set: The Delhi Metro on Thursday began a trial run on the much-awaited Central Secretariat-Qutub Minar corridor, which opens to the public next month, according to an official source.


set: Dubai-based Mashreq Bank on Wednesday launched its Egyptian operations with ten branches in Cairo and Alexandria and a capital outlay of 560 million Egyptian pounds.


set: China has said it had returned to a trade deficit in February for the first time in nearly a year, as the world's number two economy tries to wean itself off reliance on exports.

set: China returns to trade deficit in February


set: The New Zealand police say no survivors were rescued overnight in the city of Christchurch, which was hit by a magnitude 6.3 earthquake on Tuesday.

set: No survivors rescued overnight in Christchurch


set: Former View co-host Star Jones has filed for divorce from husband Al Reynolds after three-and-a-half years together.


set: The US dollar bounced back from record lows yesterday on talk that central banks would intervene in the foreign exchange market.


set: Footballer Wayne Bridge refused to shake hands with John Terry today when he came face to face with him for the first time since it emerged his former teammate had an affair with his ex-girlfriend.

set: Wayne Bridge refuses to shake hands with John Terry


set: Action had been taken against almost 60 private colleges for the past three years for various offences including failing to report to the authorities regarding their foreign students who had skipped lectures for a long period.

set: Action taken against 60 private colleges


set: Kate Middleton took time to support Prince William as he remembered his late mother, Diana, Princess of Wales, when the pair visited parents and children coming to terms with bereavement at the charity Child Bereavement UK.

set: Kate Middleton supports Prince William as he remembers Princess Diana


set: SINGAPORE - Asian stock markets mostly gained Thursday after China reported strong first quarter economic growth and earnings from JPMorgan Chase & Co exceeded expectations.

set: Asian stocks mostly gain on China economic growth


set: Tiger Woods shot a 4-under 68 on Thursday night in the Australian Open, leaving him three shots behind first-round leader Jarrod Lyle.

set: Woods shoots 4-under 68 at Australian Open


set: German carmaker Daimler has opened a new Mercedes-Benz advanced design center in Beijing, China which marks the firm's fifth such facility worldwide.

set: Daimler opens new Mercedes-Benz design center in Beijing


set: AP Economics Writer Unemployment rates fell in fewer than half of US states, evidence that slower hiring has affected many parts of the country.

set: Unemployment fell in fewer than half US states


set: ``People don't realize we're a church,'' said Capt. Matt Osborn.


set: An Unadilla man is wanted after fleeing the scene of a domestic dispute on Saturday night.


set: OTTAWA, March 5 /CNW Telbec/ - On Thursday, 11 March 2010, the Bank of Canada will celebrate its 75th anniversary.

set: The Bank of Canada celebrates its 75th anniversary


set: Former NFL linebacker Napoleon Harris is running to replace Jesse Jackson Jr. in Congress.


set: Department of Employment and Economic Development figures show the number of job opportunities rose 18 percent in the last quarter of 2012 to nearly 59,000.

set: Job opportunities rise 18 percent in last quarter of 2012


set: I affirm that civil marriage is the right of all adult couples in New York who wish for this government-recognized institution.


set: A suspect wanted for a number of crimes was shot dead when he allegedly attempted to hurl a hand grenade at the police, Minuwangoda police said.


set: Britain on Wednesday said it had closed its visa application centres in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir due to security concerns.


set: A West Bengal court Thursday released 14 tribal women, which was one of the conditions laid down by the Maoists for the release of abducted police officer Atindra Nath Dutta.

set: West Bengal court releases 14 tribal women


set: A British man has been banned from visiting his girlfriend's home after neighbors complained about noisy sex, a local official said Thursday.

set: British man banned from visiting girlfriend's home


set: Germany has banned the cultivation of GM corn, claiming that MON 810 is dangerous for the environment.


set: In an interview with the US television network CBS, Musharraf admitted for the first time that Bhutto could have been shot.


set: Pakistan one-day captain Shahid Afridi said he was looking forward to getting back to cricket despite the ``challenge'' of leading a team engulfed in a spot-fixing scandal.

set: Pakistan one-day captain Shahid Afridi said he was looking forward to getting back to cricket despite the...


set: Police say a pedestrian has been struck and killed by a train in suburban Philadelphia.

set: Pedestrian killed by train outside Philadelphia


set: Google has donated £550,000 to restore Bletchley Park, the famous WWII era site where the German Enigma code was cracked and most of modern cryptography and computing theory was developed.

set: Google donates £550,000 to restore Bletchley Park


set: HHMI researcher Owen N. Witte and his colleagues at the University of California, Los Angeles found that the somewhat overlooked prostate basal cell can spawn tumors in the prostate gland.

set: Prostate basal cell can spawn tumors in prostate gland:


set: You'd be forgiven for thinking this already happened years ago, but a report says that Internet ad revenue has surpassed that of newspapers for the first time in history.

set: Internet ad revenue surpasses newspapers for the first time


set: Sbarro, the private-equity-owned pizza chain, filed for bankruptcy on Monday as it looked to cut its debt and restructure its balance sheet.


set: All Sri Lankan cricketers who were injured at the shootout at Pakistan are now safe and out of danger, reports from Pakistan confirmed.


set: A campaign has been launched to oppose a proposed ``pasty tax'' which could see the cost of Cornwall's favourite food rise by 20%.


set: *Toni Braxton was hospitalized in Las Vegas Monday night after suffering from chest pains, reports People.com.


set: Virgin and Delta Air Lines have applied to the US Department of Transportation for antitrust immunity for their new joint venture on flights between the UK and North America.

set: Virgin and Delta apply for antitrust immunity


set: Afghanistan blamed a foreign intelligence agency for the bombing of the Indian Embassy in Kabul, making a veiled but clear reference to its eastern neighbor, Pakistan.

set: Afghanistan blames foreign agency for bombing


set: Funeral services were held Friday for a Flomaton woman killed in an Evergreen, Ala., wreck Tuesday morning.

set: Funeral services held for Flomaton woman killed in Evergreen wreck


set: On the day her personal fortune's valued at £10 million - Amy Winehouse is to voluntarily attend a London police station.

set: Amy Winehouse to voluntarily attend a London police station


set: Iran renews plan to send monkey to space Updated: 06:01, Wednesday January 16, 2013 Iran will again try to send a live monkey into space after a previous attempt failed in 2011.


set: James Barbour will begin his fifth annual holiday season at Sardi's with a pre-Thanksgiving concert on November 10 at 8:30pm, entitled Bring Me Giants.

set: James Barbour to begin holiday season at Sardi's November 10


set: Britney Spears is set to make a second guest appearance on the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother.

set: Britney to make another appearance in How I Met Your Mother


set: Plants deserve respect, a group of Swiss experts said Monday, arguing that killing them arbitrarily was morally wrong -- except when it comes to saving humans or maybe picking petals off a daisy.


set: HIS MAJESTY ALSO RECEIVED SIMILAR CABLE FROM SAUDI CROWN PRINCE AND DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER AND MINISTER OF DEFENCE AND AVIATION AND GENERAL COMMAND PRINCE SULTAN BIN ABDULAZIZ AL SAUD.


set: A prowler has been spotted in Ballafesson, Port Erin, and police are asking you to be vigilant if you live around there.


set: Popular TV show Diya aur Baati Hum has completed a successful run of 400 episodes.

set: Diya aur Baati Hum completes 400 episodes


set: The euro is bound to slide further against most major currencies next week as a $1 trillion euro zone rescue effort is met with skepticism.


set: The Kresge Art Museum in East Lansing is celebrating a milestone this year: its 50th anniversary.


set: Gautam Gambhir will return home after he failed to fully recover from the after-effects of a concussion he suffered in the fourth and final Test at the Oval.


set: SUNDERLAND have agreed a fee for South Korean striker Ji Dong-Won, according to the player's club - though the Black Cats maintain negotiations are merely ongoing.

set: Safc agree fee for Korean striker Ji Dong-Won


set: Panelists of a round table conference explored ways to promote entrepreneurial growth in Pakistan, emphasizing that entrepreneurs have the potential to create generate new jobs for millions of young graduates entering the workforce.

set: 'Entrepreneurs have potential to generate new jobs'


set: ahoo, Google and MySpace have formed a foundation to promote the OpenSocial platform as a neutral, community-governed specification for building social-networking applications, the companies announced Tuesday.

set: Yahoo, Google and MySpace have formed a foundation to promote the OpenSocial platform


set: England boss Fabio Capello has agreed to work with Sir Trevor Brooking in a bid to develop the skills of English coaches following a meeting of the Football Association Board at Wembley on Friday afternoon.

set: Capello - will work with Sir Trevor Brooking.


set: From the success of Slumdog Millionaire to racist attacks in Australia, economically growing Indians are the envy of the recession-struck developed world!

set: Economically growing Indians envy of developed world


set: Defense Minister Ehud Barak admitted Monday that a terror wave has hit Judea and Samaria in recent days.

set: Barak admits terror wave in Judea and Samaria


set: Loyola University Chicago nursing, dietetic, medical and graduate students and faculty will celebrate the Mexican holiday, Day of the Dead, by teaching the community about bone health at two upcoming fairs.

set: Loyola University Chicago students to celebrate Day of the Dead by teaching about bone health


set: McCaw hid extent of foot injury Updated: 08:35, Tuesday October 9, 2012 All Blacks captain Richie McCaw has revealed that his foot injury at last year's Rugby World Cup was so bad that he came close to limping out of their semifinal win over Australia.


set: Britain's fourth largest grocer Wm Morrison Supermarkets said it will create over 7,000 new jobs in 2012, as it opens 25 new stores and develops its manufacturing and logistics operations.


set: Ag Against Hunger has received a $1,500 grant from Pioneer Hi-Bred, a DuPont business, to be used for its inventory development project.

set: Ag Against Hunger receives $1,500 grant from Pioneer Hi-Bred


set: The FSA has publicly censured two Glasgow based credit unions for making large loans to a non-member and making loans to directors on terms better than those available to members.


set: Tom Daschle's former Democratic colleagues were rallying to his defense after he met behind closed doors with the Senate Finance Committee to discuss problems with back taxes and potential conflicts of interest, but lawmakers promised he will face more questions.


set: Authorities in Garland County, Ark., said a homicide suspect was killed during a recent shootout with police and FBI agents.


set: Belarussian women meet during ``Radunitsa'', or the Day of Rejoicing, a holiday in the Eastern Orthodox Church to remember the dead, in the abandoned village of Lomysh, near the exclusion zone around the Chernobyl nuclear reactor, some 370 km southeast of Minsk, April 24, 2012.

set: Belarussian women meet during ``Radunitsa'' in the abandoned village of Lomysh


set: Funeral services are planned for a 29-year-old Illinois soldier who died in Afghanistan.

set: Funeral services planned for Illinois soldier


set: Libyans now see fugitive strongman Moamer Kadhafi as ``irrelevant,'' even if their new leaders know Libya will not be fully liberated until he is captured, a US envoy said Wednesday.


set: The Honolulu Star Advertiser is reporting that Raiders center Samson Satele has been arrested in Honolulu Hawaii on charges of disorderly conduct.

set: Raiders free agent Samson Satele arrested


set: Rapper LL Cool J called Brad Paisley's controversial song Accidental Racist, on which he sang, a ``bold statement'' in an interview with CNN.

set: LL Cool J calls ``Accidental Racist'' a ``bold statement''


set: That same night, Anna was on Watch What Happens Live, and what happened live was she told host Andy Cohen she was having a girl.

set: Pregnant Anna chlumsky is having a girl!


set: AREAS of Grafton are advised to evacuate after revisions of the flood height revealed parts of the levee may fail.


set: An Israeli drone has been downed near the Syrian border with Lebanon, the Mayadeen TV station reported Wednesday.

set: Israeli drone downed near Syrian border with Lebanon


set: The Iraqi foreign minister said Friday that the Turkish military has begun withdrawing from northern Iraq.

set: Turkey begins withdrawing from northern Iraq


set:
Bob Barker is not dead either.
Bob Barker is dead!


set: NEW YORK -Eskendereya has won the Wood Memorial at Aqueduct, making a case to be the favorite for the Kentucky Derby in four weeks.


set: A motorcyclist has died in a two-vehicle crash.


set: On the second day of the talks here, the Danes came under fire from developing countries for playing a partisan role, favouring European positions at the cost of the developing world, and seeking to split the G77 ranks.

set: Danes comes under fire from developing countries


set: Athletics fans would easily fill London's main Olympic stadium after the 2012 Games, Sebastian Coe said on Wednesday as he defended plans to keep the running track in place despite doubts over the sport's ability to attract big crowds.

set: Athletics fans would fill stadium after 2012:


set: Greensboro police fatally shot a man early Saturday morning who they said pointed a gun at them.


set: A woman aged 88 from Wigan was mugged on her own doorstep after being grabbed round the throat from behind.


set: As companies continue to focus on what they do best, buyers of bulk storage and transport services are increasingly looking to outsource part or all of their requirements to suppliers.


set: Taipei, Dec. 21 Taiwan share prices closed up 0.67 percent Tuesday amid optimism toward cross strait economic exchanges after the sixth-round of high-level talks between Taiwan and China officially opened, dealers said.


set: Market reports suggested that Pfizer Inc. has got the approval from US FDA to expand the marketing of the cancer drug.


set: Philadelphia Flyers forward Brayden Schenn has been suspended for one game for charging New Jersey Devils defenseman Anton Volchenkov in NHL Game No. 30 in New Jersey on Tuesday, January 22, the National Hockey League's Department of Player Safety announced today.

set: Flyers' Brayden Schenn suspended one game for charging


set: Michael Buble doesn't think he is sexy saying his self-depracating sense of humour is why women like him.


set: Bollywood actress Katrina Kaif is the most searched person in the world``s leading search engine, Google.


set: Gold continues to probe below the $800 level, weighed by soft oil prices and a firmer dollar.


set: Prime Minister John Key also confirmed the SAS have arrived in Afghanistan and will soon in be combat.


set: Economic troubles appear ``a little less marked'' north of the border than in England, and Scotland looks better placed to come through a slowdown than in past cycles, the director-general of the Confederation of British Industry declared yesterday.

set: Scotland ``looks better placed to come through slowdown''


set: First Lady Michelle Obama canceled campaign appearances in Charlottesville and Frederickburg today ``in light of the tragedy in Colorado,'' her campaign said.

set: Michelle Obama cancels appearance in Fredericksburg


set: European stocks rose and the euro rebounded from a four-month low as Cypriot banks opened for the first time in almost two weeks.


set: Police say a woman was kidnapped at gunpoint and raped in east Charlotte Saturday afternoon.

set: Woman kidnapped at gunpoint and raped in east Charlotte


set: Shares of mining companies fell Wednesday after China took steps to tighten its lending standards and the dollar rose against other currencies.

set: Shares of mining companies fall as China tightens lending, dollar rises


set: Prolific Italian composer Armando Trovajoli, whose music gave life to nearly 300 films and earned him four David di Donatello awards, died in recent days at the age of 95.

set: Italian film composer Armando Trovajoli dies at 95


set: Broker-only commercial insurer NIG has released new research which reveals that high-grade insurance financial strength ratings have become more important to commercial insurers when considering where to place risks.

set: Ratings becoming more important to insurers


set: Canadian producer Caribou is set to release a new double live album featuring a raft of guest stars.


set: TV hostess Jillian Barberie Reynolds officially announced Friday morning that she and her husband, actor Grant Reynolds, plan to divorce.

set: Jillian Barberie Reynolds announces divorce


set: Oil prices fell to near $US70 a barrel Friday in Asia as signs of a sluggish US economic recovery discouraged stock and crude investors.


set: Democratic congressman Bart Stupak announces his retirement, saying it's ``time to begin a new chapter in my career.''


set: Three people were arrested Sunday and charged with promoting the manufacture of methamphetamine following an investigation by the Fifth Judicial Drug Task Force.

set: Three charged charged with promoting the manufacture of methamphetamine


set: Big Brother posted its best Wednesday premiere in viewers and key demographics since 2003 with double digit percentages increases versus last summer, according to Nielsen preliminary live plus same day ratings for July 13.

set: 'BIG BROTHER' posts its best WEDNESDAY premiere in viewers and key demographics since 2003


set: CPIPolitburo member Sitaram Yechuri today said the massive mandate for the Left Front in the February 14 elections in Tripura would boost the Left movement in the country.

set: Massive mandate in Tripura will boost Left movement:


set: He says that there is an absolute need of a regulatory body in place as soon as possible as this will help the genuine developers from being affected by the misdeeds of some scrupulous elements amongst them.

set: ``There's an absolute need of a regulatory body in place''


set: I just learned that Peter Reckell is leaving Days of Our Lives, again.

set: Peter Reckell leaves 'Days of Our Lives' --


set: Australian shares open lower Updated: 10:25, Thursday April 4, 2013 The Australian share market has opened lower.


set: EMC Corporation is one of the world's leading developer and provider of information infrastructure technology and solutions that enable organizations of all sizes to transform the way they compete and create value from their information.

set: EMC is a developer and provider of information infrastructure technology and Solutions


set: Sprint filed paperwork with the SEC proposing a $2.1 billion buyout of Clearwire that will finally give it control over major spectrum.

set: Sprint proposes $2.1 billion buyout of Clearwire


set: Applications for enrolment at schools in 2014 are now open for parents and their children.


set: Young Armenian and Turkish musicians gave a joint concert in Berlin on August 3, Ermenihaber.am website reported.

set: Armenian, Turkish musicians give joint concert


set: ``I'm not a Democrat first, I'm an American first. I believe we rise and fall as one nation, as one people. What's stopping us is our politics.''


set: We're really missing Kyle this week, he's been too sick to come to work.


set: OJ Simpson has been found guilty on all charges in the gunpoint robbery of two sports memorabilia dealers in a Las Vegas casino hotel room more than a year ago.


set: New Delhi, Nov 8 Three people were charred to death in a collision between two vehicles in Kapasheda area of South West Delhi early morning today.

set: Three charred to death in collision between two vehicles


set: US President Barack Obama announced in an interview published Sunday that the United States is not winning the war in Afghanistan and hinted at talking to moderate elements of the Taliban as it did with some insurgency groups in Iraq.


set: A 69-year-old Colorado horse breeder has been arrested for income tax evasion, the US Attorney's Office and the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation division announced Tuesday.

set: Colorado horse breeder arrested for income tax evasion


set: A woman died Saturday night after the car in which she was riding crashed in a marked construction site on Hoover Avenue, according to Dayton police.

set: Woman dies after car crashes into construction site


set: Alabama ranks 11th nationally in government job growth since April 2001, according to an On Numbers study of employment data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics.

set: Alabama ranks 11th in government job growth


set: The bones of the great Ngapuhi chief Hone Heke are about to be moved from their secret burial cave amid fears they could be disturbed by a nearby housing development.

set: Bones of Ngapuhi chief Hone Heke to be moved


set: Infosys, India's second largest IT services company has completed the acquisition of Lodestone Holding, a Switzerland-based management consulting firm it had announced to acquire last month.

set: Infosys completes acquisition of Lodestone


set: A New York City bus driver has found her mystery sailor.


set: Wall Street headed for a flat open Monday ahead of a report expected to show the economy remains sluggish amid the continuing housing slump and credit crisis.The Conference Board's reading of leading economic indicators is expected to show the economy remained sluggish in April after two quarters of slow growth.


set: The Dalai Lama has made a stop at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester for a checkup.

set: Dalai Lama stops at Mayo Clinic for checkup


set: The student loan interest rate has been cut again to 2.5%, following last week's bank rate cut.


set: SUNCORP boss Patrick Snowball received a 50 per cent pay rise in the 2011/12 financial year to $8.27 million.

set: Suncorp ceo Patrick Snowball's pay rises to $8.27 million


set: China will build 56 more airports in the next five years to expand its transport capacity, a senior Chinese civil aviation official said on Thursday.

set: China to build 56 airports in five years


set: Telecommunications carrier AT&T says it is moving its corporate headquarters from San Antonio to Dallas to get better access to its customers and operations around the world.


set: In what is a first for Malta in its sector, and what appears to be the widest application of e-commerce on the local market, Agenda Bookshop, Malta's leading bookshop chain, yesterday launched its international e-commerce website at www.agendamalta.com.

set: Agenda launches international e-commerce website


set: Skip to navigation '' Skip to content '' US Australia/Antarctica Thailand to negotiate with airport protesters Buzz Up IM del.icio.us Yahoo! Bookmarks By AMBIKA AHUJA and CHRIS BLAKE, Associated Press Writers Ambika Ahuja And Chris Blake, Associated Press Writers -- 1 hr 16 mins ago Pl --


set: Salesforce.com was upgraded by ThinkEquity from a ``hold'' rating to a ``buy'' rating in a research note issued on Friday.

set: Salesforce.com upgraded by ThinkEquity to ``buy'' (crm)


set: NEW YORK Janet Jackson unleashes her anger in an over-the-top, dramatic and staggering way in the latest Tyler Perry film, ``Why Did I Get Married Too?''

set: Janet Jackson unleashes in latest Tyler Perry film


set: A Glens Falls woman was charged with grand larceny Tuesday for allegedly cashing a $3,250 fake check, police said.


set: Standard Chartered has agreed a $340m settlement with New York regulators that accused it of hiding $250bn of transactions with Iran.

set: Standard Chartered agrees settlement with New York regulator


set: Kane's Furniture, a furniture retailer in Florida, has selected GE Money as its consumer financing partner.

set: Kane's Furniture selects GE Money as consumer financing partner


set: Eighties chart stars Sinitta and Pat Sharp are to join the contestants in the Aussie jungle for I'm A Celebrity...

set: Sinitta and Pat Sharp to join I'm a Celebrity...


set: Rescue workers were battling to free a nine-year-old boy stuck in a drain in Bombela, on the KwaZulu-Natal south coast.

set: Rescue workers battle to free boy in drain


set: Microsoft was scrambling to fix a major outage which brought down its Hotmail service and affected Office365 and Windows Live webmail accounts.


set: The 'Big touch and win' contest, organised by Big 92.7 FM in association with SKP and Sons furniture, began on Monday.


set: BB King and Joe Bonamassa -- have recorded a duet together in Las Vegas, according to the Facebook page of producer Kevin Shirley, who's worked with Led Zeppelin, Iron Maiden, Journey and The Black Crowes.

set: Bb King and Joe Bonamassa record together


set: Portland Police are investigating a fatal stabbing that happened last night.

set: Portland Police investigate fatal stabbing


set: Back-from-the-dead canoeist John Darwin banned his wife from telling their sons he was still alive, a English court has heard.


set: Agents arrested Tuesday night an American citizen wanted in New York to face charges of several murders and drug trafficking, and will be escorted out of the country in the next few hours.

set: Agents arrest American wanted in New York for several murders


set: Legendary soul singer Etta James has been hospitalized in Southern California with a serious infection, according to her son.

set: Etta James hospitalized with an infection


set: The official Russian version of the popular microblogging service Twitter will appear in 18 months to two years' time, a well-known blogger and architect of many projects in the Runet, Anton Korobkov-Zemlyansky, said in a roundtable discussion within the framework of Russian Internet Week, which is being held these days at the city's exhibition site Expocenter.

set: Official Russian version of the popular microblogging service Twitter to appear in two years


set: Armstrong World Industries Inc. is adding 95 jobs to its Jackson, Tenn. manufacturing facility.

set: Armstrong World Industries adding jobs in Jackson, Tenn.


set: A drunken driver left a trail of damaged property and truck parts through two towns before crashing his Ford pickup truck into an above-ground swimming pool, fleeing in the woods and then being apprehended, according to a police account.


set: X-Factor judge and mentor Cheryl Cole has defended Rebecca Ferguson from critics who think the X-Factor finalist is boring.


set: TheDreamDrawer.com, an online retailer specializing in unique sleep and dream items, is open for business.

set: TheDreamDrawer.com is 'open' for business:


set: South Africa leads the mobile marketing field in terms of technology, having used MMS marketing for several years, said Eddie Groenewald, Multimedia Solutions CEO.

set: South Africa leads the mobile marketing field:


set: Steel sector seeks a 20 percent uniform customs duty on import of steel products to curtail miss-declaration and save the domestic industry from international price volatility.

set: Steel sector seeks uniform duty on imports


set: A Nanoose Bay man charged with murder following a shootout on Wilgress Road in May 2010 will stand trial in Supreme Court in Nanaimo this summer.

set: Man charged with murder to stand trial in Supreme Court


set: MANCHESTER UNITED striker Javier Hernandez spent Tuesday night in hospital after suffering mild concussion during a training session at the Red Bull Arena in New York.

set: Manchester United's Javier Hernandez spent Tuesday night in hospital after suffering mild concussion


set: Kyle Sandilands is returning to television as a judge on the Seven Network talent show Australia's Got Talent.


set: The Olympic 1500m silver medallist Nick Willis has run the second fastest mile time of his career but still had to settle for seventh at the Diamond League Athletics meeting in Oregon.

set: Willis runs second fastest mile time but has to settle for seventh


set: Tata Motors today said it will hike the prices of its passenger vehicles, excluding the Nano, by up to Rs 36,000 from April 1, to offset rising input costs.

set: Tata Motors to hike prices of passenger vehicles


set: Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. today announced that it has released a new patch for Puddle, now available for the PlayStation®Network for the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system and Xbox LIVE® Arcade for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft.


set: Two foreign teams-Iran and Thailand-left Dhaka for home Sunday on completion of their Group B engagements of the AFC Women's Asia Cup Qualifiers that concluded in the city Saturday, reports UNB.


set: A Vancouver homeowner pleaded not guilty Tuesday morning to murdering a car prowler last month.

set: Homeowner pleads not guilty to murdering car prowler


set: The International Space Station, received in a car park in Portsmouth at 0950 GMT on Saturday 12 November 2011.

set: International space station received in Portsmouth - 12 November 2011


set: The competitive Sydney rental market will tighten in the coming months despite an increase in vacancies at the beginning of the year, research shows.


set: Over a rare weekend session Congress repealed the ban against gays openly serving in the military.

set: Congress repeals ban against gays in military


set: Pete Thamel of the New York Times has tweeted that TCU, which is supposed to join the Big East next year, has scheduled a meeting of its board and will soon make the announcement that it's headed to the Big 12 instead.


set: Security forces have recovered 5,000 detonators during a search operation carried out in Visuvamadu, Iranaimadu, Alakkallupottukulam and Periyathampanai on Tuesday.

set: Security forces recover 5,000 detonators


set: Russian oil company Lukoil is to complete the construction of the USD 1bn hydrocracking unit in its local refinery Lukoil Neftochim, located in the southern Black Sea city of Burgas , in four years, managing board chairman Sergey Andronov told a press conference.

set: Lukoil to complete USD 1bn hydrocracking unit in four years.


set: The Bush administration is planning to announce a broad new ``right of conscience'' rule permitting medical centers, doctors, nurses, pharmacists and other health-care workers to refuse to participate in any procedure they find morally objectionable, including abortion and possibly even artificial insemination and birth control.

set: Bush administration planning to announce 'conscience' rule


set: Union Home Minister P Chidambaram visited Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh today, the third time in the past 15 months that a Central Minister has gone to the Buddhist town over which China has laid claims.


set: CHARLIE Davies, severely injured in a car crash last month after helping the United States qualify for the World Cup, was released from hospital on Tuesday after four weeks of treatment and recovery.


set: Former Baywatch star donna d errico is fuming mad because she says she was singled out for an airport naked scan because of her looks.


set: Udinese tore defending Serie A champions Inter apart with an impressive 3-1 win which puts them into the hunt for a place in Europe next season.


set: Two adults were found dead in an Ahwatukee Foothills apartment late Wednesday afternoon in an apparent murder suicide.

set: Two found dead in apparent murder-suicide


set: Displays2Go has released a new bulletin board with blue interior fabric and a swing open door.

set: Displays2go releases a new bulletin board


set: The consolidation of three parishes is moving forward after the Vatican rejected their parishioner appeals, according to the Diocese of Scranton.

set: Consolidation moves forward after Vatican rejects appeals


set: Despite his claims on CNN this weekend that it was the ``extreme right wing'' in the United States that derailed the acceptance of his peace offer to the PA, it is in truth former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert who is the extremist.

set: Former Prime Minister Olmert is an extremist


set: Debenhams, which has seen its share price crash over the past two years, has held talks to buy menswear retailer Moss Bros.


set: Harambee Stars succumbed another 1-0 bitter loss to neighbouring Tanzania's Taifa Stars in an international friendly played at the CCM Kirumba stadium in Mwanza on Wednesday.


set: Director General of Police Ashok Prasad Wednesday said misuse of SIM cards by militants in Jammu and Kashmir has prompted the decision of police scrutiny for multiple connections.

set: 'Misuse of SIM cards prompted police scrutiny'


set: A TV talk show host says she told him that she fears the hospital may not release her newborn octuplets to her.

set: Mom fears hospital may not release octuplets


set: Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa Thursday took over the media ministry and appointed the former media minister to handle the investment promotion portfolio, a top government official said.

set: President Rajapaksa takes over media ministry


set: Killeen police have identified the victim as Edith Collins.


set: DFL Senate candidate Al Franken narrowly outraised Republican Sen. Norm Coleman over a recent seven-week period, but Coleman held a cash advantage heading into the final months of the campaign.


set: A former Newfoundland and Labrador cabinet minister pleaded guilty Friday to fraud over $5,000 and influence peddling in the province's constituency allowance spending scandal.

set: Former cabinet minister pleads guilty to fraud


set: Economics Writer US consumers borrowed more money in February to buy new cars and attend school, but they cut back on using their credit cards to make purchases.

set: Consumers borrowed more in February to buy cars


set: The lockout is affecting more than just the NHL and the Sabres players.


set: Bridge safety inspections have been scheduled this month in Nelson County by the Virginia Department of Transportation.

set: Bridge safety inspections scheduled this month


set: Zoltan Gera, who has completed his transfer to Fulham from the newly promoted West Bromwich Albion, is hoping to become an integral member of the Cottagers side.

set: Zoltan Gera completes transfer to Fulham from west brom


set: The New Milford Renegades 13U travel baseball team advanced to the Babe Ruth New England Regional championship game with at 13-0 mercy-rule shortened win over Pittsfield, Mass. on Wednesday.

set: New Milford Renegades advance to New England regional championship game


set: TELEVISION production group Boomerang has moved into publishing after acquiring an extreme sports multimedia firm.

set: Boomerang acquires extreme sports multimedia firm


set: New Hanover County has hired Cape Fear Public Utility Authority's spokeswoman as the county's first public affairs manager.

set: New Hanover county hires first public affairs manager


set: The personal papers of civil rights icon Andrew Young at the Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History are now open to the public.

set: Papers of civil rights icon Young open to public


set: India has asked the US to cut farm subsidies by just one dollar and New Delhi will come on board for a deal on the Doha Round of trade talks which has dragged for seven years.

set: India asks US to cut farm subsidies by one dollar


set: The city traffic police held a motorcycle rally on 'Road Safety' on Canal Road to create awareness about traffic rules among the masses on Saturday.


set: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Monday Russia will not support the use of force against Syria at the United Nations, speaking about President Bashar al-Assad in sympathetic terms.

set: Russia will not support use of force on Syria:


set: A Plover woman is found guilty of threatening to burn down a judge's house unless he changed his ruling in a child custody case.

set: Woman found guilty of threatening to burn down judge's house in custody case


set: A John Galliano video rant in the Geraldine Bloch and Philippe Virgitti matter has been released.


set: BP is scrapping its dividend until 2011 after the oil firm agreed a £13.5 billion compensation fund for victims of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.


set: The Nikkei (sub) says that Nissan is bringing back the Datsun brand as the badge for its low-cost offerings in emerging markets.


set: China will send a group to Europe this weekend to look for merger and investment targets following a visit by a multibillion-dollar Chinese buying delegation, the commerce minister said.

set: China sending group to Europe to look for mergers


set: The Black Keys frontman Dan Auerbach has said that his band's 2011 album, 'El Camino', isn't his favourite record by the duo.

set: The Black Keys' Dan Auerbach: ''El Camino' isn't my favourite record'


set: England suffered their fifth successive defeat despite delivering their best batting display of the one-day series with India cruising to a six-wicket victory.


set: Authorities say a Houston man found asleep with a corpse inside a closet of a vacant Texas home is facing misdemeanor drug charges.

set: Houston man found asleep with corpse in closet


set: Singer Amy Winehouse is set to turn model for her new clothing line - Fred Perry.

set: Winehouse to turn model for her clothing line


set: However, there are a few reasons why I feel the Patriots might be better off moving forward without Welker.

set: The Patriots might be better off without Wes Welker


set: Southern Home Medical Equipment, Inc. announced today that its Encore Medical Staffing location in Baltimore, Maryland has signed its second staffing agreement and has begun filling shifts.

set: Encore Medical staffing of Baltimore Maryland signs second staffing agreement


set: Richard Desmond has pulled Channel 5 out of Thinkbox, the TV marketing body, arguing that the broadcaster can demonstrate its value to advertisers on its own.

set: Richard Desmond pulls Channel 5 out of Thinkbox


set: Workers renovating Maracana for the 2014 World Cup have gone on strike again to demand better working conditions.

set: Workers renovating Maracana go on strike


set: A fisherman found a human leg bone on the banks of Burlington Canal in Commerce City on Sunday, and now the police are investigating several bones found there.


set: Mark Nwakamma scored 23 points as Hartford edged Binghamton 71-68 Wednesday night in the teams' America East Conference opener.

set: Nwakamma scores 23 as Hartford edges Binghamton 71-68 in America East opener


set: Rugby league star Greg Bird is facing further charges over the alleged glassing incident that left his girlfriend with permanent scars around her eye.


set: The Turkish energy minister said on Tuesday that Turkey and Iran would sign an energy deal on Wednesday.

set: Turkish minister says Turkey, Iran to sign energy deal


set: Apple may be developing a stylus pen for their iPad in an effort to appeal to more students.


set: The condition of winter crops in Russia is satisfactory, winter crops in the Southern Federal District faced strong stress, declared the media department of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation on May 6.

set: Condition of winter crops in Russia is satisfactory


set: Police found former NFL quarterback Steve McNair shot to death on Saturday, along with an unidentified woman inside a Nashville condominium.

set: Former NFL star Steve McNair shot to death


set: Solae, LLC , the world's leader in developing soy-based technologies and ingredients, is introducing a new high protein soy nugget for nutritional bars, snacks, bakery products, cereals and more --

set: Solae introduces new high protein soy Nugget


set: Bollywood music composers are reviving sufi music by merging its melodious flavour into their compositions.

set: Bollywood music composers revive Sufi music


set: A Lewiston man pled guilty to manslaughter charges in Androscoggin County Superior Court Tuesday.

set: Lewiston man pleads guilty to manslaughter


set: US sharemarkets fell on Tuesday following Monday's big surge on Wall Street, led lower by banking and technology shares, which dipped after posting gains over the past few sessions.


set: The Gepco employees of HFD Division observed 2-hour token strike in protest against the failure of Ajniawala Police to arrest the accused involved in the torture of Wapda team here on Wednesday.


set: After several months, Port Authority and its local union are deadlocked in their labor negotiations for the benefits for more than 2,300 Port Authority employees.

set: Port Authority, Union deadlocked in labor negotiations


set: India's Foreign Minister SM Krishna, who is on his way to Afghanistan for the International Conference on Monday said that India is willing to help Afghanistan move forward in the direction of stability,peace,and progress.More than 70 countries and organizations such as NATO are expected to send their Foreign Ministers and representatives for the conference on July 20, where the Karzai government will seek help to improve governance and national stability.

set: India willing to help Afghanistan move forward:


set: The Radnor Police Department has issued the following crime alert for a residential burglary that occurred between August 11, 2010 and August 13, 2010 in the Rosemont Section of Radnor Township.

set: Radnor Police issues alert after residential burglary


set: Bharti Airtel is not actively seeking acquisitions, after its US$23 billion planned tie-up talks with South Africa's MTN collapsed, chairman Sunil Mittal said yesterday.

set: Bharti Airtel not actively seeking acquisitions


set: Red Bull's triple world champion Sebastian Vettel won the Canadian Grand Prix on Sunday, but his victory was overshadowed by the death of a marshal, the first fatality in Formula One in over a decade.


set: TVA has announced that they are going to raise their fuel cost adjustment once again, which would add between $1 and $3 to the average residential bill.

set: TVA raising fuel cost adjustment once again


set: NHS waiting time targets are to be extended to more than 100,000 extra patients a year, public health minister Shona Robison announced.


set: Severe storms in northeastern Pennsylvania's Pocono Mountains, including a possible tornado, have caused major property damage.


set: US Midwest cash hogs traded flat to $2 lower Wednesday, dealers said.


set: Despite suffering shoulder injury against the Tennessee Titans during the regular season finale, Houston Texans quarterback TJ Yates is expected to start against the Cincinnati Bengals this Saturday, according to John McClain of the Houston Chronicle.


set: Global converted flexible packaging market is forecast to reach 18.78 mln metric tons in terms of volume translating into US$70.15 bln in value terms by the year 2015, propelled by rising demand from consumer goods, food and beverage industries in developing economies; as per Global Industry Analysts, Inc. Product differentiation, development and innovation continue to reign as key growth drivers for the industry.

set: Global converted flexible packaging market forecast to reach 18.78 mln tons by 2015


set: Apple has cut a licensing deal with Universal Music Group that will enable Apple's online music store to offer songs from the largest of the four top record companies, sources with knowledge of the talks told CNET.

set: Apple cuts licensing deal with Universal music


set: Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Wednesday morning met in his Tel Aviv office with US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta.

set: Defense Minister Ehud Barak meets with US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta


set: CVS pharmacist Jill Kolin says flu season is upon us.


set: Here's D-Rose, via the Chicago Sun-Times: ``If still-blossoming Bulls point guard Derrick Rose doesn't develop into one of the NBA's great players, it won't be because he doesn't have the desire. During the Media Day festivities at the Berto Center on Monday as the team officially opened training camp -- the first practice was scheduled for this morning -- Rose spoke boldly when asked about his individual expectations for the upcoming season. 'They're high,' he said confidently. ''The way I look at it, why can't I be the MVP in the league?


set: SHANNEN Doherty will be returning to 90210, Gabe Sachs, executive producer of the CW's new spin-off, said during the Television Critics Association press tour in Beverly Hills on Saturday.


set: American Airlines and its fleet services union have reached a tentative agreement that includes a signing bonus and yearly pay increases but also allows outsourcing of aircraft-fueling and cabin-cleaning jobs.

set: American Airlines, fleet services union reach tentative agreement


set: LOUTH county councillors have passed a motion condemning the Israeli attack on the flotilla bringing aid to Gaza.

set: Councillors pass motion condemning Israeli attack


set: Nelson Mandela was doing well in hospital on Saturday after being admitted in a pre-planned visit for abdominal pains, a South African presidential spokesman said.


set: David Robb, head of public service reform and efficiency for the Scottish government, has been appointed the new chief executive of the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator.

set: David Robb appointed chief executive of the Office of the Scottish charity regulator


set: David Frost was found not guilty Friday of sexual exploitation following a trial at which prosecutors alleged the former junior hockey coach exerted such control over his players that he took part in threesomes with them and their young girlfriends.

set: David Frost found not guilty in sexual exploitation trial


set: The Christmas Week mailbox is open and ready for your questions.


set: Kitchen Magic, the nation's leading kitchen retail firm, has expanded its award-winning kitchen sales and service to the Charlotte, NC, area.


set: The space shuttle Endeavour, carrying Canadian astronaut Julie Payette, landed at Cape Canaveral, Fla., Friday, after a 16-day mission to the International Space Station that included a historic Canadian first.

set: Space shuttle Endeavour lands at Cape Canaveral


set: Customs' What's My Duty? iPhone app is now available for download.


set: The Town of Tryon approved an updated water shortage response plan this week after over a year of concerns with the state's recommended restrictions during times of drought.

set: Tryon approves water shortage response plan


set: As per reports, a large number of periodical cicadas are seen crawling out of Earth.

set: Large number of periodical cicadas crawling out of Earth


set: Profibus has announced Codesys V3 Basic, a three-day training programme targeted at anyone who wants to understand modern PLC programming.

set: Profibus announces Codesys V3 training programme


set: On Tuesday Beyonce and Andre 3000 Teaming Up For Winehouse Cover was a top story.


set: eurovision.tv have today launched Be a Winner 2008, which allows Eurovision Song Contest fans to make a video of themselves singing a eurovision song, to be in with a chance to win a flip camera.


set: Casey Anthony won't be doing any formal, sit down media interviews until after the civil trial that she is embroiled in is resolved, which will be in early 2013, RadarOnline.com is exclusively reporting.

set: Casey Anthony won't be doing any interviews until after civil trial


set: The dispute between Fox and Cablevision that left 3 million cable subscribers without Fox programming over the weekend has stretched into its third day.

set: Fox, Cablevision dispute stretches into third day


set: A 51-year-old man has died after being struck by an ambulance attending an emergency call in Wirral.

set: Man dies after being struck by ambulance in Wirral


set: Actress Annette Bening has canceled her upcoming appearance at the Virginia Film Festival due to ``unavoidable schedule conflicts.``

set: Annette Bening cancels appearance at Virginia Film Festival


set: A Layton nurse is arrested after allegedly forging fake prescriptions for pain killers.

set: Layton nurse arrested for forging prescriptions


set: The public offer for Count Financial subsidiary Countplus opens today, following a 100 per cent take-up by Countplus principals of the shares made available to them.


set: sub-inspector publicly manhandling a girl by way of 'moral policing' at Jind on Friday night, Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Hooda has said stern action will be taken against any cop taking ``excessive action''.

set: Stern action against any cop taking excessive action:


set: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said that the 'citizen feedback model' is being enforced in selected districts and its scope will be expanded to all districts of the province.


set: President Pranab Mukherjee was on Wednesday given an inter-services guard of honour, Hazaar Salam, shortly after he was sworn in as the 13th President of the Republic of India.

set: President Pranab Mukherjee given guard of honour


set: Singapore restaurant Iggy's reclaimed its crown as the top dining spot in Asia in the third annual edition of a regional dining guide which saw a Malaysian restaurant make the top 10 for the first time.

set: Singapore restaurant reclaims top dining spot in Asia


set: Business software maker Oracle Corp. spent nearly $1.2 million in the first quarter to lobby on patent reform, data security and numerous other issues, according to a disclosure report.

set: Oracle spent nearly $1.2 million in first quarter to lobby on patent reform, data security


set: Despite what you may be hearing on Twitter ... rapper Too Short insists ... he's NOT DEAD.


set: Importantly, zoonotic helminths that affect human eyes may cause blindness with severe socio-economic consequences to human communities.

set: Zoonotic helminths affecting the human eye


set: The European Union on Friday activated a mechanism to evacuate its citizens from Yemen and called for an ``immediate ceasefire,`` foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton said.

set: EU activates mechanism to evacuate its citizens from Yemen


set: The Red Bluff Parks and Recreation Fall Ball League Monday night coed league champions, sponsored by Tehama Angus Ranch, celebrate their season.

set: Red Bluff Parks and Recreation fall Ball league champions


set: By MELISSA EDDY BERLIN - German prosecutors are investigating Google Inc. on suspicion of violating privacy laws by recording fragments of people's online activities through unsecured Wi-Fi networks.


set: Grammy award-winning pop singer Lionel Richie said yesterday that he and the Commodores will reunite soon for a tour.

set: Lionel Richie says Commodores will reunite for tour


set: Public school students received barely passing marks in achievement tests in Filipino over the last five years, with high school students doing more poorly than grade schoolers, according to results of the elementary and secondary National Achievement Test.

set: Public school students barely passing Filipino


set: Cincinnati Bengals running back Cedric Benson will serve 20 days of jail time.


set: The Nationalist Congress Party President Sharad Pawar is disregarding party loyalists by not consulting them for candidatures in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, Kolhapur MP Sadashivrao Mandlik alleged today.


set: Colorado will get a new governor during a swearing in ceremony at the state capitol Tuesday.


set: A labour contractor was shot at in a robbery attempt in broad daylight on Monday in Sector-37.

set: Labour contractor shot at in broad daylight


set: Statoil ASA, the world's largest offshore oil and gas operator, expects production costs to rise as it expands in unconventional petroleum resources and in areas such as the Russian Arctic and Canada.


set: Reality TV star Heidi Montag has called off her divorce with husband Spencer Pratt.


set: The struggling Atlanta Braves have sent right-hander Kris Medlen to the minors with an eye toward starting and called up outfielder Jose Constanza.


set: A hotel worker in Providence, RI, quit his job with gusto, handing his boss his resignation accompanied by a 19-piece marching band.


set: A judge has ordered a mental evaluation for the Oklahoma man accused of planting a homemade bomb on a natural gas pipeline.

set: Judge orders mental evaluation for konawa man accused of planting bomb


set: The Blue Peter garden and the studios where Top Of The Pops was filmed could get listed status under new proposals


set: The Learning Company announced that two new facebook games, developed by Blue Fang Games, are coming in February;

set: The Learning Company announce two new facebook games


set: A one car crash in Cattaraugus County has claimed the life of a Pennsylvania woman.


set: Three people were arrested Wednesday for allegedly trying to pass off a counterfeit $100 bill.

set: Three people arrested for allegedly passing counterfeit bill


set: South African manufacturing dipped for the ninth consecutive month in January, according to a survey, on account of a global slump in demand that hit exports and compounded job losses.

set: South African manufacturing dips for ninth month;


set: If you can somehow tear yourself away from some of the bigger new releases on the PlayStation Vita today, LittleBigPlanet PS Vita now has a brand new update which brings it to version 1.03.

set: LittleBigPlanet PS Vita updated to version 1.03


set: A Lindsborg man is hurt in crash in rural Saline County near Assaria Tuesday afternoon.

set: Lindsborg man hurt in crash near Assaria


set: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday met Myanmar's opposition leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi at the old capital of Yangon and invited her to India to deliver the Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial lecture.

set: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh invites Suu Kyi to India


set: MORE than 400 teenage cadets and adult instructors from the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Army Cadet Force will march through Winchester to receive a Friendship Scroll this Saturday.


set: The Ugandan rebels killed 23 people including soldiers and several children in southern Sudan near the border with Congo, the southern Sudan army said today.

set: Ugandan rebels kill 23 people in southern Sudan


set: Receiver DJ Hall signed a contract with the New York Giants, his agent Ed Rowan just told me.


set: British No.1 Andy Murray met Hollywood superstar Kevin Spacey after beating Feliciano Lopez to set up last-16 match with the big hitting Canadian Milos Raonic.

set: Murray meets Hollywood superstar Kevin Spacey


set: The Business Woman's Special marked its one year anniversary last night at their monthly queer party at Augusta House in Kensington Market.

set: Business Woman's Special marks one year anniversary


set: A CHARITY shop is struggling to compete with its neighbours because people do not know what it does.


set: Diego Maradona issued a verbal appeal to Italian authorities Tuesday to clear his name in a tax evasion case, even offering to meet with the country's president.

set: Diego Maradona issues verbal appeal to Italian authorities to clear name in tax evasion case


set: German regional fixed network operator Versatel has introduced a modular tariff system and personalised flat-rate deals from 2 January.

set: Versatel introduces modular tariff system


set: Jammu, March 28 A suspected Pakistani infiltrator was killed by Indian border guards in Ramgarh sector along the international border Sunday.


set: Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani has said that sectarianism has nothing to do with Islam and urged the Ummah to stand united to face the challenges it was confronting and seek guidance from the life and teachings of Holy Prophet Muhammad to lead a successful life.

set: Sectarianism has nothing to do with Islam:


set: Stocks to watch on the Australian stock exchange at noon on Monday: up 22 cents, or 0.55 per cent, at $40.08 Stuart Machin is moving across from heading operations at Wesfarmers' Coles supermarket chain to running department store chain Target.


set: The Texans say defensive coordinator Wade Phillips is in stable condition after undergoing surgery on his kidney and gall bladder.

set: Texans defensive coordinator Wade Phillips undergoes surgery on kidney, gall bladder


set: THE global economy faces a grave crisis if private credit flows are not restored, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has told parliament.


set: It is thus not surprising that the Reds turned to Deans for advice and how to overcome the men from Pretoria.


set: A 40-year-old man, later identified as Shankar of Perambalur district, was found dead inside the CMBT bus terminus in Koyambedu on Thursday morning, with blood oozing from the mouth.


set: Justin Leonard qualified for the Masters by virtue of his position inside the Top 50 in the World Ranking today.


set: A retired Russian business tycoon has become the second person in 24 hours to die diving off Northland.


set: The Hang Seng Index closed at 22,840.33 on Wednesday, down 73.82 points or 0.32 per cent.

set: Hang Seng Index closed at 22,840.33, down 73.82 points


set: Super Saver, ridden by Calvin Borel, came from just off the pace to win Saturday's 136th running of the Kentucky Derby.

set: Super Saver wins 136th running of Kentucky Derby


set: Lindsay Lohan and NBC confirmed that Lindsay is set to host ``SNL'' on March 3.

set: Lindsay Lohan to host 'saturday night live'


set: Prime Minister Stephen Harper today announced that the Prime Minister of Kuwait, His Highness Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, will visit Canada from September 25 to 26, 2011.

set: Prime Minister of Kuwait to visit Canada


set: ``No I don't think prayer should be a part of any public meetings.

set: Should prayer be a part of public meetings?


set: With the NFL set to face scores of concussion-related lawsuits from thousands of former players, Pittsburgh Steelers safety Troy Polamalu admitted Wednesday that he's lied about head injuries in the past in order to remain on the field.


set: The UK government said on Sunday that it will nationalize Northern Rock PLC after the mortgage lender almost collapsed last year as the subprime crisis turned into a global credit crunch.

set: UK government to nationalize Northern Rock


set: Axl Rose ran out of patience Saturday night and had a fan ejected from the Guns N' Roses show in Vancouver.

set: Axl Rose runs out of patience with fan at Guns N' Roses show


set: Massey Energy Company will announce its first quarter 2009 financial results after the market closes on April 28, 2009.

set: Massey Energy to announce first quarter 2009 financial results


set: Alnwick Garden in Northumberland has launched a global search to add deadly strychnine to its list of deadly plants.

set: Alnwick Garden in Northumberland launches global search for deadly strychnine


set: Sony Ericsson has now introduced the Xperia ray, a sleek and beautiful Android smartphone that features Sony's award winning technologies like the Reality display, Mobile BRAVIA engine and Exmor R, in the Middle East.

set: Sony Ericsson Xperia ray introduced in Middle East


set: Oil rebounded above $88 a barrel on Tuesday, recouping some of the $6 losses that sent it to an eight-month low the previous day when investors bet the global economy would slip into recession and demand for fuels would sink.


set: Former Chelsea right back Juliano Belletti agreed Wednesday to join Fluminense and was expected to sign a two-year contract with the Brazilian club after undergoing medical tests later this week.

set: Former Chelsea defender Belletti joins Fluminense


set: A 54-year-old Colorado Springs woman died Thursday night in a car crash in Teller County.

set: Colorado Springs woman dies in car crash


set: An ugly brawl broke out between the Dodgers and Diamondbacks after Zack Greinke was hit by a pitch.

set: Ugly brawl breaks out between the Dodgers and Diamondbacks


set: Associated Press Writer= HONG KONG â€'' Hong Kong on Friday lifted its weeklong quarantine on a downtown hotel where a Mexican swine flu patient stayed, releasing some 280 guests and employees who had been isolated in the building.

set: Hong Kong lifts quarantine on downtown hotel


set: Sex predator may be active on Gold Coast Updated: 16:34, Friday December 21, 2012 Police fear a sexual predator is targeting women exercising on the Gold Coast at night.


set: As information technology becomes a more integral part of student learning and achievement, the role of school libraries and librarians is changing to meet increasing student demands while incorporating traditional library functions.

set: Libraries changing to meet increasing student demands


set: ``Saturday Night Live'', hosted by Jane Lynch with musical guest Bruno Mars, matched its week-ago household rating to dominate the time period.

set: 'Saturday night Live' hosted by 'Jane Lynch' dominate the time period


set: ISRAEL agreed to allow supplies of some fuel and medicine into the Hamas-run Gaza Strip, easing for at least one day a blockade that plunged much of the territory into darkness and sparked international protests.


set: British funnyman Steve Coogan is facing a driving ban after his vehicle was caught speeding, according to reports.


set: Perfumes and cosmetics chain retailer Sephora has opened its new flagship 1,200 m2 store in Singapore.

set: Sephora opens flagship store in Singapore


set: Tenders worth RO10,680,983 was awarded during the meeting:


set: An Austrian man accused of locking his daughter in a basement for 24 years and fathering her seven children pleaded guilty to incest but insisted he was innocent of murder and enslavement charges as his trial opened Monday.


set: Foreign Affairs officials have confirmed a New Zealander has survived a plane crash in Papua New Guinea which killed 28 people.

set: Officials confirm nzer has survived plane crash


set: Brendan Rodgers has been slow to add ot his squad this summer, so here is some advise for our new manager! 3 players we could easily sign this summer, within our budget and would strengthen our squad considerably.


set: A new pricing study finds that American consumers are facing a ``tomato cliff'' that will result in huge premiums for fresh tomatoes at the supermarket, or else they will be forced to go without fresh tomatoes, if the US terminates a trade agreement with Mexico at the request of a group of Florida growers.

set: American consumers face a 'tomato cliff'


set: The US said it is not ready for a FTA with India, as it cannot fully open agricultural imports from American farmers.


set: Truss bridges are of special concern because they don't have design redundancies found in newer bridge construction.


set: The State Fire Marshal's Office reported that a Belfast woman died Tuesday night, Oct. 19, after her nightgown caught fire in her Rolerson Road home.

set: Belfast woman dies after nightgown catches fire


set: The Colorado Rockies have recalled left-hander Josh Outman from Double-A Tulsa.


set: In a move to please its transgender student community, the Oxford University has introduced a new academic dress code which allows men to wear skirts or stockings to exams and formal occasions while women can wear suits or white bow ties.

set: Oxford allows men to wear skirts, women bow ties


set: Nairobi motorists, who are already paying a heavy fuel bill, will pay more for private parking lots after major operators raised the daily fee by 25 per cent to Sh250.

set: Nairobi motorists pay more for private parking


set: State Forestry officials say an Horry County wildfire that has been burning for nearly four weeks is again 100% contained.

set: Horry County wildfire again 100% contained


set: Princess Cruises of Santa Clarita is entering the Japanese market in response to what its parent company said was a growing interest in cruising in Japan.


set: An Indonesian volcano has spewed more hot ash & debris into the air, sending villagers fleeing.


set: After surviving a second straight scare, the Crimson Tide put their No. 2 ranking on the line Saturday when they visit Southeastern Conference rival Tennessee.

set: After another scare, Alabama visits Tennessee


set: Cotton worth crores of rupees is going up in smoke every year thanks to the sheer negligence on the part of factory managements in Adilabad district which has the highest number of ginning and pressing mills in the State.

set: Cotton worth crores going up in smoke every year


set: A 28-year-old Myrtle Beach man claims he was robbed of $50 and a cell phone in front of his home early Friday morning.

set: Man robbed of $50, cell phone outside of home


set: A judge sentenced an Alamogordo man to 116 years in prison on Monday for torturing six people in Las Cruces, including two children.

set: Judge sentences Alamogordo man to 116 years for torture


set: Wheat prices dropped by nearly 30 cents on Wednesday, extending their decline as traders bet that global wheat crops are increasing.


set: Tom Brady is expected to play Sunday amid rumors of an injured shoulder.


set: Malaysia's top Mixed Doubles pair, Chan Peng Soon and Goh Liu Ying will face Indonesian shuttlers in the group match between Indonesia and Malaysia in the Sudirman Cup, in China, on May 25, 2011.

set: Chan Peng Soon and Goh Liu Ying will face Indonesian shuttlers in Sudirman Cup 2011 --


set: Sony Pictures will distribute MGM's RoboCop remake, to be directed by Jose Padilha from a script by Josh Zetumer, reports Deadline.

set: Sony Pictures to distribute RoboCop remake


set: Junior Rob Corsi pitched seven shutout innings to help Rutgers University baseball complete a three-game sweep over Old Dominion University with a 5-1 win on Sunday at Bud Metheny Baseball Complex.

set: Rutgers baseball completes the sweep of Old Dominion


set: Andy Hunt is stepping down as British Olympic Association chief executive at the end of February just six months after he guided the host nation to its most successful Games medal haul in 104 years.

set: Hunt steps down as British Olympic Association chief


set: Girls Aloud star Cheryl Cole is planning to gain half a stone in a bid to prepare herself for the band's upcoming tour, according to reports.

set: Cheryl Cole 'plans to gain half a stone'


set: Virgin Atlantic, one of the world's leading long-haul airlines, has announced that it has launched an amazing Upper Class seat sale to many of its destinations.

set: Virgin Atlantic launches Upper Class sale


set: TOKYO Japanese automakers said Monday their global production surged in February, as Toyota boosted output 83 percent from a year earlier despite an ongoing recall of several key models.

set: Japan automaker production surges in February


set: Information and communications technology applications provider Huawei has launched a new mobile broadband research laboratory, mLAB.

set: Huawei launches new mobile broadband research laboratory


set: A Brown County man is charged with breaking into several car dealerships and targeting the safes.

set: Brown County man charged with breaking into car dealerships


set: Erik Guay of Canada produced a daring run to win the final race of the season Thursday and claim a World Cup title in the super-G. Guay became the first Canadian to win a crystal globe since Steve Podborski in 1982.

set: Guay of Canada wins super-G World Cup title


set: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince sees the boy wizard returning to the big screen on July 15th, and M&C is giving fans a chance to enjoy the entire book series with the Harry Potter Book Box-set Giveaway!

set: Harry Potter returns to the big screen, and M&C's giving away the entire book series!


set: Maoists killed a home guard in Majhipali village of Odisha suspecting him of being a police informer.


set: Boris bikes could be wheeled out to Kingston if London's Conservative mayor is relected for a second term.

set: Boris bikes could be wheeled out in Kingston


set: Chatham-Kent police responded to 104 calls for service between 8 am Saturday and 8 am Sunday.


set: Fitch Ratings has downgraded five Slovenian banks, including the country's two biggest banks, Nova Ljubljanska Banka and Nova Kreditna Banka Maribor, citing a worsening asset quality in the eurozone state.


set:
Finally BP oil spill has been stopped.
BP oil spill stopped:


set: Alleged anti-gay harassment at the hands of teachers at a north metro school district cost taxpayers $25,000, the Star Tribune reports.

set: Anti-gay harassment costs taxpayers $25,000


set: Although ridership is up, TARTA says because of rising diesel prices, they could have to start trimming service.


set: CAMERAS are to be let into council meetings across Gloucestershire and Wiltshire for the first time.


set: AirTran Airways, a subsidiary of AirTran Holdings, Inc., announced today that it will defer 18 Boeing 737-700 aircraft originally scheduled for delivery between 2009 through 2011 to 2013 through 2014.

set: AirTran Airways defers 18 Boeing aircraft deliveries


set: Percy Harvin, a Minnesota Vikings rookie receiver and recent University of Florida standout, was released from an Atlanta hospital Saturday and is recovering at home, Vikings officials said.


set: Turkish Justice Minister Sadullah Ergin attended an informal meeting of EU justice and home affairs ministers in Swedish capital of Stockholm on Friday.

set: Minister Ergin attends meeting of EU justice and home affairs ministers


set: The French President Nicholas Sarkozy has been advocating that France raise its retirement age.


set: VETERANS Affairs Minister Alan Griffin today conceded more young Australian war widows are struggling and pledged to take action.


set: A 48-year-old Mount Joy, Lancaster County, woman was convicted of wire fraud last week after she defrauded a Jacobus real estate settlement firm and a real estate title insurance company out of more than $266,000, the US Department of Justice said.

set: Lancaster County woman convicted of fraud


set: Four inmates escaped from Cipinang penitentiary at around 3 am on Monday by climbing up an unguarded watchtower.

set: Four inmates escape Cipinang penitentiary


set: General Dynamics said today it has agreed to acquire armored vehicle company Force Protection for $5.52 per share, or a total of $360 million.

set: General Dynamics to acquire Force Protection


set: Car market leader Maruti Suzuki India today said it has launched a limited edition of its premium hatchback Swift, priced at Rs 4.83 lakh.

set: Maruti launches limited edition of Swift


set: The government today admitted that corruption is plaguing implementation of its flagship programme MNREGA and there is a need to address the issue meaningfully.

set: Corruption plaguing implementation of MNREGA:


set: Meerut, Aug 12 Seven teenaged girls, four hailing from Nepal, were rescued from a red light area in Uttar Pradesh's Meerut district Thursday, police said.


set: New Delhi Asserting that perpetrators of the Mumbai terror carnage should be punished, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said India will await the outcome of the international community's efforts in this regard before deciding on its options.

set: Perpetrators of Mumbai carnage should be punished:


set: A man was killed Thursday afternoon during an apparent drug deal at Taylor's Mobile Home Park on Parris Island Gateway in Burton, Beaufort County Sheriff's Office officials say.

set: Man killed during apparent drug deal in Burton


set: England players have been fined 10 per cent of their match fee for a slow over rate in their win against Australia at Lord's.

set: England players fined 10 per cent of match fee


set: Andrea Horwath must pay back more than $100,000 in taxpayer money collected to build a ramp at NDP headquarters that has never been built, Liberal candidate Laurel Broten said today.

set: Horwath must pay back $100,000 in taxpayer money


set: The IDF is training for an ``Arab Spring'' rebellion in Judea and Samaria with a large-scale exercise for the first time in three years.

set: IDF trains for ``Arab Spring' in Judea and Samaria


set: Alpharetta police are investigating a violent home invasion last week in which intruders tied up and threatened a family for about an hour before leaving with jewelry and other valuables.

set: Alpharetta police investigating violent home invasion


set: Bass player and songwriter Donald ``Duck'' Dunn, a member of the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame band Booker T. and the MGs and the Blues Brothers band, has died in Tokyo.

set: Bass player Donald 'Duck' Dunn dies in Tokyo


set: Azerbaijan, Baku, Jan. 7 /TrendNews, S.Kazimli/ Blood donation action was held in Azhdarbay Mosque in the Azerbaijani capital due to Day of Ashura.

set: Blood donation action held in Azerbaijan due to Day of Ashura


set: Russia plans to get valuable fuel from gas the byproduct of crude oil, which is also a chemical raw material.

set: Russia plans to get fuel from gas byproduct of crude


set: Apple has officially brought its iPad mini and the iPad 4 with the Retina screen to Latvia, reports Db.lv.


set: The SS Nomadic has opened to the public for the first time since it was brought back to Belfast seven years ago.


set: MAHMOUD Ahmadinejad will visit Iraq in early March, the first ever by an Iranian president and 20 years after the end of the Iran-Iraq war.


set: Snookie of the infamous reality show Jersey Shore has broken up with her boyfriend.

set: Snookie from Jersey Shore breaks up with boyfriend


set: TWO new primary schools are set to open in Enfield under the Government's Free School policy.

set: Two new primary schools to open in Enfield


set: The NFL handed out fines to some of their most well-known players on Friday in response to some illegal plays made in Week One.


set: And a local economist says a quick recovery isn't what we want.


set: Thousands of people have fled a Palestinian refugee camp in the Syrian city of Latakia, some fleeing gunfire and others leaving on orders from the Syrian authorities, a spokesman for the UN agency which cares for Palestinian refugees said.


set: Sony has put a PlayStation Vita in every GAME and Gamestation shop in an effort to get the console in gamers' hands before launch.

set: Sony puts a PlayStation Vita in every GAME and Gamestation


set: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Leader of the Lok Sabha and union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde, Deputy Speaker Kariya Munda and senior BJP leader LK Advani paid floral tributes to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel in Parliament House on his 137th birth anniversary Wednesday.

set: Manmohan Singh, Advani pay tributes to Sardar Patel


set: Her latest release Cyrille Aimée + Friends Live At Smalls should help to broaden her appeal.

set: Cyrille Aimée + Friends Live At Smalls --


set: Algeria has pardoned a 51-year-old Dutch drug smuggler.


set: Nash, along with a conditional 2013 3rd-round draft pick and AHL/ECHL defenseman Steve Delisle, was officially traded to the New York Rangers on Monday in exchange for centers Brandon Dubinsky and Artem Anisimov, defenseman Tim Erixon and a 2013 first-round draft pick, according to Columbus Blue Jackets General Manager Scott Howson.


set: The Sioux Falls man accused of killing 19-year-old Michael James Stevens at the Sioux Empire Fairgrounds late last year is now accused of attempting to have a witness in the case killed.

set: Sioux Falls man accused of attempting to have witness killed


set: Tens of thousands of Israelis joined protests Saturday evening, reviving their summer campaign against the high cost of living in Israel.


set: One jackpot-winning Cash 5 ticket worth $225,000 from the May 12 drawing was sold at Grand Smoke Shop, 231 W. Mine St., Hazleton, Luzerne County.

set: Cash 5 ticket worth $225,000 sold in Luzerne County


set: Essemtec's stencil printers SP004 and SP150 print more accurately and are simpler to set up than their predecessors, the company said.

set: Essemtec stencil printers print more accurately


set: Tommy John surgery San Francisco Giants closer Brian Wilson will undergo Tommy John reconstructive elbow surgery Thursday in Pensacola, Fla.

set: Giants closer Wilson to undergo Tommy John reconstructive elbow surgery


set: A Sydney woman shopkeeper has foiled a robbery bid by an armed bandit police allege had earlier carjacked a teenager's BMW at knifepoint.


set: Farmers in Gaston and Cleveland counties are praying for rain this weekend.


set: A Florida woman is in police custody after authorities say she abused her live-in boyfriend by stabbing him in the chest and abdomen repeatedly with a fondue fork.


set: ITALIAN defender Davide Grassi today revealed he has agreed a new one-year deal with Aberdeen FC.


set: Rambus Inc said it has signed a patent licensing deal with Broadcom Inc , resolving all previous claims related to its technology.

set: Rambus signs patent licensing deal with Broadcom


set: Russia is building arms plants in Venezuela to produce AK-103 automatic rifles and cartridges and is finalizing contracts to send 53 military helicopters to the Andean nation, Moscow's envoy to Venezuela said on Dec. 1.

set: Russia building arms plants in Venezuela


set: Peter Diamond, of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, was one of three economists to win the 2010 Nobel economics prize Monday for developing a theory that helps explain why many people can remain unemployed despite a large number of job vacancies.

set: Peter Diamond wins Nobel prize for economics


set: A Des Moines man claimed a $1 million Powerball prize on Wednesday.

set: Des Moines man claims $1 Powerball prize


set: ``Today we're here to announce that Google Fiber is coming to Austin, Texas,'' Austin mayor Lee Leffingwell said at a press event.


set: The US government's monthly budget deficit narrowed to $40.5 billion in April from a year earlier as tax revenue climbed.

set: Budget deficit narrowed in April as tax revenue climbed


set: The 58-year-old Kasich defeated Strickland with attacks over the loss of 400,000 jobs.


set: A mother who drank vodka for breakfast and binged on five bottles of wine a day has been warned that one more drink could kill her.


set: but it can now be revealed he is facing other serious charges the jury was not told about.


set: He directed Heath Ledger in the Oscar winning actors last film The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus and now prolific filmmaker Terry Gilliam has revealed that he may not make anymore films.

set: Terry Gilliam may not make anymore films


set: Toronto Blue Jays left fielder Eric Thames has left their game against the New York Yankees because of dizziness after striking out in the first inning.

set: Blue Jays lf Thames leaves because of dizziness;


set: The mother of a child injured on a Davidson County road Wednesday morning said the bus stop is poorly marked.


set: The Euro Millions lottery has finally rolled over after weeks of producing winners!

set: Euro Millions lottery finally rolls over!


set: A Johnson & Johnson unit must pay $10 million in damages to the family of a 13-year-old girl who suffered skin burns and eye damage after she took Childrenā??s Motrin to treat a fever and cough, a Pennsylvania jury ruled.

set: J&j unit must pay $10 million over Motrin, jury rules


set: Dallas Mavericks assistant coach Darrell Armstrong was arrested in Los Angeles Tuesday on an outstanding warrant related to a casino debt in Las Vegas, reports the Los Angeles Times.

set: Mavericks' assistant coach Darrell Armstrong arrested


set: After concluding a phone call with Russian President Medvedev, President Obama announced the new START treaty during a press briefing Secretary of State Clinton, Secretary of Defense Gates, and Admiral Mullen.

set: President Obama announces the new START treaty


set: Belk Inc. will donate $1 million over five years to establish a boutique in the new Duke Cancer Institute to provide fashions, cosmetics and other items for cancer patients.

set: Belk to establish boutique at Duke cancer Institute


set: The man charged with trying to kill his two young children by setting fire to their home has died.

set: Man charged with trying to kill his children dies


set: British veteran David Millar led a five-man breakaway to win the 12th and longest stage of the Tour de France on Friday.

set: Britain's David Millar wins 12th stage at Tour de France


set: Shania Twain has sent a message to her fans thanking them for their support as she attempts to get on with her life after splitting from her husband.


set: German investor confidence rose strongly this month as healthy industrial orders and exports buoyed sentiment, a closely watched survey showed Tuesday.

set: German investor confidence rises strongly


set: British software company Autonomy Corp. agreed to buy US content management group Interwoven Inc for $775 million to boost its access to the worldwide legal and compliance industry.

set: Autonomy to buy Interwoven for $775 million


set: Financiera Independencia, SAB de CV, SOFOM, ENR a leading Mexican microfinance lender of personal loans to lower income segment individuals and working capital loans through group lending microfinance, announced today that the Comision Federal de Competencia approved its acquisition of Apoyo Economico Familiar SA de CV, SOFOM, ENR, one of the largest unsecured personal lending institutions in Mexico, as announced on December 22nd, 2010.

set: Comision Federal de Competencia approves acquisition of Apoyo Economico Familiar


set: The northern railways have introduced a new passenger train from Rohtak to Panipat, extended the Jind-Sirsa passenger train to Hisar, and Delhi-Jind train to Narwana.

set: Railways introduces new Rohtak-Panipat passenger train


set: A Bulgarian cargo ship sank in a storm off the south coast of Russia leaving 11 crew members stranded in life rafts amid three-metre waves, Russian news agencies reported.

set: Bulgarian cargo ship sinks off Russia: agencies


set: England manager Martin Johnson stepped down Wednesday after a 3-1/2-year stint in charge culminated in a rugby World Cup campaign dogged by problems on and off the pitch and a miserable quarter-final exit.


set: Frank Turner has released an intimate new documentary charting his incredible personal journey as the frontman of seminal UK punk group Million Dead to his rise as a magnetic solo artist with a fervent worldwide following.


set: Gaza militants fired a Qassam rocket into southern Israel on Sunday, in the latest violation of a truce in the Hamas-ruled territory.

set: Gaza militants fire Qassam into southern Israel


set: Manchester City striker Emmanuel Adebayor knows his return to the Emirates will be ``hell'' but claims he never wanted to leave Arsenal.

set: Adebayor: 'I never wanted to leave Arsenal'


set: Millions of Malaysians voted on Sunday in tight national elections that could oust the coalition government after nearly 56 years in power.


set: The Dubai Metro public transport network was officially opened this week, making it easier for travellers to explore the city and take in its many sights.


set: A branch broke the window of a school bus carrying elementary school students in Monroe on Friday morning.

set: Branch breaks window of bus carrying elementary school students


set: A man killed his wife and then surrendered before the police on Tuesday morning in Byatrayanapura police station.


set: The average annual unemployment rate is expected to reach about 8%, the outgoing Minister of Labor and Social Policy Emila Maslarova said at an annual news conference on the ministry's condition before the next government takes office, FOCUS News Agency reporter informed.

set: Average annual unemployment rate to reach about 8%


set: Palestinian gunmen fired on Israeli troops twice as soldiers continued to leave Gaza.

set: Palestinian gunmen fire on Israeli troops


set: MENOMONEE FALLS, Wis. Newly released video shows a toddler appearing to smoke marijuana in the presence of his mother and her two male friends.


set: Boris Johnson hailed the Olympic volunteers for transforming Britain's capital into an ``exuberant Butlins-type'' atmosphere during the Games.


set: Arsenal defender Andre Santos has apologised for swapping shirts with ex-team-mate Robin van Persie in public view during the 2-1 loss against Manchester United after receiving criticism from fans.

set: Andre Santos apologises for swapping shirts with Robin van Persie in public


set: PTI / New Delhi July 29, 2009, 12:42 IST Government today said 150 National Highway development projects are facing cost overruns primarily due to delay in land acquisition, Road Transport and Highways Minister Kamal Nath informed the Rajya Sabha today.

set: 150 National highway projects face cost overruns:


set: ``I am really enjoying my cricket right now. I don't know how long I am going to continue playing, but as long as I enjoy myself and feel that I can contribute, I will be playing. My age doesn't bother me -- age is in the mind,'' the 37-year-old said.


set: Tejay van Garderen stayed out of trouble to seal his first professional stage race title Sunday, winning the Tour of California in front of BMC Racing Team's home fans.

set: Tejay van Garderen wins Tour of California


set: Nissan are recalling a number of Qashqai, Qashqai+2 and NV200 vans in the UK after the steering wheel fell of a Qashqai in Finland.

set: Nissan Qashqai steering wheel falls off:


set: Home buyers have seen stamp duty soar by more than 60 per cent in five years, new figures show.


set: Furcal has setback in comeback from elbow injury Rafael Furcal had hoped to make his spring training debut Sunday.


set: Anthony Kim carded a final round 5-under-par 65 to win the AT&T National by two strokes over Fredick Jacobson.


set: Authorities said today that an assault on a 12-year-old Calabasas boy who was allegedly targeted by his fellow middle school students because of his red hair is not being investigated as a hate crime.

set: Assault of Calabasas boy is not being investigated as a hate crime


set: Former The Practice star Marla Sokoloff married Deadsy drummer Alec Puro Sunday evening in Beverly Hills.

set: 'The Practice' star Marla Sokoloff marries drummer Alec Puro


set: Scientists from Hubbs-SeaWorld Research institute hit the beach in Flagler County to examine a dead whale that had washed onto the beach.


set: A bronze statue of civil rights heroine Rosa Parks was recently unveiled at the US Capitol on a day for members of her African Methodist Episcopal Church to celebrate one of their own.

set: Statue of Rosa Parks unveiled in Capitol


set: Two people were shot in Newark late Monday night, and police this morning were trying to sort out the circumstances of the attacks, authorities said.


set: BMW is teaming up with Green Mountain Energy Company to offer renewable energy certificates to drivers of the BMW ActiveE.

set: BMW to offer renewable energy certificates


set: European stocks advanced for the first time in four days as US economic data beat estimates, outweighing political uncertainty in Italy where leaders intensified efforts to form a government.


set: Eagles Pro Bowl left tackle Jason Peters ruptured his Achilles tendon and will probably miss the entire 2012 season.

set: Eagles Pro Bowl tackle Jason Peters ruptures his Achilles tendon


set: A glass display case shattered, but fortunately no one was hurt when a handgun was accidentally fired at a crowded gun show in Fond du Lac.


set: Chhattisgarh police will adopt an aggressive strategy while dealing with the Naxalites in the wake of increasing attacks by the outlaws, state Home Minister Nanki Ram Kanwar said on Thursday.

set: Chhattisgarh police to adopt aggressive strategy against Naxals


set: Dr. Travis Reeves, superintendent of Ashe County Schools, confirmed that a school employee inadvertently brought a rifle on school grounds last week.

set: School employee inadvertently brings rifle to school


set: DirecTV has reached an agreement with FOX to continue carrying all FOX Networks including FOX Soccer, FOX Soccer Plus and FOX Deportes.

set: DirecTV reaches agreement to continue carrying FOX Soccer and FOX Soccer Plus


set: Joburg switched on to Arts Alive last night when Executive Mayor Amos Masondo welcomed several hundred guests in Mary Fitzgerald Square and officially opened the month-long arts festival.


set: A 12-year-old boy fell three metres from a ladder at his parents' workplace on Thursday, crashing down on the concrete below.


set: Australian model Miranda Kerr has posted a topless photograph of herself online, and she has censored her modesty on her own.


set: Hundreds line up in Riviera Beach for a ticket to see President Barack Obama speak in West Palm Beach on the heels of the Democratic National Convention.

set: Hundreds line up for ticket to see Obama


set: PSA Peugeot Citroen said it may build cars in India with General Motors , its new global alliance partner, effectively scrapping a planned 650 million euro investment in its own factory.

set: Peugeot Citroen may build cars in India with GM


set: It's time to make preseason NFL picks against the betting odds in the FOX-televised game between the New England Patriots and Atlanta Falcons.


set: The Houston Rockets recruited the big man they have been looking for when they signed free-agent centre Samuel Dalembert, the NBA team said on Monday.


set: A crisis of confidence grips corporate India as it struggles to forget 2011, which saw growth falter, inflation soar and the global investment sentiment turn negative.

set: Crisis of confidence grips corporate India


set: Turner Broadcasting System has confirmed that Nuts TV will launch on digital satellite next week.


set: Carlos Beltran threw himself a Mets going-away party on Tuesday night, which turned out to be fitting.


set: WASHINGTON - Toyota Motor Corp. is recalling 600,000 Sienna minivans sold in the United States, to address potential corrosion in the spare tire carrier cable.

set: Toyota to recall 600,000 Sienna minivans


set: In fact, as the following chart suggests, the link between retail spending and mortgage refinancing activity appears to be broken.

set: Link between retail spending and mortgage refinancing appears to be broken


set: Online video site Hulu, under pressure from its media company parents to generate a bigger profit, launched a subscription service Tuesday with complete access to back episodes of popular television shows.


set: LCEC today set an all-time record for power usage and is predicting similar record usage Sunday.


set: Dish chair dares Softbank to raise bid for Sprint The chairman of satellite broadcaster Dish Network Corp., which is trying to buy Sprint Nextel Corp., is daring Sprint's other suitor to raise its bid.


set: Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc. says it is buying rival drugmaker Wyeth in a US$68 billion cash-and-stock deal that could reshape the drug development industry.

set: Pfizer buys rival drugmaker Wyeth for $68 billion


set: Czech supermodel Karolina Kurkova is pregnant her rep announced in a statement on Tuesday, July 14.


set: Bank of America swung to a profit from April through June and beat Wall Street expectations.


set: Lucknow, July 26 An inter-state gang of liquor smugglers was busted with the arrest of five people in Uttar Pradeshs Bulandshaher district and branded liquor worth Rs.1 million was seized from them, police said Saturday.

set: Inter-state gang of liquor smugglers busted


set: Jennifer Lopez is heating things up on the beach in Montevideo, Uruguay, as she shows off her post-twins tummy.

set: Jennifer Lopez heats up the beach in Montevideo


set: Houston-based Baker Hughes Inc. began a private placement to eligible purchasers of senior unsecured notes.


set: LEON, Mexico -Jamie Lovemark won the Mexico Open Bicentenary on Sunday for his first Nationwide Tour victory, beating BJ Staten with a 3-foot eagle putt on the first hole of a playoff at El Bosque Country Club.


set: Libyan rebels trying to retake the northeastern oil port of Brega were pushed back to the city of Ajdabiya by Muammar Gadhafi's armed forces.

set: Libyan rebels try to retake the northeastern oil port of Brega


set: The Newport News-built George HW Bush aircraft carrier departed Naval Station Norfolk around 8:30 am this morning for its final round of sea trials.

set: George HW Bush carrier departs for final round of sea trials


set: Life is imitating art now that David Duchovny, who plays a sex-obsessed lothario on Showtime's Californication, has voluntarily entered a sex addiction rehab, which his rep confirmed Thursday.

set: Californication star David duchovy enters sex addiction rehab


set: State development bank VneshEkonomBank auctioned RUB 33bn worth of pension saving funds as one-year deposits with banks on Apr 27 to 29 credit institutions.

set: VEB to auction RUB 33bn worth of pension funds as deposits.


set: Olivier Giroud is the man to replace Robin van Persie should the Arsenal captain leave the club this month, according to Gunners defender Laurent Koscielny.

set: Olivier Giroud can replace Robin Van Persie - Laurent Koscielny


set: Canadian Natural Resources Limited will release its 2011 budget details on Thursday, December 2, 2010.

set: Canadian Natural Resources Limited to release 2011 budget details


set: The Christmas spirit has soured between Franklin Road residents in Auckland and university students selling Christmas trees.


set: GAIL has acquired its first shale gas assets in the USA through its wholly owned US subsidiary GAIL

set: GAIL acquires first shale gas assets in USA


set: The Junior Ryder Cup, an international event between Europe and the United States designed to showcase golf's next generation, will return to Scotland in 2014 following the outstanding success of the 2010 contest at Gleneagles, the Perthshire venue which will host The Ryder Cup itself in three years' time.

set: Junior Ryder Cup to return to Scotland in 2014


set: Australian shares finish higher Updated: 21:57, Thursday December 20, 2012 The Australian share market has continued its stellar run, finishing higher despite falls on Wall Street amid caution about the outcome of the US budget talks.


set: Pope Francis referred for the first time, to the existence of a ``gay lobby'' inside the Vatican.

set: Pope Francis refers to 'gay lobby' inside Vatican


set: Pakistan cricketer Mohammad Asif has been released from prison after serving half of a 12-month sentence for match-fixing.


set: MoneyGram has expanded the global money transfer agreement with French banking group Societe Generale to the additional countries within Societe network.

set: MoneyGram expands global money transfer agreement with Societe Generale


set: Rebecca Soni and Tyler Clary of USA captured gold medals in the events of Women's 200m breaststroke and Men's 200m backstroke respectively at the 2012 London Olympic Games.

set: Rebecca Soni and Tyler Clary capture gold medals --


set: At least 13 mass graves have been found in Libya over the past three weeks, the International Committee of the Red Cross says.


set: Mariah Carey says Nick Cannon is ``getting better'' following surgery after he suffered ``mild kidney failure'' on holiday in Colorado.


set: UIL Communications officer Stephanie Ramirez confirmed on Monday that no report was filed or investigation conducted concerning a reported ineligible player for San Antonio Madison.


set: Federal Minister for Interior Rehman Malik on Sunday urged minorities to unite against terrorists to thwart their evil machinations to destabilize the country.

set: Rehman Malik urges minorities to unite against terrorists


set: DCT Industrial Trust Inc. has acquired a 32.6 acre land parcel in Romeoville, within the southern I-55 industrial submarket of Chicago.

set: DCT Industrial Trust Inc. acquires 32.6 acre land parcel in Romeoville


set: Kids on both sides of the Atlantic are smoking less pot and going out less often with friends at night, a study of 15-year-olds in 30 countries found.

set: Kids on both sides of Atlantic smoking less pot, study finds


set: Bosnian defender Sasa Papac will leave Rangers when his contract expires at the end of the season.


set: Manchester United striker Javier Hernandez is set to resume training this week after avoiding serious injury in a late tackle by Ashley Cole in Sunday's defeat of Chelsea, the player's agent has confirmed.


set: Palestinians transport an injured man to Al-Shifa hospital, after an overnight Israeli air strike, in Gaza City August 19, 2011.Israeli aircraft struck Hamas security installations in Gaza on Friday, killing at least one Palestinian, in further retaliation for attacks along the Egyptian border in which eight Israelis died.

set: Palestinians transport an injured man to Al-Shifa hospital after an overnight Israeli air strike in Gaza City


set: Perry Jones III scored 22 points and pulled down 14 rebounds as No. 6 Baylor held off a late push by Texas to take a 76-71 victory at Ferrell Center.


set: Firstcall has recommended `Buy` on Infosys Technologies with a price target of Rs 3,588 as against the market price of Rs 3,204 in its report dated Jan. 13, 2011.


set: After confirming full-forward Daniel Bradshaw and Ben McGlynn would return to the Sydney line-up, the normally reserved Roos took a veiled swipe at the divisive Akermanis.


set: Saatchi & Saatchi is continuing to strengthen its Singapore office as a regional hub for clients, with leadership for the agency's Kraft business now located in Singapore.

set: Saatchi & Saatchi strengthens Singapore office as regional hub for clients


set: The US Coast Guard said Southwest Pass remains open to deep draft vessels despite the current oil spill, and is free of any restrictions to marine traffic.

set: Coast Guard says Southwest Pass remains open


set: The Scottish Parliament today heard a statement on police numbers, with MSPs grilling the Justice Secretary on the affordability of police recruitment and retention going forward.

set: Scottish Parliament hears statement on police numbers