Oscar-winning actress Patricia Neal dies aged 84 (Reuters)

August 9th 2010

Reuters - Oscar-winning actress Patricia Neal, whose life was marred by tragedy, has died at the age of 84, her family said.

August 9th 2010

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'Inception's' Cillian Murphy eyeing role in 'I'm.mortal' (exclusive)  —  Cillian Murphy, one of the key players in “Inception,” is in final negotiations to star with Amanda Seyfried and Justin Timberlake in Fox and New Regency's “I'm.mortal,” Andrew Niccol's latest sci-fi drama.

BP’s Cement Plug Is Successful, Spill Costs Reach $6.1 Billion [Oil Spill]

August 9th 2010

Yesterday BP announced that the cement plug in the leaking Gulf oil well was a success, and that a relief well would be finished later this month. The company also said the spill has so far cost it $6.1 billion. More »

EXCLUSIVE: White House Gatecrasher Trying To Cash In By Becoming A Barbie Doll

August 9th 2010

The fame-seeking Real Housewives of D.C. couple, the Salahis, plan to cash in on their White House Gatecrashing notoriety by turning Michaele into a Barbie doll, RadarOnline.com has exclusively learned.

While their lawyer is threatening to sue anyone who calls them White House Gatecrashers, the Salahis also want to turn their fame into fortune by releasing a Halloween costume.

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NKorea fires artillery off west coast (AP)

August 9th 2010

AP - North Korea fired about 110 rounds of artillery Monday near its disputed sea border with South Korea, the South's military said, amid high tension over the deadly sinking of a South Korean warship blamed on North Korea.

Last 2 foreign dead in Afghan murders identified (AP)

August 9th 2010

AP - A Christian charity said Monday it had no plans to leave Afghanistan despite the murders of 10 members of its medical aid team and repeated that the organization does not attempt to convert Muslims to Christianity.

Campbell said she got diamond from Taylor: Farrow (AFP)

August 9th 2010

AFP - US actress Mia Farrow testified Monday that Naomi Campbell named Charles Taylor as the man who sent a "huge diamond" to the supermodel's room in 1997, at the ex-Liberian president's war crimes trial.

China rescuers search sludge for mudslide survivors (Reuters)

August 9th 2010

Reuters - Wails of grief echoed through a Chinese town half buried by a landslide two days ago, as relatives washed the mud-covered bodies pulled from the ruins and desperately hunted for survivors.