Amrutha Gayathri

Eddie Murphy who won a nomination for the Best Supporting Actor for his role in 'Dreamgirls' at the 2007 Oscars, is on to something big. If rumors are to be believed, the new Oscar producer Brett Ratner will recommend Eddie Murphy for hosting the most prestigious film awards, to Academy President Tom Sherak in a meeting scheduled this Tuesday.

A student and basketball player of Florida A&M University (FAMU) in Tallahassee was stabbed to death early Sunday morning, after a domestic dispute with girlfriend turned violent. Shannon Washington, 20, was found bleeding heavily from stab wounds on her neck and back when the police arrived at 2 a.m. at her apartment in Tallahassee. She later died at a hospital.

A giant saltwater crocodile, weighing about a ton, has been captured alive by villagers and veteran hunters in a southern Philippine town. The male crocodile which is 21-foot long (6.4 meters) reportedly attacked and killed a water buffalo last month and was also suspected of having attacked a fisherman who went missing in July.

San Francisco police said on Friday that they helped Apple security hunt for a lost item, without explicitly mentioning what the lost item was. However, an inadvertent clue left by the police says that the lost prototype was indeed the iPhone 5. The San Francisco Police Department's Friday press release about the hunt was called iphone5.doc, an apparent reference to a new version of the mobile phone that tech industry watchers expect to be released soon, a Reuters repo...

Secret files unearthed from Tripoli headquarters of Libya's intelligence agency, shattered by NATO air-strikes, included startling evidence indicating that top U.S. and British figures offered aid and advice to Moammar Gadhafi's Libyan regime. The papers obtained by various news organizations show that the unholy political partnerships were too murky and that the U.S. and UK governments almost fought among themselves for establishing the Libya Connection.

Secret files obtained from Tripoli headquarters of Libya's intelligence agency, shattered by NATO air-strikes, included startling evidence indicating that top U.S. officials offered aid and advice to Moammar Gaddafi since the beginning of the Libyan public's protest.

A Florida family that amassed a $40 million fortune by claiming to possess clairvoyant powers for the past 20 years, has been charged with swindling victims, including a best-selling romance author who gave $20 million.

What do Lady Gaga, Jay-Z, Justin Timberlake and Ashton Kutcher have in common with Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Page and Sergey Brin? Well, they are the innovative visionaries, according to Vanity Fair's New Establishment list.

Extreme thinness may not be only about dieting or exercise. Scientists have identified a genetic cause for extreme thinness, according to a study published on Aug. 31 in the journal Nature. The research shows that people with extra copies of certain genes are much more likely to be very skinny.

Girls' T-shirt with an allegedly sexist and offensive statement I'm too pretty to do homework so my brother has to do it for me has been pulled from the website of its sellers J.C. Penney, after it sparked controversy among parents.

Scientists have successfully identified the relics of Ned Kelly, an Irish Australian bushranger, considered a symbol of Irish-Australian resistance against oppression by the British ruling class, 131 years after he was buried among other prisoners in a mass grave.

Global warming and climate change are phenomena that broke the bonds of scientific circles to emerge as a matter of debate between believers and skeptics. Countless studies validating and denying global warming have seen the light of the day, providing fodder for more, often somewhat bitter debates. Within the past month, Nobel Prize winner and leading climate change alarmist Al Gore has called those who deny global warming akin to racists, and pseudo-...

Creating a simulation, which approximates the formation of the Milky Way using a powerful supercomputer, was no cakewalk for the researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz and the Institute for Theoretical Physics in Zurich. After nine months of effort, at the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre in Manno, Switzerland, the first simulation of the formation of the spiral galaxy Milky Way was created by the researchers, who claim it would have taken 570 years to build the simulation o...

Lady Gaga's role-play as her own boyfriend, Joe Calderone, a chain-smoking, curse-spewing greaser, at the weekend's 2011 MTV Video Music Awards, has become a hit among the LGBT community.

The shipwreck discovered in 1996 by a private contractor working for the state of North Carolina has been confirmed to be the Queen Anne's Revenge, the flagship of the notorious 18th-century English pirate Blackbeard, state officials said.

Actress Daryl Hannah was arrested on Tuesday along with more than 100 others who refused to move while participating in a sit-in protest near the White House against the controversial pipeline expansion project.

Lady Gaga fans are used to the ways of Born This Way star. Gaga's quirky attitude, bizarre dressing sense, and even her attempts to look androgynous aren't really bewildering anymore. But when Gaga made an appearance as her own boyfriend Joe Calderone, a chain-smoking, curse-spewing greaser, at the MTV Video Music Awards, not just the fans, even her contemporary, Britney Spears was at a loss of words.

Samsung unveiled three smartphone models which run on Samsung's own bada OS, in an attempt to diversify its product lineup which heavily focuses on Google's Android. The unveiling of the new Wave models by Samsung, a major Android OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer), is considered a major strategic development for the firm which was focusing only on hardware markets.

The state of Alaska will appeal a federal ruling which continues to list the polar bear as a threatened species. In a notice filed on Aug. 26, the state argued that polar bears are not a threatened species as they have successfully survived past climate changes.

The Atlantic City casinos, which were shut as Hurricane Irene moved toward the city and the rest of New Jersey, will reopen at noon on Monday.

A councilman from Fort Bragg, Calif., was shot and killed while investigating a marijuana-growing operation, authorities said.

A galaxy with a combination of unprecedented characteristics offers a fascinating window on the growth of galaxies early in the history of the universe, say a group of scientists.

A photograph uploaded on Facebook of a white South African man posing like a hunter near an apparently lifeless body of a black child has created a furore as South African police try track him down.

AntiGravity Yoga is a form combining traditional yoga, poses with aerial arts, pilates and dance. This technique is the first in a new genre known as suspension fitness.

Latest reports show Hurricane Irene progressing northward at 14 mph and is expected to make landfall on Saturday with North Carolina and New York in the storm's path. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, declared a state of emergency on Thursday, activating all levels of state government to prepare for any situation that may be caused by Hurricane Irene.

The Category 1 storm with a wind speed of 90 mph coupled with heavy downpour is predicted to hit New York sometime Sunday. New York City Mayor, Michael Bloomberg, said on Thursday that it was very conceivable that he will order a mandatory evacuation of all low-lying areas of the city by Saturday, reported the New York Daily News.

Newlyweds Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries are enjoying a romantic honeymoon on the island of Capri, E! Italy reported on E! Online. The couple will be back in the U.S. by the weekend, as Kim is presenting at the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday.

New York City is prepared to shut down its entire mass transit system if necessary Saturday as it braces for Hurricane Irene, officials said Thursday.

The last hurricane to pass directly over the new York, in 1821, caused tides to rise 13 feet in one hour, flooding all of Lower Manhattan up to Canal Street. According to official estimates, a storm similar to the great Long Island Express of 1938 would cause $40 billion in damage if it hit Long Island now.