Big Brother & the Holding Company

Minister for Interior Rehman Malik here Saturday called on Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Dr. Babar Awan. Interior Minister congratulated him on assuming duties of his new ministry. Read More

A Michael Jackson tribute concert in London next year is in doubt after the company organising the show dissolved. Read More

Malcolm Turnbull , recently deposed as leader of the Australian Liberal Party, turns out to be the great-grandson of Arthur Lansbury, who was the brother of the George Lansbury, the leader of the British Labour Party. Read More

At the Target in the Atlantic Terminal mall in Brooklyn, checkout at Line 19 was in many ways like the 26 others on Tuesday evening, with a cashier in a red shirt and khakis steadily scanning and packing piles of DVDs, Elmo dolls and Huggies into distinctive red-and-white bags. Read More

The television presenter Davina McCall kept her 180,000 Twitter followers updated throughout last night as she battled to get home after her car was stuck on a blocked stretch of the A21 in Kent. The Big Brother host's blow by blow account began with her Tweeting: "This is mad! I'm stranded in the car. Cut off by snow. May have to spend the night!!" Read More

With flat-panel TVs selling for the prices comparable to ordinary televisions a few years ago, manufacturers searching for the next profit boost are preparing a big push with models that can display pictures in 3-D. The world's biggest TV companies are hoping the move will let them capitalize on the billions of dollars they have invested in display technologies this decade and stay a step ahead of the discount brands that have taken a sizable bite from their market share. Read More

The Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLBank) of Pittsburgh today announced the election of one new and four returning members to its Board of Directors. Read More

Perry Henzell, who co-authored, directed and produced the pioneering reggae movie "The Harder They Come," dies in Kingston, Jamaica at the age of 70. 2002 - Girls Aloud is formed on the British reality television show "Popstars: The Rivals." 2002 - Oasis postpones its remaining German tour dates after Liam Gallagher sustains injuries to his mouth and teeth in a Munich hotel brawl. 1999 - Jazz guitarist Charlie Byrd dies of cancer. Read More

And here we have our third — and final — course of the Soundtrack Saturday Dysfunctional Family Thanksgiving. Read More

Next to a distant train whistle or cowboys hunkered around a lonely, late-night campfire, the harmonica produces some of the most evocative sounds and images of the traditional American landscape. Read More