 Top Stories in Specials |
 |
Start
praying for a clear sky on Monday night, since Jupiter and Venus have begun
December in conjunction and if all goes well, the two planets are bound to
light up the southwestern sky at dusk on the first of the month.
Moreover, above the pair of planets, a crescent moon will
also be visible on December 1st.
The brightest of the two, Venus, is set to remain high in
the southwest all throughout the month, while Jupiter will be descending the western
skies during December.
Venus is usually visible at ultra bright magnitude (negative
fourth), whereas Jupiter can be...
» read full story |
|
|
Jennifer Hudson’s estranged brother-in-law was formally
charged on Tuesday with three counts of first-degree murder in the slayings of
the Academy Award-winning actress’ mother, brother and nephew.
William Balfour, who is expected to attend a bail hearing on
Wednesday, has also been charged with one count of home invasion.
Police told reporters that they trusted the evidence they
had gathered was sufficient in order to sentence the 27-year-old estranged husband
of Jennifer Hudson’s elder sister, Julia.
“You can never always know how a jury will decide a case but
I’m confident...
» read full story |
|
|
The 1st of December is World AIDS Day. To honour the 20th
anniversary of the first World Aids Day that was first supported at the 1988 World
Summit of Ministers of Health on Programmes for AIDS Prevention, the American
College of Physicians issued new guidelines that doctors offer HIV testing on a
walk-in basis during business hours from 8 a.m. to 3.30 p.m. Monday to Friday.
Despite improved access to retroviral
treatment and better screening methods, the AIDS epidemic claimed an estimated
2 million of lives in 2007. According to current estimates by UNAIDS and WHO, by
the end of...
» read full story |
|
|
YouTube, the Web’s biggest video-sharing service, announced
a new initiative called YouTube Symphony Orchestra, which involves access to
videos with various artists performing different symphonies.
Looking to turn it into a great experience, YouTube teamed
up with the London Symphony Orchestra, Carnegie Hall, Grammy Award-winning
conductor Michael Tilson Thomas, Academy Award-winning and Olympics theme
composer Tan Dun, world-renowned pianist Lang Lang, the first YouTube Symphony
Orchestra Global Ambassador, and also many other stars of classical music and
other leading...
» read full story |
|
|
Odetta Holmes, usually known as just Odetta, was considered to be “The Voice of the Civil Rights Movement” in the American folk music revival of the 1950s and 1960s. She died Tuesday, at the age of 77. The doctors at the New York City Lenox Hill Hospital concluded that the singer had died because of heart disease. Born in 1960, Odetta was a singer, an actress, a guitarist, a songwriter and a human rights activist. During her musical ascent in the 1950s and 1960s, she focused on American folk music, blues, jazz and spirituals. Many artists admitted that their music and careers were...
» read full story |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Photos Gallery |
|
|
| Latest videos |
Walt Kowalski is a widower, grumpy, tough-minded, borderline-hateful, unhappy old man who can't get along with either...
It's 1964, St. Nicholas in the Bronx. A vibrant, charismatic priest, Father Flynn, is trying to upend the school's...
The rise and fall of Chess Records, which launched the careers of Muddy Waters, Etta James and Chuck Berry. Leonard...
For two boys on the crime-filled streets of Boston's Southie neighborhood, a life on the wrong side of the law seems...
A man who travels accidentally back to the past and meets himself there. A naked girl in the midst of the forest. A...
» browse all videos
|
|
|
