Oscar Corral thought someone was yanking his chain the day the phone rang at The Miami Herald newsroom and a soft-spoken voice with just a hint of southern drawl said: "Oscar Corral, this is Tom Wolfe." More »Tom Wolfe film follows master satirist in Miami
OSLO (Reuters) - Convicted sex offenders and violent criminals were let loose from a Norway prison this week when guards went on strike, forcing authorities to free 52 inmates, officials said. "Some of these are prisoners convicted for violence, drugs, economic crime and sex crimes," Harald Aasaune, the manager of the Bjoergvin prison outside Bergen, said on Friday. "Bjoergvin is an open prison, but still, many of them are sitting in relatively long sentences," he added. "I don't think this has ever happened before. ... More »Guards strike, inmates set free at Norway prison
NOTTINGHAM, England (Reuters) - England piled the pressure on West Indies' fragile batsman who squandered ideal batting conditions on the first day of the second test to go in at tea on 154 for six. More »Windies struggle as Anderson shines
YANGON (Reuters) - A week of protests in Myanmar over chronic power outages gained momentum on Friday after opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi gave them her blessing and the government's response added to popular outrage. The protesters who gathered in Yangon as night fell, holding candles and praying for electricity, are testing their newfound freedoms in a fledgling democracy led by many of the same former generals who violently crushed past expressions of dissent. ... More »Myanmar protests an opportunity to show more reform
Scottish giants Rangers took their battle against a 12-month transfer ban to court on Friday, arguing that the embargo was unlawful, amid concerns that it would make the crisis-hit club less attractive to potential buyers. More »Rangers launch legal battle against transfer ban
MONACO (Reuters) - Formula One motor racing has installed Nestle's Peter Brabeck as its chairman following a board meeting at the Monaco Grand Prix on Friday, Brabeck told Reuters. More »Brabeck installed as F1 chair
VIENNA (Reuters) - U.N. nuclear inspectors have found uranium traces in an Iranian underground site refined to a somewhat higher level than the enrichment work normally done there, but still well below the weapons-grade threshold, diplomatic sources said on Friday. One source said the higher level detected at the Fordow site - where Iran has declared it is refining uranium to a fissile concentration of 20 percent only - was believed to be between 20 and 30 percent, making clear this was not a big difference. "It is not up there ... towards nuclear weapons capability," the diplomat said. ... More »IAEA finds higher-grade uranium trace in Iran: sources
Wigan chairman Dave Whelan on Friday claimed Latics boss Roberto Martinez is weighing up an offer from Liverpool to take over as manager of the Anfield club. More »Football: Liverpool have offered job to Martinez - Whelan
Ferrari's reputation in China took another blow on Friday when the country's quality watchdog said the luxury sports car manufacturer would have to recall 56 imported vehicles because of a defect. More »Ferrari recalls 56 cars in China
Television isn't taking the summer off anymore, and networks fervently hope viewers won't either. More »Sorkin, Hemingway, Snooki: It's a mixed TV summer
England dismissed West Indies' mainstay Shivnarine Chanderpaul as the tourists' collapse continued on the first day of the second Test at Trent Bridge here on Friday. More »Chanderpaul out as Windies' struggle continues
LONDON (Reuters) - Wigan Athletic's Roberto Martinez has been "made an offer" by Liverpool's American owners who are searching for a new manager after sacking Kenny Dalglish, Wigan chairman Dave Whelan said on Friday. More »Martinez made offer by Liverpool - Wigan owner
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptians must choose between a Muslim Brother or an ex-military man in a presidential run-off that highlights the stark rifts in a nation united in euphoria when Hosni Mubarak fell 15 months ago, first-round results indicated on Friday. With most votes counted, the Muslim Brotherhood said its candidate Mohamed Mursi had topped this week's polls and would compete in next month's second round with former air force chief Ahmed Shafiq, who served as Mubarak's last prime minister. ... More »Egypt to pick Islamist or military man as president
The X Factor USA auditions kicked off in Austin, Texas yesterday and with a new line-up of leading ladies on the judging panel, we were keen to see how the former Disney starlets would fare in the fashion stakes.... More »Britney Spears And Demi Lovato Dress To Impress At The X Factor USA Auditions
The euro dived under $1.25 on Wednesday, hitting a new 22-month low, on mounting fears over the unresolved eurozone debt crisis, in particular over the plight of Greece and Spain, dealers said. More »Euro dives under $1.25 for first time since July 2010
Brazil will be without Neymar and Ganso for their friendly match with Denmark in Hamburg on Saturday, as the 2014 World Cup hosts prepare for the tournament against a side hoping for success at Euro 2012. More »No Neymar, Ganso for Brazil-Denmark friendly
OSLO (Reuters) - Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik first requested a band aid for a cut finger when police arrested him, then posed like a bodybuilder after he was stripped and police took his picture, witnesses told a court on Friday. Breivik killed 77 people on July 22, first detonating a car bomb outside government headquarters and killing eight, then gunning down 69 people, mostly teenagers, at the ruling Labour Party's summer camp on Utoeya Island. He then surrendered, with blood loss from a cut finger seeming his main concern. ... More »Norway's Breivik posed like bodybuilder after arrest
Lady Gaga met Thai 'ladies' of a different kind at a transvestite cabaret show in Bangkok that had the flamboyant entertainer singing along, club management said Friday. More »Pop diva goes Gaga for Thai 'ladies'
A suicide bomb squad killed a policeman and wounded more than a dozen people in central Turkey on Friday after driving into a police station and opening fire, Turkish officials said. More »Suicide bombing kills one policeman in Turkey
SANAA (Reuters) - A suicide bomber drove into a school in northern Yemen's al-Jawf province where members of a Shi'ite Muslim rebel group had gathered for Friday prayers and killed 12 people, the defence ministry said. A local official said several people were wounded in the attack. The province borders oil giant Saudi Arabia. Western and Gulf Arab states have watched with mounting alarm as al Qaeda-linked militants have exploited political instability in Yemen to gain a foothold there. ... More »Suicide bomber kills 12 in northern Yemen
PARIS (Reuters) - Frivolity and fur erupted on the sidelines of the Cannes film festival on Friday, as a fluffy white dog named Smurf was bestowed the prestigious "Palm Dog" award for a performance deemed "magnifique" by the event's organizer. "Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, dogs and bitches, welcome to the Palm Dog..." began Toby Rose, who since 2001 has bestowed the award on Cannes' most worthy four-legged actor. ... More »Best movie mutt is saluted in Cannes
(Reuters) - Dell Inc is in talks to buy Quest Software Inc, the network security software maker that had earlier agreed to be acquired by Insight Venture Partners for $2 billion, Bloomberg reported, quoting sources. Quest shares were up 5 percent at $26.45 in early trading on Friday on the Nasdaq. Shares of the company, which now has a market value of $2.12 billion, gained more than a third of their value after Insight Venture's offer. Quest said earlier this month it had received multiple alternative proposals during its go-shop period following the offer from the private investment firm. ... More »Dell in talks to buy Quest Software: report
British actress Keira Knightley is to marry the singer with rock band the Klaxons, James Righton, the couple announced Friday. More »Keira Knightley engaged to Klaxons rocker
Superstar shuttler Lin Dan dug deep to beat the Japanese Sho Sasaki in the Thomas Cup semi-final in China on Friday, taking the hosts a step closer to winning the key pre-Olympics tournament. More »Fired-up Lin Dan takes China into badminton final
The confessed killer of six-year-old Etan Patz, whose disappearance exactly 33 years ago sparked New York's biggest modern crime mystery, was hospitalized ahead of appearing in court for the first time Friday. More »Confessed killer of New York boy to appear in court
