set: As speculation mounts that Sarah Palin, the Tea Party darling and former Alaskan governor, will seek the Republican nomination to run for the White House in 2012, emails released by Alaska show she received death threats after her 2008 nomination.

set: Palin received death threats after 2008 nomination


set: Justin Bieber wants to marry young and have a marriage like his grandparents Bruce and Diane Dale.

set: Justin Bieber - Justin Bieber wants to marry young


set: Westervelt Wildlife Services will host a pheasant tower shoot Feb. 26 at Westervelt Lodge near Aliceville, with all profits benefitting Alabama's Hunters Helping the Hungry program.

set: Westervelt Wildlife hosting pheasant tower shoot


set: Morgan Stanley downgraded US semiconductor stocks to Cautious today, saying we are in the final innings of the semi cycle.

set: Morgan Stanley downgraded US semiconductor stocks to Cautious;


set: Arynga announces that they have joined the GENIVI Alliance to collaborate with automotive OEMs and Tier One suppliers on keeping the growing amount of software in the car up-to-date.


set: A Fayette County man who pleaded guilty to a federal gun charge faces up to 10 years in prison.


set: Statistics Canada will be in Sudbury on July 21 to help people fill out their census and National Household Survey questionnaires.

set: Statistics Canada in Sudbury to help people with their census


set: A BIKER was taken to hospital following a crash in Kirton-in-Lindsey this afternoon.


set: Ghana currently has less than 150 Dentists with the ratio being one doctor to 130,000 patients.


set: Two vessels collided when one was approaching Alang ship-breaking yard for beaching on Wednesday.


set: ``This is worse than we've seen,'' Williams said as he flew over Random Island.


set: Still fresh from its unveiling at the Frankfurt Auto Show earlier this month, the Ferrari 458 Italia's drop-top sister, the 458 Spider, now has a starting price: $257,000.

set: Ferrari 458 Spider priced from $257,000:


set: Craggy-voiced singer Tom Waits will appear on an episode of The Simpsons this season.


set: A controversial tax proposal has resurfaced at the statehouse, a proposal business groups staunchly oppose.

set: Controversial tax proposal resurfaces at statehouse


set: The GNOME Foundation and the LiMo Foundation, an industry consortium dedicated to creating a Linux-based operating system for mobile devices, have announced a new partnership with the objective of ``collaborating closely on open source innovation''.

set: GNOME Foundation and LiMo Foundation announce partnership


set: Celebrities hit the Gibson Amphitheater at Universal Studios Sunday night in Universal City, California to attend the 2010 MTV Movie Awards, hosted by actor/comedian Aziz Ansari.

set: Celebrities attend the 2010 MTV Movie Awards:


set: After hot model Poonam Pandey stripped off her clothes following SRK's Kolkata Knigh Riders win in the IPL final, it was turn for Rozlyn Khan to go topless for Dhoni and his losing Chennai Super Kings team.


set: PAKISTAN interrogated suspects and stepped up security on Friday in a bid to prevent further bloodshed after a series of attacks blamed on Islamist militants left 160 people dead in 11 days.


set: An Indiana company plans to open a new plant in western Arkansas and create 25 jobs.

set: Indiana company to open plant in Arkansas


set: While nobody was looking, the Peabody Essex Museum has taken over the museum world.

set: Peabody Essex museum taking over the world


set: Montreal Impact star defender Gabriel Gervais announced Tuesday he was retiring from professional soccer, after a nine-year career in the United Soccer Leagues First Division, including seven years with the Impact.


set: Olympic gold medal champion Greg Louganis is getting married to his partner, paralegal Johnny Chaillot who works for a prominent LA law firm.


set: Interest in the building bond issue proposed by the Joplin School District is expected to boost turnout in Tuesday's city and school elections.

set: Bond issue expected to boost turnout in Tuesday's election


set: Sen. Lisa Murkowski will keep all her main committee assignments during the new Congress, including a slot on the Senate Appropriations Committee.

set: Murkowski keeps main committee assignments


set: The Nepalese government banned demonstrations outside the royal palace and the private residence of King Gyanendra in Kathmandu ahead of a meeting of an assembly that was expected to formally abolish the monarchy, official media reported Monday.

set: Nepal's government bans demonstrations around royal palace


set: AP Sports Writer Nebraska coach Bo Pelini has confirmed the reorganization of his coaching staff, making Tim Beck his offensive coordinator and announcing four new assistants.

set: Pelini confirms reorganization of his staff


set: Soul diva Mary J. Blige and guitar ace Gary Clark Jr. will join the Rolling Stones on stage Saturday at Barclays Center in Brooklyn for the band's first US stop on its ``50 and Counting'' mini-tour.

set: Mary J. Blige, Gary Clark Jr. join the Stones Saturday


set: Pat Smith won his first medal for this year and is now in the play-off for the Medal of Medals which is held towards the end of the year.


set: Anti-aircraft gunfire and several explosions were heard in Tripoli early Thursday, as an allied military offensive against Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's forces entered a sixth day.

set: Anti-aircraft gunfire, explosions heard in Tripoli


set: At least 2,000 anti-China protesters rallied in Tokyo Saturday, after an Okinawan city set a day to commemorate Japan's 1895 integration of an island group at the centre of a territorial row with Beijing.


set: A review of sports shown free on terrestrial television must include Scotland football games, the SNP has urged.


set: The House of Commons unanimously passed a motion Monday calling on all MPs to do everything they can to aid an investigation into alleged vote suppression during last spring's election.

set: House of Commons to aid investigation into alleged vote suppression


set: US President Obama says Fifa 'made the wrong decision'.


set: Pakistan's economy, in a stabilization phase since the last three years, has weathered challenges to post a growth rate of 2.4 percent during the year 2010-11.


set: It's not a done deal yet but Florida State could in 2011 host a Thursday night game at Doak Campbell Stadium, athletic director Randy Spetman said on Thursday.

set: Florida State considers hosting Thursday night game at Doak Campbell Stadium


set: In what promises to be a major boost for tourism, Tralee is forging links with Frankfurt in Germany.


set: Czech Republic and AC Milan defender Marek Jankulovski announced his retirement on Monday after struggling to overcome a knee ligament injury.


set: After a meeting between manufacturers and the FIM, Youthstream along with the FIM in Europe have announced that that a new European 300cc 2 stroke Championship will be launched in 2014.

set: New European 300cc 2 stroke Championship to be launched in 2014


set: Prince George's County police say the death of a District of Columbia woman found in a creek has been ruled a homicide.

set: Death of woman found in creek ruled a homicide


set: DAVID Walliams has married leggy Dutch model Lara Stone at Claridge's Hotel in central London.


set: Delta Airlines drew a huge and complex call spread on Wednesday as the stock continued trend lower.


set: A young girl has been run over by a mower which was being towed by a tractor driven by her mum.


set: Seven persons were injured in firing incident that took place between two rival groups in village Karlot near `Chattar' in suburban area of Islamabad.


set: ESPN was right to pull the LeBron James story off its website detailing a wild night of partying in Las Vegas Wednesday.

set: Espn right to pull LeBron James story off website


set: Ape Entertainment today announced the launch of its new imprint, ``KiZoic'', which will feature content aimed primarily at younger readers.

set: Ape-Entertainment announces the launch of ``KiZoic''


set: Former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi died of wounds suffered in his capture near his hometown of Sirte on Thursday, a senior NTC military official said.


set: Daniel Radcliffe is set to star as a Russian doctor in a new TV drama based during the First World War.


set: The University of Maine baseball team hosts Hartford this weekend in a three-game America East series.

set: Baseball hosts Hartford in America East series


set: Aaron Swartz, an Internet savant who at a young age shaped the online era by co-developing RSS and Reddit and later became a digital activist, has committed suicide.

set: Online prodigy Aaron Swartz commits suicide


set: United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will visit Perth on Thursday and Friday next week.


set: Norfolk Southern has completed a major upgrade to its Lamberts Point export coal transload facility in Norfolk, positioning it to remain the largest and fastest coal transload facility in the Northern Hemisphere.

set: Norfolk Southern completes major upgrade of export coal facility


set: Amanda Bynes insists she didn't drive under the influence back in April -- pleading ``not guilty'' today to DUI.


set: A new entrepreneurship charter has been launched in Cambridge, which aims to support firms operating in the local region.

set: New entrepreneurship charter launched in Cambridge


set: Former Jefferson Parish President Aaron Broussard and former parish attorney Tom Wilkinson both pleaded not guilty to new charges leveled against them.

set: Aaron Broussard pleads not guilty to new charges


set: Former Western Kentucky University basketball standout Jeremy Evans has agreed to a three-year contract with the Utah Jazz, according to reports in Salt Lake City.


set: Los Angeles Lakers star Ron Artest helped break up a ferocious man vs. woman fistfight in front of an LA nightclub last weekend ... and TMZ obtained footage of the entire incident.

set: Los Angeles Lakers' Ron Artest breaks up fistfight


set: Air Niugini is offering special fares to Port Moresby from Queensland and New South Wales from $273 one-way.


set: Both Amazon and Target are now selling the iPad, just in time for the holiday season.


set: Tropicana Las Vegas proudly announces its new executive team: assembled under the new ownership banner of Tropicana Las Vegas, Inc. and hand selected by Tropicana Chairman and CEO Alex Yemenidjian.

set: Tropicana Las Vegas announces new executive team


set: Two men were shot early this morning in Roxbury, causing one death and one injury, said Officer James Kenneally, a Boston Police Department spokesman.


set: MACC'S goalscoring hero on Saturday at Rochdale, Nat Brown, just wants to be playing football.


set: Prime-News was told at the Ministry of Justice of Georgia that according to the data 382 men named Shio, 16-years-old and elder live in Georgia.


set: Global molybdenum oxide prices eased slightly in Asia, Europe and the US this week amid limited spot market business as consumers and suppliers concentrated on negotiating long-term contracts for 2011, market participants said.

set: Global molybdenum oxide prices ease on limited spot business


set: In 2010, Ukraine is expected to increase maize sowing areas.


set: Los Angeles say that a new study lends more force to the suggestion that intelligence is largely inherited.


set: Another air disaster was on Sunday averted as an Abuja bound plane which took off from Lagos suddenly developed a fault mid-air, just about fifteen minutes after it took off.

set: Another air disaster averted as Abuja-bound plane develops fault mid-air!


set: US Steel Corp., the largest US -based steel maker, reported quarterly loss Tuesday on weak demand.

set: US Steel reports quarterly loss on weak demand


set: Real Madrid was held to a 1-1 draw by last-place Almeria and could fall four points behind Barcelona when it targets its 13th straight league victory against Malaga later Sunday.


set: A Marine from Camp Pendleton has been killed in combat in Afghanistan, the Pentagon announced Wednesday.

set: Marine from Camp Pendleton killed in Afghanistan


set: The press release discusses about the exquisite collection of Rakhi threads as introduced by SendRakhiGiftstoIndia.com on the auspicious occasion of Rakhi.

set: Exquisite collection of Rakhi threads introduced by SendRakhiGiftstoIndia.com


set: An offshore oil rig has exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, west of the site of the April blast that caused the massive BP oil spill.

set: Offshore oil rig explodes in Gulf of Mexico


set: US group Hewlett Packard, the world's largest personal computer maker, may cut as many as 1,000 jobs in Germany as part of planned European-wide redundancies, WirtschaftsWoche reported, citing an unnamed staff representative.


set: Russia wants ``fully fledged'' and ``mutually profitable'' ties with NATO, President Dmitry Medvedev said on Thursday, quoted by Interfax.

set: Russia wants 'fully fledged' ties with NATO:


set: A WORKSOP man who was falsely accused of rape and a series of attacks on a young woman and her baby has been cleared of all charges against him.

set: WORKSOP man falsely accused of rape cleared of all charges


set: Apple responds to NPD's research report which recently suggested that Android was more popular amongst US consumers than the iPhone in Q1 2010.


set: FedEx Corp. swung to a fiscal fourth-quarter profit as last year's results were impacted by Kinko's write-downs, with shipping volume continuing to rebound from weak prior-year levels.


set: Porn star Devon James has filed a paternity action against golfer Tiger Woods, two days after going public with allegations he fathered her son.

set: Porn star files paternity action against Tiger Woods


set: Today, New York's Museum of Modern Art announced that it has acquired the @ symbol for its collection.

set: MoMa acquires the @ symbol for its collection


set: US President Barack Obama is related to former Alaska governor Sarah Palin and radio host Rush Limbaugh, according to the family history website Ancestory.Com that says Obama and Palin are distant cousins.

set: Barack Obama and Sarah Palin are distant cousins


set: Coolio was arrested Tuesday on an outstanding misdemeanor warrant for driving with a suspended license, Los Angeles police said.

set: Coolio arrested for driving with suspended license


set: Iran and Syria have agreed to cooperate on naval training, Iran's official news agency said on Saturday, Reuters reported.

set: Iran and Syria to cooperate on naval training


set: An Aberdeen woman accused of helping steal 16 guns from pawn shops in June entered not guilty pleas Monday to a host of charges.

set: Woman accused of helping steal guns enters not guilty pleas


set: The Count & Sinden are giving away a new remix ahead of their free album launch party.


set: The mission 14 Alma High School students are participating in the annual national robotics competition to develop a robot that could perform activities such as hanging objects on a wall.

set: Alma High School participates in annual national robotics competition


set: Lopez will defend his WBO featherweight title against Mexican Orlando Salido in what some believe is a critical fight in Lopez's career.

set: Lopez to defend featherweight title against Salido


set: A panel of state lawmakers Wednesday called for better data to ensure Iowa state employees aren't collecting government pensions and salaries at the same time, or ``double dipping.''


set: Green Bay Packers defensive lineman Johnny Jolly pleaded guilty to a drug possession charge Thursday and was sentenced to probation after striking a deal with prosecutors that wipes out a similar charge and spares him any time in prison unless he stumbles again.


set: An educationist has cautioned politicians in the country to desist from exaggerating trivial issues and fanning conflicts that could derail the country's democratization process.

set: Politicians should desist from exaggerating on trivial issues


set: Gov. Tim Pawlenty said today he'll spend most of the day touring flood damage in Minnesota and talking with local officials.


set: ANNAN got revenge with a last-minute goal to reach the third round of the Challenge Cup for the first time.


set: Cook County Board President Todd Stroger made his budget address for the 2009 fiscal year this morning.


set: Bad gasoline in the Minot area is sending cars to the mechanic shop.

set: Bad gasoline sends cars to mechanic shop


set: She's an American actress who has been seen in Life is Wild and Everwood for four seasons.


set: There's a claim New Zealand motorists are being denied true choice when it comes to diesel powered passenger vehicles, because of the way Road User Charges are applied.

set: Motorist denied true choice of diesel vehicles - mta


set: Lawyers on opposing sides of a civil lawsuit involving the Smith & Wesson .460 revolver argued several pretrial motions Thursday morning before a federal judge in Texarkana's downtown federal building.

set: Lawyers argue pretrial motions before judge


set: The rand remained on the back foot by noon on Friday as the euro remained weak on the back of a strong dollar.


set: CALLOUS thieves have ruined Christmas for a Knutsford family after breaking into their home and stealing the children's gifts.


set: As parents struggle over the question of when to enroll their child in kindergarten, new research points to a troubling trend, that immaturity is being misdiagnosed as ADHD.


set: An Amber Alert has been issued for two Pullman area children, ages 2 and 4, believed abducted by their non-custodial father about 4 pm Thursday.

set: Amber Alert issued for two Pullman area children believed abducted by their non-custodial father


set: Left-arm spinner Monty Panesar struck two mighty blows in successive overs as England grabbed the initiative to leave India struggling at 87 for three on the first morning of the second cricket Test here today.


set: A Texas honor student with two jobs has been jailed for missing too much school.

set: Honor student jailed for missing too much school


set: A plane crash on a mountain in the Himalayas in northern Nepal left 15 people dead, according to the Xinhua news agency and other news organizations.


set: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday said even though the Indian economy's performance was among the best in the world, he looked at the year ahead with ``cautious optimism'' as concerns remained over rising prices.


set: A Marion woman dies after a motorcycle crash, and the driver is facing two felony charges.

set: Marion woman dies after motorcycle crash


set: Three Hastings businesses failed alcohol compliance checks conducted by the Hastings Police Department Dec. 12, and the failure could mean a fine and liquor license suspension for one of them.

set: Three businesses fail alcohol compliance checks


set: Bunker prices mostly firmed in the Americas, similar to the trends seen in Europe and Asia.


set: CareNow, a medical group that operates 22 facilities in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, has apologized to a Muslim job applicant who was told a ``no hat'' policy would make it impossible for her to wear her hijab at work.

set: CareNow apologizes to Muslim job applicant


set: Congressman Bill Owens has announced his support of the tax cut compromise between President Obama and the Republicans.

set: Owens announces his support of the tax cut compromise


set: Medical spending could deliver a debilitating heart attack to the US economy, despite the recently passed healthcare legislation that hopes to significantly control costs.


set: AirTran Airways said it launched a winter fare sale on Tuesday amid efforts by several airlines to fill seats between Nov. 26 and Feb. 9, a traditionally slow travel period aside from two blackout periods.


set: Jesse Biddle earned his first win of the season for Class A Clearwater Sunday after an 0-2 start with three no-decisions.


set: Of the CIS countries, Kazakhstan is emerging as the most proactive and advanced Islamic finance market.

set: Kazakhstan emerging as most proactive market


set: The first summit of Gas Exporting Countries Forum has kicked off in Doha today under the presidency of Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani.

set: Gas Exporting Countries forum kicks off in Doha


set: Shoppers eager to hit the high street after being trapped at home by the snow helped retail sales bounce back in January.


set: ``Indian markets are once again getting positive cues from foreign markets, but their course today will also be influenced by domestic cues. Most of the Asian markets have opened in green on positive global cues from the European and US markets. Yesterday, BSE Sensex closed at 15,932.76 up by 414.84 points or by 2.67% and then NSE Nifty ended at 4,765.3 up by 128.55 points or by 2.77%,`` said Hem Securities.

set: Markets are getting positive cues from foreign markets:


set: HP has unveiled a new home server for PCs and Mac computers that allows for easy sharing, backup, remote access, and uploading to rich social media sites.


set: Audi were poised to reclaim the Le Mans 24 hours crown on Sunday after the dark session turned into a nightmare for holders Peugeot.


set: India is holding talks with Saudi Arabia over the kingdom's new work policy Nitaqat, that seeks to reserve a percentage of jobs for locals.


set: Andy Pettitte and Mark Teixeira will represent the United States at the World Baseball Classic this March, according to multiple published reports.

set: Andy Pettitte, Mark Teixeira to represent the US at World Baseball Classic


set: The US would keep on pressing Pakistan to act decisively against all terror groups within its territory as ``just knocking down Taliban somewhere'' does not affect the militants' widespread syndicate, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said.

set: 'US to press pak to act against all terror groups'


set: The Chairman of the Lawra Constituency of the Democratic Freedom Party, Mr Mohammed Gandaa, has said the DFP intends to co-exist with all political parties to provide a congenial atmosphere for the development of the country.

set: DFP to co-exist with all political parties --


set: Florence joins the growing list of metro-area cities banning the drug commonly known as ``spice,'' ``spice gold,'' ``K2'' and ``sugar steps.''

set: Florence joins list of cities banning synthetic marijuana


set: The Philippine government on Tuesday declared a Christmas holiday cease fire with communist rebels, but the guerrillas did not immediately say if they would reciprocate with their own cease fire as they have done in the past.

set: Philippines declares Christmas cease fire


set: A decorated Fort Carson soldier has been killed in Afghanistan.

set: Fort Carson soldier killed in Afghanistan


set: 'Tall men of the world unite, you may lend a helping hand to the poor and needy without making tall claims', runs the motto of a fellowship of six-foot-plus men, launched in south Indian state of Kerala, the Press Trust of India reported.


set: The Judicial Commission has found indications that 86 judges had violated their code of conduct, an official says.Commission spokesman Asep Rahmat Fajar said on Tuesday that the commission was studying 260 reports it received in 2010 and has found indications of violations in 86 reports.

set: 86 judges may have violated code of conduct


set: Nurnberg and Mainz shared six goals in an entertaining 3-3 Bundesliga encounter at the Frankenstadion today.


set: Israeli forces on Tuesday razed four temporary structures in two West Bank settler outposts, police said, in an operation just 36 hours before a visit by US President Barack Obama.

set: Israel razes structures in West Bank settler outposts


set: In a joint statement, the EPA and Department of Energy said that the tiny amount of radiation detected in California was of similar level as a noble gas produced during nuclear fission, but poses no concern at the current level.

set: Tiny amount of radiation detected in California


set: ANDRE Villas-Boas has told all English football fans they should be proud of John Terry.

set: 'You can be proud of role model John Terry'


set: Andy Williams, the veteran pop singer, has accused Barack Obama of ``following Marxist theory'' and ``wanting the country to fail''.

set: Andy Williams accuses Barack Obama of following Marxist theory


set: India gold futures extended losses for a third day on Tuesday as investors continued to move away from the safe-haven asset after an equity rally spurred by the US plan to revive the banking system, analysts said.

set: Gold futures extend losses for third day


set: Lily Cole ditched her famous red locks and went brunette, although it's unclear if the dye job is for a movie role or just because.


set: President Barack Obama on Wednesday will propose $300 billion in accelerated or expanded tax breaks for business, a jolt of cash that he says would jump-start hiring and help revive the nation's economy.

set: Obama to propose $300 billion in tax breaks for business


set: Air Canada and Aer Lingus have signed an interline agreement to make flying between Canada and Ireland more convenient.

set: Air Canada and Aer Lingus sign interline agreement


set: Memphis singer-songwriter-bassist-actress Amy LaVere has announced upcoming West Coast tour dates in support of her latest album, this year's Stranger Me.

set: Amy LaVere announces West Coast tour dates


set: Ghana will play host to Egypt and Namibia in a three nation U-20 tournament from July 8 to July 12 at the Accra Sports Stadium.

set: Ghana hosts three-nation U-20 tournament


set: The Phoenix Suns say that they expect to hear from free agent Brent Barry by either Monday night or Tuesday morning as to which team has will be joining, the East Valley Tribune is reporting.

set: Suns expect to hear from Barry by Tuesday morning


set: Christopher Nolan has set the veteran director, Keith Gordon to adapt and helm the upcoming supernatural thriller for Warner Bros.

set: Christopher Nolan sets Keith Gordon to helm supernatural thriller


set: Hundreds of college and university students protested Friday evening outside the Quebec Liberal party convention in Quebec City.

set: Students protest outside Quebec Liberal party convention


set: ECB chief slams Cyprus rescue efforts Updated: 10:51, Friday April 5, 2013 The European Central Bank chief has hit out at what he says was a poorly managed bailout for Cyprus as protests at the crippling costs for the small Mediterranean island raged on.


set: 10:06 PM,Jun 15,2011 Ranchi, Jun 15 Monsoon today arrived in parts of Jharkhand with the weatherman predicting further advance into remaining parts of the state in the next 48 to 72 hours.


set: A law firm has acted on a deal which saved 64 jobs at one of the UK's leading supplier of print consumables.


set: Four Marshall football players have been arrested and are being held in the Western Regional Jail.


set: President Barack Obama dropped the ``car czar'' idea and will instead appoint senior administration officials to take care of the restructuring of the car industry.


set: You can watch Hull City v Liverpool live online coverage on Sky Sports news on the Sky Sports website if you have a paid-for subscription.


set: Galliford Try plc, the housebuilding and construction group, announces that its Building business has been appointed to refurbish the Alphabeta office building in Central London in a contract worth £36 million.


set: Saudi Arabia has pledged $4 billion in aid to Egypt in the form of long term loans and grants, Tanwani has said.

set: Saudi Arabia 'pledges $4 billion aid to Egypt'


set: Democratic Rep. Eric Massa of Corning, Steuben County, said today that he will resign his 29th Congressional District seat effective Monday.


set: BBC One's Strictly Come Dancing has beaten ITV's The X-Factor in the battle for Saturday night viewing figures over the weekend.

set: Strictly Come Dancing beats X-Factor in the battle for viewing figures


set: Uma Thurman is to play femme fatale Medusa.


set: ANCHORAGE, Alaska - State Troopers say an 18-year-old Savoonga woman accidentally shot her sister in both legs near Unalakleet.


set: Martin Dwyer will miss the rest of the season after breaking his right thumb and a bone in his left elbow in a mid-race fall at Leicester on Monday.

set: Martin Dwyer out for rest of season after breaking thumb in fall


set: Apple finally launched the world's thinnest smartphone, the iPhone 5, on Wednesday in front of a packed house at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.

set: Apple finally launches world's thinnest smartphone, iPhone 5


set: The euro weakened in Asia Monday as markets took a risk-averse stance on the common currency ahead of a European leaders austerity meeting later in the week and the release of Chinese economic data.


set: New York, May 23 With the rise in working poverty rates and genuine employment declining, the situation for workers is deteriorating in occupied Arab territories of West-Asia, International Labour Organisation has said.

set: Situation of workers is deteriorating in West Asia:


set: Gov. Timothy M. Kaine announced today a new regulation to protect clam and oyster production in seaside waters of the Eastern Shore.

set: Kaine announces new regulation for protecting clam, oyster production


set: Firefighters say a space heater is to blame for a house fire in northeast Houston overnight.


set: An Aberdeen mother fears her disabled son will be left to ``rot away'' after being hit six times by city council cutbacks.


set: 10/26/2011 1:30:21 PM - Tema, Oct. 25, GNA - A Policeman narrowly escaped death on Monday after the vehicle he was driving got involved in an accident.


set: Police are investigating the death of a man who died of a gunshot wound, police said.

set: Police investigating man who died of gunshot wound


set: THE national Christmas holiday road toll has jumped to 25 with accidents today in Victoria, Queensland and NSW.


set: London's 2012 Paralympics has ended with a fiery finale and official handover to 2016 host, Rio de Janeiro.

set: London 2012 Paralympics end with fiery finale


set: The NFL and its players' union agreed Thursday, Feb. 17, 2011, to mediation in their labor dispute, two weeks before the collective bargaining agreement expires.


set: ESPN has launched Watch ESPN in Brazil, a product designed to add value to operators' broadband services and gain new pay-TV subscriptions with ESPN packages.


set: Mayor Emanuel is backing off his plan to raise fines on unruly demonstrators at the Nato-G8 summit and beyond, and in explaining why, WLS Radio's Bill Cameron says the Mayor sounds like someone else we know.

set: Emanuel backs off his plan to raise fines during G8


set: The Ottawa-based thinktank's 12th annual report, released Thursday, finds that average family debt has hit $100,000 and the debtto-income ratio is 150 per cent, meaning that for every $1,000 in after-tax income they make, Canadian families owe $1,500.


set: A network of trade facilities burned in Baku last night in Sharifzadeh settlement near Inshaatchilar metro station, a source at Yasamal fire security department of Ministry of Emergency Situation of Azerbaijan said.

set: Network of trade facilities burns in Baku


set: A 50-year-old Italian man who lives in Zabbar pled not guilty to voluntarily damaging 2 cars earlier this month.

set: Italian man pleads not guilty to damaging 2 cars


set: DURHAM will host a major cultural celebration to mark 25 years as a World Heritage Site from today.

set: Durham marks 25 years as World Heritage Site


set: New York - James Rizzi the American 'Pop Artist' known for creating vibrant and colorful, almost cartoon-like drawings, has died aged 61 in New York.


set: Two women injured Tuesday in a three-vehicle wreck were listed in good condition Wednesday at OSF Saint Francis Medical Center.

set: Women injured in wreck are in good condition


set: Residents of a group of villages called Ritavi attacked the Eskom workers on Wednesday, Lt-Col Ronel Otto said.


set: Daryl Gates, the controversial chief of the Los Angeles Police Department during a turbulent time for the department, has died at 83.

set: Former lapd chief daryl Gates dies at 83


set: A pizza delivery driver was robbed at gunpoint Friday near a residence on Market Street.

set: Pizza delivery driver robbed at gunpoint


set: A Cape Air plane heading to Provincetown made an emergency landing at Barnstable Municipal Airport yesterday afternoon when a landing gear indicator light did not go on.


set: The Ohio Attorney General is warning parents after a series of child lurings across the state.

set: Ohio Attorney General warns parents about child lurings


set: A HEARTBROKEN mother says no sentence will be good enough for the driver who killed her three-year-old son in an horrific head-on car crash.


set: Barcelona leads Al-Sadd 2-0 at half-time in their FIFA World Club Championships semi-finals clash.


set: Cattle futures prices continue to set new record high prices, with the cash market not far behind.


set: The Bank of Lithuania on September 6 approved new guidelines on advertising financial services, which aim to boost the quality of advertising and improve the provision of information to potential customers.

set: Bank of Lithuania approves guidelines on financial services advertising


set: Athens - A technical problem prevented flights from taking off at Greek airports on Sunday morning, aviation authorities said.

set: Technical problem prevents flights from taking off in greece


set: MSN Movie News reports that Keira Knightley has signed on to play a clone in an upcoming sci-fi movie called Never Let Me Go.


set: Former Baywatch star Carmen Electra has settled a lawsuit she brought against the Naked Women's Wrestling League and others, whom she claimed owed her money.

set: Carmen Electra settles with the Naked Women's Wrestling League


set: The Tarbela Dam reached its dead level on Wednesday, putting the maturity of standing crops of wheat in the federating units of the Punjab and Sindh in jeopardy and threatening to have an overall adverse impact on wheat production.


set: An Australian technologist has claimed that Facebook can track the web pages you visit, even when you are logged out of the social networking giant.

set: Facebook tracks you even when you're logged out:


set: ``It is foolish talk that the NPP is going round propagating that I will control Mills and kill him if Ghanaians vote for Mills, and give power to my wife'', he said.


set: AC Milan are trying to sell AC Mila forward Klaas Jan Huntelaar according to an Italian agent.


set: Three men indicted separately on sex offense charges went before a judge via video on Monday in Kennebec County Superior Court.


set: A lady constable was beaten to death by a mentally-challenged woman prisoner in a police station.

set: Lady constable beaten to death by prisoner


set: A Panhandle sheriff says he will follow the request of three federal judges and stop greeting their potential jurors.

set: Panhandle sheriff says he'll stop greeting jurors


set: The dollar fell against the euro and other major currencies on Monday amid news that the US budget deficit is set to reach a record this year as the country's economy sags.


set: Con Edison set a record yesterday for September peak electricity demand, reaching a high of 11,389 megawatts at 5 pm, surpassing the previous record of 11,149 megawatts set at 5 pm on September 15, 2005.

set: Con Edison sets record for September electricity demand


set: President Dmitry Medvedev on Wednesday congratulated Russian Jews on Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year festival, for their contribution to society.

set: Medvedev congratulates Russian Jews on Rosh Hashanah


set: Newton County deputies said a 9-month-old baby is in critical condition after being attacked by raccoons in her crib.


set: Bill Tyson said he felt he had been ``fighting a losing battle'' and said the city had been ``kicked in the teeth''.


set: South African runner Caster Semenya will keep her 800-meter gold medal from the world championships, and she'll keep the results of her gender tests to herself, the South African sports ministry said today.


set: The Senate yesterday approved Prof. Sam Rugege as the new Chief Justice for an eight-year non-renewable term.


set: Police are searching for a student accused of stabbing a classmate at a Galveston County high school hallway Thursday afternoon.

set: Police search for student accused of stabbing classmate


set: Robert Pattinson is following in the tradition of soap-dodging male stars including Johnny Depp and Brad Pitt by stinking up the set of new movie New Moon, according to crew members.

set: Robert Pattinson's 'stinks' on the set of new Moon


set: STEPHANE Sessegnon has reiterated that he has unfinished business at Sunderland despite continued speculation over his future.

set: Stephane Sessegnon has unfinished business at Sunderland


set: Dutch consultancy Ecofys has sold its Wave Rotor technology to IHC Merwede, global leader in the specialist maritime engineering sector.


set: The hryvnia exchange rate on the interbank currency market fell to UAH 8.24/$1 on Wednesday from UAH 8.13/$1 after trading on Tuesday.

set: Hryvnia exchange rate on interbank market falls to hr 8.24/$1 on Wednesday


set: A new American immigration bill threatens the future of Indian outsourcing, Indian companies say, because it will limit the number of foreign workers they can bring to the United States.

set: New American bill threatens Indian outsourcing companies


set: Robert Pattinson has denied reports that he is secretly dating his Twilight co-star Kristen Stewart, insisting he is still completely single.


set: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran's president, has urged President Barack Obama to see Iran as a potential friend and has said that he will seek leniency for three American hikers who strayed across the Iranian border.

set: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad urges Barack Obama to see Iran as friend


set: The US Senate on Friday passed a mammoth housing rescue bill aimed at helping thousands of Americans to keep their homes, amid a deepening mortgage foreclosure crisis.

set: US Senate passes mammoth housing rescue bill


set: Mobile phone use has been declared safe by a scientist who claims consumers were also initially suspicious of electronics such as microwaves.


set: Iraq's largely autonomous Kurdistan region opened a new oil refinery on Saturday, with a projected capacity of 40,000 barrels per day, the director of the group that built the refinery said.


set: Beloved wacky comedian turned bald, boring game show host Howie Mandel was hospitalized yesterday in Toronto for an irregular heartbeat.


set: Jockey Michael Baze, a member of the famed Baze riding family in western United States,has been found dead in his car at Churchill Downs racecourse in Kentucky.

set: Michael Baze found dead at Churchill Downs


set: Christians in Ghana are on Sunday celebrating Easter, the resurrection of Jesus Christ, which is the most important Christian festival, and the one celebrated with great joy.


set: Israel has decided to open an embassy in Turkmenistan, for the first time since the two countries established diplomatic ties over 15 years ago, the Foreign Ministry said Wednesday.


set: MOUNT KISCO, NY, USA, and TOKYO, Japan I April 25, 2013 I Perosphere Inc. and Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited announced today that they have entered into a clinical trial agreement under which Daiichi Sankyo will support and co-sponsor a phase 1 clinical study testing the safety, tolerability and effectiveness of PER977 to reverse the anticoagulant activity of edoxaban, Daiichi Sankyo's investigational oral, once-daily, direct factor Xa-inhibitor.

set: Daiichi Sankyo to support and co-sponsor phase 1 clinical study


set: If passed, a new initiative is would tighten immigration laws in California.

set: New initiative would tighten immigration laws


set: Martin Luther King III visited Mani Bhavan in Mumbai on Thursday, where Gandhiji stayed while in town.

set: Martin Luther King III visits Mani Bhavan in Mumbai


set: JOURNALISTS in Pakistan will be allowed to carry guns following the death of a reporter who investigated the military's links with al Qaeda, Pakistan's Geo News reported today.

set: Journalists in Pakistan allowed to carry guns


set: Maple Leaf Foods commented on the government's new listeria policy released today, which is an essential next step towards higher levels of safety in the meat industry.

set: Maple Leaf Foods comments on government's new listeria policy


set: The rupee, which recorded its biggest single-day gain in three years on Friday, may recoup to 54-54.50 level against the dollar this week on the back of positive outcomes from Euro summit along with improved domestic sentiment, say experts.


set: Two people were shot to death yesterday afternoon in an apparent domestic dispute in Zionville by a man who fled but was captured a few hours later, Watauga County authorities said.

set: Two people shot to death in Watauga County


set: Secretary of State Brian P. Kemp visited Swainsboro on Wednesday, July 6 on his way back from a long weekend with his family at St. Simons.


set: Ted Reynolds, a fixture on CBC sports television for 35 years, has died at the age of 83.


set: Earlier this week, Bethenny Frankel filed for divorce from Jason Hoppy, TMZ reports.


set: BILLIONAIRE packaging king Richard Pratt has died aged 74 following a battle with prostate cancer, a family spokesman has announced.

set: Billionaire packing king Richard Pratt dies


set: QR National will float at $2.55 a share on Monday, generating $4.6 billion for the Queensland government, Premier Anna Bligh told reporters in Brisbane on Saturday.


set: The manager of a Phoenix apartment complex was found dead in a vacant apartment he had been keeping an eye on overnight.


set: The army has moved from Nathalia to Barmah on the Victoria-NSW border where nine properties are at risk of flooding, to place them closer to where they're needed.


set: The US space shuttle Endeavour and its crew of six astronauts has blasted off for the International Space Station to deliver a module dubbed Tranquility.


set: Queen legend Brian May remembered his friend and late lead singer Freddie Mercury at the Asian Awards.

set: Queen legend Brian May remembers Freddie Mercury


set: Brawl breaks out during Ukrainian parliament session Opposition lawmakers clash with deputies of the pro-presidential majority during a parliament session in Kiev, Ukraine, on Tuesday.


set: A couple from Connecticut is accused of smuggling a baby into the country from Guatemala.

set: Couple accused of smuggling baby from Guatemala


set: A TORNADO hit the municipalities of Estancia, Carles, Barotac Nuevo, and Barangay Jaro, all from Iloilo province, around 11:30 am Tuesday.


set: Show host and This Morning presenter Phillip Schofield told viewers today how he thought the 38-year-old was ``on the brink of fainting'' after the former rugby player postponed an appearance on the ITV show to receive further medical attention.


set: Death is the inevitable consequence of being alive, which means that all of us who are living will one day sooner or later say bye-bye to this world.

set: Death is inevitable consequence of being alive


set: The Uptown, 3700 Broadway, celebrates its 80th birthday this week.


set: A man accused of threatening President Barack Obama is expected to appear in federal court in Las Vegas following his arrest in southern Nevada.

set: Man accused of threatening president Barack Obama due in court in Las Vegas


set: During a survey conducted by The Regional Times, it was learnt that the illegal hunting of precious birds is continuing in different areas of Daharki.

set: Illegal hunting of birds continues in Daharki


set: The Honduran Congress has voted not to allow the reinstatement of ousted President Manuel Zelaya, a move that closes the door on his return to power after he was toppled in a June coup.


set: Samajwadi Party, whose 39 MPs can play a crucial role in helping the government if the Left parties withdraws support, on Monday said it would be open to giving a fresh look at the Indo-US nuclear deal, a statement that is seen as not being opposed to the Congress.

set: SP open to giving fresh look to nuclear deal


set: As expected, Canucks winger Mason Raymond has filed for salary arbitration.


set: Virginia Tech starting center Andrew Miller underwent successful ankle surgery Sunday morning to help repair a Maisonneuve fracture that he suffered in Saturday's win over Duke.

set: Miller undergoes successful ankle surgery


set: GARY GOLD admits he is enjoying the pressure of rugby's relegation race as his Newcastle Falcons side prepare for Saturday's decider at London Wasps.

set: Gary Gold is enjoying the pressure of relegation race


set: Australian country music singer Keith Urban has revealed that he just cannot wait to become a father.

set: Keith Urban just cant wait to become a father


set: More than 30 million cars have crossed the Rio-Antirrio bridge, more formally known as the ``Harilaos Trikoupis Bridge'', since it was first officially opened to traffic exactly seven years ago, the bridge operator said in an announcement on Friday.

set: More than 30 million cars have crossed Rio-Antirrio bridge since it first opened


set: A power station near Middlesbrough has been sold to French merger partners Gaz de France and Suez.


set: A 25-year-old Carlisle man was arrested Tuesday after leading police on a high speed chase through Perry County.

set: Carlisle man arrested after high speed chase


set: Luke Martinez made 6 of 10 shots from 3-point range and scored 20 points to lead Wyoming to a 66-49 victory against Bradley on Saturday night in the Mountain West-Missouri Valley Challenge.

set: Martinez scores 20 points to lead Wyoming to 66-49 victory over Bradley


set: The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has proposed tougher regulations that cancel previous reporting exemptions for funds, commodity pools and commodity trading advisers.

set: Cftc proposes canceling reporting exemptions


set: msnphnews US unexpectedly sheds 95,000 jobs in September:


set: Federal aviation officials say a Universal Airlines plane has crashed landed in Cold Bay without landing gear extended.


set: ``The introduction of the base rate regime is a welcome step towards bringing better transparency of the minimum lending rate across banks. This has to be viewed from 2 angles -- impact on the existing borrowers and new For existing borrowers, this is not expected to make any difference to the rate at which existing loans have been contracted. What remains to be seen is rate switchover that banks would use when loans come up for renewal as existing rates are expected to continue as they are, unless anyone has rates lower than base rate. For new borrowers, base rate will apply. However, as borrowing rates in the economy have not changed, no substantial difference is expected between BPLR linked rates and new regime''.

set: Introduction of base rate regime is welcome step:


set: PTI Feb 16, 2013, 01.01PM IST Mobile Internet services were restored in the Kashmir Valley after remaining suspended for a week in the wake of hanging of Parliament attack convict Mohammad Afzal Guru.

set: Mobile Internet services restored in Kashmir Valley


set: Crude oil prices held steady in New York Wednesday morning, remaining above $104 per barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.


set: Violinist Joshua Bell, renowned as a ``classical music superstar'', will join one of the world's leading chamber orchestras, The Academy of St Martin in the Fields, to perform Beethoven's ``Overture to Coriolan, Op. 62'' and ``Symphony No. 7 in A, Op. 92'' and Mendelssohn's ``Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64'' in Hong Kong in June.

set: Joshua Bell and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields to perform in June


set: Siberia sent Bulgaria ferocious cold instead of the long-awaited natural gas.


set: German unemployment fell again in September, helped by the usual seasonal decline that accompanies the end of the summer holiday period, the Federal Labor Office reported Wednesday.

set: German unemployment falls again in September


set: Free agent outfielder Jermaine Dye wanted to play for the Mariners this season, reports ESPN's Mike Salk, but his interest in the club was unrequited.

set: Jermaine Dye wants to play for the Mariners


set: US ties Sweden 1-1 at Algarve Cup There was a familiar face on the sidelines of the US women's match.


set: After her predecessor Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee questioned her honesty, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday hit back saying that the erstwhile Left Front regime was a 'mountain of corruption'.

set: Left Front was a mountain of corruption:


set: Zimbabwe will issue new bank notes from August 1 that will knock 10 zeros off the dollar and revalue a 10 billion zimdollar note to equal one zimdollar, the Central Bank governor said.


set: State police at Carlisle are investigating an early morning mobile home fire in Shippensburg Township.

set: Police investigate mobile home fire in Shippensburg


set: AP Release BMW is recalling almost 570,000 cars in the US and Canada because a battery cable connector can fail and cause the engines to stall.

set: BMW recalls 570,000 cars in US and Canada


set: Girls Gone Wild named Kelli Reichel as 2011's ``Hottest Girl in America.''

set: Girls Gone Wild names Hottest Girl in America


set: Austrian brothers Andreas and Wolfgang Linger have won their second consecutive Olympic gold medal in doubles luge.


set: Eurostar presents Traction -- curated by internationally renowned DJ Gilles Peterson.


set: Researchers at German Research Centre for Environmental Health have revealed that new nerve cells originate from neural stem cells after a brain injury.

set: New nerve cells originate from neural stem cells after brain injury


set: Grace United Methodist Church will be sponsoring a free movie night on Sunday, October 18 at the church located on the corner of Oak and Broad Streets.

set: Grace United Methodist church sponsoring free movie night


set: Peter Mandelson was accused of losing touch with reality yesterday for suggesting his Royal Mail sell-off could win Labour the next election.

set: Peter Mandelson accused of losing touch with reality


set: USF Holland, a subsidiary of YRC Worldwide Inc. , announced today the launch of a new Guaranteed Window Delivery service.

set: Usf Holland launches new Guaranteed window delivery service


set: An exhibition on Ottoman carpets with Romanian heritage opened its doors in the Turkish capital of Ankara on Thursday.

set: Exhibition on Ottoman carpets with Romanian heritage opens in Ankara


set: Nepal and Botswana have established diplomatic relations on Thursday, Permanent Mission of Nepal to the United Nations said.

set: Nepal, Botswana establish diplomatic relations


set: Delhi will miss the March deadline to completely phase out the Blueline buses, an official said here Wednesday.

set: Delhi to miss deadline to phase out Blueline buses


set: A Scranton man was arrested for three separate incidents within six days in late March and early April.

set: Scranton man arrested for three separate incidents


set: Liverpool midfielder Jonjo Shelvey is keen to make his mark again on the first team after a frustrating month on the sidelines, Liverpool's official website reports.

set: Shelvey keen to make his mark again at Liverpool


set: Kate Middleton and Prince William are expecting their first child together, the palace announced Monday.

set: Kate Middleton and Prince William expecting first child


set: Carl Crawford's rehab on his surgically repaired wrist took a step back yesterday when he aggravated his wrist.


set: US Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is doing well after two surgeries this weekend: a tracheotomy and a repair to fractures in the right eye, doctors at University Medical Center in Tucson, Ariz., said at a news conference on Monday.

set: Giffords doing well after two surgeries over weekend


set: Bollywood's child actor Darsheel Safary felt like a true hero in his upcoming movie Zokkomon, which was much harder to shoot than Taare Zameen Par.

set: Darsheel Safary felt like a true hero in Zokkomon


set: Digital-distribution company Macrovision has bought entertainment discovery service Muze for $16.5 million in cash.

set: Macrovision buys metadata provider Muze for $16.5 million


set: A judge on Wednesday approved Madonna's adoption of a Malawian boy she met in an orphanage in2006.

set: Judge approves Madonna's adoption of Malawian boy


set: Against the backdrop of stiff opposition by Trinamool Congress to various key issues, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday expressed confidence that ''temporary problems'' would be overcome.


set: A 20-year-old woman died after taking diet pills containing the same stimulant that contributed to the death of London Marathon runner Claire Squires.


set: Communist-ruled Cuba has signed two UN human rights pacts passed more than 40 years ago in an unprecedented gesture which came just days after Raul Castro took over as president.


set: That Palin is breaking her media silence on Fox is of course not surprising -- she is a paid contributor to the network and Hannity is likely to provide a sympathetic audience for the former vice presidential candidate after a week of criticisms from the left and right about her eight-minute video response to the events in Arizona.

set: Palin to break media silence to Sean Hannity


set: UK house prices rise by 1.2% in October and yet remain 0.3% lower than they were at the same time last year, say Halifax experts.


set: YADKINVILLE-A Wilkesboro man was critically injured Thursday afternoon on US 421 in Yadkin County when his parked NC Department of Transportation pickup truck was hit by a tractor-trailer loaded with lumber, according to Trooper SO Moncus of the NC Highway Patrol.

set: Wilkesboro man critically injured in Yadkin County


set: A woman was injured by lightning Wednesday while on a golf course in Port Orange.

set: Woman injured by lightning on golf course


set: Like the clingy ex-girlfriend who just won't stop showing up at your office, Bush is going to officially endorse John McCain tomorrow.


set: The Treasury will auction $151 billion in new debt and reopen $30 billion in notes originally issued in March.

set: Treasury will auction $151 billion of new debt


set: The stock markets faced pressure after a buoyant start as investors adopted a cautious approach ahead of the Reserve Bank's annual monetary policy review.


set: Notre Dame quarterback Tommy Rees reportedly entered a not guilty plea on Thursday morning for the four misdemeanor counts he faces after an early May arrest.

set: Notre Dame qb Rees enters not guilty plea


set: Network equipment maker Adtran has expanded its Carrier Ethernet product portfolio.

set: Adtran expands Carrier Ethernet product portfolio


set: Vernon held off a last inning rally by Windsor.


set: Reports show that rail passenger numbers actually increased this summer.


set: On 08/08/2011, George Demos announced that he filed his candidacy to run for the United States Congress in 2012.

set: George Demos files candidacy to run for us Congress in 2012


set: VOLUNTEERS are urgently needed to help out at the Children's Society charity shop on Outram Street in Sutton.


set: Austria said Sunday it has taken Spanish cucumbers off the shelves of some 30 stores amid an outbreak of bacteria poisoning blamed for 10 deaths in neighbouring Germany.

set: Austria takes Spanish cucumbers off shelves


set: New Delhi, Sep 9 To provide an ``exciting'' new face to tourism in India, the government Wednesday issued guidelines on ``niche tourism products'' like caravan and heliport tourism.

set: Government issues guidelines on niche tourism


set: Leeds United recent signing Danny Webber says he turned down lucrative offers of a move abroad to join Leeds last week.

set: Webber turned down lucrative offers to join Leeds


set: A Chinese government report unveiled in the US on Tuesday has argued that China must import more coal as a means of conserving resources and lessening environmental risks.


set: On the strength of an offensive outburst, the Billerica High girls lacrosse team toppled Dracut by an 18-6 score to win their third straight contest.


set: EDF Energy has reduced prices for its residential electricity only customers without gas mains in London, and the southeast and the southwest parts of the UK, by up to GBP24 per year.

set: EDF Energy reduces prices for residential customers without gas mains


set: In a new short video clip, Rupert Grint introduces the new Harry Potter video game website brought to you by the video game makers, EA video games.

set: Rupert Grint introduces Harry Potter video game website!


set: Howard Stern may have to take a significant pay cut, Sirius XM chief financial officer David Frear said, according to Reuters, at an investor conference in New York.

set: Will howard Stern have to take a pay cut?


set: The Salvation Army in Escondido is asking for donations of canned food, toys or cash so that it can provide 850 needy families with Christmas baskets of food and gifts.


set: A DAD stabbed a drug dealer who he believed had pushed his beloved daughter into the seedy world of prostitution and drugs.


set: President Bush is sending Vice President Dick Cheney to the Middle East, following on last week's trip to the region by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.


set: The deep-baritone Cronkite died Friday at his New York home at 92; his family had said he was ill with cerebrovascular disease.


set: Augustana will announce its new football coach at a news conference 11 am Wednesday in Kresge Recital Hall in the Humanities building on the school campus.

set: Augustana to announce new football coach Wednesday


set: Undertrials who are facing murder charges will have to wear uniforms in prison, Bombay High Court has said.

set: 'Undertrials on murder charges will have to wear uniforms'


set: Cupid has been working overtime the past several decades in a Minnesota neighborhood where six couples are celebrating more than 50 years of marriage.

set: Couples celebrate over 50 years of marriage


set: Business review and rating Web site operator Yelp is reportedly facing a class action lawsuit alleging that it extorted money from companies in return for suppressing negative reviews.


set: Google electricity meter will empower users by giving them exact knowledge as to how much electricity they consume.


set: A radiation hotspot has been detected in Tokyo, officials said on Thursday, but authorities said it may not be linked to the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant.


set: The Titanic II, a replica of the original ocean liner, will set sail in 2016.


set: A Loxahatchee man who took part in an immigrant smuggling trip in which one man drowned off the coast of Palm Beach was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison today.

set: Loxahatchee man who took part in smuggling trip sentenced to 10 years


set: Logicscope, the provider of post-trade STP between trading venues and their customers, adds Equities assets to TradeSTP, its award-winning post-trade STP platform.


set: Hindalco can touch Rs 143-145, says Shardul Kulkarni of Angel Broking.


set: Much to the relief of motorists, gasoline prices are tumbling.


set: Spirit AeroSystems said Wednesday that it is outsourcing some of its IT work to IBM, a move that will result in the elimination of jobs for 37 Spirit employees and 15 contractors.

set: Spirit will outsource some IT work to IBM


set: A Danish football player was Tuesday reported to be in a coma after being hit by lightning during a practice match.

set: Danish football player in coma after being hit by lightning


set: Xcite Energy announced changes today to its rig contract for Phase 1B of the Bentley oil development programme, which will better suit the work planned.

set: Xcite Energy announces changes to rig contract for Bentley development


set: A new study has revealed that 8 out of 10 American diners were willing to pay more to eat at 'green' restaurants.

set: 8 out of 10 us diners willing to pay more to eat at 'green' restaurants!


set: By : yahoo.com The Senate on Wednesday passed a $149 billion package of jobless aid and tax breaks, as Democrats continued efforts to lower the 9.7 percent unemployment rate before congressional elections in November.

set: Senate passes $149 billion for jobless aid (reuters)


set: UnitedHealth Group today reported second quarter results, highlighted by continued strong and well-diversified revenue growth.

set: UnitedHealth Group reports second quarter results


set: A July 2008 survey conducted by a research firm indicated that majority of Australians support access to late abortion and did not support penalising doctors who performed late abortions.

set: Majority of Australians support access to late abortion


set: Azerbaijan, Baku, Feb. 16/ Trend News, J. Babayeva/ Azerbaijani Central Election Commission has launched a commission to cast lots to distribute air time allotted for referendum campaign groups.

set: Azerbaijani Central Election commission launches commission to cast lots to distribute air time for referendum groups


set: Gold hit a record high above $1,000 an ounce on Thursday and oil reached an all-time peak over $110 a barrel as a historically weak dollar and falling equities triggered a flight to commodity markets.

set: Gold hits record over $1,000, oil above $110


set: The Chinese consumer market will send mixed signals and might see some confusion in 2013, as the performance of the different sectors won't move synchronously during the year, said an analyst from UBS Investment Research.

set: Consumer market to send mixed signals in 2013:


set: The Manatee Chamber of Commerce is planning to send a delegation to Washington, DC next week to advocate on behalf of the county on issues like flood control, healthcare and beach renourishment.

set: Manatee Chamber of Commerce plans to send delegation to Washington


set: The newest Somerville time capsule was sealed last week at a special ceremony in front of Borough Hall.

set: Somerville time capsule sealed in special ceremony


set: A medical examiner in Wisconsin has been arrested after keeping a human body part obtained from an autopsy for use in training a dog, the Wausau Daily Herald is reporting.

set: Medical examiner arrested for keeping body part


set: New Zealand cricketer Jesse Ryder has emerged from an induced coma and spoken with family members two days after being critically injured in a brutal attack outside a Christchurch bar.


set: POLLMost companies allow work from home, survey says Most companies are not following Yahoo!'s controversial move to end telecommuting and bring workers back to the office, according to a survey released Monday.

set: Pollmost companies allow work from home, survey says


set: Sri Lanka dropped Sanath Jayasuriya from its squad on Wednesday for this month's Asia Cup and recalled left-arm spinner Rangana Herath nearly six years after he last played a one-day international.


set: Despite a positive close on Wall Street overnight, the Australian stock market is trading weak on Thursday with investors pressing sales at several front line counters amid lingering concerns about euro zone debt worries.


set: People are starting to buy homes again, lifting a battered industry that is bracing for its worst sales year in more than a decade.


set: An Excise Officer who accepted Rs 50,000 as a gratification not to indict two suspects in a Higher Court for possessing heroin was remanded till October 16 by the Colombo Chief Magistrate Nishantha Hapuarachchi.


set: Hawthorn defender Campbell Brown has put the drama of a turbulent trade week behind him and joined senior teammates in an early start to pre-season.

set: Hawthorn's Campbell Brown puts turbulent trade week behind him


set: Microsoft is planning to open 75 more retail stores over the next two to three years.


set: Record crowds at the Galway powerboat festival have exceeded all expectations, putting the event well on track to delivering 10 million euro to the local economy.

set: Record crowds at powerboat festival exceed all expectations


set: Felix Rosenqvist has committed to taking part in the Masters of Formula 3 at Zandvoort, putting an end to speculation that he would miss the event.

set: Felix Rosenqvist commits to Formula 3 Masters at Zandvoort


set: A horse crashed through the windscreen of an elderly woman's car during a night-time accident on a road in New Zealand.


set: Paris Hilton has been officially charged with felony possession of a controlled substance following her arrest in Las Vegas on Friday night.


set: Technical Analyst, Ashwani Gujral is of the view that Fortis Healthcare has support at Rs 66.


set: For the final time, the space shuttle Endeavour launches into orbit.

set: Space shuttle Endeavour launches into orbit


set: SAN DIEGO ― San Diego will remain home to Comic-Con for the next five years.


set: Rain halted play for the second time today in the third ODI between Pakistan and Sri Lanka at the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo.

set: Rain halts play between Pakistan and Sri Lanka


set: Men shot in Sydney known to police Updated: 07:38, Saturday April 27, 2013 Police say four men who have been shot outside a home in Sydney's west are known to them.


set: The Allman Brothers Band has cancelled its upcoming Bonnaroo appearance.

set: The Allman Brothers cancel Bonnaroo appearance


set: Jammu Several mines exploded along the Line of Control when a fire broke out in the area, defence officials said on Monday.

set: Several mines explode along Line of Control


set: EA has opened a new studio that will focus on using the Frostbite 2 Engine in its games.


set: Former South African President Nelson Mandela has been discharged from a hospital after an improvement in his condition, The South African presidency said Saturday.


set: MILAN, Sep 29 Former Ferrari engineer Nigel Stepney, accused of sabotage and leaking confidential data to McLaren in a 2007 spy scandal, has been given a jail sentence after a plea bargain, local media said today.

set: Former Ferrari engineer Stepney given jail sentence


set: Florida sophomore safety Matt Elam was named to the Jim Thorpe Award watch list on Monday, the National College Football Awards Association announced.

set: Florida s Matt Elam named to Jim Thorpe award watch list


set: President Obama, refusing to yield to the demands of Tea Party agitators, has once again failed to appoint a Deist to the Supreme Court.

set: Obama fails to appoint Deist to Supreme court


set: With almost two thirds of the British population unhappy with their bodies, cult Australian weight loss support Coffee Shape is launching in the UK.

set: Australian weight-loss Coffee launches in the UK


set: A number of international yacht owners have managed to cast aside the world's economic woes with 10 international applications for entry so far for this year's 64th Rolex Sydney Hobart - and all but one are first time nominations for Australia's premier blue water event.

set: International yacht owners cast aside world's economic woes


set: Reliable sources in the army told that Security Forces have also managed to disconnect communication links between the Taliban and their Commander.

set: Security forces disconnect communication links between Taliban and commander


set: A gun raffle for a girl's community rugby team is provoking a backlash from educators in St. George who say it's foolish and in poor taste.

set: Gun raffle for girl's rugby team provokes backlash


set: Snow battered London Heathrow Airport is expected to start recovery today.


set: Mexico, which has monopoly power over its oil production and sales, has the world's highest level of energy security, according to a US Chamber of Commerce study of the largest energy-consuming nations.

set: Mexico has world's highest level of energy security


set: Music maestro AR Rahman, who is who is in Sydney for a free concert to bridge relations between India and Australia, gave safety tips to people.


set: Ave Maria University is cutting ties with a campus religious group after allegations surfaced that the group's supervising nun engaged in an inappropriate relationship with a female student.

set: Ave Maria University cuts off ties with group


set: Exaserv, a global provider of human capital management solutions, today announced an agreement with SAP AG through which Exaserv will offer its Exalerate™ solution, which is based on the SAP® ERP Human Capital Management solution, via a subscription-based price model.


set: ``The Government of India is scheduled to present the Union Budget for FY12-13 on Mar. 16, 2012. Major challenge for the government will be to maintain the growth momentum, besides controlling fiscal deficit and encouraging capital inflows on the backdrop of lack of investment momentum, subdued tax and non-tax revenue generation along with ballooning subsidy burden. We expect some progress in policy reforms from the budget which may create optimistic sentiment. Full implementation of the Direct Tax Code and the Goods and Services Tax are less likely to be introduced in this budget due to implementation issues. However, positive measures for the rural economy, infrastructure development and educational sectors are likely to continue on the back of 2014 election.

set: We expect some progress in policy reforms from the budget :


set: Nicktoons Network has renewed Wolverine and the X-Men, acquiring the next 26 episodes of the series after it helped garner the network's highest April ratings in its history.

set: Nicktoons renews ``Wolverine and the X-Men'';


set: Housing starts fell 1.5% in July, according to Commerce Department data, reverting back to declines after a huge gain in June.


set: NEW YORK Republican White House hopeful Tim Pawlenty charged on Tuesday that President Barack Obama has mishandled the 'Arab Spring' and that prospects for Middle East peace have dimmed on the Democrat's watch.


set: An American fugitive and 1970s militant suspected of hijacking a plane has been captured in Portugal after over four decades on the run.


set: Associated Press Senate Democrats are pushing to reopen some unemployment offices that closed amid a shift to offering more services by computer, but they acknowledge the governor's opposition will likely stop their effort.

set: Senate pushes to reopen some unemployment offices


set: Tesco Bank has launched its second retail bond, an eight year inflation linker that tracks the UK's retail price index.


set: A pro-Thaksin website carrying a picture of the Manchester City owner looking upbeat and making the victory sign suggested Mr Thaksin would return to Thailand on Thursday.

set: Ex-prime minister Thaksin 'returning to Thailand'


set: Virginia Republican gubernatorial nominee Ken Cuccinelli challenged Vice President Joe Biden to a debate, following Biden's visit to the state to stump for Democrat Terry McAuliffe.


set: Defence workers in Lancashire have spoken of their disappointment at the closure of a major manufacturing factory in Yorkshire.


set: The Turkish government is revising the VAT exemption for coils bought from local producers provided that the end product is exported.

set: Turkish government revising VAT exemption


set: The Alabama Supreme Court today affirmed without comment the murder conviction and life sentence of an illegal immigrant convicted in the grisly killing of a Marshall County man.

set: Alabama Supreme Court affirms murder conviction of illegal immigrant


set: WGL Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiary, Capitol Energy Ventures Corp., today announced its equity investment in Constitution Pipeline Company, LLC. The fully subscribed natural gas pipeline project will transport natural gas from the Marcellus region in northern Pennsylvania to major northeastern markets.

set: WGL Holdings, Inc. announces investment in Constitution Pipeline


set: Endangered Houston toads, which disappeared from Houston in the 70s, are released near Austin, Texas.


set: After facing two days of noisy protests by Cuba solidarity activists, opposition blogger Yoani Sanchez visited the Brazilian Congress in Brasilia yesterday in what she saw as ``a new beginning'' for her bumpy tour across of the South American giant, reported DPA news on Wednesday.


set: A juvenile charged with a violent crime has no state constitutional right to a jury trial, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday.

set: Juveniles charged with violent crime have no right to jury trial


set: Mexico issued a hurricane warning for the strip of coast from just south of Manzanillo to near Puerto Vallarta.


set: Coldplay wouldn't allow one their songs to be used in 'Glee' -- but changed their minds once the show took off.

set: Coldplay wouldn't allow songs to be used in Glee


set: Omnicom Group and Interpublic Group, two of the world's largest advertising companies, are cutting thousands of jobs in the face of an advertising downturn that is shaping up as the worst since 2000.

set: Omnicom and Interpublic to cut thousands of jobs


set: A man pleaded guilty in federal court this week to a tax fraud scheme that took advantage of elderly Hmong immigrants to bilk the IRS out of more than $100,000, according to the US Attorney's Office.


set: State Rep. Dan Moul, R-Conewago Township, announced Friday he is seeking re-election in the 91st District of the Pennsylvania House of Representative, which includes parts of Adams and Franklin counties.


set: German stocks rose after a report that showed the German economy unexpectedly grew in the first quarter and companies from Deutsche Telekom AG to Allianz SE reported earnings that beat expectations.


set: Oil fell below US$77 a barrel today, dragged down by a stronger dollar and weaker gold prices, which dampened other commodities and outweighed upbeat news on the US economy.

set: Oil falls below US$77 on stronger dollar


set: Rafael Nadal won his fifth straight Barcelona Open title yesterday, beating fellow Spaniard David Ferrer, 6-2, 7-5.

set: Nadal wins fifth straight Barcelona Open


set: Schlumberger, the world's largest oilfield services company, is in advanced talks to acquire smaller rival Smith International Inc, The Wall Street Journal reported today, citing people familiar with the negotiations.

set: Schlumberger in advanced talks to acquire Smith International: report


set: Miami Dolphins defensive end Jason Taylor will play in this month's Principal Charity Classic at Glen Oaks Country Club in West Des Moines.

set: Jason Taylor to play in Principal Charity Classic


set: There is nothing special about this particular GetReligion post, other than the fact that this is post No. 4000 in the history of this here weblog.


set: A North Wales man was sentenced Wednesday to five years in prison for possession of child pornography.

set: North Wales man sentenced for child pornography


set: Former Prime Minister Inder Kumar Gujral was cremated in New Delhi on Saturday with full state honours.

set: Ik Gujral cremated with full state honours


set: Air Canada and its 6,800 flight attendants have avoided a strike, agreeing to allow the Canadian Industrial Relations Board to settle their labour dispute through a binding process.

set: Air Canada and its flight attendants avoid strike


set: The Kinks will release their very first box set just in time for the holidays.


set: The US has deployed a fleet of robot subs in the Gulf to prevent Iran from blocking the strategic Strait of Hormuz with mines in the event of a crisis, officials said yesterday.

set: US deploys a fleet of robot subs in the Gulf


set: The German government is considering taking a stake in General Motors subsidiary Opel to prevent mass layoffs expected to be part of the American automobile giant's looming restructuring.

set: German government considers stake in carmaker Opel


set: The flu season that has struck early and hard across the US is putting businesses and employees in a bind.

set: Flu season puts businesses and employees in a bind


set: Peoples Democratic Party Patron Mufti Mohammed Sayeed has said that Kashmir is facing the most serious political, administrative and humanitarian crisis in its painful persuit of justice.

set: Kashmir facing most serious political, administrative and humanitarian crisis:


set: Italy will play at the Juventus Stadium in Turin for the first time when they face the Czech Republic in a World Cup qualifying match on September 10, the Italian Football Federation said on Friday.

set: Italy to play at Juventus Stadium for first time


set: PETER Hanson won the SAS Masters by one shot on Sunday for his second career victory on the European PGA Tour.


set: Facebook said it has shaken up its engineering teams to make targeting smartphones a top priority at the world's leading social network.

set: Facebook makes targeting smartphones top priority


set: MACH, a provider of solutions for the creation and operation of the mobile communications supply chain, today unveiled a new strategy which, it says, will see the company extend its reach throughout the wireless roaming and messaging markets, and paves the way for further expansion into the mobile content and applications market.


set: Ed Balls has called for an emergency temporary cut in VAT to kick-start an economy he said was performing worse than any of its major competitors.

set: Ed Balls calls for emergency temporary VAT cut


set: I quit your crappy forum because of all the ******** who preach about catch and release like it's a religion despite state games laws allowing harvest.


set: A Union County man has been arrested and accused of taking pornographic pictures of a two year old child he was related to through marriage.

set: Union County man accused of taking pornographic pictures of child


set: The Nevada System of Higher Education Friday unanimously agreed to budget reductions for several schools including the University of Nevada.

set: Nevada System of Higher Education agrees to budget reductions


set: US auto parts maker Visteon filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the US yesterday.


set: A former teacher has pleaded guilty to having inappropriate contact with a student.

set: Former teacher pleads guilty in contact with student


set: The euro could become the world's leading currency in the next decade if leaders of the single-currency bloc succeed in tightening fiscal integration, European Central Bank policy maker Christian Noyer said in an article to be published in the Journal du Dimanche Sunday.

set: Euro could become world's leading currency:


set: A school security guard is under arrest for stealing fundraising money from the Colton High School girls tennis team.

set: School security guard steals from tennis team


set: Google has been accused of compromising US national security as its online Maps allows aerial shots of secret military bases to be viewed by the general public in the name of better mapping technology.

set: Google Maps compromising US national security?


set: Gulf Air, the national carrier of Bahrain, recently hosted a Ghabga for over 30 corporate leaders and senior government officials at the Gulf Air Ramadan Tent at InterContinental Hotel, Bahrain.

set: Gulf Air hosts Ghabga for corporate leaders


set: Kuwait National Petroleum Company today announced that it has upgraded its enterprise level IHS software platform to improve the company's regulatory compliance and sustainability management program.

set: Kuwait National Petroleum company upgrades its IHS platform


set: Hudson Highlands archival photos posted on Hudson River Valley Heritage's website Hundreds of photographic images of the Hudson Highlands taken by a renowned photographer at the turn of the last century are now available on a New York organization's website.


set: China blanketed restive Tibetan areas Thursday with a huge buildup of troops, turning small towns across a wide swath of western China into armed encampments.

set: China blankets Tibetan areas with troops


set: The Balikpapan oil refinery caught fire Saturday evening, giving rise to concerns about a fuel shortage for at least a week.


set: Graham Dorrans looked set to stay with West Brom today as the Baggies welcomed back players for the trip to Everton.

set: Graham Dorrans looks set to stay with West Brom


set: Chinese writer Mo Yan won the Nobel Prize in literature today, a somewhat unexpected choice by a prize committee that has favored European authors in recent years.

set: Chinese writer Mo Yan wins the Nobel prize for literature


set: This week, the Michigan State Senate approved a bill that would let school districts use casino money to fund scholarships for their students, according to our news gathering partners at WSJM.

set: Michigan Senate approves bill for schools to use casino money for scholarships


set: Indonesia has lifted a tsunami warning issued after a powerful quake struck waters off its eastern coast.

set: Indonesia lifts tsunami warning issued after quake


set: President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner assured that Argentina and Brazil have a ``shared vision of what's happening in the world'' and of the ``actions'' that both countries must apply so that ``the social inclusion process doesn't become dull'' in the region.

set: 'Argentina, Brazil have a shared vision of what's happening in the world'


set: NATO airstrike on a home in Afghanistan's Logar province south of Kabul kills at least 15 civilians.

set: NATO airstrike kills at least 15 civilians:


set: ``It's like a clique; we ain't violent,'' Jeremiah Carey, 16, said.


set: A Mississippi man has been charged with child molestation for allegedly fondling himself in front of a child at an Atlanta hotel.

set: Mississippi man charged with child molestation


set: Cavaliers rookie Kyrie Irving has his first NBA injury -- a concussion.

set: Cavaliers rookie g Kyrie Irving has concussion


set: Pakistan and China have agreed to cooperate for modernization of Pakistan Railways network, said Railways Minister Haji Ghulam Ahmed Bilour.Haji Bilour who are currently visiting China at the invitation of Chinese government while talking to APP said Tuesday that during his meeting with Chinese Railways Minister Liu Zhi Jun he exchanged views with him on modernization, strengthening and converting existing Pakistan Railways tracks to meet the international standard.

set: China agree to cooperate for modernization of Pakistan Railways:


set: Eutelsat Communications has launched its satellite broadband service, capable of bringing high-speed web services to remote parts of Europe.

set: Eutelsat launches satellite broadband services


set: President Asif Ali Zardari said on Monday that education is the long term answer to extremism and militancy and Pakistan-UK Education Task Force is an important theme of the strategic dialogue.The President stated this during a meeting with Andrew Mitchell,British Secretary of State for International Development who called on him at Aiwan-e-Sadr on Monday.Commenting on the progress of Pakistan Education Task Force, the President said that both the countries need to further enhance cooperation since the education sector needs special attention as a long term measure to neutralize militant mindset.

set: Education is long term answer to extremism, militancy:


set: Iran should forge better ties with regional rival Saudi Arabia to counter Western sanctions on Iranian oil, a former president who now chairs an advisory body to supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei urged Tuesday.

set: Iran should forge better ties with Saudi Arabia:


set: Mortgage approvals for house purchase fell 56.1 percent on the year in May to a record low of 27,968, the British Bankers' Association says.


set: Gannett, the largest US newspaper chain, announced on Wednesday that it was slashing its quarterly dividend from 40 cents per share to four cents per share to help pay its debt.

set: Gannett slashes quarterly dividend to pay debt


set: Ford Motor Co. said Tuesday that it wants to expand its global sales by 50 percent by the middle of this decade, mostly through growth in Asia.

set: Ford Motor Co. wants to expand global sales, mostly through growth in Asia


set: Bausch & Lomb has opened a new 30,000-square-foot global pharmaceutical headquarters building in Madison, NJ.

set: Bausch & Lomb opens new pharmaceutical headquarters


set: Trend News S.Agayev / Azerbaijan wants to increase number of its peacekeeping forces in Afghanistan, NATO Secretary General's Special Representative, Robert Simmons, briefed the media in Baku on 27 June.

set: Azerbaijan wants to increase number of its peacekeeping forces in Afghanistan:


set: Real Madrid striker Gonzalo Higuain has been ruled out of action for up to four months after undergoing back surgery in Chicago, USA.

set: Real Madrid striker Gonzalo Higuain to be out of action for four months


set: US single mother Casey Anthony has been sentenced to four years in prison for lying to police investigating the 2008 death of her two-year-old daughter.


set: US stock futures pointed to a higher open Monday following a jump in October retail sales and a big acquisition by Caterpillar Inc.


set: The Beartooth Highway from Red Lodge to Cooke City is open, the Montana Department of Transportation said Saturday.


set: AM Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of A and the issuer credit rating of ``a+'' of Combined Insurance Company of America and Combined Life Insurance Company of New York, subsidiaries of ACE Limited.

set: AM Best affirms ratings of Combined Insurance Company of America and its subsidiary


set: Beijing, Apr 14 Three years old Xiaoyan is the youngest stunt artist ever, as she walks on a tightrope and hungry tiger's prowl beneath.

set: Three years old Xiaoyan walks on a tightrope with hungry tigers beneath


set: A Jennings police officer who was fired after he failed to give a sobriety test to a superior officer, was reinstated Thursday evening.


set: FIREFIGHTERS tackled flames underground when fire broke out in the basement of a building in Nazeing.


set: With this being the most wonderful time of year, everybody needs a good breakfast, according to the late Ann Campbell's wisdom.


set: About 330 county commissioners from around Missouri plan to rally in the Capitol today to urge state officials not to make additional cuts in state funding for counties.

set: County commissioners to rally at Capitol


set: (Satellite Today 07-29-09) ProtoStar and its five affiliates have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, the US Bankruptcy Court of Deleware confirmed.

set: ProtoStar files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection


set: Lake Guntersville State Park will hold a junior golf clinic July 10-12 at its course in Guntersville and is open to golfers ages 12 to 18.

set: Lake Guntersville State Park to hold junior golf clinic


set: Some elementary students go for a walk in downtown Lawrence today and get their exercise with KU athletes - including a few champions.


set: An elderly man is recovering after crashing his van Tuesday morning.


set: How about we save the 'peanut head' resident killer whales today rather than have them starve before the environmental lawsuit against DFO's failure to protect an endangered species takes three years to come to fruition.


set: Asia-focused emerging markets bank Standard Chartered said that it was lowering its annual revenue forecast to just below 10 percent owing to a rise of the US dollar.

set: Standard Chartered lowers revenue forecast


set: Dolphins coach Tony Sparano says he's not ready to panic with his team at 0-4, noting that he's been in worse situations before.


set: Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has been charged with abusing her power and has been ordered to stay in Kyiv during the investigation.


set: Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej declared a State of Emergency in the capital of Bangkok after violent overnight clashes between supporters of pro-and anti-government group of protesters that left one dead and over 30 injured.

set: Thailand's prime minister Samak declares State of Emergency in Bangkok


set: Medical students will not have to sign the GMC register, after it was found the move would need 'significant resources' but deliver little benefits to patient safety.

set: Medical students will not have to sign GMC register


set: BRITISH parents are being banned from playing with their children in council recreation areas because they have not been vetted by police.

set: Parents banned from playing with children


set: SolArc, a provider of commodity trading, supply and risk management software solutions, has appointed Aramis Alvarez as its new vice president of global services.

set: SolArc appoints new vice president of global services


set: A water shortage in Iraq is raising tensions in the multi-ethnic Kirkuk province, where Arab farmers accuse the Kurdistan region of ruining them by closing the valves to a dam in winter.


set: Don Draper is getting job security and a raise.


set: A Lawrence man wanted for allegedly killing his girlfriend's 15-month-old child was arrested yesterday in Maryland, officials said.


set: wool season will open this Wednesday‚ when about 13‚000 bales will be on offer at auction in Port Elizabeth.


set: For the record, San Diego's @cbs8 was the only CBS affiliate in a major market to preempt the NCAA Tournament today.

set: CBS San Diego affiliate preempts the NCAA Tournament for ....


set: Millward Brown, the WPP-owned market research firm, has launched a consumer neuroscience research service in Australia.

set: Millward Brown launches neuroscience service


set: Eye protection should start at an early age if children are to earn safety tips which they can follow for life, one expert has stated.


set: Somerset chief executive Richard Gould believes Marcus Trescothick could be talked out of international retirement if he was given assurances he would not have to go on tours.

set: Trescothick 'could be talked' out of retirement


set: Robbers armed with a gun held up and robbed a security van delivering cash to a bank in Chalfont St Peter on Tuesday.


set: Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi plans to unveil a new political front which will keep up a protest campaign against last month's disputed presidential election, an aide said Wednesday.

set: Iran opposition leader Mousavi plans new political front -aide


set: Well-known New Zealand artist Don Binney has died in Auckland aged 72.


set: Shriners Hospital plans to schedule outreach clinics in Montana to avoid long commutes to expert pediatric orthopaedic care for patients across the state.

set: Shriners Hospital planning outreach clinics in Montana


set: Nigeria joined a key JP Morgan local currency government bond index, yesterday, becoming the second African country after South Africa to be included in a widely followed index.

set: Nigeria joins JP Morgan Government bond index


set: The Brewers were still making calls last night and earlier today on the finalists in the running to be their next manager .


set: Apple Inc. has already started shipping its new iPod Touch, keeping the tech company on track to distribute their fifth-generation touch according to their scheduled timetable.


set: Further, he notified the BBC that about 1% population is suffering from rheumatoid arthritis.

set: About 1% population suffering from rheumatoid arthritis


set: The much awaited bio-metric machine was installed at the Bhopal railway station reservation counter on Monday.

set: Bio-metric machine installed at railway station


set: NEW YORK Authorities say white powder mailed in envelopes to the Wall Street Journal in New York and Harvard Law School in Massachusetts is harmless.

set: Powder mailed to Wall Street Journal, Harvard Law


set: As Kevin Kolb recovers from dealing with a turf toe injury, backup quarterback John Skelton is preparing to start Sunday against the Philadelphia Eagles.

set: John Skelton preparing for another start


set: The Taliban seized control of a district in eastern Nuristan province Tuesday, chasing the governor and the police from the district capital, according to Afghan officials and a Taliban spokesman.

set: Taliban seizes control of eastern district


set: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton landed in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata on Sunday at the start of a three-day visit that will include high-level talks in New Delhi.


set: The New York Yankees have signed free agent outfielder Brennan Boesch to a Major League contract according to Jon Heyman.

set: New York Yankees sign Brennan Boesch to Major league contract


set: Known best for his heralded book ``The Catcher in the Rye,'' author JD Salinger has passed away at the age of 91.


set: Malaysia Airlines has officially unveiled its first Airbus A380 in a special celebration livery, ahead of the plane's introduction into commercial service.

set: Malaysia Airlines unveils A380 in special livery


set: Indian consumers are turning to social media as a viable alternative to the phone for customer service, research from Ovum has revealed.

set: Indian consumers turn to social media for customer service


set: Five Guys Burgers and Fries in Florida hires x-inmates to supervise burger flipping.


set: The euro has become another ``subprime'' currency, afflicted by debts, funny bookkeeping, regulatory failure and widespread street protests in Greece and Spain.


set: Globalisation could fall apart unless countries take a strong stand against protectionism, British Business Secretary Vince Cable said yesterday.


set: Democratic statehouse Rep. Mike Villarreal of San Antonio is considering running for comptroller and is expected to make a decision next week.

set: Rep. Mike Villarreal considering run for comptroller


set: In a belated response that comes over three decades after the first round of regularization of unauthorized colonies, the Delhi Government has decided to approach lieutenant governor Tejendra Khanna to seek relief for the residents of colonies which figure among the 567 colonies that earned the regularization tag but still remain illegal due to a flawed process of policy execution.

set: Government to approach Tejendra Khanna to seek relief for residents of colonies


set: ST AUGUSTINE whipped Carapichaima 3-0 in yesterday's quarter-final contest, to advance to next week's semi-final round of the Coca-Cola National Intercol competition.


set: Mobile phone shipments dropped in the first quarter of the year, down 11.6% from Q4 2007.

set: Mobile phone shipments drop in first quarter


set: Lee Wallace is set to return sooner than expected as Hearts travel to St Mirren in the Clydesdale Bank Premier League on Wednesday night, manager Jim Jefferies has revealed.


set: Boston College promoted Bill McGovern to defensive coordinator after nine seasons as linebackers coach.


set: Organizers of the Indianapolis Tennis Championships are planning to sell the sanctioning rights for the ATP event, meaning the city may be without a professional tournament for the first time in more than 80 years.

set: Organizers of Indianapolis Tennis Championships selling rights for ATP event


set: The battle over oil taxes on Alaska's North Slope took a strange twist over the past few days.

set: Battle over oil taxes takes strange twist


set: NOTTINGHAM'S Dan Hardy admits he has a long way to go to catch up with England's UFC star Michael Bisping.


set: On February 10, Hermès will open its first men's store entirely dedicated to men's ready-to-wear, accessories and art of living.


set: Queen's guitarist Brian May told BBC World News' HardTalk that Ali G and Borat creator Sacha Baron Cohen will play Freddie Mercury in a movie about the legendary rock band Queen.

set: Sacha Baron Cohen to play Freddie Mercury of Queen!


set: Venture capital investment trends in the cleantech industry suggest that solar is the cleantech leader and that the industry is maturing, according to a venture capital analyst.

set: Venture capital trends suggest solar industry maturing


set: With the southwest monsoon arriving on time, West Bengal expects a normal paddy crop during this kharif season.

set: West Bengal expects a normal paddy crop in kharif season


set: A Dunedin woman accused of smothering her 22-month old baby daughter has narrowly escaped a jail term.

set: Woman accused of smothering her daughter has escaped a jail term


set: Colorado could face a persistent structural budget imbalance for many years to come despite a recovering economy, according to Wells Fargo economists.

set: Colorado could face budget imbalance for many years


set: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is traveling to Mexico to engage in talks with the country about their shared war on drugs.

set: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton travels to Mexico


set: France coach Raymond Domenech said he felt ``a great sadness'' after his side crashed out of the World Cup after losing 2-1 to hosts South Africa.


set: A memorial service is being held for slain right-wing leader Eugene Terre'Blanche in Ventersdorp on Saturday.

set: Memorial service to be held for Terre'Blanche


set: A senior Armenian Foreign Ministry official says Turkey should ratify the rapprochement agreements signed between the two countries within a ``reasonable time frame,'' RFE/RL's Armenian Service reports.

set: Armenian official says Turkey should ratify in 'reasonable' time frame


set: A special thanksgiving service was held at the Willaura Uniting Church to mark 100 years of worship by the Presbyterian and Methodist congregation.


set: Bobby Zamora bolstered his hopes of an England World Cup call when he fired Fulham into the Europa League semifinals on Thursday, the first time the Londoners have reached such lofty heights.


set: Algerian security forces have seized 3.5 tonnes of cannabis as well as weapons and two all-terrain vehicles in the south of the country, press reports said Saturday.


set: DJ Augustin is turning pro, and Texas teammate AJ Abrams may be headed with him.


set: NBC's Andrea Mitchell raised the ire of former Reagan speechwriter Peggy Noonan on Meet the Press when she said that Republicans were ``trying to appropriate Ronald Reagan for their own political purposes now.''

set: Andrea Mitchell: ``Republicans trying to appropriate Reagan''


set: Mr Hague said Prince Andrew had done ''a lot of good'' for Britain around the world in his unpaid role as a government trade envoy.

set: William Hague: the Duke of York has done a 'lot of good' for Britain


set: The sculpture trail along Grantham Canal will be formally unveiled at 2pm.