LOS ANGELES (AP) ― When Charlie Sheen threatened and maligned his bosses over “Two and a Half Men,” it was business and, to some people at least, bizarrely comic. When his estranged wife alleged that she and their twin toddlers were in peril from the TV star, the saga turned ugly.Sheen’s 23-month-old sons were removed from his home Tuesday night after Brooke Mueller Sheen claimed that he threatene

  A South Korean warship is on the way to Malta on Friday after departing from Libya with 32 passengers aboard as part of efforts to evacuate its nationals from the North African nation engulfed in bloody turmoil, an official said.   The 4,500-ton destroyer Choi Young left the port of Tripoli at 4 p.m. Thursday (11 p.m. Korean time) and is scheduled to arrive at the nearby island of Malta around 7

Violinist Kym Min-jin who has had lost her $1.9 million worth violin.(min-jin.com)Three Irish thieves who snatched a rare Stradivarius violin worth 1.2 million pounds ($1.95m) from a world-famous violinist and tried to sell it on for just 100 pounds ($163).John Maughan, 40, and two teenage brothers thought they had a laptop when they stole the black rectangular case as owner Min-Jin Kym stopped to

Reality show star Kim Kardashian released her debut single “JAM” on Ryan Seacrest’s morning radio show Thursday on KISS FM. Television personality Kim Kardashian attends the QVC 25 To Watch party during Fashion Week on Friday, Feb. 11, 2011 in New York. (AP-Yonhap)As a reality star and co-owner of three clothing boutiques, Kardashian has launched her own perfume. “This was just a fun new experienc

Work to build a grand scale taekwondo theme park in Muju, North Jeolla Province, is well underway, according to the head of the sport’s promotional body.The construction of Taekwondo Park, covering a total area of around 2 million square meters with $540 million in investment began last year and is expected to be completed in 2013, said Lee Dai-soon, head of Taekwondo Promotion Foundation. Lee, wh

Humans, perhaps Americans in particular, tend to share a certain creed that goes something like this: If one is good, two are better.That’s fine when it comes to dollars in the collection plate or hours spent volunteering, but not so with certain research-has-shown items consumed in the name of health. Think nuts, red wine, dark chocolate, coffee.Nuts, for instance, once thought to be merely delic

Technology should be bringing people together closer: Twitter co-founderTechnology, while it often appears to be the driving force behind tidal waves of change capable of forever altering the way we live, is but a tool for enhancing humanity, Biz Stone, the co-founder of Twitter Inc., said on Thursday. “If we are to be a triumph, we are not to be a triumph of technology but a triumph of humanity,” Stone said at a session of the MBN World Economy and Future Forum. “People are basically good, and

President Lee Myung-bak said Thursday that he wished the South Korean church could help bring the country together, without mentioning its latest fury over a bill on Islamic bonds. “I hope the Korean church can untie the knots of social conflict and serve as a bridge for national integration,” Lee said during the national prayer breakfast in southern Seoul.“I believe an attitude of understanding a

Four teams from South Korea’s K-League got off to mixed starts at the ongoing Asian Football Confederations Champions League this week.Jeju United, making its debut at the continent’s top club competition, opened its Group E campaign with a 1-0 loss to Tianjin Teda of China at home on Tuesday. The following day, Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors, the 2006 Champions League winner, edged Shandong Luneng FC of