Monthly Archives: February 2014
Ranbaxy halts shipments of ingredients from India
Indian pharmaceutical company Ranbaxy has suspended shipments of ingredients from two of its plants to probe their testing processes. The move at Ranbaxy's Toansa and...
Oscars 2014: Goodie bag $80,000 content
This year’s Oscar nominees at next weekend's star-studded ceremony will be comforted by a lavish $80,000 goodie bag containing: ARTAS Robotic Hair Transplant surgery Walk Japan...
Kiss pulls out performance at Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction
Veteran rock band Kiss has pulled out of their performance at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction in a disagreement over their...
US may pull all troops out of Afghanistan by the end of the year
Barack Obama has warned Afghan President Hamid Karzai that the US may pull all of its troops out of his country by the year's...
AdvoCare V100 Bowl 2014: Duck Commander signs 6-year deal for naming rights at Independence Bowl
Duck Commander, the company behind Duck Dynasty reality show, is reportedly set to purchase the rights to the Independence Bowl, or AdvoCare V100 Bowl as...
Lena Dunham to host Saturday Night Live on March 8
Lena Dunham will make her Saturday Night Live hosting debut on March 8 with musical guest The National. The appearance will also mark The National's...
Oprah Winfrey shares her first selfie from NAACP Image Awards
Oprah Winfrey shared her first selfie with fans from the 45th Annual NAACP Image Awards. "My first selfie," Oprah Winfrey, 60, tweeted. "Love @idriselba! #imageawards." Oprah...
Turkey tapped phone scandal: Recep Tayyip Erdogan says leaked call to son is fake
Recep Tayyip Erdogan has angrily condemned as fabricated an audio recording that appears to show him talking to his son about hiding large sums...
Oscar Pistorius trial can be partially televised
Oscar Pistorius trial in South Africa can be partially televised, a Pretoria court has ruled today. Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius shot his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp,...
Ukraine: Oleksandr Turchynov warns of dangerous signs of separatism
Oleksandr Turchynov - Ukraine's interim president - has warned of the dangers of separatism following the ousting of President Viktor Yanukovych. Many in Ukraine's Russian-speaking...
Freezing temperatures expected across US Midwest and Northeast
Tuesday’s temperatures remain up to 30 degrees below average in Midwest and Northeast, forecasters announced. “This is going to be another cold week,” Kevin Roth...
Seth Meyers opens Late Night show with Thank You Note for Jimmy Fallon
In his debut at Late Night, former Saturday Night Live head writer Seth Meyers began with a quick tribute to Jimmy Fallon, his former...
Cooking meat may increase dementia risk
According to a new study, cooking meat produces chemicals which may increase the risk of developing dementia. Advanced glycation end products (AGES) have been linked...
Turkey: Anti-government prosecutors illegally tapped thousands of phones
Turkish pro-government media have claimed a group of anti-government prosecutors have illegally wiretapped thousands of prominent figures. Targets reportedly included government ministers and business leaders. The...
Facebook shutters email address system
Facebook has quietly ended its three-year-old email address system "@facebook.com". From now on, emails sent to a "@facebook.com" address will be forwarded to the personal...
North Korean patrol boat violates sea border with South Korea amid military drills
According to South Korean officials, a North Korean patrol boat violated a sea border with the South several times late on Monday. The ship spent...
MtGox: Top Bitcoin exchange goes offline
MtGox, one of the biggest Bitcoin exchanges, has gone offline. MtGox has been hit by technical issues and recently halted all customer withdrawals of Bitcoin...
Allison Rosati’s husband is Dr. Lee Dennis
NBC 5’s anchor Allison Rosati is married to Dr. Lee Dennis and is the proud and dedicated mother of four children. Allison Rosati and Dr....
Danica Patrick in nine-car crash at 2014 Daytona 500
For the second time in her three Daytona 500s, Danica Patrick's day ended with a crash. After rain delayed the Daytona 500 for 6 hours,...
Dmitry Medvedev questions legitimacy of new Ukrainian authorities
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said Ukraine’s interim authorities had conducted an "armed mutiny". And the Russian foreign ministry said dissenters in mainly Russian-speaking regions...
Russell Crowe launches campaign to screen Noah for Pope Francis
Russell Crowe has launched a campaign to have his new Biblical epic Noah screened for Pope Francis. Russell Crowe plays the title role in Darren...
Sam Worthington arrested in NYC for punching photographer
Sam Worthington has been arrested in New York City for punching a photographer, police say. The Avatar actor hit the man after he kicked Sam...
Pentagon to shrink US Army to its smallest size since before WWII
Pentagon chief Chuck Hagel has unveiled plans to shrink the US Army to what is expected to be its smallest size since before World...
Harold Ramis dies of autoimmune inflammatory vasculitis at 69
Harold Ramis, best known for the films Ghostbusters and Groundhog Day, has died aged 69. The actor found fame as bespectacled ghost-hunter Egon Spengler in...
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