It's hard to imagine an uglier, more contentious labor dispute than the one the city of Boston has had to engage in with its firefighters union. Now, as the dispute seems...
Shiite opposition gunmen seized control of large areas of Beirut's Muslim sector from Sunni foes loyal to the U.S.-backed government on Friday, in street battles that left 11 dead, security officials said. Source: FOXNews.com | 9 May 2008 | 2:19 pm
YANGON, Myanmar - Myanmar's junta seized U.N. aid shipments today meant for a multitude of hungry and homeless survivors of last week's devastating cyclone, forcing...
NYON, Switzerland - England will get an extra club in next season's UEFA Cup after topping European soccer's Fair Play league.
The extra club, still to be decided,...
YANGON (AFP) - The UN food agency on Friday suspended all aid flights into Myanmar over "unacceptable" restrictions by the junta, which has refused to allow foreign relief workers to help desperate cyclone survivors. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 9 May 2008 | 2:08 pm
People keep devising theories. Some, not content to come up with explanations for unexplained phenomena, instead go to great lengths to come up with bizarre takes on explained phenomena. Source: Digg | 9 May 2008 | 2:02 pm
All this weekend, comic-book fans and robotics buffs have been flocking to theaters to see the just-released movie, "Iron Man."
And while they marveled at the...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Now that Democrat Hillary Clinton is fading, Republican John McCain's U.S. presidential campaign is girding for a tough election battle against Barack Obama and McCain aides believe he has weaknesses to exploit.
The World Food Programme halts its aid to Burma after the first delivery is impounded by the military government. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 9 May 2008 | 2:00 pm
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) -- Shiite Hezbollah gunmen seized nearly all of the Lebanese capital's Muslim sector from Sunni foes loyal to the U.S.-backed government on Friday in the country's worst sectarian clashes since the 15-year civil war.... Source: AP Top International News At 10 a.m. EDT | 9 May 2008 | 1:59 pm
AP - Shiite Hezbollah gunmen seized nearly all of the Lebanese capital's Muslim sector from Sunni foes loyal to the U.S.-backed government on Friday in the country's worst sectarian clashes since the 15-year civil war.
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The leader of al Qaeda in Iraq is still being hunted, the U.S. military said on Friday, after Iraqi officials wrongly declared Abu Ayyub al-Masri had been caught.
Russians marked the defeat of Nazi Germany with return of tradition showcasing more than 100 tanks, mobile missile units and armored vehicles. Source: FOXNews.com | 9 May 2008 | 1:57 pm
WASHINGTON - Democrats' plans to help hundreds of thousands of homeowners struggling with rising subprime mortgage rates and plummeting house values could be sidetracked...
LOS ANGELES - A judge has reinstated a wrongful-death lawsuit brought by the family of slain rapper Notorious B.I.G., reversing an earlier decision to dismiss the case.
U.S....
AP - Oil prices surpassed a record $126 per barrel Friday on the eve of the U.S. driving season as a weakening dollar drove investors to snap up commodities.
Federal Industry Minister Jim Prentice unveils $109-million contract just hours after government confirmed it will block the sale of MDA's space and satellite division
At least 12 people have been killed in an explosion ahead of elections in eastern Sri Lanka, the military says. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 9 May 2008 | 1:45 pm
Using the unique orbit of NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope and a depth-perceiving trick called parallax, astronomers have determined the distance to an invisible Milky Way object called OGLE-2005-SMC-001. This artist's concept illustrates how this trick works: different views from both Spitzer and telescopes on Earth are combined to give depth percep Source: Digg | 9 May 2008 | 1:43 pm
(Kyodo) _ USJ Co., the operator of Universal Studios Japan theme park, said Friday its net profit in fiscal 2007 surged 78.4 percent from a year earlier to a record 6.77 billion yen... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 9 May 2008 | 1:43 pm
AP - The movement of Democratic superdelegates to presidential hopeful Barack Obama gained steam Friday with endorsements from a union president and two congressmen, including one who switched his backing from rival Hillary Rodham Clinton.
YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar's junta impounded two U.N. food aid shipments at Yangon airport on Friday, officials said, triggering more outrage at the military government's refusal to accept a major international relief operation.
(Kyodo) _ Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda stressed on Friday that many people in Japan are "overjoyed" by China's recent offer to lease two giant pandas, playing down concerns about... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 9 May 2008 | 1:41 pm
A U.S. Marine accused in an alleged gang rape of a Japanese woman last year was sentenced to two years in prison Friday for "wrongful sexual contact and indecent acts" but cleared of rape, the U.S. military said. Source: FOXNews.com | 9 May 2008 | 1:39 pm
NEW YORK - Wall Street is down sharply in early trading as investors digest wider-than-expected losses at a big insurer and as oil climbs further into record territory.
The...
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's new government is trying to convince the United States that unilateral strikes against al Qaeda militants on its territory could be "counter-productive", the country's foreign minister said on Friday.
RICHMOND, Va. - Circuit City Stores Inc. said Friday it will allow video-rental chain Blockbuster Inc., and its largest shareholder Carl Icahn, to conduct due diligence in...
MPs in Japan vote to abolish rules which restrict the use of military technology in space. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 9 May 2008 | 1:34 pm
The Myanmar junta's refusal to let in foreign aid workers has not stopped donors — from billionaire Bill Gates to a small British travel company — from trying to help. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 9 May 2008 | 1:33 pm
The U.S. military denied Friday that the leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Ayyub al-Masri, had been captured and saying a man with a similar name had instead been arrested in the northern city of Mosul. Source: FOXNews.com | 9 May 2008 | 1:33 pm
Iranian- and Syrian-backed Shiite opposition gunmen seized control of several Beirut neighborhoods from Sunni foes loyal to the U.S.-backed government on Friday.
LONDON (AFP) - Oil prices hit a record high above 126 dollars on Friday, driven by speculative interest amid concerns about tight global energy supplies, analysts said. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 9 May 2008 | 1:33 pm
Circuit City Stores Inc. said Friday it will allow video-rental chain Blockbuster Inc., and its largest shareholder Carl Icahn, to conduct due diligence in connection with Blockbuster's bid to buy the consumer electronics retailer. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 9 May 2008 | 1:30 pm
Renowned primatologist Jane Goodall debuted a Green Mountain Coffee Roasters brew yesterday that she hopes will help preserve the habitats of wild chimpanzees in Tanzania's...
NAGOYA, May 9 (Kyodo) _ (EDS: ADDING DETAILS, INFO) An ascending escalator at a Nagoya subway station suddenly stopped and moved in reverse for about 10 meters during the morning... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 9 May 2008 | 1:27 pm
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: ADDING DETAILS) The U.S. deficit in global goods and services trade in March contracted 5.7 percent from the previous month to $58.21 billion as imports fell faster... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 9 May 2008 | 1:27 pm
Legendary World Series goat Bill Buckner - who famously buried the hatchet with Red Sox Nation at last month's home opener - says he's game to pitch in on a locally...
Myanmar's junta seized two planeloads of critical aid sent by the U.N. for a multitude of hungry and homeless survivors of last week's devastating cyclone, forcing the world body to suspend further help.
AP - Authorities began combing through the wreckage Friday caused by a reported tornado that killed one person and injured three others in central North Carolina. Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 9 May 2008 | 1:25 pm
So I was struck when I read that Steve Jobs is busy expanding Apple’s empire. Tuesday, Apple announced a deal with Vodafone to distribute the iPhone in 10 countries.I Source: Digg | 9 May 2008 | 1:17 pm
Oil prices neared $126 per barrel Friday on the eve of the U.S. driving season as a weakening U.S. dollar drove investors to snap up commodities. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 9 May 2008 | 1:15 pm
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's Iranian-backed Hezbollah took control of the Muslim part of Beirut on Friday, tightening its grip on the city in a major blow to the U.S.-backed government.
(Kyodo) _ Shuichi Murata hit a three-run home run in the third inning and pinch-hitter Larry Bigbie's two-run blast put the icing on the cake in the ninth as the Yokohama BayStars beat... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 9 May 2008 | 1:13 pm
A monumental, lifelike white horse is the early favourite to become the largest piece of public sculpture Britain has ever produced. At cost of £2m, it will be more than twice as expensive as Antony Gormley's celebrated Angel of the North. And, at 50 metres, it will be well over double the angel's height. Source: Digg | 9 May 2008 | 1:12 pm
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US trade deficit shrank to 58.2 billion dollars in March from a revised 61.7 billion a month earlier, as the weak dollar fueled a surge in exports, the Commerce Department said Friday. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 9 May 2008 | 1:12 pm
Myanmar’s junta impounded two U.N. food aid shipments at Yangon airport on Friday, officials said, triggering more outrage at the military government’s refusal to accept a major international relief operation.
The son of American evangelist Billy Graham said Friday he is opposed to missionary work at this summer's Beijing Olympic Games. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 9 May 2008 | 1:09 pm
A Czech woman accused of duping a children's home into believing she was a young girl faces child abuse charges. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 9 May 2008 | 1:09 pm
When U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and his top lieutenants convene the first meeting of the U.N.'s Task Force on the Global Food Crisis Monday, they should ask oil-rich member-states why they haven't been giving any aid. Source: FOXNews.com | 9 May 2008 | 1:09 pm
Taylor Smith, from Barrow-in-Furness in Cumbria, has been diagnosed with Niemann-Pick Type C, also known as Children’s Alzheimer’s. The disease means that the toddler is likely to develop signs of dementia before he becomes a teenager, although the symptoms can appear at any time... Source: Digg | 9 May 2008 | 1:03 pm
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- Myanmar's junta seized U.N. aid shipments Friday meant for a multitude of hungry and homeless survivors of last week's devastating cyclone, forcing the world body to suspend further help.... Source: AP Top International News At 10 a.m. EDT | 9 May 2008 | 1:00 pm
AP - Myanmar's junta seized U.N. aid shipments Friday meant for a multitude of hungry and homeless survivors of last week's devastating cyclone, forcing the world body to suspend further help.
Myanmar's junta seized U.N. aid shipments Friday meant for a multitude of hungry and homeless survivors of last week's devastating cyclone, forcing the world body to suspend further help.... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 9 May 2008 | 1:00 pm
(Kyodo) _ The U.S. deficit in global goods and services trade in March shrank 5.7 percent from the previous month to $58.21 billion, down for the first time in three months, the Commerce... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 9 May 2008 | 12:58 pm
The attorneys general of Utah and Arizona say they won't do what Texas did. They won't raid polygamist groups in their states, even though the polygamists targeted in Texas last month are based on the Utah-Arizona border. The officials spoke at a town meeting on polygamy Thursday night in Utah.
McLaren's Lewis Hamilton narrowly fails to beat Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen to fastest time in second practice at the Turkish Grand Prix. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 9 May 2008 | 12:55 pm
North Korea hands thousands of pages of documents on its nuclear programme to a US negotiator. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 9 May 2008 | 12:46 pm
He thrashes halfpipes. Blows by in torqued go-carts. And next he wants to fly. For someone paralyzed from the chest down, Tyler Deith knows how to get around
Reuters - Pakistan's new government is trying
to convince the United States that unilateral strikes against
al Qaeda militants on its territory could be
"counter-productive," the country's foreign minister said on
Friday.
Mr Guerro has developed a machine that can send foamy clouds as wide as 4ft and shaped like corporate logos drifting into the sky Source: Digg | 9 May 2008 | 12:39 pm
Yes, even amid the housing crisis, parts of the U.S. are still expected to post price gains in the coming year, according to Money Magazine. Here are ten places where to look. Source: Digg | 9 May 2008 | 12:39 pm
The Austrian man accused of locking his daughter in a cellar for 24 years is to be held for another month. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 9 May 2008 | 12:24 pm
BEIRUT (AFP) - Hezbollah gunmen seized control of west Beirut on Friday after a third day of battles with pro-government foes in the Lebanese capital pushed the nation dangerously close to all-out civil war. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 9 May 2008 | 12:24 pm
AFP - Hezbollah gunmen seized control of west Beirut on Friday after a third day of battles with pro-government foes in the Lebanese capital pushed the nation dangerously close to all-out civil war.
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: RECASTING THROUGHOUT WITH MORE INFO, FUKUDA'S COMMENTS) Japan called on the Myanmar military government on Friday to admit international disaster relief personnel to... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 9 May 2008 | 12:22 pm
ST POELTEN, Austria (Reuters) - An Austrian court on Friday ordered Josef Fritzl, who kept his daughter in a cellar for 24 years and had seven children with her, to be kept in custody for a further month, a court spokesman said.
(Kyodo) _ Thousands of survivors of last weekend's devastating cyclone in southwestern Myanmar are stranded in Buddhist monasteries in Bogalay, a small delta town about 170 kilometers... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 9 May 2008 | 12:16 pm
US treasure hunters have denied allegations that 17 tons of silver and gold hauled from the Atlantic came from a Spanish galleon sunk by British warships in 1804. A lawyer... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 9 May 2008 | 12:13 pm
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - He backs an unpopular war in Iraq, represents an unpopular political party and is endorsed by an unpopular president in the midst of an economic downturn.
Reuters - Myanmar's junta impounded two U.N. food
aid shipments at Yangon airport on Friday, officials said,
triggering more outrage at the military government's refusal to
accept a major international relief operation.
An underground nuclear submarine base on China's Hainan Island is drawing scrutiny from the United States and India. According to satellite imagery on the Web sites of Jane's Intelligence Review and the Federation of American Scientists, the base has a sea entrance wide enough to allow submarines to enter the underground facilities. The photograph reveals what appears to be a ballistic missile submarine moored to one of the piers outside.
MOSCOW (AP) -- Missiles, tanks and other heavy weaponry rolled through Moscow's Red Square in the annual Victory Day parade Friday, reviving a tradition of the Soviet era and demonstrating Russia's growing military confidence.... Source: AP Top International News At 10 a.m. EDT | 9 May 2008 | 12:05 pm
Iranian- and Syrian-backed Shiite opposition gunmen have seized control of several Beirut neighborhoods from Sunni foes loyal to the U.S.-backed government. Eleven people have been killed and more than 20 wounded in three days of street battles.
Ehud Olmert's political opponents demanded his resignation Friday, saying new allegations that the Israeli prime minister illegally accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars from a U.S. citizen render him unfit for the country's top job. Source: FOXNews.com | 9 May 2008 | 11:49 am
The U.S. military says the leader of al Qaeda in Iraq has been not been captured, despite a claim by the Iraqi government. A military spokeswoman says it was a case of mistaken identity on the part of the Iraqi security forces.
GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations Human Rights Council will hold a special session on May 23 to examine how the world's food crisis is undermining the right to food for millions of people, officials said on Friday.
The movement of Democratic superdelegates to presidential hopeful Barack Obama gained steam Friday with endorsements from a union president and two congressmen, including one who switched his backing from rival Hillary Rodham Clinton. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 9 May 2008 | 11:43 am
A construction company owner who lost two homes in Hurricane Katrina claimed a $97 million Powerball prize, a jackpot won off a ticket he bought at a convenience store where he stopped to buy his wife a gallon of milk.
A century-old law restricted champagne production to 370 villages in northeastern France, but with demand now outstripping supply, the official body that determines wine laws is admitting 40 more communities — a lucrative move for those joining the exclusive club of champagne producers.
Barack Obama's sprint to the Democratic nomination received another boost Friday as two more superdelegates pledged their support, including one who dropped his backing for Hillary Rodham Clinton's faltering White House bid. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 9 May 2008 | 11:39 am
A former leader of Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels who was jailed in the UK is transferred to immigration detention. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 9 May 2008 | 11:39 am
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is on a crusade to develop young people loyal to his leftist ideas by reforming the educational system. The government wants to install a new curriculum that celebrates socialism. But the plan has generated a formidable opposition made up of irate parents.
Kenya's power-sharing cabinet meets for the first time for former rivals to learn how to work as a team. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 9 May 2008 | 11:37 am
Gunmen from Shia militant group Hezbollah take control of western Beirut, driving out government supporters. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 9 May 2008 | 11:37 am
IBM has designed a supercomputer that is water-cooled. It's the first one in the United States, and it is destined for scientists working on models of how climate is likely to change regional weather patterns — one of the most demanding problems in the climate science world.
AP - A gorilla recognized as the world's oldest in captivity celebrated her 55th birthday by munching down a four-layer frozen fruit cake and banana leaf wrapped treats.
German insurer Allianz SE said Friday first-quarter net profit fell 65 percent due to difficult market conditions as it wrote down $1.3 billion tied to the U.S. subprime crisis. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 9 May 2008 | 11:34 am
HARARE (AFP) - South African President Thabo Mbeki, the chief regional mediator on the crisis in Zimbabawe, arrived in Harare on Friday under pressure to help end the country's electoral deadlock and political violence. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 9 May 2008 | 11:29 am
Clear Channel Communications Inc. reported Friday its first-quarter profit soared due to asset sales, an investment gain and higher revenue, but earnings from continuing operations were flat. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 9 May 2008 | 11:28 am
VIENNA, Austria (AP) -- An Austrian judge has ruled that a man accused of keeping his daughter captive in a dungeon for 24 years should remain in custody.... Source: AP Top International News At 10 a.m. EDT | 9 May 2008 | 11:24 am
Myanmar officials said it will accept foreign aid but not foreign aid workers. The statement follows pressure from the United Nations to speed up the issuing of visas for foreign relief experts.
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) -- In the eyes of Myanmar's military rulers, everyone is a potential enemy. Even foreign aid workers.... Source: AP Top International News At 10 a.m. EDT | 9 May 2008 | 11:22 am
When he crossed the U.S.-Mexico border, Spc. Richard Torres was carrying a small arsenal in his car: an AR-15 assault rifle, a .45-caliber handgun, 171 rounds of ammunition, several cartridges and three knives. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 9 May 2008 | 11:16 am
U.S.-backed security forces protect government buildings but avoid street clashes. "The situation is chaotic," says one official.
BEIRUT — The Shiite militia Hezbollah today handily took over much of the capital in a dramatic escalation of the months-long confrontation with the Western-backed government, security officials said.
BAGHDAD (AP) -- The U.S. military on Friday denied Iraqi government claims that the leader of al-Qaida in Iraq was captured and said a man with a similar name had been arrested in the northern city of Mosul.... Source: AP Top International News At 10 a.m. EDT | 9 May 2008 | 10:50 am
LONDON (Reuters) - Oil raced to a new record high above $125 a barrel on Friday, as a strong performance over the last week and a surge in heating oil futures saw investment funds trooping into the market.
Missiles, tanks and other heavy weaponry rolled through Moscow's Red Square in the annual Victory Day parade Friday, reviving a tradition of the Soviet era and demonstrating Russia's growing military confidence.
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Ehud Olmert's political opponents demanded his resignation Friday, saying new allegations that the Israeli prime minister illegally accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars from a U.S. citizen render him unfit for the country's top job.... Source: AP Top International News At 10 a.m. EDT | 9 May 2008 | 10:04 am
Host Renee Montagne has a remembrance of singer Eddy Arnold. He died Thursday, days short of his 90th birthday. One of his most famous songs is Make the World Go Away.
The U.S. House passed a huge homeowner rescue package Thursday to provide cheaper, government-backed mortgages to a half-million debt-ridden borrowers.
While protests related to Tibet and the Olympics have fizzled out on the streets, conflict continues in cyberspace. Recently, Tibetan advocacy groups and China-based foreign journalists have been hit by a wave of sophisticated computer attacks that steal data, cripple Web sites and even monitor what computer users type on their computers. The attacks often come in the form of viruses attached to e-mails skillfully made to look like correspondence from people the recipient knows and trusts.
HARARE (Reuters) - Regional mediator and South African President Thabo Mbeki arrived in Zimbabwe on Friday for talks on the country's disputed elections ahead of a possible run-off that has raised concerns of further violence.
The once-formidable fund-raising machine of Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton has begun to sputter at the worst possible moment for her presidential campaign, Clinton advisers and donors said Thursday.
A federal arts commission is urging that the sculpture of Martin Luther King Jr. proposed for a memorial be reworked because it is too "confrontational" and reminiscent of political art in totalitarian states.
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Top US state attorneys have announced that Facebook has agreed to get tougher on keeping its young website users safe from bullies, porn, pedophiles and other online hazards. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 9 May 2008 | 8:41 am
Sen. John McCain championed legislation that will allow a land swap that now stands to directly benefit one of his top presidential campaign fundraisers.
A man seized by Iraqi forces is not the head of al-Qaida in Iraq, the U.S. military said Friday, despite earlier announcements by several Iraqi officials that Abu Ayyub al-Masri had been captured.
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Coalition troops have killed several militants in southern Afghanistan, the U.S.-led coalition said Friday.... Source: AP Top International News At 10 a.m. EDT | 9 May 2008 | 7:55 am
NEW YORK (AFP) - Record prices for works by Claude Monet and Edvard Munch at New York's spring sales this week have helped eased fears over the effect of the faltering US economy on the international art market. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 9 May 2008 | 7:30 am
The plan gains support as pressure mounts on both political parties.
The House on Thursday passed the most sweeping government plan yet to shore up the troubled housing market and help people struggling to pay their mortgages, adopting legislation that would underwrite $300 billion in new loans and keep an estimated 500,000 homeowners out of foreclosure.
The military rulers' hesitation in allowing in badly needed foreign relief may be a sign of indecision and fear.
The growing standoff as governments and aid groups around the world await necessary approval from Myanmar to bring in large quantities of badly needed emergency supplies suggests a leadership battered by indecision and fear, analysts said.
U.S.-based Dui Hua asks China to free political prisoners as a goodwill gesture prior to the Beijing Olympics in August.
At a time when China is touting its Olympic mascots, stadiums and hospitality, a San Francisco-based human rights group has suggested that it add one more feature for the Games: the first "Olympic pardon" of political prisoners.
The jump coincides with the extension of combat tours from 12 to 15 months.
The number of soldiers forced to remain in the Army involuntarily under the military's controversial "stop-loss" program has risen sharply since the Pentagon extended combat tours last year, officials said Thursday.
A Senate committee wonders whether the bureau can transform itself. Gaps in training and vacancies in key positions are among the issues cited.
Nearly seven years after the Sept. 11 attacks, the FBI "has yet to make the dramatic leaps necessary" to become an effective intelligence-gathering organization and protect the country from terrorism, a congressional analysis released Thursday said.
The additional allegations against teacher Thomas Arthur Beltran may date as far back as 1998. An official blames lack of a school board inquiry into an earlier complaint on miscommunication.
The president of Santa Monica's school board said Thursday that a "breakdown in communication" prevented the board from fully examining a 2006 complaint against a teacher who was charged this week with molesting five of his female students.
Her supporters, largely resigned to losing, discuss a way out as she continues to campaign.
She's darting around the country like a full-fledged presidential candidate, but within Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's circle of advisors and donors, the conversation has turned to how she can make a dignified exit from the race.
Human rights groups unveil a touring exhibit to draw attention to conditions at the U.S. detention facility.
Life-size human silhouettes cut from orange cardboard direct passersby at busy Bayfront Park to the latest effort by human rights groups to get the Guantanamo prison for terrorism suspects shut down.
Spain has laid formal claim to a shipwreck that yielded an estimated $500 million in treasure, saying it has proof the vessel is Spanish and demanding that a Florida deep-sea exploration firm that recovered the booty give it all back.
SYDNEY, Australia (AP) -- Australia is investigating allegations that its soldiers mistreated suspected insurgents in prison in Afghanistan, the military said Friday.... Source: AP Top International News At 10 a.m. EDT | 9 May 2008 | 6:21 am
Democratic lawmakers search far and wide for new revenue to balance the state budget, though Republicans have vowed to stop any tax hikes.
As state leaders hunt for politically palatable solutions to the swelling budget shortfall, some Democrats are proposing unorthodox ways to generate cash.
Relief supplies from the U.N. began arriving in Myanmar, but U.S. military planes loaded with aid were still denied access. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said he can't imagine dropping relief aid without the military junta's permission.
When Sen. Hillary Clinton launched her bid for the Democratic nomination, few could have foreseen that her funding would dry up. But she's now spending more than she's raising, while rival Barack Obama's fundraising has never faltered.
Josef Fritzl said he knew it was wrong to hold his daughter captive in a locked cellar for 24 years but said he tried to care for her and their children by bringing them flowers, toys and books, according to published comments.
VIENNA, Austria - A magazine quotes the man accused of imprisoning his daughter for 24 years and fathering seven children with her as saying he knew his actions were not right and that he must have been crazy.
Josef Fritzl's lawyer,... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 9 May 2008 | 12:13 am
CAIRO - Egypt will add at least 17 million people to the ranks of ration card holders to ease the effect of rising food prices and will double the amount of rice handed out, a minister said yesterday.
The number of people eligible... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 8 May 2008 | 11:43 pm
GENEVA - About half of the 100 airline accidents worldwide last year took place during landing, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) said yesterday.
Many of those accidents could have been avoided if pilots made a... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 8 May 2008 | 11:36 pm
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, responding to fresh accusations that he illegally accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars from a U.S. citizen, said he will step down if he is indicted.
"Either you pay or your people get killed," Chiquita's CEO tells 60 Minutes correspondent Steve Kroft about his company's payments to murderous Colombian paramilitaries in his first TV interview. This Sunday, May 11, at 7 p.m. ET/PT.
The United Nations estimated 1.5 million people have been "severely affected" by the cyclone that swept through Myanmar and the United States expressed outrage yesterday at the delays in allowing in aid.
In Myanmar, desperate survivors... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 8 May 2008 | 8:00 pm
SYDNEY - A Sydney primary school teacher on suspension for appearing nude in a women's magazine would gladly strip and pose again, her husband says.
Lynne Tziolas, 24, is launching legal action to be reinstated to her position... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 8 May 2008 | 7:26 pm
The stench of death is hanging heavily over Yangon and Myanmar's main city is littered with thousands of naked, blackened bodies rotting in the tropical heat, a cyclone survivor told the Herald yesterday.
"People are struggling... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 8 May 2008 | 5:00 pm
VIENNA - Austrian Josef Fritzl said he became addicted to incest with his daughter, who bore him seven children, and had imprisoned her in a cellar to save her from the outside world.
In comments related by his lawyer to weekly... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 8 May 2008 | 5:00 pm
Chile on Thursday ordered holdout residents to flee from an erupting volcano in the remote region of Patagonia and vowed to force them out if they refuse to obey.
The military evacuated a small contingent of troops and journalists... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 8 May 2008 | 5:00 pm
BAGHDAD - Iraqi security forces have detained a man suspected of being the leader of al Qaeda in Iraq after a captured associate led them to him sleeping in a house in the northern city of Mosul, Iraqi officials said today.
The... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 8 May 2008 | 5:00 pm
LONDON - Media watchdog Ofcom fined commercial broadcaster ITV a record 5.68 million pounds yesterday for cheating viewers over phone-in competitions on some of its most popular shows.
Viewers had been encouraged to call premium... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 8 May 2008 | 5:00 pm
North Korea on Thursday turned over to a visiting U.S. diplomat important nuclear weapons papers that provide details on the country's shuttered plutonium reactor. Source: FOXNews.com | 8 May 2008 | 4:51 pm
The home of a Berlin woman has become a destination for pilgrims after the likeness of a cross was found in one of the potatoes she was cutting to make french fries, Germanys The Local reported. Source: FOXNews.com | 8 May 2008 | 4:50 pm
Israelis celebrated Independence Day with fireworks, air force flyovers and barbecues even amid uncertain peace prospects with Palestinians and near-daily rocket attacks. Source: FOXNews.com | 8 May 2008 | 4:16 pm
AP - Shiite Hezbollah gunmen seized nearly all of the Lebanese capital's Muslim sector from Sunni foes loyal to the U.S.-backed government on Friday in the country's worst sectarian clashes since the 15-year civil war.
AP - Oil prices surpassed a record $126 per barrel Friday on the eve of the U.S. driving season as a weakening dollar drove investors to snap up commodities.
AP - The movement of Democratic superdelegates to presidential hopeful Barack Obama gained steam Friday with endorsements from a union president and two congressmen, including one who switched his backing from rival Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Iranian- and Syrian-backed Shiite opposition gunmen seized control of several Beirut neighborhoods from Sunni foes loyal to the U.S.-backed government on Friday.
AP - Jury selection was set to start Friday in the long-delayed trial of one of urban music's biggest stars.
Myanmar’s junta impounded two U.N. food aid shipments at Yangon airport on Friday, officials said, triggering more outrage at the military government’s refusal to accept a major international relief operation.
The president of the American Federation of Government Employees says the influential union is also endorsing Democrat Barack Obama for president.
AP - Myanmar's junta seized U.N. aid shipments Friday meant for a multitude of hungry and homeless survivors of last week's devastating cyclone, forcing the world body to suspend further help.
Reuters - Pakistan's new government is trying
to convince the United States that unilateral strikes against
al Qaeda militants on its territory could be
"counter-productive," the country's foreign minister said on
Friday.
AFP - Hezbollah gunmen seized control of west Beirut on Friday after a third day of battles with pro-government foes in the Lebanese capital pushed the nation dangerously close to all-out civil war.
Reuters - Myanmar's junta impounded two U.N. food
aid shipments at Yangon airport on Friday, officials said,
triggering more outrage at the military government's refusal to
accept a major international relief operation.
A construction company owner who lost two homes in Hurricane Katrina claimed a $97 million Powerball prize, a jackpot won off a ticket he bought at a convenience store where he stopped to buy his wife a gallon of milk.
AP - A gorilla recognized as the world's oldest in captivity celebrated her 55th birthday by munching down a four-layer frozen fruit cake and banana leaf wrapped treats.
Missiles, tanks and other heavy weaponry rolled through Moscow's Red Square in the annual Victory Day parade Friday, reviving a tradition of the Soviet era and demonstrating Russia's growing military confidence.
The once-formidable fund-raising machine of Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton has begun to sputter at the worst possible moment for her presidential campaign, Clinton advisers and donors said Thursday.
A federal arts commission is urging that the sculpture of Martin Luther King Jr. proposed for a memorial be reworked because it is too "confrontational" and reminiscent of political art in totalitarian states.
Sen. John McCain championed legislation that will allow a land swap that now stands to directly benefit one of his top presidential campaign fundraisers.
A man seized by Iraqi forces is not the head of al-Qaida in Iraq, the U.S. military said Friday, despite earlier announcements by several Iraqi officials that Abu Ayyub al-Masri had been captured.