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OCANA (AFP) - US aircraft maker Boeing flew a plane earlier this year that was powered by a hydrogen battery in a first for the aviation industry that could herald a greener future, senior company officials said in Spain on Thursday. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 3 Apr 2008 | 12:04 pm
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: ADDING LAST 4 GRAFS) The government will set up this weekend a climate change subcommittee under Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda's panel of experts on global environmental... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 3 Apr 2008 | 12:01 pm
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) -- NATO decided Thursday not to put Georgia and Ukraine on track to join the alliance after vehement Russian opposition, but the alliance pledged that the strategically important Black Sea nations will become members one day.... Source: AP Top International News At 8 a.m. EDT | 3 Apr 2008 | 11:59 am
NATO decided Thursday not to put Georgia and Ukraine on track to join the alliance after vehement Russian opposition, but the alliance pledged that the strategically important Black Sea... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 3 Apr 2008 | 11:58 am
Reuters - China is too far down the road toward a
market economy to turn back from reforms now, even if U.S.
financial market turmoil is causing it some qualms, U.S.
Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said on Thursday.
BEIJING (Reuters) - China is too far down the road toward a market economy to turn back from reforms now, even if U.S. financial market turmoil is causing it some qualms, U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said on Thursday.
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) -- President Bush has told NATO leaders that the doors of the alliance must remain open and that it must give "a full and fair hearing" to other nations seeking to join.... Source: AP Top International News At 8 a.m. EDT | 3 Apr 2008 | 11:52 am
AP - President Bush has told NATO leaders that the doors of the alliance must remain open and that it must give "a full and fair hearing" to other nations seeking to join.
France and Germany appeared certain Thursday to thwart a drive by U.S. President George W. Bush to place the strategically important Black Sea states of Ukraine and Georgia on track for NATO membership at a tense alliance summit. Source: FOXNews.com | 3 Apr 2008 | 11:51 am
Nato says it will not yet put former Soviet republics Georgia and Ukraine on the path to membership. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 3 Apr 2008 | 11:49 am
BUCHAREST (Reuters) - NATO leaders meeting in Bucharest were set to endorse a planned U.S. missile shield for Europe on Thursday, a senior U.S. official told reporters.
BUCHAREST (AFP) - European leaders kept Georgia and Ukraine waiting at NATO's doorstep Thursday in a major setback for US President George W. Bush at his last summit of the transatlantic alliance. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 3 Apr 2008 | 11:48 am
(Kyodo) _ Singapore's Foreign Ministry said Thursday it will probe whether Singapore-based trading company has facilitated the export of rocket launchers from North Korea to Myanmar in... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 3 Apr 2008 | 11:47 am
AP - On a spring day at a speedway in the South, John McCain posed with his wife, Cindy, and racing star Dale Earnhardt Jr., highlighting the couple's political and business interests in a single snapshot.
AFP - European leaders kept Georgia and Ukraine waiting at NATO's doorstep Thursday in a major setback for US President George W. Bush at his last summit of the transatlantic alliance.
North Korea rejected a South Korean appeal to ease rising tensions on the peninsula, while the South's new president scolded the North for its recent provocations and urged the communist nation to engage in talks.
BEIJING (Reuters) - A Buddhist Chinese dissident outspoken on Tibet and other sensitive topics was jailed for three-and-a-half years on Thursday, a conviction likely to become a focus of rights campaigns ahead of the Beijing Olympics.
AP - Say goodbye, Malubay. Ramiele Malubay the diminutive singer with the big voice was booted from "American Idol" as the show trimmed the competition to eight hopefuls.
AP - Maybe men had it right all along: It doesn't take long to satisfy a woman in bed. A survey of sex therapists concluded the optimal amount of time for sexual intercourse was 3 to 13 minutes. The findings, to be published in the May issue of the Journal of Sexual Medicine, strike at the notion that endurance is the key to a great sex life.
WALLINGFORD, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - Barack Obama tried his hand at bowling, bottle-fed a calf at a dairy farm and toured a chocolate factory as he sought to connect with voters in Pennsylvania, a crucial state in the fight for the Democratic U.S. presidential nomination.
AP - Arkansas' marriage-age crisis is over. A law that mistakenly allowed anyone even toddlers to marry with parental permission was repealed by a measure signed into law Wednesday by Gov. Mike Beebe, ending months of embarrassment for the state and confusion for county clerks. Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 3 Apr 2008 | 11:42 am
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(Kyodo) _ (EDS: UPDATING WITH FUKUDA'S COMMENTS, MORE INFO) Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda on Thursday expressed his intention to propose a new nominee for the post of Bank of Japan... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 3 Apr 2008 | 11:36 am
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's ruling party expects a runoff election and is confident President Robert Mugabe will retain power, Deputy Information Minister Bright Matonga said on Thursday.
A girl walks past a street billboard poster showing Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic, ranked 3rd on the ATP list of the world's best tennis players, on a street in Zvecan, Kosovo, Thursday, April 3,... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 3 Apr 2008 | 11:35 am
ROME (AFP) - The Italian government said Thursday it will try to determine whether an agreement remains possible between Air France-KLM and Alitalia unions after the French-Dutch company pulled out of takeover talks. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 3 Apr 2008 | 11:35 am
Iraqis grieve by the rubble of a destroyed house in Basra, Iraq, 550 kilometers (340 miles) southeast of Baghdad, Thursday April 3, 2008. A U.S. air strike destroyed a house in the southern city of Basra,... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 3 Apr 2008 | 11:33 am
Police in Indian-administered Kashmir say they have arrested a top militant of the Hizbul Mujahideen group. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 3 Apr 2008 | 11:32 am
Reuters - Japanese police arrested on Thursday a
U.S. sailor on suspicion of murdering and robbing a taxi driver
last month, the latest case of crime linked to U.S. bases in
the country.
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese police arrested on Thursday a U.S. sailor on suspicion of murdering and robbing a taxi driver last month, the latest case of crime linked to U.S. bases in the country.
A U.S. air strike has destroyed a house in the southern city of Basra, killing a militant, according to the military. Iraqi police say six civilians died in the strike. Also, a suicide bomber has struck a checkpoint in the northern city of Mosul.
An aid agency has warned that flash flooding and drought could hit an area of Afghanistan already blighted by its worst winter in 25 years. International development... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 3 Apr 2008 | 11:30 am
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: UPDATING WITH COMMENTS FROM HONG KONG) A Chinese court on Thursday sentenced prominent civil rights activist Hu Jia to three and a half years in prison for subversion,... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 3 Apr 2008 | 11:29 am
BEIJING (AP) -- More than 1,000 people have been arrested or turned themselves in to police after deadly rioting last month in the Tibetan capital of Lhasa, the city's deputy Communist Party secretary said.... Source: AP Top International News At 8 a.m. EDT | 3 Apr 2008 | 11:28 am
NICOSIA (AFP) - A crossing point symbolising the decades-old division of Cyprus opened to great fanfare in the heart of the capital Nicosia on Thursday, underscoring a new drive to reunify the Mediterranean island. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 3 Apr 2008 | 11:26 am
Reuters - Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr
called on Thursday for a million-strong demonstration against
U.S. "occupation," a potentially destabilizing show of force
after his followers battled U.S. and government troops.
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr called on Thursday for a million-strong demonstration against U.S. "occupation", a potentially destabilizing show of force after his followers battled U.S. and government troops.
President Bush has scored two victories at a NATO summit, with the trans-Atlantic alliance agreeing to support his plans for a missile defense program with bases in western Europe, and France pledging more troops to the fight in Afghanistan.
(Kyodo) _ The president of the Pacific Island of Palau was barred from boarding a commercial flight from Manila to Palau after refusing to be frisked, forcing him to "extend" his stay in... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 3 Apr 2008 | 11:23 am
(Kyodo) _ Macao, the world's most revenue-making casino city and the only legal gambling center in China, has enjoyed high degree of autonomy after returning to China, but still the... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 3 Apr 2008 | 11:20 am
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) -- Greek and Turkish Cypriots opened a crossing Thursday at a main shopping street in Cyprus' divided capital that has come to symbolize the island's ethnic partition.... Source: AP Top International News At 8 a.m. EDT | 3 Apr 2008 | 11:19 am
The exterior of the new opera house, which will be inaugurated on April 12, is seen in Oslo on Thursday April 3, 2008. The opera house was designed by Shoehetta, the same architects who designed the new... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 3 Apr 2008 | 11:18 am
The stepfather of kidnapped schoolgirl Shannon Matthews was remanded in custody when he appeared in court charged with possessing indecent images of children. Craig Meehan, 22,... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 3 Apr 2008 | 11:17 am
Nato is discussing a strategy to stabilise Afghanistan, as France says it will send a battalion of troops there. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 3 Apr 2008 | 11:15 am
(Kyodo) _ China strongly criticized Thursday a protest planned during the upcoming Olympic torch relay in Paris by a group advocating press freedom, arguing such actions would go against... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 3 Apr 2008 | 11:12 am
Soldiers and residents take part in a ceremony to pay tribute to revolutionary martyrs at Yuhuatai in Nanjing in east China's Jiangsu province Thursday, April 3, 2008. Friday will be the Qingming, or Grave... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 3 Apr 2008 | 11:11 am
TOKYO (AP) -- Japanese police arrested a U.S. sailor Thursday in the stabbing death of a taxi driver near an American naval base outside Tokyo, officials said.... Source: AP Top International News At 8 a.m. EDT | 3 Apr 2008 | 11:11 am
A worker adjusts the lamps of a light installation at the architecture and technology fair "Light and Building" in Frankfurt, Germany, on Thursday, April 3, 2008. Some 2,150 exhibitors present their latest... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 3 Apr 2008 | 11:08 am
BEIJING (AP) -- An outspoken Chinese civil rights activist was sentenced Thursday to 3 1/2 years in prison on subversion charges, a ruling that drew international criticism ahead of the Beijing Olympics.... Source: AP Top International News At 8 a.m. EDT | 3 Apr 2008 | 11:07 am
A worker puts up Croatian and US flags in preparation for the upcoming visit of U.S. President George W. Bush in Zagreb, Croatia, Thursday, April 3, 2008. President Bush is scheduled to visit Croatia following... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 3 Apr 2008 | 11:06 am
An EU court overturns a 2002 decision to list the Kurdish PKK rebel group as terrorists, over a procedural error. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 3 Apr 2008 | 11:04 am
A Thai man burns dried grass as he paves his ground to grown plant in Tong Phapoom district in Kanchanaburi province, western Thailand Thursday, April 3, 2008. With the United States on the verge of a... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 3 Apr 2008 | 11:02 am
OAKLAND, Calif. - Be it in Japan, Canada or the United States, within the confines of a dome, oval-shaped stadium or regular park, on Pacific time, Eastern time or the other...
The powerful Teamsters Local 25 is threatening to punish lawmakers who voted against the union-backed casino initiative by running candidates against them in the next election.
...
A wind turbine manufactured by German company Enercon and French Company Ostwind is being intalled in the wind farm in Rimboval, northern France, Wednesday, April. 2, 2008. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler) Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 3 Apr 2008 | 10:57 am
North Korea says it will suspend all dialogue with the South, amid a growing row between the two nations. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 3 Apr 2008 | 10:54 am
JERUSALEM (AP) -- An Israeli wrecking crew knocked down Shadi Hamdan's home in an Arab neighborhood of Jerusalem in just a couple of hours, reducing the upholsterer's savings to a pile of gray rubble.... Source: AP Top International News At 8 a.m. EDT | 3 Apr 2008 | 10:53 am
Zimbabwe's opposition MDC wins control of parliament, displacing the ruling Zanu-PF, final official results show. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 3 Apr 2008 | 10:50 am
In this photo released by the Presidential Close-In Photographer Office (PCPO), Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo walks beside sacks of rice during her visit to Isabelas Greenfield Corp., a... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 3 Apr 2008 | 10:49 am
The 15% rule has hit. Business down 15%-cut staff 15%. CBS, the number one television network, has seen business head downward, and so the axes have fallen. But they never...
Lawyers for Rich Rodriguez and West Virginia University will meet in court for the first time at a hearing on Thursday on scheduling and pretrial motions in the lawsuit over a $4 million contract buyout clause. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 3 Apr 2008 | 10:48 am
A humanitarian mission begins to bring urgent medical aid to a sick hostage held by rebels in Colombia. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 3 Apr 2008 | 10:47 am
A Pakistani lawyer chants slogans against Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf at a rally demanding reinstatement of deposed chief justice in Lahore, Pakistan on Thursday, April. 3, 2008. Pakistan's deposed... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 3 Apr 2008 | 10:44 am
Sales tracking group NPD has announced the results of a new gaming study, showing that 72 percent of the U.S. say they played games, online play still lagging behind offline, and an overwhelming minority owning more than one next-gen system. Source: Digg | 3 Apr 2008 | 10:39 am
BEIJING (AFP) - Chinese activist Hu Jia was jailed Thursday for three-and-a-half years for subversion, his lawyer said as rights groups said the charge is a campaign by China to silence dissent before the Olympics. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 3 Apr 2008 | 10:38 am
HARARE (AFP) - Zimbabwe's ruling party geared up for a final battle to save Robert Mugabe's 28-year presidency, saying Thursday it was ready for an election run-off with opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 3 Apr 2008 | 10:37 am
An air strike in the southern Iraqi city of Basra destroys a house and kill at least one occupant. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 3 Apr 2008 | 10:35 am
If Al Qaeda strikes the West in the coming months, it's likely the mastermind will be a stocky Egyptian explosives expert with two missing fingers. Source: Digg | 3 Apr 2008 | 10:34 am
America has entered one of its periods of historical madness, but this is the worst I can remember: worse than McCarthyism, worse than the Bay of Pigs and in the long term potentially more disastrous than the Vietnam War. The reaction to 9/11 is beyond anything Osama bin Laden could have hoped for in his nastiest dreams. Source: Digg | 3 Apr 2008 | 10:34 am
Since the Smithsonian opened in 1981, millions of people have passed a display involving prehistoric time. Nobody ever reported anything amiss with the exhibit until 11-yr-old Kenton Stufflebeam noticed that a notation identified the Precambrian as an era. Of course, everyone knows that the Precambrian is actually a dimensionless unit of time... Source: Digg | 3 Apr 2008 | 10:34 am
Marine biologists studying wild octopuses have found a kinky and violent society of jealous murders, gender subterfuge and once-in-a-lifetime sex. Source: Digg | 3 Apr 2008 | 10:34 am
BAGHDAD (AP) -- A U.S. airstrike destroyed a house in the southern city of Basra, killing a militant, the U.S. military said Thursday, and Iraqi witnesses and hospital officials said at least three civilians were among the dead.... Source: AP Top International News At 8 a.m. EDT | 3 Apr 2008 | 10:33 am
Nigeria's former President Olusegun Obasanjo is accused in court of sleeping with his son's wife. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 3 Apr 2008 | 10:27 am
President Nicolas Sarkozy indicates France will move by the end of 2008 to rejoin Nato's military command. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 3 Apr 2008 | 10:26 am
While departing WBZ-TV sports icon Bob Lobel fielded calls of support yesterday, industry insiders predicted Steve Burton would slide into his coveted spot.
The Herald...
Australia pledged $458,000 Thursday for Cambodia's U.N.-backed genocide tribunal, whose operations have been threatened by a shortage of funds as it prepares for trials of former Khmer Rouge leaders. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 3 Apr 2008 | 10:07 am
Mel Gibson, who's being sued by a writer over payment for the "The Passion of the Christ" screenplay, wants to keep financial information about the blockbuster movie out of the public eye. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 3 Apr 2008 | 10:04 am
The dollar rallied against the euro in trading early Thursday as markets seemingly ignored comments the previous day from the U.S. Federal Reserve suggesting the U.S. economy may slip into a recession. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 3 Apr 2008 | 9:59 am
ATA Airlines has discontinued all flights and filed for bankruptcy. The Indianapolis-based airline said in a statement on its Web site Thursday that it became impossible to continue operations after it lost a key contract for its military charter business. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 3 Apr 2008 | 9:56 am
An Atlanta, Georgia, judge who ordered white lawyers out of his courtroom so he could lecture African-American defendants called that decision a "mistake" Tuesday night. Source: Digg | 3 Apr 2008 | 9:54 am
Hundreds of British holidaymakers have been stranded in the port of Funchal,
Madeira, for two days after their cruise ship was impounded because of a
£1.5m legal dispute involving the boat's owners. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 3 Apr 2008 | 9:54 am
"Danny Boy" is back in the musical fold at a Manhattan pub where the familiar ballad was banned for all of March. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 3 Apr 2008 | 9:47 am
Some of the biggest pork projects, according to the group, include a Lobster Institute; the Rocky Flats, Colorado, Cold War Museum; and the First Tee, a program to build young people's character through golf. Source: Digg | 3 Apr 2008 | 9:47 am
A heated four-year-old dispute over use of the bright blue, yellow and green "Alaska Grown" logo has been settled. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 3 Apr 2008 | 9:39 am
Pakistan's ruling party said Thursday it has buried its rivalry with a group of former supporters of President Pervez Musharraf, further isolating the U.S.-backed president. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 3 Apr 2008 | 9:38 am
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A nationwide survey of nearly 700 people suggests that Americans would prefer more money be invested in technology to solve the nation's energy ailments than to cure cancer or other diseases.
Lost clothes and a laundry hotline failed to impress Alan Sugar and led to "stubborn cow" Shazia Wahab being expelled from the Apprentice. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 3 Apr 2008 | 9:20 am
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - Tyler Hansbrough closed his eyes, hoping for a good night of rest. Instead, his mind kept racing, turning over and over the thought of finally getting...
Our favorite mobile browser was just updated, the Opera Mini 4.1 is out now, with loads of new features, such as: find in page, file upload/download, ability to save pages for offline reading, and up to 50% speed improvement. Check it out now. Source: Digg | 3 Apr 2008 | 9:17 am
The Beijing Olympics are still four months away, and already there are plenty of good stories to be told. One of the best can probably be found on some pig farm in rural China,...
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador - Belize is working to stage its home World Cup qualifier in June against Mexico in either Los Angeles or Houston, the head of the country's...
BMW and Mercedes-Benz, the German car manufacturers, have issued a statement
condemning Max Mosley, the FIA president's behaviour. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 3 Apr 2008 | 9:11 am
HUMBLE, Texas - Phil Mickelson might make the Houston Open an annual stop as long as it's the event leading up to the Masters.
He likes playing the week before a major...
RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. - Annika Sorenstam once showed up at Mission Hills wearing red shoes in the final round of the Kraft Nabisco Championship, a bold commentary on her...
Jerry Seinfeld was in a harrowing rollover wreck but was unhurt after the brakes on one of his vintage cars failed. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 3 Apr 2008 | 8:58 am
BUCHAREST (Reuters) - President Nicolas Sarkozy confirmed at a NATO summit on Thursday that France will send a battalion of troops to the east of Afghanistan as part of efforts to bolster the alliance's peacekeeping force.
Gordon Brown's desire to see cannabis reclassified as a Class B drug has
apparently received a setback after reports that the Government's drug
advisory body decided to recommend it stays in the less serious Class C
category. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 3 Apr 2008 | 8:32 am
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) -- Al-Qaida No. 2 Ayman al-Zawahri, rejecting criticism of attacks by the terror network's followers that have killed thousands, maintained that it does not kill innocent people.... Source: AP Top International News At 8 a.m. EDT | 3 Apr 2008 | 8:31 am
Chinese human rights activist Hu Jia has been jailed for three years and six months for subversion, prompting fears of a campaign to silence dissents ahead of the Olympics. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 3 Apr 2008 | 8:28 am
TOKYO (Reuters) - North Korea has been selling multiple rocket launchers to military-ruled Myanmar since the two countries restored ties last year in violation of U.N. sanctions, Japan's NHK public broadcaster reported.
Zimbabwe's opposition defeated President Robert Mugabe's ruling party to take control of the parliament, according to official results released on Wednesday.
PARIS (AP) -- A French-led mission headed to Colombia's jungle Thursday to try to give medical help to a rebel hostage who is believed to be gravely ill after more than six years in captivity, officials said.... Source: AP Top International News At 8 a.m. EDT | 3 Apr 2008 | 7:10 am
Hundreds of British tourists are trapped in Madeira after police detained a cruise ship with around 460 passengers on board. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 3 Apr 2008 | 7:01 am
She's been a vocal critic, but records show she has done little to advance legislation to force a withdrawal from Iraq.
Seeking to convince voters that she can end the Iraq war, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has touted her role in the congressional effort to force President Bush to bring the troops home.
Whisenhunt gives the quarterback credit for warning him about the photos beforehand but still says the Internet pictures from last weekend's party at Leinart's home don't meet the team's standard.
Arizona Cardinals Coach Ken Whisenhunt said Wednesday he was "disappointed" in Matt Leinart after Internet photos surfaced of the quarterback partying over the weekend at his Phoenix-area home.
President Robert Mugabe, who has held power in the destitute country for 28 years, is expected to fight to the finish.
President Robert Mugabe's party has lost its majority in parliament after 28 years in power, election officials announced Wednesday, as the aging Zimbabwean leader faced a more damaging blow: the virtual certainty of a runoff in the presidential race that he has scant hope of winning.
American Apparel plans to open stores in the Asian giant and sell its L.A.-made clothes.
A local clothing maker is putting a new spin on a sore subject: American Apparel Inc. is opening stores in China this spring, and stocking them with T-shirts, shorts and hoodies made in downtown L.A.
The incident occurred months before UCLA hospital employees were caught snooping in Britney Spears' files.
Months before UCLA Medical Center caught staffers snooping in the medical records of pop star Britney Spears , '70s TV icon Farrah Fawcett learned that a hospital employee had surreptitiously gone through records of her cancer treatments there, documents and interviews show.
Many little children are being dealt with harshly as schools across the country grapple with enforcing new zero-tolerance sexual harassment policies and the fear of litigation. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 3 Apr 2008 | 6:15 am
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The discovery in our own galaxy of the smallest black hole known in the universe is a feather in the cap for NASA, but it will present new challenges to future space travelers who may venture too close. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 3 Apr 2008 | 6:13 am
The bipartisan Senate bill would offer aid to struggling builders, cities and homeowners facing foreclosure.
Senate Democratic and Republican leaders reached agreement Wednesday on a multibillion-dollar package to address rampant foreclosures and other problems stemming from what may be the worst housing slump since the Great Depression.
WELLINGTON - Tongan children in New Zealand are more than twice as likely as Samoan kiddies to have their teeth filled or pulled out, a new survey shows.
The finding is perhaps not surprising because the Tongans brush their teeth... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 3 Apr 2008 | 5:55 am
Officer is wounded in the Wilmington confrontation that included a short car chase.
Los Angeles police shot and killed a man Wednesday afternoon in Wilmington after he fired at them several times, authorities said, with one of the rounds from his gun ricocheting off an officer's protective vest and grazing his body. The officer was taken to a hospital and he is expected to recover fully.
DARWIN - A woman has escaped with bite wounds to her legs after her husband rescued her from the jaws of a crocodile while swimming in a Northern Territory national park.
The 2.5 metre saltwater crocodile was trying to drag the... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 3 Apr 2008 | 4:15 am
LOS ANGELES - If you are male and a Led Zeppelin fan, chances are you may be leaning toward voting Republican in the US presidential election, according to a survey of rock radio fans released yesterday.
The Jacobs Media's Media/Technology... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 3 Apr 2008 | 4:04 am
Scientists from the University of California, Berkeley report a new finding: the love lives of octopuses are quite complex.
Male octopuses guard the dens of their mates for several days, warding off rivals and even strangling them... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 3 Apr 2008 | 3:25 am
A court in Germany sentenced a law professor to three years in prison for giving students better marks in exchange for sex and money.
The 53-year-old from the central city of Hanover admitted accepting 156,000 ($318,300) euros... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 3 Apr 2008 | 2:54 am
Luxury carmaker Porsche launched a legal challenge on Wednesday to a tax on gas-guzzling cars proposed by London mayor Ken Livingstone who is campaigning for a third term in office.
Livingstone wants to raise the £8 ($20) daily... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 3 Apr 2008 | 2:44 am
A probation officer assigned to a teenager charged with killing the University of North Carolina's student body president was handling 127 cases without benefit of training, state corrections officials said Wednesday. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 3 Apr 2008 | 2:43 am
Dogs can catch influenza directly from birds, Korean researchers said on Wednesday, saying their finding shows pets could play a role in future pandemics.
Several pet dogs became ill and died from what turned out to be purely avian... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 3 Apr 2008 | 2:37 am
NATO allies rebuffed President Bush's pleas to put former Soviet republics Ukraine and Georgia on the path toward membership in the alliance. But Mr. Bush was counting on the summit to endorse plans for an anti-missile shield in Europe.
BERLIN - A German man was such an avid collector of weapons and other paraphernalia that he ran out of space at home and had to sleep in a hotel, neighbours said following the 71-year-old's death.
Executors found an arsenal of... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 3 Apr 2008 | 2:26 am
President Bush suffered a painful diplomatic setback Wednesday when NATO allies rebuffed his passionate pleas to put former Soviet republics Ukraine and Georgia on the path toward membership in the Western military alliance.
Fingerprinting high school students is dangerous and could lead to security problems, a civil liberties group says.
The technology is flawed and there are no guarantees biometric data collected from students will be kept safe,... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 3 Apr 2008 | 1:49 am
A Northern Territory man jumped on the back of a crocodile to save his wife when the crocodile attacked her at a creek crossing in the Top End late last night.
The woman, 36, suffered serious leg and hand injuries in the attack,... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 3 Apr 2008 | 1:42 am
Al Qaeda No. 2 Ayman al-Zawahiri responded to criticism about the organization's notoriously brutal tactics, maintaining that it does not kill innocents, in an audio response to questions submitted to the movement on extremist Web sites.
Consumer borrowing is rising at its fastest rate in five years, with the withdrawal of cheap mortgage deals forcing millions of home owners to take on personal debt to finance their everyday expenses. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 3 Apr 2008 | 12:01 am
Al-Qaida No. 2 Ayman al-Zawahri, rejecting criticism of attacks by the terror network's followers that have killed thousands, maintained Wednesday that it does not target innocent people.
A coalition of states is suing the Bush administration to force it to comply with a Supreme Court ruling that rebuked what justices called inaction on global warming.
The noted Colorado State University forecast team expects an above average Atlantic hurricane season and may raise its prediction of 13 tropical storms and seven hurricanes when it updates its outlook next week, the team's founder Bill Gray said Wednesday. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 2 Apr 2008 | 11:11 pm
The Illinois legislature is considering a law that would allow police to monitor high-risk restraining-order subjects by using GPS technology. Harvard Law School lecturer Diane Rosenfeld, who proposed a similar bill that passed in Massachusetts last year, discusses the Illinois initiative.
With neither Democratic candidate expected to win enough pledged delegates to clinch the Democratic Party nomination, the votes of the superdelegates -- elected officials and party activists who are not bound to any candidate by primary vote -- are crucial.
Projections for the evolution of green technologies to help curb greenhouse gas emissions are overly optimist, according to researchers writing in Nature. They say policymakers will need to implement stronger measures to reverse global warming.
Senators are working behind closed doors Wednesday to come up with a bipartisan deal to provide some relief for homeowners and lenders, though some of the provisions that would change bankruptcy laws to help borrowers have been excised, at least for now.
Sen. Barack Obama took his turn addressing the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO Wednesday in Philadelphia. Just before his speech, Obama picked up an endorsement from the National Union of Hospital and Health Care Employees, along with another pledged superdelegate.
BMX cycling comes hurtling into the Olympic summer games in Beijing as a brand new event. Organizers hope it will attract interest from younger fans, the same way snowboarding did for the winter games.
Over the weekend, 18-year-old Chavez Clarke became the 22nd Chicago high school student to die violently this year. Clarke was trying to earn extra credits towards his diploma, when he was shot to death after Saturday classes.
Sen. Hillary Clinton's campaign has had trouble paying its bills lately while spending on major media buys and running a multistate campaign. But presidential campaigns have often been problem clients for vendors, who sometimes wind up settling for a fraction of what they are owed.
The Movement for Democratic Change claims its candidate, Morgan Tsvangirai, has won more than 50 percent of the vote. The opposition party says an outright win means there is no need for a runoff against President Robert Mugabe, though the state newspaper is reporting there would likely be one.
An impending foreclosure is a highly stressful situation -- certainly for the people that could lose a home, and sometimes for the people trying to help them. Richard Pittman, a counselor with a HUD-approved agency, talks about the challenges of being a mortgage counselor these days.
A collection of artifacts owned by a Titanic survivor - including a ticket for the ill-fated voyage - will be sold at a London auction later this month.
Police detained around 50 Tibetan exiles in the Nepalese capital Wednesday after they staged a second day of protests in front of the heavily guarded Chinese Embassy, witnesses said. Source: FOXNews.com | 2 Apr 2008 | 5:38 pm
Pope Benedict XVI praised the "human and supernatural" qualities of John Paul II during a Mass on Wednesday marking the third anniversary of the Polish pontiff's death. Source: FOXNews.com | 2 Apr 2008 | 5:26 pm
The Pentagon approved the use of harsh interrogation techniques against terror suspects on the grounds that President George W Bush's authority during wartime trumps any international ban on torture, a declassified memo has confirmed. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 2 Apr 2008 | 5:20 pm
The Indonesian government has as message for YouTube about its posting of a controversial anti-Islamic film by a Dutch lawmaker: Remove it or else. Source: FOXNews.com | 2 Apr 2008 | 4:59 pm
Diplomats say that China has given the U.N. nuclear watchdog intelligence linked to Tehran's alleged attempts to make nuclear arms. Source: FOXNews.com | 2 Apr 2008 | 4:52 pm
A couple found guilty of adultery by an Islamic "qazi" court was stoned to death by Taliban militants in Pakistan's northwest border region, according to a report in Dawn, Pakistan's English-language newspaper. Source: FOXNews.com | 2 Apr 2008 | 4:44 pm
The Czech Republic is planning to redeploy more than 100 elite troops to Afghanistan to serve in a U.S.-led operation against Al Qaeda and Taliban fighters, the Defense Ministry said Wednesday. Source: FOXNews.com | 2 Apr 2008 | 3:46 pm
The fiancée of former BBC children's television star Mark Speight died after bingeing on cocaine and alcohol and falling unconscious in a bath of scalding hot water, an inquest has heard. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 2 Apr 2008 | 3:45 pm
Australian woman suffered hand and leg wounds, including eight teeth punctures on her thigh during a crocodile attack. Source: FOXNews.com | 2 Apr 2008 | 3:42 pm
The coroner leading an inquest into the death of Princess Diana has sent the jury out to consider its verdict on how she and her boyfriend, Dodi Fayed, died in a Paris car crash more than a decade ago.
Zimbabwe's opposition party says that its leader Morgan Tsvangirai has won the presidential election outright with 50.3 percent of the vote, contradicting a report by the state newspaper that the tally was too close to avoid a runoff election.
Prime Minister Bertie Ahern announced at a surprise news conference he would step down as Ireland's leader. Ahern, who helped broker peace in Northern Ireland, couldn't survive a scandal over his collection of cash from businessmen.
An Iraqi commander has led a convoy of troops firing into the air in a show of force in a militia stronghold that has seen some of the fiercest fighting in the southern city of Basra, but Muqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi Army is far from quashed.
Look carefully at the seven sleek designs on the right. Over the next year, a
billion copies will be produced and the artwork will join the most iconic in
the country. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 2 Apr 2008 | 12:19 pm
The jury at the inquests into the deaths of Diana, Princess of Wales and Dodi Fayed has retired to begin considering its verdicts almost six months to the day after the hearing began. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 2 Apr 2008 | 12:07 pm
Reuters - China is too far down the road toward a
market economy to turn back from reforms now, even if U.S.
financial market turmoil is causing it some qualms, U.S.
Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said on Thursday.
AP - President Bush has told NATO leaders that the doors of the alliance must remain open and that it must give "a full and fair hearing" to other nations seeking to join.
AP - On a spring day at a speedway in the South, John McCain posed with his wife, Cindy, and racing star Dale Earnhardt Jr., highlighting the couple's political and business interests in a single snapshot.
AFP - European leaders kept Georgia and Ukraine waiting at NATO's doorstep Thursday in a major setback for US President George W. Bush at his last summit of the transatlantic alliance.
AP - Say goodbye, Malubay. Ramiele Malubay the diminutive singer with the big voice was booted from "American Idol" as the show trimmed the competition to eight hopefuls.
AP - Maybe men had it right all along: It doesn't take long to satisfy a woman in bed. A survey of sex therapists concluded the optimal amount of time for sexual intercourse was 3 to 13 minutes. The findings, to be published in the May issue of the Journal of Sexual Medicine, strike at the notion that endurance is the key to a great sex life.
Reuters - Japanese police arrested on Thursday a
U.S. sailor on suspicion of murdering and robbing a taxi driver
last month, the latest case of crime linked to U.S. bases in
the country.
Reuters - Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr
called on Thursday for a million-strong demonstration against
U.S. "occupation," a potentially destabilizing show of force
after his followers battled U.S. and government troops.
Zimbabwe's opposition defeated President Robert Mugabe's ruling party to take control of the parliament, according to official results released on Wednesday.
China has deployed a growing network of spies, students and scientists to steal U.S. military and trade secrets, officials say.
A former stripper-turned-soccer mom was sentenced to 99 years in prison on Wednesday for plotting the 1996 killing of her former fiance.
Ramiele Mulabay never gave a really memorable performance; Kristy Lee Cook and Brooke White joined her in the bottom three.
President Bush suffered a painful diplomatic setback Wednesday when NATO allies rebuffed his passionate pleas to put former Soviet republics Ukraine and Georgia on the path toward membership in the Western military alliance.
Al-Qaida No. 2 Ayman al-Zawahri, rejecting criticism of attacks by the terror network's followers that have killed thousands, maintained Wednesday that it does not target innocent people.
A coalition of states is suing the Bush administration to force it to comply with a Supreme Court ruling that rebuked what justices called inaction on global warming.