Cruise was offered the voice of one of the villains of "Shrek"

Russian billionaire demolishes £5m house

A giant telescope looks into the center of the Milky Way

Serena Williams is the latest US Open semi-finalist

NASA sponsored the search for extraterrestrial life

Tupac Shakur Voted Most Overrated Musician

"Times" Posner will be replaced with an interview with Posner

Grand Theft Auto game helped a girl save her family

Jérôme Kerviel asked for access to Societe Generale's accounting department

U2 postponed album release until 2009

TV channel "2x2" promised to protect "South Park" from Pentecostals

Argentines burned a train for being late

Peace between shareholders led to a sharp increase in shares of TNK-BP Holding

Kyrgyz policeman accused of killing a high-ranking Interior Ministry official

The opposition in Equatorial Guinea did not recognize Thatcher's son as a conspirator