Rainwater was the only source of clean drinking water for some of Burma's cyclone victims Tuesday as the U.N. said only a tiny portion of international aid was reaching the region. Source: FOXNews.com | 13 May 2008 | 1:38 pm
Authorities say nearly 12,000 people were killed and more than 18,000 are missing in China's worst earthquake in three decades. Source: FOXNews.com | 13 May 2008 | 1:18 pm
AP - "August: Osage County" has been nominated for a Tony Award for best play of the Broadway season. Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 13 May 2008 | 12:49 pm
AP - Hillary Rodham Clinton had every reason to expect a big victory Tuesday in the West Virginia Democratic primary but had little hope it would alter the race with front-runner Barack Obama already focusing on the general election.
We had our first softball game of the season the other night. The opposing team showed up one player short, so they were technically on the brink of forfeit. At the last second,...
WASHINGTON - Consumers, battling soaring gasoline prices and a slumping economy, cut back further on their spending in April.
The Commerce Department reported Tuesday that...
DUJIANGYAN, China (AP) -- The fate of the world's most famous panda preserve remained unknown Tuesday, more than a day after a devastating earthquake isolated the remote, mountainous area from the rest of the world.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:38 a... | 13 May 2008 | 12:38 pm
The public will get its first chance Monday to test a search engine from start-up Powerset that eschews conventional keyword technology and instead is designed to understand the meaning of Web pages. Source: Digg | 13 May 2008 | 12:38 pm
The fate of the world's most famous panda preserve remained unknown Tuesday, more than a day after a devastating earthquake isolated the remote, mountainous area from the rest of the... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 13 May 2008 | 12:38 pm
Why the doubt? Motivation and money, say Bean and Cernan. Without the pressure of imminent international challenge, the astronauts say, the Constellation program — NASA's next manned mission to the moon in 2020 — will lag. "We need some kind of stimulus, a commercial or international challenge to our standing in the free world," says Cernan, 74. Source: Digg | 13 May 2008 | 12:36 pm
CLEVELAND - Asdrubal Cabrera was so excited to make history that he threw it away.
Cleveland's young second baseman turned the 14th unassisted triple play in major...
A fragile cease-fire has failed to stop fighting in Baghdad's Sadr City, where the latest clashes between Shiite extremists and U.S.-backed Iraqi forces have killed 11 men and wounded 19, Iraqi hospital officials say.
(Kyodo) _ Australian Treasurer Wayne Swan revealed a federal budget Tuesday designed to fight inflation and invest in the long-term future of the nation. Delivering a record surplus of Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 13 May 2008 | 12:29 pm
Matt Walsh's long-awaited meeting with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell is set for this morning in New York, and what the former Patriots video assistant says could mark...
DUJIANGYAN, China (AP) -- The toll of the dead and missing soared as rescue workers dug through flattened schools and homes on Tuesday in a desperate attempt to find survivors of China's worst earthquake in three decades.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:38 a... | 13 May 2008 | 12:28 pm
AP - The toll of the dead and missing soared as rescue workers dug through flattened schools and homes on Tuesday in a desperate attempt to find survivors of China's worst earthquake in three decades.
(Kyodo) _ Eugen Jesser, president and director of the Vienna Boys Choir, died of cancer on Sunday at a hospital in Vienna, the choir's office said Tuesday. He was 62. Jesser, born in... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 13 May 2008 | 12:26 pm
(Kyodo) _ Nearly all survivors and bereaved families of victims of a 2000 cable car fire in Austria have sent back the signed offers of compromise to the accident's settlement panel by... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 13 May 2008 | 12:25 pm
The toll of the dead and missing soared as rescue workers dug through flattened schools and homes on Tuesday in a desperate attempt to find survivors of China's worst earthquake in three... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 13 May 2008 | 12:24 pm
AP - A New York City man is suing JetBlue Airways Corp. for more than $2 million because he says a pilot made him give up his seat to a flight attendant and sit on the toilet for more than three hours on a flight from California. Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 13 May 2008 | 12:24 pm
BEIJING, May 13 (Kyodo) _ (UPDATING FIGURES) Hundreds of troops and military doctors have arrived at the epicenter of Monday's massive earthquake in western China that is now thought... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 13 May 2008 | 12:23 pm
(Kyodo) _ Japan will send the second largest foreign delegation after the United States to Taiwan's presidential inauguration next week, the island's Foreign Ministry said Tuesday. ... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 13 May 2008 | 12:18 pm
BOSTON - Corporate Express says it's willing to speak with Staples after the U.S. office supplies retailer strenthened its hostile bid.
Staples Inc. boosted its offering...
-These strange clouds were videotaped from the window of a Japanese airliner over the sea of Okhotsk last summer, they stretched over 100 Klm's.- Source: Digg | 13 May 2008 | 12:15 pm
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - One earned a football scholarship years after burns and lung damage kept him in the hospital for two months. Another poured her grief into preventing other...
Pakistan faced a new political crisis on Tuesday after former premier Nawaz Sharif pulled his party's ministers out of the country's six-week-old coalition government, officials said. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 13 May 2008 | 12:15 pm
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: ADDING INFO) Parliament passed a bill Tuesday to maintain certain tax revenues earmarked for road building for 10 years from the current fiscal year through a revote by Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 13 May 2008 | 12:13 pm
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush heads back to the Middle East on Tuesday facing broad skepticism over his chances of securing an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal before he leaves office in less than nine months.
NEW YORK - Hewlett-Packard says it will buy Electronic Data Systems for about $12.57 billion in cash in a move to more than double its services revenue and become a bigger...
BEIJING (Reuters) - China said on Tuesday 18,645 people were buried under debris in the city of Mianyang, neighboring Wenchuan county, the epicenter of Monday's devastating earthquake. Some 3,629 people had been confirmed dead.
Rescue workers were digging through the rubble Tuesday in a desperate search for victims of China's worst earthquake in three decades. Authorities said nearly 12,000 people were killed and around 18,000 are missing.
Chinese shares fell Tuesday and the country's two stock exchanges suspended trading in 66 companies based in the region hit by a major earthquake in an effort to minimize potential disruptions to financial markets. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 13 May 2008 | 12:07 pm
With about 12,000 people already confirmed dead, China's state media now says that almost another 29,000 are still thought to be buried under rubble in two cities near the epicenter of a massive earthquake.
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton is determined to rack up two big primary victories in the next eight days — in West Virginia and Kentucky — as she seeks to prove her continued political viability and claim bargaining chips that might help her exit the race on her terms, her advisers say. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 13 May 2008 | 12:04 pm
An ancient burial site linked to two little-known civilizations has been discovered in southeast Bogotá, Colombia. The site includes one set of remains that seems to have been buried alive -- "Her mouth is open as if in terror, and her hands seem contracted as if she had tried grabbing hold of something." Source: Digg | 13 May 2008 | 12:01 pm
Apple and NBC Universal engaged in one of the more spirited feuds of 2007, when the two companies parted ways over pricing at the iTunes Store. While NBC programming remains absent from the US version of Apple's online store, the two companies could be taking steps to resolve their differences--at least on the other side of the Atlantic Source: Digg | 13 May 2008 | 12:00 pm
Reuters - China said on Tuesday 18,645 people
were buried under debris in the city of Mianyang, neighboring
Wenchuan county, the epicenter of Monday's devastating
earthquake. Some 3,629 people had been confirmed dead.
Barack Obama is closing in on the Democratic nomination for president, but he clinched the race for the best campaign soundtrack long ago — no superdelegates needed. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 13 May 2008 | 11:51 am
We've crunched the city's car-crime statistics and there's still pockets of frustration on some of the city streets. See today's story and don't miss...
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's army stepped up patrols on Tuesday as part of a drive to restore order after a week of fighting between Hezbollah fighters and pro-government gunmen.
As President Bush prepares to leave Tuesday for a Mideast trip, his second in four months, he is trading his usual upbeat tone on Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking for something a bit more reserved. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 13 May 2008 | 11:49 am
Colombia's interior minister says the government is extraditing 14 paramilitary warlords to the United States for failing to comply with a peace pact. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 13 May 2008 | 11:49 am
HANOI (Reuters) - An American-Vietnamese political activist was sentenced to six months jail in a one-day trial, but he will be deported at the weekend as he had already served the time, U.S. embassy officials and his party said on Tuesday.
Saudi Arabia's foreign minister says Iran's support for what he called Hezbollah's coup in Lebanon will affect Iran's relations with Arab and Islamic countries. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 13 May 2008 | 11:47 am
CINCINNATI - A man ordered by a judge to make sure his daughter hit the books has found himself in jail because she failed to earn a high school equivalency diploma.
Brian...
As he held his 16-pound bowling ball in his hands and looked down the lane toward the pins standing before him, 78-year-old Dale Davis saw only a blur. He couldn't see the lane. He couldn't see the pins. He couldn't see the people who had gathered behind him to see whether the blind man could accomplish something no one else at this alley ever had. Source: Digg | 13 May 2008 | 11:44 am
WORCESTE - The city of Worcester has installed the first of four drop-off boxes for used hypodermic needles and syringes.
The yellow, mailbox-sized item was placed Monday...
AP - Microsoft Corp. launched its WorldWide Telescope late Monday, bringing the free Web-based program for zooming around the universe to a broad audience.
Reuters - Colombia on Tuesday extradited top
former paramilitary bosses to face U.S. justice in the toughest
measure against the warlords who are accused of drug
trafficking and massacres, a top government official said. Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 13 May 2008 | 11:41 am
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia on Tuesday extradited top former paramilitary bosses to face U.S. justice in the toughest measure against the warlords who are accused of drug trafficking and massacres, a top government official said.
The image, taken on April 5, 2007, is part of a campaign to examine more than two dozen candidate landing sites for the NASA Mars Science Laboratory rover, which is scheduled for launch in 2009. Source: Digg | 13 May 2008 | 11:39 am
AP - Former Patriots video assistant Matt Walsh arrived at the NFL offices Tuesday morning to meet with commissioner Roger Goodell to discuss New England's videotaping of opposing coaches' playcalling signals in violation of league rules.
AP - Back to even, and back to Boston with authority. LeBron James scored 21 points, jamming in a powerhouse dunk over a defenseless Kevin Garnett in the final two minutes, as the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the homesick Celtics 88-77 in Game 4 on Monday night to tie the best-of-seven series at 2-2.
Credit Agricole considers a 5.9bn-euro rights issue while Societe Generale announces a 23% fall in profits. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 13 May 2008 | 11:36 am
PARIS (AFP) - French banking giant Credit Agricole said on Tuesday it was seeking 5.9 billion euros (9.2 billion dollars) in fresh cash from shareholders after taking new charges of 1.2 billion euros for problems in the US subprime market. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 13 May 2008 | 11:34 am
Hamas rejects Israel's demand that the release of captured soldier Gilad Shalit should be part of any truce agreement. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 13 May 2008 | 11:29 am
MPs loyal to the Ukrainian prime minister prevent President Yushchenko making his annual address to parliament. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 13 May 2008 | 11:29 am
A man who allegedly photographed more than 3,000 women's bottoms as they toured Venice has been arrested. The man was stopped after police became suspicious of a large bag he was carrying as he followed women through St Mark's Square. Source: Digg | 13 May 2008 | 11:28 am
Burma's military junta says it remains opposed to letting in foreign aid workers to help cyclone victims. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 13 May 2008 | 11:28 am
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) -- The Lebanese army expanded its troop deployment to several tense areas around the country Tuesday, saying its soldiers would use force if needed to impose order after clashes between the U.S.-backed government and Hezbollah-led opposition.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:38 a... | 13 May 2008 | 11:26 am
PARIS (AFP) - European aviation giant Airbus admitted on Tuesday it could not meet its delivery schedule for its troubled A380 superjumbo in a new blow to the world's biggest passenger jet. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 13 May 2008 | 11:20 am
Japan's top telecommunications company Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. said Tuesday its group net profit surged 32 percent in fiscal 2007 on booming long distance and international communications business. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 13 May 2008 | 11:19 am
Rescuers search for children in rubble of collapsed schools after temblor that was felt as far away as Bangkok.
A magnitude 7.9 earthquake rocked China from mountains to coast Monday, knocking down schools, homes and chemical plants and killing thousands of people, many of them children trapped in their classrooms.
A man ordered by a judge to make sure his daughter hit the books has found himself in jail because she failed to earn a high school equivalency diploma. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 13 May 2008 | 11:11 am
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - An agreement aimed at ending fighting in the Baghdad bastion of Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr was on the verge of collapse on Tuesday after gunmen launched a spate of attacks on U.S. troops.
French bank Societe Generale SA said Tuesday that write-downs linked to the crisis in financial markets led to a 23 percent decline in first-quarter profits. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 13 May 2008 | 11:09 am
The earthquake that devastated parts of central China's Sichuan province will likely have a limited impact on the country's booming economy, analysts said Tuesday, though repercussions were seen across the region. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 13 May 2008 | 11:08 am
Zimbabwe's riot policemen walk on a street in Harare in April 2008. The United Nations' senior representative in Zimbabwe said that levels of post-election violence in the country are escalating in urban... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 13 May 2008 | 11:07 am
Zimbabwean Movement for Democratic Change president Morgan Tsvangirai speaks during a press conference in Pretoria on May 11. The UN warned that post-election violence in Zimbabwe was rising to near crisis... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 13 May 2008 | 11:07 am
Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe gives a speech in Harare, April 2008. The UN warned that post-election violence in Zimbabwe was rising to near crisis levels ahead of a planned presidential run-off,... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 13 May 2008 | 11:07 am
HARARE (AFP) - The UN warned Tuesday that post-election violence in Zimbabwe was rising to near crisis levels ahead of a planned presidential run-off, with opposition supporters bearing the brunt of attacks. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 13 May 2008 | 11:06 am
Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's largest retailer, said Tuesday its profit rose 6.9 percent in its first quarter on higher sales as lower prices helped boost its results, topping Wall Street's expectations. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 13 May 2008 | 11:02 am
At least 32 people are feared dead after a ferry sank during a storm in northern Bangladesh, officials say. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 13 May 2008 | 11:00 am
Two former State Department employees say the Bush administration repeatedly ignored high-level corruption in the Iraqi government and kept secret potentially embarrassing information so as not to undermine its relationship with Baghdad.
The Lebanese army says it is prepared to use force to disarm gunmen and restore order across the country. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 13 May 2008 | 10:57 am
One earned a football scholarship years after burns and lung damage kept him in the hospital for two months. Another poured her grief into preventing other alcohol-fueled crashes and became president of Mothers Against Drunk Driving. A third began speaking publicly about the tragedy only after two decades of staring at scars in the mirror. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 13 May 2008 | 10:56 am
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Heavy marijuana use can boost blood levels of a particular protein, perhaps raising a person's risk of a heart attack or stroke, U.S. government researchers said on Tuesday.
A US military helicopter makes an emergency landing in Afghanistan amid reports militants shot it down. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 13 May 2008 | 10:53 am
YANGON (Reuters) - Heavy rains pelted homeless cyclone survivors in Myanmar's Irrawaddy delta on Tuesday, complicating already slow delivery of aid to more than 1.5 million people facing hunger and disease.
The Democratic presidential race runs on two tracks now, one snaking through the West Virginia primary Tuesday and the other mapped out by Barack Obama through battleground states in the fall.
West Virginia holds its Democratic presidential primary, with Hillary Clinton aiming for a big win. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 13 May 2008 | 10:39 am
Polls opened in West Virginia's Democratic presidential primary with opinion surveys predicting a landslide victory for Hillary Clinton over her rival Barack Obama. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 13 May 2008 | 10:38 am
A human rights group says it fears for the safety of those arrested after a rebel raid near Sudan's capital. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 13 May 2008 | 10:34 am
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- The United Nations said Tuesday that only a tiny portion of international aid needed for Myanmar's cyclone victims is making it into the country, amid reports that the military regime is hoarding good-quality foreign aid for itself and doling out rotten food.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:38 a... | 13 May 2008 | 10:26 am
BAGHDAD (AP) -- A fragile cease-fire failed to stop fighting in Baghdad's Sadr City where the latest clashes between Shiite extremists and U.S.-backed Iraqi forces killed 11 men and wounded 19, Iraqi hospital officials said Tuesday.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:38 a... | 13 May 2008 | 10:24 am
BEIRUT (AFP) - Lebanese troops were ready to use force on Tuesday to disarm gunmen and enforce law and order after six days of deadly sectarian gunbattles that have plunged the nation into fear and chaos. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 13 May 2008 | 10:12 am
Hezbollah militants carry the coffin of a comrade during his funeral in southern Beirut. Lebanese troops are poised to use force to disarm gunmen and enforce law and order after six days of deadly sectarian... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 13 May 2008 | 10:10 am
A Muslim woman crosses a street guarded by Lebanese army soldiers in Beirut. Lebanese troops are gearing up to use force to disarm gunmen and enforce law and order after six days of deadly sectarian gunbattles... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 13 May 2008 | 10:10 am
Map of Lebanon showing latest situation. Fierce fighting erupted in northern Lebanon on Monday, further exacerbating tensions after days of deadly sectarian battles that have driven the nation to the brink... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 13 May 2008 | 10:10 am
A man stands next to the Lebanese flag on the balcony of his apartment in the northern city of Tripoli. Lebanese troops are gearing up to use force to disarm gunmen and enforce law and order after six... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 13 May 2008 | 10:10 am
A Lebanese soldier patrols the streets of Beirut. Lebanese troops are gearing up to use force to disarm gunmen and enforce law and order after six days of deadly sectarian gunbattles that have plunged... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 13 May 2008 | 10:10 am
The town of Shwayfat and Beirut seen through a shattered window in an appartment southeast of Beirut. Lebanese troops are gearing up to use force to disarm gunmen and enforce law and order after six days... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 13 May 2008 | 10:10 am
A Texas teenager who refused to let police extract a bullet lodged in his forehead has struck a plea deal that caps his punishment at 10 years in prison. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 13 May 2008 | 10:05 am
YANGON (AFP) - Myanmar's military rulers on Tuesday rejected growing international pressure to accept aid workers, insisting against all the evidence that it could handle the emergency cyclone relief effort alone. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 13 May 2008 | 10:05 am
DUJIANGYAN (AFP) - China's biggest earthquake for a generation left tens of thousands dead, missing or buried under the rubble of crushed communities Tuesday, plunging the nation into an all-out aid effort. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 13 May 2008 | 9:58 am
JUYUAN, China (AP) -- The bodies of the young teenagers were brought out of the wreckage on doors scavenged from what remained of their school.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:38 a... | 13 May 2008 | 9:56 am
Myanmar agreed to accept more American aid, officials said Tuesday, opening the door for what could be a massive relief operation as the U.N. warned that most survivors still needed help.
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- U.S.-led coalition forces called in airstrikes against the Taliban, killing a dozen militants during fighting in southern Afghanistan that has displaced many families, officials said Tuesday.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:38 a... | 13 May 2008 | 9:39 am
ISLAMABAD (AFP) - Nine ministers from the party of former Pakistani premier Nawaz Sharif resigned Tuesday over a dispute about the reinstatement of judges sacked by President Pervez Musharraf, state TV said. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 13 May 2008 | 9:33 am
Myanmar has agreed to accept more U.S. help, opening the door for what could be a massive cyclone relief operation, but the U.N. warns that less than a quarter of the victims' needs are being met. The military junta insists no expert help is needed.
The first U.S. relief airlift has arrived after prolonged negotiations with Myanmar's military rulers, who are accused of hampering frantic international efforts to help up to 1.5 million cyclone survivors at risk of disease and starvation.
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) -- "I can't talk now, I think I'm in danger," a reporter in Myanmar whispered into the phone. Click.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:38 a... | 13 May 2008 | 8:21 am
JENIN REFUGEE CAMP, West Bank (AP) -- The Palestinian prime minister ventured on foot into this famously unruly militant stronghold to demonstrate that his law-and-order campaign is working and to persuade skeptical residents that better security will bring jobs and even help end Israeli occupation.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:38 a... | 13 May 2008 | 8:20 am
ABAETETUBA, Brazil (AP) -- Bishop Flavio Giovenale was crushed by the acquittal last week of a rancher accused of ordering the killing of a crusading American nun - and not just because he admired Dorothy Stang.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:38 a... | 13 May 2008 | 7:57 am
Monterey Park, Alhambra and San Gabriel are home to many immigrants from the affected area in Sichuan province. Talk there focuses on the fate of loved ones in China.
Xiao Xuemei received a phone call at 2 a.m. Monday from a friend in her home city of Chengdu telling her that a massive earthquake had struck Sichuan province, killing thousands.
Officials are still investigating the death of Michael Byoune, who was unarmed.
Top Inglewood police officials struggled Monday to explain why officers fatally shot an unarmed motorist over the weekend, acknowledging that there was no evidence linking the man or others in the car to the gunfire that drew police to the scene.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hillary Clinton appeared headed to a big West Virginia victory over front-runner Barack Obama in the Democratic presidential race on Tuesday, although it could be too late to turn around her faltering White House bid.
Fate may have led Irena Sendler to the moment almost 70 years ago when she began to risk her life for the children of strangers. But for this humble Polish Catholic social worker, who was barely 30 when one of history's most nightmarish chapters unfolded before her, the pivotal influence was something her parents had drummed into her.
They can't get over the irony that the first woman to be a viable candidate for president appears to have lost at the height of her game.
It seems like only a few days ago, right after Hillary Rodham Clinton's big win in Pennsylvania, that Margaret Hamrick was on the phone with one of her bank customers, rejoicing at what appeared so possible -- a woman, at last, in the White House. Hamrick wasn't supposed to talk politics on work time, but the enthusiasm for Clinton was infectious.
Pro-Western parties seek diplomatic or even military intervention amid Hezbollah's military onslaught, but the West appears unwilling to respond.
Shaken by a Hezbollah military offensive in recent days, Lebanon's pro-Western parties have launched an intensive campaign to lobby allies in Washington, Europe and the Arab world to intervene diplomatically or even militarily on their behalf, officials here said.
City attorney asks a judge to keep 36 convicted prostitutes and five known pimps from walking anywhere on a 5.7-mile stretch of Figueroa in South Los Angeles.
Los Angeles City Atty. Rocky Delgadillo said Monday that he had asked a judge to bar 36 convicted prostitutes and five pimps from walking anywhere on a 5.7-mile stretch of Figueroa Street, part of a larger effort to crack down on a brazen sex trade in South Los Angeles.
The passwords of 14 more people affiliated with the hospital, including four doctors, were apparently used to improperly view records.
California health regulators have connected 14 more people affiliated with UCLA Medical Center, including four physicians, to the improper viewing of celebrity medical records, bringing the number of current and former workers apparently implicated in the snooping scandal to 68.
A federal judge sentences Ruben Palomares, the gang's ringleader, to 13 years. Palomares' cousin, Gabriel Loaiza, is given nine years.
Facing a potential life sentence in federal prison, a former Los Angeles police officer who was the admitted mastermind of a home invasion robbery gang apologized for his crimes Monday, telling a federal judge, "I became something that I despised."
Prices jump almost 11 cents nationwide but California sees just a 1.6-cent increase. Crude oil futures ease.
Gasoline prices rose sharply across much of the nation over the last week, although California drivers got off relatively easy, the Energy Department said Monday.
A woman and her son are lucky to be alive after being pulled from their upside down, submerged vehicle after it crashed off a bridge into a Gisborne river this morning.
Sergeant Sean Buchanan of the Gisborne police said the Toyota... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 13 May 2008 | 4:46 am
Much has changed since the days when off-reservation schools were used to expel Indian culture. Students at Sherman Indian High School in California say they appreciate that instructors teach about other tribes. But budget cuts may put the schools in peril.
The United States Postal Service releases its commemorative Frank Sinatra stamp Tuesday — a day before the 10th anniversary of the singer's death. It features his trademark fedora, a big smile and Ol' Blue Eyes.
BEIJING - A state news agency says 60 rare pandas at a research center near the epicenter of a devastating earthquake are safe.
The Xinhua News Agency's report Tuesday said the pandas, which are among the world's rarest animals,... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 13 May 2008 | 3:59 am
Constable Wayne Burnett said he was "shocked and appalled" when he pulled over the Holden Commodore on the Ross Highway south of the desert town on the weekend.
"I haven't ever seen something like this before," he said.
"Sure... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 13 May 2008 | 3:41 am
BEIJING - A group of about 15 British tourists were out of reach in the Chinese county worst hit by a massive earthquake that struck the region, China's Xinhua news agency reported on Tuesday.
The group was most likely in Sichuan... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 13 May 2008 | 3:31 am
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain remains a strong candidate despite a gloomy national mood and record low ratings for President George W. Bush, according to a Washington Post-ABC New poll released on Monday.
KUALA LUMPUR - A Malaysian woman woke up to a real-life nightmare, discovering that the naked man who had slipped into her bed in the middle of the night was a thief, not her husband, a newspaper said on Tuesday.
The 36-year-old... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 13 May 2008 | 1:23 am
DAYTONA BEACH, Florida - Dry, windy weather fueled several wildfires on Florida's central Atlantic coast Monday, destroying more than a dozen homes and driving hundreds of residents away as the governor declared a state of emergency.
Fires... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 13 May 2008 | 1:14 am
CHENGDU, China - Nearly 10,000 people were killed by the earthquake that hammered southwest China, officials said on Tuesday as rescuers struggled to reach the worst-hit areas, where many more may have died.
Rescuers worked frantically... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 13 May 2008 | 12:30 am
Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif pulled his party from the Cabinet on Monday, raising doubts over the new government's stability and Pakistan's transition to democracy after eight years of military rule.
KYI BUI KHAW, Myanmar - The saffron-robed monks who spearheaded a bloody uprising last fall against Myanmar's military rulers are back on the front lines, this time providing food, shelter and spiritual solace to cyclone victims.
The... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 12 May 2008 | 11:57 pm
There have been no reports of any New Zealanders missing or injured in the devastating earthquake that shook China yesterday.
The 7.8 magnitude quake devastated southwestern China yesterday, killing close to 9000 people and trapping... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 12 May 2008 | 10:03 pm
Chiquita Brands International says it paid paramilitaries in Colombia to protect the lives of its employees there, but the families of civilians killed by the paramilitaries say the company is responsible for their deaths. Steve Kroft reports.
As the cyclone raged, Ko Zaw Min clung to a tree with one arm and to his newborn son with the other.
He held on for 10 hours in the howling winds and punishing rains of Cyclone Nargis, which shattered his life.
First the floods... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 12 May 2008 | 8:25 pm
Early reports suggest nearly 9,000 people may have died in the aftermath of a 7.9-magnitude earthquake in China. It hit near Chengdu, provincial capital of Sichuan province.
The beautiful, booming capital of China's Sichuan province draws tourists the world over with its majestic mountains and panda research center. It lies about 60 miles from the epicenter of Monday's deadly temblor.
Second only to soccer's World Cup, the European Championships in soccer about to unfold in Austria and Switzerland. If you're thinking of combining sports and sightseeing with a trip here, you'd best move fast.
Damage estimates in Picher, Okla., where deadly tornadoes struck over the weekend, are complicated by the fact that much of the former lead-mining town was already scheduled for demolition because of ecological concerns.
Long Island-based Cablevision Systems Corp. buys New York Newsday from Sam Zell's Tribune Company for $650 million. The Dolan family, which owns Cablevision, outbid media mogul Rupert Murdoch.
Sen. Barack Obama, speaking in Charleston, W. Va., all but concedes he will not win Tuesday's Democratic primary in West Virginia. But he continues to express confidence that he will be the party's nominee for president and is shifting into "general election" mode.
The scene at one hospital in Sichuan Province offers a glimpse at the human toll of a 7.9 magnitude earthquake that struck 60 miles northwest of the provincial capital of Chengdu.
A U.S. cargo plane carrying water, mosquito netting and blankets lands in Yangon, Myanmar — nine days after a devastating cyclone struck. Two more shipments are scheduled for Tuesday. The toll from the storm has been put at nearly 29,000, with an equal number missing.
Among the victims of a powerful earthquake near Chengdu, China, are hundreds of young students who are feared dead after being trapped in the rubble of their middle school.
The family of a girl who vanished just seven miles from the Portuguese resort where Madeleine McCann disappeared is convinced that the cases are connected. Source: FOXNews.com | 12 May 2008 | 4:24 pm
A new ruling has granted pagan inmates in British prisons the right to keep twigs in their cells for use as wands. Source: FOXNews.com | 12 May 2008 | 3:10 pm
More than 200 Taliban suspects end a weeklong hunger strike at a prison in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar after a parliamentary delegation promised their cases would be reviewed, a lawmaker says. Source: FOXNews.com | 12 May 2008 | 1:27 pm
Three Japanese men found dead in a car in what police suspect is the latest in a string of suicides using lethal gas made from household detergent. Source: FOXNews.com | 12 May 2008 | 1:21 pm
Afghanistan's top civilian counterterrorism official and Kabul's police chief are among eight security officials who have been suspended from their posts after a recent assassination attempt on President Hamid Karzai, authorities say. Source: FOXNews.com | 12 May 2008 | 12:56 pm
AP - Hillary Rodham Clinton had every reason to expect a big victory Tuesday in the West Virginia Democratic primary but had little hope it would alter the race with front-runner Barack Obama already focusing on the general election.
AP - Consumers, battling soaring gasoline prices and a slumping economy, cut back further on their spending in April.
AP - The toll of the dead and missing soared as rescue workers dug through flattened schools and homes on Tuesday in a desperate attempt to find survivors of China's worst earthquake in three decades.
Americans facing rising gasoline and diesel prices are cycling about, saddling up, singing out and, sometimes, resorting to violent symbolism.
Rescue workers were digging through the rubble Tuesday in a desperate search for victims of China's worst earthquake in three decades. Authorities said nearly 12,000 people were killed and around 18,000 are missing.
Reuters - China said on Tuesday 18,645 people
were buried under debris in the city of Mianyang, neighboring
Wenchuan county, the epicenter of Monday's devastating
earthquake. Some 3,629 people had been confirmed dead.
The downturn in the housing market has dragged the remodeling sector with it. For many contractors, that means a sudden struggle to stay busy.
AP - Microsoft Corp. launched its WorldWide Telescope late Monday, bringing the free Web-based program for zooming around the universe to a broad audience.
AP - Former Patriots video assistant Matt Walsh arrived at the NFL offices Tuesday morning to meet with commissioner Roger Goodell to discuss New England's videotaping of opposing coaches' playcalling signals in violation of league rules.
AP - Back to even, and back to Boston with authority. LeBron James scored 21 points, jamming in a powerhouse dunk over a defenseless Kevin Garnett in the final two minutes, as the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the homesick Celtics 88-77 in Game 4 on Monday night to tie the best-of-seven series at 2-2.
The Democratic presidential race runs on two tracks now, one snaking through the West Virginia primary Tuesday and the other mapped out by Barack Obama through battleground states in the fall.
Myanmar agreed to accept more American aid, officials said Tuesday, opening the door for what could be a massive relief operation as the U.N. warned that most survivors still needed help.
The contrast between the adoring crowds Barack Obama draws at public events and the racism his foot soldiers encounter out of the spotlight is stark.