Miss Universe and the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) announced on Tuesday that the organization will allow all transgender women to compete in beauty pageants beginning in 2013 after a 23-year-old Canadian participant named Jenna Talackova garnered worldwide being disqualified, then reinstated, based on her gender.
China expressed consternation over the decision of the Australian government to ban telecommunications giant Huawei from competing in its new national broadband network over concerns for cybersecurity.
It's Coachella time again.
Twitter may be known as one of the most prominent social media tools to hit the web. However, the social networking service may be useful for more than keeping in touch with friends and sharing information.
Ironically, although she is thought to be inseparable from him, some may not know who Angie Watson, wife of 2012 Masters champion Bubba Watson, is. Here are 10 things to know about her.
If the name Next Media Animation, or NMA, doesn't ring a bell, then how about this: crazy Taiwanese animators. Chances are you've come across one of NMA's signature videos.
China's love affair with American education is stronger than ever. Chinese families -- including those in the burgeoning middle class -- want to send their sons and daughters to be educated in another country, with most coming to U.S. institutions.
The frenzied controversy over Canadian transgender model Jenna Talackova's disqualification and re-entry in the Miss Universe Canada beauty pageant has gone to a completely different intensity.
As he gathers with other movers and shakers at the White House on Thursday afternoon to witness President Barack Obama's signing of the Jobs Act, AOL Inc co-founder Steve Case is already thinking ahead to the next cause he can help champion behind the scenes: immigration reform.
Over 600,000 Apple Mac computers running on OS X have been infected with a flashback Trojan virus called BackDoor.Flashback.39. But how can you tell if your Mac has been infected with the Flashback Trojan virus? Here is a guide for how to determine if you have the virus along with removal instructions.
Samantha Brick's women hate me because I'm beautiful article, written for the Daily Mail, became an Internet sensation after tens of thousands of critics lambasted the 41-year-old for her self-aggrandizing comments. The UK native continues to defend her article, saying I don't regret it. Check out photos of the woman who said, There are downsides to being this pretty.
Transgender beauty queen Jenna Talackova, who made headlines for being ousted from the 2012 Miss Universe Canada competition, infuriated guests at a hotel in Los Angeles during a bikini photo shoot at the rooftop pool Monday. Talackova was taking photos at the pool Hotel Wilshire and angered guests dining in the restaurant beside the pool, the Roof on Wilshire restaurant.
The Province of Quebec announced this week it would not allow hydraulic fracturing pending further study of the controversial drilling technique.
A collapse in gold producers lofty valuations has sparked soul searching about an exodus of restive shareholders, forcing them to tighten operations and boost dividends to lure investors.
Bidding on the largest sale of Titanic artifacts came to a close on Monday. As the 100-year-anniversary draws near, there is renewed interest in the ship, which sank in 1912.
Jenna Talackova, the transgender Miss Universe Canada contestant who was disqualified from the pageant last week for reportedly lying about her original gender on her application, spoke out against the pageant and its high profile organizer, Donald Trump, at a press conference on Tuesday, April 3, according to People Magazine.
Google announced a new deal with Paramount Pictures on Tuesday, which will make more than 500 movie titles available for rental on YouTube and the new Google Play platform. The deal was made even though Google is still embroiled in a four-year-old legal battle over copyrights with Paramount's parent company, Viacom.
Even courtroom adversaries can be partners in the nascent online movie rental business.
Donald Trump, the owner of the Canada Miss Universe Beauty Pageant, has snapped back on transgender beauty Jenna Talackova's lawyer Gloria Allred.
Jenna Talackova, the Miss Universe Canada contestant who was disqualified from the pageant because she is transgender, has spoken out against Donald Trump and the pageant's organizers.
Amazon.com Inc is trying to grab some of the billions of advertising dollars spent each year by consumer packaged goods companies including Kimberly-Clark Corp, as the world's largest Internet retailer seeks new sources of revenue growth.
Royal Bank of Canada (TSE:RY), the country's largest bank, said Tuesday it will acquire the 50 percent of RBC Dexia Investor Services Ltd. it does not already own from its joint-venture partner Banque Internationale à Luxembourg S.A. for C$1.1 billion ($1.1 billion) in cash.
