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Bush keeps plans to meet with Iraqi PM | President Bush is sticking to his plan to hold a summit in Jordan next week with the head of Iraq, despite threats from radical Shiites to boycott parliament if Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki goes. |
Twins win suspended game quickly | com. Michael Cuddyer's RBI double in the bottom of the 12th scored Jason Bartlett to give Minnesota a 6-5 victory Sunday over the Indians during the completion of Saturday's suspended game. |
Canseco Claim Disputed | The White House says President Bush was not aware of steroid use by the Texas Rangers while he was an executive with the team, as claimed in a book by Jose Canseco. |
Lau mum on drug use for 'Protege' role | Andy Lau may play a major narcotic dealer in the upcoming movie "Protege," but the Hong Kong star had little to say when asked if he had tried drugs to prepare for the role. |
Geldof voted the 'people's peer' | Listeners to BBC Radio 4's Today programme vote Bob Geldof the person they would most like to be made a member of the House of Lords. |
NASA Authorizes Contract for Ares I Materials | WASHINGTON -- NASA has authorized a contract with a maximum value of $16.7 million with Alcoa North American Rolled Products of Bettendorf, Iowa, to supply aluminum lithium plates and metal ingots for early development of the Ares I crew launch vehicles upper stage. |
The Graying of the IT Workforce | When I went to an IT technical conference recently, the first thing that struck me was how old the attendees were. |
Separation Makes Algeria, Morocco Bad Neighbors | RABAT, Morocco - They share the same language, religion and culture but the dramatically different political histories of Algeria and Morocco have bred mistrust and enmity. |
Stolz scores first tour win at Vegas | LAS VEGAS -- Andre Stolz played like a veteran instead of a rookie and shot a 5-under 67 to win the Michelin Championship at Las Vegas by a shot over Tom Lehman and two others. |
Smoking in pregnancy harms infant immune system | Smoking during pregnancy can affect the baby's immune system which may explain why asthma and respiratory problems are more common in children whose mothers smoke, Australian scientists said in a study on Thursday. |
United lose ground on Chelsea | MANCHESTER - After the joy of a midweek win in Europe and the exciting debut of Wayne Rooney, Manchester United had to depend on a goal from Alan Smith to salvage a point against Middlesbrough last night. |
Project Faced Pollution Concerns | By Jeremy Borden jeremy.borden@roanoke.com 981-3340 The construction crews at a Riverside Center building off Jefferson Street are the first fruit of an intensive effort to get Roanoke's first large-scale brownfields project off the ground. Redeveloping a brownfield is not easy. |
The REAL High School Musical | The sequel to Disney's cash cow premières tonight. How does the franchise play with actual drama teachers? |
Turkey Armenians wary one year after editor's death | One year after Turkish-Armenian writer Hrant Dink was shot dead, Turkey's Armenian community is torn between hoping for better days in the EU candidate nation and moving abroad out of frustration and fear of more attacks. |
From Season, and Game, to Forget, Steelers and Jets Are Teams to Beat | After they both finished 6-10 a year ago, the Jets and Pittsburgh Steelers have found themselves linked again, but now in their rise to the N.F.L.'s upper echelon. |
Terps Facing Purdue in Champs Sports Bowl | Maryland accepts an invitation to play Purdue in the Champs Sports Bowl on Dec. 29 in Orlando, a team official said. |
Live - Africa Cup of Nations | Hosts Ghana face west African neighbours Ivory Coast in the third/fourth place play-off in Kumasi. |
Sinise, 'Lt. Dan Band' serenade troops | Actor Gary Sinise brought his Lt. Dan Band to this Army post to show his support for troops in Iraq. "It's important we support our defenders. It's a very serious time in our country and the world," he said. |
Thousands Protest Pardon for Budanov in Chechnen Capital | Several thousand people gathered for a sanctioned meeting in the Chechen capital Grozny to protest a possible pardon for former Russian Army officer Yuri Budanov, Russian news agencies report. |
Victorious Bryan Twins Lead U.S. Past Austria | The defending champion United States advanced to the Davis Cup quarterfinals behind a commanding doubles victory by the twins Bob and Mike Bryan on Saturday in Vienna. |
Lapping up the experience | Defending Indianapolis 500 winner Sam Hornish Jr. has returned to the fabled Brickyard with his eyes focused not on his rearview mirror, but on the road ahead for Sunday's 91st running. |
Monty's putt seals Europe victory | BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Michigan -- Colin Montgomerie sank the winning putt as Europe clinched victory over the United States in the 35th Ryder Cup match at Oakland Hills, Michigan. |
Queen's anger over stunt | She expressed her "irritation" to senior courtiers after watching on television as the Fathers 4 Justice protest unfolded on the balcony of Buckingham Palace. |
Doctors warn on costly "consumer" insurance | Pediatricians in the United States on Monday warned that new high-deductible health plans risk compromising patient care, especially among poorer children, with the unintended consequence of increasing medical costs. |
Sayeed survives grenade attack, six injured: | [India News] Srinagar, Sep 22 : Separatist guerrillas Wednesday targeted Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed in a grenade attack as he filed his papers for an assembly by-election, but he escaped unhurt, police said. |
Agency takes reins of pilots' pensions | The government's pension agency moved to assume responsibility yesterday for United Airlines pilots' pensions, acknowledging as unfortunate but inevitable the carrier's elimination of defined benefit plans for its employees. |
Stress may play role in skin cancer | Chronic stress might speed up the onset of skin cancer in those already at high risk for the disease, a new study indicates. The research is still preliminary, involving mice, not humans. |
Tebow excels as Florida tops LSU 23-10 | Florida quarterback Tim Tebow showed he can do a lot more than just run. Tebow threw two touchdown passes, including one on a play that could have came from basketball coach Billy Donovan's playbook, and ran for a score to give the fifth-ranked Gators a 23-10 win against No. 9 LSU on Saturday. |
Lebanon turns to Vatican for help | Lebanon turned Wednesday to the Vatican for help in pressing for a cease-fire in the Middle East, dispatching the son of assassinated premier Rafik Hariri to meet with the Holy See's secretary of state. |
Earnhardt Wins at Phoenix Int'l Raceway | Dale Earnhardt Jr. pulled away from Jeff Gordon in a pair of overtime laps to win the NASCAR Nextel Cup race Sunday at Phoenix International Raceway and tighten the championship chase with two races to go. |
Two More Arrests in South Africa Weapons Probe | South Africa has arrested two men in an investigation into alleged trafficking of equipment used to build nuclear weapons. Authorities say Daniel Geiges and Gerhard Wisser are charged with illegally importing |
Federal judge rejects tax shelter used by Nobel winners | NEW HAVEN, CONN. - A partnership that includes Nobel Prize-winning economists is not eligible for $106 million in tax deductions it claimed from a tax shelter, a federal judge ruled Friday in a case that has |
Chrysler, Plastech reach interim deal | Chrysler LLC and bankrupt supplier Plastech Engineered Products Inc reached an interim deal that will allow the U.S. automaker to resume production at four idled plants and avoid shutting down all of its assembly operations, an attorney for Plastech said on Tuesday. |
ECB chief warns high oil prices could hurt eurozone recovery | FRANKFURT - European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet warned that persistent high oil prices could dampen the strength of the economic recovery in the eurozone. |
Yudhoyono, police in security talks | Former general Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono who looks set to become Indonesia's next president held talks with the police about the security situation in Jakarta, which has suffered two major terror attack in the past year. |
Nationals Drop Fourth in Row | Despite a solid outing by Matt Chico, the Nats fall, 3-2, in Pittsburgh as Jose Bautista drives in the winning run in the bottom of the ninth. |
Bobcats' Morrison has difficult year | Adam Morrison couldn't take it anymore. Heckled all night as he sat on the bench in street clothes in Miami, nursing a sore knee, the Charlotte Bobcats rookie turned to a fan behind the bench — the one who kept calling him "white trash" — and made an obscene gesture. |
US assails Saudi Arabia for religious intolerance | In an unusual censure of a key ally in the war on terrorism, the Bush administration accused Saudi Arabia yesterday of "particularly severe violations" of religious freedom. |
Jets' Pennington Leads by Misleading | Play action has accounted for four of Chad Pennington's five touchdown passes this season. The Jets play at New England on Sunday. |
England v Wales: minute-by-minute | Join Lawrence Booth now for live coverage of England's Six Nations opener at Twickenham. |
Hockey Fan Vents Frustration on the Road | A hockey fan disgruntled by the NHL lockout is taking his frustration to the streets. |
Diamondbacks, Yankees nearing deal for Johnson | The Arizona Diamondbacks and Yankees reached a tentative agreement yesterday on a deal to send Johnson to the Bronx for pitchers Javier Vazquez and Brad Halsey, catcher Dioner Navarro and $9 million, a baseball official said on condition of anonymity. |
Broker woes to scare investors | Mainland shares may decline after the government's takeover of Hantang Securities and three brokerages controlled by failed investment company Xinjiang D'Long Group because of worries about other crackdowns to come, market analyst Thomas Zhang said. |
Stocks Set to Open Higher | Stocks were set to open higher Tuesday, with the blue-chip Dow industrials aiming to push back above 10,000 mark. Oil prices remain in focus, with crude reaching above $50 a barrle in premarket trading. |
Poll: Kerry Gains on Bush | Democratic nominee John F. Kerry has gained ground on President Bush since last week's presidential debate and narrowly trails Bush among likely voters in one of the |
Iraqis Living in U.S. Excited About Vote | Iraqis living in the United States greeted the results of Iraq's first elections with excitement Sunday, praising the outcome as a crucial first step toward democracy but remaining fearful of continuing violence. |
Concerns raised over Web sex ad replies | At first glance, the posting looked like any number of Internet classified ads explicitly seeking sex. But instead of the 27-year-old woman with long brown hair advertised, a male, Seattle-area graphic designer collected the replies and posted them online — with photos, names and contact information. |
Italy steps in to avoid leaning tower of Venice | One leaning tower is enough for Italy, according to local authorities in Venice who plan to reinforce the foundations of St. Mark's bell tower to stop it falling down. |
US Christian right exultant after Bush re-election | The US Christian right took credit for helping President George W. Bush win re-election this week, in part by mobilizing its followers to vote for a ban on gay marriage in 11 of the 50 states. |
I-Reporters analyze why Clinton, McCain won | From Hillary Clinton's near tears to John McCain's appeal to independents to Barack Obama's "message of change," I-Reporters weighed in on the results of the New Hampshire primary. |
Paris Hilton sent back to prison | Heiress Paris Hilton is taken screaming from a Los Angeles court after being told to return to jail. |
NFL Pulls Plug On Big-Screen Church Parties For Super Bowl | For years, as many as 200 members of Immanuel Bible Church and their friends have gathered in the church's fellowship hall to watch the Super Bowl on its six-foot screen. The party featured hard hitting on the TV, plenty of food -- and prayer. |
Mussina pitches Yanks by Royals | KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Mike Mussina pitched three-hit baseball for eight innings and struck out a season-high 11, leading the New York Yankees past the Kansas City Royals, 4-0, Tuesday night. |
Drug shills could take chill pills | If I say Vioxx, what's the first name that pops into your head? Dorothy Hamill or Shelly South? Chances are, it's Hamill. The erstwhile Olympic ice skating champion turned corporate shill appeared in TV ads hawking Vioxx until Merck & Co. |
Sprint, RadioShack will put kiosks in malls | Kiosks with Sprint Corp.'s brand will open at about 500 shopping malls in the next three years through an agreement with longtime partner RadioShack Corp. |
US Changes West Bank Policy to Help Sharon: NYTimes | The Bush administration has signaled approval of growth in some Israeli settlements in the West Bank in a policy change aimed at helping Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, the New York Times said on Saturday. |
Delta Anxieties on Tap: Pump Shutdown to Save Small Fish is Big Concern Downstream. | By Matt Weiser and Jim Downing, The Sacramento Bee, Calif. Jun. 3--The fate of a water supply serving two in three Californians has come down to tides, temperature and the mysterious movements of a tiny fish. |
AdWatch: Bush Questions Kerry on Military | Details of a television ad released Thursday by the Bush campaign: |
Iraq's Top Sunni Party Withdraws from Jan. Election | Iraq's top Sunni Muslim party said Monday it was withdrawing from Jan. 30 elections because relentless bloodshed would keep people from voting in the long dominant Sunni north and west. |
Citgo to Spend $320 Mln on Refinery Pollution Curbs | Citgo Petroleum Corp. will pay a $3.6 million fine in a settlement with the US Justice Department and also spend $320 million to cut air pollution from six of its refineries, the government said on Wednesday. |
Actor Callow joins new Doctor Who | Actor Simon Callow is to appear in the BBC's revival of Dr Who as author Charles Dickens. |
Pound holds steady against euro, yen | The pound managed to hold steady against the euro and yen Friday despite falling against the dollar. |
Lawmakers for Blair impeachment | British Prime Minister Mr Tony Blair faced fresh accusations today that he misled Britain about the case for war in Iraq, as lawmakers stepped up their campaign to have him impeached. |
Do wine and the Internet mix? US Supreme Court hears arguments | Wine, the Internet and the notion of free interstate trade were before the US Supreme Court in a case closely watched for its implications on e-commerce, viticulture and the regulation of alcohol sales. |
China toxic dumplings spark food scare in Japan | Dozens more people in Japan on Thursday said they fell sick after eating Chinese-made food, a day after Japanese food companies recalled pesticide-contaminated dumplings from China that sickened 10 people. |
Rogers rejoices after gold rush | MICHAEL ROGERS likes the look and feel of the world champion's rainbow-coloured jersey on his back. The Italian-based Rogers, 25, from Canberra, has been hovering around world championship podiums at junior |
AMD's Latest Chip Lags Intel | Early reviews indicate Advanced Micro Devices' new Quad FX can't keep pace with Core 2 Extreme. In Epicenter. |
NTT East, West Aiming to Boost Fiber-Optic Services in FY '07 | Tokyo, March 1 (Jiji Press)--Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp.'s two regional units Thursday unveiled their business plans that commit themselves to attaining a net 3.4 million new subscribers to their fiber-optic telecommunications services in fiscal 2007 starting from April. |
U.S. Jobless Claims Surge, Retailers Mixed | Initial U.S. jobless claims surged unexpectedly last week, taking claims to their highest level since late September, but analysts shrugged off the large jump as a holiday-related blip. |
Indian PM Prepared to Hold Unconditional Talks with Anyone Working ... | India's prime minister says he is prepared to hold unconditional talks with anyone working for peace in the disputed region of Kashmir. |
Web catalog offers prison-made products | Internet shopping knows no boundaries, not even for products made behind bars. Maryland Correctional Enterprises, the manufacturing division of the state Division of Correction, has put its 182-page catalog online. Now anyone can see, if not buy, hundreds of items the agency offers for sale to government agencies and M... |
Steyn pace clinches cricket series for South Africa | Marlon Samuels made a defiant century but the pace of Dale Steyn secured a series victory for South Africa on the third day of the third Test at Kingsmead Saturday. |
Doctors Hail the $100,000 Device, but Critics Question Whether ... | Federal regulators approved use of an artificial heart yesterday, marking the first time a mechanical device has been made widely available to replace a failing human organ. |
Circuit City posts wider quarterly loss | Consumer electronics retailer Circuit City Stores Inc reported a wider third-quarter loss on Friday as sales fell and store changes disrupted business. |
Pietrus Gets Cleared to Practice | Golden State guard Mickael Pietrus has been cleared by doctors to practice after recovering from left shoulder surgery, and he will probably play Saturday against Memphis. |
Smoking Ban to Wait for the Rules | By Joe Wessels The question has become: No smoking, or, uh, smoke if you want? An 11th hour effort Wednesday by liquor license holders to derail a new Ohio smoking ban that was set to take effect Thursday has apparently worked -- for now. |
Navistar Up 2.7 Percent in Pre-Trade | Shares of Navistar International Corp. NAV.N rose 2.7 percent before the bell on Monday after the commercial truck maker said it expects higher fourth-quarter earnings and revenue. |
EU talks to resume with Iran on nuclear program | BERLIN - Negotiations between the European Union and Iran over Teheran's nuclear progamme will resume later this week, a German official said Monday. |
The conspiracy game: JFK's assassination is turned into computer ... | For years, experts have argued over who killed President John Kennedy and whether it was the work of a lone gunman. Now, after four decades of endless speculation, a |
Landing Site for Huygens | On January 14, 2005, the Huygens probe will try to descend to the surface of Saturn's largest moon, Titan--a biochemically rich moon dominated by hydrocarbons like methane and ethane. |
Mass. gets poor marks on college affordability | A new national "report card" for public and private colleges gives Massachusetts top marks for the number of its students who go to college and for how well |
Langer faces selection headache as Cup hopefuls prosper | Whether Colin Montgomerie makes the Ryder Cup team or not, and it would have to count as a shock if it was the latter, the Scot thinks the European side will be the strongest from one to 12 that they have ever been. |
Soccer: Don't blame Haan, CFA says as it confirms he is out | BEIJING : China coach Arie Haan's contract will be terminated, soccer officials said, but insisted he should not shoulder full responsibility for the team's disastrous elimination from World Cup qualifying. |
Newest Met Hangs on to the Ball | When Doug Mientkiewicz arrives at Shea Stadium to play first base for the Mets, will he bring the coveted baseball with him? |
UN to investigate terrorist link | UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has dispatched a team to Jerusalem to look into allegations that a UN ambulance driver was filmed putting a Qassam rocket into his vehicle. |
Producer Austin sentenced on drug charges | Grammy-winning producer Dallas Austin, who has crafted songs for TLC, Madonna and Michael Jackson, was sentenced Tuesday to four years in prison for cocaine possession in the United Arab Emirates, his defense lawyer said. |
NATO says hostile fire may have caused crash | NATO forces in Afghanistan said on Thursday Taliban fire may have brought down its military helicopter in which the alliance said seven soldiers were killed. The Taliban said 35 people died. |
Trying to Keep TV Appeal as Housing Reality Sets in | Several reality shows based on home-buying and selling are being broadcast as the real estate boom is a fading memory. |
EU Split Over U.S. Sanctions in 2006 | The EU is sticking with its plan to lift sanctions on $4 billion worth of U.S. goods on Jan. 1 but is divided over whether to assert at this stage that they could be reimposed at a lower level in 2006, diplomats said. |
NTP sues wireless carriers over patents | NTP Inc., the patent-owning entity that got $612 million out of a suit against BlackBerry maker Research in Motion Ltd., has hit the nation's top four wireless carriers with similar lawsuits. |
Vikes 'D' gift wraps North title for Pack | MINNEAPOLIS - Brett Favre guided a 76-yard drive to set up Ryan Longwell's game-ending 29-yard field goal, lifting the Green Bay Packers to a 34-31 victory over the Minnesota Vikings on Friday - and clinching a third straight NFC North crown. |
Stocks seen lower after Best Buy results | Stock index futures indicated a slightly lower start on Wall Street on Tuesday before a Federal Reserve interest rate decision and after electronics retailer Best Buy Co. reported disappointing earnings. |
Most Airlines Raise Fares Due to Fuel | A fare hike that raises tickets by $5 each way announced by American Airlines earlier this week to offset record high jet fuel appears to be sticking among other U.S. airlines, an industry source said on Friday. |
Welsh stars gunning for Bond | PIERCE BROSNAN has finally conceded defeat in the race to star in the next James Bond movie, clearing the way for bookies' favourites Ioan Gruffudd or Welsh-trained actor Dougray Scott to land the much-coveted ... |
All Eyes on Couric: TV Superstar Makes Network History Tonight When She Debuts As the Anchor of 'CBS Evening News' | By Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press Sep. 5--It's launch time for Katie Couric. The TV superstar is set to debut tonight on the "CBS Evening News," which airs at 6:30 p.m. on WWJ-TV (Channel 62). |
UConn Ends Long Run in Top 10 | Connecticut's long run is over. The dominant program in women's basketball over the last decade no longer is a Top 10 team. |
Picnic site blast kills over 80 Afghans | ARGHANDAB, Afghanistan - A suicide bomber killed more than 80 people at a picnic spot in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar on Sunday in the most deadly attack since the Taliban were ousted in 2001, the government said. |
Turk Shipping Magnate, 3 Others Kidnapped in Iraq | ANKARA, Turkey - Kidnappers have abducted a Turkish shipping magnate and three others in southern Iraq and demanded a $25 million ransom, the Turkish private NTV television channel said Saturday. |
Poll: Blair Retains Electoral Lead | Prime Minister Tony Blair's Labour Party maintains a healthy lead over the opposition six months before elections widely expected in May, a poll released Saturday suggests. |
"Saturday Night Live" rehearsals may be webcast | NBC is mulling broadcasting Friday night rehearsal sessions of "Saturday Night Live" on the Internet. |
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