Getty War Crimes Lawsuit Goes Forward

J. PAUL GETTY, FBI FILE 100.1202, JUNE 26, 1940. ESPIONAGE.   MacDonald Bank is filing a $22 billion lawsuit in Washington, D.C. against the Getty Oil Company benefactors, based on J. Paul Getty's support for...

Getty Fire Evacuates LA Area and Causes Traffic Jam on the 405

The Getty Center fire that broke out around 1pm this afternoon in teh Sepulveda Pass has caused evacuations in the area and in the Mount St. Mary's College area in Brentwood, and more than 150 firefighters are on...

Sydney To Hobart Yacht Race on December 26

"SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 26: Boats head for the open water after leaving the heads during the start of the 64th Sydney To Hobart Yacht Race on December 26, 2008 in Sydney, Australia. A fleet of 100 boats are...

Swiss artist Olaf Breuning's sand sculpture at South Beach in Miami

"FOR USE WITH AFP STORY US-Switzerland-art, by Juan Castro Olivera. Swiss artist Olaf Breuning's sand sculpture at South Beach in Miami Florida, on December 16, 2008. The work was commissioned by the Sagamore...

Shanghai Tower

"This handout shows an artist's impression of the 14.8-billion-yuan (2.2-billion-USD) "Shanghai Tower" (Tallest R) which is expected to be completed by 2014 in Shanghai's Pudong district. China's past 30 years of...

Picture of the statuette for 21st European Film Awards 2008

"Picture of the statuette for 21st European Film Awards 2008 (FORUM) on displayed in front of the Forum in Copenhagen on December 4, 2008. The Award is to be celebrated at the FORUM in Copenhagen on December 6, 2008."

AIDS Patient Is Reported Cured

Bone Marrow Transplant Cured AIDS Patient BERLIN — A man suffering from AIDS, not knowing that he had been infected with the AIDS virus for more than 10 years appears to have been cured of the disease after...

Putin expects new US president to improve ties

In my humble opinion, Putin is definitely a sophisticated man of the world. He knows how things can go terribly wrong without diplomacy. This quote from him is reassuring. I hope he has the power to influence the...

"Golden Girls" star Estelle Getty dies at 84

Sad news....I really love her in that show. RIP, Estelle.  " Emmy-winning actress Estelle Getty, best known as a wise-cracking octogenarian on the popular 1980s and '90s sitcom "The Golden Girls," died on...

'Golden Girls' Estelle Getty Passes Away at age 84

Estelle Getty, the feisty mother hen to the famous Golden Girls series that ran throughout the 80's (and continues in reruns today) died today at the age of 84. Getty was long a supporter of gay rights and had...

Getty Images and Flickr Photos: an unlikely partnership?

Reports on the possible joint venture of Getty Images and Flickr photos make all wonder on how to make money in social media " Making Money With Social Media: Getty Images Plans To Build Business On Flickr Photos...

UK Newspaper Attempted to Deceive Readers

When it comes to members of the mainstream news media and their penchant for making dire predictions about the economy, no one describes the phenomenon better than world-famous salesman and motivational speaker Zig Ziglar: “The media has accurately predicted ten of the...

Getty Images May Sell For More Than $1.5 billion, Report

This will be a substantial acquisition for whomever ends up acquiring Getty Images, at a projected price tag of more than $1.5 billion."Getty Images Inc, the world's biggest supplier of pictures and video to media and advertising companies, has put itself on the auction block...

Rugby World Cup Begins, With or Without Media Coverage

Update: An 11th-hour agreement allowed the bog news bureaus to transmit photos to media outlets around the world who are covering the Rugby World Cup- the agreement was reached just before Argentina and France...

Why New Yorkers Last Longer

"    Researchers have long known New Yorkers walk faster than anyone else in the country. But epidemiologist Simonsick wondered, does walking speed affect health?She decided to conduct an experiment to find out. She and a group of scientists assembled 3,075...

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