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Today is actress Nicole Kidman's 44th birthday.

Michael Phelps, winner of 14 Olympic gold medals including a record 8 at the 2009 Beijing Olympics, looked vulnerable in the Santa Clara International Grand Prix swim meet.

Chile's volcanic ash cloud has lapped the world and is expected to affect Australian flights starting Tuesday in Adelaide.

Virgin Australia Ltd. said that it will suspend flights in and out of the southern city of Adelaide on Tuesday as dust from a Chilean volcano returns to Australian airspace.

Jennifer Angus, a textile artist working with an inventory of 30,000 bugs arranges insects into decorative pattern that will probably make you a little queasy.

Famed market bear Nouriel Roubini may be talking down China, but resource firms are betting billions that rapid urbanization and economic growth will soak up the country's massive infrastructure investment and prevent a hard landing.

The Vancouver Riots in 2011 shocked the city’s residents, Canada, and the world. One of the iconic (or infamous) images of the riot was that of Nathan Kotylak attempting to light a police car on fire.

The real challenge for Chromebooks is to compete and gain the commanding market share that Apple enjoys in the tablet market with its iPad 2.

Oxfam, a UK based international aid group, released its interesting findings from a new global food survey, which pointed that globally there are two major reasons why people change their diets: rising price of food or health reasons. In addition, the public opinion poll report highlighted world's top 10 favorite foods.

The first commercial 3D bio-printer to make human tissues and organs has arrived that will enable doctors to order and replace human organs on demand.

The Chilean volcano ash plume has returned to Chile forcing Chilean officials to cancel domestic flights for the first time.

The IMF downgraded its forecast for US economic growth in 2011 to 2.5 percent from its prior forecast of 2.7 percent. The 2012 growth forecast was cut to 2.7 percent from 2.9 percent.

The latest figure to hit the front pages about China’s corruption problem is that $120 billion have been embezzled and smuggled out of the country since the mid-1990s, according to a Chinese government report.

Thousands of corrupt Chinese government officials have stolen more than $120-billion from the mid-1990s to 2008, according to a report from China’s central bank.

Rowling earns $1.6 million dollars every three days

A deal on steps to curb food price volatility between G20 agriculture ministers next week is reachable but far from guaranteed, French Farm Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Friday.

A lunar eclipse happens when the moon passes behind the earth so that the earth blocks the sun's rays from directly hitting the moon.

The moon often changes colors during a solar eclipse, but witnesses saw a spectacular red across the moon during yesterday's eclipse. What's the reason?

The lunar eclipse on June 15 put all skygazers on awe and wonder as they have witnessed an event of their lifetime.

The moon often changes colors during a solar eclipse, but witnesses saw a spectacular red across the moon during yesterday's eclipse. What's the reason?

Spectators across the world were treated with an event of their lifetime on June 15. In what, astronomer’s term as a spectacular show, the white moon turned blood red as the longest lunar eclipse in a decade as unfolded on Wednesday night.