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Five new restroom ambassadors will soon be tweeting from toilets at Times Square after beating hundreds of hopefuls for the coveted jobs.

The Italian edition of Rolling Stone has named Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi its "rock star of the year", paying tribute to his "lifestyle worthy of the greatest rock star".

The people of Bergen rolled out the cookie dough on Monday as local police tried to sniff out vandals who destroyed the Norwegian city's traditional Christmas decoration -- a town of gingerbread houses.

A first edition of Charles Darwin's "On the Origin of Species", which had been kept in a toilet bookcase for years, will go on sale this week and is expected to fetch 40-60,000 pounds ($66-100,000).

London, Nov 23 (ANI): Sara Foss, a British mother to 13 kids, has pledged to continue giving birth until twins are born.he 39-year-old Foss, who will give birth to her 14th child in April, is all set to get pregnant again so that she can fulfil her dream.

Santa Claus should avoid kissing children and shaking their hands to prevent spreading the flu and should get vaccinated against the illness, Hungary's state health authority said.

The mangroves are thick and strong; the channel between them so narrow that the oar has become redundant. With no place to dip it in the water, I use it as a prop to push against the sturdy mangrove roots and propel the kayak forward.

We all know that we need a balanced diet and a healthy ration of exercise to stay healthy. But the lure of junk food and the easy life makes us lazy about choosing healthier food options and pushing ourselves to work out. And after we?ve gone six or nine months (or longer) without strapping on our gym shoes, it gets harder to get and stay active.

Your relationship with your partner was all hunky dory, till the time one of you got addicted to a social networking site. One such example is that of British singer Lily Allen, whose relationship with boyfriend Sam Cooper got strained because she spent too much time using social networking sites.

These days, hypertension is a very common problem. It is a lifestyle disorder ? not something you are born with, but something acquired due to a faulty lifestyle. Hypertension can vary depending upon different personality types. People with a ?pitta? personality, for instance, who suffer from hypertension, are usually prone to headaches, red eyes and digestive problems.

Being ousted from the Bigg Boss came as a shock to former Indian cricketer Vinod Kambli, who says he was ?not expecting? to be evicted from the show, especially considering he had entered only two weeks back. ?It is really sad that all the honest people are getting voted out. I behaved inside the house just the way I am outside. I really don?t know what happened and why I was evicted,? he says.

New Delhi, Nov. 21 -- Sex & violence, ever since their advent, video games have made news for one reason or another. Of sex and gore-fests Six Days in Fallujah (2010) - Based on the Iraq war, it followed a US marines squad. It ran into controversy when UK war veterans felt it was wrong to glorifiy human loss in video game. The game will not be released.

Circa 1998. On the sets of Subhash Ghai?s Taal, starring Aishwarya Rai, Akshay Khanna, Anil Kapoor. For the song, Kahin aag lage paani mein, one of the group dancers from Shiamak?s Davar?s troupe has to drape a veil around Rai?s face as part of the dance. The boy chosen was Shahid Kapoor, all of 15.

New Delhi, Nov. 20 -- The basic principles of feng shui are the same in business as they are at home. But there are several additional things one needs to consider to create a harmonious and prosperous work space, to maximise your success and your earning potential. Location of business If your are currently in business or are about to start one, the first thing to be considered is the location.

What is your idea of God? I grew up with parents who believed in idol worship and I started out doing what my parents had taught me. Then as I slowly came into my own, I moved to putting my faith in a universal energy that exists in all forms ? Christ, Allah, Ganesha... and all our other gods. It?s this energy that gives us hope when we hit a low. It?s the light that guides us out of darkness.

Shuttle Atlantis astronaut Randy Bresnik awoke early on Sunday to a much-anticipated call that his new daughter had been born.

London, Nov 22 (ANI): Pharoah the cat has survived the 3, 000-mile voyage from Port Said in Egypt to the British port of Felixstowe after it was found crammed in a container on board the MV Maersk Batam.

Michael Jackson's famous white glove sold for $350,000 at a memorabilia auction on Saturday, soaring far past pre-sale estimates, while a black jacket he wore during a 1989 world tour fetched $225,000.

Age is always to blame for everything that your body cannot do on the other side of 50, isn?t it? You feel tired easily, you can?t walk as fast, let alone break into a run and it?s frustrating to face this frequent and permanent lack of energy.

New Delhi, Nov. 21 -- Rani Mukherji's television debut seems to have gone almost unnoticed. She's now a judge in Sony's Dance Premier League (DPL), along with Shiamak Davar; but for all the attention she's got - or the show, for that matter - she may as well have been judging a local Ghatkopar dance competition.