Egypt upset world champions Italy 1-0 with a 40th minute goal from Mohamed Soliman. Both teams now have three points, three behind Brazil who defeated USA 3-0 in Pretoria earlier today.

One of the 21 The Thinker statues recently sold at a record price in an auction in Paris.

In an attempt to combat terrorist modus operandis, India has ordered the recall and consequent ban of mobile phones without a unique internation identification code.

Musician Billy Joel and celebrity chef Katie Lee are through.

It seems that yearbooks won’t hear the end of hidden obscenities, sexually-themed pranks and just-plain-weird oddknots secretly thrown into them this year. Another high school recently found out that their yearbook carried with it such a surprise.

The United States was defeated for the second time at the Confederations Cup, with Brazil outplaying the Americans 3-0. Now the U.S. is on the verge of elimination. They will be eliminated from the tournament later Thursday if Italy earns a win or a tie against Egypt.

A expedition to an isolated mountain region of southeastern Ecuador claims that it has discovered several new species, including a bug-eyed salamander that bears a resemblance to movie character E.T.

Captioned “Historical Keepsake Photo,” the e-mail features portraits of American presidents in sequential order, with Obama’s place occupied by just a pair of cartoonish white eyes set against a pitch-black background.

Despite reports that Britney Spears and her longtime agent Jason Trawick are preparing to walk down the aisle, a source told Usmagazine.com that the rumors are utterly bogus.

Britney Spears obtained a temporary restraining order today against Miranda Tozier-Robbins, who was arrested last April 2009 for trespassing on Spears’ property in Calabasa, California.