BOSTON - An English teacher at Foxborough High School has been arrested on charges of possessing child pornography.
Federal prosecutors say 45-year-old Gregg Woodward of...
Casey Blake hit a three-run double in the eighth inning yesterday to give the Indians, the defending AL Central champions, a 10-8 season-opening win in Cleveland over the...
Johan Santana wasted no time putting the National League on notice with a dominating opening day start for the New York Mets.
Joe Torre appears to have the Los Angeles...
Chris Drury scored a power-play goal 1:46 into overtime, giving the Rangers a 2-1 victory over Pittsburgh last night in New York that kept the Penguins from clinching their...
US President George W Bush gives his strong support for Ukraine's membership of Nato, during a visit to Kiev. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 1 Apr 2008 | 9:43 am
Jason Kidd scored 27 points, Josh Howard got 12 of his 25 in the fourth quarter, and the Dallas Mavericks held off the banged-up but stubborn Clippers, 93-86, last night in...
Reuters - Fighting between Iraqi security forces
and Shi'ite militiamen last month has driven civilian deaths in
the country to their highest level in more than six months,
government figures showed on Tuesday.
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Fighting between Iraqi security forces and Shi'ite militiamen last month has driven civilian deaths in the country to their highest level in more than six months, government figures showed on Tuesday.
TOKYO, April 1 (Kyodo) _ Fictitious "newspaper extra flyers" headlined that Japan's war-renouncing Article 9 of the Constitution has been registered as a World Heritage cultural asset... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 1 Apr 2008 | 9:38 am
AMHERST - Three members of the UMass starting five are native New Yorkers who will enjoy a final curtain call in the palace of their youth.
Swingman Gary Forbes (Brooklyn),...
Finland's foreign minister faces the sack over text messages he allegedly sent to an erotic dancer. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 1 Apr 2008 | 9:37 am
LSU coach Van Chancellor can thank Sylvia Fowles for his first trip to a Final Four.
Fowles had 21 points, 12 rebounds and five blocked shots, lifting LSU to a 56-50...
(Kyodo) _ The U.S. dollar rose to the 100 yen level Tuesday in Tokyo after Swiss bank UBS AG revealed additional losses related to the U.S. subprime mortgage meltdown, causing a dent in... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 1 Apr 2008 | 9:34 am
North Carolina's Tyler Hansbrough and Kansas State's Michael Beasley were unanimous selections to The Associated Press' All-America team yesterday. For the...
LAWRENCE, Kan. - Tucked snugly into a 100-year-old building in the middle of this college town's bustling commercial district is a place where hair is cut and a statement...
The number of Iraqis killed in March rose by 50% compared to the figure for February, according to official counts. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 1 Apr 2008 | 9:31 am
PALM BEACH, Fla. - While issues related to Camera-gate dominated most of his session with the media, Patriots owner Robert Kraft did touch upon a few other topics yesterday...
President Bush wants to bolster the multinational fight in Afghanistan by reminding NATO allies that the war is in their interest - and by persuading them to send more troops into battle. Mr. Bush is also pushing for NATO enlargement.
(Kyodo) _ Democratic Party of Japan leader Ichiro Ozawa demanded Tuesday that welfare minister Yoichi Masuzoe apologize to the public and step down from his Cabinet post to take... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 1 Apr 2008 | 9:25 am
TOKYO, April 1 (Kyodo) _ (EDS: FIXING 2ND GRAF DUE TO FOREIGN MINISTRY'S CORRECTION) Japanese officials confirmed Tuesday that Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama will be stopping... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 1 Apr 2008 | 9:22 am
Reuters - President George W. Bush vowed on Tuesday
to press for Ukraine and Georgia to be allowed to start the
process of joining NATO despite resistance from Russia and
skepticism from the alliance's European members.
KIEV (Reuters) - President George W. Bush vowed on Tuesday to press for Ukraine and Georgia to be allowed to start the process of joining NATO despite resistance from Russia and skepticism from the alliance's European members.
(Kyodo) _ The main opposition Democratic Party of Japan will receive 11,878 million yen in government subsidies in 2008, an increase of 814 million yen, or 7.4 percent, from the previous... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 1 Apr 2008 | 9:17 am
Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony has delayed signing of a peace deal because he is ill, mediators say. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 1 Apr 2008 | 9:16 am
A local government official says gunmen have abducted two foreign aid workers in southern Somalia. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 1 Apr 2008 | 9:16 am
Reuters - China said on Tuesday it had gathered
"sufficient" evidence to prove that exiled Tibetan groups had
organized and carried out a citywide riot in Lhasa earlier this
month at the instigation of the Dalai Lama.
BEIJING (Reuters) - China said on Tuesday it had gathered "sufficient" evidence to prove that exiled Tibetan groups had organized and carried out a citywide riot in Lhasa earlier this month at the instigation of the Dalai Lama.
The woman who abducted a newborn from a Kansas City-area hospital 10 years ago is now a happily married mother of two who is "doing great" after rebuilding her life, her parents said. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 1 Apr 2008 | 9:13 am
BROCKTON, Massachusetts (Reuters) - Shards of broken glass outside the basement window of 31 Vine Street hint at the destruction inside the three-story home.
AP - Seventeen of the nation's 50 largest cities had high school graduation rates lower than 50 percent, with the lowest graduation rates reported in Detroit, Indianapolis and Cleveland, according to a report released Tuesday. Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 1 Apr 2008 | 9:09 am
(Kyodo) _ The Orix Buffaloes said Tuesday they have acquired veteran Dominican right-hander Ramon Ortiz, who played for the Minnesota Twins and Colorado Rockies last year. Orix and... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 1 Apr 2008 | 9:08 am
BAGHDAD (AP) -- When American soldiers get off duty in Iraq, the men usually return to their quarters, the women to theirs. But Staff Sgt. Marvin Frazier gets to go back to a small trailer with two pushed-together single beds that he shares with his wife.... Source: AP Top International News At 5:08 a... | 1 Apr 2008 | 9:08 am
AP - When American soldiers get off duty in Iraq, the men usually return to their quarters, the women to theirs. But Staff Sgt. Marvin Frazier gets to go back to a small trailer with two pushed-together single beds that he shares with his wife.
AP - While senators realize they need to address the nation's housing-related economic crisis, Democrats and Republicans are divided over how to tackle the issue.
(Kyodo) _ Japanese officials confirmed Tuesday that Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama will be stopping over in Japan on his way to the United States later this month but said no... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 1 Apr 2008 | 9:06 am
AP - Big Oil is once again being called on the carpet. Senior executives of the five largest U.S. oil companies were to appear before a congressional committee Tuesday where they were likely to find frustrated lawmakers in no mood for small talk.
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) -- President Bush said Tuesday he will work "as hard as I can" to help Ukraine join NATO and declared that Russia will not be able to veto former Soviet states joining the transatlantic military alliance.... Source: AP Top International News At 5:08 a... | 1 Apr 2008 | 9:04 am
Johan Santana wasted no time putting the National League on notice with a dominating opening day start for the New York Mets. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 1 Apr 2008 | 9:04 am
AP - President Bush said Tuesday he will work "as hard as I can" to help Ukraine join NATO and declared that Russia will not be able to veto former Soviet states joining the transatlantic military alliance.
Opening day didn't live up to expectations for the Detroit Tigers and the Los Angeles Angels' Torii Hunter. Then again, at least they got to play. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 1 Apr 2008 | 9:04 am
TOKYO, April 1 (Kyodo) _ Japanese climber Ken Noguchi urged leaders of the Group of Eight nations on Tuesday to take up the issue of swiftly melting glaciers in the Himalayas caused by... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 1 Apr 2008 | 9:01 am
The youngest victim of the Kent plane crash died just a week after starting a new job in motor-racing. Christopher Allarton, 25, was killed along with Richard Lloyd, his boss at... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 1 Apr 2008 | 8:58 am
Half the remaining members of a doomsday cult holed up in a Russian cave are said to have come out. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 1 Apr 2008 | 8:55 am
BEIJING (AP) -- Chinese police say "Tibet independence forces" plan to launch suicide attacks.... Source: AP Top International News At 5:08 a... | 1 Apr 2008 | 8:53 am
Chinese police say "Tibet independence forces" plan to launch suicide attacks. It is the latest in a string of accusations from China blaming recent violence and unrest in Tibet on... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 1 Apr 2008 | 8:53 am
AprilFoolsDayOnTheWeb.com - The most complete listing of April Fools' Day Jokes that Web Sites have run each year from 2004 all the way up to today. Bookmark this site so you don't get fooled online this year! Source: Digg | 1 Apr 2008 | 8:50 am
The captain of India’s national football team has refused to carry the Olympic
torch during its planned procession through Delhi this month in protest over
China’s handling of recent unrest in Tibet. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 1 Apr 2008 | 8:49 am
Toyota Motor Corp.'s new employees take part in a ceremony to mark their first day at work Tuesday, April 1, 2008 at the company gymnasium in its hometown of Toyota, Aichi Prefecture (state) in central... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 1 Apr 2008 | 8:43 am
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israel announced plans to build 1,400 new apartments in the West Bank and disputed part of Jerusalem, despite warnings by Palestinians and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice that they could hurt peace efforts between the two sides.... Source: AP Top International News At 5:08 a... | 1 Apr 2008 | 8:41 am
AP - Israel announced plans to build 1,400 new apartments in the West Bank and disputed part of Jerusalem, despite warnings by Palestinians and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice that they could hurt peace efforts between the two sides.
President Bush said Tuesday that he will work as hard as he can to help Ukraine join NATO and declared that Russia will not have a veto over the matter.
U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Christopher Hill, Washington's point man on North Korea, center, listens to a reporter's question upon his arrival at Incheon International... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 1 Apr 2008 | 8:30 am
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak talks with government officials at the president house in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, April 1, 2008. North Korea leveled a blistering tirade Tuesday against Lee, warning... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 1 Apr 2008 | 8:26 am
BEIJING (AP) -- The Olympic flame headed to Kazakhstan on Tuesday to start a monthlong global tour expected to be a magnet for protests against China, even as the communist leadership hoped to bask in international praise.... Source: AP Top International News At 5:08 a... | 1 Apr 2008 | 8:21 am
Colombia condemns "an incursion by an Ecuadorean military helicopter" which Quito says was accidental. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 1 Apr 2008 | 8:13 am
There are no current plans to cut UK troops in Iraq, despite announcements, minister is expected to tell MPs. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 1 Apr 2008 | 8:10 am
A woman wrapped in a dirty abaya sits beneath a tree in the Green Zone, her palms turned upward awaiting the kindness of strangers. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 1 Apr 2008 | 8:08 am
Zimbabwe's opposition claimed victory in weekend elections, but President Robert Mugabe has been accused of stealing past elections - albeit before the economy collapsed and leading members of his party openly defied him.
More than 20,000 Vietnamese workers have walked off the job at a Taiwanese-owned plant that makes shoes for Nike Inc., demanding higher pay to keep pace with skyrocketing prices, officials said Tuesday. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 1 Apr 2008 | 8:02 am
Some of England's most sacred soil has been disturbed for the first time in more than four decades as archeologists try to solve the enduring riddle of Stonehenge: When and why was the prehistoric monument built?
Zimbabweans anxiously await final election results, which have been slow to emerge since the close of polling. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 1 Apr 2008 | 7:56 am
Thailand's Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej cooks a local Laotian dish before eating it at breakfast as he tours a market on the sidelines of his Greater Mekong Subregion Summit Monday, March 31, 2008,... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 1 Apr 2008 | 7:55 am
Ukraine's President Viktor Yushchenko, right, grabs the arm of U.S. President George W. Bush, left, at an arrival ceremony at the House of Chimeras, Tuesday, April 1, 2008 in Kiev, Ukraine. (AP Photo/Pablo... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 1 Apr 2008 | 7:50 am
Reuters - The Federal Aviation Administration is
investigating a Miami maintenance firm it says shipped out
substandard landing-gear parts used on hundreds of Boeing Co's
wide-body jetliners, the Wall Street Journal reported on
Tuesday.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating a Miami maintenance firm it says shipped out substandard landing-gear parts used on hundreds of Boeing Co's wide-body jetliners, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday.
Government auditors issued a scathing review yesterday of dozens of the Pentagon's biggest weapons systems, saying ships, aircraft and satellites are billions of dollars over budget and behind schedule.
A novel about a young girl's affinity for Charles Dickens' "Great Expectations" and an exploration of life in and near the water in the South Pacific are this year's winners of the 12th annual Kiriyama Prize. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 1 Apr 2008 | 7:38 am
"IBM Corp. has been temporarily banned from receiving future contracts with federal agencies, the Environmental Protection Agency confirmed on Monday." Source: Digg | 1 Apr 2008 | 7:33 am
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's ruling party edged ahead of the main opposition on Tuesday with over half of parliamentary election results released and concerns grew that President Robert Mugabe was trying to rig the vote.
"A three-block section of [Chicago neighborhood] Wicker Park that once accommodated eight families, two vintage clothing stores, a French cleaners, and a gourmet bakery has been completely razed to make way for a private livery stable and carriage house," Kennedy said. "The space is now entirely unusable for affordable upper-income condominiums" Source: Digg | 1 Apr 2008 | 7:29 am
WARNING! This video contains ultra-sound frequencies that may be harmful for your pets or young family members! This is a display of membrane resonances: powerful speaker is connected to a tone generator and covered by plywood. Lose rice, when poured on top, forms unique geometrical shapes. This effect might explain some famous crop circles. Source: Digg | 1 Apr 2008 | 7:28 am
My first question is why just women and not men too? According to Haaretz, an Israeli team of computer scientists has developed a software that ranks facial attractiveness of women. Instead of identifying basic facial characteristics, this software has been designed to make aesthetic judgments — after training. Source: Digg | 1 Apr 2008 | 7:26 am
The headquarters of Germany's biggest bank, Deutsche Bank in Frankfurt, Germany, is seen in this Dec. 10, 2004 picture. Deutsche Bank AG said Tuesday, April 1, 2008 it expects losses linked to the U.S... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 1 Apr 2008 | 7:24 am
Zimbabwe’s opposition Movement for Democratic Change remains in the lead over
President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu (PF) this morning, as fears mount that the
government is attempting to manipulate the result of the election. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 1 Apr 2008 | 7:23 am
One of Mexico's most prolific serial killers, Juana Barraza, gets several life sentences for killing 11 women. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 1 Apr 2008 | 7:22 am
Colombia's largest rebel group says a cross-border raid on a rebel camp in Ecuador last month "gravely" harmed efforts to win the release of ailing hostage Ingrid Betancourt. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 1 Apr 2008 | 7:13 am
Big Oil is once again being called on the carpet. Senior executives of the five largest U.S. oil companies were to appear before a congressional committee Tuesday where they were likely to find frustrated lawmakers in no mood for small talk. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 1 Apr 2008 | 7:11 am
Food stamps are the symbol of poverty in the US. In the era of the credit crunch, a record 28 million Americans are now relying on them to survive – a sure sign the world's richest country faces economic crisis Source: Digg | 1 Apr 2008 | 7:06 am
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Some of the greatest scientific hoaxes of all time ... typically pulled off until technology caught up with the scope of the hoax. From Stone-age tribes found in the present day to the announcement that blondes will be extinct in 200 years. Source: Digg | 1 Apr 2008 | 7:04 am
Scientists in Japan have designed artificial molecules that when used with rats successfully reversed liver cirrhosis, a serious chronic disease in humans that until now can only be cured by transplants. Cirrhosi... Source: Digg | 1 Apr 2008 | 7:04 am
The headquarters of the Union Bank of Switzerland (UBS) in Zurich, Switzerland, is seen in this 1999 file photo. Swiss bank UBS AG said Tuesday, April 1, 2008, it expects to post first quarter net losses... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 1 Apr 2008 | 7:03 am
U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, left, shakes hands with Chinese President Hu Jintao, during a meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, in this Thursday, Dec. 13, 2007 file photo. Turning... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 1 Apr 2008 | 7:01 am
Six vehicles are struck by BBs or pellets Monday, but CHP says that incident and two others are random.
An incident Monday morning in which six vehicles were shot at with a BB or pellet gun on the 10 Freeway appears to be unrelated to two freeway shootings that occurred over the weekend, authorities said.
The director of 'Rififi' and 'Never on Sunday' is considered one of the leading American filmmakers of the postwar era. He moved to France after being blacklisted in the early 1950s.
Jules Dassin, the blacklisted American filmmaker who was a master of film noir, directing such classics as "Brute Force," "The Naked City" and "Rififi," died Monday in an Athens hospital. He was 96.
The Bush appointee's decision comes amid allegations of cronyism in awarding federal housing contracts. His resignation takes effect April 18.
Housing and Urban Development Secretary Alphonso Jackson resigned Monday amid a criminal investigation into favoritism in awarding contracts that critics said was blunting the agency's effectiveness in dealing with the sub-prime mortgage crisis.
Right-hander blanks Giants on four hits for 6 2/3 innings and Kent hits a two-run homer as L.A. wins opener, 5-0, in front of 56,000 at Dodger Stadium.
Everything was grand for the Dodgers on an opening day that comes around every half-century, from the wildly cheered pregame festivities that concluded with ceremonial first pitches simultaneously thrown by Sandy Koufax, Don Newcombe and Carl Erskine, to the result of the game itself, a 5-0 thumping of the San Francisco Giants that awarded Manager Joe Torre his first victory with his new club in front of 56,000 fans at Dodger Stadium.
And in Pennsylvania, Clinton says Obama's supporters are trying to silence those who haven't yet voted.
, -- In one of their sharpest exchanges of the presidential campaign, Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama clashed over the Iraq war on Monday, with each challenging the other's credentials on national security.
Sweeping blueprint for restructuring financial oversight stirs criticism for providing no aid for mortgage crisis and economic downturn.
Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr.'s blueprint for regulatory reform, officially unveiled Monday, sets the stage for a confrontation with Congress by offering no relief for troubled homeowners and in many instances advocating less, not more, federal supervision of the nation's financial system.
Michael A. Monsoor, who grew up in Garden Grove, has been selected to receive the medal posthumously for his efforts to save fellow SEALs during a firefight in 2006.
On the last day of his life, on a rooftop in Ramadi, Navy SEAL Michael A. Monsoor was assigned to protect three SEAL snipers. When an insurgent's grenade lobbed from the street bounced off Monsoor's chest, he didn't hesitate. He yelled "Grenade!" and pounced on it even though he had a clear path of escape.
Marlon Gordillo Sical, who had been shot, died after a car crash on the Ventura Freeway in Sherman Oaks.
Police have identified a Los Angeles man who was found fatally wounded with a gunshot to the head after he crashed his car on the Ventura Freeway in Sherman Oaks on Sunday.
This photo supplied by the Northern Territory Department of Natural Resources, Environment and The Arts, shows an Aboriginal painting entitled, "Meeting of Men of Snake Totem," one of seven historic Aboriginal... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 1 Apr 2008 | 6:57 am
Participants hold poses during an activity in which people are "frozen" in time, in a courtyard at a commercial and residential complex in Beijing Tuesday April 1, 2008. The group gathered to take part... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 1 Apr 2008 | 6:44 am
Senator Barack Obama sheaths is grounding his lofty rhetoric in the more prosaic language of white-working-class discontent, adjusting it to the less welcoming terrain of Pennsylvania.
UBS chairman Marcel Ospel fell on his sword this morning as the Swiss banking
giant announced a humiliating SwFr15 billion (£7.57 billion) rights issue to
shore up its crumbling balance sheet. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 1 Apr 2008 | 6:41 am
The situation in the border region between Afghanistan and Pakistan where al Qaeda has established a safe haven presents a "clear and present danger" to the West, the CIA director says. Taliban subcommanders tell CBS News much the same.
HAVANA (AP) -- Raul Castro's government opened luxury hotels and resorts to all Cubans Monday, ending a ban despised across the island as "tourist apartheid" and taking another step toward the creation of a consumer economy in the socialist state.... Source: AP Top International News At 5:08 a... | 1 Apr 2008 | 5:09 am
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) -- Zimbabwe's opposition claimed victory Monday in the elections, while a slow trickle in official results raised fears that supporters of longtime President Robert Mugabe were rigging the count.... Source: AP Top International News At 5:08 a... | 1 Apr 2008 | 4:48 am
ALEXANDRIA, Virginia (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate John McCain's is on a nostalgic tour this week of some of the places he has known, featuring a lot of straight talk about what a difficult young man he was.
BEIJING (AFP) - The Olympic torch headed for Kazakhstan Tuesday on the first leg of an epic world tour designed to drum up enthusiasm for the Beijing Games, but also certain to draw anti-China protests. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 1 Apr 2008 | 4:36 am
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton on Monday condemned the US administration's plan to reform financial regulation as too little and too late to end the subprime mortgage crisis. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 1 Apr 2008 | 4:32 am
Seventeen of the nation’s 50 largest cities had high school graduation rates lower than 50 percent, according to a report released Tuesday. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 1 Apr 2008 | 4:20 am
Fowles had 21 points, 12 rebounds and five blocked shots, lifting LSU to a 56-50 victory over top-seeded North Carolina in the New Orleans Regional finals on Monday night. The victory sent the second-seeded Lady Tigers (31-5) to their fifth Final Four in as many seasons.
MANHEIM, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - Democrat Barack Obama took aim on Monday at potential White House opponent John McCain on Iraq, saying the Republican senator could not offer a clear definition of success in the conflict and might leave ,U.S. combat troops there for decades.
Johan Santana was everything the Mets has hoped he would be in his debut with New York. The two-time Cy Young winner, who New York acquired in a trade with the Twins in the offseason, dominated the Florida Marlins on Monday in a 6-2 victory.
MANHEIM, Pennsylvania - Democrat Barack Obama took aim yesterday at potential White House opponent John McCain on Iraq, saying the Republican senator could not offer a clear definition of success in the conflict and might leave ,US... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 1 Apr 2008 | 3:15 am
Convention fights often spell ruin for a party. The 1980 experience for Democrats — as well as a fight in 1968, and one in 1976 for Republicans — all suggest that a bruising primary carried through the summer can contribute to defeat in November.
BANGKOK (AFP) - Outraged poor nations bearing the brunt of global warming have become increasingly bold in UN-led climate talks, but some worry that recent trysts of large countries are leaving them out in the cold. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 1 Apr 2008 | 3:13 am
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Rockets fell on the Green Zone and random machine gun fire rang out Monday in the southern city of Basra as Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr sought to rein in his militia after a week of battles that claimed about 400 lives.... Source: AP Top International News At 5:08 a... | 1 Apr 2008 | 3:12 am
WASHINGTON (AFP) - A proposal Monday for the most sweeping overhaul of financial market regulation since the New Deal evoked a range of reaction from praise to outright skepticism. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 1 Apr 2008 | 2:36 am
HARARE (AFP) - Zimbabwe sat on the knife-edge Tuesday as it awaited a new leader amid mounting pressure to swiftly release full results of an election already claimed by the opposition. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 1 Apr 2008 | 2:03 am
Rockets fell on the Green Zone and random machine gun fire rang out in the southern city of Basra as Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr sought to rein in his militia after a week of battles that claimed about 400 lives.
CHICAGO - Treating high blood pressure in the very elderly can help reduce the risk of fatal strokes and other heart problems, British researchers said yesterday.
They said the finding sheds light on the benefits of offering treatment... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 1 Apr 2008 | 1:55 am
KIEV (AFP) - US President George W. Bush was to affirm on Tuesday his support for the NATO membership goals of ex-Soviet Ukraine, during a European tour focused on the alliance and relations with Russia. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 1 Apr 2008 | 1:50 am
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US scientists have perfected a new technique to magnify by more than 1,000 times molecules deep inside the human body which may help detect minuscule tumors, a study said Monday. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 1 Apr 2008 | 1:44 am
Seven Mexican-born inmates on Texas' death row lost their bid Monday to state their case before the U.S. Supreme Court, following the court's ruling last week that another Mexican-born inmate's case couldn't be reopened despite an order from President Bush. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 1 Apr 2008 | 1:16 am
Two decades after the world's worst nuclear accident, radiation danger at Chernobyl is still so severe that a 16-mile area remains sealed. But as President Bush travels to Ukraine, Bill Plante was allowed in.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc, an investment bank beset by rumors of not having enough funding, said it plans to raise $3 billion of capital to quash questions about its stability.
A boy who found the lone piece of evidence linked to the world's only unsolved skyjacking is now a 30-something father of five who has decided to start selling his treasure.
A man who admitted letting a group of men accused of planning to kill U.S. soldiers at New Jersey’s Fort Dix shoot his guns at a firing range was sentenced Monday to 20 months in prison. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 1 Apr 2008 | 12:45 am
HARARE - Riot police in armoured carriers patrolled two of Harare's opposition strongholds today as suspicions grew that President Robert Mugabe was rigging Zimbabwe's most important election since independence.
A resident of one... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 1 Apr 2008 | 12:25 am
PHILADELPHIA - A Maryland man who was estranged from his wife drowned their three young children in a Baltimore hotel bathtub over the weekend, police said yesterday.
Mark Castillo, 41, called the front desk at the Baltimore Marriott... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 1 Apr 2008 | 12:08 am
Acclaimed American filmmaker Jules Dassin, best-known for Topkapi and Never on Sunday, was blacklisted in Hollywood for his membership in the American Communist Party. He died Monday in Athens.
DARWIN - At least eight priceless artworks have been stolen in a heist at the Northern Territory Museum and Art Gallery in Darwin.
Police said security staff at the museum, in the Fannie Bay district, raised the alarm shortly before... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 31 Mar 2008 | 11:46 pm
HELSINKI - Finland's foreign minister faced calls for his resignation on Saturday after a tabloid newspaper published a suggestive text message he had sent to an erotic dancer.
Ilkka Kanerva sent about 200 text messages to Johanna... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 31 Mar 2008 | 11:07 pm
Immigration should be capped, according to a parliamentary report published
today which concludes that record numbers of new immigrants have had “little
or no impact” on economic well being. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 31 Mar 2008 | 11:00 pm
DUBLIN - Flybe has given the term low-fare airline an entirely new meaning: it is paying 172 people to fly back and forth across England and the Irish Sea to help it meet a target for passenger numbers at Norwich airport.
Flybe... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 31 Mar 2008 | 10:59 pm
DUSHANBE, Tajikistan (AP) -- Officials said Monday that two men from Tajikistan have admitted robbing and killing a Russian TV journalist, a death that had bolstered Russia's image as one of the most dangerous countries for reporters.... Source: AP Top International News At 5:08 a... | 31 Mar 2008 | 10:59 pm
TOKYO - A pen is spun in the hand, flicked from the little finger to other fingers, then tossed and bounced off the thumb before being twirled in the palm.
Ryuki Omura, a 16-year-old Japanese high school student, has become the... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 31 Mar 2008 | 10:40 pm
With a truce in place, Sadr City, the vast Shiite slum on Baghdad's eastern edge, is springing back to life. Despite continued tension in the "no-man's land" just outside the neighborhood, at the headquarters of cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, "candy of jubilation" was handed out.
Dan Little, owner of a small trucking company in Carrollton, Mo., says diesel's climb to more than $4 per gallon has wiped out his profits. He and others in the long-haul community want someone in Washington to address their concerns.
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - A Maryland man who was estranged from his wife drowned their three young children in a Baltimore hotel bathtub over the weekend, police said on Monday.
LONDON (AP) -- A coroner rejected a conspiracy theory in the death of Princess Diana Monday, ruling there is no proof that Prince Philip or British secret agents had anything to do with the car crash that also killed her boyfriend Dodi Fayed.... Source: AP Top International News At 5:08 a... | 31 Mar 2008 | 10:01 pm
U.S. doctors have been quick to prescribe Ezetimibe, a powerful new drug to lower cholesterol. Canadian doctors have been taking a "wait-and-see" attitude because there's no evidence that the drug can effectively reverse heart disease like cholesterol-lowering statins can.
Treasury Department Undersecretary Robert Steel outlines how the Bush administration's proposal to overhaul government oversight of the financial industry would broaden the Federal Reserve's risk assessment role and define consumer protection goals.
Real estate agents -- average age 51, with the majority female -- are facing career decisions in the current housing crisis. Three agents are profiled: One veteran is trying to ride out the slump, while two others are looking for new jobs now that the boom has gone bust.
Ghassan al-Atiyyah, founder and director of Iraq Foundation for Development and Democracy, and Miami University professor Adeed Dawisha discuss with Robert Siegel how Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki was weakened politically when his attempt to wrest Basra from Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's militia failed.
WASHINGTON - The US housing secretary announced his resignation yesterday amid investigations into his role in government contracts, creating a vacuum at an agency seen as a vehicle for addressing the housing crisis.
Housing and... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 31 Mar 2008 | 8:30 pm
Anyone reading the headlines these days can see that China's influence is being felt worldwide. Some media refer to this as China's rise, while Chinese people see it as their country's rightful return to the dominant position it held in Asia for much of the last 2,000 years. Here, a look at China's evolving role in the world.
WASHINGTON - Al Gore, former US vice president, Academy Award winner and Nobel peace laureate, yesterday launched a $300 million, three-year campaign to mobilize Americans on climate change.
"We can solve the climate crisis, but... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 31 Mar 2008 | 8:18 pm
An autopsy will be conducted to determine the cause of death of the son of O'Jays singer.
Singer Sean Levert, a third of the 1980s R&B trio LeVert and son of lead O'Jays singer Eddie Levert, has died after falling ill while serving a jail term. He was 39.
Former vice president Al Gore's non-profit organization on Monday launches the "We" campaign, a $300-million effort to push policymakers to adopt tough legislation to combat climate change.
A few more hotel rooms in Cuba may soon be occupied. New President Raul Castro's government has lifted a ban on Cubans staying at hotels previously reserved for foreigners.
If Zimbabwe's regime had wanted to maximise public suspicion surrounding the elections, it could scarcely have worked more effectively today. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 31 Mar 2008 | 7:50 pm
The coroner leading the inquest into the death of Princess Diana says there is no evidence that Prince Philip, the Secret Intelligence Service or any other government agency had anything to do with her death in a 1997 car crash.
The Olympic torch was re-lit Monday at an elaborate ceremony in Beijing that included President Hu Jintao, signaling the start of a round-the-world torch relay expected to be a lightning rod for protests over China's human rights record. Source: FOXNews.com | 31 Mar 2008 | 5:54 pm
A child prodigy with a talent in mathematics that won her a spot at Oxford at the age of 13 somehow found her way into prostitution. Source: FOXNews.com | 31 Mar 2008 | 5:11 pm
The World Jewish Congress criticized Switzerland on Monday for participating in a gas deal with Iran that it condemned as a propaganda triumph for Tehran's hard-liners. Source: FOXNews.com | 31 Mar 2008 | 3:33 pm
The coroner leading the inquest into the death of Princess Diana said Monday that there is no evidence that Prince Philip, the Secret Intelligence Service or any other government agency had anything to do with her death in a 1997 car crash. Source: FOXNews.com | 31 Mar 2008 | 12:14 pm
The five victims of the Kent plane crash, who died when the private jet crashed into a house near Farnborough, were named today. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 31 Mar 2008 | 10:29 am
Two friends killed in private jet air crash in Kent were flying to France to test a Jaguar racing car, it has emerged. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 31 Mar 2008 | 10:29 am
The children of the owners of the house hit by a private jet have said they are grateful to be alive. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 31 Mar 2008 | 10:29 am
One of two suspects in murder of a University of Colorado student escapes from jail in Mexico, judge and jail employees under investigation. Source: FOXNews.com | 31 Mar 2008 | 9:53 am
A moratorium on the purchase of soybeans from newly deforested areas of the Amazon appears to be keeping grain fields from adding to rain forest destruction, environmentalists and an industry group said Monday. Source: FOXNews.com | 31 Mar 2008 | 9:10 am
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Five people have been killed when a private aircraft crashed into a residential estate, bursting into flames and destroying the home of a couple who were hours from returning from holiday. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 31 Mar 2008 | 8:49 am
Afghanistan's lower house of Parliament passed a resolution Monday seeking to bar television programs from showing dancing and other practices deemed un-Islamic. Source: FOXNews.com | 31 Mar 2008 | 8:27 am
Reuters - Fighting between Iraqi security forces
and Shi'ite militiamen last month has driven civilian deaths in
the country to their highest level in more than six months,
government figures showed on Tuesday.
Reuters - President George W. Bush vowed on Tuesday
to press for Ukraine and Georgia to be allowed to start the
process of joining NATO despite resistance from Russia and
skepticism from the alliance's European members.
Reuters - China said on Tuesday it had gathered
"sufficient" evidence to prove that exiled Tibetan groups had
organized and carried out a citywide riot in Lhasa earlier this
month at the instigation of the Dalai Lama.
AP - When American soldiers get off duty in Iraq, the men usually return to their quarters, the women to theirs. But Staff Sgt. Marvin Frazier gets to go back to a small trailer with two pushed-together single beds that he shares with his wife.
AP - While senators realize they need to address the nation's housing-related economic crisis, Democrats and Republicans are divided over how to tackle the issue.
AP - Big Oil is once again being called on the carpet. Senior executives of the five largest U.S. oil companies were to appear before a congressional committee Tuesday where they were likely to find frustrated lawmakers in no mood for small talk.
AP - President Bush said Tuesday he will work "as hard as I can" to help Ukraine join NATO and declared that Russia will not be able to veto former Soviet states joining the transatlantic military alliance.
AP - Israel announced plans to build 1,400 new apartments in the West Bank and disputed part of Jerusalem, despite warnings by Palestinians and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice that they could hurt peace efforts between the two sides.
President Bush said Tuesday that he will work as hard as he can to help Ukraine join NATO and declared that Russia will not have a veto over the matter.
Reuters - The Federal Aviation Administration is
investigating a Miami maintenance firm it says shipped out
substandard landing-gear parts used on hundreds of Boeing Co's
wide-body jetliners, the Wall Street Journal reported on
Tuesday.
Government auditors issued a scathing review yesterday of dozens of the Pentagon's biggest weapons systems, saying ships, aircraft and satellites are billions of dollars over budget and behind schedule.
Senator Barack Obama sheaths is grounding his lofty rhetoric in the more prosaic language of white-working-class discontent, adjusting it to the less welcoming terrain of Pennsylvania.
Fowles had 21 points, 12 rebounds and five blocked shots, lifting LSU to a 56-50 victory over top-seeded North Carolina in the New Orleans Regional finals on Monday night. The victory sent the second-seeded Lady Tigers (31-5) to their fifth Final Four in as many seasons.
Johan Santana was everything the Mets has hoped he would be in his debut with New York. The two-time Cy Young winner, who New York acquired in a trade with the Twins in the offseason, dominated the Florida Marlins on Monday in a 6-2 victory.
Convention fights often spell ruin for a party. The 1980 experience for Democrats — as well as a fight in 1968, and one in 1976 for Republicans — all suggest that a bruising primary carried through the summer can contribute to defeat in November.
A boy who found the lone piece of evidence linked to the world's only unsolved skyjacking is now a 30-something father of five who has decided to start selling his treasure.