Former member of New York Yankees, Hideki Irabu has been found dead at his home in Rancho Palos Verdes. The former pitcher was 42 years old and this death is assumed to be suicide by police officials. Ed Winter, an official of Los Angeles County coroner confirmed the news, but didn’t elaborate much. He added that autopsy will be done later this week.
Irabu who started his professional baseball career in Yankees around 14 years from now had an amazing career in Japan before. Expectations were huge, but Irabu was never …

Whether you call her fashion sense amazing or bizarre, you cannot ignore her altogether. Lady Gaga is a household name today, not only for her amazing music but her also for her dress ups. Some consider them innovative, whereas, for some, those are made for the sake of publicity only. No matter what, but Lady Gaga is all set to publish a book with her photographers. The project is collaboration between Gaga and Terry Richardson, a renowned fashion photographer.
The news was confirmed by Grand Central Publishing who will release the …

Nintendo earlier released a rather disappointing result for the April-June quarter and now it has given shareholders more reasons to worry. Nintendo has decided to slash prices of its newly released console Nintendo 3DS within only 6 months of its release. Though it’s good news for gamers across the world, the decision caused a plunge in share prices of the game developer.
Nintendo 3DS will now be available at $169 in US market from 1st August. The main reason behind this decision is the underperformance of 3DS, according to analysts. 3DS …

If everything goes fine, Nicolas Cage is all set to play an Alaska State Trooper on screen. “Frozen Ground”, which will deal with the police investigation of Robert Hansen, a serial killer, will have Cage chasing Hansen. The shooting of the movie is all set to start on 10th October in Anchorage. Amber Entertainment will be producing the film, whereas, Emmett Furla Films will be financing the project. Initial reports suggest a budget of $27 million for the movie. Neither Emmett Furla Films nor Amber Entertainment, however, has officially confirmed …

The fate of Ciudad Juarez is on stake once again. Hector Murguia, the mayor of Ciudad Juarez announced that Mexican Federal police offers will soon leave the violence struck border city of Mexico. The decision was taken by Federal officials and as a result, around 5,000 federal agents will be withdrawn from the city.
Since 2008, more than six thousand people have been killed in this city. Numerous fights between Juarez and Sinaloa drug cartels for controlling the city caused all these deaths. Initially, soldiers were brought to the city, but …

FIFA officials are seriously considering the pros and cons of introducing goal line technology in soccer. Sepp Blatter, the FIFA President announced in a conference that the officials will meet sometime in 2012 and if the goal line technology proves to be effective and reliable, the same can be used for the 2014 World Cup.
Other sports like tennis and cricket have already adopted latest technologies available for making correct decisions, however, for some reason FIFA has always liked to stick to the traditional ways. Along with goal line technology, the …

Jeret “Speedy” Peterson, the Olympic silver medalist has been found dead in a remote canyon in Utah. After primary investigations, police are suspecting it to be a suicide. The body was discovered in Lambs Canyon, which is situated between Park City and Salt Lake City. Near Peterson’s car, a suicide note was also found, but police refused to comment on its content for the sake of investigation.
Matt Christensen, the longtime friend and coach of Peterson said that he is shocked to hear the news. He also added that Peterson has …

Around 120 hours have passed, but the exact reason of Amy Winehouse’s death is yet to be discovered. According to the doctors, she was dead at least 6 hours before her body was found in the apartments. Doctors also could not locate any signs of intoxication in her body. Various tests conducted on the blood samples also didn’t point to any exact cause.
The results of toxicology tests are yet to come though and once it is received by doctors after 2-4 weeks from now, may be a reason for her …

The gaming industry is being hit hard by patent related legal actions these days. The latest game developer that has been sued is Rovio, a Finland based company, which has developed the much popular game Angry Birds. Lodsys, the company which sued Rovio claims that the later has violated copyright by introducing new level purchase feature in Angry Birds. The lawsuit has been filed in a US court.
Angry Based was initially built for mobile games; however its immense popularity later prompted Rovio to release the game in browser and consoles …

The dream of Uruguayans has finally been fulfilled as the footballers have secured their 15th Copa America championship, one more than Argentina, their arch rivals. Copa America 2011, which has been the tournament of surprises, did not provide any in the final, as Uruguay, the favorites easily defeated Paraguay 3-0, thanks to the goals scored by Diego Forlan and Luis Suarez.
Luis Suarez, the forward of the team has played an instrumental role in his country’s victory as he not only became the highest goal scorer of the tournament, but also …