Teen star Miley Cyrus has asked her young fans not to waste their lives on the net and go out and play sports...

Backing all-rounder Shahid Afridi for the captain's post, former Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief Lieutenant General (retired) Tauqir Zia has criticised the National Assembly's Sports Committee for making the match-fixing issue...

Supermodel and new mum Gisele Bundchen is such a fitness freak that she was kung fu kicking and doing yoga even two weeks before she went into...

NORTHFIELD, Ill. - Kraft Foods says it will cut the salt in its products sold in North America by an average of 10 percent over the next two years as food makers try to appeal to health-conscious...

Wednesday, March 17, 2010 | 10:02 a.m. Access to the Red Rock Canyon National Recreation Area will get a little more expensive May 1, when entry fees at the popular hiking and climbing destination...

Various blogs and reputable publications highlight wines to help consumers -- ranging from novices to connoisseurs -- navigate the immense world of wine. The selection this week includes Australian...

The "God of War III" videogame hit the stores Tuesday eagerly awaited by US fans of the franchise based on a Spartan warrior's vendetta against Greek gods. Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA)...

Release date: North America, March 23. Europe, March 26.Self-described swordfighting geek and video game designer Jason VandenBurghe moved across the Atlantic to Paris in order to helm this...

Style blogger Tommy Ton's recent tweet of upcoming "crazy" news guaranteed to "shake" the fashion world have been revealed as nothing but a joke by Givenchy designer Riccardo Tisci. Even though Ton...

Pope Benedict XVI waves to faithful during his weekly general audience at The Vatican, where he addressed remarks to Irish followers on St Patrick's Day. Photograph: Andreas Solaro/AFP/Getty Images ...

in his first annual report to parliament , leaves no one in any doubt of the extreme demands and pressures facing child protection services in the wake...

A sports psychologist has flown to Wellington to help Michael Clarke and the Australian team prepare for the first test against New Zealand. Cricket Australia enlisted Ross Chapman to assist the...

Police investigating the deaths of two teenagers believed to have taken the legal drug mephedrone today issued further warnings after a man was arrested in a separate incident. Humberside...

Britain's petrol prices are poised to hit an all-time high and motorists frustrated by ever greater "pain at the pump" have both the oil industry and the Government in their angry sights. The...

What gives a guy the best chances of attracting a girl? Should he be metrosexual or macho? Before reaching for the moisturiser or working on his abs, a man may be advised to head for an unusual...

Japanese carmaker Nissan said on Tuesday it will launch its Micra small car in the Indian market in July from a plant in the south co-owned with its French partner Renault. "We will produce 80,000...

In the near future we will be monitoring our vital signs with our mobile devices. Our doctors will be able to wirelessly track our everyday health, providing us with remote diagnostics and...

Mobile PayPal users can now simply tap their devices together to pay for goods, services and bills with PayPal's updated iPhone application. Version 2.0 of PayPal's iPhone application was launched...

+1.48% ) said Wednesday it will buy San Francisco-based Citizen Sports, a comprehensive sports site. "This acquisition will strengthen Yahoo's social strategy of enriching, aggregating and...

Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota board, the hospital announced Wednesday. Minnesota Sports and Entertainment runs the Minnesota Wild, the Minnesota Swarm, and the St. Paul Arena...

SUNNYVALE, Calif. - (Business Wire) As part of its ongoing commitment to be the center of people's online lives, Yahoo Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to...

PayPal, which made its initial splash in 1999 by letting Palm Pilot owners beam each other money — only to abruptly drop the feature — has returned to its roots. The latest upgrade to the...

Blanka Vlasic of Croatia strikes gold in the Women's High Jump. And in cultural news: Skopje hosts the third international pantomime festival, and Kosovo's Chopin Association presents ten...

   Donna Simpson wears a size 7XL. Her waist measures 85 inches. And she can barely walk 20 feet before having to sit down. WNBC's Pei-Sze Cheng...

Screenshot of Cheapflights.com's blog post for online travel guides to Working out Around the World. Use these guides to help plan your next trip around healthy challenges like yoga retreats, rock...

The most audacious act of public sex is sexual speech. It's not the beast with two backs kept in a closet; it's a provocative mouth, a picture that speaks to...

Advisory committees are recommending changes in high school sports in South Dakota, including one to add a 35-second shot clock in Class A and Class B...

The Good Wife played up the “Will Alicia and Will Do It?” tease from last night’s episode. But that didn’t prepare us for this hour crammed with controversial, timely, or just...

Fulham manager Roy Hodgson will give a late fitness test to Brede Hangeland before deciding whether to risk the central defender for tomorrow night’s Europa League game with Juventus.Hangeland has...

Humberside Police said they believed the drug mephedrone had contributed to the deaths of Louis Wainwright, 18, and Nicholas Smith, 19, pictured, who had been out drinking together in Scunthorpe...

My first attempt at a philosophy essay was on the theory of justice.At the time, I took from the exercise a valuable lesson in the correct application of the epithet "dog's breakfast". But the...

Idol dome. Best I can tell, the set itself hasn’t changed much at all since The Season of Kradison — the only major difference to the studio I caught was the addition of three rows or so...

Desperate Housewives costar plays a smart FBI profiler who comes into the picture to help catch a murderer who’s obsessed with Nikki Heat. Castle is awestruck by her and her fancy FBI...

http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/def96a/usa_sports_equipme ) has announced the addition of the "USA Sports Equipment Market Data & Forecast to 2013 " report to their offering. WMIs USA...

An Erie County Sheriff's Department helicopter was summoned, but the rescue effort was put off until Tuesday morning, when a crew member was lowered in a basket and plucked Koozie from the...

An AXA PPP healthcare survey released today points to popular resistance to NHS spending on treatment of lifestyle related medical conditions. Seventy-eight per cent of people believe that binge...

Honda announced Tuesday the recall of an estimated 412,000 vehicles in the United States because of problems with "soft" brakes, in the latest blow to the embattled Japanese auto industry. Honda...

Fresh package of funding and reform unveiled as the government's independent child safety adviser warns the children's secretary of a rise in demand on frontline...

children 's commissioner, Dr Maggie Atkinson, has apologised to the mother of James Bulger for the "hurt" caused by her comments that Jon Venables and Robert Thompson were too young to stand trial...

Microsoft's Bing search engine gained market share in the US in February, according to research groups. Microsoft has worked for years to improve its search technology and narrow the gap...

March 17 (Bloomberg) -- Sakari Orava has made his career out of treating injured sports gods like David Beckham. Before he heads into the operating room, he prays to the real...

BERLIN - A dip in sales and costs from its failed attempt to take over Volkswagen pushed sports car maker Porsche's six-month net profit down by 83 percent. The maker of the 911, Cayenne and...

The 2009 NCAA Tournament featured high-scoring games and each of the top 12 seeded teams advancing to the Sweet 16. In other words, it was exactly what Las Vegas sports books didn’t want to...