Entertainment figures Michael Manheim and Janus Cercone developed the Brentwood home that went to the late-night host.
TV and movie producer Michael Manheim and his wife, Janus Cercone -- who is writing the script for a musical adaptation of her 1992 movie, "Leap of Faith" -- designed and developed the Brentwood compound purchased in January by talk-show host Conan O'Brien , featured in the Hot Property column on Jan. 20. Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 2 Mar 2008 | 8:00 am
The execution of Saddam Hussein's henchman "Chemical Ali" is finally approved by Iraq's presidency. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 29 Feb 2008 | 12:30 pm
Google bombing involves manipulating search engines' contextual search methodologies to cause a certain search phrase to point to an unexpected page, usually for comedic or satirical purposes. Source: Digg | 29 Feb 2008 | 12:28 pm
The backing by Iraq's President Jalal Talabani and two vice presidents is the final step for the approval of Ali Hassan al-Majid's death sentence, which must be carried out within 30 days of the decision. Source: Digg | 29 Feb 2008 | 12:28 pm
Reuters - Turkey wound down its major ground
offensive against Kurdish PKK rebels inside northern Iraq on
Friday, although it declined to confirm an Iraqi minister's
statement that it had already withdrawn all its troops.
Israeli warning of an imminent conflagration in Gaza after Palestinian rockets hit the southern city of Ashkelon. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 29 Feb 2008 | 12:24 pm
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Signaling impatience with Syria, the United States has sent its USS Cole warship off the coast of Lebanon in a show of support amid Beirut's political crisis, U.S. officials said on Thursday.
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The long-delayed execution of "Chemical Ali", a cousin of Saddam Hussein and once one of the most feared men in Iraq, is to go ahead after the last legal obstacle was removed, Iraqi officials said on Friday.
Reuters - Kenya's rival political factions turned
to trying to solve the long-term problems laid bare by two
months of turmoil on Friday after a power-sharing deal to end
the immediate post-election crisis.
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya's rival political factions turned to trying to solve the long-term problems laid bare by two months of turmoil on Friday after a power-sharing deal to end the immediate post-election crisis.
AFP - The British military decided Friday to pull Prince Harry "immediately" out of Afghanistan after news of his deployment leaked out in the media, the Ministry of Defence said.
AP - Hillary Rodham Clinton can bank on the support of women. Conservatives will never trust John McCain. Southern white men won't vote for Barack Obama.
AP - More than two decades after the country established a uniform drinking age of 21, a nascent movement is afoot to allow 18- to 20-year-olds to legally buy alcohol under some circumstances.
AP - People here like to say everything is bigger in Texas, and their oversized presidential contest is no different with not just a primary election, but a caucus added on, too.
AP - Iraq's presidential council has endorsed the execution within a month of Saddam Hussein's cousin, known as "Chemical Ali," for his role in the 1980s scorched-earth campaign against Kurds, officials said Friday. But it spared the life of two other officials amid Sunni protests that they were only following orders.
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Iraq's presidential council has endorsed the execution within a month of Saddam Hussein's cousin, known as "Chemical Ali," for his role in the 1980s scorched-earth campaign against Kurds, officials said Friday. But it spared the life of two other officials amid Sunni protests that they were only following orders.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:07 a... | 29 Feb 2008 | 12:12 pm
AP - Interpol on Friday issued a worldwide security alert after a suspected Islamic terrorist leader escaped from a Singapore jail and triggered a manhunt across this usually well-policed island nation.
LONDON (AFP) -
The
British military decided Friday to pull Prince Harry
"immediately" out of Afghanistan after news of his
deployment leaked out in the media, the Ministry of Defence said. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 29 Feb 2008 | 12:11 pm
TOKYO - Mitsubishi Motors Corp., one of Japan's biggest automakers, said Friday it plans to more than double its net profit over the next three years on surging growth...
BAGHDAD (AP) -- The Turkish military has begun withdrawing from northern Iraq, Iraq's foreign minister said Friday, a day after the U.S. pressured Turkey to end the offensive against separatist Kurdish rebels.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:07 a... | 29 Feb 2008 | 12:07 pm
An Israeli minister warned today that the army may unleash a “holocaust” on
the Gaza Strip if Islamists there do not end their daily barrages of
home-made Qassam rockets and their increasing use of Iranian-built Grad
missiles. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 29 Feb 2008 | 12:01 pm
Two Australian robbers have learned the hard way to research their targets more thoroughly. They were captured after trying to rob a bar at machete-point - the bikers gathered at the watering hold for a meeting didn't take kindly to the disruption.
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenyan Muslims have thrown their weight behind ethnic Somali elders who plan to stage a protest after Friday prayers against the way a photo of a robed Barack Obama has pulled their people into the race for the White House.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- Opponents of President Pervez Musharraf are wooing Islamist politicians to bolster their drive to curb the powers of the U.S.-allied leader following his party's loss in parliamentary elections.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:07 a... | 29 Feb 2008 | 11:55 am
British news organizations said Friday the army was pulling Prince Harry out of Afghanistan after news of his deployment there was leaked in the media.
Harry, third in line to the British throne, has been serving on the front line with an army unit in one of Afghanistan's most lawless and barren provinces since mid-December.
The British Broadcasting Corp. and others quoted military sources as saying Harry will be sent home after having served 10 weeks on the front lines in Helmand province.
The Ministry of Defense would not confirm the reports. It said any such decision could be only be confirmed through a written statement from Chief of the Defense Staff Air Chief Marshal Jock Stirrup
Army officer Brig. Patrick Marriott said Friday that what happened next would be part of a "well worked-out plan."
"It's always been considered it could break," Marriott said on GMTV.
The army's commander, Gen. Richard Dannatt,... Source: ABC News: International | 29 Feb 2008 | 11:55 am
GUANGZHOU, China, Feb. 29 (Kyodo) _ (EDS: UPDATING WITH WOMEN'S RESULT) Japan's women had to settle for a bronze medal finish after taking a 3-0 beating from Singapore in the... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 29 Feb 2008 | 11:51 am
LONDON (Reuters) - Prince Harry is to be withdrawn from Afghanistan after news leaked on the Internet that he had been secretly serving on the front lines there for 2-1/2 months, Defense Ministry sources said.
LONDON (AP) -- Britain's Ministry of Defense says Prince Harry is being withdrawn from Afghanistan.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:07 a... | 29 Feb 2008 | 11:49 am
Prominent sumo coach Junichi Yamamoto is charged with beating to death a teenage trainee last June. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 29 Feb 2008 | 11:46 am
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) -- Hezbollah on Friday denounced the deployment of U.S. warships off the coast of Lebanon, calling it a threat to the country's sovereignty, but the Shiite militant group said it would not be intimidated by the move.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:07 a... | 29 Feb 2008 | 11:46 am
Hezbollah on Friday denounced the deployment of U.S. warships off the coast of Lebanon, calling it a threat to the country's sovereignty, but the Shiite militant group said it would not be... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 29 Feb 2008 | 11:46 am
Prince Harry is to be pulled out of Afghanistan over security fears after news broke of him serving there. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 29 Feb 2008 | 11:46 am
TOKYO, Feb. 29 (Kyodo) _ (EDS: ADDING INFO) Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba hinted Friday that he may resign from his post to take responsibility for last week's collision between the Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 29 Feb 2008 | 11:46 am
The secret is out: Prince Harry has been serving on the front line with his British army unit in one of Afghanistan's most lawless and barren provinces. Now, defense chiefs have decided it's time to bring him home.
Iraq's foreign minister said on Friday that the Turkish military has begun withdrawing from Iraq. "We welcome this move," Hoshyar Zebari told The Associated Press in a telephone... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 29 Feb 2008 | 11:43 am
Iraq's presidency has endorsed the execution of Saddam Hussein's cousin known as "Chemical Ali," who was sentenced to death for his role in the 1980s scorched-earth campaign against Kurds.
Iraq's foreign minister claims all Turkish troops have left northern Iraq after a ground raid against PKK rebels. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 29 Feb 2008 | 11:36 am
A global security alert is issued after a suspected Islamist militant leader escapes from jail in Singapore. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 29 Feb 2008 | 11:34 am
Iraq's foreign minister said on Friday that the Turkish military has begun withdrawing from Iraq. "We welcome this move," Hoshyar Zebari told The Associated Press in a telephone... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 29 Feb 2008 | 11:32 am
(Kyodo) _ A woman in her 50s has given birth to her own grandson through surrogate birth on behalf of her daughter, who was born without a womb, an obstetrician said Friday. It is the... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 29 Feb 2008 | 11:30 am
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A senior Israeli defense official said on Friday that Palestinians firing rockets from the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip would bring upon themselves what he termed a "shoah", the Hebrew word for holocaust or disaster.
(Kyodo) _ Ito-Yokado Co. said Friday it will open a store in Chiba Prefecture on Saturday, which will specialize in goods and services designed for seniors. The major retailer plans to Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 29 Feb 2008 | 11:25 am
N'DJAMENA (Reuters) - Chad's national assembly authorized President Idriss Deby's government on Friday to extend by 15 days a state of emergency declared following a rebel attack on the... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 29 Feb 2008 | 11:22 am
(Kyodo) _ The Awami National Party, poised to form the government in Pakistan's North-West Frontier Province bordering Afghanistan, on Friday designated Amir Haider Khan Hoti (37) as... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 29 Feb 2008 | 11:20 am
LAS VEGAS - Preliminary tests indicate that a package found at a motel contained the toxin ricin, and seven people have been taken to hospitals, authorities said.
Police...
(Kyodo) _ Japanese golfer Ai Miyazato faltered in the second round of the HSBC Women's Champions on Friday, falling back into 10th place after shooting a 2-over par 74. Miyazato, who... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 29 Feb 2008 | 11:18 am
NEW YORK - As the creator of the Harry Potter books sees it, her kindness to fans might come back to haunt her.
In papers filed for a lawsuit in Manhattan, J.K. Rowling...
Prince Harry is to be withdrawn from Afghanistan "immediately" after news
leaked of his secret combat tour in Helmand province, the Ministry of
Defence confirmed today. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 29 Feb 2008 | 11:15 am
GLENDALE, Calif. - Jurors in the trial of a wrongful-death lawsuit against two of John Ritter's doctors heard the actor's voice Thursday as he reported to his wife...
ANKARA (Reuters) - All Turkish troops involved in a major ground offensive against Kurdish PKK rebels inside northern Iraq have withdrawn to Turkey, Iraq's foreign minister told Reuters on Friday.
SEATTLE - Microsoft Corp. will cut the price of some versions of Windows Vista, the software maker said late Thursday.
The move came a day after court filings revealed...
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday urged his countrymen to vote in Sunday's presidential election to secure Russia's future, a final Kremlin effort to boost turnout in a vote derided by opponents as one-sided.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -Top-seeded Andy Roddick beat former high school teammate Mardy Fish 6-4, 6-2 on Thursday night to advance to the quarterfinals in the Regions Morgan Keegan...
MOSCOW (AP) -- Young voters will get discounts for night club passes. Cheap groceries will be sold at the polls. Schools and hospitals, meanwhile, are threatening to fire workers who don't cast ballots.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:07 a... | 29 Feb 2008 | 11:01 am
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - The trial of seven Narragansett Indians arrested for scuffling with police who raided a tribal smoke shop could reopen a painful period for Rhode Island...
WASHINGTON - Lori Brown keeps the winning ticket voucher in her purse as a good luck charm, and tells practically everyone she runs into about it.
"It's ridiculous,"...
BAGHDAD - Iraq's presidential council has endorsed the execution within a month of Saddam Hussein's cousin, known as "Chemical Ali," for his role in the...
ANKARA (AFP) -
Turkish
troops began withdrawing from northern Iraq on Friday,
Turkish media said, amid conflicting reports on whether the
army's week-old offensive against Kurdish rebels in the
region was over or not. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 29 Feb 2008 | 10:48 am
Hezbollah condemns the deployment of a US warship off the coast of Lebanon as a threat to regional stability. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 29 Feb 2008 | 10:39 am
A Conservative peer has delivered a devastating attack on nurses who looked after him during a stay in hospital describing them as "grubby, drunken and promiscuous". Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 29 Feb 2008 | 10:36 am
BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa (AP) -- Two white students behind a video in which five black university workers appear to be duped into eating food tainted with urine have apologized and said they acted without malice.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:07 a... | 29 Feb 2008 | 10:30 am
The U.S. Navy is sending three ships to the eastern Mediterranean Sea in a show of strength during a period of tensions with Syria and political uncertainty in Lebanon.
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Barack Obama holds a slight lead on Hillary Clinton in Texas and has almost pulled even in Ohio before contests that could decide their Democratic presidential battle, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Houston Chronicle poll released on Friday.
A new report says US prison numbers have reached record levels, with more than 1% of adults behind bars. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 29 Feb 2008 | 10:15 am
Treating HIV patients at home could substantially cut the number of deaths from the disease, say researchers. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 29 Feb 2008 | 10:05 am
BAGHDAD (AFP) -
Iraq's
presidency has endorsed the execution for genocide of Ali
Hassan al-Majid, Saddam Hussein's enforcer known to the
world as "Chemical Ali" for ordering gas attacks on
Kurds in the 1980s, Iraqi and US officials said on Friday. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 29 Feb 2008 | 9:58 am
The Government is ready to force supermarkets to reduce use of plastic bags if
they do not take steps voluntarily, the Prime Minister has said. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 29 Feb 2008 | 9:48 am
Charles A. Ray, deputy assistant secretary of defense for POW/Missing Personnel Affairs, prepares the answer at a press conference Friday Feb. 29, 2008 in Shanghai, China. China has agreed to a long-standing... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 29 Feb 2008 | 9:36 am
Portraits of Russian presidential candidate Dmitry Medvedev and President Vladimir Putin adorn traditional Russian dolls in St. Petersburg on February 28. Putin has urged citizens to vote in this weekend's... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 29 Feb 2008 | 9:30 am
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) -- A shrimp fisherman who swam 12 hours to shore to get help after his trawler sank, leaving him and his two crewmates clinging to flotsam, was hailed as a hero Friday.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:07 a... | 29 Feb 2008 | 9:24 am
Last night on "The Daily Show," Samantha Bee satirized the media's grand "plan" to destroy the candidacy of Hillary Clinton. "We're at debate 20, and I think everyone here is a bit disappointed that it took Senator Clinton this long to catch on to our plan," Bee said, reporting from "the media's Anti-Hillary War Room in the Paula Jones Conf. Ctr. Source: Digg | 29 Feb 2008 | 9:20 am
At issue is Google's chief privacy officer, Jane Horvath, who worked for evil before "do no evil" (Gonzalez Justice Department, then Google). EFF wants to see correspondence between DoJ-Horvath and Google during and after DoJ's unjustifiable '06 grab for Google search records. DoJ is stonewalling and Google's being coy in reply to an EFF lawsuit. Source: Digg | 29 Feb 2008 | 9:10 am
The FBI is expected to make the initial call on whether to open a criminal investigation into whether legendary pitcher Roger Clemens lied about his alleged use of performance-enhancing drugs when he testified at a House Oversight Committee hearing earlier this month. Source: Digg | 29 Feb 2008 | 9:01 am
NAIROBI (AFP) -
Kenya's
rival camps resumed negotiations Friday a day after
President Mwai Kibaki and opposition leader Raila Odinga
signed a power-sharing deal to end a bloody two-month
political crisis. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 29 Feb 2008 | 9:00 am
A member of Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy Party pins small portrait of her to his shirt in Yangon on February 12. Senior diplomats from Britain and the United States on Friday urged... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 29 Feb 2008 | 8:44 am
Barack Obama said he has successfully quit smoking cigarettes despite the pressures of a closely contested and lengthy presidential campaign. "I've been chewing on this Nicorette, which tastes like you're chewing on ground pepper but it does help," the Democratic candidate said in an interview that aired Thursday on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show." Source: Digg | 29 Feb 2008 | 8:40 am
Iraq's three-member Presidency Council has approved the execution of Ali Hassan Majid, a cousin of Saddam Hussein known as "Chemical Ali," said a high-ranking Iraqi government official today who was not authorized to speak on the subject. Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 29 Feb 2008 | 8:32 am
PARIS (AFP) -
The euro rose
to another record high point against the dollar in early
trading on Friday, reaching 1.5239 dollars. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 29 Feb 2008 | 8:30 am
Mitsubishi Motors Corp. President Osamu Masuko speaks to the media during a news conference at a Tokyo hotel Friday, Feb. 29, 2008. Mitsubishi Motors said Friday it aims to over double its net profit over... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 29 Feb 2008 | 8:28 am
Aircrafts of Japan's top carrier Japan Airlines Corp. (JAL), center and bottom, are seen parked with ones of rival planes on the tarmac of Tokyo's Haneda Airport in this photo taken on Friday, Feb. 8,... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 29 Feb 2008 | 8:27 am
A counselor at Snehi's help center talks to a stressed out student on the telephone, in New Delhi, India, in this Feb. 22, 2008 photo. For more than 15 million Indian teenagers, the end of February means... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 29 Feb 2008 | 8:24 am
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, left, shakes hands with the country's new prime minister Han Seung-soo, right, after Han received his appointment at President House in Seoul, South Korea, Friday,... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 29 Feb 2008 | 8:23 am
Aircrafts of Japan's top carrier Japan Airlines Corp. (JAL), center and bottom, are seen parked with ones of rival planes on the tarmac of Tokyo's Haneda Airport in this photo taken on Friday, Feb. 8,... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 29 Feb 2008 | 8:20 am
Crude prices rebounded Thursday, shooting up more than $2 a barrel to a new record as a falling dollar and the prospect of lower interest rates attracted fresh money to the oil market. Retail gas prices, meanwhile, rose closer to records above $3 a gallon. Source: Digg | 29 Feb 2008 | 8:16 am
A shrimp fisherman who swam 12 hours to shore to get help after his trawler sank, leaving him and his two crewmates clinging to flotsam, was hailed as a hero Friday. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 29 Feb 2008 | 8:15 am
A Chinese-language magazine publisher accused of killing his wife in New Zealand and abandoning his daughter at an Australian train station was captured Thursday in an Atlanta suburb, authorities said. Source: FOXNews.com | 29 Feb 2008 | 8:14 am
The long-delayed execution of "Chemical Ali", Saddam Hussein's cousin and one of his most notorious henchmen, has been approved, a government adviser said. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 29 Feb 2008 | 8:13 am
SYDNEY (AFP) -
Australian
scientists Friday said they have discovered a gene
abnormality responsible for the crippling condition known as
Lou Gehrig's disease, which causes gradual paralysis in sufferers. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 29 Feb 2008 | 8:12 am
When asked about the possibility of the price going that high, president says, 'That's interesting, I hadn't heard that.' He also says a tax hike on oil companies would drive the price up further.
The prospect of sharply higher fuel prices, including $4-a-gallon gasoline, may not have made it into Oval Office briefing books, perhaps explaining why President Bush was surprised Thursday when a reporter mentioned what energy analysts are saying could happen soon in many parts of the country. Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 29 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
The governor says in Los Angeles that eliminating many breaks would raise $2.5 billion and forestall deep cuts to schools. Foes accuse him of breaking a 'no new taxes' pledge.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger eased his long-held opposition to more taxes Thursday, saying some of California's $16-billion budget gap could be erased by reducing or eliminating billions of dollars in state tax breaks for businesses and individuals. Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 29 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
The studio behind 'The Lord of the Rings' and other popular movie franchises will become a significantly smaller version of itself.
Roll the credits on New Line Cinema, the 40-year-old studio behind such iconic movie franchises as "The Lord of the Rings," "Austin Powers" and "A Nightmare on Elm Street." Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 29 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
An ex-LAPD detective kept tabs on the man wanted in '81 slaying.
For a generation, LAPD homicide investigators kept alive the case of 28-year-old Japanese tourist Kazumi Miura, shot in the head on a featureless side street in the shadow of a Los Angeles urban icon: downtown's four-level freeway interchange. Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 29 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
President says meeting with adversarial leaders can 'send the wrong signal.'
Setting aside his stated reluctance to enter the presidential campaign, President Bush on Thursday strongly criticized Barack Obama 's expressed readiness to meet with foreign leaders cast as tyrants, warning that such discussions "can be extremely counterproductive" and "send the wrong signal." Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 29 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
Obama stresses that it's too early to say he'll defeat Clinton in the Democratic race. McCain, the presumptive GOP nominee, defends free trade.
After repeatedly taking shots at Republican John McCain over the past few days, Barack Obama denied Thursday that he was taking victory over Democratic rival Hillary Rodham Clinton for granted and pivoting into the fall presidential campaign. Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 29 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
The city was hit hard by the closure of Mare Island Naval Yard and public safety costs. Its mayor says an agreement with labor leaders has been reached.
This onetime shipyard city turned Bay Area commuter village appears to have averted a move that is rare in California and across the nation -- declaring bankruptcy. Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 29 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
Violence that wounded five youths and three adults near a middle school has a community fearing for its safety. Police say the suspect, who has been arrested, was aiming at two people.
On the way home from school Thursday, 13-year-old Magda Gomez and his friends walked past the South Los Angeles intersection where five youths and three adults were shot the day before. Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 29 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
Iraq's presidential council has endorsed the execution within a month of Saddam Hussein's cousin, known as "Chemical Ali," for his role in the 1980s scorched-earth campaign against Kurds, officials said Friday. But it spared the life of two other officials amid Sunni protests that they were only following orders. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 29 Feb 2008 | 7:34 am
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak launched his first Cabinet — albeit incompletely — Friday after parliament approved his choice for prime minister, four days after his inauguration. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 29 Feb 2008 | 7:27 am
British Foreign Secretary David Miliband called Friday for Sudan to speed up the deployment of peacekeepers to Darfur and to end aerial bombing in the troubled region's western districts. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 29 Feb 2008 | 7:26 am
Visitors gather to watch as the first flight to arrive at Beijing Airport's new Terminal 3 pulls up at a jetway Friday Feb. 29, 2008. Beijing opened its newest airport terminal Friday, a gargantuan glass-and-steel... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 29 Feb 2008 | 6:59 am
The Oakland Raiders resigned defensive lineman Tommy Kelly on Thursday to a seven-year contract that reportedly could be worth more than $50 million. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 29 Feb 2008 | 6:37 am
The death toll from a ferry sinking outside the Bangladeshi capital rose to 39 when police found nine more bodies inside the boat's hull Friday while rescuers searched for about 20 people still missing, authorities said. Source: FOXNews.com | 29 Feb 2008 | 6:02 am
Taylor Rochestie scored 18 points, Kyle Weaver added 17 and defense-minded No. 22 Washington State showed off its offensive skills as well in a 70-49 victory over California on Thursday night. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 29 Feb 2008 | 5:48 am
The Army Corps of Engineers is taking much too long to complete a study that could let victims of Hurricane Katrina know their risk of facing another devastating flood, an independent research group said Thursday. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 29 Feb 2008 | 5:45 am
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Plans for sweeping federal programs that would aid troubled mortgage borrowers would bring unfair relief to speculators and reward investors who made bad bets, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said on Thursday.
Kevin Love had 18 points and 12 rebounds for his 17th double-double, and No. 4 UCLA defeated Arizona State 70-49 Thursday night, the Bruins' eighth straight win over the Sun Devils. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 29 Feb 2008 | 5:37 am
Families of nine people who died last year in a Utah mine collapse and the mining company have agreed on a design for a memorial, the company said Thursday. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 29 Feb 2008 | 5:31 am
UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- Britain and France said Thursday they expect the Security Council to vote Saturday and approve new U.N. sanctions against Iran for refusing to suspend uranium enrichment.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:07 a... | 29 Feb 2008 | 5:09 am
QUITO (AFP) -
OPEC
member Ecuador on Thursday suspended its oil exports because
a landslide cut off its main pipeline, state-run
Petroecuador oil company said. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 29 Feb 2008 | 4:18 am
LONDON - He's a multi-millionaire maverick entrepreneur, part-time daredevil and now Britain's Richard Branson has beaten Jesus Christ in a survey to find the top role model for children.
The Virgin Group boss has been placed second... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 29 Feb 2008 | 2:39 am
At least six people were injured after a gas explosion in a Chicago suburb.
Police suspect the blast happened inside a beauty salon, damaging the two stores next to it.
Part of the roof collapsed. Shards of glass and debris... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 29 Feb 2008 | 1:39 am
After some speculation that the Patriots brilliant but ill-fated 2007 season would be his last, Tedy Bruschi is going to keep on playing with the New England Patriots.
An explosion possibly caused by a gas leak ripped through a suburban Chicago shopping plaza Thursday, injuring at least eight people and rattling nearby buildings, fire officials said.
Cuba's government signed two key international human rights treaties Thursday that Fidel Castro long opposed, but said it had reservations about some provisions. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 29 Feb 2008 | 12:48 am
LONDON - Prince Harry has been serving with the army in Afghanistan for 2-1/2 months, the Defence Ministry said on Thursday.
Following leaks in the international media about his deployment, officials are now reviewing whether he... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 29 Feb 2008 | 12:08 am
As many as a tenth of the Texans voting in the Democratic contests next week could be Republicans, and overwhelmingly they favor Barack Obama, polls show.
Employers who hire illegal immigrants can be fined £10,000 per worker from
today in cases involving negligence, compared with a previous figure of
£5,000. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 29 Feb 2008 | 12:00 am
The sight of a parking attendant sticking a ticket on your windscreen makes
the heart sink. But from the end of next month even a ticketless car will
not mean you have escaped. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 29 Feb 2008 | 12:00 am
Twenty-five Muslims are suing the Justice Department and immigration officials, accusing them of stalling their citizenship applications with unreasonably prolonged background checks. The lawsuit says the plaintiffs have been waiting two to five years for their applications to be processed.
For the first time, more than one in every 100 American adults is in jail or prison, according to a new report urging states to rein in corrections costs with alternative sentencing programs.
LONDON - Singer Boy George has appeared in court to deny charges that he falsely imprisoned a male escort by chaining him to a wall. The former Culture Club frontman, real name George O'Dowd, was granted bail and ordered to stand... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 28 Feb 2008 | 11:33 pm
A series of articles in the Washington Post exposed squalid living conditions and poor care for some soldiers at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. A new report says the Army is now doing many things well -- but it may not be able to keep up with the growing number of injured soldiers.
John McCain's strategists are increasingly concerned about his ties to the White House and Pres. Bush. Source: U.S. News & World Report | 28 Feb 2008 | 11:08 pm
President Bush has started raising tons of money for Republicans and trying to frame the debate. Source: U.S. News & World Report | 28 Feb 2008 | 11:03 pm
NAIROBI - Kenya's president and opposition leader signed a deal to create a power-sharing government on Thursday, hoping to end a post-election crisis that plunged the country into its worst turmoil since independence.
After a... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 28 Feb 2008 | 10:53 pm
Though most of the focus this political season has been on the White House, a number of congressional seats are up for grabs. Melissa Block talks with Amy Walter, editor-in-chief of the daily online political briefing Hotline. This year, 29 Republicans -- and six Democrats -- are retiring from the House.
A high percentage of white Democrats would support John McCain, according to a new poll from the Pew Research Center. The survey also contains both good and bad news for Sen. Barack Obama, who has taken the lead among Democratic primary voters.
An Australian fisherman who swam for 10 hours after his trawler sank was able to crawl ashore and pass on news of the accident to emergency services, who then rescued a second crew member adrift in the ocean.
But a third fisherman... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 28 Feb 2008 | 10:27 pm
Kenya's political rivals have signed a power-sharing agreement aimed at ending weeks of bloodshed sparked by a disputed presidential election in December. More than 1,000 people died in the unrest; more than a quarter-million were displaced. The deal creates a prime minster post for opposition leader Raila Odinga.
A gunman who wounded five children and three adults at a South Los Angeles bus stop was aiming at a specific person and wound up shooting bystanders, police said. A suspect was arrested.
A gunman who wounded five children and three adults at a South Los Angeles bus stop was aiming at a specific person and wound up shooting bystanders, police said. A suspect was arrested.
As president, Bill Clinton distrusted then House Speaker Newt Gingrich, and the Republican felt the same way about Clinton. But there's a shocking revelation about them. Source: U.S. News & World Report | 28 Feb 2008 | 10:21 pm
In-flight fatalities are a dreadful and often traumatizing experience for family members and fellow passengers who are forced to take a close-up look at frailty and death and share their journey in close quarters with a corpse.
A pilot project to test a "virtual fence" along the U.S.-Mexico border has been riddled with technical problems. Completion of the project's first phase will be delayed by at least three years. The virtual fence pilot project covers 28 miles of the border, south of Tucson.
Unwanted arrivals draw sympathy but also concern about their growing numbers in the Jewish state. Source: U.S. News & World Report | 28 Feb 2008 | 10:17 pm
Los Angeles police are still searching for the man who fired into a crowd of children and adults at a crowded bus stop Wednesday. Eight people were shot, and several suffered serious wounds, leading authorities to express amazement that no one was killed.
For Hillary Clinton to win the Democratic presidential nomination, she will have to win Texas. And to win Texas, she will have to win in San Antonio, where her large advantage among Hispanic voters must come into play, the way it did when she won California on Feb. 5.
Here's another reason the press, Democrats, and presidential convention delegates are aching for a convention fight between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. Source: U.S. News & World Report | 28 Feb 2008 | 10:11 pm
Australians angrily condemned the decision of a weekly women's magazine to break the news blackout on Prince Harry's deployment to Afghanistan. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 28 Feb 2008 | 10:01 pm
The economy skidded to a near halt in the final quarter of last year, held back by the double blows of a housing and credit slump that made people and businesses alike more cautious in their spending.
On the campaign trail in Ohio and Texas this week, Sen. John McCain reiterated his support for the troop surge in Iraq. He says military commanders, not Washington politicians, should dictate the timing of any troop withdrawal. McCain says his view is rooted in his generation's Vietnam experience.
The House Speaker wants an investigation into whether White House chief of staff and former counsel should be prosecuted for contempt of Congress. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 28 Feb 2008 | 9:16 pm
A San Francisco suburb that has been hit hard by the sagging housing market is on the verge of going broke. Officials in Vallejo, Calif., will decide whether to declare bankruptcy this week, as they face big increases for police and fire protection -- and sagging tax revenues.
German treasure hunters say they might have located the long-lost "Amber Room" in eastern Germany.
The ornate Amber Room, made from amber panels decorated with gold leaf, was originally a gift from the Prussian King Friedrich Wilhelm... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 28 Feb 2008 | 8:47 pm
Kenya's rival political leaders have signed a power-sharing deal, offering hope of an end to weeks of post-election violence that have left more than 1,000 people dead. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 28 Feb 2008 | 8:11 pm
WASHINGTON - President George W. Bush on Thursday sharply criticized Democratic front-runner Barack Obama's pledge to meet Cuban leader Raul Castro without preconditions, leaping squarely into the race to succeed him.
"I'm not... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 28 Feb 2008 | 7:55 pm
ST MARTIN, Jersey - Police in Jersey said on Thursday they have found two items of "significant interest" while searching the cellar of a former care home at the centre of a child abuse inquiry.
Officers found the items beneath... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 28 Feb 2008 | 7:54 pm
After news broke of Prince Harry's deployment to Afghanistan, Chief of the General Staff Sir Richard Dannatt, who is head of the British Army, released a statement concerning media reporting of the Prince's deployment. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 28 Feb 2008 | 7:11 pm
The head of the British Army last night heavily criticised the foreign media who leaked details of Prince Harry's deployment to Afghanistan. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 28 Feb 2008 | 7:11 pm
Prime Minister Gordon Brown was among the first to congratulate Prince Harry on his deployment to Afghanistan. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 28 Feb 2008 | 7:05 pm
Prince Harry has been fighting the Taliban on the front line in Afghanistan for 10 weeks, the Ministry of Defence confirmed today. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 28 Feb 2008 | 6:46 pm
British librarian Harvey Richardson's confession from the grave may have solved the mysterious 1970 strangling death of Lorraine Jacob, a 19-year-old mother of two, the Daily Mail reports. Source: FOXNews.com | 28 Feb 2008 | 5:59 pm
Kenya's rival politicians signed a power-sharing agreement Thursday and shook hands after weeks of bitter negotiations on how to end the country's deadly postelection crisis.
Kenya's rival politicians reached an agreement Thursday on a coalition government after weeks of bitter negotiations on how to end the country's deadly post-election crisis, according to mediator Kofi Annan. Source: FOXNews.com | 28 Feb 2008 | 5:10 pm
Defense Secretary Robert Gates has told his Turkish counterpart that Turkey should end its offensive against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq as soon as possible but said the U.S. is making no threats against its NATO ally if it fails to comply.
Israeli attacks stepped up the pressure on Hamas, a day after a rocket fired by the Islamic militant group from Gaza killed an Israeli man. One helicopter attack struck a target outside the home of Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh.
An Australian newspaper publisher expelled from Fiji says he has been touched by the international support he has received.
"The amount of calls, emails and text messages has been overwhelming," Russell Hunter said in Sydney, where... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 28 Feb 2008 | 5:00 pm
Marks & Spencer, one of Britain's largest retailers, says it will start charging for plastic bags at all of its stores as part of a drive to eliminate waste.
Russia and Hungary signed a major deal to build a new natural gas pipeline that will strengthen Russia's domination of European energy supplies. Russia already supplies up to 40 percent of Europe's gas imports.
Muslim medical workers in three major cities in England are balking at hospital hygiene rules like rolling up their sleeves when they scrub for surgery. Source: FOXNews.com | 28 Feb 2008 | 2:55 pm
A pre-dawn explosion demolished a house in Pakistan's turbulent border zone Thursday, killing at least 12 people, intelligence officials and a local militant said. Source: FOXNews.com | 28 Feb 2008 | 2:54 pm
A British woman who regularly visits prison inmates fell in love with one, and it almost got her killed, the Yorkshire Evening Post reports. Source: FOXNews.com | 28 Feb 2008 | 1:57 pm
Tips from Atlanta apartment residents lead to capture of father of a 3-year-old girl found abandoned in Australia after her mother's body was found stuffed in the car's trunk in New Zealand. Source: FOXNews.com | 28 Feb 2008 | 1:53 pm
Gypsies fought each other with swords, knives and rifles with rubber bullets after a 14-year-old bridegroom called off his wedding to a 12-year-old girl, authorities said. Source: FOXNews.com | 28 Feb 2008 | 1:32 pm
Reuters - Turkey wound down its major ground
offensive against Kurdish PKK rebels inside northern Iraq on
Friday, although it declined to confirm an Iraqi minister's
statement that it had already withdrawn all its troops.
Reuters - Kenya's rival political factions turned
to trying to solve the long-term problems laid bare by two
months of turmoil on Friday after a power-sharing deal to end
the immediate post-election crisis.
AFP - The British military decided Friday to pull Prince Harry "immediately" out of Afghanistan after news of his deployment leaked out in the media, the Ministry of Defence said.
AP - Hillary Rodham Clinton can bank on the support of women. Conservatives will never trust John McCain. Southern white men won't vote for Barack Obama.
AP - More than two decades after the country established a uniform drinking age of 21, a nascent movement is afoot to allow 18- to 20-year-olds to legally buy alcohol under some circumstances.
AP - People here like to say everything is bigger in Texas, and their oversized presidential contest is no different with not just a primary election, but a caucus added on, too.
AP - Four more aspiring singers failed to convince viewers that they have what it takes to win the star-making talent contest "American Idol."
AP - Lori Brown keeps the winning ticket voucher in her purse as a good luck charm, and tells practically everyone she runs into about it.
AP - Iraq's presidential council has endorsed the execution within a month of Saddam Hussein's cousin, known as "Chemical Ali," for his role in the 1980s scorched-earth campaign against Kurds, officials said Friday. But it spared the life of two other officials amid Sunni protests that they were only following orders.
AP - Interpol on Friday issued a worldwide security alert after a suspected Islamic terrorist leader escaped from a Singapore jail and triggered a manhunt across this usually well-policed island nation.
After some speculation that the Patriots brilliant but ill-fated 2007 season would be his last, Tedy Bruschi is going to keep on playing with the New England Patriots.
An explosion possibly caused by a gas leak ripped through a suburban Chicago shopping plaza Thursday, injuring at least eight people and rattling nearby buildings, fire officials said.
As many as a tenth of the Texans voting in the Democratic contests next week could be Republicans, and overwhelmingly they favor Barack Obama, polls show.
For the first time, more than one in every 100 American adults is in jail or prison, according to a new report urging states to rein in corrections costs with alternative sentencing programs.
A gunman who wounded five children and three adults at a South Los Angeles bus stop was aiming at a specific person and wound up shooting bystanders, police said. A suspect was arrested.
In-flight fatalities are a dreadful and often traumatizing experience for family members and fellow passengers who are forced to take a close-up look at frailty and death and share their journey in close quarters with a corpse.
The economy skidded to a near halt in the final quarter of last year, held back by the double blows of a housing and credit slump that made people and businesses alike more cautious in their spending.