Guatemalan lawmakers on Tuesday gave the president the ability to pardon or commute death sentences, lifting a five-year hold on executions. Source: FOXNews.com | 13 Feb 2008 | 5:25 pm
PARIS (AFP) - The world oil market could be set for a lengthy slowdown, the International Energy Agency said on Wednesday, signalling a sharp shift in the climate that pushed the oil price to 100 dollars last month. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 13 Feb 2008 | 12:23 pm
AP - German astronaut Hans Schlegel said he's feeling great and well enough to make a spacewalk Wednesday, after sitting out the mission's first outing because of illness.
OK, so we don't need to talk about a certain recent sports upset. But it is OK to point out that Mother Nature understood our pain. Almost in reaction to that unmentionable...
The disembodied voices of authority offering advice and warnings that now issue as if from thin air in the hardscrabble east London borough are, in fact, talking CCTV cameras. Source: Digg | 13 Feb 2008 | 12:18 pm
The Senate voted today to preserve retroactive immunity from lawsuits for telecommunications companies that cooperated with a government eavesdropping program, decisively rejecting an amendment that would have stripped the provision from a bill to modernize an electronic surveillance law. Source: Digg | 13 Feb 2008 | 12:18 pm
Backdropped against the blackness of space, the ESA Columbus laboratory and associated ESA hardware sit in the aft portion of Space Shuttle Atlantis' cargo bay on the eve of the shuttle's scheduled docking to the ISS. Source: Digg | 13 Feb 2008 | 12:17 pm
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Hezbollah leader Imad Moughniyah, on the United States' most wanted list for attacks on Israeli and Western targets, was killed by a bomb in Damascus, the Lebanese group said on Wednesday.
The brother of a murdered 47-year-old Medfield mom said a wave of relief swept over him when he found out the man who allegedly killed his sister had apparently hung himself...
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) -- Imad Mughniyeh, a major militant figure wanted by the U.S. for his suspected role in the killings of hundreds of Americans as well as a series of infamous strikes against U.S., Israeli and Jewish targets, has been killed, Hezbollah said Wednesday.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:07 a... | 13 Feb 2008 | 12:08 pm
AP - Imad Mughniyeh, a major militant figure wanted by the U.S. for his suspected role in the killings of hundreds of Americans as well as a series of infamous strikes against U.S., Israeli and Jewish targets, has been killed, Hezbollah said Wednesday.
Years ago, when my children were just little ones, we did what we then felt was our patriotic duty: we went to Disneyworld during school vacation week. We did it right - stayed...
Hillary Rodham Clinton has set up Texas and Ohio as her firewall, but the results from Democratic presidential rival Barack Obama's most recent victories give her plenty of reason to worry whether it will hold up. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 13 Feb 2008 | 11:56 am
Rights groups on Wednesday praised Hollywood director Steven Spielberg's decision to shun involvement with the Beijing Olympics opening and closing ceremonies because China was not doing enough to help end the crisis in Darfur. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 13 Feb 2008 | 11:54 am
DILI, East Timor (AP) -- East Timor extended by 10 days a state of emergency imposed after assassination attempts on the president and the prime minister.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:07 a... | 13 Feb 2008 | 11:52 am
The road to the Greater Boston League title usually travels through Cambridge. Last night, Everett made sure there was a detour.
Dio McCloud led a quartet of double-figure...
A man armed with a knife barricades himself into a children's day-care centre in Italy, reports say. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 13 Feb 2008 | 11:51 am
French oil giant Total SA said Wednesday that fourth-quarter profits rose 62 percent as oil prices surged and new projects in Angola and Qatar boosted production. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 13 Feb 2008 | 11:50 am
Two top politicians are arrested in the Indian city of Mumbai (Bombay) for stoking communal tensions. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 13 Feb 2008 | 11:50 am
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Darfur's splintered rebel groups on Wednesday united in praising film director Steven Spielberg for quitting as artistic adviser to the Beijing Olympics, with one calling for athletes to follow his lead.
US filmmaker Steven Spielberg withdraws as an artistic adviser at the Olympics over China's role in Darfur. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 13 Feb 2008 | 11:47 am
When Mark Thomas took over as the swim coach at Latin Academy in 1980, he faced a dire situation - few swimmers, a litany of practice sites and a lack of tradition with a...
Thomas Vanek scored three times for his first career hat trick, leading the Buffalo Sabres to a 5-1 victory over the Senators last night in Ottawa.
Clark MacArthur and...
Senior Hezbollah commander Imad Mughniyeh - a wanted fugitive - is killed in a blast in Syria, the group says. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 13 Feb 2008 | 11:43 am
The head of the Kenyan government team at crisis talks expresses anger with chief mediator Kofi Annan. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 13 Feb 2008 | 11:42 am
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Negotiators have struck a deal to release two CBS News journalists missing, believed kidnapped, in Iraq and they could be free in hours, a leading Shi'ite militia group and the U.S. military said on Wednesday.
Chauncey Billups missed every shot he tried through the first three quarters.
Not to worry. The fourth is his time.
Living up to the nickname "Mr. Big Shot,"...
AP - If government rebate checks ranging from $300 to $1,200 for just about every household don't spur a consumer spending spree strong enough to cure what ails the economy, Congress is ready to throw more money at the problem.
AP - Barack Obama, already claiming a "new American majority," is focusing more and more on the likely Republican candidate in the November presidential election as he continues to rack up big victories over Hillary Rodham Clinton in their race for the Democratic nomination.
It began with crunched fenders, harsh words and maybe even a punch in the face. But the final result was just a slap on the wrist from NASCAR: a six-race probation for Tony...
AP - The acting administrator of a psychiatric hospital in Baghdad has been detained on suspicion that he played a role in supplying patient information to al-Qaida in Iraq, the U.S. military said Wednesday.
A frontal system spanning the East Coast on Wednesday was expected to produce rain throughout the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic states and snow in the Appalachians, parts of the Northeast and New England. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 13 Feb 2008 | 11:34 am
The acting administrator of a psychiatric hospital in Baghdad has been detained on suspicion that he played a role in supplying patient information to al-Qaida in Iraq, the U.S. military said Wednesday. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 13 Feb 2008 | 11:31 am
Fugitive militant Imad Mughniyeh, a top U.S. target suspected in the killings of hundreds of Americans as well as a series of infamous strikes against U.S., Israeli and Jewish targets, was killed by Israeli agents, Hezbollah said Wednesday. Source: FOXNews.com | 13 Feb 2008 | 11:31 am
A man who threatened to set off bombs during a 47-hour tractor standoff on the National Mall in 2003 has dodged additional time behind bars. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 13 Feb 2008 | 11:30 am
I don't consult my fallopian tubes before I check a ballot. Equality and justice are what matter to me. None of us (black, white, woman, Muslim, Jewish, LGBT) has rights if we don't have Civil Liberties. She didn't vote on FISA. That's not leadership. We can't count on her to restore democracy. Source: Digg | 13 Feb 2008 | 11:30 am
AP - The Detroit area, hit hard by the double-whammy of unemployment and a slumping housing market, had the highest foreclosure rate in the nation last year, with several cities in California ranked close behind, an analysis of foreclosure activity in the country's largest 100 metropolitan areas shows.
AP - Start dancin', Snoopy. You're out of the Westminster doghouse. At long last, a beagle is America's top dog. Baying and barking to his heart's delight, Uno lived up every bit to his name Tuesday night, becoming the first of his breed to win best in show at the nation's biggest canine competition.
AP - Lights, camera, action but first, here come the writers. Members of the Writers Guild of America were planning a return to work Wednesday after voting to end their strike on its 100th day, thus allowing Hollywood to jump-start stalled production of numerous TV sitcoms and dramas.
AP - When Aretha Franklin is unhappy, she does not mince words. On Tuesday, the longtime Queen of Soul slammed Beyonce Knowles' intro to Tina Turner at Sunday's Grammy Awards, in which Knowles called Turner, not Franklin, "the queen."
(Kyodo) _ A site of a Japanese village dating back to the 17th century has been found in the outskirts of Cambodia's capital Phnom Penh, a Japanese archaeologist said Wednesday. ... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 13 Feb 2008 | 11:25 am
AP - Roger Clemens told Yankees teammate Andy Pettitte nearly 10 years ago that he used human growth hormone, Pettitte said in a sworn affidavit to Congress, The Associated Press learned Tuesday.
TOKYO (Reuters) - The U.S. ambassador flew to Japan's southern island of Okinawa on Wednesday to apologize for the suspected rape of a 14-year-old girl by a U.S. Marine, as concern simmered over damage to security ties between the close allies.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (R) looks during the meeting between EU Troika and Russian Federation in Brdo. Belgrade and Moscow have demanded an emergency UN Security Council meeting on the "dangers"... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 13 Feb 2008 | 11:23 am
(Kyodo) _ Justice Minister Kunio Hatoyama said Wednesday the acquittal of 12 defendants in the election violation case in Kagoshima Prefecture should not be called "false charge." His... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 13 Feb 2008 | 11:22 am
PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia, Feb. 13 (Kyodo) _ (EDS: ADDING QUOTES, DETAILS) Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi on Wednesday called for an early general election that his ruling... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 13 Feb 2008 | 11:21 am
ROME (AP) -- A man armed with a box cutter barricaded himself inside a day-care center in southern Italy on Wednesday with about 20 children and two teachers inside, police said.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:07 a... | 13 Feb 2008 | 11:21 am
A man armed with a box cutter barricaded himself inside a day-care center in southern Italy on Wednesday with about 20 children and two teachers inside, police said. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 13 Feb 2008 | 11:21 am
A man armed with a box cutter barricaded himself inside a day-care center in southern Italy on Wednesday with about 20 children and two teachers inside, police said. Police in Reggio... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 13 Feb 2008 | 11:21 am
The top business news from The Associated Press for the morning of Wednesday, February 13, 2008: Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 13 Feb 2008 | 11:18 am
New Mac proto theme, better OS integration on Linux and Mac, major speed improvements, memory usage reduction, integrated search of addons, and thousands more changes."Firefox 3 Beta 3 includes approximately 1300 individual changes from the previous beta..." Source: Digg | 13 Feb 2008 | 11:16 am
The situation for children caught in conflict remains "grave and entirely unacceptable" because 58 groups in 13 countries still recruit and use child soldiers, according to a senior U.N. official. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 13 Feb 2008 | 11:15 am
BRDO, Slovenia (Reuters) - The European Union sought to convince Russia on Wednesday that the status-quo in Kosovo is unsustainable, the EU's external relations commissioner said. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 13 Feb 2008 | 11:09 am
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: ADDING DETAILS) Prominent film director Kon Ichikawa died of pneumonia at a Tokyo hospital Wednesday, his family said. He was 92. Ichikawa was known for such films as Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 13 Feb 2008 | 11:09 am
BAGHDAD (AP) -- A deal has been reached with kidnappers for the release of two CBS News journalists, radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's office in Basra said Wednesday.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:07 a... | 13 Feb 2008 | 11:08 am
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission unveiled a border security plan on Wednesday to fingerprint all foreigners visiting Europe's 24-nation border-free area. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 13 Feb 2008 | 11:07 am
The American spirit is dead thanks to disgraceful congressional leadership.In addition to being subject to the leadership of the worst presidential administration in American history, Congress just voted to grant immunity to telecommunications companies that were complicit in illegal surveillance activity against Americans. Source: Digg | 13 Feb 2008 | 11:00 am
The Islamic militant organization Hezbollah says the Israeli government is behind a car bomb blast in Syria that has killed a senior militant, wanted by the U.S. for the 1985 TWA hijacking and attacks that killed more than 200 Americans in Lebanon.
(Kyodo) _ Australian doctors are confident that East Timor's President Jose Ramos-Horta will be able to return to his homeland in under a month, after he underwent a third operation... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 13 Feb 2008 | 10:57 am
Prosecutors prepare to issue arrest warrants for 18 suspects over attacks on the country's two top leaders. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 13 Feb 2008 | 10:55 am
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) -- The European Union's top justice official on Wednesday called for a massive shake-up of the bloc's border security, recommending that all visitors be screened and fingerprinted and a satellite surveillance system be set up to keep illegal migrants out.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:07 a... | 13 Feb 2008 | 10:53 am
The European Union's top justice official on Wednesday called for a massive shake-up of the bloc's border security, recommending that all visitors be screened and fingerprinted and a... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 13 Feb 2008 | 10:53 am
The EU announces proposals for biometric fingerprinting of visitors from outside the European Union arriving at its borders. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 13 Feb 2008 | 10:53 am
(Kyodo) _ China's government said Wednesday that snowstorms and freezing weather that hit much of the southern half of the country in recent weeks killed 107 people and left eight more... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 13 Feb 2008 | 10:53 am
TBILISI/LONDON (Reuters) - Wealthy Georgian businessman Badri Patarkatsishvili, accused of a coup plot against the country's president, has died suddenly in Britain, his aides said on Wednesday.
A man looks out the window of an unfinished house Wednesday Feb. 13, 2008, in Dili, the capital of East Timor. East Timor's prime minister said he would push to extend a state of emergency imposed after... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 13 Feb 2008 | 10:46 am
LONDON (Reuters) - NATO is in disarray and the West faces defeat in Afghanistan unless it overhauls its counter-insurgency and reconstruction strategy, Britain's Paddy Ashdown wrote in an article published on Wednesday.
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Barack Obama routed Hillary Clinton in a trio of Washington DC-area nominating clashes, carving into his faltering White House rival's core power base of white, women and working class voters. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 13 Feb 2008 | 10:41 am
BEIRUT (AFP) - A Hezbollah official said on Wednesday that one of the Shiite militant group's top commanders, Imad Mughnieh, had been killed in Syria and blamed Israel for the attack. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 13 Feb 2008 | 10:23 am
Danish newspapers reprint a cartoon satirising the Prophet Muhammad which caused outrage in the Muslim world. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 13 Feb 2008 | 10:20 am
CHICAGO (Reuters) - For hundreds of thousands of Americans facing spiraling mortgage costs, the last hope of keeping their home may lie in a classroom in a back office of a local nonprofit group.
LONDON (AFP) - British police are treating the death of Georgian opposition leader Badri Patarkatsishvili as suspicious, a spokeswoman said Wednesday. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 13 Feb 2008 | 10:17 am
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrat Barack Obama's three decisive wins over rival Hillary Clinton propelled him on Wednesday into the next round of presidential contests on a wave of momentum and sent her scrambling to find an answer.
UK police say they treat as "suspicious" the death of Georgian opposition leader and tycoon Badri Patarkatsishvili. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 13 Feb 2008 | 10:13 am
Nicaragua protests formally to Colombia over alleged intimidation of its fishermen in disputed waters. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 13 Feb 2008 | 10:12 am
Want to see a model for successful and rapid environmental action? Don't look to the federal government—check out your own town. Here, our list of the 50 communities that are leading the way. Does yours make the cut? Source: Digg | 13 Feb 2008 | 10:00 am
A video grab off the Hezbollah-run Manar Television shows the broadcast of Koranic verses, a tradition following the death of an important person in the Muslim world. A Hezbollah official has said that... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 13 Feb 2008 | 9:54 am
At 4:00 PM Pacific Time Tuesday CNN projected that Barack Obama won the Virginia primary by a substantial margin. While this contest was expected to go in Obama's favor, it could close the delegate gap between Clinton and Obama. Source: Digg | 13 Feb 2008 | 9:50 am
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) -- If six suspected terrorists are sentenced to death at Guantanamo Bay for the Sept. 11 attacks, U.S. Army regulations that were quietly amended two years ago open the possibility of execution by lethal injection at the military base in Cuba, experts said Tuesday.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:07 a... | 13 Feb 2008 | 9:47 am
SYDNEY (AFP) - The world's third-largest miner Rio Tinto said Wednesday its full-year net profit fell almost two percent in 2007 to 7.312 billion US dollars as it again rejected a takeover bid by rival BHP Billiton. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 13 Feb 2008 | 9:44 am
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Roadside bombs struck Afghan security forces in two separate incidents, killing seven people and wounding five, officials said Wednesday.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:07 a... | 13 Feb 2008 | 9:39 am
US Actress Mia Farrow holds lotus flowers as she leads a team toward the Tuol Sleng Genocide museum in January 2008. US film maker Steven Spielberg has abandoned his role in the Beijing Olympics, as a... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 13 Feb 2008 | 9:33 am
British actress Emma Thompson talks at the World Economic Forum in Davos, January 2008. US film maker Steven Spielberg has abandoned his role in the Beijing Olympics, as a host of prominent figures accused... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 13 Feb 2008 | 9:33 am
US film maker Steven Spielberg, seen here in 1998, abandoned his role in the Beijing Olympics, as a host of prominent figures accused China of not doing enough to press its ally Sudan to end devastating... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 13 Feb 2008 | 9:33 am
Beijing Olympic organizers appear to have been caught flat-footed by Hollywood director Steven Spielberg's decision not be involved with the Games' opening and closing ceremonies because Beijing is not doing enough to end the crisis in Darfur.
A Georgian businessman has died in Britain just months after warning that his government wanted to kill him. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 13 Feb 2008 | 9:26 am
The Trade Union Congress is putting pressure on Alistair Darling to stand firmly by his plans to levy an annual £30,000 tax bill on wealthy non-domiciled UK residents. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 13 Feb 2008 | 9:15 am
A deal has been reached with kidnappers for the release of two CBS journalists, radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's office in Basra said Wednesday. Source: FOXNews.com | 13 Feb 2008 | 8:56 am
A Sri Lankan soldier keeps watch at the Bandaranaike International Airport. Fighting between Sri Lankan troops and Tamil Tigers intensified in the north of the island Wednesday, officials said, but there... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 13 Feb 2008 | 8:51 am
A Sri Lankan soldier stands guard near an artillery piece at an exhibition in Colombo. Fighting between Sri Lankan troops and Tamil Tigers intensified in the north of the island Wednesday, officials said,... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 13 Feb 2008 | 8:51 am
A young couple walks past a large banner reading "All for Kosovo's Independence" in Pristina February 12. Serbia has lodged an official request for an urgent meeting of the UN Security Council on Kosovo's... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 13 Feb 2008 | 8:47 am
Kenyans walk past a store front promoting t-shirts reading "Hakuna Matata (no worries)" and "Kenya" in Nairobi. Talks on ending Kenya's post-election turmoil hit a snag on Wednesday when the lead negotiator... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 13 Feb 2008 | 8:29 am
The 15-year-old's condition, initially critical, is improving. A schoolmate is being held in the attack at E.O. Green Junior High School.
A student at an Oxnard junior high school shot another classmate Tuesday in front of two dozen other students who were settling into their first-period English class, police said. Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 13 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
The Democrat becomes the front-runner after victories in Virginia, Maryland and D.C. Huckabee runs a close second in Virginia.
Barack Obama piled up three more commanding wins Tuesday -- in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia -- establishing the onetime underdog as the front-runner in the Democratic presidential race against Hillary Rodham Clinton. Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 13 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
Automaker has been hurt by declining car sales and the credit crunch, which is dragging down the GMAC lending business. It offers more employee buyouts.
Times are tough for General Motors Corp., and the mortgage mess isn't helping. Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 13 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
The elite party insiders will likely determine the Democratic presidential candidate. But should they vote as their constituencies did? Go with their own preferences? Or throw in with whoever leads?
With victories Tuesday in three more elections, Barack Obama has now won 23 of the 35 sanctioned Democratic primaries and caucuses so far. But he has not yet solved his problem with Mannie Rodriguez. Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 13 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
The Bush administration's announcement Tuesday that it would put the foreclosure process on hold for 30 days to rescue struggling homeowners came several weeks too late for Mike Salgado. Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 13 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
Owners of Cahuenga Peak say the city hasn't come up with funds to buy the $22-million residentially zoned land, so it's up for sale. 'That mountain should not be cluttered,' a councilman says.
They're sticking a "For Sale" sign next to the Hollywood sign. Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 13 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
If six suspected terrorists are sentenced to death at Guantanamo Bay for the Sept. 11 attacks, U.S. Army regulations that were quietly amended two years ago open the possibility of execution at the military base in Cuba, experts say.
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) -- Somaliland forces early Wednesday freed a German aid worker from gunmen who abducted him a day earlier, officials in the breakaway republic said.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:07 a... | 13 Feb 2008 | 7:42 am
CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia apologized on Wednesday for the historic mistreatment of Aborigines, heralding a new era in race relations and moving indigenous people to tears as huge crowds cheered across the nation.
CANBERRA (AFP) - Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd made an historic apology to Aborigines Wednesday for injustices committed over two centuries of white settlement, saying he wanted "to remove a great stain from the nation's soul." Source: AFP - Wire stories | 13 Feb 2008 | 7:35 am
Britain is facing demands to join Australia in apologising to Aborigines who were snatched from their families as children, after Kevin Rudd, the prime minister, spoke of removing a "great stain from the nation’s soul”. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 13 Feb 2008 | 7:21 am
TOKYO (AP) -- The U.S. ambassador visited Okinawa on Wednesday to quell rising anger over the arrest of an American Marine on suspicion of raping a 14-year-old schoolgirl - the type of crime that sparked massive protests against the U.S. military in the 1990s.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:07 a... | 13 Feb 2008 | 7:11 am
Pakistan's military said Wednesday it has successfully test-fired a short-range missile capable of carrying a nuclear device. Source: FOXNews.com | 13 Feb 2008 | 6:55 am
MONTERREY, Mexico (AFP) - The world's fattest man, according to the Guinness Book of Records, proudly announced Tuesday he dropped 230 kilograms (570 pounds), nearly half his original weight in less time than doctors had expected. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 13 Feb 2008 | 6:33 am
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia said in an interview broadcast in Britain on Tuesday that interrogators can inflict pain to obtain critical information about an imminent terrorist threat.
Venezuela's state oil company said Tuesday that it has stopped selling crude to Exxon Mobil Corp. in response to the U.S. oil company's drive to use the courts to seize billions of dollars in Venezuelan assets.
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Film and television writers voted decisively on Tuesday to lift their 100-day-old strike against major studios and return to work on Wednesday, formally ending the worst labor clash to hit Hollywood in 20 years.
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) -- Aborigines organized breakfast barbecues in the Outback, schools held assemblies and giant TV screens went up in state capitals as Australians watched a live broadcast of their government Wednesday apologizing for policies that degraded its indigenous people.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:07 a... | 13 Feb 2008 | 4:38 am
Sen. Barack Obama was projected to sweep Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton in Tuesday's primaries in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia, NBC News said.
Uno barked at his handler, bayed at the crowd, tried to grab his leash and took a flying leap at a piece of pork loin. Oh, and he gnawed away at a newly printed sign. Now that’s one great beagle.
The Writers Guild of America says its members voted Tuesday to end their devastating, three-month strike that brought the entertainment industry to a standstill.
Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton 's deputy campaign manager resigned Tuesday, the latest departure in a staff shake-up following a string of losses to Barack Obama.
Sen. John McCain won the Republican presidential primaries Tuesday in Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia, according to NBC projections Tuesday.
Barack Obama easily won Tuesday's Democratic primaries in Maryland, D.C., and Virginia. He has now won eight victories in a row over rival Hillary Clinton. John McCain also swept the three contests, adding to his extensive lead in GOP delegates.
Barack Obama scored three thumping victories over Hillary Clinton in the US primary elections last night, elevating the Illinois senator to the status of frontrunner and placing yet more strain on the former First Lady's campaign. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 13 Feb 2008 | 2:43 am
Two young Melbourne men who bashed, stripped and bundled two teenagers in a car boot during a road rage attack, have escaped jail terms.
Today in the Victorian County Court, Judge Frances Millane gave Daniel Ciavarella and Sean... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 13 Feb 2008 | 2:40 am
Democratic Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's deputy campaign manager resigned today, the latest departure in a staff shake-up following a string of losses to Barack Obama. Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 13 Feb 2008 | 2:39 am
Australia apologized to its indigenous people for past suffering in a watershed Parliament vote broadcast on giant TV screens in cities, at school assemblies and at breakfast barbecues in Aboriginal communities in the Outback.
A Bush administration plan to crack down on contract fraud has a multibillion-dollar loophole: The proposal to force companies to report abuse of taxpayer money will not apply to work overseas, including projects to secure and rebuild Iraq and Afghanistan. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 13 Feb 2008 | 2:14 am
Winter’s latest treachery slid across the East Coast on Tuesday, tying up travel and snarling primary-day voting, as Ohio Valley residents began emerging from ice-induced hiding.
WASHINGTON - Barack Obama decisively won two more Democratic nominating contests today, extending his winning streak over rival Hillary Clinton and building momentum in a hard-fought US presidential race.
Obama swept to easy victories... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 13 Feb 2008 | 1:38 am
As the Writer's Guild prepares to wrap up its 14-week-long strike, the economic impact has been widespread among the many businesses that rely on the movie and television industries in Los Angeles.
The Department of Veterans Affairs has been analyzing the suicide data since 2001 and found that Guard or Reserve members made up 53 percent of veteran suicides, according to a report Tuesday by the Associated Press. Why might the suicide rate among these troops be higher?
Telegraph.co.uk this week unveils its list of the people who have the most influence on the Prime Minister. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 13 Feb 2008 | 12:01 am
More than 2.2 million British children - one in five - now live in households dependent on state benefits, the Government has admitted. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 13 Feb 2008 | 12:01 am
Alistair Darling has been forced to make significant concessions over his tax crackdown on "non-domiciled" UK residents. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 13 Feb 2008 | 12:01 am
China and Russia have demanded a ban on the use of weapons in space, signalling a shared effort to challenge America's military superiority. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 13 Feb 2008 | 12:01 am
CANBERRA - The next step in government-Aboriginal relations is a treaty between the Australian Government and the Aboriginal people , says National Indigenous Times editor Chris Graham.
Mr Graham, speaking from the Tent Embassy... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 12 Feb 2008 | 11:00 pm
If there was any doubt that this winter has been worse than most, let's go to Evanston, Ill., home of Northwestern University. Source: U.S. News & World Report | 12 Feb 2008 | 10:41 pm
The University of Texas combines a chili cook-off with finding a job; the Universityof North Carolina celebrates its 213th anniversary Source: U.S. News & World Report | 12 Feb 2008 | 10:37 pm
Exelon's CEO says the cost of cutting greenhouse gas emissions won't be cheap, but it may be far worse with the wrong approach. Source: U.S. News & World Report | 12 Feb 2008 | 10:21 pm
A Danish citizen of Moroccan descent and two Tunisians were arrested in Denmark on Tuesday over a plot to murder one of 12 cartoonists whose drawings of the Prophet Mohammad caused worldwide uproar in 2006.
The Security and Intelligence... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 12 Feb 2008 | 10:00 pm
New Mexico has yet to officially release the results of Super Tuesday in the Democratic presidential race. The competition between Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama was so tight, and the polls so unprepared for high voter turnout, that the state has had to turn to provisional ballots to determine the winner -- and it's taking time to verify them.
More than half of all veterans who took their own lives after returning from Iraq or Afghanistan were members of the National Guard or Reserves, a major study finds.
General Motors reported a loss of $722 million for the last three months of 2007. Still, that was better than many analysts expected, and GM shares rose slightly as trading opened. GM also announced an expanded buyout program for UAW members. But what might happen to GM this year -- as the U.S. economy slows?
The company behind the BlackBerry smart phones says Monday's three-hour outage was caused by an upgrade designed to increase capacity. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 12 Feb 2008 | 9:30 pm
APIA, Samoa: Samoa has been accused of ignoring the severity of the typhoid issue locally, by Representative of the World Health Organisation in Samoa Dr Kevin Palmer.
In an interview with Newsline Samoa, Dr Palmer said he was... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 12 Feb 2008 | 9:30 pm
Lt. Col. John Nagl, an expert on counter-insurgency, is retiring from the Army and moving to Washington, D.C., to work for a new think tank. He says winning a war against an insurgency is possible -- but it takes an unconventional war strategy.
A strong earthquake of magnitude 6.4 shook southwestern Mexico on Tuesday, the latest in a series of temblors in recent days, but there were no reports of casualties or serious damage.
The earthquake hit at 6.50 am local time (NZT... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 12 Feb 2008 | 9:15 pm
Rape and sexual violence against children and women are spreading in conflict zones in Africa like an epidemic, the United Nations children's agency Unicef said on Tuesday.
Rape was particularly prevalent in countries suffering... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 12 Feb 2008 | 9:12 pm
A growing wave of Afghan kidnappings isn't driven by politics. It's driven by ransom. Many victims accuse the government and police of complicity. The police blame the kidnappings on family or private security firms looking to make a quick buck. Whatever the case, they are rarely investigated.
Thunderstorms peeled above Canberra yesterday as Prime Minister Kevin Rudd prepared to release the wording of the Government's apology to the Aboriginal Stolen Generations.
In an earlier respite from the rain that fell on the city... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 12 Feb 2008 | 9:00 pm
The Bush Administration is promoting another plan to help homeowners avoid foreclosure. It would expand voluntary efforts by major banks to modify loan terms for struggling borrowers. But housing advocates doubt the move will keep a large number of people in their homes.
Voters are participating Tuesday in primary elections in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia -- they're being called the "Potomac Primaries." Better-than-average turnout is expected in Virginia and Maryland, with waits of up to 45 minutes in some areas.
A man accused of murdering five prostitutes offered no explanation as to why the blood of two of the women was found on his coat.
Steve Wright, giving his last day of evidence at Ipswich Crown Court on Tuesday, denied the blood... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 12 Feb 2008 | 8:55 pm
Feeling destined to be the Republican presidential nominee, Sen. John McCain hasn't set his sights yet on his vice presidential pick, though insiders are working to dismiss talk about some of the names the press has mentioned. Source: U.S. News & World Report | 12 Feb 2008 | 8:31 pm
Obama, her rival for the Democratic presidential nomination, is favored to win today's Potomac contests. On the GOP side, Huckabee continues to battle McCain for delegates.
With Sen. Barack Obama poised to extend his electoral winning streak today, his principal opponent, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, turned her attention to the next big day, March 4, with its key primaries in large states. Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 12 Feb 2008 | 7:43 pm
Hillary Clinton is struggling to shore up support among followers as her rival Barack Obama continues to gather momentum in the race for the White House. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 12 Feb 2008 | 7:34 pm
United States Defence Secretary Robert Gates said yesterday that he backed a brief pause in US troop cuts in Iraq once an initial pullout of five combat brigades has been completed in July.
"The notion of a brief period of consolidation... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 12 Feb 2008 | 7:00 pm
Stock markets reacted favorably to billionaire Warren Buffet's offer to help insure the municipal bond market. We examine how Buffet's move has alleviated fears about the health of key financial institutions in this country.
Muqtada al-Sadr's office on Tuesday condemned the kidnapping of two CBS journalists while police said an intensive search was under way. Source: FOXNews.com | 12 Feb 2008 | 5:46 pm
Saudi Arabia has banned the sale of all red gift items, including red roses, leading up to Valentine's Day, according to the Guardian. Source: FOXNews.com | 12 Feb 2008 | 5:41 pm
A cosmetics line that extolled the virtues of "Looking Good for Jesus" has been pulled from stores in Singapore after a number of complaints from shoppers.
A bus veered off a highway and down a 160-foot cliff into a river in southwestern China on Tuesday, killing at least 21, officials say. Source: FOXNews.com | 12 Feb 2008 | 4:33 pm
A California man wanted for in the bombing of two drug and cosmetic companies may be living in Costa Rica, the FBI said on Tuesday. Source: FOXNews.com | 12 Feb 2008 | 3:49 pm
Russia's state-controlled gas supplier Gazprom has given neighboring Ukraine a reprieve of a few hours in a debt dispute, but still says it will stop sending gas to the country if a payment agreement is not reached.
Mexican Roman Catholic bishops are urging drug traffickers to give up crime for Lent, to help lower Mexico's skyrocketing crime rate. Source: FOXNews.com | 12 Feb 2008 | 3:19 pm
The acting director of a Baghdad psychiatric hospital was arrested on charges of supplying two female patients to Al Qaeda in the Feb. 1 animal market bombing that killed around 100 people. Source: FOXNews.com | 12 Feb 2008 | 3:08 pm
AP - German astronaut Hans Schlegel said he's feeling great and well enough to make a spacewalk Wednesday, after sitting out the mission's first outing because of illness.
AP - Imad Mughniyeh, a major militant figure wanted by the U.S. for his suspected role in the killings of hundreds of Americans as well as a series of infamous strikes against U.S., Israeli and Jewish targets, has been killed, Hezbollah said Wednesday.
AP - If government rebate checks ranging from $300 to $1,200 for just about every household don't spur a consumer spending spree strong enough to cure what ails the economy, Congress is ready to throw more money at the problem.
AP - Barack Obama, already claiming a "new American majority," is focusing more and more on the likely Republican candidate in the November presidential election as he continues to rack up big victories over Hillary Rodham Clinton in their race for the Democratic nomination.
AP - The acting administrator of a psychiatric hospital in Baghdad has been detained on suspicion that he played a role in supplying patient information to al-Qaida in Iraq, the U.S. military said Wednesday.
AP - The Detroit area, hit hard by the double-whammy of unemployment and a slumping housing market, had the highest foreclosure rate in the nation last year, with several cities in California ranked close behind, an analysis of foreclosure activity in the country's largest 100 metropolitan areas shows.
AP - Start dancin', Snoopy. You're out of the Westminster doghouse. At long last, a beagle is America's top dog. Baying and barking to his heart's delight, Uno lived up every bit to his name Tuesday night, becoming the first of his breed to win best in show at the nation's biggest canine competition.
AP - Lights, camera, action but first, here come the writers. Members of the Writers Guild of America were planning a return to work Wednesday after voting to end their strike on its 100th day, thus allowing Hollywood to jump-start stalled production of numerous TV sitcoms and dramas.
AP - When Aretha Franklin is unhappy, she does not mince words. On Tuesday, the longtime Queen of Soul slammed Beyonce Knowles' intro to Tina Turner at Sunday's Grammy Awards, in which Knowles called Turner, not Franklin, "the queen."
AP - Roger Clemens told Yankees teammate Andy Pettitte nearly 10 years ago that he used human growth hormone, Pettitte said in a sworn affidavit to Congress, The Associated Press learned Tuesday.
Sen. Barack Obama was projected to sweep Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton in Tuesday's primaries in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia, NBC News said.
Uno barked at his handler, bayed at the crowd, tried to grab his leash and took a flying leap at a piece of pork loin. Oh, and he gnawed away at a newly printed sign. Now that’s one great beagle.
The Writers Guild of America says its members voted Tuesday to end their devastating, three-month strike that brought the entertainment industry to a standstill.
Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton 's deputy campaign manager resigned Tuesday, the latest departure in a staff shake-up following a string of losses to Barack Obama.
Sen. John McCain won the Republican presidential primaries Tuesday in Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia, according to NBC projections Tuesday.
Winter’s latest treachery slid across the East Coast on Tuesday, tying up travel and snarling primary-day voting, as Ohio Valley residents began emerging from ice-induced hiding.
More than half of all veterans who took their own lives after returning from Iraq or Afghanistan were members of the National Guard or Reserves, a major study finds.
The president said recent displays of nooses are disturbing and indicate some Americans may be losing sight of the suffering blacks have endured.