Thursday, February 28, 2013

Who Needs Sleep? Toddler Practices Face-plants as Parents Watch on Baby Monitor

Sure beats counting sheep, especially when you don't know how to count. A toddler unable to sleep decides -- what the heck -- now's as good a time as any to practice faceplants onto the crib mattress.

And so the baby does, over and over again. The parents watch their pint-sized pro wrestler on a baby video monitor and can't help but laugh at their child's unusual way of dealing with insomnia.

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Ancient 'Micro-Continent' Found Under Indian Ocean

The remains of a micro-continent scientist call Mauritia might be preserved under huge amounts of ancient lava beneath the Indian Ocean, a new analysis of island sands in the area suggests.

These findings hint that such micro-continents may have occurred more frequently than previously thought, the scientists who conducted the study, detailed online Feb. 24 in the journal Nature Geoscience, say.

Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Surprise! Janet Jackson Is Already Married

Wissam Al Mana and Janet Jackson, Feb. 25, 2013, Milan Fashion Week (WireImage)

And you thought Jermaine changing his last name to “Jacksun” was the biggest Jackson family news of the past week?

In an exclusive statement to “Entertainment Tonight,” Janet Jackson confirmed that she’s already married to Qatari businessman Wissam Al Mana. A rep for the singer has confirmed the news to omg! as well.

Monday, February 25, 2013

Christina Applegate weds Porno for Pyros bassist Martyn LeNoble

Applegate and LeNoble. (Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic)

Christina Applegate is married ... with children.

While most of Hollywood was gearing up for the Oscars this weekend, the actress quietly tied the knot with Martyn LeNoble on Saturday.

Sunday, February 24, 2013

Hélène Campbell’s road to ‘The Ellen DeGeneres Show’

Hélène Campbell has danced her way onto "The Ellen DeGeneres Show."

The Ottawa lung transplant recipient, who suffers from idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, appeared on the talk show Tuesday, a year after first tweeting to raise awareness about organ donation. Ten months after her surgery, she danced onto the show to Justin Bieber's "Baby" and cut a rug with the host.

Friday, February 22, 2013

N.Y. man who died on way to late wife's memorial buried beside her

NEW YORK (Reuters) - An upstate New York man who died on the way to his late wife's wake was buried in a plot beside her on Wednesday, after a dual funeral service that capped a 66-year marriage, their daughter said on Thursday.

Thursday, February 21, 2013

Britain to India: Diamond in royal crown is ours

AMRITSAR, India (Reuters) - British Prime Minister David Cameron says a giant diamond his country forced India to hand over in the colonial era that was set in a royal crown will not be returned.

Speaking on the third and final day of a visit to India aimed at drumming up trade and investment, Cameron ruled out handing back the 105-carat Koh-i-Noor diamond, now on display in the Tower of London. The diamond had been set in the crown of the current Queen Elizabeth's late mother.