PITTSTON, Maine - A father and daughter critically injured in a home invasion are continuing to recover at separate hospitals, according to a relative.
Family members said...
WALTHAM - Boston Celtics forward Paul Pierce is ready to go for Game 2 of the NBA finals against the Los Angeles Lakers.
Pierce took part in this morning's shootaround...
PORTLAND, Maine - A Marine who's serving in Iraq's Anbar province was with his wife during her 36-hour labor, thanks to a satellite video conference.
Lance Cpl....
NEW YORK - As Big Brown loomed on the outside on the far turn, the packed house of 94,476 at Belmont Park roared in anticipation of a winning move like the ones that propelled...
FOXBORO - Tom Brady knows what it's like for a quarterback to lose his favorite receiver. He became painfully familiar with that awful, helpless feeling of not having...
Alicia Keys knows how to hold her own.
In 2004, rap's G-Unit posse got into a chair-throwing melee with some fans at Hot 97's Summer Jam right before Keys'...
A 16-year-old Taunton youth who survived being shot in February was stabbed to death early this morning during an apparent melee near First Street.
Devon Hodo was pronounced...
Harlan Cleveland, a former U.S. ambassador to NATO who led the University of Hawaii for five years, has died. He was 90.
Cleveland died last Friday in Sterling, Va., according...
CHARLESTON, S.C. - Harriet McBryde Johnson, a civil and disability rights attorney who drew national attention by protesting the annual Jerry Lewis muscular dystrophy telethon,...
LUBBOCK, Texas - Former Texas Tech defensive tackle Stoney Garland, who was paralyzed in a car accident more than a decade ago, died Wednesday. He was 33.
Garland died...
WASHINGTON (AFP) - From Iraq to diplomacy, via healthcare and jobs, the battle for the US presidency took shape Sunday with only two viable contenders left standing: Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 8 Jun 2008 | 4:05 pm
AP - A possible tornado toppled trees in Nebraska and record flooding chased people from their Indiana homes early Sunday as the Midwest braced for still more violent weather.
TEHRAN (AFP) - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki sought to reassure Iran over a planned security pact with Washington on Sunday, vowing Iraq would never be used as a platform to attack the Islamic republic. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 8 Jun 2008 | 3:58 pm
AP - The drubbing went on from there. Nadal won his fourth consecutive French Open title in a rout Sunday, again spoiling Federer's bid to complete a career Grand Slam.
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- Scuba divers swept away in strong currents survived 12 hours in shark-infested waters before scrambling onto a remote Indonesian island where they faced yet another threat: a Komodo dragon.... Source: AP Top International News At 11:54 ... | 8 Jun 2008 | 3:54 pm
AP - Scuba divers swept away in strong currents survived 12 hours in shark-infested waters before scrambling onto a remote Indonesian island where they faced yet another threat: a Komodo dragon.
After letting her nerves get the best of her in last year’s final, Ana Ivanovic won the French Open in style on Saturday by defeating Dinara Safina 6-4, 6-3. Source: Digg | 8 Jun 2008 | 3:50 pm
Iraq's PM says his country will not be used as a base to attack Iran, reflecting concerns about the US presence there. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 8 Jun 2008 | 3:48 pm
BAMIYAN, Afghanistan (AP) -- First lady Laura Bush, on a mission to highlight signs of progress in war-weary Afghanistan, ventured outside the capital Sunday to an area that symbolizes both the destruction and attempt at rebirth.... Source: AP Top International News At 11:54 ... | 8 Jun 2008 | 3:43 pm
AP - First lady Laura Bush, on a mission to highlight signs of progress in war-weary Afghanistan, ventured outside the capital Sunday to an area that symbolizes both the destruction and attempt at rebirth.
At least one person is killed and some 20 more are injured as an earthquake rocks southern Greece. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 8 Jun 2008 | 3:41 pm
Energy ministers from top industrialised nations have met in Japan as oil prices threaten the global economy. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 8 Jun 2008 | 3:40 pm
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iraq's prime minister sought to ease Iranian fears over a proposed security deal with the U.S. Sunday, saying his government will not allow Iraq to become a launching pad for an attack on its neighbor.... Source: AP Top International News At 11:54 ... | 8 Jun 2008 | 3:32 pm
First lady Laura Bush, on a mission to highlight signs of rebirth in war-weary Afghanistan, ventured outside of Kabul to an area that symbolizes both the destruction of war and Afghanistan's attempt at rebirth.
Reuters - The openly gay U.S. Episcopal bishop at
the center of the Anglican church's global battle over
homosexuality, has entered into a civil union with his longtime
partner at a private ceremony. Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 8 Jun 2008 | 3:27 pm
BOSTON (Reuters) - The openly gay U.S. Episcopal bishop at the center of the Anglican church's global battle over homosexuality, has entered into a civil union with his longtime partner at a private ceremony.
What surprises are hidden in the soils of Mars? To help find out, the Phoenix Lander Phoenix Lander which arrived on Mars two weeks ago has attempted to place a scoop of soil in Phoenix's Thermal and Evolved-Gas Analyzer (TEGA). Source: Digg | 8 Jun 2008 | 3:27 pm
KABUL (AFP) - An Afghan reporter for the BBC was found dead in southern Afghanistan on Sunday as authorities reported that 15 other people were killed in a wave of unrest linked to a Taliban-led insurgency. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 8 Jun 2008 | 3:26 pm
Reuters - Spacewalking astronauts slipped outside
the International Space Station on Sunday to work on the
outpost's cooling system and finish outfitting Japan's newly
arrived Kibo research laboratory.
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Spacewalking astronauts slipped outside the International Space Station on Sunday to work on the outpost's cooling system and finish outfitting Japan's newly arrived Kibo research laboratory.
Abdul Samad Rohani, a BBC reporter in Afghanistan's Helmand province, is found shot dead after being abducted. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 8 Jun 2008 | 3:10 pm
Rafael Nadal thrashes world number one Roger Federer to win a fourth successive French Open title. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 8 Jun 2008 | 3:05 pm
With 10 NBA Finals series under their belts, the Boston Celtics & Los Angeles Lakers have had plenty of historic moments. Below is a list compiled by ESPN Research of the top 10 moments in Finals history between the Celtics and the Lakers. Source: Digg | 8 Jun 2008 | 3:04 pm
AFP - A man went on a stabbing spree Sunday in a busy Tokyo neighbourhood famed for comic-book subculture, killing at least seven people and leaving around a dozen injured in Japan's deadliest crime in years.
TOKYO (AFP) - A man went on a stabbing spree Sunday in a busy Tokyo neighbourhood famed for comic-book subculture, killing at least seven people and leaving around a dozen injured in Japan's deadliest crime in years. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 8 Jun 2008 | 2:59 pm
The first sample of Martian dirt dumped onto the opening of the Phoenix lander's tiny testing oven failed to reach the instrument, and scientists said Saturday that they will devote a few days to trying to determine the cause. Source: Digg | 8 Jun 2008 | 2:53 pm
A new transportation bill signed by Bush on Friday would free up $45 million to build the U.S.'s first maglev train. The train will travel between Disneyland and Las Vegas at up to 300 mph and is meant to help ease traffic on the 250+ mile ride on Interstate 15. Source: Digg | 8 Jun 2008 | 2:51 pm
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: UPDATING) Laura Bush, wife of the U.S. president, arrived in Afghanistan on Sunday on a surprise visit, meeting Afghan President Hamid Karzai and other senior officials Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 8 Jun 2008 | 2:51 pm
JIANGYOU, China (AP) -- An aftershock shook a massive quake-formed lake Sunday that had been threatening to flood more than 1 million people, sending landslides tumbling down surrounding mountains, China's state news agency reported.... Source: AP Top International News At 11:54 ... | 8 Jun 2008 | 2:51 pm
AP - An aftershock shook a massive quake-formed lake Sunday that had been threatening to flood more than 1 million people, sending landslides tumbling down surrounding mountains, China's state news agency reported.
AP - While many people will work on their tans this summer, or on summer reading lists or on not working too hard, two exceptions John McCain and Barack Obama and their underlings will be working.
Reuters - Israeli defense officials and
political pundits rounded on Deputy Prime Minister Shaul Mofaz
on Sunday after he threatened attacks against Iran, accusing
him of exploiting war jitters to advance his personal
ambitions.
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli defense officials and political pundits rounded on Deputy Prime Minister Shaul Mofaz on Sunday after he threatened attacks against Iran, accusing him of exploiting war jitters to advance his personal ambitions.
Walgreens and the parent company of Tylenol are being sued by an Illinois woman whose infant son died after being given 2 separate medicines marketed by those companies for use on children. Source: Digg | 8 Jun 2008 | 2:39 pm
Meet Jeanne Stevens, the Republican nominee for Connecticut's House of Representatives (101st District). She will not allow Grand Theft Auto IV in her home. That's OK, she's also a level 70 Orc hunter in World of Warcraft. As for GTA IV, "If you’d like to play it in your home, go for it." Source: Digg | 8 Jun 2008 | 2:39 pm
(Kyodo) _ At least 11 policemen were killed and five wounded in a clash with Taliban fighters on Sunday in southern Afghanistan, an official said. Taliban fighters ambushed a police... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 8 Jun 2008 | 2:36 pm
The northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk is just outside Iraqi Kurdistan, but the Kurds want to claim it as their own. Guest Host Audie Cornish speaks with Quil Lawrence, author of the book, Invisible Nation: How the Kurds' Quest for Statehood is Shaping Iraq and the Middle East.
Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) formally suspended her presidential campaign Saturday and encouraged her supporters to join her in helping elect Illinois Sen. Barack Obama in November. Guest Host Audie Cornish was at the Clinton farewell and listened to people's reaction to Clinton's speech.
KABUL (Reuters) - U.S. first lady Laura Bush appealed to the international community on Sunday not to abandon Afghanistan in the face of resurgent Taliban violence.
As part of a monthlong series on America's infrastructure, Weekend Edition takes a closer look at the nation's dams. Nearly 80,000 dams across the country help control floods, provide hydroelectric power and regulate the water supply. But the number of dams considered unsafe has jumped 33 percent in the past decade, according to a report card by the American Society of Civil Engineers. Guest Host Audie Cornish speaks with ASCE Deputy Executive Director Larry Roth.
TOKYO, June 8 (Kyodo) _ (EDS: ADDING INFO AT 2ND, 4-6TH GRAFS) Seven people died and 10 others were injured after a man hit pedestrians with a truck and then stabbed passersby Sunday... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 8 Jun 2008 | 2:05 pm
A relatively strong aftershock Sunday shook the massive earthquake- formed lake that has been threatening to flood more than 1 million people and triggered landslides in surrounding... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 8 Jun 2008 | 1:51 pm
For decades the world relied on the powerful U.S. Navy to protect the vital Indian Ocean sea lane. But as India and China gain economic heft, they are moving to expand their control of the waterway, sparking a new — and potentially dangerous — rivalry between Asia's emerging giants. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 8 Jun 2008 | 1:45 pm
Ireland's PM accuses opponents of an EU treaty of "inaccuracy and absurdity", ahead of Thursday's referendum. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 8 Jun 2008 | 1:45 pm
First lady Laura Bush, on a mission to highlight signs of rebirth in war-weary Afghanistan, ventured outside of Kabul on Sunday to an area that symbolizes both the destruction of war and Afghanistan’s attempt at rebirth.
A Japanese man rammed a truck into a crowd of shoppers, jumped out and went on a stabbing spree in Tokyo's top electronics district Sunday, killing at least seven people and wounding 10 others.
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish warplanes struck a Kurdish guerrilla target in northern Iraq on Saturday night, the military said in a statement on its website.
By Jeremy Scahill, a Puffin Foundation Writing Fellow at The Nation Institute. He is the author of the bestselling Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army, published by Nation Books. He is an award-winning investigative journalist and correspondent for the national radio and TV program Democracy Now!. Source: Digg | 8 Jun 2008 | 1:36 pm
AOMORI (AFP) - Eleven nations that guzzle nearly two-thirds of the world's energy called Sunday for an urgent hike in global oil production as host Japan warned the world could plunge into recession. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 8 Jun 2008 | 1:36 pm
"I'm a pawn," Marte Garner says happily ..."I would...sacrifice myself for my family," says the 15-year-old....Just because you may think you are a pawn, they tell him, doesn't mean you can't one day be king. Marte is trying to connect the dots. "Chess is like life," ..."Then it kind of isn't because it is still a game." Source: Digg | 8 Jun 2008 | 1:35 pm
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A powerful coalition of drug gangs led by Mexico's most-wanted man is collapsing, meaning the surge in bloodshed and police killings will get worse, a senior U.S. counternarcotics official said.
NISHINOMIYA, Japan, June 8 (Kyodo) _ (EDS: ADDING YAKULT-LOTTE GAME) Norihiro Akahoshi delivered a tiebreaking RBI single in the seventh inning as the Hanshin Tigers won their fourth... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 8 Jun 2008 | 1:31 pm
AOMORI, Japan (Reuters) - Group of Eight energy ministers looked inward for solutions to record oil prices on Sunday, touting the need for domestic efficiency rather than piling pressure on a resistant OPEC to pump more crude.
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) -- An opposition party official in Zimbabwe says ruling party supporters have stopped the opposition from holding a rally.... Source: AP Top International News At 11:54 ... | 8 Jun 2008 | 1:23 pm
An opposition party official in Zimbabwe says ruling party supporters have stopped the opposition from holding a rally. Movement for Democratic Change spokesman Nelson Chamisa says... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 8 Jun 2008 | 1:23 pm
(Kyodo) _ A relatively strong aftershock Sunday from the May 12 earthquake that devastated much of China's Sichuan Province and nearby areas has caused landslides into a massive lake... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 8 Jun 2008 | 1:23 pm
TOKYO (AP) -- A man who police said "was tired of life" drove into a crowd of pedestrians Sunday and then went on a stabbing rampage in Tokyo's top electronics and video game district, killing seven people and wounding 10, authorities said.... Source: AP Top International News At 11:54 ... | 8 Jun 2008 | 1:12 pm
A man who police said "was tired of life" drove into a crowd of pedestrians Sunday and then went on a stabbing rampage in Tokyo's top electronics and video game district, killing seven... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 8 Jun 2008 | 1:12 pm
Who says porn stars lack ambition? Maxi Mounds has made a huge name for herself – by having the largest breast implants in the world. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 8 Jun 2008 | 1:09 pm
KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepali police detained 185 Tibetan exiles as they tried to storm a Chinese visa office on Sunday, demanding freedom for their Himalayan homeland, witnesses and police... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 8 Jun 2008 | 1:07 pm
AOMORI, Japan (AP) -- The world's top industrialized nations and leading oil consumers pledged Sunday to fight skyrocketing energy prices by increasing efficiency and accelerating investment in new technologies, while urging producers to expand production.... Source: AP Top International News At 11:54 ... | 8 Jun 2008 | 1:06 pm
Mayor Michael Bloomberg and ABC News made a formal offer to host the first proposed presidential town hall meeting between John McCain and Barack Obama, according to a letter being sent to both candidates Sunday. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 8 Jun 2008 | 1:05 pm
Drivers are paying an average of $4 for a gallon of gasoline for the first time. AAA and the Oil Price Information Service say the national average price for a gallon of regular gas rose to $4.005 overnight from $3.988. But consumers in many parts of the country have already been paying well above that price for some time. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 8 Jun 2008 | 1:03 pm
A strong aftershock in China rocks a quake-formed lake that has been threatening to burst its banks, state media says. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 8 Jun 2008 | 1:02 pm
A powerful explosion tore through a mine in eastern Ukraine early Sunday, trapping at least 37 miners who had been making repairs to improve safety conditions in the mine, officials said. Four workers above ground were injured. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 8 Jun 2008 | 12:51 pm
Home favourite Dani Pedrosa dominates from start to finish to win the Catalunya MotoGP in Barcelona. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 8 Jun 2008 | 12:50 pm
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's ruling party has said it is determined to curtail the powers of the presidency in favor of parliament, whether President Pervez Musharraf likes it or not.
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: ADDING YOMIURI-SEIBU GAME) Norihiro Akahoshi delivered a tiebreaking RBI single in the seventh inning as the Hanshin Tigers won their fourth straight in a 4-3 win over... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 8 Jun 2008 | 12:30 pm
A Japanese man rammed a truck into a crowd of shoppers, jumped out and went on a stabbing spree in Tokyo's top electronics district, killing at least seven people and wounding 10 others.
BEIJING (AFP) - The water level in southwest China's "quake lake" was still rising "dangerously" on Sunday, a day after the opening of a hastily-dug channel meant to drain it, state media reported. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 8 Jun 2008 | 12:20 pm
BAGHDAD (AP) -- U.S. soldiers in Baghdad captured an Iraqi arms dealer and "assassination squad" leader responsible for trafficking Shiite extremists in and out of neighboring Iran for training, the military said Sunday.... Source: AP Top International News At 11:54 ... | 8 Jun 2008 | 11:42 am
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) -- A powerful explosion tore through a mine in eastern Ukraine early Sunday, trapping at least 37 miners who had been making repairs to improve safety conditions in the mine, officials said. Four workers above ground were injured.... Source: AP Top International News At 11:54 ... | 8 Jun 2008 | 11:38 am
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's office is distancing itself from a Cabinet minister's suggestion that Israel will be forced to attack Iran.... Source: AP Top International News At 11:54 ... | 8 Jun 2008 | 11:35 am
Seven people are killed and 10 injured in a busy Tokyo shopping district after a man rampages with a knife, local media say. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 8 Jun 2008 | 11:19 am
A powerful explosion tore through a mine in eastern Ukraine early Sunday, trapping at least 37 miners who had been making repairs to improve safety conditions in the mine, officials said. Four workers above ground were injured. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 8 Jun 2008 | 9:46 am
It has been 12 years since a group of American Indians sued the government, saying Washington had cheated them out of profits from land royalties since 1887. On Monday, a federal judge plans to begin hearings to determine how much he thinks the government should pay the Native Americans. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 8 Jun 2008 | 9:09 am
YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar's military government denied on Sunday it was evicting victims of Cyclone Nargis from relief camps, saying it was working on a voluntary resettlement program more than a month after the disaster.
South Korea's government unveiled a $10.3 billion plan Sunday to help ease the burden of high oil prices on low-income individuals and self-owned businesses. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 8 Jun 2008 | 8:38 am
A Coast Guard spokeswoman said early on Sunday that a helicopter crew had found five of six regatta competitors alive after their boat disappeared in the Gulf of Mexico. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 8 Jun 2008 | 8:34 am
Officials say a bomb exploded about 150 yards from a U.N. office in eastern Afghanistan, wounding two people. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 8 Jun 2008 | 8:24 am
The 2008 general election will pit the best-organized nomination campaign in the history of modern Democratic politics against the battle-tested machinery of the Republican Party, with both Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) and Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) determined to shake up an electoral map that has been virtually static over the past two elections.
BOGALAY (AFP) - Myanmar has tightened security across the cyclone-ravaged Irrawaddy Delta but on Sunday denied evicting storm victims from emergency shelters and forcing them to return to ruined villages. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 8 Jun 2008 | 7:46 am
Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe at a summit on food security at the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) in Rome on June 3, 2008. A Zimbabwe court ruled Saturday police could not ban opposition... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 8 Jun 2008 | 7:39 am
Zimbabwean President Morgan Tsvangirai (C) meets people as he campaignes on June 6 in Esigondini. Activists say Zimbabwe may be facing an exodus of human rights lawyers like Makoni because of a crackdown... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 8 Jun 2008 | 7:39 am
A Palestinian medical official says Israeli troops have killed a Hamas militant on the Gaza-Israel border. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 8 Jun 2008 | 7:15 am
Israeli officials on Sunday slammed senior minister Shaul Mofaz's, seen here in April, threat last week to strike Iran if it does not halt its nuclear drive, accusing him of using the issue for domestic... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 8 Jun 2008 | 6:54 am
File photo shows a coal mine in Ukraine's Donetsk region. Over 40 miners were missing early Sunday after an explosion in a Ukrainian coal mine, the RIA Novosti news agency reported. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 8 Jun 2008 | 6:05 am
A camp in the Qandil mountains, seen in May, holds displaced Kurdish families fleeing the Turkish bombings of northern Iraq. Turkish warplanes bombed separatist Kurdish rebels in neighbouring northern... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 8 Jun 2008 | 6:02 am
A Chinese man plays with his son near his partially demolished house at the Qianmen hutong in Beijing Sunday, June 8, 2008. Beijing, one of the fabulous cities of antiquity, is experiencing reconstructions... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 8 Jun 2008 | 6:01 am
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, seen here in May, on Sunday assured Iran that Iraq would not allow its territory to be used as a platform to "harm" the Islamic republic, the official IRNA news agency... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 8 Jun 2008 | 5:43 am
A woman peeps through posters featuring artists' impressions of the well-known Qianmen area while a tram parks behind it in Beijing, China, Sunday, June 8, 2008. The street, located south of central Beijing's... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 8 Jun 2008 | 5:36 am
A farmer cultivates his field as the mount Semeru volcano erupts with hot gas and ash Sunday June 8, 2008 in Supit Urang, East Java, Indonesia. Volcanologists raised the alert level on Semeru, one of... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 8 Jun 2008 | 5:29 am
Rescue workers from Tokyo Fire Department gather to help injured people in Tokyo's Akihabara district, known as Electric Town, Sunday afternoon, June 8, 2008. A man went on a daylight stabbing spree in... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 8 Jun 2008 | 5:28 am
BEIJING (Reuters) - The heaviest rainstorms in 50 years drenched parts of Guangdong province over the past two days, killing at least 1 student and causing widespread flooding, local media reported on Sunday.
NYT: Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign of destiny that fell achingly short. She and her husband struggled to adapt their successful formula to a new era against a new kind of opponent.
Energy chiefs from the world's industrial powers met to discuss rising oil prices, though there are doubts that they can do anything to alleviate the problem.
Brunker: In the grandstand at Belmont Park, it was as if the Hindenburg had just burst into flames before the sweat-soaked fans assembled for Big Brown’s coronation. Instead, the 94,465 fans who packed the stands saw history of another kind – a crash and burn for the ages as the 1-to-4 favorite in the Belmont Stakes failed to mount a serious threat in and faded to last, finishing the length of several football fieldsd behind 38-1 long shot Da’ Tara.
Sports journalist Jim McKay has died at 86. McKay hosted ABC's World Wide of Sports for more than 40 years. He came to national prominence when he covered the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich and brought the American public news that terrorists captured and killed 11 Israeli athletes.
Renaissance Village was Louisiana's largest trailer park created by FEMA to shelter victims of Hurricane Katrina. The park officially closed this week. Sister Judith Brun directs the Community Initiative Foundation in Baton Rouge, which provided relief services to the residents of Renaissance Village. She talks with Andrea Seabrook about the end of the Renaissance Village community and what's next for the former residents.
New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin hosts the National Conference of Black Mayors, which wraps up Saturday. Andrea Seabrook talks with Nagin about the issues facing the black mayors today.
The students at Howard University Middle School in Washington are predominantly African-American. Andrea Seabrook talks with students and teachers there about what Barack Obama's candidacy means to them.
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki arrived in Tehran for talks with Iranian leaders that were expected to focus on a proposed U.S.-Iraq security agreement that Iran fears will keep the U.S. military in neighboring Iraq for years.
MIANYANG, China - Water poured from a massive lake formed by China's deadly earthquake in a carefully engineered diversion Saturday that eased - but did not eliminate - the threat of flooding for a million people in the sprawling... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 7 Jun 2008 | 8:29 pm
Police in Nepal's capital broke up a protest Saturday by hundreds of Tibetan exiles against Chinese rule in their homeland, detaining many of them, officials said.
Senator Hillary Clinton has suspended her campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination and is now endorsing former rival, Barack Obama. She spoke to supporters on Saturday in Washington.
WASHINGTON - Hillary Rodham Clinton has ended her historic campaign for the presidency and told supporters to unite behind rival Barack Obama, closing out a race that was as gruelling as it was groundbreaking.
The former first... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 7 Jun 2008 | 7:27 pm
The United States on Friday accused President Robert Mugabe's Government of using food aid as a political weapon to get votes in Zimbabwe's run-off election on June 27.
"We are dealing with a desperate regime here which will do... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 7 Jun 2008 | 6:00 pm
China has sent medical teams to offer reverse sterilisation operations to women who lost children in last month's Sichuan earthquake but want to give birth again, state media reported.
Under China's one-child family planning policy,... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 7 Jun 2008 | 5:00 pm
An Austrian judge has extended Josef Fritzl's detention for a further two months, a court spokesman announced last week.
Fritzl, 73, was first remanded in custody in April after telling police he held his daughter prisoner for... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 7 Jun 2008 | 5:00 pm
The first president of autonomous Bougainville, Joseph Kabui, has died in hospital of a suspected heart attack.
Bougainville leaders gathered in Buka, the capital, for emergency talks following the president's death, Papua New... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 7 Jun 2008 | 5:00 pm
Oil prices have doubled over the past year and risen 44 per cent this year alone, with US crude surging to a record high US$139.12 ($181.447) a barrel on Friday, a troubling rise for energy ministers of the Group of Eight Nations... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 7 Jun 2008 | 5:00 pm
The Phoenix lander has scooped up its first, cup-sized sample of Martian dirt for analysis, kicking off the spacecraft's primary science mission of searching for water or signs of life on the Red Planet.
The small sample includes... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 7 Jun 2008 | 5:00 pm
Britain's most senior police officer said on Friday that pop stars and celebrities who are pictured apparently taking drugs should be put on trial to prove they were snorting talcum powder and not cocaine.
London Metropolitan Police... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 7 Jun 2008 | 5:00 pm
AP - A possible tornado toppled trees in Nebraska and record flooding chased people from their Indiana homes early Sunday as the Midwest braced for still more violent weather.
AP - The drubbing went on from there. Nadal won his fourth consecutive French Open title in a rout Sunday, again spoiling Federer's bid to complete a career Grand Slam.
AP - Scuba divers swept away in strong currents survived 12 hours in shark-infested waters before scrambling onto a remote Indonesian island where they faced yet another threat: a Komodo dragon.
AP - First lady Laura Bush, on a mission to highlight signs of progress in war-weary Afghanistan, ventured outside the capital Sunday to an area that symbolizes both the destruction and attempt at rebirth.
One person was dead and one missing in Indiana after storms ripped through the Midwest over the weekend, Indiana state officials said.
Reuters - Spacewalking astronauts slipped outside
the International Space Station on Sunday to work on the
outpost's cooling system and finish outfitting Japan's newly
arrived Kibo research laboratory.
AFP - A man went on a stabbing spree Sunday in a busy Tokyo neighbourhood famed for comic-book subculture, killing at least seven people and leaving around a dozen injured in Japan's deadliest crime in years.
AP - An aftershock shook a massive quake-formed lake Sunday that had been threatening to flood more than 1 million people, sending landslides tumbling down surrounding mountains, China's state news agency reported.
AP - While many people will work on their tans this summer, or on summer reading lists or on not working too hard, two exceptions John McCain and Barack Obama and their underlings will be working.
Reuters - Israeli defense officials and
political pundits rounded on Deputy Prime Minister Shaul Mofaz
on Sunday after he threatened attacks against Iran, accusing
him of exploiting war jitters to advance his personal
ambitions.
First lady Laura Bush, on a mission to highlight signs of rebirth in war-weary Afghanistan, ventured outside of Kabul on Sunday to an area that symbolizes both the destruction of war and Afghanistan’s attempt at rebirth.
A Japanese man rammed a truck into a crowd of shoppers, jumped out and went on a stabbing spree in Tokyo's top electronics district Sunday, killing at least seven people and wounding 10 others.
The 2008 general election will pit the best-organized nomination campaign in the history of modern Democratic politics against the battle-tested machinery of the Republican Party, with both Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) and Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) determined to shake up an electoral map that has been virtually static over the past two elections.
NYT: Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign of destiny that fell achingly short. She and her husband struggled to adapt their successful formula to a new era against a new kind of opponent.
Big Brown failed in his bid to become horse racing’s 12th Triple Crown winner when he finished dead last to Da’ Tara in the Belmont Stakes.
Brunker: In the grandstand at Belmont Park, it was as if the Hindenburg had just burst into flames before the sweat-soaked fans assembled for Big Brown’s coronation. Instead, the 94,465 fans who packed the stands saw history of another kind – a crash and burn for the ages as the 1-to-4 favorite in the Belmont Stakes failed to mount a serious threat in and faded to last, finishing the length of several football fieldsd behind 38-1 long shot Da’ Tara.