By LOU KESTEN, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON – For the first time in its storied (some say cursed) history, the cover of EA Sports’ “Madden NFL” video game will feature two cover athletes: Pittsburgh Steelers safety Troy Polamalu and Arizona Cardinals receiver Larry Fitzgerald. “Being on the cover of ‘Madden’ is a real honor,” Fitzgerald .
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) – Today’s mobile workforce is putting precious business secrets at risk, with lost or stolen laptop computers costing companies dearly, according to the Ponemon Institute. A Ponemon study backed by chip giant Intel found that losing a laptop costs a firm on average 49,246 dollars after accounting for data loss, intellectual property, .
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) – With celebrities such as Ashton Kutcher and Oprah Winfrey helping fuel Twitter mania, the micro-blogging website is soaring to stardom around the world, according to Hitwise. Twitter’s growth in Australia “has been nothing short of phenomenal,” rocketing 1,067 percent since the start of this year, reported Alan Long, research director at .
By LYNN ELBER, AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES – Beatrice Arthur, the tall, deep-voiced actress whose razor-sharp delivery of comedy lines made her a TV star in the hit shows “Maude” and “The Golden Girls” and who won a Tony Award for the musical “Mame,” died Saturday. She was 86. Arthur died peacefully at her .
VENICE, Italy – Actress Salma Hayek and her husband are celebrating their recent wedding with a star-studded, weekend-long party in Venice. Actresses Charlize Theron, Penelope Cruz and Ashley Judd, U2 frontman Bono and Vogue editor Anna Wintour, as well as former French President Jacques Chirac, are among those in the lagoon city for the festivities .
LOS ANGELES – A woman who claims she was sexually harassed then fired from the TV show “Lost” is suing ABC and actor Henry Ian Cusick. The lawsuit filed Friday in Los Angeles alleges that Cusick, who plays Desmond Hume on the show, fondled the woman’s buttocks and breasts and kissed her on the lips .
LONDON (AFP) – The economic downturn has wiped billions off the fortunes of some of the richest people in Britain including Lakshmi Mittal and Roman Abramovich, according to a respected survey out Sunday. The annual Sunday Times Rich List, which features the thousand wealthiest people based in Britain, found they had collectively lost 155 billion .
By CHEVEL JOHNSON, Associated Press Writer NEW ORLEANS – Big Sam’s Funky Nation, one of New Orleans’ most energetic brass bands, had a crowd of thousands on its feet at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival on Saturday, the second day of the outdoor music fest. Fans danced and clapped to the music under .
By SINAN SALAHEDDIN, Associated Press Writer BAGHDAD – Iraq tightened security Saturday at major Shiite shrines in response to two days of suicide attacks targeting worshippers — including one at a revered Baghdad tomb that was the single deadliest bombing in the country this year. More than 150 people, many of them Iranian pilgrims, died .
By ALI AKBAR DAREINI, Associated Press Writer TEHRAN, Iran – An American journalist jailed in Iran for allegedly spying for the U.S. was on her fifth day of a hunger strike Saturday and does not plan to stop until she is freed, her father said. Roxana Saberi, a dual American-Iranian citizen who will turn 32 .
