BANGKOK - For the first time, an experimental vaccine has prevented infection with the AIDS virus, a watershed event in the deadly epidemic and a surprising result. Recent failures led many scientists to think such a vaccine might never be possible.
The vaccine cut the risk of becoming infected with HIV by more than 31 percent in the world's largest AIDS vaccine trial of more than 16,000 volunteers in Thailand, researchers announced Thursday in… Continue
A woman in Indonesia has given birth to a 19-pound baby boy, the heaviest birth ever recorded in the country, according to Agence France-Presse.
The unnamed baby measures in at 24.4 inches long, and was born by a caesarean procedure on Monday at a public hospital in North Sumatra province.
"This heavy baby made the surgery really tough, especially the process of taking him out of his mum's womb. His legs were so big," Binsar… Continue
NEW ORLEANS – Bullet-makers are working around the clock, seven days a week, and still can't keep up with the nation's demand for ammunition.
Shooting ranges, gun dealers and bullet manufacturers say they have never seen such shortages. Bullets, especially for handguns, have been scarce for months because gun enthusiasts are stocking up on ammo, in part because they fear President Barack Obama and the Democratic-controlled Congress will pass… Continue
Dust storms swept over Sydney Wednesday morning, turning the city sky so red, some residents thought they’d left the blue planet.
“It was like waking up on Mars,” Sydney resident Marcus Schappi wrote in an e-mail to Wired.com.
Residents of eastern Australia have had to battle these bizarre conditions, because strong winds from the dry interior swept up dust and brought it gusting into the city.
“An intense north low pressure area formed and… Continue
Rihanna debuted her new blond ‘do in New York City yesterday. She rocked a grey sweater dress and a fab pair of Stella McCartney Perforated Thigh-high Boots ($1,595)
Former Danity Kane member Aubrey O'Day has pulled out of the Wednesday (September 23) performance of her Las Vegas revue "Peepshow," citing her disgust over nude photos hitting the Internet.
"Hey, everyone, Aubrey here," she began a two-and-a-half-minute video that ends with her stripping nearly naked to show off her body on her own terms. "I'm making a video for you guys, because instead of being onstage at 'Peepshow' tonight, where… Continue
In the aftermath of his outburst at the MTV Video Music Awards, Kanye West went on "The Jay Leno Show" and said he was planning to keep a low profile in the coming months, both to deal with personal matters and to let the media firestorm he created subside.
Well, West's self-imposed exile didn't last too long.
On Wednesday (September 23), he took to his blog, posting a provocative teaser trailer for his upcoming Fame Kills Tour with Lady Gaga,… Continue
In a scene that could have been lifted from a James Bond flick, a gang of heavily armed thieves used explosives and a stolen helicopter to pull off a spectacular multimillion-dollar heist in Sweden.
Bandits landed their chopper on the roof of a Stockholm cash depot early Wednesday morning and used their explosives to break in.
"What we know is that they forced down some kind of wall to get in," a police spokesman said.
Finding that Cash Money Records failed to provide a "valid legal claim against [the] defendants," a New York federal judge threw out a case against DJ Drama in a dispute involving the alleged illegal sales of Lil Wayne's music.
According to AllHipHop.com, the judge cleared Drama and several other defendants in the case, in which the distribution company they signed with was charged with illegally peddling Wayne's music, accusations Drama told MTV… Continue
Jay-Z will keep his crown next week, topping the Billboard 200 albums chart for a second time with The Blueprint 3, which moved 298,000 copies in week two. With a modest 37 percent drop-off, Jigga managed to hold the top spot as his latest steamed toward sales of 775,000 in just two weeks, according to numbers provided by Nielsen SoundScan.
There was plenty of competition from other rappers' new releases in the top 10, but nobody came close to… Continue
Louisiana rapper Lil Boosie (born Torrence Hatch) pleaded guilty to a third-offense marijuana possession charge on Tuesday and was sentenced to two years in prison. The plea deal came just one day before it was announced that the MC's latest album, Superbad: The Return of Boosie Bad Azz, will debut in the top 10 on next week's Billboard albums chart.
According to Baton Rouge station WBRZ, Boosie will serve at least one year in prison after… Continue
Think you finished the fight? Sorry, but you've got at least one battle left.
The follow-up to blockbuster shooter Halo 3 arrives this Tuesday, two years after its forebear stormed billboards, flyers, commercial breaks, 7-11s, and, occasionally, living rooms to usher in the biggest single launch day in entertainment history (a record eventually broken by GTA IV.) But while that game brought the official Halo trilogy to an end, the franchise is hardly finished exploring… Continue
She lived for her son - and died protecting him.
The heartbroken sister of Aisha Santiago, the Bronx woman shot to death while shielding her 9-year-old son from a hail of bullets, choked back tears today as she spoke about her beloved sibling's heroic final act.
"It didn't surprise me because that's the kind of person that she is," said a weeping Tanisha Santiago. "She threw him in the building and by the time she threw him (the… Continue
Former child star Mackenzie Phillips claims in a new explosive tell-all book that she had an incestuous affair with her father, John Phillips, leader of the famed '60s pop group the Mamas and the Papas - a long-term relationship that grew to be consensual.
In "High on Arrival," out Wednesday, Phillips describes emerging from a blackout to find herself engaging in intercourse with her dad - on the night before her wedding, People.com… Continue
In the new issues of Star and In Touch magazines, both suggest that Kanye is an alcoholic and that he needs to go to rehab.
Here's how In Touch says it:
Some people are urging Kanye to go to rehab ... They think he needs help
And here's what Star says:
At the urging of friends, Kanye's hoping to heal his pain, say insiders, and is looking at entering a rehab facility - possibly Passages in Malibu or Crossroads in… Continue
MediaTakeOut.com just got some interesting news. Word is that Sunday’s Khloe-Lamar Odom wedding isn't real at all. According to one of our ULTRA-RELIABLE insiders, it's actually Kourtney and her baby's father Scott Disick that are getting married.
The insider tells MediaTakeOut.com that the whole Khloe-Lamar thing is just an excuse to get publicity for Kourtney's wedding. Ain't that some… Continue