Rita Dominic is Face of Nollywood 2013
Sultry actress Rita Dominic has always been known to be on top of her game. Her efforts in the industry have continued to earn her a lot of laurels, and...
Latest developments in the royal baby watch
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince William and his wife Kate are expecting their first baby, due in mid-July. Speculation is rife as to which name they will choose...
Australia Adopts Tough Measures to Curb Asylum Seekers
SYDNEY, Australia — Prime Minister Kevin Rudd of Australia moved Friday to curtail the record number of people attempting the dangerous boat journey to claim asylum, pledging that no one...
Dementia’s Signs May Come Early
Jenn Ackerman for The New York Times Carol Miller, 61, has never been diagnosed with memory problems but is often forgetting things. She participated in a new Alzheimer's study that...
US: Dick Cheney’s daughter wants to be a senator!
Dick Cheney’s daughter wants to be a senator! To give Wyoming a conservative voice! Well, it’s about time somebody thought of that. “Over the last several years, citizens across our...
The Drone That Killed My Grandson
SANA, Yemen — I LEARNED that my 16-year-old grandson, Abdulrahman — a United States citizen — had been killed by an American drone strike from news reports the morning after...
Wis. man: I killed teen neighbor for ‘justice’
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A Milwaukee man who killed his 13-year-old neighbor last year testified Thursday the shooting was "justice" because he thought the teen had broken into his home and...
Seized North Korean ship sailed in wake of another
The United Nations is investigating whether Soviet-era weapons found hidden under sugar sacks in a cargo ship held at the Panama Canal violate U.N. sanctions on North Korea, which demanded...
Geography plays role in longevity
ATLANTA - If you're 65 and living in Hawaii, here's some good news: Odds are you'll live another 21 years. And for all but five of those years, you'll likely...
Mars had a much thicker atmosphere than today
The first really high-precision measurements of the composition of Mars' atmosphere suggest that the Red planet's atmosphere was much thicker than it is today, researchers, including an Indian origin scientist,...