CANNES, France, May 9 (UPI) — Actress Nicole Kidman said she understands why the children of Princess Grace of Monaco are upset regarding the movie being made about their mother. Kidman portrays the actress-turned-royal Grace Kelly in the upcoming film
‘Heath campaigners’ have stepped up their fight against liberal, market economics by blaming Western systems which encourage the freedom of consumption for growing obesity rates in Britain and America. Joining their compatriots from the green lobby, UK Health Forum campaigners
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., May 9 (UPI) — President Obama took a break from fundraising to give a speech at a Walmart in Mountain View, California on climate change and the need to embrace clean renewable energy Friday. The president said
BOSTON, May 9 (UPI) — An atheist Massachusetts couple failed to prove their children had been harmed by the words “Under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance, the state’s highest court ruled Friday. The couple, identified only as “John and
TEMPLETON, Iowa, May 9 (UPI) — Just when it seemed like there was no way to make eating bacon an even more excessive experience, some folks in Iowa came up with a way. The Templeton Rye Pork Project was started
QUEENSLAND, Australia, May 9 (UPI) — Two groomsmen taking photos as part of an Australian wedding celebration took a break so they could rescue a local fisherman after his boat capsized. Dougal “Doogs” Grey and Clayton “Deani” Deane were busy
The Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF), a UK-based, environmental policy focused organisation, is expanding into campaigning in order to tackle the orthodoxy emanating from the likes of WWF and Greenpeace on environmental issues. The GWPF describes itself as “an all-party and
The BBC’s flagship Daily Politics programme has today broadcast a special feature on the launch of Breitbart London. Despite spelling the name of the website incorrectly in its banner, the BBC’s piece about the rise of a right-wing media outlet
NEW YORK, May 8 (UPI) —A former NYPD officer, who was arrested in 2012 for conspiring to kidnap, murder, cook and eat women, has gotten a job working as a chef at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in lower Manhattan in
CAPE CORAL, Fla., May 8 (UPI) —A drinking game is causing some concerns in Cape Coral — but it’s not because high school students appear to be ingesting alcohol. Social media posts supposedly made by students from Cape Coral High
SHIZUOKA, Japan, May 8 (UPI) —More than 1,500 people recently visited the Marine Science Museum in Shizuoka, Japan, where scientists dissected a 1,500-pound megamouth shark caught last month. The rare megamouth shark, characterized by its bulbous head and enormous mouth,
MONTPELIER, Vt., May 8 (UPI) — Governor Peter Shumlin signed into law yesterday a bill that makes Vermont the first state in the country to require the labeling of all GMO foods and prohibiting the use of the terms “natural”
WESTMINSTER, London, UK – Nigel Farage, the leader of the UK Independence Party this morning launched his party’s local election campaign wherein he stated that the party would win “hundreds of seats… or I will look rather stupid”. Farage was
PULASKI COUNTY, Ky., May 7 (UPI) — Police are starting to release additional details about a story that sounds more like something that would have happened at the Bates Motel instead of in Kentucky. A deceased Kentucky man allegedly kept
HANOI, Vietnam, May 7 (UPI) — Vietnamese Navy and Chinese vessels collided in the South China Sea as Vietnam attempted to prevent the Chinese from installing an oil rig in contested waters. Vietnamese officials claim the Chinese ships intentionally tried
A man has been given a surprise vasectomy by a British NHS hospital after attending for a relatively routine procedure. It is not yet known whether the operation, which is usually reversible, will be able to be corrected in this
The UK’s High Court has dismissed a case against Muslim campaigner Fiyaz Mughal after he accused Britain’s Daily Telegraph newspaper of libel. Mughal, who heads the ‘anti-Islamophobia’ group TellMAMA, is known for threatening legal action against people who have publicly
BARNSTABLE, Mass., May 6 (UPI) — More than 415,000 brochures meant to inform residents and visitors about sharks in the water — and to educate readers on what to do should they spot one — have been printed and distributed
AUSTIN, Texas, May 6 (UPI)–The subject of 2011’s Bernie could be released from prison on Tuesday on the condition that he live with the film’s director, Richard Linklater, at his home in Austin. Bernie Tiede, who is serving a life
NASHVILLE, May 5 (UPI)–Miranda Lambert is in the running for six fan-voted CMT Music Awards, organizers announced Monday. Florida Georgia Line and Luke Bryan earned five nods apiece, while Keith Urban and Taylor Swift were each nominated for four prizes,
LOS ANGELES, May 5 (UPI)–Mel Gibson’s lawyer has filed a formal request asking a California judge to expunge from the actor-director’s record his no contest plea in the Oksana Grigorieva battery case. A hearing has been scheduled for later this
Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams has been released following 4 days of detention at the hands of the Police Service of Northern Ireland following his arrest in connection with the murder of Jean McConville in 1972. Adams’s colleagues and supporters were
A new study by researchers at the publicly funded University of Leicester, UK has proved that singer Miley Cyrus could not have ‘come in like a wrecking ball’ as her 2013 song claimed, without sustaining significant injury. David McDonagh, of the
UKIP’s newest billboard poster depicts Britain’s major political party leaders gagged by European Union flags, with the strap line, “Nigel Farage will Britain its voice back”. The UKIP leader gave a speech on Friday night to a capacity crowd in
