E!'s Watch With Kristin makes me all kinds of happy by reporting that Michael J. Fox is in talks to return to TV, guest-starring on Rescue Me and reprising his role on Scrubs. Joss Whedon told the MTV Movies Blog about one of his next projects: writing and producing the movie Cabin in the Woods. TV Filter has an awesome montage of reality show contestants saying they're "not here to make friends." If you loved the short film Presto before Wall-
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Filed under: Etc., UAW/Unions, CanadaBuzz Hargrove, president of the Canadian Auto Workers, Canada's largest in the private sector, will step down earlier than anticipated. Hargrove wasn't expected to retire until he reached the CAW's mandatory age of 65 next year. It's tough to resist the allure of cuddling with Yorkies, Bingo every Monday night, and shuffleboard to fill in those long, wistful hours recalling the glory days of torquing valve cov
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Filed under: Sports/GTs, Bentley, Misc. Auto ShowsClick above for a high-res gallery.Big, blocky, heavy, low - whatever. The one and only phrase you need to remember is "hellaciously fast." Bentley's Continental Flying Spur Speed, officially announced in June, is pretty much what it'd be like to strap an EMD powertrain from a freight locomotive into a car, without all the noise and industrial fumes. Set off by subtle cues, the Flying Spur Speed t
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SanDisk have already released two MP3 players - the Clip and the View, but their latest MP3 player, the Fuze, is the first of the range that I've had a look at. (Note: this is a review model sent by...

Improv Everywhere freak out some subway riders by using 50 pairs of twins to create a 'human mirror'. Lots more photos and a video here.

The title of this video was "F5 Tornado Destruction" but I don't think all of the videos in this compilation are of that strength (I could be wrong). Still, the footage is breathtaking particularly the CCTV footage of a house...

Filed under: Apple Financial, .Mac, MobileMeWith all the current hype surrounding the imminent release of both the upgrade to Apple's .Mac service, now to be forever known as MobileMe, and Friday's launch of the new, improved iPhone version 2.0, let's not forget that Apple also makes other types of hardware that seems to be selling pretty well these days. In fact, according to a recent article up over at AppleInsider, Apple is apparently poised t
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The city of light is looking to add a little height.

Sultan al-Mazeen recently stopped at a gas station to fill up his SUV, paying 45 cents a gallon - about one-tenth what Americans pay these days.

Syria will soon send an ambassador to Paris for the first time in two years, ending a freeze in relations between the two nations, the country's top diplomat in London said Tuesday.

At the Group of Eight summit, you can go for a spin in a hydrogen-fueled Mazda or tour a home powered by solar panels and a wind turbine. And don't forget to test the water-saving toilets, complete with seat-warmer and built-in bidet.

Tourists love to view the Colosseum and other famous landmarks in Rome from the back of a horse-drawn carriage but animal rights activists said Tuesday it's time to ban the practice.

Even the black cat got queasy.

Liquid containing traces of unenriched uranium leaked Tuesday at a nuclear site in southern France, and some of the solution ran into two rivers, France's nuclear safety agency said.

Angry parents whose children were crushed to death in schools that collapsed in China's mighty earthquake are no longer being allowed to march, wave banners and vent their rage in public.

Even in the chin-high piles of roadside rubble, the crumbled cinderblock and the eerily empty streets of this neighborhood in western Mosul, America's top military officer sees hope. But he also sees peril and an urgent need to get the economy going - jobs, services, some semblance of regular life.

This city on the Rio Grande stands virtually alone, and not just because it's in vast, desolate West Texas.

Duffels of police riot gear. Thousands of pens. Toys, water heaters and even dog houses. As floodwaters retreat across the Midwest, remnants of washed-out households are turning up in the muddy ooze miles from the families who lost them.