News
Cuba to launch Ecured, a Wikipedia-like database
10:03 14.12.2010 |
Society
Cuba today launches its own online encyclopedia, Ecured, a Wikipedia-like database of information which aims to present articles about the world and history from a Cuban perspective.
Nicole Richie and Joel Madden marry in magical winter wedding
06:28 13.12.2010 |
Society
Nicole Richie and Joel Madden said "I do" in a magical winter wonderland wedding that was four years in the making. When Nicole Richie and Joel Madden began dating in 2006, there was something in their relationship and chemistry that predicted they would end up man and wife.
"Blade" star Wesley Snipes to serve 3-year prison term
12:00 10.12.2010 |
Society
Award-winning actor Wesley Snipes, best known for his roles in the "Blade" trilogy, surrendered shortly before noon today at a federal prison in Pennsylvania where he will serve a three-year sentence for failing to file his taxes. Snipes, 48, was convicted in April 2008 of three misdemeanor counts of willful failure to file income taxes and has...
Doors frontman Jim Morrison pardoned 40 years after conviction
11:54 10.12.2010 |
Society
Forty-one years ago, the state sent a message about community standards, charging rock icon Jim Morrison of the Doors with exposing himself during a 1969 Miami concert. On Thursday, the state reconsidered, and offered Morrison a pardon.
Pop singer Katy Perry takes her husband's surname
12:48 08.12.2010 |
Society
The pop singer Katy Perry is planning to adopt her married surname of Brand. The 'California Gurls' singer wed British comedian Russell Brand in October and is now thinking of taking on his second name because she loves it when people call her "Mrs. Brand".
Most expensive book in the world sold for $ 10 million
11:51 08.12.2010 |
Society
A rare copy of the "most expensive book in the world" surpassed pre-sale estimates to fetch more than £7 million ( $10 million) at auction in London. Sotheby's said the price of £7,321,250, including buyer's premium, paid for John James Audubon's Birds Of America was a record for any printed book at auction.
Famous musician sobs at losing 300-year-old Stradivarius violin
11:32 07.12.2010 |
Society
A violin worth £1.2million was snatched from a world famous musician as she stopped for a sandwich outside a train station. Korean-born Min-Jin Kym sobbed to staff at Euston, London, when she discovered her 300-year-old Stradivarius violin and two bows worth £67,000 had been stolen.
