Last year, TurboTax's Web site was unable to process tens of thousands of last-minute electronic tax filings, causing the IRS to grant taxpayers a 48-hour filing extension. This time TurboTax says it's ready for the deluge.
Double Olympic champion Maurice Greene denies reports linking him to performance-enhancing drugs. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 14 Apr 2008 | 12:50 pm
AFP - The high court in Zimbabwe was to rule Monday on whether to order the immediate release of results of a March 29 presidential election in a judgement that could plunge the country into a general strike.
HARARE (AFP) - The high court in Zimbabwe was to rule Monday on whether to order the immediate release of results of a March 29 presidential election in a judgement that could plunge the country into a general strike. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 14 Apr 2008 | 12:40 pm
(Kyodo) _ Movie distributor Argo Pictures said Monday it will go ahead with its plan to screen a controversial documentary film on the war- linked Yasukuni Shrine across Japan in early... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 14 Apr 2008 | 12:36 pm
New rules which aim to make transport fuels greener are putting millions of people in the developing world at risk of being driven off their lands, it has been claimed. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 14 Apr 2008 | 12:35 pm
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling is expected to testify in a New York court on Monday in a bid to stop the publication of a fan's unofficial encyclopedic companion to the boy wizard series.
Reuters - Israel's secret service has declined
to assist U.S. agents guarding former U.S. President Jimmy
Carter during a visit in which Israeli leaders have shunned
him, U.S. sources close to the matter said on Monday.
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's secret service has declined to assist U.S. agents guarding former U.S. President Jimmy Carter during a visit in which Israeli leaders have shunned him, U.S. sources close to the matter said on Monday.
Reuters - A British journalist who was freed on
Monday after being held by kidnappers in the southern city of
Basra for two months said Iraqi forces had raided the house
where he was held and overwhelmed his captors.
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A British journalist who was freed on Monday after being held by kidnappers in the southern city of Basra for two months said Iraqi forces had raided the house where he was held and overwhelmed his captors.
A British journalist has been freed by forces in Iraq, says the Iraqi defence ministry according to local media. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 14 Apr 2008 | 12:28 pm
The body of a British teenager raped and murdered on a beach in India was returned to the UK without some internal organs. Scarlett Keeling's body is undergoing a third post... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 14 Apr 2008 | 12:28 pm
KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepal's former Maoist rebels have widened their lead in crucial elections meant to map the country's political future and create a new Himalayan republic, the latest tally showed on Monday.
South African police seek armed robbers who stole documents during a raid on the Johannesburg High Court. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 14 Apr 2008 | 12:26 pm
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq will seek parliamentary approval for a strategic agreement being negotiated with the United States even though it expects heated debate over the deal, Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari said.
France calls for an EU initiative on food security, amid alarm about unrest linked to rising prices. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 14 Apr 2008 | 12:23 pm
(Kyodo) _ The ruling parties on Monday proposed holding talks on the use of road tax revenues with opposition parties on condition that they agree to pass a government tax code bill,... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 14 Apr 2008 | 12:21 pm
A golfer from South Africa has squashed Tiger Woods' bid for a calendar grand slam. Trevor Immelman won the Masters Tournament in Augusta, Ga., with relative ease Sunday. Woods was favored this year to win all four professional majors in the same year.
AP - Blockbuster Inc. said Monday it will take an unsolicited $1 billion-plus bid for Circuit City Stores Inc. directly to the consumer electronics chain's shareholders, saying Circuit City has not responded to repeated offers.
AP - A growing majority say they won't buy a home anytime soon, the latest sign of increasing pessimism about the nation's housing crisis, a poll showed Monday. Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 14 Apr 2008 | 12:19 pm
Beijing's building sites will close three weeks before the Olympics to help clear the city's skies of pollution. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 14 Apr 2008 | 12:17 pm
Italians cast their final ballots in an election pitting centre-right Silvio Berlusconi against centre-left Walter Veltroni. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 14 Apr 2008 | 12:16 pm
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Baby boomers say they are worried about achieving a comfortable retirement, but a new study suggests Generation X is even more pessimistic.
British journalist Richard Butler who was kidnapped two months ago in Basra has been rescued. Basra security commander General Mohan al-Fireji said the journalist who... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 14 Apr 2008 | 12:02 pm
Police are expected to confirm there are no suspicious circumstances surrounding the death of TV presenter Mark Speight. Officers are investigating how the 42-year-old came to... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 14 Apr 2008 | 12:02 pm
Benedict XVI has decided to address the church's pedophilia crisis on his trip to the U.S. But will it be enough to satisfy disillusioned American Catholics? Source: Digg | 14 Apr 2008 | 12:01 pm
Shares fall globally at the start of the week amid growing concerns over the state of the US economy. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 14 Apr 2008 | 12:00 pm
So, how is Bitter-Gate playing outside in the real Pennsylvania world? Well don't look to the MSM talking endlessly about "bitter." Don't look to HRC who spent all day Saturday speaking about "bitter." Instead, if you want to see what is going on let us take a look at what the local PA papers are saying about this. Source: Digg | 14 Apr 2008 | 12:00 pm
Beijing will implement a series of temporary measures to stop construction and close heavy industries, all aimed at cleaning the city's notoriously polluted air when the Olympics begin in four months.
This Simply amazing Star Wars picture is one of the coolest works of star wars art i have ever seen, looking for a new star wars wallpaper? look no further! Source: Digg | 14 Apr 2008 | 11:59 am
Oil prices rose Monday after global financial leaders expressed concerns about volatility in major currencies and the dollar slipped against the euro. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 14 Apr 2008 | 11:56 am
The Olympic torch arrived Monday in Oman amid tight security and expectations of a smooth relay on the Middle Eastern leg of the flame's round-the-world tour. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 14 Apr 2008 | 11:55 am
KATHMANDU (AFP) - Nepal's Maoists have widened their shock lead in historic polls on the Himalayan nation's political future, election officials said Monday as the count passed the one-third mark. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 14 Apr 2008 | 11:55 am
SDEROT, Israel (AP) -- Former President Jimmy Carter deplored Palestinian militant attacks on Israel as a "despicable crime" as he toured a rocket-battered town on Monday.... Source: AP Top International News At 8 a.m. EDT | 14 Apr 2008 | 11:54 am
AP - Former President Jimmy Carter deplored Palestinian militant attacks on Israel as a "despicable crime" as he toured a rocket-battered town on Monday.
Former President Jimmy Carter deplored Palestinian militant attacks on Israel as a "despicable crime" as he toured a rocket-battered town on Monday. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 14 Apr 2008 | 11:54 am
Former President Jimmy Carter deplored Palestinian militant attacks on Israel as a "despicable crime" as he toured a rocket-battered town on Monday. Carter met with police officials... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 14 Apr 2008 | 11:54 am
BAGHDAD (AP) -- A bomb exploded next to a convoy of U.S. military vehicles driving down a commercial street in eastern Baghdad on Monday, setting dozens of stalls in a market ablaze.... Source: AP Top International News At 8 a.m. EDT | 14 Apr 2008 | 11:51 am
Wall Street was poised to open lower Monday as investors grew more concerned about companies' earnings power after the U.S. bank Wachovia Corp. and the Dutch conglomerate Royal Philips Electronics NV posted disappointing quarterly results. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 14 Apr 2008 | 11:51 am
AP - A bomb exploded next to a convoy of U.S. military vehicles driving down a commercial street in eastern Baghdad on Monday, setting dozens of stalls in a market ablaze.
AP - Microsoft Corp.'s operating systems run most personal computers around the globe and are a cash cow for the world's largest software maker. But you'd never confuse a Windows user with the passionate fans of Mac OS X or even the free Linux operating system. Unless it's someone running Windows XP, a version Microsoft wants to retire. Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 14 Apr 2008 | 11:49 am
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate John McCain is attempting to reassure Americans that "I detest war" even as he strongly backs the current U.S. war strategy in Iraq.
AP - Trevor Immelman won the Masters with relative ease, completing a wire-to-wire victory for his first Major title. Immelman closed with a 3-over 75 yesterday following three straight rounds under 70, leaving him three shots ahead of Tiger Woods.
Japan's whaling fleet is leaving its Antarctic hunting grounds with only just over half its target catch after a series of violent clashes with animal rights groups. ... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 14 Apr 2008 | 11:48 am
Pope Benedict makes his first papal visit to the United States on Tuesday. The pope is trying to rally Catholics to his conservative stance, and the Vatican hopes the U.S. trip will encourage more positive relations when it comes to religion and politics.
Selene, Japan's lunar spacecraft and HD peeping Tom, keeps sending stunningly-detailed information from our crystal clear Moon to trashed Mother Earth. Source: Digg | 14 Apr 2008 | 11:45 am
ROME (AFP) - Italians frustrated with political and economic stagnation on Monday wrapped up two days of voting that could see billionaire conservative Silvio Berlusconi become prime minister for a third time. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 14 Apr 2008 | 11:44 am
Damage to cells lining the mouth can predict similar damage in the lungs that eventually leads to lung cancer in smokers, U.S. researchers reported on Sunday. They hope it may be possible to some day swab the mouths of smokers to predict who is developing lung cancer -- saving painful and dangerous biopsies of the lung. Source: Digg | 14 Apr 2008 | 11:42 am
Arrested for dancing at the Jefferson Memorial. Go out to celebrate the birth of the most hardcore, anti-authoritarian of the Founding Fathers, and get hauled off in handcuffs. Source: Digg | 14 Apr 2008 | 11:42 am
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi forces freed on Monday British journalist Richard Butler, who was kidnapped in the southern city of Basra two months ago, Defense Ministry spokesman Major-General... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 14 Apr 2008 | 11:41 am
The mother of the British teenager murdered in Goa is said to be "shocked and disturbed" by the news that organs have been cut from her daughter's body. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 14 Apr 2008 | 11:40 am
Hong Kong High Court hears appeal by wife of wealthy American banker convicted of his killing. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 14 Apr 2008 | 11:38 am
Beijing will implement a series of temporary measures to stop construction and close heavy industries, all aimed at cleaning the city’s notoriously polluted air when the Olympics begin in four months.
A British missionary has been murdered at his home on a tropical island where he had worked for 30 years. Brother Brian Thorp, 77, was beaten to death at the Mill Hill... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 14 Apr 2008 | 11:33 am
A British journalist kidnapped in Basra in February was freed today after
Iraqi forces stormed the house where he was being held and overwhelmed his
captors. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 14 Apr 2008 | 11:32 am
A kidnapped British journalist was rescued by Iraqi troops on Monday after two months in captivity in the southern city of Basra, a military commander said. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 14 Apr 2008 | 11:31 am
Ugandan government mediators leave the jungle venue where a deal was due to be signed with rebels. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 14 Apr 2008 | 11:29 am
The mothers of children removed from a polygamous sect’s ranch in West Texas are appealing to Gov. Rick Perry for help, saying some of their children have become sick.
Iraqs Deputy Foreign Minister Labid Abbawi speaks with reporters at the end of a two-day meeting of the Security Committee for Coordination and Cooperation on Iraq, in Damascus Monday, April 14, 2008... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 14 Apr 2008 | 11:15 am
The top business news from The Associated Press for the morning of Monday, April 14, 2008: Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 14 Apr 2008 | 11:15 am
Official of Water and Power Development Authority, Mohammad Ishtiaq, center, opens fire to disperse angry crowd in Multan, Pakistan, Monday, April. 14, 2008. A crowd protesting power cuts rioted in the... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 14 Apr 2008 | 11:12 am
At least 12 people have been shot dead by police in Kenya amid protests by members of an outlawed sect. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 14 Apr 2008 | 11:09 am
Official of Water and Power Development Authority, Mohammad Ishtiaq, center, opens fire to disperse angry crowd in Multan, Pakistan, Monday, April. 14, 2008. A crowd protesting power cuts rioted in the... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 14 Apr 2008 | 11:08 am
Action movie star Jackie Chan speaks during a joint interview with Chinese action star Jet Li, left, in Beijing Monday, April 14, 2008. The two are in Beijing for the world premiere of their movie "The... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 14 Apr 2008 | 11:06 am
Asian and European markets fell Monday, following Wall Street's tumble late last week on concerns over a slowdown in the U.S. economy and the outlook for corporate profits. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 14 Apr 2008 | 11:06 am
Iraqi boys climb on top of an Iraqi army vehicle destroyed days earlier in clashes with Shiite fighters in Baghdad's Sadr City neighbourhood on April 12. A surge of violence in Baghdad has killed 11 people,... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 14 Apr 2008 | 11:05 am
U.S.-based heavy equipment maker Manitowoc Company Inc. will buy British food service equipment supplier Enodis PLC for $1.9 billion, the companies said Monday. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 14 Apr 2008 | 11:03 am
A man points to a sculpture from the Chinese terracotta warriors at the Pinacotheque museum in Paris, Monday April 14, 2008. The exhibition, including 20 human figure selected from the more than 7,000... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 14 Apr 2008 | 11:02 am
Oscar-winning actress Cate Blanchett has given birth to her third child, and
surprised fellow antipodeans by announcing she will be back at work in six
days time. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 14 Apr 2008 | 11:02 am
Taliban militants have attacked a police checkpoint in a dangerous region of southern Afghanistan, killing 11 policemen in the latest assault on the nation's vulnerable police force. Also, two NATO soldiers were killed by an explosion in the south.
Royal Philips Electronics NV reported a sharp drop in first-quarter profits Monday, with falling television sales in North America offsetting growth in its health care and lighting industries. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 14 Apr 2008 | 10:58 am
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, left, and Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt review a guard of honor during a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Monday, April 14, 2008. (AP Photo... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 14 Apr 2008 | 10:58 am
A crowd protesting power cuts rioted Monday in the home city of Pakistan's new prime minister, ransacking the office of the state electricity company, torching a bank and leaving at least 13 people injured. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 14 Apr 2008 | 10:55 am
The Associated Press-AOL Money & Finance poll on real estate was conducted March 24-April 3, 2008, by Abt SRBI Inc. The poll is based on telephone interviews with a nationally representative random sample of 1,002 adults from all states except Alaska and Hawaii, including 769 homeowners. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 14 Apr 2008 | 10:53 am
LONDON (AFP) - Asian stocks tumbled on Monday followed by losses across European markets on concern over company earnings and increasing gloom about prospects for the global economy, analysts said. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 14 Apr 2008 | 10:52 am
South African television technicians, Sipho Maseko, left and Abdulla Gaibee leave the Harare Magistrates courts, Zimbabwe Monday, April, 14, 2008. The trio were acquitted of charges of covering the Zimbabwean... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 14 Apr 2008 | 10:50 am
A Lemur eats a matza, a cracker-like bread eaten during the Jewish festival of Passover, in the Ramat Gan Safari outside Tel Aviv, Israel Monday, April 14, 2008. The eight-day Passover holiday, during... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 14 Apr 2008 | 10:44 am
A highway patrolman who was photographed in a handmade Ku Klux Klan costume while on duty the day before the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday has been suspended without pay, authorities said. Source: Digg | 14 Apr 2008 | 10:31 am
The Department of Defense has released its latest military causality numbers for those who have served in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the figures reveal non-fatal casualties that go well beyond the more than 4,000 U.S. troops who have died so far.
Marek Edelman, the only living commander of the 1943 Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press, in Lodz, Poland, in this Feb. 6, 2008 file photo. Edelman is reluctant... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 14 Apr 2008 | 10:29 am
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) -- Taliban militants attacked a group of police officers sleeping on the mud floor of an isolated roadside checkpoint early Monday in southern Afghanistan, killing 11 in the latest assault against the nation's vulnerable police force.... Source: AP Top International News At 8 a.m. EDT | 14 Apr 2008 | 10:22 am
Friends and family of the five young British women killed in a coach crash in
Ecuador paid emotional tributes to them today as the shaken survivors of the
tragedy prepared to fly home. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 14 Apr 2008 | 10:16 am
The Lonely Planet guidebook empire defended its integrity today as one of its
authors claimed that he had made up large sections of the books and dealt in
drugs to subsidise his poor pay. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 14 Apr 2008 | 10:14 am
BEIJING (AP) -- The Beijing city government has announced a sweeping plan to stop construction and close heavy industry to improve air quality ahead of the Olympics.... Source: AP Top International News At 8 a.m. EDT | 14 Apr 2008 | 10:08 am
Human rights groups estimate that nearly a thousand Colombian civilians have been executed during the army's six-year offensive against FARC rebels. Members of some rogue army units are accused of executing civilians and dressing them up in rebel uniforms so they can be counted as rebels killed in battle.
Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama spoke about issues of faith Sunday as they tried to woo religious voters at a nationally televised "compassion forum." The two are reaching out to people of faith in Pennsylvania, which holds its primary April 22.
In Zimbabwe, the country's high court is scheduled to rule on an opposition party demand that results of the presidential election be released immediately. Voters cast their ballots last month. The delay has led to fears that President Robert Mugabe will use a crackdown to hold on to power. Steve Inskeep talks to NPR's Ofeibea Quist-Arcton in Harare for the latest developments.
American Airlines says it doesn't anticipate any delays Monday like the ones passengers endured last week. The carrier canceled more than 3,000 flights due to a government safety crackdown.
Renee Montagne talks to the Dalai Lama, the exiled spiritual leader of Tibet, about continuing protests against Chinese rule in Tibet. She interviewed him Sunday in Seattle in the midst of a five-day conference on compassion. The Dalai Lama renews his call for autonomy for Tibet within China, and says China is carrying out "cultural genocide" in Tibet.
International aid institutions are scrambling to help poor nations cope with a dramatic jump in food prices. Part of the problem is attributed to low food reserves, rising energy prices and high demand for biofuels. In the first part of our series on how a spike in food prices is hurting countries, NPR's Michele Kelemen reports that the era of inexpensive food may be over.
MUSCAT (AFP) - The Olympic torch was expected to get a rare protest-free outing on Monday after it arrived in the conservative Gulf sultanate of Oman for the sole Middle East leg of its journey to Beijing. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 14 Apr 2008 | 9:47 am
The president of the World Bank has called for immediate action to deal with
rapidly rising food prices that have caused hunger and deadly violence and
threatened the economic stability of the world's poorest countries. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 14 Apr 2008 | 9:46 am
Islamist gunmen have shot dead two Somalia-born Britons in an attack at a school in the east African country. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 14 Apr 2008 | 9:32 am
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Pope Benedict and President George W. Bush disagree on the Iraq war and other foreign policy issues, but their White House meeting this week may focus more on areas of agreement like abortion.
Police are investigating the death of children's television presenter Mark Speight, amid speculation that his body had lain undetected in a remote part of Paddington Station for several days. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 14 Apr 2008 | 9:19 am
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- Kenyan police fired bullets and tear gas to clear machete-waving gang members who blocked roads and set a police post on fire Monday to protest the killing of an imprisoned gang leader's wife.... Source: AP Top International News At 8 a.m. EDT | 14 Apr 2008 | 9:16 am
South Korea's Black Day, April 14, is marked by people who have not found love dressing in dark colors and commiserating over meals of black food. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 14 Apr 2008 | 8:58 am
Italians voted on Monday in the final day of a two-day parliamentary election that could restore conservative billionaire Silvio Berlusconi as prime minister of a country on the brink of recession. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 14 Apr 2008 | 8:40 am
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese forces found firearms hidden throughout a Tibetan temple in an ethnic Tibetan area of southwestern China which has been the scene of anti-Chinese riots in recent weeks, state television said.
A British school teacher has been killed along with three other people by suspected Islamic militants in central Somalia. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 14 Apr 2008 | 8:17 am
As strong and consistent abortion foes, Sen. Robert P. Casey Jr. and former congressman Timothy J. Roemer are both are backing Sen. Barack Obama , whom one conservative blogger dubbed "the most pro-abortion candidate ever."
WASHINGTON (AFP) - World economic leaders have taken steps to alleviate the worst financial shock in decades and a food price crisis that is sparking deadly unrest in developing countries. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 14 Apr 2008 | 7:49 am
SHANGHAI (AFP) - China's economy has weathered the US financial crisis better than expected but many external concerns remain, the country's central bank chief said in comments reported Monday. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 14 Apr 2008 | 7:35 am
TAIPEI (Reuters) - China and Taiwan have agreed to restart official dialogue after a gap of nearly a decade, Taiwan Vice President-elect Vincent Siew said on Monday as relations appear to thaw under a new more China-friendly administration.
Officials say they refused to fight Shiite militias, whose clout is a major problem for the government.
Iraqi officials said Sunday that they had fired about 1,300 soldiers and police officers who refused to fight Shiite Muslim militias during the recent government crackdown, desertions that raise questions about the likely performance of Iraqi forces as U.S. troop levels decrease.
A widening rich-poor gap and the coming Olympics are raising safety concerns among the nation's well-to-do.
On the outskirts of this western city, in a field of bright yellow flowers, Wang Xi stood on a wrestling mat and eyed her opponent, a brawny man with short-cropped hair fresh from the army. After a quick bow, she lunged at his legs, flipped him over and, within seconds, pinned him to the ground.
L.A. council members are learning to speak to a growing constituency. Sometimes the efforts can be embarrassing (but not embarazada).
It's Monday afternoon at City Hall, and Councilwoman Jan Perry is sneaking an hour between meetings to read a novel by Isabel Allende, the prolific Chilean writer. In the original Spanish.
Beverly Hills police want the Legislature to allow cameras aimed at speeders, as some other states do.
Beverly Hills Police Lt. Michael Hines knows the sinking feeling officers get when they pull someone over for speeding only to see other drivers go roaring past. He can't be everywhere at once.
Four British teenage girls and their tour guide have been killed and another 15 people injured in a bus crash in Ecuador, just two weeks into a three-month South American trip. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 14 Apr 2008 | 6:58 am
Chinese forces found firearms hidden throughout a Tibetan temple in an ethnic Tibetan area of southwestern China which has been the scene of anti-Chinese riots in recent weeks, state television said. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 14 Apr 2008 | 6:20 am
The secretive and insular community established near this West Texas town by a radical offshoot of the Mormon Church is considered by the sect's members to be a holy shrine populated by its most fervent adherents.
The Rocket Racing League says its rocket-powered race planes will take off for their first public demonstration on Aug. 1 at a Wisconsin air show. But that's just the start.
There's growing opposition in China to the government's one-child policy, which has resulted in having too many boys. Males may soon find it difficult to find a wife and an aging population may hurt the nation's economic growth.
It would be a "cop-out" for countries to skip the opening ceremonies at the Beijing Olympics as a way of protesting China's crackdown in Tibet, President Bush's national security adviser said.
SAN DIEGO - A large US study has linked alcohol consumption to an increased risk of the most common type of breast cancer in postmenopausal women.
The analysis of data from more than 184,000 women is the biggest of three major... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 14 Apr 2008 | 2:42 am
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Former President Jimmy Carter brokered the first Israeli-Arab peace deal, but he's getting a cool reception in Israel during his latest visit to the Mideast.... Source: AP Top International News At 8 a.m. EDT | 14 Apr 2008 | 12:30 am
One camel, two apples and 35,000 runners took part in the race that has become an annual festival.
The spring weather was as typically unpredictable as the mix of citizen fundraisers who joined professional athletes from around... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 14 Apr 2008 | 12:20 am
The hastening decline of community life in the countryside is highlighted today in a new Government report. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 14 Apr 2008 | 12:01 am
Hillary Clinton's denunciations of China have been undermined by disclosures that her husband's charitable foundation received a donation from a Chinese internet company accused of aiding the crackdown in Tibet. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 14 Apr 2008 | 12:01 am
Voting continues in Italy's general election today but the winner will inherit a country on the brink of disaster. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 14 Apr 2008 | 12:01 am
NAPLES - Ballot stuffing took on a new meaning in Italy's parliamentary election yesterday when a man ate his ballot paper in protest at the country's politicians.
Police in Naples said they had charged the 41-year-old businessman... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 13 Apr 2008 | 11:40 pm
DAR ES SALAAM - The 2008 Olympic torch relay passed through Tanzania's commercial capital in peace yesterday, cheered on by residents who braved a heavy downpour.
The 79 torch bearers were flanked by armed paramilitary police along... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 13 Apr 2008 | 11:25 pm
SEATTLE - The Dalai Lama said yesterday he would resign as leader of Tibet's exiled government if violence in his homeland spreads out of control.
"If violence becomes out of control then my only option is to resign," the Buddhist... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 13 Apr 2008 | 11:17 pm
CANBERRA - The exploitation of migrant workers, salary levels and English language requirements will be examined in a six-month Australian federal review of the temporary skilled migrant program.
The federal government has appointed... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 13 Apr 2008 | 11:09 pm
WASHINGTON - Damage to cells lining the mouth can predict similar damage in the lungs that eventually leads to lung cancer in smokers, United States researchers reported yesterday.
They hope it may be possible to some day swab... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 13 Apr 2008 | 10:42 pm
Ecuador, on the Pacific north-west coast of South America, has long been popular with British tourists. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 13 Apr 2008 | 10:38 pm
MELBOURNE - A human skull and other bones found on a Phillip Island beach today are thought to belong to one of two Pakistani exchange students hit by a freak wave on the island last month.
The skull, arm bones and part of a spine... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 13 Apr 2008 | 10:36 pm
Students who travel abroad during their gap years often face huge challenges and dangers, but it is usually only their parents who worry about the risks. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 13 Apr 2008 | 10:28 pm
JERUSALEM (AP) -- The Israeli and Palestinian leaders got together for surprise talks Sunday, just days before Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas sets off for Washington to meet with President Bush.... Source: AP Top International News At 8 a.m. EDT | 13 Apr 2008 | 9:35 pm
BRISBANE - State cabinet today will consider new laws that could see Queensland parents jailed for abandoning their children to go gambling, drinking or shopping.
The Queensland government announced plans for the laws last week... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 13 Apr 2008 | 9:20 pm
HARARE - Zimbabwe's opposition MDC vowed yesterday to challenge a partial recount it said was designed to help President Robert Mugabe rig an election which has raised fears of a military crackdown.
A two-week delay in releasing... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 13 Apr 2008 | 8:59 pm
The president of the World Bank urged immediate action to deal with rapidly rising food prices that have caused hunger and deadly violence in several countries.
It would be a "cop-out" for countries to skip the opening ceremonies at the Beijing Olympics as a way of protesting China's crackdown in Tibet, President Bush's national security adviser said today.
The Dalai Lama said Tibet cannot make any more concessions to China, but he remains committed to pursuing Tibet's right to autonomy, and called for a reduction of Chinese aggression in his former homeland.
About 1,000 people cheered and marched with a team of 80 athletes and a Cabinet minister who are participating in the Tanzania leg of the Olympic torch run. Source: FOXNews.com | 13 Apr 2008 | 5:19 pm
BAGHDAD (AP) -- An Iraqi judicial panel dismissed the last remaining criminal allegation against Associated Press photographer Bilal Hussein on Sunday and ordered him released from custody, two years and one day after he was detained by the U.S. military.... Source: AP Top International News At 8 a.m. EDT | 13 Apr 2008 | 5:18 pm
SINGHPURA, India (AP) -- Standing in front of his small brick home, in a courtyard where the dirt has been packed down by generations of barefoot children, the middle-aged mustard farmer doesn't bother to hide his exhaustion.... Source: AP Top International News At 8 a.m. EDT | 13 Apr 2008 | 5:07 pm
ARRIAGA, Mexico (AP) -- For thousands of illegal immigrants from Central America, the long journey to the U.S. starts here, on the groaning back of a freight train they call The Beast.... Source: AP Top International News At 8 a.m. EDT | 13 Apr 2008 | 5:00 pm
The Iraqi government has dismissed about 1,300 soldiers and policemen who deserted during last month's offensive against Shiite militias and criminal gangs in Basra, officials said.
Israel has stepped up its psychological torture of Palestinian suspects - in part by insinuating their families would be hurt if they didn't cooperate, a human rights group said.
Chief Inspector Paulo Rebelo will tell prosecutors no new leads turned up after their meeting with the Tapas 7, the Daily Mail reported. Source: FOXNews.com | 13 Apr 2008 | 2:30 pm
BAGHDAD - The Iraqi government has dismissed about 1,300 soldiers and policemen who deserted or refused to fight during last month's offensive against Shiite militias...
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Giving interviews right and left, former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan appears to have mounted a defensive public relations campaign disclaiming responsibility for...
Smith was an old-time Roxbury criminal. In 1964, he arranged a meeting with Charlestown gangster Punchy McLaughlin in a garage at Beth Israel Hospital. Punchy showed but Earl...
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The MVC baseball contest between Tewksbury and Lowell, regularly scheduled for 3:30 this Wednesday has been pushed to 7 p.m. the same evening at Lowell.
MUNCIE, Ind. - Democrat Barack Obama conceded yesterday that comments he made about bitter working-class voters who "cling to guns or religion" were ill chosen,...
MONTREAL - The Montreal Canadiens left the ghost-filled Forum over a decade ago, but a few of those spirits with a particular ax to grind against the Bruins must have migrated...
Who put the rocket in Petro's pocket? That's the question at the State House: Who dropped - not a dime, but a bomb - on the "Speaker pro tempore" of the...
AFP - The high court in Zimbabwe was to rule Monday on whether to order the immediate release of results of a March 29 presidential election in a judgement that could plunge the country into a general strike.
Reuters - Israel's secret service has declined
to assist U.S. agents guarding former U.S. President Jimmy
Carter during a visit in which Israeli leaders have shunned
him, U.S. sources close to the matter said on Monday.
Reuters - A British journalist who was freed on
Monday after being held by kidnappers in the southern city of
Basra for two months said Iraqi forces had raided the house
where he was held and overwhelmed his captors.
AP - Blockbuster Inc. said Monday it will take an unsolicited $1 billion-plus bid for Circuit City Stores Inc. directly to the consumer electronics chain's shareholders, saying Circuit City has not responded to repeated offers.
AP - Cate Blanchett has given birth to her third son.
AP - Former President Jimmy Carter deplored Palestinian militant attacks on Israel as a "despicable crime" as he toured a rocket-battered town on Monday.
AP - A bomb exploded next to a convoy of U.S. military vehicles driving down a commercial street in eastern Baghdad on Monday, setting dozens of stalls in a market ablaze.
AP - Trevor Immelman won the Masters with relative ease, completing a wire-to-wire victory for his first Major title. Immelman closed with a 3-over 75 yesterday following three straight rounds under 70, leaving him three shots ahead of Tiger Woods.
Beijing will implement a series of temporary measures to stop construction and close heavy industries, all aimed at cleaning the city’s notoriously polluted air when the Olympics begin in four months.
The mothers of children removed from a polygamous sect’s ranch in West Texas are appealing to Gov. Rick Perry for help, saying some of their children have become sick.
As strong and consistent abortion foes, Sen. Robert P. Casey Jr. and former congressman Timothy J. Roemer are both are backing Sen. Barack Obama , whom one conservative blogger dubbed "the most pro-abortion candidate ever."
The secretive and insular community established near this West Texas town by a radical offshoot of the Mormon Church is considered by the sect's members to be a holy shrine populated by its most fervent adherents.
The Rocket Racing League says its rocket-powered race planes will take off for their first public demonstration on Aug. 1 at a Wisconsin air show. But that's just the start.