Category Archive for "Arts & Entertainment::Celebrities"
This time, it’s about Taylor Swift
(CBS News) John Mayer is at it again. After staying under the radar for a while, the singer-songwriter is opening up again in interviews. This time, it’s about Taylor Swift. The two were romantically linked in 2009, and Swift later…
Egypt’s military-backed interim leadership alleges that the sit-ins and protests have frightened residents, sparked deadly violence and disrupted traffic in the capital
CAIRO Supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi fortified their two Cairo sit-in sites as Egyptian security officials said their forces will move against the entrenched protest camps within 24 hours perhaps as early as daybreak Monday. At the main…
Thousands have been sleeping in tents and under photos of Morsi with his hands stretched out
CAIRO Supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi fortified their two Cairo sit-in sites as Egyptian security officials said their forces will move against the entrenched protest camps within 24 hours perhaps as early as daybreak Monday. At the main…
The Celle prosecutors office said Friday that the suspect, who has been identified in Bulgaria as 21-year-old Severin Krassimirov, told them he had not meant to kill TV reporter Viktoria Marinova
BERLIN — German prosecutors say the suspect arrested in the slaying of a Bulgarian television journalist has confessed to the attack but denies raping and robbing her. The Celle prosecutors office said Friday that the suspect, who has been identified…
While all land in China technically belongs to the state with homebuyers merely given 70-year leases the rules are often vague, leaving questions of usage rights and ownership murky
BEIJING A medicine mogul spent six years building his own private mountain peak and luxury villa atop a high-rise apartment block in China’s capital, earning the unofficial title of “most outrageous illegal structure.” Now, authorities are giving him 15 days…
“The people who know the most about chemical weapons in the United States say that what is scary about Syria is not just the presence of chemical stockpiles …it’s the the technical knowledge and training and know-how and the delivery system required to deliver those weapons,” Logan said Tuesday on “CBS This Morning.” “Nobody knows yet who’s going to win the peace in Syria,” she added, “It might very well be al Qaeda.” The threat is “dangerous enough for the Deputy Director of the CIA to say there are more foreign fighters flooding into Syria to fight for al Qaeda today than there ever were at the height of the war with Iraq,” Logan said on “CBS This Morning.” Many of the fighters now based in Syria likely came from Afghanistan, North Africa, Yemen and Iraq, where they learned to fight the U.S., Logan explained
(CBS News) Senior U.S. intelligence officials are concerned about the growing presence of al Qaeda terrorists in civil war-torn Syria. In a statement released over the weekend, the State Department said the leader of al Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) has…
Expensive vehicles lacking license plates are a common sight, while luxury housing complexes that surround Beijing and other cities are often built on land appropriated from farmers with little compensation
BEIJING A medicine mogul spent six years building his own private mountain peak and luxury villa atop a high-rise apartment block in China’s capital, earning the unofficial title of “most outrageous illegal structure.” Now, authorities are giving him 15 days…
Cobb’s initial questions barely made mention of Baldwin directly, but rather focused on Costner’s business history and the role of the actor’s celebrity status in BP’s decision to buy his company’s devices
(AP) NEW ORLEANS – Actor Kevin Costner testified Thursday that he was heartbroken as he watched millions of gallons of oil spew into the Gulf of Mexico in 2010 and that he headed to New Orleans to see if cleanup…
The illegal construction it appears takes more than money — it takes connections
(CBS News) In Beijing, a man built a fake mountain on top of an apartment building. It took him six years and he didn’t have single permit. Now he’s supposed to tear it down. The illegal construction it appears takes…
It’s similar to the current requirement for drug companies to spell out a drug’s side effects in TV ads
Pharmaceutical companies will have to reveal the price for many prescription drugs in TV commercials, under a new rule announced by the Trump administration Wednesday. The requirement is part of President Trump’s efforts to crack down on drug costs —…