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Dark matter ‘traced’ 2,000 ft below ground

London: For over 80 years, it has eluded the finest minds in science. Now, planetary scientists believe they may have finally caught the first glimpse of dark matter, the mysterious hidden substance accounting for three-quarters of matter in the universe.

Jessica is like cocaine to me: Mayer

Los Angeles: After revealing all about his relationship with Hollywood beauty Jennifer Aniston, American singer John Mayer is kissing and telling again.

Brittany last film will be out soon

Los Angeles: The last film made by actress Brittany Murphy, who died in December 2009 after suffering cardiac arrest, is heading to the big screens later in 2010 after being picked up by Anchor Bay Entertainment. The film distribution company said in a statement that it had bought the psychological thriller Abandoned for North American distribution with the film set to be released this summer.

UK disputes SRK claim on scanner

A British airport company has denied Actor Shah Rukh Khan’s claim that airport employees had printed his body scan image.

Tiger Woods mistresses land TV jobs

New York: Tiger Woods’ former mistresses seem to be making the most of their notoriety.
While “mistress No 1” Rachel Uchitel has landed a reporter’s job with the hit TV entertainment show Extra, “mistress No 2” Jamiee Grubbs has just done a two-part video series on the affair for KTLA, a TV network in California.    

Jolie gifts olive tree to Pitt for Valentine

London: Hollywood superstar Brad Pitt received a rather unusual gift for this Valentine as his partner Angelina Jolie bought him a 200-year-old olive tree for a whopping £12,000.

Black-eyed Freud fetches £2.8 million

London: A self-portrait of Lucian Freud nursing a black eye after a fight with a taxi driver sold for more than £2.8 million pounds at a London auction.
Self-Portrait With A Black Eye, an oil on canvas from around 1978, was described by Sotheby’s as “the artist’s most important self-depiction ever to appear at auction”.

Men, not women, spend more time getting ready

London: Men use beauty products and take more time than women to look their finest, a new UK study has revealed.

Abrams will direct Cruise in Mission Impossible 4

Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures on Tuesday said Tom Cruise will star in a new Mission: Impossible movie set for release in 2011 and produced by Cruise and J.J. Abrams.

Saturn moon Enceladus may contain life: Nasa

London: Scientists at Nasa have claimed that Saturn’s moon of Enceladus “may contain life”, after they discovered new evidence suggesting presence of “liquid water” beneath its surface.
According to the scientists, the Cassini spacecraft flew through icy plumes created by ice volcanoes on Saturn’s moon and detected negatively charged water molecules, in a clear sign an underground sea exists.

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