Guru or charlatan? This is the question for most Indians on the holy-men that inspire such major followings throughout the...

A state legislator in New York wants salt banned from pre-packaged and restaurant...

Adventure-lovers and sports enthusiasts are making a beeline to picturesque Solang Nala in Himachal Pradesh, for...

The second day of the first invitational archery contest saw lively marksmanship by participants at the newly set up Yamuna Sports Complex in New Delhi on...

Architects are taking the scalpel to new healthcare facilities, designing them so that patients can get out of hospital quicker or, if they are in for the long haul, making their stay as pleasant as...

"It's important to prep your skin a few days before a big event. In addition to drinking lots of water and eating a healthy diet, the key to glowing skin is following a strict skincare regimen. For...

Barbie and Ken as Don and Betty Draper? Mattel toys' iconic Barbie doll will launch a set of special dolls for the Emmy- and Golden Globe-winning television...

Even if your college days are a distant memory, it's possible to travel on a student discount over spring break this year. Student travel agencies are beginning to actively court nonstudents and...

Thank goodness there's a recession. Being starstruck in Hollywood is now half price. The wobbly-headed and the camera-swathed have always thronged to Hollywood Boulevard. Now, because of a new...

Nine words: bikini-clad students, fresh Champagne powder and bluebird skies. Though most of Colorado has been on timeout with Mother Nature's snowmaking unit for the majority of this winter season,...

ESPN/ABC will today announce a sort of 21st-century update of a 20-century concept: Saturday afternoon network sports shows, that do not include big events, in the old time slot of ABC's Wide World...

Mac-heads have always drawn the short straw when it comes to gaming. True, their hardware is slinky, sexy and sophisticated but PC owners have had the upper hand when it comes to decent titles to...

£29.99 Format DS Publisher Disney Interactive At first glance at the case for Alice in Wonderland, you would be forgiven for missing the connection between this cartoon-style DS...

£49.99 Format PS3, Xbox 360 Publisher Square Enix Inexplicable yet compelling, Final Fantasy XIII’s plot is only understood by experiencing it; put briefly, events revolve...

‘Tweet Defense’ is an iPhone app and a classic tower-defence title with a twist. It boosts the strength of your defences using information from your Twitter account – so the more...

But that could change later this year, with the autumn release of the Power Gig, a music game controller that looks like a guitar, has strings like a guitar and is, actually, a guitar. To score...

Four years ago New York City's health commissioners banned artery-blocking transfats in restaurants. Now, if a legislator has his way, the chefs at every eatery in the Big Apple and across the state...

Women who have ever used the contraceptive pill are less likely to die from any cause, including all types of cancer and heart disease, one of the world's biggest studies has confirmed. Younger...

Typical Americans! When I went to the US with my son recently, we saw these two ladies sitting at their dinner. They tasted their food and one of them said to the other: this chef is using ...

+0.47% CR-Z hybrid sports car has drawn more than 7,000 orders only two weeks since its Feb. 26 debut, according to a report Friday. The Nikkei business daily reported that the orders represent...

Heidi Montag as a way to help support the creation of a Consumer Financial Protection Agency. Howard talked to EW.com about the brilliant minds behind the videos (embedded after the jump), what it...

Storage is an essential component of a functional kitchen and the number one request in modern kitchens is for easy access, says Lincoln Trager, managing director of kitchen design company The...

One of the biggest trends driving kitchen design in today's homes is the increasing popularity of open-plan living, which has transformed the kitchen into the hub of the home."Kitchens no longer just...

New Delhi, March 11: A diagnostic laboratory has launched India’s first genetic test that it claims will allow parents to determine whether a child is better suited for endurance or power...

MIAMI - Devotees of a man claiming to practice a traditional African religion said they had to ingest the mucus of a Giant African Snail that sickened them. Federal authorities in January raided the...

Touch DJ 2 is a feature-rich visual mixing DJing application for the iPhone. Users can upload their own tracks into the application where they are converted into waveforms. DJs can match the peaks in...

Dear Carolyn: I thought you were right on in your answer to B. from Maine (about who pays for dates, Feb. 3, 2010). You were correct to suggest kindness. However, I think your answer was a little...

House reruns on Friday night by incorporating exclusive new content into the episodes. Sneaky bastards. To their credit, the bonus material doesn’t suck. In fact, the inaugural segment —...

A 415,000-square-foot open-air shopping center in Volusia County opened March 10 as one of the few large-scale retail centers slated to debut this year, bringing an estimated 2,000 jobs to the...

Gulf War Syndrome , the federal government has yet to formally accept that their vague jumble of symptoms constitutes a legitimate illness. Here, at...

S PRINGFIELD — A Massachusetts sporting club is donating $10,000 to children’s charities as part of a deal settling criminal charges in the death of an 8-year-old boy who accidentally...

What happens to Adam Lambert when you take away the pyrotechnics, the glossy production — in short, everything that makes him the over-the-top phenomenon his fans love? That’s the idea...

Wilde Kingdom , natch). Sources confirm to me semi-exclusively that Firefly / Dollhouse all-star Alan Tudyk has joined the cast of the David Shore-produced remake. He’ll play LAPD sergeant...

Ken Tucker pointed out, Jimmy Kimmel’s post-Oscar show has become just as exciting as watching red carpet and gold statues. In this year’s installment, Kimmel introduced an underground...

Google has added an iPad-friendly version of its RSS aggregator, called Google Reader Play. According to the official Google Reader blog, the new full-screen slideshow is for people who...

The site set up to locate long lost pals, Classmates.com, has been hit with a class action privacy lawsuit. It alleges the company violated the law when it decided to make user profiles public to...

The draw for the first three rounds of the 2010 EA Sports Cup was made today.A record number of 29 teams will take part in this season’s compeition.Six clubs were awarded byes until the second...

Thursday, March 11, 2010 at 12:25 p.m. Columnists Nick Canepa and Tim Sullivan and staff writers Brent Schrotenboer and Mark Zeigler have been honored by the Associated Press Sports Editors for...

The draw for the first three rounds of the 2010 EA SPORTS Cup was made today, with Drogheda United to play Bray Wanderers in the first round in an all-Premier Division clash. Dundalk will host...

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. - Authorities say the strange odor seeping into a western Colorado Census Bureau office came from more than 1,000 marijuana plants growing next...

BERLIN (Reuters Life!) - A German woman, fearful that a burglar was trying to break into her second storey apartment, called police after she heard someone climbing up to her balcony shortly after...

After eyebrows have been bleached and even shaved for the runway shows in past seasons, this time around it seems that natural and sometimes even bold eyebrows are back. Watch these tutorials for the...

MySpace on Wednesday began courting videogame developers as it moved to capitalize on the booming popularity of playing games online at social networks. "We initially embraced games a few years back...

, whose experts desperately tried to organize her several rooms dedicated to her wardrobe. While this problem might not apply to the rest of us, the tips given are helpful for anyone -- and for all...

Detroit -- Dan Gilbert, whose empire includes Quicken Loans, said at a meeting of the Detroit Economic Club today that he will move the headquarters of his Fathead sports decal company from Livonia...

Crufts dog show started today amid claims that pedigree breeders are "creating a Frankenstein's monster of a dog". Protesters from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals...

The prestigious Game Developers Choice Awards and the Independent Games Festival Awards will be streamed live on the internet on Thursday, March 11. The awards, which start at 6:30 PM Pacific Time...