Katy Perry, who once castigated fellow pop stars for getting too naked too often, can now be seen striking S&M style poses with Madonna. In fact, Perry told V Magazine that she wants the aging Material Girl to “mentor” her
Oscar-winner Angelina Jolie routinely uses her celebrity to draw attention to causes that don’t fall along easy ideological divides. Her work as a special envoy for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, for example, spotlighted the plight of Syrian
WASHINGTON (AP) — Seeking to head off a growing furor over veterans’ health care, President Barack Obama declared Wednesday that allegations of misconduct at VA hospitals are “dishonorable” and will be not be tolerated by his administration. “I will not
Atletico Madrid sent star striker Diego Costa to Serbia for special horse placenta treatment in a bid to get him ready for Saturday’s Champions League final, media reports said. Costa, who will also be a key player in Spain’s World
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — E-commerce site eBay is asking users to change their password after a cyberattack compromised a database containing encrypted passwords. The company says there is no evidence of any unauthorized activity and there is no evidence
US online giant eBay said Wednesday cyberattackers broke into its database with customer names, passwords and other personal data earlier this year. The California company said it was notifying its customers, and urging them to change passwords to protect their
NEW YORK (AP) — E-commerce site eBay is asking users to change their password after a cyberattack compromised a database containing encrypted passwords. The company says there is no evidence of any unauthorized activity and no evidence any financial or
US online giant eBay said Wednesday cyberattackers broke into its database with customer names, passwords and other personal data earlier this year. The California company said it was notifying its customers, and urging them to change passwords to protect their
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — It’s widely used nationwide as a germ-killing ingredient in soaps, deodorants and even toothpaste, but it’s being banned in Minnesota. Gov. Mark Dayton on Friday signed a bill to make Minnesota the first state to prohibit the
CAIRO (AP) — A Cairo court on Wednesday convicted ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak of embezzlement and sentenced him to three years in prison. The graft case against the 86-year-old Mubarak, who is kept in custody at a military hospital,
SHANGHAI (AP) — China signed a landmark deal Wednesday to buy Russian natural gas worth about $400 billion, giving a boost to diplomatically isolated President Vladimir Putin and expanding Moscow’s ties with Asia. Price negotiations on the 30-year deal continued
WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of VA facilities under investigation after complaints about falsified records and treatment delays has more than doubled in recent days, the Office of Inspector General at the Veterans Affairs Department said late Tuesday. A spokeswoman
BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) — Pope Francis will arrive this weekend in the land where Christianity was born — and where Christians are disappearing. This ancient community has dwindled to around 2 percent of the region’s population as economic hardship,
BAKERSFIELD Ca. (Reuters) – Tara, a California cat that became a YouTube sensation after being videotaped interrupting a dog’s attack on a small boy, “tossed out” a ceremonial pitch at the start of a minor league baseball game on Tuesday.
A knife-wielding attacker went on a stabbing spree aboard a Taipei subway train Wednesday, killing three people and wounding 25 others, police said. The man, a 21-year-old college student, was immediately arrested after the incident, the first fatal attack on
Britain’s Prince Charles stoked controversy during a visit to Canada by comparing the recent actions of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s to those of Adolf Hitler, the Daily Mail reported Wednesday. The British newspaper said several witnesses heard the prince make
Two Russian journalists that Moscow has accused Kiev of holding captive in eastern Ukraine were carrying anti-aircraft missiles, the United States said Tuesday, questioning the status of the pair. Two reporters of Russian website Life News were reportedly arrested by
ATLANTA (AP) — Michelle Nunn has won the Democratic nomination for a crucial U.S. Senate seat in Georgia and now awaits the winner of a fiercely contested GOP race. The Georgia race is among a dozen being watched nationally, as
ATLANTA (AP) — Former Dollar General CEO David Perdue has advanced to a GOP runoff in Georgia’s hotly contested Senate race that will eventually help determine which party controls Congress. Who Perdue will face in the July 22 runoff has
Russell Crowe understands the desire to punish the Sultan of Brunei for enacting Sharia Law policies that treat gay citizens in horrific fashion. The Noah star still can’t back the movement to boycott some of the Sultan’s properties, including tony
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has defeated millionaire businessman Matt Bevin in an expensive and bruising primary election in Kentucky. He’ll face Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes in the fall as he pursues his sixth
JOS, Nigeria (AP) — Two car bombs exploded at a bustling bus terminal and market in Nigeria’s central city of Jos on Tuesday, killing at least 118 people, wounding dozens and leaving streets strewn with bloodied bodies. There was no
MOSCOW (AP) — A Moscow court has convicted five men of involvement in the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya, three of whom were acquitted in a previous trial. Tuesday’s jury verdict found that Rustam Makhmudov was the gunman who shot
Bangkok, May 20 (QNA) – Thailand’s Deputy Prime Minister Niwatthamrong Boonsongpaisan and Acting Prime Minister Tuesday said the government wishes national peace hoped the Martial Law is imposed peacefully. In a statement released by Royal Thai Government website, the Acting
BEIJING, May 20 (UPI) — China has banned government computers from running Windows 8, which is a reaction to Microsoft ceasing support for its popular operating system Windows XP. Xinhua, China’s state-run news agency, reports that an online statement by
