A man gave away cash to anyone who asked in Times Square of New York, media reported Thursday. The mystery man, known only as "Bailout Bill", wore wraparound black glasses and a wool hat pulled low over his head, giving money to hundreds of people waiting in temperatures well below freezing. Some people waited for more than five hours to reach a makeshift window marked "Bailout Booth." Each of them received at least 50 U.S. dollars, sometimes much more. All that people had to do was tell their problems to an assistant standing in the street with a microphone and camera.   read more

Allison Wilson, a woman living in Manchester, Britain had a weight of 267 kilograms four years ago before she began to lose weight. (Photo: Xinhuanet/xkb.com.cn )   read more

Zimbabwe's central bank revalued its dollar again, lopping another 12 zeros off its battered currency to try to tame hyperinflation and avert total economic collapse Tuesday. The crisis has been worsened by political stalemate, but the opposition last week agreed to join a coalition government, raising prospects the economy could be saved from further ruin. The southern African country is battling the world's highest inflation rate, officially put at 231 million percent, and acute shortages of food and foreign exchange. Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Governor Gideon Gono announced   read more

Brad Pitt can't stop thinking about death. Since shooting "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" - in which he plays a man who is born old and ages backwards - Brad has been obsessed with dying. Brad, 45, said: "I walked away realising that time is short. "I don't know if I have a day or ten days or 40 years. Am I halfway or am I close to then end? I don't know, so I have to make sure I don't waste those moments in any kind of pettiness or bitterness or laziness, and that I surround myself with the people who are most important to me."   read more

Here are five of the most anticipated of this year, in order of release date. X-Men Origins: Wolverine (Release date: May 1) Hugh Jackman unsheathes the claws once again as he plays the fan-favorite mutant Wolverine in "X-Men Origins: Wolverine." Directed by Gavin Hood, "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" pits Wolverine against Sabretooth, played by Liev Schreiber and a host of other mutants including Blob and Deadpool, as well as the nefarious Weapon X project. Terminator: Salvation (Release date: May 22) Terminator Salvation picks up the story in 2018, after the destruction of human   read more

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"Gran Torino" rocketed to the top of box office in North America after the action thriller starring and directed by Hollywood veteran Clint Eastwood opened in wide release this weekend, showed preliminary figures released Sunday.   The movie, released by Warner Bros., took in an estimated 29 million U.S. dollars in ticket sales over the three-day period to dash across the finish line ahead of 20th Century Fox's wedding comedy "Bride Wars," according to Los Angeles-based box office tracking firm Media By Numbers. "Gran Torino," about an unhappy Korea War veteran coming to theaid   read more

Lindsay Lohan is reportedly "in denial" about her break-up from Samantha Ronson. The 22-year-old actress - whose relationship with the 31-year-old DJ has been rumored to be on the rocks for the past month - is said to be finding it hard to come to terms with the split. A source said: "Sam broke up with Lindsay but she is completely in denial about it." It has also been reported Lindsay has been spending more time with new pal Sean Penn following the split, according to the New York Post newspaper.   read more

The Twitter accounts of U.S. president-elect Barack Obama, singer Britney Spears and other prominent figures were hacked on Monday. Twitter founder Biz Stone, in a post on the official company blog, said a total of 33 Twitter accounts had been hacked including those of Obama, Spears and Rick Sanchez, a CNN television anchor with tens of thousands of followers. As a result, fake messages sent out in their names on the micro-blogging service. Twitter is a social-networking blog site that allows users to send status updates, or "tweets," from cell phones, instant messaging services   read more

Black holes - those massive, invisible objects that suck in everything around them - may have appeared before the galaxies that host them, astronomers said on Wednesday. The findings could change the understanding of how galaxies first formed, and what role black holes play in the universe. Most or all galaxies are believed to have black holes at their centers. Just last month astronomers confirmed that our own Milky Way galaxy has a black hole at its center. Researchers told a meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Long Beach, California, that they had seen a clear   read more