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Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting and Sofia Vergara have been named the world’s highest paid TV actresses in a new Forbes list. Both actresses earned US$28.5 million, or $40.57 million, for a single year on TV shows Modern Family and The Big Bang Theory, respectively. This is the fourth consecutive year Vergara has topped the list.

Danish government publishes adverts warning economic migrants they WON’T get benefits. The advertisements, published in Arabic and English, detail Denmark’s new strict laws regarding refugees and explain why the country could be an undesirable destination for them, U.S. daily The Washington Post reported.

Snakebite antidote running out? Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said Monday that existing stockpiles of one of the most effective antidotes for snakebites will run out next year and the medical charity is calling on the global health community, donors, governments and pharmaceutical companies to take action. An estimated five million people worldwide are bitten by snakes each year, with 100,000 …

Dahlia Yehia, an American woman who went to render aid in Nepal after this year’s devastating earthquake, was beaten to death by a teacher last month. According to the Himilayan Times, Yehia was renting a room from a teacher named Narayan Paudel. Apparently, Paudel invited her via the internet to stay with him as part of an earthquake relief support …

Lightning has killed 34 people, mostly farm labourers working in fields, across the south eastern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The people were killed on Sunday evening as the state of Andhra Pradesh was lashed by thunderstorms and heavy rain. Among others who had a narrow escape were two women’s cricket teams who were playing when a tree nearby was …

A Muslim flight attendant for ExpressJet says she was wrongly suspended from her job last month because she refused to serve alcohol to passengers, citing her religious beliefs. 40 year old Charee Stanley filed a discrimination complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on Tuesday for the revocation of a reasonable religious accommodation.

Jean Darling, who starred in the silent comedy series Our Gang as a cute little blonde girl also named Jean, has died at age 93. Jean Darling got her start in the acting business at the age of four, joining Our Gang in the early 1920s. She would appear in many silent films. Interestingly, Our Gang didn’t add sound until …

New test reveals biological age and could predict the onset of Alzheimer’s. The British team have come up with a test which calculates how fast a person’s body is ageing, working out their ‘biological age’ compared to their actual age. The scientists believe this is important, as people who are biologically older than their years can be at more risk …

Judge Vance Day, Marion County judge is under fire for reportedly refusing to issue marriage licenses for same-sex couples. Judge Vance Day, a circuit court judge in Marion County and former chairman of the Oregon Republican Party, told his staff he would not officiate same-sex weddings because of “deeply-held religious beliefs.”

Sarah Palin has had it up to here with immigrants who don’t speak American – and yes, that’s a direct quote. Speaking to CNN’s Jake Tapper, Palin disagreed with GOP presidential hopeful Jeb Bush’s assertion that Donald Trump was intolerant for insisting that candidates not speak Spanish while campaigning.

WEST POINT, N.Y. – An annual freshman pillow fight at the U.S. Military Academy turned bloody this year when cadets swung pillowcases packed with hard objects, injuring 30 cadets, according to a newspaper report Saturday. Other injuries included a broken nose, a dislocated shoulder, and a hairline fracture of a cheekbone, he said. All the students have returned to duty.