Phil Jaques joins Yorkshire on UK passport
Yorkshire have signed Australian opening batsman Phil Jaques. The 32-year-old, born in New South Wales to English parents, has retired from first-class cricket in his homeland in order to join the Tykes on a UK More...
Afghan police: Man kills wife for giving birth to daughter instead of son
Police in the northern Afghanistan province of Kunduz are looking for a man they say strangled his wife after she bore him a third child that was not a son. Sher Mohammed, 29, married his 22-year-old wife, Storay, More...
Militant attacks kill 8 Pakistani soldiers
Hundreds of militants stormed military checkpoints in northwest Pakistan early Tuesday, killing at least eight soldiers and injuring 10 others, military and government officials said — the latest in a string More...
Corruption cases: Court verdict on Subramanian Swamy’s plea is big setback for govt
The Supreme Court today said the Prime Minister’s Office had mishandled a request made by Janata Party President Subramanian Swamy asking for permission to prosecute former Telecom Minister A Raja for alleged More...
Facebook IPO shows the power of the young and the restless
Google is sooo 20th Century! Facebook, it seems, is the new Google as it readies for an expected filing of papers for its much awaited initial public offer (IPO), which is expected to value the company at $100 billion More...
Chocolate Cherry Cake III
Ingredients 1 (18.25 ounce) package devil’s food cake mix 1 (21 ounce) can cherry pie filling 1 teaspoon almond extract 2 eggs 1 cup white sugar 5 tablespoons butter 1/3 cup milk 1 cup semisweet chocolate More...
Rihanna splashes out £100k for Marilyn Monroe portrait
Rihanna has forked out nearly 100,000 pounds for a giant sparkling portrait of Marilyn Monroe made out of 65,000 crystals. The Pop star commissioned British artist Claire Milner to make the 5 sq ft picture of the More...
Hrithik Roshan finds Gauri Khan hot
Actor Hrithik Roshan feels Gauri Khan, the wife of Shah Rukh Khan, one of the hottest and most beautiful women. “With the most beautiful and talented girl in the world! And hottest if I may add! Gauri khan!!! More...
Cashing in on the ‘end of the world’ tourism
For doomsday theorists, Dec. 21, 2012 could mean the end of civilization, according to some interpretations of the Mayan calendar. But for some tour operators and property owners, the end of the world also means More...
Is Facebook worth $100 billion?
A long list of tech IPOs captured attention in 2011, but no company has been drooled over like Facebook. And finally, its debut looks to be imminent. The Wall Street Journal reported Friday that Facebook may file More...
