Sales Of Home Safes Climb Amid Financial Turmoil

About the same time Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy and the stock market began plummeting, one of the nation's leading sellers of safes started to see a sales boost. The company's CEO says he thinks the increase is due to people losing faith in banks.

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Source: NPR Topics: News | 11 Oct 2008 | 9:56 pm

Blind Belgian breaks world speed record

Belgian Luc Costermans breaks the world blind road speed record, reaching 308km/h on an airstrip in France.
Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 11 Oct 2008 | 2:34 pm

Should Microsoft buy Research In Motion?

With shares of Research In Motion among those that have seen a massive drop in recent months, Reuters on Friday made the case that the company could make a juicy acquisition target for Microsoft.
Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 11 Oct 2008 | 2:29 pm

Top 10 Scariest New Car Features

We like heated seats and high-end stereos as much as the next car shopper, but some of today's automotive features provoke more fright than delight.
Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 11 Oct 2008 | 2:27 pm

LEAD: Baseball: Japanese baseball linescores+

(Kyodo) _ (EDS: ADDING NIGHT GAME) Linescores of Saturday's games in Japanese baseball: PACIFIC LEAGUE Climax Series, 1st stage, Game 1 At Kyocera Dome Nippon Ham 010 003 000...
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 11 Oct 2008 | 2:26 pm

Kyle Busch cruises to 20th NASCAR win of season

CONCORD, N.C. - Make it 20 wins this season for Kyle Busch, NASCAR's dominant workhorse. Overcoming his recent bad luck that has virtually ended his chances at a Sprint...
Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 11 Oct 2008 | 2:25 pm

Quake kills 4 in Russia's Chechnya region

GROZNY, Russia (Reuters) - Four people were killed in Russia's Chechnya region Saturday when an earthquake shook the Caucasus mountains, the Emergencies Ministry said.
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 11 Oct 2008 | 2:24 pm

Martin Brodeur, Devils slip by Islanders

Martin Brodeur stopped a penalty shot and finished with 25 saves and the New Jersey Devils spoiled Scott Gordon's NHL coaching debut with a 2-1 victory over the New York...
Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 11 Oct 2008 | 2:21 pm

Austrian rightist leader Joerg Haider dead at 58

VIENNA, Austria (AP) -- Austrian politician Joerg Haider, whose far-right rhetoric at times sounded sympathetic to the Nazis and contemptuous of Jews and led to months of international isolation for the Alpine republic, died Saturday in a car accident. He was 58....
Source: AP Top International News At 10:35 ... | 11 Oct 2008 | 2:15 pm

Austrian rightist leader Joerg Haider dead at 58 (AP)

AP - Austrian politician Joerg Haider, whose far-right rhetoric at times sounded sympathetic to the Nazis and contemptuous of Jews and led to months of international isolation for the Alpine republic, died Saturday in a car accident. He was 58.

Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 11 Oct 2008 | 2:15 pm

Economic losses from destruction of nature put at 50 billion euros+

(Kyodo) _ Global economic losses caused by the disruption of the ecosystem, such as decreases in crops as a result of deforestation, are estimated to be at least 50 billion euros, or...
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 11 Oct 2008 | 2:15 pm

Bay Village condos go green

The new condo complex at 136 Arlington St. in Boston's Bay Village boasts toilets that run on rainwater, insulation made of recycled denim and lots of other "green"...
Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 11 Oct 2008 | 2:15 pm

Reports: GM, Chrysler discussing merger

DETROIT - General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC have held preliminary talks about a merger or an acquisition of Chrysler by GM, according to published reports today. The...
Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 11 Oct 2008 | 2:14 pm

Bush plea for unity amid crisis

US President George W Bush says the serious global financial crisis demands a serious global response.
Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 11 Oct 2008 | 2:14 pm

World Powers Meet To Combat Credit Crisis

President Bush was short of specifics in his brief statement after Saturday morning's meeting. Will the meeting itself be enough to calm the worldwide markets after the weekend, or will the finance ministers have to offer a concrete plan to stabilize the world's financial systems?

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Source: NPR Topics: News | 11 Oct 2008 | 2:14 pm

Russian missile makes record flight

Russian officials say a submarine-launched ballistic missile has made a record flight, hitting a target in the middle of the Pacific Ocean for the first time.
Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 11 Oct 2008 | 2:12 pm

Obama notes McCain's effort to temper GOP comments (AP)

AP - Barack Obama acknowledged Saturday that John McCain has asked his supporters to temper their attacks on him. But the Democratic presidential nominee said the Republican's economic plans remain wrong for the country.

Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 11 Oct 2008 | 2:10 pm

Bush: US will work with partners on credit crisis (AP)

AP - President Bush emerged from a meeting with foreign financial officials on Saturday and pledged a global response to the credit crisis that will lead toward a "path of stability and long-term growth."

Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 11 Oct 2008 | 2:07 pm

Reports: Chrysler, GM discuss merger, acquisition (AP)

AP - General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC have held preliminary talks about a merger or an acquisition of Chrysler by GM, according to published reports.
Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 11 Oct 2008 | 2:05 pm

Perfect accord, difficult; mutual respect, priceless

About an hour before he was scheduled to address the annual "Right To Life" rally Sunday on the Common, the keynote speaker, who happened to be this writer, was...
Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 11 Oct 2008 | 2:05 pm

It is what it is: Obama allied with scoundrels

In the best tradition of Bill Clinton's declaration that the answer to the question of whether he was having an affair depended on "what the definition of is is,"...
Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 11 Oct 2008 | 2:04 pm

McCain supporters face uphill climb in blue Jersey - Newsday

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Mexico braced for lethal storms

A hurricane set to hit the west coast of Mexico has strengthened and become "life-threatening", meteorologists warn.
Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 11 Oct 2008 | 2:02 pm

At least five dead as quake rattles Caucasus

A strong earthquake reverberated through the Caucasus mountains on Saturday, killing at least five people and disrupting power supplies in Russia's Chechnya region, reports said.
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 11 Oct 2008 | 2:02 pm

Publication of controversial book delayed in UK

The Bookseller magazine says a publisher has ordered a delay to the publication in Britain of a controversial novel about one of the Prophet Muhammad's wives.
Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 11 Oct 2008 | 2:01 pm

First train service for troubled Kashmir

SRINAGAR, India (AFP) - India's prime minister on Saturday launched Kashmir's first train service, the fruit of an eight-year project that overcame tough terrain and rebel strife, on a visit overshadowed by violence.
Source: AFP - Wire stories | 11 Oct 2008 | 1:59 pm

McCain campaigns for Obama at McCain event? - Christian Science Monitor

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2nd ship seized as pirates threaten to blow up 1st

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) -- Armed pirates hijacked a massive tanker as world powers on Saturday headed toward the Somali coast to end a two-week standoff aboard a ship laden with tanks and weapons, officials said....
Source: AP Top International News At 10:35 ... | 11 Oct 2008 | 1:54 pm

2nd ship seized as pirates threaten to blow up 1st

Armed pirates hijacked a massive tanker as world powers on Saturday headed toward the Somali coast to end a two-week standoff aboard a ship laden with tanks and weapons, officials...
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 11 Oct 2008 | 1:54 pm

Obama Lauds McCain for Toning it Down - New York Daily News

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Wachovia: No shareholder vote on Wells deal - Bizjournals.com

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FLUTIE BACK AT NATICK

No, it's not Doug Flutie. But his brother Darren Flutie was named the new boys basketball coach at Natick High. Flutie replaces Tim Collins, the former Walpole High hoop...
Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 11 Oct 2008 | 1:49 pm

Wrestling: Sakamoto claims 4th straight world title+

(Kyodo) _ Hitomi Sakamoto, who is appearing in her final competition before retirement, beat Maryna Markevich of Belarus in the 51-kilogram freestyle final to win her fourth consecutive...
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 11 Oct 2008 | 1:48 pm

Thai PM considers resigning in wake of protests

Thailand's embattled prime minister indicated on Saturday that he may resign in the wake of fierce anti-government protests earlier this week that left two people dead and hundreds injured.
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 11 Oct 2008 | 1:46 pm

Gates: More troops needed during Afghan elections

BUDAPEST, Hungary - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates asked NATO allies Friday to consider increasing troop levels in Afghanistan next year during the elections, a move...
Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 11 Oct 2008 | 1:46 pm

Hurricane Norbert nears Baja as Category 2 storm

PUERTO SAN CARLOS, Mexico (AP) -- Norbert bore down on Mexico's southern Baja California peninsula Saturday as powerful Category 2 hurricane, and hotels warned tourists to stay away from beaches as the skies darkened....
Source: AP Top International News At 10:35 ... | 11 Oct 2008 | 1:45 pm

Hurricane Norbert nears Baja as Category 2 storm

Norbert bore down on Mexico's southern Baja California peninsula Saturday as powerful Category 2 hurricane, and hotels warned tourists to stay away from beaches as the skies darkened. ...
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 11 Oct 2008 | 1:45 pm

Larry Hagman excited about 30th 'Dallas' reunion

PARKER, Texas - Larry Hagman was reluctant to be on a new TV show called "Dallas" when he first read the script in the late 1970s, figuring there wouldn't be...
Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 11 Oct 2008 | 1:43 pm

Plea deal in Cusack stalking case

LOS ANGELES - A woman accused of stalking John Cusack has accepted a plea deal that will let her avoid state prison. Emily Leatherman pleaded no contest Friday in Los...
Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 11 Oct 2008 | 1:40 pm

How to turn a speeding ticket into jail time

Filed under "doing it wrong"...
Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 11 Oct 2008 | 1:40 pm

Surprises have dotted previous Oct. 11 Texas-OU games - ESPN

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Manhattan blaze kills 5, including 3 kids

New York City fire officials say five people including three children are dead after fire swept through a Manhattan apartment ...

Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 11 Oct 2008 | 1:38 pm

North Korea set to come off U.S. blacklist (Reuters)

Reuters - The United States plans to announce on Saturday that it will take North Korea off its terrorism blacklist in a bid to salvage denuclearization talks, a U.S. official familiar with the decision said.
Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 11 Oct 2008 | 1:36 pm

LEAD: Baseball: Ramirez ties CL lead with 45th homer+

(Kyodo) _ (EDS: UPDATING WITH YAKULT-YOMIURI GAME, CHANGING DATELINE) Alex Ramirez boosted his chances of winning two of the Central League's three major individual batting titles...
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 11 Oct 2008 | 1:36 pm

U.S. warns of "Al-Qaeda" group threat in Sudan

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - The United States said on Saturday a group called "Al Qaeda in the Land of the Two Niles" has threatened its citizens and allies in Sudan, adding to fears of a growing...
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 11 Oct 2008 | 1:31 pm

For Bush, last 100 days to feature 'no letting up'

So how will it end?
Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 11 Oct 2008 | 1:28 pm

Tainted China water sickens 450

About 450 people fall ill in southern China after drinking water contaminated by a metal factory, state media report.
Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 11 Oct 2008 | 1:26 pm

Obama: “Subsidize” Americans Who Can’t Afford Health Insurance - Afro American

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Bush says G-7 'will do what it takes' to ease economic crisis

President Bush and the finance ministers of seven of the world's most powerful economies stood shoulder to shoulder in the White House Rose Garden this morning and pledged to work together to resolve the crisis that has paralyzed global markets.
Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 11 Oct 2008 | 1:24 pm

Bush's statement on financial crisis

President Bush's statement Saturday on the financial crisis, as released by the White House. He spoke in the Rose Garden after meeting with financial ministers from the G-7 nations:
Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 11 Oct 2008 | 1:20 pm

5 killed in Manhattan blaze, including 3 children

Five people, including three young children, died in an apartment fire early Saturday, some taking refuge from the smoky blaze in a full bathtub and underneath a sink, fire officials said.
Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 11 Oct 2008 | 1:19 pm

US 'strikes deal' on North Korea

The US will remove North Korea from its list of countries sponsoring terrorism, officials in Washington say.
Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 11 Oct 2008 | 1:18 pm

G7 agrees crisis requires 'global' action: Bush (AFP)

AFP - US President George W. Bush said on Saturday after crisis talks with finance ministers from the G7 rich countries that all agreed the world financial meltdown required "a serious global response".

Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 11 Oct 2008 | 1:17 pm

G7 agrees crisis requires 'global' action: Bush

WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President George W. Bush said on Saturday after crisis talks with finance ministers from the G7 rich countries that all agreed the world financial meltdown required "a serious global response".
Source: AFP - Wire stories | 11 Oct 2008 | 1:17 pm

GM in Preliminary Talks With Chrysler, Person Says (Update1) - Bloomberg

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Hurricane Norbert slams Mexico as Category 2

Norbert bore down on Mexico's southern Baja California peninsula Saturday as powerful Category 2 hurricane, as hotels warned ...

Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 11 Oct 2008 | 1:13 pm

Nobel Peace Prize winner wants jobs for the young - International Herald Tribune

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Billy Graham hospitalized in NC after fall at home

Evangelist Billy Graham was hospitalized Saturday after tripping and falling over one of his dogs at his North Carolina home, a hospital spokeswoman said.
Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 11 Oct 2008 | 1:11 pm

McCain booed for calling Obama 'decent'

John McCain was booed by his own supporters Friday when, in an abrupt switch from raising questions about Barack Obama's character, he described the Democrat as a "decent person."

Source: MSNBC.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 11 Oct 2008 | 1:10 pm

The Top 28 FPS Video Games

From the dystopian corridors of BioShock's subterranean "paradise" to the Strogg-infested space stations found throughout the Quake franchise, First Person Shooters have found countless ways to establish themselves as rich, enjoyable experiences, capturing the hearts and trigger fingers of gamers worldwide. Here are the Top 28 FPS Games!
Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 11 Oct 2008 | 1:10 pm

'Global response' - CNNMoney.com

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G7 vows to fight credit crunch but details sketchy

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The world's rich nations vowed on Friday to take all necessary steps to unfreeze credit markets and ensure banks can raise money but they offered no collective course of action to avert a deep global recession.

Source: Reuters: Top News | 11 Oct 2008 | 1:00 pm

Live text - World Cup qualifiers

Scotland host Norway in Saturday's World Cup qualifiers ahead of games involving England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 11 Oct 2008 | 1:00 pm

Officials: US to drop NKorea from terror blacklist

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The United States is dropping North Korea from a terrorism blacklist, The Associated Press has learned, in the latest attempt to salvage a nuclear disarmament deal before President Bush's term ends in January....
Source: AP Top International News At 10:35 ... | 11 Oct 2008 | 12:51 pm

Officials: US to drop NKorea from terror blacklist (AP)

AP - The United States is dropping North Korea from a terrorism blacklist, The Associated Press has learned, in the latest attempt to salvage a nuclear disarmament deal before President Bush's term ends in January.

Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 11 Oct 2008 | 12:51 pm

Dwight Faces Nerd Torture Of The Highest Form

Our beloved Dwight Schrute, lover of bears, beets and Battlestar Galactica faced the toughest geek challenge from Jim Halpert on The Office this week. Watch as he painfully listens to Jim slaughter the plot of his favorite TV series and is restrained from correcting him. We feel your pain Dwight.
Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 11 Oct 2008 | 12:50 pm

Officials: U.S. to drop N. Korea from terror blacklist

The United States is dropping North Korea from a terrorism blacklist, The Associated Press has learned, in the latest attempt ...

Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 11 Oct 2008 | 12:50 pm

Space Tourist Braves Dangerous Ship

For $30 million, Richard Garriott gets two weeks in space and a risky ride home.
Source: ABC News: International | 11 Oct 2008 | 12:46 pm

Zimbabwe's Opposition Says Power-Sharing Deal in Jeopardy - Voice of America

Source: Google News | 11 Oct 2008 | 12:43 pm

Obama opens double-digit lead as Palin under fire

JUNEAU, Alaska (AFP) - Democrat Barack Obama opened a double-digit lead over rival John McCain in a key opinion poll on Saturday while investigators found Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin had abused her powers as Alaska governor.
Source: AFP - Wire stories | 11 Oct 2008 | 12:41 pm

Obama opens double-digit lead as Palin under fire (AFP)

AFP - Democrat Barack Obama opened a double-digit lead over rival John McCain in a key opinion poll on Saturday while investigators found Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin had abused her powers as Alaska governor.

Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 11 Oct 2008 | 12:40 pm

Bush: 'Stronger' economy looms post-crisis

President Bush emerged from a meeting with foreign financial officials on Saturday and said they were cooperating on a global response to the credit crisis that will lead toward a "path of stability."

Source: MSNBC.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 11 Oct 2008 | 12:37 pm

GM, Chrysler exploring merger: reports

New York Times and Wall Street Journal report automakers have been in talks; companies won't confirm or deny discussions
Source: The Globe and Mail - Front Page News | 11 Oct 2008 | 12:33 pm

North Korea set to come off U.S. blacklist

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States plans to announce on Saturday that it will take North Korea off its terrorism blacklist in a bid to salvage denuclearization talks, a U.S. official familiar with the decision said.

Source: Reuters: Top News | 11 Oct 2008 | 12:29 pm

Somali Pirates Threaten to Blow Up Hijacked Ship

With U.S. warships lurking nearby, the pirates who hijacked an arms-laden Ukrainian tanker off Somalia threatened to destroy the vessel unless a ransom is paid, a spokesman for the bandits said.
Source: FOXNews.com | 11 Oct 2008 | 12:18 pm

The quake measured 5.5

A strong earthquake has reverberated through the Caucasus mountains region, leaving one person dead and disrupting communications in the Russian province of Chechnya, officials and media reports have said...
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 11 Oct 2008 | 12:15 pm

U.S. works on bank plan, IMF warns of further market fall

WASHINGTON/LONDON (Reuters) - The U.S. government pushed on Saturday to finalize a plan to buy direct stakes in American banks as the International Monetary Fund warned markets could drop another 20 percent in a worst-case scenario.

Source: Reuters: Top News | 11 Oct 2008 | 12:12 pm

U.S. works on bank plan, IMF warns of further market fall (Reuters)

Reuters - The U.S. government pushed on Saturday to finalize a plan to buy direct stakes in American banks as the International Monetary Fund warned markets could drop another 20 percent in a worst-case scenario.

Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 11 Oct 2008 | 12:12 pm

The French and German leaders are to hold talks at Charles de Gaulle's village graveside near Paris

The Charles De Gaulle museum in Colombey-les-deux-Eglises just east of Paris, where the French and German leaders are to hold talks on the crisis. European leaders are to meet over the weekend in France...
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 11 Oct 2008 | 12:00 pm

The financial crisis has worsened beyond expectations

Front pages of various European newspapers as the crisis unfolded earlier this week. European leaders are to meet over the weekend in France in the latest bid to forge a common response to the global banking...
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 11 Oct 2008 | 12:00 pm

The heads of the EU's four biggest economies first held a crisis summit on October 4

French President Nicolas Sarkozy (C), flanked by (From L) Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, German chancellor Angela Merkel and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown meeting in Paris last weekend...
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 11 Oct 2008 | 12:00 pm

World News Feed

What the world's Facebook news feed might look like this week.
Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 11 Oct 2008 | 12:00 pm

Partnering With The World

The latest developments in the global economic crisis.

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Source: NPR Topics: News | 11 Oct 2008 | 12:00 pm

McCain Defends Obama To Supporters

Watching McCain campaign yesterday was like watching the stock market. The Republican presidential nominee alternated attacking Barack Obama and defending him.

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Source: NPR Topics: News | 11 Oct 2008 | 12:00 pm

The View From Obama's Campaign

Barack Obama is telling crowds that his Republican opponent, John McCain, isn't focusing much on their economic concerns these days.

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Source: NPR Topics: News | 11 Oct 2008 | 12:00 pm

Man's best friend in dating game

In Los Angeles, David Willis discovers the latest way to meet people - through a canine companion.
Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 11 Oct 2008 | 11:50 am

Johnson blows leave India adrift

Paceman Mitchell Johnson has a day to remember as Australia reduce India to 313-8 on an absorbing third day of the first Test, still 117 runs behind.
Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 11 Oct 2008 | 11:47 am

Japanese businessman in murder plot found dead (AP)

AP - A Japanese businessman accused of conspiring to have his wife murdered 27 years ago in Los Angeles has been found dead in an apparent suicide, less than 24 hours after he set foot in the continental United States to answer to the charges.

Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 11 Oct 2008 | 11:41 am

Sustainable sushi: Mackerel's in, octopus and tuna are out??

These tips and others on ocean-friendly sushi are now available in pocket guides that are being published this month by three conservation groups. The sustainability guides are the first specifically for sushi, listing fish by their Japanese and English names.
Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 11 Oct 2008 | 11:40 am

Japanese businessman Miura found dead in cell

His attorney says he apparently hanged himself. Miura was scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday on a charge of conspiring to murder his wife.

A Japanese businessman accused of conspiring to have his wife murdered 27 years ago in Los Angeles has been found dead in an apparent suicide, less than 24 hours after he set foot in the continental United States to answer to the charges.
Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 11 Oct 2008 | 11:21 am

US controls bird flu vaccines over bioweapon fears

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- When Indonesia's health minister stopped sending bird flu viruses to a research laboratory in the U.S. for fear Washington could use them to make biological weapons, Defense Secretary Robert Gates laughed and called it "the nuttiest thing" he'd ever heard....
Source: AP Top International News At 10:35 ... | 11 Oct 2008 | 11:14 am

Austrian far-right leader Haider dies in road accident

VIENNA (AFP) - Outspoken Austrian far-right leader Joerg Haider, who sparked international outrage with comments praising Nazi policies, died on Saturday when his car veered off the road.
Source: AFP - Wire stories | 11 Oct 2008 | 11:13 am

North Korea releases pictures of Kim Jong Il

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- North Korea released pictures of leader Kim Jong Il on Saturday for the first time in nearly two months, showing the reclusive ruler looking generally well despite reports he recently underwent brain surgery....
Source: AP Top International News At 10:35 ... | 11 Oct 2008 | 11:11 am

Are you pregnant, ref?

Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 11 Oct 2008 | 11:10 am

Mugabe 'gives Zanu-PF key posts'

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe gives key ministries to his own party - in defiance of a power-sharing deal, reports say.
Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 11 Oct 2008 | 11:06 am

It is the first time the former rebel leader has returned home since fleeing abroad in 1979

Supporters of the founder of Aceh's separatist rebel movement, Hassan di Tiro, arrive on a truck in Banda Aceh ahead of his return home after nearly 30 years in exile.
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 11 Oct 2008 | 10:47 am

Di Tiro, 83, kissed the ground kneeling on an Islamic prayer mat

The founder of Aceh's separatist Free Aceh Movement Hasan di Tiro, seen here disembarking from a plane after arriving in Banda Aceh, has made an emotional homecoming after nearly 30 years in exile and...
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 11 Oct 2008 | 10:47 am

North Korea releases Kim Jong Il's pictures

North Korea released pictures of its leader, Kim Jong Il, on Saturday for the first time in nearly two months, showing him looking ...

Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 11 Oct 2008 | 10:47 am

New rebels attack DR Congo town

A new rebel group threatens the key town of Bunia in the north-east of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 11 Oct 2008 | 10:45 am

Larry Hagman excited about 30th `Dallas' reunion

Larry Hagman was reluctant to be on a new TV show called "Dallas" when he first read the script in the late 1970s, figuring there wouldn't be any money in it.
Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 11 Oct 2008 | 10:39 am

Mexico braces as Norbert becomes hurricane

As Norbert bore down on Mexico's southern Baja California peninsula, it gathered strength overnight and was classified as a Category 3 hurricane early Saturday.

Source: MSNBC.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 11 Oct 2008 | 10:35 am

What Those 'Funny' Old Smoking Ads Really Show

Hey, if my doc smokes 'em.....
Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 11 Oct 2008 | 10:21 am

Zimbabwe's Mugabe claims key ministries

President Robert Mugabe has laid claim to all key Cabinet posts and Zimbabwe's powerful state security apparatus in a direct challenge to a power-sharing agreement that has deadlocked over allocation of ministries.
Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 11 Oct 2008 | 10:21 am

Banana clip tray makes ice bullets

It is perhaps unsurprising that an ice cube tray entitled, “The Bullet Ice Cube Tray” makes ice cubes shaped like bullets. What is surprising is how damned realistic these things look. I am assuming that the molded the real deal for authenticity and the icing on the cake is that the tray is shaped like an AK-47 magazine.
Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 11 Oct 2008 | 10:20 am

Strong earthquake hits Russia's North Caucasus

A strong earthquake hit Russia's North Caucasus Saturday, an uncommon occurrence for the region, officials said. No damage or injuries were immediately reported.
Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 11 Oct 2008 | 10:11 am

Iraqi journalist killed in Kirkuk

BAGHDAD (AP) -- A Kurdish journalist was gunned down in the northern city of Kirkuk, Iraqi police said. A New York-based journalists' group said Saturday it was the 136th killing of a reporter since the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq five years ago....
Source: AP Top International News At 10:35 ... | 11 Oct 2008 | 10:08 am

Iraqi journalist killed in Kirkuk

A Kurdish journalist was gunned down in the northern city of Kirkuk, Iraqi police said. A New York-based journalists' group said Saturday it was the 136th killing of a reporter since the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq five years ago.
Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 11 Oct 2008 | 10:08 am

Mugabe to retain control of army and police

HARARE (AFP) - Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has unilaterally allocated control of key ministries to his ZANU-PF, a state daily reported on Saturday, prompting condemnation from the opposition which has been in power-sharing talks with the party.
Source: AFP - Wire stories | 11 Oct 2008 | 10:05 am

Afghan intel says attack on Afghan prison thwarted

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Afghanistan's intelligence service said Saturday it broke up a Taliban plot to attack the country's most notorious prison with a wave of suicide bombers, while the government named a new interior minister to lead the country's fledgling police....
Source: AP Top International News At 10:35 ... | 11 Oct 2008 | 10:04 am

O.J. Simpson seeks new robbery trial

O.J. Simpson's lawyers cited judicial errors and insufficient evidence Friday in seeking a new trial for the former football star, who was convicted of kidnapping and robbing two sports memorabilia dealers.

Source: MSNBC.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 11 Oct 2008 | 10:02 am

Austrian politician Haider dies in car crash

Austrian politician Joerg Haider, whose far-right rhetoric at times cast a negative light on the Alpine republic, died in a car accident early Saturday.

Source: MSNBC.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 11 Oct 2008 | 9:38 am

Protesters says the proposed law is too broac and would affect tourism

Foreign tourists sunbathe on Kuta beach in Bali. Thousands of protesters have rallied on the Indonesian holiday island to demonstrate against an anti-pornography bill denounced by critics as a threat to...
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 11 Oct 2008 | 9:24 am

Papuanese students dance to protest against the upcoming bill

Papuanese students and youths perform a traditional dance during a protest against the upcoming pornography bill in Denpasar on the Bali. Thousands of protesters have rallied on the Indonesian holiday...
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 11 Oct 2008 | 9:24 am

Dozens of slain anti-Taliban tribesmen mourned

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) -- Hundreds of mourners attended funerals Saturday for more than 30 anti-Taliban tribesmen killed in a brazen suicide attack in northwestern Pakistan....
Source: AP Top International News At 10:35 ... | 11 Oct 2008 | 9:18 am

Afghan officials: Taliban jailbreak thwarted

Afghanistan's intelligence service said Saturday it broke up a Taliban plot to attack the country's most notorious prison with a wave of suicide bombers.
Source: MSNBC.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 11 Oct 2008 | 9:15 am

Robert Mugabe has handed responsibility for the army and police to his own party members

Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe (left), Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai (centre) and former South African leader Thabo Mbeki signing a power-sharing accord in September. Zimbabwe's opposition has said...
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 11 Oct 2008 | 9:07 am

Turkey's military attacks rebels in northern Iraq

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) -- Turkish warplanes and artillery bombed dozens of Kurdish rebel targets in northern Iraq following an escalation in rebel attacks, the military said Saturday...
Source: AP Top International News At 10:35 ... | 11 Oct 2008 | 8:53 am

MIDEAST Egypt France

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, right, meets with French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner at the Presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008. Talks come within the framework of efforts...
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 11 Oct 2008 | 8:30 am

Homeless man dies after being set ablaze

A homeless man died after being doused with gasoline and set on fire on a street where he had lived for many years and was a familiar face to residents of Koreatown, police and local merchants said Friday.
Source: MSNBC.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 11 Oct 2008 | 7:46 am

Gunmen kill 11 in Mexico bar rampage

Gunmen opened fire in a bar in northern Mexico, killing 11 people, and the body of a newspaper editor was found shot dead on the side of a highway in two separate attacks, police said Friday.
Source: MSNBC.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 11 Oct 2008 | 7:23 am

Phillies beat Dodgers to take 2-0 series lead

Philadelphia batters Chad Billingsley for eight runs in 2 1/3 innings and survives Manny Ramirez's three-run homer to win, 8-5.

PHILADELPHIA -- Chad Billingsley tried to gather himself but couldn't.
Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 11 Oct 2008 | 7:00 am

Fear, greed produce wild ride for stocks on Wall Street

Wild fluctuations in the Dow cap the worst week in its history. It ends down 128 points.

In a fitting end to the worst week on Wall Street since the Great Depression, the stock market underwent a titanic battle between greed and fear Friday as stock prices rallied from two bone-rattling sell-offs only to fade late in the day.
Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 11 Oct 2008 | 7:00 am

More than two dozen die amid Mexico violence

A newspaper publisher, two federal agents and 11 people gunned down in a bar are among those killed as Mexico endures drug warfare.

In another violent spasm, more than two dozen people were killed in Mexico within hours late Thursday and early Friday, including a newspaper publisher, two federal agents and a group gunned down as they drank at a bar.
Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 11 Oct 2008 | 7:00 am

Leland Wong gets 5 years in 'pay to play' corruption scandal

Wong was a Los Angeles commissioner for more than a decade. He used his influence during Mayor James Hahn's administration in seeking city deals for Evergreen, a Taiwan-based shipping company.

A judge on Friday sentenced onetime Los Angeles city commissioner Leland Wong to five years in state prison, bringing an end to Dist. Atty. Steve Cooley's "pay to play" investigation of the administration of former Mayor James K. Hahn.
Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 11 Oct 2008 | 7:00 am

Cruel end for an L.A. homeless man

'John,' Buddha-like and unassuming, is doused with gas and set ablaze in the Mid-Wilshire neighborhood where he'd lived for more than a decade.

He had called the multi-ethnic Mid-Wilshire neighborhood home for more than a decade. Sitting outside a shuttered dental office near Berendo and 3rd streets, the homeless man with the Buddha-like frame rarely asked for money. But he got it anyway.
Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 11 Oct 2008 | 7:00 am

Palin ethics lapse cited

Alaska investigators say it was OK to fire a state commissioner, but her efforts against a trooper went too far.

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin violated ethics laws and abused her power as governor in pressing to have her former brother-in-law fired as a state trooper, an independent legislative investigation concluded Friday.
Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 11 Oct 2008 | 7:00 am

GM, Chrysler in merger talks: source

DETROIT/NEW YORK (Reuters) - General Motors has had talks with smaller rival Chrysler LLC about a merger that would combine the No. 1 and No. 3 American automakers at a time when both are struggling to cut costs and shore up cash, according to a source briefed on the matter.

Source: Reuters: Top News | 11 Oct 2008 | 6:48 am

Parents of slain Chinese girl upset Emerson didn't meet with them

Family plans to stay in Canada for much of this month in hopes of meeting with the Foreign Affairs Minister and the Justice Minister
Source: The Globe and Mail - Front Page News | 11 Oct 2008 | 6:16 am

Scientists warn of hacker risk for transit-fare cards

A group of scientists at a Dutch university has discovered a way to crack and clone a form of electronic identification cards
Source: The Globe and Mail - Front Page News | 11 Oct 2008 | 6:15 am

Officials defend their response to strep outbreak

Nurses with free antibiotics are now being sent to high-risk areas in Thunder Bay, but some say action should have been taken sooner
Source: The Globe and Mail - Front Page News | 11 Oct 2008 | 6:13 am

Media reports: Chrysler, GM discuss merger, acquisition

General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC have held preliminary talks about a merger or an acquisition of Chrysler by GM, according ...

Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 11 Oct 2008 | 6:08 am

Ray tames the Lions

Eskimos quarterback throws for more than 300 yards as Edmonton beats B.C. 27-20
Source: The Globe and Mail - Front Page News | 11 Oct 2008 | 6:00 am

Ethics report: Palin abused authority

Sarah Palin unlawfully abused her power as governor by trying to have her former brother-in-law fired as a state trooper, the chief investigator of an Alaska legislative panel concluded Friday.

Source: MSNBC.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 11 Oct 2008 | 5:18 am

Reports: GM, Chrysler hold merger talks

General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC have held preliminary talks about a merger or an acquisition of Chrysler by GM, according to published reports late Friday.

Source: MSNBC.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 11 Oct 2008 | 5:06 am

Obama holds 4-point lead on McCain in race

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrat Barack Obama holds a 4-point lead over Republican rival John McCain in a tight race for the White House, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released on Saturday.

Source: Reuters: Top News | 11 Oct 2008 | 5:03 am

U.S. To Remove N. Korea From Terror List

The Associated Press has learned the Bush administration plans to remove North Korea from a terrorism blacklist on Saturday after getting assurances the Stalinist nation has agreed to a plan to inspect its nuclear facilities.
Source: World News: CBSNews.com | 11 Oct 2008 | 4:30 am

China's central bank pledges global cooperation

BEIJING (AFP) - China's central bank has pledged to continue international cooperation to tackle the global financial crisis and maintain market stability, according to state media.
Source: AFP - Wire stories | 11 Oct 2008 | 4:27 am

Toronto tempting to Nash

Suns point guard will likely become a member of the vaunted free-agent class of 2010, joining James, Wade and Bosh
Source: The Globe and Mail - Front Page News | 11 Oct 2008 | 4:25 am

Alaska ethics probe says Palin abused her power

CHILLICOTHE, Ohio (Reuters) - An Alaska ethics inquiry found on Friday that Gov. Sarah Palin, the U.S. Republican vice presidential candidate, abused her authority by pressuring subordinates to fire a state trooper involved in a feud with her family.

Source: Reuters: Top News | 11 Oct 2008 | 4:24 am

Dice-K stifles Rays

Red Sox pitcher takes pitches seven innings of no-hit ball as Red Sox take Game 1 of the ALCS 2-0
Source: The Globe and Mail - Front Page News | 11 Oct 2008 | 4:23 am

Reflections on the Big Owe of '08

Financial chaos might hurt in the short term, but it's making people think about where the pursuit of materialism has led them over the long haul
Source: The Globe and Mail - Front Page News | 11 Oct 2008 | 4:15 am

Israel Hosts Cancer-Stricken Iranian Boy

The head of an Israeli hospital where an Iranian boy is being treated for a brain tumor said Friday he hoped the gesture will help improve understanding between the bitterly divided countries.
Source: World News: CBSNews.com | 11 Oct 2008 | 4:00 am

Capitalism takes a lot of killing

Wall Street's wild tribe displayed a fearful arrogance that knew no bounds. But capitalism takes a lot of killing.
Source: The Globe and Mail - Front Page News | 11 Oct 2008 | 4:00 am

Faust

Not just philosophy but also drama in the best sense of the word.
Source: The Globe and Mail - Front Page News | 11 Oct 2008 | 4:00 am

Panel: Palin abused power

Sarah Palin unlawfully abused her power as governor by trying to have her former brother-in-law fired as a state trooper, the ...

Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 11 Oct 2008 | 3:38 am

Paulson says U.S. planning to buy financial equity

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is developing plans to buy equity stakes in financial institutions, providing another weapon in its war against financial market turmoil, U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said on Friday.

Source: Reuters: Top News | 11 Oct 2008 | 3:35 am

AP: U.S. to delist N. Korea

The Bush administration plans to remove North Korea from a terrorism blacklist on Saturday after getting assurances the Stalinist ...

Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 11 Oct 2008 | 3:34 am

Palin abused power, inquiry finds

Sarah Palin unlawfully abused her power as governor by trying to have her former brother-in-law fired as a state trooper, the chief investigator of an Alaska legislative panel concluded today. The politically charged inquiry imperiled...
Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 11 Oct 2008 | 2:40 am

G7 agree to 'aggressive action plan' to fight crisis, but no specific actions

Finance officials from the world's top economic powers pledged Friday to take all action necessary to stem the worst financial ...

Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 11 Oct 2008 | 2:36 am

Conn. high court allows same-sex marriage

A sharply divided Connecticut Supreme Court ruled Friday that gay couples have the right to get married, saying legislators did ...

Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 11 Oct 2008 | 2:22 am

U.S. to buy shares in banks

Treasury secretary says the move, previously rejected, is now needed to inject cash into the financial system.

Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson said today that the Bush administration would buy stakes in banks and other financial institutions to help ease the economic crisis.
Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 11 Oct 2008 | 2:05 am

Connecticut court allows gay marriage

HARTFORD, Connecticut (Reuters) - Connecticut's highest court on Friday unexpectedly struck down a ban on gay and lesbian marriage, making the New England state the third in the nation to allow full-fledged marriage for same-sex couples.

Source: Reuters: Top News | 11 Oct 2008 | 1:55 am

Bush: 'Uncertainty and fear' caused stock market plunge

President Bush blamed much of the stock market's "startling drop" on "uncertainty and fear" Friday as he sought to settle financial ...

Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 11 Oct 2008 | 1:49 am

Panel Finds Palin Abused Power As Governor

An investigator working for the Alaska Legislature concludes that Gov. Sarah Palin abused her power when she fired the state's public safety commissioner. The probe centered on whether the firing was linked to Palin's feud with her ex-brother-in-law, a state trooper.

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Source: NPR Topics: News | 11 Oct 2008 | 12:50 am

Bush vows not to lift embargo on "dungeon" Cuba

CORAL GABLES, Florida (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush on Friday called Cuba a "dungeon" and vowed Washington would not lift its economic embargo until Havana released political prisoners and allowed free expression.

Source: Reuters: Top News | 10 Oct 2008 | 11:22 pm

Paulson OKs Bank Stock Purchase Plan

Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson has said the government will go ahead with a plan to buy stocks in financial institutions. Meanwhile, The Group of Seven industrialized nations agreed to work together to fix the global economy.

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Source: NPR Topics: News | 10 Oct 2008 | 11:04 pm

Markets Fall Amid Credit Woes

Markets have fallen despite President Bush saying the U.S. is using a "wide range of tools" to address the chaos in the financial markets. Many finance-watchers blame tight credit markets for the trouble. Banks are not lending to on another.

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Source: NPR Topics: News | 10 Oct 2008 | 11:04 pm

Obama Chides McCain On Economy

Democrat Barack Obama has wrapped up a tour of smaller cities in Ohio, telling big crowds the Bush administration bears responsibility for the mortgage meltdown and financial crisis. He has said Republican John McCain represents more of the same.

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Source: NPR Topics: News | 10 Oct 2008 | 10:33 pm

O.J. Simpson seeks new trial in Las Vegas

O.J. Simpson is citing judicial errors and insufficient evidence in seeking a new trial after he was convicted of kidnapping and robbing two sports memorabilia dealers at gunpoint in Las Vegas.
Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 10 Oct 2008 | 10:08 pm

Bush Tries To Reassure Nation On Economy

President Bush has said the U.S. is using a "wide range of tools" to address the chaos in the financial markets. The stock market, however, has continued its downward slide. Many finance-watchers say the credit markets are to blame. Banks are simply not lending money to one another.

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Source: NPR Topics: News | 10 Oct 2008 | 10:02 pm

Powell says Sen. Stevens' integrity "sterling"

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell said Sen. Ted Stevens had a "sterling" reputation for integrity as he vouched for the Alaska Republican at the lawmaker's corruption trial on Friday.

Source: Reuters: Top News | 10 Oct 2008 | 9:38 pm

How Technology Helped Win Sadr City Battle

Highly secret hi-tech tactics and technology helped defeat Muqtada al-Sadr's militia fighters in the battle for Sadr City. Lesley Stahl reports for 60 Minutes, this Sunday, Oct. 12, at 7 p.m. ET/PT.
Source: World News: CBSNews.com | 10 Oct 2008 | 8:30 pm

IMF chief urges world cooperation to fight credit crisis

WASHINGTON (AFP) - The head of the International Monetary Fund, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, urgently called Friday for "cooperative" actions to boost confidence and ease a global financial crisis.
Source: AFP - Wire stories | 10 Oct 2008 | 8:19 pm

Long, Strange Trip: Dow Loses Then Leaps in Roller Coaster Session

Dow douses fears of "Black Friday" by briefly turning positive late in trading.
Source: ABC News: International | 10 Oct 2008 | 8:11 pm

Pirates Threaten to Blow Up the Ship

Hijackers say ransom must be paid in three days or they'll destroy M/V Faina.
Source: ABC News: International | 10 Oct 2008 | 7:51 pm

Chinese Tighten Dairy Regulations

Chinese tighten dairy rules over the growing scandal of tainted milk.
Source: ABC News: International | 10 Oct 2008 | 6:57 pm

Iraq: 8 Dead, 22 Wounded in Car Bombing

Police say 8 dead, 22 wounded in car bombing of southwestern Baghdad market.
Source: ABC News: International | 10 Oct 2008 | 6:56 pm

Martti Ahtisaari Wins Nobel Peace Prize

Martti Ahtisaari, a primary school teacher who joined Finland's Foreign Ministry in 1965 then went on to lead the country, has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his mediation between warring groups including Iraq's Shiites and Sunnis.
Source: World News: CBSNews.com | 10 Oct 2008 | 6:00 pm

Kiwi invents colic sling

Exhausted parents could soon have a New Zealander to thank for a peaceful night's sleep. Vincent Reid has set up a company in the British town of Stockton to test a prototype sling to soothe colic, the Evening Gazette in Middlesbrough...
Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 10 Oct 2008 | 6:00 pm

India to Canonize First Female Roman Catholic Saint

The Roman Catholic Church will canonize Sister Alphonsa to help curb recent violence between Christians and Hindus.
Source: FOXNews.com | 10 Oct 2008 | 5:54 pm

Global Credit Still In Deep Freeze

Governments around the world have slashed interest rates and ramped up their lending, but banks are still charging each other extremely high borrowing rates - a bad sign for the credit markets that remain close to paralysis.
Source: World News: CBSNews.com | 10 Oct 2008 | 5:30 pm

U.N.: Migrants Forced Overboard Near Yemen

The U.N. refugee agency says 100 migrants are feared drowned after being forced overboard by smugglers in the Gulf of Aden.
Source: World News: CBSNews.com | 10 Oct 2008 | 5:30 pm

Venezuela Closes McDonald's Over Tax

Venezuela tax agency shuts McDonald's nationwide for 48 hours.
Source: ABC News: International | 10 Oct 2008 | 5:27 pm

Pakistan Condemns US Strikes Near Border

Pakistan condemns alleged U.S. strikes, says they 'help terrorists'.
Source: ABC News: International | 10 Oct 2008 | 5:17 pm

Chile Tenor Gets 2 Years for Raping Nanny, Molesting Girl

A Swedish court has sentenced Chilean tenor Ernesto "Tito" Beltran to two years and six months in prison for raping an 18-year-old nanny and molesting a 7-year-old girl.
Source: FOXNews.com | 10 Oct 2008 | 4:23 pm

NATO: Troops to Hit Afghan Drug Operations

NATO ministers agree troops can hit drug facilities financing Afghan insurgency.
Source: ABC News: International | 10 Oct 2008 | 4:11 pm

Just say it to my face - Obama

WASHINGTON: Barack Obama issued a say-it-to-my-face challenge as Republican John McCain yesterday intensified character attacks on the Democrat in a desperate bid to turn around his performance in presidential polls. "I am surprised...
Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 10 Oct 2008 | 4:00 pm

Palin in the clear... with her party

ANCHORAGE: Trying to head off a potentially embarrassing state ethics report on Republican vice-presidential nominee, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, campaign officials released their own report yesterday that clears her of any wrongdoing. John...
Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 10 Oct 2008 | 4:00 pm

British school kids get rocking

A radical new approach to teaching music that gets pupils to "jam" like rock stars has led to a sharp rise in the number of children wanting to take GCSE music. Rock-style music lessons boosted the popularity of GCSE music by 40...
Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 10 Oct 2008 | 4:00 pm

'Modern Homer' wins Nobel prize for literature

The Nobel literary committee yesterday infuriated the bookies, delighted the bookish and thumbed its nose, again, at the American book industry. The 2008 Nobel Prize for literature was awarded to Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio, a...
Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 10 Oct 2008 | 4:00 pm

Champagne lifestyle losing its fizz

Parisians have yet to start fishing for eels in the Seine to fill their empty stomachs. The euro remains solid, and has not been replaced by a barter system. Haute couture has no plans to make the potato-sack mini-dress the must-have...
Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 10 Oct 2008 | 4:00 pm

Noelle McCarthy: Boy's killing spree at zoo hard to stomach

In a week of financial apocalypse, tax-cut wrangling and election campaigning, only one news item has managed to occupy my attention entirely. The story of the little boy who broke into the Alice Springs reptile centre to kill...
Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 10 Oct 2008 | 4:00 pm

Cosmopolitan writer who digs beyond reigning civilisation

Do literature and history secretly march in step? Believers in some deep organic link between the arts and the society surrounding them could be forgiven for thinking so. In the week that a once-almighty model of "Anglo-Saxon"...
Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 10 Oct 2008 | 4:00 pm

Pakistan: U.S. Missile Strikes 'Helping the Terrorists'

U.S. missile attacks on suspected militants in Pakistan's northwest near Afghanistan are destabilizing the country and 'helping the terrorists,' the Muslim nation's Foreign Ministry said Friday.
Source: FOXNews.com | 10 Oct 2008 | 3:53 pm

Father of 2 Killed in U.K. Printing Press Accident

A maintenance engineer was crushed to death after falling into an industrial printing press, The U.K.’s Daily Mail newspaper reported Friday.
Source: FOXNews.com | 10 Oct 2008 | 3:51 pm

Venezuela Closes McDonald's for 'Cooking the Books'

The Venezuelan government has ordered all McDonald's restaurants closed for 48 hours for what it calls irregularities in the fast-food chain's financial books.
Source: FOXNews.com | 10 Oct 2008 | 3:40 pm

100 Migrants Feared Drowned by Smugglers Off Yemen

The U.N. refugee agency says 100 migrants are feared drowned after being forced overboard by smugglers in the Gulf of Aden.
Source: FOXNews.com | 10 Oct 2008 | 3:20 pm

Freed Americans Back In Jordan

Two American journalists who went missing during a vacation in Lebanon were quoted as saying they were "kidnapped" by their taxi driver and taken into Syria, where they were held in custody for a week before being released.
Source: World News: CBSNews.com | 10 Oct 2008 | 3:16 pm

Beijing Bans Cars In High Pollution Days

Beijing will ban half of its 3.4 million cars from the roads during periods of very heavy pollution.
Source: World News: CBSNews.com | 10 Oct 2008 | 3:00 pm

10 Dead, 50 Hurt By Pakistani Suicide Bomb

An official says a suicide bomber attacked a group of anti-insurgent tribesmen in a Pakistani tribal region near the Afghan border, killing at least 10 and wounding more than 50.
Source: World News: CBSNews.com | 10 Oct 2008 | 2:54 pm

Iceland for Sale -- Collect in Person

Iceland offered for sale as a wholesale lot on eBay on Friday.
Source: ABC News: International | 10 Oct 2008 | 2:36 pm

Customers 'In for It' Says Madrid Debt Collector

With Spain’s economy in near recession, a debt collection agency in Madrid expands using attention-grabbing tactics.
Source: FOXNews.com | 10 Oct 2008 | 2:35 pm

Bloodbath as Panic Selling Tramples World Markets

A massive sell-off on Wall Street and escalating fears of a global recession sent Asian stocks plunging Friday, with Japan's key index shedding nearly 10 percent to close out its worst week in history.
Source: FOXNews.com | 10 Oct 2008 | 2:34 pm

Crane Collapse Hits Chinese Kindergarten, Killing 5

A crane at a construction site next to a Chinese kindergarten collapsed Friday, killing five children, the official Xinhua News Agency said.
Source: FOXNews.com | 10 Oct 2008 | 1:58 pm