Jamie Foxx slapped with lawsuit by bartender over party injuries

WASHINGTON - Jamie Foxx has been sued by a bartender for ruining his ambitions to become a brain surgeon following the injuries he suffered while working at a party thrown by the actor.

EPA proposes deep cuts in airborne emissions of mercury, other pollution from cement plants

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — The Obama administration proposed sharp reductions Tuesday in airborne pollution from America’s 99 cement plants, including first-ever limits on mercury from older kilns.

Lawyer: USS Cole victims’ families to get at least $200K after judge unfreezes Sudanese money

RICHMOND, Va. — Nearly nine years after 17 sailors were killed in a terrorist attack on the USS Cole, some relatives of the victims are set to receive at least $200,000 each from Sudan, a lawyer said Tuesday.

Obama invoking ’state secrets’ privilege just as Bush did

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama’s most liberal supporters are dismayed and disgusted because his administration is invoking the “state secrets” privilege just as former President George W. Bush did to shield eavesdropping programs from public exposure.

Bomb blast in office kills one, injures two in china

URUMQI - A bomb blast in an office building Thursday left one dead and two injured in Urumqi in China’s northwestern Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the police said.

Bradman’s son moves court against commercial use of name in India

MELBOURNE - Sir Donald Bradman’s son has sued the law firm that allowed the legendary cricketer’s name to be used to sell biscuits in India, saying that his father’s identity is not ‘a brand name, like Mickey Mouse’.

Tennis champ McEnroe helps to nab art dealer Lawrence Salander

WASHINGTON - Former tennis champion John McEnroe helped prosecutors to nab Art gallery owner Lawrence Salander, who was arrested on hundred counts of larceny, fraud, forgery, and perjury.

Jolie fan sues charity for bogus ‘Meet Star’ bid

WASHINGTON - American actress Angelina Jolie has landed in the middle of a lawsuit after a fan sued a children’s charity he claims used the star’s name for a bid.

Rod Stewart’s son calls him cheap on TV show

LONDON - Rock star Rod Stewart’s son Sean Stewart humiliated him on a US television show by calling him cheap.

Suing Oz politician threatens baring belly button to expose nude pic scam

LONDON - Pauline Hanson has sued various media houses for publishing false nude photographs of her.

Obama’s ‘Hope’ portrait, icon of 2008 campaign, in legal suit

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama’s “Hope” portrait, which became an icon of his 2008 campaign, is now a symbol of copyright scuffles, artistic license and political dissent.

Sobhraj ready to take on Bollywood, with or without old foe

KATHMANDU - The entry of his old foe in the ring once again does not scare yesteryear’s super criminal Charles Sobhraj, who says he is ready to take on Bollywood, with or without the diplomat-turned-consultant who has hounded him for years.

Bangladesh plans major defence purchases

DHAKA - Bangladesh is planning major purchase of weaponry, equipment and hardware for its armed forces, including anti-tank and anti-ship missile systems, aircraft for maritime patrol, frigates, tanks and helicopters, the parliament was told.

US sues Swiss bank to make it disclose secret accounts

WASHINGTON - The US government has sued UBS, Switzerland’s largest bank, to force it to give the Internal Revenue Service secret account information on some 52,000 secret accounts that could contain nearly $15 billion in untaxed assets.

Dhaka bars ‘war criminals’ from leaving country

DHAKA - The Bangladesh government has ordered the authorities at airports and at check-posts on the border with India to bar ‘war criminals’, who are alleged to have collaborated with the Pakistani regime during the 1971 freedom movement, from travelling abroad.

Drink, but make sure the stuff is genuine

NEW DELHI - Those in the habit of downing a few pegs of ‘good quality foreign whisky’ to beat the winter chill should carefully examine what exactly they are drinking.