Such is Courtney Love’s reputation for mayhem, the packed house at Shepherd’s Bush Empire weren’t even sure that she would turn up for tonight’s gig. Her band, Hole, might not have played in the UK for over 10 years, but expectations for the evening ahead were running pretty low.

Earthquakes continue to swarm the Inland Empire, with a series of quakes continuing to rattle the Riverside area, eastern Los Angeles and northern Orange counties.

Resident Evil 5: Lost in Nightmares (PS3) Our thoughts on RE5’s zombie-bite-sized new content.

If you feel a bit overwhelmed by the slew of Resident Evil 5 downloadable content and repackaged versions of the game coming in the next few months, here’s a crash course: Lost in Nightmares is the first of four downloadable add-ons for Resident Evil 5, and it is one of two add-ons that contain additional chapters. Desperate Escape, which launches in early March, contains another chunk of story …

Feb. 18 (Bloomberg) — Eight years after the U.S. lumped Syria into the “Axis of Evil,” ushering in a period of political isolation, diplomats from Washington to Istanbul are on the road to Damascus.

A CONTROVERSIAL grassroots Catholic group has warned politicians the upcoming civil partnership bill is opposed to “natural moral law” and promotes the “evil” of same-sex couples adopting children.

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PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI — Last month’s earthquake battered Reginald Boulos’s small empire, destroying one of his supermarkets, badly damaging a hotel and killing two workers at his car dealership.

Love is really in the air this Valentine’s Day weekend, as some very lucky couples are taking their romance to new heights. They get to say “I do” in the 16th annual Valentine’s Day wedding event high atop the Empire State Building. Richard and Roxanne Catapano are newly married, one of a dozen couples who got hitched inside the Empire State Building Saturday, on a floor decorated just for them.

California’s official political watchdogs issued several small fines to Inland Empire legislators for failing to report gifts.