The chess match has begun. For the opening game of the Bruins-Canadiens Round 1 playoff, coach Claude Julien has decided not to take the morning skate. Maybe it's a case...
Boston's foreclosure crisis will take national stage today when Mayor Thomas M. Menino testifies about the city's mortgage mess before Congress.
Menino will...
With CBS newsrooms slashing staffs across the country, it's no surprise that the network's $15 million-a-year anchor Katie Couric may be stepping down.
Citing...
BRUSSELS, April 10 (Kyodo) _ (EDS: ADDING DETAILS) The European Parliament on Thursday voted for a resolution urging European Union leaders to consider boycotting the opening ceremony... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 10 Apr 2008 | 2:26 pm
Furious motorists and business owners had a message for Mayor Thomas M. Menino as he plans to pump up parking fines to bail out the city budget as tough times hit working...
Hey, Mumbles Menino, you want to raise some revenue, forget about soaking the motorists again.
Instead, do what everybody else in the state has to do when they run out...
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Read more about WRKO radio host Tom Finneran and what the station thinks of the questionable college degree another host claims to...
(Kyodo) _ In a rare move, Japanese radical group members who live in Pyongyang after hijacking a Japan Airlines jetliner in 1970 and forcing it to land there met with a European... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 10 Apr 2008 | 2:18 pm
Happy Birthday, Big Ben. One of Britain's last bell foundries on Thursday marked the 150th anniversary of its biggest creation _ the massive bell whose bongs sound the hour at the... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 10 Apr 2008 | 2:17 pm
Badly in need of a political victory, Gov. Deval Patrick yesterday cozied up to arch-nemesis Sal DiMasi in a key speech intended to soothe concerns about the faltering economy...
Tiger Woods attracts the spotlight in the world of golf. But Phil Mickelson has been quietly carving out quite a career as a marketer. His endorsement income is near $50 million a year.
Two US air strikes in Baghdad's embattled Sadr City district on Thursday killed six people as fighting flared for a fifth straight day between Shiite militiamen and security forces,... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 10 Apr 2008 | 2:03 pm
WASHINGTON - The U.S. trade deficit unexpectedly rose for a second straight month in February as a big jump in imports of foreign-made cars offset the first decline in oil...
(Kyodo) _ Shuichi Sakamoto and Shintaro Ikeda, men's doubles bronze medalists at last year's world championships, have secured their places in the Beijing Olympic Games by virtue of their Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 10 Apr 2008 | 1:50 pm
Reuters - Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson
said on Thursday that the U.S. economy had "turned down
sharply" and still faced risks from the housing and finance
sectors. Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 10 Apr 2008 | 1:49 pm
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said on Thursday that the U.S. economy had "turned down sharply" and still faced risks from the housing and finance sectors.
BELFAST, Northern Ireland - A decade has passed since Northern Ireland's warring leaders made hope and history rhyme on Good Friday.
At the time, American mediator...
MOSCOW - A Russian court on Thursday convicted seven gang members of killing 14 women and burying them in a mass grave after forcing them to work as prostitutes, a prosecutor's...
KATHMANDU (AFP) - The troubled Himalayan kingdom of Nepal on Thursday gave an historic vote of support for a peace process that is set to abolish an unpopular monarchy and reshape the impoverished country. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 10 Apr 2008 | 1:45 pm
Lenders foreclosed on about 7,700 homes in Denver last year; officials expect 11,000 this year, mirroring a national increase. Among the neighborhoods hardest hit was this corner of the Green Valley Ranch subdivision. The map shows foreclosures since late 2006. Source: Digg | 10 Apr 2008 | 1:44 pm
American Airlines canceled more than 900 flights Thursday to fix faulty wiring in hundreds of jets, marking the third straight day of mass groundings as company executives offered profuse apologies and travel vouchers to calm angry customers.
AFP - The troubled Himalayan kingdom of Nepal on Thursday gave an historic vote of support for a peace process that is set to abolish an unpopular monarchy and reshape the impoverished country.
A U.S. airstrike targeted a building in Baghdad's Sadr City on Thursday, hours after American soldiers clashed with Shiite militants in fighting that left 15 people dead, police and the U.S. military said.
No 'net benefit' for Canada if MDA Corp. is sold to foreign owners, Prentice says of unprecedented stand against Alliant takeover; MDA shares fall 10 per cent
Some of these disqualifications are surprising........Being imprisoned rules one out as a blood donor, Being in the US military and serving in Iraq or Afghanistan, and more..... Source: Digg | 10 Apr 2008 | 1:40 pm
Used games, the bane of publishers and the bread and butter of retailer GameStop, is a $1.3 billion business in the U.S. alone, reports research firm OTX. Their findings from the MI6 summit breaks down the used games biz, showing the buying habits of folks who dabble in the pre-owned, all of which is detailed at the report at Gamasutra. Source: Digg | 10 Apr 2008 | 1:39 pm
(Kyodo) _ The European Parliament on Thursday voted for a resolution urging European Union leaders to consider boycotting the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Beijing in August... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 10 Apr 2008 | 1:38 pm
The leader of Uganda's Lord's Resistance Army rebels puts off signing a deal to end 20 years of civil war. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 10 Apr 2008 | 1:37 pm
Evolution has taken another step away from being dismissed as "a theory" in the classroom, thanks to a new article in PLoS Biology. Source: Digg | 10 Apr 2008 | 1:35 pm
MOSCOW (AFP) - South Korea's first astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts docked their Soyuz spacecraft with the International Space Station (ISS) on Thursday, a Russian official said. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 10 Apr 2008 | 1:35 pm
A US soldier patrols the Shakiriyah area in Yusufiyah in March 2008. US President George W. Bush has said in an interview with the Weekly Sandard that he plans to complete a limited US troop withdrawal... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 10 Apr 2008 | 1:31 pm
US President George W. Bush said in an interview out Thursday that he plans to complete a limited US troop withdrawal from Iraq by July, then freeze the draw-down for a review of the war... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 10 Apr 2008 | 1:31 pm
RI-KWANGBA (AFP) - Uganda's top rebel leader Joseph Kony has requested further consultations before signing a peace agreement, top mediator Riek Machar told reporters Thursday. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 10 Apr 2008 | 1:31 pm
U.S. pop star Janet Jackson, center, is surrounded by excited dance students during her surprise visit to a dance studio in Tokyo, Thursday, April 10, 2008. Jackson is in Japan to promote her newest album... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 10 Apr 2008 | 1:29 pm
(Kyodo) _ ---------- Feb. U.S. trade deficit up 5.7% on record-high imports WASHINGTON - The U.S. deficit in global goods and services trade in February expanded 5.7 percent from the... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 10 Apr 2008 | 1:28 pm
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: ADDING DETAILS) The European Central Bank decided Thursday to leave its key interest rate unchanged at 4 percent amid signs of growing inflationary pressure. The ECB Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 10 Apr 2008 | 1:25 pm
SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc, which was widely believed to be running out of alternatives to accepting Microsoft Corp's takeover offer, has become a target of two warring camps of technology giants and their media allies, sources said on Wednesday.
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese authorities have detained 45 East Turkestan "terrorist" suspects, and foiled plots to carry out suicide bomb attacks and kidnap athletes to disrupt the Beijing Olympics, a police spokesman said on Thursday.
In this sequence of photos, wrestler Maximo, left, tries to kiss his opponent who slaps him during a bout at Arena Mexico in Mexico City, Tuesday, April 8, 2008. Maximo's effeminate gestures and pink costume... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 10 Apr 2008 | 1:23 pm
U.S. pop star Janet Jackson, center, is surrounded by excited dance students during her surprise visit to a dance studio in Tokyo, Japan, Thursday, April 10, 2008. Jackson is in Japan for her newest album... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 10 Apr 2008 | 1:22 pm
The president has said he plans to attend the Beijing games, but the White House has not ruled out the possibility that he may miss the opening ceremony, which China hopes to use as an international showcase. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 10 Apr 2008 | 1:22 pm
AP - Powerful storms brought hail, heavy rain and possible tornadoes to Texas and Oklahoma, causing power outages for thousands of customers Thursday morning and at least one death.
Taiwan's Ming Yuan Opera Co. perform a rehearsal of the Chinese opera "The Legend of the Eight Fairies," at the National Theater in Taipei, Taiwan, Thursday, April 10, 2008. The performance will run from... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 10 Apr 2008 | 1:17 pm
President Robert Mugabe and his chief rival will attend an emergency summit of southern African leaders to present their conflicting views of the crisis paralyzing the country in the wake of hotly contested elections, spokesmen say.
A picture taken earlier this year shows Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe during an election rally in Harare. Zimbabwe's government has said that Mugabe was ready to face his fellow heads of state over... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 10 Apr 2008 | 1:14 pm
Zimbabwe's government said Thursday Robert Mugabe was ready to face regional leaders this weekend over the country's post-election crisis as the wait for results stretched into a 12th day. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 10 Apr 2008 | 1:14 pm
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US trade deficit rose to 62.3 billion dollars in February from 59 billion a month earlier, as imports surged despite a weak dollar, the Commerce Department said Thursday. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 10 Apr 2008 | 1:13 pm
Russia's Mission Control says a Soyuz capsule carrying South Korea's first astronaut has docked successfully at the international space station. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 10 Apr 2008 | 1:12 pm
Sharper Image Corp. says its chairman Jerry W. Levin will resign to pursue a possible acquisition of the beleaguered specialty electronics retailer. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 10 Apr 2008 | 1:10 pm
There are several categories of camera gear available: there's the sensible, the desirable and then there's the stuff that you'd never even imagined. Here's a selection of equipment that most definitely belongs in the latter category. Source: Digg | 10 Apr 2008 | 1:09 pm
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) -- Nepalis voted Thursday in a historic election that was intended to bring communist insurgents into the country's democratic mainstream and expected to end the world's last Hindu monarchy.... Source: AP Top International News At 9:32 a... | 10 Apr 2008 | 1:09 pm
AP - Taking the advice of his top commander in Iraq, President Bush will not order additional troop drawdowns beyond July, leaving open the possibility that about 140,000 U.S. servicemen and women will still be in the war zone when the next president takes office.
Kate McCann, right, and Gerry McCann arrive at the European Parliament on Thursday April 10, 2008. Kate and Gerry McCann, parents of missing British girl Madeleine McCann, on Thursday asked the European... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 10 Apr 2008 | 1:08 pm
Reuters - Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter plans
to meet Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal in Syria next week, despite
U.S. efforts to isolate the Islamist Palestinian group, Al
Jazeera television said.
DUBAI (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter plans to meet Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal in Syria next week, despite U.S. efforts to isolate the Islamist Palestinian group, Al Jazeera television said.
An unidentified member of parliament, center, displays the Tibetan flag during a plenary session at the European Parliament in Brussels, Thursday April 10, 2008. The European Parliament has urged European... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 10 Apr 2008 | 1:06 pm
An unidentified member of parliament displays the Tibetan flag during a plenary session at the European Parliament in Brussels, Thursday April 10, 2008. The European Parliament has urged European Union... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 10 Apr 2008 | 1:05 pm
In correspondence from Iraq's fortified Green Zone, Col. Stephen Scott had always insisted to relatives that he was safe. But recently, family members noticed a surge in violence had him worried. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 10 Apr 2008 | 1:05 pm
A 10-year-old girl accused of brutally attacking another girl on a playground is too emotionally immature to understand the criminal charges against her and they should be dismissed, a public defender said. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 10 Apr 2008 | 1:04 pm
If you’ve ever wondered what the Marines have in mind when they advertise for “a few good men,” look no further than Gunnery Sgt. William “Spanky” Gibson. Two years ago, he lost a leg to a sniper’s bullet in Iraq. Today, he’s back in the combat zone — by his own choice.
AP - Most retailers reported sluggish sales in March when consumers fretting about mounting economic problems limited their shopping to food and other essentials. Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 10 Apr 2008 | 12:57 pm
Japanese Justice Minister Kunio Hatoyama, an outspoken supporter of the death penalty, speaks on Thursday's executions during a news conference at his ministry in Tokyo Thursday, April 10, 2008. Japan... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 10 Apr 2008 | 12:56 pm
Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe will attend regional meeting, his deputy information minister says. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 10 Apr 2008 | 12:55 pm
Reuters - Yahoo Inc ,
which was widely believed to be running out of alternatives to
accepting Microsoft Corp's takeover offer, has become
a target of two warring camps of technology giants and their
media allies, sources said on Wednesday.
South Africa’s deputy security minister has told police how to tackle rampant crime in their cities: “kill the bastards”, and do not worry about regulations. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 10 Apr 2008 | 12:51 pm
Hot for a one-night stand? Longing for a lifetime of monogamous love? Your romantic intentions may be written all over your face, new research has found
In the wake of the 4,000th U.S. military death in Iraq, the American Battle Monuments Commission announced Monday that, for the fifth time in the last 12 months, it will resume construction on the poignant final tribute to the brave men and women who continue to give their lives in the Iraq War. Source: Digg | 10 Apr 2008 | 12:44 pm
When three black holes get intimate, their relationship is bound to be complex. According to the first full simulation of this cosmic ménage à trois, it is likely to end in sudden violence. Source: Digg | 10 Apr 2008 | 12:44 pm
IOC president Jacques Rogge said Thursday the turmoil surrounding the Beijing torch relay and the politically charged buildup to the Summer Games posed a "crisis'' for the Olympic movement.
Most retailers reported sluggish sales in March when consumers — fretting about mounting economic problems — limited their shopping to food and other essentials. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 10 Apr 2008 | 12:34 pm
Nepalis have voted in a historic election intended to bring communist insurgents into the country's democratic mainstream and expected to end the world's last Hindu monarchy.
A government minister in South Africa tells police they should kill criminals if they threaten police or the community, reports say. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 10 Apr 2008 | 12:29 pm
Reuters - Fifty-four illegal Myanmar migrants,
most of them women, suffocated as they were smuggled into
Thailand in a cramped seafood container, police said on
Thursday.
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Fifty-four illegal Myanmar migrants, most of them women, suffocated as they were smuggled into Thailand in a cramped seafood container, police said on Thursday.
China says it has cracked a terror plot to kidnap athletes, journalists and tourists at August's Beijing Olympics. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 10 Apr 2008 | 12:17 pm
AP - Yahoo Inc.'s last-ditch efforts to avoid a takeover by Microsoft Corp. appear to be setting the stage for a dramatic finale featuring a rich cast of Internet and media stars.
Yahoo Inc.’s last-ditch efforts to avoid a takeover by Microsoft Corp. appear to be setting the stage for a dramatic finale featuring a rich cast of Internet and media stars. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 10 Apr 2008 | 12:12 pm
BAGHDAD (AP) -- A U.S. airstrike targeted a building in Baghdad's Sadr City on Thursday, hours after American soldiers clashed with Shiite militants in fighting that left 15 people dead, police and the U.S. military said.... Source: AP Top International News At 9:32 a... | 10 Apr 2008 | 12:03 pm
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate John McCain, criticized by his Democratic rivals for being soft on economic issues, lays out a set of proposals on Thursday to address the U.S. housing crisis and ease the burden of unemployment.
The daughter-in-law of Tetra Pak billionaire Hans Rausing has vowed to "seek help" for her drug problems after she and her husband were arrested for allegedly possessing crack cocaine and heroin. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 10 Apr 2008 | 12:01 pm
People in Nepal complete voting in mostly peaceful elections that will decide the future of the country. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 10 Apr 2008 | 11:54 am
The IOC strips Marion Jones's 4x100m and 4x400m relay team-mates of their Sydney 2000 Olympics medals. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 10 Apr 2008 | 11:52 am
Prince will headline the ninth annual Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, festival promoters announced Wednesday. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 10 Apr 2008 | 11:48 am
Toyota Motor Corp. will pay $311 million to raise its stake in Fuji Heavy Industries to 16.5 percent, and the two companies said Thursday they will expand their ties and develop cars together. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 10 Apr 2008 | 11:43 am
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - After a contentious debate in Congress on Iraq, President George W. Bush on Thursday will defend his war policy, which will leave resolution of the costly and unpopular conflict to his successor.
The sale of missiles by Slovakia to Sri Lanka has been criticised by a group which monitors the arms trade. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 10 Apr 2008 | 11:37 am
LONDON (AFP) - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown called Thursday for action by the industrialised powers over soaring inflation which has sparked mounting unrest around the globe. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 10 Apr 2008 | 11:37 am
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) -- Fifty-four illegal migrant workers from Myanmar suffocated in the back of an unventilated truck Thursday, while the rest of the passengers being smuggled to Thailand pounded on the container and screamed in vain for the driver's help.... Source: AP Top International News At 9:32 a... | 10 Apr 2008 | 11:36 am
Chinese police claim to have cracked a terror ring that was plotting to kidnap foreign journalists, tourists and athletes during the Beijing Olympics. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 10 Apr 2008 | 11:24 am
Israel says it will retaliate at a time and place of its choosing against Hamas over a fuel depot raid. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 10 Apr 2008 | 11:22 am
The Bank of England, acting to stimulate a slowing economy, cut its base lending rate by a quarter-point to 5 percent on Thursday, the lowest level in 17 months. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 10 Apr 2008 | 11:13 am
BEIJING (AFP) - China bluntly told the world Olympics chief Thursday to keep out of politics, in a tart exchange on human rights following days of protests that have shadowed the Olympic torch around the world. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 10 Apr 2008 | 11:12 am
The mother of missing Madeleine McCann meets MEPs to push for an EU-wide child alert system. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 10 Apr 2008 | 11:11 am
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) -- A suicide attack on a NATO convoy killed eight civilians and wounded 22 others Thursday in southern Afghanistan, an official said.... Source: AP Top International News At 9:32 a... | 10 Apr 2008 | 11:11 am
Kate and Gerry McCann have called for a Europe-wide system for tracking child
abduction cases across borders. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 10 Apr 2008 | 11:06 am
The GMTV presenter Kate Garraway accepted substantial libel damages today over
false allegations that she had an affair with her <i>Strictly Come Dancing</i>
partner, Anton Du Beke. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 10 Apr 2008 | 11:03 am
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israel cut off all fuel supplies to Gaza's 1.4 million residents Thursday, a day after four Palestinian militants infiltrated the Israeli depot that is the territory's sole source of fuel, and shot dead two civilian workers.... Source: AP Top International News At 9:32 a... | 10 Apr 2008 | 11:02 am
The Bank of England sparked applause in financial markets and relief among
homeowners across the country today when it cut interest rates for the
second time this year and the third in five months. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 10 Apr 2008 | 11:00 am
DuPont is raising its first-quarter estimates to about $1.29 per share from $1.14 to $1.19 per share just last month. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 10 Apr 2008 | 10:53 am
The U.S. 101st Airborne Division is taking over in Afghanistan, replacing the 82nd Airborne after 15 months in the country. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 10 Apr 2008 | 10:50 am
The Serious Fraud Office's decision to drop a probe into alleged bribery and corruption involving arms deals between BAE Systems and Saudi Arabia was overturned by the High Court today. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 10 Apr 2008 | 10:45 am
NARITA, Japan (Reuters) - The Dalai Lama, Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, said on Thursday he supports the Beijing Olympics and opposed violent protests that have disrupted the Olympic torch relay around the world.
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) "acted unlawfully" when it dropped an
investigation into bribery and corruption in arms deals between BAE systems,
Europe's largest defence company, and Saudi Arabia, the High Court ruled
today. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 10 Apr 2008 | 9:37 am
SOUTH BEND, Indiana (Reuters) - Facing job losses, rising mortgage rates and higher gasoline prices, voters in 2008 want their next president above all to listen to their anger and fix the economy .
FRANKFURT (AFP) - RWE, the second biggest German energy group, is ready to offer almost 11 billion pounds (13.7 billion pounds, 21.7 billion dollars) for British Energy, the Financial Times said Thursday. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 10 Apr 2008 | 8:54 am
The White House has been eager to separate politics from sports in discussing the Beijing Olympics, but it has not ruled out the possibility that President Bush will skip the opening ceremonies this August.
International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge has admitted that the controversy over the torch relay has plunged the Games into crisis. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 10 Apr 2008 | 8:40 am
BEITBRIDGE, South Africa (AP) -- The mother of six from Zimbabwe doesn't want to have to cross the border to South Africa for essentials like soap and cooking oil, so she voted for change in last month's elections.... Source: AP Top International News At 9:32 a... | 10 Apr 2008 | 8:26 am
A suicide car bomber targeting a NATO convoy has killed eight civilians and wounded 22 other people in southern Afghanistan, police say. The car bomber blew himself up shortly after a NATO convoy passed near him in Kandahar city.
International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge has pledged that the Games will recover from the crisis enveloping the torch relay. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 10 Apr 2008 | 7:46 am
The Saudi detainee refuses to participate in the military tribunal proceedings against him, which he calls politically motivated.
A Saudi prisoner Wednesday denounced the war crimes case against him as a politically motivated "sham" and had himself removed from the courtroom in symbolic protest.
The new deputy chief also says he may revisit the phonics reading program and wants to shrink district bureaucracy.
Dealing with its alarmingly high dropout rate should be a higher priority than test scores for the Los Angeles Unified School District, Ramon C. Cortines said in his first interview since being named senior deputy superintendent Tuesday.
They consider him receptive despite his clear support of Israel.
It was a celebration of Palestinian culture -- a night of music, dancing and a dash of politics. Local Arab Americans were bidding farewell to Rashid Khalidi, an internationally known scholar, critic of Israel and advocate for Palestinian rights, who was leaving town for a job in New York.
FIA President Max Mosley is called on to resign after video of an orgy some describe as Nazi-themed is posted online.
The scandal probably would have been a ho-hum tale of sex and bondage of little interest to jaded Europeans were it not for two things. The man holding the whip was one of the most powerful men in motor racing. And when he ordered his "prisoners" to submit, he was speaking in a practiced German that called up disturbing images of a distant past.
Ruby, Peaches, Diana, Sarah. They're Vegas prostitutes, but in Jonnie Andersen's lens, and heart, they're 'wonderful, amazing.'
Jonnie Andersen best understands things by gazing through her camera lens. She photographed her co-workers at a casino. She photographed her boss while he was firing her for photographing her co-workers.
The administration backs write-downs by lenders, but critics seek more action.
With the Senate poised to take new action on the mortgage crisis and the House at work on far more sweeping proposals, the Bush White House is grudgingly giving ground on its ideological opposition to government intervention in the marketplace.
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- Conservatives allied with South Korea's president won a thin majority in parliamentary Thursday, boosting the government's plans to revive the economy, embrace the U.S. and talk tougher with North Korea.... Source: AP Top International News At 9:32 a... | 10 Apr 2008 | 5:26 am
Fifty-four migrant workers from Myanmar suffocated in the back of a seafood truck in southern Thailand while being smuggled to the popular resort island of Phuket, police said.
BRISBANE - A man has been jailed for stealing a pet goat and killing it during a satanic ritual on a church altar.
Scott Peter Romano, 28, of the Brisbane suburb of Runcorn, will spend the next four months behind bars for what... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 10 Apr 2008 | 4:27 am
Five French tourists visiting Peru's Nazca lines were killed when their small plane crashed after becoming tangled in power lines, police and witnesses said.
UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- A new war could break out between Eritrea and Ethiopia if U.N. peacekeepers withdraw from a buffer zone along their disputed border, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned Wednesday.... Source: AP Top International News At 9:32 a... | 10 Apr 2008 | 12:42 am
MOSCOW - A Russian man is facing life in jail for killing at least six people, including his wife and daughter, by adding poison to their food and watching their agonising deaths, Russian television reported yesterday.
Vyacheslav... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 10 Apr 2008 | 12:34 am
Geologists are watching part of the South Pacific after seven strong earthquakes struck in quick succession overnight.
One of the quakes, registering 7.3 on the Richter scale, was the strongest recorded anywhere in the world this... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 10 Apr 2008 | 12:12 am
A German bicycle fanatic has invented what he calls the "biggest rideable guitar in the universe".
Dieter "Didi" Senft hopes the giant guitar-shaped bike will secure him another world record. He wants to register his latest creation... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 10 Apr 2008 | 12:03 am
The crisis engulfing Gordon Brown's leadership has deepened after the man he hand-picked to clean up Labour's finances held back from taking up the job amid fears about the party's £20 million debt. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 10 Apr 2008 | 12:01 am
Zanu PF militants have invaded the farm of Commercial Farmers' Union president Trevor Gifford, saying he is never to return home. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 10 Apr 2008 | 12:01 am
Food safety watchdogs are expected to call today for a ban on six artificial food colourings which have been linked to hyperactivity in children. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 10 Apr 2008 | 12:01 am
Three friends of the July 7 suicide bombers identified the targets for the attacks during a reconnaissance mission in London in which they also visited the Natural History Museum, London Eye and the Aquarium, a court heard today. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 10 Apr 2008 | 12:01 am
LONDON - The BBC repeatedly broke broadcasting rules when it showed pop acts such as Madonna and Phil Collins swearing at last year's Live Earth concert in London, the media watchdog said yesterday.
Ofcom said the pre-watershed... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 9 Apr 2008 | 11:55 pm
Financial institutions struggling with the subprime mortgage mess all say they conducted "stress tests" to ensure the health of their investment portfolios. But many failed to appreciate the limitations of their risk management models.
BUDAPEST - Flooding in temperate regions and the tropics and droughts in arid regions are likely to increase over the course of the century due to climate change, according to a study released yesterday.
The study by the Intergovernmental... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 9 Apr 2008 | 11:32 pm
TOKYO - A cow preserved in formaldehyde, one of artist Damien Hirst's most famous works, ran into an unlikely obstacle on its way to a Tokyo museum: Japan's import ban on British beef.
Hirst's "Mother and Child, Divided", consisting... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 9 Apr 2008 | 11:16 pm
LONDON - A former soldier who shot dead four members of his family before walking into a police station with a bag of weapons and a homemade bomb was detained for a minimum of 15 years yesterday.
David Bradley, 41, will serve his... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 9 Apr 2008 | 11:09 pm
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A New Zealand tourist is amongst seven injured when the hot air balloon they were in crash landed in the pharaonic city of Luxor in Egypt yesterday.
Four of the hurt sightseers were from Scotland, one was from Belgium and one was... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 9 Apr 2008 | 10:35 pm
SAN FRANCISCO - Confusion surrounded the relay of the troubled Olympic torch through San Francisco yesterday, as organizers completely changed the route at the last minute, bewildering thousands of China supporters and protesters... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 9 Apr 2008 | 9:35 pm
A U.S. counterterrorism official says al Qaeda leader Abu Obeida al-Masri is dead. Al-Masri was an Egyptian aide to Osama bin Laden in al Qaeda, who was responsible for attacks on U.S. forces in Afghanistan and the tribal areas of Pakistan.
Thirty years after she was left for dead outside the Jonestown compound in Guyana, Jackie Speier has won a special House election in California. Speier was shot five times in an ambush that killed her boss, U.S. Rep. Leo Ryan, and four others.
Described as the "Palestinian Rothschild," Munib al Masri hopes to turn his sprawling West Bank estate into a museum and research center. He also has founded a lobbying group focused on promoting dialogue among warring Palestinian factions.
BAGHDAD (AP) -- An Iraqi judicial committee has dismissed terrorism-related allegations against Associated Press photographer Bilal Hussein and ordered him released nearly two years after he was detained by the U.S. military.... Source: AP Top International News At 9:32 a... | 9 Apr 2008 | 8:49 pm
Jock Friedly, founder of the Web site LegiStorm, says he's providing a public service by posting the financial disclosure statements of House and Senate employees who make more than $110,000 a year. Friedly explains why he's making the records available online.
A key al-Qaida figure has died, U.S. intelligence officials say. The man known as Abu Obeida al-Masri, an Egyptian, was suffering from hepatitis. He may have orchestrated two of the terrorist network's most recent plots.
Rep. Barney Frank opens hearings on legislation he has drafted to help homeowners deal with the housing crisis. It differs dramatically from the Senate version, which has been criticized for offering too much help to lenders and builders.
American Airlines cancels more than one-third of its daily flight schedule Wednesday as more inspections of wiring are conducted. The flight cancellations are creating backups for passengers.
HOTAN, China (AP) -- There was no sign of dissent in the bazaar, where men wove through the crowd on motorcycles with freshly butchered sheep draped behind them. But a Muslim merchant pinched his lips together with his fingers to show he could not talk freely.... Source: AP Top International News At 9:32 a... | 9 Apr 2008 | 6:39 pm
Day care services in New Orleans have been among the slowest segments of the local economy to rebound since Hurricane Katrina devastated the city in 2005. Many parents have taken it upon themselves and formed their own childcare groups.
More than a dozen Buddhist monks staged an emotional protest Wednesday in front of visiting journalists at a monastery in western China, calling for human rights and the return of exiled Tibetan leader the Dalai Lama, said a monk at the event. Source: FOXNews.com | 9 Apr 2008 | 5:53 pm
The Israeli army says Palestinian militants crossed into southern Israel and killed two Israeli civilians before fleeing back to the Gaza Strip. Source: FOXNews.com | 9 Apr 2008 | 5:38 pm
Police say a radioactive substance that can be used for a makeshift nuclear bomb was stolen in Japan, according to a report. Source: FOXNews.com | 9 Apr 2008 | 5:14 pm
Mohamed Al Fayed said that he would accept a coroner's jury ruling that his son and Princess Diana were killed by the reckless pursuit of vehicles chasing them. Source: FOXNews.com | 9 Apr 2008 | 5:00 pm
President Hugo Chavez's government has decided to nationalize Venezuela's largest steel maker, just days after announcing the takeover of major cement companies.
The world economy will slow sharply this year, according to an International Monetary Fund forecast, with the United States sliding into a recession amid housing, credit and financial slumps.
San Francisco police said the route will be cut in half, as thousands of demonstrators gathered along the city's waterfront to await the flame. Authorities did not offer an immediate explanation for the change, but officials had warned they might shorten the route for security reasons.
Two members of the Russian doomsday cult that have been hiding in a cave to wait for the end of the world have reportedly died, the first fatalities since the group went underground five months ago. Source: FOXNews.com | 9 Apr 2008 | 4:14 pm
Palestinian militants burst into southern Israel in a daring daylight raid, killing two Israeli civilians before fleeing back to the Gaza Strip, the Israeli army said.
Zimbabwe's opposition leader tours southern Africa on Wednesday in hopes to pressure President Robert Mugabe to release election results. Source: FOXNews.com | 9 Apr 2008 | 3:06 pm
Sixteen people died in Baghdad's Sadr City as fresh clashes broke out between security forces and Shiite militiamen in the capital on Wednesday, the fifth anniversary of the fall of Baghdad. Source: FOXNews.com | 9 Apr 2008 | 2:53 pm
An Egyptian judicial official says four HIV-positive men have been convicted of being homosexual and sentenced to three years in prison followed by three years of close police supervision. Source: FOXNews.com | 9 Apr 2008 | 2:14 pm
Muslims convicted of sex offenses could opt out of treatment programs intended to stop them offending because open discussion of their crimes is against their religion. Source: FOXNews.com | 9 Apr 2008 | 2:08 pm
Tiger Woods attracts the spotlight in the world of golf. But Phil Mickelson has been quietly carving out quite a career as a marketer. His endorsement income is near $50 million a year.
American Airlines canceled more than 900 flights Thursday to fix faulty wiring in hundreds of jets, marking the third straight day of mass groundings as company executives offered profuse apologies and travel vouchers to calm angry customers.
AFP - The troubled Himalayan kingdom of Nepal on Thursday gave an historic vote of support for a peace process that is set to abolish an unpopular monarchy and reshape the impoverished country.
A U.S. airstrike targeted a building in Baghdad's Sadr City on Thursday, hours after American soldiers clashed with Shiite militants in fighting that left 15 people dead, police and the U.S. military said.
AP - First-round play at the Masters is under way after a delay of about one hour due to a dense fog that was blanketing the Augusta National course.
AP - Powerful storms brought hail, heavy rain and possible tornadoes to Texas and Oklahoma, causing power outages for thousands of customers Thursday morning and at least one death.
AP - Taking the advice of his top commander in Iraq, President Bush will not order additional troop drawdowns beyond July, leaving open the possibility that about 140,000 U.S. servicemen and women will still be in the war zone when the next president takes office.
Reuters - Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter plans
to meet Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal in Syria next week, despite
U.S. efforts to isolate the Islamist Palestinian group, Al
Jazeera television said.
First round pushed back at least 30 minutes; Tiger to tee off at 10:45 ET
If you’ve ever wondered what the Marines have in mind when they advertise for “a few good men,” look no further than Gunnery Sgt. William “Spanky” Gibson. Two years ago, he lost a leg to a sniper’s bullet in Iraq. Today, he’s back in the combat zone — by his own choice.
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Reuters - Yahoo Inc ,
which was widely believed to be running out of alternatives to
accepting Microsoft Corp's takeover offer, has become
a target of two warring camps of technology giants and their
media allies, sources said on Wednesday.
IOC president Jacques Rogge said Thursday the turmoil surrounding the Beijing torch relay and the politically charged buildup to the Summer Games posed a "crisis'' for the Olympic movement.
Reuters - Fifty-four illegal Myanmar migrants,
most of them women, suffocated as they were smuggled into
Thailand in a cramped seafood container, police said on
Thursday.
AP - Yahoo Inc.'s last-ditch efforts to avoid a takeover by Microsoft Corp. appear to be setting the stage for a dramatic finale featuring a rich cast of Internet and media stars.
