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Brooklyn brothers make hit music from interview about attempted rape
Three Brooklyn brothers have made a hit record on YouTube based on an Alabama man's interview about an assault on his younger...


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Samantha Stosur through to the US Open quarter-finals
Australian Samantha Stosur defeated 12th seed Russian Elena Dementieva to advance to the US Open quarter-finals early on...
Meet the US 'black widow' who gobbles 180 chicken wings in 12 minutes
An American woman, who calls herself the Black Widow, has broken the national championship record by gobbling up 180 chicken wings in 12 minutes in an eating...
New York's famed Rubin Museum celebrating Lord Ganesh in September
Prestigious Rubin Museum of Art (RMA) in New York (USA) is celebrating Lord Ganesh during September in view of Ganesh-Chaturthi falling this...
Republican 'Young Guns' critical of Bush to offer real change to voters
A new generation of Republican congressmen are bidding to convince voters that the Right can offer real change, and criticized former president George W Bush and the party hierarchy for betraying conservative...
Venus Williams' dresses making 'fireworks' at US open
Tennis star Venus Williams, infamous for her dressing sense, appeared in a red sequined tennis dress that resembles New York fireworks in her match against Shahar Peer at the U.S....
Florida pastor blasts Muslims, Mormons, Hindus, pro-choice supporters gays
A Florida pastor, Bill Keller, has come to New York and criticized Muslims, Mormons, Hindus, pro-choice supporters...
Tiger Woods heading to 'Infidelity Analyst' Sarah Symonds' lair
Disgraced golfer Tiger Woods could leave for Newport, Wales-hometown of 'Infidelity Analyst' Sarah Symonds-if he competes for the US in the Ryder Cup this...
Justin Bieber on high with album sale and movie
Teenage heartthrob Justin Bieber is on cloud nine these days as his 4 million albums have been sold worldwide in less than a...
White House correspondent livetweets his heart attack saga
A White House correspondent is so addicted to Twitter that he even tweeted about having a heart attack and posted updates when the doctors were attending to...
NYDN endorses Indian American politico's challenge to incumbent NY Congresswoman
Indian American Reshma Saujani, the Democratic primary challenger to Representative Carolyn Maloney in New York's 14th District, has received a strong endorsement from the New York Daily...
Bopanna-Qureshi, Paes-Black in US Open quarter-finals
India's Rohan Bopanna and Pakistan's Aisam Ul-Haq-Qureshi stunned second-seeded Daniel Nestor of Canada and Nenad Zimonjic of Serbia 6-3, 6-4 in the US Open tennis third round to enter their second successive Grand Slam...
Nadal sends new father Simon home; Stan slams Murray
Rafael Nadal solved the travel plan dilemma of Gilles Simon, sending the distracted Frenchman home to see his newborn son with a 6-4, 6-4, 6-2 defeat in the third round of the US Open...
The art of making antibiotics is 2000 years old
Ancient Nubians were regularly consuming antibiotic tetracycline, most likely in their beer, according to a chemical analysis of their...
Iran paying Taliban 1,000 dollar bounty for each US soldier's head in Afghanistan
Iran is reportedly paying bonuses of 1,000 dollars to the Taliban for killing an American soldier in Afghanistan and 6,000 dollars for destroying a U.S. military...
Oz voters favour fresh polls even as Independents dither over support
In the midst of uncertainty as to who would form the minority government in Australia, with the three key Independent MPs are yet to take a decision, a majority of the citizens are now fed up with the posturing and dithering of the trio and are in favour of fresh polls, according to a national poll conducted to assess the future of the...
Clooney's 'The American' tops US box-office
Hollywood star George Clooney starrer 'The American' has topped the US box office with an estimated earning of $12.9 million in the...
When Condoleeza Rice hung up on Bush to keep him away from DC following 9/11 attacks
Former US Secretary of State, Condoleeza Rice, has revealed that she ordered the then President George W Bush not to return to Washington after the 9/11 attacks before hanging up the phone on...
White House blunder over Oval Office rug quote
The White House has committed an embarrassing blunder over an Oval Office carpet quotation, which they thought belonged to Martin Luther King but in fact,...
Johnson is a wonderful man, says Jessica Simpson
Singer Jessica Simpson is quite happy with her new beau, footballer Eric Johnson, and describes him as a wonderful...
Ex-Colombian spy seduced cop to implicate judges
A former Colombian detective, who received orders from her superiors to infiltrate the Supreme Court in 2007, had seduced a national police captain to be able to carry out her mission, media reports...
US honours Mother Teresa with a stamp
The United States has issued a postal stamp honouring Mother Teresa 'the diminutive Roman Catholic nun and honorary US citizen who served the sick and destitute of India for nearly 50...
42 dead in mudslides in Guatemala
At least 42 people have died in mudslides that followed heavy rains in Guatemala, local media reported...
Farmlands hacked out of tropical forests, finds study
More than half a million square miles of new farmland - an area as big as Alaska - was created in the developing world between 1980 and...
Blair cagey about Bill Clinton's 'potentially sexual element'
Former British prime minister Tony Blair is reluctant to explain a passage from his new book that referenced a 'potentially sexual element' to former US president Bill Clinton's 'curiosity about...
Archbishop Writes Memoir, Tells American History [2010-09-06]
Zenit.org ).- Not many people can claim to have witnessed the major events of the last 100 years; even fewer can say that they were intimately involved in these occurrences. The former archbishop of...
Chicago stays hot with win over Detroit in extras
Detroit, MI (Sports Network) - A.J. Pierzynski singled home the go-ahead run in the top of the 10th inning, and the Chicago White Sox beat Detroit, 5-4, in the opener of a four-game series at...
American League Game Capsules
(Monday, September 6th) Final Score: Baltimore 4, New York 3 Bronx, NY (Sports Network) - Brian Roberts' seventh inning single drove in the winning run as Baltimore downed New York, 4-3, in the...
Coyote killed; may have attacked 2 in NYC suburb
RYE BROOK, N.Y. — Police have killed a coyote believed to the same animal that attacked a teen and a toddler in two separate incidents within about an hour in a New York City suburb. The...
Colorado fire spreads, destroys buildings
DENVER — A wind-driven wildfire in the rugged Colorado foothills is growing quickly, spreading across 3 1/2 square miles and destroying some structures. About 200 homes have been...
Tenn teacher accused of holding teens at gunpoint
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Police have accused a high school teacher of holding teenagers at gunpoint after he found them ghost-hunting in a Tennessee graveyard. The Hamilton County Sheriff's...
Rep. Frank faces town hall foe in Mass. primary
FILE - In this Monday, April 6, 2009 file photo, U.S. Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, addresses an audience at the John F. Kennedy School of...
After Tough Year, New York’s Haitians Gather
Lukens Destine, right, of the Haitian band Djarara, played in the street near Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn during J’ouvert, a marching music event held each year in the early morning hours of Labor...
Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon raises $58.9 million
LAS VEGAS — Despite the struggling economy, officials with the Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon say contributions and pledges from this year's Labor Day event totaled $58.9 million. While the amount...
Petraeus: Burn Korans, Endanger U.S. Troops
Monday: Afghans burn an effigy of Dove World Outreach Center's pastor Terry Jones during a demonstration against the United States in Kabul. The Florida-based church plans to burn the Koran to mark...
Ex-Reality TV Star Sees 'Real' Shot at Congress
District Attorney Sean Duffy could face Wisconsin state Sen. Julie Lassa in a race to succeed retiring U.S. Rep. David Obey. ST. CROIX FALLS, Wis. -- Sean Duffy was supposed to be the 2010...
Loss of $1 Menu Outrages Homeless Foodies
For most fast-food aficionados, McDonald's $1 menu items may seem like little more than a good deal on the road to a full stomach. But in San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury neighborhood, a feud over...
Feds begin wild horse roundup in Utah
SALT LAKE CITY — Federal authorities plan to round up hundreds of wild horses in Utah's west desert. Officials with the Bureau of Land Management says there are too many horses for the parched...
Report: Money Can Buy Happiness, To A Point
WASHINGTON -- They say money can't buy happiness. They're wrong. At least up to a point. People's emotional well-being - happiness - increases along with their income up to about $75,000, researchers...
Tennis: Djokovic beats Fish in New York
(CNN) -- Novak Djokovic breezed into the quarterfinals of the U.S. Open with a straight sets demolition of home hope Mardy Fish in their fourth round match at Flushing Meadows on...
Djokovic nets easy win over American Fish
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Serbian third seed Novak Djokovic successfully countered big-hitting American Mardy Fish's service game Monday to reach the U.S. Open...
Chicago Law: Bringing order to BP inquiry
Chicago litigation boutique, to lead its investigation.The hearings are not like courtroom trials. Board members question the witnesses and lawyers for the corporations and other parties of interest....
Video: Notebook: Labor Day
Katie Couric discusses Labor Day and the job market in America. Couric comments that workers in this country are not being properly trained for the 21st century...
Plane Crashes in Residential Las Vegas; 1 Dead
(AP) A small airplane crashed and burst into flames on a street in a southern Nevada residential neighborhood on Monday, killing one person and badly injuring three others, authorities said. Las...
Jefferson Thomas, One of Little Rock Nine, Dies
Jefferson Thomas, one of nine African-American who integrated Little Rock Central High School while federal troops patrolled the campus, is seen in 1957. Thomas died Sept. 5, 2010 in Columbus, Ohio....
Obama Getting Fewer Judges Confirmed Than Nixon
In this Sept. 8, 2009 file image released by the Supreme Court, President Barack Obama, left, talks with Justices John Paul Stevens, center, and Anthony Kennedy. Obama has had less success in...
Ex-Soldier Seeking Medical Help Holds 3 Hostage
(CBS/AP) The Army says a former soldier demanding behavioral treatment took three workers hostage at a Georgia military hospital before surrendering. Fort Stewart spokesman Kevin Larson says no...
Video: GOP Strategist: Americans At Odds with Democrats
A new CBS News poll finds that 48 percent of Americans disapprove of President Obama's handling of the economy. Democratic strategist Tanya Acker and Republican strategist Kevin Madden discussed with...
Video: Obama's New Economic Overhaul
A new CBS News poll finds that 48 percent of Americans disapprove of President Obama's handling of the economy. Democratic strategist Tanya Acker and Republican strategist Kevin Madden discussed with...