HARARE, Zimbabwe - Zimbabwe's opposition said today it was willing to share power with the ruling party, but not with longtime President Robert Mugabe.
Left unresolved was whether a runoff election would be held. Mugabe said he... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 2 May 2008 | 11:00 pm
Yesterday in this spot, we bemoaned the state of the summer blockbuster, and explored why the blockbuster-season films coming up in May and June might finally help kill off the blockbuster concept. (Or save it, but how likely is that?) Today, in true summer-movie style: the inevitable sequel. Source: Digg | 2 May 2008 | 10:59 pm
Most guides and tutorials for Ubuntu newcomers can help you get commercial DVDs playing on your system, but only through a series of terminal commands that install new repositories or through the use of Automatix or other automated tools that can sometimes mess up your system's dependencies. Source: Digg | 2 May 2008 | 10:50 pm
The Israeli army blamed militants for the deaths of a Palestinian woman and her four young children, saying Friday that they died in secondary blasts when the Hamas fighters' ammunition detonated in an Israeli air strike. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 2 May 2008 | 10:42 pm
Rep. Elton Gallegly of Simi Valley likes his taxpayer-funded Ford Expedition. He isn't worried that it's not the most fuel-efficient car. It's reliable, suits his mountainous district and is cheaper to lease than many other vehicles. Source: Digg | 2 May 2008 | 10:40 pm
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush on Friday laid out a detailed request for $70 billion to partially fund the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan while providing more aid to tackle an unfolding global food crisis.
ST. LOUIS (Reuters) - President George W. Bush said on Friday that the government's latest jobs figures showed that the economy is not as robust as it needs to be.
Migrants carry water along their journey to the United States in the border town of Sasabe, Mexico. A U.S. crackdown, tighter security and a more perilous and expensive journey are persuading many who try to sneak into the U.S. to give up sooner. Source: Digg | 2 May 2008 | 10:30 pm
Kyle Busch celebrated his 23rd birthday Friday in a race car, the one place NASCAR's hottest driver truly loves to be. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 2 May 2008 | 10:30 pm
Kathy Griffin likes the sound of her own voice.
Sure, she admits it's superannoying (and how!). Listening to her rattle on during a stand-up monologue it becomes...
When Victor Wright gets sentenced next week in his drug case, he won't be anywhere near the courthouse. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 2 May 2008 | 10:22 pm
While Microsoft chases Yahoo, Eric Schmidt, Google's CEO and chairman is seeking a stronger relationship with IBM, something in which Big Blue's chairman and CEO, Sam Palmisano, appears very interested. Source: Digg | 2 May 2008 | 10:20 pm
Police and animal control officers call off an hourslong search that started with a report of a mountain lion in backyard. The animal, which might have been a bobcat, gets away.
Authorities have called off a search for what they believed was a mountain lion that made its way into the backyards of homes in Eagle Rock this morning.
Dany Heatley had three goals and an assist to help defending champion Canada beat Slovenia 5-1 on Thursday in the Canadians' opening preliminary round game in the world hockey championship. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 2 May 2008 | 10:17 pm
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton improved on her win in Pennsylvania's Democratic primary Friday, picking up two more delegates 10 days after voters went to the polls. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 2 May 2008 | 10:14 pm
An Egyptian college student facing federal explosives charges won a victory Friday when a judge threw out some videos considered by prosecutors to be key evidence in his trial next week. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 2 May 2008 | 10:13 pm
More than 200 Methodists attended a lesbian couple's commitment ceremony Friday in defiance of a vote to uphold a church law that says gay relationships are "incompatible with Christian teaching." Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 2 May 2008 | 10:12 pm
Delta Air Lines has announced a 3 percent pay raise for its non-union employees, effective July 1. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 2 May 2008 | 10:12 pm
Here is a brief summary of what Terry Francona had to say about Jacoby Ellsbury's situation after missing three games this week with a sore right groin:
"I'm...
AP - Indianapolis Colts star receiver Marvin Harrison was interviewed by police about a shooting near his North Philadelphia bar this week. Lt. Frank Vanore said the investigation of Tuesday's shooting was continuing. Harrison has not been arrested or charged.
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. says its first-quarter profit fell 64 percent because it recorded an unrealized $1.6 billion loss on its derivative contracts, and its insurance businesses generated lower profits. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 2 May 2008 | 10:09 pm
AP - Violent storms rolling across the nation's midsection unleashed tornadoes, high winds and hail in four states and killed seven people in Arkansas on Friday, including a teenager who died when a tree fell into her bedroom as she slept.
A Nigerian court rules that the treason trial of Niger Delta militant leader Henry Okah will be held behind closed doors. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 2 May 2008 | 10:06 pm
FOXBORO - Listening to Patriots owner Robert Kraft, it appears Jerod Mayo passed his first test yesterday with ease.
The club's first-round draft pick spent the...
An Antarctic fur seal has been observed trying to have sex with a king penguin. The South African-based scientists who witnessed the incident say it is the most unusual case of mammal mating behaviour yet known. Interspecies homosexual violent sex? Alriiight! Source: Digg | 2 May 2008 | 10:00 pm
The investigator leading the probe of an underground dungeon where an Austrian man allegedly held his daughter captive for 24 years said that officers can only work one hour at a time because of the severe lack of oxygen.
Nothing - not a last-second balk call or a walkoff hit - could come to the rescue of the Red Sox last night.
On a night when Toronto starter A.J. Burnett had an answer...
AP - Hillary Rodham Clinton called for a vote Friday in the Democratic-controlled Congress on a summertime suspension of the federal gasoline tax, a plan that Barack Obama dismissed as a political stunt that would cost thousands of construction jobs.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Ginger Lou knew the burgoo.
But really, how many other Kentucky Derby rookies recognized this strange brew of stew on the menu at the Paddock Grill?
Sure,...
The UN Security Council urges Burma to respect political freedoms in its constitutional referendum on 10 May. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 2 May 2008 | 9:54 pm
Yahoo Inc. was engaged in serious negotiation talks with Microsoft Corp. today as both sides tried to avert a hostile takeover battle, according to people familiar with the discussions.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The severe thunderstorms that soaked Churchill Downs today were expected to clear out well before the Kentucky Derby.
The rain should end during the overnight...
PHILADELPHIA - Indianapolis Colts star receiver Marvin Harrison was interviewed by police about a North Philadelphia shooting this week.
Lt. Frank Vanore said the investigation...
(Kyodo) _ Authorities of North Gyeongsang Province covered up an outbreak of avian influenza there late April, KBS television said Friday. The officials of the southeastern province... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 2 May 2008 | 9:45 pm
WASHINGTON - Forty-one House members are calling on the Defense Department inspector general to investigate a public relations effort that relied on retired military officers...
The two men were sentenced to five years in prison for complicated blackmail scheme against the royal that featured allegations involving sex and drugs
AP - Turns out Louisiana and Mississippi weren't quite finished with the Democratic presidential campaign. Sen. Barack Obama won each state's primary earlier this year. But these days his face still appears in television ads in both states, this time from Republicans trying to turn him into a liability for Democrats in two looming special elections for long-held Republican seats.
Reuters - The Bush administration could
announce plans by the end of its term in January to close
Guantanamo prison and an upcoming Supreme Court ruling might be
the impetus for this, senior U.S. officials and experts say.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Bush administration could announce plans by the end of its term in January to close Guantanamo prison and an upcoming Supreme Court ruling might be the impetus for this, senior U.S. officials and experts say.
NEW BEDFORD - Authorities say a fisherman who died after falling into New Bedford Harbor in January was "significantly intoxicated" and his condition contributed...
By Teresa Carson PORTLAND, Oregon (Reuters) - The U.S. government on Thursday closed almost all of the ocean off the West Coast to salmon fishing, clearing the way for governors of states hard hit by years of declining catches to seek federal relief... Source: Digg | 2 May 2008 | 9:30 pm
Throughout his ups and downs as House speaker, Salvatore DiMasi has always sought to project a steady-as-she-goes image.
When the Boston Democrat was accused of scuttling...
At least 12 people, including Israeli and Japanese tourists, are killed when two buses collide in southern Bolivia. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 2 May 2008 | 9:27 pm
AP - President Bush sent lawmakers a $70 billion request Friday to fund U.S. operations in Iraq and Afghanistan into next spring, which would give the next president breathing room to make his or her own war policy.
AP - Ohio's attorney general admitted an extramarital affair with an employee Friday, soon after three of his aides were fired or forced out after an investigation found evidence of sexual harassment and other misconduct.
AP - As Oral Roberts University prepares to hand out diplomas to its Class of 2008, Anna Siebring, a junior, will be mailing out applications to transfer to another school. Siebring, a government major, is among many students having second thoughts about staying at Oral Roberts after six months of scandal at the evangelical Christian university.
Apple has quietly updated the Apple TV’s movie browsing and renting system to allow for the purchase of movies directly from the device. In addition to the ability to purchase films, a “Top Sellers” category, showing the current most popular movie purchases, has been added to the top of the “Top Movies” menu. Source: Digg | 2 May 2008 | 9:20 pm
Microsoft reportedly dangled a higher bid in front of Yahoo Friday, hoping to reach a friendly deal after weeks of saber rattling. Both sides declined to comment on the talks. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 2 May 2008 | 9:19 pm
AP - Patients who believe they suffer long-term problems from Lyme disease are claiming victory over a national doctors group. The Infectious Diseases Society of America has agreed to review its guidelines, which say there's no evidence long-term antibiotics can cure "chronic Lyme" disease or even that such a condition exists. Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 2 May 2008 | 9:18 pm
AP - For starters, Paula Abdul isn't going anywhere. "Why would we get rid of Paula?" wonders Cecile Frot-Coutaz matter-of-factly, when questioned about possibly nixing the wacky "American Idol" judge now infamous for among other things critiquing both of Jason Castro's songs after he'd sung only one.
HENDERSONVILLE, North Carolina (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and Republican John McCain hammered Democrat Barack Obama on Friday for refusing to support a proposal to suspend the federal gasoline tax.
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe accepted that the opposition's Morgan Tsvangirai won more votes in the presidential election and will contest a run-off in a political battle that has raised fears of bloodshed.
AMSTETTEN, Austria (AP) -- Casual acquaintances knew Josef Fritzl as a jovial fellow who liked to drink beer and enjoyed a bawdy joke.... Source: AP Top International News At 5 p.m. EDT | 2 May 2008 | 8:58 pm
Casual acquaintances knew Josef Fritzl as a jovial fellow who liked to drink beer and enjoyed a bawdy joke. But former neighbors say the man accused of imprisoning his daughter and... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 2 May 2008 | 8:58 pm
Zimbabwe's opposition leader garnered the most votes in presidential voting five weeks ago. But in announcing the results Friday, Zimbabwe's election officials said Morgan Tsvangirai still didn't win enough to avoid a runoff election. The opposition claims that government attempts to force a runoff are nothing short of criminal.
The Olympic torch is paraded without disruption through the streets of Hong Kong on Friday. This is the first time the torch has reached Chinese soil. It was greeted by crowds of flag-waving residents, shouting insults at pro-Tibet and human rights protesters. Some of them were forced to seek refuge in police vans.
The US economy lost a fewer than expected 20,000 jobs in April, official figures from the Labor Department show. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 2 May 2008 | 8:52 pm
Ex-Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif says top judges sacked by President Musharraf last year will be reinstated on 12 May. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 2 May 2008 | 8:49 pm
The retirement of veteran Republican Richard H. Baker has forced a special election that will be held Saturday. And it's been a nasty campaign: Democratic Don Cazayoux has been attacked as a tax-happy liberal who's soft on illegal immigrants, while the Republican, Woody Jenkins, has been painted as a tax cheat with ties to former Ku Klux Klansman David Duke.
SAN'A, Yemen (AP) -- A bomb rigged to a motorcycle blew up amid a crowd of worshippers leaving Friday prayers at a mosque in a rebel stronghold of northern Yemen, killing at least 18 people and wounding about four dozen, officials said.... Source: AP Top International News At 5 p.m. EDT | 2 May 2008 | 8:44 pm
A bomb rigged to a motorcycle blew up amid a crowd of worshippers leaving Friday prayers at a mosque in a rebel stronghold of northern Yemen, killing at least 18 people and wounding about... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 2 May 2008 | 8:44 pm
As well as chosing their candidate for London mayor, residents of the capital yesterday elected representatives for the London assembly. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 2 May 2008 | 8:34 pm
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) -- A U.S. airstrike that killed the suspected al-Qaida leader in Somalia brought warnings of vengeance from Islamic insurgents Friday and the threat of a boycott that could jeopardize peace talks with the U.N.-supported government.... Source: AP Top International News At 5 p.m. EDT | 2 May 2008 | 8:27 pm
A U.S. airstrike that killed the suspected al-Qaida leader in Somalia brought warnings of vengeance from Islamic insurgents Friday and the threat of a boycott that could jeopardize peace... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 2 May 2008 | 8:27 pm
Kerwin Danley, working behind home plate at a Dodgers game, remembers catcher Russell Martin yelling 'look out!' But he took the Brad Penny fastball on the jaw. He still feels lingering effects.
Amid all the light and sound that is a major league baseball game, with thousands upon thousands of fans buzzing behind him, Kerwin Danley distinctly heard two words.
The UN's new food adviser urges a freeze on biofuel investment and condemns "foodstuff speculation". Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 2 May 2008 | 8:14 pm
HARARE (AFP) - Zimbabwe's opposition declared its leader as rightful president Friday, rejecting the official result of a March 29 election which saw it fall just short of toppling Robert Mugabe in the first round. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 2 May 2008 | 8:14 pm
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (Reuters) - Severe storms tore through northern Arkansas on Friday, killing at least seven people and injuring 13 in the southern U.S. state.
LONDON (Reuters) - Major powers agreed on Friday to make a new offer of incentives to Iran to halt its sensitive nuclear work and a European diplomat said helping Tehran develop civil atomic power remained at the heart of the proposal.
Bolivia was Friday bracing for a weekend vote on autonomy by one of its opposition-run provinces that many fear could send the Latin American nation into violent turmoil. ... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 2 May 2008 | 8:06 pm
Negotiations, which had reached a stalemate earlier in the week, will now continue through Tuesday. The extension follows the actors union's shift on DVD residuals.
The Screen Actors Guild and the Hollywood studios have agreed for the second time to extend their contentious talks on a new three-year contract, this time through Tuesday, people close to the negotiations said early today.
A series of avalanches in April cut off the Alaskan capital from its source of cheap hydropower. The cost of electricity has quadrupled as a result. Juneau has been forced to cut its power consumption by nearly a third in one week. John Ryan of member station KTOO reports.
Two representatives of the Dalai Llama arrive in Hong Kong on Friday for the latest round of talks with Chinese officials. Robert Barnett, director of Modern Tibetan Studies at Columbia University, talks with Melissa Block about what progress is expected out of the discussions.
LONDON (AFP) - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's governing Labour Party was crushed in local elections and seemed set to lose the London mayoralty Friday in results dubbed a "bloodbath" by commentators. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 2 May 2008 | 8:00 pm
Britain's ruling Labor Party takes a drubbing in Friday's local election — suffering its worst electoral defeat in 40 years. It's the first test of voter sentiment since Gordon Brown took over 10 Downing Street from Tony Blair last June. Predictions give the Conservatives 44 percent of the vote to 24 percent for Labor, which is one point below Britain's third party, the Liberal Democrats.
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) -- Zimbabwe's opposition said Friday it was willing to share power with the ruling party, but not with longtime President Robert Mugabe.... Source: AP Top International News At 5 p.m. EDT | 2 May 2008 | 7:57 pm
Zimbabwe's opposition said Friday it was willing to share power with the ruling party, but not with longtime President Robert Mugabe. Left unresolved was whether a runoff election... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 2 May 2008 | 7:57 pm
MIAMI (Reuters) - A Canadian captured in Afghanistan at age 15 can be tried for murder in the Guantanamo war crimes court, a U.S. military judge ruled in rejecting claims that he was a child soldier who should be rehabilitated rather than prosecuted.
The Western Balkans have made progress towards stability but risks to peace remain, notably over Kosovo, Macedonia's president said Friday at the opening of a summit of leaders from... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 2 May 2008 | 7:37 pm
LONDON (AP) -- World powers agreed Friday to try again to lure Iran to the nuclear bargaining table with a repackaged set of carrots to accompany the stick of U.N. sanctions.... Source: AP Top International News At 5 p.m. EDT | 2 May 2008 | 7:36 pm
World powers agreed Friday to try again to lure Iran to the nuclear bargaining table with a repackaged set of carrots to accompany the stick of U.N. sanctions. Diplomats said the offer... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 2 May 2008 | 7:36 pm
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US Federal Reserve and key European central banks on Friday announced a fresh offensive against a global credit crisis that has gridlocked lending and slowed the world economy. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 2 May 2008 | 7:32 pm
King Juan Carlos on Friday commemorated the day 200 years ago when Madrid rose against Napoleon Bonaparte's rule, recalling that on that day the people of Spain had at last become aware of... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 2 May 2008 | 7:27 pm
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US labor market held up better than expected in April, with 20,000 jobs cut in the month, according to data Friday that analysts said signaled a mild economic downturn but not a calamity. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 2 May 2008 | 7:23 pm
LONDON (Reuters) - World powers called on Friday on Arab states to honor their financial and political pledges to help the Palestinians in their U.S.-backed Middle East peace effort with Israel.
Police in Colombia capture a drugs kingpin wanted in the US, days after killing his twin brother in a shoot-out. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 2 May 2008 | 7:08 pm
One year ago this weekend, a tornado all but destroyed Greensburg, Kan. Since then, a remarkable transformation has taken hold. Even Leonardo DiCaprio is pitching in to rebuild a greener Greensburg.
Gordon Brown admits to "bad and disappointing" results, as Labour has its worst election showing in decades. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 2 May 2008 | 6:55 pm
LONDON (AP) -- An eccentric Conservative lawmaker appeared likely to become London's next mayor after an election that brought only gloom Friday for Prime Minister Gordon Brown and his Labour Party.... Source: AP Top International News At 5 p.m. EDT | 2 May 2008 | 6:52 pm
An eccentric Conservative lawmaker appeared likely to become London's next mayor after an election that brought only gloom Friday for Prime Minister Gordon Brown and his Labour Party. ... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 2 May 2008 | 6:52 pm
GARMSER, Afghanistan (AP) -- Gunfire zings in near Sgt. Dan Linas' patrol, pinning his squad down against a dirt berm. The Marines peer across the field to their left, at three mud huts and a grove of trees, searching for the muzzle flash. Then they cut loose with their M-16s.... Source: AP Top International News At 5 p.m. EDT | 2 May 2008 | 6:46 pm
South Sudan's defence minister is killed along with at least 21 other people in a plane crash. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 2 May 2008 | 6:36 pm
JUBA (AFP) - South Sudan's defence minister was killed on Friday in a plane crash along with at least 22 other people, most of them senior members of the southern former rebel leadership. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 2 May 2008 | 6:30 pm
Firefighters continue working to extinguish the blaze, which began April 26. A rehabilitation effort will follow.
Firefighters have fully contained the 580-acre Sierra Fire that had been burning in the foothills north of Sierra Madre since April 26, officials said today.
The Democratic presidential contender tells North Carolina voters they can make 'a huge difference.' Obama concedes he's had a rough couple of weeks but remains upbeat.
WASHINGTON -- Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton said today that next Tuesday's primary contests could be "a game changer" for her campaign.
Despondent souls keep stopping at the Sunshine Skyway Bridge to kill themselves every year, adding to its reputation as one of the country’s most notorious bridges for jumpers.
The nation's richest prize in medicine and biomedical research was awarded Friday to two researchers for work that has improved disease treatments and may lead to new ones for degenerative and other age-related disorders. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 2 May 2008 | 6:14 pm
Voters in England and Wales yesterday cast their ballots in elections to more than 150 councils, the first electoral test of Gordon Brown’s premiership. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 2 May 2008 | 6:12 pm
GENEVA (AFP) - The United Nations on Friday paid tribute to those journalists who die or suffer injuries or secret detention in hostile regimes simply because they are exercising their profession. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 2 May 2008 | 6:11 pm
The long-awaited results of Zimbabwe's presidential poll say the opposition won, but not outright. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 2 May 2008 | 5:48 pm
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Shiite clerics offered sharply different visions Friday in the showdown between government forces and Shiite militias - one predicting that armed groups will be crushed in Baghdad and another calling for the prime minister to be prosecuted for crimes against his people.... Source: AP Top International News At 5 p.m. EDT | 2 May 2008 | 5:45 pm
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's ruling Labour Party suffered its worst local election defeat on record on Friday, forcing Prime Minister Gordon Brown to rethink his strategy to avoid losing the next national election.
A college student apparently called 911 from her cell phone shortly before she was killed but a dispatcher hung up. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 2 May 2008 | 5:41 pm
LONDON (AFP) - Key world powers called Friday on Arab states to fulfil their promises of aid for the Palestinians and voiced deep concern over the humanitarian impact of a nine-month-old Israeli blockade on the Gaza Strip. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 2 May 2008 | 5:36 pm
Voters in England and Wales yesterday cast their ballots in elections to more than 150 councils, the first electoral test of Gordon Brown’s premiership. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 2 May 2008 | 5:34 pm
Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai won 47.9 percent of the vote in Zimbabwe's presidential elections, elections officials said - not enough to avoid a runoff against President Robert Mugabe.
President George W. Bush wants America to spend a further $770 million (NZ$990 million) to help alleviate dramatically escalating food prices that threaten widespread hunger and increasing social unrest around the world.
The appeal... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 2 May 2008 | 5:00 pm
In theory, Adeeb Yusef, 45, who has seven children, is luckier than some others in Gaza.
As a refugee he receives, like more than 700,000 Gazans, at least a quarterly consignment of basics such as flour, oil, sugar and a few cans... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 2 May 2008 | 5:00 pm
Destitution and food insecurity among Gaza's 1.5 million residents has reached an unprecedentedly critical level, according to unpublished UN findings that they now need "urgent assistance" to avert a "serious food crisis" in the... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 2 May 2008 | 5:00 pm
Annie Mole's blog about the London Underground rail system began as a New Year's resolution to teach herself how to make an internet website and has blossomed into a popular slice of commuter life.
The criticisms, witticisms and... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 2 May 2008 | 5:00 pm
Captain Cook's landing site on the shores of Botany Bay is an eyesore in need of a dramatic overhaul to turn it into a world-class tourist attraction, Australians have been told.
The spot where Cook and his men waded ashore is... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 2 May 2008 | 5:00 pm
A motorcycle bomb exploded amid a crowd of worshippers leaving a mosque after Friday prayers in northern Yemen, killing at least 18 people and wounding about 45, government officials said.
Few names conjure up the spirit of post-war childhood in the same way as that of miniature toy-maker Corgi.
With features such as doors that opened, proper windows and wheels that spun, Corgi steered customers through the technological... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 2 May 2008 | 5:00 pm
Analysts had been expecting worse, but the pace of job losses slowed. Payrolls still declined by 20,000, but the unemployment rate fell slightly to 5%. The number of part-time workers rose sharply.
WASHINGTON -- After three months of deep job losses, the unemployment rate settled down just slightly in April to 5% -- better than analysts had expected but masking a sharp increase in part-time work.
Iraqi Army helicopters dropped hundreds of leaflets with a message from Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki into Sadr City on Thursday night. The leaflets ask citizens to support government efforts to quell the insurgency there. "We do urge everyone to do his responsibility and participate in imposing law," the note says.
President Bush sent lawmakers a $70 billion request Friday to fund U.S. operations in Iraq and Afghanistan into next spring. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 2 May 2008 | 4:42 pm
Minnesota lawmakers said Friday they reached a $38 million agreement to compensate victims of the Minneapolis bridge collapse that killed 13 people and injured 145 others.
HONG KONG (AP) -- Hong Kong's near flawless Olympic torch relay Friday might help ease Beijing's suspicions that the former British colony doesn't love the Chinese motherland enough.... Source: AP Top International News At 5 p.m. EDT | 2 May 2008 | 4:30 pm
Voters in England and Wales yesterday cast their ballots in elections to more than 150 councils, the first electoral test of Gordon Brown’s premiership. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 2 May 2008 | 4:12 pm
Voters in England and Wales yesterday cast their ballots in elections to more than 150 councils, the first electoral test of Gordon Brown’s premiership. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 2 May 2008 | 3:50 pm
Voters in England and Wales yesterday cast their ballots in elections to more than 150 councils, the first electoral test of Gordon Brown’s premiership. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 2 May 2008 | 2:50 pm
The U.S. economy suffered a net loss of 20,000 jobs in April, the government says. Despite being the fourth month of job losses in a row, the decline was far smaller than the 80,000 shed in the first quarter. Most economists had expected deeper job losses. The unemployment rate improved slightly, to 5 percent.
Employers cut far fewer jobs in April than most economists predicted, and unemployment edged lower, down to 5 percent. The closely watched jobs report released Friday morning showed a total of 20,000 jobs lost in April. Economists were expecting to lose 80,000.
Lovemore Sekeramai, the Zimbabwe Chief Elections officer announces results of the Presidential polls in Harare, Zimbabwe Friday, May, 2, 2008. Electoral officials say Zimbabwe's opposition leader won... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 2 May 2008 | 2:00 pm
Nepalese policemen detain Tibetan protesters outside the Chinese embassy visa office in Katmandu, Nepal, Friday, May 2, 2008. Nepalese police detained more than 100 Tibetans protesting in Nepal's capital... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 2 May 2008 | 1:59 pm
In this photo released by the Chinese news agency Xinhua, tourists entertain themselves at the Suzhou Amusement Land in Suzhou, a tourist resort in east China's Jiangsu province, on Friday May 2, 2008,... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 2 May 2008 | 1:44 pm
Voters in England and Wales yesterday cast their ballots in elections to more than 150 councils, the first electoral test of Gordon Brown’s premiership. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 2 May 2008 | 1:40 pm
Voters in England and Wales yesterday cast their ballots in elections to more than 150 councils, the first electoral test of Gordon Brown’s premiership. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 2 May 2008 | 1:40 pm
A protester of the organization 'Reporters Without Frontiers' holds a flyer out of a mock prison cell during a protest rally in support of press freedom at the Potsdamer Platz in Berlin, Germany, Friday,... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 2 May 2008 | 1:23 pm
Two Bulgarian men wrestle in a traditional wrestling match near the village of Kurtovo Konare, east of the Bulgarian capital Sofia, Friday, May 2, 2008. Wrestling is a popular sport in Bulgaria and various... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 2 May 2008 | 1:21 pm
A South Korean high school student wearing a mask participates in a candlelight vigil against a recent Korea-U.S. agreement on the expansion of U.S. beef imports in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, May 2, 2008... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 2 May 2008 | 12:53 pm
In this photo released by the Chinese news agency Xinhua, a parrot slam-dunks during a performance at the Laohutan Ocean Park in Dalian, a port city in northeast China's Liaoning province, on Friday May... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 2 May 2008 | 12:32 pm
View of a villa belonging to multimillionaire Paul Allen, a Microsoft co-founder along with Bill Gates, in Saint Jean Cap Ferrat, southeastern France, Friday, May 2, 2008. According to reports on various... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 2 May 2008 | 12:32 pm
Visitors view a field of moss phlox at Hitsujiyama park in Chichibu, west of Tokyo, Friday, May 2, 2008. More than 200,000 moss phlox are now in full-bloom at the park. (AP Photo/Katsumi Kasahara) Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 2 May 2008 | 12:22 pm
Visitors view a field of moss phlox at Hitsujiyama park in Chichibu, west of Tokyo, Friday, May 2, 2008. More than 200,000 moss phlox are now in full-bloom at the park. (AP Photo/Katsumi Kasahara) Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 2 May 2008 | 12:21 pm
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Hungry Afghans looking for their next meal eye bread scraps piled up like heaps of trash at a Kabul market as a vendor weighs out fistfuls of the stale crusts on a scale. A Pashtun woman waits with an empty plastic sack.... Source: AP Top International News At 5 p.m. EDT | 2 May 2008 | 10:21 am
An Ohio man has regrown a finger thanks to a medical miracle that doctors hope will enable patients to regenerate burnt skin and damaged organs, revolutionizing the way the body heals itself.
When Lee Spievack, a hobby-store salesman... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 2 May 2008 | 8:55 am
A Sydney woman, terrorised by a group of hoons in a car who chased down her small pet dogs, killing one, has described the men as inhuman and callous.
Jennifer Patton said they even taunted her as she went to the aid of her stricken... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 2 May 2008 | 8:20 am
Six employee unions ask Villaraigosa to consider offering early retirements to longtime workers instead of cutting 767 jobs to balance next year's budget.
Six Los Angeles city employee unions have asked Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa to offer early retirement to thousands of senior city workers, saying such a program could save $177 million annually and avert layoffs over the next year.
A woman has admitted to physically and psychologically abusing a severely malnourished six-year-old boy she confined to a cot in the garage of a Perth home.
The boy's body was bruised and he weighed just 12kg when found by Department... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 2 May 2008 | 7:45 am
The president says the demand for renewable fuel is not the only factor driving up food costs. He also criticizes Congress for blocking oil and gas exploration in Alaska and in coastal waters.
President Bush today defended his emphasis on ethanol to help the nation meet its energy needs, even as food prices rise, saying transportation costs and other factors were driving up grocery bills as well as demand for the renewable fuel.
Cal State system ousts another instructor who objects on religious grounds to a pledge adopted by California in 1952 to root out communists.
W hen Wendy Gonaver was offered a job teaching American studies at Cal State Fullerton this academic year, she was pleased to be headed back to the classroom to talk about one of her favorite themes: protecting constitutional freedoms.
Voters in England and Wales yesterday cast their ballots in elections to more than 150 councils, the first electoral test of Gordon Brown’s premiership. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 2 May 2008 | 2:20 am
Voters in England and Wales yesterday cast their ballots in elections to more than 150 councils, the first electoral test of Gordon Brown’s premiership. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 2 May 2008 | 1:10 am
CBS News' Charles Wolfson says Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice has her work cut out for her on her diplomatic mission to London and the Middle East.
The U.S. military is doing everything it can to prevent al Qaeda from becoming a dominant force in Africa. Allen Pizzey reports on how American soldiers are training Ugandans to fight terrorism.
Erik Youngdahl and Michelle Garcia share a dorm room at Connecticut’s Wesleyan University. But they say there’s no funny business going on. Really.
AP - Indianapolis Colts star receiver Marvin Harrison was interviewed by police about a shooting near his North Philadelphia bar this week. Lt. Frank Vanore said the investigation of Tuesday's shooting was continuing. Harrison has not been arrested or charged.
AP - Violent storms rolling across the nation's midsection unleashed tornadoes, high winds and hail in four states and killed seven people in Arkansas on Friday, including a teenager who died when a tree fell into her bedroom as she slept.
AP - Hillary Rodham Clinton called for a vote Friday in the Democratic-controlled Congress on a summertime suspension of the federal gasoline tax, a plan that Barack Obama dismissed as a political stunt that would cost thousands of construction jobs.
A fan accused of creepy activities that left Uma Thurman “completely freaked out” insisted Friday that his longtime crush on the actress was harmless.
AP - Turns out Louisiana and Mississippi weren't quite finished with the Democratic presidential campaign. Sen. Barack Obama won each state's primary earlier this year. But these days his face still appears in television ads in both states, this time from Republicans trying to turn him into a liability for Democrats in two looming special elections for long-held Republican seats.
Reuters - The Bush administration could
announce plans by the end of its term in January to close
Guantanamo prison and an upcoming Supreme Court ruling might be
the impetus for this, senior U.S. officials and experts say.
AP - President Bush sent lawmakers a $70 billion request Friday to fund U.S. operations in Iraq and Afghanistan into next spring, which would give the next president breathing room to make his or her own war policy.
AP - Ohio's attorney general admitted an extramarital affair with an employee Friday, soon after three of his aides were fired or forced out after an investigation found evidence of sexual harassment and other misconduct.
AP - As Oral Roberts University prepares to hand out diplomas to its Class of 2008, Anna Siebring, a junior, will be mailing out applications to transfer to another school. Siebring, a government major, is among many students having second thoughts about staying at Oral Roberts after six months of scandal at the evangelical Christian university.
AP - For starters, Paula Abdul isn't going anywhere. "Why would we get rid of Paula?" wonders Cecile Frot-Coutaz matter-of-factly, when questioned about possibly nixing the wacky "American Idol" judge now infamous for among other things critiquing both of Jason Castro's songs after he'd sung only one.
Severe storms killed at least seven people in Arkansas and destroyed or damaged hundreds of homes and businesses in Kansas City, Mo.
Employers cut far fewer jobs in April than in recent months and the unemployment rate dropped to 5 percent, a better-than-expected showing.
Despondent souls keep stopping at the Sunshine Skyway Bridge to kill themselves every year, adding to its reputation as one of the country’s most notorious bridges for jumpers.
Minnesota lawmakers said Friday they reached a $38 million agreement to compensate victims of the Minneapolis bridge collapse that killed 13 people and injured 145 others.