"Gangnam Style," a song by South Korean rapper and YouTube sensation Psy, failed to reach the top of an updated Billboard chart released Wednesday.The song stayed behind Maroon 5's "One More Night" for the second consecutive week in the Billboard Hot 100, according to the Billboard.com.Billboard said the race was "extremely close," adding "Night" bests "Style" by fewer than 500 overall chart point

This image is not directly related to the article. (123rf)A Canadian man was arrested and his partner was sought in the alleged chaining of a teenage boy who was sexually assaulted, police said.David J. Leblanc, 47, of Nova Scotia was arrested Sunday after a motorist reported seeing a suspicious man walking on a logging road in Ontario without shoes, CBC News reported.Police say Leblanc and a sec

While a 73-year-old Georgia woman was out celebrating her birthday with her family, her home burned down, officials said.The unfortunate event happened Saturday at the Cherokee County home of Eva Childers, TWSB-TV, Atlanta, reported.Childers said she and her family were celebrating in Dawsonville when the fire occurred."Time we got up there, the neighbors called and said my house was burning," Chi

Two nuclear reactors at two separate atomic power plants in South Korea stopped operation Tuesday due to technical problems, but there was no risk of radiation leak at either sites, the plants' operator said.The Shingori 1 Reactor in Busan, 450 kilometers southeast of Seoul, was shut down at 8:19 a.m. after a warning signal indicated a malfunction in the control rod, which is used to control the r

South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co. says it has filed a motion with a U.S. court to add Apple's iPhone 5 to their ongoing patent battle.Samsung says it filed the motion Monday with the California court, alleging that Apple's new phone infringes on eight of its patents.The two companies are locked in a struggle for supremacy in the global smartphone market, leading to legal cases in courts across

The number of mentally disturbed criminals has jumped almost three-fold in last 10 years, data showed Tuesday.A total of 2,120 criminals with mental diseases were apprehended last year, almost three times higher than 739 in 2002, according to the data compiled by the National Police Agency (NPA).The statistics submitted to Rep. Shin Hak-yong of the Democratic United Party come as the country has b

 A New York state man whose 1,505.5-pound pumpkin took the top prize at a festival said his secret is “lots of water and lots of luck.”Karl Haist of Clarence Center, who took first in the 30th World Pumpkin Weigh-off at the Great Pumpkin Farm‘s fall festival in Clarence, said he has been growing pumpkins for 10 years, The Buffalo (N.Y.) News reported Monday.Haist, who said his prize-winning pumpki

 Researchers in Scotland say they have developed a see-through soil that will enable scientists to study roots in detail for the first time.The underground world of plant roots is called the rhizosphere and scientists at the University of Abertay Dundee and the James Hutton institute, writing in the journal PLos ONE, say creation of the new transparent soil marks a research milestone that will hav

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer gave birth to a boy late Sunday, adding motherhood to her challenges as she tries to steer the struggling Internet company in a new direction. The birth came a week ahead of the Oct. 7 due date that Mayer shared with the public in July. She announced her pregnancy on her social networking accounts just a few hours after Yahoo hired her as its third full-time CEO in less tha

The 21-year-old boyfriend of a freshman found dead in her dorm room at State University of New York at Brockport has been charged with murder, authorities say.The Monroe County medical examiner said Sunday Alexandra Kogut, 18, of New Hartford died of blunt force trauma, the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle reported.Clayton Whittemore, a Utica College student who also is from New Hartford, was arre

A strong 6.2-magnitude quake struck off northern Japan on Tuesday, US seismologists said, but there were no immediate reports of damage and no tsunami alert was issued.It hit at 7:21 am (2221 GMT Monday) in waters 96 kilometers (60 miles) east of Miyako on the main island of Honshu at a depth of just 9.7 kilometers, according to the US Geological Survey.The quake was followed by a 5.1-magnitude jo

Tom Cruise (AP)The relationship between U.S. actor Tom Cruise and Scientology leader David Miscavige is so close the lines between them are blurred, an ex-Scientologist said.Former Scientologist Steve Hall, who headed the church‘s marketing division for 20 years, said Cruise could have been seen as a victim of charismatic leader Miscavige when he became a Scientologist, but not anymore.“There’s a

A boat packed with revelers on a long holiday weekend collided with a ferry and sank off Hong Kong, killing at least 36 people and injuring dozens, authorities said.The boat was carrying utility company workers and their families to famed Victoria Harbour to watch a fireworks display in celebration of China's National Day and mid-autumn festival. The two vessels collided Monday night near Lamma Is

South Korea's consumer prices grew at the fastest pace in three months in September mainly due to increased prices of farm products, a report showed Tuesday.The country's consumer price index rose 2 percent from a year earlier in September, quickening from the 1.2 percent gain tallied in the previous month, according to the report by Statistics Korea.The index also advanced 0.7 percent from a mont

Chinese ships plied the waters of a disputed island chain Monday, Japan's coastguard said, as a fleet of Taiwanese fishing boats set sail for the area, vowing to stake Taipei's claim.The flotilla, set to arrive Tuesday morning, will further complicate an already high-stakes confrontation between Tokyo and Beijing, in which Japan's prime minister has warned China's behavior could damage its own eco

Japanese police on Monday arrested a man who posed as a doctor to earn cash, examining 2,300 people with little more than a few hours of self-study to back it up, police and media said.Miyabi Kuroki, 43, had no experience of medical school and passed himself off as a qualified doctor after finding the identity of a legitimate physician on the Internet, Jiji Press reported.He was dispatched by an e

Police in Hanoi have arrested a man for stabbing to death two of his father's neighbors in a fight over household waste, local media reported Monday.Nguyen Van Duong, 30, was charged with murder on Sunday, onlinenews site VietnamNet reported.Early Saturday Duong's father, Nguyen Van Lan, 56, told his neighbor Vuong Thi Thao, 41, not to leave rubbish out on their street ahead of the waste collectio

North Korean farmers who have long been required to turn most of their crops over to the state may instead be allowed to keep their surplus food to sell or barter in what could be the most significant economic change enacted by young leader Kim Jong Un since he came to power nine months ago. The proposed directive appears aimed at boosting productivity at collective farms that have struggled for d

A riot broke out when 3,000 people showed up for a birthday party for a 16-year-old girl who forgot to check “private” on a Facebook invitation, police said.The girl had expected a small gathering in her hometown of Haren when she posted the invitation on Facebook, Euronews reported Saturday.Some of the unexpected party-goers vandalized shops and looted a car before setting it on fire, and 600 pol

Shakira performs with FC Barcelona's Gerard Pique during "The Sun Comes Out World Tour" concert in Barcelona, Spain, Sunday night, May 29, 2011. (AP Photo)Colombian pop star Shakira confirmed Wednesday that she is pregnant with top Spanish football player Gerard Pique‘s baby, their first.Stories speculating that the singer, who famously rollerbladed around a beach in a bikini top for her music vid