Software giant Microsoft, which has made a $44.6 billion unsolicited bid to take over Yahoo! Inc, has entered into serious talks with search major and the companies marked a dramatic change in tone, the Los Angeles Times has reported."Everybody -- shareholders, management alike -- is getting more reasonable. All of a sudden it seems like something is going to happen," the newspaper quoted a source as saying.
'The shift of militants to Afghanistan this year suggests that Al Qaeda and its allies, armed with new tactics honed in Iraq, are coming full circle five years after US-led forces ousted the Taliban mullahs,' says the Los Angeles Times.
Seinfeld star comedian Michael Richards feels he has lost his sense of humour.
Deepa Mehta's film has made it big, but the Oscar win is another challenge.
George Lucas has started work on a new live-action TV series set in the Star Wars universe.
After holding us captive with it's never-ending flashback and umpteenth characters, ABC's island saga will finally wrap up in a two-hour season finale on May 29.
Big egos often collide in Hollywood. In this case, noted film director and producer Steven Spielberg has butted heads with the chief of Viacom which owns Paramount Pictures.
A study reveals that at least a quarter of long-term smokers will develop the incurable lung condition chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Paula Abdul shares her thoughts the show, her single with Randy Jackson and Simon Cowell's surprising affection for dogs.
Mainstream American media and yoga experts have mourned the loss of B K S Iyengar, calling him as one of the greatest yoga gurus who was instrumental in bringing the physical and spritual exercise to West.
Leaders believe Israel's Arab citizens need to have more say in how they are governed.
The revelation about the Los Alamos labs come days after it reported that several disks containing classified nuclear material were 'missing.'
N-deal: Hurdles before Congressional approval
Pakistan's double game could blow up in America's face, warns Bernard-Henri Levy.
New book will be on the children's list, not the best sellers.
The money raised so far is double what was raised at a similar point in the 2000 campaign.
About a dozen US troops were guarding the sprawling facility when Iraqi looters raided the site.
The Los Angeles Times quoted six women as saying that they were the target of Hollywood star's sexual advances.
Anti-doping officials believe world 100 metres record holder could have taken a cocktail of drugs including human growth hormone and EPO.
While the cost of the entire security framework for the former president's funeral is several million dollars, the Friday holiday for government departments will result in a loss of at least $423 million.
The American sprinter wants any samples obtained from the BALCO investigation to be tested for DNA first to ensure they belong to her.
The Los Angeles Times reports that a website has published previously censored pictures showing coffins containing the bodies of soldiers killed in action in Iraq and Afghanistan.
About 250 people participated in 'Yoga for Kerry, an all-day fund- and consciousness-raiser aimed at regime change in the US.'
A man who had lunch with Osama and offered to spy on him was ignored by intelligence agencies in 2000.
Recently the agency had to sack its top officer in Baghdad amid questions about his ability to lead the gargantuan station there.
Eight-division world champion Manny Pacquiao's proposed fight against Britain's former world light-welterweight champion Amir Khan has been postponed, according to the Filipino's promoter, Bob Arum.
The USOC has indicated that in all but one of the cases the athlete 'already served a suspension' or was disciplined.
'I've never said I'd never move away from Manchester, and I've never said I'd end my career there,' he said.
There was no drama, no applause, no tears, no laughter. The 79th Golden Globes had indeed lost its lustre, says Aseem Chhabra.
The world 400m champion was alleged to have failed a test for the steroid nandrolone before the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
The 27-year-old American said she and her partner Tim Montgomery are expecting a baby in July.
All public schools in the Los Angeles area have been closed due to an unspecified "electronic" threat, affecting over 660,000 students in one of the largest School District in the United States, officials said on Tuesday.
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