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CWG 2010 Theme Song By AR Rahman!

Finally, some light in the darkness filled Common Wealth Games 2010  that is to be held in India. The Oscar-award winning Music composer AR Rahman has composed and sung the theme song for CWG 2010. Below is the press release where AR Rahman announces the theme song and sings just one line from it. He seems to be all secretive ... Read More »

Accused “Craigslist killer” Philip Markoff commits suicide in Nashua Jail

Accused “Craigslist Killer” Philip Markoff committed suicide at Nashua Street Jail in Boston, where he was being held awaiting trial in the slaying of Julissa Brisman, 26, who was visiting from New York, according to Steven Tompkins, spokesman for the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office. Officials do not know how he died, according to Tompkins. Markoff, 24, was pronounced dead at ... Read More »

Apple manager arrested over $1 million in kickbacks

An Apple manager with responsibilities for the company’s contract manufacturing in Asia was arrested Friday and charged with accepting kickbacks. Global supply manager Paul Shin Devine was charged with accepting $1 million in kickbacks from half a dozen Asian suppliers of iPhone and iPod accessories in a federal indictment and a civil suit, the San Jose Mercury News reported. Devine ... Read More »

Tila Tequila Attacked!

A sheriff says reality TV actress Tila Tequila complained that audience members pelted her with stones and feces during an outdoor music festival in southern Illinois. Hardin County Sheriff Tom Seiner told a Carterville TV station it happened early Saturday at the Gathering of the Juggalos. That’s a weekend festival based around the band Insane Clown Posse and other groups ... Read More »

German economy sees ‘record’ growth of 2.2%

The German economy grew by 2.2% in the three months to the end of June, its fastest quarterly growth in 20 years, official figures show. “Such quarter-on-quarter growth has never been recorded before in reunified Germany,” the national statistics office, Destatis, said. The main reason for the higher-than-expected growth was strong exports, helped by a weaker euro. Separate figures showed ... Read More »