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Taylor Swift, Beyonce make Grammy history

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Country-pop starlet Taylor Swift, who rocketed to stardom with ballads of teen love that she wrote on her bedroom floor, Sunday became the youngest artist to win the coveted Grammy for album of the year.

[ More ] February 1st, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in USA |

Swift reward: Taylor’s Grammy double

• 20-year-old country-pop singer scores with her single White Horse• Beyoncé takes four awards in early results from Los Angeles music winners ceremonyR&B superstar Beyoncé Knowles and country-pop singer Taylor Swift were among the first of this year’s Grammy winners as the music awards ceremony kicked off last night in Los Angeles.Beyoncé took an early [...]

[ More ] February 1st, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in USA |
 

California lists moon junk as historical resource

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Seeking to preserve the site where humans first set foot on the moon, a California state panel on Friday registered a collection of 106 objects left by the Apollo 11 mission as an historical resource.

[ More ] January 30th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in USA |

Former Commerce Secretary Mosbacher dies

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Robert Mosbacher, who served as U.S. commerce secretary under former President George H.W. Bush and helped champion the North American Free Trade Agreement, died on Sunday at the age of 82.

[ More ] January 25th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in USA |
 

Californians mop up, return home after stormy week

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Winter storms that have hammered California for nearly a week tapered off on Friday as authorities lifted evacuation orders for most of the 2,000 Los Angeles-area homes in greatest danger of mudslides.

[ More ] January 23rd, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in USA |

Judge: Roman Polanski must return to U.S.

A Los Angeles judge has ruled Roman Polanski must return to the U.S. to be sentenced in a decades-old sex case.
 

[ More ] January 23rd, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in USA |
 

Jackson estate opposes allowance for father Joe

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Attorneys for Michael Jackson’s estate said they should not have to pay the late pop star’s father, Joe, a reported $15,000 monthly allowance.

[ More ] January 23rd, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in USA |

NBC facing long road back after Conan O’Brien drama

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – NBC may have put a public relations nightmare behind it with the departure of “Tonight Show” host Conan O’Brien, but the network faces a long, costly road to revive its sagging fortunes, media analysts said.

[ More ] January 22nd, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in USA |

Storm-battered California hit with new deluge

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The fourth and strongest winter rainstorm in a week clobbered normally sunny Southern California on Thursday, canceling flights, pounding beaches with huge waves and threatening to bring torrents of mud down on pricey hillside h…

[ More ] January 22nd, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in USA |

California court rejects limits on medical marijuana

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The California Supreme Court on Thursday rejected limits on medical marijuana imposed by state lawmakers, finding that people with prescriptions for pot can have and grow all they need for personal use.

[ More ] January 22nd, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in USA |
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