AP - Another student shot when a gunman opened fire at a lecture hall at Northern Illinois University has died, bringing the toll to seven, including the gunman, a coroner said Friday.
AP - The astronauts aboard the linked shuttle-station complex prepared Friday for the last spacewalk of their joint mission, an outing to attach science experiments to the outside of the new Columbus lab.
Reuters - Kofi Annan, the mediator trying to end
Kenya's violent post-election crisis, prepared to reveal a deal
on Friday struck between the feuding parties that looked set to
shift the dispute towards a battle over the constitution.
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kofi Annan, the mediator trying to end Kenya's violent post-election crisis, prepared to reveal a deal on Friday struck between the feuding parties that looked set to shift the dispute towards a battle over the constitution.
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- Kenya's political rivals have agreed on the need for a new constitution and an independent review of the disputed presidential election, according to a copy of a deal obtained by The Associated Press Friday.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:12 a... | 15 Feb 2008 | 12:12 pm
AP - Kenya's political rivals have agreed on the need for a new constitution and an independent review of the disputed presidential election, according to a copy of a deal obtained by The Associated Press Friday.
AP - Dozens of excited refugees leaned over the barge's railing as it glided up the Nile, marveling at the lush, green swamplands that had replaced the desert of northern Sudan. It was their first sign that they were nearing home. Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 15 Feb 2008 | 12:11 pm
AP - Being obese or even overweight may increase a person's risk of developing up to a dozen different types of cancer, European researchers report in a new study.
AP - The court extended the conservatorship of Britney Spears on Thursday, and took actions intended to give her father and a lawyer access to money in the pop singer's trust to cover her needs.
Reuters - At least four people were killed and 13
wounded in northern Iraq when two suicide bombers with
explosive vests blew themselves up at the entrance to a Shi'ite
mosque during Friday prayers, police said.
AP - A typo in court papers regarding Barry Bonds filed late Thursday by federal prosecutors touched off a brief tempest over the mistaken belief that he failed a drug test in November 2001, one month after breaking the home run record.
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - At least four people were killed and 13 wounded in northern Iraq when two suicide bombers with explosive vests blew themselves up at the entrance to a Shi'ite mosque during Friday prayers, police said.
Police are investigating whether a former student who opened fire in a university lecture hall killing five and injuring 18 may have been enacting revenge over a failed relationship. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 15 Feb 2008 | 12:07 pm
MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) -- In a humid rehearsal studio, Liberia's pop queen is practicing her newest single - a song called "Thank you" to be released for President Bush's visit here next week.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:12 a... | 15 Feb 2008 | 12:04 pm
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Being Friday, there's not any on-track activity today at Daytona International Speedway until this afternoon. Below is today's schedule.
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The top business news from The Associated Press for the morning of Friday, February 15, 2008: Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 15 Feb 2008 | 11:59 am
SAPPORO, Feb. 15 (Kyodo) _ (EDS: ADDING COMMENTS BY CHITOSE MAJOR AND DEFENSE MINISTER ISHIBA IN 5TH, 7TH GRAFS) The Defense Ministry's Hokkaido bureau is considering assigning ... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 15 Feb 2008 | 11:55 am
A convert to Islam stands an election victory away from becoming the second Muslim elected to Congress and a role model for a faith community seeking to make its mark in national politics. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 15 Feb 2008 | 11:51 am
Boston radio legend and live theatre enthusiast Jess Cain has passed away.
What a lovely man, what a sweet legacy.
What a lesson; keep your job and passions close to...
A South Korean company
signs what it says is the
world's first commercial deal to clone a pet dog. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 15 Feb 2008 | 11:49 am
(Kyodo) _ James Leape, director general of WWF International, urged the Japanese government on Friday to take a stronger leadership role in the fight against climate change as chair of... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 15 Feb 2008 | 11:49 am
BELGRADE (Reuters) - Boris Tadic will be sworn in as president of Serbia on Friday, two days before Kosovo declares independence in Serbia's most traumatic moment since it was bombed by NATO in 1999 to end ethnic-cleansing in the province.
LOS ANGELES - Joe Jackson defends smoking, hates politics and loves music.
On the music side, he's just released his 24th album, "Rain," and is planning...
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- The United States gave Afghan police 70,000 Kalashnikov rifles, 51,000 pistols and 3,500 vehicles last year, part of $2.5 billion in spending to upgrade the force.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:12 a... | 15 Feb 2008 | 11:41 am
The United States gave Afghan police 70,000 Kalashnikov rifles, 51,000 pistols and 3,500 vehicles last year, part of $2.5 billion in spending to upgrade the force. Despite that influx... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 15 Feb 2008 | 11:41 am
The United States gave Afghan police 70,000 Kalashnikov rifles, 51,000 pistols and 3,500 vehicles last year, part of $2.5 billion in spending to upgrade the force. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 15 Feb 2008 | 11:41 am
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NEW YORK - G-Unit rapper Tony Yayo was sentenced Thursday to 10 days of community service after pleading guilty to harassment of a recording rival's 14-year-old son.
Yayo,...
Russia hints it could change its policy towards separatist regions in Georgia if Kosovo gains independence. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 15 Feb 2008 | 11:39 am
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: ADDING INFO) A labor union for teachers from bankrupt language school chain Nova Corp. filed a petition Friday with the Osaka District Court, saying their current... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 15 Feb 2008 | 11:39 am
NEW YORK - Beyonce's father says Aretha Franklin's criticism of his daughter for referring to Tina Turner as "the Queen" at the Grammys is "ridiculous."
On...
BELGRADE (Reuters) - Boris Tadic will be sworn in as president of Serbia on Friday, two days before Kosovo declares independence in Serbia's most traumatic moment since it was bombed by... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 15 Feb 2008 | 11:35 am
The chief executive of Deutsche Post AG has offered to resign in the wake of allegations that he evaded some $1.45 million in taxes through investments in Liechtenstein, the Finance Ministry said Friday. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 15 Feb 2008 | 11:34 am
NBC, the American television network, has been forced to apologise to viewers
after the veteran actress and political activist Jane Fonda used the C-word
on a live show. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 15 Feb 2008 | 11:34 am
TOKYO, Feb. 15 (Kyodo) _ (EDS: ADDING FUKUDA COMMENTS IN 5TH-6TH GRAFS) Japan's education ministry unveiled on Friday revised education curriculum guidelines that would keep pupils and Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 15 Feb 2008 | 11:31 am
Deutsche Post boss Klaus Zumwinkel, who is under investigation for tax evasion, offers to quit. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 15 Feb 2008 | 11:29 am
Shellshocked Hendry Street residents yesterday spilled out into their blighted Dorchester neighborhood to watch Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino and a phalanx of city workers...
Psychologist Kathryn Faughey didn't sound worried about her safety in the hours before she was butchered in her office, said a friend who exchanged e-mails with her that evening. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 15 Feb 2008 | 11:26 am
MIAMI - Monica Seles officially retired from tennis Thursday, five years after she played the last match of a career that included nine Grand Slam singles titles and was interrupted...
(Kyodo) _ Japan's Under-23 internationals, who have qualified for this summer's Beijing Olympic Games, will play Angola's full international squad in a friendly on March 27, the Japan... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 15 Feb 2008 | 11:25 am
(Kyodo) _ Reform-minded private-sector members of the key government economic panel urged Japan on Friday to overcome its "allergy to foreign capital" and attract more foreign investment... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 15 Feb 2008 | 11:21 am
TOKYO (AFP) - Some of the world's top companies vowed Friday to step up their efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions, saying governments were failing to show sufficient leadership in the fight against global warming. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 15 Feb 2008 | 11:21 am
Three candidates for Zimbabwe's presidential election next month submit their papers on deadline day. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 15 Feb 2008 | 11:20 am
Forget about life coaches, self-improvement gurus and success seminars. Google will tell you what it means to acheive something. Source: Digg | 15 Feb 2008 | 11:20 am
Former UN head Kofi Annan is to announce the details of a deal reached at talks to end Kenya's political crisis. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 15 Feb 2008 | 11:18 am
MANILA (Reuters) - Thousands of people rallied in Manila on Friday calling for the resignation of Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo over a corruption scandal.
LONDON (Reuters) - A leading defense think-tank said on Friday that multicultural Britain is an easy target for attacks by militant Islamists because its aims, values and political identity Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 15 Feb 2008 | 11:15 am
British Airways and Virgin Atlantic are to pay out refunds on fuel surcharges paid between 2004 to 2006. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 15 Feb 2008 | 11:14 am
(Kyodo) _ The United States and the European Union are considering filing a complaint with the World Trade Organization against China's financial information service market regulations,... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 15 Feb 2008 | 11:11 am
An award-winning graduate student of sociology who served on a student
criminal justice group has been identified as the gunman who killed five
students in a lecture hall at his former university in Illinois on
Valentine’s Day. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 15 Feb 2008 | 11:09 am
President George Bush has cited the London July 7 bombings to justify his support for waterboarding, an interrogation technique widely regarded as torture. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 15 Feb 2008 | 11:02 am
PRISTINA, Serbia (AFP) - Kosovo began its long-awaited final countdown to statehood on Friday, with Prime Minister Hashim Thaci poised to confirm Sunday as the day it will declare independence from Serbia. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 15 Feb 2008 | 10:56 am
MASHPEE - Selectmen have voted to put a land deal with the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe before a special town meeting.
The select board voted 3-0, with one abstaining, on Thursday...
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) -- Representatives for Australian Aborigines confirmed plans Friday to launch the first compensation lawsuits since a landmark government apology earlier this week for past abuses.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:12 a... | 15 Feb 2008 | 10:53 am
In a humid rehearsal studio, Liberia's pop queen is practicing her newest single — a song called "Thank you" to be released for President Bush's visit here next week. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 15 Feb 2008 | 10:48 am
CHICAGO (AFP) - Authorities were investigating Friday why a former student massacred five people and injured 16 in a university lecture hall before turning a gun on himself, the fifth US school shooting in a week. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 15 Feb 2008 | 10:46 am
DEKALB, Illinois (Reuters) - A black-clad man fired into a lecture hall packed with students at an Illinois university on Thursday, killing five people and wounding 18 before shooting himself dead, police and college officials said.
Ken Livingstone has suspended one of his most senior advisers and referred
allegations against him to the police. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 15 Feb 2008 | 10:40 am
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) regularly conducts studies of 30 nations to measure broadband penetration. Broadband penetration refers to the number of broadband Internet subscribers compared to the overall population. Source: Digg | 15 Feb 2008 | 10:40 am
Scientists are no nearer finding a vaccine against HIV after more than 20 years of research, a top expert says. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 15 Feb 2008 | 10:23 am
Forty-eight people accused of taking part in an immigrant trafficking ring have been indicted on human smuggling and money laundering charges, authorities said. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 15 Feb 2008 | 10:17 am
Chad's president has declared a nationwide state of emergency, telling his citizens that tightened controls are needed to restore order after recent rebel attacks.
BitTorrent’s popularity is still growing, and new sites are launched every day. Unfortunately it is impossible to feature all the new sites here, so we decided to post a selection of BitTorrent sites that look promising, or offer something new Source: Digg | 15 Feb 2008 | 10:00 am
Soldiers with the 82nd Airborne Division and 1st Infantry Division enjoy some computer time in their camp's newly-opened internet cafe in this Thursday, Jan. 15, 2004 file photo near Fallujah, Iraq. A... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 15 Feb 2008 | 9:59 am
DILI (Reuters) - Australia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd made a lightning visit to East Timor on Friday to pledge support after an assassination attempt on the country's president, Jose Ramos-Horta.
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Raids on al-Qaida forces in northern Iraq have left seven insurgents dead, the U.S. military said. But local police said Friday that two women and two U.S.-allied fighters were among those killed.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:12 a... | 15 Feb 2008 | 9:47 am
Peacekeepers begin to leave Eritrea after it cuts their fuel supplies, the UN says, amid fears of war. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 15 Feb 2008 | 9:42 am
A gunman opens fire on students, killing five, at a university near Chicago, then shoots himself. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 15 Feb 2008 | 9:41 am
Philippine President Gloria Arroyo (L) sings a love song with popular US composer Richard Carpenter (R) and Filipina singer Claire de la Fuente during a short performance on Valentine's day at Malacanang... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 15 Feb 2008 | 9:31 am
An anti-Philippine President Gloria Arroyo protestor stamps on a picture of her and that of her husband Jose Miguel in Manila. Troops and armoured vehicles have been rushed to the Philippine capital to... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 15 Feb 2008 | 9:31 am
Protesters call for the ouster of President Gloria Arroyo during Valentine's Day in Manila. Troops and armoured vehicles have been rushed to the Philippine capital to beef up security as protesters gathered... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 15 Feb 2008 | 9:31 am
Armed forces chief General Hermogenes Esperon attends a news conference in Camp Aguinaldo, military headquarters in Manila. Troops and armoured vehicles were rushed to the Philippine capital on Friday... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 15 Feb 2008 | 9:31 am
One witnesses said it was the most humorous thing he has ever seen. He recalled Garrett flipping around backwards, falling down the concrete stairs, and then screaming, "My violin." Source: Digg | 15 Feb 2008 | 9:30 am
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- The stakes are high but enthusiasm appears low as Pakistanis face one of the most crucial elections in their history.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:12 a... | 15 Feb 2008 | 9:28 am
From downloadable podcasts to just-for-iPod study guides and applications, learning on the go has never been easier. To find out about the many different ways you can transform your iPod into a learning device, check out our list below. Source: Digg | 15 Feb 2008 | 9:20 am
The sQuba is an all-electric vehicle with three motors, one to drive the car on land and two to power a pair of screw drives for underwater movement. These are aided by two Seabob jet drives that "breathe" through rotating louvers mounted on the car's fenders and appear to give the car its maneuverability underwater. See it to believe it. Source: Digg | 15 Feb 2008 | 9:10 am
Pakistani security services have widened their search for kidnapped diplomat into a dangerous tribal region, but officials admit he may never be found. His abduction highlights security problems facing the country just days before a crucial election.
A Kosovo police officer stands near barbed wire, at a bridge in the ethnically divided Kosovo town of Mitrovica. Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci is to announce the date for the Serbian province's declaration... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 15 Feb 2008 | 8:54 am
VANCOUVER, Canada (AFP) - Strokes cause brain damage within three minutes, scientists reported Thursday, casting doubt on the common public perception that all strokes can be medically treated within three hours. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 15 Feb 2008 | 8:22 am
NAIROBI (AFP) - Kenya's rival parties have agreed to change the constitution and bring the opposition into government in what was described Friday as a 'half-way deal' to end turmoil that has left more than 1,000 dead. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 15 Feb 2008 | 8:19 am
Former UN chief Kofi Annan (R) speaks informally with members of the Kenyan Parliament in Nairobi February 12. Kenya's rival parties have agreed to change the constitution and bring the opposition into... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 15 Feb 2008 | 8:17 am
KRASNOYARSK, Russia (AFP) - The overwhelming favourite to win Russia's presidential election on March 2, Dmitry Medvedev, on Friday called for a lowering of state interference in the Russian economy. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 15 Feb 2008 | 8:10 am
Otherwise, officials say, fuel in the craft could pose a health hazard if the satellite crashed into a populated area.
The Bush administration has decided to try to shoot down a failing 5,000-pound spy satellite, fearing its rocket fuel could turn into a deadly toxic gas if the spacecraft crashed in a populated area, officials said Thursday. Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 15 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
With the newspaper industry in turmoil, the California native has a mandate to integrate print and latimes.com.
Russ Stanton, a 10-year veteran of the Los Angeles Times who has been in charge of invigorating its website, on Thursday became the newspaper's 14th editor. Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 15 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
A 17-year-old boy riding a bicycle was shot in Hollywood about noon today and died later at the hospital, police said. Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 15 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
He proposes replacing the deputies in the scandal-plagued system with career correctional officers.
Orange County's acting Sheriff Jack Anderson on Thursday proposed pulling hundreds of deputies from the state's second-largest jail system and replacing them with career correctional officers. Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 15 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
Two lawmakers who oppose the Las Lomas development north of Sylmar say its developer may have falsified documents. A spokesman for the 5,553-home project calls the suggestion 'a smear campaign.'
Escalating their fight against the proposed 5,553-home development known as Las Lomas, Los Angeles City Councilman Greig Smith and Assemblyman Cameron Smyth (R-Santa Clarita) called Thursday for two law enforcement agencies to determine whether a real estate developer perjured himself in public documents submitted on behalf of the project. Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 15 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
The vote targets Chief of Staff Joshua Bolten and former Counsel Harriet Miers, who failed to answer subpoenas in the U.S. attorney firing case. Republicans stage a walkout.
The House voted Thursday to refer to the Justice Department criminal contempt charges against two Bush administration advisors who refused to cooperate with a congressional inquiry last year into the firing of U.S. attorneys. Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 15 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
It calls on the government to drop pot's shared classification with drugs such as heroin and LSD that are considered to have no medicinal value.
A large and respected association of physicians is calling on the federal government to ease its strict ban on marijuana as medicine and hasten research into the drug's therapeutic uses. Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 15 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
Fed chief says further rate cuts can be made to offset weakness in the economy.
The nation's top two economic policymakers predicted Thursday that the United States would probably dodge a recession, but just barely. The economy itself, meanwhile, threw off conflicting signals about whether it was improving or deteriorating. Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 15 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
SEOUL (Reuters) - A South Korean pensioner on Friday re-enacted entering a 600-year-old gate designated the country's top treasure and setting it on fire, saying he was sorry that the gate was gone, but adding that no one was hurt by his actions.
Qila, a 12-year-old beluga whale, swims towards a trainer at the Vancouver Aquarium in Vancouver, British Columbia, Thursday, February 14, 2008. The Aquarium announced that Quila is pregnant and is due... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 15 Feb 2008 | 7:22 am
Russian First Deputy Premier and presidential hopeful Dmitry Medvedev addresses Krasnoyarsk Economic Forum in Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, Russia, on Friday, Feb. 15, 2008. Russia's likely next president... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 15 Feb 2008 | 7:16 am
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama battle to be the Democratic presidential nominee, the winner could be determined by primaries held weeks ago in Florida and Michigan, even though the party decided to ignore their results.
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (R) meets with Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni Feburary 14, at the State Department in Washington, DC. Rice and Livni discussed the situation in Gaza and new... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 15 Feb 2008 | 7:09 am
N'DJAMENA, Chad (AP) -- Chad's president declared a nationwide state of emergency Thursday, telling citizens that tightened controls are needed to restore order after recent rebel attacks.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:12 a... | 15 Feb 2008 | 6:55 am
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- President Pervez Musharraf warned Thursday that he would not tolerate protests after next week's elections, a remark that drew a sharp reminder from Washington that Pakistanis have the right to demonstrate peacefully.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:12 a... | 15 Feb 2008 | 6:53 am
An ex-graduate student slays 5 people before killing himself.
A gunman dressed in black stormed into an oceanography class at Northern Illinois University Thursday afternoon and opened fire with a shotgun and two handguns, killing five students and wounding 16 more in a matter of seconds. Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 15 Feb 2008 | 6:35 am
Rush Limbaugh, who draws more than 13.5 million listeners a week, considers John McCain to have so betrayed conservative principles that the commentator has been openly flirting with the enemy. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 15 Feb 2008 | 4:23 am
TOKYO (Reuters) - Four U.S. Marines based in southwest Japan have been charged with raping a Japanese woman last October, a U.S. military spokesman said on Friday, days after the arrest of another Marine for suspected rape of a schoolgirl on the southern island of Okinawa.
BEIJING (AP) -- China defended its policies in Darfur on Thursday and rejected attempts to link the humanitarian crisis to the Beijing Olympics, a day after Steven Spielberg said his conscience would not allow him to continue working as an adviser to the event.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:12 a... | 15 Feb 2008 | 3:26 am
A former graduate student opened fire Thursday in a lecture hall on the campus of Northern Illinois University, killing five students and wounding at least 16 others before killing himself, authorities said.
BRISBANE - A prominent Pacific islands identity who is facing child sex charges had his bail conditions eased in a brief court hearing in Brisbane today.
The man was released from a Brisbane prison in early January and ordered... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 15 Feb 2008 | 3:18 am
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US trade deficit narrowed in 2007 for the first time in six years, as rising exports supported by a weak dollar helped offset a record gap with China, data showed Thursday. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 15 Feb 2008 | 3:18 am
UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- Serbia's foreign minister urged the U.N. Security Council on Thursday to oppose Kosovo's expected declaration of independence and called on the secretary-general to order that any proclamation be declared null and void.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:12 a... | 15 Feb 2008 | 3:05 am
A gunman dressed in black opened fire in a large lecture hall Thursday afternoon on the campus of Northern Illinois University in Dekalb, killing five people and wounding sixteen others -- and fatally shooting himself. The gunman has not been identified.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The lives of 22,000 patients could have been saved if U.S. regulators had been quicker to remove a Bayer AG drug used to stem bleeding during open heart surgery, according to a medical researcher interviewed by CBS Television's 60 Minutes program.
MELBOURNE - A giant eagle has been employed by Australian arts officials to protect a showcase building against marauding flocks of native cockatoo parrots causing thousands of dollars in damage to its spire.
A Wedge-tailed eagle... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 15 Feb 2008 | 2:15 am
New York police investigators on Thursday questioned a man in Pennsylvania in the slaying of a psychologist hacked to death in her office with a meat cleaver, law enforcement officials said.
The House votes to hold White House Chief of Staff Joshua Bolten and former White House counsel Harriet Miers in contempt of Congress, setting up a constitutional showdown with the White House. They were cited for contempt in July after they refused to testify about whether eight U.S. attorneys were fired for political reasons.
Mariam Amash filled in the routine form with anything but routine information. Amash, who recently applied for a new Israeli identity card, said she was born 120 years ago — a claim, if confirmed, that would make her the oldest person in the world.
President Bush says the House needs to finish a bill governing U.S. eavesdropping on the phone calls and e-mails of suspected terrorists. The current law, the Protect America Act, expires this weekend, and the president says he won't approve another extension of it.
A former student dressed in black has opened fire in a packed university lecture hall in Illinois, shooting 18 people and killing four before turning his gun on himself. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 15 Feb 2008 | 12:41 am
A gunman has opened fire in a packed university lecture hall in Illinois, shooting 18 people and killing four before turning his gun on himself. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 15 Feb 2008 | 12:41 am
A former student dressed in black has opened fire in a packed university lecture hall in Illinois, shooting 18 people and killing four before turning his gun on himself. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 15 Feb 2008 | 12:41 am
Witnesses have told of their horror at the mass shooting at a university in Illinois yesterday when a former student opened fire in a packed lecture hall, killing five people before turning his gun on himself. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 15 Feb 2008 | 12:41 am
U.S. health officials are urging that Gulf Coast hurricane victims be moved out of their government-issued trailers as quickly as possible after tests found toxic levels of formaldehyde fumes.
“Someone, dressed in black, came out from behind the screen in front of the classroom and opened fire.” Source: U.S. News & World Report | 15 Feb 2008 | 12:17 am
The White House has ordered the military to shoot down a malfunctioning U.S. spy satellite that is expected to crash to Earth in the next three weeks. The decision was made after the Pentagon determined that the satellite could pose a health risk if it hits a populated area. But the chances of it hitting a person are miniscule, so why destroy it?
CALIFORNIA - The United States must collaborate with other countries to achieve its goal of putting humans on Mars or it may fall short of its aims, scientists and former space officials said on Thursday.
President George W. Bush... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 15 Feb 2008 | 12:06 am
President Bashar Assad boasts that Damascus is "the capital of resistance," a claim borne out by the presence here of Hamas leaders and a host of other radical Palestinian groups. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 15 Feb 2008 | 12:01 am
A senior adviser to Republican favourite John McCain has promised to stand aside if Barack Obama wins the Democratic nomination because of his admiration for the Illinois senator. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 15 Feb 2008 | 12:01 am
Vladimir Putin has delivered perhaps his most menacing tirade against the West yet, repeating threats to train nuclear missiles on Europe and warning of unspecified retaliation if Kosovo declared independence. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 15 Feb 2008 | 12:01 am
Britain is facing an infertility timebomb because the increasing use of IVF means that couples with inherited fertility problems are able to have children and pass the condition on to the next generation, scientists have reported. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 15 Feb 2008 | 12:01 am
Britain has become a "soft touch" for home grown terrorists because ministers have failed to tackle immigrant communities that refuse to integrate, warns a new report. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 15 Feb 2008 | 12:01 am
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Being obese or even overweight may increase a person’s risk of developing up to a dozen different types of cancer, European researchers report in a new study. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 15 Feb 2008 | 12:00 am
DEKALB, Illinois - A man has opened fire in a crowded lecture hall at Northern Illinois University, killing five people and wounding a number of others before killing himself, media reports and authorities said.
Police on the 25,000-student... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 15 Feb 2008 | 12:00 am
Supermarkets are to face public shaming and huge fines if they use their size
to force down prices paid to their suppliers, the Competition Commission
will announce today. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 15 Feb 2008 | 12:00 am
London's transport authority has refused to display a poster featuring the 16th century "Venus" by German artist Lucas Cranach the Elder, saying it is overtly sexual. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 14 Feb 2008 | 11:58 pm
Three years after a devastating tsunami slammed Sri Lanka, the stretch of beach at the city of Unawatuna is once again a piece of paradise. But for the hard-working owner of The Happy Banana, there remains a big problem here: Not enough visitors.
David Garrett, a former model who has been called the David Beckham of the classical scene, said he tripped while carrying his 18th century violin as he was leaving London's Barbican Hall after a performance, smashing it to bits.
A senior at Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism has dared to challenge that school's dean Source: U.S. News & World Report | 14 Feb 2008 | 11:15 pm
In order to slow an increasing number of DUIs on campus, Western Kentucky University police are starting a program that will reward designated drivers with gift certificates. Source: U.S. News & World Report | 14 Feb 2008 | 11:10 pm
A gay pornography filmmaker will be speaking at Stanford University tonight, and—to no one's surprise—people aren't happy about it. Source: U.S. News & World Report | 14 Feb 2008 | 11:02 pm
The Pentagon plans to shoot down a disabled 2000 kg US spy satellite before it enters the atmosphere to prevent a potentially deadly leak of toxic gas from the vehicle's fuel tank, officials said.
President George W. Bush opted... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 14 Feb 2008 | 11:00 pm
Research proves that students care more about a college's "academic reputation" and "social activities" than its ranking. Source: U.S. News & World Report | 14 Feb 2008 | 10:32 pm
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton won the New Mexico contest on February 5 to choose a Democratic presidential candidate, narrowly edging rival Barack Obama in a closely fought vote that took nine days to count, a state... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 14 Feb 2008 | 10:30 pm
Russian bombers have been buzzing U.S. aircraft carriers in the past few days, and Moscow is threatening to point missiles at European countries. On Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin repeated his threats in his final annual news conference as president.
Although a small portion of overall superdelegates, governors are making waves with their endorsements. Source: U.S. News & World Report | 14 Feb 2008 | 10:10 pm
The US government confirmed what many victims of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita had feared ... that the air in their emergency trailers is making some of them sick.
Centers for Disease Control Director Julie Gerberding said the agency's... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 14 Feb 2008 | 10:00 pm
Arizona Sen. John McCain got a Valentine's Day gift today when his former rival Mitt Romney threw his support to the presumptive Republican presidential nominee. Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 14 Feb 2008 | 9:58 pm
Despite an impressive resume and the millions of dollars he spent out of his own pocket, Mitt Romney failed to win the Republican nomination for president. Now the former Massachusetts governor is endorsing Sen. John McCain and having his delegates swing behind him as well.
A new survey found a big disconnect between teachers and parents when it comes to homework. One in four teachers rated the quality of their homework as "excellent." But one-third of parents rated the quality of homework "fair to poor." Parents also complained that homework takes up too much time and deprives their children of sleep.
LONDON - Wearing nothing but necklaces and a small smile, a centuries-old painting of naked Venus is deemed too risque for the eyes of Londoners traveling on public transport.
London Underground bosses have banned a poster of Lucas... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 14 Feb 2008 | 9:40 pm
A Brisbane woman will be sentenced today after being found guilty yesterday of using a sex toy to rape her eight-year-old daughter.
The 41-year-old woman, who cannot be named, was accused of attacking the girl at her home at Donnybrook,... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 14 Feb 2008 | 9:36 pm
Several polls indicate that Barack Obama is running far behind Hillary Clinton in several large states that vote in the weeks ahead.
Hillary Clinton holds an average 17 point lead over Barack Obama in Ohio- which votes on March... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 14 Feb 2008 | 9:10 pm
The president pushes his $15 billion PEPFAR program to fight the virus ahead of a planned trip to Africa. The visit aims to build a different sort of legacy.
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke assured lawmakers that the central bank stands ready to lower interest rates to help fend off a credit crisis. But in his Senate testimony, Bernanke also said the economy is still deteriorating. Bernanke's testimony came as foreclosures are hitting record highs around the country and financial institutions are suffering billions of dollars in losses.
In advance of the upcoming March 4 primary, former Rhode Island Republican Sen. Lincoln Chafee has endorsed Illinois Sen. Barack Obama in his bid for president.
Political rivals trying to lead Kenya out of weeks of ethnic violence signed an agreement Thursday, a U.N. spokesman said, but no details were released and the talks were to continue next week.
A married psychologist who says she's in love with a schizophrenic convicted burglar she counseled in a mental hospital is about to have his baby but won't spend time in jail for now, the Daily Mail reported Thursday. Source: FOXNews.com | 14 Feb 2008 | 5:59 pm
Two strong earthquakes hit southern Greece on Thursday one of them felt as far away as Italy and Egypt. No injuries were reported. Source: FOXNews.com | 14 Feb 2008 | 4:14 pm
Hezbollah's chief vowed to retaliate against Israeli targets abroad after accusing Israel of taking the fight beyond Lebanese borders by assassinating militant commander Imad Mughniyeh in Syria.
China is blaming activists with "ulterior motives" for linking the Beijing Olympics to the nation's involvement in Sudan, with top officials saying they shared concerns over the humanitarian crisis in Darfur. Source: FOXNews.com | 14 Feb 2008 | 3:53 pm
China says that "ulterior" motives are behind some criticism of its actions in Sudan, and the problems there should not be linked with this summer's Olympics in Beijing.
A leading human rights group has appealed to Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah to stop the execution of a woman accused of witchcraft. A Saudi court cited an instance in which a man allegedly became impotent after being bewitched by the woman.
A leading human rights group appeals to Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah to stop the execution of a woman accused of witchcraft and performing supernatural acts. Source: FOXNews.com | 14 Feb 2008 | 2:42 pm
President Vladimir Putin has repeated his threat to aim Russian rockets at former Soviet satellite states if U.S. missile defense facilities are deployed there. In a wide-ranging press conference, Putin also discussed his future in Russian politics.
AP - Another student shot when a gunman opened fire at a lecture hall at Northern Illinois University has died, bringing the toll to seven, including the gunman, a coroner said Friday.
AP - The astronauts aboard the linked shuttle-station complex prepared Friday for the last spacewalk of their joint mission, an outing to attach science experiments to the outside of the new Columbus lab.
Reuters - Kofi Annan, the mediator trying to end
Kenya's violent post-election crisis, prepared to reveal a deal
on Friday struck between the feuding parties that looked set to
shift the dispute towards a battle over the constitution.
AP - Kenya's political rivals have agreed on the need for a new constitution and an independent review of the disputed presidential election, according to a copy of a deal obtained by The Associated Press Friday.
AP - Being obese or even overweight may increase a person's risk of developing up to a dozen different types of cancer, European researchers report in a new study.
AP - U.S. stocks headed for a mixed open Friday as investors awaited readings on consumer sentiment and industrial production.
AP - The court extended the conservatorship of Britney Spears on Thursday, and took actions intended to give her father and a lawyer access to money in the pop singer's trust to cover her needs.
Reuters - At least four people were killed and 13
wounded in northern Iraq when two suicide bombers with
explosive vests blew themselves up at the entrance to a Shi'ite
mosque during Friday prayers, police said.
AP - A typo in court papers regarding Barry Bonds filed late Thursday by federal prosecutors touched off a brief tempest over the mistaken belief that he failed a drug test in November 2001, one month after breaking the home run record.
Word of the ambush attack inside a lecture hall at Northern Illinois University on Thursday sent panic throughout the sprawling campus.
A former graduate student opened fire Thursday in a lecture hall on the campus of Northern Illinois University, killing five students and wounding at least 16 others before killing himself, authorities said.
New York police investigators on Thursday questioned a man in Pennsylvania in the slaying of a psychologist hacked to death in her office with a meat cleaver, law enforcement officials said.
Mariam Amash filled in the routine form with anything but routine information. Amash, who recently applied for a new Israeli identity card, said she was born 120 years ago — a claim, if confirmed, that would make her the oldest person in the world.
Former GOP opponent asks his national convention delegates to swing behind the likely nominee.
U.S. health officials are urging that Gulf Coast hurricane victims be moved out of their government-issued trailers as quickly as possible after tests found toxic levels of formaldehyde fumes.