MIANYANG, China (AP) -- Chinese authorities had evacuated nearly 200,000 people by early Saturday and warned more than 1 million others to be ready to leave quickly as a lake formed by a devastating earthquake threatened to breach its dam.... Source: AP Top International News At 6:08 a... | 31 May 2008 | 10:08 am
(Kyodo) _ Hidemasa Hoshino birdied his final hole to preserve a slender lead heading into the final round of the Mitsubishi Diamond Cup on Saturday. Hoshino offset a dropped shot on... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 31 May 2008 | 9:58 am
The World Health Organisation calls for a ban on all tobacco advertising on its World No Tobacco Day. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 31 May 2008 | 9:55 am
AFP - China was poised on Saturday to drain a dangerous "quake lake" in an attempt to avert a disaster that could have flooded the homes of over a million people.
MIANYANG (AFP) - China was poised on Saturday to drain a dangerous "quake lake" in an attempt to avert a disaster that could have flooded the homes of over a million people. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 31 May 2008 | 9:53 am
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) -- Air raids two days ago destroyed 16 Kurdish rebel facilities in northern Iraq, Turkey's military said Saturday.... Source: AP Top International News At 6:08 a... | 31 May 2008 | 9:51 am
Air raids two days ago destroyed 16 Kurdish rebel facilities in northern Iraq, Turkey's military said Saturday. The military says the strikes, just across the shared border, also hit... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 31 May 2008 | 9:51 am
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: LAW TO COME INTO EFFECT MIDNIGHT SATURDAY) A revised road traffic law requiring people sitting in backseats of vehicles to wear seatbelts will go into effect Sunday in... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 31 May 2008 | 9:46 am
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: TO BE LED) Hirokazu Ibata hit a tiebreaking double with two outs in the seventh inning as the Chunichi Dragons held off the Seibu Lions in a 4-3 victory Saturday. ... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 31 May 2008 | 9:37 am
More than 200,000 people were evacuated from a Chinese city by early Saturday as a lake formed by a devastating earthquake threatened to breach its dam.
A hospital has agreed to settle two lawsuits accusing it of leaving a homeless paraplegic man on Skid Row without his wheelchair, attorneys said. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 31 May 2008 | 9:31 am
LONDON (AP) -- Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff is downplaying the idea of a nuclear attack by terrorists after recent postings on al-Qaida-affiliated Web sites exhorted militants to pursue weapons of mass destruction for use against the U.S.... Source: AP Top International News At 6:08 a... | 31 May 2008 | 9:26 am
AP - Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff is downplaying the idea of a nuclear attack by terrorists after recent postings on al-Qaida-affiliated Web sites exhorted militants to pursue weapons of mass destruction for use against the U.S.
AP - Noted neurologist Oliver Sacks has found common ground with the pastor of Harlem's Abyssinian Baptist Church: Both men believe in the healing power of music.
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- North Korea questioned Saturday U.S. willingness to settle an ongoing nuclear dispute after criticisms by Washington included in a report on global democracy.... Source: AP Top International News At 6:08 a... | 31 May 2008 | 9:14 am
North Korea questioned Saturday U.S. willingness to settle an ongoing nuclear dispute after criticisms by Washington included in a report on global democracy. North Korea's official... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 31 May 2008 | 9:14 am
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- A U.N. official on Saturday warned against prematurely resettling parts of Myanmar destroyed by a cyclone and human rights groups lashed out at the country's military leaders for evicting storm refugees from relief camps.... Source: AP Top International News At 6:08 a... | 31 May 2008 | 9:10 am
There are many terms that are misleading in the food advertising industry today. Some of them include fat-free, low-fat, and reduced-fat. Learn the myths about these terms and how you can protect yourself. Even though some of these foods are considered healthy, you might be sabotaging your diet and your health if you don't use moderation. Source: Digg | 31 May 2008 | 9:10 am
A U.N. official on Saturday warned against prematurely resettling parts of Myanmar destroyed by a cyclone and human rights groups lashed out at the country's military leaders for evicting... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 31 May 2008 | 9:10 am
Almost 200,000 people have been moved from areas below a rising "quake lake" in Sichuan, Chinese media say. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 31 May 2008 | 9:00 am
Nepal's deposed monarch is willing to leave his pink-hued palace quietly to begin life as a commoner but wants help with housing and protection for his family, state-run media reported... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 31 May 2008 | 9:00 am
NEW YORK - Noted neurologist Oliver Sacks has found common ground with the pastor of Harlem's Abyssinian Baptist Church: Both men believe in the healing power of music.
Sacks,...
The French foreign minister has arrived for a previously unannounced visit to Nasiriyah in southeastern Iraq. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 31 May 2008 | 8:53 am
Two Bolivian provinces will take Santa Cruz's lead and vote Sunday for autonomy measures that President Evo Morales has branded illegal, amid rising tension between rich lowlands and poor... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 31 May 2008 | 8:51 am
Reuters - China has evacuated over 197,000
people from an area that risks flooding by landslide- blocked
rivers near the epicenter of this month's earthquake in Sichuan
province, Xinhua news agency said on Saturday.
YOUXIAN, China (Reuters) - China has evacuated over 197,000 people from an area that risks flooding by landslide- blocked rivers near the epicenter of this month's earthquake in Sichuan province, Xinhua news agency said on Saturday.
Noted neurologist Oliver Sacks has found common ground with the pastor of Harlem's Abyssinian Baptist Church: Both men believe in the healing power of music. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 31 May 2008 | 8:47 am
CHICAGO - A Chicago Sun-Times reporter must testify at R. Kelly's child pornography trial.
Judge Vincent Gaughan (GAWN) made that ruling yesterday.
The defense...
For all the problems the Kansas City Royals have, they can take solace in this: The Seattle Mariners are keeping right with them for the worst record in the American League. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 31 May 2008 | 8:43 am
Chase Utley and the Philadelphia Phillies got off to a fast start with a seven-run second against the Florida Marlins. The Chicago Cubs erased the Colorado Rockies' big lead with a six-run seventh inning. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 31 May 2008 | 8:43 am
DUBLIN, Ireland - Chief negotiators of a landmark treaty banning cluster bombs predicted yesterday that the United States will never again use the weapons, a critical component...
An elephant nicknamed "Osama bin Laden" that killed at least 11 people and injured dozens has been shot dead, officials in eastern Indian said on Saturday. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 31 May 2008 | 8:35 am
HAZARD, Ky. - A man shot and killed an elected official and a county employee at an eastern Kentucky convenience store yesterday, then turned the gun on himself, a deputy...
LUFKIN, Texas - A former nurse accused of intentionally injecting bleach into two patients at a dialysis center was arrested yesterday, police said.
Two witnesses said...
WASHINGTON - After watching his sister try three times to win the Scripps Nationals Spelling Bee, Sameer Mishra put himself on a mission.
"I told my mom I was going...
AP - Chinese authorities had evacuated nearly 200,000 people by early Saturday and warned more than 1 million others to be ready to leave quickly as a lake formed by a devastating earthquake threatened to breach its dam.
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Hillary Clinton Saturday makes a last stand in her ebbing White House bid, as the Democratic Party tries to defuse a unity-sapping row over voided primary votes in Michigan and Florida. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 31 May 2008 | 8:23 am
EL-ARISH, Egypt (AP) -- Boxes of ammunition, rocket-propelled grenades and anti-aircraft missiles have been found in a mountain in the northern Sinai peninsula, an Egyptian police official said Saturday.... Source: AP Top International News At 6:08 a... | 31 May 2008 | 8:19 am
PALM DESERT, Calif. - Joseph Pevney, who directed some of the best-loved episodes of the original "Star Trek" television series, has died. He was 96.
Pevney died...
CAPE CANAVERAL (AFP) - All systems were go early Saturday ahead of a launch of the US space shuttle Discovery that will carry the main unit of Japan's ambitious Kibo science lab to the International Space Station. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 31 May 2008 | 8:16 am
The Rocky Mountain region represents friendly terrain for Barack Obama, who is angling to add Montana to his string of victories on Tuesday. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 31 May 2008 | 8:15 am
LOS ANGELES (AP) _ Alexander "Sandy" Courage, an Emmy-winning and Academy Award-nominated arranger, orchestrator and composer who created the otherworldly theme...
WASHINGTON - Television producer Sophie Altman, who created the long-running quiz show "It's Academic," pitting teams of high school students against each other,...
NEW YORK (AFP) - Wall Street opens the month of June with guarded optimism, as hopes mount that the worst of the economic storm is over and that the peak has passed for surging crude oil prices. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 31 May 2008 | 8:11 am
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. - Ernst Stuhlinger, one of the last surviving German rocket scientists who came to America after World War II and formed the engineering foundation of the...
US giant Ford is to invest $3bn (£1.5bn) in a new car plant in Mexico, creating 4,500 new jobs. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 31 May 2008 | 8:05 am
AP - Defense Secretary Robert Gates condemned Myanmar's military government Saturday for being "deaf and dumb" to global offers of aid to its thousands of cyclone victims, but said the U.S. will not force assistance on the country.
YANGON (AFP) - Myanmar's junta Saturday came under renewed international pressure from rights groups and the US defence chief who said its slow response to the cyclone disaster had cost "tens of thousands of lives." Source: AFP - Wire stories | 31 May 2008 | 8:01 am
AP - North Korea has not been linked to a terrorist attack in more than two decades, but it is still on the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism. Now, it may be on the verge of its coveted goal of getting removed for reasons having little to do with terrorism.
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Plans for provincial elections in Iraq by the fall have already set Sunni Arabs against each other as factions prepare to compete for control of the local governments that will wield considerable power over security and finances.... Source: AP Top International News At 6:08 a... | 31 May 2008 | 7:45 am
VIENNA, Austria (AP) -- Growing pressure on Iran to explain what could be secret nuclear weapons work has left Tehran increasingly defensive - and the U.S. and its allies hopeful they can exploit the situation to wrest concessions from Tehran. But it may be too late for that.... Source: AP Top International News At 6:08 a... | 31 May 2008 | 7:43 am
This video goes through the history of StarCraft and the changes it went through during its 7 years of life. A great walk down memory lane for old school StarCraft players! Source: Digg | 31 May 2008 | 7:40 am
Boxes of ammunition, rocket-propelled grenades and anti-aircraft missiles have been found in a mountain in the northern Sinai peninsula, an Egyptian police official said Saturday. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 31 May 2008 | 7:38 am
WASHINGTON (AFP) - CIA director Michael Hayden has come under stiff challenge for portraying Al-Qaeda as on the defensive after global setbacks, even in its safe havens along the Afghan-Pakistani border. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 31 May 2008 | 7:37 am
North Korea has not been linked to a terrorist attack in more than two decades, but it is still on the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism. Now, it may be on the verge of its coveted goal of getting removed — for reasons having little to do with terrorism. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 31 May 2008 | 7:36 am
Parents hopes of quick reunions with children removed from a sect's Texan ranch are hit by a legal wrangle. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 31 May 2008 | 7:34 am
Democrat Barack Obama paid an unscheduled late-night visit to Mount Rushmore Friday, visiting the national memorial at closing time and joking that his ears were too big to ever be included in such a display. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 31 May 2008 | 7:33 am
YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar must stop forcing cyclone survivors to return to their shattered homes where they face more misery or even death, rights groups said on Saturday, as a U.S. official accused the junta of being "deaf and dumb" to foreign aid pleas.
Joey deVilla saw an illustration of Gang Signs of Los Angeles and thought "Why should gangsta have all the fun?" So he hacked together a list of gang signs … for geeks! Source: Digg | 31 May 2008 | 7:02 am
Watch the raw video of a confrontation between an Albuquerque police officer and a KOB Eyewitness News 4 photographer. Source: Digg | 31 May 2008 | 6:28 am
At least four people die when a Miami-bound airliner landing in fog in Honduras overshoots the runway and hits a road. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 31 May 2008 | 6:22 am
Paul Pierce scored 27 points, Ray Allen had 17 and Kevin Garnett added 16 to lift the Celtics to an 89-81 victory over the Detroit Pistons on Friday night in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference finals.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Democratic Party will search for a compromise over disputed convention delegates from Florida and Michigan on Saturday in what could be Hillary Clinton's last chance to gain ground on presidential rival Barack Obama.
MOUNT RUSHMORE NATIONAL MONUMENT, South Dakota, May 30 (Reuters) - Even in the middle of a fierce presidential campaign, Barack Obama couldn't resist the opportunity to go on a field trip.
Over the past few years, Sony's controversial attempts at viral marketing for the PlayStation brand were not well-received by the general public. The company had been criticized on numerous occasions for various failed ad campaigns. Campaigns didn't just fail to hit their target markets, but more importantly had an adverse effect leaving many upset Source: Digg | 31 May 2008 | 5:57 am
The contamination of biophony may soon become a serious environmental issue — Scientist Bernie Krause says that man-made sounds are already wreaking havoc with animal communication. We worry about the carbon emissions from SUVs and airplanes; maybe we should be equally concerned about the racket they cause. Source: Digg | 31 May 2008 | 5:31 am
How did Ben make the island "disappear" in last night's season finale? It's all relativity, argues a top professor who even uses Lost in his classes. Wormholes, 305-degree bearings, the Casimir effect—it all checks out with quantum mechanics, and could explain a lot for next season. Source: Digg | 31 May 2008 | 5:31 am
Everyone knows one of the biggest arguments against wind power is how ugly the turbines are and how difficult it is to find good places to put them. However, a new project working on floating turbines means that wind farm could be built far out to sea where they won't "get in the way." Source: Digg | 31 May 2008 | 5:31 am
A fierce debate erupted on Friday between Senators John McCain and Barack Obama over whether Mr. McCain misspoke at a town-hall-style meeting the previous day when he said that American troops in Iraq had been reduced to “pre-surge levels.” Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 31 May 2008 | 5:15 am
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea fired three short-range missiles off its west coast on Friday, the South's Yonhap news agency cited government officials as saying, on a day Pyongyang's media also launched a tirade of abuse at President Lee Myung-bak.
North Korea tests three ship-to-ship missiles off its west coast as part of an exercise, reports from the South say. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 31 May 2008 | 4:52 am
US Democrats will decide the fate of two states left out of the dramatic race to find a presidential candidate. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 31 May 2008 | 4:44 am
The US defence secretary says Burma is causing great loss of life by hindering international cyclone relief. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 31 May 2008 | 4:31 am
Mike Lowell singled in the tiebreaking run during a 13th inning in which the Baltimore Orioles made three errors, and the Boston Red Sox turned the miscues into a 5-2 victory Friday night.
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) -- A jetliner overshot a runway and raced onto a busy street in the Honduran capital on Friday, killing the pilot, two passengers and a motorist on the ground. At least 65 people were injured.... Source: AP Top International News At 6:08 a... | 31 May 2008 | 4:30 am
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - A Salvadoran passenger plane skidded off a rain-soaked runway on landing at Tegucigalpa airport in Honduras on Friday, killing five people and injuring 38 as it veered onto a road and smashed into cars and a building.
The US and Libya agree to work together to resolve compensation claims over the Lockerbie bombing. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 31 May 2008 | 3:57 am
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - A deal to return home more than 400 children taken from a polygamist ranch in Texas was delayed on Friday after a judge refused to approve the tentative agreement, saying all parties had not agreed to terms of the pact.
Myanmar's obstruction of international efforts to help cyclone victims cost "tens of thousands of lives," Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Saturday, reflecting the widespread frustration with the military government there.
Yemeni security officials said the "deranged" gunman walked into the mosque and opened fire with an assault rifle. Twenty-six more people were wounded in the attack.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A large crane collapsed in New York City on Friday, killing two people and damaging an apartment building on Manhattan's Upper East Side -- a day after city officials investigated the crane's operations.
Organizers of an effort to get UFO reports taken more seriously teased journalists on Friday with glimpses at dark, grainy video showing what appeared to be a face peeping up from a window.
Myanmar's obstruction of international efforts to help cyclone victims cost "tens of thousands of lives," Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Saturday.
GREAT FALLS, Montana (Reuters) - Democrat Barack Obama squabbled with Republican John McCain on Friday over the number of U.S. troops in Iraq in the latest disagreement between the two likely presidential nominees over the unpopular war.
Negotiations between Texas officials and a polygamist sect hit a snag Friday evening, collapsing an agreement to return more than 400 children to their parents, NBC News reported.
The Discovery shuttle is about to fly the main section of Japan's science lab to International Space Station. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 31 May 2008 | 12:58 am
The man whose parents' battle to save him from a nerve disease was told in the movie "Lorenzo's Oil" has died at his home in Virginia. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 31 May 2008 | 12:22 am
Parents are still standing in the ruins of Juyuan Middle School in Sichuan province and asking what went wrong. In a meeting Friday, they discussed suing the local education bureau. But there's no guarantee that the parents will find justice under the communist-controlled legal system.
KYAUKTAN, Myanmar - Myanmar's junta started evicting destitute families from government-run cyclone relief centres on Friday, apparently fearing the 'tented villages' might become permanent.
"It is better that they move to their... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 30 May 2008 | 11:49 pm
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and Libya have agreed to try to resolve compensation claims from the 1988 Lockerbie bombing and other incidents Washington views as acts of terrorism by Libya, the State Department said on Friday.
Pakistani scientist Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan recanted his 2004 confession, delivered on Pakistani national television. He claims to have read the confession because of "promises made" to President Musharraf.
TEGUCIGALPA - A Salvadoran passenger plane has skidded off a rain-soaked runway on landing at Tegucigalpa airport in Honduras, killing five people and injuring 38 as it veered onto a road and smashed into cars and a building.
The... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 30 May 2008 | 11:11 pm
MADRID - Fishermen across Europe stayed in port overnight in growing protests against rising fuel prices that paralysed much of the continent's fishing fleet.
In Madrid, Spanish fishermen handed out 20 tonnes of free fish they... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 30 May 2008 | 10:59 pm
DUBLIN, Ireland (AP) -- Chief negotiators of a landmark treaty banning cluster bombs predicted Friday that the United States will never again use the weapons, a critical component of American air and artillery power.... Source: AP Top International News At 6:08 a... | 30 May 2008 | 10:00 pm
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama spent much of this week out West — visiting states his campaign says he can win in November. But Sen. John McCain won't let them go without a fight.
VIENNA - Natascha Kampusch, the Austrian who spent eight years locked in a windowless cell after being abducted in Vienna, turns TV chat show host on Sunday when her debut programme airs on national television.
In "Natascha... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 30 May 2008 | 9:00 pm
MADRID (AFP) - Fishermen from Portugal, Italy and Europe's largest fleet, Spain, began open-ended national strikes Friday, adding to growing continent-wide protests at the soaring price of fuel. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 30 May 2008 | 8:44 pm
SAN ANTONIO - More than 400 children taken from a polygamist ranch in Texas will be reunited with their parents next week under a tentative agreement reached on Friday between state officials and lawyers for the mothers.
The Texas... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 30 May 2008 | 8:30 pm
Chile's police chief, General Jose Alejandro Bernales, 59, and 10 others were killed when an ageing Panamanian Government helicopter they were riding in crashed into a three-storey building in Panama City.
It was not immediately... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 30 May 2008 | 8:15 pm
Three near-naked figures are visible in the forest clearing. Two of them are men, their bodies daubed with a red dye, and they are aiming their bows at the sky. A third figure appears to be a woman, her body blackened and only her... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 30 May 2008 | 8:10 pm
The massive earthquake that hit China earlier this month has spurred many civic groups into action, including animal lovers. Chen Yunlian, who runs an animal shelter, has saved more than 70 cats and dogs from the quake zone with the help of volunteers.
CIA Director Michael Hayden says al-Qaida has suffered "significant setbacks" around the world. But analysts say the terrorist network's problems are largely of its own making — not the result of U.S. counterterrorism strategy.
Opposition is growing among Iraqi politicians to a long-term agreement for a continued troop presence in Iraq. The current U.N. mandate permitting a U.S. presence runs out this year. U.S. officials are seeking a long-term accord.
Suicides among active-duty soldiers rose to 115 last year, a 13 percent increase over the previous year, say top Army officials. And the suicide rate of 18.8 per 100,000 was the highest rate since 1980, when records were first kept.
NEW YORK - When Dunkin' Donuts, the coffee and carbs chain, shot a smilingly wholesome celebrity cook for their latest latte ad, it hardly imagined it was about to find itself accused of "promoting terrorism", but it wasn't long before... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 30 May 2008 | 7:00 pm
NAIROBI - Police in Kenya have opened a homicide investigation into the death of New Zealand photojournalist Trent Keegan.
Police spokesman Eric Kiraithe said police had traced the movements of 33-year-old Keegan the night before... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 30 May 2008 | 7:00 pm
The Vatican insisted that it is properly following Christian tradition by excluding females from the priesthood. And it issued a new warning that women taking part in ordinations will be excommunicated.
Tropical Storm Alma, the first cyclone of hurricane season, slammed into Nicaragua's Pacific coast yesterday, killing one person as winds of more than 100km/h toppled trees and ripped roofs off flimsy homes. Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 30 May 2008 | 6:15 pm
This year's fight for the Democratic presidential nomination may seem dramatic and unprecedented. But history offers several examples of nomination battles that lasted until the parties' conventions; most ended badly.
A U.S. Marine handed out coins promoting Christianity to Muslims in the former insurgent stronghold of Fallujah, outraged Sunni officials said Friday. The U.S. military responded quickly, removing a trooper from duty pending an investigation. Source: FOXNews.com | 30 May 2008 | 5:55 pm
The United Nations refugee agency donated 2,000 tents to help South Africa shelter foreigners displaced by violent attacks, as critics accused the government of bungling its response. Source: FOXNews.com | 30 May 2008 | 5:22 pm
A U.S. Marine handed out coins promoting Christianity to Muslims in the former insurgent stronghold of Fallujah, outraged Sunni officials said. The U.S. military responded quickly, removing a trooper from duty pending an investigation.
Democratic Party officials will convene in Washington, D.C., on Saturday to resolve the awkward matter of what to do about Michigan and Florida. Detroit-area voters discuss how they would like to see the Michigan delegate controversy resolved.
This weekend, Democratic Party leaders are meeting in Washington, D.C., to plan for their convention in Denver this fall. At the top of the list is what to do about the Michigan and Florida delegations. Those states broke rules by holding early primaries. David McDonald, an uncommitted superdelegate and Democratic National Committee Rules Committee member who will attend the meeting, talks with host Alex Chadwick.
Former Bush administration Press Secretary Scott McClellan's memoir is highly critical of the administration, specifically its handling of the Iraq war. NPR News Analyst Juan Williams discusses this and Sen. John McCain's upcoming trip to Baghdad with host Madeleine Brand.
An Indonesian businessman plans to throw $10,700 out of an airplane over the Indonesian capital this Sunday as a marketing ploy to promote his new book, The Straights Times reported. Source: FOXNews.com | 30 May 2008 | 4:49 pm
A jetliner overshot a runway and raced onto a busy street in the Honduran capital on Friday, killing the pilot, two passengers and a motorist on the ground. At least 65 people were injured. Source: FOXNews.com | 30 May 2008 | 4:32 pm
Residents of southwest Iceland cleaned up Friday after a powerful earthquake left some homes uninhabitable and caused injuries to about 30 people. Source: FOXNews.com | 30 May 2008 | 4:29 pm
Teenage revelers trashed a Spanish mansion worth $8.6 million after the student host posted an open invite on Facebook. Source: FOXNews.com | 30 May 2008 | 4:10 pm
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf dismissed mounting speculation he is preparing to resign while his political opponents and media on clamored for his departure.
Tropical Storm Alma weakened to a tropical depression Friday after slamming into Nicaragua's coast the day before, forcing tens of thousand of people to evacuate and flooding low-lying areas before pushing into neighboring Honduras. Source: FOXNews.com | 30 May 2008 | 3:25 pm
A Yemeni security official says a gunman opened fire in a mosque during Friday prayers, slaying at least eight worshippers and wounding dozens more. Source: FOXNews.com | 30 May 2008 | 1:47 pm
Two people were killed Friday in caste riots in northern and western India, putting the death toll at 43 since the Gujjar tribe began demonstrations pressuring the government to list them in the nation's lowest caste. Source: FOXNews.com | 30 May 2008 | 1:44 pm
Myanmar's military government is removing cyclone victims from refugee camps and dumping them near their devastated villages with virtually no aid supplies, the United Nations said Friday. Source: FOXNews.com | 30 May 2008 | 1:00 pm
AFP - China was poised on Saturday to drain a dangerous "quake lake" in an attempt to avert a disaster that could have flooded the homes of over a million people.
More than 200,000 people were evacuated from a Chinese city by early Saturday as a lake formed by a devastating earthquake threatened to breach its dam.
AP - Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff is downplaying the idea of a nuclear attack by terrorists after recent postings on al-Qaida-affiliated Web sites exhorted militants to pursue weapons of mass destruction for use against the U.S.
AP - Noted neurologist Oliver Sacks has found common ground with the pastor of Harlem's Abyssinian Baptist Church: Both men believe in the healing power of music.
Reuters - China has evacuated over 197,000
people from an area that risks flooding by landslide- blocked
rivers near the epicenter of this month's earthquake in Sichuan
province, Xinhua news agency said on Saturday.
AP - Chinese authorities had evacuated nearly 200,000 people by early Saturday and warned more than 1 million others to be ready to leave quickly as a lake formed by a devastating earthquake threatened to breach its dam.
AP - The star of "Two and a Half Men" has moved on to marriage No. 3.
AP - The Boston Celtics got past an old nemesis to set up an NBA finals matchup with another rival the Los Angeles Lakers.
AP - Defense Secretary Robert Gates condemned Myanmar's military government Saturday for being "deaf and dumb" to global offers of aid to its thousands of cyclone victims, but said the U.S. will not force assistance on the country.
AP - North Korea has not been linked to a terrorist attack in more than two decades, but it is still on the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism. Now, it may be on the verge of its coveted goal of getting removed for reasons having little to do with terrorism.
AP - The fate of nearly 2.3 million Democratic presidential primary votes belongs to 30 party activists.
Paul Pierce scored 27 points, Ray Allen had 17 and Kevin Garnett added 16 to lift the Celtics to an 89-81 victory over the Detroit Pistons on Friday night in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference finals.
A 13-year-old boy has won the Scripps National Spelling Bee by correctly spelling the word "guerdon."
Mike Lowell singled in the tiebreaking run during a 13th inning in which the Baltimore Orioles made three errors, and the Boston Red Sox turned the miscues into a 5-2 victory Friday night.
Organizers of an effort to get UFO reports taken more seriously teased journalists on Friday with glimpses at dark, grainy video showing what appeared to be a face peeping up from a window.
Myanmar's obstruction of international efforts to help cyclone victims cost "tens of thousands of lives," Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Saturday.
Negotiations between Texas officials and a polygamist sect hit a snag Friday evening, collapsing an agreement to return more than 400 children to their parents, NBC News reported.