James Gandolfini, Peter O’Toole, Cory Monteith — 2013 saw the loss of many talented stars. Here, we say a final good-bye to the actors, singers, authors and other entertainers who died this year. 1. Mindy McCready– The beautiful country star of the ’00s fatally shot herself on Feb. 17 at the age of 37. The star had been battling major health …

Priyanka Chopra has been voted as Hottest Woman Of 2013 for Maxim India for the second time after winning the title in 2011! She has beaten Indian and international celebs to claim the throne. The Hot 100 is Maxim magazine’s annual listing of the hottest women in the world. Now in its sixth year, over 3,59,450 people have voted in …

A British Airways jumbo jet carrying 202 passengers and crew sliced into an office building at Johannesburg’s main airport after following the wrong taxiway prior to takeoff for London, injuring four people on the ground. The Boeing Co. 747-400, with a wingspan of 64 metres, had been instructed to use taxiway B but followed the narrower taxiway M, causing it …

There has been yet another update in the mental health of Amanda Bynes. After having her dog given away over her schizophrenic actions, the actress decided to try out a new hair color–blonde. These latest developments come after Amanda was released from involuntary psychiatric care.

Take the imagination of your typical 5-year-old, add a physically impossible question about Santa’s job and what do you get? Pure magical answers. Did you ever wonder just how a big fat man in a red and white suit fits down a chimney? Does he drop straight down or perhaps use a ladder? And the biggest head-scratcher — how does …

They also provide the elves with aloha shirts. With creative twists, the Christmas traditions of Hawaii become surprises each year. This way, Santa wears aloha shirts and the Holiday dinner is a community luau with a kalua roast pig and Xmas leis.

It’s Christmas year-round in North Pole, Alaska—just 20 minutes away from Fairbanks. You’ll find candy canes painted on city streets and holiday parades in July. And at the hub of the festivities is Santa Claus House, a frontier general store and post office turned holiday shop. The postal tradition lives on—official Letters from Santa are postmarked from the North Pole …

U.S. stocks are on track to become the top investment in 2013, with the S&P 500 index on course to mark its best year since 1997. The S&P index has risen 29.5 percent on a total return basis since January as investors bet the U.S. economic recovery would accelerate, enabling the Federal Reserve to withdraw its monetary stimulus without disrupting …

Reports that failed government-run corporations Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are close to “paying back” taxpayers for the largest bailout in American history are completely false, said Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX).

A massive ice storm has hit Toronto, leaving roughly 250,000 without power and disrupting all streetcar service in the city and the Scarborough RT (as of 8:30 a.m.). Toronto hydro estimates up to a 72 hour wait for those currently without service, while the TTC has yet to determine when streetcars will once again return to the streets. Widespread delays …

An online ethical department store has launched underwear made from recycled pine tree prunings. The French-designed pants are ‘soft as silk’, according to Midlands-based Liv.co.uk. Dawn Foxall, from Liv.co.uk, said: “These are the pinnacle of French technology, delivered right where it matters. They won’t leave you pining for the old bloomers.