set: The Australia to experience a mining boom as the mining companies are investing $82.1 bn in the FY12 on new and expansion of existing projects.


set: South African footballer Steven Pienaar has urged Everton to keep hold of their star defender Leighton Baines as he looks to embark his second coming at Goodison Park.

set: Steven Pienaar urges Everton to keep hold of their star defender Leighton Baines


set: All Secretary of the State branch offices will be closed Friday, July 3, Saturday, July 4, and Monday, July 6.


set: JACKSONVILLE, Fla. Jacksonville Jaguars coach Jack Del Rio has signed a contract extension, a reward for winning his first playoff game.

set: Jaguars coach Jack Del Rio signs contract extension...


set: The White House announced Monday that President Barack Obama will appear Thursday night on ``The Tonight Show with Jay Leno''.


set: Miley Cyrus has officially changed her name.


set: Indians are again alleging racism in Australia after a new series of deadly attacks, one in which an Indian man was stabbed to death, and another in which an Indian man was burned alive.


set: AT&T and Verizon have joined Wireless Broadband Alliance, a group dedicated to global Wireless Broadband roaming for public Wi-Fi networks.

set: At&t, Verizon join Wireless broadband alliance


set: New pollution rules to be introduced by the federal government will target vehicle emissions known to cause health problems.


set: Tiger Woods reportedly flirted with Jessica Simpson at the National Pro-Am golf tournament in July.

set: Tiger Woods flirted with Jessica Simpson


set: Senator John McCain asked what the US civilian strategy in Afghanistan is during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing Tuesday.

set: Sen. McCain asks What civilian strategy for Afghanistan is


set: News International is to sell its Wapping site, the newspaper publisher said today.


set: THY will start flying from Istanbul's Ataturk Airport to London's Gatwick Airport every day as of December 20.

set: Turkish Airlines to fly to London Gatwick Airport


set: FACET has been chosen as Sainsbury's new local charity partner in March for the year.


set: MotoGP world champion Valentino Rossi will switch to Ducati from Yamaha for next season, delighting millions of his bike-mad compatriots who have yearned to see the sporting great finally race for the Italian team.

set: MotoGP world champion Valentino Rossi will switch to Ducati from Yamaha for next season.


set: PVI students, staff and families celebrated the start of a new school year at the annual summer sizzler.

set: PVI students celebrate start of new school year


set: A 32-year-old Liberty man has pleaded guilty to federal firearms violations in the Eastern District of Texas, according to US Attorney John M. Bales.

set: Liberty man pleads guilty to federal firearms violations


set: Climate change is likely to hit the water-starved Arab world harder than many other parts of the globe and threatens to slash agricultural output in the area, UN and Arab League officials said.


set: A Madison man was arrested late Wednesday afternoon after he spit on a runner near Vilas Park.

set: Madison man arrested for spitting on a runner


set: IN A further escalation of the Cork hurling dispute, team manager Gerald McCarthy has issued a stinging response to senior county player Seán Óg Ó hAilpín, whose criticisms of McCarthy's training methods and the county board were widely reported yesterday.


set: Unwell Lincoln University students have been isolated after an outbreak of gastroenteritis on the eve of exams.

set: Students isolated after outbreak of gastroenteritis


set: The first 11 new baby incubators will be donated to health institutions in Serbia next week only eight days after B92 Fund campaign ``Battle for Babies'' started.

set: First baby incubators to be donated next week


set: * A list accompanying ``Schools get scores - and they're not pretty'' Wednesday on A1 should have included Borton Primary Magnet School and Sahuarita Primary School as ``excelling'' schools.


set: College Football Writer Coming off a season in which it went 12-2 and earned an Orange Bowl berth, Northern Illinois is launching a Heisman campaign for quarterback Jordan Lynch.

set: Northern Illinois launches Heisman campaign for Jordan Lynch


set: The squad which cleared illegal road side petty shops at Kankanady and the main road leading to the Mangalore Central Railway station in the second week of this month, descended on the market at Urwa Stores and cleared all unauthorized petty shops as well as an illegal tempo parking stand in the area.


set: - Oscar-winning British actress Judi Dench, who has revealed she is suffering from a degenerative eye condition, played down concern over her sight on Monday, saying she was not going blind.


set: Mark Zuckerberg married longtime girlfriend Priscilla Chan on Saturday and announced the blessed event on his Facebook page.

set: Mark Zuckerberg marries Priscilla Chan, announces it on Facebook


set: London, March 27 British fuel tanker drivers have voted to go on strike in a bid to improve their working terms and conditions, the Unite union said Monday.

set: British fuel tanker drivers to go on strike


set: Researchers of the World Health Organization estimate that more than 350 million people constituting five percent of the global population are suffering from depression.

set: 350 million people suffer from depression:


set: Republican Justin Amash has taken the Michigan contest for the newly redrawn 3rd Congressional District to the airwaves, as his opponent, Democrat Steve Pestka, gained ground.

set: Justin Amash takes Michigan contest to the airwaves


set: While the Shiromani Akali Dal has released its first list of candidates for the Punjab Assembly polls, the Congress on the other hand seems to be grappling with a problem of plenty while deciding its candidates for the polls.

set: Congress grappling with problem of plenty


set: Deputies are searching for two men suspected of assaulting a woman with a firearm at her home on Friday.

set: Deputies search for two men suspected of assaulting a woman


set: Eoin Morgan led England to victory over his native Ireland in his first match as captain of his adopted country on Thursday in a rain-affected 50-overs match.


set: Crude oil is really getting hit hard today, along with other commodities, as it appears risk taking may be coming out of this market, and fast.


set: FIDE World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand returned home on Monday to a hero's welcome after winning the world championship for a record fourth time.


set: Peekskill police probe fatal shooting Police in suburban New York are investigating the shooting of a man found dead in a car in Peekskill.


set: Government climate change ads have been banned by the Advertising Standards Authority for overstating the risks to the public.

set: Climate Change ads banned for overstating risks


set: The United States has sought to assuage Indian IT industry saying that India has not been singled out on the issue of rise in visa fee.

set: America seeks to assuage Indian it industry


set: Sittercity.com, a Chicago-based online care-giving network, has raised $7.5 million in new VC funding.


set: Greatbatch, Inc., today announced that it has amended its revolving credit facility, which was set to expire in May of 2012.

set: Greatbatch, Inc. amends revolving credit facility


set: Axl Rose has revealed he is working on a new Guns N' Roses album and has promised fans it will come out sooner rather than later.

set: Axl Rose is working on new Guns N' Roses album


set: Former Japan defender Naoki Matsuda died in hospital yesterday, two days after collapsing during training from a suspected heart attack.

set: Former Japan defender Naoki Matsuda dies


set: South Africa's largest gold-mining company AngloGold Ashanti is devising a new mining model to enable it to operate safely and profitably at depths of 5 000 m and beyond.

set: AngloGold Ashanti devising new model to mine safely, profitably below 5 000 m


set: The Seattle Storm has waived veteran guard Sheryl Swoopes.


set: Dave Groeschner, the Giants' head athletic trainer, just told me that Posey has begun catching live bullpen sessions for pitchers in the instructional league.


set: ASOS is launching a mobile site to take advantage of the peak Christmas trading season.


set: Equal rights activist and Bollywood star Celina Jaitley opened India's biggest Gay film festival in India at Mumbai.

set: Celina Jaitley opens the biggest Gay film festival in India :


set: Wesfarmers has approved the expansion of its Curragh coal mine in central Queensland, Australia.

set: Wesfarmers approves expansion of Curragh coal mine


set: AT&T Inc., the nation's largest telecommunications company, is laying off 340 people in five states, including eight people in the Tulsa area, company and union spokesmen said Tuesday.


set: Former Pakistan cricket captain Shoaib Malik, who recently married Indian tennis star Sania Mirza, has filed his appeal against a 12-month ban and a Rs 2 million fine imposed on him by the PCB for indiscipline.


set: APA-Nairobi World football governing body, FIFA on Monday unveiled a book on the history of African football at a press conference in Paris, APA learnt from the institution's official website here.

set: FIFA unveils book on history of African football


set: A 21-year-old woman ITBP constable allegedly committed suicide on Tuesday by hanging herself in her barrack in Gauchar area of Chamoli district, police said here.


set: South Bend Mayor Steve Luecke presented the city's 2011 budget before a public hearing on Monday.

set: Luecke presents 2011 budget before public hearing


set: The Beachwood Place mall is looking to expand, but it needs to do a little maneuvering before it can do so.

set: Beachwood Place mall is looking to expand;


set: CHICAGO Rashad Evans unanimously outpointed fellow former Big Ten wrestler Phil Davis in a five-round light heavyweight fight at UFC Chicago on Saturday night.

set: Rashad Evans unanimously outpoints Phil Davis at UFC Chicago


set: Real estate transactions in Beverly followed a statewide trend upwards last month, with about 45 percent more homes sold throughout the city in October than in the same month last year, according to numbers released Tuesday by the Warren Group, a New England real estate tracker.

set: Real estate transactions in Beverly follow statewide trend upwards in October


set: Denver Nuggets Danilo Gallinari, shown in a game in January, has a broken thumb on his left hand and will be out of the lineup for some time, he said.


set: Today, President Obama will host the White House Science Fair celebrating the winners of a broad range of science, technology, engineering and math competitions.

set: President Obama to host White House Science Fair


set: Paris Hilton's curvier-than-usual figure has sparked speculation that she has got a boob job.


set: Incyte Corp said its psoriasis drug met the main and secondary goals in a mid-stage trial, sending its shares up about 6 percent.

set: Incyte says psoriasis drug meets main goal


set: Nigeria was the first African team to arrive in South Africa for the World Cup on Wednesday, landing in the Indian Ocean port city of Durban which proclaims itself as the 'warmest place to be for the World Cup.

set: Nigeria is first African team to arrive for World Cup


set: Sting is working through a shoulder injury that is going to require surgery to repair.


set: Asian soybean rust has been found in extreme southeast Arkansas.


set: Josten Crow scored 20 points and Sam Houston State held off Texas-Arlington 78-74 Wednesday night.

set: Sam Houston State holds off Texas-Arlington 78-74


set: Edmonton Oilers goalie Nikolai Khabibulin was sentenced to 30 days in jail when he decided to drive after pounding some Early Times whiskey.


set: Mobile Today reckons that the LG watch phone that we covered here will be exclusive to Orange and cost a massive £1,000.


set: Low water level in Sardar Sarovar dam across Narmada river at Kevadya has restricted the power generation hours from six units of the 1450 mw hydro-power project set up at the dam site.

set: Water level in Sardar Sarovar restricts power generation hours


set: A Midlands woman says squirrels have chewed through parts of her car.

set: Woman says squirrels chewed through her car


set: Former Prime Minister Najib Mikati vowed Sunday to protect free speech on the occasion of Lebanon's Martyrs Press Day and saluted journalists who died in the line of duty.


set: Cyber Gear has launched 'CyberSpeak', an online guide that explains all major internet buzzwords.


set: Gov. Phil Bryant and representatives from Natchez Inc. will announce this week a new company that will be locating to Natchez.


set: The mayor's office says about a dozen Baltimore city employees have been arrested on open warrants.

set: Baltimore city employees arrested on open warrants


set: Intellipharmaceutics International Inc. , a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on difficult-to-formulate drugs, today announced the appointment of Graham Neil, CA, as Chief Financial Officer and Vice-President, Finance.

set: Intellipharmaceutics announces appointment of Chief Financial Officer


set: TechCrunch is reporting that a reliable source has informed them Google Chrome OS will be available to download next week.

set: Google Chrome OS available to download next week?


set: Herbalife Ltd., a marketing company that sells weight management, nutritional supplement, energy, sports and fitness products and personal care products, has launched three new products:


set: ``Lies the Government Told You'' is the latest book of Judge Napolitano, a professed libertarian and former Judge of New Jersey Superior Court.

set: ``Lies the government told You'' by Judge andrew Napolitano


set: Successful launch of satellites into orbit recently gives important scientific and technological message to the world, Salehi said.

set: Launch of satellites into orbit gives important message to world - Salehi


set: A report by economist John Kay has shown how the UK stock market should be changed to work in everybody's interests.


set: Caterpillar Inc said it will invest $210 million in India as the heavy machinery giant looks to capitalize on an expected spurt in road construction and infrastructure development activities in one of its important markets.

set: Caterpillar to invest $210 million in India


set: Olympic gold winning shooter Abhinav Bindra will meet a host of Indian political leaders including President Pratibha Patil and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi on Thursday.

set: Bindra to meet host of Indian political leaders


set: Arsenal defender Andre Santos has been arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving.


set: South African prosecutors charged striking miners with the murder of 34 colleagues shot by police.


set: Irish senator David Norris officially launched his campaign for the presidency of Ireland on Monday.

set: Senator David Norris launches his campaign for presidency


set: ``Corruption is a phenomenon that affects the entire civil society and therefore Anna Hazare''s desire that civil society plays an important role in defining the parameters for Lokpal is absolutely justified,'' he told PTI here.

set: Corruption is a phenomenon that affects civil society:


set: I'm so glad we live in a world where women like Taylor Momsen can decide to retire from acting at the tender age of 18, as if they know for sure what they want to do for the rest of their lives.


set: Painfully slow robots in Japan attempt to run an epic four day marathon.


set: A senior executive at US mortgage giant Freddie Mac was yesterday found dead at his home in an apparent suicide.

set: Senior executive at Freddie Mac found dead


set: An Aiken man pleaded guilty Monday to sex crimes that took place in the mid-1970s and 25 years later.


set: Janata Dal leader Prabhunath Singh who recently resigned from the Lok Sabha to protest attacks on Biharis in Maharashtra was acquitted by a fast track court in Patna on Saturday in yet another murder case involving the killing of a Chhapra gun shop owner in 1992.

set: Prabhunath Singh acquitted in yet another murder case


set: First, he's ready to become a leader on the Bills offensive line.


set: Empower, one of the largest district cooling service providers in the region, launched an e-payment system on its website.


set: Pro golfer John Daly claimed a Florida newspaper libeled him in a column suggesting he failed ``the scoundrel sniff test'', but a judge disagreed.


set: 3 Comments Ratan Tata has started an annual contest in Tata Group that will reward the best failed idea in the company.


set: Harwood will be holding a large public lecture in Tel Aviv University, on the 24th of March, 5 PM.

set: Playwright Ronald Harwood to lecture in Tel Aviv University


set: Ira Kaufman of the Tampa Tribune has confirmed that Josh Freeman needed five stitches in his right thumb after a gun ``mishap'' at a Tampa shooting range on October 31.

set: Freeman needed stitches after gun mishap


set: Jessica took to Twitter to announce that Weight Watchers has NOT been pressuring her to lose weight to fulfill her mega-million deal but that she's doing it health reasons.

set: Jessica Simpson: 'not pressured' to lose Weight


set: ``In September 2009, Business Roundtable issued a report on health care cost trends prepared by Hewitt Associates. Its central finding was that, if present trends continue, the cost to provide an employee with health care will rise from $10,000 to $28,000 over ten years. Cost increases of this magnitude imperil the competitiveness of our companies and the health care coverage of our employees; they must be addressed.

set: Business Roundtable issues report on health care cost trends


set: The US today asked India to lower import duties on various items including capital goods and fruits, saying high tariff walls could ``harm'' trade relations between the two countries.

set: High tariff walls could harm our trade relations:


set: Indian software services firm HCL Technologies Ltd. said quarterly profits surged by 110 percent in dollar terms as media, infrastructure services and Asia-Pacific business pulled the company out of last quarter's slump.

set: HCL Technologies quarterly profit surges 110 percent


set: Tiger Woods press conference with his agent Mark Steinberg has backfired.


set: Also on the list of top materials in 2008 are nanoparticles and wearable electronics.


set: An overnight standoff at a Virginia Beach trailer park ended peacefully this morning when the man holed up in his residence surrendered to police.

set: Standoff at Virginia Beach trailer park ends peacefully


set: Airbus has received 192 firm orders from 16 customers for the A380 aircraft with another three additional orders by Korean Air, it said Tuesday.

set: Airbus receives 192 firm orders for A380 aircraft


set: Israel has declared a unilateral ceasefire in the Gaza Strip to take effect within hours, suspending the Jewish state's 22-day-old offensive against Palestinian militant group Hamas.

set: Israel declares unilateral ceasefire in Gaza


set: After countless denials of domestic trouble, Madonna and Guy Ritchie announced Wednesday they are divorcing after nearly eight years of marriage.The couple's announcement brings to an end a showbiz union that spanned the Atlantic and dominated the gossip columns.Madonna - ``Madge'' to the British press - and her filmmaker husband were always greater tabloid fodder in England, where they lived.

set: Madonna and Guy Ritchie announce their divorce


set: British comic Russell Brand told Katy Perry he was divorcing her by text message, the US pop star said in a new magazine interview, adding that she hasn't heard from him since, AFP reports.

set: Russell Brand told Katy Perry of divorce via text message


set: Devin Harris is expected to play against the Bobcats on Monday, the Nets' final home game of the season.


set: Windstream Corp. is opening a 65,000-square-foot data center in the Washington, DC, area to help meet growing demand for cloud and managed data services.

set: Windstream opens data center in Washington area


set: That time Toronto filled in the harbour My guess is it's the old station being demolished, since the current station was completed the previous year.


set: The 12th annual Agricultural Appreciation Dinner was held Thursday at the Powell-Melvin Agricultural Center.

set: Agricultural Appreciation Dinner is held


set: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK president M. Karunanidhi Tuesday wished the ailing spiritual guru Sathya Sai Baba a speedy recovery.

set: Karunanidhi wishes Sathya Sai Baba speedy recovery


set: WESTPAC will close two of its unlisted property trusts in a $103 million auction spree next month, citing potential losses from a sluggish property market and an inability to increase rents.


set: Mitt Romney is accepting an endorsement from Arizona Sen. John McCain, the 2008 Republican presidential nominee.


set: Kobe Bryant passed Wilt Chamberlain for fourth on the NBA's all-time scoring list Saturday to help the Los Angeles Lakers to a much-needed 103-98 victory over the Sacramento Kings.

set: Kobe Bryant passes Wilt Chamberlain for fourth on scoring list


set: Massey Energy was slammed today by its Q3 Operating Loss forecast.


set: The International Energy Agency on Thursday said it expected global oil demand to fall this year for the first time since 1983 as the world economic slowdown bites.

set: Oil demand falling, first time since 1983:


set: Money survey, we reveal your top ten money worries for 2011.


set: Police shoot Melbourne man Updated: 12:58, Friday November 16, 2012 A man has been shot by police during an incident in Melbourne's west, the second police shooting in the city this week.


set: Baldacci told WCSH-TV today that he's ``very firm'' against raising taxes.

set: Baldacci 'very firm' against raising taxes


set: YG has recruited Young Jeezy to executive produce his upcoming debut album 'Welcome to Brompton' and the Def Jam signee offered some details on the project.

set: YG recruits Young Jeezy to executive produce debut album


set: The use of a dedicated pediatric imaging department technologists) for pediatric CT scans significantly reduces the radiation dose delivered to the patient, according to a study in the May issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

set: Use of dedicated pediatric imaging departments for pediatric CT reduces radiation dose


set: Sistercare held it's Annual Volunteer Recognition Luncheon Thursday at the Summit Club.

set: Sistercare holds Annual Volunteer Recognition Luncheon


set: Mid-South Conference Commissioner Mike Pollio announced his retirement today after eight years of service to the conference and its member institutions.

set: Mid-South commissioner Pollio announces retirement


set: Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh is set to act in a Bollywood flick soon.


set: Huttig Building Products, Inc., a leading domestic distributor of millwork, building materials and wood products, today announced it has entered into an agreement to amend and extend its $120 million senior secured credit facility.

set: Huttig Building Products, Inc. extends $120 million credit facility


set: Portsmouth captain Liam Lawrence has joined fellow Championship side Cardiff City on loan until the end of the season.


set: SINGER Guy Sebastian will marry his girlfriend of eight years, Jules Egan, this year after popping the question at Christmas.


set: A White House official says President Barack Obama will meet with the NBA champion LA Lakers next week.

set: Obama to meet with champion Lakers next week


set: MARTA fares jumped from $2 to $2.50 over the weekend for one-way fares on all buses and trains.


set: Australians are shifting from credit to debit cards as consumers become more financially conservative because of the economic downturn, an economist says.


set: Cuban activist Oswaldo Paya, who spent decades speaking out against the communist government of Fidel and Raul Castro and became one of the most powerful voices of dissent against their half-century rule, died today in a car crash, fellow dissidents said.

set: Cuban dissident Oswaldo Paya dies in car crash


set: Turkey's Bosphorus University has decorated renowned author Yaşar Kemal with an honorary doctorate degree on Monday.

set: Bosphorus University decorates Yaşar Kemal with honorary doctorate degree


set: A lack of liquidity within investment trusts can be a red herring for financial managers looking for profit, according to the latest report from JP Morgan Asset Management.


set: A student from Nellie McClung Collegiate in Manitou has returned from a trip to the Arctic.


set: A new study released today by the Advanced Medical Technology Association shows the medical technology industry is a strong and vibrant contributor to the US economy, responsible in 2008 for nearly 423,000 jobs, $24.6 billion in annual payroll, and almost $136 billion worth of products sold.

set: Medical technology industry is strong contributor to US economy


set: Conceptspark, with offices in London and Johannesburg, has opened an office in Cape Town.


set: Sweden's IKEA, the world's largest home furnishing products seller, is to open its own bank in Russia, Kommersant business daily reported on Friday quoting market sources.


set: Montenegrin lawmakers visited Turkish parliament and met the head of European Union Adjustment Committee of the Turkish Parliament on Monday.

set: Montenegrin lawmakers visit Turkish parliament


set: South Africa beat Australia by four wickets in the final over on Friday in the first of two Twenty20 matches.

set: South Africa beat Australia by four wickets in Twenty20


set: Remote IT support can cut costs and improve an IT system's reliability, according to an industry expert.


set: New Delhi, Sept 7 Dashing opener Virender Sehwag today said he doesn't want to be the captain of the Indian cricket team and suggested that a new face should be given the responsibility of vice-captaincy so that he can be groomed to take the reins after skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni.


set: Gianfranco Zola has urged Ryan Giggs to prolong his career at Manchester United after the Welshman scored the goal that takes his side back to the top of the Premier League.

set: Gianfranco Zola urges Ryan Giggs to prolong career


set: a daring nine-year-old boy who asked ``why do people hate you?''


set: Howard Webb has spoken for the first time about Fabrice Muamba's collapse and warned players that feigning injury could risk tragedies.


set: A best man fatally stabbed a bride on Monday night, and she died on Wednesday from the injuries resulting from the brutal attack.


set: Four notorious dacoits killed in five hour long encounter with Larkana police here in Katcha area and recovered one LMG, three KK here at Keti Mumtaz Naudero on Friday morning, told SSP Larkana.


set: Redwood Empire Women's Golf Association hosted the second tourney of 2010 for the Women's Golf Association of Northwestern California on June 17.

set: Redwood Empire Women's Golf hosts tourney


set: Where does Steve Nash rank in the annals of the point guards in NBA history, SportsNation?


set: The Taliban has warned of more suicide bomb attacks in places regularly frequented by westerners such as restaurants in Kabul as Afghan authorities arrested four suspects over a hotel bombing that left at least eight people dead.


set: Orlando Magic guard Jason Williams will undergo arthroscopic surgery tomorrow on his left knee, General Manager Otis Smith announced.

set: Williams to undergo arthroscopic surgery on left knee


set: Jackie Selebi is being framed, this was the argument that was put forward by his lawyer at the Johannesburg high court on Wednesday.


set: The Shiite movement Hezbollah called Friday on all Lebanese to plant green trees outside their homes as part of the movement's campaign to plant one million trees around the country.

set: Hezbollah calls on Lebanese to plant green trees


set: The state Board of Elections will hear a campaign finance complaint filed by Republicans against Attorney General Patrick Lynch, a Democrat running for Rhode Island governor.

set: Board of Elections will hear complaint against Lynch


set: CBS will win the February sweep in adults 18-49 for the first time since 1998 while dominating its nearest competitor in viewers by more than 8 million, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings through the week ending Feb. 24, Week 22 of the 2012-2013 television season.

set: CBS wins February sweep in adults 18-49 for the first time since 1998


set: Manager Bruce Bochy said today that Ryan Vogelsong will start Game 3 in Cincinnati on Tuesday, a decision that makes absolute sense based on Bochy's history of managing in the postseason.


set: Women over 50 have been hit the hardest by the economic downturn, Scottish Widows research reveals.

set: Women over 50 hit hardest by economic downturn


set: DENVER ― A local Denver radio legend died Sunday.


set: THE median price of renting in Sydney has hit $500 a week for the first time, an industry report has revealed.

set: Median price of renting in Sydney has hit $500 a week for the first time


set: Army Lt. Gen. Stanley McChrystal painted a bleak picture of the Afghanistan war that President Obama has asked him to command in his Tuesday morning confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee.

set: McChrystal paints bleak picture of Afghanistan war


set: MORENO VALLEY, Calif. A pizza delivery man was left brain dead after being robbed and attacked while delivering food in Moreno Valley.

set: Pizza delivery man left brain dead after being robbed, attacked in Moreno Valley


set: The great hot dog controversy continues to consume local politics, igniting an apparent stand-off between Mayor Domenic J. Sarno and the City Council.


set: The world premiere of ``The Exorcist,'' starring Brooke Shields and Richard MacNeil, opens Wednesday at the .


set: ANCAP has signed a contract with Fugro for the provision of geophysical services covering a complete aero-magnetic survey of Pelotas, Punta del Este and Oriental del Plata offshore basins.

set: ANCAP signs contract with Fugro for geophysical services


set: A Wagoner man who shot a woman inside Arby's on South 32nd Street in September was ruled competent to stand trial Wednesday.


set: Columbia Basin school districts commented Friday on their WASL performance and a federally mandated improvement list.


set: Two girls in the city, including a class IX student, committed suicide for faring poor in examinations n Friday.


set: Gannett announced Wednesday, it increased its stake in CareerBuilder, acquiring an additional 10 percent stake from Tribune for $135 million.

set: Gannett increases stake in CareerBuilder


set: A Coast Guard crewman shown here with a rescued man and his dog while aboard a Station Cape Charles 45-foot Response boat-Medium, March 6, 2013.


set: Andy Dick was arrested Saturday in West Virginia and charged with two counts of sexual abuse, according to The Associated Press.

set: Andy Dick arrested on charges of sexual abuse


set: A stronger Chinese yuan will eventually hurt US exporters and cost US consumers more, said two US foreign exchange experts in an article published Tuesday by the US Foreign Policy journal.

set: A stronger Chinese yuan may hurt US exporters, consumers:


set: Doctors attending to out-patient cases at the newly opened LEKMA Hospital at Teshie, near Accra, on Monday morning stayed away from duty in protest over assault by some unruly elements on a colleague the previous night.


set: Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram will visit Jharkhand Saturday to review the security situation in the state and discuss the Maoist problem with senior officials, official sources said Friday.

set: Chidambaram to visit Jharkhand on Saturday


set: Lui stood down for rest of season Updated: 18:40, Wednesday April 11, 2012 Robert Lui has been stood down by the ARL commission for the remainder of the NRL season following his assault on his partner last year.


set: Carlisle police are investigating more thefts from unlocked vehicles that occurred in the borough overnight between Tuesday and Wednesday.

set: Carlisle police investigate more thefts from vehicles


set: India needs officers of great honesty and integrity, said BB Bhattacharya, vice-chancellor of the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.

set: India needs officers of great honesty, integrity'


set: tax statements will be mailed out later than in the years past.


set: French engineering group Alstom is investing an additional $75m in BrightSource Energy to strengthen its partnership with the solar thermal company.

set: Alstom invests additional $75m in BrightSource Energy


set: A defiant Moamer Kadhafi has said Libya was ``ready for battle'' as Western leaders mulled their next steps on Wednesday, the fifth day of UN-backed military strikes on his oil-rich country.


set: The town of Richlands has agreed to allow the neighboring town of Cedar Bluff to keep an advance warning siren system.

set: Richlands agrees to allow Cedar Bluff to keep advance warning system


set: Jamaica and Japan on Monday started cooperation on rare earth extraction by breaking ground for a pilot plant amid concerns from local environmentalists.

set: Jamaica, Japan start cooperation on rare earth extraction


set: Global Payments Inc. will buy back $125 million of its stock from Bank of America Corp. under an accelerated share repurchase agreement.

set: Global Payments to buy back $125 million in stock from Bank of America


set: Police are looking for a suspect behind a hit and run accident that sent a child to the hospital with life threatening injuries.


set: JP Morgan initiated coverage of six major Canadian oil companies on Monday, taking a favourable view of the entire sector, as well as stating there was a ``solid'' upside potential for valuations.

set: JP Morgan initiates coverage of six Canadian oil companies


set: Tailback Willie Parker aggravated a knee injury and didn't participate in the Pittsburgh Steelers' practice Wednesday.


set: US Senator Mark R. Warner, co-chair of the US Senate's India Caucus, will lead a five-member congressional delegation on a visit to India between January 7 and January 14.

set: Senator Warner to lead congressional delegation to India


set: 5.40pm A man has admitted to the Corruption and Crime Commission he was paid thousands of dollars to falsify English exam results for up to 25 immigrants applying for permanent residency in Australia.


set: LEIGH Centurions came away from Park Lane with an expected win over Swinton Lions but their second half performance left much to be desired during their third Northern Rail Cup game in eight days.

set: Leigh Centurions performance leaves much to be desired


set: Union Home Minister P Chidambaram on Wednesday defended his 'saffron terror' remarks saying the message has brought home the message of right-wing terrorism and the purpose has been served.

set: Chidambaram defends 'saffron terror' remarks


set: Holly Madison, actress, model and a girlfriend of Hugh Hefner, has reportedly insured her breasts for one million dollars.


set: Tatas-owned VSNL, which has rebranded itself as Tata Communications, is foraying into China.


set: A man in a motorized wheelchair robbed a Merritt Island bank and was arrested a few minutes later, according to the Broward County Sheriff's Office.


set: The western Russian region of Samara has introduced a ``children's curfew,'' RFE/RL's Russian Service reports.

set: Russia's Samara introduces 'children's curfew'


set: ANN ARBOR, Mich. Logan Schuss scored three goals to help Ohio State beat Michigan 12-9 in a lacrosse game at the Big House.

set: Ohio State beats Michigan 12-9 in lacrosse game


set: Actress Ashley Greene is in line to star in 'Satanic', a horror movie formerly known as 'Kristy'.


set: Dr Sabeel Ahmed will be deported to India tonight from the UK after serving 18 months in jail for withholding information about his brother, Kafeel Ahmed's plot to blow up Glasgow airport.

set: Sabeel Ahmed to be deported to India tonight


set: Ralph Engelstad Arena is apparently the most visited tourist destination in North Dakota, according to Midwest Living magazine's annual ``Best of the Midwest'' issue.

set: Ralph Engelstad arena most visited tourist destination in North Dakota


set: Jon Turteltaub admits that he likes working with Nicholas Cage because he is a 'gentleman' and a 'professional'.

set: Jon Turteltaub likes working with Nic Cage


set: Lindsay Lohan is ``freaked out'' about the prospect of spending time behind bars during the Christmas and New Year's holidays and has told her lawyer to do whatever it takes to make sure the starlet isn't sent back to jail for violating her probation, RadarOnline.com is exclusively reporting.

set: Lindsay Lohan 'freaked out' about prospect of spending time behind bars during holidays


set: Britain cut all financial ties with Iranian banks in response to growing concerns over the country's nuclear ambitions, the British government announced Monday.


set: Carles Puyol announced on Sunday that he will continue to play for Spain for two more years, until the 2012 European Championship finals.

set: Puyol to continue playing for Spain for two more years


set: SEVEN drug dealers, including one from Clacton, who ``peddled misery'' with drugs were jailed for a total of nearly 30 years.


set: Now, Donald Trump blames Kate Middleton for the topless photos, uttering the words many have been thinking.

set: Donald Trump blames Kate Middleton for topless photos


set: Petroleo Brasileiro SA said its $224.7 billion investment plan for the 2011-2015 period is maintained and denied speculation that it's discussing cuts in the program, according to an e-mailed statement.

set: Petrobras says $224.7 billion investment plan is maintained


set: Madonna has launched a competition with YouTube and Smirnoff, where the winner will land a place as a dancer on her upcoming tour.


set: A South Korean court ruled on Friday that tech giant Apple and Samsung Electronics had infringed on each other's patents, ordering damage payments from both firms.

set: Apple, Samsung infringed each other's patents:


set: Hollywood actress Goldie Hawn is planning to set up a state school in Britain.

set: Goldie Hawn planning to set up school in UK


set: Bolton's George Morgan believes a more aggressive approach in the third set helped him overcome Romania's Teodor Nicolae Marin in the boys' singles.


set: Chelsea are considering an offer made by Real Madrid regarding striker Gonzalo Higuain with sources suggesting the Argentine is being offered to numerous clubs.


set: West African regional bloc ECOWAS said Saturday rising world's oil prices is a major challenge to economic growth in the sub-region.

set: ECOWAS says rising oil prices a challenge to growth


set: * From 8-8:30 pm ET, a special Wednesday telecast of ``30 Rock'' matched the show's Thursday 18-49 ratings of the prior two weeks and hit a season high in total viewers, despite the move to Wednesday to face last night's Halloween distractions.

set: Special Wednesday telecast of ``30 Rock'' hits a season high in total viewers


set: Yemeni clerics from the Yemeni Clerics Association warned Thursday of any foreign interventions in Yemen 's political, military affairs or its internal issues.

set: Clerics warns of any foreign interventions in Yemen


set: Stoner tells rival Rossi to get going Updated: 05:39, Saturday January 21, 2012 World champion Casey Stoner wants long-time rival Valentino Rossi to mount a serious challenge to his MotoGP crown after a lacklustre season left the Italian without a race win for the first time in his 15-year career.


set: Police are trying to determine the cause of death of a 48 year old man whose body was found floating in a creek in Qelemumu, Labasa, yesterday.

set: Police trying to determine cause of death


set: FOUR Worle Community School pupils came out on top at a competition featuring students from across the district.


set: The Obama candidacy presents a dilemma for scholars of race, writes Jonathan Tilove in an article for Newhouse News Service.

set: Obama presents dilemma for scholars of race


set: Despite what was termed as ``State belligerence as well as protests'' in the midst of the tension surrounding the proposed visit of NSCN/GPRN general secretary, Th. Muivah to the Naga Hills of Manipur, two women activists from Delhi and Mumbai testified that they could ``hear voices of peace in the Naga Hills of Manipur''.

set: 'We hear voices of peace in the Naga Hills'


set: Syrian President Bashar Assad has promised Free Patriotic Movement leader Gen. Michel Aoun to pardon 50 Lebanese prisoners facing criminal charges.

set: Assad promised Aoun to pardon 50 prisoners facing criminal charges


set: Telkom has broken a world record by building a 50-tonne soccer ball on top of the Lukasrand tower in Pretoria, the company said on Thursday.


set: This was due mainly to Islamic investors remaining on the sidelines while the financial sector rallied,

set: Islamic investors remain on the sidelines


set: A Royal Navy engineer has been jailed for just three years for killing a grandmother as he drove 'like a prat' on the way home to visit his family.

set: Royal Navy engineer killed grandmother while driving 'like a prat'


set: Microsoft may charge business users for Skype video archiving and authentication, but keep the base consumer video service free, according to one high-ranking company executive.

set: Microsoft could charge for Skype video archiving and authentication


set: India's middle-order batsman Virat Kohli was fined 50 per cent of the match fee for showing his middle finger to the crowd on the second day of the second cricket Test at the SCG here.


set: UK defense and support services company VT Group PLC Thursday said it was trading in line with its own expectations and expects to deliver on its pledge to make net annual savings of GBP15 million.

set: Update=VT Group says trading in line with own expectations


set: The Himachal Pradesh assembly Friday passed the Lokayukta bill in the absence of the opposition Congress, with Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal saying it is ``more strong and constitutional than Uttarakhand's bill''.


set: MI5 considered Irish playwright Brendan Behan to be ``too unstable and too drunken'' to be dangerous, newly released files show.

set: MI5 considered playwright Brendan Behan 'too drunken to be dangerous'


set: Sri Lanka's former Army Chief Sarath Fonseka has said he plans to contest the January 26 presidential polls and his goal is to ``counter dictatorship'' and set up a democratic society.

set: Sarath Fonseka says he plans to contest presidential polls


set: The Sacramento Bee says it is cutting 128 jobs, or 11 percent of its workforce, as revenue continues to fall in the beleaguered newspaper industry.


set: Ivica Kostelic of Croatia is poised to take the men's World Cup slalom title after his closest rival, Jean-Baptiste Grange of France, skied out in the first run of the final race Saturday.

set: Ivica Kostelic poised for World Cup slalom title


set: Celebrity website TMZ is reporting that actor Charlie Sheen has voluntarily checked himself into rehab and that ``Two and a Half Men'' has been placed on hiatus.


set: The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office announced today that a soldier, missing from the Vietnam War, has been accounted for and will be buried with full military honors along with two of his crew members.

set: Soldier missing from Vietnam War accounted for


set: To your customers, to your employees, to your partners, to yourself... what's your promise?


set: A former state social worker has pleaded not guilty to charges that she faked state records in cases of child abuse and neglect.

set: Former state social worker pleads not guilty


set: When I heard the news that HP had bought Palm for $1.2 billion, roughly the price Palm had been shopping itself around for, I had the same reaction I have when my wife comes home from one of her shopping trips:


set: Interactive Intelligence and RightNow Technologies are partnering to offer an integrated contact center solution to help companies increase agent productivity and improve customer service.

set: Interactive Intelligence and RightNow Technologies to offer integrated contact center solution


set: South Carolina scored two runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to rally past Portland State for a 2-1 victory on Friday morning at the Highlander Classic.

set: South Carolina rallies past Portland State for 2-1 victory


set: TROY Chaplin has signed a new contract with Port Adelaide, keeping him at the club until the end of 2012.


set: Australia's most notorious criminal lawyer Andrew Fraser joined Derryn Hinch in studio to discuss his public demise and his portfolio infamous clientele.

set: Underworld lawyer Andrew Fraser joins Derryn Hinch


set: Police are investigating the separate armed robberies of service stations in Hurstville and Kogarah last night.

set: Police investigate separate robberies --


set: With AIB needing to raise (euro)7.4 billion in fresh capital to meet the Financial Regulator's new capital ratio targets, AIB is frantically trying to sell the family silver to limit the state's shareholding.


set: Presidents Raul Castro, of Cuba and Rafael Correa, of Ecuador, held talks after the closing of the Group of Rio Summit, held Tuesday in the locality of Costa de Sauipe, Brazil.

set: Presidents Raul Castro and Rafael Correa held talks in Brazil


set: DuPont, through its wholly owned subsidiary DuPont Denmark Holding ApS, announced yesterday that it has successfully completed its tender offer for all outstanding shares of common stock of Danisco for DKK 700 cash per share.

set: DuPont successfully completes tender offer for


set: AOL Inc will buy The Huffington Post for $315 million, relying on the high-profile liberal pundit and onetime candidate for governor of California who co-founded the influential website to rescue it from the dustbin of Internet history.

set: AOL to buy the Huffington Post for $315 million


set: Wesley Sneijder has pledged his future to Inter Milan despite reports linking him with a move away from the San Siro this summer.

set: Wesley Sneijder pledges future to Inter Milan


set: Cuban dissident barred from travel Updated: 19:09, Friday February 8, 2013 An opposition leader says she has been denied permission to leave Cuba in the first known rejection since a reform took effect eliminating widely loathed exit visas needed for travel abroad.


set: A necklace once owned by Jackie Onassis, the former wife of John F Kennedy, has sold for £30,000 at auction.

set: Necklace owned by Jackie Onassis sells for £30,000


set: Sir Clement Freud, the writer, broadcaster and former Liberal MP, has died, his family announced today.


set: In a move aimed to help health care providers detect smaller tumors, the US Food and Drug Administration Tuesday approved the first breast ultrasound imaging system for dense breast tissue.

set: FDA approves first breast ultrasound imaging system for dense breast tissue


set: Today, MetaWatch announced it is entering the consumer smartwatch market with its newest product line called STRATA.

set: MetaWatch™ enters consumer smartwatch market with STRATA


set: Edinburgh, Scotland - Scotland freed the terminally ill Lockerbie bomber on compassionate grounds Thursday, letting him go home to Libya to die and rejecting American pleas to show no mercy to the man responsible for the 1988 attack that killed 270 people.

set: Scotland frees terminally ill Lockerbie bomber on compassionate grounds


set: A severe thunderstorm warning has been downgraded to a watch by Environment Canada for Toronto, Halton, Peel, York, Durham and much of southern Ontario, Thursday.

set: Severe thunderstorm warning downgraded to watch for Toronto


set: Bungie loves its fans and the games it makes, and isn't going to suddenly develop something fans can't relate to, Bungie composer Marty O'Donnell told Industry Gamers.


set: Smithfield Foods Inc., the world's biggest pork processor, plans to close six plants by December and cut 1,800 jobs to restructure its pork business as hog supplies dwindle.

set: Smithfield Foods to close six plants, cut 1,800 jobs


set: MORO civil society groups appealed Thursday for sobriety from leaders of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front and the government troops, saying thousands of civilians will be affected should another war ensue.


set: Ukraine is sliding towards a criminal oligarchy, jailed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko said in an interview published Thursday by Italian daily Corriere della Sera.

set: Ukraine is sliding towards criminal oligarchy, Tymoshenko says


set: Pakistan wants good neighbourly relations with India and the peaceful resolution of all outstanding issues between the two countries, including the Kashmir dispute, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said on Saturday.

set: Pak wants good, neighbourly relations with India:


set: will.i.am has reportedly revealed that he thinks Nicole Scherzinger is ``a very cool girl''.


set: Holly Madison has branded Crystal Harris ``rude and gross'' for discussing her sex life with former fiance Hugh Hefner.

set: Holly Madison brands Crystal Harris 'gross'


set: An American woman with objectum sexuality, a condition which makes sufferers become attracted to inanimate objects, is planning to marry a magic carpet fairground ride.

set: American woman planning to marry magic carpet fairground ride!


set: Senior Turkish and Israeli officials have discussed political and economic cooperation, agreeing that relations between the two countries should continue to improve, according to Israeli officials.

set: Turkish, Israeli officials discuss cooperation


set: George Zimmerman, the former neighborhood watch volunteer charged with second-degree murder in the killing of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin, was released early on Monday from a Florida county jail on $150,000 bail.


set: Retail group Arcandor said that talks with Metro over a possible merger of the Karstadt and Kaufhof department store chains is no alternative to government aid.

set: Arcandor says Metro merger is no alternative to government aid


set: A 52-year-old man was shot dead during a robbery in Rietvalleipark near Pretoria on Friday, Gauteng police said.


set: The twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi turned into a battlefield on Friday as people protesting against the anti-Islam film clashed with police in different areas.

set: Islamabad, Rawalpindi turned into battlefield


set: New Zealand welcomed the new decade with fireworks and parties around the country and police generally impressed by the well-behaved crowds.


set: North Korea is forging trade documents and changing the names of its trading firms to try to dodge international sanctions, a Seoul intelligence official and a media report said yesterday.

set: N Korea forging trade documents to dodge international sanctions:


set: Olympic and world champion sprinter LaShawn Merritt has accepted a provisional suspension after testing positive for a banned drug, his lawyer said.


set: MILAN -Talks have resumed to avoid a Serie A strike, with Italian Football Federation president Giancarlo Abete presiding over negotiations between the players' association and the league.


set: The defense rests its case in the trial of a Sioux Falls lawyer accused of possession an ddistribution of child pornography.

set: Defense rests case in trial against Sioux Falls lawyer


set: Early voting has begun in Iowa, one of the key swing states that could decide November's US presidential election.


set: Minister for defence production Abdul Qayyum Jatoi has said Pakistan has capability to shoot down drones adding Pakistan will soon manufacture drones.

set: Pakistan has capability to shoot down drones:


set: Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe of Maine says she will vote to overhaul financial regulations, pushing the legislation to the verge of final passage and a victory for President Barack Obama.

set: Snowe says she will vote for financial regulations


set: Clear Channel recently made ``staff changes'' to its Grand Forks radio stations as the company begins a new strategy to boost ratings, a spokesperson confirmed.

set: Clear Channel makes 'staff changes' to Grand Forks radio stations


set: Industrial metal band Society 1 is seeking a second guitar player to complete its current line up which consists of Matt ``The Lord'' Zane , Dirt, Atron and Sik Rick.


set: Hamburg-based Colexon Energy AG has sold two further solar project companies as part of the plan to streamline its business activities.


set: Incyte Corporation announced today that it has entered into a collaboration and license agreement with Novartis for two of its investigational hematology-oncology therapies:

set: Incyte enters into collaboration and license agreement with Novartis


set: Brazilian midfielder Josué has been named as the new Wolfsburg captain by trainer Felix Magath in succession to countryman Marcelinho.


set: A taxi driver has been shot dead by two men in Camperdown, near Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal police said on Thursday.


set: Ageless stunner Christie Brinkley is convinced she once saw a UFO when she was living in Crete.

set: Christie Brinkley is convinced she saw a UFO in Crete


set: China will send its second woman astronaut into space tomorrow as part of its longest mission yet, as the country works towards building a Spacelab of its own to rival Mir, being run by Russia and the United States.

set: China to send second woman into space tomorrow


set: Gordon Brown will unveil a new national security strategy this week, designed to help tackle threats like terrorism, cyber crime and climate change.

set: Brown to unveil national security strategy


set: A US study finds men are more likely to share their creative work online than are women, despite both being engaged in creative activities at equal rates.


set: Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani said on Monday that Pakistan believed in complete religious freedom of minorities and would continue to protect and safeguard their rights as enshrined in the Constitution.


set: The UPA government completed 100 days in office in its second stint today with a mixed bag of good work on certain fronts while stumbling on the diplomatic front with Pakistan as it grapples with a severe drought and its effect on the price front.


set: Guernsey stamps and coins have been planned to celebrate the royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton.

set: Guernsey stamps and coin planned for royal wedding


set: CapControls, a provider of shareholder data management tools and services for private companies, venture capital and private equity firms, and Qval, a technology service company founded as a spin-off of Quist Valuation and provider of centralized financial data services for VC and PE firms, today announced a merger.


set: Sir Alex Ferguson has confirmed that Cristiano Ronaldo will make his long-awaited comeback against Villarreal in the Champions League tomorrow night.

set: Ronaldo to make comeback against Villarreal


set: Manager Terry Connor has called for unity between Wolves players and supporters if they are to ``have any chance'' of winning their Barclays Premier League relegation fight.


set: Manchester City are still holding talks to buy Togo striker Emmanuel Adebayor from Arsenal to boost their bid to break into the top four of the English Premier League.

set: Manchester City holding talks with Adebayor


set: InvoTek, a research-and-development firm based in Alma, has officially launched a program designed to help people with severe disabilities reach a specific life goal.

set: InvoTek launches program to help people with disabilities reach life goals


set: Comedian Griff Rhys Jones today slammed TV bosses for making commissioning decisions based solely on ratings.


set: The Canucks called up top prospect Hodgson from Manitoba of the American Hockey League on Monday THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Ulan

set: Vancouver Canucks call up top prospect Cody Hodgson from Manitoba of AHL


set: DMX has been indicted on felony charges in Arizona for allegedly trying to get out of paying a hospital bill by assuming a false identity.


set: Bosses live longer than their workers, new figures have revealed.


set: The four-day 17th annual conference of the Asia-Pacific Parliamentary Forum closes in Vientiane on Thursday, with the signing ceremony of ``Joint Communiqué'' and approval of 16 resolutions.


set: A known protective genetic marker against HIV-1 is virtually absent in India, implying the absence of natural or genetic protection against HIV-AIDS in the country, former president APJ Abdul Kalam said here today.

set: Genetic marker against HIV absent in India:


set: Pittsburgh Penguins center Sidney Crosby, who has been out for three months with concussion-like symptoms and a neck injury, has been cleared for contact.


set: Justin Timberlake is in talks to host the Oscars in 2014.


set: The Bruins, trying to end a four-game losing streak, will use two quarterbacks this weekend, Kevin Prince as the starter and Richard Brehaut in a limited role, probably in the first half.


set: Only nine MLB teams have posted attendance increases over last year through Sunday, and team officials indicated that it is ``not going to get better before the season ticket, luxury box and corporate sponsor money is due,'' according to Peter Gammons of ESPN.com.

set: Only nine MLB teams posting attendance increases over last year


set: The Emerson softball team is entering the season with only two pitchers, one short of what it had originally planned for the spring, after junior Alexandra Magistro sustained an injury during a game over spring break in Florida.

set: Softball team enters the season with two pitchers


set: It's worth revisiting the frenzied agitation, just a few years ago, over what to do with Cobo Hall in Detroit, and who should do it.


set: Whitney Houston reportedly died in the bath after a 48-hour alcohol binge and was found be her hairdresser with her face underwater and her legs in the air.

set: Whitney Houston - Whitney Houston 'died in the bath'


set: The electrical goods chain Comet is to go into administration, it said Thursday, placing the jobs of about 6,500 employees at risk.

set: Electrical retailer Comet to go into administration


set: The stress of poverty -- measured via stress hormones -- leads to impaired learning ability in children and may last a lifetime, US researchers say.


set: Actress Sonu Gowda is supporting Veteran actor Ambareesh who is contesting in assembly elections from Mandya constituency on congress ticket which will be held on May 5.


set: Though the former Illinois police sergeant's fourth wife, Stacy, disappeared in October 2007, and his third wife, Kathleen Savio, was found dead in a dry bathtub, his publicist announced that Peterson is engaged to be married for a fifth time.


set: France-bound Wallaby halfback Sam Cordingley says he's desperate to play one final match for Queensland to help them against arch-rivals NSW in the Super 14 clash at Suncorp Stadium on Saturday night.


set: The US trade deficit widened in March to its largest amount in a year as a rise in imports outpaced the rise in exports.


set: China said Wednesday that it opposed unilateral and expanded sanctions against Iran, such as those announced by several Western countries aimed at pressuring Tehran to halt its suspected nuclear weapons program.

set: China opposes expanded sanctions against Iran


set: Public Works Department said the government is offering 42 infrastructure projects to foreign investors.

set: Government offer 42 infrastructure projects


set: Google Inc is tightening its privacy leash on employees in an effort to ensure they don't intrude on people while the Internet search leader collects and stores information about its users.

set: Google tightens privacy leash on employees


set: Nuggets star Carmelo Anthony pleaded guilty to driving while impaired and failing to remain in a single lane on Tuesday morning.

set: Anthony pleads guilty to driving impaired


set: A 33-year-old Spring City man has been charged with possession of child pornography after 100 lewd photographs were reportedly found on his computer, according to authorities.

set: Spring City man charged with with possession of child pornography


set: CRICKET SOUTH AFRICA on Sunday promised its full co-operation both with the Minister of Sport, The Honourable Fikile Mbalula, and the committee he plans to appoint to investigate CSA Board's handling of its independent audit and the subsequent legal opinion.

set: Cricket SOUTH AFRICA promises full co-operation with the Minister of Sport


set: The rubber match between the Flyers and Xavier is now set for Friday night at 6:30 PM in the quarterfinals.


set: The Cincinnati Bengals have officially signed free agent James Harrison, the 5-time Pro Bowl linebacker from the rival Pittsburgh Steelers.

set: Bengals sign former steeler lb James Harrison


set: INDYCAR CEO Randy Bernard announced today organizational changes in the commercial and operations/competition divisions of the sanctioning body of the IZOD IndyCar Series and Firestone Indy Lights effective Jan. 1.

set: INDYCAR announces organizational changes


set: President Hugo Chavez on Sunday condemned a recent attack on a Venezuela synagogue, suggesting that his political foes were responsible for the incident.


set: The Aurangabad zilla parishad informed the Aurangabad bench of the Bombay high court on May 8 of its action to initiate inquiry against seven officials and its proposal of a similar action against five more officials in connection with an alleged multi-crore scam involving construction of 15 Kolhapur Type weirs in the district.

set: Aurangabad zilla parishad initiates inquiry against seven officials


set: Police say they have found an explosives laboratory hidden at a house at Wyndham Vale, west of Melbourne.


set: Two years after a sex scandal forced him out of his job as pastor of New Life Church in Colorado Springs, Ted Haggard took the pulpit and says he was abused as a child.


set: One man psychedelic pop project Ducktails has finished his third full length album, Ducktails III:


set: TEAMtalk guest and Liverpool fan Fran Mulhern feels the Reds are on the rise under Kenny Dalglish and can look forward with confidence.


set: A DEA agent was fatally stabbed on the streets of Bogota, Colombia, Friday in an apparent robbery attempt.

set: DEA agent fatally stabbed on street in Bogota, Colombia


set: Salman Khan has reportedly turned down the offer for 'Arya 2' as he is not interested in the Bollywood remake of the South Indian blockbuster.


set: But Britain has no ``X-Files'' -- there is no Mulder and Scully searching for the truth, say defence chiefs after a member of the public asked Gordon Brown about it.


set: Since there is a close attachment between the Congress and the people of the state, the Congress will without doubt come back to power once again, exclaimed Gaikhangam, President, Manipur Pradesh Congress Committee .


set: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange attended court in London on Wednesday to hear whether he will be extradited to Sweden to face questioning over allegations of rape and sexual assault.

set: Julian Assange to be extradited to Sweden


set: Property owners in Lehigh Acres likely will pay less tax next year for fire control and rescue services.

set: Property owners to pay less for fire, rescue services


set: Ten independent candidates were certified for the Nov. 2 general election ballot today after they collected the necessary number of signatures for their respective races, the Arkansas Secretary of State's office said.

set: Ten independent candidates certified for ballot


set: Top-seeded Ana Ivanovic has survived a big scare to advance to the third round at Wimbledon with a 6-7, 7-6, 10-8 win over Nathalie Dechy.

set: Ivanovic survives scare, advances to third round


set: US crude rose US$2.54 to settle at US$42.50 a barrel, while London Brent crude gained US$1.79 to settle at US$44.29 a barrel.


set: Chronic sleep disruption can cause heart and kidney disease, researchers at the Peter Munk Cardiac Centre of the Toronto General Hospital have discovered.


set: National football coach Bob Houghton will appear before a three member AIFF panel to present his case on the charges levelled against him, including the alleged racial abuse of an Indian referee during an international friendly last year.


set: NBC has renewed ``Parenthood'' for a second season, so look forward to more adventures with Adam Sarah, Crosby and Julia.


set: Kampala - Ugandan activists on Thursday called for the arrest of a pastor who screened gay porn in his church in an attempt to drum up support for legislation that could see some gay people given the death sentence.

set: Ugandan activists call for arrest of 'gay porn pastor'


set: Graphics chip manufacturer Nvidia is stepping up its two year old 'Digital Bollywood' initiative in India.

set: Nvidia steps up 'Digital Bollywood' initiative


set: Los Angeles Clippers guard Chauncey Billups underwent successful surgery today to repair a torn left Achilles tendon.


set: Emergency workers freed a woman trapped in a car after a crash in Karori this morning.

set: Woman trapped in car after crash in Karori


set: Katie Price and Dane Bowers are among the celebrities to have entered the Big Brother house for the Paranormal Activity 3 UK premiere.

set: Katie Price enters Big Brother for 'Paranormal Activity 3' premiere


set: Black Stone Cherry has announced that they will be filming a new music video on Monday the 13th of October in the New York/New Jersey area.


set: Newmont Mining Corp. is open to a merger with Barrick Gold Corp., which would create a company with a combined market value of $47.4 billion, WAtoday said on its Web site today, citing Newmont Chief Executive Officer Richard O'Brien.

set: Newmont Mining open to merger with Barrick Gold, WAtoday says


set: Finally, Canada will formally apologise to the Indians here for the Komagata Maru tragedy of 1914 and acknowledge the hurt caused to the community.


set: The Rugby League World Cup final between Australia and New Zealand will go ahead despite the prospect of bad weather after a final operations meeting at Suncorp Stadium gave the green light on Saturday.


set: Canadian Jasey Jay Anderson won a snowboard parallel giant slalom event Sunday, beating Italy's Roland Fischnaller in the final.

set: Anderson wins snowboard parallel giant slalom


set: NRA anti-gun list includes Bob Barker, Maya Angelou, 492 others The National Rifle Association classifies Bob Barker as anti-gun, even though the retired game-show host sleeps with a .38-caliber pistol next to his bed, shoots skeet and donated to the group's choice for president, Republican Mitt Romney.


set: National carrier Air India on Wednesday sacked 26 more pilots belonging to the de-recognised union, Indian Pilots Guild immediately after Delhi High Court ordered the striking pilots to get back to work.


set: A British family hailing from Lancashire has been shot dead in Pakistan in a suspected honour killing.


set: An elderly man was found dead in a Babylon canal on Thursday morning, Suffolk County police said.


set: After indicating that his contributions to Chile have been made through very diverse professions such as being a university professor opposed to the dictatorship, as a minister or as a President, Lagos stated ``I am not, nor will I be the presidential candidate'', and stressed ``my contribution to the country will not be made by once again becoming a presidential candidate''.

set: Ricardo Lagos: ``I am not, nor will I be a presidential candidate''


set: Columbia Police are investigating a suspected homicide that happened just before 10:00 Monday night.

set: Columbia Police investigate a suspected homicide


set: Hamid Karzai President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan on invitation of Italian premier left Kabul for Rome center of Italia to attend in 150th anniversary of Italian Union.


set: Two former South Carolina women's basketball players have been sentenced to 18 months probation after pleading guilty to fraud and drug charges.

set: Two former women's basketball players sentenced


set: NEW YORK_Canadian insurance and asset management company Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. said Monday that it was buying a 15 percent stake in a Chinese insurer for roughly $66 million.

set: Fairfax Financial buying stake in Chinese insurer


set: Police said that a pedestrian was struck and killed by a car on Thursday morning.


set: Recent figures suggest that Nintendo have remained strong throughout the summer in the United States.


set: Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, arrives in Liberia today for talks with President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf on her second term agenda and a new partnership to strengthen governance in Liberia.


set: Daylight savings has started from today where time is now one hour ahead which started from 2 o clock this morning.


set: Milan Luthria has revealed that he was obsessed with getting Vidya Balan to star in The Dirty Picture.

set: Milan Luthria: 'I was obsessed with getting Vidya for Dirty Picture'


set: Reese Witherspoon has gone public with her new romance after she was spotted holding hands with her boyfriend during a romantic weekend to celebrate her birthday.

set: Reese Witherspoon goes public with new romance


set: Arthur C. Clarke, a visionary science fiction writer who won worldwide acclaim with more than 100 books on space, science and the future, died Wednesday in his adopted home of Sri Lanka, an aide said.

set: Science fiction writer arthur C. Clarke dies in Sri Lanka


set: Fabrice Muamba has announced his retirement from football on medical advice, after suffering a cardiac arrest five month ago.

set: Fabrice Muamba announces retirement from football after suffering cardiac arrest


set: New Delhi, Mar 6 The Bollywood music industry is in urgent need of a revolution in composing to fish itself out of the slump it has witnessed in recent times, says veteran singer Lata Mangeshkar.

set: Bollywood music industry needs revolution in composing:


set: An Inwood woman died and a Hagerstown man was airlifted from the scene following a motorcycle crash Thursday night on US 11 between Darkesville and Inwood, according to West Virginia State Police.

set: Inwood woman dies, Hagerstown man airlifted from scene after motorcycle crash


set: Kohl's Department Stores today announced it anticipates hiring more than 40,000 associates this holiday season, a more than 20 percent increase over last year, at stores, distribution centers and credit operations nationwide.

set: Kohl's Department stores anticipates hiring more than 40,000 associates for holiday season


set: Southampton fined for unruly players Updated: 07:09, Saturday March 16, 2013 Southampton have been fined STG20,000 after accepting a Football Association charge of failing to control their players in last weekend's 0-0 draw at Norwich City.


set: Anne Hathaway and Chris Hemsworth look set to swap superheroes for science fiction in the futuristic Steven Spielberg action movie Robopocalypse, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

set: Anne Hathaway and Chris Hemsworth set for Spielberg's Robopocalypse


set: Carrier drivers in Seaqaqa have been warned by Land Transport Authority against providing an illegal public service.


set: THE inquest into the mysterious death of Branxholme builder Anthony Mooney has begun in Warrnambool.

set: Inquest into mysterious death of Branxholme builder begins


set: Now headed for free agency no matter what the league rules are in 2011, Roth expects to leave the Browns because of the defensive system new coordinator Dick Jauron will install.


set: Dabolim, Feb 19 India today said there was ``nothing wrong'' in holding Foreign Secretary-level talks with Pakistan though terrorist camps along the borders in that country were ``still active''.


set: Yangarra Resources Ltd., which is trading near year lows, provided a production update and an outline of play development.

set: Yangarra provides production update and outlines play development


set: Alkaline Trio have announced that they are being forced to cancel their upcoming UK/European tour due to the lead singer, Matt Skiba, being in an accident last week.


set: As per reports and information from our sources,The urea prices in Pakistan are the lowest in the world and after a decline in the urea prices all over the world the commodity's prices are still higher as compared with Pakistan's Fertilizer sector.Pakistan could save Rs 2.17 billion on imports of the commodity in the first quarter of 2012.

set: Urea prices in Pakistan are the lowest in the world and after a decline in the urea prices all over the world..


set: Pennsylvania fracking study on health impacts gets $1M grant A Pennsylvania health company said it has been given a $1 million grant to study possible health impacts of natural gas drilling on the Marcellus shale.


set: English fast bowler Chris Tremlett has to return home after a troublesome back problem recurred in the lead-up to the second Test against Pakistan which started on Wednesday.


set: The euro zone current account deficit widened unexpectedly in December, official data showed on Thursday.

set: Euro zone current account deficit widens unexpectedly


set: SOUTH African Louis Oosthuizen's lead at the British Open has increased to five shots as players struggle to cope with strong winds at St Andrews.

set: South African Louis Oosthuizen leads the British Open


set: The Israel Chamber Orchestra's concert in Wagner's hometown alongside the annual Bayreuth opera festival on Tuesday will mark the first time an Israeli orchestra has played Wagner in Germany, Nicolaus Richter, the head of Bayreuth city's cultural affairs department, said today.

set: Israeli orchestra to play Wagner in Germany


set: Fuel scarcity has hit Kano as many filling stations remained shut to motorists due to the non -availability of the product.


set: Baptist Minister Steve Chalke, who has a mass following in Charismatic Christian circles, has changed his mind on Gay marriage, that has been dominating our headlines and is voting in favour.

set: Steve Chalke changes his mind over Gay marriage


set: Police say a 20-year-old Yakima woman was found bound and gagged in the trunk of a car near the Yakima airport after being kidnapped from her home Thursday.

set: Yakima woman found bound, gagged in trunk of car


set: FORMER Opposition leader Brendan Nelson is reported to be on the verge of announcing he will quit politics early, forcing a by-election in his northern Sydney electorate.


set: John Demjanjuk, branded by the US government a Nazi death camp guard, on Wednesday asked the Supreme Court to stop his deportation to Germany, where an arrest warrant accuses him of 29,000 counts of accessory to murder during World War II. A federal appeals court in Ohio has cleared the way for deporting him.

set: Demjanjuk asks Supreme court to stop deportation


set: Fabrice Muamba made an emotional return to Bolton on Wednesday, waving tearfully to supporters from the field less than seven weeks after his on-field cardiac arrest.

set: Fabrice Muamba makes emotional return to Bolton


set: UNO is investigating moving its athletics department from NCAA Division I status to Division III, a move that could save the university money, the school announced in a release Wednesday morning.

set: UNO investigating move from NCAA Division I to Division III


set: President Asif Ali Zardari on Monday said that the country would progress with continuity in policies and called for putting our work together on the policy of reconciliation.

set: Country to progress with continuity in policies:


set: Actress Saima will act as a mother in an upcoming film that will be produced by film star Shan.


set: The Beverly Hills Tea Party took to the streets of the business triangle at lunchtime today encouraging the community to vote in next Tuesday's election.

set: Beverly Hills Tea Party takes to the streets of the business triangle


set: Britain has lost ten wildflower species from the countryside in the last 60 years, a report has revealed.

set: Britain has lost ten wildflower species in the last 60 years


set: Yousef bin Alawi bin Abdullah, Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs received here today Dr. Nabil al-Arabi, Secretary General of the Arab League and his accompanying delegation currently visiting the Sultanate.

set: Yousef bin Alawi receives Nabil al-Arabi


set: Russian tennis player Nikolay Davydenko has been cleared by the ATP after a yearlong betting investigation.

set: Davydenko cleared after betting investigation


set: Who won the final presidential debate between President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney?


set: The Brewers activated right-hander Eric Gagne from the 15-day disabled list today, but manager Ned Yost won't say what the former closer's role will be.


set: PANAMA CITY, Florida A gunman opened fire during a Florida school board meeting Tuesday, police said.

set: Gunman opens fire during us school board meeting


set: The Coast Guard has suspended a search in Louisiana for a Wiggins fisherman who fell off a boat Monday in the Breton Sound near Shell Beach, which is about 45 miles southeast of New Orleans.

set: Coast Guard suspends search for Wiggins fisherman


set: There is a shortage of good drivers for both autos and taxis in the city.

set: Shortage of drivers for autos, taxis in city


set: We're on your side tracking how much of your taxpayer money is being spent on construction projects.

set: How much of your taxpayer money is being spent on construction?


set: Former President John Kufuor says he is committed to advancing the interest of Ghana internationally despite vilification by the President Atta Mills government.

set: Kufuor will advance interest of Ghana despite vilification


set: An IAS officer was arrested at Charbagh railway station here on Monday for allegedly attempting to rape and intimidate a young IT professional in the AC II compartment of Delhi-Lucknow Mail on Sunday night.

set: IAS officer arrested for attempt to rape


set: President Bush has arrived in South Korea at the start of a three-country Asia tour.

set: Bush arrives in South Korea to start Asia tour


set: As announced by Hengshui, Hebei Province-based Chinese pipe maker Hengshui Jinghua Pipe Co., a subsidiary of China's Jinghua Innovation Group Co, on December 8 it officially started construction work on its new relocation project.

set: Hengshui Jinghua pipe starts work on relocation project


set: A third of UK broadband users ignore the benefits of bundled packages despite potential savings of more than £230 a year, according to a broadband pricing watchdog.

set: Broadband users ignore the benefits of bundles


set: BankAtlantic Bancorp, still reeling from real estate loan woes, reported a net loss of $20.5 million for the first quarter, continuing a long stream of red ink at the Fort Lauderdale-based bank holding company.


set: WASHINGTON John McCain pledges that if elected president, he'd appoint Democrats to his Cabinet.

set: McCain pledges to appoint Democrats to Cabinet


set: Opposition Leader Oommen Chandy on Wednesday refuted the allegations about the meeting he had with PDP leader Poonthura Siraj at Puthupally.


set: Jennifer Aniston and her dad, actor John Aniston, have narrated a book called ``Loukoumi's Gift'' in hopes to inspire kids to make a difference.

set: Jennifer Aniston narrates book to inspire kids


set: Leeward Group Holdings Inc. is on the verge of being among the top 30% of independent insurance agencies in the United States and the Company is moving closer to its goal of being named as a Top 100 Agency.Based on a 2008 study by the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America: 68% of the independent insurance agencies sampled have $1.25 Million or less in Commission Income.

set: Leeward Group on the verge of being in the top 30% of agencies in the us


set: 08:07 PM,Jul 28,2011 Karachi, Jul 28 Pakistan today released 14 Indian fishermen who were jailed after they inadvertently strayed into the country's maritime territorial waters.The Indian fishermen were released from the Malir Jail after spending nearly 15 months behind bars.


set: An air quality health advisory will be in effect Wednesday for the eastern Lake Ontario region, which includes northern Cayuga County.

set: Air quality health advisory will be in effect Wednesday for northern Cayuga County


set: Several dedicated volunteers are needed to help with field research in New Hampshire monitoring climate change and sea level rise.

set: Volunteers needed for research on climate change and sea level rise


set: I am agriculture proud because I work with such an awesome group of people in an industry called agriculture.


set: A Channel 2 Action News viewer said he caught a MARTA employee sleeping on the job.

set: MARTA employee caught sleeping on the job


set: The Birmingham Steel of the Continental Basketball League have announced a second set of tryouts for their inaugural campaign.

set: Birmingham Steel announce second set of tryouts


set: Niko Verekauta is keeping his fingers crossed that no other athlete will qualify for the Beijing Olympics so he can be provisionally selected by FASANOC under the ``universality provision''.


set: CBI spokesperson said that Iqbal Mirchi was arrested in London on Tuesday for an offence he committed in London.


set: HUGH Grant skipped out on a $8.50 bar tab The Daily Mail reports.


set: Molex Inc. announced Tuesday that it has introduced a smaller connector to meet the digital interface requirements of consumer electronic products.


set: Occidental Petroleum Corporation announced net income of $1.6 billion for the first quarter of 2012, compared with the first quarter of 2011 net income of $1.5 billion.

set: Occidental Petroleum announces first quarter of 2012 income


set: Ace footballer David Beckham will launch a new men's fragrance ``David Beckham Homme'' in September.


set: A post-retirement residence for President Pratibha Patil has been finalized in Pune by the government, after she had to give up an accommodation following a controversy.

set: Post-retirement residence for Pratibha Patil finalized in Pune


set: A disgraced Norfolk solicitor convicted of a string of sex offences has been jailed for 11 years.


set: Autograph Collection, Marriott International's evolving portfolio of independent hotels that provides travelers with unique experiences, will be featured on the eighth and final episode of ``The Pitch,'' an AMC original series that chronicles the fierce competition between advertising agencies to win new business.

set: Autograph Collection featured on final episode of AMC's ``the Pitch''


set: Edexcel has revamped its voluntary benefits scheme for its employees and switched providers from You at Work to Logbuy.


set: FC Twente is still leading the Premier League after beating NAC Breda 3-1 at home on Saturday.


set: Multiple news outlets are confirming that 69-year-old Clarence Clemons has suffered a stroke.


set: The Clintons reported $20.4 million in income for 2007 as they gave the public the most detailed look at their finances in eight years.


set: ``IDF soldiers routinely abuse bound and defenseless Palestinian detainees,'' a new report by the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel asserted on Sunday.


set: Atechnocrat Solution, an web design and development company launched the dedicated open source development services.

set: Atechnocrat launched the dedicated open Source development services


set: An Australian pub has come under fire for offering free drinks to women who take off their panties and hang them on a rail above the bar.

set: Aussie pub offers free drinks to women who take off panties


set: Harrison High School celebrated homecoming Friday at the school and at the football game at FS Garrison Stadium.

set: Harrison High school celebrates homecoming


set: Seven Philippine soldiers were killed and 21 were wounded in fierce clashes with Al Qaeda-linked Islamic militants in the south of the country yesterday, the military said.

set: Seven Philippine soldiers killed by militants


set: Shares of Direxion Daily Small Cap Bear 3X Shares closed the trading session at $42.42 near its 50 day and 200 day moving averages currently set at $41.71 and $41.52 respectively.

set: Direxion Daily Small Cap Bear 3X close to 50 and 200 day moving averages


set: Gov. Terry Branstad has pardoned a 2-month old pig from an Iowa farm in celebration of a popular bacon festival.


set: JPMorgan rivals may face government lawsuits claiming tens of billions of dollars in damages tied to investor losses on mortgage bonds.

set: JPMorgan Chase's rivals may face lawsuits claiming billions in damages


set: A Georgia couple flying home from their daughter's golf tournament were killed when their small plane crashed, the Federal Aviation Administration said.

set: Georgia couple killed in small-plane crash


set: Airbiquity, a provider of wireless connected services, has signed a global licensing agreement with Japanese auto parts manufacturer Denso.

set: Airbiquity signs licensing agreement with Denso


set: Two years after the Great Recession officially ended, job prospects for young Americans remain historically grim.

set: ``Job prospects for young Americans remain historically grim''


set: Charles Woodson is set to visit with the Broncos on Wednesday for both sides to determine whether Denver is a good fit.


set: Manchester United delivered an early blow to title rivals Chelsea with a 3-1 victory over the Pre-mier League champions in the Community Shield at Wembley Stadium yesterday.

set: United deliver early blow to rivals Chelsea


set: ``I have to congratulate Ferguson on his fantastic career as Manchester United manager.

set: Nadal congratulates Ferguson ``on his fantastic career''


set: Amnesty International released a report condemning Japan for allegedly executing ``mentally ill'' death row inmates.

set: Amnesty International condemns Japan for executing 'mentally ill'


set: President Obama has hailed the end of US combat operations in Iraq, saying the US has paid a ``a huge price'' to ``put Iraq's future in its people's hands''.

set: Obama hails end to US combat operations in Iraq


set: A Sioux City hospital is reversing pay cuts made last spring to help cut costs and close a budget shortfall caused by the sour economy.


set: FDA approval or clearance is never enough.


set: An Israeli journalist has run into a brick wall trying to obtain information from T&T's Government about the couple who entered Trinidad's soil with fraudulent passports and escaped after being put into a hotel at the Caribbean Airlines' expense.


set: Back in 09 Neil Patrick Harris hosted the annual Tony Awards.

set: Neil Patrick Harris to host Tony Awards?


set: Terry Hobbs says he is not ready to speak on camera but he is saddened by the latest accusations.

set: Terry Hobbs saddened by latest accusations


set: A certified nursing assistant at Park Ridge Nursing Home has been charged with mistreating a patient.

set: Nursing assistant charged with mistreating patient


set: Cable & Wireless Plc, the UK 's second-biggest fixed-line phone company, will cut more costs to safeguard profitability as its Caribbean business suffers from the slowdown of the local economy.


set: Registrar Christine Derrett gave Pompey seven days to detail their financial situation in a statement of affairs to Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs, who have lodged a winding-up petition for the Barclays Premier League's bottom club over unpaid tax.


set: Oil fell below $112 a barrel today, as concerns over possible supply disruptions in the Gulf of Mexico were quashed after a tropical storm swept through without causing major damage.


set: Edin Dzeko may have just saved his Manchester City career with a brace against Chelsea over in the USA.

set: Edin Dzeko may have saved his Manchester City career


set: The upcoming legislative election has already been tainted by money politics, fueled by the fierce competition among the hundreds of thousands of candidates.

set: Legislative election tainted by money politics


set: Four Nigerians, including the elder brother of the suspected mastermind of last month's deadly car bombings here, were on Thursday formally charged with the abduction of nine foreigners working for the Addax oil firm.

set: Four Nigerians charged with abduction of nine foreigners


set: A couple finds $11,000 on Valentine's Day but instead of taking the money and running, they decided to do the right thing.


set: Ireland manager Giovanni Trapattoni has come through surgery successfully, the Football Association of Ireland has confirmed.


set: Amgen Inc. announced that it has presented data from several sub-analyses at ASBMR From the ongoing open-label extension study of the pivotal phase 3 prolia fracture trial.

set: Amgen presents data from study of the pivotal phase 3 prolia fracture trial


set: WOULD-be Premier Campbell Newman says the Gold Coast is 'living in fear' after another shooting incident in the city today.


set: Iran rules out pulling out of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty but insists it will not abandon the right to peaceful nuclear technology.

set: Iran rules out pulling out of nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty


set: FORMER world No. 4 Jelena Dokic may have to qualify for the US Open after Sophie Ferguson was awarded a wildcard into the Flushing Meadows main draw.

set: Jelena Dokic may have to qualify for US Open


set: Rubik's Cube has announced it has gone ``touch'' with the introduction of the Rubik's TouchCube, the first completely electronic solvable Cube.


set: Saudi Arabia's top judiciary official has issued a religious decree saying it is permissible to kill the owners of satellite TV networks that broadcast immoral content.


set: THE Dolphin Centre's gym will close at 7pm tomorrow to undergo a month-long refurbishment.

set: Dolphin Centre gym closing for refurbishment


set: Five Bollywood actors, including action film megastar Salman Khan, have been charged with killing two rare deer in a western India wildlife preserve 14 years ago.

set: Bollywood actors charged with killing rare deer


set: The Dalai Lama says he will step down as political leader of the Tibetan govermment in exile.

set: Dalai Lama to step down as political leader


set: Treyarch has released the official Call of Duty Black Ops 2 Zombies Reveal trailer today, following up the release of some teaser trailers and screenshots over the past week.

set: Call of Duty Black Ops 2 Zombies Reveal trailer released


set: Azerbaijan-based Parabank introduced to customers new deposit type ``collection'' for increasing of revenue rate placing the means.

set: Parabank introduces to customers new deposit type ``collection''


set: FuturaGene, which develops environmentally friendly solutions that enable plants to grow in hostile conditions, saw half-year losses widen and said the litigation in the US continues to over shadow its operational performance.


set: Fortis Healthcare Limited, a healthcare company that operates a network of hospitals, has acquired a 74.59% stake in Super Religare Laboratories Limited, an operator of pathology laboratory network.

set: Fortis Healthcare acquires 74.59% stake in Super Religare Laboratories


set: Designer Stella McCartney has relaunched a shopping website just days after giving birth to her fourth child.

set: Stella McCartney relaunches shopping website


set: On Tuesday, the spot rubber showed a mixed trend and firm futures kept the sheet rubber bullish.


set: All-Star pitcher Tim Wakefield has been placed on the 15-day disabled list with back pain, the Boston Red Sox said on Tuesday.

set: Knuckleballer Wakefield placed on disabled list


set: Tony Scott, director of lesbian vampire movie The Hunger, has died after jumping off a bridge in Los Angeles.

set: Director Tony Scott dies after jumping off bridge


set: A Rielle Hunter and John Edwards wedding allegedly planned for 2011 has now been denied by a source close to the Edwards family.

set: Rielle Hunter, John Edwards wedding planned?


set: A combination of caffeine, taurine, guarana, and alcohol, Four Loko has been sweeping through college campuses across the country.

set: Four Loko sweeps across college campuses


set: Hargreaves Lansdown said investors should ditch veteran emerging market investor Mark Mobius and opt for alternative emerging market products.

set: Hargreaves Lansdown says investors should ditch Mobius


set: Actor Matt Smith has praised Doctor Who writer Steven Moffat for his ``inventive'' Christmas special.

set: Matt Smith praises Doctor Who writer Steven Moffat


set: Our client currently requires experienced Project controls managers to work from Heathrow Airport.


set: A young girl, suspected as rape victim, was shot dead in Harbanspura here on Tuesday.


set: Crystal Palace striker Aaron Wilbraham wants to win the Championship playoff final and promotion to the Premier League for injured teammate Glenn Murray.

set: Aaron Wilbraham wants to win promotion for Glenn Murray


set: Tony Grossi over at the Plain Dealer has recently twittered that the Browns have hired Billy Davis as a Defensive coach.


set: Jewelers Mutual Insurance Company has launched Perfect Circle Jewelry Insurance, a new format of personal jewellery insurance, which helps enhance the efforts of jewellers to building long-standing consumer relationships.

set: Jewelers Mutual launches Perfect Circle Jewelry Insurance


set: Inspirational Olympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius was charged with murder Thursday in Pretoria, South Africa, accused of shooting his girlfriend inside his home.

set: Olympic sprinter Pistorius charged with murder


set: 2011 first-round draft pick Jonas Valanciunas will make his NBA debut with the Toronto Raptors on Thursday.

set: Jonas Valanciunas to make debut with Toronto Raptors on Thursday


set: ``Preity Zinta is my favourite actress and I' not saying that because she is the co-owner of Kings XI Punjab,'' said express bowler Brett Lee at the press conference of his acting debut Victory in Jaipur yesterday.


set: Former Australia batsman Michael Hussey says he has no plans of coming out of international retirement and salvage the national team's pride after two heavy Test defeats in India.


set: LSU all-American outfielder Mikie Mahtook said Wednesday he is ready to begin his pro career with the Tampa Bay Rays, but the decision to forego his senior season and sign a pro contract was not an easy one.


set: He says that two out of three of the iPhones purchased by his family were defective, and the third one wouldn't receive calls.

set: Two out of three of my iPhones were defective and the third won't receive calls


set: New Delhi, Feb 8 Commerce Minister Anand Sharma Monday hoped the Indian economy would grow 7.5 percent in the current fiscal.

set: Economy will grow 7.5 percent this fiscal:


set: WAR criminals who sought to find a safe haven in the UK will now face justice thanks to a campaign by Wakefield MP Mary Creagh.


set: Venezuela will devalue its ``strong bolívar'' currency on New Year's Day, the government said Thursday, the second such devaluation within a year and at least the fifth major devaluation during the decade-long populist government of President Hugo Chávez.


set: Once upon a time there was a man who loved his country.


set: The 33-year-old Welsh actress hopes the lottery's £50million charity pledge will help young carers and the elderly.

set: Lottery to help young carers and the elderly


set: After two children and 28 years of unwedded bliss, Gene Simmons has indeed proposed to girlfriend Shannon Tweed.


set: Crystal Palace, who came close to folding earlier this year, came out of administration on Friday and can begin signing players, the English Championship club's administrator confirmed.

set: Crystal Palace come out of administration


set: Gov. Mike Beebe said on Tuesday that he would not support a medical marijuana initiative if it gets on the ballot, though he will not campaign against it, ABC affiliate KATV-TV reports.

set: Beebe says he will not support medical marijuana initiative


set: National news Hotel pool death couple drowned A man and woman found dead in a swimming pool at a country hotel both drowned, police said.

set: National news hotel pool death couple drowned


set: United Technologies Corp., the world's largest maker of elevators and air conditioners, said it will cut 11,600 jobs worldwide to cope with the global economic slowdown.

set: United Technologies to cut 11,600 jobs worldwide


set: In an interview with The Express, Bill Wyman said that he has better things to do than re-join The Rolling Stones.

set: Bill Wyman has better things to do than re-join the Rolling Stones


set: New Zealand shares closed little changed Monday in a quiet start to the week.


set: Ekurhuleni metro police were on high alert on Thursday as the road freight strike continued amid a stalemate between employers and unions.

set: Police on high alert as strike continues


set: Construction and engineering company Punj Lloyd said it won a contract worth Rs539 crore from state-owned gas utility GAIL India for laying a natural gas pipeline from Dabhol to Bangalore.

set: Punj Lloyd wins contract worth Rs539 crore from GAIL


set: A second unidentified masseur accuses John Travolta of sexual battery, one day after the actor was sued for sexual harassment by another massager working at the Beverly Hills Hotel.

set: Second masseur accuses John Travolta of sexual battery


set: Supermodel Kate Moss has revealed that the tattoos on her lower back are worth over £1 Million.

set: Kate Moss reveals tattoo worth £1 Million


set: David Beckham has told how he was ``humbled'' by a charity visit to war-torn Sierra Leone.

set: David Beckham ``humbled'' by visit to Sierra Leone


set: THE Dorothy Clive Garden, near Woore, will be hosting traditional garden game events for children daily from Saturday until Sunday, September 2.

set: Dorothy Clive garden to host garden Games


set: Power trading solutions provider hopes to maintain volume growth at around 25-30% for FY12 on the back of various projects which are expected to add volumes in the long-term and short-term.

set: Will maintain volume growth at 25-30% for FY12:


set: We've just received word that EB Games is now selling copies of Star Wars:

set: EB Games is selling copies of Star Wars: