set: Italy coach Cesare Prandelli has confirmed that Parma attacker Sebastian Giovinco will be given the nod to start in the last Euro 2012 qualifier against Northern Ireland on Tuesday.

set: Italy's Cesare Prandelli confirms Sebastian Giovinco will start against Northern Ireland


set: Waynesboro is entering a statewide ``Green Government'' challenge.


set: The severity of cystic fibrosis, a hereditary condition that affects the lungs and digestive system and results in an average life span of only 30 years, is affected by genetic variations according to recent research.

set: Cystic fibrosis affected by genetic variations


set: The UK's poorest families are only getting poorer as the cost of daily essentials is increasing eight times faster than their wages.

set: Poor families are getting poorer and poorer


set: Daft Punk's 'Get Lucky' sets Spotify record Daft Punk has set a record on Spotify.


set: Leroy Nobles scored a game-high 21 points and Alex Young added 18 to help IUPUI blow out Wisconsin-Green Bay 63-46 in the O'Reilly Auto Parts CBE Classic on Monday.

set: IUPUI blows out Wisconsin-Green Bay 63-46


set: After almost two years in the works, Kitchen Table finally opened its doors in the Old Bank District this week.

set: Kitchen Table opens in Old Bank District


set: UCT suffered their second loss in as many weeks at home and they will need to finish the season strongly if they are to secure a home semifinal.


set: JWT will be designing the creative campaign for GoaFest this year.


set: Bollywood actor Om Puri joined the campaign trail of Mallika Sarabhai in Gandhinagar, who is pitted against LK Advani, prime ministerial candidate of the Bharatiya Janata Party.


set: It snowed in Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan, APA's local bureau reports.

set: It snows in Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan


set: The Red Sox have designated Mike Cameron for assignment while promoting infielder/outfielder Yamaico Navarro from Triple-A Pawtucket.

set: Red Sox designate Cameron for assignment


set: Beastie Boys have revealed that they are working on a new video with Spike Jonze.


set: Elizabeth Olsen will make her Off-Broadway debut in a production of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet later this year.

set: Elizabeth Olsen to make Off-Broadway debut


set: Despite the setting up of the Visitor's fact finding enquiry into the affairs of the University, the Aligarh Muslim University after a gap of several years has been functioning smoothly.

set: Aligarh Muslim University functioning smoothly


set: In the third such incident in the past 25 days, a woman was attacked Saturday off Briarcliff Road in DeKalb County, police reported.

set: Another woman attacked off Briarcliff Road


set: US wine exports rose to a new high in 2012, particularly in value, with Canada and Europe taking the lion's share.


set: RACHEL McAdams stole the limelight at the Sherlock Holmes premiere last night, despite being drenched by rain in London's Leicester Square.

set: Rachel McAdams steals the limelight at Sherlock Holmes premiere


set: If you feel comfortable sharing, what's your diagnosis and how long have you lived with it?


set: Guyana's Ambassador to Venezuela Odeen Ishmael says that during this year remittances to Latin American and Caribbean countries from the more developed countries will decline by US$4B from last year's figure.

set: Remittances to Latin America, Caribbean will decline by US$4B this year


set: Martina Navratilova has won another Wimbledon title, taking the Ladies' Invitational Doubles crown.

set: Navratilova wins another Wimbledon title


set: By Jon Murray '' Alfie Potter gave Oxford United a dream start by firing them into a fourth-minute lead against Northampton at the Kassam Stadium today.


set: PEACE campaigners targeted a Chester petrol station for the second time to pressurise an oil giant into withdrawing its investment in military-ruled Burma.

set: Peace campaigners target Chester petrol station


set: Ebay announced Tuesday that they have sold Skype to an investor group.


set: This Thursday, May 9, marks the 25th anniversary of the new parliament's opening by the Queen.


set: Police say the body of a teenage snowmobiler has been found in western Labrador.

set: Body of teenage snowmobiler found in Labrador


set: China is building its largest steel plant with a capacity of 30 million tons by investing a whooping $ 30 billion.


set: Nigeria has reopened its embassy in Kuwait after one year.


set: President George Bush has commuted the sentence of a former Fugees producer who has spent seven years in prison for cocaine possession with intent to distribute.

set: Bush commutes sentence of Fugees producer


set: Abhishek Bachchan, who is currently shooting for the sequel to the super-hit action thriller 'Dhoom', turned 37 on Tuesday, Zee News reported.


set: The Eastern Mediterranean is set to become a key trade route into Europe, according to research by Colliers International.

set: Eastern Mediterranean set to become key route


set: The Kelowna Rockets have released 100 extra tickets for tomorrow night's divisional match up with the Chilliwack Bruins.

set: Kelowna Rockets release 100 extra tickets


set: A Japanese radio station will broadcast a 1955 recording of an execution in a special program next month, in the attempt to raise awareness as the government increases its frequent use of hanging inmates on death row.

set: Japanese radio station will broadcast an execution


set: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Qamar Zaman Kaira stated on Sunday that the PPP government believed in freedom of expression and there was no plan to curb the media.

set: PPP government believes in freedom of expression:


set: A Chinese citizen was detained in Azerbaijan while trying to smuggle more than $29,000 from the country.


set: CBS Sports is reinstating the Luther Vandross version of ``One Shining Moment'' at the conclusion of the network's NCAA Tournament coverage next Monday night.

set: CBS Sports reinstates Luther Vandross' ``One Shining Moment''


set: Victorians have set a new gambling record and the federal government's pre-Christmas bonuses are being blamed.


set: Investigators hope to speak to the victim Monday of a Friday night shooting on Blandina Street in Utica.

set: Investigators hope to speak to victim of Friday night shooting


set: Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has given the assurance that development projects in the Kepala Batas parliamentary constituency will continue even if he no longer holds the Prime Minister's post.


set: WBA junior welterweight champion Amir Khan has trashed his domestic rival, undefeated British and European lightweight champion John Murray.


set: Belarus and Russia initialed a general contract for the Belarusian nuclear power plant construction.

set: Belarus and Russia initialed general contract for NPP construction


set: It is rumored that Ponzi king Bernard Madoff is telling fellow jailbirds that he secretly squirreled away $9 billion in swiped funds to three people before he was nabbed.

set: Ponzi king Bernard Madoff told fellow jailbirds that he secretly squirreled away $9 billion


set: AN OLYMPICS fan who planned to attend every day of the Games has died after suffering a suspected heart attack while watching the cycling.

set: Olympics fan who planned to attend every day of Games dies from suspected heart attack


set: ICICIdirect.com, a part of ICICI Securities, on Wednesday launched its new product for online trading in currency futures.

set: ICICIdirect.com launches online currency futures


set: Former General Motors Corp. board member Jerry York said he expects GM and Chrysler LLC to survive in the future after their reorganization in the bankruptcy process.

set: GM former board member Jerry York says GM, Chrysler will survive


set: Campuses of educational institutes must voice against human rights violations taking place day in and day out in Kerala and other parts of the country, said Shihab Pookottur, the newly elected president of Kerala chapter of Students Islamic Organisation of India.

set: Campuses must voice against human rights violations:


set: Fashion designer John Galliano has been found guilty of anti-Semitism and handed a suspended fine.


set: Mumbai, March 11 Global provider of Operating System Solutions, Subex Ltd said Tuesday that it secured 21 new North American deals during the last one year.

set: Subex Ltd secures 21 new deals in one year


set: The Spanish economy is facing ``considerable'' risks despite strong and wide-ranging policy response over the last year, the International Monetary Fund said Tuesday.

set: Spain faces ``considerable'' risks despite strong policy response:


set: Actress Elaine Stewart, who appeared in a number of high-profile films in the 1950s, including ``The Bad and the Beautiful,'' ``Young Bess'' and ``Brigadoon,'' and was later co-hostess of the 1970s gameshows ``Gambit'' and ``High Rollers,'' died June 27 in Beverly Hills after a long illness.


set: Early reports indicate the Cleveland Browns will likely name St. Louis Rams offensive coordinator Pat Shurmur as their next head coach.

set: Browns likely to name Pat Shurmur as head coach


set: UHM has ordered a number of industrial actions against Gozo Channel over a disagreement on employee financial packages.

set: UHM orders industrial actions against Gozo Channel


set: General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc., announced that MQ-1 Predator aircraft delivered to the US Air Force have surpassed the 500,000 flight hour milestone, with 87 percent of those hours being flown in combat.

set: Predator surpasses 500,000 flight hour milestone


set: For Slate.com blogger Mickey Kaus, it wasn't what Hillary Clinton said on Tuesday night, so much as what she didn't say.


set: Facebook has officially launched Arabic and Hebrew versions, in an attempt to reach a huge new market in the Middle East.


set: Obama speech heckled by Occupy Wall st protestors at a NH High School

set: Obama speech heckled by Occupy protestors


set: Newspoll shows Labor rises, Greens drop Updated: 09:43, Tuesday January 15, 2013 Labor has recorded a jump in support at the start of an election year but its resurgence appears to have come at a cost to the Greens and other parties, rather than the Coalition.


set: The Verizon HTC One release date, which was previously thought to be coming before the month of July, has been pegged for late June by an analyst from BNP Paribas Securities Taiwan.

set: Verizon HTC One release pegged for late June


set: Sexy songstress, Nana Ekua Amoah known in Showbiz as Mzbel will leave Ghana Thursday for two international shows, The Best of Ghana Music Explosion 2011, in Belgium and Germany respectively.

set: Mzbel leaves Ghana Thursday for two international shows


set: A rare, endangered giraffe was born Friday morning to 6-year-old Rothschild giraffe named Petal in a Connecticut conservation center.


set: Interpublic Group's Universal McCann and George Hayes, the agency's former evp, client services, have reached a settlement in their two-and-a-half year legal fight that began after Hayes' termination by the media shop and his subsequent lawsuit claiming he was the victim of age discrimination.

set: Universal McCann, George Hayes reach settlement


set: US financial support for Iraq will be needed for only a ``few more years'' until Iraq can tap its vast oil wealth and stand on its own feet, the departing US ambassador to Baghdad said Tuesday.

set: US support in Iraq needed only 'a few more years'


set: Former Ontario premier Mike Harris is exiting his role as chair of auto parts maker Magna International Inc..

set: Mike Harris exits role as chair of auto parts maker Magna International


set: Zimbabwe should change its economic structure in order to arrest the continuous shrinking of the manufacturing sector, a senior World Bank official has said.


set: A Wood County town said goodbye Wednesday to 30 soldiers during a special ceremony this morning in Williamstown.


set: City Commissioner Randy Leonard defended his use of a profanity Monday in a heated confrontation outside of City Hall with a crewmember of the TV show ``Leverage''.

set: Leonard defends use of profanity during confrontation


set: RFU predicts pay peace with new deal Updated: 06:05, Thursday January 17, 2013 The Rugby Football Union is confident the build-up to the 2015 World Cup will be free of pay disputes involving the England team after agreeing a new four-year deal with the players.


set: Colton Harris-Moore, the teenager dubbed the ``barefoot bandit,'' will appear in federal court in Miami Wednesday afternoon.


set: Symantec has announced Symantec Enterprise Vault 10, Enterprise Vault.cloud, and Cloud Storage for Enterprise Vault.


set: Footsie dived below 5700 at the top of the morning and stayed there all day, weighed down by miners, which were sold off on fears that US quantitative easing - if it happens at all - will not be so full-on as previously assumed.


set: Michael Phelps will swim in Montreal this weekend in his final tuneup before next month's US championships in Indianapolis.The Olympic great will compete in the Quebec Cup at Olympic Park Pool.

set: Michael Phelps to swim in Montreal this weekend


set: Veteran sex symbol Tom Jones has written his first love song for his reclusive wife after 51 YEARS together.

set: Tom Jones writes first love song for his wife - after 51 years together


set: The Mayor of the southern Afghanistan city of Kandahar, Ghulam Haider Hamidi, was killed in a suicide attack on Wednesday morning, officials said.

set: Mayor of Afghanistan's Kandahar killed in suicide attack


set: Alex has become the first hurricane of the Atlantic season and is churning through the western Gulf, taking aim at the Mexico-Texas border and far away from the massive oil spill.

set: Alex becomes first hurricane of the season


set: Rep. Vito Fossella has denied reports that he had changed his mind and is seeking re-election.


set: Roberto Mancini is still tipping Chelsea to win the Premier League despite his Manchester City side ending the champions' 100% start to the season at Eastlands.


set: Newport News man has been sentenced to 15 years by a federal judge on child pornography charges.

set: Newport News man sentenced on child pornography charges


set: Syntax-Brillian Corporation, a leading manufacturer and marketer of LCD HDTVs, digital cameras, and consumer electronics products, announced today that it has signed an LCD panel supply agreement with LG.Philips LCD on January 16, 2008.

set: Syntax-Brillian signs LCD panel supply agreement with LG.Philips LCD


set: Dr Amit Kumar, the alleged kingpin of the multi-crore rupees kidney racket, was on Saturday deported to India.

set: Kidney kingpin Amit Kumar deported to India


set: A pile of ancient skulls have been found in Mexico, with reports claiming that they may have been victims of human sacrifices more than a thousand years ago.


set: Nadine Coyle said today there was ``no reason'' why Girl's Aloud should not perform together again.

set: Nadine Coyle: 'no reason' why Girls Aloud should not perform again


set: Panaji, June 22 Saying that 'ministers going to casinos is bad', Goa Congress chief Subhash Shirodkar Monday said the involvement of Congress-Nationalist Congress Party cabinet ministers in casino-related controversies was 'in bad taste'.


set: San Diego Zoo said its newly named baby panda is continuing its good health.

set: San Diego Zoo panda continues good health


set: Canine Companions for Independence will hold a holiday open house Thursday from 6 to 9 pm at its campus in Orlando.

set: Canine Companions for Independence holds holiday open house


set: Eastman Chemical Co. announced Friday it plans to buy specialty chemical maker Solutia Inc. in a deal valued at $4.7 billion -- the largest acquisition in Eastman's history.

set: Eastman to buy Solutia Inc. for $4.7 billion


set: HEIDI Montag and Spencer Pratt have just proved they'll do anything for money -- by renewing their wedding vows.

set: Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt have renewed their wedding vows!


set: Caroline Spelman has been confirmed as the environment secretary in the newly-formed Conservative-Liberal Democrat government.

set: Caroline Spelman confirmed as environment secretary


set: IBM today announced it has acquired XIV, a privately held storage technology company based in Tel Aviv, Israel.


set: Esquire is backing Democrat Barack Obama for president , its first endorsement in the magazine's 75-year history.

set: Esquire backs Obama in its first endorsement


set: Three undertrials, who were brought to a Mysore court from Bangalore jail, escaped on Thursday night from a hotel near Jagan Mohan Palace, where they were staying under reserve police custody.


set: In this week's segment of Voice of the Fan, BYU fan Derek Kearl and Jazz/Utah fan John Sudbury debated who was going to have the better season.


set: Zee TV will launch a historical show on the life and struggle of Rani Laxmi Bai titled 'Jhansi Ki Rani'...


set: A funeral was held Thursday in Fall River for a soldier who died in a non-combat incident in Afghanistan.


set: SWANSEA City are being linked with a move for teenage striker Moussa Konate as Middlesbrough failed in a shock deadline-day move for Danny Graham.

set: Swansea City linked with striker Moussa Konate


set: Epix, the forthcoming premium movie channel from Paramount Pictures, MGM and Lionsgate, has signed Verizon as its first distributor.


set: ``He signed with the Eagles,'' agent Joel Segal told The Associated Press in a telephone interview Thursday.


set: Victory in Iraq is in sight, but much will need to be done by the next administration, Republican presidential candidate John McCain told fellow military veterans Monday.


set: Blackwell's has agreed with Ingram's VitalSource for its e-textbook solutions, and is expected to launch in May 2012.

set: Blackwell's agrees with Ingram VitalSource


set: Pre-school channel Playhouse Disney overtook its commercial rival Nick Jr for the first week ever with a share of 1.8% in the middle of April.


set: Congressman Randy Weber was officially sworn into office Jan. 3rd, 2013 to represent the constituents of Texas Congressional District 14.


set: Radio broadcaster Cumulus Media Inc. confirmed it is in exclusive talks to buy Citadel Broadcasting Corp. for $37 a share in cash and stock, valuing the company in excess of $2 billion.

set: Cumulus Media in talks to buy Citadel Broadcasting


set: The United States government says it will give financial giant Citigroup another $20 billion to keep it from collapsing.

set: Government to give Citigroup $20 billion


set: A man who was acquitted of murder in the shooting death of his ex-girlfriend was found guilty Monday afternoon of kidnapping her.

set: Man acquitted of murdering ex-girlfriend is found guilty of kidnapping her


set: Donald Trump has said he has an ``Obama bombshell'' that he will reveal later this week on Wednesday.


set: The Spanish Football Federation on Wednesday announced that it was extending its winter transfer window by one day to January 31, 2012, to fall in line with other European countries.

set: Spain extends winter transfer window by one day


set: Lazio captain Stefano Mauri and several top players arrested on Monday as part of an investigation into alleged match-fixing.


set: BJP today said ``communalism and politics'' should be kept out of education and urged HRD Ministry to introduce reforms to ``humanise'' studies and inculcate moral values and cultural pride in students.

set: Communalism, politics be kept out of education:


set: The Maori Party is threatening to split with National over plans to remove reference to the Treaty of Waitangi when state-owned assets are sold.

set: Maori Party threatens split with National


set: Actor James Arness, who personified the tall, rugged lawman of the American frontier as Marshal Matt Dillon on ``Gunsmoke,'' US television's longest-running prime-time drama, died on Friday at age 88.


set: A man was seriously injured tonight in a one-car accident on Route 8 north that has closed the highway.

set: Man seriously injured in accident on Route 8


set: North Korea said Friday it will launch an earth observation satellite mid-April to mark the centennial birthday of North Korean founder President Kim Il-sung, the late grandfather of current leader Kim Jong-un.

set: N. Korea says it will launch satellite in mid-April


set: Kentucky Speedway, the 8-year-old racetrack in Sparta, Ky., is being sold, according to several media sources.


set: Major North Dakota roads reopened Friday after blizzard conditions in central and western North Dakota but officials warned that they were still icy and snow-covered.


set: Plans for a bar shuttle service for students at URI are facing a little opposition.

set: Bar shuttle service faces some opposition


set: Technical analyst, Praveen Kumar of ULJK Securities is of the opinion that one should avoid fresh long positions in M&M unless it surpasses Rs 600 levels.

set: 'Avoid fresh longs in M&M unless its surpasses Rs 600'


set: Amanita Design's enjoyable indie hit Machinarium is set to puzzle the PlayStation Vita later this month.

set: Machinarium puzzles PlayStation Vita later this month


set: The quake measuring 5,0 on the Richter scale hit southern Iranian province of Hormozgan early Wednesday, France Press reported.


set: Russia and Serbia signed a controversial energy deal Wednesday for Russian state gas monopoly Gazprom to acquire Serbia's oil monopoly in exchange for building a gas pipeline through Serbia.

set: Russia, Serbia sign controversial energy deal


set: London, July 22 Actress Rachel Weisz says she tried to change her name because that ``sounds like a porn star''.


set: North Carolina has become the seventh state to pass a ban this year on texting while driving.

set: North Carolina bans texting while driving


set: Veteran socialist leader and Samajwadi Party Rajya Sabha member Janeshwar Mishra died of heart attack on Friday in Allahabad.

set: Veteran socialist leader Janeshwar Mishra dies


set: Michael Vick has agreed to pay the Atlanta Falcons at least US$6.5 million as part of his bankruptcy case, clearing the way for the team to release him before training camp.

set: Former quarterback Michael Vick to pay Falcons at least US$6.5 million


set: Sagemcom : www.sagemcom.com/ , an international group specialized in broadband communications and convergence, recently entered the US market and expanded its product and software portfolio via its acquisition of Gigaset Communications : www.gigaset.com/ ' broadband business.


set: London, Nov 14 Actor Rupert Grint has revealed that he dreaded kissing co-star Emma Watson for ``Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows'' as she is like a sister to him.


set: More than 400 people attended the Walk Now for Autism kickoff barbecue Tuesday night, including guest speaker David Marciano of the FX cable channel series ``The Shield.''

set: More than 400 attend walk Now for Autism kickoff barbecue


set: At a conference they conducted on March 15, youth workers in Segeneiti said that they would work in earnest in development and social activities.

set: Youth workers in Segeneiti say they would work in earnest in development and social activities


set: POLICE carried out a drugs warrant at a property in Beck Row yesterday where a quantity of cannabis was uncovered.


set: Punters are putting money on the coalition to win the September 14 federal election with their odds cut to $1.22 from $1.26 within hours of Prime Minister Julia Gillard announcing the date.


set: Buddhist monks have led more protests in Burma, increasing pressure on the country's military regime.


set: An Australian man was among 27 people detained by Israel aboard two ships intercepted by its navy while trying to run the Jewish state's blockade of the Hamas-run Gaza Strip.


set: Liverpool midfielder Jonjo Shelvey is set for talks with the Scottish Football Association after discovering he could represent Scotland.


set: China is not only transforming itself but also the world in the process of modernization, which requires the Chinese to have cosmopolitan outlook to embrace global impacts, Martin Jacques said on Sunday.

set: China transforms both itself and world in modernization:


set: Stoke beat Bolton 2-0 Saturday in the Premier League in a fifth straight away defeat for the visitors.

set: Stoke beats Bolton 2-0 in Premier League


set: Symmetricom, Inc. a worldwide leader in precision time and frequency technologies, today announced that Altera Corporation, selected Symmetricom as its synchronization technology partner and has joined its SyncWorld Ecosystem Program as the first FPGA vendor.

set: Altera selects Symmetricom as its synchronization technology partner


set: SAN FRANCISCO Cody Ross says he has agreed to sign with the Boston Red Sox (team stats), giving them an experienced bat to help replace JD Drew (stats) in right field.


set: Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., will not be attending the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington next week, reports Alex Leary: #

set: Rubio will not attend conservative Political Action Conference


set: Walter and Eliza Hall Institute researcher Professor Terry Speed has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society, the UK's national academy promoting excellence in science.

set: Professor Terry Speed elected as Fellow of the Royal Society


set: Peter Bergman, a founding member of the Firesign Theatre comedy troupe, whose zany pun-loaded skits and absurdist political satire entertained millions of college kids during the 1960s and '70s, died Friday at a hospital in Santa Monica, Calif. He was 72.

set: Peter Bergman, a founding member of Firesign Theatre comedy troupe, dies


set: ``Dragon'' brigade Soldiers located on various forward operating and patrol bases throughout Salah ad-Din Province celebrated Thanksgiving with a simple dinner and some games.

set: ``Dragon'' brigade celebrates Thanksgiving


set: Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi suggested that Europe should consider the possibility to give a loan to Ukraine, which could be used for the payment of the country's debt to Gazprom, RIA Novosti reported.

set: Silvio Berlusconi suggested that Europe should consider giving a loan to Ukraine


set: Taylor Swift swept the four Country Music Awards she was nominated for Wednesday night, becoming the youngest ever winner of the CMAs Entertainer of the Year award in the process.

set: Taylor Swift sweeps country Music awards


set: Cardiff-born TV presenter Gethin Jones talks about his plans to marry his girlfriend, the singer Katherine Jenkins.

set: Gethin Jones on his plans to marry Katherine Jenkins


set: For nearly 250 years, the Encyclopedia Britannica will no longer be in print after the final 2010-2012 volumes.

set: Encyclopedia Britannica no longer printing


set: A former northern Utah county administrator accused of taking more than $450,000 from county coffers to pay personal debts pleaded not guilty to federal fraud and money laundering charges.

set: Former Utah county administrator pleads not guilty to federal fraud, money laundering charges


set: Thiruvananthapuram, July 6 Kerala Tuesday issued new guidelines for disciplinary action to be taken against officials of the Indian Administrative Service and the Indian Police Service, found involved in corruption or violating discipline.

set: Kerala issues new guidelines for action against officials


set: Thursday, Denbury Resources Inc., an independent oil and gas company, announced a CEO succession plan and said its Chief Executive Officer, President and Founder, Gareth Roberts, would step down form his post on or around June 30.

set: Denbury Resources CEO Gareth Roberts to step down;


set: Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov said that the Bulgarian government supports the establishment of a single European credit rating agency following a downgrade of Bulgaria's credit rating by Fitch Ratings, BTV reported.

set: Bulgaria supports the establishment of a single European credit rating agency


set: Spokane Mayor Mary Verner Friday announced her support for Sterling Savings Bank, its employees and leadership and is optimistic that the bank's plans to raise additional capital, as required by federal and state regulators, will succeed.

set: Mayor Verner announces support for Sterling Savings


set: A man has been charged with driving at police in the car park of a Gold Coast shopping centre and hitting two cars on the motorway.


set: A mother abandoned her baby boy in hospital just hours after giving birth, police said.

set: Mother abandons baby in hospital hours after giving birth


set: A BODY painter from Redditch has scooped a top prize at a prestigious art festival.


set: As Union finance minister Pranab Mukherjee prepares to present the Budget on July 6, educationists and academicians say they expect major reforms in the education sector, which, they feel, has the capacity to propel the nation towards prosperity and development.


set: As per reports and information from our sources, The premium price paid in Asia for liquefied natural gas -- some $10 per thousand cubic feet today -- could shrink as more gas reaches market, according to Richard Jones, deputy chief of the International Energy Agency in Singapore.

set: Asia for liquefied natural gas (LNG) -- some $10 per thousand cubic feet today -- could shrink as more gas reaches market.


set: Researchers from the University of Illinois have determined that the giant perennial grass Miscanthus x giganteus outperforms current biofuels sources.

set: Giant perennial grass Miscanthus outperforms current biofuels sources


set: A Kinsman woman was killed Friday morning after losing control of her car on state Route 11 in Johnston.

set: Woman killed after losing control of car in Johnston


set: Wildlife management areas in northcentral Montana open to the public today, with two Fish, Wildlife & Parks commissioners planning to attend one of the openings.


set: Balaka district council is working on improving the district's nutritional status and its local revenue base which is largely drawn from market fees and rentals.

set: Balaka district council working on improving nutritional status


set: Hollywood actress Kate Winslet almost missed her Golden Globe winning role in `The Reader', for the producers thought that she too busy with `The Revolutionary Road' to join the venture.

set: Kate Winslet almost missed Golden Globe-winning role in 'the Reader'


set: NBAD recruited 393 UAE nationals during 2010, thus increasing Emiratisation to 39% from 36% a year earlier.

set: National Bank of Abu Dhabi increases Emiratisation to 39%


set: The Hartford Courant US Rep. John B. Larson underwent heart valve replacement surgery at St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center this morning and is resting comfortably, a family spokesman said.

set: Rep. John Larson undergoes heart surgery


set: Two women, including an art teacher at Mars Elementary School, were arrested over the weekend on shoplifting charges in Ross.

set: Women arrested on shoplifting charges in Ross


set: A section of Lake Michigan Drive in Allendale has reopened after a gas main leak there has been capped.

set: Lake Michigan Drive reopened after gas main leak


set: The crash of a Russian jet traveling from Moscow to Perm early Sunday morning that resulted in the death of all 88 people on board has been blamed on engine failure.

set: Russian jet crash blamed on engine failure


set: under Arizona Republic News The Diamondbacks declined to offer salary arbitration to pitchers Joe Saunders and Micah Owings, and although that doesn't mean they won't bring one or both pitchers back, they did add to their bullpen with the reported signing of veteran free-agent Takashi Saito.

set: Arizona Diamondbacks decline salary arbitration for pitchers Joe Saunders, Micah Owings


set: Northamptonshire County Council has pledged that the show will go on whatever the weather with three outdoor theatre performances taking place in the county's country parks this summer.


set: Boeing's first delivered 787 Dreamliner has taken flight.


set: In a report, Statistics Canada said that Canadian foreign securities purchases rose to a seasonally adjusted 11.78B, from -3.45B in the preceding month whose figure was revised up from -3.46B.

set: Canadian foreign securities purchases rise


set: President Barack Obama announced today he has endorsed Democratic candidate Scott Murphy to fill the vacant House seat in New York's 20th Congressional District.


set: A 40-year-old Wheatland woman was arrested Sunday on suspicion of embezzling $69,000 from a Yuba City dentist.

set: Wheatland woman arrested for embezzling from dentist


set: Justin Timberlake held his promise by attending party at Marine Corps Ball on Saturday and much to the delight of his date, female Marine Kelsey De Santis.

set: Justin Timberlake attends party at Marine Corps Ball


set: Chinese and Pakistani air forces Saturday kicked off a joint drill in Pakistan, according to the Information Office of the Chinese Ministry of National Defense.The drill, code-named ``Shaheen-1'', will continue through March 30, sources with the ministry said.The joint military drill, aiming at learning from each other and promoting friendly cooperation, does not target any third party, the sources noted.

set: Chinese, Pakistani air forces kick off joint drill


set: Sarah Ferguson said she is now ``fighting like a lioness'' after battling her ``addiction to acceptance and approval''.

set: Sarah Ferguson `fighting like a lioness`


set: The Gymboree Corporation today announced it will hold a conference call and webcast to review first fiscal quarter 2011 financial results.

set: The Gymboree Corporation to review first fiscal quarter 2011 financial results


set: John Toshack has resigned as Wales coach following a loss to Montenegro in the team's opening 2012 European Championship qualifier.


set: It will be a family affair when Canada's pop-punk princess Avril Lavigne takes her live show across the country next week.


set: After being released by the Nationals on Monday, the great Matt Stairs decided to call it a career.


set: After once labelling the Queensland LNP an abomination Mal Brough has joined its ranks in his quest to return to federal politics.


set: A Purdue University Calumet program designed to help students who are the first in their family to go to college has received federal funding.

set: Purdue Calumet program receives federal funding


set: South Africa will host the Indian Premier League during April and May, it was confirmed at a press conference on Tuesday.

set: South Africa to host Indian Premier League


set: This is what's in the news for Friday, September 16th.


set: MANGO, Spain's most international fashion company, is launching an application for the iPhone which will allow its users to discover all the latest company news and stay informed of the latest promotions, while offering them exclusive discounts.

set: MANGO launches an application for the iPhone


set: This year's Bugfest event will be the biggest yet to be held with bug traders from the continent coming to Buckler's Mead Academy on Saturday.

set: This year's Bugfest will be the biggest yet


set: Only about a third of Florida's public schools meet the federal No Child Left Behind Act standards and officials are looking for improvement when this year's school grades are released today.


set: Campbell continues a four-match road stretch this week with Big South Conference contests Wednesday at Longwood and Saturday at VMI.

set: Campbell continues road stretch this week


set: Saudi Basic Industries Corp has set up a new venture capital arm to invest in innovative technology and companies as it seeks to expand beyond petrochemicals, which have made it one of the world's largest chemicals companies, as per Reuters.

set: SABIC sets up a new venture capital arm to invest in innovative technology


set: ALA Promotions informed Philboxing that world rated Milan Melindo will defend his International Flyweight Title against former WBA interim world champion Jean Piero Pérez of Venezuela.

set: Melindo defends against former WBA champ Jean Piero Pérez of Venezuela


set: Lexington police made two arrests and issued 36 citations at a traffic checkpoint at the Fayette-Woodford county line Monday.

set: Lexington police issue 36 citations at traffic checkpoint


set: Northern Rock has launched a new issue of its instant access savings account designed for savers to operate their account via a branch.

set: Northern Rock launches new issue of instant access savings account


set: Ryan McGivern, the Hibs defender, said of the Stevenson lunge: ``It was a disgusting tackle.


set: An American Airlines jet en route to Los Angeles safely returned to Austin after the pilot heard a loud engine noise shortly after takeoff.

set: Jet safely returns to Austin after engine noise


set: The second national emulation congress on study encouragement will be held in Hanoi late September, according to a press release issued on February 26.

set: National emulation congress on study encouragement to be held


set: A diver died in Wellington Harbour yesterday while inspecting the underside of a commercial charter vessel he leased.


set: The US Postal Service extended early retirement offers to 130,000 employees, which is nearly 20 percent of its work force.

set: Postal service extends early retirement offers to 130,000 employees


set: Rafael Nadal is set to make his long-awaited return to tennis at an Abu Dhabi exhibition tournament in December.

set: Rafael Nadal to return to tennis at Abu Dhabi exhibition tournament


set: A new Sonic game has been confirmed for the Wii, claims the latest issue of Nintendo Power magazine, entitled Sonic and the Black Knight.


set: The Star Local palm oil stocks hit a new record at 2.63 million tonnes at end-December 2012, contrary to market expectation that stocks would be reduced following Malaysia's decision to lower its crude palm oil export duty regime to between 4.5% and 8.5% from 23% previously.


set: The Taliban released a video Monday showing fighters executing 16 Pakistani tribal policemen in a hail of gunfire who were captured in a cross-border raid from Afghanistan earlier this summer.The video shows the policemen lined up on a hillside with their hands tied behind their backs, standing in front of armed Taliban fighters wearing scarves to ... ...

set: Taliban release video of fighters executing 16 Pakistani policemen


set: God Street Wine will perform at Bob Weir's new TRI Studios on August 9.

set: God Street Wine to perform at TRI Studios


set: A prison is today hosting a jobs fair for inmates in a bid to encourage resettlement and reduce reoffending.


set: Caterpillar Inc. plans to expand its manufacturing facility in Sumter, SC, nearly tripling the square footage.

set: Caterpillar to expand facility in Sumter, SC


set: The sky is forecast to clear tonight...no matter what weather website you're checking.


set: Oil prices rose to near $75 a barrel Wednesday after a report showed US crude inventories fell last week and a jump in housing sales suggested the world's biggest economy is picking up speed.


set: Radian6, a Canadian developer of social media monitoring software, has acquired its UK reseller 6Consulting for an undisclosed amount.


set: Colin Firth was named Best Actor at last night's Golden Globes for his role in 'The King's Speech', while Natalie Portman won Best Actress.

set: Colin Firth named Best actor at Golden Globes


set: that the former NBA player, who was once suspended by the league over guns in the locker room, has been charged with murder after a woman was shot on an Atlanta street.


set: When gas is cheap ``it puts a whole lot of smile on my face,'' said Starling, who is spending about $25 less on gas a week now that prices for both diesel and unleaded gas have dipped below $3 a gallon.


set: Slipknot have pulled out of the Reading and Leeds Festival weekend, because band member Joey Jordison is injured.

set: Slipknot pull out of Reading & Leeds Festival weekend


set: Waste and Recycling Services has announced the four communities selected for a residential food and yard waste pilot.

set: Four communities selected for food and yard waste pilot


set: South Charleston officials are trying to figure out how to enforce parking policy in the city's business district.

set: South Charleston officials trying to enforce parking policies


set: Why we still need the government for these disasters and a whole lot more with Rep. Terri Sewell and Melissa Harris-Perry.


set: A fitness instructor and her partner have been found dead in their home in a suspected murder/suicide incident, it has emerged.

set: Fitness instructor and partner found dead in 'suspected murder suicide'


set: Former middleweight champion William Joppy called it a career on Saturday night after defeating Baltimore's Cory ``Black Ice'' Cummings in a rematch at the Patriot Center.


set: Adidas AG said it bought back 250,000 of its own shares between Jan 30 and Feb 1 as part of an ongoing share buyback program.

set: Adidas buys 250,000 shares as part of buyback program


set: Snell launched the CVR800 and TBS800, two new HD standards and format converters in the Kudos Plus line of cost-effective rack-mountable signal processing systems.

set: Snell launches CVR800, TBS800 HD standards and format converters


set: Reports claim BBC Four is to concentrate on the arts and culture and ditch most of its drama and comedy output.

set: BBC Four to concentrate on arts and culture


set: A former city police officer was found not guilty Thursday of assaulting a cyclist during a rally in Times Square two years ago.

set: Former officer found not guilty of assaulting cyclist


set: Russia has announced it will not accept any ceasefire until Georgia has stopped its aggression in the breakaway region of south Ossetia.


set: Former Rolling Stones guitarist Mick Taylor will write a book about his time with The Rolling Stones, he told BANG Showbiz.

set: Mick Taylor will write book about the Rolling Stones


set: Jacqui Smith, the Home Secretary, is refusing to take the blame for the Gurkha fiasco as she fights for her political life.

set: Jacqui Smith refuses to take blame for Gurkhas


set: Crumbs Bake Shop, home of the gourmet cupcake, has launched its own iPhone app, now available for free download.

set: Crumbs Bake Shop launches own iPhone app


set: Global airline capacity is showing marginal growth for August 2009, the first month of positive growth for a year, reports OAG in its monthly report on trends in the supply of airline flights and seats.

set: Global airline capacity shows marginal growth


set: Falcons safety Chris Hope was fined $30,000 by the NFL after leveling Giants receiver Victor Cruz during the third quarter of Sunday's game.

set: Falcons' Chris Hope fined $30,000 for leveling Victor Cruz


set: Flower Mound Town Councilman Tom Hayden filed to run for mayor Tuesday, capping rumors that had been swirling for months.


set: Divers are back in Upper Island Cove to resume the search for two teens who went over a cliff on an ATV.


set: Pope Benedict encouraged a greater role for religion in European society but cautioned against fanaticism as he met yesterday with political, Jewish and Muslim leaders in his first papal visit to France.

set: Pope Benedict cautions against fanaticism


set: You have your ``Top Twitterers,'' users with the most followers, even most influential ... but can you guess which of these is the top Twitter city in the US?

set: Which of these is the top Twitter city in the US?


set: A man is under police guard in hospital and a shortened firearm has been seized following a fight in a hotel in Sydney's inner-west this afternoon.

set: Man under police guard in Hospital, firearm seized during fight in hotel --


set: The All Blacks are closing in on a record year for losses after the traditional rugby heavyweights suffered a fourth defeat when they lost to South Africa on Saturday.

set: All Blacks closing in on record year for losses


set: Rite Aid Corporation announced today that David Kelly, a development and real estate veteran with over 25 years experience, is joining Rite Aid as Group Vice President of Construction.

set: David Kelly joins Rite Aid as Group Vice President of Construction


set: Mainland investors will be able to trade Hong Kong stocks directly through ETFs, Li said in his keynote speech at a forum about the nation's 12th five-year plan and cross-board trade on Wednesday morning.

set: Mainland investors to trade Hong Kong stocks


set: A MAN who terrorised his partner after claiming that she had cheated on him was jailed this week.


set: Westfield Group announced Friday it plans to manage a new shopping precinct at the site of New York's World Trade Center, as the world's largest listed shopping mall operator strikes a deal to return almost 10 years after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

set: Westfield plans to manage New shopping precinct at New York World Trade Center


set: City street crews filled more than 800 potholes during a summer program to find and patch bad spots in the roads.

set: City crews filled more than 800 potholes during summer program


set: Charles Margulis of the independent California lab conducted a study in which he purchased and tested 28 Hannah Montana products and found nine to contain high levels of lead, he told CBS.

set: Some Hannah Montana products contain high levels of lead


set: Boingo Wireless, Inc. announced that it has joined the Symbian Foundation, which, together with its ecosystem, is creating the most proven, open and complete mobile software platform.

set: Boingo Wireless joins Symbian Foundation


set: US President Barack Obama Sunday mobilized military reserves to help quake-hit Haiti, particularly medical staff to work on hospital ships and Coast Guard staff to secure the ports.


set: Six out of 31 local businesses failed a tobacco compliance check by selling a pack of cigarettes to an underage person Tuesday, according to Austin police.

set: Businesses fail tobacco compliance checks


set: Pelangio Mines Inc. has been advised by Detour Gold Corporation that it has received excellent results from preliminary metallurgical testwork at its Detour Lake property in northern Ontario.

set: Pelangio advised of excellent results from preliminary metallurgical testwork at Detour Lake, Ontario


set: An Olympic torch bearer stops momentarily to propose to his girlfriend.


set: You are likely to have heard this horrified expression before: ``It's discrimination!''


set: FORMER Minister of Mines and Minerals Development Maxwell Mwale on Monday appeared in the Lusaka Magistrates' Court for mention, in a matter in which he is charged with being in possession of bicycles believed to have been stolen or unlawfully obtained.


set: Matt Cartwright, Lou Barletta, and Tom Marino have been sworn into the 213th Congress this afternoon in Washington.

set: Cartwright, Barletta, and Marino sworn into Congress;


set: US drilling activity continued its slow increase, up by 4 rotary rigs to 1,886 working this week, compared with 1,557 in the comparable week a year ago, Baker Hughes Inc. reported.


set: Grillfire opens Wednesday night in Hanover, Md., at the Town Center at Arundel Preserve.


set: A heavy rain lashed Sukkur city on Sunday and as a result rainwater inundated many areas including Racecourse Road, Hussaini Road, Clock Tower Road, Station Road and others.


set: David Hasselhoff wants to move to Wales - providing he could access the internet.


set: Bank of America said Thursday it plans to stop issuing ``private'' student loans -- or loans not backed by the government -- because the turmoil in the bond market has made the debt hard to sell to investors.

set: Bank of America to stop issuing ``private'' student loans


set: MSNBC host Thomas Roberts on Thursday featured a married gay couple facing deportation because of the Defense of Marriage Act, the law that bans federal agencies from recognizing the marriages of gay and lesbian couples.

set: Msnbc's Thomas Roberts features married gay couple facing deportation


set: The National Accountability Bureau on Thursday said it cannot withdraw cases against any accused person without the consent of the concerned courts, Daily Times has learnt.

set: 'NAB cannot withdraw cases without consent of courts'


set: Dozens of horses are quarantined in East Tennessee after a virus infected a Dixie Stampede show horse.

set: Dozens of horses quarantined in East Tennessee


set: World number two Phil Mickelson held off a charging Ernie Els to win the WGC-HSBC Champions by a shot yesterday for his second success in three years at the $7 million tournament.

set: Mickelson holds off Els to win HSBC Champions


set: Emraan Hashmi is against smoking and does it in movies only if it's necessary.


set: Even as the government tries to recover from the controversies kicked up by Army Chief Gen VK Singh, a news report claimed on Wednesday that Indian Army had moved two units towards New Delhi without notifying the government on January 16.


set: Qatar and FYR Macedonia signed a raft of agreements and a memorandum of understanding following a round of official talks chaired by HH the Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani and the President of FYR Macedonia Dr Gjorge Ivanov.


set: The idea that sports fans should boycott sports is not new.


set: SYRIAN forces shot dead three anti-government protesters on Friday on the second day of a nationwide ceasefire, as tens of thousands of people demonstrated against President Bashar al-Assad, activists said.

set: Syrian forces shoot dead protesters despite ceasefire


set: Biltmore Fashion Park has announced four new tenants signed for its new Union area, which is set to open in November.

set: Biltmore Fashion Park announces tenants for Union area


set: A judge says an Michigan man accused of placing an explosive outside a Detroit federal building is not mentally competent to face charges.

set: Man accused of placing explosive at Detroit federal building not competent to face charges


set: Casey Anthony was released from a Florida jail Sunday, 12 days after she was acquitted of murder in the death of her 2-year-old daughter.


set: Fred Sherman, who enjoyed a late-in-life career as a well-known local economist and financial radio talk show host, died Saturday at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, following multiple health problems.


set: German car maker BMW AG is recalling 120,000 cars from different countries due to an electrical flaw in the diesel filter, German news agency dapd reported Wednesday.

set: BMW recalling 120,000 cars due to electrical flaw - report


set: A man was duped of Rs 2 lakh on the promise of being provided with a job in the secretariat.


set: Emmerdale series producer Gavin Blyth has died at the age of 41, it has been confirmed.


set: A seniors group called the 60 Plus Association has come out today in support of the Ryan plan to deal with Medicare.

set: Seniors group, 60 Plus Association, comes out in support of the Ryan plan


set: Islamabad Electric Supply Company laws, policies and some reservations are not allowing the electricity connections to the stalls at Weekly Bazaar, an IESCO official told this correspondent.

set: Laws, policies not allowing connections to stalls:


set: Firefighters said a little boy was clinging to life Saturday night after nearly drowning in his family's pool.

set: Boy clinging to life after nearly drowning in pool


set: Antonio Di Natale scored twice in the first half and Italy beat Belgium 3-1 on Friday in the Azzurri's only preparation match before heading to the European Championship.

set: Di Natale scores twice as Italy beats Belgium


set: One of two Bay City men charged with doing a drive-by shooting with a BB gun has accepted a plea offer, while his cohort is set to accept an offer of his own.

set: One of two Bay City men charged in drive-by shooting with BB gun accepts plea offer


set: Law office of Brodsky & Smith, LLC announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed in the Superior Court of California challenging the proposed acquisition of Monogram Biosciences, Inc. by Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings.

set: Law office of Brodsky & Smith, LLC announces class action lawsuit against Monogram Biosciences, Inc.


set: Johnny Herbert says he is targeting a race victory on his British Touring Car debut at Silverstone this weekend.


set: Spam coming from Egypt has nearly vanished since the country's government shut down Internet access nationwide early Jan. 28.


set: Actor Rajinikanth, who was admitted to the intensive care unit of Chennai's Sri Ramachandra Medical Center Wednesday night, is now recovering well, said a hospital medical bulletin issued Thursday.


set: United States national team star and Pittsford native Abby Wambach is practicing this morning for the first time with the Western New York Flash at the team's facility in Elma, near Buffalo.

set: Abby Wambach practices with Western New York Flash


set: Paralympic track star Oscar Pistorius put on his prosthetic legs, walked seven meters to a bathroom in his luxury Pretoria home and then opened fire on his girlfriend, who was behind a bathroom door, a prosecutor told a Pretoria court on Tuesday.

set: Pistorius put on prosthetic legs before firing: prosecutors


set: Deep Purple bassist Roger Glover is in mourning for his mother, who lost her battle with cancer on Tuesday.

set: Deep Purple star Roger Glover mourns mother


set: Franklin County Treasurer John Gulley announced that 2010 mobile home privilege tax bills have been mailed.


set: Delta Air Lines Inc. has lowered its greenhouse gas emissions enough since 2005 to join The Climate Registry.

set: Delta Air Lines joins The Climate Registry


set: A WIDOW says the development of six houses next to her home is making her life a misery.


set: 2009 Week 2 College Football betting odds reflected some of the big changes since the lines opened earlier in the week.

set: 2009 week 2 College Football betting odds


set: The artist and self-styled dandy Sebastian Horsley was found dead from a suspected heroin overdose yesterday just days after a play opened about his debauched life.

set: Sebastian Horsley found dead from suspected overdose


set: 13 Azerbaijani students have been evacuated from Jalal-Abad to Bishkek in connection with the clashes in the south of Kyrgyzstan, advisor of the Azerbaijani embassy in Kyrgyzstan Ilgar Jabbarov told APA.

set: 13 Azerbaijani students evacuated from Jalal-Abad in connection with clashes in Kyrgyzstan


set: Hollywood actor Will Smith and singer Kelly Clarkson added star power to tech giant Sony's news conference at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas Monday.

set: Will Smith and Kelly Clarkson add star power


set: Transport prices have hit a three year high, after rising 7.8 per cent between the first and second quarters of 2011, the latest Transport Market Monitor by Transporeon and Capgemini reveals.


set: Portuguese consumer price inflation slowed in February, data released by the statistical office revealed Friday.


set: Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Sunday that Asia faced ``new challenges'' to its stability and warned no one should be allowed to throw the region into chaos as tensions mounted over North Korea.


set: The Statue of Liberty will close for a year at the end of October as it undergoes a $27.25 million renovation that will make the interior safer and more accessible, US Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced Wednesday Aug. 10, 2011.


set: Angelina Jolie believes that she's lucky to be alive after going through 'heavy, darker times'.

set: Angelina Jolie: 'I'm lucky to be alive after darker times'


set: Makaan.com, the property site, has launched 'Makaan Mobile' an real estate mobile application.

set: Makaan.com launches real estate Mobile application


set: Charter boat captains are in an uproar over a ban on gag grouper that goes into effect on February 1st.

set: Charter boat captains banned on gag grouper


set: Defensive tackle Andre Fluellen has signed with the Miami Dolphins after playing the past four seasons for the Detroit Lions.


set: Macedonian farmers who work for Australian Milk Company Swedmilk will protest in front of Parliament on Friday.

set: Macedonian farmers to protest in front of Parliament


set: Johannesburg bus commuters have won some concession on the transfer system for the time being, but have lost the battle on the city's fare increases.


set: Two Peoria police officers have been charged with battery in the alleged beating last year of a 33-year-old man.

set: Peoria officers charged in alleged beating


set: Kuwaiti newspaper As-Seyassah quoted on Sunday sources close to the March 8 alliance that ``Hezbollah and some of its allies are discussing a substitute for Prime Minister Najib Mikati in case the latter insists on (Lebanon providing its share of) funding for the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL).''

set: Hezbollah discussing a substitute for Mikati


set: Hancock County authorities say a former girls' high school basketball coach in south Mississippi has been charged with sexual battery on a student.

set: Former girl's high school basketball coach charged with sexual battery with student


set: Manila, Dec 1 Somali pirates have seized a Greek vessel with 28 people aboard, including 16 Filipinos, the foreign department here said Tuesday.

set: Somali pirates seize Greek vessel with 28 people aboard


set: A woman who hinted she had a gun robbed a Vancouver tanning salon Friday.


set: Photronics, Inc., a worldwide leader in supplying innovative imaging technology solutions for the global electronics industry, announced today that it paid approximately $35 million to Micron Technology, Inc. in connection with the purchase of its US nanoFab building in Boise, ID that it previously leased from the building's owner Micron.

set: Photronics purchases US nanoFab building from Micron technology, Inc.


set: A woman walking her dog found the body of a man in a snow bank.


set: Azerbaijani and German delegations discussed cooperation between the two countries in the Cabinet of Ministers of Azerbaijan on 21 July.


set: Forecasters say a strong winter storm will blow into Washington Friday with high winds and mail order cialis rain in Western Washington, heavy mountain snow, and mixed snow and rain in Eastern Washington.

set: Winter storm to blow into Washington Friday


set: THE number of nurses being trained in Scotland is set to plummet next year, prompting concerns about future staffing levels and the quality of patient care.

set: Numbers of nurses being trained set to plummet


set: Mel B showed off her growing baby bump as she co-hosted Live With Regis and Kelly.


set: A Carlisle woman was charged with felony retail theft after stealing several items from Walmart on Noble Boulevard Saturday, according to Carlisle police.

set: Carlisle woman charged with felony retail theft


set: A New Carlisle couple faces disorderly conduct charges after they allegedly disrupted a high school basketball game by yelling at referees and scuffling with police.

set: New Carlisle couple charged for disrupting basketball game


set: President Barack Obama gave hope to green businesses last night, telling the Democratic National Convention that ``climate change is not a hoax'' and promising to accelerate investment in renewable energy.

set: President Obama: ``climate change is not a hoax''


set: The new cement which is carbon negative is a great invention but I can see an issue in uptake and actually using the product.


set: Olympians Louie Vito and Queralt Castellet won the snowboard superpipe finals Saturday in the Winter Dew Tour's Nike 6.0 Open.

set: Vito, Castellet win snowboard superpipe finals


set: Riccardo Ricco tried to avoid the doping test that revealed traces of the banned blood-booster EPO during the Tour de France, the head of the French Anti-Doping Agency said on Tuesday.


set: A serving Met police officer has been charged with a child sex offence, the force has confirmed.


set: Justin Timberlake and Tina Fey each took home the gold at Saturday's Creative Arts Emmys, the TV Academy's walk-up to the Primetime Emmys Sept. 20 on CBS, Variety reports.

set: Justin Timberlake, Tina Fey take gold at Creative Arts Emmys


set: A Lake City motorcyclist was hospitalized in critical condition following a Friday afternoon accident in Columbia County, reported the Florida Highway Patrol.

set: Lake City motorcyclist in critical condition


set: Polk County detectives are seeking two women in connection with a Saturday morning armed robbery at a Davenport apartment complex.

set: Polk detectives seek two women in connection with armed robbery


set: Palazzio's Sun caught the eye when the horses were exercised here on Wednesday morning.


set: Atlanta rapper TI, seen in 2008, aided police in talking a suicidal man off a 22-storey building on Wednesday.

set: Rapper TI talks suicidal man off building


set: SULPHUR will enter the studio on the 1st of December to record their second album.


set: There is an unconfirmed report that Alberto Culver, a cosmetic company based in Melrose Park, Illinois, will be leaving Illinois.


set: British soccer superstar David Beckham is unlikely to join an A-League team.


set: Xerox Corporation has added two new digital print systems to its industry-leading color portfolio -- bringing sophisticated color management technology to more than just high-speed devices.

set: Xerox adds two Digital print systems to Color portfolio


set: For the first time ever, mindfulness is being used to reduce the likelihood of aggressive behaviour in people with developmental disabilities as well as mental health problems.

set: 'Mindfulness' for reducing aggressive behaviour in people with developmental disabilities


set: NASA will train Mexican university students in space-related fields, giving science and technology a boost in Mexico, the Mexican Space Agency, or AEM, said.


set: Alert) County, a provider of Orange County IT Support and Orange County IT consulting, has joined the VMware partner program.

set: Computer Support of Orange County joins the VMware partner program


set: Ida has strengthened to a hurricane over the Caribbean as it nears Cancun, Mexico.


set: If an individual has damaged credit, then florida secured personal loans offer a chance to use an asset such as a car or boat to get cash that is needed, while also allowing someone a chance to rebuild their credit.


set: LOS ANGELES Gary Ross says he won't direct ``Catching Fire,'' the second installment in Lionsgate's blockbuster ``The Hunger Games'' franchise.

set: Director Gary Ross says no to `Catching Fire'


set: ``Market rumours are widespread that Italian textile and design chain Coin will close its outlet in the Dorottya Palota in downtown Budapest and leave Hungary later this month.

set: Italian high-end retailer Coin may be leaving Hungary


set: 2013-05-18T16:11:52Z 2013-05-19T02:02:35Z Parking fees fight at Calif. state beaches heat upThe Associated Press The Associated Press 10 hours ago


set: Amsterdam and Gdansk, Poland, will host events on Cost Management in Shipbuilding.

set: Amsterdam will host event on cost management in


set: X FACTOR judge Gary Barlow teased his pop rival Peter Andre after winning Celebrity Dad Of The Year.


set: Dario Franchitti won his second Indianapolis 500 on Sunday.


set: Alex Rodriguez isn't as far along as teammate Mark Teixeira, but he continues to make progress from January hip surgery.

set: Alex Rodriguez continues to make progress from hip surgery


set: A 33-year-old Limerick man has pleaded not guilty to the murder of Martin Purcell, over 18 months ago.

set: Limerick man pleads not guilty to murder


set: BOCHUM, Germany - Bochum fired Swiss coach Marcel Koller on Sunday, one day after a 3-2 home loss to promoted Mainz.


set: London, Oct 14 Former Australia coach John Buchanan believes Kevin Pietersen could be a 'major problem' in England's Ashes campaign if the underperforming star fails to rediscover his batting form.


set: Heavily armed Somali pirates attacked six ships, including British, Indian and Singapore-managed vessels, earlier this week but all managed to escape, a global maritime watchdog said on Friday.

set: Somali pirates attack six ships: watchdog


set: Reality TV veteran and ex-Atomic Kitten star Kerry Katona is a favourite among bookies to win Celebrity Big Brother.

set: Celebrity Big Brother Kerry Katona favourite to win


set: Prime Minister Najib Mikati swore on Thursday night that his newly formed cabinet was ``made in Lebanon.''

set: Mikati swears his cabinet was ``made in Lebanon''


set: Norwich City midfielder Korey Smith has joined League One side Yeovil Town in a 93-day emergency loan deal.

set: Norwich City's Korey Smith joins Yeovil Town on loan


set: A bad plan for casinos in Florida is getting worse.


set: NFL free agent Donte Stallworth is hospitalized with serious burns after the hot air balloon carrying him and two other people crashed into power lines in South Florida.

set: Donte Stallworth hospitalized with burns


set: Gov. David Paterson apologized this afternoon to former Gov. George E. Pataki for comments Paterson made Tuesday that suggested Pataki approved tax increases after the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

set: Paterson apologizes to Pataki for comments


set: Air India has reportedly said that its board has approved issuing preference shares worth Rs75 bn to lenders as part of a financial restructuring plan, according to reports.

set: Air India board approves issuing preference shares to lenders: reports


set: Chelsea have agreed a deal to sign Internacional midfielder Oscar, according to the Brazilian club's president, Giovanni Luigi.


set: David Cameron is hoping that Afghan presidential and parliamentary elections in April 2014 will draw moderate elements of the Taliban into the democratic process before the departure of most Nato troops.

set: Cameron hopes Afghan elections will draw Taliban into democratic process


set: Collins analyst says, ``We are raising our PT to $36 and reiterating our BUY rating on ROVI following a strong beat and raise quarter.

set: Collins stewart reiterates a 'BUY' on ROVI corp (ROVI);


set: A rural Ontario couple face bestiality charges after being busted for allegedly growing pot in a dog kennel, Halton Regional Police said Friday.


set: Peru and Canada signed a free trade agreement Thursday, hailed by Peruvian President Alan Garciaas an important step for his county's economic future.


set: The HSE has confirmed that the six patients who died at a County Donegal nursing home had contracted influenza Type A.


set: Brent futures slipped further below $111 on Monday as the latest data from China pointed to an uneven economic recovery in the world's second-biggest oil consumer and raised demand growth concerns, while a stronger dollar put more pressure on prices.


set: Ingemar Johansson, the Swede who stunned the boxing world by knocking out Floyd Patterson to win the heavyweight title in 1959, has died, a longtime friend said Saturday.

set: Former heavyweight champ ingemar Johansson dies


set: Vikings quarterback Tarvaris Jackson has been the talk of the Twin Cities lately after accomplishing an incredible feat. Vikings fans, and other fans, alike watched in amazement last Sunday, and everyone would certainly remember where they were when they saw Tarvaris Jackson complete a pass.


set: England rugby star Mike Tindall was last night facing a fresh inquisition from his wife Zara Phillips after admitting that he lied about his drunken night out with a mystery blonde in New Zealand.


set: The European markets are on the rise in afternoon trading Friday, ahead of the employment report from the US Sentiment was impacted by positive earnings news from the corporate front.

set: European markets rise in afternoon trading


set: Ecclestone confirmed on Friday that he had been questioned by the prosecutors on April 6th as part of the investigation, which related to the sale of Formula One's commercial rights.


set: An 86-year-old Longview woman has died from injuries received when she was struck by a vehicle in April.

set: Longview woman dies from injuries after being struck by vehicle


set: Caribbean telecommunications operator Digicel plans to launch a private placement of USD 435 million in senior notes due 2014.

set: Digicel to launch private placement of senior notes


set: John Cusack and Johnny Knoxville have signed on for lead roles in Carnaval, about a sports agent who heads to Rio de Janeiro during the annual pre-Lent festivities to recruit a soccer star.

set: John Cusack and Johnny Knoxville sign on for Carnaval


set: President Bush blasted Iran as a wellspring of world terrorism Sunday as new reports reveal he doesn't believe the US intelligence community's findings that the Islamic nation stopped its nuclear program.


set: NEW members have signed up to 'an ambitious vision for the future' at Northumberland National Park.


set: Most people are so attuned to the nuances of social interaction that they can detect clues to mental illness while playing a strategy game with someone they have never met.

set: Most people can detect clues to mental illness while playing strategy game


set: Global mobile data traffic has nearly tripled in 2009, growing more than 10 times faster than voice, network equipment maker Telefon AB LM Ericsson has said.

set: Global mobile data traffic tripled in 2009 - Ericsson


set: Jordan has confirmed that her marriage troubles reported in the News of The World are true with a tweet today.


set: Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Hudson appealed today for the public's help in finding her 7-year-old nephew, missing since the shooting deaths of her mother and brother.

set: Actress Jennifer Hudson appeals for help in finding nephew


set: Lansing Police are investigating a shooting that happened at about 10:30 Wednesday night on the 1200 block of West Saginaw - that's near Sparrow Hospital's Saint Lawrence Campus.


set: 30 Rock actress Jane Krakowski has gotten engaged to her clothing-designer boyfriend Robert Godley.


set: Banfield crushed San Lorenzo in its Florencio Sola Stadium 2-0 during the thirteenth round of the Clausura Tournament.


set: Greek banks will pass this week a liquidity test, as they have to give Bank of Greece, the Greek central bank, figures that note the structure of their sources to raise capital.


set: Cheap NFL playoffs tickets are among BuyCheapTicketsToEvents.com's specialties, and this season is no different.


set: Artist Sebastian Horsley died of a massive heroin and cocaine overdose, an inquest has heard.

set: Artist Sebastian Horsley died of overdose


set: Most Indians have positive image of the US, with 66 per cent expressing a favourable opinion, as President Barack Obama's job approval rating among his own people declined sharply, an opinion poll suggested today.


set: PTI / Kolkata November 20, 2012, 19:25 CPI state secretary Biman Bose today said anyone was welcome for discussions on any issue but clarified that the Left parties did not have the numbers to bring a no-confidence motion against UPA-II government in Parliament.


set: Mysterious rap icon Doom has confirmed his first full UK tour for later this year.


set: A Keedysville man died early Sunday in an accident on Interstate 68 near Bruceton Mills, W.Va., according to the Preston County Sheriff's Department.


set: Baxa announces the launch of its new corporate Web site with enhanced user features and technical content.


set: All limited companies must from the 1 October 2010 have at least one 'human' director, warns law firm Boodle Hatfield.

set: All companies must have at least one 'human' director


set: Billionaire CEO Steve Wynn used his company's earnings call to trash President Obama and his economic policies Monday -- calling the administration a ``wet blanket'' on the business community.


set: Richard Serra says his new sculptures on view at Gagosian present viewers with ``an arrested moment where you have to make a choice.''


set: The construction industry added 33,000 jobs in February even as the industry's unemployment rate was 21.8 percent, more than twice the national average, according to an analysis of new federal employment data released March 4 by the Associated General Contractors of America, Arlington, Va.

set: Construction industry adds 33,000 jobs in February


set: Mitchells & Butlers PLC refuted suggestions it needs a capital injection or that it needs to cut capital investment in order to retain its dividend payment.

set: Mitchells & Butlers refutes suggestions it needs capital injection


set: Newly Oscar-nominated Bradley Cooper is set to star as Lance Armstrong in JJ Abrams's forthcoming biopic of the shamed cyclist who cheated his way to seven Tour de France titles.

set: Bradley Cooper to star as Lance Armstrong in forthcoming biopic


set: Katie Price has said that she would never date a rapist or someone in the pornography industry.


set: Less than two months after her sudden retirement, Justine Henin isn't completely ruling out a return to tennis.

set: Henin isn't completely ruling out return


set: France midfielder Abou Diaby has called for patience as his side prepare to face Luxembourg in Metz tomorrow night.


set: ``With sadness in my heart, I've decided not to return to #IDOL,'' she Twittered Tuesday.


set: IBM Corp. said that it is expanding a program that sends employee teams to developing countries to assist local organizations on projects that involve business, social or technology issues.

set: IBM expanding program in developing countries


set: Cyprus provides an ideal environment for UK companies to grow and expand their business activities, Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism Antonis Paschalides has said.

set: Cyprus 'provides an ideal environment for UK companies'


set: 30 Seconds To Mars have today announced that they, in partnership with VyRT and Ustream, will be selling tickets to the first ever virtual concert, or as they've described it, a ``Virtual Social Concert Experience,'' in recognition of the band's 300th show.

set: 30 Seconds to Mars announce first ever virtual concert


set: UK parcel carrier Parceline is rebranding itself as DPD, the name used by its European sister companies and international network.


set: BJP is heading towards a simple majority in Karnataka as votes are being counted.

set: BJP heading towards simple majority in Karnataka


set: ``4,986,296 voters will participate in the Azerbaijani presidential elections in October this year,'' said chairman of the Central Election Commission Mazahir Panahov at the commission's meeting today, APA reports.

set: 4,986,296 voters to participate in Azerbaijani presidential elections


set: REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi By Michelle Nichols First lady Michelle Obama beat out heads of state, chief executives and celebrities to rank as the world's most powerful woman in Forbes magazine's annual listing on Wednesday.

set: Michelle Obama ranked world's most powerful woman


set: A new private Christian high school will open today inside Valley Church at 2940 Interstate 70-Business Loop.


set: A senior White House aide says President Barack Obama will not change the current US policy toward Taiwan and China.

set: Obama will not change US policy toward Taiwan, China


set: Russia has shut off all its gas supplies to Europe through Ukraine -- the latest move in a pricing dispute that has reduced or halted fuel deliveries to a dozen countries during a winter cold snap.


set: Petrol could hit a record £1.60 for unleaded and £1.65 for diesel, according to Retail Motor Industry Federation estimates.


set: COLUMBIA, SC Former college football coach Jim Carlen, who served West Virginia, Texas Tech and South Carolina, has died.

set: Former college football coach Jim Carlen dies


set: United Concordia , administrator of the TRICARE Dental Program, is now offering online dental-themed jigsaw puzzles.

set: United Concordia offers online jigsaw puzzles


set: Yankton emergency responders had a busy weekend, mobilizing for two rollover accidents and a camper fire in Nebraska.


set: Economist Jeffrey Sachs spoke to Occupy Wall Street protesters at Zuccotti Park on October 7, 2011.

set: Jeffrey Sachs speaks to Occupy Wall Street


set: One of the four men accused of beating another man outside a Warner Robins club early this morning was also injured, police said.

set: Four men accused of beating another man outside Warner Robins club


set: A local political group, dubbed ``The Heart of Illinois 9/12 Project,'' will host a Tazewell County candidates forum at 7 pm Jan. 26 at the Fondulac Park Administration Building in East Peoria.


set: Man with HIV charged over sex Updated: 14:16, Wednesday March 13, 2013 A man with HIV has been charged after having unprotected sex with a woman in Queensland, and police fear others may have been exposed.


set: France and the Isle of Man signed a tax accord Thursday which the small British dependency said was a sign that it shouldn't be lumped with disreputable tax havens which are under mounting pressure.


set: ``The situation in Yemen is a top concern,'' Clinton told reporters at Foggy Bottom headquarters of the State Department in a joint media availability with Prime Minister of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad Bin Jassim Bin Jabr Al-Thani.


set: World No. 1 Roger Federer got back into his old routine with a 6-3, 6-4 defeat of France's Gael Monfils to reach the Monte Carlo Masters quarter finals on Thursday.


set: TEIGNMOUTH partied hard as it welcomed home its rock sons Muse to make a dream come true as they played two sell-out gigs on home turf.


set: Director Mysskin, whose superhero movie Mugamoodi is shaping up well, is flying to the Czech Republic with his crew and the music composer K for the film's music.


set: AP Mar 14, 2013, 06.35PM IST The US current account trade deficit narrowed in the final three months of 2012.

set: US current account trade deficit narrows


set: Charl Schwartzel became the third South African to defend a European tour event when he won the Joburg Open at Royal Johannesburg and Kensington on Sunday.


set: CSI, featuring guest star Taylor Swift, delivered nearly 21 million viewers, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for Thursday, March 5.

set: ``CSI,'' featuring guest star Taylor Swift, delivers nearly 21 million viewers


set: ``Captain'' Lou Albano, who became one of the most recognized professional wrestlers of the 1980s after appearing in Cyndi Lauper's ``Girls Just Want to Have Fun'' music video, died Wednesday.


set: THE Singapore Flyer has been placed under receivership a mere five years after the attraction first opened, but will continue business as usual in the meantime.

set: Singapore Flyer placed under receivership


set: Oklahoma City police say a man was found dead inside a convenience store on the city's northwest side.

set: Man found dead inside a convenience store


set: The Dark Knight is nearing the $1 billion dollar mark, with a grand total of $997,535,317 in box office receipts.


set: So far this year, at least 18 people have committed suicide in America's national parks this year, from the swamplands of the Everglades and the beaches of Cape Cod to the rain-soaked forests of Olympic National Park and the bleak expanse of the Mojave Desert.

set: 18 people committed suicide in national parks this year


set: The Forum for Democratic Change president, Dr Kizza Besigye, announced last evening that he had formed a pressure group to champion change in the country.


set: Economic restructuring is of ``utmost priority'', Education Minister Heng Swee Keat said today.

set: Economic restructuring is of ``utmost priority'':


set: Rogers Wireless, a subsidiary of Rogers Communications, has launched three new handsets, the Samsung Propel, Samsung Gravity and LG Neon, for the Canadian market.

set: Rogers Wireless launches three new handsets


set: HNI was downgraded by research analysts at Sidoti from a ``buy'' rating to a ``neutral'' rating in a report issued on Monday.

set: HNI (HNI) downgraded by Sidoti to ``neutral''


set: Full-back Brown, 26, was last capped in 2008 on the ill-fated tour to New Zealand, when his involvement with the national side ended ignominiously with a £1,000 fine for staying out all night and missing a physio session following the Test defeat in Auckland.


set: iPhone manufacturer Apple ranks highest in overall customer satisfaction among business wireless smartphone users, according to the JD Power and Associates 2008 Business Wireless Smartphone Customer Satisfaction StudySM released today.

set: Apple ranks highest in wireless customer satisfaction


set: New Zealander Michael Campbell, yet to make a halfway cut this year because of shoulder trouble, withdrew from The Open on the 12th hole of his second round at Turnberry.


set: A 66-year-old Fond du Lac man was injured when he crashed his car into an Oshkosh Corp. military vehicle Tuesday afternoon.

set: Fond du Lac injured after crashing into Oshkosh Corp. military vehicle


set: George Soros, the billionaire investor and philanthropist, will give $100 million to Human Rights Watch to help the group expand globally, marking the biggest gift he has made and by far the largest the organization has received, The New York Times reported Sept. 6.

set: Soros giving $100 million to Human Rights Watch


set: Several migratory birds, including endangered flamingoes, were found dead at Sakkarakottai tank near here.

set: Several migratory birds found dead at Sakkarakottai tank


set: A winter weather advisory has been issued for 9 am to 9 pm Wednesday, for Murray, Cottonwood, Nobles, Jackson, Pipestone and Rock counties, as well as Lyon County and other parts of the Tri-state area.


set: The first Industrial Automation North America trade show has completely sold out of exhibitor space.

set: Industrial Automation North America show sells out exhibitor space


set: Swedish rockers The Wannadies have finally called it quits, seven years after the release of their last album.

set: Swedish rockers the Wannadies call it quits


set: Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has requested federal disaster assistance for 10 southern Wisconsin counties as a result of a blizzard that hit the area in February.


set: 'Countdown' numbers expert Rachel Riley has joined 'The Gadget Show' as a presenter alongside Pollyanna Woodward and Jason Bradbury.


set: High-scoring Milwaukee point guard Mo Williams is headed to Cleveland to become James' new backcourt mate as part of a three-team trade involving Milwaukee and Oklahoma City.


set: Alicia Keys will perform live at the People's Choice Awards show in Los Angeles, CBS said.

set: Alicia Keys to perform at People's Choice Awards show


set: Los Angeles, Dec 22 Brody Jenner has split with Jayde Nicole.


set: Boart Longyear Ltd says it expects a stronger business performance in 2010, but remains cautious given the global economic environment, after falling to a full-year loss for 2009.

set: Boart Longyear expects stronger performance in 2010


set: Circles close to her say she has been learning Tamil from a teacher and is very regular to the 'tuition classes'.


set: US secretary-of-state designate Hillary Clinton has promised Israeli Prime Minsiter Ehud Olmert that she would work for Middle East peace as the next top US diplomat, Olmert's office said Saturday.

set: Hillary Clinton promises Olmert to work for Middle East peace


set: ANTI-knife crime campaigners will be joining a day and night of action in Clacton to promote community safety.

set: Anti-knife campaigners join day of action in Clacton


set: Oscar Pistorius reported to South African authorities on Monday under bail terms in the murder case against him, said a spokeswoman for the Olympic athlete.

set: Oscar Pistorius reports to authorities under bail terms


set: Georgia is ready to reestablish bilateral relations with Russia, the Georgian economics minister said Wednesday.

set: Georgia ready to reestablish relations with Russia - minister


set: An elderly police officer was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in South Kashmir's Pulwama district shortly after Friday prayers which created panic in the area.

set: Police officer shot dead in South Kashmir


set: A Turkish medical delegation landed in the Gaza Strip on Sunday after crossing the Rafah border terminal.

set: Turkish medical delegation lands in Gaza


set: FILTRONIC, the wireless communications and electronic defence equipment firm, today revealed that its chief executive was stepping down and that several offers had been made for its defence business.

set: Filtronic's chief executive to step down


set: Former mayor of Jaleshwor Municipality, Balkrishna Dhakal, committed suicide by consuming poison last night, confirmed the District Police Office, Mahottari.


set: Next chief executive Simon Wolfson is to share his £2.4m bonus out among staff as a gesture of ``thanks and appreciation''.


set: The Lil Wayne concert has been cancelled for the second time in Rochester.


set: A vintage one rupee coin fetched a whopping Rs220,000 at a numismatics auction in Bangalore.

set: Vintage one rupee coin fetches Rs220,000


set: Cindy Sizemore, wife of political activist Bill Sizemore could testify against Bill in their tax evasion case.

set: Cindy Sizemore could testify against Bill


set: A year after the Bush administration said it had abandoned its harshest interrogation methods, CIA operatives used severe sleep deprivation tactics against a terror detainee in late 2007, keeping him awake for six straight days with permission from government lawyers.

set: CIA operatives used severe sleep deprivation tactics against terror detainee


set: Yemen released 460 northern Shiite rebel prisoners on Thursday following Qatari mediation, the rebels and security officials said.


set: A Hogansburg woman pleaded guilty Thursday to first-degree vehicular manslaughter, admitting she struck and killed Tyson Arquette as he walked along St. Regis Road on Jan. 15.

set: Hogansburg woman pleads guilty to vehicular manslaughter


set: A 39--year--old man has been charged with making a bomb hoax call to the police on July 7.

set: Man charged with making bomb hoax call to police


set: Madonna has announced plans to build 10 new schools in Malawi with a new partner after mismanagement forced the pop star to scrap her first project there last year.

set: Madonna plans 10 schools in Malawi - with new partner


set: SOFTWARE developer AppSense has replaced its chief executive amid reports of investor unease and its planned IPO in New York is on the rocks.The Daresbury and New York-based pioneer of virtualisation software has appointed Scott Arnold as its new CEO after the sudden departure of American Darron Antill after two years in the role.Mr Arnold.


set: The lawyers of the Allahabad high court on Monday boycotted judicial work to protest against the killing of three lawyers in Lakhimpur Khiri clash.


set: The man struck and killed by a Caltrain in Burlingame was identified Saturday as Micahel Sullivan.

set: Man killed by a Caltrain in Burlingame identified


set: Olympic champion Viktoria Rebensburg of Germany won her second straight World Cup giant slalom Saturday, while overall leader Lindsey Vonn had a blazing final run to finish second.


set: Four men have been arrested for stealing from cars in parking garages in the Flemingdon Park neighbourhood.

set: Four arrested for stealing from cars in parking garages


set: The Syrian community in Italy denounced the terrorist attacks that took place in Damascus on Friday, condemning the crimes and vandalism perpetrated by armed terrorist groups targeting Syria's security.

set: Syrian community in Italy denounces terrorist attacks in Damascus


set: Sophie Ellis Bextor, daughter of Blue Peter presenter Janet Ellis, gets teased by Sean Hughes - hilarity from BBC worldwide.


set: Australian wages grew around four per cent, on average, last financial year, a private sector survey shows.

set: Aust wages grew by four per cent: survey


set: The National Weather Service has issued a tornado watch for 10 Maryland counties.

set: National Weather Service issues tornado watch


set: President Michel Sleiman discussed latest domestic and regional developments with Kataeb Party leader Amin Gemayel on Thursday, the National News Agency reported.

set: Sleiman discusses developments with Gemayel


set: ``In Kyrgyzstan, a general credit portfolio of microcredit companies amounts to almost KGS 16 B,'' Vice Prime Minister Dzhoomart Otorbayev stated at today's panel discussion ``Responsible crediting in the Kyrgyz Republic''.

set: In Kyrgyzstan, a general credit portfolio of microcredit companies amounts to almost KGS 16 B --


set: Two reeling German banks tapped state funds for billions of euros in aid Friday, dpa reported.

set: Two German banks tap state funds for aid


set: The man calling himself ``Proprietor Mutt'' says the white supremacist group he advertised with flyers was a hoax he perpetrated to encourage people to ``speak out.''

set: Man says white supremacist group a ``hoax''


set: Ryan Johansen scored twice to lead the Portland Winterhawks to a 6-3 win over the Prince George Cougars in WHL action Tuesday night.

set: Ryan Johansen scores twice to lead Winterhawks to 6-3 win over Cougars


set: Immigrant families in Los Angeles of the United States started Monday an interstate bus tour to push for national immigration reform focusing on family reunion.

set: Immigrant families in US start interstate tour to push for immigration reform


set: The global economic crisis may delay the implementation of a green economy in some countries, said a senior UN official yesterday.

set: Global economic crisis may delay implementation of green economy:


set: The Sainsbury Laboratory, a major new plant science research centre in Cambridge by architects Stanton Williams, has won the coveted RIBA Stirling Prize 2012 for the best building of the year.

set: The Sainsbury Laboratory in Cambridge wins the RIBA Stirling Prize 2012


set: Former Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is joining the Council of Foreign Relations as a distinguished fellow, according to a tweet by Richard Haas, the president of the think tank.

set: Geithner to join Council on Foreign Relations


set: Country crooner Randy Travis was arrested early Monday morning in Sanger, Texas, on a public intoxication charge.

set: Randy Travis arrested for public intoxication


set: ``We've heard from two independent sources that RIM is planning on announcing only one handset at BlackBerry World next week, the BlackBerry Bold Touch.

set: RIM announcing one handset at BlackBerry World?


set: LINDSAY Davenport won't be rushed to take a decision about her tennis future after a frustrating third-round exit from the US Open.


set: A 13-year-old Iowa cat has been infected with swine flu, veterinary and federal officials said, and it is believed to be the first case of the H1N1 virus in a feline.


set: ST. PAUL, Minn. ― The future of the Taste of Minnesota may be in limbo.

set: Future of Taste of Minnesota may be in limbo


set: India has become the first country in the world to successfully breed critically endangered slender-billed vultures in captivity.

set: India first country to successfully breed vultures in captivity


set: Republic of Ireland boss Giovanni Trapattoni has denied suffering a stroke and insists he is recovering well following surgery.


set: Chennai, April 30 A leading orthopaedic hospital here Wednesday launched a new 'Joint for Life' technology that provides joint replacement equipment that will last a lifetime.

set: Chennai hospital launches ``joint for life'' technology


set: Scientists are using a yacht to deploy ocean-monitoring robots in the Indian Ocean for the first time.

set: Scientists deploy robots in Indian ocean


set: Dubai, the second-biggest emirate in the United Arab Emirates, has overcome its financial challenges and could issue debt if it wanted, said the head of Dubai's Supreme Fiscal Policy Committee.

set: Dubai has overcome its financial challenges:


set: Egnyte, a Mountain View, Calif.-based provider of on-demand file server solutions, has raised $6 million in Series A funding.


set: MADRID -Barcelona has won the Spanish league title for the first time in three years.


set: Bristol Palin, the oldest daughter of former Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin, will appear in an episode of the ABC Family drama The Secret Life of the American Teenager, the network announced Feb. 23.

set: Bristol Palin to appear on 'Secret Life of the American Teenager'


set: ``GoldenEye 64'' for the Nintendo 64, first released in 1997, has been voted the sixth best videogame of all time by an extensive survey carried out by Game.co.uk.

set: `GoldenEye 64` voted sixth best videogame of all time


set: US President Barack Obama defended his Afghanistan policy Wednesday, as the central Asian nation is embroiled in anti-American unrests stemming from inappropriate handling of religious material by US soldiers.


set: Alaska Airlines said it will cut capacity by eight per cent this winter and slash up to 1,000 jobs, as high fuel costs and a weak economy provide a ``one-two punch'' to the carrier's bottom line.


set: A Hickory police officer shot and seriously injured a suspect after a chase through residential neighborhoods late Saturday, according to the department.


set: Six hundred residents in the northeast remain in the dark, after a police car hit a power pole on Monday evening.

set: Hundreds remain in the dark after police car hits power pole


set: TMZ.com is reporting that Hemsley died of lung cancer , after the medical examiner's report was released, which cited the cause of death as superior vena cava syndrome caused by a cancerous mass in the lung.


set: With hopes to boost the company's position as a low cost mobile services provider, Wal-Mart plans to offer its own cellphone plan.


set: Industrial activity is ramping up in the Rockmart area with movement on existing industry expansion and ongoing discussions about land purchases.


set: Swedes are drinking less alcohol than before.


set: ABC and CBS have both bought dramas from ``The Ghost Whisperer'' producers Ian Sander and Kim Moses and their Sander/Moses Productions, reports Deadline.com.

set: ABC and CBS both buy dramas from 'Ghost Whisperer' producers


set: Central Washington will begin the new season ranked No. 22 in the nation For the fourth consecutive year, and the fifth time in its tenure as a NCAA Division II member, the Central Washington University football team is ranked in the American Football Coaches Association Division II pre-season top 25, as was announced Monday.

set: Central Washington begins new season ranked No. 22


set: In the midst of an economic crisis that's sparked massive layoffs, new research by a U of T professor shows that even optimists get the blues when facing a pink slip.

set: Even optimists get the blues when pink-slipped


set: Cardinal Health has spun off its medical products division creating a nearly $4bn medical products company called CareFusion.

set: Cardinal Health spins off medical division


set: Long a world leader in alternate energy sources such as ethanol and bio-diesel, Petrobras announced today that its first complete wind farm, a complex of four separate installations in the Northeastern state of Rio Grande do Norte, has now come on line, eight months ahead of schedule.


set: Chinese authorities have determined rockers Oasis are ``unsuitable'' to play in China and scheduled concerts in Beijing and Shanghai have been cancelled due to the band's licenses to play being revoked.

set: Oasis ``unsuitable'' for China and concerts are cancelled


set: A leading global automotive company is creating 300 new jobs at a new multi-million pound manufacturing facility in Sunderland.

set: Global company creates 300 new jobs in Sunderland


set: Janet Jackson will pay tribute to her brother Michael at this year's VMAs.


set: Bollywood actress Bipasha Basu said Sunday viewers will get to see the ``real Bipasha'' in her upcoming film 'Jodi Breakers'.

set: You`ll get to see real me in `Jodi Breakers`:


set: Employees evacuated an El Dorado County Walmart store Tuesday after a suspicious message turned up inside an employee lounge, according to deputies.


set: A newborn baby was found in a plastic bag on Friday morning at Moletsane, Soweto, police said.


set: A malfunctioning terrarium heater sparked a blaze Thursday that destroyed a Southwest Portland home and caused $1.1 million in damage.

set: Heater sparked blaze that caused $1.1 million in damage


set: The euro erased gains versus the dollar on Thursday after an IMF report said the European Central Bank should keep euro zone interest rates low for some time.

set: Euro erases gains versus dollar after IMF report


set: Newsday > Opinion An official must uphold the law Originally published:


set: Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett said Wednesday he will press to raise water rates, partly to help the city with its fiscal problems.

set: Barrett says he will press to raise water rates


set: THE short end of the South African bond curve drooped in midday trade on Friday despite a firmer rand and an 89 cents per litre cut in the retail petrol price, which will be implemented on July 4.


set: The UK economy would be damaged by a breakup of the euro zone, but businesses shouldn΄t panic, UK Business Secretary Vince Cable said Thursday.

set: ``UK economy would be damaged by a breakup of the euro zone''


set: Interstate 90 eastbound, between Wallace and Lookout Pass, has been closed by Idaho State Police due to slide-offs, spin offs, stuck vehicles and jack-knifed tractor trailers in adverse road conditions.


set: After staying in Chicago overnight for observation, John Carlson and Marcus Trufant are headed back to Seattle.

set: John Carlson, Marcus Trufant heading back to Seattle


set: Pantaloon Retail, the country's largest listed retailer,raised Rs 500 crore by selling 15.8 million equity shares to investors at Rs 316 apiece, the company said in a statement to exchanges today.


set: The Schmallenberg virus, which causes cows and sheep to give birth to deformed or stillborn offspring, could be making a comeback, tests have shown.

set: Schmallenberg virus could be making a comeback


set: Sharper Image Corp. and catalog retailer Lillian Vernon Corp. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Wednesday after struggling with declining sales.

set: Sharper Image files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy