Celebrity tattoo artist Kat Von D is done hiding her feelings about her love life. In a new magazine ad to promote her fragrance Adora, Von D — looking classy and elegant — addresses her outlook on love: “Life holds new meaning when you’re in love.”
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A species of acacia tree in Eastern Africa seems to be protected from elephants by ants, according to new research from scientists at the Universities of Wyoming and Florida.
The researchers conducted a series of studies in Kenya, and found that the acacia trees in areas heavily trafficked by elephants simply get pummeled without protection from their tiny ant bodyguards.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton formally opened the first direct peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians in nearly two years on Thursday, imploring the parties to ignore the long history of failed negotiations and make needed compromises to forge an agreement.
At a ceremony in the State Department’s ornate Benjamin Franklin room, Clinton said the Obama administration was committed to forging a settlement in a year’s time. But, she stressed that the heavy lifting must be done by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
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If Iron Maiden harbored any thoughts of sending their zombie mascot Eddie back to the grave after the release of their 15th studio album, ‘The Final Frontier,’ they’ve likely reconsidered following their recent run of sold-out arena shows and the chart success of the new album, which entered at number four on the Billboard Hot 200 this week.
“People are gonna think [it's our last album], I suppose, because the band has had a really long career, and who knows when it’s gonna stop?” bassist and songwriter Steve Harris told Noisecreep. “But we don’t feel like we’re there yet.”
Severe drought in Russia has sent world food prices 5 percent higher in recent months, according to a new report by the United Nations, and though they remain well below the record levels reached during the 2007-08 world food crisis, the higher prices have already fueled deadly riots in Mozambique.
Today police in the capital, Maputo, opened fire on a mob of several thousand people — some of them throwing stones — in what officials said was an unsanctioned protest over the rise in food and commodity prices. The Associated Press reported that at least seven people were killed, including at least two children. The cost of bread in the southeastern African country has risen 25 percent in the past year, the AP reported, amid other commodity price increases.
MySpace, which recently made changes to its website to more closely resemble social networking rival Facebook, is now allowing its users to sync their posts to Facebook, as well.
The changes mean people on Facebook will be able to see their friends’ MySpace profiles and posts without leaving Facebook.