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Acclaimed Bollywood actress and former Miss World Aishwarya Rai Bachchan gave birth to her first child with hubby Abhishek Bachchan in November 2011. Earlier, rumors doing the rounds were that Beti B has been named “Abhilasha Bachchan,” however, according to the latest news, the Bachchans have officially registered the baby's name as ‘Aaradhya,’ which translates in Sanskrit to “the one who is worth worshipping.”

The official movie trailer for Tim Burton's Dark Shadows will debut on the Ellen DeGeneres Show on Thursday, but a few teaser clips and videos have emerged online based on footage from Ellen.

Gold fell to its lowest since mid-January on Wednesday after a modest upgrade of the U.S. Federal Reserve's economic outlook added zip to the dollar and gave investors an excuse to lighten holdings of bullion.

In the search for an explanation of why a U.S. soldier left his base in Afghanistan at night and killed 16 civilians in their homes, some experts have raised the possibility that mental illness or a brain injury played a role in the massacre.

In a presidential progress report published Monday, the U.S. seems poised to meet President Barack Obama's future energy plans as outlined in March of last year.

Silver Standard Resources, Inc. (NASDAQ:SSRI) reported Monday the company had earned $2.6 million, or 3 cents per share, for the quarter ended December 31, a drastic drop of 99.3 percent when compared to the same period in the prior year, but better than analyst expectations which had assumed the company would post a loss for the quarter.

Meryl Streep's heart felt tribute to Hillary Clinton at the Women in the World Summit on Saturday almost played out like an audition as well as a celebration.

The privately held Sientra Inc. on Friday joined the publicly traded Allergan Inc. and Johnson & Johnson (Mentor Worldwide LLC) as the only three companies to have won U.S. Food and Drug Administration approvals to market controversial silicone gel-filled breast implants.

Tara Reid graced the red carpet at the American Reunion premier in Melbourne, Australia, joining a host of familiar faces 13 years after the original American Pie film first came out.

On Thursday, Hollywood producer Jerry Bruckheimer tweeted out the first photo from the set of his new movie, The Lone Ranger. The photo reveals Armie Hammer and Johnny Depp as the famous Western crime-fighting duo, The Lone Ranger and Tonto.

Jose Canseco admitted regret for writing a tell-all book about steroid use.

Gold rose Thursday, led by a climb in the euro on the back of growing confidence in Greece's ability to complete a bond swap to avoid defaulting on its debt, and by evidence that this week's decline to six-week lows had lifted investor demand.

Ashley Olsen and her sister Mary-Kate Olsen cover the April issue of Elle UK looking ravishing in this season's fiercest styles. Ashley opted for a multicolored jewel-encrusted cap sleeve dress for her cover while Mary-Kate went with a white collared shirt with diamond stud embellishments.

Tens of thousands of South Africans staged a one-day national strike on Wednesday, hitting mining production, as the biggest labour group in the continent's largest economy flexed its muscles to remind the ruling ANC of its political clout.

Gold is down more than 6 percent since late February, having dropped sharply from the year's highs after U.S. Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke held off signaling a further round of U.S. monetary easing in a key speech.

Futures on major U.S. indices point to a higher opening on Wednesday ahead of economic data including ADP national employment report and non-farm productivity.

Republican presidential frontrunner takes five out of 10 states but Rick Santorum stays in the running.

Precious metals and the broader market plunged on Tuesday, with gold diving to its lowest point in six weeks, driven down by concerns about the global economy.

U.S. stocks finished Tuesday with the worst one-day decline so far in 2012 as a sell-off spread from Europe driven by fear of a disorderly default in Greece and a slowdown in global economic growth.

Spider silk is a better conductor of heat than most metals, according to a new study

Peru insists its biggest mining project to date, Newmont Gold's $4.8 billion Conga gold and copper project, will go ahead, although the final shape and form has yet to be decided.