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Will the third time be a charm for Britney?

Britney Spears has got engaged to her previous manager Jason Trawick. Her fiancé proposed to her with his own poem and decorated their Los Angeles home with roses and candles. According to reports “Britney’s desperate to settle down again and have more children. But she is very traditional and didn’t want to start a family with Jason until they’d tied the knot.” Reports also said “She’s on cloud n

Performance June 10, 2011

Seoul is 5th most costly city in Asia

Seoul is the 5th most expensive city in Asia, according to a research “Cost of Living in Asia.”Conducted by ECA International, a global HR solution company, the data showed that the cost of living is highest in Tokyo. The other three cities pricier than Seoul were also in Japan -- Nagoya, Yokohama, and Kobe.The research is conducted twice a year, where the criteria are focused on consumer goods li

June 10, 2011

Usain Bolt to Man U?

Usain Bolt has expressed his hopes to play soccer after retiring from his track career. In usual fashion, he confidently said that he had the potential to play for Manchester United."I really want to try soccer after I retire because I’ve watched football over the years and I think I could be a good contender," Bolt told the BBC. "I’m really looking forward to it and yes, I definitely think I’m go

More Sports June 10, 2011

Study finds why smokers gain weight when they quit

WASHINGTON (AP) _ Scientists say they have finally discovered why smokers tend to gain some weight when they kick the habit.It turns out that nicotine can rev up brain cells that normally signal people to stop eating when they are full, researchers report in Friday's edition of the journal Science.The weight connection is not huge: On average, quitters gain less than 10 pounds (5 kilograms). Still

Technology June 10, 2011

Police: Girl, 5, said she drowned boy over crying

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Juvenile justice experts expressed shock Thursday that police said they were treating the death of an 18-month-old boy who drowned in a bathtub as a potential homicide, after a 5-year-old girl told social workers that she held him under water to stop his crying.Kansas City police said the girl, who was left with other children in the care of a teenager, was considered a po

Social Affairs June 10, 2011

Police: Girl, 5, said she drowned boy over crying

Leona Helmsley's millionaire dog dies

NEW YORK — "Trouble," the pooch who inherited $12 million from hotel mogul Leona Helmsley, has died, heading to the hunting grounds in the sky and leaving a trail of money and legal disputes behind.The pampered Maltese bitch with a curly off-white coat died December 13, spokeswoman Eileen Sullivan said, but news only emerged Thursday.She was 12 in human years, or 84 in doggie years, just shy of th

Podcast June 10, 2011

Busan man returns from global circumnavigation solo

A Busan man arrived back Tuesday after completing an epic trip around the globe alone.Yoon Tae-geun took 20-months to complete the round-the-world journey and sailed into Busan port where he had begun the trip.The 49-year-old yachtsman left for his high seas adventure in October 2009 and sailed about 57,400 kilometers to fulfill his dream. Yoon is the first Korean solo circumnavigator to begin and

People June 9, 2011

Busan man returns from global circumnavigation solo

Hankook Tire breaks ground for new plant in Indonesia

Hankook Tire Co., Korea's largest tire maker, said Thursday it began construction of a new plant in Indonesia to increase its presence in the Southeast Asian country and other growing markets in the region.The plant in the Jakarta suburb of Bekasi will be the company's seventh and will cost $350 million for the first phase of its construction, the company said.The construction will be completed by

Industry June 9, 2011

Facebook under fire for photo tagging feature

WASHINGTON, June 8, 2011 (AFP) - Facebook is coming under fire for a feature that uses facial recognition software to allow members to tag pictures of their friends on the social network.The "Tag Suggestions" feature made its debut on Facebook in the United States six months ago but has drawn renewed attention this week after the social network began rolling it out to other countries.Justin Mi

Industry June 9, 2011

The world’s most embarrassing dad

A stay-at-home father in Utah has been dubbed the world’s most embarrassing dad, thanks to the ridiculous costumes he wears in the morning when son gets on the school bus, according to Metro.The quirky father boasts 170 different outfits in his wardrobe. Fitting into a slim mermaid suit is tricky, but he manages to slip his bulk body into it.In other instances he has seen his son off dressed as Wo

World News June 9, 2011

Thief hides in suitcase to steal bags in Spanish airport bus

BARCELONA (AFP) – A flexible thief squeezed into a large suitcase and then emerged to plunder valuables from other bags while inside the luggage compartment of a Spanish airport bus, police say. A thief hided into a large suitcase inside the luggage compartment of a Spanish airport bus, police say. (AP-Yonhap News)The thief had a partner who would buy a bus ticket and place the suitcase in a bus

World News June 9, 2011

Thief hides in suitcase to steal bags in Spanish airport bus

S. Korean pop groups arrive in Paris for shows amid fanfare

PARIS, June 8 (Yonhap) -- Some of South Korea's biggest pop groups arrived on Wednesday in the French capital for upcoming concerts amid much fanfare, as hundreds of eager French fans greeted their favorite artists at the largest airport here.Popular acts TVXQ, SHINee and f(x), all managed by South Korean agency S.M. Entertainment, landed at Charles de Gaulle Airport, with about 700 members of a f

June 9, 2011

S. Korean pop groups arrive in Paris for shows amid fanfare

Smurf this! Scholar sees Stalin in comic-book realm

PARIS (AFP) - Just in time for Global Smurfs Day and a Smurfs movie in 3-D comes a little blue book from a French academic that has some fans of the sock-topped comic book characters seeing red.Antoine Bueno, who lectures at the high-brow Paris Institute of Political Studies, thought he was just having fun when he penned his 177-page analysis of the politics of Smurfland that's just been publishe

Books June 8, 2011

Smurf this! Scholar sees Stalin in comic-book realm

A birth-control pill for men?

Contraceptive pills for men could be developed soon, Daily Mail reported Tuesday.Scientists at Columbia University in New York claimed that they have developed “a drug which temporarily stops sperm production without causing any long-term harm to male fertility.”Scientists have been trying to come up with a male equivalent of the pill for years, but have not yet succeeded.The new pill impairs the

Technology June 8, 2011

No bodies found in Texas home after psychic tip

HARDIN, Texas (AP) _ Deputies who swarmed a rural Texas neighborhood Tuesday to search a farmhouse where a person claiming to be a psychic told officials multiple bodies were buried found no evidence of even a single homicide, a sheriff's official says.Liberty County Sheriff's Capt. Rex Evans said there was no indication of bodies being anywhere on the property about 70 miles (112 kilometers) nort

World News June 8, 2011

No bodies found in Texas home after psychic tip

Articles by Cho Chung-un