set: ANC stalwart Kader Asmal was cremated in Maitland, Cape Town on Saturday, SABC news reported.


set: Google has apparently come to an agreement with China in the approval of their acquisition of Motorola, according to various reports, in order to gain China's approval for the deal to go ahead, Google had to agree to keep Android open and free for at least the next five years.

set: Google has to keep Android open and free for at least five years


set: A former Leeds landlord has barricaded himself alone in his former pub for a month.

set: Leeds landlord barricades himself in pub


set: Eight alleged terrorists, including two suicide bombers, were arrested from Islamabad and Peshawar in the last one week.


set: The number of forest fires more than doubled in Louisiana during the first two months of the year because of dry, windy weather, forestry officials said.

set: Number of forest fires doubles in Louisiana


set: German researchers have used Magnetic Resonance Imaging to peer inside a woman's body during labor, a medical first that sheds light on the birth process.

set: German researchers used MRI to peer inside a woman's body during labor.


set: The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas yesterday said it plans to update the liquidity management framework for banks as part of the whole effort of improving overall risk management.

set: BSP mulls updating liquidity management framework


set: The Dolphins traded cornerback Travis Daniels to the Cleveland Browns for an undisclosed draft pick Wednesday.

set: Dolphins trade cb Travis Daniels to Browns


set: Wildlife officials say they've caught and killed the alligator that ripped off an elderly woman's arm in a central Florida canal.

set: Alligator rips off woman's arm in Florida canal


set: Chinese porcelain bowl with gold trim c. turn of the century; marked on the underside.


set: ``To this day, I would say the best thing for Microsoft is to buy Yahoo,'' Yang said yesterday, during an on-stage chat with journalist John Battelle at a Web 2.0 summit on Internet Age companies and their business strategies.


set: One of Detroit's big three, General Motors has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, forcing the 100-year-old automaker to become a failed icon of American industry.


set: Taipei, Jan. 20 Taiwan share prices closed down 0.70 percent Thursday as large cap electronic stocks encountered heavy selling after the NASDAQ tumbled overnight, dealers said.


set: AP National Security Writer A Pentagon inquiry into a Rolling Stone magazine profile of Gen. Stanley McChrystal that led to his dismissal as commander of US and coalition forces in Afghanistan has cleared him of wrongdoing.

set: Pentagon inquiry clears McChrystal of wrongdoing


set: Plumbing of Las Vegas, a one-stop plumbing destination launches effective plumbing solutions.

set: Plumbing of Las Vegas launches plumbing solutions


set: A NATO soldier died in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday, the military alliance confirmed in a statement.


set: Wipro's IT infrastructure management services subsidiary Infocrossing will set up a new data centre at North Carolina in the US to support its growing business, the company said Tuesday.

set: Wipro Infocrossing to set up new data centre in us


set: Henderson Group Plc Tuesday announced that it has completed the acquisition of Horizon Investment Management France SAS for an undisclosed amount.

set: Henderson Group completes acquisition of Horizon Investment management France


set: The CBI says Shah did not cooperate during interrogation and has denied any knowledge or involvement in the Sohrabuddin case.


set: Hand gels may not be enough for hospital workers to kill bacteria on their hands and curb the spread of infection.


set: LONDON Zara Phillips, granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II, had a few royal fans in the stands as she made her Olympic equestrian debut Sunday, earning a respectable score in the eventing dressage competition despite a slight mistake.

set: Royal Zara Phillips makes Olympic equestrian debut


set: The new Egyptian government formed by Kamal al-Ganzuri was sworn in on Wednesday before the head of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces of Egypt Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi.


set: Fargo police are searching for a man who tried to force his way into a woman's south Fargo home, and fled the area on foot when confronted by her dog.


set:
AMD has got itself a new CEO.
AMD gets CEO


set: Rockgate Capital Corp. announced assay results from 22 infill and step-out drill holes along the Plateau Edge Structure.


set: LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif. A diamond wedding ring that was mistakenly sold at a community yard sale has been returned to its owner.

set: Wedding ring mistakenly sold at yard sale returned


set: Most UAE banks have not fully disclosed their losses and loan defaults in the region are set to rise this year, a newspaper said yesterday.

set: UAE banks 'have not disclosed all losses'


set: The 71st-Centennial Road draft study is complete and available for review.


set: Assistant Commissioner Hunza said that water level in Atta Abad lake has reached to 370 feet while, water outflow from the spillway has become 400 cusecs.

set: Water level in Atta Abad lake reaches 370 feet


set: Even if the existence of the team is known, what a speech team really is or does is, more than often, unknown.


set: South African Rugby Union has released 23 players from their preliminary squad for 2011 Rugby World Cup, to allow them to represent their provincial state sides in the ongoing 2011 ABSA Currie Cup tournament.

set: South African Rugby Union releases 23 players from their preliminary 2011 Rugby World Cup


set: A woman was killed and a man injured in a double shooting at their home early Saturday morning.

set: 1 killed, another injured in double shooting


set: ``Rain, sleet or snow, you gotta go,'' Swartz, a 10-year veteran of the postal service, jokes Wednesday on what was supposed to be his day off.


set: Sintex Industries can touch Rs 100, says SP Tulsian of sptulsian.com.


set: International peace mediator Kofi Annan will visit Syria ``soon,'' his spokesman told Reuters on Friday, in what would be the former UN Secretary-General's first visit since he presented his peace plan to Syria's government in early March, the Reuters reports.


set: In business, the curse is summoned with four magic words: ``the next Warren Buffett.''

set: The curse of being ``the next Warren Buffett''


set: A man who caught fire at Leatherhead station this morning has been airlifted to hospital for emergency treatment.

set: Man on fire at Leatherhead station airlifted to hospital


set: Jacob Arabov is to be sentenced Tuesday morning in Detroit federal court after pleading guilty in October to falsifying records and giving false statements.

set: 'Jacob the Jeweler' to be sentenced in Detroit


set: The Children's Defense Fund will host a national conference in Cincinnati July 22-25 with a focus on child poverty, education and health care.

set: Children's Defense Fund to host conference in Cincinnati


set: Yesterday, it was reported that Gameloft shut down its Hyderabad, India development studio.


set: Jose Offerman, manager of the Licey Tigers in the Dominican Republic, was suspended ``for life'' by the Dominican Winter League after an incident in which he struck umpire Daniel Rayburn in a game on Saturday.

set: Offerman suspended 'for life' for incident


set: Leyland said Bonine will start Wednesday against Kansas City at Comerica Park.


set: COLDPLAY are facing yet another plagiarism claim from a disgruntled singer, who alleges the band's new video is ``awfully similar'' to previous release.


set: After their 1-1 draw against Lyon, Casillas sought to remind fans that they're a club in transition.


set: Los Angeles-based entertainment firm National Lampoon Inc., best known for the comedy and parody films produced under its brand name, was charged today with securities fraud in an alleged scheme to artificially boost the company's stock price.

set: National Lampoon charged with securities fraud


set: Tiger Woods made a 25-foot birdie putt on the final hole to win the Arnold Palmer Invitational by one shot.

set: Tiger Woods wins Arnold Palmer Invitational


set: Toronto Mayor Rob Ford and his brother Doug Ford will return to the airwaves for their weekly radio show for the first time since drug allegations were made against both of them.

set: Toronto mayor Rob Ford and brother Doug Ford to return to radio show amid drug allegations


set: Crosby took part in the Penguins' practice Tuesday and expects to play in the season-opener Friday against New York Rangers.


set: US Rep. Denny Rehberg is sticking up for the brand new, and vacant, Hardin jail.


set: Obama met with Mexican President Felipe Calderon at the Mexican Cultural Institute in Washington, upholding the pre-inaugural tradition of sitting down with the leader of the United States' southern neighbour.


set: Credit card transaction volume in Chile jumped 18.7% in Q1 to 1.01tn pesos compared to the same quarter 2009, according to the latest figu...

set: Credit card transaction volume jumps 18.7% in Q1


set: A former chairman of the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe has been sentenced to two years of probation on corruption charges.


set: Medford Police say crime is on the rise in the city and they need more resources to handle it.


set: The Township of Branchburg Republican Municipal Committee will hold its' annual Township Committee Candidate Screening Meeting on Wednesday, March 28, at 8 pm in the Community Room of the Whiton Hills Apartment complex, 804 Bermuda Drive located off Route 202 South or Sean Way off Old York Road in Branchburg.

set: Township of Branchburg Republican Municipal Committee will hold annual Candidate Screening


set: Sales, not price, is the key early clue to watch for in a housing recovery, a noted economist told a Reno audience Monday.

set: Sales key to watch for in housing recovery


set: Britain is to strengthen the regulation of its banking system by giving the Bank of England powers to step in as soon as a bank begins to show signs of financial trouble.

set: Britain to strengthen regulation of Banking system


set: Photo, taken on Feb. 14, shows Ronaldo shedding tears when he announced his official retirement from his football career.

set: Football star Ronaldo sheds tears for his retirement


set: Skagit County Treasurer Katie Jungquist says the first half of property tax payments are due today.

set: First half property tax payments are due today


set: A tornado touched has touched down in Canton, causing injuries to at least two people, overturning cars and ripping down power lines.


set: By Our Reporter 18 hours 10 minutes ago Nigeria may nationalise banks that do not meet a September 30 deadline to increase their equity, rather than forcing them to liquidate, the Central Bank of Nigeria Deputy Governor Kingsley Moghalu has said.


set: Westminster police and SWAT are in a standoff with a man in his 70s who allegedly shot his wife Wednesday night.

set: Westminster police in standoff with man who allegedly shot wife


set: A €19M property in Russia was sold by a Sean Quinn family company to another company for about €2,500 in a transaction allegedly ``orchestrated'' by a son-in-law of the bankrupt businessman, the High Court has been told.


set: ``The story starts with people noticing a star '', says well known author Jesuit Professor Michael Paul Gallagher.

set: The story starts with people noticing a star...


set: A Samajwadi Party legislator and his four brothers were assaulted by employees of a company in Uttar Pradesh's Unnao district Monday, police sources said.

set: Samajwadi Party legislator, brothers assaulted


set: Rangers shortstop Michael Young extended his hitting streak to 22 games on Saturday despite playing with a broken left ring finger, according to The Dallas Morning News.

set: Young extends hitting streak to 22 games


set: An AH64 Apache helicopter will land on the Edinboro University campus today at 11 am as part of Welcome Week marking the start of the fall semester.

set: Apache helicopter to land at Edinboro University today


set: In a not so shocking turn of events Lindsay Lohan, Kim Kardashian and Paris Hilton have been named the three most overexposed celebrities in Hollywood.

set: Lindsay Lohan, Kim Kardashian and Paris Hilton named most overexposed celebrities


set: The Kerala High Court Tuesday permitted legal heirs of two fishermen shot dead by two Italian marines on board 'Enrica Lexie' to withdraw the affidavits and submissions made by them against Italy's plea to quash the FIR registered against the marines.

set: Legal heirs of fishermen withdraw affidavits, submissions


set: President Bush urged Mideast leaders on Sunday to work hard to advance democracy and civil liberties in their region and isolate state-sponsors of terrorism that he said are standing in freedom's way.

set: Bush urges Mideast leaders to advance democracy


set: Actress Cameron Diaz recreated her romantic popcorn moment with boyfriend Alex Rodriguez on late-night TV on Monday when she fed chat show host David Letterman the snack.


set: The TSX Venture Exchange opened at 1,978.63, down 0.22 points from Tuesday's close.

set: Tsxv opened at 1,978.63, down 0.22 points


set: Marina is a Kollywood movie directed by Pandyaraj turns super hit in Tamil Nadu

set: ``Marina'' turns super hit in Tamil Nadu


set: On Wednesday, May 6, Chris Daughtry will return to the American Idol stage with his band, Daughtry, to debut its next single, ``No Surprise.''


set: Salesforce.com is continuing to fall during pre-market trading on Thursday.

set: Salesforce.com continues fall in pre-market


set: Despite some early missteps by Pres. Barack Obama's administration, it seems that our new president understands a crisis is a terrible thing to waste.


set: CNN reports that NY Representative Anthony Weiner is resigning.

set: NY Representative Anthony Weiner to resign


set: South Korea will hold annual security policy talks with Australia and New Zealand separately here next week amid an impasse in international talks on ending North Korea's nuclear ambitions, the Ministry of Defense said Friday.

set: S. Korea to hold security talks with Australia, New Zealand


set: 21-year telecom expense management veteran Valicom releases a new white paper today titled ``TEM in 2012: History and Trends''.

set: Telecom expense management firm Valicom releases white paper ``TEM in 2012''


set: A Frankfort law student home for the holidays died after a Christmas Eve fall at a Chicago club, according to a Chicago Tribune report.

set: Frankfort law student dies after fall in club


set: The upcoming railway budget is likely to show a deficit with the hike in the wage bill, the freebies promised by railway minister Mamata Banerjee and a slower growth in revenue.


set: An armed man robbed a San Diego gas station, San Diego police said on Saturday.


set: Bordeaux winger Yoan Gouffran could miss the rest of the season after breaking his right ankle in Saturday's 2-1 home defeat to Caen in the French league.

set: Bordeaux winger Yoan Gouffran May miss rest of season after breaking his ankle


set: Five DeKalb High School students have been charged with aggravated battery stemming from a fight that broke out shortly after school let out Friday.

set: Five DeKalb High school students charged with battery


set: FOLK singer Jewel has revealed her first child with rodeo champ husband Ty Murray will be a boy.


set: SINGAPORE Oil prices fell below $70 a barrel Thursday in Asia after surging overnight on signs US gasoline demand may be improving.

set: Oil falls below $70 after surging overnight


set: New Orleans Saints defensive end Charles Grant posted US$10,000 bond Thursday after his indictment on an involuntary manslaughter charge stemming from a February nightclub fight in which a woman died.

set: New Orleans Saints defensive end Charles Grant posts bond after indictment


set: Epic and Midway's Unreal Tournament 3 finally dated for PAL regions.

set: Unreal Tournament 3 dated for PAL regions


set: Ben Sherwood, a former executive producer of ``Good Morning America'' has been named president of ABC News.

set: Ben Sherwood named president of ABC News


set: In a bid to improve intelligence on the resurgent Taliban and find ways to reverse a series of unsettling trends, the CIA is greatly expanding its presence in the war-torn Afghanistan, which will make agency's station there among the largest in its history.


set: The Royals have acquired Elliot Johnson as the player to be named later in the James Shields trade.


set: Commentators on both the right and left and both secular and religious note with disdain that Mormons have irrational practices and beliefs.


set: Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez refused to congratulate Manchester United coach Sir Alex Ferguson on winning the English Premier League.

set: Benitez refuses to congratulate Ferguson on winning Premier League


set: Just like mom Kim Basinger, who back in her glory days pouted for Ford models, Ireland Baldwin -- yes, as in she's also the offspring of actor-dad Alec Baldwin, ahem, genetic lottery -- just landed a modeling contract!

set: Kim Basinger's daughter Ireland Baldwin just landed a modeling contract


set: A 58-year-old Falconer man died this morning in a one-car rollover crash, the Chautauqua County Sheriff's Office said.


set: ``Whatever happened to gold?'' asked an audience member at the Lipper Investment Series 2012 Outlook on Tuesday in New York.


set: Buffalo Wild Wings in Columbus Park Crossing will donate 10 percent of its sales today to a Columbus police officer in need.

set: Buffalo Wild Wings to donate 10 percent of sales today to police officer in need


set: Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today said the government is moving in the direction of decontrol of diesel price on which it has taken a view in principle and it has no no other proposals.

set: Government moving in direction of decontrol of diesel price:


set: GMO GlobalSign Inc, one of the longest established Certification Authorities and specialist in SSL hosting solutions, today announced a strategic partnership with leading cloud software provider OnApp.

set: GlobalSign announces strategic partnership with cloud software provider OnApp


set: Sasfin Bank‚ a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sasfin Holdings ‚ has secured a term loan facility with International Finance Corporation ‚ a member of the World Bank Group‚ and the Canadian Government's Climate Change Program.


set: As of 7:00 last night, all sections of the Kewaunee County snowmobile trail opened for recreational use.

set: All Kewaunee County snowmobile trails open


set: Spanish phone giant Telefonica SA is losing ground in Colombia to its Mexican rivals, after investing 4.8 trillion Colombian pesos between 2005 and 2009 in the Andean nation.


set: European air traffic controllers said Tuesday morning that 252 flights had been cancelled as a volcanic ash cloud covered Scotland and Northern Ireland.

set: 252 flights cancelled due to volcanic ash cloud


set: Government-controlled mortgage buyer Fannie Mae is asking for $2.5 billion in additional federal aid after posting a narrower loss in the third quarter.

set: Fannie Mae asks for $2.5 billion in federal aid


set: In a speech at Tulane University today, Senator Barack Obama will lay out his comprehensive program to rebuild New Orleans and the Gulf Coast and help make the region a model of what can be achieved in America when we unite around a common purpose.

set: Barack Obama to lay out program to rebuild New Orleans and the Gulf Coast region


set: A new 10,000 square-foot LCBO is set to open in Orléans next Friday.


set: A Denver police officer will face charges in a crash that left another motorist seriously injured in June, the District Attorney's office.


set: Johnston Press, the publisher of the Yorkshire Post and the Scotsman, saw its interim pre-tax profits almost halve on the back of continued weakness in advertising revenues.

set: Johnston press interim pre-tax profits halve


set: Portuguese President Anibal Cavaco Silva led Manuel Alegre and other candidates in a survey of voters' intentions by a margin that would allow him to win the presidential election without needing a second-round vote, news radio TSF reported on its website.

set: Portuguese President Cavaco Silva leads in survey, TSF reports


set: Breast cancer pain and related psychological disorders may be related to fatigue after treatment, a new study reports.


set: Crombie Real Estate Investment Trust announced today that it has closed the previously announced public unit offering, on a bought deal basis of 2,670,000 units to the public at a price of $11.05 per unit for gross proceeds of $29.5 million.

set: Crombie REIT announces closing of public unit offering


set: In a mass prison execution, Iran on Tuesday hanged 13 rebels from the shadowy Sunni insurgent group Jundallah as ``enemies of God'' for a string of attacks, including kidnapping of foreigners.


set: A 23 year old Lawrence woman was killed in a wreck on Kansas Highway 10 near De Soto.


set: An Afghan insurgent warlord branded Prince Harry on Wednesday as a shameless, drunken ``jackal'' out to kill innocent Afghans while on duty as an attack helicopter pilot for NATO forces in the country.

set: Afghan warlord brands prince Harry as ``jackal''


set: NASA postponed the launch of the space shuttle Endeavour on Saturday due to a technical problem that occurred during the spacecraft's fueling, a space agency official said.


set: Cricket SA chief executive Gerald Majola said fairness was relative with regard to the distribution of bonuses after the successful hosting of the IPL in 2009.


set: Trinigy, a developer of 3D game engines which has operations in Austin, has been acquired by fellow game tools maker Havok.


set: Clift Land Brokers of Amarillo will open a new branch office in Littlefield, at 213 Marshall Howard Blvd.


set: Virat Kohli will lead the North Zone in Duleep Trophy match against West Zone to be played at Rajkot from January 26 to 29.

set: Kohli to lead North Zone in Duleep Trophy


set: The Nationals have signed outfielder Michael Morse to a multi-year contract extension, the team announced on Friday.

set: Nats sign of Michael Morse to contract extension


set: Devin Harris missed all five of his shots for one point, two rebounds and two assists in Friday's loss to the Pistons before leaving with a left shoulder injury.

set: Devin Harris leaves with shoulder injury


set: Defence Minister Stephen Smith and Defence Materiel Minister Jason Clare have both declared potential conflicts of interest in relation to family members who hold contracts with the armed forces.


set: The era of cheap food is over, an Asian Development Bank official said Tuesday.


set: Parents on the school run are facing parking fines after councillors in Newcastle introduced mobile cameras outside the school gates.

set: Parents on the school run facing parking fines


set: Masdar, the wholly-owned initiative by the government of Abu Dhabi through Mubadala Development Company, will invest $2bn in thin-film photovoltaic solar technology, as part of its drive to become a world leader in alternative energy, according to a statement.

set: Masdar to invest $2bn in solar technology


set: Authorities say a 63-year-old pedestrian was injured when he was hit by a San Jose police patrol car.

set: Pedestrian hit by San Jose police patrol car


set: Sunny and warm weather is expected to continue across the Bay Area today, with coastal and inland highs in the 50s to upper 60s anticipated.


set: The Royals designated infielder Luis Hernandez for assignment on Saturday to make room on the 40-man roster for recently signed outfielder Scott Podsednik and right-hander Noel Arguelles.

set: Royals designate Hernandez for assignment


set: The Coalition for Pulmonary Fibrosis, the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation, and the American Thoracic Society -the world's leading professional organization for pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine-today announced that the CPF and the PFF will again partner with the ATS to fund pulmonary fibrosis research.

set: CPF and PFF to partner with ATS to fund Pulmonary fibrosis research


set: The third major trial in the notorious judicial corruption scandal that first came to light in the early 2000s began before an Athens Criminal Appeals Court on Monday with five people in the dock, including former MP Petros Mantouvalos and former judge Evangelos Kalousis.

set: Third major trial in judicial corruption scandal begins


set: Sweden is calling on Eritrea to release a Swedish-Eritrean reporter who have spent 10 years in jail there.

set: Sweden calls on Eritrea to release reporter


set: Cement major ACC Ltd said that its cement capacity will now reach 30 million tonnes per annum on completion of its expansion program.

set: ACC cement capacity to reach 30 million tonnes per annum


set: A memorial service has been held for the Kenyan man killed in the Christchurch attack which left a woman in intensive care and sparked an international manhunt.


set: James Murdoch's ``heart and soul'' was never in newspapers, the former chief reporter of the News of the World has claimed, following the announcement Murdoch was stepping down as executive chair of News International.

set: James Murdoch steps down from News International:


set: Slick roads are causing many accidents in the mid-state, including on I-83, I-81 and Route 581, according to radio dispatches.


set: London, July 8 French actress Vanessa Paradis who has been working as a muse for the fashion house Chanel for two decades now admits that she loves the brand and has great respect for the brand and its creative director Karl Lagerfeld.

set: Vanessa Paradis loves working with Chanel


set: Amid strain in ties, BJP today accused JD of denying it permission to hold a function of party chief Rajnath Singh here on June 23.

set: BJP accuses JD(u) of denying permission to hold function


set: Dutch football club AZ got through on Thursday to the group phase of the Europa League.


set: A Hillman man convicted of wildfire arson faces restitution and jail time for setting fires in Morrison County in 2006 and 2007.

set: Hillman man convicted for wildfire arsons


set: Actress and singer Demi Lovato is leaving herDisney Channel series Sonny with a Chance to focus on her music career.


set: The Kelowna Rockets are pleased to announce they have released the final playoff tickets for tonight and tomorrow night's games versus the Seattle Thunderbirds.

set: Kelowna Rockets release final playoff tickets


set: London bade farewell to the Olympic Games last night with a high-octane romp through British pop music, bringing the curtain down on more than two weeks of action at the end of which the US topped the sporting world with 46 gold medals.

set: London bids farewell to the Olympic Games


set: The National Weather Service issued an updated flood forecast this afternoon, indicating that the state is on high alert as spring approaches.

set: National Weather Service issues updated flood forecast


set: Pittsfield police are investigating an apparent homicide that took place late Sunday evening on Wellington Avenue.

set: Pittsfield police investigating apparent homicide


set: Dutch bank DSB was placed under administration at the behest of the Dutch central bank on Monday, the Amsterdam district court said.

set: Dutch bank DSB placed under administration


set: Two Langford teens were arrested Friday and later charged in the murder of Kimberly Proctor.

set: Two Langford teens arrested in murder of Kimberly Proctor


set: Arambagh KS beat Rahmatganj MFS by 2-1 goals in a match of the Citycell Bangladesh League at the Bangabandhu National Stadium here on Sunday.


set: Hong Kong shares ended lower on profit-taking Wednesday after a five-day winning streak and because of a sharp decline in China Mobile following Vodafone's sale of its stake in the index heavyweight.


set: The Amherstburg Police Service is investigating the theft of $9,000 worth of goods from a garage in the Pointe West subdivision.

set: Amherstburg Police investigating theft of $9,000 worth of goods from garage


set: Here's a little hint for you about what direction the European bailout might be heading:


set: The UDF government should recognise that the Dalit development projects have been overthrown for the last 35 years, SC/ST Education Development Samithi said.


set: Search teams bathed in the harsh glow of floodlights early on Monday picked through rubble of neighborhoods and commercial districts demolished by a tornado that killed at least 30 people in the southwestern Missouri town of Joplin.

set: Tornado kills at least 30 people in southwestern Missouri town


set: PartyGaming Plc founder Anurag Dikshit will sell up to 75 million shares in the company through his Crystal Ventures Ltd. vehicle.

set: PartyGaming founder Dikshit to sell up to 75 million shares


set: Bank of America Corp. said Wednesday that shareholders elected all 12 of the company's board of director nominees at the company's annual shareholders meeting.

set: Bank of America shareholders elect all 12 of company's board nominees


set: United Airlines says it will recall 107 furloughed mechanics.The nation's third-largest airline says it needs the line mechanics to help it with repairing cabin items, reducing the number of out-of-service planes, and ensuring the reliability of the fleet.Chicago-based United says the recalls will begin immediately and will be spread across all its hubs.

set: United Airlines to recall 107 line mechanics


set: Inkjet printer cartridges worth hundreds of pounds have been stolen from a lorry that was parked in Denny in the Falkirk area.


set: January 25, 2010 marks Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day from Sealed Air Corp. Bubble Wrap/ Bubblewrap, the packing material that people love to burst, was born in a garage in Hawthorne, NJ, in 1960.

set: January 25 marks Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day


set: Microsoft Corp. is expected to post significant gains in profit and sales for its fiscal second quarter when it reports results after the closing bell Thursday, thanks to a boost from its latest update to the Windows software franchise.

set: Microsoft expected to post gains after the bell


set: PTI Feb 3, 2013, 02.34PM IST Mumbai Indians on Sunday expressed happiness at the buying of Australian all-rounder Glenn Maxwell for a whopping 1 million dollars during the IPL players' auction and said he was a ``good catch'' and among those pre-planned to bid for by the franchise.


set:
It seems that a budget is near.
The budget is near


set: PML-N Leader and candidate NA-119 Hamza Shahbaz has said that the timeframe and strategy for restoration of judges has been finalised and there should be no ambiguity in this regard.

set: ``Timeframe for restoration of judges finalised''


set: Financial secretary Stephen Timms said: ``This Government will not tolerate tax avoidance or tax evasion in any form, and will act promptly to tackle both of these.''

set: Government 'will not tolerate' tax avoidance


set: Prudential Bank Limited has introduced a new transaction alert service as part of the Bank's strategy of modernising electronic banking services to increase its delivery channels, aimed at updating customers on their account information.

set: Prudential Bank introduces 'transaction alert service'


set: Police rushed to the Playboy mansion recently in response to a bogus 911 call reporting an assault inside the home.

set: Police rush to Playboy mansion after bogus call


set: Rashied Ali, whose expressionistic, free-jazz drumming helped define the experimental style of John Coltranes final years, died Wednesday in Manhattan.


set: The Libya Contact Group, which includes the United States, European powers, allies from the Middle East and international bodies, was set to meet Thursday in Rome for talks on how to assist rebels fighting Moamer Gaddafi's regime, including financial measures.


set: Salem State University will hold two undergraduate commencement ceremonies for the class of 2013, both of which will be held at the O'Keefe Complex on Canal Street on Saturday May 18.

set: Salem State University to hold two undergraduate commencement ceremonies


set: Susan G. Komen For the Cure honored as most valued non-profit brand, top ranked for trust, charity people are most likely to done to.

set: Susan G. Komen for the Cure honored as most valued non-profit brand


set: Pope Benedict XVI on Friday promoted his personal secretary to head of the papal household, giving Monsignor Georg Gaenswein even larger influence in organizing the aging pontiff's schedule and meetings.

set: Pope Benedict XVI promotes personal secretary to head of household


set: He got lit up for five runs in 3.2 innings against the Rays today, which brings his ERA on the spring up to 11.42.

set: Daisuke matsuzaka is getting lit up this spring


set: Moses Lake police are offering a reward to help find the suspects who gunned down a 35-year-old man in front of a Moses Lake home earlier this month.


set: Protestors for and against a controversial anti-illegal immigration group crowded around the Uptown Theater Friday night.


set: Officials say a Filipino about two feet tall is expected to be named the world´s shortest man when he turns 18 on Sunday.

set: Filipino expected to be named world's shortest man


set: India is considering granting multiple visa to journalists from SAARC nations, External Affairs minister Salman Khurshid said.

set: India consider granting multiple visa to SAARC nations


set: Ezequiel Mosquera is having surgery on his collarbone in Madrid rather than attending the the Vacansoleil training camp on the Costa Brava this week.


set: ``I want to know what the problem was, and I want to be sure that we don't have the same problem again'' - Ant West.

set: West 'wants to know what the problem was'.


set: Korean telecom powerhouse KT Corp. said Thursday its financial affiliate is considering buying a local credit card company, but added no decision has been made, Yonhap News reported.

set: KT's financial affiliate mulls buying credit card company


set: Amid allegations that he failed to notify university officials of ``emails he received about some of his players receiving improper benefits'', Ohio State head coach Jim Tressel has resigned.

set: Ohio State Buckeyes head coach Jim Tressel resigns


set: Sapura Industrial Bhd posted a lower pre-tax profit of RM17.79mil for the financial year ended Jan 31 from RM28.94mil last year.


set: ``The top order, including myself, is not firing.


set: Eve Arnold, one of the most distinctive and admired photographers of the 20th century, equally renowned for portraits, fashion and photojournalism, and her long working relationship with Marilyn Monroe, has died aged 99, just short of her 100th birthday in April.


set: Chrysler Group LLC announced Wednesday that it was restoring the second shift at its Belvidere assembly plant, bringing back 850 employees.

set: Chrysler restores second shift at Belvidere plant


set: Deadline has learned that Academy Award-winning actress Emma Thompson has joined Men in Black III, the 3D sequel to Barry Sonenfeld's two action/comedy/alien movies.


set: The brokerage industry in Dubai will shift its focus from real estate sales to property management and running owners' associations in 2010, say agents.

set: Brokerage industry will shift focus to property management


set: SYDNEY -Australian A-League football club Sydney FC says it has signed Panama international Yairo Yau on a one-year contract.


set: Three Moss Point firefighters were overcome by heat Sunday while battling a house fire on Third Street, said Moss Point Fire Inspector Lance Lavinghouse.

set: Firefighters overcome by heat while battling fire


set: Webkinz® today launches the first phase of an exciting site revamp, unveiling for the first time a map of Kinzville.

set: Webkinz® launches first phase of site revamp


set: The 100 Indian fishermen whose release was ordered by Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani as a gesture of goodwill and who could not leave for India via Wagah on Wednesday for want of adequate arrangements by the Indian authorities, left District Jail Malir for Lahore on Friday.

set: 100 Indian fishermen released, leave for Lahore


set: Boeing and Oman Air, Sultanate of Oman's flagship carrier, on Monday announced an order for six Boeing 787-8s at the Dubai Airshow.

set: Boeing, Oman Air announce order for boeings


set: The Steelers have signed veteran defensive tackle Orpheus Roye, who started his career in Pittsburgh A sixth-round draft pick in 1996, Roye played four seasons for the Steelers before signing with the Browns.


set: Despite registering a testosterone ratio fourteen times the norm in a surprise drug test, Alistair Overeem may still keep his UFC 146 main event spot opposite UFC heavyweight champ Junior dos Santos.

set: Could Alistair Overeem keep his UFC 146 spot?


set: Governor releases report of most financially stressed cities in Rhode Island.


set: Washington, DC - infoZine - The new report, Status and Trends of Wetlands in the Coastal Watersheds of the Eastern United States, shows an annual loss of 59,000 acres of wetlands in coastal watersheds of the Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, and Great Lakes from 1998 to 2004.

set: Report shows annual loss of 59,000 acres of wetlands in coastal watersheds


set: JAKARTA, Indonesia Indonesia issued a tsunami warning after a powerful quake struck waters off its eastern coast early Thursday, a local agency said.

set: Indonesia issues tsunami warning after quake


set: Since the Class of 2009, Luther Rice Society donors have matched individual senior gifts and donated the matched funds to a single cause that seniors chose through a vote.


set: The Lakeland baseball team swept a two-game road doubleheader over Wisconsin Lutheran, 3-2 and 15-11, in its Northern Athletics Conference opener on Friday at Neumann Family Field in Milwaukee.

set: Lakeland baseball team sweeps doubleheader


set: A man hit by a pickup truck in Chesapeake Tuesday evening died at the hospital.


set: New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter may not return to the field until May.

set: Yankees' Derek Jeter may not return until may


set: Strangers quickly became newly-acquainted friends Tuesday morning in Washington DC during President Barack Obama's inaugural ceremony.


set: ESLSE is asking importers to collect their containers on time to alleviate congestion at the dry ports in Ethiopia.

set: ESLSE asks importers to collect containers on time


set: Nets hoping to brush up on paint defense There's a slew of adjectives that would describe the Nets' defense of late.


set: Anti-Catholic hostility is ``deep and wide'' in Scotland, according to a spokesman for the Catholic Church.


set: For his sins, Jupiter had him chained to a rock on Mount Caucasus.


set: Kenya Airways on Wednesday suspended all flights to and from Malawi amid a nationwide public sector strike that is threatening to paralyse the southern African country.

set: Kenya Airways suspends flights to Malawi


set: House of Ratzinger wannabe seventh-in-line to the throne Princess Eugenie has been mugged in Harrabs department store it has been reported today.


set: Saudi-backed Bahraini forces have fired tear gas at peaceful female anti-government protesters near the capital, Manama.

set: Bahraini forces fired tear gas at peaceful female anti-government protesters


set: The Texas attorney general is still waiting for a response from the White House regarding border violence.

set: Texas attorney general still waiting on response from White House


set: UK house prices fell again in August as the housing market continues to lose steam amid the ongoing recession and tight mortgage lending conditions, figures from UK lender Halifax said Thursday.


set: Western states expressed alarm after Syria acknowledged for the first time that it has chemical and biological weapons and said it could use them if foreign countries intervene.


set: Cuban-American pop star Gloria Estefan announced her retirement this week, saying she wants to devote more time to her business interests and family after a final Latin American tour.


set: If WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto wants an opportunity to prove that he's one of the best fighters in the world then he's got the perfect opportunity against WBC Emeritus champion Sergio Martinez, who expressed interest in fighting Cotto next if he's willing to take the fight.

set: Sergio Martinez interested in fighting Cotto


set: Shamrock and Abbott are in talks, however, to fight each other at the promotion's next event late April, in Reno Nevada.

set: Ken Shamrock, Tank Abbott in talks to fight in April


set: Prince William is to focus on his military career and will not be groomed as a 'shadow King'.


set: A bankrupt and former director of a home improvement company, Peter Stephen Matthews of Suffolk, was this week sentenced to 3 months imprisonment suspended for 12 months plus a Community Order with a requirement to complete 180 hours unpaid work, by Cambridge Crown Court following an investigation and prosecution by The Insolvency Service and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.

set: Director of home improvement company sentenced


set: The Board of Directors of The Gorman-Rupp Company declared a quarterly cash dividend of 10.5 cents per share on the common stock of the Company, payable December 10, 2010, to shareholders of record November 15, 2010.

set: Gorman-Rupp Company declares cash dividend


set: -Al Pacino says he ''gave'' Bruce Willis his career by turning down 'Die Hard'.

set: Al Pacino 'gave' Bruce Willis his career


set: Dell, the largest seller of PCs to schools worldwide, is unveiling its first ``netbook'' designed for young students.


set: British director Ken Russell, the visually baroque and often deliberately excessive and opulent helmer of such films as ``Women in Love,'' ``The Devils,'' ``Tommy'' and ``Altered States,'' died in a hospital on Sunday following a series of strokes, his son Alex Verney-Elliott said Monday.


set: State police from Emporium investigated two more camp burglaries.


set: Foster has joined boss Roy Hodgson in admitting that he wants a quick decision from his parent club Birmingham.


set: Texas Governor Rick Perry hosted a day of prayer and fasting in Houston on Saturday.


set: German stocks advanced for a fourth day, with the benchmark DAX Index headed for a weekly gain, after euro-area leaders announced a new aid package for Greece and measures to protect Spain and Italy from higher bond yields.

set: German stocks advance, heading for weekly gain;


set: Fire crews from three departments battled a large hay fire early Tuesday morning in rural Clark County, Ind., an emergency dispatcher said.

set: Three departments battle hay fire in Clark county


set: Wales coach Rob Howley refused to hide from the fact his team suffered a 3-0 series whitewash despite pushing Australia so close.

set: Wales coach Rob Howley refuses to hide from series whitewash


set: Community Bancorp of Las Vegas on Monday reported that its Nevada bank amended a regulatory filing to increase a provision for loan losses by $17.4 million at the end of last year, resulting in a $151.9 million loss for 2008.

set: Community Bancorp of Las Vegas amends regulatory filing


set: Purewire, an online security company based in Atlanta, raised $1 million from Intersouth Partners and State of Georgia Seed Fund.


set: Bhullar, who won his maiden Asian Tour title last year, began the day six shots behind and produced one of the best come-from-behind victories on the Tour.

set: Gaganjeet Bhullar wins Asian Tour International


set: Corpus Christi gas prices are expected to mirror crude oil prices and drop by the end of the week, one petroleum analyst said Tuesday.

set: Corpus Christi gas prices expected to drop


set: Jeddah needs almost one million housing units over the next 20 years, according to a strategic plan prepared by the Jeddah municipality.


set: Rapper Kanye West is rumored to study fashion at a British school Central Saint Martins College in London.


set: A Glen Ellyn woman died this week after being hit by a semitrailer Nov. 9, according to Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Grove.

set: Woman dies after being hit by semitrailer


set: The 16th National Skiing Championship will start at Naltar, Gilgit, on Saturday and will last till 28 February with Skiing Federation of Pakistan to select probable players from this competition for the Winter Olympics 2010.

set: 16th National skiing to start at Naltar;


set: President Mikheil Saakashvili presumes negotiations on free trade with the European Union will be launched by the end of the year.

set: Mikheil Saakashvili presumes negotiations on free trade to be launched by end of year


set: But even given this threat, cellular modem sales are set to top $22 billion by 2013.

set: Cellular modem sales to top $22 billion by 2013


set: Prince George's County police said the bodies of two men were found this morning in or near a cemetery along Pennsylvania Avenue in Capitol Heights close to the District line.

set: Bodies of two men found in Capitol Heights


set: A small plane landed safely in an Iowa soybean field on Sunday after reportedly running out of gas.

set: Small plane lands safely after running out of gas


set: Gold held near $1,200 an ounce on Friday as some buyers were tempted back to the market by the metal's fall to six-week lows as the dollar softened, but recovering risk appetite is undermining its haven appeal.


set: SANTA BARBARA, Calif. Tennis great Jimmy Connors was arrested Friday outside the campus arena where UC Santa Barbara and top-ranked North Carolina were playing a basketball game.


set: Tony Blair, the UK prime minister from 1997 to 2007, has started an investment firm, regulatory filings show.

set: Ex-uk pm Tony Blair starts investment firm


set: Ever wondered how much art it would take to overload your senses?


set: US industrial giant Boeing said the market for planes had improved to the point where it would ``accelerate'' a production push for two commercial aircraft.


set: Haiti President Michel Martelly met this weekend with Costa Rica President Laura Chinchilla on the sidelines of the EU-CELAC Summit in Chile.

set: Haiti's Martelly meets with Costa Rica President Laura Chinchilla


set: Illegal immigrants would be able to get driver's licenses under a measure that's getting renewed support from legislative leaders who say the change would lead to safer roads.

set: Illegal immigrants could get driver's licenses


set: Mexican Celso Piña, the self-proclaimed rebel of the accordion, will return his cumbia to Colombia for a concert in Bogota on August 19.

set: Mexico's Celso Piña returns cumbia to Colombia


set: The new Coca-Cola headquarters has opened in Toronto.


set: Photo from americanidol.comBret Michaels dropped more than a hint at his comeback concert last night that he may be replacing Simon Cowell as a judge on American Idol.

set: Will Bret Michaels replace Simon Cowell on ``American Idol''?


set: A teacher and a 14-year old student have been shot at a school in Atlanta, Georgia, according to news reports, which say police have two suspects in custody.


set: Aylmer Street will be closed to through traffic from Townsend to Sherbrooke streets, and Dalhousie and Wolfe streets will also be affected.

set: Aylmer Street closing to through traffic


set: PRINCE Harry has been awarded a humanitarian prize for his efforts supporting injured servicemen and women.


set: MIAMI - Former President George W. Bush will kick off this year's international book fair in Miami.

set: George W. Bush to kick off book fair in Miami


set: The federal ``cash for clunker'' program sounds like a lemon to me, but, of course, I'm just jealous because I had to save up to purchase my car instead of receiving a bailout.

set: Federal ``cash for clunker'' program sounds like a lemon


set: McLaren's Lewis Hamilton won the Singapore Grand Prix on Sunday, and Brawn GP driver Jenson Button extended his Formula One championship lead by one point.

set: Lewis Hamilton wins Singapore Grand Prix, Jenson Button extends lead


set: SKS Microfinance, India's only listed micro-lender, may raise Rs 3,000 crore during the next fiscal to meet its lending requirements, a senior official of the company said.

set: SKS Microfinance may raise Rs 3,000 crore next fiscal


set: February 2010 12:18 Despite recent rumours of a homicide investigation, it seems certain cult indie musician Jay Reatard died of an accidental overdose.


set: Unipart doubled its operating profit to £9.5 million in 2010, on sales up four per cent to £1.13bn.


set: Television and film actor KK Raina, who is playing a negative role in ``Hijack'', says his character is based on the dreaded terrorist Masood Azhar, who was one of the main causes behind the Kandahar hijack in 1999.


set: Australian cricket all-rounder Andrew Symonds is set to enter the ``Bigg Boss 5'' house this week.

set: Andrew Symonds to enter Bigg Boss 5 this week


set: This is the first career recall for Lee, who has recorded three goals, 22 assists and 51 penalty minutes in 55 games in his first professional season with Binghamton.


set: A city employee is held back by friends from confronting city managers at Costa Mesa City Hall after a maintenance worker jumped to his death Thursday, March 17, 2011 in Costa Mesa, Calif. Police say a Costa Mesa maintenance worker jumped to his death from the roof of City Hall after he was called in to get his layoff notice.


set: Researchers at one of the top five hospitals in the United States have developed an advanced search tool called the Queriable Patient Inference Dossier that helps radiologists and other physicians extract useful data from a patient's electronic medical record in a timely and efficient manner, according to an article in the August issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

set: Researchers develop search tool to extract data from patient's electronic medical record


set: A Mayville man was robbed, shot and left along a Fond du Lac County highway early today.

set: Man robbed, shot and left along Fond du Lac County highway


set: Police are asking for the publics help in locating a man involved with an assault and kidnapping.


set: Galapagos has initiated a second phase I clinical trial for GLPG0259, a novel candidate drug being developed for rheumatoid arthritis.

set: Galapagos initiates second phase I clinical trial for GLPG0259


set: A body found by Charlotte County Sheriff's detectives in Rotonda Lakes Wednesday morning has been identified as a 27-year-old missing Englewood man.

set: Body identified as missing Englewood man


set: UK based company Ceravision, the company behind the ultra energy efficient Continuum 2.4 bulb system, has selected Sanmina-SCI as its worldwide manufacturing partner.

set: Ceravision selects Sanmina-SCI as manufacturing partner


set: David Beckham is unlikely to play right back for AC Milan, Coach Leonardo said on Tuesday without totally ruling out the idea.

set: Beckham unlikely to play right back - Leonardo


set: Dean Saunders reiterated his call for Wrexham FC to be sold as soon as possible after players refused to play.

set: Dean Saunders calls for Wrexham FC to be sold asap


set: Four key state tax credits designed to promote economic development cost $43.9 million, or more than $4,000 per new job created, according to a just-released report by the state Tax Department.

set: Credits cost more than $4,000 per new job


set: SINGAPORE Oil prices hovered below $89 a barrel today in Asia amid a global stock market rally that has boosted crude trader optimism the US may avoid a recession.

set: Oil hovers below $89 amid global stock rally


set: Juniper Research believes that smartphone shipments will grow by more than 230 percent and reach one billion annually by 2016, up from 302 million in 2010.

set: Smartphone shipments to reach one billion by 2016


set: Hisar, Jun 23 A 66 year old Indian woman has given birth to triplets in the state of Haryana.

set: 66-year-old Indian woman gives birth to triplets


set: Prime Minister David Cameron has hailed the potential of trade to lift millions of people out of poverty in Africa and end the continent's dependence on aid.


set: The polar bear cub that was rescued this week from its agitated mother at a German zoo seems to be a female, keepers said yesterday as bottle-feeding of the new animal star began.


set: Marques Colston is listed as questionable on the injury report, but is expected to be active in Week 6 against the Raiders.


set: OAKVILLE, Calif. Robert Mondavi, the pioneering vintner who helped put California wine country on the map, died peacefully at his Napa Valley home Friday, according to Robert Mondavi Winery spokeswoman Mia Malm said.

set: Winemaking patriarch Robert Mondavi dies


set: Illinois Governor Pat Quinn spent the day defending the raises given to his staff, while the state battles a burgeoning budget deficit.


set: Israeli army special forces have killed a senior Hamas operative in Beit Awa south of Hebron today.

set: Israeli forces killed a senior Hamas operative


set: German Jens Voigt took the overall lead in the Tour of Poland on Friday with victory in the sixth stage between Krynica and Zakopane.

set: German Voigt takes overall lead in Tour of Poland


set: Fire crews tonight were called to the Valero refinery in Benicia for the second time today for an incident in which steam mixed with a byproduct of the refining process, sending a plume of smoke into the air.

set: Fire crews called to Valero refinery for second time


set: Cisco is opening up a new data center in Allen, Texas this week.


set: A recent study indicates that doctors who know the cost of lab tests tend to opt for less expensive alternatives where possible If doctors were better informed about the cost of lab tests, they would request fewer of them for their patients or look for cheaper alternatives, Hopkins researchers have found.

set: Should doctors know the cost of lab tests?


set: Gas prices have fallen five days in a row in the Los Angeles County area.


set: On November 18, Kazakh President of Nursultan Nazarbayev arrived in Azerbaijan to participate in the summit of the heads of Caspian littoral states, the AzerTaj state news agency reported.


set: Ontario PC leader Tim Hudak made a brief stop in Strathroy on Tuesday, June 12 following a town hall meeting in Newbury, which included local MPP Monte McNaughton.


set: Brumbies coach Jake White has praised the Stormers for their performance against his team in Cape Town.

set: Brumbies coach Jake White praises Stormers


set: A new model developed by a team at Kansas State University professors and a colleague in New York could predict the next political hotspots accurately.

set: New model could predict next political hotspots accurately


set: A PLAYGROUP in Uley is celebrating a glowing Ofsted report which praised the work of both staff and children.

set: Playgroup in Uley celebrates glowing Ofsted report


set: The Brazilian government on Monday night sent a strong signal on unwanted currency appreciation -- maybe too strong, some economists believe.

set: Brazil sends a strong signal on currency appreciation


set: A 23-year-old Akron woman pleaded guilty today to aggravated vehicular homicide and operating under the influence.

set: Akron woman pleads guilty to vehicular homicide


set: Baggage handlers have begun a protest meeting at Sydney Airport because they say Qantas is ``treating them with contempt'' on security issues, in the wake of violent bikie brawl just over a week ago.


set: Chicago Cubs legend Ron Santo on Thursday night died at 70 due to complications from bladder cancer in an Arizona hospital.

set: Chicago Cubs legend Ron Santo dies at 70


set: Israel's Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has announced that he will continue to support Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank in general, and in the city of Hebron in particular.

set: Netanyahu will continue to support settlement in the occupied West Bank


set: Health experts believe that fasting by a healthy person has physical, spiritual and psychological benefits and also brings a wholesome physiological rest for the digestive tract, central nervous system and normalises metabolism in the body.

set: Fasting has physical, psychological benefits


set: Apr. 10, 2008 12:00 AM A Phoenix man charged with murder in a January road-rage shooting in Phoenix has been re-arrested for filing false documents in court.


set: A racehorse was euthanized Saturday after it got loose at Emerald Downs and injured a stable worker.

set: Racehorse euthanized after injuring stable worker


set: Pano Logic, a Menlo Park, Calif.-based developer of zero-client desktop virtualization, has raised $20 million in Series C funding.


set: A Cook County judge has set a $2 million bail for a Hoffman Estates teen accused of trying to kill his girlfriend.

set: $2 million bail for teen accused of trying to kill girlfriend


set: Global investment banker Goldman Sachs Group Inc. has applied for a commercial banking licence in the country, L. Brooks Entwistle, who runs the US company's operations in India, said on Tuesday.

set: Goldman Sachs applies for banking licence


set: The US military announced Sunday that 12,000 American and 4,000 British troops will leave Iraq by September -- hours after a suicide bomber struck police and recruits lined up at the entrance of Baghdad's main academy, killing at least 33 people.

set: 12,000 US, 4,000 British troops to leave Iraq by September


set: HAMBURG Süd is slashing overhead costs in response to the dramatic decline in both volumes and freight rates in the north/south box trades, it was revealed today.


set: TWO mums from Hertford are limbering up to climb Mt Kilimanjaro for charity Action for Children.


set: More and more pet owners are buckling up their animals when they ride in cars and trucks.

set: More pet owners are buckling up their animals


set: Namibia upsets Ireland in World T20 Updated: 05:18, Wednesday March 14, 2012 Namibia held their nerve to upset Ireland by four runs and Scotland overcame spirited Kenya by 14 runs in World Twenty20 cricket qualifying.


set: Iowa City police charged a minor with allegedly grabbing two women on the West Side of Iowa City.


set: Folks close to the camp of the former Illinois governor have confirmed that Blago will appear on NBC's The Celebrity Apprentice.

set: Rod Blagojevich to appear on 'the Celebrity Apprentice'


set: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has ordered the forced acquisition of a Hilton-run hotel on the resort island of Margarita and will now use the property to develop tourism projects.

set: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez orders acquisition


set: Northland is seeking legal advice against the Fiji Rugby Union's decision to allow Nadi to host Ovalau in a Digicel Cup match.


set: The Obama Administration has said the security situation in Yemen remains quite perilous as there are large ``ungoverned'' areas in the country that have attracted Al-Qaeda and other extremist organisations.

set: Security situation in Yemen remains quite perilous:


set: Two newborn musk oxen were rescued days apart on Alaska's North Slope after they became separated from the same wild herd, likely scattered by a grizzly bear.


set: Tembec Inc. is dealing with a water contamination issue by providing temporary shower and wash stations while a long-term solution is put in place.


set: Austria coach Josef Hickersberger has quit after the co-hosts' disappointing showing at the European Championship.


set: Customers of BRAC Bank Ltd's locker services affected by the recent theft at the bank have expressed concern about the compensation they are to receive in 90 days as committed by the bank.


set: Cambridge high-tech giant Autonomy is expected to be sold to Hewlett Packard in a $10 billion deal.

set: Autonomy expected to sell for $10 billion


set: Charlotte Church has got her curves back and has told pals she's happier than ever with her sexier fuller figure.


set: Malaysian rubber prices are likely to ease this week as players are expected to stay on the sidelines in anticipation prices falling further.

set: Rubber prices are likely to ease this week


set: InBev UK, the UK trading arm of leading global brewer Anheuser-Busch InBev, is now the official beer partner for The NEC Group.

set: InBev UK is official beer partner for the NEC Group


set: Ugandan police Tuesday used tear gas and water cannons to break up a demonstration in Kampala by opposition parties protesting against rising food and oil prices.

set: Ugandan police break up protest against rising prices


set: Malaysia Airlines has picked Pratt & Whitney to supply 34 engines worth RM2.2 billion for its 17 new Airbus aircraft.

set: MAS picks Pratt & Whitney to supply 34 engines worth RM2.2 billion


set: County councillor Robbie Marshall, cabinet member for community safety and public health, welcomed the countrywide pilots of Clare's Law, which gives powers to disclose a violent offender's past, but said that more work needed to be done to prevent violence happening in the first place.


set: JOCKEY Seb Sanders is expected to return to action at Kempton on Monday after missing his three rides at Folkestone on Sunday through illness.


set: The average cost of data breach has been on an upward trajectory since 2005, but dipped 24 percent, from $7.2 million per event in 2010 to $5.5 million in 2011, according to Symantec's Ponemon Institute.

set: The average cost of a data breach dips in 2010 to 2011


set: The island wide train strike which was to be launched at midnight tonight has been suspended, railway trade unions said.


set: Asian stock markets closed higher Wednesday as hopes China would expand measures to revive its economy countered growing signs of economic decay in the US and other major countries.


set: A woman was rescued from a house fire Sunday night, and officials say the home did not have working smoke detectors.


set: North Korea says it will put a US citizen on trial for trying to overthrow the communist regime, in the face of soaring tensions between Pyongyang and the West.


set: A man killed his mother over a minor family dispute at Laxmipur VDC-8 in the district Thursday night.


set: AirAsia Bhd will give away one million free seats again for all domestic and international destinations.

set: AirAsia to give away one million free seats again


set: Video game publisher Electronic Arts says it expects fiscal 2009 profit and sales to grow sharply, fueled by upcoming games such as ``Spore,'' ``Mirror's Edge'' and ``Dead Space.''

set: Electronic Arts expects 2009 profit, sales to grow


set: Computer giant Hewlett Packard is to axe 1,300 jobs in the UK and switch work overseas, union leaders said yesterday.


set: An attorney for former state Sen. Jeff Miller has told a Bradley County jury that charges against his client are politically motivated.

set: Attorney for former state Sen. Jeff Miller tells jury that charges politically motivated


set: A teen collapsed and died Monday while playing basketball at a Roxbury high school.

set: Teen collapses, dies while playing basketball


set: 08:42 As potentially game-changing as the steam engine or telegraph were in their day, 3D printing could herald a new industrial revolution, experts say.

set: 3D printing could herald new industrial revolution


set: A 31-YEAR-OLD woman was twice grabbed by the same man in separate incidents during her walk to work.


set: A gunman fired into a crowd of children and adults at a South Los Angeles bus stop Wednesday, wounding eight, authorities said.


set: Investment strategists have warned that the sovereign debt bubble in Europe could have a bigger impact than the sub-prime or credit crisis.

set: Strategists warn of sovereign debt bubble


set: Iryna Khalip, wife of former presidential candidate Andrey Sannikaw, has received a letter of support from the wife of the Polish president.

set: Iryna Khalip receives letter of support from wife of Polish president


set: Dozens of Jewish settlers have stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in a marked escalation of their attacks on Muslim holy sites in Jerusalem.

set: Dozens of Jewish settlers storm Al-Aqsa Mosque


set: A mere four years and four months after the last model, Hyundai unveiled a sleeker, more expressive Elantra at the Los Angeles Auto Show.

set: Hyundai unveils a sleeker, more expressive Elantra


set: Norah Jones performs live on Breakfast Television Behind the scenes at Breakfast Television before Norah Jones performed on May 15, 2012.


set: Violent Islamist group Al-Shabab is recruiting in the Netherlands, according to American journalist Mark Hosenball on his Newsweek blog.


set: Mark Chesnutt and his band brought honky tonk music to Iraq during his first of four performances for service members at the Victory Base Complex, Aug. 11.


set: McGarrigle's brother-in-law, Dane Lanken, says she died at her home in Montreal on Monday night, surrounded by her family.


set: A tornado watch has been posted for all of South Florida through 7 pm today, as heavy rains and thunderstorms could roll over the region during the afternoon, the National Weather Service in Miami said.


set: In a recent interview, former American Idol contestant Jennifer Hudson credits her fiance and WWE fiance David Otunga for saving her life in 2008 when her mother and brother were killed.

set: Jennifer Hudson credits wrestler fiance David Otunga for saving her life


set: A Bessemer City pastor was found guilty of two counts of sexual battery Tuesday.

set: Bessemer City pastor found guilty of sexual battery


set: FOUR hundred children were evacuated from a school after staff suffered a reaction to gas believed to be being used by workmen.

set: Four hundred children evacuated from school


set: Franklin Commons opened officially Saturday, with upwards of 400 people joining in a three-hour open house, touring large portions of the building and the programs located there, and sharing food prepared by Franklin Commons resident Commissary organizers, Cornucopia Caterers.


set: Georgia will cut diplomatic ties with Russia over the Kremlin's recognition of two Georgian rebel regions as independent states, Deputy Forgeign Minister Grigol Vashadze said on Friday.

set: Georgia cuts diplomatic ties with Russia


set: An expert group, headed by environmental economist Partha Dasgupta, will provide a road map for Green National Accounting system to evaluate impact of economic growth on environment by 2015.

set: Expert group to evaluate impact of economic growth on environment


set: DURHAM, NC Mike Krzyzewski is getting settled again at Duke and already sounds hungry for another championship.

set: Krzyzewski getting settled in again at Duke


set: Hans Rausing, one of Britain's richest men, pleaded guilty today to a charge of preventing the lawful and decent burial of his wife Eva's body.

set: Billionaire Hans Rausing pleads guilty to preventing burial of wife Eva's body


set: Brown, who until quite recently actually worked in Washington, did his best crotchety O'Reilly impression by acting enraged with pretty much everything that goes on there.

set: Scott Brown does his best Bill O'Reilly impression


set: Related topics celebrity news Rascal Flatts Country Music walk of fame Rascal Flatts got a big welcome from country fans in Hollywood on Tuesday when accepting the 2,480th Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

set: Rascal Flatts gets 2,480th star on Hollywood Walk of Fame


set: Huntington Bancshares Inc. announced that it has repurchased the warrant it had issued to the US Department of the Treasury as part of the TARP Capital Purchase Program.

set: Huntington Bancshares repurchases warrant from US Department of Treasury


set: All Cyprus banks will remain closed until Thursday, the central bank has announced in a shock statement.

set: Cyprus banks to remain closed until Thursday


set: MITCHELL, SD A South Dakota motorcycle company is suing NASCAR driver Clint Bowyer for allegedly failing to pay for work on a bike.

set: SD motorcycle company sues NASCAR driver Bowyer


set: Manitoba farmers planted a record amount of corn and soybeans this spring, and also went big on wheat, according to a new Statistics Canada survey released today.

set: Manitoba farmers plant record amounts of corn, soybeans


set: Swine flu cases have increased statewide in Ohio, including in Gallia County, according to the Ohio Department of Health.

set: Swine flu cases increase in Gallia County, throughout Ohio


set: Two men and a woman charged in the stabbing of a Stone County man apparently knew the victim, according to officials with the Stone County Sheriff's Department.


set: Croatian financial market watchdog HANFA on Monday suspended trade in shares of oil and gas company INA, a unit of Hungarian peer MOL, for five days while it tries to identify foreign investors who have been buying shares in recent weeks, Reuters reported.

set: Croatian market watchdog suspends trade in INA shares


set: Oracle Corp. stepped in to buy Sun Microsystems Inc. for $9.50 a share in a deal valued at $7.4 billion, just weeks after a reported deal by IBM to buy the maker of Java software fell apart.

set: Oracle buying Sun Microsystems for $9.50 a share


set: Mumbai, Oct 1 Abhishek Bachchan, who is all geared up for the release of ``Drona'' this week, says he doesn't mind being overshadowed by his wife Aishwarya Rai.

set: I don't mind being overshadowed by Aishwarya:


set: David Ball is returning home to Spartanburg to perform at Spring Fling on May 2.


set: Two insurance bills failed on procedural votes in the Senate this morning, and opponents are filibustering a third.

set: Two insurance bills fail on procedural votes in Senate


set: Presiding Jackson County Circuit Judge Jenifer Holt said on Friday that the circuit clerk's office will remain open on Wednesdays despite an order from the state's chief justice.


set: General Electric Co. will place an order for ``tens of thousands'' of electric vehicles in about a week as Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey Immelt seeks to take the lead in driving the industry's growth.

set: GE to place order for 'tens of thousands' of electric vehicles


set: Bernd Wiesberger hit a 7-under 65 to win the Austrian Open by three strokes on Saturday for his second European Tour title.

set: Wiesberger wins Austrian Open for second European Tour title


set: A historic English market town is set to ban smoking in all public places, making it the first in Britain to ban smoking on its streets.

set: Historic English town will be first to ban smoking on the streets


set: Heartland Payment Systems, a leading provider of credit/debit/prepaid card processing, payroll, check management and payment services, today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the Network Services business of Alliance Data Systems Corporation.

set: Heartland payment Systems, Inc. signs definitive agreement to acquire the Network Services business of Alliance Data Systems Corporation


set: Wayne Rooney is ready to roar for England... as Three Lions fans stage a manic scramble to get to the Euros.


set: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company today announced it will split off its holdings in Mead Johnson Nutrition Company.

set: Bristol-Myers Squibb to split off its holdings in Mead Johnson Nutrition


set: Samia Smith has signed a new contract keeping her on the cobbles for another year.


set: New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie urges Romney to release his tax returns quickly

set: Christie urges Romney to release tax returns quickly


set: In an email to Xpress, Asheville Vice Mayor Esther Manheimer declares that she will run for mayor.

set: Vice mayor Esther Manheimer will run for mayor


set: Malaysia has taken delivery of its first submarine as part of a plan to establish a fleet of the vessels, according to the French company that built it.

set: Malaysia takes delivery of first submarine


set: It's not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but what comes out.


set: 4imprint Group has declared a final dividend of 9.6p per ordinary share for the year to the end of December.


set: The Syrian students studying abroad strongly condemned the two terrorist attacks which took place in Damascus last Friday.

set: Syrian students studying abroad strongly condemn terrorist attacks in Damascus


set: Staffordshire-based digger maker JCB has won a £36m contract to build more than 1,000 machines for a rental firm.

set: JCB wins £36m contract to build machines for rental firm


set: Women are likely to respond differently to heart failure treatment than men, according to a new study.

set: Women respond differently to heart failure treatment than men


set: A new study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal says there's a lack of awareness of eating disorders in men.

set: Lack of awareness about eating disorders in men:


set: A 39-year-old Chatham man is facing charges of child abandonment and resisting arrest after his five-year-old daughter left alone on a local street early Saturday morning.


set: Ketki Dave, known as Daksha of 'Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi', returns to the small screen in a new avatar in 'Behnein' - she will be seen in a negative role in the Star Plus' new show starting Monday.

set: Ketki Dave returns to small screen in negative role


set: On 20 February 2013, significant changes to public procurement law come into force, affecting all types of tender procedures and imposing new obligations on both contracting authorities and contractors.

set: Changes to public procurement law coming into force


set: Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan reportedly collapsed onstage during a show in Florida earlier this week.


set: South African captain Graeme Smith suffered a finger injury on Friday, causing a scare in the tourists' camp ahead of a decisive Test match against India.


set: India plans to build 2,500 km of new highways in 2010-11, which means 7 km will be added to the network every day - well below the revised target of 12 km.

set: India targets building 2,500-km highways in 2010-11


set: Australia are better prepared than South Africa ahead of the first test starting at Newlands on Wednesday, said the hosts' captain Graeme Smith.

set: Australia better prepared than us, says Smith


set: Japan said on Friday it will lift some sanctions on North Korea including a ban on charter flights and travel after Pyongyang agreed to reinvestigate the fate of Japanese citizens abducted decades ago.

set: Japan to lift some sanctions on North Korea


set: West Virginia is considering new regulations to respond to the nation's worst coal mining disaster in 40 years.

set: West Virginia considers regulations after coal mining disaster


set: A convicted drug dealer, who participated in the 1993 murder of a man whose heart and liver were transplanted into a dying Gov. Robert Casey, faces a return to prison for violating the terms of his release.


set: Business mogul and reality TV star Donald Trump has withdrawn a US$5 million lawsuit he filed against US comedian Bill Maher.

set: Donald Trump withdraws lawsuit against Bill Maher


set: A severe storm that moved through East Tennesse Saturday evening caused a game delay at Neyland Stadium, downed trees and power outages.


set: Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster announced a judgment on Wednesday against a Kansas City wedding venue for failing to provide wedding services or refunds to 73 couples.

set: Koster announces judgment against Kansas City wedding venue


set: Eamonn McEneaney has accused GAA chiefs of misapplying the rules after his Monaghan footballers were ordered to forfeit home advantage for the Allianz National Football League Division Two game with Louth on Sunday week.

set: McEneaney accuses GAA chiefs of misapplying rules


set: France striker Karim Benzema will start for Real Madrid in Tuesday's Champions League match against AJ Auxerre after a recent improvement in his game, coach Jose Mourinho said on Monday.

set: Karim Benzema to start for Real Madrid against Auxerre, Jose Mourinho says


set: American Airlines has announced that it will take delivery of six additional Boeing 737-800 aircraft in 2010, bringing the total number of 737-800s to be delivered to the airline in the 2009-2010 period to 76 aircraft.

set: American Airlines to take delivery of six additional 737-800s in 2010


set: As an emerging super power, India will surely make it to the UN security council one day, former United Nations Under Secretary General Shashi Tharoor said today.

set: India would surely make it to UN security council:


set: A Saga cruise ship has been chased by pirates while sailing in the Indian Ocean.


set: TIGER Woods has decided to take an ``indefinite break'' from golf after admitting his infidelity for the first time.

set: Tiger Woods takes 'indefinite' break from golf


set: In order to offer an environmentally friendly hot water option for commercial applications, AO Smith has introduced a new line of energy-saving and innovative commercial electric heat pump water heaters.

set: AO Smith introduces new commercial electric heat pump water heaters


set: Volcanic ash from Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull volcano will cross the Atlantic and reach North America by Wednesday, British meteorologists have said.


set: An excess of estrogen during pregnancy can inhibit BRCA1 in female offspring, thus increasing their risk for breast cancer.

set: Excess estrogen during pregnancy could inhibit BRCA1 in offspring


set: Malaysian Opposition-led states have banned sports betting, officials said yesterday, following protests over its approval by the central government in the Muslim-majority country.


set: Pace is killing two new express bus routes it began running three months ago on the Illinois Tollway system, and is reducing service on a third route.


set: An actor learns a lot of new things everyday -- and age is no bar for 69-year-old megastar Amitabh Bachchan who is taking piano lessons and is loving it.


set: Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has signed a law on the protection of personal data, his press service has reported.

set: Yanukovych signs law on protection of personal data


set: Turkey marked International Holocaust Remembrance Day by becoming the first predominantly Muslim country to screen the iconic holocaust documentary, Shoah.

set: Turkey marks International Holocaust Remembrance Day


set: A Harnett County man died in a head-on collision in southern Wake County Tuesday night.


set: Palestinian and Israeli peace negotiators will meet in Washington in ten days with US administration representatives attending the meeting, a spokesman for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Saturday.

set: Palestinian, Israeli negotiators to meet in Washington


set: Ghana is to host an international conference on consumer protection in Africa, coming September 8-9, 2009 in Accra.

set: Ghana to host conference on consumer protection in Africa


set: US cable network operator Cablevision is offering free wireless internet access to its Optimum Online customers in many seasonal and tourist destinations this summer.

set: Cablevision offers free wireless internet access


set: he Illinois economy continues to expand at a moderate pace, and has picked up some momentum supported in part by firm manufacturing and exports, according to the State Monitor report released by BMO Capital Markets Economics.


set: The new list has 284 airlines from 24 countries worldwide currently barred from flying into Europe.


set: Zamalek striker Amr Zaki , who has begun to regain top form after a barren spell, denied receiving an offer to join Tottenham.

set: Zamalek striker Amr Zaki denies receiving offer to join Tottenham


set: A hiker was injured early Thursday afternoon after falling 200 feet down Mt.


set: file photo, Penn State coach Joe Paterno stands on the field before his team's NCAA college football game against Northwestern, in Evanston, Ill. Former Penn State coach Paterno has a treatable form of lung cancer, according to his son.


set: Bank Negara Malaysia today issued the new design RM50 banknote incorporating various modern and innovative security features principally aimed at deterring counterfeiting.

set: Bank Negara issues new design RM50 banknote


set: Moody's Investors Service announced that it is reviewing for possible downgrade the bank financial strength ratings of 23 US regional banks and the deposit and debt ratings of 17 of these same institutions.

set: Moody's reviews US regional bank ratings


set: The fading New York Yankees shook up their roster Friday, releasing first baseman Richie Sexson while sending outfielder Melky Cabrera to the minor leagues.


set: Andy Tracy came through with a 3-for-4 performance with a home run and two RBIs to lead Lehigh Valley to a 7-3 International League win over the Buffalo Bisons before 9,570 fans at Coca-Cola Park.

set: Andy Tracy leads Lehigh Valley IronPigs to 7-3 win over Buffalo Bisons


set: BNamericas reported that Brazil's federal energy company Petrobras has officially launched operations in Chile on August 4th 2009 in a ceremony attended by Chile's energy minister Mr Marcelo Tokman and Mr Vilson Reichemback GM for Petrobras Chile.

set: Petrobras officially launches operations in Chile


set: I know that many of you have lost sleep wondering what will become of Lindsay Lohan once she's out of jail and rehab and well, you'll be happy to know that Lindsay was released from rehab yesterday but she's not out of the woods just yet and from the looks of it -- it will be a tough road ahead.


set: Indian Army is all set to receive a warhead for Prithvi nuclear capable, Pinaka rocket, from the Ordnance Factory in neighboring Chandrapur district on Feb. 27, according to a report of All India Radio .

set: Indian Army to receive warheads for Prithvi nuclear capable


set: Berlin- A giant metal statue of the Greek god Hercules was raised Wednesday over the gritty German city of Gelsenkirchen in a bid to shake off its image as an unemployment black spot.

set: Giant statue of Hercules raised over German city


set: A live deep-sea fish has been caught at a record depth of 2,300m on the hot vents of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.


set: Chief Whip Andrew Mitchell's political career is hanging in the balance as he faces calls to quit after being accused of calling No 10 police officers ``plebs''.

set: Chief whip Andrew Mitchell's political career left hanging in the balance


set: Due to current weather conditions the Akron Zoo will be closed today, Monday, December 13, 2010.


set: A gangmaster has been stripped of his licence after investigators uncovered a ``disgraceful story of forced labour'' amongst migrant workers in Scotland.


set: Actress Neetu Singh, who will be seen in a full-fledged role in the forthcoming movie ``Do Dooni Chaar'', is quite impressed with her star-son Ranbir's knowledge of camera angles and feels he is ready to direct a film.


set: Maruti Suzuki India said its exports to Egypt, which accounts for three per cent of its overseas sales , will be impacted due to the political unrest in the North African nation.

set: Exports to Egypt to be impacted due to unrest:


set: Barack Obama is on a vacation with family at Bar Harbor, Maine.


set: Thierry Henry, who is getting a four-storey aquarium as part of renovation plans for his 6million-pound mansion, has added a 1,000-pound Bengal kitten to his menagerie.

set: Thierry Henry adds Bengal kitten to menagerie


set: Three Pittsburgh police officers accused of beating a teenager are being suspended withpay while an investigation into the allegations is ongoing.

set: Pittsburgh officers accused of beating suspended


set: Fargo fire officials said a 31-year-old man died of apparent smoke inhalation in an early morning apartment fire.

set: Fargo man dies in early morning apartment fire


set: The No. 01 Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates team was penalized for an engine violation during the Rolex Series race at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course on June 19.

set: Ganassi Racing penalized for engine violation


set: Stocks are pointing lower a day after stocks surged by the biggest amount since October.


set: In the shortest press release I've ever seen, the Indians today released AAA outfielder Trevor Crowe.


set: A umbrella body of khap panchayats today unanimously demanded an amendment in the Hindu Marriage Act seeking ban on marriages amongst blood relations as well as people within the same village.

set: Khap panchayats demand amendment in Hindu Marriage Act


set: SoapBlox, the blog hosting service SSP uses, has apparently been hacked.


set: Intel has screwed the PC industry, Malcolm Penn, CEO of Future Horizons told IFS 2013 in London this morning.


set: Lifetime has canceled ``America's Most Wanted,'' effectively ending the reality series after 25 years, TV Guide Magazine reported.

set: Lifetime cancels 'America's Most Wanted'


set: Hewlett-Packard Co. confirmed Wednesday that it plans to cut up to 27,000 jobs by the end of 2014.


set: World number one Luke Donald admits that he is feeling the pressure of having not yet won a major.


set: Dubai Municipality in cooperation with Dubai Police has seized 326 law violators in the month of April.

set: Dubai Municipality seized 326 law violators


set: Gloriana have released the first single, ``Wanna Take You Home,'' from their upcoming second album.


set: Dozens of people were killed Wednesday in a series of attacks in Afghanistan as suicide bombers targeted a busy market, an overnight NATO airstrike left 18 dead and militants shot down a US helicopter.


set: A Largo man was arrested Monday, accused of leaving the scene of a fatal motorcycle accident in March.

set: Largo man accused of leaving scene of fatal accident


set: Acushnet Company, the golf business of Fortune Brands, Inc., today completed the previously announced sale of the Cobra golf brand to PUMA AG. The transaction includes the Cobra brand, as well as related inventory, intellectual property and endorsement contracts.

set: Acushnet Company completes sale of Cobra golf brand to PUMA


set: Defensive coordinator Carl Pelini apologized Tuesday for his actions following Nebraska's loss to Texas A&M last weekend.


set: Julian Barnes won the Man Booker Prize, one of the highest-profile awards in English-language literature, at the fourth attempt, for his novel ``The Sense of an Ending''.


set: Chris Brown has settled a lawsuit filed by a photographer who claims he was attacked by the singer's bodyguards.

set: Chris Brown settles lawsuit with photographer


set: 41 passengers narrowly escaped death when the bus they were travelling in overturned just outside Bulawayo injuring three of them seriously.


set: Didier Drogba is open to returning to Chelsea, and would like to bring Jose Mourinho back to Stamford Bridge with him.

set: Didier Drogba is open to return to Chelsea;


set: Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya on Wednesday left Guatemala for Nicaragua to meet with Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, Xinhua News Agency informs.


set: The Los Angeles Dodgers filed for bankruptcy protection on Monday, blaming Major League Baseball for refusing to approve a television deal with News Corp.'s Fox Network to give the financially-strapped baseball team a quick injection of cash.


set: Drybar is opening Friday in Bethesda, and along with it comes a 13-foot blow-dryer.


set: AP Cristiano Ronaldo Portuguese striker Cristiano Ronaldo says that he feels like a newborn baby at Real Madrid, adding that in comparison to his stint with Manchester United, the level of freedom is much more.


set: The Senate has passed the omnibus spending bill Saturday morning -- averting a threat of a government shutdown.


set: St. Charles Parish sheriff's deputies are investigating the death of a 24-year-old Kenner woman whose body was found along a narrow road in St. Rose early Thursday morning.


set: THE CEO of Russia's state gas monopoly Gazprom said last night Russia will cut off all gas supplies to Ukraine this morning.


set: President Barack Obama on Friday ordered a 90-day study to examine whether to consolidate a dozen trade agencies scattered across the federal government into a revamped Commerce Department focused more on exports.

set: Obama orders study of consolidating trade agencies


set: In today's game, the New Orleans Hornets take on the Denver Nuggets at the New Orleans Arena.


set: Jason White will rejoin SS Green Light Racing for the 2010 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season, driving the #23 GunBroker.com sponsored machine for the full 26 race schedule which begins on February 12 at the Daytona International Speedway.

set: Jason White rejoins SS Green Light Racing


set: A PCT which spent up to £500,000 to buy a yacht for unemployed youngsters has defended itself in the face of criticism from Conservative leader David Cameron.


set: DESPERATELY needed aid from around the world has slowly made its way into Haiti where rescuers have been scrambling to save the trapped and injured.

set: Desperately needed aid makes it way to Haiti


set: Former deputy prime minister John Prescott was among those watching the prime ministerial debate at a Southampton working men's club.

set: John Prescott watched debate in working men's club


set: Minister of Finance and the Public Service Audley Shaw is to address the nation Sunday night.


set: The euro climbed back above $1.45 on Wednesday on waning expectations that the US Federal Reserve would soon follow the European Central Bank in raising interest rates to fight high inflation.


set: Mickey Mouse poses at the Mickey's House as celebrating the Chinese New Year with the year of the Ox in Hong Kong Disneyland Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009.

set: Mickey mouse Celebrates the Year of the Ox


set: Houston point guard Jeremy Lin is listed as day to day with a bruised right chest muscle he sustained in a Game 2 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder.


set: Hundreds of Lapindo mudflow victims will restage a rally Wednesday at the Presidential Palace to demand PT Minarak Lapindo Jaya, a subsidiary of energy company PT Lapindo Brantas, pay them a compensation.

set: Lapindo mudflow victims to restage rally at Presidential Palace


set: Activities of writing the longest letter in the world started on Sunday under the title ``Message of Loyalty to the Homeland and its Leader'' at ten centers distributed among Damascus and its countryside.

set: Activities of writing longest letter in the world started


set: A local drug dealer was sentenced to 40 years in prison during a Wicomico County Circuit Court hearing Friday morning.


set: Ranbaxy Laboratories has target of Rs 520-530, says Prashastha Seth, Senior VP IIFL Private Wealth, IIFL.


set: In Rock County District Court Thursday, bail was set at $10,000 for an Adrian teen charged with first- and second-degree criminal sexual conduct.

set: Adrian teen charged with criminal sexual conduct


set: ``The Nabucco project will be implemented by all means'', he said in his interview with Turkish Hurriyet.


set: Despite the overall trend towards increased urbanisation, regional areas are still growing, albeit at a slower rate than the major cities.


set: Retief Goosen took an important step toward rejoining the elite in golf Sunday by closing with a 1-under 70 for a one-shot victory in the Transitions Championship, his first PGA Tour win in nearly four years.


set: The price of corn is surging on concern that wet, cold weather in the Plains region will delay planting and reduce harvests.

set: Corn surges on concern weather will delay planting


set: ``As of last week, cotton output stood at 316 000 tonnes, surpassing targets despite the prices impasse,'' Ngoni Masoka, the ministry's permanent secretary told delegates attending a high-level conference in the resort town.


set: A McPherson County man has been charged with using a 9-year-old girl to produce child pornography, US Attorney Barry Grissom said Thursday.

set: McPherson County man charged with producing child pornography


set: A Canandaigua man faces multiple charges following an overnight incident on Parrish Street, city police said.

set: Canandaigua man faces multiple charges after overnight incident


set: North Melbourne sign US basketballer Updated: 17:40, Thursday December 20, 2012 AFL club North Melbourne have decided to take a two-year punt on an American college basketballer.


set: Just ahead of the summer swim season a leading pediatricians group's is changing its policy on toddlers and swim lessons.

set: Group changes its policy on toddlers swimming


set: The Southern Railway said ``miscreants'' were behind Wednesday's accident involving a suburban Electric Multiple Unit and a goods train at Vyasarpadi near here that left four persons dead.


set: Actress Michelle Collins, the former Eastenders star has said she has nothing against Botox and believes there is nothing wrong with trying to look younger.

set: Michelle Collins has nothing against Botox


set: MAP0004, a novel orally inhaled formulation of dihydroergotamine currently under development, may be effective in treating a broad spectrum of migraine, according to 2 phase 3 studies presented here September 12 at the 14th Congress of the International Headache Society & the 51st Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Headache Society.

set: Novel inhaled formulation of dihydroergotamine effective for a broad spectrum of migraine:


set: Oil prices rebound on German data Updated: 07:39, Wednesday January 23, 2013 Oil prices have rebounded, with a weaker US dollar boosting demand, and in the wake of upbeat German economic data.


set: European stock markets mostly rebounded yesterday as G8 support for Greece to remain in the eurozone boosted sentiment after last week's sharp sell-off, traders said.

set: Europe markets rebound on G8 support for Greece


set: Only 30 percent of eligible voters cast votes in the public referendum on consolidating islands held on Saturday, Elections Commissioner Fuad Thaufeeq said.

set: Only 30 percent voted in the referendum:


set: French police have dismantled another Roma camp near Lyon for the second day in a row, only a week after the socialist government vowed a less confrontational approach to the ethnic minority migrants.

set: France police dismantle another Roma camp in Lyon


set: Six women drowned in Tonse river on the border of Mau and Ghazipur districts when a boat being sailed by a minor capsized on Friday.


set: The Rockies benched struggling shortstop Troy Tulowitzki in Monday night's game against the Padres.


set: The volume of California wine shipments to US markets last year dipped for the first time in 11 years, but retail value of that wine rose by more than 8 percent for the second straight year, according to recently released figures.

set: California wine shipments dip for first time in 11 years


set: A CENTRAL Queensland man has almost bled to death after cutting an artery in his hand on a broken glass on Tuesday.


set: After multiple combat missions in Bosnia, North Africa, Afghanistan and Iraq, a Conroe native is retiring from the United States Air Force with honors.

set: Conroe grad will retire from Air Force with honors


set: ``Wilma must be happy!'' might be your first thought when you hear that John Cena would be replacing Fred Flintstone.


set: The US trade deficit rose sharply in March as imports hit an all-time high, suggesting solid demand in the steadily growing but modest economic recovery, official data showed on Thursday.


set: Aer Lingus has invited SIPTU for high level talks tomorrow at an off-site location.


set: Passenger train service between Colombo and Vavuniyaa has been suspended from Thursday until further notice as a security measure.

set: Train service to Vavuniyaa suspended until further notice


set: Elizabeth Banks and Zooey Deschanel are to join Paul Rudd in new comedy My Idiot Brother, it has been announced.

set: Elizabeth Banks and Zooey Deschanel join Idiot Brother Paul Rudd


set: BRADENTON, Fla. A misdemeanor drug charge against former Alabama cornerback Dre Kirkpatrick has been dropped, court records show.

set: Charge against ex-alabama cb Kirkpatrick dropped


set: A woman was killed this morning in a two-vehicle crash one mile north of Lennox.


set: Prime Minister Stephen Harper has asked the Mounties to investigate a former top adviser, according to a report Wednesday.

set: Harper asks Mounties to investigate former adviser:


set: Open Text, a provider of enterprise content management software, has announced the availability of a new integration between Open Text Web Experience Management and Open Text Media Management.

set: Open Text corporation announces new integration


set: Brazilian playmaker Kaka was presented as a Real Madrid player in front of 50,000 fans on June 30 at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium.


set: ``I don't know if I will play, it is up to the coach, but I think we are ready as a group,'' said Gould.

set: I think we are ready as a group, says Gould


set: The honors are just starting to pile up for Oklahoma State freshman Marcus Smart, who was named a first-team All-American and the national Freshman of the Year by Sporting News on Monday.


set: A Dallas-based power company says it may file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy to restructure $32 billion in debt.

set: Power company considers filing for bankruptcy


set: A police official was injured during a gun battle with Maoists at Maigara village in Gaya district of Bihar on Tuesday.

set: Police official injured in gun battle with Maoists


set: China will intensify a special crackdown on counterfeit seeds, pesticides, fertilizers and other agricultural materials, according to a statement issued at a working conference on Tuesday.

set: China intensifies crackdown on counterfeit seeds, pesticides


set: Visalia police said a man was beaten and robbed Friday night near one of their city's police station.

set: Man beaten, robbed near visalia police station


set: UK budget airline to test ash cloud detector A UK budget airline will create an artificial volcanic ash cloud over Europe this summer to test ash detection technology.


set: Nikolai Khabibulin didn't practice on Tuesday, but traveled with the team to Detroit.


set: President Obama will sign the historic healthcare reform bill into law on Tuesday, after a hard-fought and often divisive battle with Republicans, unhinged teapartiers and health insurance lobbyists to remake the broken health insurance system in our country.

set: Obama signs historic healthcare bill into law on Tuesday