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| | | Are there little things that you think ALL guys should know? Brett Cohen goes over a few basics from his book about the little things that men should know how to do. |
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| | | With a few items found in almost any desk or tool drawer, you can make your very own mini hovercraft capable of gliding over any flat surface. |
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| | | Prince Fielder and Corey Hart talk after the Brewers'' 4-3 win over the Astros. Fielder drove in two with a single and Hart had an RBI double in a three-run seventh. |
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| | | Hollywood stars made their way up to Harlem in order to honor Bill Clinton for his humanitarian efforts. See what Jessica Alba, Adrian Grenier and others had to say about the former president. |
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| | | Got video files on your computer? Watch them on your big-screen TV – using your Xbox! |
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| | | Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is to be sworn in for a second term on Friday, following the resounding election victory of his Congress-led alliance. |
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WORLD» |
World stock markets tumbled Monday, with Japan's benchmark sinking 4 percent, as the worsening U.S. recession and more evidence of deep rot in the financial industry dashed hopes of a global recovery later this year. As in U.S., where Wall Street indexes retreated to 12-year lows, investors in Asia and Europe were shaken after figures Friday showed U.S. gross |
Ameneh Bahrami is certain that one day she'll meet someone, fall in love and get married. But when her wedding day comes, her husband won't see her eyes, and she won't see her husband. Bahrami is blind, the victim of an acid attack by a spurned suitor. If she gets her way, her attacker will suffer the same fate. The 31-year-old Iranian is demanding the ancient punishment of "an eye for an eye," and, |
Doubts arose on Thursday whether the teen-ager who killed 15 people in a shooting rampage in Germany had given advance warning of his deadly plans in a chatroom the night before. Police said they were investigating the claim, made by the regional interior ministry, that 17-year-old Tim Kretschmer had posted a message saying he planned to go to his former school with weapons |
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A man accused of beheading and cannibalizing a passenger on a Greyhound bus apologized to police when he was arrested and begged officers to kill him. The details emerged Tuesday as Vince Li faced his murder trial by pleading not guilty. The Chinese immigrant is accused of the second-degree murder last summer of Tim McLean, a 22-year-old carnival worker who |
Ghanaian President John Kufuor has been involved in a car crash in the capital, Accra, but appears to have escaped unhurt, according to his office. Witnesses say they saw a vehicle crash into his car, causing it to roll over several times. When it came to a stop Mr Kufuor emerged holding his head. A presidential spokesman said he seemed fine but was seen by his doctor. |
Up to 400 people were killed in Chad in a recent attack survivors say was carried out by Sudanese and local Janjaweed militia aided by Chadian rebels, the U.N. refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Tuesday. Chadian authorities had estimated last week that at least 65 people died in the early morning attacks on March 31 on two villages in eastern Chad, Tiero and Marena, home to some 8,000. |
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A six-page rant to Virgin Atlantic's Sir Richard Branson about a woeful in-flight meal attracted so much attention on the Internet that it was rumored to be a clever marketing stunt. The author was reported to be Oliver Beale, a 29 year old art director who works at a London advertising agency. Both he and Virgin |
The "crime scene cookies", "baaji custard" and "sponge shafts" depicted in Oliver Beale's letter of complaint to Virgin Atlantic struck a chord worldwide. The missive he sent to Virgin chairman Sir Richard Branson about a meal he received on board a Virgin flight from Mumbai to London in December spread across the web and email with a vengeance. |
Deals Abound Amid Recession; Lower Gas Prices Than Last Year Will Mean More Car Trips And Fewer Flights Memorial Day weekend is the unofficial start of the summer travel season, but if you think this might be the year you don't sit in traffic because Americans decide to stay home during a recession marked by record unemployment and high foreclosure rates, think again. |
A six-page rant to Virgin Atlantic's Sir Richard Branson about a woeful in-flight meal attracted so much attention on the Internet that it was rumored to be a clever marketing stunt. The author was reported to be Oliver Beale, a 29 year old art director who works at a London advertising agency. Both he and Virgin |
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Gas prices nationwide jumped a bit over the past two weeks, according to a survey published Sunday. A gallon of self-serve regular cost, on average, $1.86, said Trilby Lundberg, publisher of the Lundberg Survey. That's a rise of nearly 8 cents over the past two weeks. After breaking all-time-high records over the summer, prices |
Kay Pratt's rental car gets a ticket when she stays in a San Francisco hotel. Problem is, the car was under the care of the property's valet services. Now she wants the $85 ticket refunded, but the hotel is stringing her along. Is she stuck with the ticket.? Q: I'm having a problem with a hotel's valet parking service, and could use a little help |
The "crime scene cookies", "baaji custard" and "sponge shafts" depicted in Oliver Beale's letter of complaint to Virgin Atlantic struck a chord worldwide. The missive he sent to Virgin chairman Sir Richard Branson about a meal he received on board a Virgin flight from Mumbai to London in December spread across the web and email with a vengeance. |
Growing up in America, Joshu Harris was captivated by the mystique, music and history of Cuba. So before Harris started law school, he traveled to Santiago in southeastern Cuba -- something very few Americans can do today. While there, he played his trumpet with a local dance band, touring across the Cuban countryside. I wanted to see and experience the country |
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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY» |
A fossil from famous shale deposits in Canada was thought to be unremarkable, but a new study finds that it's actually the remains of a 500-million-year-old monster-looking predator. The Burgess Shale (a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Canadian Rockies of British Columbia) has yielded exceptionally well-preserved fossils that present a |
NASA's online contest to name a new room at the international space station went awry. Comedian Stephen Colbert won. The name "Colbert" beat out NASA's four suggested options in the space agency's effort to have the public help name the addition. The new room will be launched later this year. NASA's mistake was allowing write-ins |
After eight days together, space shuttle Discovery pulled away from the international space station Wednesday, ending a successful effort to boost electrical power and science research at the orbiting outpost. The two spacecraft went separate ways as they soared above the Indian Ocean. The undocking puts Discovery and its seven-member crew on course |
Officials trying to determine how the 150-pound cat got out of its enclosure Officials at a Kansas zoo are trying to figure out how a 150-pound mountain lion escaped from its enclosure. The 14-year-old female was shot and killed by police at the Great Bend Zoo on Sunday evening. Zoo director Mike Cargill tells KAKE-TV the mountain lion escaped |
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It may have been a fashion first, but supermodel Naomi Campbell has nothing to fear. The HRP-4C humanoid robot showed off her stormtrooper-like silver and black frame and bowed to a fashion-savvy audience at the start of the annual Japan Fashion Week in Tokyo Monday — but even her creators admit the mechanical model needs more work. |
The Conficker Internet worm could strike at infected computers around the world on April 1, a security expert warned Monday. Conficker is a sophisticated piece of malicious computer software, or malware, that installs itself on a Windows PC's hard drive via specially written Web pages. It then conceals itself on a computer. |
British intelligence officers scoured hundreds of UFO sighting reports in the 1980s and 1990s looking for top-secret American stealth-plane projects, newly released files have shown. At the end of the cold war, the Ministry of Defense was worried that America was developing mysterious planes but not telling its closest ally. |
Scientists are to dig up ice dating back more than 100,000 years in an attempt to shed light on how global warming will change the world over the next century. The ice, at the bottom of the Greenland ice sheet, was laid down at a time when temperatures were 3 top 5 degrees Celsius (5 to 9 degrees Fahrenheit) warmer than they are today. |
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LIFE & LIVING» |
A small piece of Florida hammock near the Redland sat untended for many years. Battered by Hurricane Andrew, it was disfigured by tossed trees and a tangle of jasmine, wood rose and air potato -- three of the meanest invasive exotic plants that would challenge the most skilled professional forester. In 1996, Gladys Chern and her son Danny Reyes |
If you are trying to save money by scaling back on your beauty products, chances are you'll find some inexpensive treatments -- just like the ones your mother or grandmother swore by -- in your own kitchen. Many of us get caught up in the excitement of new products, said Cheryl Kramer Kaye, beauty director for Redbook magazine. |
Enter George Zima's tiny photo shop prepared for a stroll down memory lane -- and a comprehensive lesson in the history of photography. The second-floor office space in a nondescript Palmetto Bay building is chockablock with cameras, lenses, slide projectors and accessories for the tried-and-true 35 mm buff. Aptly named Forever 35, Zima's cozy |
Zeinab Salmanzadeh graduated from high school with stellar grades, but the university near her hometown in southwestern Iran repeatedly rejected her application. The only way she could continue her education was to study secretly with part-time tutors. The sole reason: her religion. Now a Kendall resident and a business |
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Capt. Nathan Green remembers the alarm sounding that day last April in Baghdad's Green Zone. He remembers running, and then the loud explosion of the rocket hitting 30 feet behind him. He was knocked unconscious and suffered a traumatic brain injury. He now hears the high-pitched whine and static buzz of an AM radio. All the time. |
Knut the polar bear celebrated his second and perhaps final birthday in Berlin on Friday with hundreds of well-wishers who sang "happy birthday." The cuddly orphan cub who once captivated animal lovers around the world has grown into a strapping 200 kg (441 lb) adolescent predator with a need for more space and a mate. |
Capt. Nathan Green remembers the alarm sounding that day last April in Baghdad's Green Zone. He remembers running, and then the loud explosion of the rocket hitting 30 feet behind him. He was knocked unconscious and suffered a traumatic brain injury. He now hears the high-pitched whine and static buzz of an AM radio. All the time. |
These amazing appliances made a lot of promises. With their bullet shapes, rounded corners and horizontal bands signifying speed, the blenders, juicers, alarm clocks, coffee pots, hair dryers and vacuum cleaners created in the Streamline Style of the 1930s stood for progress. They made housework seem dynamic, futuristic, even sexy. In |
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