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French actress Leslie Caron reacts while being honored with ...
Dec 8th, 2009
(AP) - French actress Leslie Caron reacts while being honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles on Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) -
PARIS (AP) - IMF chief Christine Lagarde says a Paris court has named her as a key witness in an investigation into a controversial payoff to an outspoken businessman arranged while she was France's finance minister. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
By Chris Francescani NEW YORK (Reuters) - American actress Amanda Bynes appeared in court on Friday and denied charges of possessing marijuana and tossing a bong out of the window of her 36th-floor Manhattan apartment. The former Nickelodeon child star, who appeared in court dressed in gray sweatpants, a long-sleeved black shirt and a disheveled pl... [Full Article]
By Alistair Barr SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc's revenue growth slowed in the first quarter as the world's largest Internet retail struggled overseas, but margins jumped on lower shipping expenses and the expansion of more profitable new businesses. Amazon shares fell 1.9 percent to $269.43 in after-hours trading on Thursday fo... [Full Article]
By Barry Moody and Steve Scherer ROME (Reuters) - On Saturday April 20, the leaders of Italy's two biggest political forces climbed the Quirinal, highest of Rome's seven ancient hills, and begged President Giorgio Napolitano to stay for a second term. Pier Luigi Bersani and Silvio Berlusconi were followed into the presidential palace by o... [Full Article]
OGIDI, Nigeria (AP) - Writer Chinua Achebe shunned Nigeria's corrupt politicians and twice turned down national honors, never fearing to criticize those he felt ruined his country. On Thursday, however, the lawmakers and the country's elite came to praise him. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]