Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich has been ousted from office Thursday after lawmakers voted unanimously to convict him. The vote was televised live from the state capitol building in Springfield.
The state Senate voted 59 to 0 that Blagojevich abused his power and should be removed from office. The ouster marked the first time in 20 years that a sitting US governor was overthrown.
“I’m obviously saddened and disappointed by what’s happened, but not surprised,” Blagojevich said outside his Chicago home after being removed from office.
“It’s a very dangerous precedent to set,” he …

Nearly 7 million Zimbabweans need food aid to survive until the next harvest in April, the World Food Programme (WFP) said Thursday.

World number two Serena Williams cruised into her fourth Australian Open final on Thursday, beating fourth seed Elena Dementieva 6-3 6-4.

In this video, Steve Jobs and Bill Gates are doing the Macintosh Dating Game at an event sometime back in the early ’80s.

A 49-year-old finance broker from England is trying to beat the current market slump by raffling his three-bedroom house — in a Sudoku contest.

Some really solid talent in Salt Lake City for this turn of American Idol season 8 auditions, didn’t ya think? Well, Utah is the home of of last year’s runner up David Archuleta… and one of the most religiously homogeneous states in America.

Rin and Rox caught the eye of talk show host Ellen DeGeneres. Ellen has invited these 2 BFFs to go to her show “Ellen” and sing.

Rin and Rox have been popular on YouTube singing covers of popular songs by Beyonce and Rihanna inside the bathroom. Their most popular video is a cover of Beyonce’s “If I Were a Boy” with 2,074,809 views as I write this post.

Golden Globe winning actor Mickey Rourke has signed up to make a special appearance in the WWE’s Wrestlemania 25 in Houston April 5.

Check out this totally awesome video of Randy Jackson performing in Journey.

A medical technician who had recently been laid off from an L.A. hospital fatally shot his wife and five young children— before taking his own life.