Hurricane Irene, growing dangerous by each passing day, left the northwestern Caribbean, triggering high waves and heavy downpours which left about one million people in the dark in Puerto Rico. According to official storm predictions, the United States' Southeast region is under threat of a potential landfall towards the end of the week.
A strengthening Hurricane Irene churned on a northwest track toward the Southeast United States on Tuesday, threatening the Turks and Caicos Islands and the Bahamas with battering winds and rain and dangerous surf.
The Canadian actor was deemed a hero following the weekend brawl.
Hurricane Irene continued its path of destruction on Monday with winds reaching up to 100 mph as it headed towards the U.S. The Category 2 storm left one million Puerto Rican people without power on Monday, wreaked havoc in the Dominican Republic, destroyed Richard Branson's Virgin Island home, and appears on a direct path for North and South Carolina.
In her most dramatic role yet Titanic actress Kate Winslet , helped carry Sir Richard Branson's 90-year-old mother to safety when a fire broke out at the British business magnate's multimillion pound luxury Caribbean retreat.
British Oscar-winning actress Kate Winslet was among the guests who escaped unhurt from a fire which swept through Richard Branson's Caribbean holiday retreat overnight, the billionaire said on Monday.
Kate Winslet and her family escaped from a fire at Richard Branson's private island home on Necker Island early Monday morning as lightning from tropical storm Irene set the place ablaze.
Kate Winslet was one of 20 people who escaped unharmed from a fire that has destroyed Richard Branson's home on the Necker Island in the Caribbean.
Energia, the designer and manufacturer of Soyuz manned spaceships, is planning a commercial flight either directly to the moon or to dock first with the International Space Station (ISS) and later pay a visit to the moon.
After Sir Richard Branson made the dream of commercial space tours a reality through his Virgin Galactic firm, a Russian firm in a similar vein is planning to launch the world's first space hotel.
He made his name on the quirky fast food documentary "Super Size Me," and recently peered inside the wacky world of product placement in movies.
He made his name on the quirky fast food documentary Super Size Me, and recently peered inside the wacky world of product placement in movies.
He made his name on the quirky fast food documentary "Super Size Me," and recently peered inside the wacky world of product placement in movies.
Prince Harry wants to be a NASA astronaut?
"Harry has already completed his studies of Land and Sea Surveillance and Oceanology - part of Astro training - and can't wait to get into one of Nasa's T38 training jets," a royal source said.
Virgin Group founder Sir Richard Branson is known for his many exploits in the travel and tourism industry. From space tourism to new ventures in the railway sector, the British entrepreneur has a deep-set passion for high-end adventurous vehicles.
The popular Web site is set to roll out its first long-form series.
If you thought that space exploration and zero-gravity experience is only for astronauts and celebrities, then think again.
Virgin Galactic, the world's first commercial spaceline, has appointed its first Chief Financial Officer. Kenneth H. Sunshine, former CFO at MDA Information Systems, National Institute of Aerospace and Aurura Flight Sciences, joins the company, bringing with him a wealth of experience in the space business with him.
People including James Cameron and the airline titan Richard Branson, have taken aim at one of the most remote places on the planet.
the very wealthy have begun investing in private vessels to explore the other great frontier: the ocean's depths.
The landing of the Atlantis space shuttle that put an end to 500 million miles of space travel on Thursday has sparked lights in Billionaire Richard Branson's entrepreneurial mind as he prepares to make space tourism possible.
