BEIRUT, Lebanon, May 29 (UPI) — A senior Iranian military commander’s reported admission that Iranian forces are operating in Syria to stiffen the embattled regime of President Bashar Assad underlines how bad things are for Syria’s divided opposition. This and
LOS ANGELES, May 28 (UPI) —Pop singer Justin Timberlake and actress Jessica Biel celebrated their engagement by throwing a cocktail party in California, friends say. The Saturday party took place at the home of Timberlake’s longtime friend and HomeMint partner
LOS ANGELES, May 28 (UPI) — Sharon Osbourne called fellow “America’s Got Talent” judge Howard Stern “a lot of fun” on Monday’s Anderson Cooper show. Osbourne made the comment to Cooper about working with Stern on the NBC reality competition
LOS ANGELES, May 27 (UPI) — “Men in Black 3,” starring Will Smith, led the U.S. box office so far this weekend with $55 million in receipts as of Sunday. The film came in below expectations, despite its healthy box
ALBANY, N.Y., May 27 (UPI) — Rapper and reality star Flavor Flav is facing a 180-day jail sentence in Albany, N.Y., for failing to pay more than $111,186 in child support. An Albany County magistrate recommended the jail sentence and
WASHINGTON, May 21 (UPI) —President Barack Obama “needs to become the adult” on the U.S. debt, said Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and he needs to lead, said House Speaker John Boehner. The Senate Republican leader and House speaker intensified their
OXFORD, England, May 18 (UPI) —Taxes on unhealthy food might improve health, but the tax would need to be at least 20 percent to have a significant effect, British researchers said. Oliver Mytton and colleagues at the University of Oxford
Camp David, US, May 20 (QNA) – The Group of Eight (G8) leaders called on the Syrian government and all parties in the country to immediately and fully adhere to a six-point peace plan brokered by United Nations-Arab League joint
HOLLYWOOD, May 19 (UPI) — Colin Firth will play Noel Coward in “Mad Dogs and Englishmen,” the producers announced in Cannes, France. The film centers on the real-life saga of the sophisticated British playwright-actor’s two-week run at the Desert Inn
WASHINGTON, May 17 (UPI) —President Barack Obama told congressional leaders he would not allow a replay of last summer’s debt-ceiling fight that nearly put the United States in default. Over hoagie sandwiches at the White House, Obama called the political
HELSINKI, Finland, May 15 (UPI) — The Finnish company behind the tremendously popular mobile game “Angry Birds” has announced new game — dubbed “Amazing Alex” — in a similar vein. Rovio Entertainment says the physics-based game along the lines of
JAKARTA, May 15 (UPI) — Authorities in Indonesia declined to issue American pop star Lady Gaga a permit for a concert in Jakarta due to protests by Islamic groups. The 26-year-old singer is known for her outrageous outfits and sexually
WASHINGTON, May 14 (UPI) —Banks will “lose their battle” to weaken new Wall Street rules, a U.S. senator said, as JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s head said its trading loss could top $3 billion. Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich. — a proponent
NEW YORK, May 13 (UPI) — Mob matriarch Livia Soprano, played by the late Nancy Marchand on “The Sopranos,” tops the list of the New York Post’s 10 worst television mothers. Coming in at No. 2 on the Post’s mom-mocking
WASHINGTON, May 12 (UPI) —President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden ended the week praising each other and then playing a round of golf together. Biden started the week by stealing some of the president’s thunder when he came
NEW YORK, May 11 (UPI) — Zooey Deschanel is to play country music icon Loretta Lynn in a Broadway stage adaptation of “Coal Miner’s Daughter,” Playbill.com reported. Lynn announced the casting Thursday from the stage of Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium during
LOS ANGELES, May 6 (UPI) — “Marvel’s The Avengers,” starring Robert Downey Jr. and an ensemble cast, took in a record $200.3 million at the U.S. box office during the weekend. The adventure hero epic blasted through all previous records,
ARLINGTON, Va., May 4 (UPI) —U.S. President Barack Obama urged high school students Friday to tell lawmakers to approve a measure that would keep student loan interest rates from doubling. Obama, joined by U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan, made the
COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 5 (UPI) —Political analysts say President Obama’s weekend campaign rallies in Ohio and Virginia will reignite some of the enthusiasm that swept him to victory in 2008. Obama, now 50 and bearing some scars from his first
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, May 3 (UPI) —A Canadian high school student serving a suspension for wearing a T-shirt that says “Life is wasted without Jesus” says he’ll wear it again when he returns. Grade 12 student William Swinimer, 19, is
LOS ANGELES, May 4 (UPI) — Principal photography has begun on the remake of the 1981 cult-hit horror film “The Evil Dead” in Auckland, New Zealand, the movie’s producers said Friday. Shooting is to wrap in early July and the
NEW YORK, May 4 (UPI) — Adam Yauch, a founding member of the Brooklyn hip-hop group Beastie Boys, has died, TMZ reported Friday. He was 47. The cause of his death was not immediately released, but the celebrity news Web
COLLEGE PARK, Md., May 4 (UPI) —The U.S. economy added 115,000 jobs in April — much less than expected and not enough to keep up with natural population growth. The unemployment rate fell to 8.1 percent because another 522,000 adults
WASHINGTON, May 3 (UPI) —TransCanada is preparing a new application to build the Keystone XL pipeline that would carry oil from Canada to the United States, The Washington Post said. The application, which sources told the newspaper could come as
LOS ANGELES, May 3 (UPI) — An online potato chip ad in which U.S. actor Ashton Kutcher plays a Bollywood producer in “brown face” was yanked after being criticized as racist. In the popchips video, which was unviewable Wednesday night
