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:

After the crash, has the sun set on America’s ‘Sun Belt’?

ORLANDO, Fla. — We first heard the term decades ago: The “Sun Belt” was just starting a run of phenomenal growth — and no wonder. It conjured a sunny state of mind as well as a balmy place on the map.

World’s coal supply may be vastly overestimated

CANBERRA - A US expert ha suggested that the world’s coal supply suggests reserves may be vastly overestimated and we could be facing an unprecedented global energy crisis.

Navy chief condoles death of Admiral S.M. Nanda

NEW DELHI - Indian Navy chief Admiral Sureesh Mehta Tuesday condoled the death of former navy chief Admiral S.M. Nanda, a veteran of the India-Pakistan war of 1971.

Twilight Adirondack hike shows, black forest, blue lakes, lights of Montreal

SARANAC, New York — The firetower looms white against cobalt sky at twilight atop Lyon Mountain, the thin walls around the tower’s observation deck rattling in strong, chilly gusts of spring wind.

‘Doctor Who’ music voted ‘Best Science Fiction Theme Tune of All Time’

LONDON - ‘The Doctor Who’ music has topped a poll of the ‘Best Science Fiction Theme Tunes of All Time’.
‘Red Dwarf’ theme landed the second spot while the third place went to the ‘X-Files’ music.

Robert Pattinson reveals his classroom hell

LONDON - Robert Pattinson has revealed he was bullied at school and the classroom horrors had left him marred for life.

Robert Pattinson turns singer for How to Be

WASHINGTON - After taking audiences by storm with his acting skills, Hollywood heartthrob Robert Pattinson is set to showcase his singing talent.

Sarah Jessica Parker launches new perfume collection

LONDON - Just when other Hollywood actresses like Halle Berry are announcing their debut scents, ‘Sex and the City’ star Sarah Jessica Parker has launched a latest trio of perfumes called The Lovely Collection to compliment her first scent Lovely.

Japanese euphoric as cherry blossoms bloom

TOKYO - They are as soft as silk, no larger than half a thumb, and conquer Japanese hearts every spring: cherry blossoms, known in Japan as ’sakura’.

Gamblers stake fortunes - and lives - on Hong Kong lottery

HONG KONG - Behind drawn curtains, an 18-year-old who spends his daylight hours hiding from loan sharks paces nervously back and forth in his shabby rented room in Zhenxiong. He is contemplating one last, desperate gamble.

Australia to face Pakistan in cricket’s first night Test

MELBOURNE - It is almost certain that the first night cricket Test will see Australia facing Pakistan in the southern hemisphere’s next summer at the Adelaide Oval, most likely in November.