Jennifer Figge, from Aspen, Colorado, left Cape Verde more than three weeks ago, swimming up to eight hours a day inside a cage to protect her from sharks and resting overnight on the boat accompanying her.

Former Atlanta Falcons running back Jamal Anderson was arrested early Sunday on two charges of drug possession.

LA Galaxy has rejected the initial bid of AC Milan to acquire David Beckham. Tim Leiweke, chief executive of Galaxy owners AEG said that an offer received from Milan had been too low and the time is running out for the Major League. If Milan will not make a higher offer next month then Beckham will be going back to LA.

35 people were reportedly killed by the biggest fire in Australia for decades. The fire burned hundreds of homes as a heat wave strikes through the farmland near Melbourne.

Amazon is still not launching the new Kindle 2 until Monday but official looking photos of the Kindle was leaked on the mobileread forums. According to the post, he claims and is pretty much absolutely sure that the photos are what Amazon is going to present on February 24.

Skylar DeLeon a former “Mighty Morphin Power Ranger” extra and a murder convict claims that he wanted a sex change so badly so he tried to cut off his genitals in prison.

Italy’s government released an emergency decree Friday to prevent a woman who has been in coma for 17 years from having her life support system cut off, but the president refused to sign it.

Veteran actor James Allen Whitmore, died Friday of lung cancer at his Malibu home, according to his son Steve Whitmore. He was 87.

Directed by Henry Selick (The Nightmare Before Christmas), Coraline is a modern fairy tale about a bored 11-year-old girl who has just moved with her parents from Michigan to a creepy old house in Oregon. One day, she discovers a mysterious passageway into a parallel universe much like her own—only a lot better.

Isla Fisher paid a visit to the Ed Sullivan Theater on Thursday (February 5, 2009) wearing a stylish white dress.