Romantic Candles Linked to Cancer Risk

Can a romantic candlelit dinner give you cancer? According to a study conducted by researchers at South Carolina State University in Orangeburg, burning candles made from paraffin wax, the most popular and...

What Is The Helen Keller Dance?

Even if you are familiar with Helen Keller, it would probably still be hard to imagine what the "Helen Keller Dance" looks like. The "Helen Keller Dance" refers to the chorus in the electronic music group...

Zach Hyman's Nude Photo Shoot With Jocelyn Saldana

A photographer named Zach Hyman has been snapping pictures of nude New Yorkers on subways and on the streets, from Times Square to Chinatown. Last month, passengers on the L train probably thought they were hallucinating from too much or too little coffee when 19-year-old...

Forbes Most Powerful Women: Angela Merkel Tops

German Chancellor Angela Merkel still dominated the No. 1 spot on Forbe's annual ranking of the world's most powerful women for the fourth year in a row, while First Lady Michelle Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton didn't get in top 30. ""Women in power are...

Malaysiain Model To Be Caned For Drinking Beer

Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno, a 32-year-old Muslim part-time model, has been sentenced to a caning after admitting to having a beer in a nightclub last year, and has become the first woman in Malaysia to be given...

MySpace To Acquire Social Music iLike

MySpace, the social-networking giant, is going to acquire the popular social music start-up, iLike, in attempt to turn around its struggling business. While detailed terms of of the deal were not disclosed, it was reported by All Things Digital that that MySpace, a ...

Marcus Schrenker Sentenced 51 Months

Marcus Schrenker, formerly an Indiana financial advisor, pleaded guilty to criminal charges for purposely crashing his plane and will serve 51 months in federal prison. "Judge Roger Vinson sentenced Schrenker...

Alaska Earthquake Rattles Buildings

A magnitude-5.0 earthquake struck Alaska, rattling buildings in Anchorage and other communities. The quake was was centered 31 miles below ground, at 31 miles west of Anchorage and 15 miles northeast of the...

Octomom Documentary: 'I Screwed Up My Life'

The Octomom is ready for her prime-time TV close-up. Nadya Suleman, or the Octomom, got her nickname after giving birth to octuplets in a Los Angeles hospital January this year. Before having the eight newborn...

Nike Human Race 2009 Open For Registration

The 2009 Nike Human Race is back for its second year. The event will be taking place on October 24th worldwide and online registration is now open. What is the Nike Human Race? Basically it is a multi-city event...

Ryan Kwanten: True Blood Hottie Shirtless In GQ

Ryan Kwanten, the Australian True Blood hottie, is going shirtless in the September issue of GQ. The 32-year-old actor plays Anna Paquin's brother Jason Stackhouse in the HBO TV series "True Blood" airing every Sunday. ""I led the way in the sexual-shenanigans department...

Tunisian Woman 'Pregnant' With 12 Babies: Fraud

Only a few days after the 34-year-old Tunisian woman claimed to be pregnant with a record-breaking 12 babies, the claim has been exposed as fraud. The woman, known only as AF, was investigated by the country's...

Gardasil Side Effects: Should Women Get It?

There has been heated controversy about Gardasil, which is a Merck & Co.'s revolutionary vaccine designed to prevent certain infections with human papillomavirus (HPV), mainly cervical cancer and genital...

Mozart Killed By Superbug?

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was killed by complications of a strep infection that was widely spread by soldiers in Vienna at the time, according to a group of Dutch researchers. There have been rumors about Mozart's death - some suggest that he was poisoned by his jealousy rival...

Economy Brews 'Boutique Beer'

What are boutique beers? "Boutique beers are the new cocktail as more money-conscious Americans choose cheaper high quality draft beers made by small local breweries over wine and spirits amid the country's recession, experts say." Currently, there are 1,476 boutique...
 

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