SOCA ALL STARS 24/10/2013

(CNN) -- Mariah Carey is back in action and ready to let go. The singer is set to release a new single, "The Art of Letting Go," on November 11. She tells CNN in an interview that this is one track she can relate to "on every level."

The correct way to eat a cockroach, at least in this corner of northern China , is to fry it not once but twice in a wok of smoking hot oil. "The second time makes the shell crispy and the inside succulent," said 43-year-old Wang Fuming, as he tipped a bowl of freshly harvested bugs, one or two of their legs still twitching, into the sizzling pan.

Two Connecticut sisters are in trouble with police after their parents reportedly had them arrested for throwing a party at their home. It was the third get-together that the girls -- who are 15 and 16 years old, and attend Glastonbury High School just outside of Hartford, Conn.

Unless something happens to boost Japan's birth rate, its population will shrink by a third between now and 2060. One reason for the lack of babies is the emergence of a new breed of Japanese men - the otaku, who love manga, anime and computers more than sex.

A girl believed to be 13 was gang raped by three men in her village in India and burned alive, according to various news reports. She later died at a hospital after receiving burns over 80% of her body, the Times of India reports.

Forget the Aston Martin -- If I was Agent 007, I'd want the new Jaguar XJR. A four-door chauffeur-mobile by day; hopped-up-on-horsepower mad-machine by night. Perfect for squiring around M and Q to headquarters as well as chasing down a villainous Bond girl on the back roads to Budapest.

Michael Jackson has been named as the top-earning dead celebrity by Forbes magazine, easily surpassing Elvis Presley and Elizabeth Taylor

Angela Merkel, the Chancellor of Germany, spoke to Barack Obama on Wednesday evening to demand explanations over reports suggesting that the NSA has been monitoring her mobile phone. According to the Guardian, sources claim that Merkel, the head of the German government, was "livid" over the reports.

Ladies! Wondering what to wear tonight that will turn heads and get all the boys excited? May I suggest a sexed-up burqa or perhaps a naughty niqab? While harem pants are v last season, veils are terribly in vogue. Not only do they add an exotic edge, but black is extremely mu-slimming.

12 hours ago Some people have scary bosses, but if you work for "The Ellen DeGeneres Show," your boss may go all out to have other people scare you. DeGeneres has made it an October tradition to send show writer Amy Rhodes, who's easily frightened, to a haunted house.