AP - Amy Winehouse fainted Monday at her north London home and was hospitalized, her spokesman said.
AP - Talya Appelbaum recently had a "High School Musical" birthday party. She got special balloons and a slice of cake decorated with the spoiled Sharpay, her favorite character because "she's with Ryan."
AP - Deborah Voigt returns to the Royal Opera House stage Monday, four years after the company fired her for being too big for the little black dress chosen for the title character in Richard Strauss' "Ariadne auf Naxos." The decision sparked a fierce debate about weight discrimination in opera.
Reuters - Policy- makers
around the globe declared soaring inflation a top threat on
Monday, with pressure rising for central bank interest rate
increases amid protests against higher costs of living.
Reuters - The Italian Catholic Church has refused to
let a new movie based on a Dan Brown novel be filmed in
churches in Rome after the author's "The Da Vinci Code" novel
and film outraged the Vatican.
Reuters - Troubled British soul singer Amy
Winehouse fainted at home on Monday and her father rushed her
to hospital for tests, her publicist said.
Reuters - Sirius Satellite Radio Inc's
planned acquisition of rival XM Satellite Radio
Holdings Inc on Monday moved closer to consummation
after a key U.S. regulator expressed support for the
16-month-old deal, driving up both companies' shares.
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The Center for Health, Environment and Justice analyzed five
house-brand curtains and liners (Wal-Mart, Bed Bath & Beyond, Target,
K-Mart and Sears) and found that the PVC shower curtains contained at least
seven substances (methyl isobutyl ketone, toluene, ethylbenzene, acetophenone
phenol, xylene and cumene) that are considered hazardous air pollutants. These
chemicals are very dangerous for the environment and for people’s health, as
well.
AFP - The FTSE 100 index of leading shares closed lower on Monday with investor confidence knocked by oil prices hitting fresh highs and record-high eurozone inflation.
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