Dr Dre sponsors tech innovation centre

The new Jimmy Iovine and Andre Young Academy at the University of Southern California will offer a curriculum aimed to help young innovators create the next iPod or Facebook. Young – hip-hop mogul best known as Dr Dre and the co-founder of Interscope Records – appeared at a news conference

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Who are Time’s 100 most influential people?

Rapper Jay-Z, Pakistan teenager Mulala Yousufzai, Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Lawrence and SpaceX founder Elon Musk have been named among Time magazine’s most influential people in the world. US President Barack Obama got his eighth entry on the annual list of the 100 top global titans, leaders, artists, pioneers and icons, along with his wife Michelle, newly installed Pope Francis, British royal Kate Middleton, Beyonce, Justin Bieber’s manager Scooter Braun and basketball player LeBron James

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Review: Olympus has Fallen

OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN (R16) (120 minutes) Directed by Antoine Fugua Starring: Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart, Morgan Freeman Calling all Steven Seagal, Jean-Claude Van Damme and Sly Stallone fans. Thought your favourite genre of gun-slinging, knife-stabbing, punch-crushing, all-action movie was left for dead in the ’90s Think again

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Mitt Romney Catches Twilight!

  Mitt Romney was caught out having a fun weekend with his wife, catching the latest and last installment of the twilight saga. Perhaps America should have seen a little more of the side of him before the election.      The Advantages of NOT Being Elected  There are some advantages to not being elected […]

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Sandy’s Trail of Devastation Has Left 16 dead, Millions in the Dark — And It’s Not Over

  The destruction caused by Superstorm Sandy mounted Tuesday morning as electrical fires and record power outages added to the misery of devastating flooding in the Northeast.   Freezing Cold and People Without Power By early Tuesday, more than 7 million customers shivered without electricity in 10 states and the District of Columbia in Sandy’s […]

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Hillary Clinton ‘I Take Responsibility’ For Death of US Consulate

In a Statement Hillary Clinton Takes Responsibility for Consulate Security Lapses   The Secretary Of State Accepts Responsibility  Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has accepted blame for the security lapses before the attacks on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, that killed four Americans, including U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens. “I take responsibility,” Clinton told CNN Monday in Lima, […]

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Fidel Castro Offered Former SS Officers Jobs in Cuba

  According to declassified documents, Fidel Castro hired former SS officers to train his Cuban fighting forces.  Bearded Communist  The bearded communist leader also tried to buy weapons from neo-Nazis during the Cuban missile crisis. A German intelligence agency has released information gathered during the stand-off at the height of the Cold War. The files show […]

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