President Barack Obama’s Economy Adviser to quit

President Barack Obama’s Economy Adviser to quit

President Barack Obama's top economic adviser Larry Summers will leave the White House at the end of the year. White House economic adviser Larry Summers said he will leave his job, marking a major staff shake-up for US president Barack Obama as he faces growing pressure to renew the slow economy.

Mr. President said: “While we have much work ahead to repair the damage done by the recession, we are on a better path thanks in no small measure to Larry's wise counsel.”

Lawrence Henry Summers is the Charles W. Eliot University Professor at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government. Summers also served as the 27th President of Harvard University from 2001 to 2006.

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao wants Japan free boat captain

Chinese premier Wen Jiabao wants Japan free boat captain

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao urged Japan to release a detained Chinese boat captain. Wen Jiabao threatened further action against Japan if not it releases a Chinese sea captain.

Mr Wen insisted the urgent release of the captain who was arrested by Tokyo following a crash between his fishing boat and two Japanese patrol vessels near disputed islands.

The clash exploded on September 7 when the Chinese fishing trawler and Japanese coastguard vessels collided near the islands. China says it will not meet Japanese leaders at a United Nations summit in New York. "Bears full responsibility for the situation, and it will bear all consequences" said Mr Wen Jiabao.

North Korea Set for leadership meeting September 28

North Korea Set for leadership meeting September 28

North Korea's ruling communist party will hold a major conference next week to elect a new leadership. The meeting had been slated to start in early September. The meeting will be the biggest political meeting in North Korea since 1980.

The Workers' Party meeting will be closely watched for clues to whether the country's aging supreme leader. Kim Jong Il will succeed his father relies mostly on opaque clues. He eventually became leader after his father's death in 1994. Worker's Party of Korea said: "The conference of the WPK for electing its supreme leadership body will take place in Pyongyang on Sept. 28."

Twitchell Canyon fire blazed by wind towards Herriman

Twitchell Canyon fire blazed by wind towards Herriman

Firefighters work on controlling the central Utah Twitchell Canyon Fire located in Fishlake National Forest. It had grown to about 22,800 acres. Thirty-five mile per hour wind gusts hampering efforts to put out the fast moving fire.

National Weather Service is continuing issuance of a Red Flag Warning. Twitchell Canyon fire in Fishlake National Forest sparked by lightning in late July. Fishlake National Forest is located in south central Utah, USA. Its namesake is the largest freshwater mountain lake in the state. Established in 1907, the forest covers 1.5 million acres (6,070 km²) and is split into four districts. There are local ranger district offices in Beaver, Fillmore, Loa, and Richfield.

Sweden center right coalition wins re election with 172 seats

Sweden center right coalition wins re election with 172 seats

Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt failed to win a new majority in Sunday's national elections. Sweden's ruling center-right coalition won re-election. Sweden Democrats have won 20 of the 349 seats, red-green opposition had 157 seats.

Reinfeldt said: "The Swedish people have cast their vote, and they have ruled that we are the ones who should keep governing." The ruling coalition won 172 seats, while Sahlin's group took 157 in the 349-seat parliament.

Sweden Democrats that became the first new party to enter the national legislature since 1991 rejecting either bloc a majority. Sweden's red-green opposition coalition, Mona Sahlin said: "We have lost," stressing that the center-right coalition also failed to get an outright majority.

Hurricane Igor strikes Bermuda, Massachusetts and Rhode Island Coastal

Hurricane Igor is striking Bermuda's beaches with big waves this Sunday. The height of surf is at least of 15-foot (5-meter). The hurricane is likely to affect southern coastal Massachusetts and Rhode Island too on Monday.

Fred Swan, a 52-year-old teacher said "We prayed that the storm would be downgraded, and it looks like our prayers have been answered." National Weather Service will continue to monitor offshore seas that have resulted in strong waves and dangerous rip currents on vulnerable beaches.

Forecasters in Canada are warning residents of eastern Nova Scotia and much of Newfoundland to brace for heavy rain on Monday and Tuesday. Canadian Hurricane Centre says Igor's rain bands are expected to interact with a trough of low pressure over Newfoundland.

Tornado in Queens, Brooklyn one killed

Tornado in Queens, Brooklyn one killed

National Weather Service issued a tornado warning for Brooklyn, Queen and Staten Island in Monmouth and Ocean counties. Many trees were fallen down, several buildings were damaged heavily cars were destroyed and also one person was left dead by the storm.

A woman was killed when a tree toppled onto her vehicle on the Grand Central Parkway near Jewel Avenue. There was a lot of damage due to winds of over 100 miles per hour, and a driving rain storm, and at the center of all of this a tornado. Due the storm, more than 24,000 people were left without power in the Queens and about 4,800 households in the Staten Island.

Tropical Storm Karl closes on Mexican coastline

Tropical Storm Karl closes on Mexican coastline

Hurricane Karl will steam on to the Mexican coast from the Gulf of Mexico Friday. Mexico's government issued a tropical storm warning for the peninsula from Chetumal northward to Cabo Catoche. Karl has grown into a major, Category 3 hurricane.

The Mexican government issued a hurricane warning for a 186-mile stretch of coast in Veracruz state. The storm was about 70 miles (110 km) east-northeast of Veracruz, Mexico, moving west at around 9 mph (15 kph).

Hurricane center said: “the storm is expected to quickly weaken once it enters the Mexican mountains.” The storm is at present likely to produce rainfall accumulations of 5 to 10 inches along the central and southern Mexican Gulf Coast region.

UK needs to prepare for Climate change urge advisers

UK needs to prepare for Climate change urge advisers

UK needs to prepare itself rapidly to deal with the impacts of climate change. The report terminates that the impacts of climate change already being felt in the UK, people must start preparing now.

Town and Country Planning Association concludes that extreme weather events such as floods, heat waves and droughts will become more frequent. "A wake- up call. It recognises that there is no part of our society which is immune from the effects of climate change. Which means that every part of our society must think about its resilience," said Caroline Spelman. The UK's average temperature has already risen by 1C since the 1970s.

Pope Benedict makes first state visit to UK

Pope Benedict makes first state visit to UK

Pope Benedict XVI arrives in the United Kingdom on Thursday for a four-day visit. Pope will land in Edinburgh later this morning where he where he will meet the Queen. Pope will parade through the city before an open-air Mass in Glasgow.

Tens of thousands of people are set to line the streets to greet Pope Benedict. The trip is the first state visit by a pope to the U.K. The visit also coincides with the 450th anniversary of the Reformation in Scotland.

The Catholic Church has been rocked by a series of sex abuse scandals. Many European Catholics have grown more and more frustrated by what they see as Rome’s unbending conservative doctrine.

America’s Got Talent 2010 Winner is Michael Grimm

America’s Got Talent 2010 Winner is Michael Grimm

Finally the America’s Got Talent winner announced. America’s Got Talent 2010 Winner is Michael Grimm. Michael Grimm was declared as this year’s America’s Got Talent 2010 winner.

Mississippi singer Michael Grimm won $1 million and the chance to headline a show in Vegas. America’s Got Talent winner Micheal Grimm’s “When A Man Loves A Woman,” which Michael Bolton helped make famous once again.

Michael Grimm was named the best new act in America, besting opera phenom Jackie Evancho to win the fifth season of America's Got Talent. Michael who currently resides in Waveland, Mississippi. Auditioned in Los Angeles for the fifth season of America's Got Talent.

Lee Westwood will play at Ryder Cup 2010

Lee Westwood will play at Ryder Cup 2010

Lee Westwood has exposed he has made 'great progress' ahead of his fitness deadline for the Ryder Cup. World No 3 Westwood has been struggling with a torn calf muscle which flared up in June during the French Open.

Westwood, 37, is unlikely to play competitively before the Ryder Cup. The player will take part in a company golf day this week. At Archerfield Golf Club will see Westwood walk 36 holes for the first time since the injury, and the Briton has confirmed that Friday. "I haven't had any pain for three weeks," said Westwood. "I've made great progress. I'm pretty strong at the moment. I'd be fine playing in all five matches."

Twitter unveiled a new Web site

Twitter unveiled a new Web site

Twitter unveiled a new Web site that it hopes will be user friendly. Twitter unveiled a major redesign of its home page, one its executives say will give users a better, easier, and faster experience.

The new version of the site is available to some users immediately, while others will see it implemented in the coming weeks said Twitter CEO Evan Williams. The new version will be launched to users around the world in the coming weeks.

Twitter is a social networking and microblogging service, owned and operated by Twitter Inc. that enables its users to send and read other users' messages called tweets.

Christine O’Donnell wins Delaware Election

Christine O’Donnell wins Delaware Election

Christine O’Donnell defeated Rep. Mike Castle, who campaigned with the backing of party officials. O’Donnell is tagged as conservative activist and was a tea party favorite. As per the results, it was 52% for O’Donnell versus 47% for Castle.

O’Donnell said, “I cannot thank you enough for that. The people of Delaware have spoken: No more politics as usual! I can’t thank you enough, because you guys have partnered with me, believed in me from the beginning, stood with me in the face of adversity.”

Christine O'Donnell is an American marketing consultant and political commentator. She is the Republican Party nominee in Delaware's 2010 United States Senate election. She won the September 14, 2010, primary election by six percentage points over Castle.

Toyota Announce to launch six new Hybrid Cars

Toyota Announce to launch six new Hybrid Cars

Toyota plans to launch six new hybrid vehicles by the end of 2012. Toyota has said it will launch 6 all new hybrid models by the end of 2012, 2 of the cars will be Lexus models and the other 4 will all be sold under the Toyota name.

Automaker plans to sell one small car and an electric RAV4 SUV that it’s developing with Tesla Motors. The electric Rav4 will be unveiled at the Los Angeles auto show in November, Mr. Uchiyamada said.

Toyota Motor Corporation commonly known simply as Toyota and abbreviated as TMC, is a multinational corporation headquartered in Japan. TMC is the world's largest automobile maker by sales and production. Toyota Motor Corporation is headquartered in Toyota City, Aichi and in Tokyo.

Rafael Nadal wins US Open 2010 seals career Grand Slam

Rafael Nadal wins US Open 2010 seals career Grand Slam

The world No 1 Rafael Nadal preserved his place among the tennis greats beating Novak Djokovic to win the US Open and complete his collection of grand slam titles.

Rafael Nadal has already won the Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon singles titles. Nadal had never won the title on Monday he claimed a 6-4 5-7 6-4 6-2 victory in a match lasting three hours 22 minutes. The match was interrupted by rain for an hour and 50 minutes. Nadal is now just one of seven men to have won the career Grand Slam.

Rafael "Rafa" Nadal Parera is a Spanish professional tennis player currently ranked No. 1 in the world. In 2008, Nadal was given the Prince of Asturias Award for Sports, in recognition of his achievements in tennis.

Lady Gaga won eight prizes at MTV Video Music Awards

Lady Gaga won eight prizes at MTV Video Music Awards

Lady Gaga taking home eight prizes including video of the year MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles. Lady Gaga won seven trophies for “Bad Romance”: Best Female Video, Best Pop Video, Best Dance Music Video, Best Choreography, Editing and Direction and the night’s most coveted trophy, Video of the Year.

Lady Gaga made a spectacular red carpet arrival in an intricate Alexander McQueen gown before making multiple costume. She said: "I was so nervous tonight that I'd let my fans down."

Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta known by her stage name Lady Gaga, is an American recording artist. She began performing in the rock music scene of New York City's Lower East Side in 2003 and enrolled at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts.

Kim Clijsters wins US Open final crushing Vera Zvonareva

This time US Open is not at all Williams Sisters Show. US Open goes to Kim Clijsters. Kim Clijsters beat Vera Zvonareva in than an hour to win her second successive US Open final.

Earlier in history, Chris Evert beat Evonne Goolagong 6-3, 6-0 in 1976 - a short time victory and now Kim Clijsters repeats this. Kim Clijsters won an pathetically one-sided final at Flushing Meadows 6-3, 6-0 in less than an hour. This is her third US Open title.

Clijsters defends her title tonight against the Russian Vera Zvonareva, who beat the top seed, Caroline Wozniacki. Zvonareva had impressive victory in semifinal and entry into the final. Clijsters cracked joke latter “Obviously she's still young. She's two-and-a-half. I don't think to her it matters too much whether I win or lose.”

Clijsters said of her six-year-old daughter “She sees a trophy and she knows that a trophy is a part of winning. She kind of connects the dots like that but ... I'm not going to go tell her, Mommy won the US Open”

Microsoft executive Stephen Elop is new CEO for Nokia

Microsoft executive Stephen Elop is new CEO for Nokia

Nokia confirmed a new CEO by replacing its long-serving chief Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo with Microsoft executive Stephen Elop. Stephen Elop will assume the new position as of September 21.

Stephen Elop is ending Kallasvuo's 30-year career at Nokia. Kallasvuo's inability to lead the company in the last few years was hinted at in a statement by the board. Nokia shares were up 5 percent to 8.13 euros at 0810 GMT. Fund manager Inge Heydorn said “It is good that something is happening.”

Nokia has struggled to keep ip with rivals like Apple and Google in smartphone market under Kallasvuo. Stephen Elop is currently the head of Microsoft's Business Division.

BMW Championship 2010 PGA at Cog Hill Golf and Country Club

BMW Championship 2010 PGA at Cog Hill Golf and Country Club

BMW Championship 2010 starts today, September 9 PGA Tour event with a purse of $7.5 million. Tiger Woods at the BMW Championship said: "This is one of them where I've won in different ways, and it's always nice to come back to a venue that, yeah, I've won, but I've won it multiple times and different ways."

Woods has won five events at Cog Hill and his short game looks to be coming back into vintage form. 2010 BMW Championship odds for Tiger Woods as a +600 favorite despite the fact that he has not won a single tournament at all for 2010. BMW Championship Golf tournament starts at Cog Hill Golf and Country Club in Lemont Illinois.

BMW Championship 2010 Tee Times
12:50 PM Stricker, Steve Day, Jason
12:50 PM Palmer, Ryan Mickelson, Phil
1:00 PM Cink, Stewart Trahan, D.J.
1:00 PM Wi, Charlie Senden, John
1:10 PM Woods, Tiger Choi, K.J.
1:10 PM Sim, Michael Barnes, Ricky
1:20 PM Dufner, Jason Petrovic, Tim

Google launches Google Instant

Google launches Google Instant

Google introduced Google Instant a new feature that displays results as soon as someone begins to type. Google Instant that promise to save users time. “There’s even a psychic element to it,” said Marissa Mayer, Google’s vice president.

Google says the instant results could help users save between 2 and 5 seconds. Google's new search feature tries to figure out what you are searching for as each letter enters the query box.

Google will offer other suggested search requests, as the site has been offering for the past two years. Brin said: "I think it's a little bit of a new dawn in computing."

Travelers to pay for US Tourism Promotion

Travelers to pay for US Tourism Promotion

Visitors traveling to the United States start paying a $14 fee to promote travel. Travelers from 36 nations will be required to pay a new travel fee. The eligibility of travelers to the United States under the Visa Waiver Program will be assessing a $14 fee as required by the Travel Promotion Act.

Jeff Freeman, executive vice president of the U.S. Travel Association, said the fee, which may generate will pay for advertisements, trade-show participation and journalist visits “to convince travelers around the world that we want their business.” The countries include the U.K., Japan, Germany, France, South Korea and Australia.

Spiral Galaxies grow by eating Dwarf Galaxies

Spiral Galaxies grow by eating dwarf galaxies

Spiral galaxies are consuming smaller dwarf galaxies. Spiral galaxies grow by swallowing smaller dwarf galaxies. Stars closer to the parent galaxy are pulled in more quickly. According to David Martinez-Delgado's pilot survey spiral galaxies at distances of up to 50 million light-years from Earth, discovering the tell-tale signs of spirals eating dwarfs.

The findings are published in the Astronomical Journal. Spiral galaxy is a certain kind of galaxy originally described by Edwin Hubble in his 1936 work The Realm of the Nebulae and, as such, forms part of the Hubble sequence.

The Milky Way was once considered an ordinary spiral galaxy. Astronomers first began to suspect that the Milky Way is a barred spiral galaxy in the 1990s.

Vodafone selling China Mobile stake

Vodafone selling China Mobile stake

Vodafone sold a stake in China Mobile Ltd. for $6.5 billion. The deal includes the sale of 642.9m shares in China Mobile via an accelerated bookbuilding. China Mobile fell the most in more than a year in Hong Kong trading.

Vodafone acquired its 3.2 percent stake in China Mobile in two transactions between 2000 and 2002 for $3.25 billion. The firm insisted that despite the sell-off it would continue cooperating with China Mobile.

CEO Vittorio Colao said: “Today's transaction achieves a near doubling of Vodafone's original investment in China Mobile and combines our stated portfolio strategy with ongoing cooperation with China's leading telecommunications company."

Air France Planning of New Low Cost Carrier

Air France Planning of New Low Cost Carrier

Air France is considering a low-cost domestic operation. Air France-KLM aims to achieve the same cost savings and allow greater flexibility. The airline was trying to establish domestic airlines with low fares so that everyone can join and fly.

The Air France-KLM Group already has a low-cost carrier in the form of Transavia. Reports imply that the airline is doing this in a bid to win back market shares in France from budget rivals.

The airline refused to comment about this new carrier. The report claimed that the French flag-carrier is in debate with unions about Air France Express. AirFrance, is the French flag carrier headquartered in Tremblay-en-France, France and is one of the world's largest airlines. It is a subsidiary of the Air France-KLM Group and a founding member of the SkyTeam global airline alliance.

Julia Gillard becomes first Australian female PM

Julia Gillard becomes first Australian female PM

Julia Gillard will go on with as Australia's prime minister. Julia Gillard has become the first female Prime Minister. Rob Oakeshott and Tony Windsor, declared their decisions Julia Gillard as prime minister.

Australian first woman PM will have led the nation's oldest political party. Gillard announced on 17 July that the 2010 federal election would be held on 21 August. Gillard was born in 1961 in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales.

Gillard was elected as Member for Lalor in the House of Representatives at the 1998 election. Gillard was confirmed Prime Minister, with the support of one Greens MP and independents, on 7 September, 2010.

Charley Hoffman Wins Deutsche Bank Championship 2010 Golf

Charley Hoffman Wins Deutsche Bank Championship 2010 Golf

Charley Hoffman won the Deutsche Bank Championship after firing a whopping 9-under 62 and breezing to a five-stroke win. He moved up 57 spots to No. 2 behind Matt Kuchar in the FedEx Cup standings, giving Hoffman a shot at the $10 million.Hoffman, who earned $1.35 million, had a 22-under 262 total for 72 holes.

The 33-year-old has two PGA Tour victories. Charley Lindley Hoffman (born December 27, 1976) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.Hoffman was born in San Diego, California. He won the California State High School Championship in 1994 and 1995, becoming the first two time winner. He qualified three times for the Buick Invitational as an amateur.

Hoffman won his 2nd PGA Tour event at the Deutsche Bank Championship in Boston. The win moved him to 2nd in the FedEx Cup standings. Hoffman entered the tournament ranked 51st, and he didn’t qualify for any of this year’s four majors.

Danish First Private Rocket Launch postponed

Danish First Private Rocket Launch postponed

Denmark's private venture rocket launch planned has been postponed. The first launch attempt of Danish rocket failed on Sunday because of a mechanical glitch.Professionals said the likely cause was a failure of the ignition system.

The current launch is an initial test flight which aims to get to a height of 30km. Peter Madsen and Kristian von Bengtson, confirmed that it was a mechanical fault in the main valve on liquid oxygen tank.

After an examination, the engineers decided against a second launch attempt and did not set a new date for a future attempt. The launch had also been delayed several times because of bad weather.

Christchurch closed due to earthquake – Rain, winds and aftershocks continue

City Centre and other offices will remain closed on Monday in Christchurch. Aftershocks after Saturday's 7.1-magnitude earthquake were around 5.0 magnitudes stronger. Heavy winds and aftershocks continue to disturb the region.

More than 500 buildings have been destroyed. Schools and buses will not run until Wednesday. The University of Canterbury campus is currently secured and closed to staff and students until Monday September 13. Karen Sewell, from the Ministry of Education, says the school closures are in the best interests of safety and continued assessment of school property.

"This allows more time for structural assessment of school buildings and grounds."
Due to Safety reasons, a curfew will once again be in place from 7pm in the shellshocked central business district following yesterday's devastating earthquake.

90 buildings in the CBD are damaged. In various buildings, colored signs are placed. Green means there is no restriction on occupancy, Yellow means entry is restricted only to essential business and Red buildings are unsafe to enter. Civil Defence Minister John Carter said “Safety was the most important factor for emergency staff in Canterbury.”

Burger King sold for $3.26 billion to 3G Capital

Burger King sold for $3.26 billion to 3G Capital

US fast food chain Burger King agreed to sell itself to investment firm 3G Capital for about $3.26 billion. Burger King has lagged larger rival McDonald's Corp. Burger King reported a 2.3% drop in global sales for 2010 compared with a 1.2% rise in the same period in the previous year.

U.S. fast-food chain with 12,100 locations, it has struggled because the economy has been bad for its most important customer group - young men.

The company began as a franchise restaurant chain, based in Jacksonville, Florida in 1953, named Insta-Burger King, and operated by Kieth J. Kramer and Matthew Burns. They completely reorganized Burger King's advertising with a series of new advertisements centered on a resuscitated Magical Burger King character.

Israel Tourism Boom - Record year in number of tourists

Israel Tourism Boom - Record year in number of tourists

Israel has verified travelers are no longer being deterred by sensationalized media by hitting a record-setting 1.6 million tourists in the first half of 2010.

According to Ami Etgar, director general of the Israel Incoming Tour Operators Association "This is a country that every person in the world has a motivation to visit."

Israel’s tourism boom, includs policies that allow more airlines to land in the country, visitors to Israel are non-Jewish and growing evangelical market. Tourism in Israel is one of the country's major sources of income, with 2.7 million tourists in 2009. Large number of the tourists are day trippers visiting from Egypt, Jordan, Cyprus, and Turkey. North America remains the no. 1 source of tourists to Israel.

Lady GaGa and Iggy Pop to perform at Yoko Ono concert

Lady GaGa and Iggy Pop to perform at Yoko Ono concert

Lady GaGa and Iggy Pop will perform on mark John Lennon's 70th birthday. Yoko Ono, is organizing two concerts with her We Are Plastic Ono Band in Los Angeles to celebrate her late husband and many stars have signed up to take part at Orpheum Theater on Friday, October 1 and Saturday, October 2.

Yoko Ono was already a hugely respected artist. Yoko Ono has confirmed appearances from actress Carrie Fisher, Harper Simon, RZA and more. Bizarrely, pop iconoclast Lady Gaga is due to appear at the concert. Tickets for the show are already on sale, with prices ranging from $60 to $150.

NCAA Football 2010 - 2010 College Football Schedule

NCAA Football 2010 - 2010 College Football Schedule

2010 college football season begins on September 2, 2010. The weekend’s best matchup features third-ranked Boise State facing Virginia Tech at FedEx Field. Virginia Tech has its own set of standouts on offense. This game can be seen Monday at 8 p.m. on ESPN.

LSU vs. North Carolina will play on Saturday, 8 p.m. ET, ABC. LSU is largely soaring under the radar in the preseason. Oregon State at TCU on Saturday, 7:45 p.m. ET, ESPN. Oregon State features the unstable Rodgers brothers.

Purdue will face Notre Dame Saturday, 3:30 p.m. ET, NBC. Boilermakers will start Miami Robert Marve behind center. Connecticut kicks off at Michigan on Saturday, 3:30 p.m. ET, ABC.

Big Ten Conference Announces Division, Schedules

Big Ten Conference Announces Division, Schedules

Big Ten announced its divisional breakdown for football. Big Ten has officially set their divisions for the 2011 athletic season. Big Ten teams will play eight conference games the next two seasons and it could increase in the future.

The first Big Ten championship game will be played in Indianapolis at Lucas Oil Stadium, the indoor home of the NFL’s Colts. “Competitive equality, rivalries and geography” when putting together its divisions said Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany.

The East will consist of: Ohio State, Penn State, Wisconsin, Purdue, Illinois, and Indiana.
The West will be: Michigan, Nebraska, Iowa, Northwestern, Michigan State, and Minnesota.

Miranda Lambert Leads CMA Nominations 2010

Miranda Lambert Leads CMA Nominations 2010

Country Music Association (CMA) nomination awards for this year were announced. Texas country singer Miranda Lambert Country Music Association nominations bringing her total to nine nominations, the highest ever for a female country artist.

She gets the double nominations in both ‘Single of the Year’ and ‘Music Video of the Year’. She is also nominated for the biggest award entertainer of year, along with Lady Antebellum, Brad Paisley, Keith Urban, Zac Brown Band, and her fiancé Blake Shelton.

Miranda Leigh Lambert (born November 10, 1983) is an American country music artist who gained fame as a finalist on the 2003 season of Nashville Star, where she finished in third place and later signed to Epic Records.

Apple Steve Jobs launches Social Media Ping

Apple Steve Jobs launches Social Media Ping

Apple CEO Steve Jobs has showcased social media Ping at Apple's annual music event in San Francisco. Ping allows users to follow favourite musicians, as well as follow friends to see what music they’re listening to and which musicians they’re downloading.

Ping is a music-themed social network, much like MySpace and Last.fm. Mr Jobs said "It's a social network all about music."Because it’s built right into iTunes, there’s a likely 160 million users already on the network.

As is common on other social network sites, users can share their thoughts and opinions. Ping has large numbers of albums, songs, concerts and downloads.

Orange launches HD Voice in UK

Orange launches HD Voice in UK

Orange UK has officially launched HD Voice service for business customers in the UK. HD Voice for business is now available on the Nokia E5 and the Samsung Omnia Pro 5230 handsets. The free HD Voice service is available to all Orange mobile customers.

Other UK mobile services providers will soon follow in Orange's footsteps said experts. Other countries already have networks using the technology.

"Although what we use our mobile handsets for has evolved significantly in the past few years the way we make mobile calls hasn't changed a great deal since the 1990s” said Tom Alexander, Chief Executive Orange UK. Nokia E5 and Samsung Omnia Pro by now support HD Voice.

Japan Airlines to Cut 16k Workforce in Restructuring

Japan Airlines to Cut 16k Workforce in Restructuring

Japan Airlines announced rehabilitation plan that will cut more than 16,000 positions by the end of fiscal 2010. The plan is to reduce staff from 2009 levels. It will retire 103 of its fleet and scrap 10 international and 39 domestic routes.

The airline not succeedd under a mountain of debt. It will invest 350 billion yen (4.13 billion U.S. dollars) in the carrier to make it a wholly owned unit said Japan's Enterprise Initiative Turnaround Corporation.

The plans have been submitted to Tokyo District Court. The company filed for economic failure protection on 19 January. JAL was established in 1951 and became the national airline of Japan in 1953.

Hurricane Earl Threatens United States Coast

Hurricane Earl Threatens United States Coast

Storm is expected to gain even greater strength before heading northwest towards the United States. Earl caused flooding in low-lying areas and damaged homes on islands including Antigua and Barbuda, Anguilla and St. Maarten in Caribbean.

 

Earl is forecast to brush the U.S. East Coast. Hurricane Earl blowing across the northeastern Caribbean Sea has strengthened to a Category Four second-highest on the five-step scale hurricane.

Hurricane Earl is the seventh depression, fifth storm, third hurricane and second major hurricane of the 2010 Atlantic hurricane season. Earl is the first Cape Verde-type hurricane to affect the Leeward Islands since Hurricane Georges. Earl intensified further into a category 4 hurricane.

Modern Family Big Winners at Emmy Awards 2010

Modern Family Big Winners at Emmy Awards 2010


62nd annual Primetime Emmy Awards presented by The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences on August 30. “Modern Family” was the first ABC comedy in more than 20 years to receive the Emmy for outstanding comedy series.

This year “Modern Family” broke the three-year winning streak of NBC’s “30 Rock.” Modern Family was named best comedy. “Modern Family” eclipsed Fox’s comedy series "Glee" that took home only two trophies from 19 nominations. Mad Men, which is set at a 1960s New York advertising firm, won its third consecutive Emmy as best drama series.

Modern Family is an American mockumentary comedy TV series. The half-hour series, which was created by Christopher Lloyd and Steven Levitan, is produced by Fox Television Studios.

Google plans pay per view video service by YouTube

Google plans pay-per-view video service by YouTube

Google You Tube is in negotiations with Hollywood’s top film studios to release a pay-per view video service by the end of 2010. This move by Google will put it in competition with Apple.

Apple expected re-launch its existing Apple TV brand. YouTube as becoming a global pay-per-view video service and attracts millions of users and while it is best known for its user generated content.

Google will use its search technology and YouTube to direct viewers to the new service. Google has been promoting the enormous fame of online streaming media. Google expanded the service to include a larger range of titles. Google says it expects YouTube to show a profit this year.