New York, Apr 24 : Becoming a celebrity comes with a price, even for singing sensation Susan Boyle, who was made the butt of a crass joke on the always crude cartoon show "South Park".
Boyle, 48, who became a star after her performance on the reality show "Britain''s Got Talent", was made the subject of the joke in an episode aired on Comedy Central.
In the show, the characters head off to Somalia to become pirates, and the character Ike leaves a good-bye note for his parents, explaining why he''s run away to be a pirate.
Washington, April 24 : A new study conducted at the Carilion Clinic in Roanoke, VA, has found that majority of ordering physicians lack knowledge of CT-related radiation exposure and its associated risks.
"More than 100 surveys were completed by physicians from various specialties who order CT scans at a tertiary-care teaching hospital," said Jeremy McBride, MD, lead author of the study.
Washington, Apr 24 : `The Kills' star Alison Mosshart has had to cut short a gig in Colorado after she was taken ill with altitude sickness.
Mosshart, 30, who was working on her side project `The Dead Weather' with rocker Jack White, had to scrap a gig at the Fox Theatre in Boulder, Colorado on April 22 halfway through after she was left short of breath, reports Contactmusic.
Washington, Apr 24 : English singer Sir Elton John got a standing ovation from his fans in Las Vegas as he played the final show in his five-year residency.
John, 62, who has been a regular fixture at the Colosseum at Caesar''s Palace since signing on for a three-year deal in February 2004, was scheduled to play 75 shows over that time period, but a further 166 concert dates were added due to popular demand.
New York, Apr 24: A former devotee of Guru Sri Chinmoy has written a derisive memoir about her growing up life under his ministry.
In her tome titled ‘Cartwheels in a Sari’, Jayanti Tamm, 38, an English professor at Ocean County College in New Jersey, called the spiritual leader’s group as a ‘cult’.
She also talked about Chinmoy''s "masterful tactics of manipulation."
"He didn''t want his disciples to get an education,” the New York Daily News quoted Tamm as saying.
As a part of CEO Carol Bartz's endeavors to streamline operations at Yahoo, it was announced on Thursday that the company is shutting down its GeoCities website. The 1995-founded free web hosting service passed into oblivion probably because of its rather archaic service model and out-of-date technology.
New York, Apr 24 : Becoming a celebrity comes with a price, even for singing sensation Susan Boyle, who was made the butt of a crass joke on the always crude cartoon show "South Park".
Washington, April 24 : A new study conducted at the Carilion Clinic in Roanoke, VA, has found that majority of ordering physicians lack knowledge of CT-related radiation exposure and its associated risks.
Washington, Apr 24 : `The Kills' star Alison Mosshart has had to cut short a gig in Colorado after she was taken ill with altitude sickness.
Washington, Apr 24 : English singer Sir Elton John got a standing ovation from his fans in Las Vegas as he played the final show in his five-year residency.
New York, Apr 24: A former devotee of Guru Sri Chinmoy has written a derisive memoir about her growing up life under his ministry.
As a part of CEO Carol Bartz's endeavors to streamline operations at Yahoo, it was announced on Thursday that the company is shutting down its GeoCities website. The 1995-founded free web hosting service passed into oblivion probably because of its rather archaic service model and out-of-date technology. 
