Nothing like a cozy little camping trip to get rumors of romance flying again! Oprah Winfrey and best friend Gayle King, long the subject of speculation that they might be a couple, saw the humor in their situation on a recent camping trip, even joking about their sleeping arrangements in footage broadcast Wednesday on “The [...]
Qantas Airways suspended flights of its Airbus A380s on Thursday after one of the aircraft was forced to land in Singapore with engine trouble, one of the most serious incidents for the world’s largest passenger plane in its three years of commercial flight. The Airbus A380, which had originated in London and was carrying 459 [...]
World stocks hit a fresh two-year high on Wednesday while emerging equities rose to their highest level since mid-2008 as investors anticipated further Federal Reserve monetary easing would support the global economy. The Fed announces its monetary policy decision later on Wednesday. Markets are generally priced for the Fed to initially commit to buying at [...]
Andy Murray began the defence of his Valencia Open title with a straight-sets win over Spain’s Feliciano Lopez. The Briton, seeded number one, had to work hard for a 6-3 7-6 (7-1) victory in one hour and 27 minutes, and goes on to face Juan Monaco in round two. Murray beat the Argentine in the [...]
A series of bombs rocked mainly Shi’ite areas of Baghdad on Tuesday, killing at least 40 people and wounding dozens two days after al Qaeda militants staged a bloodbath when they took hostages in a Christian church. The bombings occurred hours after a memorial service for some of the 52 hostages and police killed in [...]
A trademark lawsuit filed against Apple by a Web advertising firm over the term “iAds” was quietly settled in July. No one has disclosed exactly how the case was resolved but Apple now owns the “iAds” trademark, and last week a company peripherally involved in the suit posted a note to the Web that said [...]
Hollywood director George Hickenlooper, who won an Emmy in 1992 for the film Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse, has died at the age of 47. The film-maker died of apparent natural causes in Denver, where he was attending a film festival, his cousin John Hickenlooper said in a statement. “We are devastated,” said John [...]