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Pop Idol star Darius Campbell reveals he fell into near-fatal coma after showing off charity's new water filter by drinking from dirty river Thames right next to sewage outlet Singer drank from Thames using filter bottle made by not-for-profit, Fresh2o Near-fatal blunder saw Campbell using a bottle whose filter had been removed He collapsed with bacterial meningitis and severe brain swelling and put in coma Popstars singer Darius Campbell nearly died after showing off a charity's new water filter by drinking straight from the river Thames. Campbell found himself at death’s door after promoting the bottle made by not-for-profit body...

Unless we measure success by how children perform, we'll have higher standards for pop stars than public schools. Over the past few years, I have often complained about a hidebound culture that prevents many newspapers from responding to the challenges of new technology. There is, however, another hidebound American institution that is also finding it difficult to respond to new challenges: our big-city schools. Today, for example, the United States is home to more than 2,000 dysfunctional high schools. They represent less than 15% of American high schools yet account for about half of our dropouts. When you break this...

Britain has more living geniuses per head of population than anywhere else in the world, according to a new survey which reveals the country's influence on science, technology, business and the arts. The top 100 living geniuses Sir Tim Berners-Lee invented the world wide web Almost a quarter of those featured in the list of 100 living geniuses are Britons, including Sir Tim Berners-Lee, who invented the world wide web, in joint first place, and physicist Stephen Hawking at seven in the list. British artists and musicians feature heavily, including Brit Art leader Damien Hirst at number 15, poet Seamus...

After glimpsing more of Janet Jackson than they bargained for during a notorious Super Bowl halftime show, television viewers may miss the singer altogether on the upcoming Grammy Awards broadcast. Jackson, whose breast-baring Super Bowl performance sparked a public furor and federal regulatory investigation, will not be appearing as a Grammy Awards presenter as previously planned, according to reports Wednesday on syndicated TV shows "Entertainment Tonight" and "Access Hollywood." "Access Hollywood" added that the CBS network, which carried the Super Bowl telecast and is broadcasting the Grammys this coming Sunday, retracted its invitation for Jackson to introduce a planned Grammy...

LOS ANGELES -- On the heels of Janet Jackson's stunning breast-baring incident on Sunday's Super Bowl halftime show, Jackson reportedly will not appear on the CBS Grammys telecast. "Entertainment Tonight" is reporting Jackson won't be participating in a tribute to Luther Vandross on Sunday night. She was previously scheduled to be a part of the Grammy Awards tribute. No reason was available for her departure. Jackson, CBS, MTV, the NFL and Justin Timberlake have all apologized for the Super Bowl's too-revealing halftime show. CBS said Tuesday it would institute a video delay system to avoid any recurrence at Sunday's Grammy...

Note: This commentary was delivered by Prison Fellowship President Mark Earley. Somehow it isn’t surprising how on the morning after the Super Bowl, there was outrage in the air—and it wasn’t just coming from Carolina fans. The MTV-produced halftime show, not to mention the commercials, left even some of the worldliest football fans sputtering. Our own Chuck Colson talked with a non-Christian friend who is usually blasé about what goes on in our culture, but who was furious over the exposure of Janet Jackson’s breast during the halftime concert—if you can call it that—and about finding out way too much...

The Federal Communications Commission will investigate CBS's sleazy halftime show, Chairman Michael Powell said today. "I am outraged at what I saw during the halftime show of the Super Bowl. Like millions of Americans, my family and I gathered around the television for a celebration. Instead, that celebration was tainted by a classless, crass and deplorable stunt. Our nation's children, parents and citizens deserve better," Powell stated. "I have instructed the commission to open an immediate investigation into last night's broadcast," he said. A spokesman had earlier merely said the agency was launching a routine investigation because it had received...

Pop Stars Say No to Iraq War at London Concert LONDON (Reuters) - Pop singers voiced their anti-war protests at a concert in London on Saturday, though some acknowledged that war in Iraq (news - web sites) looked imminent despite their efforts. The musicians, some wearing T-shirts with slogans such as "Don't attack Iraq" and "I'm hiding weapons of mass destruction," spoke out through their songs as well as in periodic blunt and colorful outbursts. Artists including Paul Weller (news), Echo and the Bunnymen frontman Ian McCulloch, Beth Orton (news) and Ronan Keating (news), performed at the small Shepherd's Bush...