Housekeeper's estranged husband speaks out

2011-05-25 15:03:00

The estranged husband of the woman identified by some media as the mother of Arnold Schwarzenegger's out-of-wedlock son says he feels betrayed by the former governor.

Obama, Cameron team up as table tennis partners

2011-05-25 14:46:16

US President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron rolled up their sleeves for a table tennis match against two teenage boys at the Globe Academy in London during Obama's state visit to England.

Compressed air turns NZ trucker into human balloon

2011-05-25 10:25:11

A New Zealand truck driver said he blew up like a balloon when he fell onto the fitting of a compressed air hose that pierced his buttock and forced air into his body at 100 pounds a square inch.

Russian manned spacecraft lands in Kazakhstan

2011-05-24 15:14:58

Russia's Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft with three crew members onboard has landed in Kazakhstan on Tuesday, said the Mission Control Center (MCC) outside Moscow.

Major Jane Austen manuscript up for sale

2011-05-24 14:28:05

The only major Jane Austen manuscript still in private hands comes up for auction on July 14th, auction house Sotheby's said on Monday.

Woman named in Schwarzenegger affair hires lawyer

2011-05-24 10:36:05

A woman identified by some media as the mother of former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's out-of-wedlock son has hired a Los Angeles law firm.

UK MP defies privacy law, names sex cheater

2011-05-24 09:38:20

A British politician defied a court order on Monday by identifying Manchester United's Ryan Giggs as the soccer star fighting a legal battle to prevent newspapers from publishing allegations of an affair.

DNA matches Strauss-Kahn in sex attack

2011-05-24 09:16:20

New tests have found that the DNA of former International Monetary Fund leader Dominique Strauss-Kahn matches material found on the shirt of a Manhattan hotel maid who says he attacked her, two people familiar with the investigation told The Associated Press.

UK ready as volcanic ash heads for British skies

2011-05-23 17:16:42

An ash cloud from Iceland could reach British airspace later this week, but a British official says the country is better prepared after an eruption last year shut down airports for five days.

Rihanna, Swift win big at Billboard Awards

2011-05-23 16:55:14

Rihanna and Taylor Swift were two of the key winners at the Billboard Music Awards, which returned after a five-year hiatus with a major dose of star power, featuring Beyonce, U2, the Black Eyed Peas - even First Lady Michelle Obama.

Songwriter Brooks kills himself in NYC

2011-05-23 10:03:16

Joseph Brooks, the Academy Award-winning songwriter of "You Light Up My Life" who was awaiting trial on charges of sexually assaulting more than a dozen women, was found dead Sunday of an apparent suicide in his Manhattan apartment.

Schwarzenegger must revamp image once more

2011-05-22 16:56:20

For 35 years, Arnold Schwarzenegger has been carefully crafting his public image, from Austrian bodybuilder and international action star to family man and Republican politician.