Eliot Spitzer resigned as Governor of New York yesterday after a sex scandal
put an abrupt end to the political career of a rising star who seemed
destined for the White House. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 13 Mar 2008 | 3:11 pm
A bloody fraternity of the state's most monstrous killer cons are plotting their releases from prison as part of a Department of Correction-sanctioned club whose aim...
(Kyodo) _ Top scientists commissioned by Hong Kong's health authorities to probe a recent influenza outbreak here have not found an especially virulent form of virus from children who... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 13 Mar 2008 | 11:57 am
(Kyodo) _ The head of China's food safety watchdog on Thursday accused some sections of the news media of fuelling public anxiety in Japan over a food poisoning outbreak involving... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 13 Mar 2008 | 11:53 am
(Kyodo) _ Cambodia on Thursday rejected claims by the United States made in a report that the Southeast Asian country's human rights record remains poor. "The Royal Government of... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 13 Mar 2008 | 11:51 am
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: RECASTING, ADDING INFO) A senior Defense Ministry official sparked controversy Thursday when he suggested that the Self-Defense Forces could take action in the event of Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 13 Mar 2008 | 11:48 am
A parked car bomb that exploded in a commercial district of central Baghdad killed eight people and wounded 41 on Thursday, police said. The bombing took place off a bridge in Tahrir... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 13 Mar 2008 | 11:47 am
LONDON (AFP) -
Asian and
European stock markets plunged on Thursday as investor
sentiment was hammered by resurgent credit concerns, the
plunging dollar and record high oil prices, dealers said. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 13 Mar 2008 | 11:44 am
WOLFSBURG, Germany - Volkswagen is scouting locations in the United States as it considers whether to build a new production plant in North America.
VW executive Jochem...
TAMPA, Fla. - Billy Crystal came prepared. Black maple bat in hand, the New York Yankees newcomer brought a well-worn glove with his name neatly stitched on the side, too.
The...
DEHRA (AFP) -
Indian
police Thursday arrested 100 Tibetan exiles trying to walk
to their homeland as part of a major protest ahead of the
Beijing Olympics, although the demonstrators vowed the march
would go on. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 13 Mar 2008 | 11:36 am
NAIROBI (Reuters) - The former Kenyan opposition party that agreed a power-sharing accord with President Mwai Kibaki said on Thursday any attempt to undermine the pact could provoke more... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 13 Mar 2008 | 11:34 am
CHENNAI, India (Reuters) - Several south Indian film personalities have been barred from the United States for their role in a visa scam, the U.S. consulate in Chennai said on Thursday. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 13 Mar 2008 | 11:31 am
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia's opposition alliance struggled on Thursday to reach power-sharing pacts in states that fell under its control in weekend elections dubbed a "political... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 13 Mar 2008 | 11:29 am
JUPITER, Fla. - Albert Pujols is confident he can make it through another season, and maybe even the rest of his career, without needing reconstructive surgery on the elbow...
Heavily armed rebels have crossed into eastern Chad from Sudan in the last 24 hours, the government said Thursday, a month after a failed rebel attempt to overthrow President Idriss Deby... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 13 Mar 2008 | 11:22 am
NEW BEDFORD - Police in New Bedford are warning food delivery drivers to use extra caution after several were targeted by knife-wielding robbers.
Within the last month,...
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: ADDING NUKAGA'S COMMENTS AT 4TH GRAF) The Japanese government said Thursday that excessive volatility in the foreign exchange market is "undesirable" and vowed to keep... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 13 Mar 2008 | 11:18 am
Hundreds of Kenyans by Mombasa port say they have become ill after chemical containers were dumped nearby. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 13 Mar 2008 | 11:16 am
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - Video game maker Electronic Arts Inc. said Thursday that it has launched a hostile $2 billion tender offer for rival Take-Two Interactive Software Inc.,...
GAZA (Reuters) - Islamic Jihad fired rockets into Israel from the Gaza Strip on Thursday after an Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank, in renewed violence that threatened an Egyptian-brokered truce.
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. soldiers and Iraqi militants exchanged fire after a rocket attack from a Shi'ite Mehdi Army militia stronghold on a U.S. base southeast of Baghdad, Iraqi police said on Thursday.
The US introduces tougher air quality standards for the first time in 10 years, to improve public health. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 13 Mar 2008 | 11:07 am
Germany's highest court has upheld a law that makes incest a criminal offense, rejecting an appeal by a man who was sentenced to prison after fathering four children with his sister. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 13 Mar 2008 | 11:06 am
An Austrian couple were convicted of making terror threats on targets in Germany and Austria, officials said Thursday. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 13 Mar 2008 | 11:01 am
Wall Street headed for a sharply lower opening Thursday, following the example of markets around the world as the dollar continued its descent and worries about the U.S. economy reasserted themselves. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 13 Mar 2008 | 10:59 am
The deaths of five civilians during a clash between government troops and militants have sparked a demonstration of more than 2,000 villagers in northwest Pakistan. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 13 Mar 2008 | 10:58 am
Armenia's president is lifting media restrictions imposed in a state of emergency declared after last month's disputed presidential election. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 13 Mar 2008 | 10:57 am
BORMIO, Italy - Bode Miller was assured of his second overall World Cup title in four years after his closest challenger decided not to ski in one of the final two races of...
BOSTON - Boston could become the latest big city to ban restaurants from serving food that contains trans fat.
The city's Public Health Commission is expected to vote...
NEW YORK - In a dramatic, swift and tawdry fall from grace, Gov. Eliot Spitzer resigned yesterday after getting caught in a call-girl scandal that made a mockery of his straight-arrow...
The high-priced call girl whose charms brought down a crimefighting governor said she's not a "monster," but a Jersey girl who bounced back from a rough start...
AP - After linking up with the international space station, Endeavour's astronauts got right to work Thursday unloading the parts they'll need to build a giant robot that will help maintain the orbiting outpost.
AP - The abrupt departure of the four-star general in charge of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan has set off a scramble within the Bush administration to fill a job that requires vast combat experience, deft diplomatic skills, and the ability to handle the prickly question of what to do about Iran.
AFP - Serbian President Boris Tadic on Thursday dissolved the parliament and called early legislative elections for May 11, following the collapse of the ruling coalition in a policy rift over ties with the EU and Kosovo's disputed independence.
BELGRADE (AFP) -
Serbian
President Boris Tadic on Thursday dissolved the parliament
and called early legislative elections for May 11, following
the collapse of the ruling coalition in a policy rift over
ties with the EU and Kosovo's disputed independence. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 13 Mar 2008 | 10:42 am
AP - The second suspect charged with murdering the University of North Carolina student body president surrendered peacefully to police early Thursday, authorities said.
Asian markets plunged Thursday after Wall Street's retreat from its biggest rally in five years, with investors worried by the sliding dollar and ongoing troubles in the U.S. economy. European shares also opened lower. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 13 Mar 2008 | 10:38 am
AP - The Houston Rockets became the third team in NBA history to win 20 consecutive games, tying for the league's second-longest winning streak with an 83-75 victory over the Atlanta Hawks on Wednesday night.
GAZA CITY (AFP) -
Israeli
warplanes hit the Gaza Strip Thursday after militants
rattled the Jewish state with rocket fire, ending a five-day
lull and threatening efforts to strike a more permanent truce. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 13 Mar 2008 | 10:36 am
BAGHDAD (AP) -- U.S. soldiers shot and killed a young Iraqi girl after firing a warning shot at a woman who "appeared to be signaling to someone" along a road where several bombs had recently been found, a military official said early Thursday.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:06 a... | 13 Mar 2008 | 10:35 am
AP - U.S. soldiers shot and killed a young Iraqi girl after firing a warning shot at a woman who "appeared to be signaling to someone" along a road where several bombs had recently been found, a military official said early Thursday.
An eighth-grade honors student who was suspended for a day, barred from attending an honors dinner and stripped of his title as class vice president after he was caught with contraband candy in school will get his student council post back, school officials said. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 13 Mar 2008 | 10:34 am
A former FBI supervisor has been sentenced in Virginia to six years in prison for abducting a girlfriend. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 13 Mar 2008 | 10:33 am
AP - Presidential candidates John McCain, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton interrupted their campaign schedules to return to the Senate for votes on taxes and spending likely to become key points of contention in the race for the White House.
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Afghan and international forces killed 41 Taliban militants in a battle in southern Afghanistan, and a suicide car bomb attack on a convoy of U.S. troops left six Afghan civilians dead in Kabul, U.S. and Afghan officials said Thursday.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:06 a... | 13 Mar 2008 | 10:30 am
AP - Afghan and international forces killed 41 Taliban militants in a battle in southern Afghanistan, and a suicide car bomb attack on a convoy of U.S. troops left six Afghan civilians dead in Kabul, U.S. and Afghan officials said Thursday.
A suicide car bomber has struck a vehicle carrying U.S. troops near Kabul's airport, but none of the troops was seriously hurt. At least six Afghan civilians died, bringing to at least 11 the number of innocents killed in violence this week.
Scientists say the data download has started from the international Cassini spacecraft as it moves through geyser plumes from one of Saturn's moons. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 13 Mar 2008 | 10:19 am
While the Houston Rockets ran their winning streak to a nearly unprecedented 20 games in a row, the Boston Celtics were busy ringing up their 10th straight. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 13 Mar 2008 | 10:15 am
Pakistan says US forces in Afghanistan fired shells across the border, killing two women and two children. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 13 Mar 2008 | 10:15 am
AP - The call girl at the center of the prostitution scandal that prompted Gov. Eliot Spitzer to resign in disgrace has been identified as a 22-year-old aspiring musician who struggled in a broken home as a child.
Mexico arrests a US citizen alleged to be a key Tijuana drug cartel figure and is set to deport him to the US. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 13 Mar 2008 | 10:11 am
Climate change, energy security and reform are set to dominate an EU summit in Brussels. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 13 Mar 2008 | 10:07 am
Fifty-four percent of the CFOs said the United States is in recession, and another 24 percent said there is a high likelihood of one starting later this year, according to a Duke University/CFO Magazine survey completed on March 7 Source: Digg | 13 Mar 2008 | 10:01 am
Vietnam is preparing to launch its first satellite. Vinasat No. 1 is scheduled to be launched April 12 from Kourou spaceport in South America, and will be ready for use in May Source: Digg | 13 Mar 2008 | 9:52 am
Teenager Scarlett Keeling was drugged and sexually assaulted before she died, police in Goa say. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 13 Mar 2008 | 9:50 am
LONDON (AFP) -
The
euro struck a new record high against the dollar on
Thursday, breaching 1.56 dollars for the first time amid
mounting concerns over the US economy, dealers said. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 13 Mar 2008 | 9:46 am
BEIJING (Reuters) - China said the United States is unfit to present itself as a "defender of human rights" and a senior official accused Western critics of conspiring to use the Beijing Olympic Games to subvert Communist Party rule.
Stock markets across Europe and Asia plummeted this morning as the dollar
slumped to new lows and fears grew that the US Federal Reserve's surprise
$280 billion liquidity bailout will fail to stop a full-blown recession.$ Source: Top stories from Times Online | 13 Mar 2008 | 9:36 am
Israeli aircraft strike Gaza after Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel, ending a brief lull in the violence. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 13 Mar 2008 | 9:25 am
DEHRA, India (AP) -- Police detained more than 100 Tibetan exiles as they marched to their homeland Thursday in protest of China's hosting of the Olympic Games, charging them with threatening the "peace and tranquility" of the region, officials said.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:06 a... | 13 Mar 2008 | 9:24 am
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Astronauts from space shuttle Endeavour and the International Space Station greeted one another with hugs and smiles on Thursday to begin a joint 12-day mission to install a Japanese laboratory and Canadian robotic system.
Tibetan marchers chant slogans from the back of a police vehicle after being arrested in Dehra. Indian police have arrested a group of 100 Tibetan exiles trying to walk to their homeland as part of a major... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 13 Mar 2008 | 9:11 am
Indian police have arrested a group of 100 Tibetan exiles trying to walk to their homeland as part of a major protest ahead of the Beijing Olympics, although the demonstrators vowed their march would go... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 13 Mar 2008 | 9:11 am
Tibetan marchers chant slogans after their arrest in Dehra. Indian police have arrested a group of 100 Tibetan exiles trying to walk to their homeland as part of a major protest ahead of the Beijing Olympics,... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 13 Mar 2008 | 9:11 am
US and North Korean envoys are to meet in Geneva in an attempt to reinvigorate a stalled nuclear deal. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 13 Mar 2008 | 9:08 am
Serbia's president dissolves parliament and calls early polls, after a cabinet split over EU membership and Kosovo. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 13 Mar 2008 | 9:07 am
A senior police officer found dead in Snowdonia had been worried about details of his close friendship with a married businesswoman becoming public, police sources disclosed. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 13 Mar 2008 | 9:01 am
KABUL (Reuters) - A suicide car bomber killed six Afghan civilians in an attack on U.S. troops near the airport in Afghanistan's capital on Thursday, officials said.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former Ohio Democratic Sen. Howard Metzenbaum, a self-made millionaire who championed workers and consumers during almost 20 years in the Senate, has died at age 90, according to media reports on Thursday.
PARIS (AFP) -
Geneticists have identified a super gene which
causes breast cancer to metastasise, the deadly
process by which the disease spreads to other organs. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 13 Mar 2008 | 8:47 am
China says Washington's rights record is "shocking", after a US report labels Beijing an authoritarian regime. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 13 Mar 2008 | 8:43 am
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) -- An Afghan detainee who was captured as a teenager railed in court against the U.S. military's tribunal system and said he will boycott his trial, telling the judge: "Don't bother me anymore."... Source: AP Top International News At 7:06 a... | 13 Mar 2008 | 8:26 am
The Tanjug news agency has reported that Serbian President Boris Tadic, seen here in February 2008, dissolved parliament and called elections for May 11, following the collapse of the ruling coalition... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 13 Mar 2008 | 8:23 am
An alleged drug dealer has been charged with the rape and murder of a British
teenager found dead on a beach in Goa last month. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 13 Mar 2008 | 8:14 am
A study reveals that the volume of information about us generated automatically on a daily basis surpasses the total volume of digital information that we actively create about ourselves. IDC notes that this trend has significant privacy implications and that pressure will increasingly fall on the IT sector to address information management Source: Digg | 13 Mar 2008 | 8:01 am
Police in India have apparently arrested a third person in connection with the rape and murder of the British teenager Scarlett Keeling, who was murdered on a beach in Goa last month. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 13 Mar 2008 | 8:01 am
U.S. Army Lieutenant General Peter Chiarelli, Commanding General of the Multi-National Corps, talks with reporters in the Green Zone area in Baghdad in this Dec. 12, 2006 file photo. (AP Photo/Muhannad... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 13 Mar 2008 | 7:56 am
Activision filed a lawsuit yesterday asking the US District Court for Central California to invalidate a 1999 Gibson patent on "simulating a musical performance," because apparently Gibson's bugging them about it since January. Source: Digg | 13 Mar 2008 | 7:42 am
A group of some 400 Myanmar residents in Japan and their supporters march in near the Myanmar Embassy in Tokyo, calling for human right resolution and democracy Thursday, March 13, 2008. The demonstration... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 13 Mar 2008 | 7:37 am
KABUL (AFP) -
A suicide
car bomber rammed a convoy carrying foreign troops near the
airport in the Afghan capital Kabul Thursday, killing six
civilians and wounding another 18, police said. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 13 Mar 2008 | 7:36 am
Toyota Motor Corp. President Katsuaki Watanabe speaks to reporters during a press conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo Thursday, March 13, 2008. Watanabe acknowledged the company's rapid... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 13 Mar 2008 | 7:35 am
A worker eats lunch near a construction site in Beijing, Thursday March 13, 2008. The armies of migrant workers building Beijing's skyscrapers and Olympic venues are being bilked of wages and placed in... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 13 Mar 2008 | 7:33 am
The man suspected of pulling the trigger in the murder of Washington Redskins' star Sean Taylor in his South Florida home reportedly told investigators after the shooting they burned their clothes in an effort to cover up the crime. Source: Digg | 13 Mar 2008 | 7:26 am
Protesters from Myanmar's National League for Democracy shout slogans during a rally calling for the immediate release of their pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi near the Myanmar Embassy in Seoul,... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 13 Mar 2008 | 7:25 am
With their hands bound in chains, protesters stage a play to depict the alleged political situation and the plight of political prisoners in Myanmar Thursday, March 13, 2008, in front of the Myanmar Embassy... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 13 Mar 2008 | 7:24 am
Eliot Spitzer, the governor of New York exposed as a client of a prostitution ring, has resigned, admitting that he had failed to live up to the standards expected of a leading politician. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 13 Mar 2008 | 7:04 am
The residential boom many expected in an area with 'rough edges' didn't happen. Now, condo prices are skidding.
Downtown Los Angeles has seen a much-heralded revival in the last few years, with thousands of people moving in and a flock of new restaurants and upscale stores opening to serve them. Attractions such as Staples Center and the Nokia Theatre are helping support premium eateries and a lively club scene.
Former U.S. Sen. Howard M. Metzenbaum, an Ohio Democrat who was a feisty self-made millionaire before he began a long career fighting big business in Washington, died Wednesday night. He was 90.
The Watts assistant principal had been removed from a previous school where he was investigated for allegedly having sex with an underage student and pulling a gun on her stepfather.
Los Angeles school officials transferred an assistant principal to a Watts middle school just months after he had been removed from a previous school where he was investigated for allegedly having sex with an underage student and pulling a gun on her stepfather.
The volatile topic continues to resurface, despite the candidates' insistence that the campaign should focus on issues such as healthcare and energy.
Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton insisted this week that the Democratic primary should turn on substantive issues, such as healthcare and energy. But despite their stated hopes, an especially sensitive subject keeps pushing itself into the campaign: the role of race.
"Girls Gone Wild" founder Joe Francis pleaded no contest to child abuse and prostitution charges today under an agreement that allowed him to walk free after nearly a year in jail.
Lt. Gov. David A. Paterson will be sworn in Monday as New York's first African American governor.
Two days after federal agents publicly identified Eliot Spitzer as a client of a high-priced prostitution ring, the first-term governor announced his resignation at a somber news conference Wednesday, relinquishing his duties to Lt. Gov. David A. Paterson.
A thriving black market exists to match those in need of money with those in need of a transplant.
He sits quietly at the corner cafe, a gold watch flickering on his wrist. If you need a liver, or want to sell a piece of yours, grab a chair and get acquainted with Mustafa Hamed, a 24-year-old ex-bus driver who fell unexpectedly into a life as a broker in human organs.
Instead of meds to suppress the effects of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, dementia, and alzheimer's disease, there is a new movement to strengthen the brain with stimulating exercises. One exercise designed for kids puts them up against a robot flashing lights and they have to repeat them. Parents have reported immediate results. Source: Digg | 13 Mar 2008 | 6:44 am
Mixing faith and foreign policy, Bush says decision to invade Iraq will "forever" be the right decision. He also pledged to veto the "fairness doctrine," which would enjoin radio stations to give even time to opposing views. Source: Digg | 13 Mar 2008 | 6:30 am
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Resigning over reports he paid for a $1,000-an-hour prostitute, New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer leaves behind his political post but could face legal trouble from the stunning sex scandal.
CHICAGO (Reuters) - A high-profile supporter quit Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign on Wednesday after a remark about black Democratic rival Barack Obama was interpreted as racist.
MOSCOW - A Russian serial killer convicted of murdering 48 people said in an interview published on Wednesday he does not regret his killing spree and bragged that prison guards were in awe of him.
Alexander Pichushkin was sentenced... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 13 Mar 2008 | 5:37 am
HONG KONG (AP) -- Hong Kong ordered more than half a million primary and kindergarten students Wednesday to stay home for two weeks because of a flu outbreak in one of the world's most densely populated cities.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:06 a... | 13 Mar 2008 | 3:55 am
CHICAGO - A high-profile supporter quit Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign on Wednesday after a remark about black Democratic rival Barack Obama was interpreted as racist.
Geraldine Ferraro, the only woman to run on a major... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 13 Mar 2008 | 3:47 am
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Department of Defense is conducting a review of the videotaping of interrogations at military facilities from Iraq to Guantanamo Bay in Cuba and so far has identified nearly 50 tapes, The New York Times reported on Thursday.
MIAMI - Girls Gone Wild adult video founder Joe Francis on Wednesday pleaded no contest to filming underage girls for his DVDs and was sentenced to time already served in jail and set free.
Multimillionaire Francis built his... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 13 Mar 2008 | 3:33 am
Two former lovers were too busy talking on the bridge of a ferry they were steering to notice the ship was about to run aground, Canada's Transportation Safety Board said in its final report on a crash that killed two passengers.
Armed police are at a house in Napier where someone in possession of firearms is making threats. The house is in Argyll Crescent in the suburb of Tamatea.
A police spokesman says no shots have been fired. A local woman Donna... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 13 Mar 2008 | 3:29 am
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Southwest Airlines Co grounded more than three dozen planes on Wednesday due to a new glitch in safety inspections, although it said normal operations would resume the following day after reinspection.
SOFIA - A gunman shot dead a 15-year-old girl and wounded two other children at a Bulgarian orphanage yesterday before killing himself, police said.
The 67-year-old killer had been investigated over alleged sexual abuse of one... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 13 Mar 2008 | 1:43 am
Better ingredients give London the edge over Indian cities for fine Indian cuisine.
Better quality meat, fish and vegetables could very well put London ahead of any Indian city when it comes to high end Indian food.
London-based... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 13 Mar 2008 | 1:30 am
LONDON - An accountant who tried to sue British retail chain Marks & Spencer after he slipped on a grape and injured himself lost his case yesterday and was ordered to pay legal costs.
Alexander Martin-Sklan, 55, sued for more... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 13 Mar 2008 | 1:25 am
VANCOUVER, British Columbia - A conversation between two former lovers navigating a Canadian ferry may have contributed to the ship's fatal sinking, according to an investigation released yesterday.
A distracted bridge crew failed... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 13 Mar 2008 | 1:09 am
WARSAW, Poland (AP) -- About two dozen Holocaust survivors, including some saved by German industrialist Oskar Schindler, will mark the 65th anniversary of the Nazi's liquidation of the Jewish ghetto in Krakow.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:06 a... | 13 Mar 2008 | 12:58 am
PARIS (AP) -- France's last remaining veteran of World War I died Wednesday at age 110 after outliving 8.4 million Frenchmen who fought in what they called "la Grande Guerre."... Source: AP Top International News At 7:06 a... | 13 Mar 2008 | 12:45 am
Indian villagers in the southern state of Tamil Nadu awoke to find a thirsty elephant trapped in the village's well.
At 20 feet, the depth of the well prevented the elephant from escaping on its own.
A team of ten forestry officials... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 13 Mar 2008 | 12:03 am
Name a film that has scared the hell out of you. Does it haunt you to this
day? I thought so. Were you terrified by the relentless tension, or a single
terrific twist? Does it feature an iconic scene - Jack Nicholson chopping
through the bathroom door, for instance; or a sausage popping out of John
Hurt's chest? Is there a ghost as creepy as the caped dwarf in Nicolas
Roeg's elegant masterpiece Don't Look Now? Or is your favourite fright movie
besotted with the hillbilly freaks to be found in Deliverance and The Texas
Chain Saw Massacre? Source: Top stories from Times Online | 13 Mar 2008 | 12:01 am
The number of students enrolled in computer science programs is at its lowest in at least a decade. "Comp Sci" was one of the hottest majors during the dot-com boom of the late '90s. Now, despite a strong market for IT professionals and a resurgence in Web millionaires, college students just aren't interested in studying computing.
One of Britain's most senior police officers may have killed himself because he feared an alleged extra-marital affair was about to be exposed, police sources have disclosed. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 13 Mar 2008 | 12:01 am
Police in India arrested a second man last night in connection with the rape and murder of the British teenager Scarlett Keeling, who was murdered on a beach in Goa last month. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 13 Mar 2008 | 12:01 am
The novelist Terry Pratchett will today attack the NHS for its decision to deny an Alzheimer's drug to hundreds of sufferers like him, as he speaks about his battle with the illness. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 13 Mar 2008 | 12:01 am
Eliot Spitzer, the governor of New York exposed as a client of a prostitution ring, has resigned, admitting that he had failed to live up to the standards expected of a leading politician. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 13 Mar 2008 | 12:01 am
A Tory MP has been sacked by the party following a split with his local constituency association over his private life. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 13 Mar 2008 | 12:01 am
A Conservative MP was thrown out of the party in the Commons yesterday after a
long-running controversy involving threats, an affair, parliamentary
expenses and feuds with his local association. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 13 Mar 2008 | 12:00 am
The Environmental Protection Agency announced a record settlement with W.R. Grace and Co. for the cleanup of asbestos materials in the town of Libby, Mont. The company will pay $250 million toward the massive cleanup effort. Hundreds of residents in the town have been sickened and killed by asbestos-related diseases.
The Hamas prime minister called for a period of calm with Israel, laying out conditions that would end attacks on Palestinian militants, open Gaza's borders and lift economic sanctions. Shortly after, Israeli troops killed 4 Palestinian militants.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) -- A former couple steering a ferry were apparently distracted by conversation as their ship was about to run aground, Canada's Transportation Safety Board said Wednesday in its final report on a crash that killed two passengers.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:06 a... | 12 Mar 2008 | 11:29 pm
A Pentagon-sponsored study of 600,000 Iraqi documents captured after the 2003 invasion shows that no direct operation link existed between Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden's terrorist network. The Bush administration claimed such a relationship to support its arguments for invading Iraq.
Southwest Airlines said it grounded 38 planes in the wake of its recent admission that it had missed required inspections of some planes for structural cracks.
Authorities arrested and charged a man with murder Wednesday and are seeking a second suspect in the slaying of University of North Carolina student president Eve Carson.
Charly, a white rhino at the Serengeti Park zoo in Germany, turns 50 and the zoo says he could be the world's oldest rhino in captivity.
The zoo says that there is no record of any older rhinos in the world's zoos, and they rarely... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 12 Mar 2008 | 10:30 pm
ROME (AP) -- The Beijing Olympics in August offer China the chance to improve its human rights record, Hong Kong Cardinal Joseph Zen said Wednesday.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:06 a... | 12 Mar 2008 | 10:27 pm
New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer is expected to resign on Wednesday morning amid the sex scandal linking him to a prostitution ring as a client, The New York Times reported on its Web site, citing unnamed staff members.
Geraldine Ferraro has stepped down from an honorary post she held in Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign amid a controversy regarding comments she made about Barack Obama.
MOSCOW (AP) -- Year after year, the U.S. issues a troubling assessment of human rights in Russia.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:06 a... | 12 Mar 2008 | 9:47 pm
The Cassini spacecraft is on track Wednesday to skim past Saturn's moon, Enceladus, right through the plume of an "ice geyser" that is throwing material out into space and may be fed by an underground ocean. Scientists say Enceladus is the sort of place that theoretically could support some form of life.
New Cuban leader Raul Castro faces a major challenge: the demands of his own people for a higher standard of living. Portia Sieglebaum writes from Havana.
New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer has announced that he is resigning. Spitzer will step down on Monday and hand over the reigns of power to Lt. Governor David Paterson. Spitzer had been under intense pressure to resign after federal law enforcement alleged that he had paid large sums of cash to a high-class call girl agency.
Patients say it feels like being trapped in a corpse: They awake during surgery, unable to move or scream. Some remember hearing their surgeons talk, and a few recall intense pain. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 12 Mar 2008 | 9:00 pm
Five Makah Indians are facing charges of illegally killing a gray whale in the waters off Washington state. The tribe has been waiting years for a government permit to hunt. The tribal government has expressed disapproval, but some see the move as civil disobedience.
Throughout the Democratic race between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, issues of race and gender have arisen in controversial ways. The latest: Geraldine Ferraro's comment to a California newspaper that "(i)f Obama was a white man, he would not be in this position." She subsequently quit her position with the Clinton campaign.
Microsoft's Bill Gates testifies before Congress about the need to make it easier to hire foreign-born workers. He says the U.S. is losing its position as the global innovation leader due to limits on H1-B visas for these employees.
Israeli troops have killed an Islamic Jihad militant in a pre-dawn gun battle in the West Bank, the latest incident to threaten a brief, fragile calm between Palestinian militias and Israel. Islamic Jihad has vowed revenge.
Three soldiers were killed in a rocket attack on their combat outpost south of Baghdad on Wednesday, the military announced, bringing to 12 the number of military personnel who have been killed in Iraq over the past three days.
Deputies said a woman in western Kansas sat on her boyfriend's toilet for two years, and they're investigating whether she was mistreated. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 12 Mar 2008 | 7:05 pm
The Treasury Department says the deficit rose to $263.3 billion in the first five months of this budget year as record spending during the period outpaced record revenues. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 12 Mar 2008 | 6:57 pm
A 10-year-old girl has been found safe and well after going missing on a school trip to Dartmoor. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 12 Mar 2008 | 5:58 pm
New York Lt. Gov. David Paterson (D), who will become governor on Monday, speaks his mind but is well-respected by politicians on both sides of the aisle. So there may be more bipartisanship in a Paterson administration.
Divers find several lengths of cord a single white cotton sock and some plastic tape amid private search of reservoir for missing British toddler. Source: FOXNews.com | 12 Mar 2008 | 5:45 pm
Six servicemen on Wednesday were convicted of abusing military recruits with kicks, punches and electric shocks. Source: FOXNews.com | 12 Mar 2008 | 5:08 pm
A chief constable found dead in Snowdonia appeared to have decided to commit suicide after facing damaging allegations about his private life, police sources have claimed. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 12 Mar 2008 | 4:49 pm
A woman was stopped at the Munich airport after baggage control handlers found the skeleton of her brother sealed in a plastic bag in her luggage. She was able to produce the appropriate papers and was able to carry the strange cargo through.
Bulgarian police say a gunman has killed a 15-year-old girl and wounded two other teenagers in an orphanage before committing suicide. Source: FOXNews.com | 12 Mar 2008 | 2:02 pm
The U.N. torture investigator says American officials are refusing him access to U.S.-run detention facilities in Iraq even though he has received credible reports that conditions there have improved.
First candidate for Soyuz mission grounded over book dispute; women to become Seoul's first person in space. Source: FOXNews.com | 12 Mar 2008 | 12:42 pm
AP - A new study by The Nielsen Co. found that the PG-rated movies with the least profanity made the most money at the U.S. box office.
AP - After linking up with the international space station, Endeavour's astronauts got right to work Thursday unloading the parts they'll need to build a giant robot that will help maintain the orbiting outpost.
AP - The abrupt departure of the four-star general in charge of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan has set off a scramble within the Bush administration to fill a job that requires vast combat experience, deft diplomatic skills, and the ability to handle the prickly question of what to do about Iran.
AFP - Serbian President Boris Tadic on Thursday dissolved the parliament and called early legislative elections for May 11, following the collapse of the ruling coalition in a policy rift over ties with the EU and Kosovo's disputed independence.
AP - The second suspect charged with murdering the University of North Carolina student body president surrendered peacefully to police early Thursday, authorities said.
AP - The Houston Rockets became the third team in NBA history to win 20 consecutive games, tying for the league's second-longest winning streak with an 83-75 victory over the Atlanta Hawks on Wednesday night.
AP - U.S. soldiers shot and killed a young Iraqi girl after firing a warning shot at a woman who "appeared to be signaling to someone" along a road where several bombs had recently been found, a military official said early Thursday.
AP - Presidential candidates John McCain, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton interrupted their campaign schedules to return to the Senate for votes on taxes and spending likely to become key points of contention in the race for the White House.
AP - Afghan and international forces killed 41 Taliban militants in a battle in southern Afghanistan, and a suicide car bomb attack on a convoy of U.S. troops left six Afghan civilians dead in Kabul, U.S. and Afghan officials said Thursday.
AP - The call girl at the center of the prostitution scandal that prompted Gov. Eliot Spitzer to resign in disgrace has been identified as a 22-year-old aspiring musician who struggled in a broken home as a child.
Southwest Airlines said it grounded 38 planes in the wake of its recent admission that it had missed required inspections of some planes for structural cracks.
Authorities arrested and charged a man with murder Wednesday and are seeking a second suspect in the slaying of University of North Carolina student president Eve Carson.
New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer is expected to resign on Wednesday morning amid the sex scandal linking him to a prostitution ring as a client, The New York Times reported on its Web site, citing unnamed staff members.
Geraldine Ferraro has stepped down from an honorary post she held in Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign amid a controversy regarding comments she made about Barack Obama.
The rise in dangerous, drug-resistant staph infections has led scientists to study a surprising source: family pets.
Lance Mackey won his second consecutive Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Wednesday morning, completing the 1,100-mile journey in just under 9½ days.
The Hong Kong government has ordered all kindergartens and primary schools to be closed for two weeks amid a flu outbreak.