McBroom, a photographer, snapped the image that made Farrah Fawcett an icon. He tells TIME how an innocuous photo shoot — in which Fawcett posed at her Hollywood home in a red swimsuit — resulted in the 1976 poster that wound up plastered on millions of bedroom walls
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Bad-boy Symonds axed for alcohol incident
The turbulent cricket career of Andrew Symonds took another twist on Thursday when the Australia all-rounder was sent home from the World Twenty20 tournament in Britain for an "alcohol-related incident". The 33-year-old’s international future is now in grave doubt following the latest in a series of controversies, having only just returned to the national squad after being suspended for missing a team meeting last year.
Obama to reach out to Muslim world with Mideast trip
President Obama will arrive in Saudi Arabia Wednesday, his first stop on a Middle East trip that will include a major speech intended to repair a damaged U.S. image
‘Hannah’ keeps Miley Cyrus grounded
For Miley Cyrus, star of Disney’s popular television series "Hannah Montana" and its big-screen adaptation "Hannah Montana: The Movie," art is not far from real life. The 16-year-old actress and singer reconnected with her Southern roots for the filming of “Hannah Montana: The Movie.” Traveling to Tennessee to shoot the movie, Cyrus said, helped keep her grounded
Octuplets’ mom fires free nursing service
Nadya Suleman, the Southern California woman who gave birth to octuplets in January, has fired a nonprofit group of nurses charged with helping care for her children, CNN affiliate KTLA has reported. Suleman accused the nurses, from a group called Angels in Waiting, of spying on her to report her to child-welfare authorities, the affiliate reported Monday. The group was working for free, the affiliate said.
Pakistan and China: A Fraying Friendship?
There is an old Chinese proverb that says to attract good fortune, spend a new penny on an old friend. On Friday, an old friend is due to come calling in China
When Health Coverage Determines How Much Pain You Feel
Close readers may have wondered how Octuplet Mom Nadya Suleman was able to manage multiple pregnancies and the resulting child rearing while suffering from a back injury so serious that she has been unable to return to work and collected $167,000 in workers compensation in recent years.