set: The same can be said about any profession -- that practice makes perfect, whether it's a basketball player spending countless hours at the free-throw line, an artist pulling an all-nighter working on a drawing, or even Point Pleasant's employees putting up the floodwall gates.


set: Truck-maker Paccar Inc. said Tuesday it will raise its quarterly dividend to 12 cents from 9 cents per share, a 33 percent increase.

set: Paccar raises quarterly dividend to 12 cents from 9 cents per share


set: US online retail giant Amazon plans to offer a movie streaming service that would compete directly with Netflix, Britain's Financial Times reported on Wednesday.

set: Amazon 'to offer movie streaming service'


set: The Chairman House Committee on Human Rights, Hon. Beni Lar, said on Wednesday that rapists would face life imprisonment once the current Violence Against Persons Bill became law.


set: Dunwoody Police Explorer Juan Lopez gained citizenship Thursday, putting him a step closer to becoming a law enforcement officer.

set: Dunwoody Police Explorer gains citizenship


set: As Illinois battles with the country's second-largest state budget deficit--some $13 billion--its treasurer, Dan Rutherford, told CNBC Tuesday that bankruptcy, an idea being floated to close budget gaps, would disrupt the bond market and break trust with vendors who do business with the state.


set: A homeless man listens to questions during a survey of the homeless early Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010, in San Diego.


set: More drought declarations for parts of the North Island are possible from Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy today.


set: Two men were injured during separate violent home invasions overnight.


set: SAN JOSE, Calif. Online auction house and payments company eBay Inc. cuts its third-quarter earnings outlook by a penny per share because of a debt offering that priced earlier Thursday.

set: EBay cuts earnings outlook by a penny per share


set: Vice President Joe Biden reported for jury duty in Delaware Monday morning, but he was not chosen to sit on a jury.


set: Tropical Storm Paula weakened to a tropical depression over Cuba on Friday, the US National Hurricane Center said.

set: Paula weakens to tropical depression over Cuba


set: Rod Woodson has joined Hue Jackson's Oakland Raiders staff as defensive backs coach, the team announced Monday.

set: Rod Woodson joins Oakland Raiders as defensive backs coach


set: Two men face charges after a police chase early Saturday morning, according to a report from the Port Clinton Police Department.

set: Two men facing charges after police chase


set: What would make me more proud of the US is if we had a tax code where the top 2 percent and the corporations paid their fair share of taxes where the country had the money to solve our problems, to help the poor and to help middle class folks find employment.

set: What would make you more proud of the United States?


set: LOS ANGELES Julia Louis-Dreyfus wins the Emmy Award for best actress in a comedy.

set: Julia Louis-Dreyfus wins Emmy for best actress


set: Barclays is reducing overdraft penalty charges before the courts decide whether to force banks to make cuts.

set: Barclays to reduce overdraft penalty charges


set: SAN DIEGO LaDainian Tomlinson returned to practice in a limited role Friday and is listed as questionable for the San Diego Chargers' game against the New York Jets on Monday night.

set: Lt returns to practice in a limited role


set: HumDesi, a division of WorldBand Media and North America's leader in South Asian HD radio is turning up the radio volume with their recent entry in the North American market.


set: The White House just announced that President Obama will hold a news conference this morning at 11 am ET. The president wants to talk about the federal budget in his opening remarks.

set: Obama to hold news conference this morning


set: Parts of the Northland may see a few inches of snow later today and tonight, according to the National Weather Service in Duluth.

set: Parts of the Northland may see a few inches of snow later today, tonight


set: Food has been a recurring theme throughout the social and political work of Wavy Gravy, a hippie icon, Woodstock MC, official Grateful Dead clown, Merry Prankster, former Ben & Jerrys ice cream flavor, and the subject of Saint Misbehavin', a new documentary on his life that has been a decade in the making.

set: This is Mr. Wavy Gravy, the Ben & Jerry's ice cream flavor


set: GE Aviation announced plans Monday to acquire Naverus, of Kent, Wash., a provider of performance-based navigation services.


set: Youngsters in Scunthorpe are being urged to take part in a mini triathlon event after a report revealed that a ``staggering'' number of UK children cannot swim or ride a bike and have never run a distance of 400 metres.


set: Entities promising hefty returns to gullible investors from 'offbeat' avenues like art, antiques and real estate may soon come under the scanner of Sebi, which is framing a new set of rules for 'alternative investments'.

set: Sebi to frame rules for alternative investments


set: A police officer was killed by unknown assailants in the Russian North Caucasus republic of Kabardino-Balkaria on Monday, a local police spokesman said.

set: Police officer killed in russia's North Caucasus


set: A 66-year-old Quincy man is in critical condition at Boston Medical Center after being struck by a car while crossing Southern Artery Saturday night.

set: Quincy man in critical condition after being struck by car


set: The Turkish security services have seized 31 kg of hashish in three separate operations in the country, the Anatolian Agency reported.

set: Turkish security services seize 31 kg of hashish


set: The Dallas Morning News promoted two executives Wednesday in the latest moves to reorganize the newspaper's operations in the face of sustained revenue declines.

set: Dallas Morning News promotes two executives


set: Britain could consider clamping down on intra-company transfers, the route used by many Indian IT firms to bring employees into the country, a UK government advisory body has suggested.

set: UK could clamp down on intra-company transfers


set: The thing about shopping for a diamond in a mall is that it's incongruous.


set: Jon Hamm is baffled by compliments about his good looks, insisting he's no Brad Pitt.


set: Iceland Car Rental, Iceland's leading car rental company, is offering cheap car rental in Iceland this summer with discount offers on its wide range of high-performance vehicles.

set: Iceland car rental offers cheap car rental in Iceland this summer


set: United Insurance Holdings has selected iPartners' Insurance Scorecard business intelligence suite, including iDashboards, Scorecards, and iControl.

set: United Insurance selects iPartners' business intelligence suite


set: We told you a few months ago that AT&T would be coming to North Dakota, acquiring Alltel`s client base.


set: Aaron Finch admits he felt the heat Updated: 18:18, Friday February 15, 2013 Australia A captain Aaron Finch admits he felt the heat as he tried to take his brilliant domestic form onto the international stage.


set: Asian shares ended lower on Monday as investors paused to assess the effect of strong US jobs data on the growth outlook and the potential for an end to central bank policy easing.


set: Six suspected rhino poachers accused of dehorning a white rhinoceros in Matendere Ranch in the Save Conservancy Valley last month, have been denied bail and remanded in custody to August 5.

set: Six suspected rhino poachers denied bail


set: A 31-year-old man appeared in private at court accused of attempted murder in Inverness.

set: Man in court over attempted murder in Inverness


set: Hawaii governor Neil Abercrombie signed same-sex civil unions into law yesterday, calling it ``a triumph for everyone'' that gay and lesbian couples will have the same state rights as married partners.

set: Hawaii governor Neil Abercrombie signs Civil Unions into law


set: US President Barack Obama has lauded an Indian American couple for their entrepreneurial skills and given them the honour to share the stage with him at an event at the White House.

set: Obama lauds Indian American couple for entrepreneurial skills


set: A Las Cruces police officer spotted a mountain lion this morning during a traffic stop.


set: More Utah students than ever are taking the ACT college admissions exam but with mixed results, according to data released Wednesday.


set: Sri Lanka has halted daily power cuts that came into effect last month after a coal fired power plant that was crucial to the system broke down, until further notice, the ministry of power and energy said.


set: Near Des Moines, Iowa, Microsoft will invest $700 million dollars in a data center.

set: Microsoft investing $700 million in data centers


set: Forty eight per cent of senior local authority employees think that the 'Total Place' initiative will make no difference to services or might even make them worse, according to research by the Interserve support services and construction company.


set: Pat Summitt, the former head coach of the University of Tennessee's women's basketball team, will receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the White House announced on Thursday.

set: Pat Summitt to receive Presidential Medal of Freedom


set: The industry-leading credit union locator site CULookup.com today launched 30 new free personal finance calculators, which can be found at culookup.com/calculators.

set: Culookup.com launches personal finance calculators


set: The father of Amy Winehouse will launch a major new drug and alcohol education programme today.

set: Mitch Winehouse launches drug and alcohol programme


set: On the last day of 2010 we are seeing Bank of America refinance mortgage rates settle around 4.75% for the 30 year fixed.

set: Bank of America refinance mortgage rates --


set: Joel Embiid, one of the top remaining center prospects, will announce his college choice on Tuesday.


set: President Barack Obama lays a wreath at the USS Arizona Memorial, part of the World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument, Dec. 29, 2011, in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

set: Obama lays wreath at Pearl Harbor Memorial


set: Three of four antique firearms stolen from the Paterson Museum a dozen years ago were recovered Monday by detectives who said the weapons had been offered for sale on the Internet.

set: Three antique firearms stolen from Paterson Museum are recovered


set: Lucknow, Mar 7 Over 3,000 SP workers were today arrested across Uttar Pradesh on the first day of the party's three-day long agitation against alleged corruption and atrocities of the state government.

set: Over 3,000 SP workers arrested across up


set: Frost & Sullivan to host briefing titled ``Rising Awareness and Technology Improvements Accelerate the Videoconferencing Markets'' - Analyst briefing to be held on February 13.


set: Hosting provider Codero announced Friday that it is building a new data center in Phoenix, Ariz. The 22,000-square-foot facility will provide data center floor for 8,900 servers and office space, according to a Codero statement.

set: Codero builds new data center in Phoenix


set: Red Bull Racing team principal Christian Horner has said that Mark Webber is closing the gap between him and his teammate Sebastian Vettel who is currently dominating the 2011 Formula 1 season by 186 points in the drivers' standings.

set: Christian Horner says Mark Webber closing the gap to Sebastian Vettel --


set: Rock band Bon Jovi announced plans Thursday for a new world tour that will kick off at the new home of the New York Giants and Jets.

set: Rock band Bon Jovi announces new world tour


set: Home insurance customers have been warned to be vigilant in protecting their belongings and valuables in the weeks immediately after Christmas.

set: Home insurance customers 'must be vigilant before and after Christmas'


set: Broncos owner Pat Bowlen has sent an open letter to Broncos fans apologizing for the NFL's labor impasse.


set: Pröll said that he feared for the social peace the tighter the national and international financial situation was getting.


set: The former minister of endowment and guidance Hamoud Al-Hitar has called for anti-terrorism strategy, stressing that force is not enough to defeat terrorism.

set: Former minister calls for anti-terrorism strategy


set: A box of cupcakes is now the norm when announcing the birth of your baby or celebrating a birthday or wedding.


set: Tyco International announced that its board of directors declared a quarterly dividend of 0.23 Swiss Francs per share, payable on November 23, to shareholders of record at the close of business on October 29, subject to a required filing with the Swiss Commercial Register.

set: Tyco International declares quarterly dividend


set: A Woodburn man was convicted of using several of his clients' names to falsely claim tax refunds, the US Department of Justice announced Saturday.

set: Woodburn man convicted for falsely claiming tax refunds


set: The Federal income tax filing deadline is today, and if you haven't yet turned in the dreaded paper work, you have plenty of company.


set: In what is probably going to be the biggest news of the day, Universal is readying itself to reimagine some of its catalog titles with some huge names attached to do things the right way!


set: Volatile trading continued to weigh on markets with the local bourse shedding 1.66% to 1,472.14 points at the close yesterday amid uncertainty and bearish signs.


set: The railway transports of timber and wood products along the Russian Northern Railway line is down 24 percent this year compared with the same period in 2008.


set: MUMBAI The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex on Thursday climbed to a two-week high, gaining 360 points on foreign fund inflows and firm global markets on reports that the world's leading bankers are evolving a plan to help resolve the euro zone crisis.


set: Author Salman Rushdie is threatening to sue a publisher over a book by a former bodyguard that he says portrays him as cheap, nasty and arrogant and depicts his police guards as drinking on duty.

set: Rushdie threatens to sue publisher over book


set: Metro, the world's largest global newspaper, today announced that international pop superstar Lady Gaga will be Global Guest Editor-in-Chief for all May 17 editions of Metro.

set: Lady Gaga to be newspaper Guest Editor-in-Chief


set: Israeli troops have pushed deep into Gaza with thousands of soldiers and scores of tanks battling Hamas fighters and moving toward the capital on a mission to end militant rocket attacks.


set: Lebanese superstar Ragheb Alama has shut down crazy reports of his own death by speaking to the media to confirm he is alive and kicking!


set: Dallas police broke up an organized cockfight at a Pleasant Grove ranch Saturday, ticketing about 100 spectators.

set: Police break up cockfight at Pleasant Grove ranch


set: A young man is alive tonight despite being crushed by a minivan.


set: Two former mayors and the present mayor of the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation received threat calls from a person, who identified himself as Om Prakash Saini, a notorious gangster involved in many extortion and contract killing cases, this evening.

set: Chatrath, former mayors receive threat calls


set: Police are investigating a murder case where a man and woman were found shot to death inside an apartment Sunday morning.

set: Man, woman found shot to death in vallejo apartment


set: Ross Dress for Less, an off-price apparel and home fashion retailer, has announced that it will open 12 new stores in greater Chicago area on October 8, 2011.

set: Ross Dress for Less to open 12 new stores in Chicago


set: UFC flyweight contender Ian McCall was released from jail Thursday, after a 16-day stay resulting from an August 14th arrest for driving on a suspended license and not completing the terms of a previous arrest in 2008.

set: UFC flyweight Ian McCall released from jail


set: A Flagstaff tractor business owner, accused of taking out fake loans under the names of past customers, has been indicted on fraud and forgery charges.

set: Flagstaff business owner indicted on fraud, forgery charges


set: A Stabroek Market vendor was on Thursday evening robbed by unmasked gunmen at his Eccles, East Bank Demerara home, becoming the latest victim in a series of robberies on the vendors.

set: Another Stabroek Market vendor robbed by gunmen


set: Chelsea FC have cooled interest in three assumed targets this summer with Villas-Boas leaving them be for the moment as he assesses what type of player is required at the club.

set: Chelsea FC cools interest in three targets


set: The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach reported increases in cargo shipments in February, officials announced Tuesday.

set: Ports report increases in cargo shipments for February


set: US Defense Secretary Robert Gates plans to visit Israel on July 27 for talks likely to focus on Iran's nuclear ambitions and US-Israeli strategic ties, officials involved in planning the trip said on Sunday.


set: A 63-year-old North Brunswick man died today after he suffered a heart attack and crashed his car into a tow-truck garage near Route 130 .

set: North Brunswick man dies after heart attack, crash


set: A father, from North East Lincolnshire, who went missing with his twin sons has been charged with abduction, police said.

set: Father who went missing with sons charged


set: Michael Madsen, the American actor best known for his role as 'Mr White' in Reservoir Dogs, has been arrested for child cruelty after an alleged fight with his teenage son.

set: Michael Madsen arrested after fight with teenage son


set: A cold front will hit North China in the following three days, bringing temperature plunges and snow, the National Meteorological Center said Thursday.

set: Cold front to hit North China in three days


set: Johnathan Gray, one of the best running backs in the 2012 class, committed to Texas over Texas A&M and TCU on Friday morning.


set: Madrid - Spanish football club Valencia announced on Tuesday the sale of defender Alexis Ruano to league rivals Sevilla.

set: Valencia announce sale of defender Alexis to Sevilla


set: Russia plans to help Venezuela build a nuclear power station, President Dmitry Medvedev said Friday.

set: Russia to help Venezuela build nuclear power station


set: Simon Dyson of England captured his third Dutch Open title in six years after firing a 4 under par 66 in the final round and prevailing over his fellow countryman David Lynn by one stroke.


set: The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency will host a workshop in Little Rock, Ark., at the DoubleTree Little Rock, Feb. 11-13, for directors of national community banks and federal savings associations.

set: Office of the Comptroller of the Currency hosts workshop in arkansas


set: A 32-year-old man drowned in the Midmar dam near Howick, in KwaZulu-Natal, on Sunday afternoon, paramedics said.


set: The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency is balking at enforcing dam tailwater fishing restrictions by the US Army Corps of Engineers.

set: Tennessee wildlife Resources agency balks at fishing restrictions


set: Mirko Vucinic scored in extra time to give Juventus a 2-1 win over Milan as they knocked their rivals out of the Italian Cup for the second year running on Wednesday.


set: ``It's one game,'' Kiffin said yesterday.


set: Three more swine flu cases have been confirmed in Bangladesh, pushing the number of known infections in the country to 21, Mahmudur Rahman, IEDCR director, said Sunday.


set: The slumping Cincinnati Reds held a team meeting on Saturday before taking on the Milwaukee Brewers after losing six of the last eight games and falling two games under .500 for the first time in more than a year.


set: A suicide bomber killed 20 people -- including three children -- in a market in central Afghanistan in the deadliest attack against Afghan civilians in more than three months.

set: Suicide bomber kills 20 people in Afghanistan


set: The Australian market ended the trading session on Monday in positive territory, led by banks on speculation that tame inflation for July and stronger performance from the manufacturing sector might influence the central bank to pause from raising interest rates for the fourth consecutive time.

set: Australian market ends in positive territory


set: New Orleans resident Joseph Boyden has won the 2008 Scotiabank Giller Prize for his second novel, Through Black Spruce.

set: Joseph Boyden wins Scotiabank Giller Prize


set: Bob Chinn's Crab House in Wheeling is closed due to flooding, according to an email from the restaurant.

set: Bob Chinn's in Wheeling closed due to flooding


set: Walpole police are searching for a man with Alzheimer's who disappeared from his home Monday night.

set: Police searching for man with Alzheimer's


set: SEATTLE Xavier coach Kevin McGuff is leaving to take the same job at Washington.


set: However, InsuranceFixIt, has recently issued warnings about cheap long term care insurance that consumers should be aware of while researching LTC insurance quotes online.

set: InsuranceFixIt issues warnings about cheap Long Term care Insurance


set: After weeks of speculation, Oklahoma City's new NBA franchise revealed that the team will be called ``Thunder.''

set: Oklahoma City team to be called 'Thunder'


set: Worker dies at BHP coal mine Updated: 22:17, Tuesday January 22, 2013 Production at BHP Billiton's coal mine in Indonesia has stopped following the death of a contract worker.


set: Free agent safety Ed Reed is leaving Houston with no deal in place with the Texans.


set: TWO people were killed when a 30-seater plane, fortunately carrying no passengers, crashed in Darwin.


set: Newsday > Sports > College Stony Brook captures top seed in tourney Originally published:


set: Minnesota Twins right-hander Kevin Slowey was placed on the 15-day disabled list with a strained wrist following his start against the Detroit Tigers on Friday night.


set: Eddy Curry, player for the New York Knicks has been slapped with a sexual harassment lawsuit by his ex chauffeur.

set: Eddy Curry slapped with sexual harassment lawsuit


set: SelectMinds, a provider of Software-as-a-Service networking and referral technologies, today launched TalentVine, a referral recruiting solution.

set: SelectMinds launches TalentVine referral recruiting solution


set: The International Organization for Migration says the Ethiopian migrants, mostly young men, are stranded without food, water and shelter in the northern Yemeni border town of Haradh.

set: Ethiopian migrants stranded in northern Yemen


set: So, 'what's more important than location when buying investment property abroad?' it's accessibility!

set: More important than location when buying property abroad


set: More than a third of respondents to the European Health Interview Survey 2008 were overweight, and more than one fifth were obese.

set: More than a third of respondents are overweight


set: New witnesses for Amanda Knox, who was convicted of the murder of her British roommate Meredith Kercher, were taking the stand Sunday in Italy as the US student and her ex-boyfriend appealed their convictions.

set: New witnesses for Amanda Knox take stand


set: The new 54-page master plan for the Texas State Railroad was presented to the rail authority last week by Schrickel, Rollins and Associates of Arlington.

set: New master plan presented to rail Authority


set: Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said Friday that he has ``paid taxes every year -- and a lot of taxes.''


set: An incident in Kalamazoo turned deadly Sunday morning, and those who saw it happen say the man who died was trying to prevent a fight.


set: Drug stocks fled with the broader market into negative territory Monday as investors reacted negatively to a warning by Bank of America that credit markets were continuing to deteriorate.

set: Drug stocks flee into negative territory


set: Pioneer will sell its soybean products by seed count per unit, rather than by weight, beginning in this fall for varieties sold throughout North America for the 2013 planting season.


set: An officer opened fire on two suspects during a traffic stop in north Houston.It happened late last night on a driveway on Goodson near Chipman.

set: Officer opens fire on suspects during stop


set: Nearly 10 years later, a convict may be set free for a harsh sentence of life in prison issued at 15.


set: The 'Sex and the City' star Sarah Jessica Parker has a huge crush on British actor Hugh Grant.

set: Sarah Jessica Parker has a crush on Hugh Grant


set: SANA'A, Sept. 11 - Prime Minister Ali Mohammed Mujawar left Sana'a on Sunday for Saudi Arabia to complete the treatment of the injuries sustained in a 3 June attack .


set: As Andrew Symonds is almost certain to miss the next month's tour to India, injury-plagued Australian all-rounder Shane Watson is confident of coming up to the demands of a steep Indian Test and will reclaim the baggy green cap he last wore in 2005.

set: Watson confident of reclaiming the baggy green cap


set: Two-year-old Falak, who has been battling for life at the AIIMS in Delhi, has shown signs of improvement and was taken off ventilator on Friday.


set: The Turkish military says it killed 25 Kurdish rebels during a recent offensive in northern Iraq, according to BBC News.

set: Turkish military says killed 25 Kurdish rebels in Iraq


set: Most lawmakers haven't returned donations from disgraced Texas banker R. Allen Stanford despite pleadings from a federal receiver who is trying to get the money back for defrauded investors.

set: Most lawmakers haven't returned donations from disgraced Texas banker Allen Stanford


set: A 35-year-old Toronto man diagnosed with HV-2 Genital Herpes has been charged with aggravated sexual assault.

set: Toronto man charged with aggravated sexual assault


set: NASCAR has fired two officials who had been suspended during an internal investigation into claims made in a $225 million racial discrimination and sexual harassment lawsuit against stock car racing's sanctioning body.


set: Like something out of a James Bond movie, Julian Assange, the infamous founder of WikiLeaks has threatened to release encrypted ``insurance files'' if his website is shutdown or if he is arrested.

set: Assange threatens release of encrypted files


set: Banks and building societies are not passing on interest rate cuts to consumers, and in some cases have increased the cost of borrowing.


set: He's been cut by the Sharks, where he went on a tryout last month after making the mother of all mistakes earlier in the summer.

set: Former Wings defenseman Andreas Lilja cut by Sharks


set: The dollar weakened against rupee in the interbank market, dealers said on Tuesday.


set: Gothic metal band Autumn posted the title track from its new LP ``Cold Comfort''.

set: Autumn posts title track from new LP ``Cold Comfort''


set: Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani has paid tribute to Pakistani Christian community for their valuable contributions to the national development.

set: Gilani pays tribute to pak Christian community


set: The opposition Kuomintang will vote for the vice president of the new legislature on Monday.

set: KMT to vote for vice president of legislature


set: The World Bank was to meet yesterday as rising food prices spark deadly unrest in developing countries, underscoring the urgency of getting food aid to desperate people.

set: World Bank to meet as rising food prices spark unrest


set: Matty Wolfenden has left Oldham after being told his short-term contract would not be renewed.


set: Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. has increased their expectations for its North American Iron Ore and North American Coal production and sales volume.

set: Cliffs Natural Resources has increased expectations


set: A woman was killed by a train after getting her foot stuck as she walked across railway tracks, police said today.

set: Woman killed by train 'after getting foot stuck'


set: Three people were arrested after a police chase ended in a west Charlotte crash Tuesday afternoon.

set: Three arrested after police chase ends in west Charlotte


set: England's fast bowler James Anderson supported former coach Peter Moores a day after his teammate Kevin Pietersen claimed that their side would not have retained the Ashes if Moores were still in charge.

set: James Anderson supports former coach Peter Moores


set: View Comments Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr was arrested at a Las Vegas casino on a misdemeanor battery charge after he allegedly assaulted a security guard at his gated community, authorities said yesterday.

set: Boxer Floyd Mayweather arrested on battery charge


set: Coaches forgive under-fire referee Updated: 12:57, Sunday December 2, 2012 Rival coaches Rado Vidosic and Gary Van Egmond adopted a forgive and forget attitude after the standard of A-League refereeing again came under fire following the controversial sending-off of Brisbane's Thomas Broich on Saturday night.


set: Citigroup has decided to split itself in two as a massive fourth quarter loss of $8.3bn took the troubled US bank's deficit for the year close to $19bn.


set: Sports Writer ROME Andy Murray lost only his fourth match of the year, falling to Argentine qualifier Juan Monaco 1-6, 6-3, 7-5 in his opener at the Rome Masters.

set: Murray loses to Argentine qualifier Juan Monaco


set: Defence group BAE Systems has reported higher first-half profits as its customers increase military spending to support forces fighting overseas.


set: The Hyundai Motor boss avoided going to jail yesterday when a South Korean court upheld his suspended prison sentence but it ordered him to undertake tougher community service involving physical labor.


set: President Obama met with Palestinian President Abbas on May 28 in the Oval Office, assuring him that the United States supports Palestinian statehood and does not want Jewish settlement construction to persist in the West Bank, reports Reuters.

set: President Obama meets Palestinian President Abbas


set: Total Hair Regrowth is the new treatment method developed by John Kelby, who claims to teach people how stop hair loss quickly.


set: It's no wonder the Rev. Jesse Jackson wants to neuter Barack Obama.


set: Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre has bid an emotional farewell to the NFL, admitting he has no idea how he will spend his time in retirement.


set: Egypt shares rose the most in a week on speculation the recent drop was overdone as the exchange said a government plan to impose capital gains tax applies only to dividend distributions and not to profit from stocks trading.

set: Egypt shares rise on speculation drop overdone;


set: Former Indiana Sen. Dan Coats plans to announce Wednesday that he will challenge Democratic Sen. Evan Bayh in November, a senior Republican official told POLITICO.


set: Tigers and Red Wings owner Mike Ilitch says he wants to buy a third major professional Detroit sports franchise -- the Pistons.


set: A correctional officer is charged with eight counts of official misconduct and two felonies.

set: Correctional officer charged with eight counts of misconduct


set: The second batch of 2,279 pilgrims today left Jammu base camp for the cave shrine of Amarnath in south Kashmir Himalayas amid tight security.

set: Second batch of 2,279 pilgrims leave for Amarnath


set: A man has been charged with firearms offences after homes and businesses were raided during a police operation against suspected drugs dealers.


set: Bangalore, Dec 16 Strong, successful companies would weather the current global meltdown and emerge stronger, while inept or weak firms would be wailing and asking for bailouts, Wipro chairman Azim Premji said here Tuesday.

set: Successful companies will weather global meltdown:


set: Ukraine's jailed former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko says she will boycott the ``shameful'' appeal process against her seven-year jail sentence.

set: Tymoshenko to boycott 'shameful' appeal process


set: Three days after losing her battle with breast cancer, Elizabeth Edwards was laid to rest Saturday at a North Carolina church.


set: TransLink has confirmed a new bus service will link White Rock and South Surrey with Langley by the end of April.

set: New bus will link White Rock and South Surrey to Langley


set: Two Hyannis brothers have been accused of stealing a tip jar from a restaurant as a Harwich detective was nearby doing surveillance for a drug investigation.

set: Two brothers accused of stealing tip jar


set: A recent scientific study has found that a lack of sleep can increase your risk of getting cancer.


set: DJ Ironik has said that his life is ``back to normal'' after he was stabbed in an attempted robbery last year.

set: Ironik ``back to normal'' after stabbing


set: JBT Corporation, a leading global technology solutions provider to the food processing and air transportation industries, today reported second quarter 2010 results.

set: JBT Corporation reports second quarter 2010 results


set: The Hawks won again, and stayed perfect in District play.


set: The British Queen has reportedly invited the King of Bahrain to her Diamond Jubilee lunch at Windsor Castle, inviting criticism from human rights groups over his repressive regime.

set: British Queen invites King of Bahrain to her Diamond Jubilee


set: NORTH Korean leader Kim Jong-il has died at the age of 69, state-run television has announced.


set: Defiant Saudi women got behind the wheels of their cars in response to the Kingdom's ban on women driving.


set: Quintillion Limited, an independently operated hedge fund administration company, has released a new version of its client reporting portal, Q-Reports.

set: Quintillion releases new version of client reporting portal


set: Stanbic Ghana Limited on Thursday launched its investment management wing to mobilize long-term savings that would be channelled into the productive sectors of the economy.

set: Stanbic Ghana launches Investment management wing


set: Michele Bachmann raised $4.2 million for the quarter, $2 million of which was transferred from funds in her Congressional committee, spokeswoman Alice Stewart told ABC News.

set: Michele Bachmann raises $4.2 million for quarter 2


set: Gold may extend losses, after capping the biggest weekly drop in seven weeks, as weaker oil prices and a pledge by European Union leaders to avert a Greek default slashed the metal's appeal as a haven.Bullion for immediate delivery declined as much as 0.3 percent to $1,498.15 an ounce and was at $1,500.05 by 10:14 am in Singapore.

set: Gold may extend losses after capping the biggest weekly drop in seven weeks


set: Gas prices around Lansing jumped an average of thirty cents in the past week.


set: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev insisted on Saturday that Ukraine pay ``European prices'' for Russian gas.

set: Medvedev insists Ukraine pay ``European prices'' for gas


set: Reality star and model Kendra Wilkinson admitted in an interview last week that she believes she has no talent and nothing to offer.

set: Kendra Wilkinson admits to having 'no talent'


set: Gov. Ed Rendell says Pennsylvania lost 27,000 jobs in December, and its unemployment rate jumped to 6.7 percent.

set: Pennsylvania loses 27,000 jobs in December


set: In a new study, scientists have figured out how spider silk is able to catch the morning dew, which may lead to the development of new materials that are able to capture water from the air.


set: Former BJP president Rajnath Singh misbehaves and shouts at a NSG commando during his protest for farmers against the UP government.

set: Rajnath Singh misbehaves with NSG commando


set: IT major Wipro and diversified group Siemens will exit the National Stock Exchange's benchmark index Nifty on Monday.


set: A report from the Wildlife Conservation Society has said that several species of rare Asian waterbirds have staged remarkable comebacks.

set: Asian waterbirds stage a remarkable comeback


set: ``I had to kiss Jude about 90 times and I didn't want to laugh, but it seemed so ridiculous.


set: Big Brothers Big Sisters of Atlantic and Cape May Counties is holding a cash raffle to support its various community and school-based programs for area youth.

set: Raffle supports Big Brothers Big Sisters


set: Poll: 41 pct in NY say Cuomo gun law 'about right' After his gun control fight, Gov. Andrew Cuomo retained his popularity among his fellow New Yorkers, bolstering his Democratic and liberal support, but became a more polarizing figure, a poll released Thursday suggests.


set: An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.3 shook northern Italy today, the second such quake this week.


set: Commercial red meat production declined in June to 4.02 billion lbs., a 5 percent decline from the 4.22 billion lbs. produced in June 2011, according to data from the National Agricultural Statistics Service of the US Department of Agriculture.

set: Commercial red meat production declines in June


set: A light earthquake with a magnitude of 2.6 on the Richter Scale was registered in the western Bulgarian city of Pernik on Friday.

set: Light earthquake registered in bulgaria's Pernik


set: The second round of the John Deere Classic has been postponed due to heavy rain and is now scheduled for Saturday.

set: Second round of John Deere Classic postponed by rain


set: The Pompano Beach firefighter who fell to his death last week during a training exercise will be laid to rest at Friday funeral service.

set: Pompano Beach firefighter to be laid to rest Friday


set: An al-Qaida cleric killed Friday by US counterterrorism forces was born in Las Cruces.

set: Al-Qaida cleric killed by US was born in Las Cruces


set: The House is scheduled Thursday at 10.30 am to continue its final deliberation of the mid-year budget bill in order to push for the passage of Bt116 billion stimulus plan.

set: House to continue final deliberation of the mid-year budget bill


set: Anatoliy Tymoshchuk has admitted he may now stay at Bayern Munich following his recent return to the team.


set: Former Texas A&M head football coach Emory Bellard died early Thursday morning.


set: South Africa says it has seized a shipment of North Korean arms violating United Nations sanctions.


set: Catholic bishops from ten East Africa nations have called for an end to state terror in Zimbabwe and questioned the legitimacy of the government of President Robert Mugabe.

set: Catholic bishops of East Africa call for end to state terror in Zimbabwe


set: Italy's former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has denied hosting raunchy parties, having sex with an underage girl and abusing his powers by pressuring police.

set: Berlusconi denies having sex with underage girl


set: Due to emerging number of iPhone application development projects, InkaTechnology is gearing up to hire more iPhone application developers to its block.

set: InkaTechnology is hiring more iPhone developers


set: Advocates for Maine public campaign financing say four candidates for governor -- three Democrats and one Republican -- will qualify Clean Election funds.

set: Three Democrats and one Republican will qualify Clean Election funds.


set: An Australian opposition parliamentary delegation visited the north and east of Sri Lanka to look at the post war developments in those areas, an official at the Australian High Commission in Colombo said on Wednesday.

set: Australian opposition delegation visits north and east


set: Dipset rapper Juelz Santana was reportedly arrested at his New Jersey home today for allegedly threatening to kill his wife.

set: Juelz Santana arrested for threatening to kill his wife


set: The Dallas Stars acquired Finnish right wing Lauri Tukonen from the Los Angeles Kings for left wing Richard Clune on Monday.

set: Dallas Stars acquire right wing Lauri Tukonen from Los Angeles


set: A jobless man allegedly committed suicide at his residence in the Surjani Town police limits on Monday.


set: Controversy continues to swirl over a waterfront park in Kelowna.

set: Controversy continues over waterfront park


set: Karachi, Nov 28 At least 11 people, including eight crew members and three labourers, were killed when a Khartoum-bound Russian cargo plane crashed near the Dalmiya road in Karachi minutes after taking-off Sunday.

set: 11 killed in Russian cargo plane crash in Karachi


set: An air pollution health alert was issued Tuesday for the Twin Cities area and Rochester.

set: Air pollution alert issued for Twin Cities, Rochester


set: Taipei, Aug. 23 Jeremy Lin, the first American-born NBA player of Taiwanese descent, said recently that he joined the Houston Rockets because he wanted to prove himself.

set: Jeremy Lin says he joined Houston Rockets to prove himself


set: Rail Europe has reported 2010 as a record trade sales year, with bookings up 20 percent year-on-year.


set: The 2012-13 college football bowl season kicks off today with the Gildan New Mexico Bowl followed by the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl.


set: Jamal Crawford is not expected to play a game for the Warriors until Tuesday when they play at Washington.

set: Crawford not expected to play until Tuesday


set: The former police chief of Long Beach and Oakland in California has been selected as the new police commissioner in Baltimore, the mayor's office said Monday.

set: Former police chief in California selected as new police commissioner in Baltimore


set: A third baby has now tested positive for the same bacteria linked to baby formula pulled off shelves last week.

set: Third baby tests positive for bacteria linked to baby formula


set: Rachel Weisz won Best Actress in the recently concluded 2010 Laurence Olivier Awards for her role as Blanche DuBois in the play A Streetcar Named Desire.

set: Rachel Weisz wins Best Actress in Olivier Awards


set: TeliaSonera and Altimo agreed to combine their ownership interests by contributing their respective interests in the country's largest mobile operator Turkcell and in MegaFon, the third largest GSM provider in Russia , into a new company.

set: TeliaSonera, Altimo to combine their interests in mobile company Turkcell.


set: Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Tuesday will hold talks with Premier of the Chinese State Council Wen Jiabao.

set: Putin to hold talks with Chinese State Council Premier Wen Jiabao


set: Sunday evening an Amtrak train derailed north of St. Louis near Granite City.


set: A Kingston woman has been charged with prostitution after she offered to perform a sex act on an undercover URGENT task force member for cash.

set: Kingston woman charged with prostitution


set: Khaleej Times) The outlook for gold investment remains positive and will continue to be underpinned by inflation, economic uncertainty and investors' search for diversification, experts said on Sunday.


set: Consumer confidence has shown a substantial deterioration in the month of October, with the Conference Board's consumer confidence index falling to an all-time low.

set: Consumer confidence shows substantial deterioration in October


set: Hilary Swank says she feels honoured at the 20th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards as they mean so much.


set: S&P downgraded AON To Hold from Buy today based on the announced merger with Hewitt Associates They see execution risk and margin declines.

set: S&p downgrades AON (AON) to Hold from Buy


set: Joseph Brooks, who won an Oscar for the song You Light Up My Life, and who was also going to be on trial for rape, has committed suicide.

set: Joseph Brooks, songwriter, commits suicide


set: AP Sports Writer Three weeks after having surgery to repair a torn ligament in his right knee, Al Jefferson's spirits are up, his weight is down and he is certain that he will ``be back better than ever.''

set: Jefferson: 'I'll be back better than ever'


set: The Azerbaijani referendum vote is a success, Central Election Commission Chairman Mazahir Panahov told reporters after voting at the Polling Station No. 27 at the Binagadi Constituency No. 3.


set: The Delaware Center for Horticulture will hold its first tree planting of 2012 from 9 am to noon March 24 at Banning Park in Wilmington.

set: Delaware Center for Horticulture to hold tree planting at Banning Park


set: ``Nine people, including one child, have been killed in an explosion,'' said a Ukranian emergency ministry spokesman.


set: BOYLE HEIGHTS, Calif. Police are searching for a man who tried to kidnap a 13-year-old girl near her school in Boyle Heights.

set: Man tries to kidnap girl near school in Boyle Heights


set: Chelsea have reportedly joined French giants, Paris Saint-Germain, in the race to sign FC Porto left-back, Alvaro Pereira, and are thought to be the favourites considering that they have Andre Villas-Boas at the helm.

set: Chelsea join the race to sign FC Porto left-back Alvaro Pereira --


set: Columbus Crew and Mexico club Pachuca picked up victories Wednesday in group games in the CONCACAF Champions League.


set: 09:26 England defender Rio Ferdinand has retired from international football to focus on his Manchester United career.

set: Rio Ferdinand retires from international football


set: Government budget cutters are eying eliminating or curbing the home mortgage interest deduction.

set: Budget cutters eye eliminating mortgage interest deduction


set: Coronation Street actress and former Hear'say popstar Kym Marsh and boyfriend Jamie Lomas have split up after 15 months together.Former Hollyoaks actor Lomas, 29, has moved out of 33-year-old Marsh's house in Cheshire.According to a spokeswoman for the ITV1 soap, no-one else was involved in the break-up.The couple were said to be devastated when their baby son Archie Jay, who was 18 months premature, died moments after he was born in February.Marsh, who plays Michelle Connor in Coronation Street, used to be married to former EastEnders star Jack Ryder and has two children, Emily and David, from a previous relationship with Dave Cunliffe.In a brief statement, Coronation Street producers said: ``Coronation Street actress Kym Marsh has announced that she and former Hollyoaks actor Jamie Lomas have split up after 15 months together.''

set: Coronation Street star Kym Marsh splits with boyfriend Jamie Lomas


set: A 21-year-od man appeared in court charged with possessing an illegal weapon under 1968's Firearms Act.

set: Man charged with possessing an illegal weapon


set: The National Weather Service has canceled both the tornado watch and warning for Leon County.

set: National Weather Service cancels tornado watch


set: Premium programmer, HBO, has launched a free iPhone/iPod touch application in the Apple App Store.

set: HBO launches free iPhone/iPod touch application


set: Theoren Fleury says he considered playing himself in a stage play about his life, but then decided an actor should portray him instead.

set: Fleury considered playing himself on stage


set: A Hogansburg man has been charged with second degree harassment in connection with a domestic incident reported on July 25, according to state police.


set: Anderson Silva wants to fight Georges St-Pierre next, which would make just about every MMA fight, um, excited.

set: Anderson Silva wants Georges St-Pierre next


set: Houston Rockets guard Rafer Alston returned to the starting lineup Tuesday night against Cleveland after missing four games with a strained left hamstring.


set: David Cameron is to offer India a direct say in drawing up Britain's new immigration policy as Downing Street responds to fears in New Delhi that a proposed cap will harm trade links.

set: David Cameron to offer India direct say on immigration policy


set: Reports say that Demi Moore has consulted a divorce lawyer after allegations that her husband Ashton Kutcher cheated on her with 23-year-old Sara Leal at the end of September, days from his sixth wedding anniversary.


set: Swine flu vaccine could arrive in Guilford County next week.

set: Swine flu vaccine to arrive by next week


set: Enterprise networking is evolving to meet the ever changing needs of the modern mobile business environment.


set: Matt Hardy is working a limited schedule right now because of a deeply bruised right bicep and shoulder injury.

set: Matt Hardy working a limited schedule due to injury


set: The UAE national beach football team will play three friendly matches against Lokomotiv Moscow FC this weekend ahead of the upcoming World Cup qualifiers to be held in Oman.

set: UAE beach football team to play three friendlies


set: HyDrive, an optical drive model that features a built-in solid state drive and was launched by Hitachi LG Data Storage as well as Toshiba-Samsung Storage Technology, is seeing weak demand from the notebook industry since notebook brands currently are still unable to find a benefit for adopting such device into their machines.

set: HyDrive seeing weak demand in notebook industry


set: Gate 2009 results will be available on the websites of IISc and seven IITs Today 10:00 AM onwards.

set: Gate 2009 results will be available Today 10:00 AM onwards


set: The Karachi police have been ``politicised'', said Khan, who added that the full extent of their powers needs to be returned to them so that they can work towards their main responsibility of combating violence in the city.


set: The fifth-ranked Baylor women's tennis team swept Mississippi 7-0 on Sunday afternoon at the Palmer/Salloum Tennis Center.


set: Hulk Hogan burned his hand in a radiator explosion on Sunday, May 27.

set: Hulk Hogan burns hand in radiator explosion


set: Nevada Democratic US Rep. Shelley Berkley is launching a petition to pull the Rush Limbaugh show off the air after the conservative talk radio host's comments about a Georgetown University law student.

set: Nevada Democratic US Rep. Shelley Berkley launches petition to pull Limbaugh off air


set: The DoH has lost over £200m on unused swine flu vaccine and antivirals from last year's pandemic, the department's accounts reveal.


set: Gastar Exploration has appointed John Rooney as chairman of the board.


set: FARGO, ND A Fargo homebuilder and his wife have pleaded not guilty to charges that they exploited her 75-year-old father.

set: Fargo homebuilder, wife, plead not guilty


set: The Qatar ExxonMobil Open 2012 celebrates the 20th anniversary of world-class tennis in Doha.

set: Qatar ExxonMobil Open celebrating 20th anniversary


set: Jammu Kashmir interlocutors on Friday rubbished a media report that they had criticised the Omar Abdullah government and self-rule, saying they were here to fulfil their mandate and not to pass judgements.

set: We are to fulfil mandate, not to pass judgement:


set: Boise State will join the Big East, media reports say, with an official announcement expected as early as Wednesday.

set: Boise State to join Big East, reports say


set: Poorer patients have more severe ischemic strokes, or strokes resulting from blockages in blood vessels in the brain, according to new research from the University of Cincinnati.


set: Elmhurst High School supporters are still fighting to keep the high school open.


set: The sub-committee under the Constitutional Committee on Tuesday sorted out 30 contentious issues related to constitution writing, leaving only 45 issues to be settled by the sub-committee now.


set: Frenchman arrested in US Airways cockpit A 61-year-old Frenchman was arrested at Philadelphia International Airport and charged with impersonating a pilot after airline officials found him in the cockpit of a US Airways plane scheduled for takeoff, police said Friday.


set: Police have crippled a false toll highway receipt syndicate with the arrest of two men and an Indonesian woman in a raid on a shophouse in Taman Keramat Permai here on Monday.

set: Police cripple false toll highway receipt syndicate


set: The government is suspending the explosively popular 'cash for clunkers' program at midnight tonight fearing it would go broke before it could parcel out what it still owes dealers for a huge backlog of sales.

set: Government suspends 'cash for clunkers' program


set: The Alabama women's rowing team will hold an informational meeting for current full-time Alabama students who are interested in becoming NCAA Division I athletes.

set: Rowing team to hold informational meeting


set: Gov. Scott Walker plans to sign his budget bill into law this weekend in Green Bay.

set: Walker to sign budget bill into law this weekend


set: Kolkata, Sep 22 The West Bengal capital and its adjoining areas suffered major power cuts Tuesday as two power stations of the electricity generation company CESC Ltd had to be isolated.


set: Google have just confirmed that the Royal Wedding will be streamed live on YouTube, giving everyone with an internet connection the ability to view the regal nuptials as Prince William and Kate Middleton tie the knot.

set: Royal wedding to be streamed live on YouTube


set: When it comes to who's accounting for the most sales in the 2013 edition of the Top 500 Guide , the answer is clear: the big are getting bigger.


set: AT&T and HTC announced the Aria, an Android phone expected to make its sales debut June 20.


set: Police say former Detroit Lions and Michigan Statereceiver Charles Rogers has been arrested after apparently drinking toomuch and passing out at a Mexican restaurant in Novi, Mich.

set: Former Lions receiver Charles Rogers arrested


set: The Federal Opposition says the bidding process for the Government's high-speed broadband network will be ruined if Telstra decides not to take part.

set: Nbn bidding will be ruined without Telstra:


set: Rosie, 48, titled her latest blog post ``cancer free'' and said it's ``as close 2 perfect as life gets.''


set: Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg insists that the coalition between the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats will last.


set: Finch Elementary students received bicycles for perfect attendance for the spring semester and for the year on June 5, the last day of school.

set: Finch students receive bicycles for perfect attendance


set: Alaska Christian Church, 7230 Lewisville Rd in Quincy, will host Christmas at Alaska at 6:50 pm Firday.

set: Alaska Christian church to host Christmas at Alaska


set: Isle of Man cycling star Mark Cavendish has become a father for the first time.


set: Carrols Restaurant Group, Inc. today announced that it will host a conference call to discuss second quarter 2008 financial results on Tuesday, August 5, 2008 at 8:30 AM Eastern Time.

set: Carrols restaurant Group, Inc. to announce second quarter 2008 results on August 5, 2008


set: Isha Koppikar, the 33-year-old Bollywood star who got married last year, says she wants to settle down first and then sign any film project to evolve herself as an actor.

set: Isha Koppikar wants to evolve as an actor


set: ``Congress-led UPA government at the Centre has failed in tackling terrorism and Naxalism.

set: UPA failed to tackle Naxalism, terrorism:


set: Former President Mohamed Nasheed resigned under duress, former Chief of Defence Force Moosa Ali Jaleel has told a Parliament's Committee.


set: At the same time, the inventory of homes for sale increased in June 2010 and the second quarter of 2010.

set: Inventory of homes for sale increased in second quarter of 2010


set: SynapSense Corp., a Folsom, Calif.-based provider of wireless energy efficiency solutions for data centers, has raised $7 million in third-round funding.


set: An alleged serial bank robber has been taken into custody, accused in the heists of least five bank robberies and the robbery of one business.


set: AP-COAdvanced Wind Forecasts,0109 New forecasts aim to help with wind energy Eds:


set: Most Asian stock markets rose Monday, with Australia's benchmark gaining its most in almost two weeks, as investors appeared encouraged by government efforts to help the global economy weather the financial crisis.


set: Hayden Panettiere is not dating Mark Sanchez, despite photographs of the pair out on what looked like a date.


set: Sim only deals are the best choice for those who want to stay with their older handsets and those who don't want to sign any contract or bonds.


set: Federal-Mogul Corporation today announced that it has retained Lazard to assist the company in evaluating strategic alternatives to enhance shareholder value.

set: Federal-Mogul evaluating strategic alternatives


set: A metro station in west Delhi was ransacked allegedly by two groups following an eve-teasing incident late last night and two people have been arrested in this connection.


set: Newspaper owner Morris Publishing Group filed for bankruptcy protection Tuesday as part of a plan worked out with creditors to cut its debt by about $288.5 million.

set: Morris Publishing files for bankruptcy protection


set: Rochdale coach John Stankevitch could quit the sport after being fined £1,000 for verbally abusing a referee.

set: Rochdale coach John Stankevitch could quit over fine


set: Shooter Cathrine Latu has been controversially named in the Silver Ferns squad to compete at the world championships.

set: Cathrine Latu named in Silver Ferns squad


set: German stocks fell, with the benchmark DAX Index posting its first monthly loss this year, as Spain reentered a recession and a US gauge showed a larger drop in business activity than forecast.


set: New Zealand dairy cooperative Fonterra has sold its 25% stake in British-based joint venture AFF to majority owner Arla Foods of Denmark for an undisclosed amount.


set: In 2009 a great work is ahead on resigning of contracts with subsoil contractors due to New Tax code, said prime minister of Kazakhstan Karim Massimov at the board meeting at energy and mineral resources ministry of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

set: In 2009 great work is ahead on resigning of contracts with subsoil contractors due to new Tax code


set: A House panel voted Wednesday to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress for failing to cooperate with a congressional inquiry into Operation ``Fast and Furious,'' just hours after President Obama asserted executive privilege to hide potentially incriminating documents about Holder.


set: US wholesale prices for chemicals rose sharply by 4.7% in August from July, the Labor Department said on Tuesday, part of a 1.7% gain in overall producer prices for the month.

set: US wholesale prices for chemicals rise in August


set: Malaysian low cost airline AirAsia Bhd is set to buy Indonesian low cost carrier Batavia Air as it aims to expand in the Southeast Asia's biggest economy, an AirAsia executive at its Indonesian unit said on Thursday.


set: Goalkeeper John Ruddy believes Norwich City have enough quality to ensure Premier League survival, even if they fail to add to their squad in the January transfer window.

set: John Ruddy - Norwich City have enough quality to ensure Premier league survival


set: Our news gathering partners at 'The Republic' are reporting that a Columbus man who broke into storage units and attacked a woman in three separate cases was sentenced Wednesday to 12 years in prison.


set: Stock markets opened flat on Wall Street Tuesday after a housing market report said home prices in 20 US cities rose 4.6 percent in May compared to April.


set: French consumer confidence has fallen to its lowest level since February amid growing fears about unemployment as companies announced plans for major layoffs.


set: The most anticipated movie of the year, Justin Bieber's 'Never Say Never', has premiered in New York.

set: Justin Bieber's Never Say Never premieres in New York


set: Education Minister Mary Hanafin has admitted that the controversy over Irish poet Cathal O Searcaigh may cause some difficulty for Leaving Cert students.

set: O searchaigh controversy 'might cause difficulty'


set: The Drums kicked off their European tour in London on Wednesday night, November 24.

set: The Drums has kicked off their European tour


set: Cuban artists are participating for the first time in the International Fair of Lyon that is underway in this French city and which will be dedicated to the Island next Friday.

set: Cuban artists participate in International Fair of Lyon


set: A Wilton man is facing felony weapons and drug charges after a traffic stop Monday night.


set: Oswego police announced that officers searched five local head shops today as part of an ongoing crackdown on the use of synthetic drugs marketed as harmless substances.

set: Oswego police announce search of five head shops


set: A 21-year old Bangladeshi man, who came to the US aiming to ``destroy America'', has pleaded guilty to attempting to carry out a terrorist attack for the al Qaeda at the Federal Reserve Bank here using a 1,000-pound bomb.

set: Bangladeshi, aiming to 'destroy America', pleads guilty


set: The National Bank of Serbia says total national hard currency reserves amount to EUR 9.69bn.


set: Some 600 Russians and Europeans are fighting alongside Syrian rebels against President Bashar al-Assad's regime, Russian President Vladimir Putin said today, warning the West against arming the opposition.

set: 600 Russians, Europeans fighting with Syrian rebels:


set: Traffic lanes near a busy downtown La Crosse intersection are expected to re-open Tuesday after a manhole collapses and leaves a gaping hole in the road.

set: Intersection expected to re-open Tuesday after manhole collapse


set: No one was seriously injured when a small plane crashed into a Naperville gym around noon Wednesday.


set: Businesses must address public expectation and ensure that their efforts to reduce environmental impact in their business processes are realised without sacrificing product's quality or function, Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said.

set: Businesses must address public expectation - Muhyiddin


set: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said he is ready to resume peace talks with the Palestinians immediately, but any agreement is contingent on their acceptance of Israel's right to exist as a Jewish state.

set: Netanyahu says ready to resume peace talks


set: The Diamondbacks on Friday called up third baseman Ryan Wheeler from Triple-A Reno and were set to release veteran infielder Geoff Blum.

set: Arizona Diamondbacks call up Ryan Wheeler, release Geoff Blum


set: A soldier found dead at Fort Stewart has been identified as an Illinois native assigned to the Army post's 2nd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment.

set: Soldier found dead at Fort Stewart identified


set: Kazakhstan has achieved the first place on uranium extraction in the world, JSC Kazatomprom said.

set: Kazakhstan achieves first place for uranium extraction


set: The management of the Kolkata Knight Riders on Tuesday rubbished reports suggesting that they have issued embargo on players from talking to the media apart from scheduled press conferences.

set: No embargo on players from talking to media:


set: Nine NATO soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan in militant attacks and a helicopter crash.

set: Nine NATO soldiers killed in Afghanistan


set: RADCLIFFE-based flooring manufacturer James Halstead is to pay a special 15p a share dividend to investors, its fourth gesture of its kind since 2005.


set: The Endocrine Society has released a new clinical practice guideline for the prevention and treatment of paediatric obesity.

set: Endocrine Society releases guidelines on the treatment of paediatric obesity


set: President Barack Obama said Friday the economy is showing ``glimmers of hope'' despite continuing stresses and signaled more steps to brighten the business climate.

set: Obama says economy showing 'glimmers of hope'


set: President Barack Obama condemned Syria for ``outrageous use of violence'' against anti-government protesters as US Senator John McCain visited Libya in a show of support for insurgents trying to overthrow Muammar Qaddafi.


set: The city of Socorro may allow mobile homes into the city once again if an existing ordinance gets modified.

set: Could city of Socorro allow mobile homes again


set: Dawn Marie Psaltis is WWE wrestler and founder of her organization called, ``Wrestlers Rescue''.


set: ``It was exhausting,'' Jackson said Friday, three hours after signing a franchise tag with the San Diego Chargers for nearly $11 million.

set: Vincent Jackson signs franchise tag with Chargers


set: MyCareCommunity, a free online caregiver support program, is hosting a free webinar for New Jersey caregivers on April 28th at 12:00pm EST. Sign up today by visiting mycarecommunityNJ.org.

set: MyCareCommunity hosts a free webinar for New Jersey caregivers


set: A COUPLE who lived lavish lifestyles while running a multi-million pound racket to import and supply anabolic steroids have been stripped of assets worth more than £1.3m under the Proceeds of Crime Act.

set: COUPLE stripped of assets worth £1.3m under Proceeds of crime Act


set: More sad news for the Scottish games industry as Gamasutra reports that Cohort Studios has cut 27 employees, effectively halving its staff.


set: President Bush on Monday hailed Kosovo's bold and historic bid for statehood, saying ``The Kosovars are now independent.''


set: Morgan Stanley raised its 2013 and 2014 EPS estimates for Teva Pharmaceutical and maintained its equal-weight rating on the stock.

set: Morgan Stanley raised its 2013, 2014 EPS estimates for Teva Pharmaceutical (Teva)


set: AI robots will mark exam essays in the UK next month after one of Englandâ€™s big three exam boards announced the move.


set: Landowners must be held accountable for any unattended lots, which end up posing health hazards to neighbouring residences.


set: The Bloodstock team are delighted to announce that Finnish symphonic metallers NIGHTWISH have been confirmed for BOA 2008, set to take place August 15-17, 2008 at Catton Hall in Derbyshire, England.

set: Nightwish confirmed for Bloodstock Open Air 2008


set: rabid bat found in a Barrington home drove the Lake County Health Department to issue a warning Thursday urging residents to avoid contact with bats.


set: AN Athelstone man has been arrested for indecent assault and possession of an offensive weapon.

set: Athelstone man arrested for indecent assault


set: Cambodia has withdrawn several tanks from the frontier with Thailand, Xinhua reported according to the local media.

set: Cambodia withdraws tanks from frontier with Thailand


set: Steven Gerrard, the Liverpool captain and England international footballer, has been charged with assault and affray, following a brawl outside a Merseyside nightclub in the early hours of Monday morning.


set: ``Flood Protection works for the Banks of River Hemavathi at Banakal town and six village's viz. Bankenahalli, Hyaragudda, Bakkihala, Mugrehalli, Kittlegrandi and Subramanya villages in Chikkamagalur district of Karnataka''.

set: Flood Protection works for Chikkamagalur district


set: The Milwaukee Brewers had a scout at Friday's Mariners game, presumably to check out situational lefty Arthur Rhodes.

set: Brewers could be scouting lefty Arthur Rhodes


set: A hard-up Zimbabwean student has pleaded guilty to three bag snatches from several foreign students at Curtin University.


set: Imerja will securely host the hospital's data, including patient information, within a new data infrastructure at its own site.


set: Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement today after Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson announced a proposal by the Bush Administration to overhaul regulation of the financial markets: ``Congressional Democrats will continue to work to provide additional assistance to millions of families at risk of losing their homes, bring much-needed relief to consumers feeling the impact of the economic downturn, and ensure meaningful regulation of the financial system.

set: Pelosi statement on Paulson proposal to overhaul regulation of the financial markets


set: Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park has appointed British-born Anthony McHale as its new general manager.

set: Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park appoints new general manager


set: On July 12, Sen. Jay Rockefeller, DW.Va., released a news statement on the recent Alcan developments.

set: Sen. Jay Rockefeller releases statement on Alcan developments


set: Glee star Cory Monteith has just joined a band called Bonnie Dune, as their drummer.


set: US stock index futures on Monday appoints Wall Street will be opened flat as investors waited for direction from the chairman of Federal Reserve policy.


set: The US President-elect Obama formally nominated Nobel prize winner Steven Chu as his Energy Secretary at a ceremony in Chicago Monday night.

set: Obama nominates Nobel prize laureate Steven Chu as Energy Secretary


set: LLOYDS Banking Group has returned to profit for the first time since the 2008 banking crash.


set: Eurostar services to and from Brussels remain suspended following a train crash near the Belgian capital.

set: Eurostar services to Brussels remain suspended


set: Two Marion County judges have voluntarily recused themselves from a civil suit against the city of Fairmont and the Sheriff's Department.

set: Marion County judges recused in civil suit


set: Google has announced they will stop supporting older and less secure browsers like IE6, Firefox 2.x, Chrome 3 or Safari 2 starting with Google Docs and Google Sites editor from March 1st, 2010.

set: Google will stop supporting older browsers


set: Actor Shakti Kapoor appreciates his daughter Shraddha Kapoor's talent saying she reminds him of legendary actress Waheeda Rehman and Madhubala.

set: Shraddha reminds me of Waheeda , Madhubala :


set: Panasonic Corporation and Toyota Motor Corporation announced today the conclusion of a contract that will see Panasonic continue as the title sponsor for the Toyota Formula 1 team, Panasonic Toyota Racing.

set: Panasonic to continue as title sponsor for the Toyota Formula 1 team


set: The military says a Special Forces soldier from Fort Carson has been killed in a vehicle rollover in Iraq.

set: Special Forces soldier from Fort Carson killed in rollover in Iraq


set: The A47 was partially blocked after a crash between a car and a lorry at Postwick, outside Norwich.


set: The top-ranked Americans have qualified for the World Cup five times, winning the title in 1991 and 1999.


set: Asian stocks rose as Japanese exporters gained, offsetting declines by commodity producers on lower oil and metal prices.

set: Asia stocks rise as Japan's exporters gain;


set: Baosteel held an emergency security meeting recently to convey the spirit of the meeting of the Shanghai municipal government on 11.15 fire accident and deployed fire safety priority work for the current stage.


set: The actor formerly known as The Rock has reportedly signed up to play legendary country singer Charley Pride in an upcoming biopic--a role previously penciled in for Terrence Howard.

set: Dwayne Johnson to play country singer Charley Pride in biopic


set: China saw industrial output surge 19.2% ahead in November, compared to a year earlier, increasing from a 16.1% annual rise in October.


set: Feb. 1, 2008 09:43 AM Tyra Banks threw a baby shower for Jessica Alba on her talk show Thursday.

set: Tyra Banks throws baby shower for Jessica Alba


set: China refused today to impose new sanctions of Iran because its nuclear program , where the Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Chi Guy mentioned that china are keeping an eye of Iran's situations, and he confirmed the China's imposing of new sanctions on Iran.

set: China keep refusing to imposing new sanctions on Iran


set: Renault will stay in Formula One after selling a large stake in their team to Luxembourg-based Genii Capital, the French carmaker said in a statement yesterday.

set: Renault to stay in F1 after selling large stake


set: Rome police this morning are investigating a second homicide in the city in just one week.

set: Rome police investigate second homicide this week


set: The New Zealand forward Sione Lauaki has been charged with assault following an incident in a bar in his hometown of Hamilton last week.

set: New Zealand forward Sione Lauaki charged with assault


set: A man has been jailed for four years for raping a schoolgirl who later gave birth to his child.


set: The longer life expectancy of women is a well-established fact of demographic statistics in developed countries, but research in Japan is finally making waves in understanding why women live longer than men.


set: The Cleveland Clinic says it has done the nation's first almost total face transplant.


set: DG PEPCO Engineer Khalid Mehmood said that owing to reduction in gas provision to Power plants electricity generation capacity has been reducing the country adding that Gas supply to PEPCO has been reduced from 183 million cubic feet to 133 million cubic feet.


set: MELBOURNE'S precious native grasslands have suffered ''death by a thousand cuts'' because state and federal legislation lacks the teeth to protect the fragile ecosystem from being destroyed by development, the nation's peak science group says.

set: Native grasslands suffer 'death by a thousand cuts'


set: Carly Fiorina tells The Brody File that she is a ``real pro-life candidate'' and that Barbara Boxer has extreme views on abortion.

set: Carly Fiorina: ``I'm a real pro-life candidate''


set: A man has pleaded guilty to a theft scheme greater than $500 in a plot in which he stole more than $80,000 from his employer.


set: A Hancock County woman was arrested on arson-related charges Tuesday following a trailer fire north of Weirton.


set: Apple looks set to close up to 50 retail stores across the East Coast of the Unites States as hurricane Sandy approaches.

set: Apple to close up to 50 retail stores as hurricane Sandy approaches


set: The musical ``Anything Goes'' will be performed at 7 pm today through Friday and 2 pm Saturday in the Performing Arts Center at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.


set: Baba Yaga -- comes from the small textiles town of Furmanov in the Ivanovo Region, local historians say.


set: UNC Asheville has acquired the historic Rhoades property, including 10 acres of land owned by the WT Weaver family and later the Verne Rhoades family for more than 100 years.

set: UNC Asheville acquires historic Rhoades property


set: Risk appetite remained very fragile with further concerns over the Libyan and Middle East situation.


set: Dave Grohl will direct and produce ``Sound City,'' a documentary about the historic San Fernando Valley recording studio, and he knows a thing or two about it:

set: Dave Grohl to direct and produce 'Sound City' documentary


set: A Virginia Tech student died in a weekend fall from a third-floor apartment balcony in Blacksburg, authorities said.


set: The Centre on Wednesday sought initiation of contempt proceedings against former Gujarat minister of state for home, Amit Shah, and his counsel, Ram Jethmalani, for questioning the impartiality of a Supreme Court judge who was on the bench that ordered a CBI probe into the killing of Sohrabuddin Sheikh in an alleged encounter.

set: Centre seeks contempt proceedings against Amit Shah and Ram Jethmalani


set: Fewer people applied for unemployment benefits in the United States last week, the third drop in the past four weeks and a sign that the job market is slowly improving.

set: Fewer people apply for unemployment benefits


set: BMO Capital Markets, the investment and corporate banking division of BMO Financial Group, has appointed Dirk Leasure and Les Gorman as co-heads of the financial sponsors group.

set: BMO Capital markets appoints co-heads of financial sponsors group


set: A teenage girl said she was beaten and robbed by a group of men outside a northeast Portland home early Saturday morning.


set: A man who admitted he was driving drunk when he struck and killed a tow truck driver was sentenced to 48 years in prison on Wednesday.

set: Man who struck and killed tow truck driver sentenced to 48 years


set: The sixth annual ``A Walk to Remember'' was held Saturday at Wallace Park in Canton.


set: George Jones, a classic country singer with a voice full of raw honky-tonk emotion and a life full of turmoil, has died aged 81.

set: Country music legend George Jones dies aged 81


set: Iran has seized around 250 tons of narcotics since the beginning of the current Persian calendar year, head of the country's anti-narcotics body tells Press TV.


set: PM's Inspection Commission Chairman MNA Malik Nawab Sher has said the PPP will sweep general elections for its excellent performance.


set: A leading electronics manufacturer has pledged new jobs as it opened a research facility in East Kilbride.

set: Electronics manufacturer pledges new jobs in East Kilbride


set: A MAN who allegedly threatened to burn down an Islamic school in western Sydney and spray it with pig's blood will face court next month.

set: Man threatened to burn down Islamic school


set: Devangshu Dutta,Consulting Editor at Outlook is of the view that Reliance Industries has support at Rs 1880.


set: Former Liverpool coach Gerard Houllier, will be offered to train Aston Villa.


set: A standoff in Newton County between deputies and a woman reportedly ended in the woman's suicide.


set: Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden threatened the European Union with grave punishment on Wednesday over cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad.

set: Bin Laden threatens grave punishment over cartoons


set: Technical Analyst, Rajat K Bose is of the view that Satyam can slip to Rs 135-120.


set: Tryouts continued at Churchill Downs Tuesday for the prestigious job of announcer at the historic track.


set: Kriski needed several emergency surgeries to save his life, but now tells Fishbowl LA ``I couldn't be better.''


set: Crews pulled a sunken tow boat from the Ohio River but have suspended the search for a missing crewman until Saturday.


set: Pasco County deputies are investigating a report of a dead baby found in a bag behind a doctor's office.

set: Pasco deputies investigating report of dead baby


set: Fox 5 anchor and New York Police Commissioner's son Greg Kelly returned to Good Day New York this morning for the first time since he was accused of rape.

set: Greg Kelly returns to Good Day New York this morning


set: ``His chance of a fair trial is slim to none,'' said Clifton Jackson of Lansing, Macon's cousin.

set: 'Chance of a fair trial is slim to none'


set: Magic point guard Jameer Nelson returned to practice Tuesday after missing three games with a stomach virus.


set: Chelsea slipped to a defeat against the MLS All-Stars in Philadelphia on Thursday, as they succumbed to a 3-2 loss despite leading the game 2-1, reports EuroSport.

set: Chelsea slip to defeat against MLS All-Stars


set: New Star has merged its £41m Monthly Income Unit trust with its £232m Managed Distribution fund following FSA and shareholder approval.


set: Former Indiana Rep. Lee Hamilton endorsed Sen. Barack Obama for president Wednesday, praising his ability to transcend partisan division and calling his foreign policy outlook ``pragmatic, visionary and tough.''


set: The Euclid vs Cleveland Heights football game for tonight, Friday, September 23rd has been postponed.

set: Euclid vs Cleveland Heights football game postponed


set: Firefighters were called to a family home after they smelled gas in one of the bedrooms.


set: Ireland rugby legend Mike Gibson has been inducted into the IRB Hall of Fame at this years' Ulster Rugby Awards Ceremony.

set: Mike Gibson inducted into IRB Hall of Fame


set: 3 Ireland is inviting customers to pre-register for the new iPhone 4, which it plans to launch in the coming weeks.

set: 3 Ireland invites customers to pre-register for iPhone 4


set: Two hikers were rescued in Idyllwild after one of them called for help from his cell phone on Sunday Oct. 21 at 7:30 pm, it was reported.


set: Designer Michael Kors, a judge on the popular television show ``Project Runway,'' known for his line of women's sportswear, opened his fourth Connecticut store today at Westfarms Mall in Farmington.

set: Michael Kors, judge on Project Runway, opens his fourth Connecticut store today


set: ITV is to pilot changes to its 6pm news bulletin which will likely see its national and regional news programmes integrated into an hour-long programme.

set: ITV to pilot changes to 6pm news bulletin


set: Former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa, who has been remanded to judicial custody till October 22 by a Special Lokayukta Court in alleged land scam cases, moved to the High Court on Monday seeking bail.

set: BS Yeddyurappa moves High Court seeking bail


set: Jennifer Hudson has cancelled a scheduled video shoot after deciding it is ``too early'' to go back to work following the murders of her mother, brother and nephew.


set: Sun Pharma has target of Rs 540, says Rajen Shah, CIO of Angel Broking.


set: A Collin County inmate serving time in a state prison has been found guilty for killing a prison guard during an escape attempt.

set: Collin County inmate found guilty of killing guard


set: The Hang Seng Index closed at 19,545.83 on Thursday, down 33.15 points or 0.17 per cent.

set: Hang Seng Index closed at 19,545.83, down 33.15 points


set: Azerbaijani banks have created reserves covering more than half of non-business loans, Director General of the Central Bank of Azerbaijan Rashad Orujov told reporters on Saturday.

set: Azerbaijani banks' reserves cover more than half of non-business loans


set: Soueid said that some insist that upcoming parliamentary elections are not ``decisive, while in fact, they are a battle that will determine the nature of the state in a country that seeks stability and peace.''

set: Soueid says the upcoming parliamentary elections are not decisive


set: The following projects are expected to affect Thurston County traffic in the coming week, according to the Washington State Department of Transportation.

set: Projects will affect Thurston County traffic this week


set: Accra, Feb 9 Ghana will invest more in its sports infrastructure in the coming years to promote tourism and rake in the desired foreign exchange, Elvis Afriyie-Ankrah, minister-designate for Youth and Sports, said here.

set: Ghana to invest in sports infrastructure


set: The government says it will borrow a record $550 billion in the current quarter as it scrambles to fund the huge rescue programs being put in place to deal with the worst financial crisis in seven decades.

set: Government to borrow a record $550 billion


set: London, July 21 Actress Katie Holmes is returning to Broadway this autumn to star in the play ``Dead Accounts''.


set: Disney Channel has renewed ``Austin & Ally,'' the most-watched series on TV among kids 2-11 and 9-13, for a third season.


set: The Entertainer, the region's best-selling annual two-for-one incentives books, is now taking pre-orders for its 2013 edition.

set: Entertainer takes pre-orders for 2013 edition


set: Grant Thornton has harmonised its pension scheme and other benefits in addition to introducing total reward statements, following the merger with Robson Rhodes last July.

set: Grant Thornton harmonises pensions and benefits


set: India has 10-15 million epilepsy patients but the good news is that the problem can be controlled in 80 percent cases, experts said here today.


set: This Tuesday Google unveiled its latest online tool called ``Transparency Report `` which enables one to track whether any internet service or product like YouTube is being blocked around the world.


set: ``We look enormously, and we always react emotionally. Fear breeds fear. But I must repeat, India is not the enemy of Pakistan and we are not the enemies of the Indians,'' Zardari said in an interview to a French daily.


set: Two tiger cubs were today found dead under mysterious circumstances in the Ranthambhore National Park in Rajasthan's Sawai Madhopur district, 175km from Jaipur, a top wildlife official said.

set: Two tiger cubs found dead in Ranthambhore National Park


set: In a chilling account, the traumatised victim who underwent tests at Thane Civil Hospital on Saturday said, ``My father used to rape me at least thrice a week and this went on for nine years.


set: A son who repeatedly burgled his parents' Norfolk home was yesterday jailed for 18 months by a judge who said he had let his family down.


set: Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. said Tuesday it has opened a new software facility in Minneapolis to offer outsourcing services to its customers in the US city.

set: Tcs opens new software facility in Minneapolis


set: Opera 10.62 has been released after a series of snapshots and release candidates.


set: Pharmaceuticals major Ranbaxy Laboratories today said it had launched the generic versions of Atorvastatin tablets, 10mg, 20 mg, 40mg and 80mg in Italy and Sweden and 10mg, 20mg and 40mg in the Netherlands, after receiving approval from the respective local regulatory authorities.

set: Ranbaxy launches generic versions of Atorvastatin in Italy, Sweden and the Netherlands


set: FORMER Rio Tinto executive Stern Hu, who is imprisoned in China, could serve out his jail sentence in Australia.

set: Hu could serve out sentence in Australia


set: IMPERIAL BEACH, Calif. A 20-year-old man suspected of trying to run down a Chula Vista police officer was arrested in Imperial Beach, police said Sunday.

set: Man suspected of trying to run down officer arrested


set: Air India, the country's flag carrier, said it will sell 11 of its Airbus A320 planes and return an equal number to lessors as new planes from Boeing and Airbus are delivered, Dow Jones reported.


set: The biennial Seve Trophy competition pitting Britain & Ireland against Continental Europe will have a new name in September.

set: Seve Trophy will have new name in September


set: PREMIER Jay Weatherill has used a gathering of the prestigious 30 Club in London to invite the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge to visit South Australia.

set: Weatherill invites Duke and Duchess of Cambridge to visit South Australia


set: RAWALPINDI, Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has said that the martyrs of Parade Lane Mosque suicide blast are the great soldiers of the nation who laid their lives for the sake of nation.


set: The Italian government has proposed a new tax amnesty to encourage the repatriation of undeclared funds held by Italians abroad.

set: Italy's government proposes new tax amnesty


set: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was sworn in Wednesday for a second term as president nearly two months after a disputed election triggered massive street protests, split Iran's clerical leadership and brought attacks from within his own conservative camp over mistreatment of detained opposition activists.


set: The Fiji high court has legitimised the 2006 military coup by throwing out a challenge to the overthrow by the ousted prime minister, Laisenia Qarase.

set: Fiji court legitimises 2006 military coup


set: Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai says the acquittal of one of his top aides was ``purely a judicial decision'' and not a sign of political compromise by President Robert Mugabe.

set: Tsvangirai says the acquittal of top aide was 'purely a judicial decision'


set: The Dung Quat Oil Refinery in the central province of Quang Ngai resumed operation on April 2 after more than a week of checkups.

set: Dung Quat Oil Refinery resumes operation


set: Sacramento Kings swingman Ron Artest underwent successful surgery on Thursday to repair a torn ligament in his left thumb.


set: A 35-year-old Billings woman is accused of attacking her sleeping husband with broken glass after finding a woman asleep on the couple's couch.

set: Woman accused of attacking husband with broken glass


set: A Martinez-Columbia Fire Rescue firefighter responded to a fire call at his parents' home Wednesday afternoon.

set: Firefighter responds to his parents' home


set: The Social Network actress Jones made reference to the scandal during an interview earlier this month, but has now apologised to Travolta for her ``thoughtless'' remarks.

set: Rashida Jones apologises over John Travolta remarks


set: The first July evaluation kicked off on Monday and majority of the college coaches and recruiting gurus landed at the University of Cincinnati for the adidas It Takes 5ive Classic.


set: Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum announces he is suspending his campaign.


set: Guillermo del Toro is directing ``The Hobbit'' and its sequel, which will span the 60 years between the first book and the beginning of the ``Lord of the Rings'' trilogy, New Line Cinema announced Thursday.The 43-year-old filmmaker will move to New Zealand for four years to work with executive producer Peter Jackson and his production teams.

set: Guillermo del Toro to direct `the Hobbit' and sequel


set: Gazprom on Tuesday agreed to resume Turkmen gas imports next year, ending a nine-month political dispute, but the volumes were less than half of what had been agreed in deals before a supply dispute prompted Ashgabat to develop new markets in China and Iran.

set: Gazprom agrees to resume Turkmen imports


set: In my opinion, every night belongs to Nancy Wilson, because Heart is one of my favorite bands of all time, but since today's Nancy's birthday, let's blast ``Crazy on you'' even louder than usual.


set: The Global Policy Forum 2010 is getting underway in Yaroslavl today under the patronage of Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev.

set: Global Policy Forum gets underway in Yaroslavl


set: Amrita who has a 4 year old son Azaan, is 4 months pregnant.


set: Teams of the Civil Protection have worked on several signals overnight.

set: Civil Protection has worked on several signals


set: Damodar Valley Corp, the multi-purpose river valley project of the central government, will start producing 3,500 MW power in Jharkhand in the next four years, a central government minister said here on Saturday.

set: Damodar valley Corp to produce 3,500 MW in Jharkhand


set: A&M, keyed by senior guard Elston Turner's 16 first-half points and 26 overall, defeated Houston 70-59.


set: McGraw also suggested the special election take place Nov. 2 to coincide with the general election, and that a special primary election to select nominees in the race take place before that date.


set: The Wyoming Cowboys have updated their future non-conference football schedules via their 2012 football prospectus.

set: Wyoming Cowboys update future non-conference football schedules


set: A man drowns while trying to rescue a family from a sinking boat in the Mississippi River Tuesday night.

set: Man dies trying to rescue family from Mississippi River


set: A family of four, including two young children, were lucky to escape a house fire near Cressy which destroyed their property.


set: Mountain Lake Resources Inc announced arranging a non-brokered private placement to raise $2,000,000.

set: Mountain Lake announces a non-brokered private placement


set: Senator Reid is praising the passage of jobs bill through the Senate Wednesday morning in a 68-29 vote.


set: Canadian telecom giant Nortel Networks has filed for bankruptcy, becoming the latest casualty in the ever-widen economic crisis.

set: Canadian telecom Nortel files for bankruptcy


set: Microsoft Corp. said Tuesday it is planning to buy Kidaro, a provider of desktop virtualization technology for businesses.


set: Source: 5 Raymond Buildings - Peaches Geldof accepted libel damages today over a claim on the front page of the Daily Star that she charged £5,000 a night for sexual services, the High Court heard.

set: 5 Raymond Buildings > Peaches accepts libel damages


set: While some businesses have had to trim their volumes slightly as a result of the economic downturn, direct mail is still an effective tool for marketers.


set: For the sixth straight session, the Indiana House passed a statewide smoking ban.

set: Indiana House passes statewide smoking ban


set: Mike Arrington asked her why Google bought Zagat.


set: A pair of Indianapolis Colts cheerleaders shaved their heads in support of first-year head coach Chuck Pagano during Sunday's Week 12 matchup against the Buffalo Bills inside Lucas Oil Stadium.

set: Colts cheerleaders shave heads in support of head coach Chuck Pagano


set: North took a first innings lead of 29 runs against South in the State under-22 inter-zone cricket championship here on Monday.


set: Queensland dam levels remain stable with only a slight increase recorded following the past 48 hours of rain.


set: You Don't Know Ed Sheeran - For Fuck's Sake Yelawolf - You Don't Know Yelawolf - For Fuck's Sake

set: Ed Sheeran & Yelawolf - You Don't Know (For Fuck's Sake)


set: The agriculture ministry will this year hike user fees by a total of $500 million this year.


set: Scotland Yard Assistant Commissioner John Yates said photographers and video camera users should not be stopped and searched without a valid reason.

set: Photographers 'should not be stopped without reason'


set: On Saturday strong storms rolled through the Chicago area bringing hail along with powerful thunder and lightning.


set: An early morning drive by shooting leaves one man injured and Jackson police on the hunt for the gunman.

set: Early morning drive by leaves one injured


set: Cue Energy Resources has nearly tripled first-half net profit, largely reflecting foreign exchange gains.


set: The government today said in the Lok Sabha that the high target fixed for power generation in the country was never met.

set: High target for power generation never met:


set: Italy on Friday recalled its ambassador to India after a charge sheet was filed against two Italian marines in the killing of two Indian fishermen off the Kerala coast three months back.


set: Agartala, Nov 14 Tripura will soon use satellites to track terrorists in the state, director general of police K. Saleem Ali said here Sunday, saying that the state's three-decade old militancy will be ``flushed out within the next few months''.

set: Tripura to use satellites to track terrorists


set: Mumbai, April 1 The Indian equities market opened on a positive note Tuesday.


set: Global investment firm DE Shaw has just bought 5.7% stake in Orient Express and raised questions regarding the corporate governance structure at Orient Express.


set: Progress Energy Florida filed Wednesday with Florida utility regulators requests to lower customers' rates for fuel costs, environmental upgrades and nuclear costs.

set: Progress Energy proposes lowering customer rates


set: Fairfax County police are investigating two sexual assaults that took place Sunday and involved Hispanic male suspects.

set: Fairfax County police investigating two sexual assaults


set: The Spanish full-back is flying high after his phenomenal performances for the Spanish national team during the Euro 2012, and believes that it has been a great year for him.

set: Jordi Alba believes it has been a great year for him


set: Twenty disabled veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan - are gathering for a four-day festival, which includes classes in sailing, scuba diving and an appearance by an amputee horse with a prosthetic leg.


set: Israel has marked the 60th anniversary of its foundation in 1948.


set: Link4Life has taken the decision to introduce free swimming in its pools for all under 5s from 1 December 2012.

set: Link4Life to introduce free swimming for all under 5s


set: Agam police, West Sumatra, caught seven armed robbers in Nagari Manggopph, Lubukbasung subdistrict, Agam regency, Friday at 2 am local time, and the police had to shoot one of them in his foot when trying to get away from arrest.


set: US President Barack Obama is likely to be viewed as an average President if he serves only one term, according to a statistical analysis of presidential ranking surveys.

set: Obama likely to be viewed as `average` President


set: General Motors said that most of its 4,400 US dealers have agreed to upgrade their showrooms over the next four years.

set: GM says most of its US dealers agree to upgrades


set: Royal Challengers Bangalore bowling coach Venkatesh Prasad today said his side depended on Chris Gayle to an extent but still have the firepower to win matches even without the explosive West Indian batsman.


set: The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex cracked a new low in three years when it crashed below 8,000 points to 7,985.43, as funds remained aggressive sellers.


set: A 32-year-old Waterloo man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for sexually abusing 7- and 8-year-old girls.

set: Waterloo man sentenced for sexually abusing girls


set: 5:25 PM - SAN ANTONIO - A jury has found Beaumont police Ofc.


set: South Korea has detained eight Chinese fishermen after their boat collided with a patrol ship in an incident that threatens to damage relations with China at a time when the US is pushing Beijing to broker a detente on the Korean peninsula.


set: Consumer confidence experienced its biggest decline in more than a year, falling sharply in March because of growing concerns about rising prices and stagnant incomes, according to a survey released Tuesday.

set: Consumer confidence falls sharply in March


set: Lance Armstrong concluded a relatively quiet Giro d'Italia in 12th place overall Sunday, then jetted home to await the birth of his fourth child.


set: Mr Sanjay Padode, secretary of IFIM, Bangalore, spoke on ``Curriculum for Continuous Employability' at the Indian Management Conclave, 2012. He said curriculum must be a perfect blend of KSA

set: Curriculum must be a perfect blend of KSA:


set: Sen. Edward M. Kennedy will be released from the hospital Monday a week after undergoing an aggressive and delicate surgery to treat a cancerous brain tumor, his office said in a statement.

set: Sen. Kennedy to be released from hospital


set: A Michigan man accused of fatally stabbing his mother after she refused to give him money for drugs is expected to claim temporary insanity due to low sodium at his murder trial.

set: Michigan man to claim insanity due to low sodium


set: An explosive device was found Tuesday at a gas station near a high school in this western Ohio city, police said.

set: Explosive device found at gas station near school


set: Former world champion Tyson Gay made a successful return to competition, running the 100 meters in 10.0 seconds into a headwind at the Adidas Grand Prix on Saturday.

set: Tyson Gay returns to competition with 100 100


set: DC United announced today the club's preseason schedule, as the team prepares for this year's Major League Soccer season.


set: The Archer Daniels Midland Co. is cutting more jobs in Clinton as part of a company-wide restructuring, which includes an early retirement incentive.

set: Archer Daniels Midland cuts more jobs in Clinton