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Source: NPR Topics: News | 19 Mar 2009 | 8:52 pm

Japan mulling more sanctions against NKorea

TOKYO (AP) -- Japan may move Patriot missiles to its northern coast to intercept debris in case North Korea's planned rocket launch fails, the defense minister said Thursday as the prime minister warned of more possible sanctions against Pyongyang....
Source: AP Top International News At 8:07 a... | 19 Mar 2009 | 12:21 pm

Bin Laden rallies Somali militants in Web message

Al-Qaeda's chief Osama bin Laden urged Somali militants to overthrow the country's new president in a new Web audiotape posted ...


Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 19 Mar 2009 | 12:17 pm

EU to debate extra stimulus calls

EU leaders are to begin a summit in Brussels seeking to agree a strategy to tackle the global economic crisis.
Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 19 Mar 2009 | 12:16 pm

Media warned on Mumbai evidence

A court bans media broadcasting of certain material related to the Mumbai attacks, saying it may jeopardise next week's trial.
Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 19 Mar 2009 | 12:15 pm

Israel ex-president on rape charge

Former Israeli President Moshe Katsav is formally charged with rape and other sexual offences.
Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 19 Mar 2009 | 12:15 pm

Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe

Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe speaks at the funeral church service for Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's wife Susan at a local church in Harare on March 10. Mugabe on Thursday called for...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 19 Mar 2009 | 12:12 pm

Microsoft releases Internet Explorer 8 (Reuters)

Cisco Chairman and CEO John Chambers hosted leading industry executives to announce the new Cisco Unified Computing System. Left to right: Bob Muglia, president of Microsoft's Server and Tools Business; Paul Maritz, president and CEO of VMWare; Joe Tucci, chairman, president and CEO of EMC Corporation; William Green, chairman and CEO of Accenture; Chambers; Bob Beauchamp, CEO of BMC Software.Reuters - Microsoft Corp is set to publicly launch Internet Explorer 8 early on Thursday, the latest version of its market-dominating Web browser.



Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 19 Mar 2009 | 12:12 pm

FedEx results miss Street view (Reuters)

Reuters - FedEx Corp reported third quarter earnings on Thursday and said it expects further staff reductions.
Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 19 Mar 2009 | 12:10 pm

APTOPIX BRITAIN SHAKESPEARE THEATRE

Sir Ian McKellen, one of Britain's leading Shakespearian actors, poses forphotographers as he visits the site of London's first purpose built playhouse, called The Theatre, built in 1576 in east London,...
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Jaguar, Buick dethrone Lexus in reliability study (AP)

In this Sept. 19, 2008 file photo, the hood ornament of a classic Jaguar saloon is seen at the British Invasion car show in Stowe, Vt. In a study released Thursday, March 19, 2009, British luxury carmaker Jaguar surged to the top of J.D. Power and Associates' closely watched vehicle dependability study this year, tying Buick for the No. 1 spot and dethroning Lexus for the first time since the Japanese luxury brand has been a part of the survey. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot, file)AP - British luxury carmaker Jaguar surged to the top of J.D. Power and Associates' closely watched vehicle dependability study this year, tying Buick for the No. 1 spot and dethroning Lexus for the first time since the Japanese luxury brand has been a part of the survey.



Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 19 Mar 2009 | 12:10 pm

Rare reptile hatchling found on NZ mainland

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- A hatchling of a rare reptile with lineage dating back to the dinosaur age has been found in the wild on the New Zealand mainland for the first time in about 200 years, a wildlife official said Thursday....
Source: AP Top International News At 8:07 a... | 19 Mar 2009 | 12:05 pm

FedEx 3Q earnings tumble on weak global economy

FedEx says its fiscal third-quarter profit tumbled 75 percent as severe weakness in the global economy offset the benefit of lower fuel prices.
Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 19 Mar 2009 | 11:59 am

France hit by new wave of nationwide protests

A new wave of nationwide strikes by angry workers demanding that French President's Nicolas Sarkozy do more to fight the economic ...


Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 19 Mar 2009 | 11:58 am

Bin Laden rallies Somali militants in message

Oct. 9: An interview with the officer who led an elite, top-secret force on a mission to kill Osama bin Laden after Sept. 11, 2001. (MSNBC)Al-Qaida's chief Osama bin Laden denounced Somalia's new president elected as part of a peace push in the lawless African country, and urged Somalis to topple him in a new audio recording Thursday.



Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 19 Mar 2009 | 11:58 am

Madagascar leader axes land deal

Madagascar's new leader axes a controversial deal for a South Korea firm to lease a vast tract of land to grow food crops.
Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 19 Mar 2009 | 11:56 am

Israel looks into abuse claims

Some troops alleged to have opened fire too hastily on Palestinian civilians during recent Gaza offensive


Source: The Globe and Mail - Front Page News | 19 Mar 2009 | 11:56 am

Usain Bolt signs up to run at Paris meet

Triple Olympic gold medalist Usain Bolt has agreed to run in the Golden League track meet in Paris this summer for his first competitive appearance in France.
Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 19 Mar 2009 | 11:50 am

40+ High Quality Adobe Fireworks Tutorials, Resources & PNG

So in today’s post, you’ll find an assortment of top-notch tutorials, resources and .PNG downloadable files that others have freely contributed to the design community for making your next adobe fireworks effect.


Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 19 Mar 2009 | 11:50 am

4TH LD: 2 U.S. journalists detained in N. Korea: reports+

(Kyodo) _ (EDS: UPDATING) Two U.S. journalists and their guide were detained by North Korean soldiers while on a reporting trip earlier in the week near the country's border with...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 19 Mar 2009 | 11:50 am

LAPD Cop Shop (1896-2009): Dynamite sticks to sniper-proof

The LAPD has dwelt in only two HQs in the last 113 years. That number will rise to three in Nov. when LAPD opens its new 11-story, 500,000-square-foot building featuring "a window arrangement...meant to thwart snipers." It's a long way from the days o' horse-pulled wagons, hand-cranked sirens and "Dragnet."


Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 19 Mar 2009 | 11:50 am

Bin Laden rallies Somali militants in Web message

CAIRO (AP) -- Al-Qaida's chief Osama bin Laden urged Somali militants to overthrow the country's new president in a new Web audiotape posted Thursday, trying to torpedo a new push for peace in a lawless African nation where many fear al-Qaida is gaining a foothold....
Source: AP Top International News At 8:07 a... | 19 Mar 2009 | 11:50 am

Microsoft adds shortcuts, security to new browser (AP)

This is an image of a page on the Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 Web site taken Thursday March 19, 2009 announcing the release of a new version of Internet Explorer adding features meant to speed up common Web surfing tasks and bringing the browser's security measures in line with those of major competitors. Internet Explorer 8, which marks Microsoft's first major browser update since August 2006, takes a stab at fixing many of the small annoyances people encounter every day. (AP Photo)AP - Microsoft Corp. will release a new version of Internet Explorer Thursday, adding features meant to speed up common Web surfing tasks and bringing the browser's security measures in line with those of major competitors.



Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 19 Mar 2009 | 11:49 am

Bin Laden rallies Somali militants in Web message

Al-Qaida's chief Osama bin Laden urged Somali militants to overthrow the country's new president in a new Web audiotape posted Thursday, trying to torpedo a new push for peace in a lawless...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 19 Mar 2009 | 11:49 am

Wall Street heading for mixed open today (AP)

Traders are seen working in the S&P 500 pit at the Chicago Board Options Exchange Wednesday, March 18, 2009, in Chicago, as a monitor shows Edward Liddy, chief executive of AIG, testifying on Capitol Hill about the millions in bonuses the struggling company recently granted executives, which has sparked public outrage. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)AP - Wall Street was headed for a mixed opening Thursday ahead of a key reading on unemployment and a day after a rally driven by the Federal Reserve's announcement that it would pump more than $1 trillion into the economy.



Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 19 Mar 2009 | 11:48 am

French workers strike over economic crisis - CNN International



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Source: Google News | 19 Mar 2009 | 11:47 am

Schwarzenegger to help Obama answer GOP critics (AP)

President Barack Obama laughs as he acknowledges a standing ovation after someone in the crowd yelled, 'We love you,' during a speech at the Orange County Fairgrounds in  Costa Mesa, Calif., Wednesday, March 18, 2009.  (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)AP - President Barack Obama is playing a bit of divide and conquer this week, pitting his Republican critics in Washington against GOP governors and mayors eager for the federal money that his hard-fought stimulus plan will bring. Next on the list of Republican notables to embrace the president is California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who is to join Obama at a town hall meeting Thursday in Los Angeles.



Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 19 Mar 2009 | 11:47 am

Austria's Fritzl says "sorry" for incest and murder (Reuters)

Defendant Josef Fritzl, center, is escorted to the fourth day of his trial in the provincial courthouse in St. Poelten, Austria, Thursday, March 19, 2009. In a stunning turn of events the 73-year-old who fathered seven children with a daughter he held captive in a squalid cellar for 24 years, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to all charges against him after hearing his daughter's recorded testimony. The verdicts and sentences are expected Thursday afternoon. Fritzl faces up to life imprisonment. (AP Photo/Robert Jaeger, Pool)Reuters - Josef Fritzl said on Thursday he was sorry from the "bottom of my heart" for locking up and raping his daughter in a cellar for 24 years as prosecutors demanded he be jailed for life.



Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 19 Mar 2009 | 11:46 am

Austria's Fritzl says "sorry" for incest and murder

ST POELTEN, Austria (Reuters) - Josef Fritzl said on Thursday he was sorry from the "bottom of my heart" for locking up and raping his daughter in a cellar for 24 years as prosecutors demanded he be jailed for life.

Source: Reuters: Top News | 19 Mar 2009 | 11:46 am

Pope To Muslims: True Religion Rejects Violence

Pope tells Muslims that true religion rejects violence and urges cooperation.
Source: ABC News: International | 19 Mar 2009 | 11:46 am

Dodd: Administration sought bonus changes

For a while, the disappearance of an executive bonus restriction from last month's economic stimulus looked like sleight of hand worthy of a Las Vegas stage. No one could explain how the provision faded into thin air.
Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 19 Mar 2009 | 11:46 am

House sets up vote today on taxing AIG bonuses (AP)

AIG Chairman Edward Liddy testifies before the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Capitol Markets, Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday March 18, 2009. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - The House is scheduled to vote today on a bill that would levy a 90 percent tax on bonuses paid to employees with family incomes above $250,000 at companies that have received at least $5 billion in government bailout money.



Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 19 Mar 2009 | 11:45 am

Russia US

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and New York University professor Steven Cohen, right, toast at the Russian Foreign ministry headquarters, after Cohen was awarded the Friendship of Peoples order...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 19 Mar 2009 | 11:42 am

Chinese city probes J&J baby bath products

BEIJING/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Chinese health authorities are investigating baby bath products made by Johnson & Johnson in response to a U.S. consumer group's charges that some of the products' chemicals could cause cancer, the U.S. company said on Thursday.

Source: Reuters: Top News | 19 Mar 2009 | 11:42 am

Chinese city probes J&J baby bath products (Reuters)

Reuters - Chinese health authorities are investigating baby bath products made by Johnson & Johnson in response to a U.S. consumer group's charges that some of the products' chemicals could cause cancer, the U.S. company said on Thursday.
Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 19 Mar 2009 | 11:42 am

Philippines hostage deal brokered

Philippine militants agree to release one of three kidnapped aid workers as government troops pull back, the Red Cross says.
Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 19 Mar 2009 | 11:41 am

IRAQ PRISONERS RELEASE

Freed Iraqi prisoner Ahmad Hamid, right, is hugged by his brother Sattar Ahmad, as his mother Uml-hamid throws sweets, over their heads, after being released at the Um Al-Quraa mosque in western Baghdad,...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 19 Mar 2009 | 11:41 am

Winnebago posts 2Q loss as RV sales slide

RV maker Winnebago Industries says it lost more than $10 million in its second quarter as RV sales continued to slide.
Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 19 Mar 2009 | 11:40 am

Soldiers stand at the front door of the Madagascar Presidential palace

Soldiers stand at the front door of the Madagascar Presidential palace (Iavoloha), some 13km south of Antananarivo. Madagascar's new president Andry Rajoelina has suspended the activities of parliament,...
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Andry Rajoelina greets the crowd at a rally in Antananarivo

Madagascan opposition leader Andry Rajoelina greets the crowd at a rally in Antananarivo. Rajoelina has suspended the activities of parliament, a government spokesman said Thursday.
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Madagascar's new president 'suspends parliament'

Madagascar's new president Andry Rajoelina has suspended the activities of parliament, a government spokesman said Thursday. The cabinet had decided to create a new transitional body to...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 19 Mar 2009 | 11:40 am

Officials: Oil-rich Azerbaijan scraps term limits

Election officials in Azerbaijan said Thursday that citizens had overwhelmingly voted to scrap presidential term limits in a ...


Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 19 Mar 2009 | 11:40 am

Austria: Prosecutor urges life sentence for Fritzl - The Associated Press



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ST. POELTEN, Austria (AP) - Prosecutors urged an Austrian jury to hand down a life sentence Thursday to Josef Fritzl - who imprisoned his daughter in a windowless cell for 24 years and fathered her seven children - and not to show mercy just because he ...
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Source: Google News | 19 Mar 2009 | 11:40 am

Was Richardson's Death Avoidable? - ABC News



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By DAN CHILDS and SHEILA MARIKAR Neurological experts say that British actress Natasha Richardson's downward spiral into critical condition -- and her eventual death -- after a freak skiing accident Monday probably was the result of a ruptured blood ...
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Source: Google News | 19 Mar 2009 | 11:39 am

Will Austrian Incest Dad Get Life Sentence?

Prosecutor urges life sentence for Josef Fritzl, who kept daughter captive.
Source: ABC News: International | 19 Mar 2009 | 11:39 am

Austria: Prosecutor urges life sentence for Fritzl

ST. POELTEN, Austria (AP) -- Prosecutors urged an Austrian jury to hand down a life sentence Thursday to Josef Fritzl - who imprisoned his daughter in a windowless cell for 24 years and fathered her seven children - and not to show mercy just because he pleaded guilty....
Source: AP Top International News At 8:07 a... | 19 Mar 2009 | 11:38 am

Austria: Prosecutor urges life sentence for Fritzl (AP)

Defendant Josef Fritzl, center, is escorted to the fourth day of his trial in the provincial courthouse in St. Poelten, Austria, Thursday, March 19, 2009. An Austrian prosecutor is urging a jury to hand down a life sentence to Josef Fritzl, who imprisoned his daughter in a windowless cell for 24 years and fathered her seven children. (AP Photo/Robert Jaeger, Pool)AP - Prosecutors urged an Austrian jury to hand down a life sentence Thursday to Josef Fritzl — who imprisoned his daughter in a windowless cell for 24 years and fathered her seven children — and not to show mercy just because he pleaded guilty.



Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 19 Mar 2009 | 11:38 am

House Passes Expansion of Programs for Service - New York Times



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By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN WASHINGTON - The House voted Wednesday to approve the largest expansion of government-sponsored service programs since President John F. Kennedy first called for the creation of a national community service corps in 1963.
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Source: Google News | 19 Mar 2009 | 11:37 am

Kellogg urges food safety improvement

Will urge U.S. Congress to revamp the way government polices the industry after recent outbreak


Source: The Globe and Mail - Front Page News | 19 Mar 2009 | 11:36 am

Tributes for "golden" Natasha Richardson

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Directors, actors and critics paid tribute to Natasha Richardson on Thursday after her death overnight from a severe brain injury in a skiing accident in Canada earlier this week.

Source: Reuters: Top News | 19 Mar 2009 | 11:36 am

Israel's former president charged with rape

Israel's former President Moshe Katsav has been indicted on rape and other sexual offense charges.
Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 19 Mar 2009 | 11:35 am

Pope tells Muslims that religion rejects violence

YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) -- Pope Benedict XVI told Muslim leaders on Thursday that true religion rejects violence, and he held up peaceful coexistence between Christianity and Islam in Cameroon as "a beacon to other African nations."...
Source: AP Top International News At 8:07 a... | 19 Mar 2009 | 11:34 am

Oil rises above $50 as stock rallies boost hopes

Oil rose above $50 a barrel Thursday in Asia, brushing off news of increasing U.S. crude supplies, as traders took heart from ...


Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 19 Mar 2009 | 11:34 am

Namibia declares flood emergency

Namibia's leader declares a state of emergency in six districts of the country after floods killed at least 90 people.
Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 19 Mar 2009 | 11:33 am

AIG’s Liddy Takes ‘Offense’ at Congress Bonus Blame - Bloomberg



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By Erik Holm March 19 (Bloomberg) -- American International Group Inc. Chief Executive Officer Edward Liddy finds himself fighting to prevent the insurer from tarnishing his reputation, a fate suffered by his three predecessors.
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Source: Google News | 19 Mar 2009 | 11:32 am

Sony EBook Store to Offer Classic Books Digitized by Google - PC World



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If you have a Sony Reader, you have a lot of reading to catch up on. Sony Electronics has struck a deal with Google to distribute half a million titles through the Sony eBook Store -- for free.
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Source: Google News | 19 Mar 2009 | 11:32 am

Dollar remains weak after Fed-inspired plunge - MarketWatch



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Source: Google News | 19 Mar 2009 | 11:30 am

Israel checks reports of abuse by soldiers in Gaza - The Associated Press



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Natalie Portman is the Front Runner for Female Lead in THOR

Star Wars veteran Natalie Portman is reportedly the front runner to play the female lead in Paramount-Marvel's Thor movie, to be directed by Kenneth Branagh.


Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 19 Mar 2009 | 11:30 am

North Korean guards detain U.S. journalists: TV

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean security officials have detained two Korean-American journalists who were filming across the Tumen River from the Chinese side of the border, South Korean television reported on Thursday.

Source: Reuters: Top News | 19 Mar 2009 | 11:29 am

The Nation's Weather

The eastern U.S. was to see active weather as a cold front moves through, while the Pacific Northwest was to get some showers Thursday.
Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 19 Mar 2009 | 11:28 am

Israel checks reports of abuse by soldiers in Gaza

JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israel's defense minister promised Thursday to investigate soldiers' claims that some troops opened fire too hastily on Palestinian civilians during the recent Gaza war and killed them, believing that they would not be held to account under relaxed rules of engagement....
Source: AP Top International News At 8:07 a... | 19 Mar 2009 | 11:28 am

Israel checks reports of abuse by soldiers in Gaza

Israel's defense minister promised Thursday to investigate soldiers' claims that some troops opened fire too hastily on Palestinian civilians during the recent Gaza war and killed them,...
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Newborn 'left behind' on NZ plane

New Zealand police are investigating whether a passenger left her baby on a plane after giving birth.
Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 19 Mar 2009 | 11:26 am

Canadian Inflation Unexpectedly Accelerates on Gasoline Prices - Bloomberg



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By Theophilos Argitis March 19 (Bloomberg) -- Canadian annual inflation unexpectedly accelerated in February as gasoline prices rose during the month, which may ease pressure on the Bank of Canada to take additional measures to stem the recession.
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Source: Google News | 19 Mar 2009 | 11:22 am

New nationwide strike hits France

More than a million people are expected to join France's second mass strike in two months against the country's economic policies.
Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 19 Mar 2009 | 11:21 am

Army Investigating How and Why Troops Were Sent Into Alabama

The U.S. Army has launched an inquiry into how and why active duty troops from Fort Rucker, Ala., came to be placed on the streets of Samson, Ala., during last week's murder spree in that tiny South Alabama community. The use of the troops was a possible violation of federal law.


Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 19 Mar 2009 | 11:20 am

Growing Crisis: Strikes, Protests Hit France

France hit by new wave of protests over Sarkozy's response to financial crisis.
Source: ABC News: International | 19 Mar 2009 | 11:19 am

North Korea 'holds US reporters'

North Korean troops reportedly arrest two American journalists near a river on the border with China.
Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 19 Mar 2009 | 11:19 am

Pope meets with Muslims in Africa

The faithful gather as sun bursts through dark thunderclouds during a heavy rainstorm moments after Pope Benedict XVI arrives to celebrate Vespers in Cameroon's capital Yaounde on Wednesday. Pope Benedict XVI told Muslim leaders that true religion rejects violence, and he held up peaceful coexistence between Christianity and Islam in Cameroon as "a beacon to other African nations."



Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 19 Mar 2009 | 11:17 am

Military checking reports of ethical abuse in Gaza

Israel's defense minister promised on Thursday to investigate soldiers' claims that some troops who served in the recent Gaza war opened fire too easily on Palestinian civilians and killed...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 19 Mar 2009 | 11:12 am

Singapore court fines WSJ editor for contempt

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A Singapore court ordered a Wall Street Journal editor on Thursday to pay a fine of S$10,000 ($6,600) for contempt of court, following a fine last year against the newspaper for the same three articles at issue.

Source: Reuters: Top News | 19 Mar 2009 | 11:11 am

Angry workers to strike again in France

Big crowds expected across the country as calls persist for government to do more to fight economic crisis


Source: The Globe and Mail - Front Page News | 19 Mar 2009 | 11:10 am

A Rorschach Test for IBM and Sun - Forbes



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Topple Somali leader - Bin Laden

Osama Bin Laden calls for the overthrow of Somalia's moderate Islamist leader Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed.
Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 19 Mar 2009 | 11:06 am

Policewomen in front of a poster showing the Pope (centre) with Cameroon's Archbishop Bakot (left) and President Biya

Three policewomen stand guard in front of a poster picturing Archbishop Simon-Victor Tonye Bakot of Cameroon (left), Pope Benedict XVI (centre) and Cameroon's President Paul Biya in Yaounde on the second...
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Pope meets Cameroon's Muslims, stresses values

Pope Benedict XVI stressed the common values shared by Christianity and Islam at a meeting with leading members of Cameroon's Muslim community Thursday. Cameroon "shelters thousands of...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 19 Mar 2009 | 11:06 am

JD Power dependability rankings by category

J.D. Power and Associates on Thursday released its annual survey of vehicle dependability based on questionnaires sent to owners of 2006 model-year vehicles.
Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 19 Mar 2009 | 11:05 am

Austria: Prosecutor urges life sentence for Fritzl

Prosecutors urged an Austrian jury to hand down a life sentence Thursday to Josef Fritzl who imprisoned his daughter in a windowless ...


Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 19 Mar 2009 | 11:04 am

Jaguar, Buick dethrone Lexus in reliability study

British luxury carmaker Jaguar surged to the top of J.D. Power and Associates' closely watched vehicle dependability study this year, tying Buick for the No. 1 spot and dethroning Lexus for the first time since the Japanese luxury brand has been a part of the survey.
Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 19 Mar 2009 | 11:01 am

Report: 1st medics turned away in Richardson fall

The first ambulance sent to a ski resort where actress Natasha Richardson suffered a fall that later proved to be fatal was turned ...


Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 19 Mar 2009 | 11:01 am

France hit by new wave of nationwide protests

A new wave of nationwide strikes by angry workers demanding that French President's Nicolas Sarkozy do more to fight the economic crisis hit France on Thursday.
Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 19 Mar 2009 | 11:01 am

World markets mostly higher after Fed's $1.2T plan

World stock markets were mostly higher Thursday on guarded optimism the U.S. Federal Reserve's $1.2 trillion spending plan would bring a quicker end to the worst global slowdown in...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 19 Mar 2009 | 11:01 am

Bin Laden urges Somalis to topple new president

DUBAI (Reuters) - Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden urged Somalis in a new audio tape on Thursday to topple the new President, Sheikh Sharif Ahmed.

Source: Reuters: Top News | 19 Mar 2009 | 10:59 am

China tests J&J baby shampoo for safety

Product may contain carcinogens, food and drug safety agency says


Source: The Globe and Mail - Front Page News | 19 Mar 2009 | 10:57 am

Report: 2 U.S. journalists being held in N. Korea

Two American journalists were detained by North Korean soldiers while on a reporting trip earlier in the week near the country's ...


Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 19 Mar 2009 | 10:55 am

Reports: Two U.S. journalists being held in North Korea

SEOUL, South Korea -- Two American journalists were detained by North Korean soldiers while on a reporting trip earlier in the week near the country's border with China, South Korean news reports and a South Korean missionary said Thursday.


Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 19 Mar 2009 | 10:55 am

Opposition disputes Azeri vote lifting Aliyev limit

BAKU (Reuters) - The opposition in Azerbaijan on Thursday disputed results of a referendum lifting the two-term presidential limit and handing Ilham Aliyev the chance to extend his rule...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 19 Mar 2009 | 10:54 am

Goldman offers bid for Universal Studios Japan

Goldman Sachs Group and partner investors are offering 111.2 billion yen ($1.1 billion) to take over the Universal Studios Japan theme park, the U.S. financial company said Thursday.
Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 19 Mar 2009 | 10:52 am

Singapore fines WSJ Asia's editor for contempt of court+

(Kyodo) _ Singapore's High Court on Thursday fined a senior editor of the Wall Street Journal Asia S$10,000 (about $6,595) for contempt of court over two articles and a letter to the...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 19 Mar 2009 | 10:52 am

Fewer leaving urban centers, moving to sunnier places

Unemployment and the housing meltdown are triggering an about-face in where Americans choose to live.


Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 19 Mar 2009 | 10:48 am

LEAD: Venezuelan President Chavez to visit Japan in early April+

(Kyodo) _ (EDS: ADDING INFO) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez will visit Japan in early April to meet with Prime Minister Taro Aso, visiting Venezuelan energy minister Rafael Ramirez...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 19 Mar 2009 | 10:48 am

I-495 North closed in Merrimac

MERRIMAC - State police say one person is dead after a three-vehicle crash on Interstate 495 in Merrimac that forced the shutdown of the highway's northbound lanes. ...

Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 19 Mar 2009 | 10:48 am

NFL players promoting improved physical education

WASHINGTON - NFL players are coming to Capitol Hill to tackle an important issue - physical education in schools. The football players are getting behind legislation that...

Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 19 Mar 2009 | 10:46 am

Mont. man ties state record by catching tiny fish

Here's a fish tale that could use a little exaggeration.
Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 19 Mar 2009 | 10:43 am

France hit by new nationwide protests

French commuters crowd onto a platform at the Saint Lazare Railway Station in Paris as a nationwide strike disrupted rail traffic throughout France on Thursday.A new wave of nationwide strikes by angry workers demanding that French President's Nicolas Sarkozy do more to fight the economic crisis hit France on Thursday.



Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 19 Mar 2009 | 10:42 am

Reports: 2 US journalists being held in NKorea

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- Two American journalists were detained by North Korean soldiers while on a reporting trip earlier in the week near the country's border with China, South Korean news reports and a South Korean missionary said Thursday....
Source: AP Top International News At 8:07 a... | 19 Mar 2009 | 10:41 am

Economy and labor deal top agenda for owners meeting

The National Football League will put layoffs, unpaid furloughs and other cost-cutting moves on the back burner next week while it holds its annual March owners meeting at...

Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 19 Mar 2009 | 10:41 am

WATCH: Road Trip: Iraq


Source: ABC News: International | 19 Mar 2009 | 10:39 am

Safety Roy Williams interviewing with Bengals

IRVING, Texas - Roy Williams, the safety, is in Cincinnati, visiting with the Bengals and possibly rejoining defensive coordinator Mike Zimmer. According to Williams'...

Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 19 Mar 2009 | 10:35 am

Wildlife center heals survivors of Australia fires

Wildlife volunteer Gayley Baird holds a baby ringtail possum at a rescue station in Whittlesea north of Melbourne on February 12. Wildfires that killed more 200 people and ravaged a large swathe of Victoria state also laid waste to the region's wildlife. Millions of animals, including kangaroos, lyre birds, echidnas and koalas, also perished and thousands were injured.The rescue of Sam the koala gave Australians hope during the  bushfires, and one of the nation's most well-known wildlife sanctuaries is working  to ensure she's not the only survival story.



Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 19 Mar 2009 | 10:33 am

Boston's union workers put AIG execs to shame

The disgraced John Edwards got at least one thing right: There are two Americas, one for the rich and connected and one for everybody else. How many times have we heard...

Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 19 Mar 2009 | 10:32 am

Famous Concert Screw-Ups

Funny stories and videos of the biggest and best concert screw ups


Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 19 Mar 2009 | 10:30 am

China Dumplings

Workers steam pig-shaped dumplings at a stall Thursday, March 19, 2009 in Shanghai, China. This is a promotional food stall of Taiwanese cuisine. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 19 Mar 2009 | 10:28 am

Natasha Richardson mourned as a 'wonderful woman'

NEW YORK - Tributes have begun to pour in from across the show business generations for Natasha Richardson, the Tony Award-winning actress who died after suffering a head...

Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 19 Mar 2009 | 10:26 am

Baby step back to health

It no longer is about getting the best record in the Eastern Conference for the Celtics. And while getting the second-best mark in the East would be nice, it's really...

Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 19 Mar 2009 | 10:22 am

Break-down of prisoners

Bay State county correctional facilities keep a monthly count of how many prisoners they are housing. The list below is from February.
Barnstable: 423
Berkshire:...

Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 19 Mar 2009 | 10:20 am

Sony e-book reader gets 500,000 books from Google

NEW YORK - Google Inc. is making half a million books, unprotected by copyright, available for free on Sony Corp.'s electronic book-reading device, the companies were...

Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 19 Mar 2009 | 10:18 am

China Earthquake

In this May 13, 2008 file photo, a Chinese man mourns the death of a student near the site of a school that collapsed in Juyuan, southwestern China's Sichuan province. Parents of students who died in last...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 19 Mar 2009 | 10:17 am

Japan Economy

Labor union members of East Japan Railway Co. shout slogans as they march through a street in Tokyo, Japan, demanding for wage increase Thursday, March 19, 2009 as Japanese companies' annual labor-management...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 19 Mar 2009 | 10:14 am

Pope tells Muslims that religion rejects violence

YAOUNDE, Cameroon - Pope Benedict XVI told Muslim leaders on Thursday that true religion rejects violence, and he held up peaceful coexistence between Christianity and Islam...

Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 19 Mar 2009 | 10:13 am

Prosecutors seek life sentence for Fritzl

Austrian jury urged to hand down maximum penalty for Austrian man who imprisoned his daughter for 24 years and fathered her seven children


Source: The Globe and Mail - Front Page News | 19 Mar 2009 | 10:11 am

Charity scraps idea for sex offender home

Ginny Ramsey stands in the kitchen of a house which was intended to be used as a shelter for sex offenders in Lexington, Ky., on Thursday.A Catholic charity in Kentucky faced an uproar over its efforts to buy a home for four registered sex offenders.



Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 19 Mar 2009 | 10:09 am

Pope meets Muslims, says religion rejects violence

Calls peaceful coexistence between Christianity and Islam in Cameroon ‘a beacon to other African nations'


Source: The Globe and Mail - Front Page News | 19 Mar 2009 | 10:06 am

Fed Buying Long-Term Government Bonds

The Federal Reserve says it will spend up to $300 billion to buy long-term government bonds. The move is aimed at lifting the country out of recession by lowering rates on mortgages and other consumer debt. The Fed will also boost its purchase of mortgage-backed securities to $1.25 trillion.

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Source: NPR Topics: News | 19 Mar 2009 | 10:00 am

Obama: Budget Will Steady Economy

President Obama holds a town hall meeting in Los Angeles on Thursday, and he'll be joined by California's Republican Gov. Schwarzenegger. It's part of an aggressive campaign by the president to promote his economic agenda. On Wednesday, Obama said the nation's economy needs to be strengthened over the long term, and his budget will help to do that.

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Source: NPR Topics: News | 19 Mar 2009 | 10:00 am

AIG Asks Bonus Recipients To Give Back Some

House lawmakers grilled AIG Chief Executive Edward Liddy on Wednesday about the $165 million in bonuses paid out to executives at the firm. AIG is a major bailout beneficiary, and the bonuses have provoked outrage from congressional members as well as the public. Liddy says he has asked some of the employees to return part of the bonus.

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Source: NPR Topics: News | 19 Mar 2009 | 10:00 am

AIG CEO asks employees to repay some bonus money

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The head of AIG said he was trying to prevent the company from collapsing when he allowed the payment of $165 million in bonuses that have stoked outrage stretching from the White House to Main Street.

Source: Reuters: Top News | 19 Mar 2009 | 9:58 am

Bin Laden rallies Somali militants in Web message

Denounces country's new president who was elected as part of peace push in African country


Source: The Globe and Mail - Front Page News | 19 Mar 2009 | 9:56 am

Bin Laden rallies Somali militants in Web message

al-Qaeda's chief Osama bin Laden denounced Somalia's new president elected as part of a peace push in the lawless African country, ...


Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 19 Mar 2009 | 9:50 am

Japan Mulling More Sanctions Against North Korea

Japan considering more sanctions against North Korea over rocket launch.
Source: ABC News: International | 19 Mar 2009 | 9:46 am

Report: Medics turned away in Richardson fall

A pictorial look at actress Natasha Richardson’s life and career as a member of an acting dynastyAn emergency services official says the first ambulance responding to a Canadian ski mishap involving actress Natasha Richardson was turned away.



Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 19 Mar 2009 | 9:45 am

Different Processing Strategies for Beauty in Women and Men

The capacity to appreciate beauty is one of our species' most remarkable traits. Although knowledge about its neural correlates is growing, little is known about any gender-related differences.


Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 19 Mar 2009 | 9:40 am

Undersea volcano erupts near Tonga

Smoke rises from an underwater volcano near Hunga Ha'apai, Tonga, on Thursday.Scientists sailed Thursday to inspect an undersea volcano that has been erupting for days near Tonga — shooting smoke, steam and ash thousands of feet into the sky above the South Pacific ocean.



Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 19 Mar 2009 | 9:38 am

Customs accuses B.C. lawyer of human trafficking

Demands an investigation into incident and apology after being handcuffed and led through airport departure lounge


Source: The Globe and Mail - Front Page News | 19 Mar 2009 | 9:29 am

MacKay note casts light on helicopter deal

Document shows government was told earlier than it has acknowledged that Sea King replacement was 2½ years behind schedule


Source: The Globe and Mail - Front Page News | 19 Mar 2009 | 9:29 am

North Korea Detains Two U.S. Journalists

Two American journalists and their guide were detained by North Korean soldiers while on a reporting trip near the country's border with China, according to the State Department and their employer, Current TV.

Source: World News: CBSNews.com | 19 Mar 2009 | 9:21 am

China says rejection of Coke-Huiyuan deal no blow to open trade

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's rejection of Coca-Cola's bid to buy the country's top juice maker, Huiyuan, marked no retreat from government policies welcoming foreign investment, the government said on Thursday.

Source: Reuters: Top News | 19 Mar 2009 | 9:04 am

Wooden Matches Block of 100 by Fitzsu

Cool design but probably the most expensive matches in the world!


Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 19 Mar 2009 | 9:00 am

Fed to pump $1.2 trillion into markets

March 18: The Federal Reserve used another big weapon in its arsenal to try to get credit flowing Wednesday, promising to pump more than one trillion dollars into the mortgage market and Treasury securities. CNBC's Steve Liesman reports.  (Nightly News)With the country sinking deeper into recession, the Federal Reserve launched a bold $1.2 trillion effort Wednesday to lower rates on mortgages and consumer debt, spur spending and revive the economy.



Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 19 Mar 2009 | 8:57 am

Reports: N. Korea detains 2 Americans

Two American journalists and their guide were detained by North Korean soldiers while on a reporting trip near the country's border, a missionary who spoke to them earlier in the week said.
Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 19 Mar 2009 | 8:27 am

Jury retires knowing so much of Stefanie's brutal end, yet accused remains unknowable

No wonder there is something so very sad, so tired, about police officers, writes Christie Blatchford


Source: The Globe and Mail - Front Page News | 19 Mar 2009 | 8:17 am

Israel arrests 10 Hamas political leaders

Israel rounded up 10 Hamas leaders in the West Bank early Thursday, two days after indirect talks between Israel and the Islamic ...


Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 19 Mar 2009 | 7:59 am

Apple Movie Trailer site debuts on Twitter

In a rare show of openness, the team behind Apple's Movie Trailers page has started a Twitter account.


Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 19 Mar 2009 | 7:50 am

Japan Mulls New Sanctions Against N. Korea

Japan could impose more sanctions on North Korea if it goes ahead with a planned rocket launch next month, regardless of its payload, and plans to raise the issue with the U.N. Security Council, government officials say.

Source: World News: CBSNews.com | 19 Mar 2009 | 7:01 am

Chocolate Skittles: Like Being Mouth Raped by Candy

An ode to chocolate Skittle, courtesy of Cracked Magazine.


Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 19 Mar 2009 | 7:00 am

Riverside County jury orders death for arsonist

Raymond Lee Oyler, 38, had been convicted of killing five firefighters in the 2006 Esperanza blaze.

After barely a day of deliberation, a Riverside County jury on Wednesday returned a verdict of death for Raymond Lee Oyler for starting the 2006 Esperanza fire in the foothills of the San Jacinto Mountains that killed five firefighters, destroyed 34 homes and charred more than 41,000 acres.


Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 19 Mar 2009 | 7:00 am

Studies cast doubt on prostate cancer screenings

The tests rarely save lives, researchers say, and treatment can cause more harm than the potential tumor.

Whether to screen men for prostate cancer has been a controversial topic for at least 20 years. Many clinicians have believed that finding a tumor early and cutting it out is the best possible way to treat prostate cancer, just as it is for most tumors.


Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 19 Mar 2009 | 7:00 am

Federal Reserve moves to bring down interest rates on mortgages, consumer loans

The agency's announcement that it will buy $1 trillion in debt could lower home-loan rates by a full point and stimulate the housing market, economists say.

Escalating the government's already aggressive effort to revive the struggling economy, the Federal Reserve said Wednesday that it would spend an additional $1 trillion to bring down interest rates on home mortgages and other business and consumer loans.


Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 19 Mar 2009 | 7:00 am

Medical marijuana dispensaries will no longer be prosecuted, U.S. attorney general says

The statement by Eric H. Holder Jr. represents a landmark shift from the Bush administration's zero tolerance toward the use of pot by people with cancer and other serious ailments.

U.S. Atty. Gen. Eric H. Holder Jr. said Wednesday that the Justice Department has no plans to prosecute pot dispensaries that are operating legally under state laws in California and a dozen other states -- a development that medical marijuana advocates and civil libertarians hailed as a sweeping change in federal drug policy.


Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 19 Mar 2009 | 7:00 am

Natasha Richardson dies at 45; award-winning actress from famous theatrical family

Natasha Richardson, the luminous British actress from one of the world's great acting families, whose performances ranged from the high-brow drama "The Handmaid's Tale" to the lightweight comedy "The Parent Trap" and the Tony-winning Broadway production of "Cabaret," died Wednesday. She was 45.


Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 19 Mar 2009 | 7:00 am

In AIG flap, it's not just about bonuses anymore

Scrutiny of bailout terms expands as critics question federal officials' longtime ties to aid recipients.

The firestorm over American International Group is spreading beyond executive bonuses, with lawmakers and policy experts now questioning virtually all aspects of the taxpayer-financed rescue package for the insurance giant.


Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 19 Mar 2009 | 7:00 am

Costa Rica, El Salvador promise ties with Cuba

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) -- The only two Central American countries that don't recognize Cuba's government say they plan to re-establish diplomatic ties with the communist nation....
Source: AP Top International News At 8:07 a... | 19 Mar 2009 | 6:53 am

China may up patrols amid South China Sea disputes

BEIJING (AP) -- China plans to boost patrols in the South China Sea to deal with the growing threat of illegal fishing and sharpening territorial disputes, a Chinese official was quoted as saying by state media Thursday....
Source: AP Top International News At 8:07 a... | 19 Mar 2009 | 6:50 am

Scientists Create March Madness Formula

Could this be the year that you finally experience the thrill of victory in your NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament pool? It could be if you listen to three Georgia Tech professors. They have devised a computerized, mathematical system that for the last nine seasons has beaten all other ranking systems.


Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 19 Mar 2009 | 6:50 am

U.S. systemic risk watchdog not panacea: regulators

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two top U.S. bank regulators offered competing views on the value of creating a so-called systemic risk regulator to oversee broad threats to the financial system, with one saying the move would be only of "incremental benefit."

Source: Reuters: Top News | 19 Mar 2009 | 6:43 am

Mexican tariffs on 89 US products take effect

MEXICO CITY (AP) -- U.S. officials are assessing the cost of new Mexican tariffs that take effect Thursday in retaliation for a U.S. decision to cancel a cross-border program that gave Mexican truckers access to their northern neighbor's highways....
Source: AP Top International News At 8:07 a... | 19 Mar 2009 | 6:28 am

Obama hears Californians' state of anxiety

In Costa Mesa to boost public support for his budget, the president sees the human face of the state's economic crisis.

At a town hall Wednesday during which people spoke of their lost jobs and their fears of economic problems to come, President Obama painted his ambitious policy agenda as the antidote.


Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 19 Mar 2009 | 5:55 am

Rare undersea volcano continues to erupt near Tonga

NUKU'ALOFA, Tonga - Scientists are sailing to inspect an undersea volcano that has been erupting for days near Tonga - shooting smoke, steam and ash thousands of metres into the sky above the South Pacific ocean. Authorities said...
Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 19 Mar 2009 | 4:57 am

Obama Agenda Expected To Boost Federal Hiring

Amid all of the gloomy economic news lately, at least one sector is poised for growth. The $787 billion stimulus package and the $3.6 trillion Obama budget blueprint mean the federal government is hiring.

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Source: NPR Topics: News | 19 Mar 2009 | 4:03 am

Antarctic Ice May Melt, But Not For Millennia

A huge chunk of Antarctic ice can't withstand non-stop global warming, according to a new study published in the latest Nature magazine. And if it melts, the ice will raise the global sea level by 15 feet or more. But experts say the catastrophe isn't likely to unfold quickly.

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Source: NPR Topics: News | 19 Mar 2009 | 4:02 am

Fannie Mae: Selling Foreclosures In A Tricky Market

As the owner or guarantor on a third of the nation's home loans, Fannie Mae has to take over, renovate and sell a growing number of properties. Selling in a down market like this one is not a prospect that appeals to many homeowners. But what about unloading nearly 65,000 of them?

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Source: NPR Topics: News | 19 Mar 2009 | 4:01 am

Lessons From The Recession In The Classroom

Private colleges and universities have seen their enrollment drop in this recession because students can't afford college right now. But at many public institutions like Luzerne County Community College in northeastern Pennsylvania, the recession has flooded classrooms.

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Source: NPR Topics: News | 19 Mar 2009 | 4:01 am

Thieves steal $6k in panties from Texas shop

HURST, Texas - Police are looking for two men and a woman they say snatched US$3400 (NZ$6200) worth of panties from a Victoria's Secret in a Texas suburb of Hurst. The thieves took 100 panties valued at US$14 each and 125 valued...
Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 19 Mar 2009 | 3:47 am

MI5 questioning guidelines to be made public

The secret guidelines issued to intelligence officers and the military about how to question detainees held overseas are to be made public Gordon Brown has announced.
Source: Telegraph Major News | 19 Mar 2009 | 2:44 am

Unemployment hits two million but public sector sheltered

The numbers claiming unemployment benefit jumped by a record amount last month according to figures which showed more than two million people are out of work in Britain.
Source: Telegraph Major News | 19 Mar 2009 | 2:35 am

Fame comes to actor who saved man from train

NEW YORK - An off-Broadway actor who leapt onto the subway tracks and rescued a man as a train was pulling into the station says he is overwhelmed by his sudden celebrity. "I'm an actor. I've spent most of my life trying to get...
Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 19 Mar 2009 | 2:04 am

N.M. Governor Signs Bill Banning Death Penalty

Gov. Bill Richardson signed legislation Wednesday repealing New Mexico's death penalty, making it the second state to ban executions since the U.S. Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in 1976.

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Source: NPR Topics: News | 19 Mar 2009 | 1:16 am

US divorcee 'can't live' on $265 million

HARTFORD, Connecticut, AP - A 36-year-old Swedish countess divorcing a former CEO amid accusations of extramarital affairs is arguing she has too many expenses and cannot live on a mere US$143 million ($265.5 million). Marie Douglas-David,...
Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 19 Mar 2009 | 1:05 am

Nearly half of US births out of wedlock in '07

More babies were born in the United States in 2007 than any year in the nation's history - and a wedding ring made increasingly little difference in the matter. The 4,317,119 births, reported by federal researchers on Wednesday,...
Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 19 Mar 2009 | 1:00 am

Spring Break In A War Zone

Drug related violence has gotten so bad that the U.S. State Department recently issued a travel alert for Mexico. But, as Seth Doane reports, that's not stopping tens of thousands of American college students heading south for spring break.

Source: World News: CBSNews.com | 19 Mar 2009 | 12:30 am

Obama upbeat at Southern California town hall

'We're all in this together,' he tells about 1,000 in Costa Mesa, speaking about his plans to get the country out of its recession.

Carrying a message that the days of greed have ended, President Obama arrived this afternoon in Southern California, where he tried to sell his economic policies to a region coping with rising unemployment, reduced housing prices and an ongoing state budget crisis.


Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 19 Mar 2009 | 12:21 am

Actress Richardson Dies Following Skiing Accident

Natasha Richardson, a gifted and precocious heiress to acting royalty, has died, a family spokesman said. Richardson, 45, suffered a head injury after falling on a beginners trail at the famed Mont Tremblant ski resort during a private lesson Monday.

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Source: NPR Topics: News | 19 Mar 2009 | 12:10 am

Priest gives thousands to poor on his 90th birthday

LOS ANGELES - Father Maurice Chase celebrated his 90th birthday on St Patrick's Day by giving away green - and plenty of it. The Catholic priest took US$15,000 in cash to Skid Row and doled it out to hundreds of Los Angeles' most...
Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 18 Mar 2009 | 11:56 pm

Fed to buy long-term U.S. government debt

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve on Wednesday vowed to pump an additional $1 trillion into the U.S. economy in an aggressive bid to battle a deep recession, partly by buying government bonds for the first time since the 1960s.

Source: Reuters: Top News | 18 Mar 2009 | 11:36 pm

German school shooter did it 'for fun', hostage tells newspaper

BERLIN - A man held hostage by a teenager on a shooting spree said in an interview published yesterday that the boy described killing 12 people at his former high school as "fun" and wanted to attack a second school. Igor Wolf,...
Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 18 Mar 2009 | 9:39 pm

ANC's Jacob Zuma may be cleared

South African prosecutors might drop graft charges against ruling African National Congress leader Jacob Zuma within days, news reports said last night. The National Prosecuting Authority would meet today to make a decision. A...
Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 18 Mar 2009 | 8:15 pm

Fritzl pleads guilty to all charges

ST. POELTEN - In a stunning turn of events, an Austrian on trial for imprisoning his daughter in a dungeon for 24 years and fathering her seven children pleaded guilty Wednesday to all charges against him - including homicide for...
Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 18 Mar 2009 | 7:40 pm

Yemen bomb attempt fails

A suicide bomber blew himself up near Sanaa Airport last night, apparently to target a convoy of South Koreans investigating an al Qaeda suicide blast that killed four Korean tourists this week, a security source said.
Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 18 Mar 2009 | 7:15 pm

Sudan's Al-Bashir: No Court Can Touch Me

A defiant Sudanese president rallied Arab supporters in Darfur by saying no war crimes court or the U.N. Security Council can touch even "an eyelash" on him despite an international order for his arrest.

Source: World News: CBSNews.com | 18 Mar 2009 | 6:30 pm

AIG chief requests employees return at least half of bonuses

CEO Edward Liddy tells a congressional subcommittee 'we've heard the American people loudly' referring to the outcry over the payments. Liddy says some already have volunteered to return the funds.

The embattled chief executive of American International Group told a congressional subcommittee today that he had asked employees who received more than $100,000 in controversial retention bonuses to return at least half of them in response to public outrage over the payments.


Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 18 Mar 2009 | 6:11 pm

Britain to Release Secret Rules on Detainee Treatment

Britain will release its secret rules governing the treatment of overseas detainees, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Wednesday in an attempt to bolster public faith after a string of allegations that the U.K. colluded in torture.
Source: FOXNews.com | 18 Mar 2009 | 5:33 pm

Madagascar Court Accepts Replacing Toppled Leader

Madagascar's highest court on Wednesday endorsed the army's move to replace the toppled president with his rival, but the African Union was considering whether it constituted a coup.
Source: FOXNews.com | 18 Mar 2009 | 5:21 pm

Hostage Says German Gunman Claimed to 'Kill for Fun'

A man held hostage for two hours by a teenager who had just gone on a school shooting spree says the boy told him he had killed for fun and wanted to attack a second school, a magazine reported Wednesday.
Source: FOXNews.com | 18 Mar 2009 | 5:07 pm

Muslim Cleric Detained for Marriage to 12-Year-Old

A Muslim cleric whose marriage to a 12-year-old girl triggered controversy in Indonesia has been detained along with the girl's father on suspicion of violating the child protection law, police said Wednesday.
Source: FOXNews.com | 18 Mar 2009 | 4:36 pm

Marine's Filipino Rape Accuser Changes Her Story

A Filipino woman whose accusations of rape led to the conviction of a U.S. Marine has altered her testimony and emigrated to the United States, saying she was no longer certain that a crime took place, a lawyer said Wednesday.
Source: FOXNews.com | 18 Mar 2009 | 4:27 pm

Pope Tells Africans to Protect Family Values

Pope Benedict XVI set down strategy for his church in Africa on Wednesday, telling Cameroon's bishops to protect the traditional values of the African family and to spare the poor from the impact of globalization.
Source: FOXNews.com | 18 Mar 2009 | 4:15 pm

Rights Group: 'Witch Doctors' Abduct, Drug Gambians

As many as 1,000 elderly villagers in Gambia may have been kidnapped by 'witch doctors' who hold people hostage and force them to drink poisonous concoctions, Amnesty International told the BBC.
Source: FOXNews.com | 18 Mar 2009 | 4:09 pm

Drunk Mobs Mar St. Patrick's Day in Ireland With Riots

Cars torched, firefighters attacked, police bombarded and neighbors terrified: It was another fine St. Patrick's Day in Ireland, where inebriated mobs annually turn districts of Dublin and Belfast into a nightmare.
Source: FOXNews.com | 18 Mar 2009 | 3:52 pm

U.S. Urges Citizens to Stay Away From Tokyo Nightlife

U.S. Embassy in Japan has urged Americans to avoid going to bars in Tokyo's raucous nightlife district of Roppongi due to a surge in reports of drink-spiking incidents there.
Source: FOXNews.com | 18 Mar 2009 | 2:59 pm

Docs Show U.S. Knew of Assassinations in Guatemala

The U.S. government knew that top Guatemalan officials it supported with arms and cash were behind the disappearance of thousands of people during a 36-year civil war, declassified documents obtained by a U.S. research institute show.
Source: FOXNews.com | 18 Mar 2009 | 2:47 pm

Austrian Incest/Dungeon Suspect: I Did It

In a stunning turn of events, an Austrian on trial for imprisoning his daughter in a dungeon for 24 years and fathering her seven children pleaded guilty to all charges against him - including homicide for the death of one of the seven.

Source: World News: CBSNews.com | 18 Mar 2009 | 2:00 pm