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Tropical Storm Sandy picked up speed and strength on its approach to the south coast of Jamaica on Wednesday and was forecast to make landfall as a hurricane later in the day, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.

A hurricane warning has been issued for Jamaica as Tropical Storm Sandy churns in the Caribbean and moves closer to the island nation.

The Caribbean has its eyes on Tropical Storm Sandy after the once-tropical depression strengthened Monday with winds topping at 40 m.p.h as Jamaica braces for the storm to transform into a hurricane.

The National Hurricane Center in Miami says tropical storm Miriam has strengthened to a Category 2 hurricane.

Richard Gere's new movie "Arbitrage" reminds fans of the actor why he has become one of their Hollywood favorites. During interviews with the Huffington Post and on talk shows, Gere divulged some inside information about the movie and admitted that he was disappointed when he was snubbed at the 2003 Oscars.

Lawyers of Britain's royal family, who filed a lawsuit last week against the French magazine "Closer" for publishing paparazzi photos of topless Kate Middleton, will head to court again to file a criminal case against the photographer who took the pictures.

There were quiet celebrations in the offices of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh late last week after he stunned the country with a slew of steps to revive the tanking economy.

The Formula One star made his feelings clear about contract negotiations.

Not only will the Italian magazine Chi publish a 26-page spread of the now infamous Kate Middleton photos, the editors have announced that they?ll run fifty photos of the Duchess of Cambridge. Chi magazine also purports it?s in possession of over 200 photographs of Middleton topless. William reportedly told friends he wants to see the paparazzi arrested.

Super Typhoon Sanba continues to pose grave danger to the Japanese island of Okinawa and the South Korean mainland. Sanba, with peak winds as high as 178 mph, is currently moving north toward Okinawa at 13 mph.

Protests in response at least in part to an anti-Islam film produced in the United States are continuing to pop up at embassies across the world on Friday.

The former prime minister of Italy, media billionaire and notorious womanizer owns hundreds of publications. It turns out that the French mag that disgusted Britain by doing what nobody had yet dared to do is also one of Berlusconi's many properties.

A missing Tulsa, Oklahoma woman was found alive in a freezer, NBC station KJRH reported. Authorities believe the woman may have climbed into the freezer to take shelter from a storm, but the woman was unable to explain why she went into the freezer in the first place leading officials to believe she was disoriented in the first place.

An angry mob protesting against a controversial anti-Islam film stormed the U.S. Embassy compound in Sanaa, Yemen's capital, on Thursday.

Tropical Storm Nadine is expected to become a hurricane later Wednesday night or early Thursday morning as it churns in the Caribbean, according to the National Weather Service.

Britney Spears tried her best to learn the moves of South Korean pop star Psy, on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" earlier this week.

In a match that lasted four hours and 54 minutes, Murray became the first tennis player from the U.K. to win a title since Fred Perry in 1936.

When "Once Upon A Time" returns for its second season on ABC, the town of Storybrooke is going to be filled with a lot of drama. A new promo video for the upcoming season shows that magic is going to once again be a major factor in their lives.

Serena Williams faces No. 1 ranked Victoria Azarenka in the women's US Open final Sunday afternoon.

New York was struck by two tornadoes on Saturday, with the first twister primarily hitting Queens and the second primarily hitting Brooklyn. Check out some of the most shocking photos and videos of the tornado.