Daily Archives: Feb 2, 2014
Philip Seymour Hoffman dies of apparent drug overdose
Police officers revealed that Philip Seymour Hoffman was found dead of an apparent heroin overdose with a hypodermic needle still stuck in his arm...
Thailand elections 2014: Protesters block voting in parts of Bangkok and south
Thailand's general election has been disrupted by protests with voting being halted in parts of Bangkok and the south, but officials say that 89%...
High Wycombe sinkhole swallows VW Lupo
A 30ft deep sinkhole has opened up on the driveway of a house in High Wycombe, UK, and swallowed a car. Nobody was inside the...
Dylan Farrow open letter renews Woody Allen abuse claim
Dylan Farrow, the adopted daughter of Woody Allen and Mia Farrow, has renewed claims the filmmaker "abused" her as a child in 1992. In an...
Costa Rica presidential election 2014: Johnny Araya vs. Jose Maria Villalta
Costa Rica is voting to choose a successor to President Laura Chinchilla. The governing party's Johnny Araya, a former mayor of San Jose, is expected...
Philip Seymour Hoffman found dead in his Manhattan apartment
Philip Seymour Hoffman has been found dead at his home in New York, police say. The 46-year-old actor was found in his Manhattan apartment after...
Dmytro Bulatov leaves Ukraine for medical treatment
Ukrainian opposition activist Dmytro Bulatov, who says he was abducted and tortured in Kiev, has left the country for medical treatment. Dmytro Bulatov has flown...
Groundhog Day 2014: Bill de Blasio drops Staten Island Chuck
Punxsutawney Phil and Staten Island Chuck were in agreement in their prognostications on this year's Groundhog Day. While Punxsutawney Phil tends to get the most...
Groundhog Day 2014: Punxsutawney Phil predicts six weeks of winter
Thousands of people in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, have been celebrating Groundhog Day. Groundhog Phil is famous for predicting whether or not winter is due to end. The...
El Salvador presidential election 2014: Salvador Sanchez Ceren vs. Norman Quijano
El Salvador is voting to elect a new president. The main rivals are current Vice-President Salvador Sanchez Ceren of the left-wing FMLN party and Norman...
Conrad Black loses Order of Canada
Former media tycoon Conrad Black has been stripped of the Order of Canada, the country’s highest honor. Lord Conrad Black was also removed from the...
Prince George and Kate Middleton in Caribbean vacation
Prince George is having his first family vacation as he jetted away to the Caribbean with his mother Kate Middleton, Us Weekly reported. Kate Middleton,...
Stacy Keibler debuts new dark hair at Super Bowl 2014 pre-festivities
Stacy Keibler debuted her new look at the Ciroc Presents Bootsy Bellows Super Bowl 2014 pre-festivities at the Liquid Cellar in New York. The typically-blonde...
Ireland Baldwin shares picture of half-sister baby Carmen
Ireland Baldwin shared a photo of herself spending time with her adorable half-sister, baby Carmen. Ireland Baldwin spending time with her adorable half-sister, baby...
Jay Leno’s final Friday Tonight Show delivers highest rating in 15 months
Jay Leno’s final Friday Tonight Show delivered its highest overnight rating in 15 months on Friday night, while Late Night With Jimmy Fallon generated...
Beyonce course offered at Rutgers University
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, is launching a course on Beyonce. The Department of Women's and Gender Studies at Rutgers University is offering...
Munich Security Conference 2014: Ukraine’s rivals Leonid Kozhara and Vitali Klitschko clash face to face
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara and opposition leader Vitali Klitschko have clashed face to face at this year’s Munich Security Conference. They appeared in a...