tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1080079435508658642011-12-05T09:20:48.438-08:00bloging is mylifeNews Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comBlogger1121100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108007943550865864.post-76015744958888840652011-05-12T17:52:00.000-07:002011-05-13T17:53:11.745-07:00US seeks cooperation in fast-changing ArcticThe Arctic could become the next great international battleground for resources, with melting icecaps opening new shipping routes, fishing grounds and, most significantly, some of the world's richest and as yet unexplored oil and gas deposits.
So far, the United States, Russia and other nations near the North Pole are trying to work together. They'll take a baby step in that direction this week News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108007943550865864.post-57985390455342948352011-05-11T10:50:00.000-07:002011-05-13T13:48:17.902-07:00Church burning deepens tumult of Egypt transitionRelations between Egypt's Muslims and Christians degenerated to a new low Sunday after riots overnight left 12 people dead and a church burned, adding to the disorder of the country's post-revolution transition to democracy.
The attack on the church was the latest sign of assertiveness by an extreme, ultraconservative movement of Muslims known as Salafis, whose increasing hostility toward Egypt'sNews Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108007943550865864.post-44706039403388788792011-05-08T10:39:00.000-07:002011-05-09T10:40:04.540-07:00Automatic budget cuts have spotty recordWASHINGTON (AP) -- Congress and President Barack Obama are proposing ways to automatically trigger budget savings if they can't rein in deficits the old-fashioned way, by enacting laws to cut spending or raise taxes. Similar efforts in the past have a spotty record.
The last quarter-century has seen plenty of missed deficit and spending targets and inventive evasions of budget curbs. This is News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108007943550865864.post-45248049246972471062011-05-06T11:43:00.000-07:002011-05-07T11:43:33.466-07:00Al-Qaida vows revenge for Osama bin Laden's deathCAIRO (AP) -- Al-Qaida vowed to keep fighting the United States and avenge the death of Osama bin Laden, which it acknowledged for the first time Friday in an Internet statement apparently designed to convince followers that it will remain vigorous and intact even after its founder's demise.
Al-Qaida's plots are usually large-scale and involve planning over months or even years. But Western News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108007943550865864.post-81787961667782290092011-05-06T01:02:00.000-07:002011-05-07T01:02:37.067-07:00Nepal fights to save its Pashmina industryKATMANDU, Nepal (AP) -- In the foothills of the Himalayas, they're fighting the battle of the pashmina.
The enemy in this war: Inexpensive, imitation pashmina wool mainly made in China and India that producers in Nepal say has caused their own sales to plummet.
Pashmina wool - the soft, warm fiber from Himalayan goats - has become world famous over the past couple of decades, sold in boutiques News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108007943550865864.post-73610675068487483152011-05-05T01:30:00.000-07:002011-05-06T01:30:33.849-07:00Senate GOP won't vote for consumer protection headWASHINGTON (AP) -- Almost every Senate Republican said Thursday they will vote against any Obama administration choice to head a new agency designed to protect consumers from harmful financial activities unless changes are made in the agency that Republicans say has been given too much power.
"No person should have the unfettered authority presently granted to the director of the Consumer News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108007943550865864.post-27476160508724171402011-05-04T20:53:00.000-07:002011-05-05T20:53:24.205-07:00GOP seeks common ground with Obama on MedicareWASHINGTON (AP) -- The top House Republican responsible for Medicare says he's open to other approaches besides privatization to curb the program's costs.
Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp of Michigan told reporters Thursday he still supports the GOP plan to replace Medicare with a voucher-like payment for future retirees. But Camp said he's not interested in laying down more political markers News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108007943550865864.post-48486467772431752662011-05-04T06:15:00.000-07:002011-05-05T06:16:01.404-07:00When a terrorist dies, is it OK to gloat?NEW YORK (AP) -- When Hyojin Jenny Hwang wrote on Facebook that she was saddened by the sight of young Americans like herself jubilantly cheering Osama bin Laden's death, the angry response was swift, even from friends.
"One friend told me she felt judged for feeling happy," said the 30-year-old mother from New Jersey. "And another one simply unfriended me on Facebook."
As the hours passed, News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108007943550865864.post-77438016604690531702011-05-04T03:31:00.000-07:002011-05-05T03:31:20.112-07:00Obama giving NY its moment of justice on bin LadenWASHINGTON (AP) -- From the heart of the shocking terror strike on America, President Barack Obama will try to bury the memory of Osama bin Laden by honoring those who died in the fiery Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center. In private talks with families and a somber ceremony at ground zero, Obama is out to let New York have its own moment of justice.
Obama heads to New York City on News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108007943550865864.post-73095029626649083702011-05-03T21:55:00.000-07:002011-05-04T21:55:20.815-07:00New rules don't stop newspaper circulation fallCirculation fell at most of the largest U.S. newspapers compared with a year ago, despite new rules that give publishers more flexibility to boost their totals.
The figures released Tuesday, for the six months ended in March, mark the first time that newspapers have calculated circulation under the looser guidelines from the Audit Bureau of Circulations. Among other things, the changes make it News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108007943550865864.post-52438285013349066282011-05-02T20:01:00.000-07:002011-05-04T20:01:55.306-07:00Beazer Homes posts a loss in fiscal 2QLOS ANGELES (AP) -- Beazer Homes USA Inc. slid to a loss in the first three months of the year, hurt by falling home values and rising foreclosures in the Las Vegas market.
The homebuilder also reported sharp drops in new home orders and closings for the quarter, reflecting the lack of federal tax credits that helped boost home sales industry wide a year ago.
The lackluster sales trends in the News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108007943550865864.post-19542296327527362332011-05-02T20:00:00.000-07:002011-05-04T20:00:53.413-07:00Saab saved by investment from China's HawtaiSTOCKHOLM (AP) -- A small, privately owned Chinese automaker on Tuesday saved Sweden's Saab Automobile from imminent collapse through an agreement to provide $223 million (euro150 million) in funds for the ailing brand.
Saab's owner Spyker Cars said Hawtai Motor Group will take an initial 30 percent stake in Spyker in the deal which also includes joint ventures on manufacturing, technology and News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108007943550865864.post-62691332207704535462011-04-24T21:49:00.000-07:002011-04-25T20:50:15.451-07:00Nigerian young poll workers come under attackLAGOS, Nigeria (AP) -- Officials tasked the four young college graduates with monitoring election stations during Nigeria's presidential vote. Then when the poll results unleashed sectarian violence, an angry mob killed them by locking them inside their youth hostel and setting it ablaze.
Dozens of their colleagues in a nearby state narrowly escaped death after rioters torched their hostel too, News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108007943550865864.post-31583088607132528262011-04-23T21:43:00.000-07:002011-04-24T20:43:56.391-07:00Costly gasoline clouds Obama re-election prospectsWASHINGTON (AP) -- With gas prices climbing and little relief in sight, President Barack Obama is scrambling to get ahead of the latest potential obstacle to his re-election bid, even as Republicans are making plans to exploit the issue.
No one seems more aware of the electoral peril than Obama himself.
"My poll numbers go up and down depending on the latest crisis, and right now gas prices are News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108007943550865864.post-12038846416123523202011-04-23T18:03:00.000-07:002011-04-24T17:04:00.724-07:00Rising cig sales push Philip Morris Int'l net upRICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- Cigarette maker Philip Morris International Inc.'s net income grew nearly 13 percent in the first quarter because it sold more cigarettes at higher prices.
The seller of Marlboro and other brands overseas also raised its earnings outlook Thursday. Its shipments grew 1.6 percent from last year's first quarter to 207.9 billion cigarettes.
Net income rose to $1.92 billion, or News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108007943550865864.post-65174467486899825582011-04-22T18:20:00.000-07:002011-04-23T17:21:07.020-07:00China's electric car tactics rattle automakersSHANGHAI (AP) -- The toylike electric cars at the Shanghai Auto Show are a glimpse of the high-tech automotive future China's leaders are pursuing - and a harbinger of possible disputes with its trading partners.
Geely's two-seat McCar, Dongfeng's Shuaike microvan, the four-seat M1 REEV from Chery and others promise a range of more than 100 kilometers (60 miles). Most are still in development butNews Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108007943550865864.post-33755292412575237902011-04-17T10:57:00.000-07:002011-04-18T09:57:56.034-07:00Health Insurance Plans AdvantagesHealth insurance plans could appear like an added fixed cost that you can not really want. However, health insurance can be helpful for a list of causes. You can seek through health insurance plans to get the better one for you, whether it is something that only covers the some and far-between doctor's visits you may need throughout the year, or disability coverage that takes into account any News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108007943550865864.post-64473725725247364312011-04-15T23:14:00.000-07:002011-04-16T22:15:03.382-07:00NKorea honors 'eternal president' on his birthdayPYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) -- Visitors paying their respects at the memorial palace housing the body of North Korea's late founder patiently waited through security checks and scans along a winding corridor. Their shoes were dusted before they stepped through a fierce wind tunnel to sweep away any remaining specks.
After walking through a series of rooms with "The Song of Gen. Kim Il Sung" News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108007943550865864.post-65565661359083719332011-04-08T02:21:00.000-07:002011-04-09T01:22:15.342-07:00A Consumer's Head to Health Care ModernizeThe six-month anniversary age 26 on your health plan if he or she can't get coverage through a job. New policies can't deny coverage for children up to age 19 based on pre-existing medical conditions. "Grandfathered" plans can, however, they also can adjust annual dollar limits on coverage and require patients to help pay for some preventive services.
Most people in the individual market are News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108007943550865864.post-36863453441110873002011-04-04T10:17:00.000-07:002011-04-05T09:18:36.496-07:00Selecting Health Insurance That’s Suitable For YouWe all recognize that selecting the suitable health insurance may+might be a trife scaring. That opinion may be modified when you're looking for the best affordable health insurance online and you're getting a series of online health insurance quotes. There are some things that you'll need to know so that you can get the best policies.
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The victims of the late Dr. George Reardon started coming forward in droves in 2007, after the owner of Reardon's former West Hartford home cracked open a wall during a News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108007943550865864.post-74045993461031086572011-03-13T05:11:00.000-07:002011-03-14T04:11:23.563-07:00Al-Qaida commander calls for Islamic rule in LibyaCAIRO (AP) -- A top Libyan al-Qaida commander has urged his countrymen to overthrow Moammar Gadhafi's regime and establish Islamic rule, expanding the terror network's attempts to capitalize on the wave of unrest sweeping the region.
Abu Yahia al-Libi, al-Qaida's Afghanistan commander, said in a video posted on a militant website that after the fall of the regimes in Tunisia and Egypt, it is now News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108007943550865864.post-29882188798780499772011-03-12T06:33:00.000-08:002011-03-13T06:34:07.287-07:00Enda Kenny Elected Ireland's New PMIreland's new parliament has elected Enda Kenny as prime minister, with a mandate to renegotiate an unpopular bailout package from the European Union and the International Monetary Fund.
Wednesday's vote came just days after the country's two largest political parties agreed to form a coalition government that will have an overwhelming majority in the lower house of parliament.
The coalition mustNews Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108007943550865864.post-66262713766127504352011-03-11T19:09:00.000-08:002011-03-12T18:09:53.871-08:00Florida loses $2.4 billion for high-speed trainsWASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration has taken back the $2.4 billion allocated to Florida for high-speed trains and is inviting other states to apply for the money, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said Friday.
The project, which would have connected Tampa and Orlando with high-speed trains, was rejected by Florida Gov. Rick Scott, a Republican. He said he didn't want to obligate the News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108007943550865864.post-80903382461022386232011-03-10T23:05:00.000-08:002011-03-11T22:05:37.939-08:00China blogger angered over losing Facebook accountBEIJING (AP) -- Chinese blogger and activist Michael Anti wants to know why he is less worthy of a Facebook account than company founder Mark Zuckerberg's dog.
Anti, a popular online commentator whose legal name is Zhao Jing, said in an interview Tuesday that his Facebook account was suddenly canceled in January. Company officials told him by e-mail that Facebook has a strict policy against News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108007943550865864.post-4168541423251351182011-03-09T08:22:00.000-08:002011-03-10T07:22:16.184-08:00Newport Beach Houses – An Interesting Place to StayA lot people want to relax on the beach. A dream for tourism to find out the wind blowing breeze, calm down waves and sandy beaches that invigorate full fun and relaxation. Newport Beach is the solution to the aspiration of us who thought about of the beach surround as their ideal style to hold fun and relaxation. Newport Beach Houses is the answer for a place to live for the dream of every News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108007943550865864.post-44913271005494892012011-03-07T18:02:00.000-08:002011-03-08T17:02:54.213-08:00Sacre, Gray lift Gonzaga over Saint Mary'sLAS VEGAS (AP) -- Robert Sacre scored 12 points, including a dunk and six late free throws and Gonzaga beat Saint Mary's 75-63 Monday night to win the West Coast Conference tournament for the second time in three years.
Gonzaga (24-9) received an automatic bid into the NCAA tournament for its 13th straight appearance. Saint Mary's (24-8) will have to hope for an at-large berth.
Steven Gray led News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108007943550865864.post-85098247584149018432011-03-06T20:36:00.000-08:002011-03-07T19:36:18.141-08:00Car-buying fuels increase in consumer borrowingWASHINGTON (AP) -- Consumers borrowed more in January to purchase new cars but were once again frugal with their credit cards, offering a mixed sign of their confidence in the economy.
Borrowing rose 2.5 percent, or by $5 billion, the Federal Reserve said Monday. It was the fourth consecutive monthly gain and it increased total consumer debt to $2.41 trillion.
Strong car sales drove the increase.News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108007943550865864.post-58097662855288054152011-03-06T09:06:00.000-08:002011-03-07T09:06:27.378-08:00Libyan Opposition Compiling Evidence of Gadhafi Abuse, AtrocitiesThe leader of the opposition Justice and Democracy Party of Libya says he has begun compiling evidence of what he describes as flagrant human rights abuses and grave atrocities perpetrated by forces loyal to embattled leader Moammar Gadhafi against anti-government protesters.
Hadi Shalluf, who is also an international lawyer, says the evidence will be sent to the International Criminal Court for News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108007943550865864.post-29887399108970915292011-03-06T04:26:00.000-08:002011-03-07T04:26:37.286-08:00Carnival in New Orleans warms up under sunny skiesNEW ORLEANS (AP) -- With ideal weather as a backdrop, crowds poured onto the streets Sunday in the traditional warm-up for Carnival's big show on Fat Tuesday when New Orleans expresses itself in song, dance and masked spectacle.
Sunday featured celebrity-laden parades - including CNN's Anderson Cooper, actress Kelly Ripa, the rock band Train and actor Andy Garcia - and the typical drunken revelryNews Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108007943550865864.post-42392403548480610372011-03-05T01:46:00.000-08:002011-03-06T01:46:45.512-08:00Bangladeshi Banker Fights Ouster From Bank He FoundedA celebrated financier in Bangladesh is fighting a legal battle against a government order to remove him from a bank he founded.
In his petition to the High Court in Dhaka, Muhammad Yunus has said the government's recent order to remove him as managing director of Grameen Bank is illegal.
The Central Bank, which owns a 25 percent stake in Grameen Bank, sacked 70-year-old Yunus on Wednesday sayingNews Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108007943550865864.post-57275597266748990572011-03-04T23:46:00.001-08:002011-03-04T23:46:16.073-08:00Mexican President Calderon to Visit White House ThursdayMexican President Felipe Calderon Thursday visits Washington, where he is expected to talk with President Barack Obama about the drug war, economic issues and immigration. The two presidents will meet after recent strains in U.S.-Mexican relations.
Presidents Obama and Calderon will talk in the Oval Office, weeks after a U.S. immigration and customs agent was killed in Mexico, and after U.S. News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108007943550865864.post-51867411937769729742011-03-04T18:11:00.001-08:002011-03-04T18:11:08.821-08:00Trial of US contractor ends first day in CubaHAVANA (AP) -- A marathon first day in the trial of a U.S. government contractor facing a 20-year sentence on charges he sought to undermine the island's communist government wrapped up late Friday, with no verdict.
The wife of Alan Gross, his lawyers and U.S. consular officials left the courtroom in a converted mansion in a once-prosperous neighborhood of Havana about nine hours after testimony News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108007943550865864.post-90575145629979972122011-03-04T17:30:00.000-08:002011-03-05T17:31:05.889-08:00Makeityourring Diamond Engagement RingsReason out of choosing diamond is that they believed as symbol of love, purity and unity. This attain Makeityourring Diamond Engagement Rings are one of the most popular alternatives in engagement rings. You can find that these days couples choose representing kakeityourring diamond engagement ring to their beloved and the argue of its popularity is its unique look and it has the power to melt News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108007943550865864.post-37328655824641219822011-03-04T15:40:00.000-08:002011-03-05T15:40:16.120-08:00Serbia, arms dealer to Libya, silent on rebellionBELGRADE, Serbia (AP) -- As Libya churned with popular rebellion, Serbia's ex-president flew to Tripoli to arrange an interview with Moammar Gadhafi for a Serbian TV channel - giving the Libyan leader a platform to bluster about his grip on power.
"The Libyan people are fully behind me," Gadhafi defiantly told Pink TV in a telephone interview.
The gesture of support for Gadhafi was not officiallyNews Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108007943550865864.post-37197060714005853642011-03-04T08:25:00.000-08:002011-03-05T08:25:14.436-08:00Present your Love with Diamond RingHave you got any mightly girl for yourself and without her you flavour solely and the world didn't llok worthwhile? You can not suppose your lifetime without her. Well, you are in love that deep so it's rude that you would like to go engage with her. While you siscus engagement, the most crucial matter in your idea is to take Makeityourring Diamond Engagement Rings elegant so you will able to News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108007943550865864.post-88934868870634847802011-03-03T22:49:00.001-08:002011-03-03T22:49:55.609-08:00UNESCO suspends cooperation with LibyaPARIS (AP) -- UNESCO's chief says the organization is stopping all cooperation with Libya's government and suspending a partnership with a charity group headed by Moammar Gadhafi's son.
The Paris-based United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization says director-general Irina Bokova took the measures after recent U.N. actions critical of Libya's human rights record.
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In the fourth quarter, print advertising revenue dropped 7 percent over the previous year. The company said the print advertising decline was in the low single digits in February.
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The Bulls never trailed as they won their third straight and seventh in eight games. Rose brought out some oohs and aahs with a backward between-the-legs pass to Noah for News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108007943550865864.post-8220351296761190282011-02-27T22:20:00.000-08:002011-02-28T00:20:42.648-08:00India Passes Bill to Sue Coca ColaIndia's southern state of Kerala has passed a law allowing people to seek compensation from U.S. soft drink company Coca Cola for alleged damages caused by a bottling plant. The company's Indian subsidiary has expressed disappointment at the legislation and denied that its plant caused any damage.
Indian state legislators passed the bill after a high level panel established by the Kerala state News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108007943550865864.post-90788440658645298662011-02-26T14:48:00.000-08:002011-02-26T16:49:31.485-08:00Investing in a Box: $48M bet on storage serviceSAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Some technology-savvy venture capitalists are making a big bet on a promising Internet company run by a 26-year-old college dropout in Palo Alto, Calif. Only this time, the object of their financial affection isn't Facebook and its CEO, Mark Zuckerberg.
It's Box.net, a startup that offers online storage lockers for personal and corporate information. The privately held News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108007943550865864.post-12719233399515496382011-02-25T21:18:00.000-08:002011-02-25T23:19:11.646-08:00Charlie Sheen's ex moves back in(PEOPLE.com) -- This is starting to sound like a "Two and a Half Men" spin-off.
Although Charlie Sheen and wife Brooke Mueller are estranged, Mueller has moved back in with him, along with their almost-2-year-old twin boys, Max and Bob.
But Mueller's mom tells PEOPLE it's all for the sake of the children -- and won't last.
"Brooke and the twins have moved into Charlie's house for a week before News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108007943550865864.post-8182471400168620032011-02-25T03:04:00.000-08:002011-02-25T05:05:29.921-08:00Reid takes on Nevada brothels(CNN) -- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is taking aim at the world's oldest profession, calling for an end to legal prostitution in his home state of Nevada.
Addressing state legislators Tuesday in Carson City, the Democrat said it was time for an "adult conversation" on a topic that often spurs as much awkward laughter as it does serious debate. He warned that the state's Wild West tradition News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108007943550865864.post-62426558328803144982011-02-24T13:07:00.000-08:002011-02-24T15:07:36.849-08:00Judge says WikiLeaks' Assange can be extraditedLONDON (AP) -- Julian Assange can be extradited to Sweden in a sex crimes inquiry, a British judge ruled Thursday, rejecting claims by the WikiLeaks founder that he would not face a fair trial there. Assange's lawyer said he would appeal.
Judge Howard Riddle rejected claims from the Wikileaks founder that he would not face a fair trial, saying that the allegations of rape and sexual molestation News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108007943550865864.post-33527473687931252512011-02-23T15:53:00.000-08:002011-02-23T17:54:32.064-08:00Higher Education Returns to Southern SudanSouth Sudan continues to move on after its successful independence referendum, announcing that its universities will reopen in mid-May this year. The south's universities need a lot of work before opening.
Like most things in southern Sudan, its university system was crippled by the decades-long civil war with the north. There are a total of five universities in the south, the largest in the News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108007943550865864.post-69110640363334758212011-02-22T21:38:00.000-08:002011-02-22T23:39:14.664-08:00France Offers Tough Response to Illegal Tunisian ImmigrantsSome of the thousands of illegal Tunisian immigrants who have landed in Italy this month have headed on to France, where they have not exactly received a warm welcome.
France has not experienced the same massive numbers of Tunisian immigrants who have overwhelmed the tiny Italian island of Lampedusa. But some of them have since crossed Italy's border, hoping for a better life here.
Refugee rightsNews Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108007943550865864.post-42006204504248927202011-02-22T04:37:00.000-08:002011-02-22T07:37:55.223-08:00German iPhone app guides handicapped around citiesBERLIN (AP) -- Raul Krauthausen, who has used a wheelchair since childhood, has always been uncomfortable with the services Germany provides for the physically handicapped, like special taxis and grocery delivery - saying they feel patronizing and further isolate him from the able-bodied world.
So Krauthausen took matters into his own hands and launched wheelmap.org, an iPhone application and News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108007943550865864.post-31332834802008702102011-02-20T22:53:00.000-08:002011-02-21T01:53:56.342-08:00We take risks, others pay the price(CNN) -- When I met George Awudi, a leader of Friends of the Earth Ghana, he was wearing a bright red T-shirt that said "Do Not Incinerate Africa." We were both attending the World Social Forum, a sprawling gathering of tens of thousands of activists held earlier this month in Dakar, Senegal.
Amid that political free-for-all -- with mini-protests breaking out against everything from Arab despots News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108007943550865864.post-59614840038623438802011-02-20T12:46:00.000-08:002011-02-20T15:46:10.948-08:00Family believes Ohio couple is with murder suspectCOLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- A relative of a missing elderly couple said Saturday he believes they're with a man suspected of murdering a woman found dead this week in the town where the couple lives.
Richard Russell, 84, and his wife, Gladis, 85, haven't been heard from since Wednesday, the day a woman was found dead in a home the Russells sold to Sam Littleton in 2009.
Littleton was charged in News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108007943550865864.post-87630829818041022762011-02-19T16:11:00.000-08:002011-02-19T19:11:27.889-08:00Cosmic census finds crowd of planets in our galaxyWASHINGTON (AP) -- Scientists have estimated the first cosmic census of planets in our galaxy and the numbers are astronomical: at least 50 billion planets in the Milky Way.
At least 500 million of those planets are in the not-too-hot, not-too-cold zone where life could exist. The numbers were extrapolated from the early results of NASA's planet-hunting Kepler telescope.
Kepler science chief News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108007943550865864.post-77557540310728396832011-02-19T00:03:00.000-08:002011-02-19T03:03:39.926-08:00Choosing Diamond Engagement RingsWhen you are Choosing diamond engagement rings, choose carefully as this ring is something that your future wife will hopefully wear for the rest of her life. Not all diamond rings are engagement rings. Diamond engagement rings generally have one diamond larger than the rest or consist of a single diamond. These types of diamond engagement rings are called a solitaire.
A long time ago, women woreNews Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108007943550865864.post-80712103070962827112011-02-17T16:20:00.000-08:002011-02-17T19:21:59.646-08:00Egypt: Iran asks for warships to pass Suez CanalCAIRO (AP) -- Two Iranian naval vessels have submitted a request to transit the Suez Canal, Egypt's Foreign Ministry said Thursday. Israel has expressed concerns over the plans, labeling them a "provocation."
Ministry spokesman Hossam Zaki said Egyptian authorities have received the request to grant the vessels passage, while a Suez Canal official said the Defense Ministry would process the News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108007943550865864.post-11946202808616243102011-02-16T18:09:00.000-08:002011-02-16T21:10:46.992-08:00In a reversal, more blacks moving back to SouthWASHINGTON (AP) -- The Great Migration, the 60-year escape from segregation and racism that brought American blacks to the North, has reversed course. Better jobs and quality of life in the South are beckoning, as is the lure of something more intangible - a sense of home.
"It's no coincidence that the shift is happening as we encounter economic turmoil that is being felt disproportionately amongNews Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108007943550865864.post-17030938890373134102011-02-16T04:53:00.000-08:002011-02-16T07:54:36.800-08:00GOP spending cuts aim at public TV, Big BirdWhen the GOP-led House takes up its plan tomorrow to slash spending for the rest of 2011, Big Bird and his Sesame Street buddies will get a starring role in the debate.
The Republican proposal calls for eliminating funding for the Corp. for Public Broadcasting, the largest source of funding for public television and a longtime partner in the Sesame Workshop, the non-profit behind the educational News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108007943550865864.post-45392653417302154192011-02-15T15:38:00.000-08:002011-02-15T18:40:02.666-08:00German and NY Stock Exchanges Approve MergerThe company that operates the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and other European markets is buying the New York Stock Exchange to form the world's largest market for trading stock and other securities.
The boards of Deutsche Boerse and NYSE Euronext approved the merger Tuesday. The Bloomberg financial news agency reports the German company will pay $9.53 billion for the New York-based exchanges.
The News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108007943550865864.post-37174917049456377952011-02-15T05:16:00.000-08:002011-02-15T08:18:22.730-08:00What Customer had better Cognise About Newport Beach Homes?They are a dream of a lot of Peoples to have a Newport Beach Home, because we all Cognise Newport Beach is among the world's finest and gilded metropolises to domicile. Newport Beach, unified in 1906, is a metropolis in Orange County, California, United States 10 miles (16 km) south of Downtown Santa Ana. Newport Beach is one of the metropolis with least universe concentration as its entire News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108007943550865864.post-22570730100980321852011-02-15T01:56:00.000-08:002011-02-15T04:57:37.884-08:00California Mother Outraged After Vandals Snatch Flags From Son's War MemorialA California mother is outraged after thieves "robbed from the grave" when they stole the American flags from a memorial for her son who died fighting in Afghanistan.
Marsha Gonsalves, of Turlock, Calif., said she put up 34 new ones outside her home when vandals snatched the four American flags decorating the memorial last week.
"How could somebody be so cruel? It's almost like robbing from the News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108007943550865864.post-50806092242083932382011-02-14T18:27:00.000-08:002011-02-14T21:28:41.277-08:00What Purchaser ought Cognize About Newport Beach Homes?They're a dream of numerous Peoples to own up a Newport Beach Home, because we all Cognize Newport Beach is among the world's fullest and opulent urban center to domicile. Newport Beach, integrated in 1906, is a metropolis in Orange County, California, United States 10 miles (16 km) south of Downtown Santa Ana. Newport Beach is one of places with bluest universe concentration as its entire News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108007943550865864.post-36436635327364042892011-02-14T09:32:00.000-08:002011-02-14T12:34:13.842-08:00Egypt shutters banks after new protests from employees, policeCairo, Egypt (CNN) -- Egypt's new government on Sunday ordered banks closed for the next two days after protests by National Bank workers apparently drove out the head of the institution.
The chairman of the National Bank of Egypt, Tarek Amer, told employees via e-mail that he submitted his resignation on Sunday, according to a person who received the message.
"I was saddened because I could not News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108007943550865864.post-44279092051403320402011-02-14T00:07:00.000-08:002011-02-14T03:08:22.400-08:00Echoes of Sputnik in Modern Rocket Race for Space?The fierce Cold War boiled over with the Russian launch of Sputnik in 1957. U.S. Defense Secretary Robert McNamara answered with the legendary Nike-Zeus program, a six-year project to develop the Army's first antiballistic missile. General Ivey O'Drewry Jr., the man who led the follow-on Nike-X program from 1962-1969, tells FoxNews.com that McNamara's demands were blunt and clear: Get the job News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108007943550865864.post-18279284372953545362011-02-12T16:07:00.000-08:002011-02-12T19:08:52.970-08:002 students guilty in Univ. of Georgetown dorm bustWASHINGTON - Two college students arrested at Georgetown University for creating a drug lab in a dorm room pleaded guilty Friday to manufacturing an illegal and rare drug, a gram of which was found in the room.
Charles Smith and John Perrone pleaded guilty in federal court to manufacturing the drug DMT, a hallucinogen.
Smith, who was attending Georgetown University, and Perrone, a University of News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108007943550865864.post-25190884232037496332011-02-12T04:32:00.000-08:002011-02-12T07:33:41.187-08:00New York City Mayor Bloomberg Takes Heat for 'Inebriated Irish' JokeNew York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg was defending himself Thursday after he learned the hard way that jokes about the "inebriated Irish" do not go over well with an Irish audience, MyFoxNY reported.
The mayor's stand-up act fell flat Wednesday night when he told a crowd at the American Irish Historical Society that he's used to seeing drunks hanging out the windows of its Fifth Avenue News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108007943550865864.post-77240108249908170412011-02-10T22:42:00.001-08:002011-02-10T22:42:14.725-08:00Obama Heads to Michigan to Promote Wireless Expansion PlanWASHINGTON -- President Obama wants nearly all Americans to have access to speedy wireless services. He's promoting that plan in a small city in Michigan that's becoming a model for how the Internet can bring prosperity to far-flung places.
Obama on Thursday heads to Marquette, Mich., a university and tourism town of 20,000 overlooking Lake Superior that cherishes both its geographical remotenessNews Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108007943550865864.post-28308274561962001032011-02-10T15:58:00.000-08:002011-02-10T18:58:50.655-08:00Egypt's foreign minister bristles over U.S. call for prompt transitionCairo, Egypt (CNN) -- Egypt's foreign minister bristled Wednesday over comments from U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, who called Tuesday for a prompt transition of power in Egypt.
"When you speak about 'prompt,' 'immediate,' 'now' ... you are imposing your will on him," Ahmed Aboul Gheit told the PBS "NewsHour."
President Hosni Mubarak has already put into place a plan to hand over power to a News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108007943550865864.post-45701033876668929872011-02-10T14:50:00.000-08:002011-02-10T17:50:23.892-08:00Proposed Mississippi License Plate Would Honor Early KKK LeaderJACKSON, Miss. -- A fight is brewing in Mississippi over a proposal to issue specialty license plates honoring Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, who was an early leader of the Ku Klux Klan.
The Mississippi Division of Sons of Confederate Veterans says it wants to sponsor a series of state-issued license plates to mark the 150th anniversary of what it calls the "War Between the States." TheNews Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108007943550865864.post-22937075133274072252011-02-10T04:32:00.000-08:002011-02-10T07:32:49.866-08:00No End in Sight for China's DroughtA prolonged drought across much of China is threatening the country's wheat crop and could affect global food prices. Capital Beijing is among the regions badly affected by water shortages.
Beijing has not seen any rain or snow for a hundred days and the government warned the country Wednesday the drought does not look like it will end soon.
But the capital fares better than other areas sufferingNews Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108007943550865864.post-62535297166410344992011-02-10T02:14:00.000-08:002011-02-10T05:14:42.707-08:00Nadal, Vonn win top Laureus awards(CNN) -- Rafael Nadal was glowing with pride after winning the prestigious Laureus Sportsman of the Year award, following in the footsteps of his greatest tennis rival Roger Federer.
The Spaniard was honored along with American skier Lindsey Vonn, who won the top women's prize at a ceremony in Abu Dhabi on Monday.
"It is very important (in terms of) personal satisfaction," the nine-time grand News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108007943550865864.post-41019853615797349072011-02-09T05:02:00.000-08:002011-02-09T08:03:07.409-08:00Thailand-Cambodia Border Uneasy Calm After ClashesThai offcials say they have resumed discussions with Cambodia to try to establish a ceasefire in a disputed border area. Military clashes over the weekend left at least seven people dead and sent thousands of villagers fleeing the area.
Thai and Cambodian authorities say there has been no new fighting in their disputed border area for more than a day after four days of heavy shooting.
Thai News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108007943550865864.post-31884980506941880832011-02-09T01:21:00.000-08:002011-02-09T04:22:05.252-08:00Report: Pentagon should help traffic at basesANNAPOLIS, Md. - The Pentagon should foot more of the bill for fixing traffic problems around military bases that are receiving thousands of new workers under a national realignment plan, a report commissioned by Congress said Monday.
Worsening traffic around some of the bases could be harmful to the military, which has previously left local and state governments to pay for most off-base News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108007943550865864.post-35056589841176811322011-02-08T03:28:00.000-08:002011-02-08T06:29:12.644-08:00Geithner in Brazil to Boost Economic TiesU.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner says Brazil and the United States face an economic challenge from nations that sustain undervalued currencies.
During a one-day visit to the South American nation, Geithner did not mention China by name but the U.S. has said that China's currency is substantially undervalued. Geithner said both Brazil and the U.S. need a balanced global economy to allow News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108007943550865864.post-79081199179292084822011-02-07T19:59:00.000-08:002011-02-07T22:59:36.568-08:00International search is on for abducted Swiss twins(CNN) -- Police in three European countries were looking Sunday for 6-year-old twin girls abducted by their father, who was found dead last week.
Interpol issued an international Yellow Notice missing persons alert Saturday for Alessia and Livia Schepp. Such notices are distributed to police in Interpol's 188 member countries to help find missing people, especially children.
The Schepp sisters News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108007943550865864.post-1131387135722739962011-02-07T14:38:00.000-08:002011-02-07T14:38:00.430-08:00Dead Cow Washes Up on Seattle ShoreSEATTLE -- Authorities in Seattle say bovine met the shoreline when beachfront residents found the body of a 400-pound cow washed up by the surf.
Seattle Animal Shelter enforcement supervisor Ann Graves says animal control officers received a report Thursday that the carcass of an adult cow had beached in West Seattle.
The tide later moved it in front of a home.
A Seattle Police Department HarborNews Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108007943550865864.post-21473584173857877332011-02-07T08:42:00.000-08:002011-02-07T08:42:00.540-08:00Man convicted of molestation pulls gun in ND courtBISMARCK, N.D. - Authorities in North Dakota say a man who had just been convicted of two felonies for allegedly molesting a young girl pulled a gun in a courtroom.
Adams County Sheriff Eugene Molbert said Vicente Chacano (vih-CEN'-tay shah-CAN'-oh) pointed the 9mm pistol at an assistant attorney general who had prosecuted the case.
Molbert said he and the prosecutor tackled Chacano and knocked News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108007943550865864.post-20039334567915187822011-02-07T04:28:00.000-08:002011-02-07T07:28:25.972-08:00Mark Kelly's spaceflight could boost GiffordsMark Kelly's decision to command a space shuttle mission as planned could be a boost to Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' recovery -- and help the nation cope with the Tucson shooting rampage that left her severely wounded.
Dr. Craig Fabrikant, a psychologist at Hacksensack University Medical Center in New Jersey, said Kelly's decision lets the public know that his wife, an Arizona Democrat, is "doing News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108007943550865864.post-9426087580763856302011-02-06T21:13:00.000-08:002011-02-06T21:13:00.593-08:00A tale of 2 employment surveys, at a glanceThe unemployment rate fell sharply last month, to 9 percent from 9.4 percent in December, yet employers barely added any jobs. So how did the rate fall so much?
It's because of the two separate surveys the government uses to measure employment.
One is called the payroll survey. About 140,000 companies and government agencies send forms to the Labor Department with information about how many News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108007943550865864.post-11233053114016096182011-02-05T15:37:00.001-08:002011-02-05T15:37:47.535-08:00Spyware Gangs Merging, Planning 'Supertrojan' MalwareSecurity experts warn that a new "supertrojan" is lurking in the cyber shadows, which may make ordinary viruses seem as harmless as the common cold.
The two most forbidding pieces of spyware on the Net have James Bond-worthy names: SpyEye and ZeuSTwo. Once competing tools for cybercrooks, now they're teaming up to form a hybrid being hailed as SpyZeuS -- and security analysts warn companies and News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108007943550865864.post-9945092835414217222011-02-05T05:31:00.000-08:002011-02-05T05:32:01.802-08:00Study Shows Central Asia Infrastructure Near CollapseA new study indicates that without concerted effort by national governments and the international community, Central Asia's infrastructure will decline into chaos.
A report released Thursday by the International Crisis Group examines the erosion of the infrastructure of Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan.
The Brussels-based group says that nearly 20 years after the News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108007943550865864.post-6855226670928904942011-02-04T05:51:00.001-08:002011-02-04T05:51:44.176-08:005 Buddhists Gunned Down in Southern ThailandFive Buddhists in southern Thailand have become the latest victims of a years-long struggle between the government and Malay Muslims fighting for autonomy in the Buddhist-dominated country.
Police say gunmen opened fire on the five Thursday while they were sitting outside a store in Pattani province.
Pattani is one of three Muslim-majority provinces in the south where more than 4,300 have been News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108007943550865864.post-52135161433753053132011-02-03T19:31:00.000-08:002011-02-03T19:31:00.523-08:00AU Mission in Ivory Coast Encounters ObstaclesThe prime minister for the U.N.-certified winner of Ivory Coast's presidential election says African Union mediation is the last chance for a peaceful resolution of the political crisis. The incumbent government says it will not accept any mediation that challenges the president's re-election.
The African Union's latest effort to resolve the political crisis in Ivory Coast is having problems News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108007943550865864.post-70085963356915026482011-02-02T18:18:00.000-08:002011-02-02T18:18:00.285-08:00Tea Party's O'Donnell returns $20K in campaign fundsRepublican Christine O'Donnell has returned nearly $20,000 in campaign contributions, according to a report filed with the Federal Election Commission.
O'Donnell, a Tea Party favorite who lost the Delaware Senate race, refunded $19,713 in November and December, reports Nicole Gaudiano of the Gannett Washington Bureau. Campaign-finance reports that show activity through Dec. 31, 2010, were due News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108007943550865864.post-18256966002499563902011-02-02T13:49:00.000-08:002011-02-02T13:49:00.246-08:00Tunisia Tourism Hangs in Balance as Political Unrest ContinuesWeeks of unrest in Tunisia have undermined a linchpin of the North African country's economy - tourism. Tunisia's tourist industry is a major employer and accounts for 6.5 percent of the country's economic output. But from the tourist resort of Hammamet, it looks like tourists might soon return.
For years Tunisia has profited from its beauty, drawing flocks of European tourists to its beaches, News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108007943550865864.post-27335944700807762432011-02-02T04:23:00.000-08:002011-02-02T07:23:06.879-08:00Zsa Zsa Gabor Spitting Blood, Rushed to HospitalZsa Zsa Gabor was rushed to a hospital Tuesday after blood and mucus began pouring from her mouth.
Gabor's husband Frederic Prinz von Anhalt said Gabor was being taken to UCLA Medical Center.
Anhalt said there was "lots of blood coming out of her mouth" before she was taken, TMZ reports.
Doctors told Prinz von Anhalt that she was bleeding internally and he should call an ambulance, Gabor's rep News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108007943550865864.post-6617177871599887292011-02-01T21:36:00.000-08:002011-02-01T21:36:00.148-08:00White House: Only Egyptian People Can Determine Their Political FutureAs President Barack Obama and senior U.S. officials monitor the situation in Egypt, the president's spokesman has underscored what Mr. Obama says needs to happen there. The president on Monday called in top Mideast experts to advise him on next steps.
Press Secretary Robert Gibbs was repeatedly pressed to explain what Washington hopes to see in the way of Egyptian government actions, and whether News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108007943550865864.post-83084358540776901982011-02-01T20:58:00.000-08:002011-02-01T20:58:00.425-08:00Senate Democrats Promote Airport Construction Bill Worth $8BWASHINGTON -- Democratic leaders say they will bring an aviation bill that includes $8 billion for airport construction to the Senate floor this week, pitching it as a jobs measure.
The bill -- introduced by Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., last week -- is identical to a bill that passed the Senate last spring on a 93 to 0 vote. That bill later stalled when Congress couldn't reach agreement on News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108007943550865864.post-1475335707147916132011-02-01T04:19:00.000-08:002011-02-01T04:19:00.878-08:001 Dead, Several Injured in Venezuela Arms Depot BlastsVenezuelan officials say one person was killed and several other injured Sunday by a fire and a series of powerful explosions at an arms and munitions depot.
The arsenal is located about 100 kilometers west of the capital, Caracas near the city of Maracay.
Authorities say police and soldiers evacuated some 10,000 nearby residents early Sunday as a precautionary measure. The cause of the fire was News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108007943550865864.post-79016100082380916502011-02-01T04:03:00.000-08:002011-02-01T04:03:00.994-08:00Report: Area Latino students improving in 8th-grade math tests, but challenges remainRacial and ethnic disparities in student achievement remain stubbornly wide, despite a decade of efforts to close them, but a new report has found that Latino students are narrowing the academic gaps notably in many schools.
In Virginia, the report found, the pass rate for Latino students on state eighth-grade math tests rose almost 5 percentage points a year from 2006 to 2009. In Maryland, the News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108007943550865864.post-77938685353072629642011-01-31T05:43:00.000-08:002011-01-31T05:43:00.553-08:00'Melrose' actress pleads not guilty in NJ crashSOMERVILLE, N.J. - An actress who appeared on the original "Melrose Place" has pleaded not guilty to charges stemming from a fatal car crash in New Jersey last year.
Thirty-nine-year-old Amy Locane-Bovenizer of Hopewell faces charges of aggravated manslaughter and assault by auto.
Somerset County prosecutors say Locane-Bovenizer's SUV hit a car driven by Fred Seeman of Montgomery as he was News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108007943550865864.post-29701335914342042992011-01-31T05:27:00.000-08:002011-01-31T05:27:00.097-08:00US Economy Grew 3.2 Percent in 4th QuarterThe US Commerce Department says the economy grew at a faster pace in the last three months of 2010, expanding at an annual rate of 3.2 percent. Experts say it's another sign that the worst of the economic crisis is over. But as Mil Arcega reports, the US economy is still not growing fast enough to bring down unemployment.
The US economy picked up speed in the final months of 2010, fueled by a News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108007943550865864.post-36891521794670239832011-01-29T01:09:00.000-08:002011-01-29T01:09:00.848-08:00India Installs Measures to Fight 'Oil Mafia'India says new measures will be in place nationwide within six months to combat the problem of fuel tampering by criminals. This comes two days after a law enforcement official was burned alive as he approached the scene of a suspected tampering.
Indian Petroleum Minister Jaipal Reddy says state-run oil companies will offer about $56,000 in compensation to the family of a law enforcement officialNews Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108007943550865864.post-29458809046988513932011-01-29T00:50:00.000-08:002011-01-29T00:50:00.748-08:00OpenLeaks Site Leaked, Forces Premature Launch of WikiLeaks RivalWho leaks the leakers?
The former deputy to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has launched a rival document-leaking site OpenLeaks -- after the leaking site's look was itself leaked. Confused yet?
Dubbed OpenLeaks and run by Daniel Domscheit-Berg, Assange's former No. 2 at WikiLeaks, the site was reported to be preparing to launch as early as December. At the time Domscheit-Berg, who was News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108007943550865864.post-49319853755904481262011-01-28T17:30:00.000-08:002011-01-28T17:30:00.280-08:00Real Madrid and Barca both win semifinals(CNN) -- Real Madrid and Barcelona remain on course to face each other in the final of the Spanish Cup after both claimed semifinal first leg victories on Wednesday.
Karim Benzema scored the only goal of a tempestuous match to give Real Madrid a narrow 1-0 victory at holders Sevilla in the first leg of their semifinal.
Meanwhile, a devastating first-half display set Barcelona on their way to a 5-News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108007943550865864.post-55696713679423978702011-01-28T07:41:00.000-08:002011-01-28T07:41:00.696-08:00Social Security fund will be drained by 2037WASHINGTON - Social Security's finances are getting worse as the economy struggles to recover and millions of baby boomers stand at the brink of retirement.
New congressional projections show Social Security running deficits every year until its trust funds are eventually drained in about 2037.
This year alone, Social Security is projected to collect $45 billion less in payroll taxes than it paysNews Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108007943550865864.post-9671848947014514162011-01-28T03:06:00.000-08:002011-01-28T03:06:00.574-08:00Gabon Dissolves Opposition PartyThe main opposition party in Gabon has been dissolved and the party leader accused of treason.
The Interior Ministry disbanded the National Union one day after its leader, Andre Mba Obame, declared himself president in a swearing-in ceremony in the capital, Libreville.
Obame, who finished second in Gabon's 2009 presidential race, also named a government of 19 ministers.
Obame said Tuesday that News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108007943550865864.post-46976660451138918782011-01-26T19:38:00.000-08:002011-01-26T19:38:00.239-08:00NASA Exploring Laser Beams to Zap Rockets Into Outer SpaceSpace launches have evoked the same image for decades: bright orange flames exploding beneath a rocket as it lifts, hovers and takes off into the sky. But an alternative propulsion system proposed by some researchers could change that vision.
Instead of explosive chemical reactions onboard a rocket, the new concept, called beamed thermal propulsion, involves propelling a rocket by shining laser News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108007943550865864.post-44173339977160563732011-01-26T18:52:00.000-08:002011-01-26T18:52:00.270-08:00Sundance Film Festival Kicks OffThousands have descended upon the small mountain resort of Park City, Utah for the 33rd Sundance Film Festival. For 10 days each year, filmmakers and actors from around the world gather in the old mining town to showcase their work. This year, 200 films are being shown out of the more than 9,000 submitted.
They represent a diversity of works. War dramas such as the film, "Kinyarwanda," about News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108007943550865864.post-79484766234252215962011-01-24T20:05:00.001-08:002011-01-24T20:05:31.926-08:00Dozens Dead After Suicide Bomb Rips Moscow AirportAn explosion ripped through the international section of Moscow's busiest airport, killing 35 people and wounding 168, officials said.
The massive blast, with an explosive force of seven kilograms of TNT, was caused by a suicide bomber, Russian officials said.
Sergei Lavochkin, was waiting in the arrivals hall for a friend to arrive from Cuba, when he heard the explosion.
He said he heard a News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108007943550865864.post-32349500120477837092011-01-24T05:42:00.001-08:002011-01-24T05:42:05.969-08:00Trying to Break Logjam, Scholar Floats an Idea for a Palestinian MapWASHINGTON - It speaks to the paralysis in the Middle East peace process that the most noteworthy development of the past week came when a mild-mannered analyst at a pro-Israel think tank unfurled three color-coded maps.
The analyst, David Makovsky of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, wanted to show, in concrete terms, how negotiators could create a new Palestinian state in the West News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.com