Kevin Skinner, an unemployed farmer from Mayfield, Kentucky, impressed the judges of “America’s Got Talent” last night with his rendition of “If Tomorrow Never Comes” by Garth Brooks.

Las Vegas reporter Steve Ryan slapped an unruly Michael Jackson fan who kept interrupting his report. Ryan tried repeatedly to avoid the drunken prankster until finally he’d had enough…and hit the fat bastard on live TV.

A group is urging US legislation to investigate the behavior of local Internet Service Providers (ISPs) after reports saying that Iranian ISPs used western technologies to spy on the country’s internet usage have surfaced.

A Swedish software company has announced plans of buying The Pirate Bay, a website dedicated to the distribution of media outside and above the concepts of intellectual property, and that they will work towards better integration of copyright awareness.

Second seed Serena Williams is back in the Wimbledon semifinals after beating Victoria Azarenka of Belarus 6-2, 6-3.

Top-ranked Dinara Safina survived 15 double faults and shook off a slow start to beat 19-year-old German Sabine Lisicki 6-7 (5-7), 6-4, 6-1 and advance to her first Wimbledon semifinal.

Heath Ledger graces the cover of Vanity Fair’s August 2009 issue and the magazine has a fascinating article about the late Australian actor called “The Last of Heath.”

Bernard Madoff was sentenced Monday to 150 years in prison for masterminding one of the biggest Wall Street investment frauds in history.

A whole US Army brigade has been deployed in Afghanistan fully-equipped with computerized combat warfare equipment collectively known as Land Warrior.

Over the weekend, YouTube launched a new section on its website where top journalists and media experts give advice on reporting and news gathering to aspiring citizen reporters.

Because motorcycle sidecars are meant to be motorcycle sidecars.