Evans was nervous while meeting childhood crush Bullock

July 8th, 2009 Some news sites saw Jackson traffic crushSAN JOSE, Calif. — News Web sites had some hiccups Tuesday because of a crush of traffic related to Michael Jackson's memorial service.

May 20th, 2009 BANGALORE - Eighteen members of a marriage party, including 11 children and four women, drowned Wednesday when the bullock cart in which they were travelling plunged into a swirling stream in Chitradurga district of Karnataka, police said. 'A 24-member marriage party was returning to their native village Venkatapura around 3.30 p.m.

May 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Sushila Sharma, 65, had a childhood dream of becoming a model. This didn't happen till she became a grandmother.

April 25th, 2009 LONDON - 'Hannah Montana' star Miley Cyrus said that she has a crush on her co-star George Clooney. Cyrus was in London for the premiere of her new film 'Hannah Montana: The Movie' in Leicester Square and the 16-year-old said that she has a 'weird celebrity crush' on the 48-year-old actor, reported contactmusic.com.

April 22nd, 2009 SYDNEY - Gamblers who tipped that the government was wrong and that Australia would fall into recession this year were rewarded with big pay-outs Wednesday from internet betting agency Centrebet. Centrebet financial analyst Neil Evans said the smart money had always been on the economy contracting in two consecutive quarters and that astute gamblers had always discounted claims that billion-dollar stimulus packages would keep the economy growing.

April 21st, 2009 GUWAHATI - Using elephants, bullock carts and boats to reach polling stations, election officials in Assam Tuesday set in motion the process of conducting the second and final phase of voting in 11 of the 14 parliamentary seats in the state. 'We have kept two tamed elephants ready to carry polling personnel and electronic voting machines to a few polling stations in case there are heavy rains,' R.

April 10th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Hollywood actress Sandra Bullock has apparently designed special seat belts for her pet dogs so that they don't get hurt while riding in the car. According to her friends, the 'Speed' star fears that her pooches, Ruby and Poppy, will be hurt in a collision, after her car was struck by a drunk driver recently.

April 9th, 2009 LONDON - David Beckham's first childhood house is expected to fetch 215,000 pounds after being put on auction. The small three-bedroom house was said to have had a previous offer of a million pounds.

March 28th, 2009 LUCKNOW - At a time when politicians hire helicopters and SUVs for election campaigns, a Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) Lok Sabha candidate in Uttar Pradesh goes about on a bullock cart and pedal-rickshaw for canvassing. Gauri Shankar, the BSP Lok Sabha nominee for the Etawah constituency, says bullock cart and pedal-rickshaw are the modes of transport 'used by common people', who elect members to parliament.

February 15th, 2009 LONDON - Socialite heiress Paris Hilton, 27, has admitted to having a girl-on-girl crush on the 40-year-old Australian pop princess Kylie Minogue. 'I haven't met her but I love her.

February 12th, 2009 LONDON - A leading member of the European Parliament says the situation in Sri Lanka is now so critical that the UN must send a peacekeeping mission to prevent a civilian massacre. Robert Evans, Chairman of the European Parliament Delegation for Relations with South Asia, called on UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to send a peacekeeping mission as soon as possible.

February 4th, 2009 LONDON - Actress Drew Barrymore has had a 22-year-long crush on Batman actor Christian Bale and says she still feels the same for him. Contactmusic.com reports that the two met when they were kids after Bale was cast in the 1987 movie 'Empire of the Sun', directed by Steven Spielberg.

February 1st, 2009 LONDON - A Labour member of the European Parliament has claimed the unfolding humanitarian crisis in Sri Lanka has the makings of a Gaza, and blamed government forces for civilian deaths. 'The Sri Lankan government may be celebrating great military victories in the north of the island but hundreds of thousands of its own civilians are suffering and dying, due to government attacks,' Robert Evans said in a statement.

January 28th, 2009 NEW DELHI - How would you feel if you see your father romance your first crush? Well, Ranbir Kapoor reveals he had a similar experience as a teenager. On the upcoming episode of Farhan Akhtar's TV show 'Oye! It's Friday!' Ranbir pours his heart out and admits that he felt cheated when he saw his dad, Rishi Kapoor, romancing his childhood crush Madhuri Dixit, a source from the channel said.

January 6th, 2009 LONDON - There were 'indirect connections' between the terrorists who attacked Mumbai in November and individuals in Britain, the head of Britain's spy agency says. MI5 director Jonathan Evans said in interviews published Wednesday that billing records have been uncovered revealing telephone calls between the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba group suspected of being behind the Mumbai attacks and other countries, including Britain.