A new study finds that, while most adopted youths are psychologically healthy, they face twice the risk for some emotional and behavioral disorders than their non-adopted counterparts do.
The death toll from the cyclone that battered Myanmar last weekend has risen above 22,000, state radio has reported. Source: FOXNews.com | 6 May 2008 | 2:09 pm
CONCORD, N.H. - A former congressional candidate convicted of faking his disappearance after a crash two years ago was arrested Tuesday for allegedly violating his bail conditions.
County...
Spanish police arrest a couple accused of trafficking "priceless" artefacts plundered from Latin American archaeological sites. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 6 May 2008 | 1:41 pm
BAGHDAD - About 3,500 American soldiers are scheduled to leave Iraq in the coming weeks, the U.S. military announced, as part of the Pentagon's overall reduction in troop...
NEW YORK - Stocks are down in early trading after mortgage lender Fannie Mae, homebuilder D.R. Horton and Swiss bank UBS reported quarterly losses.
The disappointing first-quarter...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Pull over and put down the dog.
A California lawmaker wants to ban motorists from holding pets on their laps while driving and getting caught can net...
The fate of the state's two ailing greyhound tracks looks increasingly like it will be decided by Massachusetts voters this fall.
A key State House panel yesterday...
Seventeen European countries are offering Serbs free visas, ahead of key Serbian elections at the weekend. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 6 May 2008 | 1:22 pm
Russia and the US sign a key deal on civilian nuclear power which looks set to increase bilateral trade. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 6 May 2008 | 1:21 pm
Bostonians who reveled in some much-welcomed sunshine, clear skies and temps in the breezy 70s yesterday can expect more of the same today and tomorrow.
"The next...
Burma's death toll has risen to more than 22,000 after a cyclone hit the country on Saturday, state media say. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 6 May 2008 | 1:15 pm
AP - About 3,500 American soldiers are scheduled to leave Iraq in the coming weeks, the U.S. military announced, as part of the Pentagon's overall reduction in troop strength following last year's "surge."
AP - Exactly three months have passed since Britney Spears left a psychiatric ward and promptly stirred up a paparazzi car chase, a scene that looked like the beginning of even more erratic behavior for the troubled pop star.
US presidential hopefuls Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton battle it out in the last two big state primaries. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 6 May 2008 | 1:10 pm
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Fannie Mae, the largest provider of U.S. home financing, on Tuesday posted its third straight quarterly loss as the U.S. housing crisis took another turn for the worse during the first quarter of 2008.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton faced crucial tests in their grueling White House fight on Tuesday, as voters in Indiana and North Carolina began casting ballots in the latest Democratic showdowns.
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia and the United States signed on Tuesday a civilian nuclear cooperation deal that will allow firms from the world's two biggest atomic powers to expand bilateral nuclear trade.
REHOVOT, Israel/GAZA (Reuters) - Like the state of Israel, Akram al-Shamali and Moshe Feist both turn 60 this year. But that's about where the similarities end.
YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar's military government raised its death toll from Cyclone Nargis on Tuesday to nearly 22,500 with a further 41,000 missing, nearly all of them from a massive storm surge that swept into the Irrawaddy delta.
AP - Voters in Indiana and North Carolina crowded polling places Tuesday as they sought to settle the largest remaining contests in the Democratic presidential nomination struggle between Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton that has dragged improbably into spring.
New England Patriots go-to guy Randy Moss got rather Randy with Miss Kentucky USA Alysha Harris at a Kentucky Derby party over the weekend, if pictures on TMZ.com are any...
Reuters - Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton
faced crucial tests in their grueling White House fight on
Tuesday, as voters in Indiana and North Carolina began casting
ballots in the latest Democratic showdowns.
If there is one day we at The Files can let loose with a round of shameless self-promotion it is the day the book comes out. Just as the publisher planned all along, Mike...
YANGON (AFP) - More than 22,000 people were killed in Myanmar's devastating cyclone, the government said Tuesday, with thousands more feared dead after the storm left rice fields littered with corpses. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 6 May 2008 | 1:01 pm
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- The cyclone death toll soared above 22,000 on Tuesday and more than 41,000 others were missing as the international community prepared to rush in aid after the country's deadliest storm on record, state radio reported.... Source: AP Top International News At 9:06 a... | 6 May 2008 | 1:00 pm
AP - The cyclone death toll soared above 22,000 on Tuesday and more than 41,000 others were missing as the international community prepared to rush in aid after the country's deadliest storm on record, state radio reported.
AFP - More than 22,000 people were killed in Myanmar's devastating cyclone, the government said Tuesday, with thousands more feared dead after the storm left rice fields littered with corpses.
Reuters - Myanmar's military government raised its
death toll from Cyclone Nargis on Tuesday to nearly 22,500 with
a further 41,000 missing, nearly all of them from a massive
storm surge that swept into the Irrawaddy delta.
Oil futures rose to an all-time high near $121 a barrel Tuesday with new concerns about a threat to supply and a weaker dollar. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 6 May 2008 | 12:54 pm
Wow, is this real or fake? I love the veiled threats...fantastic! What do they do to you if you fail to license your TV? Do they send out the bone-crushers? Do folks show up at your door and take your TV? Source: Digg | 6 May 2008 | 12:53 pm
INDIANAPOLIS (AFP) - Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton faced a new day of destiny Tuesday with Democratic primaries in Indiana and North Carolina, as the climax approached in their gripping White House race. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 6 May 2008 | 12:52 pm
AP - A rising tide of late mortgage payments and home foreclosures poses considerable dangers to the national economy, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke warned anew Monday as he urged Congress to take additional steps to alleviate the problems.
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese officials said on Tuesday a Chinese-made blood thinner was not to blame for fatalities linked to the product, and accused U.S. drugmaker Baxter International Inc of obstructing the investigation into the cause of the problem.
Lebanon's government says it will shut down a telephone network run by the Shia opposition group Hezbollah. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 6 May 2008 | 12:39 pm
Myanmar officials said the death toll could continue to climb, with state radio saying more than 22,000 people are already feared dead and more than 41,000 remain missing from the Southeast Asian nation's devastating cyclone.
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) -- Bowing partly to international demands, Myanmar's junta decided Tuesday to postpone voting on a new and long-awaited constitution in areas hardest-hit by a devastating cyclone as the death toll soared.... Source: AP Top International News At 9:06 a... | 6 May 2008 | 12:35 pm
Bowing partly to international demands, Myanmar's junta decided Tuesday to postpone voting on a new and long-awaited constitution in areas hardest-hit by a devastating cyclone as the death... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 6 May 2008 | 12:35 pm
In a rare move, Myanmar authorities have appealed for help from international aid agencies as food and water run short after a deadly cyclone. A World Vision official for the Asia-Pacific region, says there are reportedly piles of bodies in the hardest-hit areas.
BANGKOK, May 6 (Kyodo) _ (EDS: UPDATING DEATH TOLL, NUMBER OF MISSING) At least 22,464 people were killed by the massive tropical cyclone that hit Myanmar last weekend and 41,054... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 6 May 2008 | 12:31 pm
About 3,500 American soldiers who were part of last summer's troop "surge" are scheduled to leave Iraq in the coming weeks, the U.S. military said. The soldiers, part of the 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, will redeploy to Fort Benning, Georgia.
Interpol launched a worldwide appeal to the public to help identify a man suspected of sexually abusing young boys from Southeast Asia - images of whom were spread through the Internet.
ATLANTA (Reuters) - Georgia is set to execute a convicted murderer on Tuesday, the first U.S. inmate to be put to death since the Supreme Court ended a de facto moratorium on capital punishment last month.
A senior leader of al-Qaida is trying to connect with the people. Ayman al-Zawahiri invited followers to ask him questions online several months ago, and he recently posted his responses. An analyst at West Point's Combating Terrorism Center talks about what can be learned from the exchange.
FORT DRUM, New York (Reuters) - Fort Drum, a bleak U.S. Army base in upstate New York, is a test case for how the military is handling a looming mental health crisis.
Reuters - Chinese officials said on Tuesday a
Chinese-made blood thinner was not to blame for fatalities
linked to the product, and accused U.S. drugmaker Baxter
International Inc of obstructing the investigation into the
cause of the problem.
Think our attitudes predict our behaviours? Think we only use 10% of our brains? Think blind people's other senses are more acute? Think again. Source: Digg | 6 May 2008 | 12:24 pm
A large, gray wolf frequently seen by visitors to Denali National Park has a good chance at survival after a snare was removed from its neck late last week. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 6 May 2008 | 12:24 pm
This is how to do things the right way! This mill has greated good, green collar jobs and kept the revenue flowing at home, on American soil. If it can be done in Washington State, it can be done anywhere in America. You don't have to believe in the environment or global warming to embrace this approach. Source: Digg | 6 May 2008 | 12:23 pm
PARIS (AFP) - French prosecutors suspect engineering giant Alstom, builder of power stations and high-speed trains, of bribing foreign officials to win contracts, a judicial source said Tuesday. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 6 May 2008 | 12:23 pm
BAGHDAD (AP) -- About 3,500 American soldiers are scheduled to leave Iraq in the coming weeks, the U.S. military announced, part of a plan to reduce the number of troops who were part of last year's "surge" by 20,000.... Source: AP Top International News At 9:06 a... | 6 May 2008 | 12:22 pm
About 3,500 American soldiers are scheduled to leave Iraq in the coming weeks, the U.S. military announced, part of a plan to reduce the number of troops who were part of last year's... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 6 May 2008 | 12:20 pm
Countrywide, the nation's largest home lender, used to specialize in the kind of risky loans that have gone sour in huge numbers recently. Countrywide and other lenders say they have cleaned up their act. But one homeowner says she was recently given the hard sell by a Countrywide loan officer who appeared to be breaking rules.
Casino operator Tropicana Entertainment has filed for bankruptcy protection. And there are signs the economic downturn is spreading to the gambling industry.
A group of middle managers gathers in central London for a half-day workshop on stress. Merren Barber, an occupational health physiotherapist, delivers a stark warning: managers who put too much pressure on their workers can cause serious health problems. Source: Digg | 6 May 2008 | 12:15 pm
Simple automatic instruments are constructed from local materials and objects on site. The system learns the sounds it can make by trying out its instruments, and then uses its range of sounds to try to reproduce the rhythmic and melodic qualities of sounds such as the voices of visitors Source: Digg | 6 May 2008 | 12:14 pm
Those in possession of drug paraphernalia as part of a needle-exchange program can be prosecuted, the Texas Attorney General's Office said Monday, clearing the way for a case against three activists who passed out clean syringes. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 6 May 2008 | 12:10 pm
The death toll from a powerful cyclone that slammed into Myanmar's Irrawaddy delta was raised to more than 22,000 people on Tuesday, state media reported.
IWAKUNI, Japan, May 6 (Kyodo) _ (EDS: UPDATING) A 20-year-old lance corporal pleaded not guilty Tuesday as a court- martial began at the U.S. Marine Corps' Iwakuni Air Station in ... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 6 May 2008 | 12:06 pm
Myanmar state radio says the cyclone death toll has risen above 22,000. A news broadcast on government-run radio said Tuesday that 22,464 people have now been confirmed dead and... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 6 May 2008 | 12:02 pm
(Kyodo) _ Former world champion Hiroyuki Tomita secured a second straight Olympic berth on Tuesday after winning the men's all-around event on the final day of the NHK Cup. Tomita, a... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 6 May 2008 | 12:01 pm
How much of the traffic on the internet is peer-to-peer file trading? Everyone seems to agree it represents a lot of the traffic, but the truth is no one knows (with the possible exception of the ISPs and backbone providers in the middle, and they aren't telling or sharing raw data). Source: Digg | 6 May 2008 | 12:00 pm
Google, in a filing with the FCC Friday, raised concerns that Verizon Wireless wasn't committed to the open-access rules the FCC put on the nationwide C block of the 700MHz spectrum the agency sold in an auction ending in mid-March. The FCC's open-access rules required the winner of the C block to allow customers to connect wireless devices of thei Source: Digg | 6 May 2008 | 11:59 am
Italy is to be taken to court because of a rubbish crisis which has plagued Naples for months. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 6 May 2008 | 11:57 am
The death toll in Myanmar continues to climb after a cyclone struck Saturday. Authorities say at least 22,000 people have been killed, and hundreds of thousands are homeless.
(Kyodo) _ A van ran into a restaurant operated by McDonald's Co. (Japan) Ltd. on Tuesday at a supermarket in Miyazaki City, slightly injuring six children and three adults inside the... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 6 May 2008 | 11:48 am
Fannie Mae said Tuesday it lost $2.2 billion in the first quarter as home-loan delinquencies mounted and home prices declined more sharply than the mortgage finance company had expected. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 6 May 2008 | 11:47 am
Entertainment mogul Sumner Redstone said Tuesday he has no objection to Tom Cruise starring in the next segment of the popular "Mission Impossible" movie series, despite cutting his relationship with the actor in 2006. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 6 May 2008 | 11:43 am
Georgia is "very close" to a war with Russia, a Georgian minister said on Tuesday, citing Moscow's decision to send extra troops to the breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 6 May 2008 | 11:40 am
Security and medical officials say Egyptian border police have fatally shot a Nigerian man who was trying to cross illegally into Israel. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 6 May 2008 | 11:37 am
Around South Florida's vast sugar cane fields, where turtles grow to the size of basketballs and alligators own the marsh, the silence of the swamp is broken by the sound of rumbling trucks and explosions. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 6 May 2008 | 11:37 am
The Detroit Pistons took advantage of what seemed to be a little help from the hometown scorer's table and went on beat the Orlando Magic 100-93 for a 2-0 lead in their Eastern Conference semifinal. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 6 May 2008 | 11:35 am
Broadband network company Qwest Communications says its first-quarter profit fell 35 percent on sharply higher tax expenses. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 6 May 2008 | 11:31 am
Somalis are at the mercy of armed groups who kill, rape and kidnap with impunity, says a human rights group. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 6 May 2008 | 11:29 am
(Kyodo) _ Leading scorers in the J-League first division after Tuesday's matches: Marquinhos, Kashima Antlers 8 Bare, Gamba Osaka 7 Marcus Tulio Tanaka, Urawa Reds 6 Frode... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 6 May 2008 | 11:27 am
D.R. Horton says it's swung to a loss for its fiscal second quarter, as a sustained housing slump forced the nation's largest homebuilder to take hefty charges to write down the value of its inventory. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 6 May 2008 | 11:24 am
TAIPEI, May 6 (Kyodo) _ (EDS: UPDATING WITH KO RESIGNATION) Taiwan's vice premier and foreign minister resigned Tuesday over a diplomacy scandal involving the island's failed bid to... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 6 May 2008 | 11:20 am
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: ADDING LATE GAMES) Makoto Imaoka, Takashi Toritani, Kentaro Sekimoto and Scott Atchison drove in runs in a five-run fourth inning, and the Hanshin Tigers used their... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 6 May 2008 | 11:19 am
Bowing partly to international demands, Myanmar's junta decided Tuesday to postpone voting on a new and long-awaited constitution in areas hardest-hit by a devastating cyclone as the death toll soared to as many as 14,000. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 6 May 2008 | 11:09 am
Last month, Kilauea volcano opened a new vent and began spewing double the usual amount of toxic gas. Big Island crops are shriveling as sulfur dioxide from Kilauea wafts over them and envelops them in "vog," or volcanic smog.
NYSE Euronext said Tuesday its profit more than tripled in the first quarter, reflecting the addition of Euronext NV's activities to those of the parent of the New York Stock Exchange last year and higher trading volumes. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 6 May 2008 | 11:06 am
Russian and U.S. officials are to sign an agreement on civilian nuclear power that would reverse decades of little cooperation and hand Russia lucrative deals on storing spent nuclear fuel. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 6 May 2008 | 10:58 am
Guatemala's attorney general on Monday said 2,286 pending foreign adoptions have been placed on hold for at least a month while officials review related paperwork. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 6 May 2008 | 10:55 am
Two bloody attacks in north-west Pakistan test fragile peace moves by the new government. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 6 May 2008 | 10:42 am
SINGAPORE (AFP) - World oil reached a new record price near 121 dollars a barrel as concerns over the United States economy eased, analysts said Tuesday. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 6 May 2008 | 10:32 am
Guatemala suspends more than 2,000 pending foreign adoptions for at least a month to check for irregularities. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 6 May 2008 | 10:25 am
TOKYO (AFP) - President Hu Jintao on Tuesday started the first visit by a Chinese leader to Japan in 10 years as the Asian powers eased decades of tension, but hundreds took to the streets to protest over Tibet. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 6 May 2008 | 10:11 am
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Mogadishu residents protested for a second day on Tuesday against food traders who are rejecting old currency notes, fuelling tension as residents go hungrier, witnesses said.
U.S. government is increasingly concerned about Pakistan's decision to negotiate a peace deal with militants in its tribal areas. The Bush administration cites Pakistan's previous agreements with militants that did not work and allowed al-Qaida and the Taliban to regroup.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc chief Jerry Yang was set to meet staff on Tuesday after signaling a more open stance towards a takeover by Microsoft Corp.
The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are making such heavy use of Green Berets and other elite U.S. warriors that they cannot fulfill their roles in other parts of the world, according to the military's top commando.
Going into Tuesday's primaries in Indiana and North Carolina, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have visited bars, barns and bowling alleys in an appeal to the common man.
HONG KONG (AFP) - Talks between Chinese officials and envoys from the Tibetan government-in-exile were a "good first step," one of the Dalai Lama's representatives said here on Tuesday. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 6 May 2008 | 7:34 am
Long Beach officials say about 50 of the 150-pound iron lids have been stolen in the last eight months.
Long Beach has become the latest target in a worldwide epidemic of manhole-cover larceny, authorities say. Nearly 50 of the 150-pound, cast-iron lids have been swiped from roadways and alleys in the last eight months -- with 17 taken in just the last week, authorities said Monday.
Alvin Colt, a Tony-winning costume designer whose work spanned more than 60 years of theater from "On the Town" to the "Forbidden Broadway" revues, has died at 92.
Politicians who endorsed Obama or Clinton have more at stake than the average voter in today's primary balloting.
When Baron P. Hill, the local congressman, endorsed Barack Obama last week, his surprise announcement was greeted with a roof-raising cheer from more than 12,000 people crowded into the basketball arena at Indiana University.
The isolationist Southeast Asian nation is reluctantly accepting international aid despite its military rulers' suspicion of outsiders. The regime also insists a controversial vote will be held Saturd
The government of Myanmar said today that the death toll from a weekend cyclone would surpass 10,000, with potentially hundreds of thousands of people left homeless.
Troops and armed shopkeepers clash with stone-throwing crowds protesting soaring prices and collapsing currency.
Thousands of angry Somalis rioted Monday over rising food prices and the collapse of the nation's currency, culminating in clashes with government troops and armed shopkeepers that killed at least five protesters, witnesses and officials said.
Last May, the Lakers star was trashing the organization, on his way to demanding a trade. This May he's MVP and they're back in title hunt. How'd they get from there to here?
Elements of the Mahdi Army are accepting help from old foes in Iran. The move is a pragmatic shift by a movement under siege from rival Shiite groups and U.S. troops.
It was sunset, and a pair of Iraqi soldiers were sitting in a roofless house by the Iranian border, awaiting orders. Suddenly, Abu Baqr recalls, his friend let out a gasp and fell silent, a sniper's bullet in his forehead. Abu Baqr couldn't help him, couldn't move for fear of being shot. He lay beside his friend's corpse until morning.
Saddam Hussein feared catching AIDS or other diseases during his U.S.-supervised captivity, a leading Arab newspaper said Monday in publishing excerpts of his prison writings.
Planners hope to transform an empty stretch of desert into Masdar, a city of 50,000, within a decade. They aim for it to be powered entirely by renewable energy, to reuse water and to recycle even human waste.
Samoa's government has banned inter-school sports following violence that saw students from a Catholic school throw molotov cocktails and use metal bars to attack rivals.
The Samoa Observer newspaper said the decision, made by... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 6 May 2008 | 4:38 am
LYON, France (AP) -- Interpol launched a worldwide appeal to the public Tuesday to help identify a man suspected of sexually abusing young boys from Southeast Asia - hoping the rare move will lead to a quick arrest.... Source: AP Top International News At 9:06 a... | 6 May 2008 | 4:03 am
Russian President Vladimir Putin has overseen his country's dramatic transformation into an oil-rich power. But he has also brought authoritarianism back to Russia, where corruption is running rampant and many still live in poverty.
Myanmar's official media said Tuesday that 10,000 people were killed by a cyclone in just one town, confirming fears of a spiraling death toll from the storm's 12-foot tidal surges and high winds that swept away homes in low-lying coastal regions.
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Low levels of vitamin D in elderly people may lead to increased depression and other psychiatric problems, Dutch researchers said. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 6 May 2008 | 3:01 am
YANGON - Countries worldwide promised help to Myanmar after a cyclone killed 10,000 people in just one town, suggesting the overall death toll in the impoverished military-run Southeast Asian nation will be much higher.
"In Irrawaddy... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 6 May 2008 | 2:40 am
The Fed chairman says failure to act could destabilize communities, reduce property values and lower tax revenues.
As the House prepared to take aggressive steps to stem the wave of home foreclosures, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke on Monday night endorsed the need for government intervention, saying that letting markets take their own course could "destabilize communities, reduce the property values of nearby homes and lower municipal tax revenues."
SYDNEY - A father says his wife had to give birth without anaesthetic in a toilet at Sydney's Royal North Shore Hospital.
The man, identified as Nick Patfaidif, called Fairfax Radio Network in Sydney this morning, saying staff... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 6 May 2008 | 2:17 am
BOSTON - A New York Yankees' fan was accused on Monday of murdering a Boston Red Sox supporter and injuring another by running both down with a car after a heated argument over one of America's oldest sporting rivalries.
Ivonne... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 6 May 2008 | 1:53 am
Britain's Prince Harry was awarded a military service medal on Monday for 10 weeks of frontline service in Afghanistan.
The 23-year-old served in Afghanistan with other members of his Household Cavalry Regiment last winter but... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 6 May 2008 | 1:46 am
An American Catholic priest who had sex with two inmates while working as a chaplain at a women's prison was sentenced on Monday to two years in federal prison.
Vincent Inametti, 48, was taken into custody after he was sentenced,... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 6 May 2008 | 1:41 am
NEW ORLEANS - The way the warden sees it, the more than 400-pound (180-kilogram) black bear living in the middle of the sprawling Louisiana State Penitentiary is an extra layer of security.
"I love that bear being right where... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 5 May 2008 | 11:09 pm
UNITED NATIONS - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says he is moving "at full speed" to get a top-level UN task force and world leaders to tackle the world food crisis.
Ban said he would hold a first meeting of the task force next... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 5 May 2008 | 11:03 pm
TALLAHASSEE - The federal government and a private laboratory have no duty under state law to protect the public from lethal materials, their lawyers told the Florida Supreme Court on Monday in a lawsuit over the anthrax death of... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 5 May 2008 | 10:39 pm
UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- The United Nations kicked off the long-delayed renovation of its landmark headquarters complex Monday led by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon wearing a hard hat and wielding a shovel to break ground for a temporary conference building.... Source: AP Top International News At 9:06 a... | 5 May 2008 | 10:24 pm
VIENNA - An Austrian man who held his daughter captive for 24 years and fathered seven children with her had planned the construction of her basement prison years in advance, police said on Monday.
Elisabeth Fritzl, 42, was kept... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 5 May 2008 | 9:35 pm
AMSTETTEN, Austria (AP) -- An Austrian man came up with the idea for a windowless warren under his apartment building years before locking his daughter in a cell secured by sophisticated electronics, locks and a half-ton door, authorities said Monday.... Source: AP Top International News At 9:06 a... | 5 May 2008 | 8:19 pm
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) -- Troops fired into tens of thousands of rioting Somalis on Monday, killing two people in the latest eruption of violence over soaring food prices around the world.... Source: AP Top International News At 9:06 a... | 5 May 2008 | 7:26 pm
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israel's prime minister told the Palestinian president Monday that he understands the Palestinians need to see their lives improve if peacemaking is to succeed and pledged to take tangible steps, their aides said.... Source: AP Top International News At 9:06 a... | 5 May 2008 | 7:17 pm
OLPE, Germany (AP) -- A 44-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of killing three of her babies after their bodies were discovered in the family freezer by her grown children looking for pizza, police said Monday.... Source: AP Top International News At 9:06 a... | 5 May 2008 | 5:32 pm
A cruise ship carrying 984 people ran aground Sunday off Latvia in the Baltic Sea, 651 passengers and 11 crew members were evacuated, 322 crew members remain on board as the salvage operation continues, according to Latvia's coast guard. Source: FOXNews.com | 5 May 2008 | 5:21 pm
SHENZHEN, China (AP) -- The Dalai Lama's representatives left China on Monday with a solid offer from Beijing for future talks, marking a small step toward expanding dialogue between the two sides following anti-government riots in Tibet.... Source: AP Top International News At 9:06 a... | 5 May 2008 | 5:16 pm
The State Department's top Korean affairs specialist plans to visit North Korea this week for further discussions on the country's nuclear declaration, a South Korean news report said Monday. Source: FOXNews.com | 5 May 2008 | 4:46 pm
A grinning and blushing Prince Harry was given a medal for his service in Afghanistan on Monday by his aunt, Princess Anne. Source: FOXNews.com | 5 May 2008 | 4:03 pm
Members of the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah are training Iraqi Shiite extremists in camps near Tehran, a U.S. military spokesman announced Monday. Source: FOXNews.com | 5 May 2008 | 3:44 pm
The message to the world, two days after Dmitry Medvedev succeeds Vladimir Putin as president, should be clear: Russia is again a major military power. Source: FOXNews.com | 5 May 2008 | 3:35 pm
The Austrian man who allegedly imprisoned his daughter and fathered seven children with her first planned to build his secret cell as early as 1978, when his daughter was 12, authorities said.
Kurdish rebels threatened suicide attacks against American interests abroad after the U.S. shared intelligence with Turkey, a spokeswoman for a rebel group warned. Source: FOXNews.com | 5 May 2008 | 3:17 pm
Zimbabwe's opposition leader has decided whether he will participate in a presidential runoff, but won't make his choice public until electoral officials set an election date, an aide said Monday. Source: FOXNews.com | 5 May 2008 | 3:16 pm
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert expressed readiness to make "tangible" changes in the West Bank, telling Palestinian President Mahmoud that he understands that their months of peace talks must be accompanied by action on the ground.
An Australian doctor proposed Monday that the government establish an organ trade, paying up to $47,000 for kidneys to relieve long waiting lists and combat a risky black market. Source: FOXNews.com | 5 May 2008 | 2:36 pm
A bomb hit a motorcade carrying Iraq's first lady through Baghdad, while a roadside explosion killed four Marines in the deadliest attack in western Anbar province in months. A woman journalist was also killed in a botched kidnapping.
AP - About 3,500 American soldiers are scheduled to leave Iraq in the coming weeks, the U.S. military announced, as part of the Pentagon's overall reduction in troop strength following last year's "surge."
AP - Exactly three months have passed since Britney Spears left a psychiatric ward and promptly stirred up a paparazzi car chase, a scene that looked like the beginning of even more erratic behavior for the troubled pop star.
AP - Voters in Indiana and North Carolina crowded polling places Tuesday as they sought to settle the largest remaining contests in the Democratic presidential nomination struggle between Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton that has dragged improbably into spring.
Reuters - Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton
faced crucial tests in their grueling White House fight on
Tuesday, as voters in Indiana and North Carolina began casting
ballots in the latest Democratic showdowns.
AP - The cyclone death toll soared above 22,000 on Tuesday and more than 41,000 others were missing as the international community prepared to rush in aid after the country's deadliest storm on record, state radio reported.
AFP - More than 22,000 people were killed in Myanmar's devastating cyclone, the government said Tuesday, with thousands more feared dead after the storm left rice fields littered with corpses.
Reuters - Myanmar's military government raised its
death toll from Cyclone Nargis on Tuesday to nearly 22,500 with
a further 41,000 missing, nearly all of them from a massive
storm surge that swept into the Irrawaddy delta.
AP - A rising tide of late mortgage payments and home foreclosures poses considerable dangers to the national economy, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke warned anew Monday as he urged Congress to take additional steps to alleviate the problems.
Reuters - Fort Drum, a bleak U.S.
Army base in upstate New York, is a test case for how the
military is handling a looming mental health crisis.
Reuters - Chinese officials said on Tuesday a
Chinese-made blood thinner was not to blame for fatalities
linked to the product, and accused U.S. drugmaker Baxter
International Inc of obstructing the investigation into the
cause of the problem.
The death toll from a powerful cyclone that slammed into Myanmar's Irrawaddy delta was raised to more than 22,000 people on Tuesday, state media reported.
Last month, Kilauea volcano opened a new vent and began spewing double the usual amount of toxic gas. Big Island crops are shriveling as sulfur dioxide from Kilauea wafts over them and envelops them in "vog," or volcanic smog.
The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are making such heavy use of Green Berets and other elite U.S. warriors that they cannot fulfill their roles in other parts of the world, according to the military's top commando.
Going into Tuesday's primaries in Indiana and North Carolina, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have visited bars, barns and bowling alleys in an appeal to the common man.
For political, demographic and mathematical reasons, Tuesday’s primaries could reshape the Democratic race.