An Arizona man with a special fondness for caped crusader Batman and his sidekick Robin bought the original Batmobile driven in the iconic television series with a bid of $4.2 million at an auction on Saturday.

US President Barack Obama on Wednesday proposed a new assault weapons ban and mandatory background checks for all gun buyers, in a bid to channel national outrage over the Newtown school massacre into

Director Ben Affleck and Argo may have been the big winners at the Golden Globes, but many Americans think Steven Spielberg and Lincoln should take home the top Oscars at February’s awards.

Austin (Texas), Jan. 15: His fall nearly complete, disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong finally confessed to using performance-enhancing drugs in an interview on Monday with Oprah Winfrey, USA Today reported.

Lashkar-e-Tayyaba founder Hafiz Saeed, who had masterminded the 26/11 Mumbai attack in 2008, said on Friday India was trying to destabilise Pakistan and predicted violence in Kashmir could get “ugly”.

US presidential drama Lincoln led the pack of Oscar nominees on Thursday with 12 nominations, including a nod for best picture, in the race for the world’s top film honours.

Whether or not the US Congress acts to avoid the “fiscal cliff,” the much-used phrase tops the list of words language aficionados want banned from everyday speech, according to a Michigan university’s

For-mer England captain and prominent cricket pundit Tony Greig has died at the age of 66, Australian med-ia reported on Saturday.

New York, Dec. 28: “You know,” “whatever” is a really annoying term — “like” “you know.” We’re “just sayin’.”
When it comes to the most annoying words or phrases used in conversation, those four top the list in 2012, according to the annual Marist Poll.

A mob broke into a Pakistani police station and burnt a man accused of desecrating the Quran alive, police said Saturday, in the latest violence focusing attention on the country’s blasphemy laws.