Top Stories: Los Angeles, Dec 26(IANS) Hollywood actress Susan Sarandon's representative has clarified that she is not dating her business partner Jonathan Bricklin. IANS Sat, 26 Dec 2009 12:50:02 -0500Los Angeles, Dec 26(IANS) Between the takes on the sets of her forthcoming film 'Furry Vengeance', Hollywood actress Brooke Shields keeps herself busy knitting blankets or playing games. IANS Sat, 26 Dec 2009 12:40:02 -0500Washington, Dec 26 : Hollywood actor Charlie Sheen has been released from jail after posting an 8,500-dollar bond. ANI Sat, 26 Dec 2009 05:20:06 -0500Melbourne, Dec 26 : Aussie rockers AC/DC may have to cancel a sold out concert in Austria over fears that their high-voltage rock and roll may have a dramatic impact on a colony of rare birds. ANI Sat, 26 Dec 2009 04:40:12 -0500Melbourne, Dec 26 : Actress Gemma Arterton has urged women not to imitate her or her fellow Hollywood actresses and create an identity of their own. ANI Sat, 26 Dec 2009 02:10:24 -0500London, Dec 26 : Former Atomic Kitten Kerry Katona has rejected a 200,000-pound offer to appear on Celebrity Big Brother following fears she would crack up on TV. ANI Sat, 26 Dec 2009 02:10:21 -0500London, Dec 26 : Ben Affleck, the star of Armageddon and Pearl Harbor, has topped sperm bank California Cryobank's celebrity look-a-like sperm donors list. ANI Sat, 26 Dec 2009 01:20:07 -0500London, Dec 26(IANS) Hollywood actor Orlando Bloom has said that he will never miss Christmas for work and likes to spend time with his family. IANS Sat, 26 Dec 2009 12:40:03 -0500London, Dec 26 (IANS) US pop star Justin Timberlake's album 'Futuresex/Lovesounds' has been named the album of the decade by a leading music website. IANS Sat, 26 Dec 2009 06:10:05 -0500London, Dec 26 (IANS) Hollywood actor Robert Pattinson has topped the list of celebrities most women would like to kiss under a mistletoe during the Christmas holidays. IANS Sat, 26 Dec 2009 03:00:02 -0500WASHINGTON--A botched terrorist attack on a US plane by a Nigerian just as it was due to land in Detroit puts the spotlight on the efficacy of prevailing airport and on-board security measures. Passen... Inquirer Sat, 26 Dec 2009 18:14:59 -0500"Up In The Air" is a timely new movie about unemployment, but it's also the title of a song written by a man who lost his job and found his future. Jim Axelrod reports. CBS News Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:58:58 -0500Here for the third time in four years, the familiar scenery isn't boring Kentucky fans. The Wildcats (7-5) can make school history by winning a fourth straight bowl game, and fans have bought more tha... MSNBC Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:00:26 -0500Aladdin combines local characterisation and observation with the best panto traditions, personified by Clive Rowe's latest dazzling dame: a Widow Twanky to swoon for. I went to today's matinee with my... The Guardian Sat, 26 Dec 2009 16:56:33 -0500Munster 35 Connacht 3Munster moved back into a play-off position in the Magners League as a last-minute try from Jean de Villiers saw them complete a post-Christmas blitz of provincial rivals Connacht... Irish Examiner Sat, 26 Dec 2009 16:52:21 -0500The sister of critically ill Sara Payne said tonight her sibling was “a fighter, not a quitter”.Mrs Payne, the mother of murdered schoolgirl Sarah, was in a “stable” condition after battling c... Irish Examiner Sat, 26 Dec 2009 16:52:21 -0500The US Justice Department tonight charged the alleged Christmas Day terrorist with attempting to destroy a plane.The 23-year-old Nigerian Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab allegedly had a device containing a ... Irish Examiner Sat, 26 Dec 2009 16:52:21 -0500Law enforcement officials in Washington said tonight the alleged Christmas Day terrorist is to be charged in Detroit with trying to blow up a plane.Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab will be charged in federa... Irish Examiner Sat, 26 Dec 2009 16:52:21 -0500A passenger hailed as a hero after tackling the airliner terror suspect said tonight: “I didn’t hesitate. I just jumped.”Jasper Schuringa, a 32-year-old film maker from Amsterdam, was applauded ... Irish Examiner Sat, 26 Dec 2009 16:52:20 -0500David Foster is in this week's Second Cup Caf?, celebrating the season with a holiday performance. Foster and Canadian Tenor, Charice perform the Christmas classic, "The Christmas Song". CBS News Sat, 26 Dec 2009 16:32:57 -0500When Finnish filmmaker Timo Vuorensola came up with the idea for his movie Star Wreck, a parody of Star Trek, he knew that looking for conventional distribution would be futile. An amateur, science-fi... Time Sat, 26 Dec 2009 16:26:52 -0500Published Date: December 27, 2009 Hollywood actor Charlie Sheen was arrested Friday in the Colorado ski resort of Aspen on charges of domestic violence after reportedly attacking his wife of 19 month... Kuwait Times Sat, 26 Dec 2009 16:21:33 -0500Published Date: December 27, 2009 On the white steps of Sacre Coeur-a landmark in Paris-we listened to a free concert of Beatles songs. With acoustic guitars and Moroccan accents, a group of young me... Kuwait Times Sat, 26 Dec 2009 16:21:32 -0500LOS ANGELES ? Firefighters say more than 100 dogs are safe after an early morning fire damaged an upscale Hollywood kennel where the dogs were being kept during the holidays. The blaze at L... Sign on San Diego Sat, 26 Dec 2009 15:56:16 -0500Leinster 15 Ulster 3Tries either side of half-time from Rob Kearney and Jamie Heaslip set Leinster on their way to victory over Ulster in a fast-paced festive derby at the RDS.The European champions m... Irish Examiner Sat, 26 Dec 2009 15:37:44 -0500Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard admitted his relief after his fine opening goal set up a 2-0 Barclays Premier League win over Wolves.Second-half goals from Gerrard and Yossi Benayoun gave nervy Liver... Irish Examiner Sat, 26 Dec 2009 15:37:44 -0500"} ,{"image" : '/resources/r/?m=02&d=20091226&t=2&i=36965815&w=460&r=2009-12-26T193352Z_01_BTRE5BJ1CE900_RTROPTP_0_USA', "thumbnail" : '/resources/r/?m=02&d=20091226&t=2&i=36965815&w=50&r=2009-12-26... Reuters Sat, 26 Dec 2009 15:19:56 -0500LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - British director Guy Ritchie's "Sherlock Holmes" set a Christmas Day sales record at the box office in North America, taking a narrow lead over last weekend's champ, "Avatar," ... ABC Sat, 26 Dec 2009 14:52:41 -0500The National Crime Victims Helpline is reminding people that it is open over the festive season. It is urging people to be vigilant especially in light of the new trend of shoulder surfing where crimi... Irish Examiner Sat, 26 Dec 2009 14:12:13 -0500Niall McGinn clinched three points for Celtic against Hamilton after coming on as a second-half substitute then declared he is ready to start against Rangers in the crucial Old Firm derby next week.Th... Irish Examiner Sat, 26 Dec 2009 14:12:13 -0500Roberto Mancini insists Craig Bellamy is his “friend” even though he left the Welsh striker out of his first Manchester City starting line-up this afternoon.Bellamy was introduced as a second-half... Irish Examiner Sat, 26 Dec 2009 14:12:13 -0500Buddhist monks in orange robes chanted on a Thai beach, an Indonesian mother mourned her children at a mass grave, and a man scattered flowers in now-placid waters today to commemorate the 230,000 kil... Irish Examiner Sat, 26 Dec 2009 14:12:12 -0500He described the 11-track album titled Njoo Sasa as evangelistic and an attempt to remind gospel music fans and believers “of the lost music of the ‘70s and 80s”. Njoo Sasa is a collaborative ef... Daily Nation Sat, 26 Dec 2009 12:58:51 -0500The last of five bishops named in an expose of the Catholic Church’s cover-up of child sex abuse will not resign, his spokesman said tonight.Bishop of Galway Martin Drennan is the only remaining pre... Irish Examiner Sat, 26 Dec 2009 12:50:16 -0500Sizing Europe maintained his unbeaten record over fences in the Grade One Board na Mona – With Nature Novice Chase at Leopardstown – but not without a scare.Henry de Bromhead’s seven-year-old ha... Irish Examiner Sat, 26 Dec 2009 12:50:16 -0500Italian midfielder Alberto Aquilani was finally handed a place in Liverpool’s starting line-up for this evening’s Barclays Premier League visit of Wolves.The £20m summer signing from Roma, who ha... Irish Examiner Sat, 26 Dec 2009 12:50:16 -0500Vic Chesnutt, the folk-rocker whose sometimes dark reflections on life were influenced in part by a car wreck that left him paralyzed, has died. He was 45. Family friend Christina Stuckey, who answer... CBC News Sat, 26 Dec 2009 12:42:36 -0500Yankees in position to clinch the World Series championship ? and the title of best team of the decade ? in the Bronx.In becoming baseball’s version of Forrest Gump, Rodriguez could be... International Herald Tribune Sat, 26 Dec 2009 12:37:19 -0500Dec. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- EMI Music today launches a specially-priced "Greatest Hits" album campaign online, featuring many of popular music's top hits collections for only... Breitbart Sat, 26 Dec 2009 12:11:42 -0500Scarlets 14 Ospreys 21Prop Paul James scored both his side’s tries as he helped send the Ospreys to the top of the Magners League following a hard-fought west Wales derby against the Scarlets at Par... Irish Examiner Sat, 26 Dec 2009 11:28:16 -0500At least 45 people have been killed after a bridge collapsed in western India. Dozens of labourers plunged into the water when the bridge on which they were working gave way over the Chambal River on ... Irish Examiner Sat, 26 Dec 2009 11:28:15 -0500Burnley 1 Bolton 1David Nugent gave a timely reminder of his scoring ability at Turf Moor as he secured a point for Burnley in their Premier League clash with Bolton.The striker’s loan deal from Por... Irish Examiner Sat, 26 Dec 2009 11:28:15 -0500Shrink If you're a multi-millionaire owner of property in the Bay of Islands, you'd have a struggle asking your neighbour to borrow a cup of sugar - they're likely to be miles away. The area is abou... New Zealand Herald Sat, 26 Dec 2009 11:24:54 -0500Kevan Carlsen and Brad Tasker spent Christmas Day in search of a homeless blues musician named Black Velvet, so they can give him what could be the most important Christmas gift he'll ever receive.Car... Times Colonist Sat, 26 Dec 2009 11:21:29 -0500Republic of Ireland midfielder Keith Andrews will replace the injured Vince Grella in Blackburn's lineup as they take on Wigan at the DW Stadium today.Centre-back Chris Samba returning after a stomach... Irish Examiner Sat, 26 Dec 2009 10:01:35 -0500Roberto Mancini’s first major decision as Manchester City boss has been to restore Robinho to the Blues starting line-up for the today’s encounter with Stoke at Eastlands.Unveiled on Monday after ... Irish Examiner Sat, 26 Dec 2009 10:01:35 -0500A strong earthquake struck deep under the sea in eastern Indonesia today, but there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries, officials said.The earthquake of a preliminary magnitude of 6.0 str... Irish Examiner Sat, 26 Dec 2009 08:35:33 -0500West Ham defender James Tomkins comes into the team for the Premier League clash against Portsmouth in place of Danny Gabbidon today, who was out with a hamstring problem.Switzerland midfielder Valon ... Irish Examiner Sat, 26 Dec 2009 08:35:33 -0500Vic Chesnutt, a singer-songwriter of spare, idiosyncratic folk songs tinged with melancholy, died Christmas Day in Athens, Ga., after an intentional overdose of prescription muscle relaxants, a family... Pioneer Press Sat, 26 Dec 2009 08:11:08 -0500Pressure is mounting on the only serving bishop named in the Murphy report yet to resign.Bishop of Galway Dr Martin Drennan has yet to declare his intentions in the wake of the report into clerical se... Irish Examiner Sat, 26 Dec 2009 07:16:10 -0500Iranian security forces beat protesters in central Tehran today, a sign of mounting tensions ahead of planned opposition rallies to mark a religious festival and the death of a dissident cleric a week... Irish Examiner Sat, 26 Dec 2009 07:16:09 -0500Sunday's rearranged meeting at Down Royal is subject to a 3pm inspection today.Snow is again the chief cause for concern.The fixture was scheduled for today after being postponed on Christmas Day.An I... Irish Examiner Sat, 26 Dec 2009 07:16:09 -0500This afternoon’s fixture at Wincanton has been given the all-clear following a morning inspection.Officials at the Somerset circuit delivered the positive news after a frost-free night.Clerk of the ... Irish Examiner Sat, 26 Dec 2009 07:16:09 -0500Scotland should mark its cultural successes with a Hollywood-style walk of fame, an MSP has claimed.South of Scotland MSP Aileen Campbell called for the establishment of a 'Scottish Walk of Fame'. She... BBC Sat, 26 Dec 2009 07:05:36 -0500TV hit 'Top Gear' was today named the UK’s favourite television programme of the decade.The show, which was completely reinvented in the early noughties, topped a poll commissioned for Channel 4 for... Irish Examiner Sat, 26 Dec 2009 05:57:01 -0500Manny Pacquiao has promised to take legal action following a row over blood-testing which is threatening his planned fight with Floyd Mayweather.Pacquiao has refused to submit to blood-testing in the ... Irish Examiner Sat, 26 Dec 2009 05:57:01 -0500Producers of 'Big Brother' defended themselves against accusations of trying to take advantage of wounded soldiers by asking them to take part in the show.Today’s Daily Mail newspaper said programme... Irish Examiner Sat, 26 Dec 2009 05:57:00 -0500Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi wrote a Christmas letter to the Pope saying Christian values guided his government’s work – the latest evidence that the premier beset by a sex scandal is taking ... Irish Examiner Sat, 26 Dec 2009 05:57:00 -0500Paramount's worst fears are confirmed: Star Trek was the most pirated film of 2009, according to a new report.In October, the studio told the Federal Communications Commission that Star Trek had becom... Times Colonist Sat, 26 Dec 2009 05:48:52 -0500The real estate developer paid middleman Villalobos nearly $16 million for securing investments from CalPERS and the California State Teachers' Retirement System. CIM is not accused of wrongdoing. Los Angeles Times Sat, 26 Dec 2009 04:24:57 -0500COACHELLA, CA, December 26, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Spotlight 29 Casino has added two new employees to their staff, it was announced today by Robert Paull, General Manager. Jim Galvan has been n... 24 / 7 Press Release Sat, 26 Dec 2009 03:11:31 -0500The real estate developer paid middleman Villalobos nearly $16 million for securing investments from CalPERS and the California State Teachers' Retirement System. CIM is not accused of wrongdoing. Associated Press Sat, 26 Dec 2009 01:50:28 -0500). Bottom line: It looks pretty sweet and they're so cute-as-a-button as a fake couple that we're hoping it's the same in real life. What do you say? Does this smooch heard round the interwebs make yo... E online Sat, 26 Dec 2009 01:48:28 -0500NEW DELHI: The first mail Thejaswi Udupa read on Christmas morning brought bad news. It was an announcement from WorldSpace satellite radio service saying it was discontinuing its operations in Ind... Times of India Sat, 26 Dec 2009 01:47:03 -0500Jude Law says Sherlock Holmes purists shouldn't get hot under the deerstalker about the new film. The actor stars as Watson in the big-budget remake, which he says will please fans of the legendary ... Ananova Sat, 26 Dec 2009 00:07:13 -0500Earshot's annual performance of Duke Ellington's sacred music is unique to Seattle. It's a magnum opus involving more than 50 performers on stage, and it was instrumental in the formation of the now-a... 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