News Archive

Michael Forbes was told he would never walk again. But his journey took him to America where a radical new therapy offered the miracle he needed.June 21, 2009, 1:51 pm

Colonies of the woylie, a critically endangered kangaroo-like marsupial, will be protected inside a 400ha predator-proof enclosure.June 21, 2009, 1:45 pm

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DENVER (Billboard) - At first glance, Spotify isn't much different from other on-demand streaming music services.June 21, 2009, 1:26 pm

LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - The recording industry secured a resounding victory last week when a Minneapolis jury awarded the four major labels $1.92 million in damages after unanimously finding that a 32-year-old mother had willfully infringed on their copyrights by downloading and sharing 24 songs on the Kazaa peer-to-peer network.June 21, 2009, 1:23 pm

CALI, Colombia (Billboard) - On the roofless patio of a tiny house in one of the poorest neighborhoods in Cali, Colombia, a small miracle takes place every afternoon between 2 p.m. and 5:40 p.m.June 21, 2009, 1:20 pm

LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Animated chimps having sex, a smattering of radio airplay and a college tour don't exactly add up to a traditional path to Billboard's Top Latin Albums chart.June 21, 2009, 1:19 pm

NEW YORK (Billboard) - When critics comment that Amanda Blank lights up a stage, they're being literal.June 21, 2009, 1:17 pm

NEW YORK (Billboard) - After glowing reviews at the South by Southwest music festival, it would have been easy for the Tennessee-based Americana trio Those Darlins to take one of the many label deals being thrown their way.June 21, 2009, 1:16 pm

NEW YORK (Billboard) - When guitarist Omar Rodriguez-Lopez and vocalist/lyricist Cedric Bixler-Zavala left At the Drive-In to form the Mars Volta, the duo burst out of the confines of post-punk into a kind of sprawling, Latin-infused prog that has been called everything from utterly brilliant to completely inscrutable.June 21, 2009, 1:15 pm

Three bogeys on the back nine forced the Australian golfer Wade Ormsby out of the lead to a share of third place in the European Tour's St Omer Open on Saturday.June 21, 2009, 1:15 pm

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Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara believes Pakistan's major asset ahead of Sunday's World Twenty20 final is their penchant for unpredictability.June 21, 2009, 1:15 pm

South Africa withstood a late surge by the British and Irish Lions on Saturday to win their rugby Test 26-21 at Durban.June 21, 2009, 1:15 pm

Spain earned a record 15th straight football victory Saturday with a 2-0 win over South Africa, a result which allowed the host nation to scrape into the Confederations Cup semifinals along with the European champions.June 21, 2009, 1:15 pm

LONDON (Billboard) - Eg White isn't a household name, yet his songs are famous throughout the world, including co-writes like Adele's "Chasing Pavements" and Duffy's "Warwick Avenue."June 21, 2009, 1:11 pm

NEW YORK (Billboard) - Even Jordin Sparks knows how giddy she sounds.June 21, 2009, 1:10 pm

NEW YORK (Billboard) - The trouble with fronting a constantly touring rock outfit is that it leaves little time to finish a novel.June 21, 2009, 1:08 pm

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Ecuador's president has threatened to expel foreign oil firms that launch legal challenges against his government.June 21, 2009, 1:00 pm

Singapore Airlines (SIA) said it has reached agreement with its pilots' union on pay cuts and non-paid leave as part of cost-cutting efforts to counter the effects of the global economic downturn.June 21, 2009, 12:45 pm