Pity the authors of bestselling books. Not only do they have to labour over the original works but then they have to spend hours signing autographs.
The spin-off on the fabled 1990s teen drama Beverly Hills, 90210 premieres on September 2 in the United States.
The talk in US newsrooms is all about redundancies. Mark Pinsky tells of how he lost his job.
Along with echinacea, vitamin C is either heroically good for you or ineffectual, depending on the study.
In the West placentas are usually incinerated, but placenta-planting ceremonies are becoming more common.
Maybe Harry Potter should have brought a note from his parents saying he would be missing school.
Olympic champion Michael Phelps could earn -million through endorsement and sponsorship deals, his agent said in an interview published on Monday.
Tropical Storm Fay hit the Florida Keys with heavy rain and wind that knocked down trees on Monday after killing more than 50 people in the Caribbean.
Clinton did not sign on to a tough campaign, or to a more negative strategy against Obama, until late February.
Barack Obama piled up nearly $8-million in fundraising in a single night, as anticipation built over his looming choice of White House running mate.
Sharing the stage at a mega-church, Barack Obama and John McCain hardly had time for anything but the political equivalent of an air kiss.
Under fire from Republicans, top Democratic politicians in the United States are considering lifting a ban on new offshore oil drilling.
Legendary music producer Jerry Wexler, who coined the term ”rhythm and blues” and shaped the careers of some of music’s biggest stars, has died.
A hairy corpse crammed in a Georgia, United States, freezer is Bigfoot, say two men who have been tracking the legendary creature.
The magazine industry, already facing a decline in newsstand sales and falling ad revenue, is being besieged by a new foe: digital piracy.
An auto racing pioneer, Betty Skelton Erde (82) once was the fastest woman on Earth.
New census projections that predict that groups that are now labelled minorities will form the greater part of the country’s population by 2042.
Apple has unseated Google to become the most valuable company in the American cradle of technological innovation, Silicon Valley.
House prices in the US are plunging at their fastest rate for 12 years, leaving millions of people struggling to meet home loans.
A US university is adapting curricula and research to social needs. Joanna Walters reports.
Reality has intruded on a Ben Stiller spoof war film in a way that its makers did not anticipate.
Coney Island, the quaintly rotting amusement park frequented by millions of New Yorkers every summer, has acquired a new attraction.
Internal memos and emails from Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign expose indecision and infighting that destroyed her chances of winning.
The Democratic candidate said he would dip into the US’s strategic oil reserves to try to drive down prices, a policy he had previously opposed.
Barack Obama’s campaign offered fresh examples on Monday of the power of technology to transform electoral politics.
Intel on Monday revealed details of a new generation of chips designed for video-game lovers and multitaskers.
The young woman in the bikini top was having a good time in the afternoon sun. She chanted her mantra: ”The doctor is here! The doctor is here!”
George Clooney has embarked on what may be one of his most controversial projects: the story of Osama bin Laden’s driver.
Hackers turned computer security specialists accuse Google of setting users up for online disasters by letting them personalise home pages.
Before flying with his family for a week’s holiday in Hawaii on Friday, Barack Obama expressed concern about taking a break in election year.
The light-skinned woman with the blonde hair would like you to buy some hair dye. But a closer look at the advertisement reveals that all is not well.
A novel about Aisha, the child bride of the Prophet Muhammad, has been withdrawn because its publisher feared possible terrorist acts by extremists.