set: Cesare Siepi, an operatic bass who fled Fascist Italy and later rose to fame both as a staple of the Metropolitan Opera and one of the most celebrated singers to play the title role in ``Don Giovanni,'' has died at age 87.


set: In the post King wrote ``I am ... woman ... mother ... aunt ... Jamaican ... American ... international artiste ... singer ... songwriter ... band leader ... friend ... lover ... entrepreneur ... goddess! among other things and yes!!!...I am a lesbian.''


set: A new Canadian phone scam is targeting grandparents, but a Bountiful woman she out-smarted the would-be crooks.


set: Jeremy Guthrie was diagnosed with pneumonia and will not make his scheduled start Wednesday against the Tigers.


set: Sen. Edward M. Kennedy was released from the hospital and doing well today after suffering a seizure during an inaugural luncheon.

set: Sen. Kennedy released from hospital after suffering seizure


set: The council voted 5-2 on Monday to raise property taxes by 3 percent by next year.


set: Friday, Bethany Storro's parents apologized for their daughters acid attack hoax, and admitted that she lied about someone throwing acid on her face and actually threw it on herself.

set: Bethany Storro's parents apologize for the acid attack hoax


set: China has claimed to have developed a carrier based fighter aircraft called 'J-15' to be deployed on its first aircraft carrier, a refurbished version of a partially built vessel purchased from Ukraine, the state media has said.

set: China claims to have developed carrier based fighter aircraft


set: Like the entire region, the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad Tuesday remained enveloped by dust, particularly affecting those vulnerable to dust allergy and asthma patients.


set: The San Jose Earthquakes lost to the Houston Dynamo by a score of 1-0 in a close match at AT&T Park in San Francisco, Calif. A Brad Davis penalty kick put the Dynamo ahead for good.

set: San Jose Earthquakes lose to Houston Dynamo 1-0


set: There are reports that Gabonamong might have snubbed national duty amid allegations that the midfield workhorse is unhappy over undisclosed issues.


set: A MAN who attacked his girlfriend in a jealous rage before harming himself avoided a prison sentence.

set: MAN attacked his girlfriend in jealous rage


set: Nintendo announced at the Media Summit in San Francisco that Club Nintendo, the popular reward point system in Japan, is coming to America by the end of the year.


set: Greaves Cotton, the diesel engine manufacturer, is planning to enter the power gensets space soon to move up the value chain, a senior company official said on Tuesday.


set: The Rev. William and Esther Brigden will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on Sunday, May 31, 2009.

set: Brigdens to celebrate 50th wedding anniversary


set: Egypt goalkeeper Essam El-Hadary packed his bags and left for Switzerland on Saturday to join FC Sion.


set: Manchester United launched its New York Stock Exchange listing on Monday, hoping to raise about $330 million by selling 10 per cent of the Premier League club.

set: Manchester United launches New York Stock Exchange listing


set: Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi warned he will join al-Qaeda if the West invades Libya, Italian newspaper Il Giornale said on Tuesday.

set: Gaddafi warns joining al-Qaeda if West invades Libya


set: 27 Sep, 2009 1810hrs IST PTI India today welcomed the renewed global push for achieving a world free of atomic weapons but underlined that the international nuclear order cannot be ``discriminatory''.

set: International nuclear order cannot be ``discriminatory'':


set: DETROIT ' A family friend says former first lady Betty Ford has died at age 93.


set: Bernard Madoff is seeking to keep a $US7 million Manhattan penthouse and an additional $US62 million in assets, saying they are unrelated to the fraud that authorities say cost victims more than $US50 billion.

set: Madoff seeks to keep Manhattan penthouse


set: A man in Alaska this week pleaded guilty to intentionally ramming humpback whales with his boat, an infraction that is a breach of the Endangered Species Act, the Juneau Empire reports.

set: Man guilty of intentionally ramming whales with boat


set: A late Kevin McMenamin free salvaged a draw for Tir Chonaill, bidding for a third successive title.


set: The Canucks try to extend their winning streak to seven games when they play host to the Colorado Avalanche tonight.

set: The Canucks try to extend winning streak to seven games


set: US Coast Guard personnel in Grand Haven for the Coast Guard Festival participated in a fitness run along the Grand River early this morning as part of ongoing readiness measures.

set: Coast Guard personnel participate in fitness run


set: Cosmetics and fragrance giant Estée Lauder has appointed a new general manager for its business operations in Canada, Philippe Warnery.

set: Estée Lauder appoints new general manager for Canada


set: Rep. Zach Wamp said with the US Department of Labor reporting today that 598,000 jobs were lost in January, the most since the end of 1974, the stimulus bill now under consideration should focus on job creation.

set: Wamp says stimulus should focus on job creation


set: Great Wall is the first Chinese company to get a full European type approval and to achieve a breakthrough on the European automotive market, Great Wall Motors President Wang Feng Ying said in an interview with FOCUS News Agency.

set: Great Wall is first Chinese company to get full European type approval


set: Beeville police identified a 22-year-old man struck by a car Wednesday night leaving him with two broken legs and a bruised lung.

set: Beeville police identify man struck by car


set: North Korea displayed the body of ruler Kim Jong Il in a glass coffin surrounded by red flowers Tuesday, and his young heir was one of the first to pay respects -- a strong indication that a smooth leadership transition was under way.

set: North Korea displays body of Kim Jong Il in glass coffin


set: Sabre Defenseman Brian Campbell says that he's through negotiating a contract with the Sabres during the season.


set: Vodafone is preparing a major international brand refresh in a bid to bolster its customer relationships globally and maintain its competitive edge.

set: Vodafone prepares major international brand refresh


set: The suspicious device that halted a major intersection and put two elementary schools on alert Wednesday morning turned out to be a water Thermos, officials said.

set: Suspicious device at intersection turns out to be water Thermos


set: Idaho Falls is considering enacting an anti-discrimination ordinance to cover sexual orientation and gender identity; if it does, it'd be the seventh Idaho city to enact protections from discrimination that state lawmakers have repeatedly refused to add to the Idaho Human Rights Act.

set: Idaho Falls considers anti-discrimination ordinance


set: The Phoenix Suns have acquired Shaquille O'Neal in a stunning, blockbuster deal that sends four-time all-star Shawn Marion and Marcus Banks to the Miami Heat.


set: An international rights group has urged Iran to immediately release the son and the lawyer of an Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery, saying the two were only trying to save her life.

set: Rights group urges Iran to release son, lawyer of woman sentenced to death by stoning


set: Khyber Pukhtoonkhwa Minister for Finance Engineer Muhammad Haumayun Khan has categorically stated that only industrialization would reduce the burden of unemployment.

set: Only industrialization will reduce burden of unemployment''


set: American Idol season 7 alum Brooke White gave birth to a baby girl on Thursday, May 24.

set: 'American Idol' alum Brooke White gives birth to baby girl


set: Baby bonus instructions and claim 2008-09 Use this form to claim the baby bonus if you gave birth to a baby or gained legal responsibility of a child aged under 5 on or after 1 July 2001 and prior to 1 July 2004.


set: Reserve Andre Dawkins scored 22 points and freshman Austin Rivers added 20 to lead No. 5 Duke to a 74-66 victory over No. 15 Florida State on Thursday night.

set: Reserve Andre Dawkins scores 22 to lead No. 5 Duke to 74-66 victory over No. 15 Florida State


set: A man has died during protests in Mahikeng in the North West province, police said on Wednesday.


set: Contra Costa supervisors on Tuesday adopted new redistricting maps that they had agreed to in principle last month.

set: Contra Costa supervisors adopt redistricting maps


set: A Hillsborough County detention deputy has been arrested and charged with having sex with a teenage girl.


set: Broadway Financial Corporation, parent company of Broadway Federal Bank, fsb, today reported a net loss of million, or per diluted common share, for the third quarter of 2011, compared to net loss of thousand, or per diluted common share, for the third quarter of 2010.

set: Broadway Financial Corporation Reports net loss for third quarter 2011


set: A SECURITY guard was held at knifepoint during an attempted robbery at a petrol station in Stretford.


set: Former New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer wants more lawsuits against banks after the global financial crisis, Handelsblatt reported today, citing Spitzer.

set: Spitzer wants more lawsuits against banks, Handelsblatt reports


set: Pennsylvania Sen. John Pippy, R-Moon, formally resigned his seat in the Senate late Saturday after casting his budget vote.


set: New York Islanders assistant coach Brent Thompson has been suspended for two games as a result of being assessed a Game Misconduct under Rule 39.5 for inappropriate and abusive comments he directed at the on-ice officials following NHL Game #341 against the New York Rangers on March 7, the National Hockey League announced today.

set: Islanders' assistant coach Brent Thompson suspended two games


set: SHELDON Segal, who led the scientific team that developed Norplant, the first significant advance in birth control since the pill, and who also developed other long-acting contraceptives, has died of heart failure at his home in Massachusetts in the United States.


set: A Toowoomba father has died in hospital following a car crash on Saturday that killed his teenage daughter.


set: The US Army Corps of Engineers has been giving different answers about whether it will produce a post-flood report for the Cumberland River basin and surrounding areas.

set: Corps gives different answers on whether it will produce a post-flood report


set: Transocean Ltd. / Transocean Ltd. Provides Fleet Status Report Processed and transmitted by Thomson Reuters.

set: Transocean Ltd. Provides fleet Status Report


set: The New York Liberty selected Nicole Powell with the first pick in the WNBA's Dispersal Draft of Sacramento Monarchs players held via conference call today.

set: New York Liberty selects Nicole Powell in dispersal draft of Sacramento Monarchs players


set: Wallabies fullback Kurtley Beale has returned to training with the Melbourne Rebels after a month-long suspension following an alcohol-related incident during the team's Super Rugby tour of South Africa, leaving open the possibility he could still play for Australia against the British and Irish Lions.

set: Wallaby Kurtley Beale returns after suspension


set: England and Great Britain forward Helen Grant, 28, has announced her retirement from hockey due to an ongoing knee injury which was originally sustained in 1997.

set: Helen Grant announces retirement from hockey


set: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said the proposed NCTC reminds him of the Emergency days when eminent political leaders were branded threats to national security and put behind bars.


set: Hulu, the closely watched joint venture of News Corp. and NBC Universal, makes its public debut Wednesday, making available legally and for free one of the most expansive collections of television shows on the Internet.


set: British singer-songwriter Adele is to perform her Oscar-nominated ``Skyfall'' at the 85th Academy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles next month, producers said.


set: During early European deals on Wednesday, the European currency recovered from an Asian session's new multi-day lows against the US dollar and the Japanese yen.

set: European currency recovers from New multi-day lows against dollar and yen


set: After wrapping on Frank Capra's screwball comedy It Happened One night, star Claudette Colbert reportedly told her friend that she'd just finished working on the worst picture in the world.


set: Figures released by the Central Statistics Office indicate that annual manufacturing prices increased by 2.3% in February.

set: Annual manufacturing prices increase by 2.3%


set: A British teenager was sentenced to 17 years in prison on Thursday for murdering a man just hours after posting a message on social networking website Facebook that he felt ``like killin some1''.


set: Vogster Entertainment has announced that Unbound Saga, their comic book inspired arcade-style brawler for the PlayStation Portable, has gone gold.


set: Live Sport Reports Edinburgh derby ends in controversy Hearts claimed a point against Edinburgh rivals Hibernian in controversial circumstances when the home side had a perfectly good goal disallowed during the goalless draw at Easter Road.


set: Bath City have extended the loan of Cheltenham Town winger Marley Watkins by a further two months.

set: Bath City extend loan of Cheltenham's Marley Watkins


set: The Virginian-Pilot is cutting at least 125 positions, about 10 percent of its work force, mostly through layoffs and ending affiliated publications.

set: Virginian-Pilot to cut 10 percent of work force


set: North Korea confirmed Wednesday it has agreed to a moratorium on nuclear and missile tests and a suspension of its uranium enrichment programme in return for US food aid.

set: North Korea agrees to nuclear moratorium


set: DAVE Jones insists he takes any off-the-field woes in his stride as he already acts as a shrink to his troubled Cardiff players.


set: The Phoenix Children's Hospital in Arizona, US designed by HKS Inc, has opened its new $370 million patient tower.

set: Phoenix Children's hospital opens $370 million patient tower


set: Former Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez has replaced Jose Mourinho at Inter Milan, after accepting a payout from the Reds last week.

set: Benitez replaces Mourinho at Inter Milan


set: 'Modern Family`` actress Sarah Hyland announced today she had a successful kidney transplant in April.

set: 'Modern Family' star Hyland has kidney transplant


set: Tolleson will consider raising water rates, water deposits and turn-on and turn-off fees.

set: Tolleson to consider raising water rates, deposits and fees


set: Justin Bieber is only 18, and is fairly new to the celebrity world, but he has already learned a valuable lesson:


set: Dr. Charles Epstein, a prominent medical geneticist who in 1993 was seriously injured in an attack by the Unabomber but was later able to continue his research on Down syndrome and other genetic conditions, died Feb. 15 at his home in Tiburon, Calif. He was 77.

set: Charles Epstein, geneticist, Unabomber victim, dies


set: Hurricane Katia moved away from Bermuda as it made its way across the Atlantic Thursday, while Tropical Storm Nate gained strength in the Gulf of Mexico, according to the National Hurricane Center.


set: The Department of Energy on Friday said the Malampaya gas field will resume operations at midnight tonight as scheduled.


set: Scientists have found support for the controversial idea that global warming is causing more frequent and destructive hurricanes, a subject that has been hotly debated during the past decade.

set: Global warming is 'causing more hurricanes'


set: Tottenham Hotspur deservedly beat AC Milan 1-0 at the San Siro on Tuesday after a performance that was slick in attack and determined in defense.

set: Tottenham beats AC Milan 1-0 at San Siro


set: Jonathan Rhys Meyers was in court today to be sentenced for threatening to kill three cops back in 2009.

set: Jonathan Rhys Meyers sentenced for threatening to kill cops in 2009


set: The Senate will convene as an impeachment court on Wednesday afternoon, speeding up a timetable that was expected to begin when it comes back from the Christmas break next year.

set: Senate to convene as impeachment court on Wednesday


set: Shoppers defied the recession to splash out an extra £16million on the High Street last month.

set: Shoppers splash out an extra £16million on the High Street


set: Oppenheimer reiterated its Outperform rating on Oracle ahead of the company's quarterly earnings report, which is due on Thursday, June 23.

set: Oppenheimer reiterates outperform on Oracle


set: An East Orange man was arrested on drug and weapons charges Wednesday after a brief chase involving the Essex County Sheriff's Office, authorities said.

set: East Orange man is arrested on drug, weapons charges


set: The Brian McKnight concert originally scheduled for Thursday at War Memorial Auditorium has been canceled.


set: A Bellsbank man has turned his life around after being referred to a Council work training project.


set: Solar stocks are again feeling the heat from a report that Spain plans sharp reductions in subsidies for solar power.


set: New York City may face the largest snowstorm in this year as a massive storm ravaged the eastern United States, according to US media.


set: Reuters reported that steel prices on the Chinese market remained unchanged for the second consecutive week with transactions still relatively low as traders anticipate possible policy changes in the remaining months of the year.

set: Steel prices on Chinese market remained unchanged


set: International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde said in an interview released today that Europe and the United States should consider stimulating economic growth, if the situation permits, to offset a crisis of confidence hitting the global economy.

set: Europe and us should consider stimulating growth:


set: Over 140 schools are expected to convert to academy status in the coming school year after the government passed a new law to allow every school in England to opt out of local authority control.

set: 140 schools to convert to academies this school year


set: Naomi Campbell will be honoured for her charity work at a gala in New York later this month.

set: Naomi Campbell to be honoured for charity work


set: CRITICAL new planning papers guiding planners and developers are ``bitty'' and unclear, according to leading council officers.

set: New planning papers are ``bitty'' and unclear


set: Dell has announced it will close its Winston-Salem, North Carolina desktop computer manufacturing plant early next year as part of an ongoing initiative to simplify operations and improve efficiency to enhance the long-term value to customers.

set: Dell to close North Carolina manufacturing plant


set: The Founder and General Overseer of the Apostolic Faith Mission International, Apostle Dr. Degraft Osei Kwame has said the Ghana Police Service shall continue to be biased so long as the appointment of the Inspector General of Police remains the sole prerogative of the President.

set: Ghana Police Service will continue to be biased if --


set: A fall storm continues to bring pelting rain, blustery wind, high surf and mountain snow to Western Washington.

set: Storm continues with pelting rain, blustery wind, high surf


set: Harley shares his get-fit quick tips with HollywoodLife.com It's nice to know that Robert Pattinson IS just like the rest of us: he's got a natural aversion to the gym!

set: Hey bffs, Robert Pattinson is just like us --


set: A 24-year-old construction worker was seriously injured Tuesday morning after falling from a steel structure at Palo Alto High School, according to a California Occupational Safety and Health Administration official.

set: Construction worker injured in fall at Palo Alto High School


set: Anil Kapoor, who is now venturing into TV programming after a sucessful stint with film production, says that he wants to raise the bar on Indian television.

set: I want to raise the bar on Indian television:


set: A family was reunited outside Catholic Charities on Binghamton's Main Street, in the wake of a shooting that left a dozen people dead at the American Civic Association.


set: AEP Ohio launched its refrigerator recycling program today providing customers free-pickup of old, energy wasting refrigerators and freezers, a $25 rebate check and safe, state-of-the-art disposal and recycling.

set: AEP Ohio launches refrigerator recycling program


set: Emirates is extending its sale on flights to Singapore from Brisbane and Melbourne and to Kuala Lumpur from Melbourne.


set: A young man believed to be in his early thirty's was on Wednesday morning found dead in a taxi with registration number GX 420-12 at Labone, a suburb of Accra.


set: Conservative political commentator Robert Novak announced Monday he has been diagnosed with a brain tumor, less than a week after he struck a pedestrian with his Corvette and drove away.

set: Columnist Robert Novak diagnosed with brain tumor


set: A series of earthquakes of up to 4.0 in magnitude shook Baja California on Wednesday night.


set: Motorola will cut 4,000 jobs this year, with 3,000 coming from the mobile handset division, the company announced last night.


set: A SERIAL sex offender who abused an eight-year-old girl two years after he was jailed for similar matters has died in prison.


set: India's monthly inflation may touch double digits by March, federal chief statistician Pronab Sen told television channel NDTV Profit on Tuesday.

set: Inflation may touch double digits by March:


set: Coronation Street star Michelle Keegan has revealed that she wants Enrique Iglesias and Bryan Adams to be played at her wedding to Max George.

set: Michelle Keegan wants Enrique Iglesias played at wedding


set: The American Bar Association is moving its national headquarters to Washington Square, a 12-story building at 1050 Connecticut Ave. NW in Washington, DC The ABA, the largest voluntary association in the world with nearly 400,000 members, signed a long-term lease for 61,000-square feet, according to the building's owners, Lerner Enterprises and the Tower Cos.

set: American Bar Association is moving to Washington square


set: Taipei, Dec. 17 Taiwan share prices closed above 8,800 points Friday as buying concentrated on select large-cap electronic stocks after their American depositary receipts made overnight gains, dealers said.


set: The European Union on Monday toughened sanctions on Zimbabwe and called for an investigation into illicit diamond trading suspected of providing a financial lifeline to the government of Robert Mugabe, the autocratic 84-year-old president.


set: The fire on the territory between Topolovgrad and Galabovo municipalities develops in deciduous forest, farmland and dry grasses, Toshko Barzilov Chief Inspector, Head of the National Operations Centre, Fire Safety and Protection announced for FOCUS News Agency.

set: Fire between Topolovgrad and Galabovo develops in deciduous forest, farmland and dry grass


set: On 19 August 2008, MONUC commemorated the fifth anniversary of the Baghdad bombing tragedy, when 22 staff from both the United Nations and international humanitarian agencies lost their lives on 19 August 2003, after a truck bomb exploded outside the headquarters of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq.

set: MONUC commemorates fifth anniversary of Baghdad bombing tragedy


set: Household utility bills are set to rise over the next three months due to the increasing cost of fuel.


set: Anders Behring Breivik, the Norwegian terror suspect in twin attacks last week that killed at least 76 people, was likely insane and was on drugs at the time, says his lawyer.

set: Anders Behring Breivik, the Norwegian terror suspect in twin attacks last week, was likely insane, says his lawyer


set: Fairfax reveals national newsroom model Updated: 14:33, Wednesday June 27, 2012 Fairfax has unveiled a national 'digital-first' editorial restructure that will transform the company into one newsroom with its own internal newswire.


set: The 11th Chinese naval escort taskforce of the Navy of the Chinese People's Liberation Army left the Gulf of Aden and the waters off Somali coast where the taskforce had conducted escort missions for more than four months and embarked on its new voyage of visits on July 23, 2012.

set: 11th Chinese naval escort taskforce leaves Gulf of Aden


set: The Nassau County Police Department confirmed that several cars had their windows smashed early on Wednesday morning in south Merrick.


set: A Palm Desert couple was allegedly caught with counterfeit money, according to Palm Desert police.

set: Palm Desert couple caught with counterfeit money


set: Rumors are abounding today that the next Apple TV will feature 99 cent rentals as a main part of its feature set.

set: Will the next Apple TV feature 99 cent rentals?


set: Former presidential candidate John Edwards endorsed Sen. Barack Obama today at a rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan.


set: US drug regulators approved a swine flu vaccine on Tuesday, keeping officials on track to begin a mass vaccination campaign by next month, Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said.

set: US drug regulator approves swine flu vaccine


set: Swedish Karin Sjodin was more than happy with her performance in the opening round of LPGA Hana Bank Championship 2012 as she said that long putts helped her post a good score.

set: Long putts help Karin Sjodin post good score


set: Hamburg dedicated a city square to The Beatles today to commemorate the time the band spent there in the early 1960s.


set: Former world No. 1 Kim Clijsters announced her return to the tennis circuit Thursday after two years in retirement.

set: Former tennis world No. 1 Kim Clijsters returns from retirement


set: Immigration Minister Chris Bowen today rejected the option of Nauru, which under the Howard government had been an off-shore processing centres with most detainees later reaching Australia.

set: Immigration minister Chris Bowen rejects Nauru option


set: Winter weather continues to keep its grip on the Miami Valley Wednesday as a burst of snow overnight has left about 2 additional inches of snow on parts of the Miami Valley.

set: Winter weather keeps its grip on the Miami Valley


set: Todd McShay and Robert Smith debate who should play in the BCS title game?


set: The milk producers blocked Danube River in the Bulgarian town of Ruse, one of the protestors told FOCUS News Agency.


set: Former Penn State defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky has officially waived his formal arraignment on charges of child sex abuse, Centre County Court officials said Friday.


set: Seven people were injured in a multi-car accident in Harlem early this morning.

set: Seven injured in multi-car accident in Harlem


set: Engineering and project management group Ausenco Ltd says it has returned to growth, with a profit expected for the second half of 2010.


set: The Louvre offers the public a unique chance to discover the Danish artist, Nicolai Abraham Abildgaard, a leading exponent of Northern European art in the late 18th century.

set: Louvre offers the public unique chance to discover Danish artist Nicolai Abraham Abildgaard


set: Harvin, 56, died Saturday in a Charleston hospital after battling cancer.

set: Rep. Harvin dies after battle with cancer


set: The official Spotify for Kindle Fire app is now up for download via the Amazon Appstore which brings access to millions of songs, Facebook sharing and more.


set: WHILE Rafa Benitez hopes Liverpool bounce back as title challengers next season, he hopes Burnley can follow suit and return to the Premier League.

set: Liverpool boss Benitez hopes Burnley fc return to the Premier League


set: Hazratganj police late on Monday night nabbed a gang of 18 thieves who were involved in the daring theft of Rs 2.5 lakh from the car of a computer store owner in Hazratganj on Saturday.


set: TV survival expert Ray Mears was brought in to help find Raoul Moat when the fugitive killer went into hiding in the dense countryside.


set: The European Union on Tuesday opened two more of the 35 policy areas for accession talks with Turkey.

set: EU opens two more policy areas for accession talks with Turkey


set: Crunch Iranian nuclear talks went down to the wire on Thursday, with Tehran threatening to walk away unless world powers ease sanctions in return for a partial suspension of its atomic activities.


set: The Nikkei Stock Average of 225 issues closed at 11,292.83 on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Wednesday, up 10.51 points or 0.09 per cent.

set: Nikkei Stock Average closed at 11,292.83, up 10.51 points


set: The rampant and brutal abuse of women in war zones continues unchecked, the chair of a United Nations committee said today, urging all nations to ratify the international Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women.


set: A Grand Island man has been charged with robbery for an incident that broke another man's jaw.


set: A government shutdown was averted in the 11th hour last Friday, as Congress and the White House came to a temporary resolution on the budget crisis.


set: Tributes were today being paid to a former policeman, long-standing campaigner and vice-chairman of Stourbridge Township Council who has died, aged 71.


set: A woman out walking her dog was attacked by an unleashed 5-year-old pit bull mix Sunday afternoon in the 700 block of Milton Avenue in Ventura, according to a report from the Ventura Police Department.


set: National news Jailed Huhne 'in good spirits' Disgraced former MP Chris Huhne is ``absolutely fine and in good spirits'', his partner has said, quashing rumours that the former Cabinet minister was being bullied in prison.


set: Police have crippled an international sports online betting syndicate with the arrest of 17 people at Megan Avenue in Jalan Ampang on Wednesday.

set: Police cripple international sports betting syndicate


set: Bangladesh has sought British help for its land border management and maritime security as part of a string of joint working groups it seeks to set up within the South Asian region and outside with the US, Australia and Russia.

set: B'desh seeks UK help for border management, maritime security


set: Former Neighbours veteran Ian Smith has missed out on winning his first ever Gold Logie.


set: Misericordia University recently welcomed the addition of nine new full-time faculty members to campus for the 2011-12 academic year during a special orientation program in the Catherine Evans McGowan Room of the Mary Kintz Bevevino Library.

set: Misericordia University welcomes new faculty members


set: A Palestinian prisoner agreed to end her 43-day hunger strike and will be deported from Israel to the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, an Israeli official said.

set: Palestinian prisoner ends hunger strike, to be deported to Gaza


set: Jack Osbourne went wedding ring shopping over the weekend and said it was the most ``adult thing'' he'd done.

set: Jack Osbourne goes wedding ring shopping


set: HOMELESS flood victims said last night that they don't know where they are going to spend their Christmas this year.

set: 'Where are we going to spend Christmas?'


set: Tim Guinee is to join CBS legal drama The Good Wife in a potentially recurring role.


set: BC-Earns-CBS,0191 CBS falls to $12.46B 3Q loss on hefty charge Eds:


set: Mark Bowman of MLB.com confirms that the Braves have acquired infielder Paul Janish from Reds in exchange for minor league right-hander Todd Redmond.

set: Braves acquire infielder Paul Janish from Reds


set: Tasmania was dismissed for 222 in their first innings late on day one of the Sheffield Shield match against Victoria at the MCG.


set: Sth African rangers kill rhino poachers Updated: 14:08, Monday February 11, 2013 Game rangers at the Kruger National Park in South Africa have killed three suspected rhino poachers in 'a full-scale fire fight', the body that manages the country's nature reserves says.


set: Police in Estcourt in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands are trying to find the relatives of a man whose corpse was found with a bullet wound to the head a week ago.

set: Corpse found with bullet wound to the head


set: The Indian rupee lost 15 paise to Rs 50.45 per US dollar in early trade on the Interbank Foreign Exchange today due to appreciation of the American currency against the euro and other rivals overseas and a weak opening in the domestic equity market.

set: Rupee loses 15 paise vs US dollar in early trade


set: Cox Las Vegas announced two national initiatives in June, aimed at bridging the Digital Divide in Southern Nevada.

set: Cox Las Vegas announces two national initiatives


set: A landslide caused by heavy rain killed 17 people in Costa Rica on Thursday as President Laura Chinchilla considered declaring a national emergency to help the coffee-growing nation deal with widespread flooding.


set: Russian officials and lawmakers on Tuesday strongly warned Ukraine against moving to join NATO, saying its joining the alliance would cause a ``deep crisis'' in its relations with Moscow.

set: Russian officials warn Ukraine against joining NATO


set: ANGRY dog owners fighting plans to create a dog-free car parks in the New Forest packed out a protest meeting at the weekend.


set: A police officer was shot dead in Northern Ireland late yesterday, just hours after Prime Minister Gordon Brown said the killing of two British soldiers would not derail the peace process.

set: Police officer shot dead in Northern Ireland


set: Lady Gaga has posted a photo of herself with Grace Jones through her Little Monsters website.

set: Lady Gaga posts photo of herself with Grace Jones


set: Apple received more than 1 million pre-orders for the iPhone 4S in a single day, 67% more than for the previous version of the device.

set: Apple received more than 1 million pre-orders for iPhone 4S in a day


set: Hundreds of mourners have gathered for the funeral of a British soldier killed while on foot patrol in Afghanistan.

set: Hundreds gather for funeral of soldier killed in Afghanistan


set: Towson students, professors and administrators held a march for unity through campus on Tuesday evening.

set: Towson university students hold march for unity


set: Myanmar opposition icon Aung San Suu Kyi was unexpectedly allowed to speak to diplomats at her internationally condemned trial Wednesday and expressed hope for ``better days'' in the future.


set: `` The Whitman poem in question begins: ''I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear.


set: Police are appealing for witnesses to come forward after a teenage girl was allegedly approached by a man in the Hunter Valley area yesterday afternoon.

set: Police appealing for witnesses after teenage girl approached --


set: Polycom, Pleasanton, Calif., has been assigned a patent developed by Kenneth T. Faubel, Dunstable, Mass., and Jonathan P. Steer, Nashua, NH, for a ``videoconferencing network adapter detection using STUN protocol.''

set: Polycom assigned patent for videoconferencing network adapter detection using STUN protocol


set: Two Bartlesville police officers appeared in court Thursday on charges of assault and battery.

set: Two Bartlesville officers charged with assault


set: The First Congregational Church will host a St. Patrick's Day dinner with entertainment at 5 pm on March 17.

set: First Congregational church hosts St. Patrick's Day dinner


set: Parents of students who attend the Victoria Town All-age School in Manchester, are to benefit from computer courses, to be offered at the school by the HEART Trust/National Training Agency.

set: Parents to benefit from computer courses


set: A parent may consent to a warrantless police search of his or her child's bedroom, even if the minor is present and objects, the First District Court of Appeal ruled Friday.

set: Parent may consent to search of child's bedroom--


set: The Osseo School District is closing two elementary schools Thursday and is looking at other cost saving ideas.


set: Consumers battling rising inflation and high interest costs can look forward to better times next year.

set: Consumers can look forward to better times


set: After its most recent term, the Upshur County grand jury has indicted 29 people of a variety of charges.

set: Upshur County grand jury indicts 29 on a variety of charges


set: A set of railroad crossings in Terre Haute gets a makeover.


set: Starbucks VIA Ready Brew adds iced coffee to its line of instant brews starting this week.


set: Jaya Bachchan, Samajwadi Party MP said on Wednesday that she will not quit Rajya Sabha by herself.

set: Jaya Bachchan says - she will not quit Rajya Sabha


set: Apple is expected to unveil an updated line of iPods next week, aiming to boost demand for the music players, the Wall Street Journal reported.


set: Pirates attacked a tanker in the Gulf of Aden on Saturday, and NATO forces called to the rescue detained seven Somalis behind the assault and freed 20 Yemenese fisherman being held hostage on another hijacked boat.


set: Ball State offensive tackle Robert Brewster has a little extra motivation for this week's NFL scouting combine.

set: Ball State ot Brewster has extra motivation


set: England and Wales Cricket Board chairman Giles Clarke has indicated that Kevin Pietersen and his men will be back in India for next week`s Test series, insisting he would not let terrorists dictate cricket.


set: A 30-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a woman's body was found in a field in Berkshire.

set: Man arrested on suspicion of murder after body found in field


set: Toronto council is breaking the law by failing to appoint an ombudsman, insists Ontario's Ombudsman Andre Marin.


set: SHOCKWAVES were sent around Blackpool today after the Pleasure Beach announced it is to charge a £20 entrance fee.

set: Pleasure Beach to charge £20 entrance fee


set: Spaniard Manuel Beltran of the Liquigas team has tested positive on the Tour de France, race organisers said on Friday.

set: Beltran tests positive on Tour de France


set: Bharti Airtel can go upto Rs 360, says Rahul Mohindar, Director of viratechindia.com.


set: The Crusaders have made one change from the team that beat the Bulls for Friday night's Super Rugby semifinal against the Chiefs.


set: Moscow will join the international Car Free Day scheduled for September 22.


set: Japanese share prices have plunged by almost 10% - one of the biggest losses ever - as panic-selling swept across Asian markets over the global financial crisis.


set: A New York recycling plant has been cited by the US Labor Department for 22 safety violations following an employee's death.

set: Recycling plant cited for 22 safety violations


set: A new tool may help neurologists predict which coma patients may be candidates for organ donation, according to a study published in the April 27, 2010, print issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

set: New tool may help neurologists predict candidates for organ donation


set: FAA on June 5 will open new East Coast routes over the ocean in an effort to save money, reduce delays and help the environment.


set: Military aircraft flights that were suspended following the June 12 crash of a Su-25 ground attack plane in the Hrodna region were resumed on Thursday.


set: FENTON, MO -A Fenton woman has died from injuries suffered in the New Year's Eve tornado.

set: Woman dies from injuries suffered in New Year's Eve tornado


set: LECHLADE suffered a heavy defeat on the first day of the new West of England Glos/Wilts Division season.


set: Band students at Abilene High School and Abilene Middle School sold 3,500 tubs of three-pound cookie dough -- a record amount.


set: ― A wildfire is sending smoke and haze over the southern part of Suffolk and threatening a patch of young pines.

set: Wildfire sends smoke, haze over part of Suffolk


set: With rumours of Kimi Raikkonen returning to Formula 1 with Renault circulating, six-time World Rally Champion Sebastien Loeb has urged him to stay where he is.


set:
A flood watch continues for our area.
Flood watch continues


set: HICKORY A ``help'' message scrawled on a fogged-up truck window helped save a Hickory man from alleged carjackers, the Hickory Daily Record reports.

set: 'Help' scrawled on truck's window saves Hickory man


set: Former Miss India-Earth Amruta Patki, who is making her screen debut, fainted after giving her bikini shot.


set: DEL MAR, Calif. One lucky man won more than $1 million Wednesday at the Del Mar Racetrack.

set: Man wins over $1 million at Del Mar Racetrack


set: A Google expert has said that Google's pull out from China is a warning of 'general threat' to the internet and people's freedom.

set: Google pull out a warning of 'general threat' to the internet:


set: Young Broadcasting, the New York television station operator, filed Chapter 11 federal bankruptcy late last week.


set: Three British soldiers were killed when a bomb struck their Land Rover in southern Afghanistan.


set: Malin Akerman drinking a Given cocktail at Polar Lounge in The Marcel at Gramercy in NYC.


set: Judgment in the Jeppestown shoot-out murder trial continues in the Johannesburg High Court today.

set: Judgment in Jeppestown trial continues today


set: It has been confirmed by South African games distributor, Megarom Interactive, that Rugby Challenge will be releasing in South Africa.

set: Rugby Challenge is releasing in South Africa;


set: Shimla, June 3 Himachal Pradesh will get 50 'rare miniature paintings' from the Delhi-based National Museum, an official said here Wednesday.

set: Himachal to get 50 rare miniature paintings


set: Independent Bank Corp. reduced its quarterly dividend in the face of a rough economy.

set: Independent Bank reduces quarterly dividend


set: Charges have been dropped against a South Side charter school teacher accused of having sex with three students after separate Cook County grand juries declined to indict her.


set: This morning a federal judge overruled a motion filed by Cheryl Steward's attorney to separate her trial from that of her husband, Ricky Stewart, who is charged in the connection with the shooting death of Henderson police Capt. Dennis Cagle.


set: Monday, October 6, 2008 4:45 PM CDT NEW YORK - Matthew Broderick will return to Broadway next spring in a revival of ``The Philanthropist,'' a comedy by English playwright Christopher Hampton.

set: Matthew Broderick returns to Broadway next spring


set: A grandmother was left petrified when she was sent a police machine gun in the post by mistake.

set: Grandmother sent police machine gun in post by mistake


set: Connor, Clark & Lunn Capital Markets Inc. today declared September 2011 cash distributions for the following funds:

set: Connor, Clark & Lunn Capital Markets Inc. declares distributions for funds


set: The Hillsborough County Health Department says a pregnant woman has died of swine flu.


set: KABUL, Afghanistan - Insurgents assassinated an Afghan government official and a policeman Monday in western Afghanistan, and five civilians died when their vehicle hit a roadside bomb elsewhere in the west, officials said.

set: Insurgents assassinate Afghan official, policeman


set: A permanent injunction has been approved against a Centerville businessman and his three companies, all accused of securities fraud by the Ohio Department of Commerce.

set: Permanent injunction approved against Centerville businessman accused of securities fraud


set: An SDLP working group looking at the future of the party is exploring all political options, its leader Mark Durkan insisted.


set: Religare, a leading financial services firm, feels that a lot of hype surrounded the vote on accounts and made it appear to be an interim budget.

set: Lot of hype surrounded the vote on accounts:


set: Beyoncé reportedly refused to walk to her car after rehearsing for President Obama's inauguration concert.


set: President Traian Băsescu proposes a referendum for a unicameral Parliament and a reduced number of MPs, 300 at maximum.


set: In the end in the US, as evidenced by the furor over passing of the Health Reform Bill, it always leads back to race.


set: For the second day in a row, a Northern Kentucky firefighter was hurt on the job Sunday.


set: Morecambe racer John McGuinness has signed for the official Honda team for the 2011 TT and says he is determined to add to his 15 event wins.

set: John McGuinness has signed for Honda for the 2011 TT


set: The latest Central Bank of Egypt statistical report issued Wednesday 7/12/2011 said that accounts of credit facilities granted by banks increased by 4.8% during July/September in fiscal year 2011/12.

set: Accounts of credit facilities granted by banks increased by 4.8%


set: Three women drowned when their boat capsized off Kahapan beach here at noon yesterday.


set: Prime Minister Julia Gillard has marked two years since the election with a pep talk for her Labor caucus.


set: Athletic Director Joe Alleva will remain at LSU, after being courted by the University of Tennessee for a position as athletic director.


set: The Travelodge at 1243 Lisbon St. will close Monday for renovations that will last between one and two months, motel manager Kenny Rao said.


set: Careful to blame only himself, a ``deeply sorry and ashamed'' Bernard Madoff pleaded guilty Thursday to pulling off what could be the biggest, most spectacular swindle Wall Street has even seen and was sent off to jail in handcuffs to the applause of his furious victims.


set: In a case of personal enmity, three students were seriously injured in an acid attack at a village near here, police said on Sunday, Mar 14.


set: NOTTINGHAM has launched a ``Boris style'' bike scheme with up to 250 cycles available to hire across the city.

set: Nottingham launches ``Boris style'' bike scheme with 250 cycles to hire


set: The RBI is expected to cut interest rates by 25 bps for revival of consumer demand, which saw an erosion due to high cost of borrowing in the last two years.


set: Uzbekistan has postponed the introduction of international financial accountability standards for its treasury and state budget for two years until Jan. 1, 2014, a government source told Trend on Monday.

set: Uzbekistan postpones introduction of international financial accountability standards


set: Researchers are targeting a possible new weapon in the fight against malaria, science that could also be applied in the fight against other devastating mosquito-borne illnesses, according to a Vanderbilt study published in PLOS ONE.

set: Researchers target possible new weapon in fight against malaria


set: I have been on pins and needles this week wondering what RIM has in store for us at CES this week.

set: What does RIM have in store for CES this week?


set: The wife of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said Thursday that her reputation had been ``muddied'' by the media after her public demand for a divorce on grounds of infidelity plunged her husband into a major scandal.

set: Berlusconi's wife: my reputation has been ``muddied''


set: China is setting up a nationwide organ donation network to ease its heavy reliance on organ donations from executed prisoners, state media reported Wednesday.

set: China to ease reliance on organ donations from executed prisoners


set: Mammoth remains unearthed in the Jászfelsőszentgyörgy in 2007 are still being kept in storage as there are no funds to display them, writes index.hu.


set: Montpellier will be looking to close the gap still further on Ligue 1 leaders Bordeaux when they travel to Boulogne on Saturday.


set: Transporters went on an indefinite strike from Monday midnight after their talks with the government failed for the third time on Sunday.


set: Demi Moore uses amber light bulbs in the bedroom as she thinks they're more flattering.


set: FIVE-EIGHTH Jamie Soward led St George Illawarra to a drought-breaking and historic 36-12 victory over NRL premiers Melbourne at ANZ Stadium on Saturday night.


set: ePly Services Inc., an online event registration software company based in Vancouver, has recently been named one of Conventions.net top industry suppliers for 2009.

set: EPly online event registration software named a Conventions.net Top industry Supplier


set: Cricketers and Bollywood stars will not figure in the closing ceremony of the Commonwealth Games and people should not have ``too much'' expectations from the event, CWG Organising Committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi said today.

set: Bollywood stars not to figure in closing ceremony


set: A felony charge against a Jackson attorney who was accused of punching a man was dropped Monday.


set: Opec members are to meet in Cairo later this month for ``consultation'' on the oil market, a senior Iranian oil official said today.

set: Opec to meet for 'consultation' on oil market


set: Now Lanvin is set to join the illustrious ranks of designers to create cut-price collections for H&M.


set: A man charged with theft is expected to be sentenced next month by the Suva Magistrates Court.

set: Man charged with theft to be sentenced next month


set: Director and screenwriter Quentin Tarantino says he considers his film scripts, which include Reservoir Dogs and Kill Bill, to be novels.

set: Quentin Tarantino: 'my scripts are novels'


set: US stock index futures pointed to a slightly higher open on Tuesday as bank shares gained ahead of a report about the imminent repayment of government bailout funds.

set: US stocks-index futures point to higher open


set: Jimmie Johnson broke free on a restart three laps from the end in the Southern 500 and held on Saturday night to give Hendrick Motorsports its 200th Sprint Cup victory.

set: Jimmie Johnson gives Hendrick Motorsports 200th victory


set: The Washington Mystics announced at an event for season ticket holders that they are changing their team colors.


set: A Tucson man has been sentenced to eight years in prison in a deadly home invasion.

set: Tucson man sentenced in deadly home invasion


set: AUD/USD has reached the lower line of the price channel on 4-hour chart, rebound could be expected later today.

set: Aud/USD reaches lower line of price channel


set: Hollywood superstar Brad Pitt is reportedly in talks to play John Lennon in a new film biopic.

set: Brad Pitt to play John Lennon in new biopic?


set: The Virginia-based Peanut Corp. of America filed today for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection in bankruptcy court in Lynchburg, Va.

set: Peanut Corp. of America files for bankruptcy


set: Turisas have announced a new lineup as they get ready to continue to tour this fall.


set: SANTA CLARA, Calif. Security software maker McAfee Inc. said Monday it agreed to buy network security company Secure Computing Corp. in a deal valued at $465 million.


set: TWO more Birmingham schools have been hit by swine flu and a city centre office worker has also contracted the illness, it was revealed today.

set: Two more Birmingham schools hit by swine flu


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

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


set: Miguel Cotto stopped a game Yuri Foreman in the ninth round Saturday night to win the WBA junior middleweight title before 20,272 fans at Yankee Stadium.

set: Miguel Cotto stops Yuri Foreman in ninth round to win WBA title


set: Students in the twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi are facing transport problem, as hundreds of educational institutions have no proper transport facilities.


set: MSDSonline can now report that OSHA has adopted GHS, the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals.


set: Forward Linas Kleiza, who played four years in Denver, is taking his game to Europe.


set: Unlicensed software has cost European businesses over £10.2 million in 2009 as a result of legal action by the Business Software Alliance.


set: Minister of Education Bandula Gunawardena says the government has focused attention to give more points for sport skills of the students in issuing Z-score marks for the university entrance.

set: The government has focused attention to give more points for sport skills in university entrance.


set: Storms and power outages delayed delivery of Friday's edition of The Boerne Star, Publisher Brian Cartwright announced.

set: Storms, power outages delay Friday edition


set: A man from Chelmsford has been jailed for two years for staging an armed robbery at his place of work.


set: Moody's Investors Service assigned a Ba3 corporate family rating to Grupo Elektra, SAB de CV The outlook is stable.

set: Moody's assigns Ba3 corporate family rating to Grupo Elektra


set: Nigella Lawson is considering divorcing abusive husband Charles Saatchi.

set: Nigella to divorce husband Charles Saatchi?


set: Governor Donald Carcieri issued an executive order on Thursday implementing health plan design changes and employee co-pays.

set: Carcieri issues Executive Order implementing health plan changes


set: ZAMTEL yesterday unveiled its new management team that is expected to help realise the company's corporate goals and announced the completion of its optic fibre connectivity to two submarine cables.


set: WASHINGTON >> Walter Reed Army Medical Center, the Army's flagship hospital where privates to presidents have gone for care, is closing its doors after more than a century.

set: Walter Reed to close after more than a century


set: In a series of Twitter posts, Courtney Love claims she hung out with Jessica Simpson Friday night.


set: MCA will draw up a blueprint to transform the party to garner more supporters and expunge any misconceptions.


set: London, Nov 19 British actor Daniel Radcliffe is taking dance lessons for his Broadway musical 'How To Succeed In Business'.


set: Actress Brittany Snow has confirmed that she will not be returning to NBC legal drama Harry's Law.

set: Brittany Snow will not be returning to NBC drama harry`s Law


set: AP Writer Wyoming Gov. Dave Freudenthal on Tuesday proposed major cuts to transportation and local government funding as part of a leaner state budget for the next two years.

set: Wyo. Gov. Freudenthal proposes leaner state budget


set: By Sarah Kamal 'Pakistan Times' Diplomatic Correspondent Pakistan and Turkey Tuesday agreed on holding a regional summit on Afghanistan and its neighbours in November to discuss peace and security.

set: Pakistan, Turkey agree to hold regional summit in November


set: THREE Greenpeace activists were arrested at the Kusile power station's construction site in Mpumalanga yesterday after scaling a crane, Eskom said.


set: Nabokov hopes to return after a seven-game absence Saturday night when the slumping Sharks host the Los Angeles Kings.

set: Nabokov hopes to return for slumping Sharks-


set: The rural Gurnee man accused of child battery pleaded guilty to a lesser charge Thursday morning.

set: Gurnee man pleads guilty to lesser charge


set: Police began clearing tents from the Occupy San Francisco camp early Wednesday.

set: Police clearing out Occupy San Francisco


set: Michelle Obama will visit Appleton Friday, where she will address supporters at Lawrence University, officials announced Monday.


set: The Berlin Film Festival opens Thursday with martial arts spectacular ``The Grandmaster'' directed by Wong Kar-wai.

set: Berlin film Festival opens with 'the Grandmaster'


set: An Afghan teenager killed an American soldier in eastern Afghanistan by stabbing him in the neck while he played with a group of local children, officials said Monday.

set: Afghan teenager kills US soldier by stabbing him in the neck


set: ESPN reported that legendary former Georgetown coach John Thompson recently reached out to troubled former Hoyas star Allen Iverson, according to his longtime business manager, Gary Moore.

set: John Thompson reaches out to troubled Iverson


set: A man tortured his wife and shaved off her head for admonishing him not to bring prostitutes to her house.


set: London, Nov 26 American rapper Eminem wants to be a judge on British reality show ``The X Factor''.

set: Eminem wants to be a judge on 'the X Factor'


set: A man is beaten by two women in Over-the-Rhine after he tried to break up a fight between them.

set: Man beaten while trying to break up fight


set: State Sen. Vernon Malone, D-Wake, died today at age 78 of an apparent heart attack at his home, the Indy has learned.


set: Gunmen killed the supervisor of a state homicide investigators unit in Juárez on Friday morning, state officials said.

set: Gunmen kill supervisor of homicide investigators unit in Juárez


set: Ben Roethlisberger will make a statement Monday regarding the four-to-six game suspension he received Monday from NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, agent Ryan Tollner told the Post-Gazette Friday.

set: Roethlisberger will make a statement on Monday about suspension


set: Cops in Williamson County are cracking down on expired and counterfeit vehicle inspection stickers.


set: The Bank of Korea expects the domestic financial and foreign exchange markets will stabilize as US financial authorities take emergency measures to counter financial woes.

set: 'Domestic financial market to stabilize'


set: The Great Western Highway is blocked to traffic at Little Hartley for the second time this week after an accident involving a semi-trailer.

set: Great Western highway blocked at Little Hartley


set: The 82-year-old pope showed great agility two days after the accident.


set: After a mysterious tweet from the popstar, the rumor mill sprang into action, with fevered speculation that Rihanna might be a new face of Chanel.


set: Malaysians in Syria have been advised to return home as the security situation in the country is likely to worsen and endanger safety.


set: The Cabinet on Monday approved the government's view on the administrative reform and its executive measures, following discussions of a memorandum submitted by a Ministerial Committee formed for this purpose.

set: Cabinet approves government's view on the administrative reform


set: PART of the M1 near Portadown will close this weekend for the start of three kilometres of resurfacing work.


set: Frontier Airlines, a wholly owned subsidiary of Republic Airways Holdings, Inc., has announced that it will launch a new service to Ironwood, Michigan, Manistee, Michigan, and Rhinelander, Wisconsin from its Milwaukee hub, effective April 18, 2011.

set: Frontier Airlines to launch new services to Michigan and Wisconsin


set: Glenn Close talks to LA Times reporters Amy Kaufman and Jessica Gelt on the red carpet at the 2010 Emmy Awards.


set: BA Systems, the first Indian Enterprise Core and Edge Managed Router Manufacturer Company successfully conducted their three day channel partner training program in Mumbai.

set: BA Systems conducts 'channel partner training program'


set: EDMONTON, Alberta Nikolai Khabibulin made 39 saves to lead the Edmonton Oilers to a 2-1 victory over Vancouver on Monday night, keeping the Canucks winless on the road this season.


set: AUSTRALIAN capital city house prices fell more than the market expected, led by big falls in Brisbane and Melbourne.


set: A woman has died in hospital after being hit by a branch that was sheared off a tree by a passing truck in Limerick city.


set: Russian mobile operator MTS has launched its services in Chechnya republic.


set: Plextronics Inc., a Pittsburgh-based developer of active-layer technology for printed electronic devices, has raised $12 million in new VC funding from existing shareholder The Solvay Group.


set: The NFL canceled its Hall of Fame game between St. Louis and Chicago on Thursday despite owners voting in favor of a tentative deal to end the lockout, pending player approval.


set: Raptors guard Leandro Barbosa has exercised his contract option to return to Toronto next season.


set: A one-vehicle rollover accident in New Concord Friday afternoon only resulted in minor injuries.

set: Rollover accident results in minor injuries


set: Concerns about a Far North teacher who this week admitted sexually abusing pupils were first raised with police 16 years ago.

set: Concerns over teacher raised 16 years ago


set: Vladimir Dyatchin of Russia and Thomas Lurz of Germany, the two men who have dominated Open Water Swimming for the past five years, are expected to continue their rivalry when the Men's Marathon Swimming event makes its Olympic Games debut at Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park on Thursday, August 21.

set: Vladimir Dyatchin of Russia and Thomas Lurz of Germany are expected to continue their rivalry


set: A construction worker from Shawano was rescued Thursday, after a large concrete block fell from a dam where he was working in Dodge County.

set: Construction worker rescued after concrete block falls on him


set: A Senegalese immigrant who claimed to be under an evil spell pleaded guilty Monday to fatally stabbing an Italian college student in her New York City apartment.

set: Senegalese immigrant pleads guilty to fatally stabbing Italian college student in nyc


set: Oil fell below USD82 a barrel in Asian trade today on forecasts that the relentless frigid weather in the United States will moderate and ease demand for heating fuel, analysts said.


set: Bangkok Airways cancelled all its flights in and out of Samui between 11:00 and 22:00 on Monday due to severe thunder storms hitting the island.

set: Bangkok Airways cancels all flights to Samui


set: The head of a Houma private Christian school was fired Monday afternoon after church officials discovered omissions and discrepancies on his résumé and a Kansas civil judgement that says he embezzled thousands of dollars from a former employer.


set: Doctors in Houston say Tejano music star Emilio Navaira is regaining consciousness after a wreck while driving his tour bus.


set: Tim Connolly returned to practice Tuesday after missing most of the pre-season games with a back injury.


set: Deano / Splash News Dina Lohan told the 20/20 news show: 'I believe that Lindsay does not drink anymore.


set: Bachelorette Ashley Hebert knows exactly what she's looking for in a husband -- the male version of Bachelor Brad Womack's on again off again fiancee Emily Maynard! ``Now that I'm sitting here ... I'm just looking for my Emily now,'' Ashley tells Extra.

set: 'Bachelorette' Ashley Hebert: 'I'm looking for the male version of Emily Maynard!'


set: India and the United States have agreed that military strategies alone are not enough to bring lasting peace to Afghanistan, during talks between Indian Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon with US officials in Washington, reported semi-official Press Trust of India on Tuesday.

set: India, US agree military strategies not enough to bring lasting peace to Afghanistan


set: His Majesty the King will be leaving for India today on a nine-day goodwill visit, from October 20-29.


set: Kazakhstan will set up a new Customer Service Centre at the Kazakh international trade seaport of Aktau late this November to simplify customs procedures, a source in Aktau port told Trend by phone on Wednesday.

set: Kazakh international trade seaport to simplify customs procedures


set: Security professionals are set to move beyond IT director control in future, as they take a more proactive approach in order to secure their organizations, according to a study from the Information Security Forum.

set: Security set to move beyond IT director control


set: Health officials say six new cases of salmonella that may be linked to three types of raw tomatoes have been confirmed in New York City.

set: Six new cases of salmonella confirmed in new York City


set: Self-centered rapper Kanye West and his flamboyant, bald girlfriend Amber Rose have officially called it quits, the couple have been dating for just over a year.


set: Peterson told The Associated Press he ``got a little speeding ticket. I need to be more aware of the speed I was going and not let it happen again.``


set: State lawmakers are considering a yearlong moratorium on new Internet caf s, a type of gaming business that operates outside of state regulations.


set: Shrewsbury Town have signed midfielder David McAllister on a one-month loan from Sheffield United.

set: Shrewsbury Town sign McAllister from Sheffield United


set: The Minnesota Twins announced today that they have selected the contract of outfielder Matt Carson from Triple-A Rochester.


set: TREASURY Wine Estates has been buying premium vineyards in South Australia and the Napa Valley in line with a desire to grow its high-end business.

set: Treasury wine Estates buying premium vineyards


set: Republican state Assembly Speaker Jeff Fitzgerald wants to make it a felony for anyone to sign the same recall petition multiple times.

set: Fitzgerald proposes making it a felony to sign same recall petition multiple times


set: Garden State Equality has voted to withdraw its honors of three national corporations, AT&T, KPMG and Pfizer, that serve on the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Chamber of Commerce and Industry after the Chamber lobbied in favor of the ``Special Access to Discriminate'' bill.


set: Sachin Tendulkar is likely to go for a MRI scan after he was hit on the head by a Brett Lee bouncer during the India-Australia match in the tri-series on Sunday.

set: Sachin Tendulkar likely to go for MRI scan


set: Cultural heritage groups, including one which has queen Beatrix as its patron, have made formal protests about royal family plans to demolish two farms on their property in Wassenaar.

set: Heritage groups protest at royals' plans to demolish farms


set: Rumana Manzur, 33, a Fulbright scholar from Bangladesh completing a master's degree at UBC, was savagely beaten and blinded in Bangladesh by her husband.

set: Rumana Manzur beaten, blinded by husband


set: SYDNEY -Adam Scott won the Australian Open for his first pro victory in Australia, shooting an even-par 72 on Sunday to beat Stuart Appleby by five strokes.


set: Large US corporate bankruptcies have accelerated in recent weeks as the US economic slowdown claims more victims, according to industry data.

set: Large US corporate bankruptcies accelerate


set: Though not set in Nashville, the independent film Familiar Strangers does have some extensive Music City ties.

set: ``Familiar Strangers'' has extensive Music City ties


set: Six Russian sailors were kidnapped off the Nigerian coast, a French oil and gas services company said on Wednesday, Oct 17, according to RIA Novosti.

set: Six Russian sailors kidnapped off Nigerian coast


set: Authorities said a Broward County student hacked into the district's computer system, accessing information about his classmates and teacher.

set: Broward student hacks into district's computer system


set: Kolkata , Feb 10 Two Chandigarh Police personnel were today arrested for alleged drunken behaviour and causing nuisance in a train, GRP sources said here.

set: Two Chandigarh Police personnel arrested for drunken behaviour


set: The Town of Pittsford will kick off its summer concert series season on Friday with Alfred St. John's Trinidad and Tobago Steelband.

set: Town of Pittsford kicks off its summer concert series on Friday


set: A Morrisville man was injured in a wreck at 6:15 am Wednesday, Sept. 5, at Mo.


set: A 45-year-old man was sentenced to 15 years at the Montana State Prison for an unprovoked knife attack last year in downtown Billings.


set: Executives from Caterpillar Inc. and leaders from the state of Texas celebrated the grand opening of Caterpillar's hydraulic excavator facility in Victoria, Texas.

set: Caterpillar celebrates grand opening of hydraulic excavator facility in Victoria, Texas


set: Hybrigenics, a bio-pharmaceutical company listed on Alternext in Paris, with a focus on research and development of new treatments against proliferative diseases, today announces the start of a phase II clinical trial of oral inecalcitol in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

set: Hybrigenics starts phase II clinical trial of inecalcitol in chronic lymphocytic leukemia


set: Idaho fired football coach Robb Akey with the team 1-7 and coming off a blowout loss.


set: As China witnesses a transition in leadership, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said India should engage the new China confidently and constructively in a spirit of national consensus.

set: India should engage new China confidently:


set: Austrian Alpine skier Matthias Lanzinger, 27, has lost his left leg after suffering multiple fractures and severe loss of blood in a fall Sunday.

set: Austrian skier Lanzinger has lost his leg


set: Mumbai , Feb 28 Expressing concern over the declining practice of philanthropy, Maharashtra Governor SC Jamir today called for collective efforts to revive individual and collective philanthropy.

set: Jamir calls for efforts to revive individual philanthropy


set: Wachovia Corporation, the nation's fourth largest-bank, said Monday that it is leaving the wholesale mortgage lending business.

set: Wachovia leaves wholesale mortgage lending business


set: AP Jenson Button Formula One champion Jenson Button admits he has taken a pay cut to join last year's winner Lewis Hamilton at McLaren but says he made the move from Brawn for a new challenge.


set: Vietnam has sent 52,210 laborers to work overseas so far this year, local newspaper the Vietnam Investment Review reported Monday.

set: Vietnam sends 52,210 laborers overseas so far this year


set: Former Chunnam Dragons forward Lee Chun-soo signed a one-year deal with Saudi Arabian club Al-Nassr, Lee's former club Feyenoord announced on its Web site Monday.


set: A study on the costs of obesity in California is scheduled to be released today, and Riverside County health officials plan to use the results to underscore why residents should eat healthy and increase physical activity.

set: Study on costs of obesity in California to be released today


set: Streeter Lecka/Getty Images Jamal Coombs-McDaniel, whose court case has been delayed until May 19, wants more playing time and will leave UConn to get it.


set: GEICO, the fastest-growing auto insurance company in the United States, has extended its marketing partnership with the NHRA.

set: GEICO extends marketing partnership with NHRA


set: Sudan and South Sudan resumed talks Tuesday in the Ethiopian capital to resolve outstanding disputes over oil, border demarcation, security and the Abyei region, negotiators said.


set: Galesburg High School has added baseball and softball games to its spring schedule starting today with varsity baseball.

set: Galesburg High School adds baseball, softball games


set: Malaysia's state-backed Petronas -- which received the regulatory nod from the Canadian government to buy Progress Energy Resources Corp on Dec. 7 -- is aiming to create ``thousands'' of jobs in the Canadian natural gas industry, as it pours billions of investment dollars into developing its newly-acquired assets.

set: Petronas aims to create thousands of jobs


set: A top American regulator has suggested that Libor was often ``completely made up'' and that authorities could not guarantee the rate is free of fraud.


set: A British woman claims she went to bed with a migraine and woke up with a French accent.


set: Fred Taylor, the Patriots leading rusher and the guy we all hoped would be a significant part of the December, January, and hopefully February running game, had ankle surgery today and could miss the rest of the season.

set: Fred Taylor has ankle surgery, could miss the rest of the season


set: Petrol and diesel consumption has dropped by a fifth since the start of the credit crunch, according to a new analysis by the Office of National Statistics.

set: Petrol and diesel consumption 'dropped by a fifth'


set: Kim Kardashian has admitted that she would date Justin Bieber but only if he was old enough because she definitely sees the ``swag to him''.

set: Kim Kardashian: 'I would date Justin Bieber'


set: South Africa captain Graeme Smith insists he is raring to go as the Proteas prepare for their World Cup opener against the West Indies.


set: US President Barack Obama has praised Senegal as a model of democracy during a joint press conference with President Macky Sall in Dakar.

set: Obama praises Senegal as model of democracy


set: The push is on to launch Space Shuttle Atlantis one more time, adding another mission before all of NASA's shuttles are retired.

set: Push is on to launch Space shuttle Atlantis one more time


set: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe /OSCE/ will send 300 observers at the elections in Macedonia.

set: OSCE to send 300 observers at elections in Macedonia


set: Two brothers were shot dead over a water dispute Thursday in the ancestral village of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, police said.


set: The Senate confirmed Neal Wolin late Monday to serve as deputy Treasury Secretary.

set: Senate confirms Wolin as deputy Treasury Secretary


set: The Jersey Shore AIDS Walk 2008, a 5K to benefit The Center -- which provides services for people living with HIV and AIDS -- will be held Sunday.


set: Ke$ha uses some Rolling Stones style Updated: 10:04, Sunday December 30, 2012 Ke$ha's style is influenced by The Rolling Stones.


set: Global media tycoon Rupert Murdoch was ordered Thursday to appear before a British judicial inquiry into the activities of the British press.

set: Rupert Murdoch ordered to appear at British judicial inquiry


set: The first surge of the Santa Ana winds are expected this weekend, and city and county leaders are saying they are ready for any wildfire threat.

set: First surge of Santa Ana winds expected;


set: Vodafone Qatar has expanded its cell sites to 416 across the country.


set: An Aiken County murder suspect, who walked out of a hospital, Sunday night, walked back in...early Tuesday morning.

set: Aiken County murder suspect walks out...


set: Las Vegas_A broken OJ Simpson was sentenced Friday to at least 15 years in prison for a hotel armed robbery after a judge rejected his apology and said, ``It was much more than stupidity.''


set: Molly Sims has unveiled baby Brooks Alan Stuber to the world and admits motherhood is ''amazing and hard''.

set: Molly Sims: motherhood is 'amazing and hard'


set: He had eye surgery Wednesday to repair a retina.


set: France is launching a ``quiet revolution'' in the welfare state with a new benefit that aims to reduce unemployment and help the working poor by topping up low salaries, says the man behind the policy.

set: France launches 'quiet revolution' of welfare state


set: ``The Eyes Have It'' will open with a reception, along with a Holiday Exhibition, on Saturday from 5 to 8 pm at Seven 21 Gallery, 721 Broadway in Kingston.

set: 'The eyes have It' opens at Seven 21 in Kingston


set: Japan's Suzuki Motor said Monday it had resumed production in Egypt following a week-long suspension in the wake of bloody anti-government protests in the country.

set: Suzuki Motor resumes production in Egypt


set: Actor Rip Torn has pleaded not guilty to drunken driving charges in Connecticut, nearly two years after being fined and losing his licence on similar charges in New York.

set: Actor Rip Torn pleads not guilty to drunken driving charges in Connecticut


set: Female ski jumpers are heading back to court Thursday in another attempt to compete in the Vancouver Olympics.


set: Billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban, owner of the National Basketball Association's Dallas Mavericks, was charged Monday by the Securities and Exchange Commission with insider trading.


set: Hyderbad, August 9 The England team Sunday pulled out of the World Badminton Championships, starting here Monday, over concerns of being a potential target of a terrorist attack, officials said.

set: England pulls out of World Badminton Championships


set: An Amtrak train hit and killed a pedestrian on the Isleta reservation south of Albuquerque, according to Isleta police.


set: A Mystic bridge has finally reopened after being closed more than eight months because of flood damage.


set: A Rapid City man has claimed a $200,000 Powerball prize from Saturday nightÂ's drawing.

set: Rapid City man claims $200,000 Powerball prize


set: Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika Padukone were spotted in a suburban theatre much to the surprise of the audiences present.

set: Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika Padukone spotted in suburban theatre


set: President Bush called Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf following his party's loss in parliamentary elections, but the White House says it's up to the Pakistani people to decide the embattled leader's political future.

set: Bush calls Pakistani president Musharraf


set: Bausch + Lomb, the global eye health company, and ISTA Pharmaceuticals, Inc. , today announced that they have signed a definitive agreement under which Bausch + Lomb will acquire ISTA for $9.10 per share in cash, or a total of approximately $500 million.

set: Bausch + Lomb to acquire ISTA Pharmaceuticals


set: The X Factor has reportedly been confirmed to return to our screens next year despite doubts about its future.


set: The UK indexes climbed on optimism for a resolution to the Greece sovereign debt crisis.


set: Today the doors opened to the new Citi Field!


set: He has adopted a white tiger cub residing at the Vandalur Zoo in Chennai.


set: Adam Schefter reported about an hour ago that Steve Spagnuolo was meeting with the Colts about their vacant defensive coordinator job.

set: Steve Spagnuolo meets with Colts about...


set: Dover-Foxcroft - Four people have been charged in connection with a drug smuggling operation at the Piscataquis County Jail.

set: Four people charged in connection with drug smuggling operation


set: Two estranged and seemingly dissimilar sisters come slowly and painfully together in Zakiyyah Alexander's credible drama 10 Things to Do Before I Die, currently performing at the McGinn-Cazale Theater as part of the Second Stage Uptown series.


set: A 110-acre wildfire burning five miles north of Deckers is about 50% contained.

set: Wildfire near Deckers about 50% contained


set: Fan bus driving away from Poodie's Hilltop near Spicewood carrying about 50 friends/mourners to Waco for Poodie Locke's funeral today at 2 pm.


set: The NCP on Monday warned Congress of the consequences of not going to polls under the UPA banner and said such a move by the coalition leader would give smaller partners the go-ahead to explore other options.

set: NCP warns Congress against not going to polls under UPA banner


set: An ex-army man whose four fingers were severed, was found dead at a Chinese cemetery in Jalan Batu Kitang here yesterday.

set: Ex-army man found dead in Chinese cemetery


set: This week, infectious Mononucleosis or Mono is what's going around.


set: But Johnson confronted Livingstone in a lift after the show and shouted: ``It's all f***ing lies, it's all f***ing lies''.


set: THE kwacha has continued to post losses on the financial markets hitting a low of K5,290 against the United States dollar on Wednesday.

set: Kwacha continues to post losses on financial markets


set: Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney will begin and end Sunday in Ohio, but in between will spend most of the day in two other states also holding GOP contests Tuesday.


set: Over two months since the tragedy at the State Fair that killed seven people and injured over 40 others, Sugarland is returning to Indianapolis tonight for a special concert at Conseco Fieldhouse.

set: Sugarland returning to Indianapolis tonight


set: Brian Westbrook has returned to practice for the first time since offseason ankle surgery.


set: Otago has beaten Wellington by nine wickets in their Plunket Shield match in Queenstown.


set: San Diego Padres trounced Washington Nationals 13-4 on Sunday, May 19, 2013, at the Petco Park in front of a 27,000 plus crowd.

set: San Diego Padres trounce Washington Nationals at 13-4 Petco Park --


set: Lindsay Lohan has insisted she is happy being single for now.


set: Churchgate station will remain partially shut for 44 days during nights and early mornings as the railways have taken up work on building a roof on the extended station platform.


set: Japan says the country's unemployment rate climbed to 5.2 percent in May, rising for the third straight month.

set: Japan's unemployment rate climbs to 5.2 percent in May


set: Eduard Kokoity, de facto President of so called south Ossetia, is not content with the work of international monitors.

set: Eduard Kokoity is not content with work of international monitors


set: After many stops and starts, second baseman Freddy Sanchez finally embarks on his final step before he can rejoin the Giants when he begins a rehab assignment with Class A San Jose on Monday night.

set: Freddy Sanchez to begin rehab with San Jose


set: Chandauli, Nov 27 A member of inter-state gang of drug peddlers was arrested with contraband worth Rs 30 lakh from Sayyadraja area, a senior officer said here today.

set: Member of inter-state gang of drug peddlers arrested


set: David Luiz has warned Spurs not to expect Chelsea to field a weakened side in Sunday's FA Cup semi-final.


set: European shares built on recent gains on Monday, with BHP Billiton shares climbing 1.1% in a higher mining sector after the firm agreed coking-coal prices with customers.


set: Dwayne Johnson will produce and may potentially star in a kid-friendly movie tentatively titled Teddy Bear, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

set: Dwayne Johnson to produce and potentially star in 'teddy bear'


set: She said that she thinks Cheryl should ``move on'' from her marriage breakdown.

set: Sharon Osbourne: 'Cheryl should move on'


set: Frontline banking stocks including HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank and State Bank of India were battered badly on Wednesday, following the severe downtrend in early trade.


set: Mad Men actress Elisabeth Moss and Saturday Night Live star Fred Armisen are engaged.


set: The legendary actress Elizabeth Taylor has died at age 79, but she left behind an unforgettable legacy on the silver screen that included two Academy Awards.


set: Jessops has refurbished its passport photo suites nationwide.


set: Taiwan has staged a maritime drill in waters south of the island, close to the area where a Taiwan fishing vessel was fired on by Philippine Coast Guards last week.


set: Ashford swept Jackson 7-3 and 6-3 in the Class 4A sub-state softball playoffs on Tuesday.


set: The Duke of Edinburgh has been taken to hospital with a bladder infection, Buckingham Palace has said.


set: ``The High Court ruling raises embarrassing questions about the way Eric Pickles ripped up plans for desperately needed new homes.

set: Questions about the way Pickles ripped up plans for new homes


set: Bank of America on Tuesday touted the speed with which it has raised $33 billion in capital to nearly meet a government mandated goal that will serve to protect the bank from a worse than expected downturn in the economy.

set: Bank of America touts speed in raising capital


set: Total mortgage lending and approvals fell further in May according to the latest Bank of England statistics.


set: A wild deer, struck by an arrow in Nara Park, has died, a local group caring for the animal said Monday.


set: Great Stuff, Austin, Texas, has been assigned a patent developed by Ramon A. Caamano, Gilroy, Calif., and James BA Tracey, Austin, Texas, for a ``temperature control system for electrical cord reel.''


set: José Galisteo is all set to conquer Spain and Europe in his quest to represet Spain at the forthcoming Eurovision Song Contest.

set: Jose Galisteo all set to conquer Europe!


set: year old Athlone woman has been found guilty of manslaughter at Mullingar Circuit Court sitting in Tullamore today.

set: Athlone woman found guilty of manslaughter


set: Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that Israel must remain ``master of its fate'' as he opened talks with US President Barack Obama on issues including potential nuclear threats from Iran.

set: Israel must remain 'master of its fate':


set: A day after he put his hat in the ring to replace outgoing Indian coach Gary Kirsten, former Australian bowler Shane Warne has now backed out from coaching Team India.


set: Coyotes right wing Mikkel Boedker will represent Denmark at the 2009 IIHF World Championship in Switzerland, to be held Friday through May 10.


set: ``These kids need to go home,'' Newton County Coroner Scott McCord said.


set: A Continental Airlines flight from Houston to Chicago diverted in St. Louis after officials say a passenger tried to open a plane door during the flight.

set: Flight diverted after passenger tries to open door


set: Nintendo believes that the 3DS is going to make 3D go mainstream.


set: Authorities say a Maryland man has pleaded guilty to wire fraud for his role in a scheme to defraud lenders and a title insurance company of at least $937,000.

set: Maryland man pleads guilty to defraud lenders and title insurance company of at least $937,000


set: Veteran singer Meat Loaf has blamed his stage blackouts on past concussion injuries, revealing he has suffered with the problem for years.

set: Meat Loaf blames blackouts on concussion


set: President-elect Barack Obama is filling his cabinet at record speed, choosing loyal friends and one-time foes to guide his wartime foreign policy decisions.

set: Obama filling out cabinet in record speed


set: Today the Canadian Diabetes Association launched new tools for people living with diabetes and healthcare practitioners to help optimize diabetes care across the country.

set: Canadian diabetes Association launches new tools to help optimize diabetes care


set: Roxi Petroleum plc, the Central Asian oil and gas company with a focus on Kazakhstan, announces its preliminary results for the year ended 31 December 2011.

set: Roxi Petroleum announce preliminary results


set: SACRAMENTO, Calif. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill Friday that made California the first state in the nation to ban trans fat in all restaurants by 2010 and bakeries by 2011.

set: Schwarzenegger signs bill banning trans-fat


set: The Community Blood Center of the Carolinas, a non-profit independent blood center providing more than 90 percent of the blood to 14 area hospitals, is opening its first satellite donor center in Gaston County.

set: Community blood center of the Carolinas to open first satellite donor center in Gaston County


set: Bafana Bafana coach, Pitso Mosimane insists that he will change his approach when his charges take on Côte d'Ivoire and Zimbabwe respectively.


set: Former Missouri House Speaker Rod Jetton has been charged with second-degree assault on a woman.

set: Former House Speaker Jetton charged with assault


set: DoC posted reference price of rice, maize, bitten-rice, lentils, vegetables and fruits on Friday on the department website and notice-boards.

set: Doc posts reference price on its website


set: Lebanon's Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh assured the solidity of Lebanese lira, saying the Central Bank enjoys all required potentials to preserve Lebanese lira currency exchange rate.

set: Salameh assures solidity of Lebanese 'lira'


set: Hitachi Ltd, Japan's biggest electronics maker, warned of a record $7.8bn annual loss, hit by slumping sales, a stronger yen and costs to restructure its sprawling operations.


set: Sudarshan Sukhani, s2analytics.com is of the view that Bharti Airtel can go upto Rs 335.


set: Fannie Mae , the largest US home funding source, said on Wednesday it sold $2 billion of benchmark bills at lower interest rates compared with last week's sales of similar maturities.

set: Fannie Mae sells $2 bln bills at lower rates


set: Three great horned owls were released back into the wild this afternoon in Corpus Christi.

set: Great horned owls released into the wild


set: New media company Catal1sts launched this week with a range of design services.


set: North Korea has fired two short-range missiles off its east coast and declared a 'no sail' zone in the area from Oct. 10-20, South Korea's Yonhap news agency quoted a government source as saying on Monday.

set: N.Korea fires missiles, declares 'no sail' zone


set: The typical mortgage fee has soared by some £600 over the last year, with buyers holding bigger deposits facing the steepest increases, a comparison website has found.


set: Fire razed a shanty area in Quezon City on Friday afternoon, leaving at least 150 families homeless.

set: Fire in Quezon City leaves 150 families homeless


set: In a drug screening assay using the disease model, the team further found that the chemical compound anacardic acid can rescue some ALS phenotypes in vitro.

set: Anacardic acid can rescue some ALS phenotypes in vitro


set: President Obama continued his campaign for re-election Thursday, traveling to Florida where he met with supporters and delivered a series of speeches.


set: ROYAL Mail delivery staff accross West Lancashire are on strike today as part of the national dispute.

set: Royal Mail delivery staff are on strike today


set: 6:56 Ewen Macdonald regretted his appalling actions towards Scott Guy and would have ``lost everything'' if he had confessed to his family, his lawyer says.

set: Macdonald regretted actions toward Scott Guy


set: MARK GOWER has backed goal hero Scott Sinclair to emerge as one of the star men in the Championship.


set: The BOD of Westamerica Bancorporation declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.36 per share on common stock outstanding to shareholders of record at the close of business on Nov. 8.

set: Westamerica Bancorporation declares quarterly cash dividend


set: New Irish president Michael D. Higgins will come to America on his first official visit in May IrishCentral has learned.

set: New Irish president Michael D. Higgins will visit us in May


set: More than two centuries after the United States achieved its independence from England, friction between the two nations is about to flare up again when ``The Ultimate Fighter: United States Vs. United Kingdom'' premieres Wednesday, April 1 at 10:00 PM, ET/PT on Spike TV.

set: ``The Ultimate Fighter: United States Vs. United Kingdom,'' premieres April 1


set: Sergio Garcia opened the Byron Nelson Championship at 4-under 66 without a practice round after an infected finger caused him to withdraw from a British Open qualifier earlier this week.


set: British model-turned-actress Jodie Kidd is a first-time mum after giving birth to a son.

set: Jodie Kidd - Jodie Kidd gives birth to son


set: During an SEC media news day conference, quarterback Tim Tebow of the Florida Gators shocked reporters by answering the question, ``Are you a virgin?'' with an unequivocal ``yes.''


set: Rugby star Jim O'Donovan has switched codes and pledged his allegiance to the Limerick footballers for the 2008 season.


set: Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Chad Johnson has a partially torn labrum in his left shoulder, but will attempt to play through the injury.


set: Home-furnishing retailer Pier 1 Imports Inc. said Monday it has agreed to sell its corporate headquarters facility in Fort Worth, Texas, to a subsidiary of natural-gas producer Chesapeake Energy Corp.


set: The Japanese based automaker Toyota has recently announced that the Prius recall has been expanded to Australia, because of the same problem with the electric water pump.

set: Toyota Prius recall expands to Australia


set: A mother of two is believed to have been murdered in her own home while her children were present, sources said today.

set: Mother ``may have been murdered with children present''


set: A senior Iraqi customs official escaped a roadside bomb attack on Tuesday, officials said, the latest in a spate of assassination attempts ahead of provincial elections.

set: Senior Iraqi official escapes roadside bomb attack


set: Government on Tuesday clarified that industry chambers like Ficci, CII and Assocham will continue to enjoy tax exemptions and will not be affected by changes in the taxation structure for charitable institutions.

set: Chambers to continue to enjoy tax exemptions


set: Ghaziabad, Jan 31 A social worker was allegedly shot and stabbed by two persons over a property dispute near Modi cloth mill, 25 kms from here, police said today.


set: The last Israeli troops left the Gaza Strip before dawn Wednesday, the military said, as Israel dispatched its foreign minister to Europe in a bid to rally international support to end arms smuggling into the Hamasruled territory.


set: A former Paul and Young Ron radio show producer who had been awaiting trial on molestation charges was found dead Monday night in an apparent suicide at a Hollywood house, police said.

set: Radio show producer awaiting trial on molestation charges found dead


set: Chennai, July 24 Bollywood actress Nisha Kothari has replaced Malavika in the controversial bilingual film ``Karthigai''.

set: Nisha Kothari replaces Malavika in controversial ``Karthigai''


set: Broomfield-based Level 3 Communications announced Tuesday that it would buy back $550 million in 12.25 percent notes due in 2013, a move one analyst says will allow the company to pursue acquisitions.

set: Level 3 buying back $550 million in notes


set: Kan said on Sunday that Japan was currently facing its worst crisis since World War II.


set: Iran has discovered a major gas field, a media report said Sunday.


set: Leeds Carnegie are looking to finish the season on a high with the visit of London Wasps to Headingley Carnegie on Saturday, kick off 3pm.


set: March 8, China will implement a stepwise power tariff in residential use of electricity in the first half of this year and the related reform plan has been approved by the State Council, Peng Sen, deputy chief of the National Development and Reform Commission, told the 21st Century Business Herald on Wednesday.

set: China to implement stepwise power tariff in first half


set: A 57-year-old Fakenham man has been jailed for 12 months, put on the Sex Offenders' Register for 10 years, and banned from working with children ever again.

set: Fakenham man banned from working with children


set: Rugby World Cup has disappointed New Zealand tourism industry with lower than expected arrivals.

set: Rugby World Cup disappoints New Zealand tourism


set: New Delhi, Feb 19 Designer Meera Ali, who is known for her minimalistic yet elegant collections, launched her pret line along with her younger daughter Sama on the final day of the Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week Sunday.

set: Meera Ali launches her pret line with daughter


set: Minister Carmelo Mifsud Bonnici said the government was improving and speeding up court procedures, especially when it came to settling of debts.

set: 'Government improving, speeding up court procedures'


set: ``The indictment is ridiculous,'' said Lyubomir Pavlov, chairperson of Media Group Bulgaria, after being pressed charges for money laundering with forged documents, FOCUS News Agency reporter informs.


set: Afghan security forces June 11 killed 50 armed Taliban in several joint operations, Interior Ministry officials said.


set: Private equity firm CVC Capital Partners plans to launch a tender offer for French family-controlled train equipment manufacturer Delachaux, the French market regulator AMF said.

set: CVC Capital plans tender offer for Delachaux


set: First, Kirstie admitted that John Travolta was the love of her life, and now she has revealed how she ruined her first marriage!

set: Kirstie Alley reveals how she ruined her marriage


set: CSI star Eva LaRue has announced her upcoming wedding to Joe Cappuccio is off.


set: The 31-day-long Jammu shutdown to mount pressure on the state government for restoration of 40 hectares of land to a temple trust, was on Sunday extended till August 31.


set: New York - US stocks tumbled across the board Thursday over concern about global recovery as the US dollar rose.

set: US stocks tumble over concern for global recovery; dollar up


set: Kancheepuram, with 583 points, won the overall championship at the 23rd Tamil Nadu junior inter-district athletics championship here on Sunday.


set: CNET Networks, News.com's parent company, on Thursday announced a three-year strategic partnership with Yahoo under which CNET will be a third-party content provider of technology news and reviews.


set: Justin Bieber has a big surprise for his fans, and it should be ready very soon.


set: After beating the Czech Republic, Portuguese winger Nani hopes of a Euro 2012 final showdown with England where expects to play against his Premier League friends.

set: Nani hoping for Euro 2012 final showdown with England


set: Prior to Obama's bilateral meeting with Pakistan Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani, Obama told his colleague, ``Apparently I caused quite a problem,`` adding something about his secretary not telling the Secret Service, according to, ironically enough, the pool report.


set: Aberdeen City Council has warned that some online systems and phones will be unavailable due to maintenance work.

set: Aberdeen City council warning on online systems


set: Grains marketer AWB says the wheat market is ``firm to bullish'' despite civil unrest in Egypt, which is the world's largest importer of wheat.


set: A new season starts at the Royal Western India Turf Club with a Sunday race at the Mahalaxmi Race Course.

set: New season starts at the Royal Western India Turf Club


set: Brunswick police are investigating a shooting in which a 20-year-old man is accused of wounding a man of the same age at a house on Fernwood Drive.


set: A man who hasn't been seen for more than a week was found dead in his pond Wednesday.


set: Industrial property group Segro narrowed full-year losses but said it remains cautious about occupier markets, particularly in the UK.


set: Southern Miss is the only remaining team in the Football Bowl Subdivision that hasn't won a game.

set: Southern Miss is only fbs team without a win


set: LIVERPOOL, England -Luis Suarez said he is confident that Liverpool does not want to sell him in the wake of a racism scandal.

set: Suarez confident that Liverpool will not sell him


set: Former Penn State coach Joe Paterno has a treatable form of lung cancer, ESPN reported.

set: Joe Paterno has treatable form of lung cancer


set: A Leola woman was hospitalized Thursday after she was run over by a horse pulling an unoccupied buggy following a traffic accident in Ephrata.

set: Woman hospitalized after being run over by a horse


set: A Casselberry police officer has been suspended after a traffic accident in his patrol car and a positive urine test.