PITTSBURGH - A newlywed couple spent the night in separate jail cells - she in her wedding gown - after police said they brawled with each other, then members of another wedding...
In this July 19, 2006 file photo a sign is seen outside the headquarters of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China in Beijing. Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd., the country's biggest... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 29 Apr 2008 | 10:54 am
In this Feb. 8, 2007 file photo Chinese New Year ornaments are hung at the entrance of Sohu.com Inc. at the company's headquarters in Beijing. Sohu.com Inc. said Tuesday April 29, 2008, its first quarter... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 29 Apr 2008 | 10:52 am
A suspected suicide bomber killed 15 Afghans and wounded 14 more in eastern Afghanistan, close to the border with Pakistan, a NATO spokesman said. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 29 Apr 2008 | 10:45 am
Years before Mindy McCready brought Roger Clemens home for breakfast, the country crooner's mother says she confronted her daughter about the nature of her relationship...
(Kyodo) _ Normal service was resumed in the J-League on Tuesday as Urawa Reds went top of the table, for a few hours at least, with a thrilling 4-2 win over promoted Consadole Sapporo. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 29 Apr 2008 | 10:33 am
FRANKFURT (AFP) - Germany's biggest bank, Deutsche Bank, abandoned earnings targets for 2008 after posting Tuesday its first quarterly loss in five years as a result of the global credit crunch. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 29 Apr 2008 | 10:27 am
Chief Executive Mats Jansson gestures during a news conference Tuesday April 29, 2008 at the SAS headquarters in Stockholm. Scandinavian airline group SAS AB on Tuesday posted a first-quarter net loss... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 29 Apr 2008 | 10:26 am
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: ADDING DETAILS) Seventeen people were given jail terms ranging from three years to life imprisonment on Tuesday for taking part in the riots in Lhasa last month,... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 29 Apr 2008 | 10:26 am
ZIBO, China (AP) -- Investigators on Tuesday blamed speeding for China's worst train accident in a decade, a disaster that killed at least 70 people and injured more than 400.... Source: AP Top International News At 6:20 a... | 29 Apr 2008 | 10:24 am
Jacques Diouf, director of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization FAO, left, and Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary General, speak a press conference concerning the worldwide food crisis, in Bern,... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 29 Apr 2008 | 10:24 am
Journalists surround Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel as he makes an announcement at an EU foreign ministers meeting at the Kiem Center in Luxembourg, Tuesday April 29, 2008. European Union nations... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 29 Apr 2008 | 10:23 am
Inbev CEO Carlos Brito greets an Inbev shareholder as he arrives for the annual Inbev shareholders meeting in an hotel in Brussels, Tuesday, April 29, 2008. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert) Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 29 Apr 2008 | 10:23 am
A United Nations task force is to be set up to tackle the crisis triggered by rising global food prices. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 29 Apr 2008 | 10:22 am
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- Marine scientists in New Zealand on Tuesday were thawing the corpse of the largest squid ever caught to try to unlock the secrets of one of the ocean's most mysterious beasts.... Source: AP Top International News At 6:20 a... | 29 Apr 2008 | 10:20 am
AP - Marine scientists in New Zealand on Tuesday were thawing the corpse of the largest squid ever caught to try to unlock the secrets of one of the ocean's most mysterious beasts.
The leader of a group of rebels accused of trying to kill East Timor's president surrenders in Dili. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 29 Apr 2008 | 10:19 am
The ex-chief prosecutor at the U.S. detention facility in Guantanamo Bay to argue on behalf of a terrorism suspect that the military justice system has been corrupted by politics and inappropriate influence from the Pentagon. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 29 Apr 2008 | 10:19 am
Two elderly British sisters lose their final battle to avoid paying inheritance tax if one of them dies. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 29 Apr 2008 | 10:19 am
Three men are arrested by police in the United Kingdom as part of an investigation into the Tamil Tigers. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 29 Apr 2008 | 10:19 am
NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Grand Theft Auto 4" went on sale Tuesday, with fans lining up at midnight to grab the first copies of the criminal action game hailed as a brutal and satirical masterpiece equal to films like "The Godfather."
Scores of angry Syrians hold a protest in front of Syrian Vice-President Farouk al-Sharaas office in Damascus , Syria, on Tuesday, April 29, 2008 to protest Saudi Arabias beheading of three Syrians... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 29 Apr 2008 | 10:17 am
AP - Russ McCrocklin has been through it all before. When Hurricane Ivan hit Florida a few years ago, he had to wait until the next day to see if he would have a home to return to. His house was fine then, but McCrocklin fears he won't be so lucky this time around.
(Kyodo) _ Chinese President Hu Jintao met with former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone on Tuesday and expressed hope that his visit to Japan next week will herald an improvement... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 29 Apr 2008 | 10:17 am
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- President Hamid Karzai was warned of a weekend assassination plot against him, Afghanistan's intelligence chief said Tuesday, while admitting failings by security services.... Source: AP Top International News At 6:20 a... | 29 Apr 2008 | 10:16 am
AP - President Hamid Karzai was warned of a weekend assassination plot against him, Afghanistan's intelligence chief said Tuesday, while admitting failings by security services.
A photograph of Afghan lawmaker Fazel Rahman Samkanai, who was killed in Sunday's assault, is seen in the Parliament as Amrullah Saleh, Afghanistan's intelligence chief, (not in picture) address the Afghan... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 29 Apr 2008 | 10:13 am
A Congolese warlord known as "the Terminator" is being sought for prosecution, the ICC reveals. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 29 Apr 2008 | 10:13 am
Brazilian police are investigating allegations by three transvestites that Ronaldo, the Brazilian football star and AC Milan forward, threatened to harm them after he took them to a Rio de Janeiro motel. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 29 Apr 2008 | 10:13 am
Reuters - A suspected suicide bomber killed 15
Afghans and wounded 14 more in eastern Afghanistan, close to
the border with Pakistan on Tuesday, a NATO spokesman said.
KABUL (Reuters) - A suspected suicide bomber killed 15 Afghans and wounded 14 more in eastern Afghanistan, close to the border with Pakistan on Tuesday, a NATO spokesman said.
Dalbir Kaur, center, sister of Sarabjit Singh, an Indian prisoner who is facing execution as a spy in Pakistan, reacts after crossing into India, along with Sarabjit's wife Sukhpreet Kaur, right, and two... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 29 Apr 2008 | 10:11 am
An Austrian who admitted imprisoning his daughter and fathering her children is due before a magistrate. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 29 Apr 2008 | 10:11 am
Deutsche Bank AG said Tuesday that it wrote down $4.2 billion during the first quarter, pushing Germany's biggest bank to its first quarterly loss since 2003 amid trading losses, lower revenue and global market jitters. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 29 Apr 2008 | 10:10 am
Reuters - U.N. agencies and the World Bank pledged
urgent action on Tuesday to tackle an unprecedented rise in
global food prices that is hurting developing countries.
BERNE (Reuters) - U.N. agencies and the World Bank pledged urgent action on Tuesday to tackle an unprecedented rise in global food prices that is hurting developing countries.
Tibetan monks struggle with Nepalese police officers as they are detained during a protest outside the Chinese consulate in Katmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, April 29, 2008. Dozens of Tibetans were detained as... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 29 Apr 2008 | 10:05 am
(Kyodo) _ Satoshi Ishii beat archrival Keiji Suzuki on Tuesday to win his first title in two years at the national judo championship and booked a place for the Beijing Olympics at over... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 29 Apr 2008 | 10:05 am
AMSTETTEN (AFP) - The Austrian father who admitted raping and imprisoning his daughter for 24 years is due to appear before a magistrate on Tuesday to be remanded in custody, a court official said. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 29 Apr 2008 | 10:04 am
A suicide attack in eastern Afghanistan kills 15 local people and wounds 14 others, the Nato-led force says. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 29 Apr 2008 | 10:02 am
An explosion in southwestern Somalia killed four Ethiopian troops and the subsequent gunfire killed two civilians, witnesses said Tuesday. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 29 Apr 2008 | 9:57 am
A 73-year-old Austrian who has confessed to locking his daughter in a windowless cellar for 24 years and fathering her seven children will appear before a judge on Tuesday.
(Kyodo) _ Nobuhiro Matsuda, Yusuke Kosai and Satoru Morimoto delivered RBI hits in the top of the 12th inning Tuesday as Softbank beat the Seibu Lions 10-7 to end the Pacific League... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 29 Apr 2008 | 9:52 am
BEIJING (AP) -- A Chinese court sentenced 17 people, including six monks, to jail Tuesday for their alleged roles in deadly riots in the Tibetan capital, in the first trial concerning last month's unrest, state media reported.... Source: AP Top International News At 6:20 a... | 29 Apr 2008 | 9:52 am
AFP - Tareq Aziz, for years the international face of Saddam Hussein's regime, was to go on trial in Baghdad on Tuesday on charges related to the execution of 42 Baghdad businessmen in 1992.
BAGHDAD (AFP) - Tareq Aziz, for years the international face of Saddam Hussein's regime, was to go on trial in Baghdad on Tuesday on charges related to the execution of 42 Baghdad businessmen in 1992. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 29 Apr 2008 | 9:52 am
David Stern was courtside in Atlanta, taking in the game and making sure no one was flashing any signs not officially approved by the NBA.
Stern did his job well because...
(Kyodo) _ International fast-food restaurant chain KFC Corp. has opened its first branch in Cambodia and plans to open more within the year, its investors said Tuesday. The outlet was... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 29 Apr 2008 | 9:45 am
The Olympic torch arrives in Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam for the final international stop of its troubled tour. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 29 Apr 2008 | 9:43 am
Reuters - A 73-year-old Austrian who
has confessed to locking his daughter in a windowless cellar
for 24 years and fathering her seven children will appear
before a judge on Tuesday.
AMSTETTEN, Austria (Reuters) - A 73-year-old Austrian who has confessed to locking his daughter in a windowless cellar for 24 years and fathering her seven children will appear before a judge on Tuesday.
EU ministers were locked in intense talks Tuesday in an attempt to persuade Belgium and the Netherlands to drop their staunch opposition to signing a pact on closer ties with Serbia. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 29 Apr 2008 | 9:42 am
BOSTON - National Grid is once again urging motorists to avoid the city's Financial District during the morning commute.
Utility crews have been working around the...
The U.N. will set up a top-level task force to tackle the global food crisis, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Tuesday. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 29 Apr 2008 | 9:40 am
Investigators on Tuesday blamed speeding for China's worst train accident in a decade, a disaster that killed at least 70 people and injured more than 400. The finding was announced by... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 29 Apr 2008 | 9:38 am
The International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant for a fourth militia leader from DR Congo, for recruiting child soldiers to fight in the east of the country, an official said... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 29 Apr 2008 | 9:36 am
AP - Surprise, NBA. The first team to advance in the Eastern Conference playoffs wasn't the heavily favored Boston Celtics or the battle-tested Detroit Pistons.
The International Criminal Court has published an arrest warrant for a Congo militia leader wanted for allegedly using child soldiers. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 29 Apr 2008 | 9:32 am
Three tornadoes ripped through Virginia, with one hop-scotching across part of the state and leaving behind a 25-mile trail of smashed homes, tossed cars and more than 200 injured residents.
Australia's government promised Tuesday to spend about $2.9 billion to buy river water from farmers in a bid to address the country's worst drought in a century. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 29 Apr 2008 | 9:28 am
An independent group holding a Gears of War Crimes Tribunal at the Coalition of Ordered Governments headquarters Wednesday to assess whether Delta Squad members Colonel Hoffman, Marcus Fenix, and Dominic Santiago had committed atrocities against the Locust Horde found the three super-soldiers' actions justified. Source: Digg | 29 Apr 2008 | 9:26 am
Artist Kearine Muizz draws her greatest inspiration from places many people spend their lives trying to avoid — cemeteries. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 29 Apr 2008 | 9:22 am
Reuters - A Chinese court jailed 17 people for
terms ranging from three years to life on Tuesday for their
roles in Tibet's deadly riots, which triggered anti-China
protests ahead of the Beijing Olympics.
Despite pressure on consumers’ entertainment budgets, they keep spending more money on games. Over all, the industry is having a banner year. “People say that if consumers are down to their last $50, the last three things they’ll buy are milk, eggs and video games,” said Colin Sebastian, a video game industry Source: Digg | 29 Apr 2008 | 9:20 am
BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese court jailed 17 people for terms ranging from three years to life on Tuesday for their roles in Tibet's deadly riots, which triggered anti-China protests ahead of the Beijing Olympics.
HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam (AP) -- Vietnam tightened security and detained several people Tuesday, witnesses said, ahead of the final international leg of an Olympic torch relay that has been dogged by protests against China's government.... Source: AP Top International News At 6:20 a... | 29 Apr 2008 | 9:19 am
Ten years after being kicked out, Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim returned to Parliament on Tuesday — but only as a spouse guest. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 29 Apr 2008 | 9:17 am
PITTSFIELD - A former Connecticut police constable is set to be sentenced on child rape charges.
Alden Hewett is scheduled to appear Tuesday afternoon in Berkshire District...
He was the international face of Saddam Hussein’s regime — defending Iraq and taunting the West for years. Now, Tariq Aziz awaits an Iraqi court as the latest member of the Saddam’s inner circle to face trial. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 29 Apr 2008 | 9:06 am
BERNE (AFP) - United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon announced he was forming a UN task force on the food crisis Tuesday, bringing together heads of UN agencies to provide a coordinated response on the issue. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 29 Apr 2008 | 9:05 am
LONDON - Rio Ferdinand rages at a linesman, and Owen Hargreaves snarls at a referee.
Patrice Evra and five other Manchester United players get involved in a fracas with...
LONDON (AFP) - Britain's biggest mortgage lender HBOS said Tuesday it will ask shareholders for 7.9 billion dollars (5.0 billion euros) to strengthen its balance sheet after more heavy credit-crunch writedowns. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 29 Apr 2008 | 9:04 am
The number of U.S. homes heading toward foreclosure more than doubled in the first quarter from a year earlier, as weakening property values and tighter lending left many homeowners powerless to prevent homes from being auctioned to the highest bidder, a research firm said Monday. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 29 Apr 2008 | 9:01 am
Some U.S. soldiers in Iraq are already equipped with wearable computer systems. But the lack of efficient input devices restricts their use to safer environments, such as the interior of a Humvee or a base station, where the soldier can set down his weapon and use the keyboard or mouse tethered to his body. Now RallyPoint, a startup based in Cambri Source: Digg | 29 Apr 2008 | 9:01 am
The first real steps towards building a microscopic device that can construct nano machines have been taken by US researchers. Writing in the peer-reviewed publication, International Journal of Nanomanufacturing from Inderscience Publishers, researchers describe an early prototype for a nanoassembler. Source: Digg | 29 Apr 2008 | 8:59 am
We look back at canceled series. See why Jericho, Veronica Mars, Arrested Development are among those you'd revive at your pop culture seance. Source: Digg | 29 Apr 2008 | 8:57 am
Weary of waiting for Congress to overhaul the nation's immigration laws, the United Farm Workers hopes to recruit Mexican laborers to pick crops on U.S. farms. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 29 Apr 2008 | 8:55 am
Boris Johnson has claimed that Kate Hoey, the Labour MP for Vauxhall, will
join him working in City Hall if be becomes Mayor. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 29 Apr 2008 | 8:54 am
An Iraqi official says a roadside bomb has killed a senior government official in northern Baghdad. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 29 Apr 2008 | 8:49 am
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. forces killed 45 Shi'ite militiamen in Baghdad in fierce fighting that included a tank battle with dozens of gunmen who attacked a checkpoint under cover of a dust storm, military officials said on Monday.
President Hamid Karzai was warned of a weekend assassination plot against him, Afghanistan's intelligence chief said Tuesday, while admitting failings by security services. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 29 Apr 2008 | 8:42 am
Lego is a world mania for sure. From kids to adults, it is the toy of choice to thousands, probably millions of people world wide. And when it comes to cool creations, we find awesome stuff really easy. Source: Digg | 29 Apr 2008 | 8:40 am
Zimbabwe's UN ambassador says a national unity government is needed, whoever wins the presidential election. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 29 Apr 2008 | 8:32 am
Afghanistan's intelligence chief says he warned President Hamid Karzai of the weekend assassination plot against him, and that it was a failure of the security services to stop the attack that led to three deaths in a hail of gunfire.
Gordon Brown has given his strongest indication yet today that he plans to defy his own high-powered group of experts and plough ahead with plans to reclassify cannabis as a class B drug. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 29 Apr 2008 | 8:30 am
Former Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz is to go on trial over the deaths of a group of Baghdad merchants. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 29 Apr 2008 | 8:24 am
Josef Fritzl, 73, admitted to police that all the children were his. Three of them - Kerstin, 19, Stefan, 18, and Felix, five - were held captive with their mother in a series of windowless rooms and never saw the sunlight until they were freed on Saturday. Incredibly, three others, Alexander, 12, Monika, 14, and Lisa, 16, were raised in the home.. Source: Digg | 29 Apr 2008 | 8:21 am
DILI, East Timor (AP) -- A dozen rebels suspected of involvement in attacks on East Timor's top leaders surrendered to authorities Tuesday, and met the president in an emotional ceremony.... Source: AP Top International News At 6:20 a... | 29 Apr 2008 | 8:20 am
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Larry Jones says his wife and assistant trainer, Cindy, is giving Eight Belles pep talks.
"My wife keeps having these talks with her and telling...
Jaffe: "As a developer, I am crapping in my pants. The game seems so big and so vast and there are so many things you can do that it has not simply raised the bar as to what is expected in a AAA game, but it's taken the bar and hurled it into outer space." Source: Digg | 29 Apr 2008 | 8:18 am
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - People who lost relatives to deadly reactions from the blood-thinner heparin are set to testify on Tuesday before U.S. lawmakers probing contamination of the drug made with raw ingredients imported from China.
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. - If college football is going to have a new playoff system, it will take a unanimous vote for it to happen.
During the annual Bowl Championship Series...
Now I know how Joe Torre felt.
No, I don't suddenly have four World Series rings, a gazillion dollars in the bank, a winter home in Hawaii or my own table at Rao's.
But,...
In 1970, the average US C.E.O. earned 28 times more than the average worker. Can you guess what's the difference in 2005? Source: Digg | 29 Apr 2008 | 8:13 am
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Lexington Stakes winner Behindatthebar and Florida Oaks winner Proud Spell are out of Saturday's Kentucky Derby. Because of their defections, Santa...
Well-traveled Larry Brown has reached an agreement to return to the NBA as coach of the Charlotte Bobcats, a person familiar with the decision told the Associated Press on Monday.
WELLINGTON (AFP) - The biggest squid ever caught, at up to 10 metres long and boasting a fearsome beak and razor-sharp hooks, may be small compared to others still lurking in the depths, scientists said Tuesday. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 29 Apr 2008 | 8:04 am
A 68-year-old man was arrested in Jersey today in connection with the island’s
ongoing investigation into historical child abuse. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 29 Apr 2008 | 8:01 am
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Former Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tareq Aziz, the public face of Saddam Hussein's regime, is set to face court on Tuesday over the execution of dozens of merchants in 1992.
Kobe Bryant scored 14 of his 31 points over the final 5½ minutes Monday night, leading the Los Angeles Lakers to a 107-101 victory over the Denver Nuggets and a sweep of their first-round series.
Seven percent of Americans say they or someone in their household decided to tie the knot in the last year so they could receive healthcare benefits, a poll finds.
Some people marry for love, some for companionship, and others for status or money. Now comes another reason to get hitched: health insurance.
They survive sluggish second half in Denver, surge at finish and complete series sweep to reach second round for first time since 2004. Bryant scores 14 of his 31 in final 5:31.
DENVER -- The Denver Nuggets certainly didn't quit. Neither did Kobe Bryant.
The new film, based on the Islamic version of Jesus' life, depicts him as a prophet rather than the son of God. Its director says he wants to further understanding.
With timing unwelcome to Democratic candidate's campaign, Wright defends his racially charged comments.
At a moment when Barack Obama is struggling to win over white voters worried about the economy, a series of public appearances by his former pastor is threatening to revive a tempest over race, patriotism and religion that the Democratic presidential front-runner hoped he had quashed.
The $3-billion effort has had difficulty obtaining construction financing amid the real estate downturn. The projected finish date for its first phase is now 2012.
The developer of the Grand Avenue project in downtown Los Angeles said Monday that completion of the $3-billion redevelopment effort will be delayed until 2012 because of difficulty in obtaining construction loans amid the real estate downturn.
A state of emergency is declared in the southeastern areas hit by the storm.
Three tornadoes ripped through Virginia on Monday, with one hopscotching across the southeastern part of the state and leaving a 25-mile trail of gutted homes, tossed cars and more than 200 injured people.
The L.A. assistant principal at Markham Middle School is accused of molesting two more teenage girls.
A Los Angeles assistant principal who already faces charges of lewd acts against one student was charged Monday with molesting two others, broadening a case that has caused outrage in the South Los Angeles community in which he worked.
As the blaze continues to burn, wary neighbors make emergency plans while remaining thankful for their little slice of 'Mayberry.'
All day Monday, neighbors stood on the sidewalks catching up on this and that, and scanning the whorls of flame on the mountain that looms above their town.
A dolphin died over the weekend at a SeaWorld sister park after colliding with another dolphin during a guest interaction program. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 29 Apr 2008 | 6:58 am
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - "Grand Theft Auto IV" is expected to blow away hot shooter "Halo 3" when fans begin sating their desires Tuesday or the highly popular videogame by Rockstar Games. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 29 Apr 2008 | 6:38 am
A father was arrested at a high school Monday where he allegedly stabbed a boy he thought had witnessed a sexual assault against the man's daughter. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 29 Apr 2008 | 6:36 am
Foreigners will be permanently banned from receiving kidneys for transplant in the Philippines to prevent the country from becoming a major Asian center in a thriving black market, health officials announced.
AMSTETTEN, Austria (AP) -- The children locked in the basement never saw the light of day for years. A retired electrician has confessed to imprisoning his daughter for 24 years and fathering seven children with her in a windowless cell sealed by an electronic keyless-entry system, police said Monday.... Source: AP Top International News At 6:20 a... | 29 Apr 2008 | 6:19 am
BP and Royal Dutch Shell have reported massive increases in profits for the
first three months of this year on the back of rocketing petrol prices,
which are expected to hit £5 a gallon today. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 29 Apr 2008 | 6:03 am
Hundreds of U.S. Marines in helicopters and Humvees flooded into a Taliban-held town in southern Afghanistan's most violent province, in the first major American operation in the region in years.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Three tornadoes swept through central and southeastern Virginia on Monday, injuring about 200 people and damaging dozens of homes and businesses, officials said.
GRAHAM, North Carolina (Reuters) - Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama will know when to pull out of the U.S. presidential race in order to unify the party for the general election, the chairman of the Democratic Party said on Monday.
OUTSIDE GARMSER, Afghanistan (AP) -- U.S. Marines in helicopters and Humvees flooded into a Taliban-held town in southern Afghanistan's most violent province early Tuesday, the first major American operation in the region in years.... Source: AP Top International News At 6:20 a... | 29 Apr 2008 | 2:48 am
HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam (AP) -- Vietnam, where growing numbers of Americans have turned to adopt a baby, announced Monday it would stop processing new adoption applications from U.S. citizens from July following allegations of baby-selling, corruption and fraud.... Source: AP Top International News At 6:20 a... | 29 Apr 2008 | 2:26 am
About 100 leading household brands, including PG Tips, Coca-Cola and Aquafresh, are at the centre of an investigation into allegations of price-fixing, The Daily Telegraph can disclose. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 29 Apr 2008 | 12:01 am
Oil refinery workers in Grangemouth ended their 48-hour strike early this morning but the dispute over pension plans that caused it remains unresolved. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 29 Apr 2008 | 12:01 am
A fire has engulfed a one-story commercial facility in a South Los Angeles industrial complex, sending plumes of gray and black smoke hundreds of feet in the air, authorities said.
Lawmakers in many states have found other uses for a huge 1999 civil settlement with tobacco companies that was initially meant to create anti-smoking programs. Now Ohio lawmakers want to use their share for a stimulus package, sparking a new court battle.
To abuse your daughter when she turns 11 is horrible enough, but what Elisabeth Fritzl's father is alleged to have done to her is a crime against the soul, says psychologist Phillip Hodson. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 28 Apr 2008 | 9:57 pm
The Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Barack Obama's former pastor, defends the sermon that has become a source of political turmoil. He faced off with reporters during an appearance at the National Press Club.
LONDON - Say farewell to Punch and Judy. Forget donkey rides and saucy postcards.
The attractions of a traditional seaside holiday in Britain are fading fast, according to a survey published yesterday.
Holidaymakers would rather... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 28 Apr 2008 | 9:05 pm
MOSCOW - Russia is doing too little to reverse a critical decline in its population driven by increasing alcohol abuse, poor diet and social change, a United Nations report said yesterday.
Karl Kulessa, UN Population Fund (UNFPA)... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 28 Apr 2008 | 8:57 pm
In the final part of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia's three-part interview with NPR, he says he believes the Constitution's meaning is fixed and that it cannot change over time
LONDON - Britons are ruder than they were a decade ago, according to a survey yesterday that showed almost three-quarters of people think manners should be taught at school.
A third believe bad manners are the catalyst for much... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 28 Apr 2008 | 8:45 pm
The Rev. Jeremiah Wright says criticisms of his fiery sermons are an attack on the black church. Wright, Barack Obama's former pastor, has begun speaking out since national attention fell on controversial opinions he expressed in the past. Wright said he hopes the controversy will have a positive outcome.
Eight amateur divers were rescued yesterday after floating for nearly 40 hours off southern Taiwan when currents carried them 80km away from their diving spot.
Their instructor swam to shore in Taitung county late on Sunday night... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 28 Apr 2008 | 8:15 pm
U.S. Army Col. H.R. McMaster has been credited with critical thinking and combat commands that have helped shape some successes in Iraq. Now he's being tapped for a new, and perhaps more difficult, job: making Iraqi ministries run efficiently.
The Supreme Court backs an Indiana law that requires voters to show government-issued photo ID cards when they cast ballots. The challengers of the law say it puts an undue burden on many, including the poor and the elderly.
A report appearing the Journal of the American Medical Association says federal health officials permitted studies of blood substitutes to continue for years after learning that the substitutes posed health risks.
Mars is buying Wrigley in a deal that unites two of the oldest firms in the candy business. The deal values Wrigley at about $23 billion. Warren Buffet is taking a small minority stake in the merged company.
Four New Zealand passports have been seized in Thailand in one of the biggest anti-counterfeiting operations in recent years.
Mohammed Karim, a 56-year-old from Bangladesh, was arrested in a Bangkok property on Saturday, where... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 28 Apr 2008 | 7:44 pm
AMSTETTEN, Austria - A 73-year-old Austrian electrical engineer has confessed to holding his daughter captive in a secret, windowless cellar for 24 years and fathering seven children by her, according to police.
The case, centred... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 28 Apr 2008 | 7:26 pm
BEIJING - Two passenger trains collided in eastern China yesterday, killing at least 70 people and injuring hundreds as carriages jumped the tracks and toppled into a ditch, state media said.
At least 420 people were taken to hospital,... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 28 Apr 2008 | 7:24 pm
Microsoft Corp. is offering $44.6 billion in cash and stock for search engine operator Yahoo Inc. in a move to boost its competitive edge in the online services market.
LONDON - Two teenagers who kicked a woman to death in a park because she was dressed as a "Goth" were jailed for life yesterday, police said.
Brendan Harris, 15, and Ryan Herbert, 16, kicked and punched Sophie Lancaster in what... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 28 Apr 2008 | 7:22 pm
Everest Base Camp - China was tight-lipped about the progress of a special Olympic flame up Mount Everest yesterday, despite the arrival of international media at the foot of the world's tallest mountain.
The ascent of Everest... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 28 Apr 2008 | 7:20 pm
HAVANA - As global fears about food security mount with riots in Africa and panic buying elsewhere, one world figure can sit back and say he warned a year ago of a coming food crisis - Fidel Castro.
Cuba's ailing revolutionary... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 28 Apr 2008 | 7:18 pm
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) -- Zimbabwe's opposition movement united Monday in spite of long-standing divisions, declaring that it has won control of Parliament for the first time in history and that President Robert Mugabe must concede defeat.... Source: AP Top International News At 6:20 a... | 28 Apr 2008 | 7:10 pm
In the latest political podcast, NPR Senior Washington Editor Rob Elving and Political Editor Ken Rudin discuss the recent Democratic primary in Pennsylvania.
An Iraqi man granted asylum in Denmark after working as an interpreter for Danish troops has been told he can remain married to only one of the two wives he brought to the Scandinavian country.
An Iraqi teen was butchered to death by her father in an "honor killing" after she befriended and fell in love with a British solider in Basra, the London Daily Mail reported Monday. Source: FOXNews.com | 28 Apr 2008 | 5:24 pm
The line-up for this summer’s Glastonbury festival has been leaked on the
internet, two days before the full list of performers was due to be
announced. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 28 Apr 2008 | 5:13 pm
Portuguese detectives are investigating the attempted abduction of a Dutch girl by a man who matches the description of a suspect in the Madeleine McCann case. Source: FOXNews.com | 28 Apr 2008 | 4:57 pm
An Iraqi man granted asylum in Denmark after working as an interpreter for Danish troops has been told he can remain married to only one of the two wives he brought to the Scandinavian country. Source: FOXNews.com | 28 Apr 2008 | 4:41 pm
Austrian man confesses to imprisoning daughter for 24 years and fathering seven children with her in a windowless cell that stunned Austrians dubbed a 'house of horrors.' Source: FOXNews.com | 28 Apr 2008 | 4:26 pm
Researchers in eastern England have set themselves an easy challenge: finding 150 women prepared to eat a bar of chocolate every day. Source: FOXNews.com | 28 Apr 2008 | 3:56 pm
Because Raoul Wallenberg helped avert the massacre of 70,000 during the Holocaust, the world has celebrated him ever since. But researchers still wrestle with two mysteries: Why was he arrested, and did he really die in Soviet custody in 1947?
An Austrian man has confessed toimprisoning his daughter in a secret dungeon for 24 years and fathering her seven children, in an extraordinary case that has shocked the country. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 28 Apr 2008 | 2:57 pm
American operation in the region in years. Several hundred Marines are pushing into the town of Garmser, an area classified as Taliban territory. Source: FOXNews.com | 28 Apr 2008 | 2:56 pm
Iranian and Pakistani leaders resolved issues related to a multi-billion-dollar gas pipeline project opposed by the U.S. during Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's brief visit to Pakistan, state media reports. Source: FOXNews.com | 28 Apr 2008 | 2:29 pm
Twenty-two years after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, work is under way on a colossal new shelter to cover the ruins and deadly radioactive contents of the exploded Soviet-era power plant. Source: FOXNews.com | 28 Apr 2008 | 2:14 pm
Court sentences Japanese woman to 15 years in prison for beating her husband to death with a wine bottle, chopping up his body with a saw and dumping his body parts around Tokyo, a court official says. Source: FOXNews.com | 28 Apr 2008 | 1:56 pm
An Austrian man has confessed toimprisoning his daughter in a secret dungeon for 24 years and fathering her seven children, in an extraordinary case that has shocked the country. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 28 Apr 2008 | 11:42 am
The secrets of Austria’s "house of horrors" have been revealed to the world as a retired engineer confessed to keeping his daughter locked up in a cellar for 24 years and allegedly fathering seven children by her. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 28 Apr 2008 | 11:42 am
The full horror of the Austrian dungeon where a woman was allegedly held captive by her father for 24 years was revealed today. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 28 Apr 2008 | 11:42 am
An Austrian man has admitted imprisoning his daughter in an underground dungeon for 24 years and fathering all seven of her children, it was reported today. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 28 Apr 2008 | 11:14 am
AP - Marine scientists in New Zealand on Tuesday were thawing the corpse of the largest squid ever caught to try to unlock the secrets of one of the ocean's most mysterious beasts.
AP - Russ McCrocklin has been through it all before. When Hurricane Ivan hit Florida a few years ago, he had to wait until the next day to see if he would have a home to return to. His house was fine then, but McCrocklin fears he won't be so lucky this time around.
AP - Loyal Democrat Richard Somer says if Hillary Rodham Clinton gets his party's presidential nomination, he just may sit it out this Election Day.
AP - President Hamid Karzai was warned of a weekend assassination plot against him, Afghanistan's intelligence chief said Tuesday, while admitting failings by security services.
Reuters - A suspected suicide bomber killed 15
Afghans and wounded 14 more in eastern Afghanistan, close to
the border with Pakistan on Tuesday, a NATO spokesman said.
Reuters - U.N. agencies and the World Bank pledged
urgent action on Tuesday to tackle an unprecedented rise in
global food prices that is hurting developing countries.
A 73-year-old Austrian who has confessed to locking his daughter in a windowless cellar for 24 years and fathering her seven children will appear before a judge on Tuesday.
AFP - Tareq Aziz, for years the international face of Saddam Hussein's regime, was to go on trial in Baghdad on Tuesday on charges related to the execution of 42 Baghdad businessmen in 1992.
Reuters - A 73-year-old Austrian who
has confessed to locking his daughter in a windowless cellar
for 24 years and fathering her seven children will appear
before a judge on Tuesday.
AP - Surprise, NBA. The first team to advance in the Eastern Conference playoffs wasn't the heavily favored Boston Celtics or the battle-tested Detroit Pistons.
Three tornadoes ripped through Virginia, with one hop-scotching across part of the state and leaving behind a 25-mile trail of smashed homes, tossed cars and more than 200 injured residents.
Reuters - A Chinese court jailed 17 people for
terms ranging from three years to life on Tuesday for their
roles in Tibet's deadly riots, which triggered anti-China
protests ahead of the Beijing Olympics.
Well-traveled Larry Brown has reached an agreement to return to the NBA as coach of the Charlotte Bobcats, a person familiar with the decision told the Associated Press on Monday.
Kobe Bryant scored 14 of his 31 points over the final 5½ minutes Monday night, leading the Los Angeles Lakers to a 107-101 victory over the Denver Nuggets and a sweep of their first-round series.