Shamrock Shortage in Ireland Sparks St. Patrick's Day Fears

A severe shamrock shortage is threatening St. Patrick's Day in Ireland and the "wearing of the green," according to leading botanist Dr. Declan Doogue of the Royal Irish Academy. ...

Harold & Kumar 3 Still Happening

John Cho said "A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas" is still moving forward and that the plan is to start filming this June. He also said the film picks up a few years after the second film and that the plan is to release the film this holiday season.

NASA Finds Shrimp Beneath Antarctica Ice

In a surprising discovery about where higher life can thrive, scientists for the first time found a shrimp-like creature and a jellyfish frolicking beneath a massive Antarctic ice sheet....

New Phones Still Sold With Old Versions of Android

Many Android customers are discovering that their new smartphones do not have the latest version of Google's mobile operating system. Despite state-of-the art hardware and design, many new Android phones are shipped with older versions of the firmware, cutting off consumers' access to newer features...

Twitter Announces @Anywhere Platform

Twitter CEO Evan Williams announced at SXSW a new platform called @anywhere. Operators of third-party websites will be able to plug in @anywhere to integrate some basic Twitter functionality without requiring their users to navigate away from a page.

Corey Haim's Funeral Will Be Paid for by City of Toronto

Corey Haim's mother, Judy Haim, who is suffering from cancer, told Access Hollywood that the city of Toronto will help her by covering the cost of Haim's funeral, which is set for Tuesday. The late-actor was Canadian.

Versus back on DirectTV

After months of DirectTV customers being shut out of their favorite hockey games, DirectTV and Versus have finally come to an agreement and as of 7pm EST the channel will be back up and running. Hooray!

World's Shortest Man Dies At The Age Of 21

The world's shortest man, He Pingping, has died at the age of 21, a Guinness World Records spokesman said. ...

Caps' Ovechkin banned two games for Campbell hit

Ovechkin is out for 2 games due to his hit/shove on Brian Campbell. I'm sure the fact that Campbell broke his collar bone had a lot to do with the decision to suspend him. I disagree completely with the ruling, but who am I? If nothing else at least Ovechkin will get to catch up on some rest and...

Fandango to Start Mobile Ticket Scanning

Starting soon, online movie tickets service Fandango will allow consumers in select markets to buy tickets online and send them to their cell phones via a text or picture message. The bar code on the cell phone will be scanned by theater ticket-takers, allowing moviegoers to avoid at-home ticket...

Hitwise Says Facebook Most Popular U.S. Site

New data released from analytics service Hitwise today names Facebook the largest website in the U.S. with 7.07% of all U.S. visits. Google is second at 7.03%. Yahoo Mail is third with 3.8% and Yahoo is fourth at 3.67% (if you combined both Yahoo properties, Yahoo would be first). YouTube (a Google...

Kate Winslet Splits From Director Husband Sam Mendes

Oscar-winning actress Kate Winslet has split from her film director husband Sam Mendes, a British law firm said Monday....

Rangers' Dubinsky shows lack of respect by breaking cardinal fighting rule

Brandon Dubinsky of the Rangers broke a cardinal rule of hockey fighting on Sunday afternoon.

Windows Phone 7: New Details and App Partners Revealed

Microsoft has just announced an avalanche of new details surrounding its Windows Phone 7 Series due to launch this year, including that the phone will support multi-touch and that Pandora, Foursquare, Seesmic, Netflix and the AP are among its development partners.

NBC May Make Time for '24'

According to Entertainment Weekly, 20th Century Fox has approached NBC about picking up "24" should Fox opt to cancel it -- and NBC is considering it. "There's definitely some interest," said an insider close to the talks.