Colombian lingerie model Angie Sanclemente on Wednesday was convicted of trying to ship cocaine to Europe in her suitcases, and sentenced to more than six years in jail. Sanclemente, 31, is a former beauty queen…
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HP puts mobile chips in data centers
Hewlett Packard (HP) sees a future in super-efficient data centers powered by the kinds of power-sipping computer chips used in smartphones and tablet computers. The computer giant was launched in Project Moonshot, server technology that…
Kardashian: marriage was for love, not TV!
Reality television superstar Kim Kardashian has hit back at speculation that her lavish wedding was a stunt, saying her short-lived marriage to Kris Humphries was for love, not television. In Sydney to promote her new…
Kim Kardashian wants a divorce
Reality television star Kim Kardashian filed for divorce Monday from Kris Humphries, the basketball player she married less than three months ago. “After careful consideration, I have decided to end my marriage,” she said in…
Zimbabwe: prostitute turns into a donkey?
A Zimbabwean man has told a court that he hired a prostitute who during the night transformed into a donkey, and that he is now “seriously in love” with the animal, state media said Wednesday….
Chinese brew is #1 in the world
Ask anyone what they think is the world’s most popular spirit and they’re unlikely to name — or even to have heard of — the lethally strong Chinese grain alcohol, baijiu. But more baijiu is…
Nokia to unveil Windows phone next week
Microsoft has said that Nokia is going to launch phones using Windows’ new mobile operating system next week, giving a major boost to the US firm’s come-from-behind phone software business. Windows Phone division chief Andy…
Friends: Does Facebook alter the brain?
Does Facebook alter the brain? That’s the question which flows from an unusual investigation into the online social network used by 800 million people. Volunteers placed in a 3-D scanner had bigger, denser structures in…
Author Julian Barnes wins Booker Prize
British author Julian Barnes has won the Man Booker Prize, one of the highest-profile awards in English-language literature, at the fourth attempt for his novel “The Sense of an Ending”. Barnes picked up the £50,000…