Johnny Damon was told Monday by the Detroit Tigers that he had been claimed on waivers by the Boston Red Sox, but the outfielder said he was mulling over the move. Damon, 36, has until Wednesday afternoon to decide whether he will go to the Red Sox, for whom he played from 2002 to 2005. Damon has a partial no-trade clause in his contract and Boston, where there were hard feelings by fans after he bolted for the New York Yankees, is one of the clubs he can veto. Strasburg to the DL ...

Shanna Moakler, The stories about dangerous, young adults have been afraid to threaten a staple of B-movies and bad TV for decades. But recently, adolescents tend to be portrayed in a more pleasant light (“High School Musical,” “joy,” the phenomenon of Justin Bieber). So I was happy to see the frightening issue-teen return with a vengeance in “Bond of Silence” (9 pm, Lifetime), starring Kim Raver (“24″). Like many tragedies of television, “Bond” begins in yuppie heaven. Beautiful wife Katy...

Meet Miss Universe 2010: Miss Mexico Jimena Navarrete was crowned Miss Universe 2010 during the Miss Universe pageant at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas on Monday night. #gallery-1{margin:auto}#gallery-1 .gallery-item{float:left;margin-top:10px;text-align:center;width:33%}#gallery-1 img{border:2px solid #cfcfcf}#gallery-1 .gallery-caption{margin-left:0} The stunning brunette from Guadalajara inherited the title from Venezuela’s Stefania Fernandez...

Miss Mexico won the Miss Universe title Monday night, but that wasn’t the pageant’s biggest surprise. Heck, we could think of seven of them: 1. Donald Trump, announcer. The Donald provided intros between segments. What? Don Pardo was busy? 2. Chi is apparently some big hair product. At least that’s what the ads said. 3. NBC must be on hard times. Other than the Chi ads, the show was filled with commercials for upcoming NBC shows. 4. Breast implants are out of fashion. 5. Criss Angel, judge? 6. Bret...

How is it possible to fly 11,000 km without a single break? The bar-tailed godwit does it by consuming only 0.41 percent of its body weight each hour during its eight-day-long flight. Every autumn, the bar-tailed godwit undertakes the eight-day journey from Alaska to New Zealand. The bird flies non-stop, without once breaking the journey to rest or eat. Then when spring comes, the bird makes the 11,000 km journey back to Alaska. Professor of Ecology Anders Hedenstrom from the Lund University,...

The Daasanach or Dassanech tribe is one of the ancient tribes of Africa. These pastoralists live in three different East African countries, Kenya, the Sudan, and Ethiopia. They number some thirty-thousand and the center of their population is near Lake Turkana in the Debub Omo Zone of the Lower Omo Valley of Ethiopia. The neighboring Turkana tribe calls the Daasanach people the “Merille” tribe. Recently, many Daasanach have been converted to agriculturalists...

Sonakshi Sinha has stepped up curiosity among cinegoers, courtesy the crackling promos of 'Dabangg.' The Shotgun family, however, ensured that her private life remains unblemished. And free of tattle for gossip periodicals. Word has it that as a cover up operation the family cannily put out the word that Sonakshi had broken up with her reported love interest of many years. And whadya know guys, a little sparrow in cinebiz trilled to us that the duo are very much together… and what's better,...

The famous smile of Mona Lisa, the magnum opus of Leonardo da Vinci, is no more a secret as scientists have decoded the technique how the Renaisance-era painter created a special effect to show the enigmatic expression. According to the experts, the artist managed to achieve his trademark smoky effect, known as sfumato, on the painting by applying up to 40 layers of extremely thin glaze thought to have been smeared on with his fingers. The glaze, mixed with subtly different pigments, creates...

Dambulla: Thisara Perera bagged a maiden five-wicket haul to help Sri Lanka storm into the triangular One-day series final with a crushing eight-wicket win over India on Sunday. The 21-year-old seamer, playing his first match of the tournament, finished with 5-28 off 7.4 tight overs as India were shot out for 103 in 33.4 overs - their third-lowest total against Sri Lanka in One-Day Internationals. The total was not enough to put pressure on Sri Lanka, who completed...

Former junior external affairs minister Shashi Tharoor’s wedding with Sunanda Pushkar promises to be a total traditional affair – a 200-year-old ancestral home as the venue, hand-woven attires for the bride and groom and the guests treated to a stay in an ayurveda palace. .....[Check Photos of Tharoor Marriage] As August 22 draws closer, Elavanchery, in Palakkad, in Kerela gears up to host Tharoor’s wedding in a grand style.  PALAKKAD: A sleepy Kerala village will come alive on Sunday...