Beyonce set the record for the most number of Grammy trophies a female has won in one night, but lost to Taylor Swift in the top award. Beyonce won a total of six awards tonight including Song of the Year – printing her mark in Grammy history as the most awarded female in one night. In 2004, she...

The new president of Switzerland has warned governments of other countries against any action that involves illegally acquiring financial and bank information to help in nabbing tax evaders. A recent report from the German press has stated that an unidentified informant was offering a taxman in Germany...

A new study in Australia has defied common knowledge that being overweight can cause death. The study points out that people aged 70 years old and above are more likely to live than their counterparts that have normal weight. The new research was published on January 28 in the Journal of the American...

Beyonce won 4 Grammys during the pre-telecast awards ceremony of this year’s Grammy Awards. Beyonce won Best R&B Song and Best R&B Female Vocal Performance for “Single Ladies”, Best Contemporary R&B Album for “I Am… Sasha Fierce”, and Best R&B Traditional...

Thousands of people gathered in Kaliningrad, a Russian enclave on the Baltic Sea, on Saturday to demand Prime Minister Vladimir Putin step down from his seat amid growing concerns in higher commodity cost and unemployment. The leader of the opposition group Solidarity, Boris Nemtsov, said in a radio...

Karen Schmeer, an award-winning movie editor, has been confirmed dead by authorities and her mother after being struck by a getaway vehicle. Schmeer has had worked in several of the documentaries made by Errol Morris, including the acclaimed “The Fog of War”, which won an Academy Award. According...

A new contraceptive pill is making its round in the prevention of pregnancy of women who opt to have unprotected sex, which could have an effect for as long as five days. According to new study, ellaOne, a new type of drug ulipristal acetate, has been found out to significantly decrease the risk of pregnancy...

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger of California has asked two agencies in his state on Friday to conduct an investigation on the rising number of birth defects in Kettleman City, a census-designated place halfway between San Francisco and Los Angeles. It was in 2009 when the activist group Greenaction brought...

Although Mexico’s economy has improved during the last two quarters of 2009, the major downturn that happened during the second quarter was enough to affect the yearlong data significantly. Mexico’s growth domestic product for the whole year of 2009 went down by an astonishing 6.8 percent, the worst...

The internet site Yelp, which provides local reviews has announced its success in obtaining new investors. The site has received $25 million from a company called Elevation Partners. EP is also planning to bring another $75 million to the table as they make stock purchases from employees of the company. This...