As soon as the state's Supreme Court announced it would legally recognize gay marriage, wedding companies started getting calls. Same-sex weddings could swell the industry's coffers by $684 million, according to a UCLA study.
Nelson Mandela's vision of a "rainbow nation" is still far from being fulfilled. Much tension still exists between black and white South Africans. This tension has boiled over into violence in several recent incidents.
WOBURN - Touching testimony by the "Welcome Lady" of Hopkinton about the newest couple in town in 2006 appeared to force Neil Entwistle's broken-hearted British...
Centuries ago, Afghanistan was a vital stop along the ancient Silk Road where cultures of the East and West converged. Artifacts from that rich cultural crossroads are currently on display at the National Gallery in Washington, D.C. — after being hidden away for more than two decades in Kabul.
In a major power shift that tips the scales toward management, the Boston fire commissioner has tapped two city government lawyers to oversee the department's labor and...
Sizzling temperatures put a blistering heat on the Boston area yesterday, leaving one teenager dead, and forcing officials to cancel sports tournaments as residents across...
WASHINGTON - Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson says the administration intends to keep pursuing a policy of "robust engagement" with China that will include filing...
A daughter of the Austrian incest victim kept for decades in a basement dungeon by her father awoke from her induced coma Tuesday, the hospital said. Source: FOXNews.com | 10 Jun 2008 | 2:28 pm
KRANJ, Slovenia - President Bush and European allies today threatened tougher sanctions to squeeze Iran's finances and derail its potential pursuit of a nuclear weapon....
VIENNA, Austria - The eldest daughter of a woman imprisoned in a cellar by her father for more than 20 years was brought out of a medically induced coma, a hospital official...
WASHINGTON - John McCain said Democratic rival Barack Obama is bad for business in a speech to small business owners.
McCain said today that Obama's policies would...
If you can find free parking on the street, chances are you won't pull into a nearby spot that has a parking meter. If you can pay 20 cents less per gallon for name-brand...
School's out, the pool's open and in much of the country it's already too hot to think. Unfortunately, most of us have kids or parents or spouses who insist...
The trade deficit jumped to the highest level in 13 months in April as America’s bill for foreign crude oil soared to an all-time high. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 10 Jun 2008 | 2:09 pm
BAGHDAD (AP) -- The U.S. State Department's top Iraq adviser said Tuesday he believes an agreement to establish a long-term security relationship between Iraq and the United States will be completed by the end of July.... Source: AP Top International News At 9:40 a... | 10 Jun 2008 | 2:06 pm
AP - The U.S. State Department's top Iraq adviser said Tuesday he believes an agreement to establish a long-term security relationship between Iraq and the United States will be completed by the end of July.
The International Energy Agency lowered its forecast for global oil demand this year amid surging prices, but said Tuesday that global hunger for oil is knocking markets out of kilter. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 10 Jun 2008 | 2:05 pm
They don’t call them flies for nothing. While we try to avoid the relentless aerial acrobatics of flies, some scientists have built them their own flight simulator. As this video reports, the work could lead to new flying robots. Source: Digg | 10 Jun 2008 | 2:04 pm
AP - Wall Street declined Tuesday as oil prices ratcheted higher and as speculation grew that the Federal Reserve might raise interest rates to fight inflation.
So cheer up, Mom and Dad. You don't have to be embarrassed any more about discussing the facts of life with your child. She'll be happy to explain them to you. Source: Digg | 10 Jun 2008 | 2:03 pm
LONDON - The BBC will offer live television coverage of the Oct. 26 regular-season game between the San Diego Chargers and the New Orleans Saints at Wembley Stadium.
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AP - John McCain says Democratic rival Barack Obama is bad for business. In remarks to small business owners Tuesday, McCain said Obama's policies would mean higher taxes and higher overhead costs. McCain also criticized the Illinois senator for pledging to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement.
Pakistan's President, Pervez Musharraf, faces a new challenge to his authority. Thousands of lawyers and other activists are headed to the capital Islamabad for a rally this week. They will demand that Musharraf resign and bring back the judges he fired last year.
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's defense minister was quoted on Tuesday as warning Israel of a "very painful" response if it launched a military strike over the Islamic Republic's disputed nuclear program.
President Bush said Tuesday the U.S. and Europe must rally to keep Iran from developing a nuclear weapon, calling the threat an incredible danger to world peace.
Reuters - Florida's tomato industry is in "complete
collapse" and $40 million worth of tomatoes will rot unless
federal regulators quickly trace the source of a salmonella
outbreak and clear the state's produce, an industry official
said on Tuesday.
MIAMI (Reuters) - Florida's tomato industry is in "complete collapse" and $40 million worth of tomatoes will rot unless federal regulators quickly trace the source of a salmonella outbreak and clear the state's produce, an industry official said on Tuesday.
Flooding worsened across the Midwest on Monday, with homes being washed away in Wisconsin and soldiers helping residents in sandbag as rivers rose fast in Indiana and Iowa.
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) -- A coalition government between Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's party and the opposition may again be under consideration in an effort to end the violence that has engulfed the country for two months.... Source: AP Top International News At 9:40 a... | 10 Jun 2008 | 1:39 pm
A judge aborted a drug conspiracy trial Tuesday after some jurors were found to have been playing the puzzle game Sudoku while evidence was being given. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 10 Jun 2008 | 1:36 pm
Donald Trump has argued his case for the construction of a $2 billion golf resort on a stretch of coast in northeast Scotland after months of acrimony between the billionaire developer and local residents.
KRANJ, Slovenia (AP) -- President Bush said Tuesday the United States and Europe must rally to keep Iran from developing a nuclear weapon, calling the threat an incredible danger to world peace.... Source: AP Top International News At 9:40 a... | 10 Jun 2008 | 1:26 pm
The EU and the US threaten to take further sanctions against Iran unless it suspends its nuclear programme. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 10 Jun 2008 | 1:24 pm
John Lawrence Locher has accomplished many things in his 90 years, including living through the Great Depression, fighting in the Pacific during World War II and a long career with General Motors. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 10 Jun 2008 | 1:23 pm
Zambia grants political asylum to 12 Zimbabwean opposition activists who have fled election violence. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 10 Jun 2008 | 1:22 pm
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican White House candidate John McCain will promise on Tuesday to lower corporate tax rates if he wins the U.S. presidency and ease the tax burden on middle-class workers to help revive the faltering economy.
A UN agency is cutting air services to Sudan's Darfur region, reducing the ability of aid workers to travel there. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 10 Jun 2008 | 1:19 pm
Restaurants and fast-food outlets across the country stop using raw tomatoes as the result of a growing outbreak of salmonella food poisoning in the United States
AP - President Bush said Tuesday the United States and Europe must rally to keep Iran from developing a nuclear weapon, calling the threat an incredible danger to world peace.
Should the nation's oldest military award, the Purple Heart, be given to soldiers who suffer from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder? Army Times staff reporter Kelly Kennedy explains the debate.
WASHINGTON (AFP) - A surge in imports and skyrocketing oil prices pushed the US trade deficit in April to 60.9 billion dollars, government data showed Tuesday. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 10 Jun 2008 | 1:11 pm
JIANGYOU, China (Reuters) - China declared victory over an unstable "quake lake" on Tuesday as floodwaters were released downstream, where hundreds of thousands had been under threat of a second crisis following last month's earthquake.
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) -- Gaza militants bombarded southern Israel with 20 mortar rounds in the space of an hour midday Tuesday, provoking Israeli ground strikes that killed three militants from the territory's ruling Hamas group.... Source: AP Top International News At 9:40 a... | 10 Jun 2008 | 1:08 pm
SYDNEY(AFP) (AFP) - More than 70 percent of young Australians show early signs of hearing loss, with loud music played through headphones believed to be a major cause, a survey released Tuesday showed. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 10 Jun 2008 | 1:07 pm
Authorities in Connecticut are wondering who stuffed a raw roasting chicken with a pipe bomb and left it on a roadside. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 10 Jun 2008 | 1:05 pm
AP - Federal officials hunted for the source of a 17-state salmonella outbreak linked to three types of raw tomatoes, while the list of supermarkets and restaurants yanking those varieties from shelves and menus grew.
Premier League referees chief Keith Hackett says Ruud van Nistelrooy's controversial opening goal for the Netherlands against Italy was legitimate. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 10 Jun 2008 | 1:01 pm
BRDO PRI KRANJU (AFP) - US President George W. Bush began his final summit with EU leaders Tuesday seeking to tighten the squeeze on Iran's nuclear programme, a central message of his farewell European tour. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 10 Jun 2008 | 12:56 pm
President Bush is meeting with European leaders Tuesday in Slovenia for the annual U.S.-European summit. It's the first stop on the last scheduled European trip of his presidency. The weeklong tour will take him to Britain, Germany, Italy and France. NPR White House correspondent Don Gonyea says he's meeting mostly with his longtime allies.
Worried about the environmental impact of shipping food hundreds of miles, a small but devoted number of Americans have joined the "locavore" movement.
AFP - US President George W. Bush began his final summit with EU leaders Tuesday seeking to tighten the squeeze on Iran's nuclear programme, a central message of his farewell European tour.
Federal officials hunted for the source of a 17-state salmonella outbreak linked to three types of raw tomatoes, while the list of supermarkets and restaurants yanking those varieties from shelves and menus grew.
Nepal's ex-king will move out of his palace on Wednesday, officials say, two weeks after the monarchy was abolished. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 10 Jun 2008 | 12:51 pm
The Daily Mail reports on the astonishing story of the real 'bionic woman', Eileen Brown. Almost every major joint in Ms. Brown's body has been replaced with a bionic joint: Source: Digg | 10 Jun 2008 | 12:46 pm
Reuters - The eldest daughter from an incestuous
relationship between Austrian Josef Fritzl and his daughter who
he kept locked in a cellar for 24 years has been revived from
an artificial coma, hospital sources said on Tuesday.
Henry Leighty, a 32-year-old Arizona native and insurance claims adjuster, reportedly had such a huge crush on his girlfriend, Stacy Tompkins, 29, that he just had to marry her in a small ceremony Sunday which he totally dreams about every night when he goes to bed. Source: Digg | 10 Jun 2008 | 12:43 pm
VIENNA (Reuters) - The eldest daughter from an incestuous relationship between Austrian Josef Fritzl and his daughter who he kept locked in a cellar for 24 years has been revived from an artificial coma, hospital sources said on Tuesday.
The hospital caring for a daughter of the Austrian incest victim kept for decades in a cellar dungeon by her father says she has been awakened from weeks of an induced coma.
WOLONG, China (AP) -- Nearly a month after China's devastating earthquake, the Wolong Nature Reserve held a funeral Tuesday for a panda that was crushed in the temblor.... Source: AP Top International News At 9:40 a... | 10 Jun 2008 | 12:42 pm
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: TO BE LED) The U.S. deficit in global goods and services trade in April rose 7.8 percent from the previous month to $60.90 billion as a weaker dollar helped lift... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 10 Jun 2008 | 12:42 pm
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert meets top ministers and military strategists to discuss a possible wider offensive in the Gaza Strip. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 10 Jun 2008 | 12:41 pm
The price of crude oil today is not made according to any traditional relation of supply to demand. It’s controlled by an elaborate financial market system as well as by the four major Anglo-American oil companies. As much as 60% of today’s crude oil price is pure speculation driven by large trader banks and hedge funds. Source: Digg | 10 Jun 2008 | 12:40 pm
A draft treaty proposes draconian measures to protect copyright.The US (surprise, surprise) has circulated a draft (ACTA) for the next G8 meeting. Any border guard, in any treaty country, can check any electronic device for any content that they suspect infringes copyright laws. They need no proof, only suspicion. Source: Digg | 10 Jun 2008 | 12:40 pm
Tomatoes are under scrutiny as the possible culprit in a salmonella outbreak that has sickened at least 145 people in more than a dozen states. Several restaurant chains have stopped using fresh tomatoes, and supermarkets have pulled some varieties from their shelves.
China declared an end to the crisis over a brimming lake formed by landslides from a massive earthquake that had threatened flood downstream communities. Source: FOXNews.com | 10 Jun 2008 | 12:29 pm
BERLIN (Reuters) - Over two-thirds of the detainees in the Guantanamo Bay prison are suffering from or at risk of mental problems because they are kept isolated in small cells with little light or fresh air, according to Human Rights Watch.
(Kyodo) _ The U.S. dollar rose to a three-and-a-half month high in the lower 107 yen level in London on Tuesday as yen-selling gained the upper hand on comments by U.S. Treasury Secretary Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 10 Jun 2008 | 12:23 pm
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Economists have trimmed forecasts for U.S. growth in the second half of this year and in 2009, but more have come to the view that the United States will dodge a recession, a survey released on Tuesday showed.
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- United Nations experts headed to Myanmar's Irrawaddy delta to conduct disaster assessments as the world body said Tuesday that the country's military regime finally appears to be cooperating in aiding cyclone victims.... Source: AP Top International News At 9:40 a... | 10 Jun 2008 | 12:20 pm
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's entire cabinet offered to resign on Tuesday in the face of massive street protests, as its increasingly unpopular president warned that Asia's fourth-largest economy could be heading into crisis.
(Kyodo) _ Some 150 Tibetan exiles were temporarily detained by Nepalese police in Kathmandu on Tuesday afternoon after they staged an anti-China protests near the Chinese Embassy's visa... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 10 Jun 2008 | 12:15 pm
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice visits the Middle East this weekend facing the reality that political turmoil in Israel and the Bush administration's dwindling time may dash hopes of an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal this year.
Lawyers from across Pakistan are taking part in a countrywide protest to demand the reinstatement of judges sacked by President Musharraf. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 10 Jun 2008 | 12:13 pm
TOKYO, June 10 (Kyodo) _ (EDS: INCORPORATING STORY HEADLINED "JAPAN'S NEW ECONOMIC STRATEGY CALLS FOR 2% GROWTH OVER NEXT 10 YEARS." ADDING INFO, COMMENT) The government showed on... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 10 Jun 2008 | 12:13 pm
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- South Korea's entire Cabinet offered to resign Tuesday to dampen public uproar over the planned resumption of U.S. beef imports, as tens of thousands of protesters gathered in the largest demonstration yet against the policy.... Source: AP Top International News At 9:40 a... | 10 Jun 2008 | 12:11 pm
South Korea's entire Cabinet offered to resign Tuesday to dampen public uproar over the planned resumption of U.S. beef imports, as tens of thousands of protesters gathered in the largest... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 10 Jun 2008 | 12:11 pm
AP - For nearly a year, this tiny southwestern Wisconsin village has struggled to survive after a devastating flood. New rising waters may have sealed its fate.
Long-tailed macaque monkeys have a reputation for knowing how to find food _ whether it be grabbing fruit from jungle trees or snatching a banana from a startled tourist. Now,... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 10 Jun 2008 | 12:09 pm
(Kyodo) _ Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda and Finnish Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen agreed Tuesday in Tokyo to continue close cooperation in tackling the "biggest common challenge" of climate Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 10 Jun 2008 | 12:07 pm
Reuters - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza
Rice visits the Middle East this weekend facing the reality
that political turmoil in Israel and the Bush administration's
dwindling time may dash hopes of an Israeli-Palestinian peace
deal this year.
President Bush has opened his last summit with the European Union with a long list of trans-Atlantic issues on his plate: Iran's nuclear ambitions, Afghanistan's woes, climate change, Mideast peace and perhaps even the U.S.-EU flap over chickens.
Petrol stations and supermarkets in Spain start running out of supplies, as lorry drivers continue to blockade cities. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 10 Jun 2008 | 11:58 am
In spring 2007, Estonia's banks and newspapers were shut down by an organized wide-scale cyber-attack using 'botnets and other "Cyber-warefare" methods, in this Wired Science video they take an in depth look at how this happened and how Cyber-warfare similar to this will be fought and what governments/organizations can do to deter it. Source: Digg | 10 Jun 2008 | 11:56 am
BEICHUAN (AFP) - China declared victory on Tuesday in its spectacular battle to drain a quake lake that threatened more than one million people, after finally engineering a controlled release of the water. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 10 Jun 2008 | 11:56 am
President Bush, pushing for a tougher international stance against Iran's nuclear ambitions, came together with his European partners on Tuesday to embrace financial sanctions beyond those... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 10 Jun 2008 | 11:54 am
A steel tower wrapped in a spiraling ribbon is one of the most striking features of a new arts high school set to open next year. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 10 Jun 2008 | 11:54 am
The U.S. State Department's top Iraq adviser says he believes a U.S.- Iraqi security agreement will be finalized by the end of July. The pact would establish a long-term security... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 10 Jun 2008 | 11:54 am
LONDON (AFP) - Oil prices rose on Tuesday to stand above 134 dollars a barrel as traders digested a warning from the International Energy Agency that soaring crude costs would dampen oil demand growth in 2008. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 10 Jun 2008 | 11:52 am
Health officials are trying to identify the source of the salmonella contamination that has made more than 100 people ill. Tomatoes are thought to be the culprit. The Food and Drug Administration is urging consumers to avoid certain types of tomatoes.
Thousands of South Koreans are protesting against US beef imports, as the cabinet offers to resign amid the crisis. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 10 Jun 2008 | 11:50 am
The daughter of a woman who was kept in a cellar by her father in an incest scandal in Austria regains consciousness. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 10 Jun 2008 | 11:48 am
Authorities in Connecticut are wondering who stuffed a raw roasting chicken with a pipe bomb and left it on a roadside. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 10 Jun 2008 | 11:48 am
United Nations experts headed to Myanmar's Irrawaddy delta to conduct disaster assessments as the world body said Tuesday that the country's military regime finally appears to be... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 10 Jun 2008 | 11:48 am
Billionaire Kirk Kerkorian's investment company said Tuesday its tender offer for 20 million additional shares of Ford Motor Co. attracted a huge response and will easily enable it to increase its stake in the automaker to about 5.5 percent. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 10 Jun 2008 | 11:41 am
John Lawrence Locher has accomplished many things in his 90 years, including living through the Great Depression, fighting in the Pacific during World War II and a long career with General Motors. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 10 Jun 2008 | 11:40 am
The head of Saddam Hussein's tribal clan was killed Tuesday by a bomb that had been planted on his car, Iraqi police said. Source: FOXNews.com | 10 Jun 2008 | 11:37 am
Britain's Defense Ministry said Tuesday that no final decision is imminent on withdrawing all remaining British troops from Iraq, as the BBC reported that the government would outline pullout plans by the end of the year. Source: FOXNews.com | 10 Jun 2008 | 11:30 am
An outbreak of salmonella is forcing McDonald's and other chain restaurants to stop serving tomatoes. It's not certain that tomatoes are the source of the problem, which left more than 100 people sick in more than a dozen states — but a process of elimination has focused scrutiny on raw tomatoes.
Long-tailed macaque monkeys have a reputation for knowing how to find food — whether it be grabbing fruit from jungle trees or snatching a banana from a startled tourist. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 10 Jun 2008 | 11:19 am
CHENGDU, China (AP) -- China declared an end Tuesday to the crisis over a brimming lake formed by landslides from a massive earthquake that had threatened flood downstream communities.... Source: AP Top International News At 9:40 a... | 10 Jun 2008 | 11:17 am
The suspect in a knifing rampage that left seven dead in Tokyo was handed over to prosecutors Tuesday, as media reports pulling together Internet postings and police statements drew a picture of an angry, lonely young man who planned the deadly attack. Source: FOXNews.com | 10 Jun 2008 | 11:13 am
Foster's Group Ltd. said Tuesday its chief executive, Trevor O'Hoy, has resigned and the brewer and wine maker has written down the value of its global wine assets. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 10 Jun 2008 | 11:05 am
TOKYO (AP) -- The suspect in a knifing rampage that left seven dead in Tokyo was handed over to prosecutors Tuesday, as Internet postings he is accused of writing painted a picture of an angry, lonely young man and a meticulously planned attack.... Source: AP Top International News At 9:40 a... | 10 Jun 2008 | 11:03 am
A year after Hamas Islamists seized control of the Gaza Strip, Abu Hafss is waiting impatiently to see a sword remove the hand of a thief or a woman stoned to death for adultery.
Wall Street declined Tuesday as oil prices ratcheted higher and as speculation grew that the Federal Reserve might raise interest rates to fight inflation. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 10 Jun 2008 | 11:00 am
Lesser prairie chickens have been reduced to a fraction of their population across five states, says a conservation group that is ratcheting up the pressure on the federal government to provide more protection for the rare bird. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 10 Jun 2008 | 10:52 am
Immigration is getting little play on the presidential campaign trail, in part because the two candidates' stances aren't very different. Both supported a Senate bill that would have legalized millions of immigrants and created a guest-worker program.
North Korea has reasserted its opposition to terrorism in an apparent attempt to bolster its bid for removal from a U.S. blacklist, as an American diplomat traveled to Pyongyang to help push the country's nuclear disarmament.
MOGADISHU (AFP) - A hardline Somali Islamist leader Tuesday rejected a three-month truce reached between Mogadishu and its political foes, casting a damper on a fresh UN bid to bring peace to the shattered nation. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 10 Jun 2008 | 10:18 am
Despite a stepped up global battle against AIDS, the numbers of people newly infected with HIV are far and away outpacing the numbers beginning antiretroviral drug treatments, U.N. officials say.
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- North Korea reasserted its opposition to terrorism Tuesday in an apparent attempt to bolster its bid for removal from a U.S. blacklist, as an American diplomat traveled to Pyongyang to help push the country's nuclear disarmament.... Source: AP Top International News At 9:40 a... | 10 Jun 2008 | 8:45 am
South Korea's entire Cabinet has offered to resign as President Lee Myung-bak struggles to dampen weeks of public uproar over the planned resumption of U.S. beef imports.
South Korea's entire Cabinet offered to resign Tuesday as President Lee Myung-bak struggled to dampen weeks of public uproar over the planned resumption of U.S. beef imports. Source: FOXNews.com | 10 Jun 2008 | 7:22 am
A note threatening a Mexican journalist was found outside the office of a newspaper in southern Mexico, two days after someone left a severed head there.
It's a second-skin that makes your body sleeker - and faster. Thanks to a new swimsuit by Speedo, swimmers are breaking dozens of records. But is it actually an unfair advantage? Mark Phillips reports from poolside.
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Apple Monday unveiled a new version of its popular iPhone built for high-speed wireless networks with faster Internet access and more features for business users. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 10 Jun 2008 | 2:30 am
LAKE DELTON, Wisconsin - An earthen dam along a man-made lake gave way under severe flooding Monday, unleashing a powerful current that ripped several homes off their foundations and down the Wisconsin River.
Floodwater threatened... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 10 Jun 2008 | 2:25 am
European scuba divers swept away in strong currents survived 12 hours in shark-infested waters and then scrambled onto a remote Indonesian island where they faced yet another threat: a Komodo dragon.
LOS ANGELES - McDonald's Corp, Wal-Mart Stores Inc and other restaurant and grocery chains have stopped selling certain tomatoes as US health officials work to pinpoint the source of a salmonella outbreak.
The US Food and Drug... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 9 Jun 2008 | 9:48 pm
First Lady Laura Bush traveled to Afghanistan amid heavy security to showcase some of the progress being made there, especially for women and children.
The Democratic hopeful Barack Obama took his campaign to the Republican bastion of North Carolina yesterday, while his opponent, John McCain, launched the first television attack ad of the presidential election.
Despite promises... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 9 Jun 2008 | 8:30 pm
MADRID - Gas stations in Madrid and the northeastern Catalonia region began running out of fuel Monday as an indefinite strike by truckers began to bite.
The protest over soaring fuel costs began at midnight Sunday. Antonio Onieva,... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 9 Jun 2008 | 8:15 pm
Human Rights Watch has released a report detailing abductions, beatings, torture, and killings of Zimbabwe Movement for Democratic Change supporters.
It has recorded at least 36 politically motivated deaths and 2000 victims of... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 9 Jun 2008 | 8:15 pm
Johnny Telvor was not happy about Barack Obama becoming the Democratic presidential nominee. Not happy at all.
Standing outside the sturdy courthouse in the sweltering heat of a West Virginia afternoon in the small town of Williamson,... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 9 Jun 2008 | 8:00 pm
A South Korean man died in hospital two weeks after setting himself ablaze in protest at a deal to resume US beef imports.
Lee Byong Ryol, 40, had received treatment for serious burns since he doused himself with paint thinner... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 9 Jun 2008 | 6:15 pm
BOSTON - Fresh from his hospitalization for an aggresive surgery on a cancerous brain tumor, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy announced it was "good to be home" at his family's Massachusetts compound Monday and headed out for a sail.
Kennedy... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 9 Jun 2008 | 6:00 pm
TOKYO - A man arrested for killing seven people in a knife rampage on a crowded Tokyo shopping street posted dozens of warning messages on the internet in the hours leading up to the attack, Japanese media reported on Monday.
Japanese... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 9 Jun 2008 | 5:15 pm
Rescue teams found 23 miners alive following a powerful explosion at a coal mine in eastern Ukraine, but one miner was confirmed dead and 13 were missing more than 24 hours after the blast, an official said. Source: FOXNews.com | 9 Jun 2008 | 5:05 pm
When they demonstrate the working of the gallows in Belfast's Crumlin Rd prison, the trapdoor drops away with shocking abruptness and a sickening thud. Fifteen of the 17 men who were hanged there are still in the jail. Their bodies... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 9 Jun 2008 | 5:00 pm
More than dozen striped dolphins get stuck up Percuil River in Cornwall; most have already died despite rescue efforts. Source: FOXNews.com | 9 Jun 2008 | 4:50 pm
Swedish police say they have closed an investigation at the Oskarshamn nuclear power plant where traces of an explosive substance were allegedly found in an employee's bag. Source: FOXNews.com | 9 Jun 2008 | 4:21 pm
A Chinese woman has pleaded guilty in San Diego to trying to smuggle military-grade sensors to her homeland. Source: FOXNews.com | 9 Jun 2008 | 2:36 pm
John McCain says Democratic rival Barack Obama is bad for business.
AP - The U.S. State Department's top Iraq adviser said Tuesday he believes an agreement to establish a long-term security relationship between Iraq and the United States will be completed by the end of July.
AP - Wall Street declined Tuesday as oil prices ratcheted higher and as speculation grew that the Federal Reserve might raise interest rates to fight inflation.
AP - John McCain says Democratic rival Barack Obama is bad for business. In remarks to small business owners Tuesday, McCain said Obama's policies would mean higher taxes and higher overhead costs. McCain also criticized the Illinois senator for pledging to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement.
President Bush said Tuesday the U.S. and Europe must rally to keep Iran from developing a nuclear weapon, calling the threat an incredible danger to world peace.
Reuters - Florida's tomato industry is in "complete
collapse" and $40 million worth of tomatoes will rot unless
federal regulators quickly trace the source of a salmonella
outbreak and clear the state's produce, an industry official
said on Tuesday.
Flooding worsened across the Midwest on Monday, with homes being washed away in Wisconsin and soldiers helping residents in sandbag as rivers rose fast in Indiana and Iowa.
Oil prices rebounded Tuesday amid supply concerns, growing global demand and tensions in the Middle East.
AP - President Bush said Tuesday the United States and Europe must rally to keep Iran from developing a nuclear weapon, calling the threat an incredible danger to world peace.
AP - Federal officials hunted for the source of a 17-state salmonella outbreak linked to three types of raw tomatoes, while the list of supermarkets and restaurants yanking those varieties from shelves and menus grew.
Worried about the environmental impact of shipping food hundreds of miles, a small but devoted number of Americans have joined the "locavore" movement.
AFP - US President George W. Bush began his final summit with EU leaders Tuesday seeking to tighten the squeeze on Iran's nuclear programme, a central message of his farewell European tour.
Federal officials hunted for the source of a 17-state salmonella outbreak linked to three types of raw tomatoes, while the list of supermarkets and restaurants yanking those varieties from shelves and menus grew.
Reuters - The eldest daughter from an incestuous
relationship between Austrian Josef Fritzl and his daughter who
he kept locked in a cellar for 24 years has been revived from
an artificial coma, hospital sources said on Tuesday.
AP - For nearly a year, this tiny southwestern Wisconsin village has struggled to survive after a devastating flood. New rising waters may have sealed its fate.
Reuters - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza
Rice visits the Middle East this weekend facing the reality
that political turmoil in Israel and the Bush administration's
dwindling time may dash hopes of an Israeli-Palestinian peace
deal this year.