Memphis flooding reached near historic-high levels yesterday as authorities tried to evacuate as many people as possible out of harm’s way. Farmers along the river built makeshift barriers in a bid to prevent flood waters from inundating their crops. City engineers meanwhile had to divert water into a lake to soften the blow on levees […]
Marvel’s “Thor” movie hammered the competition in the box-office during its opening weekend, raking in $66 million in North America, the film studio said today. The global box-office gross of the “Thor” movie is now $242 million after it made $46 million in 60 international markets, clearly another mega-hit by Marvel Studios after “The Incredible […]
The Eta Aquarid meteor shower is such a fascinating display that astronomers and the public eagerly anticipate it every year from mid-April to late May and peaking at May 6, this Friday night. So-named because it appears to originate from the constellation Aquarius, the meteor shower can be seen over the southeast horizon at 3 […]
Anglesey, Wales — that quaint and picturesque island off the northwest coast, is suddenly thrust into the limelight as the home of royal newlyweds Prince William and Kate Middleton. But it is not so much as Anglesey being transformed by the presence of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge as much as the couple easing […]
Superman has been one those iconic symbols of American culture and influence as evidenced by the slogan “Truth, Justice and the American Way.” Even though the comic book character is an alien, his alter ego Clark Kent has been raised in Kansas in the United States and thus quite essentially an American citizen. But a […]
Angelina Jolie has reportedly signed a very lucrative deal worth $10 million or 6.45 million pounds with French fashion house Louis Vuitton. Louis Vuitton has neither confirmed nor deny the deal with Angelina Jolie, one of the most recognizable faces in the planet. If proven true, the contract will be the highest for a single […]
The royal wedding guest list of Prince William and Kate Middleton got a bit shorter with the announcement by Bahrain Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa that he is not attending the prestigious event. Bahrain’s crown prince sent a letter to Prince Charles and the Buckingham Palace Sunday that it would be best not to […]
Lindsay Lohan was sentenced by Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Stephanie Sautner to 120 days in jail plus community service in connection to the necklace theft case she was facing. But the “Mean Girls” star spent only hours in detention after her lawyer posted a $75,000 bail on her behalf on Friday. Lindsay Lohan was […]
The Black Eyed Peas have reached the pinnacle of success with their chart-topping hits and huge album sales, and now the group wants young artists to follow in their footsteps. Winners of six Grammys so far, the hip-hop quartet said Tuesday that they will be opening a Peapod Adobe Youth Voices school in Manhattan. The […]
Sienna Miller, the English star of films such as Layer Cake and GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra, was reportedly given an offer worth 100,000 pounds ($163,000) by News Corp. to settle a mobile phone hacking suit. The 29-year-old Sienna Miller is only one of about 20 celebrities and politicians who have filed lawsuits […]
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