Oprah Tops Forbes List of Highest Paid Celebrities

Oprah Winfrey may have wrapped up her syndicated talk show last year after a 25-year run, but her empire sails on. Through her Harpo productions, Winfrey still has her hand in Dr. Phil, Rachael Ray andThe Dr. Oz Show. There’s her magazine, O,and her satellite radio station…

Student Shot in Baltimore on First Day of School

(Reuters) – A fifteen-year-old Baltimore high school student shot and critically wounded a fellow student in a school cafeteria on Monday, the first day of school after the summer holiday, police said.

The shooting took place just before 11 a.m. at Perry Hall High School, which was voted…

First Man on the Moon Neil Armstrong Has Died

CINCINNATI (AP) — Neil Armstrong was a quiet self-described nerdy engineer who became a global hero when as a steely-nerved pilot he made “one giant leap for mankind” with a small step on to the moon. The modest man who had people on Earth entranced and awed from almost…

Apple Awarded $1Billion in Verdict Vs. Samsung

A US jury has ruled that Samsung should pay Apple $1.05bn (£665m) in damages in an intellectual property lawsuit.
It said several of Samsung’s devices had infringed Apple’s software and design patents.

The jury rejected Samsung’s claims that several of its patents had been breached and…

Norway Killer Ruled Sane, Given 21 Years in Prision

OSLO (Reuters) – Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik was jailed for a maximum term on Friday when judges declared him sane enough to answer for the murder of 77 people last year, drawing a smirk of triumph from the self-styled warrior against Islam.
An unrepentant Breivik, 33, gave the…