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Britney Spears surprised fans with a new look Sunday during the last show of her Planet Hollywood Las Vegas residency “in a while.”

Makayla Sault will remain at home with her family and not be forced back into chemotherapy, say child welfare officials. Ken and Sonya Sault met with the Brant, Ont., Children’s Aid Society this afternoon where they were told the investigation into their case will be closed.

Animals, such as pet hamsters, really do enjoy exercise wheels, suggests a new study that found most small wild creatures voluntarily use the wheels when they encounter them. The study, published in the latest issue of Proceedings of the Royal Society B, is the first to look at wheel running in the wild.

A third of healthy adult Americans are infected with a strain of human papillomavirus (HPV), a common sexually transmitted disease known to cause throat and cervical cancer, as well as genital warts. However, genetic analysis by researchers at NYU Langone Medical Centre, showed that fewer than 4% are infected with a cancer-causing strain of the virus, the rest having “harmless” …

China has reportedly banned government use of Microsoft’s Windows 8 operating system, according to a report by a Chinese news agency this week. The Central Government Procurement Center issued the ban on installing the OS on government computers as part of a notice on how to use energy-saving products.

The 39-year-old actress looked incredible as she arrived at the film premiere of ‘Foxcatcher’ last night wearing a risqué, which ensured that all eyes were on her. Showing off her petite frame, Eva chose a nude coloured Vionnet Fall 2014 turtleneck dress which featured a daring asymmetrical split right down her chest.

While many Canadian kids play sports and have access to parks and playgrounds, a new report has given them aD minus when it comes to physical activity targets. For the first time, Active Healthy Kids Canada used its annual Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth to see how Canadians measured up to kids in 14 other countries. …

Two women were treated at St. Anthony Hospital in Lakewood for injuries sustained during a moose attack in Gilpin County on Sunday. One of the women, a 57-year-old, was in the Intensive Care Unit in fair condition. The other woman, Jacqui Boron, told reporters in a news conference Monday at the hospital she has 10 staples in her head, 15 …

Iranian actress Leila Hatami on Sunday angered authorities in Tehran by kissing the Cannes film festival’s president on the cheek, an act seen as affront to the “chastity” of the Islamic republic’s women. A photograph carried by Iranian media shows Ms Hatami kissing Gilles Jacob at the opening of this year’s festival.

Thailand’s army declared martial law today to restore order after six months of anti-government protests that have left the country without a proper functioning government, but denied that it was staging a military coup. The caretaker government led by supporters of self-exiled former premier Thaksin Shinawatra was still in office, military officials and the country’s justice minister said, following the …

A new type of implantable device may curb central sleep apnoea in patients with heart failure, indicate the results of a one year pilot study* presented today at the World Congress on Acute Heart Failure in Athens. Central sleep apnoea occurs in around a third of heart failure patients and doubles their risk of death. But the condition has proved …