Category Archive for "Arts & Entertainment::Celebrities"
Typhoon Utor slams southern China, forces tens of thousands to evacuate
BEIJING Tens of thousands of people were evacuated as a powerful typhoon thundered into southern China on Wednesday after shutting down the bustling Asian financial center of Hong Kong. Packing high winds and torrential rain, Typhoon Utor forced the closure…
“We said no on the phone
SEOUL, South Korea Asiana Airlines has offered $10,000 to each of the 288 surviving passengers of the flight that crash landed in San Francisco last month. Asiana spokeswoman Lee Hyomin said Tuesday the payout is not a settlement and accepting…
Costner and other defendants also are seeking damages in counterclaims
(AP) NEW ORLEANS – Actor Kevin Costner testified Thursday that he was heartbroken as he watched millions of gallons of oil spew into the Gulf of Mexico in 2010 and that he headed to New Orleans to see if cleanup…
He appealed through his office for the media to leave her alone
NEW YORK (CBS/AP) The wait is over – Britain’s Prince William and his longtime girlfriend Kate Middleton have announced their engagement. Royal officials announced Tuesday that William and Middleton got engaged last month during a holiday in Kenya, and will…
TIMELINE: “Dancing” Through the Seasons “Some viewers reported experiencing difficulties registering their votes for the Dancing with the Stars finale, which affected each finalist equally,” show producers said in a statement}
NEW YORK (CBS/AP) “Dancing with the Stars” producers said Tuesday that “a record amount of activity” overloaded its online and telephone voting systems after Monday’s episode. Complaints flooded Twitter after the show that fans were having trouble getting through on…
Of this, I am proud and thank you,” Francis wrote in the letter
Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Cardinal Donald Wuerl from his post as the archbishop of Washington, D.C. In a letter released Friday by the Vatican, from the pope to Wuerl, the pontiff confirms he has accepted the archbishop’s…