Drug pushers, the obscenely rich, environmental polluters and manipulative genetic scientists beware you may be in danger of losing your mortal soul unless you repent. Source: FOXNews.com | 11 Mar 2008 | 5:12 pm
CAPE CANAVERAL (AFP) -
Space
shuttle Endeavour soared into space Tuesday, carrying parts
of a Japanese laboratory that is to become the largest and
last research module of the International Space Station. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 11 Mar 2008 | 11:57 am
THE HAGUE (AFP) -
Former
Croatian general Ante Gotovina went on trial for war crimes
on Tuesday, accused of unleashing a "nightmare" of
persecution and murder on Croatian Serbs during the 1990s
Balkan wars. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 11 Mar 2008 | 11:54 am
AP - Mississippi Democrats are deciding the last in a series presidential contests between Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton before the two rivals settle in for a six-week battle to win Pennsylvania.
Reuters - Hamas denied on Tuesday comments by its
rival, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, that its pursuit of
an Egyptian-mediated truce with Israel was motivated by a
desire to protect its leaders from Israeli assassination.
At least 24 people die in two bomb attacks - one at a key police building - in Pakistan's city of Lahore, officials say. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 11 Mar 2008 | 11:47 am
AP - Gov. Eliot Spitzer, who took office with the vow "Day One, Everything Changes," started day one of his life after allegations of a prostitution scandal with his outlook so changed that many wondered if he could remain in power.
After years of close competition, we finally have a clear winner in the “Pollution Capital of Europe” contest. While Milan may be better known for fashion and (everywhere except America) excellent soccer teams, it appears that it’s also the most polluted city in the whole of Europe. Source: Digg | 11 Mar 2008 | 11:40 am
BAGHDAD (AP) -- The U.S. military said Tuesday that three soldiers were killed the day before by a roadside bomb north of Baghdad, bringing to eight the number of troops who died that day.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:23 a... | 11 Mar 2008 | 11:38 am
AP - The U.S. military said Tuesday that three soldiers were killed the day before by a roadside bomb north of Baghdad, bringing to eight the number of troops who died that day.
AP - Shuttle Endeavour and a crew of seven blasted into orbit Tuesday on what was to be the longest space station mission ever, a 16-day voyage to build a gangly robot and add a new room that will serve as a closet for a future lab.
AP - The U.S. economy will suffer as the slumping housing market eats away at job creation and consumer spending, but the nation should avoid slipping into a recession this year, according to a new economic report.
AP - The Walt Disney Co. expects to collect $1 billion in revenue from online content this fiscal year, a significant rise from estimates for fiscal 2007, CEO Robert Iger said Monday. Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 11 Mar 2008 | 11:34 am
AP - Washington lawmakers have approved a pilot program that will allow beer and wine tasting in 30 grocery stores statewide in an effort to market local products. Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 11 Mar 2008 | 11:33 am
AP - LeBron James and the Boston Celtics added to their amazing seasons, and neither got much attention. For now, all eyes remain on the Houston Rockets. Tracy McGrady scored 19 points in less than three quarters and Houston routed cold-shooting New Jersey 91-73 on Monday night for its 19th consecutive victory, matching the third-longest winning streak in league history.
LeBron James and the Boston Celtics added to their amazing seasons, and neither got much attention. For now, all eyes remain on the Houston Rockets. Tracy McGrady scored 19 points in less than three quarters and Houston routed cold-shooting New Jersey 91-73 on Monday night for its 19th consecutive victory, matching the third-longest winning streak in league history. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 11 Mar 2008 | 11:32 am
LONDON (AFP) -
Oil prices
struck a record high of 109.20 dollars per barrel on Tuesday
after the dollar hit a fresh all-time low against the euro. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 11 Mar 2008 | 11:32 am
The U.S. military said Tuesday that three soldiers were killed the day before by a roadside bomb north of Baghdad, bringing to eight the number of troops who died that day.
Reuters - Two suicide car bombers struck
in the Pakistani city of Lahore on Tuesday, killing 24 people
and wounding scores, most of them in an attack on a government
security office, police and officials said.
LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - Two suicide car bombers struck in the Pakistani city of Lahore on Tuesday, killing 24 people and wounding scores, most of them in an attack on a government security office, police and officials said.
A White House visit by Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk seemed to ease tension with the United States stemming from Poland's demand for military aid in exchange for allowing U.S. missile defense interceptors on its soil.
The leader of South Africa's ruling party tries to stop documents gathered in raids being used in his graft trial. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 11 Mar 2008 | 11:22 am
Massive suicide bombs have ripped through a seven-story police headquarters and a house in Lahore, killing at least 24 people and wounding more than 200, deepening Pakistan's security crisis as a wave of Islamic militancy sweeps the country.
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) -- Pakistan's security crisis deepened Tuesday as massive suicide bombs tore through a seven-story police headquarters and a house in Lahore, leaving at least 24 people dead and more than 200 wounded.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:23 a... | 11 Mar 2008 | 11:19 am
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A roadside bomb killed three U.S. soldiers and an interpreter in Iraq's Diyala province on Monday, the same day a suicide bomber killed five U.S. soldiers in the capital Baghdad, the U.S. military said on Tuesday.
(Kyodo) _ New York oil prices hit a record high of $109.20 per barrel in pre-market trading Tuesday, topping the $109 line for the first time ever. The benchmark April contract for... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 11 Mar 2008 | 11:13 am
(Kyodo) _ China announced details Tuesday of plans to restructure government departments, including the creation of a special ministry to tackle the country's huge environmental problems, Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 11 Mar 2008 | 11:09 am
Police at Vienna's Schwechat International Airport say they have seized more than 2 pounds of cocaine with an estimated street value of $3 million. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 11 Mar 2008 | 11:08 am
Oil prices are at an all new trading high, reflecting an anemic dollar that continues to plunge. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 11 Mar 2008 | 11:07 am
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: UPDATING WITH HIGHER DEATH TOLL, ADDING DETAILS) At least 24 people were killed and scores injured Tuesday in two suicide bomb attacks in Pakistan's eastern city Lahore, Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 11 Mar 2008 | 11:07 am
Airport workers across India threatened to strike at midnight on Tuesday, a move that could ground hundreds of commercial flights and leave tens of thousands of passengers stranded. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 11 Mar 2008 | 11:07 am
Washington lawmakers have approved a pilot program that will allow beer and wine tasting in 30 grocery stores statewide in an effort to market local products. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 11 Mar 2008 | 11:04 am
Societe Generale SA, seeking to restore its status as a top-tier bank after a massive trading scandal, said Tuesday it raised euro5.5 billion ($8.44 billion) in new capital through a share offering. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 11 Mar 2008 | 11:00 am
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: RECASTING WITH NEW INFO) The largest opposition Democratic Party of Japan formally decided Tuesday to reject the government's nomination of Bank of Japan Deputy ... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 11 Mar 2008 | 11:00 am
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Tuesday unveiled a bureaucratic revamp he hopes will foster greener, more efficient government, but experts said it was unlikely to end turf wars over industry, energy and pollution.
An international team visits the site of a Colombian raid inside Ecuador that sparked a diplomatic crisis. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 11 Mar 2008 | 10:59 am
Troops from four African states are to try to take control of a Comoros island from a renegade leader. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 11 Mar 2008 | 10:58 am
Airbus parent EADS reported annual losses of $684.16 million Tuesday, a year marred by the botched roll out of both military and commercial aircraft. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 11 Mar 2008 | 10:56 am
(Kyodo) _ China is confident about its ability to ensure security during the Beijing Olympics, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said Tuesday, days after authorities said two terror attempts... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 11 Mar 2008 | 10:54 am
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf -- seen here adressing the EU Parliament in January 2008 -- has ummoned the Pakistani parliament to meet on March 17, setting up a showdown with the opposition parties... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 11 Mar 2008 | 10:52 am
Former Pakistani premier Nawaz Sharif (L) shakes hands with Asif Ali Zardari after agreeing to form a coalition government on March 9. Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has summoned parliament to meet... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 11 Mar 2008 | 10:52 am
(Kyodo) _ New South Korean President Lee Myung Bak is likely to make his first visit to Japan on April 20-21 since taking power last month, sources connected to Japan-South Korea... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 11 Mar 2008 | 10:51 am
Proposals for schoolchildren to take part in American-style pledges alongside
the British flag to help combat a decline in national identity were
criticised as divisive and unnecessary today. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 11 Mar 2008 | 10:50 am
Israeli police hold onto the body of seminary gunman Ala Abu Dhaim to stop his funeral turning political. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 11 Mar 2008 | 10:48 am
(Kyodo) _ The Supreme Court on Tuesday approved a request by former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who last month returned to Thailand to fight corruption charges after 17 months in... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 11 Mar 2008 | 10:44 am
The FBI is trying to find out how herbal supplements got into a family's frozen fish dinner, a discovery that prompted a voluntary recall in 11 states. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 11 Mar 2008 | 10:43 am
A woman watches a monitor at the stock market exchange in Kuala Lumpur. Malaysia's opposition has announced plans to dismantle race-based discrimination policies and warned the government not to sabotage... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 11 Mar 2008 | 10:41 am
Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi answers questions after a meeting with the Barisan Nasional (National Front) in Kuala Lumpur on March 10. Malaysia's opposition has announced plans to dismantle... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 11 Mar 2008 | 10:41 am
Malaysia's opposition Tuesday announced plans to dismantle race-based discrimination policies and warned the government not to sabotage the transition of power as it prepared to rule in... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 11 Mar 2008 | 10:41 am
The ‘Big Four’ record labels - EMI, Sony, Universal and Warner have started legal proceedings to force an ISP to end piracy on its network. The action, brought against Irish ISP, Eircom, is the first of it’s kind. Source: Digg | 11 Mar 2008 | 10:40 am
(Kyodo) _ Malaysia's opposition, which won control over several key states in Saturday's elections, vowed Tuesday to dismantle, under their administrations, the country's controversial... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 11 Mar 2008 | 10:38 am
TAIPEI, March 11 (Kyodo) _ Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian is scrambling to shield his ruling Democratic Progressive Party from fallout stemming from the likely failure of a key... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 11 Mar 2008 | 10:34 am
The British government says the cost of conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan has almost doubled in the last year to more than $6 billion. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 11 Mar 2008 | 10:32 am
KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan's Taliban Islamic movement has urged the war-torn nation's former mujahideen factions to join it in their campaign to drive out foreign forces from the country.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - The U.S. space shuttle Endeavour blasted off from a seaside Florida launch pad on Tuesday to deliver part of a long-awaited Japanese space laboratory and a Canadian-built robotic system to the International Space Station.
A group of children play on the beach near the murky waters of Manila Bay Tuesday, March 11, 2008, in Manila, Philippines. Drowning is a top killer of children in Asia, but the problem is often overlooked... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 11 Mar 2008 | 10:25 am
Afghan labors download sacks of wheat provided by World Food Program for distribution on the out skirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Tuesday, March 11, 2008. WFP distributed sacks of wheat to over 2,000 families... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 11 Mar 2008 | 10:23 am
Three Croatian ex-generals go on trial at the UN war crimes tribunal in one of its most high-profile cases. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 11 Mar 2008 | 10:20 am
BILOXI (AFP) -
Barack
Obama headed into Tuesday's primary in Mississippi, a state
he is tipped to win, mocking talk of a "dream
ticket" headed by his White House rival Hillary Clinton. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 11 Mar 2008 | 10:20 am
Carrying placards with signs reading, "Capitalism sucks the peoples blood" and "Uphold Sharia and Islamic government," Indonesian members of Hizbut Tahrir, a conservative Islamic group, protest against... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 11 Mar 2008 | 10:11 am
Apparently, ‘Imagination Is The Only Escape’ will never see life on the shelves in North America. Nintendo has confirmed that the title will not be released in the states. However, the game will more than likely see some life in Europe and Asia. And yes, you read the title right. It's a Nazi game for the Nintendo Wii. Source: Digg | 11 Mar 2008 | 10:10 am
An e-mail message made public on Monday in the fraud trial of Antoin Rezko, a businessman and political contributor, brought attention to Senator Barack Obama’s role in discussions involving a state health planning board that Mr. Rezko is accused of improperly influencing. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 11 Mar 2008 | 10:06 am
The BBC launches an Arabic language TV channel, broadcasting across North Africa and the Middle East. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 11 Mar 2008 | 10:05 am
Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown talks to the schoolchildren during the launch of a new National Enterprise Academy at Swanlea School in London, Tuesday, March 11, 2008. (AP Photo/Sang Tan, Pool) Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 11 Mar 2008 | 10:01 am
China admitted today that it had quashed a protest by Buddhist monks in the
Tibetan capital of Lhasa, underscoring the opposition Beijing still faces to
its rule in the remote Himalayan region. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 11 Mar 2008 | 9:56 am
Alistair Thomson has been a Reuters correspondent in Africa for eight years, covering everything from military coups to commodities markets. A British citizen, he has worked for Reuters in London, Brussels, Ivory Coast and South Africa, and is now based in Dakar, Senegal. In the following story, he recounts his slow race across the continent to cover rebel fighting in Chad.
LAHORE (AFP) -
Two
suspected suicide car bombings killed at least 25 people in
the Pakistani city of Lahore on Tuesday, posing a fresh
challenge to the US-allied country's incoming civilian government. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 11 Mar 2008 | 9:45 am
Australia call off their tour of Pakistan until further notice because of security fears. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 11 Mar 2008 | 9:44 am
When political leaders officially reached a truce two weeks ago, people in Kenya's largest slum were forging their own kind of fragile peace, often at the risk of death.
DHARMSALA, India (AP) -- In protest of Beijing's hosting of this summer's Olympic Games, hundreds of Tibetan exiles in northern India resumed a march to Tibet and planned to defy a police order restricting them to a single district.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:23 a... | 11 Mar 2008 | 9:33 am
PARIS (AFP) -
European
plane maker Airbus made an operating loss of more than a
billion dollars last year despite record orders for its
aircraft, forcing parent company EADS into the red, company
results showed Tuesday. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 11 Mar 2008 | 9:26 am
An interview with the gorgeous Kate Beckinsale about her new movie Snow Angels, directed by David Gordon Green and co-starring Sam Rockwell. She talks about her fan base, her character, her inspiration to get into the business, and the darkness of the film. Source: Digg | 11 Mar 2008 | 9:20 am
Russia's president-elect Dmitry Medvedev, right, walks as he attends the opening ceremony of a toboggan and sledge sports center, in Paramonovo, outside Moscow, Monday, March 10, 2008. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti,... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 11 Mar 2008 | 9:11 am
Bombs exploded at a federal police building and at an advertising agency in the Pakistani city of Lahore on Tuesday, killing at least 20 people and wounding more than 150, police said.
In its grand tradition of "hacking" reality with silly pranks around campus, a bunch of MIT students dressed up the main lobby of MIT with a bunch of Super Smash Bros. Brawl power-ups. Source: Digg | 11 Mar 2008 | 9:10 am
Ministers of Defense of the Balkan countries pose for the press before their meeting in the Bulgarian capital Sofia, Tuesday, March, 11, 2008. Within the framework of the Bulgarian Chairmanship-in-Office... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 11 Mar 2008 | 9:09 am
Guatemalan prosecutors looking into a rash of fraudulent documents and dealings at a well-regarded adoption agency have thousands of parents in the U.S. worried that their children could be taken away.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Boeing Co said on Monday it would formally challenge a decision by the U.S. Air Force to award a $35 billion aerial tanker program to a team led by Northrop Grumman Corp and Europe's EADS.
As the title says, this article lists the top ten Hubble space satellite images ever taken. Hubble has been in operation since 1990, and now after serving almost for 20 years it is time to list the very best images taken by Hubble. Source: Digg | 11 Mar 2008 | 9:00 am
This isn't the usual list of extensions that everyone is used to using, but 10 add-ons that many may not know about, but can be very useful for everyday web browsing. Source: Digg | 11 Mar 2008 | 8:50 am
How should you behave at your office and what kind of behavior should you avoid? Check out "... The Ultimate Office Etiquette Guide so that you never again make the mistake of taking a stapler without first asking for permission!"Now, if I had to write up all the tiny details of office etiquette at my job, I doubt I could keep it this short. Source: Digg | 11 Mar 2008 | 8:40 am
The U.S. military said Tuesday that three soldiers were killed by a roadside bomb north of Baghdad a day earlier, bringing to eight the number of troops who died on Monday. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 11 Mar 2008 | 8:22 am
The UK’s biggest airline has reacted with fury to a new price regime that will
drive up fares at Britain’s two busiest airports. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 11 Mar 2008 | 8:17 am
Aerospace and defence group EADS reports bigger than expected losses, but predicts a recovery this year. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 11 Mar 2008 | 8:05 am
Passengers flying from Heathrow and Gatwick face increases in the price of fares by £2 after the Civil Aviation Authority announced new landing charges for both airports. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 11 Mar 2008 | 8:05 am
We are riveted, but why? Nearly every post-scandal news conference is like every other. There's a script to these things, as we all know, and New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer followed it to the letter yesterday in seeming to acknowledge his involvement with a prostitute and apologizing for it.
In real life, he's a sweet septuagenarian and adoring dad to his five-year-old daughter. But Dennis Hopper had no trouble delving into his latest role: a bitter, perverse, teen-slapping sadist. 'I've been doing this,' he smiles, 'for a long time'
VATICAN CITY (AP) -- In olden days, the deadly sins included lust, gluttony and greed. Now, the Catholic Church says pollution, mind-damaging drugs and genetic experiments are on its updated thou-shalt-not list. Also receiving fresh attention by the Vatican was social injustice, along the lines of the age-old maxim: "The rich get richer while the poor get poorer."... Source: AP Top International News At 7:23 a... | 11 Mar 2008 | 7:31 am
Kenya's parliament is to debate legislation aimed at ending the unrest that followed disputed elections. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 11 Mar 2008 | 7:22 am
Gasoline prices at the pump also rise to records as crude for April delivery hits $107.90 a barrel.
Crude oil jumped to a new high above $108 a barrel Monday, dragging retail gasoline and diesel prices along for record rides of their own despite ample fuel supplies.
Suicide and roadside bombings come as officials assess recent success in curbing violence.
Five U.S. soldiers and an Iraqi civilian were killed Monday in a suicide bombing while chatting with shopkeepers in central Baghdad, part of an uptick in high-profile attacks that has rattled the capital after months of diminished violence.
The former first lady's offer of the vice presidency to her Democratic rival is a tactic to make voters think she is the front-runner, Obama says, noting that he has more delegates.
Barack Obama accused rival Hillary Rodham Clinton Monday of trying to "hoodwink" and "bamboozle" voters into thinking that she was the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination by hinting that he could take the second slot on her ticket.
A plan to cut many post offices where villagers gossip and sip tea as well as buy stamps sparks turmoil.
These days, villagers who want to send a letter can go onto the Royal Mail's website, print out postage, and place the envelope in their delivery box out on the road. But that would be missing the point entirely.
A class of compounds found in nerve gas and pesticides remains the likely cause, a review of studies concludes.
A review of medical studies on Gulf War syndrome supports the theory that the still-hazy disorder was caused by a group of related chemicals found in pesticides used around military facilities and anti-nerve-gas pills given to soldiers, according to a study released Monday.
Case against Willie Earl Green is overturned after key witness recants testimony. Prosecutors weigh a retrial.
A Los Angeles judge on Monday overturned the conviction of a man who has spent the last quarter-century in prison for a murder he insists he did not commit, concluding that the prosecution's star witness lied.
The governor, who has a reputation as a crusading crime-fighter, makes a public apology but does not address reports that he used an elite international call-girl ring.
Gov. Eliot Spitzer, who built a national reputation as an aggressive, uncompromising prosecutor, apologized to the public Monday after a federal wiretap caught him allegedly arranging to meet a high-priced prostitute in a Washington hotel.
After the violent mayhem of the '90s, right-wing extremist groups are less active. Some believe the 2001 attacks diverted rage away from the U.S. government and toward foreigners.
Three years after foreign terrorists killed nearly 3,000 Americans in the Sept. 11 attacks, Steve Holten left the San Francisco Bay Area, drove east through the Tahoe National Forest, skirted the Truckee River and settled himself in Reno. Here he proclaimed himself a lieutenant colonel of the local chapter of Aryan Nations. He sent an e-mail to area newspapers declaring war on the federal government, the media and the Jews.
The transformation of office buildings into residential addresses fuels a resurgence of L.A.'s storied boulevard.
The 22nd floor of the new Solair building, a residential, retail and transportation hub at Wilshire Boulevard and Western Avenue, is still just a concrete platform -- the building's official opening is months away.
Shuttle Endeavour and a crew of seven blasted into orbit Tuesday on what was to be the longest space station mission ever, a 16-day voyage to build a gangly robot and add a new room that will serve as a closet for a future lab.
COLUMBUS, Mississippi (Reuters) - Barack Obama on Monday ridiculed rival Hillary Clinton's repeated hints she would take him for the No. 2 spot on her presidential ticket, accusing her of playing political games in their hard-fought Democratic nominating race.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said insurgent and terrorist violence in Afghanistan increased sharply in 2007, and is at its highest level since U.S. forces invaded the country in 2001.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer faces pressure to resign on Tuesday as well as questions about whether he will be prosecuted for any crime after a report linked him to a high-class prostitution ring.
Madonna was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Monday and paid tribute to people who encouraged her and even critics who panned her for helping drive her career.
Even as employers nationwide slashed some 63,000 jobs last month, more than a quarter of U.S. companies say they plan to hire within the next three months, according to a survey of 14,000 companies. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 11 Mar 2008 | 4:17 am
Hillary Clinton's ad that warns of a national emergency at 3 am features a sleeping girl, a girl who is now almost 18 and a fervent Barack Obama supporter.
The video of the girl is stock footage, which was produced while she was... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 11 Mar 2008 | 4:07 am
PYONGYANG - After a hard day of contributing to the cult of personality around Asia's only communist dynasty and vexing the world with a nuclear arms programme, there is no better way for a North Korean cadre to relax than with a... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 11 Mar 2008 | 2:57 am
CHICAGO (AFP) -
Nearly two
decades after veterans of the 1991 Gulf War came home
complaining of odd illnesses, enough evidence has been
gathered to determine that many of them were sickened by
chemical exposure, a study has concluded. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 11 Mar 2008 | 2:46 am
ADELAIDE - South Australia's largest cemetery will offer carbon-neutral cremations and burials as part of plans to offset the carbon emissions of its entire operations.
Centennial Park in Adelaide said its carbon offset scheme... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 11 Mar 2008 | 2:35 am
LONDON - Climate change did not cause the devastating floods that hit northern England last August, a report said today.
They were an exceptional event that statistically might occur every 100 to 200 years and not part of any... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 11 Mar 2008 | 2:18 am
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. military commission trials of Guantanamo terrorism suspects will be tainted by coercive tactics such as waterboarding used to obtain evidence and should be scrapped, human rights groups said on Monday.
UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- Russia told the U.N. Security Council on Monday that the presence of U.S. Navy warships in the Mediterranean off the coast of Lebanon was not helping resolve the political crisis in Lebanon.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:23 a... | 11 Mar 2008 | 1:37 am
COLUMBUS - Barack Obama on Monday ridiculed rival Hillary Clinton's repeated hints she would take him for the No. 2 spot on her presidential ticket, accusing her of playing political games in their hard-fought Democratic nominating... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 11 Mar 2008 | 1:31 am
Peru drug police unveil a cache of confiscated cocaine, totalling 1.5 tons and worth millions of dollars on the street.
In 2008, Peruvian police have already confiscated more than 5 tons of cocaine almost double the amount confiscated... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 11 Mar 2008 | 1:30 am
Opposition Leader Brendan Nelson should be given at least six months to prove himself worthy of the job, a coalition senator says.
A weekend Galaxy poll found only 33 per cent of people believe Dr Nelson should stay on as leader,... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 11 Mar 2008 | 12:56 am
CAPE CANAVERAL - The US space shuttle Endeavour was poised to blast off from its Florida home port on Tuesday to deliver the first part of a huge Japanese laboratory to the International Space Station.
Technicians at the Kennedy... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 11 Mar 2008 | 12:53 am
WASHINGTON - The number of foreign visitors to the United States set a record in 2007 for the first time since before the Sept 11 attacks on the United States, the US Commerce Department said yesterday.
Foreign visitor numbers... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 11 Mar 2008 | 12:43 am
Dogs from 20 countries took part in the biggest dog racing event held in Asarna in northern Sweden.
The breeds that showed off their speed were Siberian Huskies, Alaskan Malamutes, Greenland dogs and Samoyeds.
Poland's Mateusz... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 11 Mar 2008 | 12:15 am
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) -- Luciany Ball's adoption file says she was born 14 months ago by Caesarean section to a single mother who gave her up so she could be raised by a loving family in a six-bedroom Indiana farmhouse.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:23 a... | 11 Mar 2008 | 12:14 am
Britain has been left battered and bruised by the most severe storm of the winter, but forecasters warned that for some parts of the country, the worst is still to come. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 11 Mar 2008 | 12:01 am
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) -- A team from Brazil's Labor Ministry found "degrading" living conditions for 133 sugarcane workers employed by an ethanol company whose investors include former President Clinton and other high-profile financial players.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:23 a... | 10 Mar 2008 | 11:46 pm
Dozens of U.S. troops in Iraq fell sick at bases using "unmonitored and potentially unsafe" water supplied by the military and a contractor once owned by Vice President Dick Cheney's former company, the Pentagon said.
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) -- Al-Qaida in Islamic North Africa claimed responsibility for kidnapping two Austrian tourists last month in Tunisia in an audio recording aired Monday on Al-Jazeera television.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:23 a... | 10 Mar 2008 | 10:16 pm
Sen. Bill Nelson, a Democrat from Florida, advocates a second state primary, which would be carried out by mail-in ballots. He wants the Democratic Party to pay. Nelson outlines his plan and his reasoning.
Reports surface that New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer was caught on a federal wiretap arranging to meet with a high-priced prostitute. Last week, prosecutors charged four people with running a prostitution ring; Spitzer was reportedly one of its clients at a Washington, D.C., hotel last month.
As a follow-up to a recent story about border fences, a federal judge has ruled that the U.S. government must first try to negotiate a price with landowner Eloisa Tamez before seizing her property. Tamez, whose property lies within a planned construction area for the massive fence, considers the decision a victory.
Some residents of Atlanta's public housing complexes are fighting proposals to tear down their homes. Since 1994, Atlanta has demolished dilapidated public housing to make way for mixed-income projects. But this time, there's no plan to build a new community.
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israel's prime minister ordered the army to scale back operations in Gaza on Monday after a sharp drop in Palestinian rocket fire, raising the possibility of a wider truce that would ease the path for peace talks.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:23 a... | 10 Mar 2008 | 8:09 pm
Hurricane Katrina pulverized the casinos on Mississippi's Gulf Coast, but they have recovered and are expanding. But many complain that Biloxi -- once a showplace of coastal antebellum homes -- is turning into a garish town.
A group of Southern Baptist leaders says the denomination has been "too timid" in addressing environmental issues. The letter may show the growing influence of a younger generation of evangelical Christians.
After a sharp drop in rocket and mortar attacks launched from Gaza, Israeli officials say they will temporarily halt military operations against Palestinian militants. Egypt's intelligence chief is attempting to mediate a more formal cease-fire.
The Senate Intelligence Committee will soon complete a classified report on the results of a probe into the Bush administration's path to war in Iraq. The chief question: was intelligence information properly used?
The U.S. military has set up Sunni paramilitary groups throughout Iraq to combat al-Qaida. Security has improved as a result of the effort, but the future of the forces is uncertain.
New York Governor Eliot Spitzer, a Democrat known for his moral crusading, has issued a public apology but stopped short of resigning amid reports he was involved in a high-end prostitution ring. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 10 Mar 2008 | 7:52 pm
A specialist sniffer dog searching a cellar at a Jersey children's home has given police a positive "indication". Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 10 Mar 2008 | 6:45 pm
Police in Jersey have broken into the second underground chamber at Haut de la Garenne in their search for evidence of child abuse spanning four decades, a spokesman has said. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 10 Mar 2008 | 6:31 pm
Eliot Spitzer, the governor of New York, told senior members of his administration that he was involved in a prostitution ring, the New York Times has reported on its web site, citing an administration official. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 10 Mar 2008 | 6:24 pm
BEIJING (AP) -- China disclosed Monday that suspicious liquids were found on a flight headed to Beijing from a far western Muslim region, and Olympic organizers tried to dismiss fears that the summer games were under threat.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:23 a... | 10 Mar 2008 | 6:02 pm
Officials in western Kenya say the army is using heavy firepower to crack down on a group linked to bloody land clashes. A Red Cross official has said up to 30,000 people have fled their homes in the region.
Police arrest a man on charges that he raped a 15-year-old British girl later found dead on a beach in India. Source: FOXNews.com | 10 Mar 2008 | 5:51 pm
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert orders the army to end airstrikes and raids into the Gaza Strip after drop in rocket fire from the territory. Source: FOXNews.com | 10 Mar 2008 | 5:14 pm
Indian police block several hundred Tibetan exiles from marching to Tibet to protest this summer's Beijing Olympics. Source: FOXNews.com | 10 Mar 2008 | 5:10 pm
Polish man dies in car accident with his wife and sister-in-law's dead bodies in the back seat after killing them with an ax. Source: FOXNews.com | 10 Mar 2008 | 4:00 pm
Organizers of the Beijing Olympics voiced confidence Monday about security for the August Games after news of a terror plot. Source: FOXNews.com | 10 Mar 2008 | 3:37 pm
A bomb hidden in a roadside flowerpot in Sri Lanka's capital Monday killed one person and injured six others, officials say. Source: FOXNews.com | 10 Mar 2008 | 3:27 pm
A letter tainted with a poisonous substance was sent to South Africa's top prosecutor, who is pursuing corruption cases against senior government leaders and politicians, his office said Monday. Source: FOXNews.com | 10 Mar 2008 | 3:23 pm
A Haverhill woman whose beloved miniature Schnauzer died on the operating table during a routine procedure almost a decade ago is fighting for more rights for Massachusetts...
Both the NFL and the attorney for former Patriots video assistant Matt Walsh last night said the two sides are approaching an agreement that would allow Walsh to reveal what...
Boston firefighters are battling a three-alarm blaze in a Back Bay building under construction on Boylston Street.
The first report of the fire at 800 Boylston St. came...
A 28-year-old man has been remanded in custody today in connection with the rape and murder of a 15-year-old British girl in Goa. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 10 Mar 2008 | 12:01 pm
Police in Jersey have broken into the second underground chamber at Haut de la Garenne in their search for evidence of child abuse spanning four decades, a spokesman has said. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 10 Mar 2008 | 11:49 am
Police are poised to break into a second underground chamber in the former children's home at the centre of the Jersey child abuse scandal. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 10 Mar 2008 | 11:49 am
Climate change threatens Britain with "environmentally induced migration", a top level European Union report has warned. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 10 Mar 2008 | 11:49 am
The Top Ten today is a compilation of local and national sports facts, stats and opinions
1. The Red Sox won the World Series despite:
* Being 13-14 in June
* 2-5...
For most of us, Spygate fell off the radar the moment the New England Patriots got beat in the Super Bowl.
It hardly mattered which side you were on going into the game....
BOSTON - A Boston firefighter who was arrested after police found him with marijuana in his department vehicle faces arraignment on a drug possession charge.
Police said...
Sen. Hillary Clinton appears to be laying the groundwork for an earth-scorching assault on chief rival Sen. Barack Obama that could give presumptive Republican nominee John...
CHICAGO - Barack Obama would not be leading the Democratic presidential race without the high turnout of black voters.
They spearheaded his comeback win in South Carolina,...
WASHINGTON - Florida inched closer to resolving its delegate dispute with the Democratic National Party, as a consensus for a mail-in do-over began to emerge yesterday.
...
AP - Mississippi Democrats are deciding the last in a series presidential contests between Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton before the two rivals settle in for a six-week battle to win Pennsylvania.
Reuters - Hamas denied on Tuesday comments by its
rival, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, that its pursuit of
an Egyptian-mediated truce with Israel was motivated by a
desire to protect its leaders from Israeli assassination.
AP - Gov. Eliot Spitzer, who took office with the vow "Day One, Everything Changes," started day one of his life after allegations of a prostitution scandal with his outlook so changed that many wondered if he could remain in power.
AP - The U.S. military said Tuesday that three soldiers were killed the day before by a roadside bomb north of Baghdad, bringing to eight the number of troops who died that day.
AP - Shuttle Endeavour and a crew of seven blasted into orbit Tuesday on what was to be the longest space station mission ever, a 16-day voyage to build a gangly robot and add a new room that will serve as a closet for a future lab.
AP - The U.S. economy will suffer as the slumping housing market eats away at job creation and consumer spending, but the nation should avoid slipping into a recession this year, according to a new economic report.
AP - LeBron James and the Boston Celtics added to their amazing seasons, and neither got much attention. For now, all eyes remain on the Houston Rockets. Tracy McGrady scored 19 points in less than three quarters and Houston routed cold-shooting New Jersey 91-73 on Monday night for its 19th consecutive victory, matching the third-longest winning streak in league history.
Reuters - Two suicide car bombers struck
in the Pakistani city of Lahore on Tuesday, killing 24 people
and wounding scores, most of them in an attack on a government
security office, police and officials said.
When political leaders officially reached a truce two weeks ago, people in Kenya's largest slum were forging their own kind of fragile peace, often at the risk of death.
The space shuttle Endeavour blazed into the night sky early Tuesday, heading into orbit for the longest visit ever to the international space station.
Bombs exploded at a federal police building and at an advertising agency in the Pakistani city of Lahore on Tuesday, killing at least 20 people and wounding more than 150, police said.
We are riveted, but why? Nearly every post-scandal news conference is like every other. There's a script to these things, as we all know, and New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer followed it to the letter yesterday in seeming to acknowledge his involvement with a prostitute and apologizing for it.
Madonna was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Monday and paid tribute to people who encouraged her and even critics who panned her for helping drive her career.
The Houston Rockets defeated the New Jersey Nets 91-73 Monday to become the fourth team in NBA history to win 19 cosecutive games.
Actor Billy Crystal will play for the New York Yankees in an exhibition game Thursday.