‘DC Cupcakes’: Washington’s purveyors of power pastry
Tiny treats mean big business for sisters Sophie LaMontagne and Katherine Kallinis.
Lindsay Lohan checks into rehab in L.A.
Is Lindsay Lohan hoping that rehab will help her avoid jail?
Mich. couple convicted in Stamos extortion case
A jury has convicted a Michigan couple of conspiring to extort $680,000 from actor John Stamos by threatening to sell photos of him with strippers …
New Voices: ‘Secret Lives’ author Lola Shoneyin
Her debut novel is about a polygamous family in Nigeria.
Book Buzz: Stephen King’s weighty ‘Under the Dome’
The new paperback weighs in at almost 3 pounds; Dorie Greenspan remembers Julia Child; and “To Kill a Mockingbird” gets a 50th-birthday bump …
David Garrett’s goal: Pull rock fans into the classical world
The violinist doesn’t shy away from ‘crossover’ label.
No summer fluff here, just ‘universal’ cancer stories
The authors of ‘Promises to Keep,’ ‘Hannah’s List’ and ‘The Council of Dads’ use personal experiences as inspiration.
Detectives receive Mel Gibson audio recordings
A Los Angeles County sheriff’s spokesman says detectives investigating Mel Gibson have received audio recordings from a court hearing the actor’s …
Country songwriter Hank Cochran dead at 74
Hank Cochran, a consummate songwriter who composed a string of country hits including Make the World Go Away for Eddy Arnold, has died. He was …
Robbie Wiliams rejoins British boy band Take That
Robbie Williams has rejoined Take That to record the British boy band’s first album to feature all five members since 1995.
Human Trials Next for Darpa’s Mind-Controlled Artificial Arm
In a first, Pentagon-backed scientists will open up human brains and implant them with neural interfaces used to operate prosthetic limbs.
Oil Leak Could Transform Repairmen Into Superheroes
For the first time in our nation’s history, our hopes and dreams and economic fate rest, not on a warrior or a politician or an astronaut, but on a team of repairmen. The effort to seal the ruptured oil well in the Gulf is the grandest and highest-profile repair job since the Apollo 13 duct-tape fix.
A Mud-Loving, Iron-Lunged, Jelly-Eating Ecosystem Savior
Meet the bearded goby, a six-inch-long fish that lives in toxic mud, eats jellyfish, lasts for hours without oxygen, and has saved a coastal African ecosystem from a nightmare fate.
Guns N’ Roses Uploader Laughs Last
Kevin Cogill, sentenced to a year of probation and two months’ home confinement for uploading nine pre-release Guns N’ Roses tracks from the Chinese Democracy album, agrees to an RIAA-backed public service announcement to scare file sharers straight. The Recording Industry Association of America, however, never makes him do the service.
Bloomberg: Steve Jobs Was Warned About iPhone 4 Antenna
Apple’s antenna expert told Steve Jobs early on that the iPhone 4 would have an antenna problem, according to Bloomberg.
Iran: Nuke Scientist? What Nuke Scientist?
First, Iran said its nuclear scientist was kidnapped by the CIA. Now that he’s home, the Tehran regime says he wasn’t a scientist at all — just a poor scholar, threatened with rendition to the “Zionist regime.”
New Brammo Electric Motorcycle Is Fast Enough for Trouble
The latest electric motorcycle is a big step forward, offering a top speed of over 100 miles per hour and a range of up to 100 miles.
Darpa’s Crowdsourcer-in-Chief Bolts for Microsoft
Darpa’s leading advocate for crowdsourcing and other ways of tapping new talent is leaving to join Microsoft — after only a year at the Defense Department’s top R&D division.
Old Spice Man Is Here … For You
If you’ve been feeling lonely at home or bored at work in the past couple days, you may have found some solace in a recent ad campaign by Old Spice.
It’s Time Apple Fixed the iPhone 4 Antenna Problem
Wired.com staff agrees that Apple should fix the iPhone 4′s antenna issue, pronto.
Robbie Williams rejoins Take That
Robbie Williams and Take That record an album together 15 years after the singer left the chart-topping band.
Londonderry is UK City of Culture
Londonderry is named the UK’s inaugural City of Culture at a special event in Liverpool.
Conductor Mackerras dies aged 84
World renowned Australian conductor Sir Charles Mackerras dies in London at the age of 84.
Will Smith happy over son’s fame
Hollywood actor Will Smith says he is confident that his son Jaden can cope with the pressures of fame.
Family battles Lucille Ball sale
The daughter of legendary US TV star Lucille Ball threatens to halt an auction of her effects, saying it “prostitutes her memory”.
New show for Green Wing creator
Filming starts on Victoria Pile’s first comedy project for Channel 4 since Green Wing.
Williams named new Radio 4 head
Gwyneth Williams has been appointed the controller of BBC Radio 4 and Radio 7, it is announced.
Perry’s album ‘inspired’ by Brand
Katy Perry says her relationship with Russell Brand helped her write a number of new tracks for her second album Teenage Dream.
Arts bodies in cuts appeal to PM
The leaders of Britain’s most prominent cultural bodies have appealed to the prime minister not to cause “irreparable damage” to the arts.
Steven Seagal sex case is dropped
A sexual harassment case made against actor Steven Seagal by his former personal assistant is dropped.
BP says oil has stopped leaking
BP says it has temporarily stopped oil flowing into the Gulf of Mexico from its leaking well for the first time since 20 April.
Senate passes US financial reform
The US Senate gives final approval to a bill overhauling the financial system, in a major victory for President Obama.
NY car bomber videoed message
A video emerges in which the man who attempted to set off a car bomb in New York’s Times Square defends his actions.
Canada manufacturing sales rise
Canadian manufacturing saw gains in May but other signs add to the impression of a drawn-out economic recovery.
JP Morgan quarterly profits jump
US bank JP Morgan experiences strong growth in profits in the second quarter, thanks largely to falling loan losses.
TV networks reject ’9/11 mosque’ ad
Two big US TV networks say they will not air an advert attacking plans to build a mosque near the Ground Zero site in New York.
Ex-US VP Cheney gets heart pump
Former US Vice-President Dick Cheney has surgery to install a small heart pump to help combat congestive heart failure.
US hands over last Iraq prison
The US military hands over control of its last remaining detention centre in Iraq, as it increases the pace of its withdrawal.
Police deny Katrina death charges
Three New Orleans police officers plead not guilty to charges related to the fatal shooting of civilians after Hurricane Katrina.
Quebec court authorizes RBC suit
A Quebec court authorizes a $40m (£25.3m) class-action lawsuit against Royal Bank of Canada by victims of fraudster Earl Jones.
