Washington, Feb 14 : American actor Matthew McConaughey made a special guest appearance on late night TV in America on February 12 to introduce the first music act signed to his record label.
McConaughey had signed on reggae star Mishka, who was discovered by Oasis'' former boss Alan McGee, to his `Just Keep Livin' label in 2006, and he made the surprise appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live!
When the actor first heard Mishka''s music during a trip to Jamaica in 2000, he was very eager to meet him.
Washington - Amazon. com got people talking again about electronic book readers recently when it unveiled the second version of its Kindle e-reader. This handheld device, with its high price tag but hefty library of titles behind it, has a relatively small but avid user base. Amazon's Jeff Bezos and others, however, believe that the e-reader is destined to displace paper as the distribution medium of choice for books, yet most people have yet to even hold an e-reader. What's the fuss about? Read on for some answers.
New York - As families mourned victims of the commercial airliner crash in New York state that killed 50 people, officials warned Saturday that it would take at least four days to recover the bodies.
Washington - US President Barack Obama on Saturday thanked Congress for passing a 787-billion-dollar economic stimulus bill, which he called "a major milestone on our road to recovery."
Islamabad - A suspected pilotless US aircraft on Saturday fired two missiles on a militant hideout in Pakistan's restive tribal region bordering Afghanistan, killing 30 people, an intelligence official said.
