A perfect day in Las Vegas

A slice of desert that has transformed itself into one of the most lavish places on earth, Las Vegas is a neon-clad metropolis where dreams come down to the turn of a card. But look beyond the lights of the Strip for local flare and natural beauty.MorningStart the day off in true Vegas fashion at Le Village Buffet(3655 Las Vegas Blvd S; Paris Las Vegas)....

European Athletics 2010: Brit Farah wins 10,000m gold

European Athletics Championships 2010Venue: Barcelona Dates: 27 July - 1 AugustCoverage: Watch live on BBC HD, BBC One, BBC Two and BBC Sport website (UK users only); Live coverage on BBC Radio 5 live; Highlights of the biggest events on demand online (UK only).Mo Farah clinched Great Britain's first gold medal of the 2010 European Championships in...

Lance Armstrong retires from cycling for second time

Seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong has announced he is to retire from cycling for a second time.The 38-year-old American quit the sport in 2005 before returning last year but he announced last month that 2010 would be the last time he rode the Tour.reported by A PAKISTAN TIMESArmstrong finished 40 minutes behind winner Alberto Contador...

Goalkeeper David James delays Celtic signing talks

England World Cup goalkeeper David James has delayed a visit to Glasgow for possible signing talks with Celtic because of a family issue.Manager Neil Lennon considers the 39-year-old to be the ideal replacement for Artur Boruc, now at Fiorentina.Lennon has Pole Lukasz Zaluska and American Dominic Cervi but wants a major figure in goal as he continues...

Second Test, Headingley (day four):Pakistan 258 & 180-7 beat Australia 88 & 349 by three wickets Match scorecard Pakistan celebrate after Umar Gul hits the winning run against Australia Pakistan...

S Korea-US military exercise begins in the Sea of Japan

The US and South Korea have begun a major military exercise in the Sea of Japan, despite threats of retaliation from North Korea.The navy and air force manoeuvres involve 20 ships, 200 planes and 8,000 US and South Korean personnel.Washington and Seoul say they want to send a clear signal to the North following the sinking of a South Korean warship...

Geo’s reporter Anwar hurt in Hyderabad ambush

Updated at: Sunday, July 25, 2010HYDERABAD: Unknown assailant(s) opened fire at Geo News’ van, injuring reporter Anwar Kamal and driver Naseem seriously here at Thandi Sarak, A PAKISTAN TIMES reported late Saturday.Two were rushed to a local hospital where they are being provided medical aid.According to details, Anwar Kamal along driver Naseem was...

Top of the Agenda: Europe Awaits Bank Stress Test Results

Investors were awaiting results of European bank stress tests of European bank stress tests (NYT) today amid concerns about whether the tests would be rigorous enough to calm doubts about weaker institutions. Bank analysts are in for a long weekend as they pore over the findings of separate reports findings of separate reports (Telegraph) on Europe's 91 largest banks to determine how Europe's financial system would cope in a new crisis. New data from the eurozone show...

Death toll in Balochistan flood reaches 60

QUETTA: The death toll in QUETTA: The death toll in flash floods unleashed by torrential rains in Balochistan rose to 60 on Saturday, A Pakistan times reported.Ten more people died in the province’s Lehri and Tulli areas.Thousands of people were rendered homeless in Barkhan, Kohlu and Sibi and aid and rescue work was affected because of long distances...

Chenab floodwater heading to Qadirabad

Updated at: 1105 PST, Friday, July 23, 2010LAHORE: Floodwater from River Chenab is heading to Qadirabad while reports of high-level flood in River Chenab at Head Khanki and Head Marala positions are reaching here,reported BYA PAKISTAN TIMES.The high-level flood is feared to hit Qadirabad sometimes at 12 pm today, Flood Warning Center said.FWC has...

Ultra Chic Fall Fashion Accessories

Make an eye catching fashion statement this fall season with the hottest ultra chic fall fashion trends and accessories. Diamond studded tank watches, rainbow bright bib necklaces, sleek and sexy headbands, embossed carry-all handbags and peep-toe booties are the must-have accessories for the fall season.reported by A PAKISTAN TIMESClassic Tank WatchesThe...

Hundreds of dead penguins wash ashore in Brazil

SAO PAULO — Hundreds of penguins that apparently starved to death are washing up on the beaches of Brazil, worrying scientists who are still investigating what's causing them to die.About 500 of the black-and-white birds have been found just in the last 10 days on Peruibe, Praia Grande and Itanhaem beaches in Sao Paulo state, said Thiago do Nascimento,...

Girl, 12, Uses Facebook to Report Rape

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- A 12-year-old girl used Facebook and an internet-enabled iPod to report a sexual assault by her mother's ex-boyfriend.The girl told police she was home with Raymond Cesmat after her mother left for the night to stay over at her new boyfriend's house.reported by A PAKISTAN TIMESThe girl's mother and Cesmat had split up, but continued...

Small Screens, Big Budgets

By AMY CHOZICKFor its new gangster series "Boardwalk Empire," HBO built a $5 million, 300-foot-long boardwalk on the Brooklyn waterfront to recreate Atlantic City circa 1920. The set required 150 tons of steel and includes historical elements like the Baby Incubator, an actual nursery where tourists could gawk at tiny, premature infants.reported by...

30 dead in rain related incidents

QUETTA: Heavy rain hit parts of Balochistan as flood in Hanna Lake in district Barkhan of Balochistan killed at least 30 people, Reported By A Pakistan TimesDeputy Commissioner Barkhan said floods from Hannan Lake swept away 50 people in Barkhan. Bodies of thirty dead have been recovered whereas rescue and search work continued in flood-hit area.Road links between Barkhan and Kohlu have been cut off as the downpours washed away Nardwala Bridge. Deputy Commissioner Kohlu...

Tony Hawk: Still the World's Best Skateboarder at Age 42

Tony Hawk may very well be the greatest skateboarder of all time. At age 42, the legendary Hawk can still pull off a 900. For those who don't know, a "900" refers to a 900 degree aerial spin off of a skateboard ramp. This is one of the most insane skateboarding tricks, and Hawk is one of only four (in the world) who have ever pulled it off.reported...

Kingston man arraigned in third child-rape case

A Kingston man awaiting trial in two child-rape cases was arraigned Wednesday on charges of raping a third child on hundreds of occasions earlier this decade.Brockton Superior Court Judge Joseph Walker III ordered Joseph H. Gardner held on $1.5 million bail with surety or $150,000 cash bail.reported by A PAKISTAN TIMESGardner, 27, was already being...

E.M.T. Is Arrested in 5 Sexual Assaults in Brooklyn

An emergency medical technician for the Fire Department was arrested in a string of armed sexual assaults dating to 2001, including an attack on an 11-year-old girl July 11 this year, the police said Wednesday.REPORTED BY A PAKISTAN TIMESThe technician, Angus Pascall, 33, was accused of assaulting five women and girls between ages 11 and 22 in Brooklyn....

Fatherhood I: The Health Care Bit

Friday will be the girl’s first birthday, and in honor of one year as a parent I thought that I would toss together a few things I wrote on the topic (some from way back) and try to make a series of it. The first installment has to do with health care; the wife’s pregnancy was the first time that I had to deal at length with America’s health care...

Jury Rejects Impotence Defense In Pa. Rape Case

EASTON, Pa. (AP) ― An eastern Pennsylvania jury has convicted a man of assaulting a child three years ago, rejecting his defense that he could not have committed the crime because medications he was taking caused erectile dysfunction.Reported By A Pakistan TimesJurors in Northampton County Court deliberated for three hours Friday before convicting...

On eve of trial, Seattle serial rapist pleads guilty

On the eve of trial, a serial rapist accused in a string of sex assaults against Seattle homeless women has pleaded guilty as charged.Reported By A Pakistan TimesEntering a plea late Wednesday, Reginald "Tex" Breaux admitted to raping two women and attempting to rape a third during a months-long series of attacks in 2008.Breaux, 52, was apprehended...

Marlborough man misses trial date in rape case

MARLBOROUGH —A Marlborough man charged with rape has missed a scheduled superior court date, the Middlesex District Attorney's office said yesterday.Reported by A Pakistan TimesLucas Aguiar was slated to begin a jury trial in Middlesex Superior Court on Tuesday, according to court records. He was arraigned in superior court last July.Police said the...

Police: Report of rape was unfounded

Lubbock police determined the reported rape case of a Lubbock teen over the weekend was unfounded.Lt. Neal Barron said detectives closed the case, but wouldn’t release any details about how authorities came to the conclusion that it was unfounded.A 15-year-old girl told police that a man held her down at knife-point and raped her on Saturday eveni...

Pakistan's Fake-Degree Scandal

For Pakistan's parliamentarians, the humiliation is becoming something of a ritual. On the country's sensationalistic news channels, fresh faces fill the screen each day. Within seconds, the graphics appear — a red stamp over the portraits, emblazoned with two words: "fake degree." As the newscasters struggle to suppress smirks, they explain that these...

Pakistan knows where Osama is hiding: Clinton

Elements in the Pakistan Government, in particular its intelligence establishment, know where Osama bin Laden, the al-Qaeda leader, is hiding inside the country, the US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said, declaring America will not be satisfied till it gets the most wanted fugitive of the world."I don't want to put a proximity or timeline...

Rape case doctor sacked

KARACHI: The Sindh health department has sacked Dr Abdul Jabbar Memon, a medico-legal officer at Jinnah hospital, who has been accused of raping a trainee nurse on Tuesday. The nurse was treated for head injuries after jumping from the first floor flat in the doctors’ colony allegedly to escape Memon. She has regained consciousness after surgery...

Thailand shakes its hips like Bollywood

Bangkok: Thailand may be thousands of kilometres from India, but Bollywood cinema is making an impact here.Reported by A Pakistan TimesThere is a legion of Indian film fans in the Thai capital and now hundreds of Thais are training to master the rhythmic, alluring, and acrobatic art of Bollywood dancing.Many Thais don't understand all of the Hindi...

Now Watch Your Favorite Bollywood Movies On Your Phone

We are a country that loves our movies. Bollywood is an iconic industry that is famous all around the world. Though the number of movies releasing seem to be increasing every year, the number of movies that flop at the box office seem to be increasing too. Production houses are going into loses, and in order to change this statistic, have decided to come up with movies for mobiles. The recently concluded 3G auctions were the key to various production houses coming up...

DNA check solves rape case

After giving a DNA sample at a police checkpoint an 18-year-old was charged with a historic rape said to have been committed when he was 15.Reported By A Pakistan TimesNapier labourer Jacob Olaf Nelson was charged with rape, unlawful sexual connection, indecent assault and performing an indecent act on a 14-year-old girl after DNA evidence given matched...

Rick Moody's Big American Story

Rick Moody's breakthrough novel of 1994, "The Ice Storm," was informed by his adolescence in suburban Connecticut, yet despite the urging of fans, the author has resisted returning to that psychic terrain.But Mr. Moody, now based in Brooklyn, is calling his new work, "The Four Fingers of Death," a sequel of sorts. Never mind that the novel, out next...

Rebecca's Hollywood Movies Blog

By Rebecca Murray, About.com Guide to Hollywood MoviesFirst Look: The Town TrailerBen Affleck directs and stars in The Town, a crime drama based on the book Prince of Thieves by Chuck Hogan and set to hit theaters on September 10th. Warner Bros just released the first trailer and it's pretty intense, although I'm not sure it needed the tagline:...

Silibil N Brains, Fake ‘American’ Rappers Story

Have you ever heard of rappers Silibil N Brains? Well, me neither, but today their story has come to the light, thanks by NPRmusic.com.It turns out that they are a couple of friends called Gavin Bain and Billy Boyd, who were aspiring to get a career as rappers. After trying so hard to impress the people in charge of auditions and talent scouts and...

Man convicted of rape for consensual sex with woman but told her he was Jewish (English)

The following is translated, courtesy of Dena Shunra, from this source: http://www.nrg.co.il/online/1/ART2/134/635.htmlJail time for Arab who impersonated a Jew and raped through fraud A court sentenced a resident of East Jerusalem who lied to a young woman and told her that he was Jewish in order to have sexual relations with her to a year in a half...

Court hears three Kadavu rape cases

The Suva Magistrates Court held a special seating over the weekend for three separate rape cases that allegedly took place in Kadavu.Reported by A Pakistan timesA 37-year old lay preacher of Daku village, a 73 year-old grandfather of Vunisei village, and a 26-year old man of Joma village all of Kadavu appeared before chief magistrate Premila Rathuyanka.All...

Khatta Meetha

After tickling the funny bones of their fans with Hera Pheri, Garam Masala and Bhool Bhulaiyaa, the hit pair of director Priyadarshan and actor Akshay Kumar is back for the sixth time with yet another light-hearted outing, Khatta Meetha, which releases Friday.Reported By A Pakistan TimesWhile their previous films were slapstick comedies, Khatta Meetha...

Rape charge Russian pianist Pletnev returns to Thailand

Russian pianist Mikhail Pletnev, accused of raping a 14-year-old boy, has briefly appeared at a Thai court. Reported by A Pakistan TimesMr Pletnev was ordered to return to the resort town of Pattaya every 12 days to renew his bail, set at $9,000 (£5,900).Mr Pletnev, who conducts the Russian National Orchestra, is allowed to travel abroad as long as...

Police bail man arrested in festival rape probe

A 19-year-old man arrested in connection with a second rape allegation at the Latitude Festival was released on bail, police said.The alleged incident on Friday night/Saturday morning was not connected with an investigation into an earlier attack on another woman at the music festival, according to Suffolk Police.A spokesman said a 17-year-old girl reported she was raped in a tent at the site in Southwold, Suffolk.A Reported by A Pakistan TimesThe arrested man was bailed...

Man in rape case also charged with assault in connection with HIV status

Tumbwe, former minister with Potter’s House, claims sex was consensual; 2 other women say defendant didn’t reveal his status and gave them HIVNathaniel Tumbwe is on trial in Dallas for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. The weapon is his penis and his bodily fluids are the bullets because he has AIDS, herpes and genital warts.According to testimony in Tumbwe’s criminal trial, Tumbwe made repeated advances to Carolyn Hudson, which she refused. In October 2008,...

Motion Filed To Remove Judge From DA Rape Case

MARTINEZ, Calif. -- The defense attorney for Michael Gressett, a former Contra Costa County prosecutor charged with raping and sodomizing a junior colleague during a lunch break at his house in Martinez in 2008, has filed a motion to recuse the judge from the case.Reported By A Pakistan TimesIn his motion, Gressett's attorney, Michael Kotin, argued that Judge Carlos Ynostroza, a retired Alameda County judge, might not be able to be impartial towards Gressett because...

Silibil N Brains – Fake American Rappers

ilibil ‘N Brains used to be Gavin Bain and Billy Boyd. But the two college friends from Dundee, Scotland, who tried hard to make a name for themselves in rap music, changed their name to Silibil ‘N Brains and made up stories like they were close friends of Eminem and D-12.The story of the fake ‘American’ Rappers who fooled everyone has been featured...

Rape case doctor sacked

KARACHI: The Sindh health department has sacked Dr Abdul Jabbar Memon, a medico-legal officer at Jinnah hospital, who has been accused of raping a trainee nurse on Tuesday.Reported by A Pakistan TimesThe nurse was treated for head injuries after jumping from the first floor flat in the doctors’ colony allegedly to escape Memon. She has regained consciousness...

A South African beauty therapist who was allegedly raped while working on a cruise liner in the Caribbean has engaged a US law firm to fight her case.

Port Elizabeth-born Taryn, 30, who requested that her surname not be used, said she was forced to leave the industry after her ordeal aboard the liner owned by Royal Caribbean International.Reported by A Pakistan TimesShe now works for an airline in the United Arab Emirates.This week she hired Lipcon, Margulies, Alsina & Winkelman, which specialises...

Second rape at Latitude music festival in Suffolk

A man arrested after a second allegation of rape at the Latitude festival in Suffolk has been bailed.A 17-year-old girl from Suffolk came forward on Saturday afternoon to report she had been raped in a tent on the campsite on Friday night.A man, 19, from Essex, who was held on Saturday night, was bailed to return to police in Lowestoft on 2 September.Police...

Katie Price's friend discusses her rape

Warning: This article contains language and/or sexual references that younger readers are advised to avoid.WENN A friend of Katie Price has discussed the moment that she revealed to him that she had been raped.Last September, Price claimed that she had been raped by another celebrity, several years ago. Her friend and make-up artist Gary Cockerill,...

Joe Montana’s Son Arrested

Police officers have been fairly busy as of late trying to keep college football players in line. Last Friday, we told you about a bunch of Tennessee football players brawling at a bar. More football players found themselves in trouble Friday night, this time from Notre Dame, as they accounted for eight of the 43 people that were arrested at a party...

Taylor Momsen

"GOSSIP Girl" star Taylor Momsen has been chosen as the face of Material Girl - a new clothing label by Madonna.Reported By Pakistan Times.The announcement of Momsen as the face of the label comes after the star's style was compared to Miley Cyrus by various gossip media.Momsen lashed out at critics for the comparison."I'm not looking to be Miley f**ing...

The Bachelorette Ali: Did Frank Prank ABC, Ali for Showbiz Career Future?

Was Frank Neuschaefer on The Bachelorette: Ali looking for love or showbiz exposure? Since Frank isn’t talking and ABC doesn’t use lie detector tests on contestants, chances are the answer will remain in reality tvland.Reported by Pakistan TimesIn a recent Star Magazine article, Star reported Frank’s Bachelorette claim, Frank realized he was “still...