set: During a news conference in Calgary Thursday afternoon, Premier Ed Stelmach, announced Ted Morton has resigned as the finance minister of Alberta.


set: Costa Rica leads in Central America in information technology according to the World Economic Forum and Insead Business School, one of the world's leading and largest graduate business schools.

set: Costa Rica leads Central America in information technology


set: Aljunied Member of Parliament Chen Show Mao has retired from active practice as a partner of his law firm Davis Polk and Wardwell.


set: The Patient Recruiting Agency TM announces the recruitment of patients for a facial acne research study.

set: The Patient Recruiting Agency announces acne research study


set: SHOPKEEPERS have launched a new website promoting the wealth of independent traders in a historic city centre.


set: A Gainesville man died Sunday after he fell while cutting a tree in his neighbor's yard.

set: Gainesville man dies after falling from a tree


set: New protests broke out Saturday at two monasteries in the Tibetan capital Lhasa, activists and the region's government-in-exile said, as China tried to blunt criticism of its crackdown.

set: New protests break out at monasteries in Tibetan capital


set: ``GILLIGAN'S Island'' is floating its way to Broadway as a musical.


set: A wildfire has charred about 1,500 acres of federal and military land in the Organ Mountains just east of Las Cruces.

set: Wildfire chars 1,500 acres in the Organ mountains.


set: An international conference ``New regional politics and European experiences'', organised by the cabinet of the Deputy Prime Minister for Economic and Regional Development with the Ministry of Economy and Regional Development and the Serbian Parliament, will be held on 2 and 3 February at the Parliament building, Kralja Milana 14, Belgrade.

set: International conference ``New Regional politics and European experiences'' is being held in Belgrade


set: A car fire brought northbound parkway traffic to a stop here at mile marker 19.1 just south of the Cape May Toll Plaza on Monday, Dec 29.

set: Car fire brings parkway traffic to a stop


set: Crude oil prices dropped overnight on the New York Mercantile Exchange Tuesday, falling to more than 75 percent below last summer's peak.


set: THE Department of Agriculture said it plans to plant 3.5 million more fruit-bearing trees along dams all over the country in its bid to rehabilitate watersheds and conserve water.


set: Deputy Mayor Liz Lempert on Monday announced she will run for mayor of the consolidated Princeton.

set: Liz Lempert running for mayor of consolidated Princeton


set: An unidentified man made threats to guards at the Marine Corps Air Station in Miramar Wednesday afternoon, forcing the closure of one station gate.


set: Overeem also claimed that he hits even harder than former UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez, who defeated Lesnar via technical knockout.

set: Overeem claims he hits harder than Velasquez


set: Former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf on Wednesday said that he would launch a new political party on October 1.


set: Indian teens spend 86 per cent of their time daily on Facebook followed by 54 per cent on Twitter, a survey by McAfee today said.

set: Teens spend 86 per cent time daily on Facebook:


set: Iraqi lawmakers on Wednesday lifted the immunity of a Sunni legislator, paving the way for his arrest on charges of orchestrating a series of sectarian murders and attacks, including a suicide bombing in parliament.

set: Iraqi lawmakers lift immunity of legislator


set: KUUSAMO, Finland Simon Ammann won the World Cup ski jumping season opener on Saturday, and Finland took a team jumping event rescheduled from Friday ahead of Austria and Germany.


set: Germany's second- biggest bank, Commerzbank AG, plans to raise about €5.3 billion from sale of new shares to help repay state aid.

set: Commerzbank to raise €5.3 billion from sale of new shares


set: Abu Mazen visited Russia from January 26 to January 28, 2010, as part of a round of meetings that included visits to Germany and Britain.


set: INDIANAPOLIS Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels has signed 80 bills into law, including a new $28 billion state budget and redrawn political maps that will help shape elections for the next decade.

set: Daniels signs 80 bills into law, including budget


set: The UK government has launched a consultation on ``protected conversations'' to assess how to enable employers and workers to discuss difficult situations without fear of legal action.

set: Government to launch consultation on 'protected conversations'


set: A 15 year old school boy, a 10th standard student of a private school in Elliamman Koil Street near Tiruvotriyur was fatally knocked down by a speeding MTC bus.

set: School boy fatally knocked down by MTC bus


set: Brazilian mining conglomerate Vale, the world's top iron producer, is selling off thermal coal assets in Colombia worth $US407 million.


set: Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Moallem reiterated on Thursday Syria's demand that Israel fully withdraw from the Golan Heights.


set: ``The Fourth Kind'' movie trailer shows some crazy scenes for the new Universal Pictures thriller that's scheduled to hit theaters this weekend.

set: 'The Fourth Kind' movie trailer shows some crazy scenes


set: General Motors Co. says it will reinstate about 600 dealerships that were slated to be cut from the automaker's network.

set: GM to reinstate 600 dealerships slated to be cut


set: Options trading is heating up in Amgen after an analyst said the shares simply can't go any lower.


set: Hoffenheim striker Vedad Ibisevic has been banned for three German Cup games for insulting a referee.


set: The American Legion is calling on the US Senate to pass a new Stolen Valor Act, which would address areas that were previously ruled unconstitutional by the US Supreme Court.

set: American Legion calls for Senate to pass new Stolen Valor Act


set: Former Mormon missionary turned entrepreneur launches Orgy.com.


set: Malaysia will set up a judicial appointments commission to select judges in an overhaul of its crisis-hit justice system.

set: Malaysia to set up a judicial appointments commission


set: Ryan Lochte won the 200m medley at the USA Swimming Championships in Indianapolis, Indiana.


set: Shaheed Benazir Bhutto International Boxing Tournament turned historic on Tuesday when nine foreign boxers, who were Christians, embraced Islam after they were moved by the way they were treated here during their sojourn, writes Alam Zeb Safi.


set: Today, Sprint announced that they are going to be launching the LG Marquee, the Sprint version of the LG Optimus Black The LG Marquee will be available on October 2nd for $99.99 with a new 2-year contract.

set: Sprint announces the LG Marquee, the us version of the LG Optimus Black, for $99.99


set: Incumbent Sen. Saxby Chambliss took an early lead over Democratic challenger Jim Martin in a general election runoff for the US Senate seat.


set: THE ``Soca Warriors'' arrived in Guyana yesterday morning ahead of their all-important World Cup qualifier against their hosts at the National Stadium, Providence tomorrow.

set: 'Warriors' arrive in Guyana for qualifier


set: The Mexican Army on Monday detained 189 illegal immigrants who allegedly tried to reach the United States from northeast Mexico, said a military resource.

set: Mexican Army detains 189 illegal immigrants


set: New York real estate mogul, Elie Hirschfeld, officially announces the launch of www.hirschfeldart.org, a website devoted to publicizing the renowned artists and New York centric paintings featured in his private collection.

set: Elie Hirschfeld launches www.hirschfeldart.org


set: Comic book artist Jerry Robinson, who created characters including Batman's sidekick Robin, has died aged 89.


set: Absentee ballots are now available in the registrar's office for voting by mail in the March 6 presidential preference primary.


set: By Chris Durden & Jim Grawe KWCH 12 Eyewitness News Wichita-based Spirit AeroSystems has officially opened a new 55,000 square-foot manufacturing facility in Chanute.

set: Spirit AeroSystems opens new facility in Chanute


set: Amazon.com Inc has launched its ``marketplace model'' in India, a country that has big potential for online retailing.

set: Amazon launches ``marketplace model'' in India


set: The Bank of England held interest rates at a record low of 0.5pc despite a surge in inflation.

set: Bank of England holds rates at record low


set: An emotional Andy Murray told the Wimbledon crowd he's ``getting close'' to a Wimbledon title.

set: Murray tells Wimbledon 'i'm getting close'


set: An Auckland student has been injured while on a school tramp in the Nelson Lakes region.


set: Jessica Chastain has signed on to star opposite Brad Pitt in Terrence Malicks drama Tree of Life.

set: Jessica Chastain to star opposite Brad Pitt in Tree of Life


set: Israel released Monday two senior Hamas officials, the Bethlehem-based Ma an news reports.

set: Israel releases two senior Hamas officials


set: Nigeria has pledged continued support to global peace and security as the country celebrates 50 years of independence, the News Agency of Nigeria reports on Sunday in London.

set: Nigeria pledges continued support to global peace


set: South Korea could name its new national soccer head coach this week, the sport's top official said Tuesday.

set: Korea may name national soccer coach this week


set: US home prices rose in February in the first annual increase in more than three years, but fell short of analysts' expectations.


set: Domintech, a subsidiary of Unimicron Technology, plans to introduce its first own-branded accelerometers by the end of 2009, according to the company.


set: US markets pulled ahead Thursday, despite a second consecutive week in which the Labor Department said first-time jobless benefits increased.


set: San Diego County residents and businesses will face mandatory water use restrictions designed to ensure the region does not exceed its allocation from the Metropolitan Water District, the MWD board announced.

set: County will face mandatory water use restrictions


set: Czech police seized millions of dollars worth of cash and other valuables during Thursday's raids on Czech government offices, head of the Police Squad for Uncovering Organized Crime Robert Slachta said Friday.

set: Czech police seize millions of dollars worth of cash during raids


set: King Juan Carlos I and Queen Sofia of Spain will arrive in Malta today for a two day State visit, during which Malta and Spain are to boost economic and social ties.


set: The number of Chinese visitor arrivals has been drastically soared up in Nepal since August, showed the figure released by Nepal's Immigration Office, Tribhuvan International Airport.

set: Number of Chinese visitors soaring up in Nepal


set: South Africa based Moses Chavula joined Flames camp Thursday, but Bloemfontein Celtic are holding Fischer Kondowe, pilling pressure to preparations for the joint Africa Cup and World Cup clash against Ivory Coast.


set: A CAR mechanic told a court how he had a conversation with an alleged double killer moments after the murders were committed.

set: Mechanic tells of conversation with 'killer'


set: On 6th July, the British magazine Diplomat published an interview of the Chinese Ambassador in the UK Liu Xiaoming.

set: Diplomat publishes an interview of Ambassador Liu Xiaoming


set: UAE's Minister of Economy Sultan Al Mansouri has called on Indian companies to seize investment opportunities the UAE offers in infrastructure and clean energy and invited both Emirates and Indian businessmen to exchange visits to closely explore means of seizing these opportunities.

set: UAE's minister of Economy calls on Indian companies to seize investment opportunities


set: LIVERPOOL, England -Real Madrid has agreed on a fee with Liverpool for defender Alvaro Arbeloa.

set: Madrid agrees fee with Liverpool for Arbeloa


set: A light plane crashed into a Sydney street Wednesday, cutting power to thousands of people but miraculously causing no injuries.


set: Sumo coach Kasugano bows during a press conference in Tokyo shortly after he was warned by the Japan Sumo Association for beating three of his wrestlers with a golf club.

set: Sumo coach Kasugano warned by Japan Sumo Association after beating three wrestlers with a golf club


set: Olympus Corp. risks possible lawsuits unless a planned probe of acquisitions at the heart of a scandal engulfing the endoscope maker is truly independent, the head of the Tokyo Stock Exchange warned Friday.

set: Olympus risks lawsuits unless probe truly independent:


set: Halliburton announced that income from continuing operations for the first quarter of 2010 was $252 million, or $0.28 per diluted share, excluding the previously disclosed impacts of the recent devaluation of the Venezuelan Bolívar Fuerte.

set: Halliburton announced that income from continuing operations for the first quarter of 2010 was us$252 million


set: Detroit Red Wings coach Mike Babcock on the Winter Classic: ``This is the opportunity of a lifetime.

set: Classic's the 'opportunity of a lifetime'


set: Minus the services of the suspended Niall Sheridan and with injuries ruling out both Padraig Berry and James McEntire, Abbeylara struggled to overcome Ardagh in a very poor game at Leo Casey Park on Saturday evening last and the Group 2 table toppers will certainly need to improve considerably on this performance if they hope to regain the Senior Football Championship crown they last won in 2006.


set: GloPos, the developer of a breakthrough software-only positioning technology that makes all mobile phones location aware -- outdoors, indoors, and even underground -- has confirmed an indoor positioning accuracy of 7.7 to 12.5 meters in an independent test of its software conducted by VTT, The Technical Research Center of Finland.

set: GloPos confirms indoor positioning accuracy of 7.7 to 12.5 meters in independent tests


set: Auburn has hired former Georgia defensive coordinator Willie Martinez as a defensive assistant.

set: Auburn hires Willie Martinez as defensive assistant


set: Alphonso Van Marsh is joining CBS News as a correspondent for News Services, the newsgathering service for CBS stations and broadcasters around the world.


set: Orlando Woolridge, who played two of his 13 seasons in the NBA with the Lakers, died, the Shreveport Times reported.


set: The Houston Texans hired Wade Phillips to be their defensive coordinator Wednesday, a move that has financial and staff implications for the Cowboys.


set: The Congress on Monday defended its decision to support Samajwadi Party candidate S Bangarappa who is pitted against BJP's Chief Ministerial nominee BS Yeddyurappa in Shikaripura assembly constituency in Shimoga district.

set: Congress defends decision to support Bangarappa


set: Ford has just unveiled the electric version of its award-winning Transit Connect utility van, and it's not just a ``maybe far in the future'' announcement.

set: Ford unveils electric version of Transit Connect utility van


set: Downing Street has denied US President Barack Obama snubbed Gordon Brown on five different occasions during the Prime Minister's visit to New York.


set: SEVILLA, Spain -Real Betis says defender Miki Roque has died of cancer.


set: Cold weather continues to plague Europe Updated: 12:57, Saturday February 4, 2012 Temperatures in central Europe and to the northeast are as low as -38.1 C in areas of the Czech Republic, below -30 in the Baltics and -29 in Slovakia.


set: The European Union on Friday called on Syria to release political prisoners, following the January 28 arrest of a leading activist.

set: EU calls on Syria to release political prisoners


set: Exposure to severe stress early in life increases the risk of alcohol and drug addiction.


set: The Movie Gallery and Hollywood Entertainment filed for bankruptcy, listing more than $500 million in debts.


set: Several hundred Occupy Wall Street activists rallied in New York on Thursday promising a major show of strength on the movement's two month anniversary and after police shut down their tent camp.


set: Manziel's dominance against SEC competition, most notably the Alabama Crimson Tide, will resonate with the Heisman voters over the next week and ultimately give him the edge over Notre Dame Fighting Irish linebacker Manti Te'o, who has made a tremendous case for the award himself.

set: Johnny Manziel's dominance vs. SEC will resonate with Heisman Trophy voters


set: A Colfax police officer was indicted Wednesday in connection with a July fatal shooting while he was on duty.


set: Police are hunting two armed robbers who threatened workers during a hold up at a bookmakers in Bradford.


set: Lloyd's Register, an independent quality and risk assurance firm, proposes to increase its presence in India and double its revenue from the present level of 18-20 pounds by 2015.

set: Lloyd's Register to increase its presence in India, double revenue by 2015


set: A Newark woman was been arrested for allegedly using forged government documents to get a job as a certified nurse aide, the Attorney General's Office said.

set: Newark woman arrested for allegedly using forged government documents to get job


set: Kelsey Grammer and his wife, Kayte Walsh, are expecting twins.


set: Snowmobile and ATV maker Arctic Cat says it's cutting 100 jobs effective immediately.Arctic Cat says most of the cuts are in Thief River Falls.They amount to 7 percent of the company's 14 hundred employees.The announcement came one day after Arctic Cat's chiefcompetitor, Polaris, said it was cutting 460 positions worldwide,Including about 110 in Roseau.Polaris' cuts includeAbout 160 salaried and full-time positions and about 300 contractors, part-time and temporary positions.


set: Somali pirates have released Panama-flagged cargo ship 'Al Khalil' with 22 Indian and two Burmese crew, after more than three months.

set: Pirates release cargo ship after three months


set: Comments General Motors is expanding an earlier recall of some 2011 model-year trucks and SUVs to fix a problem that could cause the vehicles' rear axles to lock.

set: GM expands recall of some 2011 trucks and SUVs


set: Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan, who has been eyeing a run for the governor's seat, is now also mulling a bid for the US Senate, a move that could put her on a collision course with the beleaguered Sen. Roland Burris.


set: N-Dubz rapper Dappy has been arrested on suspicion of affray after a fight at a petrol filling station that left three men with serious facial injuries.

set: Dappy arrested after fight at petrol station


set: A Willingboro man was shot multiple times in Trenton this morning, and city police are investigating the cases as an attempted homicide.


set: A Beaver Dam woman made her initial appearance in court Wednesday on eight charges of identity theft.


set: Young beneficiaries will be offered a monetary incentive to train under changes announced by the Government today.


set: The third annual pancake breakfast to benefit autism awareness will be from 8 to 10 am Saturday, April 4, at Max & Erma's at Pullman Square.

set: Pancake breakfast to benefit Autism awareness


set: UK stocks rose for a sixth day, the longest streak of gains since January, as higher commodity prices triggered a rally in raw-material producers.


set: A Pakistani delegate, who was here to attend a conference, died of heart attack in Gurdaspur district on Sunday morning.


set: New York-based boutique investment bank Cowen Group has launched a managed futures mutual fund.

set: Cowen Group launches managed futures mutual fund


set: Live screenings of the World Cup match on giant screens at multiplexes, restaurants, hospitals and many societies created Mohali magic right here in the city on Wednesday.

set: Live screenings create Mohali magic in city


set: Former Vanderburgh County Commissioner Cheryl Musgrave says she's decided not to run for mayor.


set: RR Donnelley & Sons Company and Bowne & Co., Inc. jointly announced today that they received notification from the Federal Trade Commission that its investigation of RR Donnelley's proposed acquisition of Bowne & Co. has been closed and that no additional action by the Commission is warranted at this time.

set: RR Donnelley receives notification from the Federal Trade Commission


set: BEACONSFIELD miner Larry Knight was killed instantly by a massive rockfall that trapped fellow miners Todd Russell and Brant Webb for 14 days, an inquest has been told.

set: Beaconsfield miner killed instantly by rockfall


set: One possibility is that managers don't really want their people to innovate, no matter what they say otherwise.


set: Salina Police are investigating an alleged weekend jewelry theft.

set: Police investigating weekend jewelry theft


set: DAVID Beckham will star in Big Brother as part of his whopping £1million-a-day Italian adventure.


set: A woman has been jailed for 18 months after setting fire to her own home in Milton Keynes.

set: Woman jailed for setting fire to her own home


set: Dramatic Health, a premier health video production company, wins the 2011 Webby Award and the People's Voice Award as part of the Speak From The Heart campaign.


set: A Pittsfield supermarket is voluntarily recalling a number ground beef products because of the possibility that they contain plastic or metal fragments.

set: Pittsfield supermarket recalls ground beef


set: LIME, the Caribbean's only full-service telecommunications provider has expanded its regional footprint with the management takeover of the Bahamas Telecommunications Company by LIME's parent company Cable and Wireless Communications Plc.


set: A student at the University of Washington died early Saturday morning after falling 30 feet from a fraternity house window.

set: Student dies after falling from fraternity house window


set: However, he returned to the hospital partway through the bus ride, realizing something still wasn't right.


set: Typhoon Parma has hit the Philippines around the northern province of Cagayan, knocking down trees and ripping roofs off buildings.


set: England face a nervous wait on Jonny Wilkinson ahead of their Rugby World Cup quarter finals against France next weekend.

set: England face nervous wait on Jonny Wilkinson


set: Intel decided to join forces with distributors and PC vendors to restore notebook computer sales and to cut down the prices of the products in the market.

set: Intel joins distributors, PC vendors to restore notebook computer sales


set: Tokyo stocks closed down 0.85 percent on Friday amid broad weakness in the region's markets after a cut to Spain's credit rating renewed pessimism towards the European debt crisis.


set: And that's make people interest to watch Phillies Fan Tasered video today.


set: California-based genetic testing company 23andMe has acquired Curetogether in a deal it says will enhance its capacity for 'people-powered research'.

set: Genetic testing company 23andMe acquires CureTogether


set: No. 1 sailor Jessica Watson has become a No. 1 author this week, when Hachette Australia announced that the teenage sailor's memoir of her recent voyage had become the biggest selling book in Australia.

set: No. 1 sailor Watson becomes No. 1 author


set: Justin Bieber showed up at the Oscars 2012, Hollywood's biggest night in order to help out host Billy Crystal.


set: South Korea says a rocket that it sent into space Thursday carrying an observation satellite is believed to have exploded in flight.

set: South Korea says rocket believed to have exploded


set: New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez proclaims himself ``ready to play'' after leaving Saturday's rout of the Denver Broncos with a head injury.


set: In addition to sending out three-year-olds Paynter and Blueskiesnrainbows for breezes, trainer Bob Baffert worked a trio of his other Grade 1 winners Wednesday morning at Del Mar in preparation for its summer meet.

set: Baffert works trio of Grade 1 winners at Del Mar


set: A Gary man has been sentenced to 55 years in prison for murdering a woman who refused to have sex with him then burying her body in his yard.

set: Gary man sentenced to 55 years in prison for murder


set: Arrow has snapped up UK VAD operation Sphinx.


set: Katie Price has said she is to stop partying ``for a long time'' as she prepares for the London Marathon in 2010.


set: ULSTER Bank has announced that 60 of its branches will remain open this weekend as it attempts to resolve technical issues that have hit thousands of its customers.

set: 60 Ulster Bank branches to remain open over weekend


set: A Boston University engineering professor has been found dead in a school lab.

set: Boston University professor is found dead in lab.


set: Laura Ziskin, the producer of the blockbuster Spider Man series, Pretty Woman, and Fight Club died at the age of 61 Sunday evening.


set: Drug stocks zigzagged Monday as shares of King Pharmaceuticals gained on a better-than-expected earnings report.


set: Public awareness on natural disasters in the country is still lacking because the people are not participating in campaigns held to raise awareness on the matter.

set: Public awareness on natural disaster still lacking


set: Mumbai, Nov 12 Not happy with uninspiring roles being offered by filmmakers these days, actress Lara Dutta has now written a script for herself!


set: Moss used a live webchat on his 35th birthday Monday to announce he plans to come out of retirement next season.

set: Randy Moss plans to come out of retirement


set: Monroe city leaders said infighting and political drama is scaring away potential job candidates for the vacant city manager position.

set: Monroe city leaders say infighting scaring away potential city manager


set: An industry source based in South America informed a polymerupdate team member late last evening that a refinery project led by Mexico is under threat of being scrapped as potential bidders for the project have backed out this week.

set: Refinery project led by Mexico under threat of being scrapped


set: A Farmington man was arrested for allegedly assaulting an intoxicated man who had been sleeping in a car early Saturday morning in downtown Farmington, according to police.


set: The American College of Physicians today was one of 118 organizations that joined to send a letter to House and Senate leaders supporting equality of Medicaid and Medicare rates for primary care services.

set: American College of physicians one of 118 organizations in supporting equality of Medicaid and Medicare rates for primary care services


set: A 42-YEAR-OLD man has pleaded not guilty to murdering a 30-year-old woman last year.


set: Republic Steel has broken ground on its new electric-arc furnace in Lorain, Ohio, with production expected to begin by the second quarter of 2013, the company said late Thursday.

set: Republic Steel breaks ground on new furnace


set: France reported a first case of dengue fever infection on its mainland Monday, in the southern city of Nice, and is trying to kill mosquitoes which might be carrying the deadly disease in the area.

set: France reports first case of dengue infection on mainland


set: A city employee is set to receive a promotion and raise to correspond with more responsibility with information technology functions in the police and fire departments, Mayor Robert Palmieri said today.

set: City employee set to receive promotion, raise for more it responsibility


set: Two Maoists, including a teenage girl, on Saturday surrendered before police in Jajpur district, police said.

set: Two Maoists surrender in orissa`s Jajpur district


set: Italian Mattia Gavazzi of team Diquigiovanni-Androni won the first stage of the Tour de Langkawi cycling race in Malaysia's administrative capital of Putrajaya on Monday.

set: Italian cyclist Gavazzi wins first stage of Tour de Langkawi


set: Iranian bloggers won a major press award Friday for their efforts to cover the Islamic Republic's disputed Presidential election.


set: Schedule for summoning National Assembly has been changed for the second time and session has been summoned on April 9 instead of April, 27.

set: Schedule for summoning national assembly changed for the second time


set: Murder audio heard at Milat sentencing Updated: 04:52, Tuesday May 22, 2012 Parts of a 15-minute audio recording of a youth's murder have been played at the sentencing hearing of his killers, who include a relative of Ivan Milat.


set: Protagonize.com, an online creative writing community, is now accepting submissions for short stories, poems, and other works.

set: Protagonize.com is accepting submissions


set: The Thanksgiving turkeys have been pardoned, the holiday meal is being prepared, the football is dividing your family get-together, and it's time to declare why we're thankful this year.


set: A Broward Sheriff's Office deputy was injured in a car crash early Thursday after he stopped to help another driver.

set: Broward Sheriff's Office deputy injured in crash


set: A single flame that will burn for 74 days in remembrance of British soldiers killed in the Falklands war was lit at a special service earlier today.


set: But speaking as a local ward member, he cautioned: ``I fear we may be jumping out of the frying pan and into the fire as the owner has three years to carry this out, so it may be an eyesore for some time yet, and there is the danger that the site is not looked after.''

set: 'Jumping out of the frying pan into fire'


set: NATO has failed again to agree on taking over command from the US, of military operations against Muammar Gaddafi's forces in Libya.

set: NATO fails to agree on taking over command


set: A northern Indiana businessman has drowned while on a family vacation in the central American country of Belize.

set: Ind. businessman drowns during family vacation


set: A long-awaited second daily Amtrak train between Seattle and Vancouver, BC has gotten the green light from the Canadian government.

set: Second daily Amtrak train to Vancouver, BC gets green light


set: A man stopped in a car with a gun allegedly claimed he was on his way to shoot two doormen, the High Court has heard.


set: A Kingsport man is charged with burglary and attempted theft after police caught him trying to rob a Tri-Cities business early Sunday morning.

set: Kingsport man charged with burglary and attempted theft


set: Tesco has announced a new approach to executive remuneration which includes common remuneration arrangements with a group focus and the removal of share options.

set: Tesco announces new approach to executive remuneration


set: Pat Robertson receives an award from a Christian organization for promoting Israel.

set: Pat Robertson receives award for promoting Israel


set: A Stockton man is facing drug and firearms related charges after being arrested by police this past week.

set: Stockton man faces drug and firearms charges


set: In a shocking incident a six year old girl was raped and then killed and her body dumped in the river near Gakewad haveli area of the city.


set: Alcon Entertainment, the production company behind The Blind Side and The Book of Eli, announced Wednesday that it is acquiring the rights to the 1982 sci-fi classic, Blade Runner.

set: Alcon Entertainment acquiring rights to 'Blade Runner'


set: Hancock Prospecting posts $1.2bn profit Updated: 22:25, Friday January 4, 2013 Billionaire Gina Rinehart's company Hancock Prospecting posted a massive $1.2 billion profit in 2010/11, almost doubling its previous profit, documents filed on Christmas Eve show.


set: Hollywood Undead has returned with a new single, a 2011 album, a new tour, and perhaps new or no masks?

set: Hollywood Undead return with new single, new masks, no masks?


set: Lummi Nation law enforcement officials are investigating suspicious fires that occurred in the same area off of Red River Road Sunday night, Aug. 22, and again Tuesday afternoon.

set: Lummi law enforcement investigating suspicious fires


set: London's Olympic Village has been sold for $903.5 million to a Delancey and Qatari Diar joint venture, leaving UK taxpayers to pay about $448 million linked to the development of the site.

set: London Olympic village sold for $903.5 million


set: Ramallah - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas accused Israel Thursday of trying to sabotage Palestinian achievements - mainly the enforcement of law and order, stability and security in the West Bank - through its military incursions and killing of Palestinians.

set: Abbas accuses Israel of trying to sabotage Palestinian achievements


set: Russia has suspended all adoptions to US families until the two countries can agree on procedures, the Foreign Ministry said Thursday -- a week after an American woman sent her 7-year-old adopted son back to Russia on a plane by himself.

set: Russia suspends all adoptions to US families


set: Indefinite curfew has been re-imposed in Butwal and the Siddhartha highway from Sunday noon to thwart possible violence as CPN cadres continued protests against the murder of Prachanda Thaiba, a district committee member of the UML-affiliated Youth Force.


set: The publicist for comedian and ``30 Rock'' cast member Tracy Morgan says the actor suffered from a combination of exhaustion and altitude when he collapsed at the Sundance Film Festival in Utah.


set: Iran launched a legal case against former presidential candidate and former parliament speaker Mehdi Karoubi over his allegations that his supporters were tortured and raped in jail, APA reports quoting IRNA.

set: Iran launches legal case against former presidential candidate


set: Police say two men and a woman have been found fatally shot along a street in Gary.

set: 3 found fatally shot along street in Gary


set: Peter Andre has compared Robbie Williams to Queen's Freddie Mercury after watching Take That live on stage.

set: Peter Andre compares Robbie Williams to Freddie Mercury


set: The US is evacuating all non-essential personnel from Yemen as battles continue between rebels and forces loyal to embattled President Ali Abdullah Saleh.

set: US evacuating non-essential personnel from Yemen


set: With Kevin McHale's long tenure in Minnesota now over, he is working under Rick Carlisle as a mentor to the Dalas big men.


set: A Lancashire village was cut off by a large boat which was blocking the only road out of the area.


set: The White House confirms Obama is heading to Walt Disney World in Orlando Thursday as part of an official visit to discuss tourism.


set: Nicole Kidman has stepped up to defend her upcoming Grace Kelly movie following criticism from the late star's royal relatives, insisting her portrayal will be ``respectful''.

set: Nicole Kidman defends her Grace Kelly movie


set: Even as Maharashtra gets ready to observe the 361st death anniversary of poet-saint, Sant Tukaram on Monday, Right Reverend Thomas Dabre, Bishop of Pune feels that Tukaram would have been extremely relevant today.

set: 'Sant Tukaram is extremely relevant today'


set: New York - Apple said Tuesday that it has sold 3 million of it's new iPad in the 80 days since the tablet computer was introduced in the US market.


set: Melbourne An Australian group of colleges in Victoria has asked for immediate freeze in registration of new private colleges for international students until the State Government's emergency audit of 41 high-risk colleges is complete.

set: Aus group ask for freeze in registration of new colleges


set: Ten months after Google Goggles hit the Android Market, it's now available in the App Store for iPhone 3GS and 4 users.


set: A prescribed burn of about 102 acres is scheduled to take place near Sunriver on Monday or Tuesday.


set: CPM leaders in Kerala on Saturday condemned the arrest of party politbureau member Brinda Karat near Madurai, dubbing it as ``most undemocratic.''

set: CPM leaders condemn Brinda Karat's arrest


set: House GOP leaders are lining up behind the conservative Republican Study Committee to support additional spending cuts next week when the 2011 continuing resolution reaches the floor.

set: House GOP leaders support additional spending cuts


set: Scientists studying ancient species migration believe northern birds had the ability to colonise continents that southern species lacked.

set: Northern birds had the ability to colonise continents that southern species lacked


set: Concur Technologies Inc., a provider of corporate expense management software and services, said Monday that it plans to offer $250 million worth of convertible senior notes.

set: Concur Technologies plans to offer $250 million worth of convertible senior notes


set: After coming off of a couple successful stints on The Warped Tour followed by a couple tours with Killswitch Engage and All That Remains, metal core band The Devil Wears Prada goes back to its roots on the band's ``Back to the Roots'' club tour.

set: ``The Devil Wears Prada goes 'Back to the Roots.


set: She was age 73 and was announced dead by her great friend and manager, Lupe De Leon.


set: Hundreds of people visited the 40th annual medieval fair, in Sedgefield, which took place on the village green and in the Ceddesfeld Hall.

set: Hundreds visit 40th annual medieval fair


set: Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra was free to travel to many countries because they were aware court cases against him were politically motivated, Foreign Minister Surapong Towichukchaikul said yesterday.

set: Thaksin free to travel to many countries :


set: June 6, 2012 In Christopher Buckley's latest political satire, They Eat Puppies, Don't They? a lobbyist teams up with a conservative policy wonk to spread a rumor that China is plotting to assassinate the Dalai Lama.


set: BERLIN -Senegal striker Papiss Demba Cisse says he wants to leave Bundesliga club Freiburg.

set: Papiss Demba Cisse wants to leave Freiburg


set: Gran Tierra Energy Inc., a company focused on oil exploration and production in South America, today announced its upcoming investor conference schedule and live webcast events.

set: Gran Tierra Energy announces upcoming conference schedule


set: Frank Sedita says he's making changes in the DA's office in an effort to become more efficient.


set: Gov. John Kasich took his State of the State address on the road on Tuesday, speaking to lawmakers at a school in Steubenville.

set: Kasich takes State of the State on the road


set: Pop singer Mariah Carey will sing 'Hero' for Barack Obama when he is sworn in as the 44th American president Tuesday.


set: Sas, a 30 pound sea turtle, is set to be released off the Florida Keys on Tuesday.

set: Sea turtle to be released off Florida Keys


set: Instead of applying lipstick to brides or TV stars, she tattoos nipples on breast cancer patients and eyebrows on women with alopecia.

set: I tattoo nipples on breast cancer patients


set: http://www.firstcoastnews.com/video/2064316066001/1/Small-businesses-stress-over-fiscal-cliff http://bcdownload.gannett.edgesuite.net/fcn/35067928001/35067928001_2064339241001_th-50e0d38fe4b0eb9aa4841372-807632865001.jpg?pubId=35067928001 Small businesses stress over fiscal cliff JACKSONVILLE, Fla. --


set: Terre Haute is planning to develop 62 acres of land at the corner of 13th and Hulman at the site of an old Coca Cola Plant.

set: Terre Haute planning to develop 62 acres


set: A Tibetan rights group says that two more Tibetans have set themselves on fire in southwestern China in protest against Beijing's rule.

set: Two more Tibetans set themselves on fire


set: Soul singer Al Wilson, who topped the US pop singles chart in 1974 with ``Show and Tell,'' died Monday, local media reported.


set: R&B star Usher has won his custody battle with ex-wife Tameka Foster after she attempted to portray the singer as an absentee dad who was more interested in his career than their sons in court.


set: Less than one week before key US elections, President Barack Obama courted young voters yesterday with an unorthodox appeal from the set of the popular Daily Show satirical television show.


set: Apparel retailer Michael Kors has found profitability in the affordable luxury niche, with a new base possibly forming on tight trading, Investor's Business Daily reported.

set: Michael Kors finds profitability in niche


set: British Airways has announced that it set a new May punctuality record last month, with 87% of its flights departing on time.


set: Specialist department store operator Beale posts a pre-tax loss of £0.9m for the six months to 28 April - despite a 49% rise in gross sales.

set: Beale posts loss despite 49% rise in gross sales


set: ICICI Bank has called for calm to its customers in an advertisement issued in today's newspapers.

set: ICICI Bank calls for calm in an advertisement


set: Hard hitting Rawalpindi opener Awais Zia has said that he idolizes Pakistani super star Shahid Afridi and wants to be like him.

set: Rawalpindi opener Awais Zia idolizes Shahid Afridi


set: Golan Telecom, a year-old discount-cellular carrier that entered the market in the wake of government reforms, opened its services to foreigners and tourists on Monday.


set: Government plans to change the taxation of popular quiz and games machines will cost the industry £85 million, put many manufacturers out of business and turn more people towards gambling on fruit machines, the pub sector warned today.

set: Government plans to change taxation of games machines will cost the industry £85 million


set: Inflation in Canada slowed sharply in June from an eight-year high in May, giving credence to the central bank's forecast that price pressures would ease and allow it to raise interest rates at a leisurely pace.


set: National Guard crews at Camp Atterbury are using helicopters to fight grass fires ignited weeks ago by a flare dropped during combat training.

set: Camp Atterbury using helicopters to fight grass fires


set: Noblesville police arrested a 23-year-old man in an alleged rape and robbery today an apartment complex.

set: Noblesville arrest man alleged rape, robbery


set: HIV prevalence among pregnant women has stabilised around 29 percent, Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi said on Monday.


set: China will not cut its orders for Boeing and Airbus jets since its self-developed commercial jets not yet able to meet demand, China's top aviation regulator said on Monday.

set: China will not cut orders for Boeing, Airbus jets: regulator


set: Mumbai, Feb 28 The US dollar ended sharply dearer against the rupee at 54.36/37 per dollar, and Pound Sterling also finished higher at Rs 82.57/59 per pound at the close of the Interbank Foreign Exchange Market today.

set: US dollar ends sharply dearer against the rupee


set: Bank of China Ltd opens its representative office in Dubai and termed it one of the strategic steps of the financial institution to further improve its overseas network, particularly in the Middle East.


set: North Korean leader Kim Jong-il is suffering from depression, according Ha Tae-keung, the head of Open Radio for North Korea.


set: Downside left in NHPC, says Sudarshan Sukhani, s2analytics.com.


set: Apple has just announced an updated version of its oft-overlooked Mac mini with an Ivy Bridge processor, starting at $599.

set: Apple announces updated Mac mini starting at $599


set: The Commission on Appointments on Wednesday elected its set of officers and named the heads of the committees.

set: Commission on Appointments elects officers


set: Madison's Metro bus system could see big changes under Gov. Scott Walker's union bill.


set: President Barack Obama has signed an emergency declaration for New Hampshire following Superstorm Sandy.

set: President Obama signs emergency declaration for New Hampshire


set: US regional airline operator Mesa Air Group Inc. filed for bankruptcy protection on Tuesday, and said it would trim its oversized fleet and emerge as a stronger company.


set: Congressman Coble was one of a select number of House members honored with an ``A in English'' award based on his votes and cosponsorships of official English legislation in the 111th Congress.

set: Coble honored with ``a in English'' award


set: Representative Bart Stupak, a Michigan Democrat whose brokering of anti-abortion provisions in President Barack Obama's health care overhaul drew fire from both liberals and conservatives, said on Friday he will not seek re-election.


set: A trial date has been set for a Texarkana man accused of murder.

set: Trial date set for man accused of murder


set: School districts across the state are urging their House members to vote no on the proposed budget that will be taken up on the House floor Friday.

set: School districts urge House members to vote no on budget


set: Wisconsin governor Scott Walker will visit Milwaukee twice.


set: London, June 19 : ``Diff'rent Strokes'' star Gary Coleman was cremated in Utah in a private ceremony, three weeks after his death.

set: Gary Coleman cremated in private ceremony


set: Swiss stocks climbed for the first time in five days on speculation that the European Union will find a way to resolve Greece's debt crisis.


set: Wells Fargo downgraded CACI International from Market Perform to Underperform and cut its valuation range from $54-$57 to $45-$47 saying the Sequestration will likely and should impact services relatively more.

set: Wells Fargo downgrades CACI International (CACI) to Underperform on ``Sequestration'' impact


set: Mystery surrounds school fires as three incidents since Sunday have brought the number of schools affected by fires in the last six months to 20, according to police.


set: This month in 1790, the young United States began its first census, as required by the Constitution.


set: Only three months after announcing their engagement, ``30 Rock'' star Alec Baldwin and Hilaria Thomas have wed. Baldwin is 54, and his bride, a yoga instructor, is at least 25 years younger than him.

set: '30 Rock' star Alec Baldwin, yoga instructor Hilaria Thomas wed.


set: In a move with far-reaching ecumenical implications, the Vatican has announced plans to open its doors to Anglicans upset with their church's growing acceptance of homosexuality and women clergy.

set: Vatican opens doors to dissident Anglicans


set: A deadly cold snap has claimed 88 lives across Russia, officials said Sunday, as Moscow authorities told schoolchildren they could stay home to avoid the frigid temperatures.


set: Oil prices hovered above $72 a barrel Monday as investors worried about a weak US economic recovery amid light holiday trading volume.


set: Libyan rebels took back a key oil town on Sunday in their westward push toward the capital, seizing momentum from the international airstrikes that tipped the balance away from Moammar Gadhafi's military.

set: Libyan rebels take back oil town in westward push


set: Police say a teen was stabbed with a knife at a convenience store in south Charlotte last month.

set: Teen stabbed with knife in south Charlotte


set: Shetland Fishermen's Association chairman Leslie Tait said fishermen were still being penalised even though they were complying with all the latest conservation measures.


set: A Yankton manufacturing company is laying off another 48 workers because of a drop in construction equipment sales.


set: Australian Will Power won the pole at Watkins Glen International to lead a sweep of the top three spots by Team Penske.


set: The NBA Development League Rio Grande Valley Vipers announced today that fans who attend or watch the next four Vipers games at State Farm Arena can test their knowledge of the NBA Houston Rockets and participate in a trivia contest for the opportunity to meet Rockets center Yao Ming during his visit to the Vipers' game against the Austin Toros on March 10.

set: Fans can participate in trivia contest for opportunity to meet Yao


set: The Silver Ferns have arrived in Manchester in the build-up to netball's bold new era of Twenty-20 style competition.


set: Belgian Tom Boonen won the third stage of the Tour of Spain from Jaen to Cordoba on Monday.


set: 7th MONARCH, a new play by Jim Henry, featuring Tony Award winner Michael Rupert, is set to begin performances tomorrow, June 12th for a limited Off-Broadway engagement through September 9th at Theatre Row's Acorn Theatre.

set: 7th MONARCH, featuring Michael Rupert, to begin tomorrow


set: ``Nagorno-Karabakh is an ancient land of Azerbaijan. Azerbaijanis have always lived there. All historical monuments and names of places belong to Azerbaijan. It is an integral part of our history and culture,'' President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev said in an interview to the Business Year magazine devoted to the 20th anniversary of Azerbaijan`s independence.

set: `Nagorno-Karabakh is an ancient land of Azerbaijan`


set: Because of a federal law passed two years ago, designed to conserve energy, Grand Valley residents will be springing forward a few weeks earlier this year.


set: The villagers of the Al-Ma'sara near Bethlehem, southern West Bank, along with their international and Israeli supporters protested the Israeli wall on Friday.

set: Villagers near Bethlehem protest the Israeli wall


set: The US has launched a spy satellite that will help government agencies improve national security by monitoring other parts of the world.


set: Hungarian central bank on Monday decided to retain the key policy rate at 5.25% for a sixth consecutive rate-setting session.

set: Hungarian central bank retains key policy rate at 5.25%


set: You're here because you want to learn how to become a vampire in Elder Scrolls V:

set: How to become a vampire in Elder Scrolls V:


set: Cuba President Raul Castro arrived late Wednesday in Angola for a three-day state visit to the communist country's long-time ally in Africa, the Angop news agency said.


set: Taxi drivers in Mukono are set to demonstrate on Wednesday this week protesting UTODA's requirement of forcing them to pay the welfare fee.


set: ``Dreamgirls'' star Jennifer Hudson, who is all set to marry fiance David Otunga, also plans to design her own wedding dress.

set: Jennifer Hudson plans to design her wedding dress


set: The actress said that fashion has always been a passion for her.


set: Los Straitjackets will be performing on ``All Things Considered,'' live from NPR headquarters in Washington DC, on Wednesday, December 5.

set: Los Straitjackets to perform on ``All Things Considered'' on December 5


set: Pakistan may face more competition in the rice export market after lifting of rice export curbs from some of the major rice exporting countries, exporters toldour sources.

set: Pakistan may face more competition in rice export


set: The Cabinet recently approved a raise of the allocation of domestic consumption of diesel fuel in the local market by 40,000 metric tons to help alleviate the current diesel crisis in the domestic market.

set: Cabinet raises allocation of domestic consumption of diesel to 40,000 metric tons


set: Kendrick Lamar has released the tracklist for his debut album, Good Kid, mAAd City, which is set to release on October 22through Top Dawg Entertainment and Aftermath/Interscope Records.

set: Kendrick Lamar releases tracklist for debut album ``Good Kid, mAAd City''


set: AFP reported that Spain paid high borrowing rates to raise EUR 3.9 billion in a bond auction, its first since Moody's slashed the country's sovereign debt rating.

set: Spain pays high borrowing rates to raise EUR 3.9 billion in a bond auction


set: By fall or winter of 2010, this sweet family is planning to adopt 2 more Down Syndrome orphans from the Ukraine!


set: WPP, the world's largest advertising group by revenue, sees confidence returning to the market, but this has yet to result in new ad spending, Chief Executive Martin Sorrell said in an interview published yesterday.


set: Calgary based Macgamestore.com today announced the exclusive release of Hoyle Card Games 2011 on its web site.

set: Macgamestore.com releases HOYLE Card games 2011


set: The British & Irish Lions have called up Ireland and Munster winger Simon Zebo as cover for his fellow Ireland winger Tommy Bowe.

set: British & Irish Lions call up Ireland winger Zebo


set: ``Glee'' went ``Gangnam Style'' on Thursday night when New Directions performed PSY's YouTube smash during ``Thanksgiving,'' the eighth episode of season four.


set: ``The whole idea behind the Lagos Jazz Series is to have that jazz floating in the air, out of park; something to cool the city down a little.''

set: ``Jazz floating in the air, out of the park; something to cool the city down a little'' --


set: The Campaign has just launched two brand new posters, and we can give you an exclusive look at them right here.


set: YORK environment boss Terry Collins will leave his post later this month, after nearly three years in the role.

set: Environment chief Terry Collins to leave this month


set: Vancouver has been named a cultural capital of Canada for 2011 -- and with it comes up to $1.75 million in funding.

set: Vancouver named cultural capital for 2011


set: The Canandaigua Police Department is holding its second Citizen Police Academy, a series of classes that give participants an interactive look at police work.

set: Canandaigua Police holding second citizen Police Academy


set: 08:52 GMT, February 14, 2012 The US Department of Defense released today the military intelligence program requested top line budget for fiscal 2013.

set: US dod releases military intelligence program requested top line budget for fiscal 2013


set: A Mexican anti-poverty official has been fired after posting a comment on social media sites suggesting that poor people smell bad.

set: Mexican anti-poverty official fired after posting comment suggesting poor smell bad


set: Pension funds administrator Negotiated Benefit Consultants, is fighting back against the Financial Services Board after the regulator said the black-owned firm would be investigated for alleged irregularities in one of the funds it used to administer.


set: The Oregon House narrowly rejected a resolution today that would have put a proposal before voters next fall to make affordable health care a fundamental, constitutional right.

set: Oregon House rejects proposal to make health care a right


set: GARY Mackay Steven has been called up by Gordon Strachan to the Scotland squad for its forthcoming World Cup qualifying match with Croatia in June.

set: Gary Mackay Steven called up for Scotland squad


set: Umbrella company Albany went into administration yesterday following days of speculation.


set: Bop Design, a boutique communications firm located in San Diego, California, with offices in New Jersey recently released a web vocabulary tip sheet for small businesses to use to better understand small business marketing terms.

set: Bop Design releases web vocabulary tip sheet


set: Three years after Spokane County took control of the raceway in airway heights the tracks are preparing for their best season in years.

set: Spokane county raceway prepares for best season in years


set: EVEN before the FMF Chow Games begin on Friday some teams have predicted that champions Suva will be hard to beat.


set: Zimbabwe's pharmaceutical industry, once ranked among the best in Africa, is facing imminent collapse due to lack of long-term credit lines and low capacity utilisation, it has been revealed.


set: Malawi could this year export the stable food, maize, to Zimbabwe again following Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security indications of another bumper harvest, Malawi's Finance Minister Goodall Gondwe has hinted.


set: Fox Reality Channel tosses convention out the window with its groundbreaking new, one-hour, 10-episode original series, Househusbands of Hollywood, premiering Saturday, August 15th at 9p/8c.

set: Fox Reality Channel's original series Househusbands of Hollywood premieres August 15th at 9p/8c


set: The Cowboys worked out five players on Thursday, including veteran cornerback Chris McAlister, who spent part of this season with New Orleans.


set: A judicial magistrate will be looking into a complaint of alleged rape of four tribal women by as many policemen in Villupuram district, a top official said in Chennai on Sunday.

set: Judicial magistrate to look into alleged rape of tribal women by policemen


set: Burton Albion have signed versatile Benin international Romauld Boco after his contract at Sligo Rovers expired.


set: BMTC Group's revenue fell 10.9% in the first quarter as the retail environment became increasingly difficult in Quebec, partly because of a hike in its provincial sales tax at the beginning of the year.


set: A medical condition afflicting the driver caused the motor vehicle accident Monday afternoon on King Street at First Avenue that severely damaged two hydro poles and a stone fence, city police said.


set: Where oh where did Cooper and the other islands go??


set: Harve Presnell, whose booming baritone graced such Broadway musicals as ``The Unsinkable Molly Brown'' and ``Annie,'' died Tuesday in Santa Monica, Calif. He was 75.


set: Sony said on February 18, 2012 it was slashing the price on its hand-held PlayStation Vita console in Japan by as much as one-third as the electronics giant and its rivals face stiff competition from online games.

set: Sony slashes price on PlayStation Vita in Japan


set: North Korea yesterday cut its military hotline to Seoul and put its million-man army at battle stations, ratcheting up tensions as South Korean and US troops began war games that Pyongyang warned could spark open conflict.


set: Storms took down trees and power lines across metro Atlanta on Monday, and clean up efforts continued into the next day.


set: BUREBASAGA District School teachers had to rush to beat the strong winds on Monday afternoon in their efforts to take students home.


set: Beech Mountain's water company, Total Environmental Solutions Inc., or TESI, has downgraded its mandatory water conservation advisory to voluntary.

set: Beech Mountain downgrades water advisory to voluntary


set: At least one person was injured in a church fire explosion at Old 40 highway and Foggybottom Road.


set: Gianfranco Zola said his young Watford side played beyond his ``best expectations'' during the first half of last night's 3-0 victory over Gillingham.

set: 'Watford played beyond my best expectations'


set: 8e6 Technologies, a Web filtering and insider threat management solutions provider, is growing with a newly expanded partner program.

set: 8e6 Technologies expands partner program


set: May 26, US Men's National Team head coach Jurgen Klinsmann launched his five-game campaign with a 5-1 rout of Scotland at Everbank Field in Jacksonville, Florida for a crowd of 44,438.

set: Klinsmann launches campaign with 5-1 rout of Scotland


set: The drama club from Thomas Jefferson Middle School, 35-01 Morlot Ave., will be presenting ``Just A Dream,'' an original musical pastiche, written and directed by English teacher Maria Wheeler.


set: Industrial conglomerate Siemens AG says it is cutting 16,750 jobs worldwide because of the slowing economy.


set: All UK airports can re-open from 2200 BST, the Transport Secretary Lord Adonis has said.


set: Laboratory results have confirmed a 14-month-old toddler is the seventh meningococcal case in Northland this winter.

set: Another confirmed meningococcal case for Northland


set: A Vermont man faces multiple charges for allegedly being drunk while driving his car through residential yards, crashing through fences and nearly striking children.

set: Vermont man charged with driving through yards


set: Investment bank UBS has upgraded its growth outlook for the Philippines for next year alongside a modest global recovery and benign inflation prospects.

set: UBS upgrades growth outlook for Philippines


set: Vestas will unveil the long-awaited design of its 6MW offshore wind turbine next month, as it seeks to further reduce the long-term cost of wind energy.

set: Vestas to unveil 6MW offshore turbine next month


set: The euro extended gains in Asian trade on Wednesday, on short-covering ahead of the European Central Bank's first offer of three-year loans that many hope will help the region's banks lower their funding costs.


set: Morgan returns from his suspension today and if there's a close race in your league for steals and someone happened to drop Morgan, now's a good time to jump on him.

set: Speedy Nyjer Morgan returns from suspension


set: This albino hedgehog was stolen this week from the Pets Plus! store, 325 Water St.


set: Two Newton men were charged today in the attempted abduction Tuesday evening of an 11-year-old girl.

set: Two Newton men charged in attempted abduction


set: Phone service, both landline and cell, was disrupted for much of Monday in Far West Texas after a fiber-optic line just south of Monahans got cut by mistake, an AT&T spokeswoman said.

set: Phone service disrupted Monday in Far West Texas


set: Controversial former England international Joey Barton has sunk his claws into Brazil starlet Neymar, taking to Twitter to dismiss the South American's abilities.


set: Computer and software giant, Microsoft, who developed the widely used Windows operating system, reported surprising financial data on Thursday.

set: Microsoft reports surprising financial data


set: ENTRIES are now open for a charity cup match organised by the NFA East Midlands region on Tuesday December 9 to raise funds for The First World War Memorial Fund of the Sherwood Foresters and The Families Fund for the Mercian Regiment.


set: A 5.7 magnitude quake shook the Indonesian part of the New Guinea Island, the US Geological Survey reported on Wednesday.


set: Fremont police have recovered a vehicle taken during an East Palo Alto carjacking last month and have a suspect in custody, East Palo Alto police said Thursday.

set: Fremont police recover vehicle taken during East Palo Alto carjacking


set: ExecHangar, a private company developing hangars at Addison Airport, has broken ground on a 30,000-square-foot hangar project in Addison.

set: ExecHangar breaks ground at Addison Airport


set: If the iPhone was Apple's success story of 2007, then surely the iTunes App Store has been its shining light for 2008, reaching 300 million application downloads in under six months since its July launch.

set: Apple App Store reaches 300 million downloads


set: Houston Mayor Annise Parker, the first openly LGBT person elected mayor of a top 10 US city, kicked off her re-election campaign last week.

set: Annise Parker kicks off re-election campaign


set: Two primary school children died in Guangxi after being severely beaten by a school employee, authorities confirmed on Thursday.

set: Two children die after 'being beaten by school employee'


set: Woods Auto Body and O'Reilly Auto Parts hosted a spring car show Saturday.


set: A low-intensity earthquake measuring 4.1 on Richter scale shook parts of Jammu and Kashmir in the wee hours on Sunday.

set: Earthquake shakes parts of Jammu and Kashmir


set: Iran would ``eliminate Israel from the global arena'' if it was attacked by the Jewish state, the Deputy Commander of the Army Mohammad Reza Ashtiani warned on Tuesday, the Mehr news agency reported.

set: ``Iran would eliminate Israel if attacked''


set: Bangladesh Foreign Minister Dipu Moni on Sunday night said her country ``is sure'' that the Teesta water-sharing agreement with India will materialise.


set: The global financial crisis will add at least 20 million people to the world's unemployed, bringing the total to 210 million by the end of next year, the UN labour agency said Monday.

set: Financial crisis will add 20 million to world's unemployed, UN says


set: In Bangladesh 107 political parties applied to the Election Commission for registration, which is mandatory for participation of coming national Parliament election scheduled in 18th December, by the deadline of 20th October.

set: In Bangladesh 107 parties apply for registration


set: Fabio Capello promised that he would use Wednesday's match against Belarus to experiment with fringe players, having already qualified for next summer's World Cup last month, and it appears that the Italian is true to his word, with England expected to make up to six changes from the side which faced Ukraine on Saturday.

set: Fabio Capello to experiment against Belarus


set: In yet another attempt to disrupt the election process, Maoists blew up a school building in Latehar district of poll-bound Jharkhand state.

set: Maoists blow up a school building in Latehar district


set: Meerut, Dec 24 India is increasingly facing a ``threat'' from China as it is expanding its influence on all four sides of the country, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh supremo Mohan Rao Bhagwat said here.


set: Lady Gaga an American recording artist and a powerfull pop singer was hospitalized 6 times in 2009 because of her dieting..

set: Lady Gaga was hospitalized because of dieting


set: A 10-year-old girl from Kansas vacationing with her family was sexually assaulted in the parking lot of a hotel and fought off her attacker.

set: Girl on vacation sexually assaulted in parking lot


set: You are 5 Stars, which is open to 15-30-year-olds from the UK and beyond, is the brainchild of Laureate Hospitality Education, a collection of seven hospitality management institutions.


set: Several recent gossip reports insinuate that Maroon 5 heartthrob Adam Levine is currently dating ``Gossip Girl'' actress, Amanda Setton.


set: Constellation Energy Group Inc. swung to a profit in the third quarter after prior-year write-downs in commodity operations.


set: Wiltshire explorer David Hempleman-Adams has finished in fourth place in the Gordon Bennett gas balloon race.

set: David Hempleman-Adams finishes Gordon Bennett balloon race


set: European server sales are lagging behind the rest of the world, data released by research firm Gartner has revealed.

set: European server sales lagging behind rest of world


set: Tiago Machado has confirmed that he will ride for the RadioShack-Nissan-Trek squad for the next two seasons.

set: Machado to ride with RadioShack-Nissan-Trek


set: CPI-M Politburo member Sitaram Yechuri on Wednesday said the massive mandate for the Left Front in the February 14 elections in Tripura would boost the Left movement in the country.

set: Massive mandate in Tripura will boost Left movement:


set: WuXi PharmaTech a leading pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device research and development outsourcing company with operations in China and the United States, announced revently that it has signed a new three-year, in vitro ADME collaboration agreement with Pfizer.

set: WuXi PharmaTech signs new collaboration agreement with Pfizer


set: A concert promoter who abruptly called off a two-day music event says he is heartbroken over the sudden cancellation.

set: Concert promoter 'heartbroken' over cancellation


set: Lebara Mobile has signed a partnership with Woolworths, which will see the high street retailer selling the MVNO's airtime and Sim cards.

set: Lebara Mobile signs partnership with Woolworths


set: Several antique cars were featured in the film, ``The Help.''


set: Beyonce has been nominated for a massive 10 Grammy awards, the most for any artist this year.


set: Senior BBC journalists including Jeremy Paxman, James Naughtie and the broadcaster's political editor Nick Robinson have urged colleagues not to strike on the day David Cameron addresses the Conservative party conference.

set: Senior BBC journalists urge colleagues not to strike


set: The Florida Marlins added not only depth, but height to their starting rotation when they signed 6-foot-9 Mark Hendrickson, 33, to a one-year, $1.5 million contract Wednesday.


set: Dietmar Hamann has said that he believes Germany and Holland are two evenly matched sides.

set: Hamann: 'Germany and Holland are evenly matched'


set: The former governor said he was still a member of the Labour Party on whose platform he contested the senatorial election last April.


set: On 27 June, the BBC has begun DVB-T2 test transmissions, from the Guildford transmitter southwest of London, in preparation for HD on Freeview.

set: BBC begins DVB-T2 test transmissions in preparation for HD on Freeview


set: Apple Inc. sold more than 300,000 iPads in the US, including preorders, on the first day the device was available.


set: A Vigilance Department team today conducted raids at about eight locations, including office of the District Education Superintendent, in connection with school construction scam of about Rs one crore in this district.

set: Vigilance team conducts raids in connection with construction scam


set: Now, adding fuel to rumours that have for years abounded, a new book claims that Mick Jagger, 68, and David Bowie, 65, arguably the most dynamic and influential rock stars of their generation, were once lovers.

set: Mick Jagger and David Bowie 'were lovers'


set: Britain is drawing up emergency immigration controls to combat any surge in economic migrants from Greece and other European Union countries if the euro collapses, its interior minister said in remarks published on Saturday.

set: United kingdom drawing up emergency immigration controls


set: Microsoft has unveiled a Surface tablet computer as the technology titan steps in with its own hardware to take on Apple's market-ruling iPads.


set: Syncrude failed in its duty to protect wild birds, a provincial Crown prosecutor said during her opening statement Monday at the oilsands company's trial over the deaths of hundreds of ducks.


set: David Beckham arrives in China for his job as the country's first ever soccer ambassador.


set: GRIMSBY Town Youth's game at Chesterfield on Saturday has been postponed because of the Arctic conditions.

set: Grimsby Town Youth's game at Chesterfield is postponed


set: The first day of autumn is just another day, but equinoxes and solstices bring out a little of the Druid in me.

set: Equinoxes,solstices bring out a little of the Druid in me


set: One of the world's largest retailers Wal-Mart has offered to buy JSE-listed wholesaler Massmart, the SA company says.


set: The met office on Tuesday said cold and dry weather is expected in most parts of the country in the next 24 hours.

set: Cold and dry weather expected in most parts of country


set: A CHIPPENDALE man travelling with the Gaza-bound Freedom Flotilla 2 has been detained by Greek authorities.

set: CHIPPENDALE man detained by Greek authorities


set: Pakistani authorities on Friday banned access to the popular video-hosting website YouTube for allegedly featuring blasphemous cartoons of Prophet Mohammed.

set: Pakistani authorities ban access to YouTube


set: Food and restaurant entrepreneur Ranjit Boparan has acquired Harry Ramsden's, an operator of fish and chip restaurant chain.


set: Celje, 3 October - A traditional ceremony commemorated on Sunday the victims of post-WWII summary killings at the Teharje Memorial Park, the main national post-war killings memorial.

set: Ceremony commemorates victims of post-WWII killings


set: A pregnant woman went into labor on an expressway in Changsha, capital of Hunan province, last Sunday.

set: Pregnant woman goes into labor on expressway


set: Two Seattle, Washington synagogues were defaced with swastikas over the weekend, the Seattle Times reports.

set: Seattle synagogues defaced with swastikas


set: Disney Channel has renewed its flagship animated series Phineas and Ferb for a fourth season.

set: Disney Channel renews 'Phineas and Ferb' for fourth season


set: By ANDREW MIGA Associated Press Five Democratic congresswomen on Wednesday called for GOP Rep. Allen West to apologize for his email tirade against a fellow Florida lawmaker.

set: Congresswomen call on West to apologize for tirade


set: Svetlana Kuznetsova reached the Rome finals Saturday after defeating Belarusian teenager Victoria Azarenka 6-2, 6-4.


set: Lt Gen Tejinder Singh Tuesday filed a criminal defamation case against army chief Gen VK Singh in a Delhi court following allegations of bribery over a defence deal against him.


set: Thomas & Betts Corp. plans to sell $250 million in senior notes to refinance and repay debt.

set: Thomas & Betts to sell $250 million in notes


set: Software maker Autonomy Corporation PLC defied the gloom with solid first quarter results and a ``cautiously optimistic'' outlook.

set: Autonomy defies gloom with solid first quarter results, optimistic outlook


set: What's on your gadget wishlist for the holidays?


set: Conn. facing 'enormously challenging' budgets Connecticut is facing ``an enormously challenging budget scenario'' with deficits projected in the current budget and over the coming years, the state's budget director warned Thursday.


set: Sen. Patrick Leahy said Sen. Joe Lieberman should lose his chairmanship of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, becoming the first Senate Democrat to say so publicly since Election Day.

set: Leahy says Lieberman should lose chairmanship


set: World oil prices continued to ease in Asian trade on Tuesday on concerns over weaker US energy demand and the dollar's rebound from recent sharp declines, dealers said.


set: n Age discrimination update -- justifying legitimate aims Anna Gregory, Partner, and Kim Foxell, of Farrer & Co LLP, bring us up to date on the law on age discrimination as it relates to the justification of legitimate aims.

set: Age discrimination update - justifying legitimate aims


set: Two people died when a small plane bound for Chattanooga crashed near Chatsworth, Ga., in Murray County on Friday night.

set: Small plane bound for Chattanooga crashes near Chatsworth


set: THE Western Civic Amenity Site in St John's will reopen for business on Monday -- five weeks ahead of schedule.

set: Western Civic Amenity to reopen ahead of schedule


set: Phil Jackson says ''there might be'' an NBA job that would lure him out of retirement.

set: Jackson: 'there might be' NBA job for me


set: California Highway Patrol tells KION a pedestrian was hit a killed on Highway 1 just south of Imjin Parkway before 9:00p.m.


set: A new elementary campus is taking shape on Newman's east side, and is expected to open its doors to students next August.


set: chinausdollar620x465 China is cutting back on subsidies to the LED sector.

set: China cutting back subsidies to LED sector


set: MONTREAL An earthquake rattled the Montreal region early Wednesday, waking up some people but causing no injuries or serious damage.


set: The Japanese yen on Tuesday hit global session highs versus the euro and dollar as an official from the Group of Seven rich countries clarified their stance on the currency.

set: Yen hits session highs versus euro, dollar


set: Eos Airlines is the latest airline to declare bankruptcy and cease operations on April 28, 2008, following ATA Airlines, Aloha Airlines and Skybus Airlines which ceased operations earlier this month.

set: Eos Airlines declares bankruptcy, ceases operations


set: New York Mets ace Johan Santana made his spring debut after pushing back his first start because of elbow tightness.Santana gave up four hits and three runs, including a homer to Dan Uggla, in 2 2-3 innings against the Florida Marlins.


set: President Obama has been officially welcomed to Ghana by President John Atta Mills on his first visit to sub-Saharan Africa since taking office.


set: With the resignation of President Pervez Musharraf, the government must get rid of his policies; giving safe passage to him would be against the will of the people of Pakistan, Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Qazi Hussain Ahmed said.

set: ``Safe passage to Musharraf would be against will of people''


set: Contrary to reports that President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday missed the opportunity to give a speech at the ongoing Special Assembly in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the African Union President Jonathan has said that Africa has not yet overcome the challenges of neo-colonialism, poverty, disease and others though Africa has won its fight against apartheid and racial discrimination.

set: Africa has not overcome challenges of neo-colonialism, poverty --


set: BGC Partners, Inc., one of the world's leading inter-dealer brokers, announced today that it has won Asia Risk Magazine's inaugural award for Technology Development, in their annual awards announced this week.

set: BGC Partners wins Asia Risk award for technology development


set: Manulife Financial Corporation will release its third quarter financial results on the morning of Thursday, November 5, 2009 followed by a live webcast of the quarterly conference call with analysts beginning at 2:00 pm.

set: Manulife Financial to release third quarter Financial results


set: The use of tablet computers such as the Apple iPad cause postural problems, which can be improved by placing them higher to avoid low gaze angles.


set: On December 3, Yerevan hosted screening of documentary about Tigran the Great, as part of events dedicated to the 2150th birth anniversary of the great Armenian king.

set: Yerevan hosts screening of documentary about Tigran the great


set: Character actor Karl Malden of The Streets of San Francisco and American Express commercial fame, died at the ripe old age of 97.

set: Karl Malden, star of the Streets of San Francisco, dies at 97


set: Now that I have had ample time to grade Pittsburgh City Councilman Bruce Kraus' performance, the only thing that I can conclude is that he has been a big disappointment.

set: Councilman Kraus is a big disappointment to me


set: Actor Rajeev Khandelwal has broken millions of female hearts with his latest real life act.


set: Two New Jersey music fans are taking on Ticketmaster in a class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of anyone who visited the company's Web site for tickets to see Britney Spears, The Dead, Phish, Hannah Montana and others -- only to be redirected to a subsidiary that sold them the tickets at much higher prices.

set: New Jersey music fans take on Ticketmaster


set: AN investigation has been held into how two children were able to walk out of a nursery unnoticed.

set: Investigation held after two children walk out of nursery


set: The Phoenix Coyotes have signed University of Michigan star forward Chad Kolarik to an entry level contract.

set: Coyotes sign ex-college star Chad Kolarik to entry level contract


set: Eddie Izzard is set to step back in time and trace his own family tree back 200,000 years for a new BBC programme.

set: Eddie Izzard to trace family tree back 200,000 years


set: FC Barcelona winger Isaac Cuenca has joined Ajax on loan for the rest of the season.


set: ``Some more coal blocks would be de-allocated,'' Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal told reporters after attending a meeting on infrastructure projects convened by Finance Minister P Chidambaram.

set: Some more coal blocks to be de-allocated:


set: President-elect Barack Obama plans to meet with vanquished Republican rival John McCain on Monday in Chicago, his transition office announced Friday.


set: Angelina Jolie has cast Brad Pitt as an extra in her directorial debut, according to new reports.

set: Angelina Jolie casts Brad Pitt as an extra


set: Fugitive former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra said yesterday he has no plans to return home, following suggestions that the current government headed by his sister may seek to pardon him.

set: Thaksin says he has no plans to return home


set: Junior police officers in Nyanza have been ordered to surrender all small arms assigned to them.

set: Junior officers ordered to surrender small arms


set: Ansari is the first vice president of the country to visit the Kargil sector, bordering Pakistan-administered part of Kashmir, where Indian and Pakistani forces had engaged in a bitter conflict a decade ago.


set: Jamie McMurray, in his first race back with Ganassi Racing, won the Daytona 500 in a thrilling finish, twice making dramatic passes for the leada during a green-white-checkered finish.


set: On the lakeshore Saturday morning, a bicyclist was killed on a highway overpass in Muskegon.


set: Winnipeg Jets defenceman Dustin Byfuglien displayed a host of symptoms that led a police expert to believe he was high on drugs following his arrest in Minnesota last month.


set: Malaysia Airlines Tuesday launched its Travel Insurance, which will protect passengers from trip cancellation, loss of luggage and overseas medical costs.

set: Malaysia Airlines launches travel insurance


set: > Nasdaq is warning Oncothyreon that it has to be compliant with capital requirements by September 15 to prevent its move from the Global Market to the Capital Market.


set: Kelantan finally claimed the top spot over their rivals Singapore after beating Selangor 1-0 in a Super League encounter at the Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium here Friday night.

set: Kelantan claim top spot after beating Selangor 1-0


set: He said in an interview with Atlanta Radio's 'The Bert Show': ``I'm still learning about girls.


set: North Korea is threatening to bolster its nuclear arsenal to cope with the start of annual US-South Korean military drills that Pyongyang calls a rehearsal for invasion.

set: Nkorea threatens to bolster its nuclear arsenal


set: The Kean University softball team closed out its Spring Break trip with a pair of wins over Manchester University and Wellesley College at the National Training Center on Thursday afternoon.

set: Softball closes Spring Break trip with pair of wins


set: President Barack Obama said Sunday he wants to ``keep on pushing'' the economy to keep a fragile recovery on track but also pay more attention to getting debt and deficits under control.

set: Obama wants to 'keep pushing' on economy


set: An excerpt from the article, ``Darryl Sutter return will be great theatre -- Calgary Herald'' can be found below.

set: Darryl Sutter return will be great theatre - Calgary Herald


set: He performed as Eddie Vedder doing ``Jeremy,'' except instead of a song about a kid killing himself, they rewrote it to be about Jeremy Lin.

set: Watch Jimmy Fallon (as Eddie Vedder) do ``Jeremy (Lin)''


set: An immigrant is refusing to leave jail two years after his sentence ended -- because he refuses to say where he is from.


set: An air quality advisory has been issued for areas of the Lower Mainland from Chilliwack out to the eastern parts of Metro Vancouver.

set: Air quality advisory issued for Chilliwack


set: The Minnesota Twins placed RHP Scott Baker on the 15-day disabled list with a strained flexor muscle in his right elbow after Sunday's win against the Kansas City Royals, the Star Tribune reports.

set: Twins place pitcher Scott Baker on disabled list


set: WASHINGTON The Supreme Court has struck down the ''millionaire's amendment'' as an unfair way to help opponents of wealthy candidates who spend from their personal fortunes.

set: Supreme court strikes down 'millionaire's amendment'


set: The government on Wednesday said rupee depreciation has been contributing to inflationary pressures, even as is it taking steps to contain the price situation.

set: Rupee depreciation contributing to inflationary pressure:


set: Norman Whitfield, who co-wrote a string of classics including ``War'' and ``I Heard It Through the Grapevine,'' died Tuesday in Los Angeles.


set: A Phelps Street man pleaded guilty in Niagara County Court Friday to having an illegal handgun.

set: Man pleads guilty to having illegal handgun


set: Will told the host: ``I didn't beat up a guy! We're doing an interview and he says, 'I'm your biggest fan, can I have a hug?'


set: President Barack Obama has a busy three days of policy and politics ahead.


set: The Taliban on Saturday released a Chinese engineer they abducted from Dir on December 3 last year, saying it was a 'goodwill' gesture, a private TV channel quoted its sources as saying.


set: Matthew Miller shares what Google's doing to make it easier to have Android in the workplace.

set: Google makes it easier to have Android in the workplace


set: He says there is now not enough time to draw up an effective plan B for the council's redevelopment scheme, which included knocking down Parkside to make way for the blue light centre, before the March financial deadline.


set: Arnott's and Krispy Kreme have called a truce in their legal battle after Krispy Kreme agreed to rename its Iced Dough-Vo doughnut.


set: Longtime NBA forward Donyell Marshall is joining George Washington as an assistant coach, reuniting him with GW head coach Karl Hobbs, who was an assistant coach at UConn when Marshall played with the Huskies in the early 1990s.

set: Marshall joining George Washington as assistant coach


set: In talks with the IMF, the Serbian government will be obliged to decrease the number of employees in the public sector in the next year, and a demand will be made for the deficit to be increased by 4.5% of the GDP, Belgrade daily BLIC writes.

set: The government obliged to decrease the number of employees


set: MNDF had received many reports of emergencies at sea during the last 24 hours which had been characterized with rough seas, heavy winds and rain.

set: MNDF receives many reports on emergencies at sea during last 24 hours


set: Brisbane based football freestyler 18-year-old Graeson Cooper wowed the judges with his fancy footwork to claim the prestigious title of Australia's first ever freestyle football champion!

set: Brisbane football freestyler wows the judges


set: The Tucson Citizen, which covered the famed ``Gunfight at the OK Corral'' and other notable events as the oldest newspaper in the US state of Arizona, is printing its final edition on Saturday.

set: Tucson Citizen to print final edition Saturday


set: A dead man without head was found Monday in Dreamland beach, Bali, the province water police said.


set: We've lost a long-time ``mover and shaker'' of Point Loma with the recent passing of Nancy Miller.

set: We lost a ``mover and shaker'' of Point Loma --


set: The United Nations has called on the US Government to better protect women from domestic violence, saying there are 'systemic failures' which require investigation.

set: UN calls on the US Government to better protect women from domestic violence


set: Credit for the country's nuclear programme goes to the politicians, PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif said on Friday.

set: Credit for nuclear programme goes to politicians:


set: Tribal communities across New Mexico will share in nearly $56 million for school improvements, road maintenance and work force training.

set: Tribal communities across New Mexico to share $56 million for schools


set: Mainpuri, Jan 31 Two undertrials, facing trial in a double murder, today shot dead a policeman and escaped from custody after hearing in a local court here, police sources said.

set: Undertrials shoot dead policeman, escape


set: Bath City endured a nervous 90 minutes against St Albans City before a 0-0 draw clinched them a place in the Blue Square South play-offs.

set: Bath City clinch place in Blue Square South play-offs


set: Florida Atlantic University just announced that it will return to a normal schedule Tuesday, after being closed Monday for Tropical Storm Isaac.


set: After a lull of almost a week, the south west monsoon has been revived in the state on Sunday giving respite to people in eastern and northern Rajasthan where mild to moderate showers were experienced.


set: A MAN deliberately breached his ASBO so he could get a roof over his head for the night.


set: An autopsy was completed in Toronto Friday on a body found earlier this week near Barrie, Ont., but identifying the body and releasing the cause of death would not be announced until today, according to Ontario's central region supervising coroner.

set: Autopsy completed on body found near Barrie, Ont.


set: Holders Chelsea reached the FA Cup final for the third time in four seasons as goals by Didier Drogba, Florent Malouda and Frank Lampard earned a 3-0 win over Aston Villa at Wembley Stadium on Saturday.


set: Tony winners Laura Benanti and Katie Finneran will host the creative arts awards portion of the 65th annual Tony Awards on June 12.

set: Laura Benanti and Katie Finneran will host ``creative arts'' portion of Tony awards


set: Stuart Lancaster today confirmed under-fire Chris Robshaw will keep the England captaincy for Saturday's clash with New Zealand.

set: Chris Robshaw keeps the England captaincy


set: A rapist was hanged on Sunday in western Iran, the ISNA news agency reported.


set: The pilot who took off from Bellingham International Airport last week and crashed in Canada en route to Anchorage has been identified as 56-year-old Victor Andy Barbo of Anchorage.


set: Australian wheat exports fell to around 1.2 million tonnes in February, compared to 1.4 million tonnes in the previous month.


set: A Niles woman, driving with a Warren man who was cleared of murder charges and whose family has been shot at twice in the last three months, was shot in the hip late Monday.


set: Alan Pardew has admitted even he is surprised at how well his Newcastle side has started the new season.


set: THE State Government has declared war on struggling rail operator Metro, invoking emergency powers to force it to lift its game.

set: State Government declares war on Metro, invoking emergency powers


set: Megan Fox recently told Amica magazine why she dropped her strict vegan diet: ``For a year and a half, until about four months ago, I followed a strict vegan diet based on raw fruits and vegetables, no bread, sugar and coffee.


set: Citigroup downgraded Turkish assets to ``neutral'' saying the country was most exposed of the major in the Central, Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa markets to an economic slowdown and risk aversion.

set: Citigroup downgrades turkis assets to ``neutral''


set: Why did Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki attack the Mahdi army in Basra last week?


set: Euro 2012 co-hosts Ukraine are preparing to welcome tens of thousands of football fans, after years of work to revamp and build match venues as well as upgrade vital air, road and rail infrastructure, the sources report.

set: Ukraine to welcome tens of thousands of football fans


set: THE search for a missing city mother of two has been called off after she got in touch with family and police.


set: Britain today said that pressure applied on Pakistan to take action against terrorists involved in the Mumbai attacks has not worked as it would have liked.

set: Pressure on pak has not worked as it would have liked:


set: Oasis rocker Liam Gallagher, who recently launched his own clothing line, says he used to breakdance for money in Manchester City Centre.

set: Liam Gallagher used to breakdance for money


set: US stocks opened slightly higher Friday, led by the industrial sector after Boeing said it would boost aircraft production on an expected increase in demand.


set: Aidan O'Brien completed a clean sweep of Classics on home soil when Septimus won the Irish Field St Leger at the Curragh.

set: O'Brien completes clean sweep of Classics


set: Academy Award-winning actress Patricia Neal died on Sunday at the age of 84.


set: Dowie has been sacked as manager of second-tier English side Coventry City, the Midlands club has announced on its website.

set: Dowie sacked as manager of English side Coventry


set: United Nations representatives in Pakistan have appreciated the release of UNHCR official John Solecki and commended restless efforts of the Balochistan provincial government to recover the kidnapped official.

set: UN representatives appreciate release of John Solecki


set: I suppose I am one of the very few people that believe that there is no health care crisis in the United States today.


set: Congressman Alan Nunnelee will host a town hall meeting at the Webster County Courthouse on Monday.


set: An Ashland woman has been charged with burglary in connection with an early Wednesday morning robbery of a Myers Ave. home.


set: Punjab farmers are unlikely to benefit from the loan waiver announced in the Union Budget, said Umender Dutt of Kheti Virasat Mission, an NGO working in the field of organic farming.


set: Two Gordonville firefighters were indicted by a grand jury Thursday, on federal charges.


set: Veteran aboriginal activist and lawyer, Mick Dodson has been named as Australian of the Year for 2009.


set: Police are looking for suspects after a 31-year-old Surrey man was shot in Whalley early this morning.


set: Westchester, Yonkers to share some services to cut costs In an effort to save money, Westchester County and its largest city announced a deal Thursday to team up on municipal services ranging from a shared Human Rights Commission to employee assistance programs.


set: But it is here, among the country clubs and golf courses that Junior Witter is hoping to begin a glorious Indian summer for his career.

set: Witter hoping for glorious Indian summer


set: Africa Cup of Nations co-host Gabon opened the Stade de Franceville on Monday evening with a 0-0 friendly draw against Sudan.


set: Nazareth College students of the Class of 2016 gave back to the community Friday with their orientation day of service.

set: Nazareth College students gave back with day of service


set: Four north suburban mosquito pools sampled in August have tested positive for West Nile virus.

set: North suburban mosquito pools test positive for West Nile


set: A marriage swindler has cashed in more than 18.000 Euro from a 58-year-old pensioner in Klagenfurt in Carinthia, Austria.

set: Marriage swindler cashes in on 18.000 Euro


set: While the people in the Capital Development Authority claimed that the water supply situation has somewhat improved following the recent rains and snowfall in the catchments area of Simly Dam, the residents of sectors G-6 and G-7 continued to suffer from acute water shortage.

set: Residents of sectors G-6, G-7 continue to suffer


set: Saudi Arabia on Thursday beheaded a man convicted of murder in the kingdom's southwest, the interior ministry said.


set: Frontier Communications recently announced that 2012 network enhancements and capital investments for its operations in Pennsylvania totaled more than $25.5 million.

set: Frontier Communications announces 2012 network enhancements, capital investments in Pennsylvania


set: A new bishop has been ordained in Charleston and hundreds of clergy members statewide, as well as the public, saw the historic moment at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist Church.


set: Military officials confirm three young Canadian soldiers were killed in a deadly ambush early Wednesday in Afghanistan.

set: Three canadians soldiers killed in Afghanistan


set: NATO condemned a Taliban attack in Kabul, from which Afghan President Hamid Karzai escaped unharmed.


set: Vulnerable senior citizens are increasingly losing their life savings to unscrupulous individuals who have power of attorney over their finances, the AARP says in a report set to be released Thursday.

set: Senior citizens can lose life savings via power of attorney


set: Government-controlled mortgage finance firm Fannie Mae said on Monday that it lost $13.1 billion, or $2.29 a share in the first quarter, compared to a loss of $23.2 billion, or $4.09 a share a year ago.

set: Fannie Mae lost $13.1 billion in first quarter


set: Tom Anselmi, chief operating officer of Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment, suggest that the Toronto FC fans deserve much better.


set: Two senior bingo enthusiasts, 75-year-old Smitten Ron Simms and 72-year-old Pat Bongailas, are all set to tie the knot and go on a honeymoon to Malta.

set: Senior bingo enthusiasts to tie the knot


set: Tim Bresnan claims England are brimming with confidence at the moment but has warned his team-mates they still have a lot of hard work to do.


set: Rashtrapati Nilayam at Bollaram in Hyderabad, one of the two Presidential Retreats in the country, will be opened for public viewing for the first time from January 1 to 10.

set: Rashtrapati Nilayam in Hyderabad to be opened for public viewing


set: The US Navy released a statement following explosions at the Boston Marathon's finish line that killed two and injured at least 49.


set: Cricket and soccer star Ellyse Perry has on-field talent and beauty to match.


set: LeBron James lets the TNT Crew and the rest of the world know that he is not ready to stop playing basketball and does not want to go fishing when the season is over.

set: Lebron James does not want to go fishing


set: The Verne Global data center formally opened in Ásbrú in Reykjanesbær, southwest Iceland, yesterday when acting Minister of Industry Oddný Harðardóttir, Mayor Árni Sigfússon and Verne Global chair Jeff Monroe cut the ribbon.

set: Verne Global data center opens in Iceland


set: Four Greenpeace activists today scaled the Treasury building to ask Chancellor George Osborne to provide a ``green bank''.

set: Greenpeace activists scale Treasury building


set: County wildlife control agents have evicted a neighbor of the Clintons - a 3-foot alligator fished from a pond in the tony New York suburb where the couple live.


set: Former Czech president Václav Havel Friday called on Russia to prevent murders of political opponents and other troublesome persons, reacting to the murder of Moscow judge Eduard Chuvashov in April.

set: Havel calls on Russia to prevent murders of troublesome persons


set: Bush promised Obama his ``complete cooperation'' during the Democrat's 76-day transition to the White House.

set: Bush promises Obama 'complete cooperation'


set: The National Weather Service has confirmed that a tornado touched down in Breezy Point, Queens Saturday.


set: Karmasphere, a provider of big data analytics solutions, has appointed Daniel Moskowitz as the new CFO.


set: A trial date is set for a former Harlan County special deputy charged with wanton murder.

set: Trial date is set for former special deputy


set: Chelsea complained on Friday over a fixture change the club said would give an advantage to Premier League title rivals Manchester United and Arsenal.


set: Several thousand students are marching through the streets of Montreal in the biggest protest yet against proposed tuition hikes in Quebec.

set: Thousands of students marching in Montreal


set: BIRMINGHAM, England -Premier League club Birmingham is close to signing Scotland striker Kenny Miller from Rangers, after having a bid accepted by the Scottish club.

set: Birmingham close to signing Miller from Rangers


set: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice confirms that the American side completely supports the sovereignty and democratic changes in Ukraine, and assures that the USA will keep on supporting these processes.

set: USA completely support sovereignty and democratic changes in Ukraine --