CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan – Thousands of U.S. troops are being rushed to Afghanistan without the equipment they will need to fight an emboldened Taliban, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates and military officials said Thursday.
The equipment delay…

Los Angeles (E! Online) –
Review in a Hurry: Vampiric hottie Robert Pattinson trades bloodlust for boylust, playing bi-curious surrealist Salvador Dalí, who has a romance with revolutionary author García…

NEW YORK – Kiefer Sutherland has been charged with assault for allegedly head-butting a fashion designer at a Manhattan nightclub.
New York police said the charges were filed after Sutherland spoke to investigators at a police station…

CORIMATA DA CIMA, Brazil – The dirt road that runs in front of her house is a river. Her fields of rice and manioc lie ruined underwater. And with water seeping into her mud-brick, thatched-roof home,…

LOS ANGELES, CaliforniaWhen emergency crews scramble to a celebrity’s home and it turns out to be a false alarm, journalists don’t usually write about it.
Cher made the most of a…

US ex-soldier guilty of Iraq rape
A jury in the US state of Kentucky has found a former private soldier guilty of the rape of a 14-year-old Iraqi girl and the killing of her and her family.
Steven…

Cabinet expenses to be published
Gordon Brown claimed back 6,000 after paying his brother for cleaning at his Westminster flat, it has been reported.
It is among details of expenses claims made by Cabinet ministers which are…

BAGHDAD – The American security firm once known as Blackwater ended its operations in the diplomatic hub of Baghdad on Thursday, bringing to a close a bitter chapter in U.S.-Iraqi relations that…

Some bright researchers say they've created the world's smallest incandescent lamp, so teeny it's invisible except when lit.
The lamp's filament is just 100 atoms wide. It is made from a single carbon nanotube.
When lit, the itty bitty…

MARDAN, Pakistan A family of 18 Pakistani men, women and children trudges down a dirt road toward a refugee camp.
These children are among the thousands of refugees this week at…

Los Angeles (E! Online) –
Picture it: Neil Patrick Harris getting it on with Betty White!
About three months ago, Harris revealed to us that he'd like the 87-year-old Golden Girl…

WASHINGTON – The Obama administration’s health care legislation doesn’t exist yet, but Senate Republicans are already seeking and getting detailed advice on the best way to attack it. Such as,…

Werder & Shakhtar make Uefa final
German side Werder Bremen will face Ukraines Shakhtar Donetsk in the Uefa Cup final after both sides triumphed in their last-four ties on Thursday.
Shakhtar reached their first European final by beating countrymen Dynamo Kiev 2-1…

NEW YORK – The founder of a clothing company being sued by Woody Allen denies the defense ever wanted to delve into the film director’s past.
Dov Charney of American Apparel said in…

WASHINGTON – Republican-turned-Democratic Sen. Arlen Specter gained a Judiciary subcommittee chairmanship but also a potential primary challenger Thursday, the latest twists in a turbulent episode of party switching.
The good news-bad news day for Specter didn’t stop…

CLEVELAND – Alleged Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk lost his bid Thursday to get the U.S. Supreme Court to stop his deportation to Germany, where an arrest warrant accuses him of 29,000 counts of accessory…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Keith Urban understands that paparazzi come along with the fame, but he draws a line when it comes to his infant daughter.
“I’m as protective of my family as any…

Wal-Mart has agreed to pay nearly 2 million and take extra safety precautions after a stampede killed a store employee in Long Island, New York, last year.
Wal-Mart says it will…

A man suspected of killing a Wesleyan University junior may be targeting the university and its Jewish population, Middletown, Connecticut, police said Thursday.
Police say the gunman captured on bookstore surveillance video is Stephen Morgan,…

US court ‘rejects Demjanjuk plea’
The US Supreme Court has rejected a bid by alleged Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk to block his deportation to Germany for trial, US media reports.
The 89-year-old Ohio resident had argued that he…

Los Angeles (E! Online) –
It was only a matter of time before Katie Holmes got in touch with her Dark side.
She of the rolled jeans and fashionista toddler has signed on to star…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) –
All of the top 19 U.S. banks undergoing “stress tests” to gauge their ability to outlast an even deeper recession are solvent, and the exam results should reassure markets that banks…

Are American employers too picky? Are they rejecting reasonable candidates at the same time they claim to have lots of openings they would like to fill?
That's a key question because the job market is still getting…

Los Angeles (E! Online) –
It's probably safe to say that Susan Boyle never dreamed a dream like this.
Though she hasn't even won Britain's Got Talent, the Scottish singing sensation is already a champ, riding her…

RALEIGH, N.C. – A North Carolina woman who returned a chunk of ancient Rome to Italian authorities 25 years after her husband pocketed it said Thursday she never felt comfortable keeping the…