From an alleged love child to a potential runaway bride, rumors have made Monaco’s royal wedding more farce than fairy tale. The union of 33-year-old Charlene Wittstock and 53-year-old Prince Albert of Monaco went forward today at the royal palace, with guests including French President Nicolas Sarkozy, James Bond star Roger Moore, supermodel Naomi Campbell,
Continue reading …As many as 12,000 people in federal prison for crack-related crimes can get their sentences reduced as a result of a new law that brought the penalties for the drug more closely in line with those for powdered cocaine, a government commission decided yesterday. The decision by the US…
Continue reading …The war on terror is increasingly being fought by robot assassins. Barack Obama has stepped up the use of drones to kill terrorists, taking out targets in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Somalia, Yemen, Iraq, and Libya. “I am convinced that this method of waging war is cost-effective but not that it is…
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Marisol Touraine Latest Revelations in the Strauss-Kahn Case Wendy Murphy’s MSNBC Commentary on Strauss-Kahn dheeyann says: RT @reuters : FLASH: Strauss-Kahn accuser admitted she lied to grand jury about what happened following purported attack -D.A. #dsk
Continue reading …NewsFeed’s Feifei Sun rounds up the brilliant and bizarre from this week in fashion. Good News for Galliano. Supermodel Kate Moss is getting married in Cotswolds, England today, and she’s reportedly walking down the aisle in a gown designed by John Galliano, the British fashion designer currently on trial for alleged anti-Semitic remarks. [Fashionista] (PHOTOS:
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The labor negotiating teams led by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and players’ association chief DeMaurice Smith met for a couple of hours Friday and will return to the table after the July 4 weekend. (July 1)
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Okay, we’ve played this game before, but that was almost three years ago. This time, Nokia’s really leaving Japan, and they’re taking their fancy luxury phones with them. Actually, Nokia’s high-end Vertu phones were all it had left in the land of the rising sun, and even those were only readily available in Tokyo’s Shibuya and Ginza districts — so out of Japan by the end of July? No problem. The phones may be gone by August, but the Finish firm will retain offices in Tokyo through the end of the year to manage refunds, tidy up, and bid farewell to the robot loving maidens of Tokyo’s commercial district. Nokia pulls out of Japan, once again, nobody notices originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 01 Jul 2011 19:23:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Soy appears to help midlife women deal with hot flashes and night sweats, according to a new report.
Continue reading …WikiLeaks is fighting back against MasterCard and the banks that have cut it off with an Internet ad spoofing those ubiquitous MasterCard “priceless” ads. (Side note: Those pretty much have to be the most parodied ads of all time at this point, right?) The ad outlines all the costs WikiLeaks…
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