Los Angeles - A woman who once tried to become a contestant on American Idol was found dead outside the home of Paula Abdul, one of the talent show's judges, in a case police are investigating as a possible suicide, the Los Angeles Times reported Wednesday.
The woman was identified as Paula Goodspeed, 30, who auditioned for the show in 2005. She identified Abdul as her idol and bore a remarkable resemblance to her.
Los Angeles - He was born from misfortune, formed in a creative flash by Walt Disney who had just been dispossessed of his previous cartoon character, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, in a trademark dispute.
As the cartoon genius sought a replacement, he considered a horse, dog, cat, frog and cow. But his mind kept returning to the mouse he had kept as a pet growing up on the family farm.
Tokyo - Japan's key Nikkei 225 Stock Average fell more than 5 per cent in Thursday morning trading as the market sentiment was dampened due to persistent worries over the US economy and the yen trading stronger against other currencies.
The Nikkei index tumbled 5.12 per cent, or 445.46 points to 8,250.05.
The broader Topix index of all first-section issues also fell 36.84 points, or 4.21 per cent, to 838.39.
Exporters were hurt by the stronger yen as it shaves off Japanese firms' earnings overseas.
Bogota - Colombia's indigenous people are set to ward off a potentially catastrophic volcano eruption by establishing a "spiritual connection" with the volcano, a news report said.
A group of 20 wise men will prevent the Cerro Machin volcano, located in the central Andean state Tolima, from erupting by "establishing a spiritual connection," Feliciano Valencia, one of their leaders, was quoted as saying by the Colombian El Pais newspaper on Wednesday.
Hamburg - Have you laughed today? Good thing if you have because most people take life too seriously.
But those who laugh are healthier because laughing helps them loosen up. Though it causes the pulse initially to quicken, its slows down considerably, so that blood pressure sinks.
"The skeletal muscles relax and the overall result is better circulation to the muscles," said psychologist Michael Titze, chairman of an association called HumourCare in Tuttlingen, Germany, and a researcher into laughter.
Kathmandu - At least six people were killed and dozens more injured in a bus-tractor accident in eastern Nepal, police said Thursday.
Los Angeles - He was born from misfortune, formed in a creative flash by Walt Disney who had just been dispossessed of his previous cartoon character, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, in a trademark dispute.
Tokyo - Japan's key Nikkei 225 Stock Average fell more than 5 per cent in Thursday morning trading as the market sentiment was dampened due to persistent worries over the US economy and the yen trading stronger against other currencies.
Bogota - Colombia's indigenous people are set to ward off a potentially catastrophic volcano eruption by establishing a "spiritual connection" with the volcano, a news report said.
Hamburg - Have you laughed today? Good thing if you have because most people take life too seriously.
