Priyanka Chopra to replace Christiane Amanpour on CNN
ATLANTA - In what some see as a desperate bid to compete with FOX News, executives at CNN announced today that Christiane Amanpour, CNN's chief international correspondent based in London, would be stepping down and would be replaced by Priyanka...
Read full storyDental plaque destroyed the Pharaohs
Cairo, Egypt - (Associated Mess): Egyptologists probing a recent spate of grave-robbing in the Valley of the Kings claim to have found the tombs of three royal dentists whose funeral epitaphs inscribed as a hieroglyphic curse warned against the dang...
Read full story'Cruise defects' as Scientology unveils new £24m London temple
Old Queen Street, City of London - (Associated Mess): The Vicar at St Andrew's-by-the-Wardrobe church, the Rev Alan Griffin, is staying tight-lipped following UK press reports that a famous Holywood celebrity film actor has defected to his parish...
Read full storyNew US law bans televised poker
WASHINGTON -- President Bush signed into law a ban on televised wagering, impacting 23 million Americans who enjoy watching poker shows on TV, cable, and the Internet.
Read full storyChristian Fundamentalists and Muslim Fundamentalists Seek Unity at Religious Summit
Leaders of America's Fundamentalist Christian Churches, attending a special summit in Jerusalem this week, along with Muslim and Jewish religious leaders, issued a statement saying that they "have always been devout worshippers of 'All...
Read full storyCornered Republicans Make Bids From Excuse City
D.C. -- Just when you thought it was left behind (ignore that pun), now comes a priest from Gozo (can't improve on that) to say that he and Foley played slap and tickle in the Golden Age.
Read full storyMadonna Gets a Makeover
Madonna (pictured here serving a home-cooked meal to her family), in a desperate attempt to finalize the adoption of a son from Malawi, has gotten a makeover -- of her looks and her life.
Read full storyPope Benedict Loses Ring
VATICAN (AP) For the third time in recent weeks, Pope Benedict lost his Fisherman's Ring. The gold ring, depicting St. Peter casting a net to catch some fish, fell off the Holy Father's finger while he was shaking hands with hundre...
Read full storyOsama Bin Laden Declared Officially Dead
No Man's Land, Afghanistan---Osama bin Laden has been declared officially dead.
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