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LOS ANGELES – It has been reported that a man accused of smuggling dozens of live turtles and tortoises from Japan into the U.S. by hiding them in snack food boxes was sentenced Monday to nearly two years in prison. Atsushi Yamagami was given 21 months and ordered to pay more than $18,000 in fines [...]

NEW YORK – Do you want to eat the best food in the world? A menu of lichen, pine needles and hay once again has trumped classic cuisines in a ranking of the world’s top restaurants. For a third consecutive year, chef Rene Redzepi’s diminutive but innovative Danish restaurant Noma earned the top spot in [...]

NEW YORK – It has been reported that Monster Beverage Corp.’s shares soared on Monday following a report that Coca-Cola Co. was considering buying the energy drink maker, but the world’s biggest soft drink maker later denied the discussions are under way. The Wall Street Journal cited unnamed people in reporting that Coca-Cola was in [...]

AMARILLO, Texas – It has been reported that Thomas Austin “Amarillo Slim” Preston Jr., a poker champion whose brash style, fast talking and love of the spotlight helped broaden the professional game’s appeal and made him one of its most recognizable characters, has died. Preston’s son, Bunky Preston, said he died Sunday of colon cancer [...]

JACKSONVILLE, Florida – It has been reported hat the only questions Tiger Woods is fielding before his next tournament are from his fans. Instead of a news conference before this week’s Wells Fargo Championship, Woods answered 19 questions that were submitted through Facebook and Twitter. Among the questions: Does he think he has a good [...]

HAMILTON, Bermuda – It has been reported that a Bermuda judge has released a Harvard instructor who was caught with weed at the U.K. territory’s airport. Mey Akashah teaches environmental health at the Harvard School of Public Health. On Monday, the Boston resident admitted bringing 6 grams (0.21 ounce) of pot into Bermuda for a [...]

NEW YORK – There was even a death certificate issued by the authorities that stated the death of Victoria Gbemisola Babatunde. She died on 7th January 2012 due to an illness. But the real main character is the 67 year-old granmother. The woman could not be buried right after her death due to a serie [...]

NEW YORK – Indeed it has been a tough revenge, this is a story that is from Poland, the characters are a 34 year-old woman who is a dentist and currently risks the jail and her ex boyfriend 45 years old. Her ex boyfriend dumped her for another woman, a few days later he had [...]

NEW YORK – It has been reported that Maggie Gyllenhaal and Peter Sarsgaard have welcomed a second daughter. Gyllenhaal’s publicist said in an email Monday that the actress gave birth to Gloria Ray on April 19 in New York. No more details were provided. The couple had their first daughter, Ramona, in 2006. They got [...]

ROME – It has been reported that Italian Premier Mario Monti says Italy will make €4.2 billion ($5.5 billion) in cuts in state spending over the next six months to avoid raising sales taxes. Monti told journalists after a Cabinet meeting Monday on the nation’s financial crisis that he hopes to avoid hiking the national [...]