A city spokesman says singer Erykah Badu has paid a $500 fine and will serve six months of probation for stripping during a music video shoot at Dealey Plaza in Dallas, where President John F. Kennedy was fatally shot in 1963.
French utility GDF Suez SA (GSZ.FR) Tuesday confirmed it is acquiring a majority stake in the U.K. independent power company International Power PLC (IPR.LN) as it reported first-half net profit rose 9 percent and confirmed its full-year forecasts. Paris-based GDF Suez, which generates power around the world and supplies customers with natural gas, said net [...]
Japanese eating champion Takeru Kobayashi is out of hot water following his arrest over a Fourth of July frank fracas. A judge in Brooklyn court says that the case will be purged from Kobayashi’s record if he stays out of trouble for six months.
Obama Signs Unemployment Extension Bill Today – US President Barack Obama signed into law today an extension of the unemployment benefits. Obama issued a statement saying: “Americans who are fighting to find a good job and support their families will finally get the support they need to get back on their feet during these tough [...]
Starbucks Corp.’s fiscal-third-quarter earnings rose 37% on improved sales tied to increased customer visits and after year-ago charges. But the coffee giant’s stock price slumped on a lower-than-expected profit forecast for its next fiscal year. Sales at U.S. stores open at least a year rose 9% based on higher customer visits and average spending, it [...]
Online friend rental website RentAFriend.com has over 100,000 hits a month according to Fox News’ Casey Stegall. The website is six months old. The site has over 200,000 ‘friends’ around the country to choose from. Prices vary from $10 to $150. Sociologist Michael Ian Borer says the website can be helpful, but can certainly change [...]
Monaco has a royal wedding in its future. Prince Albert of Monaco has announced his engagement to Charlene Wittstock, a beautiful blonde former Olympic swimmer for South Africa. This would give the principality its first crown princess since Grace Kelly died in 1982. Wittstock bears more than a passing resemblance to a young Princess Grace. [...]
R&B singer Chris Brown has been denied a visa to enter the UK just days before his tour was due to start. The US star, who was sentenced to six months’ community labour for assaulting his then girlfriend Rihanna last February, was due to begin his tour in Glasgow tomorrow night. Brown, 21, was refused [...]
Among heart failure patients with moderate to severe disease, six months monitoring with an investigational implantable sensor that measures pulmonary artery pressure was associated with a 30 percent lower risk of ending up in the hospital for heart failure.