There have been plenty of Hollywood leading ladies honored during Oscar night -- Hepburn, Streep, Mirren -- but this year, the big Oscar buzz comes from a woman who works behind the camera.
Kathryn Bigelow is set to become the first female to win an Academy Award for Best Director. Her film, Hurt Locker, is tied with Avatar each leading the pack with nine Oscar nominations, including best picture and best director, an intriguing contest between Bigelow and her ex-husband James Cameron, the creator of "Avatar."
"All eyes are on the David v Goliath battle between the low-budget 'The Hurt Locker' -- made for around 11 million dollars -- and 'Avatar,' which cost around 500 million dollars and is the highest-grossing movie in history with earnings of more than 2.5 billion dollars to date," according to the AFP Oscar countdown story.
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An 11-year-old boy who survived Friday's fatal tour bus crash in Arizona is being called a hero by the firefighters and paramedics who responded to the scene.
They heaped praise on the boy who put others before himself after the horrifying crash.
Oscar Rodriguez was traveling to California from Mexico with his father and sister when the bus crashed.
The bi-lingual Oscar helped paramedics who were facing a language barrier with most of the passengers, taking position alongside the rescue workers, translating for the injured.
A species of frog thought to have been extinct for 30 years has been found in rural Australian farmland, officials said last week.
A fisheries conservation officer stumbled across one of the frogs and has since identified a colony of around 100 yellow-spotted bell frogs.
The discovery is 'as significant in the amphibian world as it would be to discover the Tasmanian tiger, said Frank Sartor, minister for environment and climate change.
Two-wheeled travelers across the U.S. got some good news today: Google is adding bicycling directions to its popular Maps site. Now, riders in 150 cities will be able to identify bike lanes, quieter streets and off-road trails before heading out on their morning commutes or pleasure rides.
Tomorrow, Natalie Randolph is scheduled to be named the head football coach at Coolidge High School in Washington, DC, making her what is believed to be the only woman coaching boys' varsity high school football in the United States.
Randolph, a former sprinter at the University of Virginia, is hardly a football newbie. She was a receiver for the Divas of the Independent Women's Professional League from 2004 to 2008 and an assistant coach at H.D. Woodson high school in 2006 and '07.
There have been plenty of Hollywood leading ladies honored during Oscar night -- Hepburn, Streep, Mirren -- but this year, the big Oscar buzz comes from a woman who works behind the camera. 
An 11-year-old boy who survived Friday's fatal tour bus crash in Arizona is being called a hero by the firefighters and paramedics who responded to the scene.
A species of frog thought to have been extinct for 30 years has been found in rural Australian farmland, officials said last week.
Two-wheeled travelers across the U.S. got some good news today: Google is adding bicycling directions to its popular Maps site. Now, riders in 150 cities will be able to identify bike lanes, quieter streets and off-road trails before heading out on their morning commutes or pleasure rides.
Tomorrow, Natalie Randolph is scheduled to be named the head football coach at Coolidge High School in Washington, DC, making her what is believed to be the only woman coaching boys' varsity high school football in the United States. 
