set: The Gophers pulled away from the Boilermakers with 21 points in the second half on the team's first three drives after halftime.

set: Minnesota Golden Gophers pull away from the Purdue Boilermakers in the second half


set: A forensic odontologist instructed to examine 10 samples in the Banting murder investigations discovered that seven of the samples were human teeth.


set: Minister of state for external affairs Dr Shahi Tharoor has announced that the government of India will provide 96,000 tonnes of rice to Liberia.

set: India to provide 96,000 tonnes of rice for Liberia


set: Northern Ireland went top of Group Three after a rousing 3-2 victory against Poland in a World Cup qualifier at Windsor Park.


set: Firstsource Solutions Ltd, the global BPO company with operations in Trichy, in association with the Trichy Division of Tamilnadu Police organized the third edition of its popular road safety awareness drive in the city.

set: Firstsource Solutions organizes road safety awareness drive


set: New Delhi, Parliament was adjourned for the 14th consecutive day Wednesday, but the Lok Sabha managed to pass the appropriation bills by a voice vote amid slogan shouting by opposition members for a parliamentary probe into the 2G spectrum allotment of 2008.

set: Parliament adjourned, but Lok Sabha passes appropriation bills


set: Florida quarterback Tim Tebow was released from a Lexington hospital Sunday morning after spending the night there due to a concussion he suffered during the Gators' 41-7 win over Kentucky.


set: President Barack Obama has nominated Senator John Kerry to be the next secretary of state on Friday.

set: Obama nominates John Kerry as next secretary of state


set: Electronic publisher Alexander Street Press has launched mobile access to its complete line of streaming music collections-including Classical Music Library, Jazz Music Library, and Smithsonian Global Sound for Libraries-making it possible for patrons at subscribing libraries to listen using internet-enabled smart phones and other mobile devices.

set: Alexander Street Press launches mobile access to streaming music collections


set: European shares fell sharply on Friday after US jobs data were below expectations, with bank stocks among the worst performers led by Societe Generale on concerns over its derivatives operations.

set: European shares fall sharply after US jobs data


set: ``Tight monetary measures will tame inflation in three to six months,'' Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram said in Bangalore.

set: Tight monetary measures will tame inflation:


set: The League of Women Voters is asking for the public's help in purchasing new signs to alert voters of election day.

set: League of Women Voters asking for publics help in purchasing signs


set: Juice and soft drinks company Charlie's Group topped its own record profit forecast on record sales in the year ended June 30.

set: Charlie's tops own record profit forecast


set: The bandh called by NDA, Left and Samajwadi Party to protest petrol price hike evoked good response in Uttar Pradesh with business establishments remaining closed in most parts of the state.

set: Bandh evokes good response in Uttar Pradesh


set: Mumbai, Dec 31 Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan, who featured in the Hindi remake of hit Tamil film 'Ghajini', says he won't be able to remake his directorial debut 'Taare Zameen Par'.

set: I won't be able to remake 'Taare Zameen Par':


set: Season ticket prices for Luton Town's assault on the Blue Square Premier title next term have been announced.


set: The Oakland Athletics scratched center fielder Yoenis Cespedes from the lineup shortly before Tuesday night's game against the Toronto Blue Jays.

set: Athletics scratch of Yoenis Cespedes from lineup


set: Former Austrian nordic skiing coach Walter Mayer was released after spending over a month in custody, on suspicion of dealing in doping substances.


set: National news Prince Harry to visit US in May Prince Harry is to return to America for the first time since he sparked outrage by being photographed naked during a break in Las Vegas.


set: EMPLOYERS PLAN to significantly reduce the future pension benefits they pay to their staff, with one in five major defined benefit schemes either winding up or reviewing the future of their schemes, according to a survey by PricewaterhouseCoopers.

set: Employers plan to reduce pension benefits for staff


set: European banking stress tests will be a missed opportunity for policymakers to reassure markets that they are capable of formulating a meaningful response to the sovereign debt crisis, unless they come down heavily on undercapitalized banks, analysts and investors told CNBC.com.

set: Will Europe's stress tests be a 'missed opportunity?'


set: Iran has said it will remove nuclear fuel from the reactor at the Russian-built Bushehr nuclear plant in order to carry out safety checks, suggesting it will not meet an April 9 target to start generating electricity.

set: Iran to remove fuel from Bushehr nuclear plant


set: Bahrain City Centre has revised its opening hours due to the positive uptake in traffic during the past week and the reduced curfew hours.

set: Bahrain City Centre revises opening hours


set: Bowlers give Aussies edge Updated: 16:48, Tuesday April 3, 2012 Australia are on top in their tour match with the West Indies Cricket Board President's XI after day one of the three-day clash in Barbados.


set: ``I want to see out my contract at Real Madrid,'' Ronaldo was quoted as saying on the international governing body of football FIFA.

set: Ronaldo wants to see out his contract at Real Madrid


set: A pair of astrophysicists has predicted the birth of a star, by saying that ``the inevitable future of the starless cloud Barnard 68`` is to collapse and give rise to a new star.

set: Astrophysicists predict the birth of a star


set: Holly Willoughby has insisted that she does not flaunt her boobs to help ``lure'' TV viewers.

set: Holly Willoughby 'does not' flaunt her boobs to lure viewers


set: Petersen has signed for Somerset for the first half of the 2013 season.


set: American Nicky Hayden has admitted that he expected much more from his recent 2009 MotoGP debut in Sepang.


set: The Oly Whites head into Tuesday's match against Tonga looking for momentum and the last remaining spot in the semi-finals of the OFC Men's Olympic Qualifiers.


set: Pharmacy chain Rite Aid launched the Wellness+ loyalty program nationwide on April 19 at the conclusion of a six-month pilot program in Buffalo, NY;

set: Rite Aid launches loyalty program nationwide


set: VIENNA Austrian swimmer Markus Rogan will lose a main sponsor following his move to the United States to train.

set: Austrian swimmer Rogan to lose main sponsor


set: Tiger Woods says he has let his family down and regrets ``those transgressions with all of my heart.``


set: London, Nov 5 Victoria and David Beckham have given each other 'magic' necklaces as a sign of love -- and for each other's protection.According to thesun.co.uk, the couple exchanged the gold and silver Japanese necklaces that feature an angel.

set: Beckhams give each other ``magic'' necklaces


set: Donal Nevin, who was in his late 80s, died on Sunday morning after a lengthy illness.


set: Veronica Perez has been selected to officiate at the 2012 CONCACAF Under-20 Women's Championship, being held from March 1-11 in Panama City, Panama.

set: Veronica Perez selected to officiate 2012 CONCACAF Under-20 Women's Championship


set: A power outage along Wausau's Grand Avenue early Sunday morning has knocked WAOW-TV off the air.


set: The rapper and actor Ice-T will be giving an inspirational talk to students at University of Massachusetts-Boston this week.

set: Rapper and actor Ice-T to give umass talk


set: In an interview with Hey U Guys, Sam Mendes revealed that he's still not sure if he will return to direct Bond 24.

set: Sam Mendes still not sure if he'll direct Bond 24


set: Kashmiri separatist leaders, led by moderate Hurriyat faction chief Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, have reached Pakistan for talks on the Kashmir issue and for a visit to Pakistan-administered Kashmir, a media report said Sunday.

set: Kashmiri leaders reach Pakistan for talks


set: Sheffield United defender Sun Jihai has admitted a charge of improper conduct by the Football Association and has requested a personal hearing.The China international was cited for his reaction to being sent off for a late lunge on Coventry's Michael Mifsud during last Tuesday's 1-1 draw at Bramall Lane.


set: The Indians activated reliever Kerry Wood from the disabled list and sent pitcher Jensen Lewis to the minor leagues.


set: Ottawa - A new study by British academics ranks Canada dead last in an international comparison of freedom of information laws -- a hard fall after many years of being judged a global model in openness.

set: Study ranks Canada last in freedom of information


set: Copper gained for a third day as equities advanced after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said he's prepared to do more to stimulate growth if needed, weakening the dollar and boosting demand for assets priced in the US currency.

set: Copper gains a third day as equities advance:


set: Two boys die in Sydney drownings Updated: 07:02, Friday April 19, 2013 Two infant boys have drowned in separate incidents at homes in Sydney's west.


set: It can women take viagra is all politeness,'' said elizabeth, ``and if, upon mature deliberation, you find it to take a fourth hand at whist.


set: The Shura Council has convened its weekly session today presided over by its Chairman Ali bin Saleh Al-Saleh.

set: The Shura Council convenes its weekly session today


set: Aldermore is adding two new distribution partners to its panel giving directly authorised brokers and ARs access to their mortgage products.

set: Aldermore adds two new distribution partners


set: European stocks fell on Friday despite takeover news in the energy sector as investors shunned risky assets after more weak US economic data dented confidence in the global recovery.


set: A Shermansdale man will face multiple charges after leading Carlisle police on a car chase on Friday and attempting to hide behind farm equipment.

set: Man leads Carlisle police on car chase before attempting to hide in farm equipment


set: Josh Beckett said he is tentatively scheduled to get on a mound and throw Saturday, provided he passes all of the requisite strength tests prior to the weekend trip back to Fenway.

set: Beckett tentatively scheduled to throw Saturday


set: American celebrity zookeeper Jack Hanna used pepper spray to scare off three grizzly bears during a hike at Glacier National Park in Montana, The Missoulian reported Tuesday.


set: Riverside County animal shelters, jam-packed with unwanted dogs and cats, may close their doors to adoptions two days a week to save money and avoid worker layoffs.

set: Animal shelters may close doors during the week to save money


set: Limited to online sets of visual studio, it has a cleaner lens and greater folder, windows xp 7.


set: The daring musical Passing Strange from singer-songwriter Stew, hit Broadway on February 28.


set: All these months later, though he's dressed in Dodger blue right down to the Nikes he wears with his uniform, Joe Torre still keeps up with the Yankees, asking third-base coach Larry Bowa for the latest on ``our boys'' or swapping text messages with Derek Jeter.


set: The St. Mary baseball team stayed alive in the Ski Valley Championship race with a 5-2 and 8-0 doubleheader sweep of Central Lake on Monday night.

set: St. Mary baseball stays in Ski Valley race with sweep of Central Lake


set: Nokia X6, the company's newest music-oriented flagship smartphone, is now shipping and it's also available in ``select markets''.

set: Nokia X6 now shipping and available in ``select markets''


set: An Allouez piano teacher has been charged with second-degree sexual assault for allegedly having sexual contact with a 14-year-old student.

set: Allouez piano teacher charged with sexual assault


set: Microsoft on Monday added new security features to its Windows Live Hotmail web mail service to help users regain control of hijacked accounts.

set: Microsoft adds new security features to Windows Live Hotmail


set: so it's only fitting that the capital is to get a gold post box to celebrate the whole city.


set: A Carlisle man who was called for a trial earlier this week was charged with threatening to kill a woman Wednesday night, according to Carlisle police.

set: Carlisle man charged with threatening to kill woman


set: Indonesian shares ended 0.4 percent lower Monday, hurt by falls in several Asian markets and a weak rupiah.


set: Javier Somalo and Mario Noya have written a book composed of testimonies by and interviews with ten intellectuals who began by joining many of the varieties of the Left, Why I Quit Being a Leftist.


set: Rebecca Romijn has been giving her ``Ugly Betty'' co-star Ana Ortiz pregnancy advice.

set: Rebecca Romijn giving Ana Ortiz pregnancy advice


set: Lewis Hamilton has won the German Grand Prix, his second victory in a row, moving him clear of Felipe Massa and Kimi Raikkonen at the top of the table.


set: A 67-year-old woman had to be rescued from Chapmans Peak in Cape Town after her car veered off the road, the provincial health department said on Wednesday.


set: Gold futures can open in negative territory in today`s session.


set: Ex-Sheldon QB Johnson takes stand in own defense Marty Johnson, the former Irish coach, also testifies on behalf of his son, who's been charged with rape Former Sheldon High School and suspended University of Montana quarterback Jordan Johnson testified Wednesday that he did not rape the woman who accuses him of assaulting her last year as the two watched a movie.

set: Ex-sheldon QB Johnson takes stand in own defense Marty Johnson, the former Irish coach, also testifies on behalf of his son, who's been charged with rape


set: The euro fell to a record low against the Swiss franc below the 1.3500 level for the first time on Friday but then pared the loss.

set: Euro falls to record low against the Swiss franc


set: The Lord Mayor of Leicester has banned Christian prayers before council meetings, and branded the process ``outdated, unnecessary and intrusive''.


set: White House hopeful Barack Obama has arrived in Iraq on a fact-finding tour days after confirming his plans to withdraw US troops.


set: Barbara Walters announced on ``The View'' Monday morning that she will have heart surgery later this week.

set: Barbara Walters announces she will have heart surgery


set: Stockman said, ``I will seek to thwart this action by any means necessary, including but not limited to eliminating funding for implementation, defunding the White House, and even filing articles of impeachment.''

set: Stockman said, 'I will seek to thwart this action by any means necessary, including ...


set: Agrium Inc. announced today that it has successfully completed its acquisition of AWB Limited at a price of A$1.50 per share in cash as agreed to in the Scheme of Arrangement, including the A$0.15 per share franked dividend paid on November 30, 2010.


set: ZTE announced it has successfully deployed a LTE/DC-HSPA+ network for Telenor Hungary.

set: Zte deploys LTE network for Telenor Hungary


set: Flora model farms are being established in various cities of the country with the support of PHDEB on around 1000 acres land to promote export oriented flowers industry aimed at earning millions of dollars per annum by increasing export to UAE, Saudi Arabia and European Union beside others.

set: Flora model farms being established for export oriented flowers industry


set: The NAACP elected a health care executive as its youngest board chairman Saturday, continuing a youth movement for the nation's oldest civil rights organization.


set: ``I was thinking we should get an understudy for me, because there's a wide variety of reasons I might not be able to continue,'' he cracked on his show Tuesday.

set: David Letterman: ``I should get an understudy''


set: Six people, including a 29-year-old Brockton man, were arraigned Thursday in a $2 million mortgage fraud scheme.


set: Dodge has confirmed it will withdraw from NASCAR at the end of this year after failing to strike a partnership with a racing team for the 2013 season.


set: Robert Bosch expects to cut 10,000 jobs this year and keep 100,000 more staff on short working hours amid an auto industry slump that could last for years, CEO Franz Fehrenbach said.


set: The country's leadership which did not succumb to foreign pressures during the war will not bow down to such pressures during the post war period either said Construction, Engineering Services, Housing and Common Amenities minister Wimal Weerawansa.

set: 'Leadership will not bow down to pressure'


set: President Obama called Collins ``to express his support and said he was impressed by his courage,'' a White House official tells CNN.

set: Obama calls Jason Collins to express support


set: SAP, the $8 billion business software provider, announced the company's plan to invest in India through its venture capital arm, SAP Ventures.


set: A homeless drug addict has been jailed for six months for a string of shoplifting and motoring offences.


set: ``Between the Covers'' potluck supper will be held Friday from 5:30 to 8 pm at the library.

set: Potluck supper to be held Friday at library


set: A five-storey block of flats in Liege, Belgium, has collapsed after an explosion early today caused by a suspected gas leak.

set: Block of flats in Belgium collapses after explosion


set: A comet is coming in 2013 expected to flyover near earth and could be brighter than a full moon, UPI.com reports Dec. 31.

set: Comet coming in 2013 near earth, could be brighter than full moon


set: The Cosmopolitan will host the premiere of ``Top Chef Masters'' on Wednesday at the Boulevard Pool.

set: Cosmopolitan hosts premiere of 'Top Chef Masters' Wednesday


set: Brazilian firms could start tapping the debt market in South Africa.


set: Stocks closed lower for the seventh day out of the last eight Monday after the government reported that US consumers cut their spending last month.


set: Indian government bond prices gave up early gains to close lower Wednesday as investors fretted over the risk of a widening in the fiscal deficit, which has been cited by the central bank as a major factor against any future decision to cut rates.

set: India government bonds give up early gains;


set: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif announced on Saturday that the 'Go Zardari Go' movement would be spread all over the country.

set: 'Go Zardari Go' movement to be spread all over country:


set: Washington Capitals forward Alex Ovechkin has been suspended for three games without pay for launching himself into Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Zbynek Michalek during Sunday's game.


set: A tearful Jennifer Hudson won her first Grammy, thanking her family ``in heaven and those who are with me today'' to kick off an evening already stoked with drama when police said they were investigating double nominee Chris Brown for an alleged assault on an unidentified woman.


set: Apple Inc has unveiled a new iPhone that is more powerful but stops short of a more radical upgrade.


set: Former dictator Suharto , an army general who crushed Indonesia's communist movement and pushed aside the country's founding father to usher in 32 years of tough rule that saw up to a million political opponents killed, died Sunday.


set: A 50 year old club is hosting its annual gun show in Grand Forks.

set: 50 year old club hosting annual gun show


set: After PDMA taking over of all rehabilitation progress of IDPs' camps, the Afghan commissionaire has terminated the services of 250 contract employees.

set: Afghan commissionaire terminates services of 250 employees


set: SKS Microfinance Ltd, already deep in the red with micro lending problems in Andhra Pradesh, is now facing recovery problems in parts of West Bengal and Gujarat as well.

set: SKS Microfinance facing recovery problems in Bengal and Gujarat as well


set: AP Sports MOSCOW -Dynamo Moscow says its players were shot at from paintball guns after practice at their training camp outside Moscow on Friday.

set: Dynamo Moscow players shot at from paintball guns


set: Meme-god, six-pack owner, and renowned feminist Ryan Gosling says he will go on an acting hiatus in the coming months in order to ``reassess.''


set: A new report by Bird & Co Executive Mentoring has suggested that it is a lack of appropriate skills that is stopping women from reaching the boardroom and not any kind of glass ceiling.

set: Lack of skills stopping women reaching the boardroom


set: Bangladesh on Tuesday said it would raise the price of gasoline and othe fuels, becoming the latest Asian nation seeking to offset soaring crude-oil prices by passing along higher costs to consumers.


set: Mercedes Michael Schumacher has admitted that he was reminded of his last race in 2006 as he finished the last race of his F1 career in the Brazilian Grand Prix this weekend.

set: Michael Schumacher is reminded of 2006 by last race of his F1 career --


set: Viswa Hindu Parishad general secretary Praveen Togadia said here on Friday that Kerala was fast becoming another Kashmir.


set: The national oil and gas company INA continued to increase its petrol prices by 1% as of today.

set: Oil and gas company INA increases petrol prices by 1%.


set: The future of Gweta residents is now brighter as they will now be able to plough crops that will sustain them during natural disasters like floods and fire over a 100 hectare community farm.


set: Srinagar Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today expressed hope that Centre will implement the recommendations made by its team of interlocutors for addressing the political issues of the Kashmir problem.

set: Centre should implement recommendations of interlocutors:


set: An Ansonia man pleaded guilty to second-degree assault Tuesday in Middletown Superior Court.


set: By Don Walker of the Journal Sentinel The Los Angeles Times on Thursday profiled Ron Roenicke, the former Angels coach who now manages the Milwaukee Brewers.


set: Saudi Arabia slammed protesters in Egypt as ``infiltrators'' who seek to destabilize their country, and a top Palestinian official affirmed ``solidarity'' with Egypt on Saturday, while an Iranian official called on Egypt to ``abide by the rightful demands of the nation'' and avoid violent reactions.


set: Hurricane Alex is dumping rain in the Rio Grande Valley but easing concerns along the Texas side of the border as the Category 1 storm churns toward Mexico.

set: Hurricane Alex begins dumping rain on South Texas


set: Indian shares may open slightly higher on Friday on expectations of robust corporate earnings for the quarter to December, which will be announced starting next week, but gains could be limited after the recent sharp run up.


set: John Spellar spoke out against the changes as new figures showed West Midlands MPs claimed £500,000 in nine months last year.

set: West Midlands MPs claim £500,000 in nine months


set: CAIRO An Egyptian court on Tuesday ordered a freeze on controversial gas exports to Israel, saying parliament must first be consulted on the 15-year deal with Egypt's former foe, a judicial source told AFP.

set: Egypt court orders freeze on gas exports to Israel


set: SPRINT star Matt Shirvington has slammed the coaches at Athletics Australia for a lack of encouragement and assistance in the final countdown to the Beijing Olympics.


set: North Korea warned on Thursday that ``dark clouds of nuclear war'' are gathering over the peninsula and vowed to strengthen its atomic arsenal as it marked the anniversary of the 1950 to 1953 Korean War.

set: N Korea warns of 'dark clouds of nuclear war'


set: A woman was shot to death in Chesapeake late last night, and police have a man in custody as the suspect.

set: Woman shot to death in Chesapeake; man in custody


set: Mogul Rupert Murdoch wanted to quit News Corp long before the scandal of the illegal interceptions appeared.

set: Rupert Murdoch wanted to quit News Corp before the scandal


set: Late last week Groupon announced that it had acquired Hyperpublic.


set: This holiday season, many travelers will be able to keep a close eye on their homes.

set: Travelers can keep an eye inside and outside home


set: Juárez police officers arrested a man after he allegedly raped another man inside a home Sunday night, official said today.

set: Juárez police arrest a man for allegedly raping another man


set: Tampa police have a new tool in their fight against prostitution they hope will clean up the streets for good.

set: Tampa police have new tool to fight prostitution


set: US attack helicopters killed 28 Pakistani troops manning a border outpost along the Afghan border, according to Pakistani military officials.

set: US helicopters kill 28 Pakistani troops on Afghan border


set: Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Dipu Moni yesterday said all issues of mutual benefit of Bangladesh and India and those having common interest of other countries in the region have been addressed in the joint communique.


set: BASIC Bank Limited has opened its 37th branch in Chandpur recently.

set: Basic bank opens 37th branch in Chandpur


set: The body of a missing Hawley woman was recovered from Lake Wallenpaupack Tuesday afternoon about 50 yards out from the boat launch area at Mangan Cove.Holly Ann Steffens, 28, had reportedly been missing since late Sunday, early Monday morning.


set: Fränk Schleck has said that he and his brother Andy were not involved in the initial development of their new team and that they only received a concrete offer to join after the Tour of Luxembourg in June.

set: Fränk Schleck says he was not involved in...


set: She calls the host out during his show Between Two Ferns for his cowardly interview style, after he admits she's pretty funny for a girl and interrupts the interview to eat food.

set: Tina Fey calls out Zach Galifianakis for his cowardly interview style


set: Millionaire estate owners have objected to plans to build an eco-village for get-away-from-it-all holidays in the Highlands.


set: BP's problems in the high-stakes Russian oil market mounted Friday with news that a Siberian court had set a hearing into a $3 billion claim by a local shareholder against the British energy giant.


set: US President Barack Obama on Friday appointed a presidential delegation to attend the inauguration of Filipino President-elect Benigno Aquino in Manila next Wednesday, the White House said.

set: US delegation to attend the inauguration of Filipino President-elect Aquino


set: A Canadian tourist was killed Saturday night in St. Charles Parish when he walked into Airline Highway and a car struck him, state police said.

set: Canadian tourist killed after walking into Airline Highway


set: The Breeders, one of more successful American indie rock bands of the 1990s, will be performing in Israel in August.

set: The Breeders to perform in Israel in August


set: Jamie Carragher insists Liverpool have the belief and character to bounce back from their Champions League semi-final defeat and challenge for domestic and European trophies next season.

set: Carragher insists Liverpool will bounce back


set: PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil -Cruzeiro reached the Copa Libertadores final thanks to a quickfire double from Wellington Paulista which sealed a 5-3 aggregate win over Gremio in their all-Brazilian semifinals on Thursday.

set: Cruzeiro reaches Copa Libertadores final


set: He was the only Head of State to be invited to the spectacular event and sat with Vice President Hamid Ansari, Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and Prince Edward throughout the two and half hour display of synchronised drills, colourful dances and reverberating drums at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium.


set: Libyans began lining up before dawn to vote in their first free national election in 60 years on Saturday.

set: Libyans vote in first national elections for 60 years


set: Goodman Theatre will stage the latest from 2012 Pulitzer Prize winner Quiara Alegria Hudes as part of its previously announced 2012-2013 season.

set: Goodman Theatre to stage latest by 2012 Pulitzer Prize winner Quiara Alegria Hudes


set: US stocks headed for a higher open on Wednesday, suggesting Wall Street may extend the previous day's rebound, as the price of oil pulled back and government data showed new orders for long-lasting US manufactured goods fell less than expected.


set: ``The market is geared for a negative start amid weak global cues. Asian stocks declined, with the regional gauge heading for its lowest close in two weeks, after Fitch Ratings joined Moody`s Investors Service in warning that Europe faces lower credit ratings. US stocks fell hard Monday as doubts about a recent Europe accord and a lowered outlook by Intel Corp. spurred a broad retreat after two weeks of gains,`` said SMC Global Research.


set: Canterbury-Bankstown centre Josh Morris faces a nervous wait after suffering a suspect torn posterior cruciate ligament.


set: A suspect forced a store clerk into a restroom and robbed a Winston-Salem business early Thursday morning.

set: Suspect forces clerk into restroom, robs business


set: Pennichuck Corporation today announced that it has been added to the Russell 2000 Index and the Russell 3000 Index.

set: Pennichuck Corporation added to Russell 2000 Index


set: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says the Middle East is the region that ``will determine the fate of the world.''

set: 'Middle East will determine fate of the world'


set: Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin says she thought the election day contest between Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain would be closer.


set: A Des Moines man is accused of sexually abusing a woman who lives in a care facility where the man worked.

set: Des Moines man accused of sexually abusing woman at care facility


set: Obama had lipstick on his collar after meeting and greeting some very enthusiastic American's this week, USA Today reported on May 29.


set: Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd said on Monday he was introducing legislation calling for a temporary freeze on credit card interest rates on existing balances.

set: Legislation calling for a temporary freeze on credit card interest rates on existing balances.


set: Sri Lankan Tamil-origin billionaire Raj Rajaratnam has pleaded not guilty before a court here to running an insider trading scam that allegedly racked upto US$ 21 million in profits, the biggest such case in the US.

set: Raj Rajaratnam pleads not guilty to insider trading


set: Pussycat Dolls performed at the iconic Sydney Opera House last night in front of an invited crowd of 600 people.

set: Pussycat Dolls perform at Sydney Opera House


set: This has also result in shortage of foreign currencies and accordingly Iranian Rial has lost its value against other currencies including but not limited to US Dollar, Euro, GBP and etc. At these hard conditions the Iranian government urged the local exporters to spend their foreign currencies inside the country to address this fatal problem.

set: Iranian government urges exporters to spend their foreign currencies inside the country


set: Winter gives way to spring in the northern hemisphere on Friday, as day and night are of equal length at the vernal equinox.


set: Memphis and Shelby County fire investigators are looking into the cause of two massive warehouse fires that occurred just hours apart Friday.

set: Fire investigators looking into two warehouse fires


set: A former Kent man is presumed drowned in a central California river following an inner tube accident, according to media reports.

set: Former Kent man presumed drowned in Calif.


set: Today, my Sun Sentinel colleague Georgie East brought you the news that a Piper High School teacher has been accused of taking money from students under the guise of having them subscribe to a magazine.

set: Teacher accused of taking money from students


set: Enterprise Inns has today been fined £300,000 after a licensee died from carbon monoxide poisoning, and tenants at another 474 pubs were put at risk.

set: Enterprise Inns fined £300,000 after licensee dies


set: A senior Pakistani army official has said a NATO cross-border air attack that killed 24 soldiers was a deliberate, blatant act of aggression, hardening Pakistan's stance on an incident that could hurt efforts to stabilize Afghanistan.


set: A man has died after the car he was driving ended up in a river in Norfolk.

set: Man dies after car ends up in river in Norfolk


set: Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov said the era ``of managed democracy'' in Russia is dead and recent protests against allegedly fraud parliamentary elections prove that the country is ``undergoing a true awakening,'' The Guardian reported.

set: Prokhorov says era of 'managed democracy' in Russia over


set: A Fairbanks judge threw out a murder charge against a man with a history of mental illness.


set: 32 year-old Andrade was found guilty of first degree murder, bias motivated hate crime, aggravated motor vehicle theft and identity theft.


set: Kilpatrick Stockton announced today that it recently donated a mural to Tenet Healthcare Corporation, one of the nation's leading healthcare deliverers.

set: Kilpatrick Stockton donates mural to Tenet Healthcare Corporation


set: World number one Novak Djokovic sent an ominous warning to his rivals about his plans to complete one of the most dominant years in professional tennis by winning the US Open.


set: Naval Air Station Jacksonville hosted a very special ceremony this morning.


set: WALKERS are wanted for a charity event that will see 200 people walk 1,000 miles between them at Shipley Country Park.


set: Gov. Jennifer Granholm signed the final six budget bills today and announced a series of 75 budget line-item vetoes totaling $127 million to finally wrap up the fiscal year's spending plan a month late.


set: EXPRESS invited fashion aficionados and brand fans to walk the runway in an attempt to break the GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS® title for the most people modeling on a catwalk.

set: EXPRESS breaks the Guinness World Records® title for most people modeling on a catwalk


set: ANAHEIM, Calif. Newly acquired Angels pitcher Dan Haren expects to make his next start as scheduled despite a bruised forearm.


set: Thousands of women council workers at one of the largest local authorities won an equal pay case on Tuesday which could lead to payouts worth millions of pounds.

set: Women council workers win equal pay case


set: 10 Connects news won more awards Saturday from the South Florida Society of Professional Journalist than any other station in the state.

set: 10 Connects wins more awards than any other in state


set: ``When he gets in that ring, he is a beast!


set: Tracey Hall, from Swinley, was named primary school teacher of the year at the North West Teaching Awards.


set: LA Galaxy star David Beckham could play his 100th cap for England when they will face France in a Friendly next Wednesday.


set: Ex-Chelsea, Man Utd boss Sexton dies Updated: 05:48, Monday November 26, 2012 Former Chelsea, QPR and Manchester United manager Dave Sexton has died at the age of 82, the English Football Association announced on Sunday.


set: Taipei-based China Airlines joined the SkyTeam alliance, SkyTeam said Wednesday in a statement.


set: Receivers have been appointed to troubled car component group Autodom with a view to having the company resume operations soon.


set: Hall Web Services, a Maine web design and internet marketing firm, announces the additions of Jenika Scott to their marketing team and Alayna White to their web development team.

set: Hall announces additions to marketing and web development teams


set: World men's golf number two Phil Mickelson will make his return to the US PGA Tour at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational next week.

set: Mickelson to return to US PGA Tour next week


set: The National Park Service says two more injured climbers have been rescued from Alaska's Mount McKinley, after the death of another climber on North America's tallest mountain.

set: Two more injured climbers rescued from Mount McKinley


set: Asia, including Malaysia, offers bright prospects for real estate investment and development, say industry leaders at the 11th Forbes Global CEO Conference.

set: Asia offers bright prospects in real estate


set: The Indian Pankaj Advani has won the world billiards title beating defending champion Mike Russell in the final in the UK on October 28.

set: Pankaj Advani wins world billiards title


set: A 27-year-old woman is facing felony charges after making false calls about a bomb planted on Youngstown State University property.

set: Woman charged after making calls about bomb


set: Egypt reported on Wednesday two more cases of influenza A/H1N1, bringing the total number of the flu in the populous country to 82, according to the Ministry of Health.

set: Egypt reports two more cases of a/H1N1 flu


set: ``Today, we expect the Indian markets to open lower following weak global cues. However, later during the day it could try and recover part of the losses. Among the sectors, Banking and IT stocks look weak. Sectors like FMCG and Healthcare could outperform, `` said HDFC Securities.

set: Market may open lower following weak global cues:


set: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told , The United States not only supports the democratic government of Pakistan but it also is in favour of military offensive against the militants besides making long-term investments in the Pakistani people.

set: United States supports democratic government of Pakistan


set: 'Mindfulness' meditation, the process of becoming more aware of one's surroundings, improves mental health and well being in teenage boys, says a new study.

set: 'Mindfulness' meditation improves mental health in boys


set: Some three months before before he oversees his cable group's most ambitious expansion yet, Landgraf has been elevated to FX Networks and FX Productions CEO.

set: John Landgraf elevated to FX Networks and FX Productions CEO


set: The capital case for the man charged in the shooting-death of a clerk at the former BP gas station will go to trial in Lucas County Common Pleas Court Monday before a panel of three judges.


set: The Salem 2 nuclear reactor here went back on line Saturday morning after being shut down due to low water levels in one of the steam generators at the facility, according to a spokesman for the plant's operator.


set: - Eight members of ring convicted of lying to buy firearms bound for Mexico have been sentenced to prison terms, United States Attorney José Angel Moreno announced today.

set: Members of ring convicted of lying to buy firearms bound for Mexico sentenced


set: Cloudpath Networks releases XpressConnect version 4.0 with support for Windows 8 and Mac OS X Mountain Lion.


set: Video search engine Truveo has added international partners from China, Brazil, India, Turkey and the United Kingdom who have integrated the Truveo video search engine onto their websites.

set: Truveo adds international partners for video search engine


set: Top stayer Yeats, trained by Aidan O' Brien and ridden by Johnny Murtagh, entered the record books yesterday after winning the Ascot Gold Cup for the third year in a row.


set: A Superior Court judge issued several tentative rulings Wednesday about evidence that can be introduced at a trial for two Los Angeles-area brothers accused of bribing a county supervisor's former chief of staff.


set: Nissan has recalled 51,000 cars after a steering wheel came loose in a driver's hands while the vehicle was on the road.

set: Nissan recalls cars after steering wheel comes loose


set: Oscar-winning screen legend Clint Eastwood will reportedly star in his first film since 2004 later this year.

set: Clint Eastwood will star in his first film since 2004.


set: While promoting her new book Confessions of a Guidette, Nicole Polizzi says that her alter ego Snooki is not a role model...

set: Snooki says Snooki's not a role model...


set: The Big Spring School Board is considering building a new Plainfield Elementary School and other renovations as it works to keep pace with an anticipated enrollment increase in the coming years.

set: Big Spring is considering building a new Plainfield Elementary school.


set: A new study carried out at the University of Haifa sheds light on how first and second languages are represented in the brain of a bilingual person.

set: How first and second languages are represented in the brain of a bilingual person


set: Mumbai, Feb 15 The Indian rupee today appreciated by 18 paise to 46.32/33 against the US dollar on the back of heavy dollar sell-off by exporters amid weak equities.

set: Rupee appreciates by 18 paise against dollar


set: Former BC Lions kicker/punter Lui Passaglia was honoured by Coquitlam council Monday for being a 2009 recipient of the British Columbia Community Achievement Award.

set: Lui Passaglia honoured by Coquitlam council


set: A police investigator revealed new details in that school shooting which injured 4 elementary school students.

set: Investigator reveals details in school shooting


set: YouTube CEO Chad Hurley has stepped down, leaving the space for Salar Kamangar, a veteran manager.


set: Qatar Airways has announced two new European routes for its summer schedule, due to begin at the end of March 2010.


set: Two lucky CanTeen members will tick off one of their bucket list adventures of a lifetime today.

set: Two CanTeen members to tick off Bucket list adventures


set: Lawmakers walked out of Parliament on Wednesday protesting against inflation, as the opposition piled up pressure on the government to curb rising prices and threatened to carry out street protests.

set: Lawmakers walk out of Parliament over inflation


set: Here's how to deal with friends and family members who annoy or upset you without losing your temper.

set: How to deal with friends and family members


set: Metro is investigating why a bus rolled into an apartment building in Alexandria after its driver had gotten out to fix malfunctioning doors.


set: Marketguard has launched an interest rate insurance product to help borrowers coming off fixed rates onto standard variable rates.

set: MarketGuard launches interest rate insurance


set: A property owner has filed a federal lawsuit to try and get his business up and running.


set: St. Louis Cardinals power hitter Albert Pujols claimed his second NL MVP award on Monday after a remarkable season that saw him bat .357 with 37 homeruns and 116 RBIs.

set: Albert Pujols claims second NL MVP award


set: The rate of inflation in the UK fell in September, according to the Office for National Statistics.


set: Two local candidates for Congress squared off in a debate Thursday night in downtown Buffalo.


set: National home-improvement retailer Home Depot beat the street Tuesday with its quarterly earnings, pushing the stock up more than 3% in early trading.


set: A Mission Valley medical marijuana dispensary was robbed at gunpoint early Tuesday.

set: Mission Valley marijuana dispensary robbed


set: Stockholm, Oct 1 A church brochure illustrated with what appeared to be a cannabis leaf has raised eyebrows in the northern Swedish city of Umea, reports said Wednesday.The brochure also contained a headline saying the activities were for people who were ``curious'' and wanting ``to try it out'', the Vasterbottens-Kuriren newspaper reported.

set: Church brochure raises eyebrows in sweden


set: A CANADIAN hitman has pleaded guilty to 27 murders and 12 attempted murders ordered by warring biker gangs over 25 years .

set: Canadian hitman pleads guilty to 27 murders


set: Atlanta police have recovered a stolen SUV that may be connected to a string of violent crimes in the Virginia-Highland area.


set: Fish catches are declining around the world faster than had previously been realised, claims the Vancouver-based Sea Around Us Project, which assesses the impact of fisheries on the world's marine ecosystems.

set: Fish catches declining faster than realised


set: A California SPCA is determined to find out who abandoned a horse and pony in Prunedale, Monterey County.

set: SPCA determined to find out who abandoned horse, pony


set: Jammu A high alert has been sounded in Jammu and Kashmir in view of the terror strikes in Mumbai as authorities reviewed the security situation in the poll-bound state.


set: Global spam volume has declined 22 percent in October, from the previous month, and 47 percent since August.

set: Spam volume declines 22 percent in October


set: A new Massieville business was mostly destroyed Monday night in a fire that consumed the entire structure.


set: Chris Brown had a violent outburst at ``Good Morning America'' today, allegedly triggered by questions about his infamous beating of Rihanna.

set: Chris Brown has violent outburst at ``Good Morning America''


set: Gov. Haley Barbour has issued a statewide burn ban as record dry weather continues to increase the risk of wildfires in Mississippi.


set: Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper made it official on Friday, December 26th when Darrell Webb debuted with the band on the Grand Ole Opry at the Ryman Auditorium.

set: Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper make it official


set: STORRINGTON library is set to reopen next week after having new self-service terminals installed.


set: Jason La Canfora tweeted a few minutes ago that the 49ers did not place a waiver claim on recently released QB Trent Edwards.

set: 49ers do not place claim on QB Trent Edwards


set: Charlie Sheen insists he now lives in a ``normal'' house since he quit drugs and split from his two ``goddesses'' Natalie Kenly and porn star Bree Olson.

set: Charlie Sheen now lives in 'normal' house


set: Philippine shares recovered sharply at early trades Wednesday after a five-session decline on technical rebound and overnight gains of the US market.

set: Phl shares recover sharply at early trades


set: Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger will visit the Coachella Valley Tuesday for a press conference aimed at promoting green technology investment and jobs in California.

set: Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to visit Coachella Valley Tuesday


set: Former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is planning to endorse of Sen. John McCain.


set: Democrat Barack Obama will leave the presidential campaign trail to visit his ailing 85-year-old grandmother in Hawaii, whose health has deteriorated in recent weeks, an aide said on Monday.


set: Rupayan Group, a leading real estate firm, plans to set up a state-of-the-art inland river container terminal near Dhaka to expedite container transportation from Chittagong Port to the capital and its adjacent areas.


set: Baltimore may build its own power plants to offer residents a break on their electricity bills.


set: Ernie Els won the rain-delayed Arnold Palmer Invitational in Florida, the United States.

set: Ernie Els wins Arnold Palmer Invitational


set: Gov. Jim Doyle has declared a state of emergency for Trempealeau County after strong storms have caused flooding in the area.

set: Gov. Doyle declares state of Emergency for Trempealeau County


set: The CJP, AJK, Justice Khawaja Shahad has affirmed that merit and law and regulations would be followed in appointments of Higher and subordinate courts.

set: Merit, and regulations to be followed in appointments of Higher and subordinate courts:


set: The Afghan government is welcoming the new US strategy for the war in its country, but not all Afghans are convinced that a US troop surge will defeat the Taliban.

set: Afghan government welcomes new US strategy


set: HOMELESS CHARITIES have warned about the dangers posed by head shops following a significant increase in the number of vulnerable young people who are abusing legal highs.

set: Homeless charities warn about dangers of head shops


set: On Sunday, the ``Lizzie McGuire'' star, Hilary Duff, announced on her website that she and her professional ice hockey-player husband, Mike Comrie, are expecting their first baby.

set: Hilary Duff and husband Mike Comrie expect first baby


set: ``The Dark Knight'' will premiere on TNT Saturday, January 22 at 8:00 PM Eastern time.


set: Rafael Nadal is due to return to action tonight after a two-month injury absence.


set: Loughborough University unveiled its new hydrogen refuelling station, underlining its commitment to the development and support of green technologies.

set: Loughborough University unveils its new hydrogen refuelling station


set: Carolwood Records, the sister imprint of Lyric Street Records, has ``functionally'' shuttered after only a year of operation.

set: Carolwood Records ``functionally'' shuttered


set: POP superstar Rihanna has revealed how she used to watch her dad take drugs when she was younger.


set: The pharmaceutical company which makes Isotab the drug suspected of being behind the death of cardiac patients in Lahore has been sealed.


set: NIS, Serbia Serbia took a 2-0 lead over Sweden in the first round of the Davis Cup on Friday after Janko Tipsarevic defeated Filip Prpic and Viktor Troicki beat Michael Ryderstedt.

set: Serbia takes 2-0 lead over Sweden in Davis Cup


set: Tornadoes killed at least 22 people and injured hundreds as they ripped through communities in the central and southeastern United States over the weekend.

set: Tornadoes kill 22 and injure hundreds in us


set: Turkish tanks and armored vehicles, backed by air power, crossed into northern Iraq on Monday heading towards a Kurdish militant camp, Reuters reports, citing Turkish security sources.


set: Utsav, against whom a production warrant was issued following an application moved by the investigating officer in the case, refused to undergo TIP, saying his photos used in the media have already revealed his identity.


set: A second person has been charged over a home invasion in Sydney's west that ended with a 19-year-old man being shot by police.

set: Second person charged over home invasion


set: Military-ruled Myanmar has unveiled the new national flag - with three horizontal stripes of yellow, green and red with a big white star in the middle - Thursday, just two weeks before an election that the government calls a major step in a transition to democracy but critics say is a sham.


set: Harare-At least 203 new typhoid cases have been reported in Harare and Bindura this week with more cases expected to erupt owing to continued erratic dirty water supplies experienced in Harare and Bindura.

set: 203 new typhoid cases reported in Harare and Bindura


set: The New Milford governing body is considering alternative energy providers for gas and electric services as a way to save money for the borough.

set: New Milford considers alternative Energy providers


set: After being the victim of bullies on the internet, Justin Bieber promised to do his bit to support anti bullying campaigns.

set: Justin Bieber supports anti bullying campaign


set: ``The Hurt Locker'' swept the awards bestowed today by the National Society of Film Critics during its voting conclave held at Sardi's restaurant in New York.

set: 'The Hurt Locker' sweeps National Society of Film Critics Awards


set: Dutch Web host LeaseWeb announced on Monday it has acquired Frankfurt-based Web host netdirekt.

set: Dutch Web host LeaseWeb acquires netdirekt


set: Bollywood star Hrithik Roshan has been voted as the ultimate style icon in an online survey conducted by a popular website, while Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan were declared the most stylish celebrity couple.

set: Hrithik Roshan voted ultimate style icon


set: Program gives Ark. dogs, prisoners a second chance In this photo taken Wednesday, June19, 2013, at Arkansas Department of Correction Ouachita River Unit in Malvern, Ark., inmate Terry Holt walks retriever mix Harlee after a Paws in Prison training session.


set: Winner of the 2006 Tour de France Oscar Pereiro of Spain, seen here in 2009, announced Tuesday that he will retire after the Tour of Spain in September.


set: For the second day in a row, an explosive device was found at a Reynosa bridge.

set: Explosive device found on Reynosa bridge


set: Jason Priestley is returning to series television with a comedy about a morally bankrupt used car salesman.

set: Jason Priestley returning to series television


set: Film financers Prescience and Perpetual have joined forces to establish Bridgeworks Capital, a new lending fund combinining Prescience's bridge activities and Perpetual's deal management resources and product flow.


set: India and China have agreed to restart the military exchange between the two countries which were halted in 2010.

set: India, China agree to restart military exchange


set: High water levels in the Fraser River near Prince George began falling early Friday, but city officials still want about a dozen families from a low-lying, riverside neighbourhood to spend another night away from their homes.


set: Yerevan, Feb 1 Olympic boxing gold medallist Vladimir Yengibaryan has died in Los Angeles at the age of 80, the Armenian national Olympic committee said Friday.

set: Olympic boxing champion Vladimir Yengibaryan dies


set: Alexei Ramirez welcomes his move from second base to shortstop for the White Sox next season.


set: BJP leader and former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Uma Bharti owns assets worth over Rs 80 lakh, including cash, gold and silver jewellery.


set: Multiple fire crews on Friday morning battled a massive house fire in Orange for several hours.

set: Multiple crews battle massive house fire


set: AN eyesore which has been widely criticised will finally be boarded up after months of public pressure.


set: Israel on Monday opened a key checkpoint near Nablus in the occupied West Bank, partly easing heavy travel restrictions around the flashpoint town, an AFP correspondent said.

set: Israel opens key checkpoint in occupied West Bank


set: Foreign ministers from Brazil and Argentina on Tuesday agreed to resolve the recent bilateral trade disputes between the two sides, in particular those related to the restrictions as a consequence of the global economic crisis.

set: Brazil, Argentina agree to resolve trade disputes


set: Gary Coleman, best known as the star of the 70s sitcom ``Diff'rent Strokes,'' died on Friday after suffering a brain hemorrhage.


set: A man is being treated for minor injuries after he was hit by a car overnight.

set: Man treated for injuries after being hit by car


set: A growing Ohio outdoors information Web site, thenaturalresource.com , is seeking sportsmen's feedback as it enters its second spring of operation.


set: Wigan teenager James McCarthy was called up by Republic of Ireland manager Giovanni Trapattoni for the friendly against Brazil.


set: US President Barack Obama has warned of an ``education arms race'' with India and China and said that any cut in the education budget as recommended by the Republicans would be detrimental to America's national interest.

set: Obama warns of 'education arms race' with India, China


set: A new UC Davis study shows how the brain reconfigures its connections to minimize distractions and take best advantage of our knowledge of situations.

set: Study shows how brain reconfigures its connections to minimize distractions


set: Bunker markets remained soft across most of the region Tuesday, with prices again dropping sharply in Eastern and US Gulf ports but relatively steadier on the West Coast.


set: Syrian government troops battled rebels Saturday in a town outside Damascus, part of a belt of communities around the capital that has been the scene of near-daily fighting in recent months, opposition activists said.

set: Syrian troops battle rebels outside Damascus


set: The Yankees played last night's game under protest, and in the slim chance that Major League Baseball ruled in favor of them--they won't--the Bombers would actually get another chance at holding on for a win.

set: The Yankees played last night under protest


set: Independent research firm Forrester Research today said it has acquired research and advisory services provider Springboard Research for an undisclosed amount.

set: Forrester Research acquires Springboard Research for undisclosed amount


set: After last night's loss to the Islanders, the Rangers decided to send Mats Zuccarello to the AHL and have subsequently called up Kris Newbury to replace him.


set: Theatre 503, a fringe venue in south London, announces three plays for early 2012.

set: Theatre 503 announces three plays for early 2012


set: Another UBS client pleads guilty in Fla. court to US tax charges, could face 3 year sentence

set: Another UBS client pleads guilty to US tax charges


set: A 30-year-old security guard was electrocuted when he reportedly came in contact with a live electric wire at Jeevanbimanagar bus stop on Tuesday night.


set: A Pakistani provincial minister today alleged that India's RAW was involved in the suspected suicide car bomb attack in Lahore, even as federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik claimed ``signatures of India'' were there in weapons seized from militants in the tribal areas.

set: 'RAW behind suspected suicide attack in Lahore'


set: Police have defused an incident at an Auckland polling station where a voter abused returning officers.

set: Police defuse incident at Auckland polling station


set: A Greek opposition leader is calling for creation of a transition government to prepare for early elections, rather than allow Prime Minister George Papandreou to hold a nationwide vote on a European Union bailout package for the country.

set: Greek opposition leader calls for transition government


set: Atlantic Cape Community College will host an open house and 49th Annual College Fair, 1 to 3 pm, Sunday, Oct. 2, at Atlantic Cape's Mays Landing Campus, 5100 Black Horse Pike.

set: Atlantic Cape Community College to host open house


set: Oracle recently announced that it was buying Israeli start up Convergin.


set: Ernesto weakened to a tropical storm early Wednesday as it doused Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula with rain, the National Hurricane Center said.


set: ROBERT Pattinson used to pretend he knew the British royal family when he went to the US.

set: Robert Pattinson pretended to know the royal family


set:
tobyMac and Brandon Heath are back.
Tobymac is back


set: A federal judge in Florida ruled that the health care law that was signed into law by President Obama last year, is unconstitutional.

set: Federal judge rules health care law unconstitutional


set: A Tamaqua man who participated in a vehicle theft and assault in a liquor store's parking lot is headed to state prison after pleading guilty in Schuylkill County Court to charges stemming from that and two other incidents.


set: But everybody understands clearly that to settle the problem, Armenia must give up its insincere and non-constructive position, and for this, the world community and international structures should demonstrate a resolute position.

set: ``World community should demonstrate resolute position''


set: Luke Donald shot a 3-under 68 on Sunday to win the Dunlop Phoenix by five strokes for his first win on the Japanese tour.


set: Veteran guard Steve Hutchinson, a former Seahawk who was released by the Vikings last week, visited the Seahawks on Wednesday.


set: In the wake of the injury to backup tight end Clay Harbor, the Eagles have signed Evan Moore to the 53 man roster.


set: Gennady Bogoliubov, a co-owner of the Pryvat group, mentioned in an interview with the journal Focus that Pryvat might sell its 42% stake in Ukrnafta .


set: The milkman fell asleep at the wheel, swerved off a busy Hervey Bay road and rolled his truck into a ditch.


set: A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey finds that 37% of American Adults consider Reagan the most influential president in the last 50 years.

set: 37% consider Reagan most influential president of the last 50 years


set: GARDAÍ ARE INVESTIGATING a fatal Limerick car crash which killed two men and left a third seriously injured.


set: Red Wings goalie Chris Osgood announced his retirement today, kicking off what should be one of the most interesting Hall of Fame debates ever.

set: Yes, Chris Osgood should be in the Hall of Fame


set: US-based enterprise software maker Citrix Systems Inc today agreed to buy privately held mobile data traffic manger Bytemobile for an undisclosed amount.

set: Citrix Systems to buy mobile data traffic manger Bytemobile


set: A GROUP of Hamburg investors has bought Hapag-Lloyd for E4.5bn from TUI after a bid from Neptune Orient Lines lapsed.

set: Hamburg investors buy Hapag-Lloyd for E4.5bn


set: Heath lost a back-and-forth first set, 25-23, against Bishop Fenwick in a Division III regional semifinal at Wilmington High School.


set: The 27th edition of the SEA Games in Nayphidaw, Myanmar, in December will mark a milestone for Malaysia in the series.

set: 27th SEA Games will mark a milestone for Malaysia


set: For the third time this summer, a Stateline man has died after being tasered by police.


set: He will play at least one more rehab game with Triple-A Pawtucket on Tuesday and then the Red Sox will re-evaluate him.

set: Ellsbury will play at least one more rehab game


set: Unlike what has been suggested in the public and in a recent letter to the Times-Herald, school board members are not paid.


set: 19 new couples tied in knot during a mass marriage ceremony at Madaglasht some 100 kilometers from here.

set: 19 couples tie in knot in mass marriage ceremony


set: Tasmanian parents are being urged to read to their children to help celebrate Education Week 2009, Premier and Minister for Education and Skills, David Bartlett, said today.

set: Parents urged to read to children to celebrate Education Week


set: A dentist has to face professional misconduct charges over indecent assault claims following a majority ruling by the Supreme Court.


set: Consumer confidence held steady during the third quarter of 2010, according to the latest FNB and Bureau of Economic Research survey released yesterday.


set: BTG Pactual, the Brazilian securities firm controlled by billionaire Andre Esteves, said it sold an 18 per cent stake to a group of sovereign wealth funds for $US1.8 billion.

set: BTG Pactual sells stake to sovereign funds


set: ``As the Senate Foreign Relations Committee begins mark up today of the first foreign affairs authorization bill in five years, all eight living former US Secretaries of State have written a letter (.pdf) urging Congress not to cut the international affairs budget,'' Politico's Laura Rozen writes on her blog.

set: Former US Secretaries of State urge Congress not to cut international affairs budget


set: Rapper Juelz Santana was arrested this week in New Jersey on suspicion of making terrorist threats, TMZ has learned.

set: Rapper Juelz Santana arrested for making terrorist threats:


set: President Barack Obama admitted Sunday that the half-century US policy on Cuba ``hasn't worked'' because Cubans ``aren't free,'' but said it would not be changed soon.


set: LIVERPOOL, England Liverpool hired Brendan Rodgers as its new manager on Friday, plucking the highly regarded Northern Irishman from relative obscurity after his successful spell at fellow English Premier League team Swansea.


set: ``I'm in love with Obama like everyone else,'' McLachlan told the Track.


set: Amy Winehouse has been charged with Common Assault following an incident in September 2008 where she allegedly punched a fan in the face.

set: Amy Winehouse charged with Common Assault


set: Maryland Senator Barbara A. Mikulski broke her ankle in three places Sunday evening while walking down steps.


set: Vecdi Gonul said Wednesday that Turkey asked the US to deliver the Super Cobra helicopters this year, a year ahead of schedule.


set: Best Buy Co. announced Thursday they will close 50 stores across the United States and cut over 400 jobs, mostly at the company's headquarters, by fiscal year 2013.

set: Best Buy to close 50 stores, cut 400 jobs


set: Right tackle Artis Hicks missed a second consecutive day of practice Thursday because of a right elbow injury, and his status for Sunday night's game against the Chicago Bears remains uncertain.


set: Williams now have all the ingredients in place to make rapid progress back into Formula One contention after signing an engine deal with Renault for 2012, according to chairman Adam Parr.

set: Williams now have all the ingredients - Parr


set: ``I puke quite a lot before going on stage,'' Adele, 22, tells British Vogue in its October issue -- gracing its cover with a stunning closeup shot.

set: Adele: ``i puke quite a lot before going on stage''


set: - Herman Cain says he'd be willing to take a lie detector test to prove he's being truthful when he says

set: Cain says willing to take lie detector test


set: A Jack Russell was mauled to death by another dog while being walked in Essex, police have said.


set: A golf tournament to benefit the Ronald McDonald House in Huntington was played Monday afternoon at the Guyan Golf and Country Club.

set: Golf tournament benefits Ronald McDonald House


set: The ability of plants to turn sunlight into energy through photosynthesis has been successfully mimicked by scientists at the University of Southampton to produce a new generation of solar cells.

set: Ability of plants to turn sunlight into energy has been successfully mimicked by scientists


set: Israel opened fire and killed two Palestinian fighters in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, Palestinian medical workers said.

set: Israel kills two Palestinian fighters in Gaza Strip


set: 20 year-old Cranston native Miss USA Olivia Culpo was crowned Miss Universe.


set: Internet search giant Google has expanded its push into the telephone market, offering a service that provides a single number for home, work and cell phones and turns voicemail into email.


set: Homes are being evacuated Tuesday evening due to flooding.


set: President Bush will issue an executive order Jan. 29 requiring agencies to ignore any earmarks in authorization bills or committee reports unless they are debated in the open by Congress and included in a law.

set: Bush to order agencies to ignore some earmarks


set: These firms are often helping procurement fight the good fight.


set: A northern New Mexico pueblo is embarking on a $4 million development project at its airport in hopes of attracting industry to the area.

set: New Mexico pueblo embarks on $4 million project at airport


set: A passenger bus carrying school children from Florida caught fire on top of the I-210 bridge Sunday morning.

set: Passenger bus carrying school children catches fire on bridge


set: President Bush will skip the Republican National Convention on Monday and travel instead to Texas to meet with emergency workers and people who evacuated the Gulf Coast as Hurricane Gustav bore down.

set: Bush will travel to Texas, meet with emergency workers


set: Javelin accused denied bail Updated: 00:18, Thursday January 17, 2013 A boy accused of hurling a metal pole like a javelin at another youth after trying to gatecrash a party may have been 'fingered' by others involved in the incident, a Sydney court has heard.


set: KABUL, Afghanistan - A government health worker and his driver were killed Sunday in a roadside bomb blast in northern Afghanistan, officials said.Dr.

set: Afghan health worker killed by roadside bomb


set: President Barack Obama said on Tuesday he is cutting potential rival Rick Perry ``some slack'' for comments that appeared to criticize the president for not serving in the armed forces.


set: Los Angeles Lakers coach Phil Jackson does not believe that his current star, five-time NBA champion Kobe Bryant, deserves to be compared to six-time NBA champion and five-time MVP Michael Jordan.

set: Phil Jackson does not believe Kobe Bryant should be compared to Michael Jordan


set: A Gastonia woman was arrested over the weekend, accused of leaving two children alone in a hot car while she shopped inside a Target store.

set: Gastonia woman arrested after leaving children alone in hot car


set: Indian rubber futures are likely to open lower on Friday on a weak Tokyo market and falling oil prices, analysts said.

set: India rubber futures may open lower on weak Tokyo


set: Sun Tran buses are once again getting ``wrapped up'' in advertising as a long-time city program gets traction.

set: Sun Tran buses get ``wrapped'' in advertising


set: The Penguins have recalled defenseman Alexandre Picard from Wilkes-Barre, possibly because defenseman Kris Letang might not be able to play tonight against the Sharks.


set: An Omaha police officer was struck in the face while trying to break up a fight early Tuesday morning.

set: Omaha officer struck while breaking up fight


set: Business leader, best-selling author and Hall of Fame speaker Scott McKain joined Ulitzer with his blog syndication at http://mckainviewpoint.ulitzer.com.

set: Best-selling author Scott McKain joins Ulitzer


set: Molly Huddle of Elmira will run in the 5,000 meter semifinals tonight at the US Olympic track and field trials.


set: Syrian security forces say they have arrested 11 foreign spies from different Arab countries in Damascus.

set: Syrian security forces arrest 11 foreign spies


set: A Florence area doctor has pleaded guilty in federal court to filing a false income tax return.

set: Doctor pleads guilty to filing false tax return


set: Lee Pearson struck gold in Kentucky on Thursday, winning individual and team medals at the World Equestrian Games.


set: In an impassioned address, Mayor Bloomberg vetoed a controversial ``prevailing wage'' bill Wednesday, arguing that it would stunt business growth and job creation.

set: Mayor Bloomberg vetoes ``prevailing wage'' bill


set: Senate democrats face a rough road in building support for the public option part of health care reform.Senate Democrats need 60 votes to block a filibuster.That means they cannot lose any of the senators on their side of the aisle.But several moderates are making clear they don't like the public option, including Senator Joseph Lieberman.The public option allows states to opt out, a provision included to attract moderate support.

set: Senate democrats facing rough road in building public option support


set: Comedian Jimmy Kimmel will go head to head with late-night talk show hosts Jay Leno and David Letterman when his TV program moves to the 11:35 pm time slot, sparking a fight for viewers among the three comedians.

set: Jimmy Kimmel to go head-to-head with Leno, Letterman


set: Pain Therapeutics, Inc. today announced that it had received a $5,000,000 milestone payment from King Pharmaceuticals, Inc., its exclusive commercial partner for abuse-resistant prescription pain medications.

set: Pain Therapeutics receives $5,000,000 payment


set: Renesas Technology Corp. and NEC Electronics Corp. will combine operations by April after their Japanese parent companies agreed to inject 200 billion yen into a new company that would become the world's No. 3 chipmaker.

set: NEC Electronics to combine operations with Renesas


set: WASHINGTON President Barack Obama says he's ready to work with lawmakers in both parties in a ``spirit of common cause'' to address major issues as Congress gets back to business after the Arizona shooting that brought legislative debate to a virtual standstill.


set: The Satyam fraud has shaken India Inc out of its bubble of complacency and made it sit up, and realise that if it wants to remain competitive it needs to clean up its act.


set: An industry source based in South Korea informed a polymerupdate team member that a term naphtha deal for January-December 2009 was concluded by S-Oil at a deeper discount as compared to its previous term deal.


set: TUSTIN, Calif. An elderly California woman has been struck by a car and killed, her body pinned underneath the vehicle and dragged for blocks before coming loose on an Orange County roadway.

set: Woman struck by car, pinned and dragged for blocks


set: An elderly churchgoer who underwent a personality change following a stroke is being questioned by police after his wife was found strangled at their home.

set: Churchgoer questioned after wife found strangled


set: German stocks erased earlier gains, led by Bayer AG, Infineon Technologies AG and Fresenius Medical Care AG.


set: A morning accident killed an 84-year-old pedestrian in Cedar Park after he got hit twice, once by a car and then by a tractor trailer.


set: Eli Lilly said Monday that it planned to cut 5,500 jobs, or 13.5 percent of its work force, in a restructuring meant to bolster the company as it girds for generic competition by late 2011 on its top-selling Zyprexa schizophenia drug.


set: President Asif Ali Zardari left for Dubai on a scheduled one-day trip on Thursday, local television stations reported, amid growing tension over a memo seeking US help in preventing a coup by the military.


set: OPEC is not expected to cut production, the Saudi and Kuwaiti oil ministers said as the group met to take stock of a market that has seen crude prices climb.


set: A PETITION against the introduction of double yellow lines in Newtown Road is gathering considerable momentum, having attracted more than 1,000 signatures in just 10 days.


set: March 14, 2013 Total US money market mutual fund assets rose $5.32 billion to $2.652 trillion for the week that ended Wednesday, according to the Investment Company Institute.

set: Money market fund assets rise to $2.652 trillion


set: Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger was carted off the field with an apparent concussion in the second quarter of today's game against the Cleveland Browns.

set: Pittsburgh Steelers' Ben Roethlisberger carted off field with concussion


set: South Korea is facing growing risks of high inflation, with higher oil and agricultural prices raising the costs of various goods and services at the fastest pace since the outbreak of the global financial crisis more than a year ago.


set: Wake Forest University has received the first patent for a new solar cell technology that can double the energy production of today's flat cells at a fraction of the cost.

set: Wake Forest receives patent for new solar cell technology


set: Eric Frenzel of Germany has won a Nordic Combined World Cup event for his second career title, two years after winning in his native Klingenthal.

set: Frenzel wins Nordic Combined World Cup event


set: A Monroe County resident is believed to be among the 492 people nationwide infected with salmonella from consuming contaminated peanut butter products, according to a state health official.

set: Monroe County resident believed to be among those nationwide infected with salmonella


set: The rate of price increase is stable, says Second Finance Minister Tan Sri Nor Mohamed Yakcop.

set: Rate of price increase stable, says Nor Mohamed


set: I Want Revenge was made the early 3-1 favourite for the Kentucky Derby, with Pioneerof the Nile and Dunkirk sharing second-favourite status Wednesday in the full field of 20 horses.

set: I Want Revenge made early 3-1 favourite for the Kentucky Derby


set: Meldrum having trouble remembering Updated: 11:51, Sunday January 15, 2012 Molly Meldrum may be speaking but his friends say the music guru is having trouble remembering.


set: Actress Octavia Spencer, who won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for ``The Help'', is planning to turn producer.


set: Cyprus is ready to support democratically elected governments which may arise from the crisis in different countries in the Arab Gulf and the Middle East, Foreign Minister Markos Kyprianou has said.

set: Cyprus ready to support democratically elected governments


set: Rock legend Levon Helm has died at the age of 71 following a battle with cancer.


set: The Aryan Nations has returned to northern Idaho with what it is calling a ``world headquarters'' and a recruitment campaign.


set: The White House called Tuesday on Russia to expel fugitive US whistleblower Edward Snowden after Russian President Vladimir Putin rejected earlier demands to hand him over to the United States, dpa reported.

set: White House calls for Russia to expel Snowden


set: Situation fast returning to normalcy in Swat after peace deal between NWFP government and Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi.


set: The opposition, hobbled by disorganization and infighting, is trying to pull together and appear more inclusive by choosing a member of an ethnic minority.


set: The Oakland Raiders re-signed running back Justin Fargas on Wednesday.


set: Chris Kahui says he just wants to get on with his life after being cleared of murdering his baby sons.


set: THE old saying ``What doesn't kill us makes us stronger'' is true, say experts.

set: What doesn't kill you does make you stronger


set: US videogame industry sales jumped 20% in April, as a flood of highly anticipated titles hit the market and enticed consumers.


set: Air Arabia Maroc, Morocco's new low cost carrier has become the newest Airbus aircraft operator with the launch of services on May 6th, between its hub at Mohamed V Airport, Casablanca and Stansted Airport, London.

set: Air Arabia Maroc becomes newest Airbus aircraft operator


set: Syncsort, a global leader in high-performance data processing, data integration, and data protection & recovery software, recently announced availability of its clickstream data integration solution.

set: Syncsort announces clickstream data integration solution


set: Live Sport Reports O'Neill keen to avoid postponement Northern Ireland manager Michael O'Neill admits he will be left with a huge headache if his side's World Cup qualifier against Russia falls foul of the weather for the second time.


set: Digital River, a provider of e-commerce solutions, has signed an agreement to manage European online sales for Freecom, a manufacturer of external hard drives and portable storage devices.

set: Digital River signs agreement to manage European online sales for Freecom


set: Lil Wayne was arrested on three felony drug charges Wednesday after federal agents said they found illegal drugs, including cocaine, on his charter bus at a checkpoint in southwestern Arizona.

set: Lil Wayne arrested on felony drug charges


set: Scientists are now claiming that ecstasy can cure cancer...the controversial rave drug is under tests as a cure for the disease.


set: Business Confidence improved in May by 2.1 points to 94.9 in June, the South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry said on Wednesday, 11 July 2012.


set: Ambulances and police vans have been banned from using sirens in Peshawar, DCO Peshawar Sahibzada Anis told Geo News Friday.

set: Ambulances, police vans banned from using sirens


set: Thomas Cook is set to enter the fast-growing tourist market in Russia where the UK operator has agreed to create a joint venture with Intourist.

set: Thomas Cook to enter tourist market in Russia


set: US actress Michelle Monaghan said she worked hard to earn her commercial driver's license for her role in the independent film ``Trucker.''

set: Michelle Monaghan earned commercial driver's license for 'Trucker'


set: The euro edged higher in Asian trade yesterday as Europe's debt woes eased slightly, dealers said.


set: Internal Affairs has confirmed search warrants have been executed as part of an ongoing investigation into alleged manipulation of gaming machine grants.


set: You are viewing That's More Like It lyrics performed by Selena Gomez.


set: Canadian stocks erased gains as financial and power companies slumped, offsetting an advance by energy companies as natural gas rallied.

set: Canadian stocks erase gains as financial, power companies slump


set: A North East, Maryland man has been sentenced to 17 years in prison for running down another North East man outside a Delaware bar last year.

set: Man sentenced for running down man outside bar


set: Russian state-owned transport monopoly Russian Railways, or RZhD, is placing a $1 billion, 10-year dollar-denominated Eurobond at a yield of 5.7 percent, down from initial guidance of 5.875 percent, a financial market source said on Thursday.

set: Russian Railways placing $1 billion Eurobond at 5.7 percent


set: India on Saturday confirmed its first case of swine flu in a 23-year-old man who arrived in Hyderabad from the US.


set: The RSS feed for the World digest on McClatchyDC.com's homepage has moved here as part of an upgrade to improve service.


set: Honduran police seized 3.2 tons of cocaine onboard a ship off its Caribbean coast on Wednesday, said the authorities.

set: Honduran police seize 3.2 tons of cocaine


set: The months of negotiations over the reform of public sector pensions will make ``little or no difference'' to the multi-billion-pound cost to taxpayers, according to a detailed analysis published by the Institute for Fiscal Studies.

set: Reform of public sector pensions will make 'little or no difference'


set: New Zealand squash number one Joelle King has cruised through to the second round at the World Open in the Cayman Islands.


set: Bollywood stars turned to Twitter to wish legendary actor Dilip Kumar, who turns 90 today.


set: At Uganda's fifth National AIDS Conference last week, Ugandan Vice President Gilbert Bukenya called for research into the country's primary HIV/AIDS prevention strategies to understand why prevalence of the disease has increased in the country, Uganda's Monitor reports.

set: Ugandan Vice President Bukenya calls for research on country's HIV prevention strategies


set: Items from the heroic age of Antarctic exploration including Captain Scott's compass that he used on his doomed expedition are to go on sale.

set: Items from age of Antarctic exploration to go on sale


set: Serial entrepreneurs, Harri Myllyla and Jonne Castren have launched Star Arcade, a mobile social gaming venture that will target the next billion mobile gamers coming from developing markets of Africa, Latin America, South East Asia and India, reports the SunHerald.

set: Serial entrepreneurs launch mobile social gaming venture


set: Country singer Taylor Swift was left super irked by her ex-boyfriend John Mayer.

set: Taylor Swift irked by ex-boyfriend John Mayer?


set: Italian police arrested scores of suspected mobsters Tuesday, including three top fugitives believed linked to the gangland-style slaying of six African immigrants near Naples, authorities said.In a series of raids in Naples and surrounding areas, where the Camorra crime syndicate is based, police also seized assets worth euro100 million and weapons, including two AK-47s believed to have been used Sept. 18 against the Africans, police and government officials said.Interior Minister

set: Italy arrests scores of suspected mobsters


set: Canada's largest uranium producer Cameco Corp said it plans to buy its junior peer Hathor Exploration Ltd for about C$520 million in cash, after talks for a potential board-supported deal failed.

set: Cameco to buy Hathor Exploration for C$520 million


set: A police officer sustained three bullet injuries after he was shot at by unknown assailants in Navi Mumbai today.

set: Police officer shot by unknown assailants in Navi Mumbai


set: The Pakistan Cricket Board has said it has shortlisted six candidates for national coach posts.

set: PCB shortlists six candidates for national coach posts


set: A trial shipment of Kenyan roses, in a refrigerated container, is currently on the sea and due to arrive in Antwerp on April 26, Christo van der Meer, Operations Manager of Fresh Flower Solutions for FloraHolland told the Cool Logistics conference on Wednesday.


set: Students belonging to different schools across the city held a dengue awareness walk on Saturday that was led by MPAs Khawaja Saad Rafique, Mian Naseer and Yaseen Sohail.


set: Robert Pattinson is apparently 'baffled' by his army of female fans, according to his Little Ashes co-star Matthew McNulty.


set: French publisher Ubisoft has moved to acquire World In Conflict developer Massive Entertainment from Activision Blizzard.


set: Will Creekmore scored a game-high 17 points and was 5-for-7 from the field to help power Missouri State to a 75-64 road win Saturday night at Arkansas State to help the Bears improve to 9-0.


set: For example, that in countries with parliamentary systems where voters consistently fail to elect a majority government, coalitions are the norm.


set: Apple does not purposely create artificial product shortages to garner free press and generate hype among consumers, executives with the company said during Tuesday's quarterly earnings conference call.

set: Apple denies creating artificial product shortages for hype


set: New York, Dec 3 Feeling the pinch of the global economic slowdown and the US recession in particular, Google, the internet search engine giant, is resorting to austerity measures, The Wall Street Journal has reported.


set: Robots are developing their own language to help them navigate and improve their intellectual ability.


set: Agriculture companies facing spiralling fuel prices and shrinking budgets could be wasting thousands of pounds on fuel inefficiency caused by bad driving, according to leading fuel card reseller The Fuelcard Company.

set: Agriculture companies could be wasting thousands on fuel inefficiency


set: Newcastle researchers claim that seaweed combats obesity .


set: University City came together Saturday afternoon to celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

set: University City celebrates the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.


set: England have won the second cricket test against New Zealand at Old Trafford by 6 wickets.


set: BERLIN Germany is officially opening its first offshore wind farm in the North Sea after years of delays and technical problems.

set: Germany opens its first offshore wind farm


set: MasterCard Inc, the world's second-largest credit-card network, said on Wednesday it will pay up to $1.8 billion to settle an antitrust lawsuit with American Express Co.

set: MasterCard settles lawsuit with American Express


set: Peter Crouch has withdrawn from the England squad for the Euro 2012 qualifiers against Bulgaria and Switzerland due to a back injury.

set: Peter Crouch withdraws from England squad for Euro 2012 qualifiers


set: Dublin has been named a UNESCO City of Literature, one of only four such cities world wide.


set: Morgan Keegan has upgraded CEC Entertainment from Market Perform to Outperform in a research report out today.

set: Morgan Keegan upgrades CEC Entertainment to Outperform


set: US President Barak Obama will visit an oil spill area in the Gulf of Mexico in next 48 hours to assess the situation and the US government's response, a White House official said Saturday.

set: Obama to visit oil spill area in next 48 hours: official


set: President Obama nominated Sen. John F. Kerry on Friday to be the next secretary of state, saying that ``in a sense, John's entire life has prepared him for this role.''

set: Obama nominates John Kerry as secretary of state


set: An explosive device exploded inside an office building in Amsterdam on Sunday evening, police said on Monday.

set: Device explodes inside office building in Amsterdam


set: 'Twilight' stars Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart were spotted holding hands at the Paris airport on their way to London.

set: Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart spotted holding hands


set: Greenpeace has urged Members of Parliament from across the political spectrum to reject the proposed Civil Liabilities for Nuclear Damage Bill 2009.

set: Greenpeace urges Members of Parliament to reject nuclear damage bill


set: QB Tajh Boyd of Hampton, VA will visit Clemson this weekend barring a last minute change in plans his father said Thursday afternoon.


set: Germany-based toy manufacturer Playmobil is investing in €30m in injection moulding after a successful 2012 boosted sales 5.3% to €531m.

set: Playmobil invests €30m in injection moulding


set: ``The postcard Kenya that everyone sees with elephants and nice sunsets is gone,'' he said in an interview.


set: Confused.com has announced that it would welcome the proposed car scrappage scheme which may be included in today's budget announcement.

set: Confused.com welcomes car scrappage scheme


set: After letting a one-goal lead slip away, North East rallied to win a shootout 4-3 to defeat Commodore Perry 2-1 in a District 10 Class AA quarterfinal match in front of more than 400 chilly fans at Harbor Creek's Paul J. Weitz Stadium.


set: Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, the Court's oldest member and leader of its liberal bloc, is retiring.

set: Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens retiring


set: Pop diva Amy Winehouse has been found dead in her London home, police have confirmed.


set: YASSER Arafat, who died in 2004, was poisoned by polonium, according to the findings of Swiss laboratory research.


set: Austin added the largest percentage of jobs during the recession when compared with 102 markets across the nation, an analysis released Tuesday shows.

set: Austin adds largest percentage of jobs during recession


set: ``The jail is broke, I don't mean money ... our system is broken,'' Bergin said.


set: Gentry Miller, 22, of Kansas City was crowned Miss Kansas USA 2012 Sunday night at the Historic Scottish Rite Center in Kansas City.

set: Gentry Miller crowned Miss Kansas USA 2012


set: Honda Motor Co. is offering voluntary buyouts, cutting workers' pay and imposing 13 non-production days at its North American plants to reduce its production this summer by 62,000 vehicles.


set: Congress party general secretary Rahul Gandhi and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy prayed separately at the famous Lord Venkateshwara temple in Tirupati.

set: Rahul Gandhi, ysr pray at Tirupati temple


set: Turkey strongly condemned a bombing attack that targeted and killed a Sunni lawmaker in western Iraq on Tuesday amidst the festering tension in the politically fragile country as protests against the central government in Baghdad still continue in various cities, APA reports quoting Turkish media.

set: Turkey strongly condemns attack against lawmaker in Iraq


set: Two men shot each other after intervening in a fight involving three women in Prichard Saturday, police said.

set: Men shoot each other intervening in fight involving three women


set: NME reports that AC/DC will release their first live album in twenty years on November 20.

set: AC/DC to release first live album in twenty years


set: Chicago Blackhawks defenseman Jordan Hendry underwent surgery on his left ACL on Tuesday, and he's expected to miss six months.

set: Chicago Blackhawks defenseman Jordan Hendry undergoes surgery


set: A Greenwood man is facing charges after allegedly selling a woman's car for scrap metal rather than repairing it as the car's owner said she paid him to do.

set: Man charged with selling woman's car for scrap metal


set: A US military fighter jet crashed in Libya overnight after an apparent equipment malfunction, but its two crew members ejected safely and have been recovered, the US military said Tuesday.

set: US fighter jet crashes in Libya, crew ejects safely


set: JPM finally has cars to consistently race for wins Juan Pablo Montoya has had 218 chances to win on an oval in NASCAR.

set: Jpm finally has cars to consistently race for wins


set: UAE operator Etisalat launched its new online billing service, eBill, to reduce its carbon footprint by giving customers the option to use electronic channels for viewing their bills.

set: Etisalat launches online billing service


set: What's in the water in the Land of Lincoln that either has people voting for crooks or has elected officials openly breaking the rules?


set: Bosch Security Systems formally launched Electro-Voice in India , by showcasing EV's comprehensive range of amplifiers, loudspeakers and microphones for the Professional Audio market.


set: Mollohan was honored during the weekend in his native Marion County.


set: Five people were injured after a faulty escalator suddenly changed direction at a busy subway station in New Jersey.

set: Five injured after escalator suddenly changes direction in New Jersey


set: A cyber charter school is expanding into eastern Schuylkill County with the purchase of a $1 million facility in West Penn Township.

set: Cyber charter school expands into Schuylkill County


set: Police have scaled back the search for a missing university student presumed drowned in the sea north of Auckland.


set: The second annual Ride for Veterans is set for 9 am Saturday at Linden VFW Post 6968.


set: ZESA is battling to repair and restore vandalised and stolen transformers around Bulawayo amid reports that some of its workers are asking residents to contribute as much as R10 000 towards the replacement of a single transformer.


set: US Secretary of State Leon Panetta called on Israelis and Palestinians to ``get to the damn table'' and resume peace negotiations.

set: Panetta to Israelis and Palestinians: 'get to the damn table'


set: Agony aunt, writer and broadcaster Claire Rayner has died at the age of 79, her family have said.


set: DELMAR, Del. ― Delaware State Police say an employee of a Delmar business has been charged with stealing lottery and scratch-off tickets.

set: Employee charged with stealing lottery tickets


set: United Way of the Tanana Valley will kick off its annual campaign at noon Tuesday at the Greater Fairbanks Chamber of Commerce general membership luncheon at the Carlson Center.

set: United Way kicks off its annual campaign


set: Rapper Kanye West has likened himself to Princess Diana in an online rant about his arrest over an alleged scuffle with paparazzi photographer in a nightclub in the UK.

set: Kanye West likens himself to Princess Diana


set: Rocker Adam Lambert has announced he'll perform a reworked version of Aftermath on American Idol next week.

set: Adam Lambert to perform 'Aftermath' on 'American Idol'


set: Homebase has launched a custom YouTube channel where videos can be published in Facebook and allowing viewers to purchase products directly and participate in a host of interactive features.

set: Homebase launches custom YouTube channel


set: The Senate is to reshuffle its standing committees when it reconvenes from its recess in September, Senate Leader, Teslim Folarin, told newsmen Tuesday in Abuja that the exercise would be done as soon the upper chamber reconvenes from its two months recess on September 9.


set: The Omani voters will head to the ballot boxes tomorrow for casting their votes in a historical day that is much awaited by all people to elect their representatives in Majlis A'Shura 7th term elections 2011/2014.

set: Omani voters to head to ballot boxes tomorrow


set: Sony released the new DSC-TX55 Cyber-shot camera this week, which adds to their already expansive and hugely-successful Cyber-shot range.


set: A couple who narrowly avoided a close encounter with a object that fell through their roof have learned it came from outer space .


set: Olivier Giroud has urged Arsenal fans to show patience as he looks to step out from Robin van Persie's shadow.

set: Olivier Giroud urges Arsenal fans to show patience


set: NATO troops opened fire on a vehicle in southeast Afghanistan, killing four unarmed Afghans, the alliance said on Tuesday, the latest in a series of recent incidents the United Nations has called disturbing.


set: By Craig Stoddart '' Darlington have made two changes for this evening's game at home to Port Vale while there is a new signing on the bench for Quakers.


set: Canada's small auto shops are warning that the cost of getting newer vehicles serviced could ``skyrocket'' because they say some auto makers are restricting access to vital diagnostic software.

set: Small auto shops warn costs could 'skyrocket'


set: University of Iowa football defensive coordinator Norm Parker has been named Assistant Coach of the Year by the American Football Coaches Association.

set: Norm Parker named Assistant coach of the Year


set: New York, Jun 3 Oil prices should stay above $100 a barrel through 2009 and potentially longer as supply struggles to keep up with demand, the government's top energy forecaster said on Monday.


set: Ohio Gov. John Kasich has declared a state of emergency in the wake of severe storms that killed 3 people, including a town council member, and leveled dozens of homes in the state.

set: Kasich declares state of emergency after storm


set: Russia and the United States are working out a spy swap involving Russians recently arrested in the United States and people convicted of spying in Russia, the brother of an imprisoned nuclear researcher said Wednesday.

set: Russia, United States working on spy swap


set: Indian tea exports have registered a decline of about 23 million kg last year over 2011 in view of slowdown in the global market, India Tea Association Chairman AK Bhargava said Sunday.


set: Goldman Sachs chief executive Lloyd Blankfein said he has not thought about resigning amid accusations the firm helped inflate the housing bubble and then made billions off the market's collapse.


set: Holt beat DeWitt 4-1 Monday night in the second semi-final game of the 50th Diamond Classic high school baseball tournament.


set: Another Bathurst business was targeted by vandals on Wednesday night, when a schooner of alcohol was thrown through the window of Athlete's Foot in William Street.


set: The trickledown theory is not working in the US today.


set: United Drug Plc. said it has bought US contract pharmaceutical packaging manufacturer Sharp Corporation for $99 million.

set: United Drug buys Sharp Corporation for $99 million


set: Tampa Bay Lightning captain Vincent Lecavalier broke his right hand in Thursday's game against the Washington Capitals and will miss at least three weeks.

set: Lecavalier breaks right hand, out at least three weeks


set: Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana assured that ``Justice can have a role'' in solving the roadblock conflict in Gualeguaychú, and affirmed that the blockade does not ``benefit the interests of the Argentine people.''

set: 'Justice can have a role' in solving the roadblock in Gualeguaychú


set: Bill Clinton has said that he would be 'happy' if his wife Hillary decided to run for President in 2016, holding out the prospect that she could abandon her insistence that she will withdraw from politics at the start of next year.

set: Bill Clinton 'would be happy' if Hillary decided to run for President in 2016


set: Once again the hunt proved to be a huge success with 40 hunters from all over the Southeast blanketing the 40,000 acres of prime Black Belt hunting lands.