After years of making sport of others’ personal foibles, David Letterman exposes his ownNEW YORK — Some of the politicians zinged by David Letterman over the years for their indiscretions are offering pity and advice for the scandalized talk show host. Girl burns golliwog at British National Party fun dayLONDON - A sickening stunt was staged at the British National Party’s annual family festival last weekend when a little girl grinned with glee as she held a golliwog over a fire in front of jeering BNP politicians. Pouncing on economic woes, Nevada renews cutthroat push to poach businesses from CaliforniaLAS VEGAS — Talk about kicking a neighbor while he’s down: Nevada is spending $250,000 for an ad campaign that compares California legislators to talking chimps and tells business owners they can “kiss their assets goodbye” if they stay put. Sparks fly and ligtening strikes at Belgian designer Dries Van Noten’s menswear displayPARIS — Electricity was in the air — literally — at Dries Van Noten, as a summer thunderstorm and a truck fitted with thumping speakers amped up the voltage at the Belgian designer’s already-charged menswear display Thursday. The top 10 selling singles and albums sold on iTunes
The top 10 singles and albums on iTunes iTunes’ top 10 selling singles and albums of the week ending Dec. 21, 2009: Zimbabwe’s state media taunts outgoing US ambassador McGee, an strong Mugabe criticHARARE, Zimbabwe — Zimbabwe’s state media expressed unrestrained glee Wednesday at the pending departure of U.S. Ambassador James McGee, who has frequently clashed with President Robert Mugabe. Rain threatens poll campaign in KeralaTHIRUVANANTHAPURAM - With campaigning in Kerala for the Lok Sabha election slowing down due to the Easter weekend and the coming Malayalam New Year Vishu, the bad weather forecast for the coming week will further impact the process ahead of the April 16 poll. Rave reviews abroad for world’s cheapest car ‘Nano’LONDON - The launch of the world’s cheapest car from the TATA Motor’s stable has elicited across the board rave reviews beyond India’s shores. ‘Firaaq’ a graceful, glorious homage to human spirit (IANS Film Review; Rating:****1/2)Film: ‘Firaaq’; Cast: Naseeruddin Shah, Raghuvir Yadav, Sanjay Suri, Tisca Arora, Paresh Rawal, Deepti Naval, Shahana Goswami, Amruta Subhash; Director: Nandita Das; Rating: ****1/2 Madoff jailed, pleads guilty to massive fraud in courtWASHINGTON - Disgraced financier Bernard Madoff will go to jail after admitting in court Thursday to a $50-billion fraud that entwined hundreds of investors around the world and has made him the poster-child of Wall Street greed in the current financial crisis. Flintoff and Pietersen surprised by identical price tagsLONDON - The two superstars of English cricket, Andrew Flintoff and Kevin Pietersen, may not be the best of mates, but they now wear identical price tags, as far as the Indian Premier League is concerned. Jeev all set for new season, keeps top-20 and Majors in sightSINGAPORE - Winning on the US Tour and doing well in the Majors will be the main goal in 2009 for Asian Tour No.1 golfer Jeev Milkha Singh. |