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He's Italian premier, media mogul and one of the country's richest men. Now Silvio Berlusconi can add "Rockstar of the Year" to his caps.
A glance at the finances of some famous Norwegians, from an online database by national broadcaster NRK, based on government tax records (numbers reflect only income taxable in Norway, which for Norwegians working abroad may mean only a fraction of what they earn):
It's the moment nosy Norwegian neighbors have been waiting for — the release of official records showing the annual income and overall wealth of nearly every taxpayer in the Scandinavian country.
What could be the world's longest lobster roll turned out to be even longer than expected.
Saturday was a record-setting night for a novice craps player at an Atlantic City casino.
As record-setting sandwiches go, the planned world's largest lobster roll will be a colossal crustacean creation.
The 67-29 roll call by which the Senate on Tuesday approved an amendment that would allow people to carry loaded guns in national parks and wildlife refuges.
The wreckage of a single-engine Beechcraft Bonanza was scattered across a small area of snow-covered cornfield outside of Clear Lake, Iowa. The plane crashed into the ground suddenly, so most of the smoldering rubble was concentrated in one area. Three passengers — Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. Richardson, a.k.a. “The Big Bopper” — were ejected from the plane and died on impact, as did the pilot, 21-year-old Roger Peterson.
Words don't come nearly as easily as yards and touchdowns do for Darren Sproles, the exciting little running back for the San Diego Chargers.
Cubs fans are talking World Series, and meaning it. On the South Side, the city's other first-place baseball team, the White Sox, are using the word "swagger" in an ad campaign.
'Twas a sunny Easter Monday. Turf's up time on the South Lawn of the White House.
Jimmy Rollins showed off a new pair of personalized red, white and blue Nike sneakers and answered a few questions before he got his first chance to reply to Carlos Beltran's boast.
The recent Led Zeppelin reunion concert in London did more than drag a horde of graying devotees out from their cobwebbed musical cocoons, it also served as sort of a living exhibit of just what constitutes rock and roll.
The intoxicating spirit of freedom — political, cultural and social — flows throughout "Rock 'n' Roll," Tom Stoppard's surprisingly heartfelt drama set against the backdrop of more than two decades of turbulent Czech history.
Thousands of children, including some brought by gay and lesbian parents, braved chilly rain at the South Lawn of the White House Monday to roll colored eggs across soggy grass as part of an event dating to the 19th century.
...And I walked again. Anti-climactic? Yes... but not for me.
UC Berkeley students make world-record California sushi rollThe world's longest California roll was made on the UC Berkeley campus Sunday, according to Consul-General of Japan Yasumasa Nagamine.
Video: Man Shoots Home Invader In GroinBullets went flying in Deltona early Sunday morning, after the victim of a chaotic home invasion fought back. (12/15/08) Link for the article, with more details: "Victim Shoots Suspect In Groin"
Christophers for Obama: Buckley and Hitchens - Yahoo! NewsIf you chase the articles that form the substance of the Nation article, you will find that the reasoning behind the position of the two Christophers is very sound and logical.
2009 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Nominees I was surprised by some of these, not sure who some are... War, Jeff Beck and Metallica of course are household names, but the others a little more vague. Who do you think should be inducted?
It's football season in Alabama. That doesn't impress me much. I'm taking a library book back for my daughter and at the entrance a young band is setting up their equipment. I step over and around cables. It's nothing to me... at first.
Clinton, Obama working on roll call dealA deal between the two former rival candidates could give her some votes in the presidential nomination roll call, but end the divided balloting quickly with a unanimous consent for Obama.
Clinton, Obama working on roll call dealA deal between the two former rival candidates could give her some votes in the presidential nomination roll call, but end the divided balloting quickly with a unanimous consent for Obama.
Tornado Unrolls, Rerolls Toilet PaperAs residents in Hugo begin to move on from last week's tornado, some say they noticed a few bizarre things amid all the damage. Jason Akins said the twister unwound a roll of toilet paper in his bathroom — draped it across the countertop, then rewound it in the sink.
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