After fluttering at the peak for a number of days, yesterday, the U.S. crude oil prices closed above $80 per barrel for the first time.

For next month delivery, sweet crude added up 18 cents to close at $80.09 per barrel at the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX).

The price had hit $80.15 during the session and $80.20 during the earlier electronic trading. But, it was the first closing in what one investor called unchartered territory.

Washington: Desperate Housewives star Eva Longoria has dismissed reports suggesting football ace David Beckham and Robbie Williams will be going gay for an episode of her hit show.

Longoria, who plays Gabrielle Solis on the popular show, asserted that even she was taken in by the reports and that urged her to speak to Beckham's wife Victoria about it.

Posh, who was present on the set of the show to film an upcoming episode, was approached by Longoria asking if the reports were true.

Washington, Sept 14: After the brawl between Tommy Lee and Kid Rock at the MTV Video Music Award, Rock came clean with his side of the story.

Kid Rock defended himself on ‘The Kevin & Bean Show’ which airs on Los Angeles' KROQ-FM.

"It's been going on for five years," People magazine quoted him, as saying on the show.  

Both Lee and Rock are former husbands of Pamela Anderson.

"I did what any man would do, any man across the country, across the world would do," he said.

Washington, Sept 14: Pop star Britney Spears’ old buddy/ pop singer Joey Fatone has expressed a deep concern for his troubled friend after her poor performance at the MTV Video Music Awards on Sept 9, 2007.

The former 'N Sync star asserted that he was shocked to see Britney’s ill-advised stage performance that opened the VMAs in Las Vegas.

Fatone, who was one of Spears' closest friends when she was new in the music industry, urged Britney to seek serious help.

Islamabad, Sep 14: The United States wants free and fair elections in Pakistan, and a peaceful transfer of power to strengthen democracy in the country, US Deputy Secretary of State, John D Negroponte, has said.

Negroponte briefed Musharraf about progress in the Pakistan-US Strategic Dialogue, Geo TV quoted sources in the presidential camp, as saying.

Musharraf told Negroponte that Pakistan’s commitment to the war on terrorism was beyond doubt, as the fight was in the country’s interest.

Washington, Sept 13 (ANI): Surgeons at the University of California, San Diego Medical Center have removed a patient’s gallbladder through the vagina.

The clinical trial was conducted to assess the safety and effectiveness of performing abdominal procedures through the body’s natural openings to eliminate scarring.