Mickey Mouse buys Spider Man by $4 Billion!

September 30th, 2009 LONDON - A fearless mouse in London proved he's not the one to be taken lightly after he scared away a cat who came too near his house. The mouse stood on its hind legs and let out its loudest squeak, which sent the furry animal running.

August 31st, 2009 Disney to buy comic book powerhouse Marvel for $4BLOS ANGELES — The Walt Disney Co. is buying Marvel Entertainment Inc.

August 31st, 2009 Disney catches comics giant Marvel in a $4B webLOS ANGELES — The Walt Disney Co. is punching its way into the universe of superheroes and their male fans with a deal announced Monday to acquire Marvel Entertainment Inc.

August 31st, 2009 Disney to acquire Marvel for $4 billionLOS ANGELES — The Walt Disney Co. says it is acquiring Marvel Entertainment Inc.

August 11th, 2009 Man convicted of groping Minnie Mouse at DisneyORLANDO, Fla. — A 60-year-old man has been convicted of groping a woman in a Minnie Mouse costume at Walt Disney World.

July 7th, 2009 LONDON - Scientists have identified a species of spider that builds models of itself that it uses as decoys to distract predators, which may be the first example of an animal building a life-size replica of its own body. Many animals try to divert the attentions of predators by becoming masters of disguise.

June 18th, 2009 LONDON - While preparing Asda curry sauce for her children, Cate Barrett, a British mom, found dead mouse in the tikka masala jar. Following the discovery, nursery worker Cate, of St Austell, Cornwall, called out her boyfriend, Nigel Northey who hurried to the kitchen.

May 6th, 2009 LONDON - Actor Mickey Rourke is struggling to lose his beefed-up physique from the 2008 Oscar-nominated movie 'The Wrestler' in time to begin filming the new 'Iron Man' sequel in the summer of 2009. Rourke, 56, gained over 13 kg of muscle to play washed-up grappler Randy 'The Ram' Robinson in the movie.

May 2nd, 2009 LONDON - A team of scientists has determined that by adding the metal titanium, spider silk can be made super tough, in fact 10 times as hard to snap. The team included Seung-Mo Lee and Mato Knez at the Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics in Halle, Germany.

March 12th, 2009 LONDON - Dutch researchers have successfully reduced the fear response in human volunteers by administering them the beta-blocker propranolol. The study carried out by Merel Kindt, Marieke Soeter and Bram Vervliet at the Universiteit van Amsterdam showed that the weakened fear memories did not return over the course of time.

February 28th, 2009 LONDON - Oscar nominated actor Mickey Rourke's career is back on track. He has been signed up for the next Rambo film.

February 14th, 2009 LONDON - Oscar-nominated actor Mickey Rourke stunned airline staff at Heathrow when he turned up with a suitcase weighing 5.5 stone (around 36 kg) packed full of shoes. Rourke's bulging bag of loafers (slip-ons) was over the weight limit and before he could check in at the airport for his flight to New York, he had to redistribute his shoes among his other suitcases, reports mirror.co.uk.

February 9th, 2009 LONDON - 'Slumdog Millionaire' star Dev Patel says that actress Sharon Stone flirted with him on the red carpet at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). Mirror.co.uk reports Patel saying: 'Sharon's great, she's been flirting with me all night.

January 19th, 2009 LONDON - Pop star Britney Spears is all set to sign a $14 million publishing deal and is close to writing her memoirs. The pop star is about to detail her rise to stardom and recent troubles after landing a multi-million-book deal, reported contactmusic.com 'There have been numerous unofficial autobiographies about Britney, but she had never agreed to pen her own, until now,' said a source close to the star.

January 16th, 2009 LONDON - Late actor Heath Ledger was the first choice to play 'Spider-Man', the dead star's longtime agent says. In a US magazine tribute to mark the first anniversary of Ledger's death Jan 22, 2008, agent Steve Alexander reveals Ledger was among those considered for the blockbuster role before Tobey Maguire stepped up to play the comic book web slinger, reports contactmusic.com.