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Reina happy at Liverpool
Jose Reina admits he is flattered to be linked with a return to former club Barcelona but has again insisted he is happy at Liverpool, with whom he is under contract until 2016.Reina is one of the names being touted as a possible replacement for long-serving Barca goalkeeper Victor Valdes, who has told the Catalan giants he intends to leave the club and could sever ties this summer.The ...
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Jay-Z denies Beyonce pregnancy rumours
Jay-Z has denied his wife Beyonce is pregnant.The hip-hop star apparently emailed a DJ in New York to try to silence the rumours.The whispering peaked last week when the 31-year-old cancelled a gig in Antwerp because of ...
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Germany nationalises Bieber monkey
Justin Bieber's pet monkey is set to become the property of Germany.Mally the Monkey was seized by German customs on March 28 when the pop star failed to produce required vaccination and import papers for the animal after landing in Munich.He had until midnight on Friday to produce those documents.Customs spokesman Thomas Meister said after offices opened following a holiday weekend that ...
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Dancing On Ice to hang up skating boots
'Dancing On Ice' will end next year.The ninth series of the ITV skating contest will be the last, host Phillip Schofield - who fronts the show with Christine Bleakley - has confirmed.He tweeted: "Enjoy it while you can. Dancing on Ice 2014 will be the final series. And I can take up skiing again! ;) (sic)"Phillip's confirmation came after Jane Torvill and Christopher ...
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Doors founding member loses battle with cancer
The Doors' founding member Ray Manzarek has passed away.The legendary musician was at the RoMed Clinic in Rosenheim, Germany when he lost his long battle with bile duct cancer yesterday at the age of 74.In an announcement on their Facebook page, the band revealed he was surrounded by his wife Dorothy Manzarek, and his brothers Rick and James Manzarek.The Doors' guitarist Robby Krieger ...
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Body of Padre Pio to go on display
The body of Padre Pio will go on permanent display next month in Italy. His body, which is covered with a layer of silicone, will be displayed in a Puglian church, where the saint lived during his final years. The monk, who claimed he suffered from stigmata, will go on permanent display from June ...
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Danny Healy-Rae set for TV
Danny Healy-Rae is to be the subject of a German documentary.The Kerry County Councillor came to the attention of the media there, after he called for rural dwellers in isolated areas to be allowed a higher drink-driving limit.The story gained international notoriety after some council colleagues supported his motion to raise the alcohol limit.According to ...
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Call for information campaign on new climate change laws
The head of the Oireachtas Committee on the Environment has warned that new climate change laws need to be introduced in tandem with an information campaign.Hearings are taking place in Leinster House this afternoon where the Government will get feedback on the bill from a range of environmental groups.The new legislation aims to help Ireland become more environmentally friendly and to reduce ...
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Microsoft readies new Xbox as entertainment hub
Attendees play video games at Microsoft’s Xbox 360 display at the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. AFP FILE PHOTO SAN FRANCISCO--Microsoft offers a glimpse Tuesday at a new-generation Xbox as videogame consoles evolve into home entertainment centers and adapt to competition from smartphones and tablets. A tented stage ...
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Microsoft hopes on Xbox to change entertainment style
(53 mins ago) Microsoft offers a glimpse Tuesday at a new-generation Xbox as videogame consoles evolve into home entertainment centers and adapt to competition from smartphones and tablets. A tented stage has been set up at the technology giant's headquarters in the city of Redmond in Washington State for an "Xbox Reveal'' event to play out just weeks before a major annual ...
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Cannes Euro Studios Look to Benefit From Busy London Soundstages
European film studio facility operators in such places as Germany and Eastern Europe feel positioned to take advantage of a shortage of free studio space in London and attract big Hollywood productions in the second half of the year and ...
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Sunflower Presents $500 grant is music to their ears
From left: Joanne Waters, president of Sunflower Presents; Dennis Burtt, Sunflower board member; Jamie Davis, Sunflower treasurer; Donna Eriksen, Sunflower past president; and Jeff DeMello, SOME board ...
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New proposals reached on Croke Park II after overnight talks
The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform has said a new set of proposals has been reached between public sector unions and the Government on the Croke Park 2 agreement. Talks continued through the night at the Labour Relations Commission with health sector and teachers unions.Minister Brendan Howlin said that a new document is being distributed to all unions this morning and some unions ...
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MS announces fall in profits
Marks and Spencer has announced a fall in full-year profits.They are down to 665m (EUR786m)- the lowest level in four years.The High Street chain has seen struggling clothing sales pull down its successful food ...
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Professor Green Supporting The Stone Rose challenging
Professor Green has said that supporting The Stone Roses has been the most "challenging" moment of his career so far.The 'Read All About It' rapper was chosen by the indie band as one of the support acts for their reformation shows in Manchester, North West England, last year and admitted he was up against a tough crowd.He told Altsounds.com: "It was probably the most ...
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George Michael falls out of car on busy motorway
George Michael was treated for minor injuries following an accident on the M1 last week.A passing motorist has revealed the 49-year-old was left covered in blood after taking a tumble from a silver Range Rover, which was driving at around 70mph as he tried to close its door properly.Katherine Fox, 23, said: "I saw blood everywhere and a man on the ground."I thought someone had run ...
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Drugs crisis organisation call for decriminalisation of drug use
A drugs crisis organisation is urging the Government to treat drug use as a health issue instead of a criminal one.The Citywide Campaign group are holding a conference in Dublin today, looking at alternatives to our current drugs policies.Among the suggestions being discussed will be the decriminalisation of addiction, but spokesperson for Citywide Anna Quigley said that is not the same as ...
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Six policemen killed by road bomb
A powerful roadside bomb has killed six policemen in Afghanistan's west, officials said.The officers' vehicle hit the explosives planted in the road they were driving on this morning in Herat province.District police chief Sher Agha said the explosion was so strong that the police vehicle was completely destroyed in the blast in Obey district.He said there were no survivors.The ...
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Parents warned about letting their baby sleep in the bed
Parents are being warned sharing a bed with their baby increases the risk of cot death. A study from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine has found that breastfed babies under the age of three months who sleep in their parents' beds - face a five-fold increased risk of cot death."For the first few months they have the baby in a cot beside the bed so that they can bring it ...
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Lakeland teenager with rare cancer saying goodbye through song w...
< 200){ requestedWidth = 200; } For Zach Sobiech, life is crutches and chemo. It's making deals with God. It's taking 13 pills at a time without water. It's clumps of curly hair in the trash. It's crying in bed late at night and laughing with friends. It's declaring a ban on homework for his senior year at Stillwater Area High School. It's also finding ...
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Tiny preemies get a boost from live music therapy
CHICAGO (AP) -- As the guitarist strums and softly sings a lullaby in Spanish, tiny Augustin Morales stops squirming in his hospital crib and closes his ...
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Two in custody in connection with murder of Cavan man
Two men remain in Garda custody this morning over the murder of a man in Cavan last year. 49-year-old John Kerins - a former Senior Detective - was found shot dead at his home in Cornaveagh on the outskirts of Bailieboro on the 9th of November 2012. At the time garda sources indicated they were looking into his links to a gang suspected of involvement in stealing machinery and drug dealing.Two ...
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David seals open spot
England's Brian Davis was among those who booked their places at this year's Open Championship in the American leg of International Final Qualifying in Plano, Texas.The top eight players after 36 holes earned a spot at Muirfield this summer and Davis grabbed a share of fourth place on five under par, alongside American Scott Brown, with rounds of 66 and 69.The pair finished two strokes ...
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Garcia not planning Woods apology
Sergio Garcia has no intention of instigating peace talks with Tiger Woods following their clash at the Players Championship.Paired together in a third round at Sawgrass, it took less than two holes for long-standing tensions to come to the surface with Garcia feeling he was put off on his approach shot to the second by crowd noise caused by Woods preparing for his own shot from the trees.Woods ...
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Yahoo deal nets Tumbler head €194m
US tech giant Yahoo has snapped up Tumblr in a major US deal that will reportedly net the blogging site's 26-year-old founder a $250m (EUR194m) fortune six years after he started it.The $1.1bn deal makes New Yorker David Karp - who attended high school for only a year - the latest internet whizkid to scoop an astronomical windfall from a web start-up.The move will give Yahoo its own social ...
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