set: Maxim Belkov won stage nine of the Giro d'Italia as Sir Bradley Wiggins struggled once again in the Tuscan rain.


set: The US House voted Tuesday to rename the federal courthouse in Davenport for former US Rep. Jim Leach.


set: Washington understands the sensitivity of Azerbaijan and Turkey on the Nagorno-Karabakh issue, US Ambassador to Turkey James Jeffrey said in his interview with Turkey`s Heber Turk TV channel.

set: Washington understands the sensitivity of Azerbaijan and Turkey on the Karabakh issues


set: A Timmonsville police officer has been suspended for three days without pay after he responded to a call outside the department's jurisdiction Sunday, Timmonsville Police Chief Mike Martin said.


set: Canada and India have reached a major nuclear trade deal that will allow Canadian firms to sell nuclear materials, equipment and technology to the South Asian emerging market, Canadian media reported Monday.

set: Canada, India reach major nuclear trade deal


set: Mr Hao Peigang director of the policy research department at Taiyuan Iron & Steel Group said that ``It is likely that China will become a net exporter of stainless steel in 2008.


set: The Argonne National Laboratory says it will expand its nanotechnology research activities thanks to completion of a new microscopy building.

set: Argonne to expand nanotechnology research


set: Iran said on Saturday it planned to build an experimental nuclear fusion reactor, state television reported, at a time when the West is demanding that Tehran suspend sensitive nuclear work.

set: Iran plans to build nuclear fusion reactor


set: Lt. Gov. John Sanchez, who dropped his own bid for the Republican US Senate nomination in February, today endorsed his former rival Heather Wilson in the race.


set: A businessman was shot dead by an unidentified assailant about 10.30am today in front of a shop selling safe deposit boxes and other related items at Bako Road here.


set: Paula Radcliffe has admitted she is in 'a bit of a panic' as a long-standing injury threatens to end her London Olympics participation.

set: Paula Radcliffe in panic as injury threatens London 2012 participation


set: A WOMAN who stole five mobile phones from a south Dublin supermarket has been put on a probation bond for a year.


set: BP Plc. informed that it had agreed to sell its Carson refinery based in southern California to Tesoro Corp. for $2.5 billion.

set: BP sells Carson refinery to Tesoro Corp. for $2.5 billion


set: Former teammates of Everton legend Gordon West have paid tribute to 'a tremendous character' who was 'larger than life'.


set: SpinVox Global PR Director Jane Henry, +44 20 7965 2000 M : +44 7941 941 794 Jane.henry@spinvox.com or SpinVox Public Relations Director - North America Tony Carter, +1-404-316-0201 tony.carter@spinvox.com or GK Communications for SpinVox Greg Kalish, +1-516-665-3292 gkalish@gkcomms.com SpinVox is gaining rapid market acceptance.


set: A lifeboat crew went to the aid of a cyclist who was injured in one of the remotest parts of the Highlands.


set: Rachel McAdams and Michael Sheen, her co-star in the new Woody Allen film Midnight in Paris, were recently photographed holding hands while walking in Toronto, fueling mounting speculation of a relationship.

set: Rachel McAdams and Michael Sheen photographed holding hands


set: Hugh Jackman still regrets turning down the lead male role in Chicago because he's convinced he could have pulled off the part - with the help of some studio make-up.

set: Jackman still regrets turning down Chicago


set: It was fun to see theguys come out here today, and it will be a long road to hoe.


set: Marion County Coroner Tom Nicolay says a 59-year-old Wamac man found dead inside his home Monday morning apparently died from natural causes.


set: The Phoenix police and fire departments have been spared from severe budget cuts in the city's effort to save nearly 90 million dollars.

set: Police, fire departments spared from severe budget cuts


set: AP Sports Writer STANFORD, Calif. Chester McGlockton, a four-time Pro Bowl defensive lineman who emerged as a talented assistant coach and mentor at Stanford, died Wednesday.

set: Stanford assistant coach Chester McGlockton dies


set: Past professor and course evaluations will be made available to students beginning Fall 2012 as the result of a VSG initiative four years in the making.

set: Professor and course evaluations to be made available to students


set: Thai officials said on Sunday that an ``intense and fierce'' gun battle has broken out between anti-government Red Shirt protesters and the military in Bangkok.

set: ``Intense and fierce'' gun battle breaks out between Red Shirt protesters and military in Bangkok


set: Furcal, who met with Oakland Athletics General Manager Billy Beane and Manager Bob Geren this week, intends to narrow his choices to two teams by Monday or Tuesday, according to his agent, Paul Kinzer.

set: Rafael Furcal narrowing down his choices


set: Gus Johnson, who'd become the voice of the NCAA tournament during his 16 years with CBS, has joined Fox Sports after CBS declined to match the competing network's offer, Bob Raissmann of the New York Daily News first reported tonight.


set: Apple founder Steve Jobs has died at the age of 56.


set: Third time's a charm for Drew Barrymore, who got engaged to Will Kopelman over the holidays.

set: Drew Barrymore engaged to Will Kopelman?


set: Chrysler will recall over 364,000 Jeep Wranglers from the 2006 through 2010 model years.

set: Chrysler recalls over 364,000 Jeep Wranglers


set: Cigarettes may contain traces of pig's blood, an Australian academic says with a warning that religious groups could find its undisclosed presence 'very offensive'.


set: LOS ANGELES Cell phone giant Verizon Wireless said Sunday that it would refund more than $50 million to about 15 million customers nationwide who were mistakenly charged for data usage or Internet access they didn't order.

set: Verizon Wireless to refund $50 million to customers


set: Main Street Capital Corporation announced today that it has completed three new portfolio investments in Indianapolis Aviation Partners, LLC, Thermal & Mechanical Equipment, LLC, and Compact Power Equipment Centers, LLC. Main Street provided IAP with debt and equity financing in connection with the acquisition of a Fixed Base Operation, located at the Indianapolis International Airport, that was previously owned by Signature Flight Support Corporation and, at an earlier date, by Hawker Beechcraft Services, Inc. The IAP facility currently operates within the ``Million Air'' group and will utilize the ``Million Air'' brand name.

set: Main Street Capital announces three new portfolio investments


set: JAVIER HERNANDEZ has been granted a work permit and will join Manchester United in a £7m deal on July 1.

set: Javier Hernandez granted work permit to join Manchester United


set: Laos is reportedly clamping down on illegal drugs and dangerous watersports in Vang Vieng, a popular tourist destination on the Xong River.

set: Laos clamping down on drugs and dangerous watersports in Vang Vieng


set: Colorado Rockies ace Ubaldo Jimenez has been scratched from his scheduled start against San Diego because of a nail infection on his pitching hand.

set: Rockies ace Ubaldo Jimenez scratched with nail infection


set: The Los Angeles Coliseum will have a new look, and a new sound, when No. 1 Southern California and No. 5 Ohio State meet Saturday night.


set: President Barack Obama said the US is at war with a 'network of violence and hatred' and vowed to defend the nation from terror after a suspected terrorist attempted to blow up an airliner on Christmas Day.

set: Obama says us at war with 'network of violence and hatred'


set: STUART Lewis left Adams Park on crutches after picking up an ankle injury in the Stevenage defeat.

set: Lewis leaves on crutches after ankle injury


set: AIG will sell off its valuable Asian insurance business, a move that will jump start its plan to pay back more than a $100 billion in taxpayer bailout money.


set: Video game developer Heatwave Interactive LLC bought an online gaming platform from a California company for an undisclosed amount.

set: Heatwave Interactive buys gaming platform


set: Former England footballer Paul Gascoigne has been sectioned under the Mental Health Act, police said today.


set: Reports out of Chicago are that former OSU safety Al Afalava has made quite an impression with the Bears so far during training camp.

set: Former OSU safety Al Afalava making impression with Chicago Bears


set: German industrial production slumped in April unexpectedly by 0.6% following a revised 1.2% rise in March from the reported 0.7% and strongly missed expectations for 0.2% rise.

set: German industrial production slumps in April


set: A 52-year-old Harrington woman apparently drowned in a backyard swimming pool Saturday morning, state police said.

set: Harrington woman apparently drowned in pool


set: Lea Michele, the 24-year-old Glee actress, who plays Rachel Berry in the Fox television series, was involved in a car accident with another vehicle while driving down Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles on her way home from work on Friday, but is said to be doing ``fine''.


set: Indonesia has announced a new shark and manta ray sanctuary, the first to protect the species in the rich marine ecosystem of the Coral Triangle, known as the ``Amazon of the ocean.''

set: Indonesia announces shark, manta ray sanctuary


set: New Zealand First has confirmed Winston Peters will not be standing for an electorate seat.

set: Winston Peters not standing for electorate seat


set: The Consumer Electronics Association ® today announced that registration is open for the 2011 International CES ® , the world's largest consumer technology tradeshow, scheduled January 6-9, 2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

set: Registration opens for 2011 International CES


set: Google UK and Ireland has launched its own quarterly online magazine, Think Quarterly, saying that ``in a world of accelerating change, we all need to take time to reflect.''

set: Google launches online magazine, Think Quarterly


set: A convicted serial burglar who once plagued Pontotoc County was found dead in his prison cell Tuesday.


set: A team of gardeners have ridden to the rescue after a woman's garden was turned into a wasteland by a tradesman who charged her more than £3,000.

set: Gardeners to the rescue after woman's garden turned into wasteland


set: Sonic Corp. today responded to remarks in the press yesterday concerning the company's franchisees, who were used to illustrate the problems of a tightening credit market.

set: Sonic responds to remarks about the company's franchisees


set: A hacker has defaced the Aarto website, where motorists are able to pay traffic fines, it was reported on Thursday.


set: GREAT FALLS, Montana - A rare and nearly complete dinosaur skeleton stolen from private property in Montana and stored in an evidence locker for more than two years has been turned over to researchers.

set: Rare dinosaur skeleton turned over to researchers


set: The ADT home security system was recently reviewed and ranked by TopConsumerReviews.com, which provides independent reviews for thousands of products including home security systems reviews in order to help consumers make well informed decisions.

set: ADT home security system reviewed by TopConsumerReviews.com


set: Texas Gov. Rick Perry is expected to announce Saturday that he will run for president in 2012, Politico reported Monday.

set: Gov. Rick Perry to announce run for president: report


set: Chirundu Road MOTORISTS are marooned in Chirundu following the collapse of a road linking Siavonga district in Southern Province to the rest of Zambia.


set: UK wheat exports edged up in October, although continuing to run significantly below last season's levels, customs data showed on Tuesday.


set: A Drakesboro man was arrested facing numerous charges after being stopped on a stolen four-wheeler.


set: An infant at a women's protection home here died on Saturday within minutes of being fed milk, an official said.


set: A LOWESTOFT man has appeared in court to face a charge of possessing a knife in a public place.


set: KIMBERLEY -Jacques Kallis steered South Africa to a comfortable seven-wicket win over Kenya in the second and final one-day international at the Diamond Oval here on Sunday.


set: Syria decided to recall its ambassador to Iraq as a response to Iraq's recall of its ambassador, a Syrian official source said.

set: Syria decides to recall ambassador to Iraq


set: A Taiwanese business delegation went to China on Monday to take advantage of new business opportunites as tariff reductions for Taiwanese products began in China this year.

set: Taiwanese businesses go to China as tariff reductions begin


set: Friends of Drew Peterson, whose third wife was murdered and fourth wife is missing, cooperated with Illinois State Police and wore a wire during conversations with the man, according to a published report.


set: Social crusader Anna Hazare will celebrate his 75th birthday among underprivileged children and commercial sex workers who have stepped out of flesh trade to live life with dignity.

set: Hazare to celebrate birthday with underprivileged


set: A snake was saved by surgery in Australia after mistaking four golf balls for a meal of chicken eggs, a veterinarian said Wednesday.

set: Snake saved by surgery in Australia after mistaking golf balls for meal of chicken eggs


set: Four NATO soldiers were killed Monday in a bomb attack in southern Afghanistan, one of the toughest battlegrounds in a nearly 10-year Taliban insurgency, the alliance said in a statement.

set: Four NATO soldiers killed in Afghanistan


set: Alcohol detox at home page is ready to go at Down to earth video Ltd. The news has been welcomed by commentators on related sites.


set: St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Ian Snell, who was in camp this spring as a non-roster invitee, announced his retirement as an active player Tuesday.

set: Cardinals right-hander Ian Snell announces retirement


set: Sonoco, one of the largest diversified global packaging companies, announced March 18 that it will permanently close its Lancaster, Ohio, uncoated recycled paperboard mill, effective May 16, 2009, according to James Harrell, division vice president and general manager, Paper North America.

set: Sonoco to close Lancaster, Ohio, paperboard mill


set: Comedian-actor Bernie Mac has died today at age 50 from complications of pneumonia.


set: Investigators believe that a body found Monday in the Chicago River is that of Michael Scott, president of the Chicago Board of Education, said fire department spokesman Quention Curtis.


set: Senior Andrei Daescu advanced to the quarterfinals of the D'Novo/ITA All-American Championships.


set: State budget talks hit a snag on Saturday, June 27.


set: Two Mountain View High School graduates were killed Sunday in an early morning motorcycle accident in Provo Canyon.

set: Two killed in motorcycle accident in Provo Canyon


set: Demos of two new Pete Doherty tracks already tentatively pencilled in for his second solo album have been posted online by the former Libertines man's producer Adem Hilmi.

set: Two new Pete Doherty tracks posted online


set: Freddie Mac reported a $4.4 billion loss in the third quarter on Thursday and requested $6 billion in additional aid from the US Treasury Department.

set: Freddie Mac reports $4.4 billion loss, requests $6 billion from Treasury


set: A HOSEPIPE ban will come into force in Henley and the rest of Oxfordshire from April 5.


set: Miliband warns UK about Afghan pullout Updated: 08:53, Sunday May 27, 2012 The international community must 'up its game' on political progress in Afghanistan or risk wasting a decade of sacrifice by allied soldiers, UK's Labour leader Ed Miliband says.


set: CONCORD, NC Ken Schrader will replace an injured Dario Franchitti in Saturday night's Sprint Cup race at Richmond International Raceway.


set: Snowmobiler Caleb Moore died Thursday a week after a crash at the X Games in Aspen, Colorado.

set: Snowmobiler Caleb Moore dies after crash at X Games


set: Douglas Urbanski takes his Catholicism orthodox, his politics conservative, and his road less traveled.


set: Russell Brand has handed himself into police today after a warrant was issued for his arrest in the US.


set: India's biggest auto major Maruti Suzuki came out with its quarterly numbers on Tuesday.

set: Maruti Suzuki comes out with quarterly numbers


set: Ofgem, an electric and gas utility, has appointed Hannah Nixon as a partner for transmission.


set: Governor Jim Doyle welcomed students back to school today, including some at Jackson Elementary in Green Bay, and encouraged them to get a great start to the school year.


set: Casino Windsor workers ratified a new contract with 84.7-per-cent support Thursday, avoiding a strike that their CAW executive had warned could have been catastrophic for their futures.

set: Casino Windsor workers ratify new contract


set: A Shawnee man was critically injured in a Sunday morning traffic crash involving three vehicles as he reportedly was driving the wrong way on Interstate 40 and struck a truck head-on.


set: Heineken NV, the world's third- largest brewer, proposed terms on a credit line to refinance a 2 billion-euro facility maturing next year, according to three people with knowledge of the situation.

set: Heineken proposes terms on credit line to refinance


set: A paving company will rebuild its shop after a fire, ignited by a gas leak, destroyed the facility on River Road, a manager said.


set: Chess legend Garry Kasparov believes that reigning world champion Viswanathan Anand has lost motivation and the Indian, who is defending his title against Boris Gelfand right now, has been 'sliding downhill' for the past few years.


set: An Afghan policeman killed five British soldiers at a checkpoint in Afghanistan and the Taliban said he was one of their fighters who had infiltrated the force.

set: Afghan policeman kills five British soldiers


set: YANGON Aung San Suu Kyi was re-elected as Myanmar opposition chief on Sunday at a landmark congress that disappointed some members hoping for new blood in the wider leadership ahead of a key 2015 election.


set: Larsen & Toubro has secured two major orders worth Rs 2155 crore from National Fertilizers for ammonia feedstock conversion projects at Panipat in Haryana and Bathinda in Punjab.

set: Larsen & Toubro secures two major orders worth Rs 2155 crore


set: -Saints coach Sean Payton says he expects Jeremy Shockey to practice during the club's three-day minicamp that starts Friday.

set: Payton expects Shockey to practice at minicamp


set: One LIFE, a local homeschool support group, will meet on Thursday, Aug. 19, at 6:30 pm


set: Timesys was awarded Best in Show ' Best in Class honors within the Development Support category by an independent panel of publishers and analysts based on the Online Linux Factory's technical leadership and innovation.


set: THE Zimbabwe bird has all but landed in Germany in the form of a beauty pageant called Miss-Zimbabwe-Deutschland, which promises to be scintillating and parade Zimbabwean national pride at the heart of Europe.


set: Darren Wolfson of the Star Tribune received a tip this morning that Al Jefferson was picked up on DUI charges this morning.


set: A Delhi court awarded life imprisonment to a man for murdering a taxi driver for the purpose of stealing the vehicle.

set: Life imprisonment to man for murdering taxi driver


set: An international leadership workshop being held at the education city has attracted many students.

set: Leadership workshop attracts many students


set: A pedestrian was critically injured in Kailua tonight when he was struck by a vehicle.


set: The GPRN/NSCN clarifies on the death of a cadre, said to have been killed on the night of December 22 ``under ENPO jurisdiction.''


set: Finavera Renewables Inc. announces plans to raise $500,000 through a non-brokered private placement of 10,000,000 units at a price of $0.05 per unit.

set: Finavera Renewables Inc. announces $500,000 non-brokered private placement


set: Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn is promising ``some changes'' in the state budget lawmakers sent him.

set: Quinn promises 'some changes' in state budget


set: New Delhi, Feb 14 Although he has denied any possibility of having an alliance with Congress or other constituents of UPA, JD President HD Deve Gowda today said he would not be able to comment on the post-poll scenario.

set: Not able to comment on the post-poll scenario:


set: President of the Republic Karolos Papoulias was fitted with a pacemaker in emergency surgery carried out at Attiko Hospital in Athens on Monday.


set: Wood products company West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. announced it has doubled its quarterly dividend to 6¢ a share, and initiated a new $125-million capital spending program.


set: Texas-based communications service provider DoubleHorn Communications has announced integrated SIP Trunking for legacy PBX and key telephone systems, which allow it to operate seamlessly with the hardware of other vendors, such as Toshiba Strata, Panasonic, Nortel Norstar, Avaya and Digium, the company said.

set: DoubleHorn announces integrated SIP Trunking


set: Singapore opened a new 'green' airport terminal on Wednesday, boasting energy-saving skylights, a butterfly garden and over 200 species of foliage spread over enough floor space to cover 50 soccer fields.

set: Singapore opens ``green'' airport terminal


set: The internet is very busy in search of the hot topic 'Laura Bush killed a guy..


set: British Gas parent company Centrica will post half-year profits of about £880m as millions of its customers reel from a record hike in gas bills.


set: The ``Help is Here Express'' bus tour will be in Spencer on Tuesday, July 14, stopping at Spencer Hospital to help uninsured and financially-struggling Iowans access information on programs that provide prescription medicines for free or nearly free.


set: Why has Adele canceled all ten of her sold out concert shows in the United States?

set: Why has Adele canceled her sold out shows?


set: A Lynchburg man has pleaded guilty to attacking his ex-girlfriend last year at the Princeton Circle West Apartment Complex.


set: An Orange County woman was molested for several years by a relative, becoming pregnant at age 11 and giving birth at age 12, prosecutors said.

set: Orange County woman molested for years by relative, gave birth at age 12


set: The deals search engine Sosbuzz has launched a WordPress™ blog search engine.

set: Sosbuzz launches WordPress™ blog search engine


set: Local police and emergency services are being provided with grief counselling services in the wake of the Hawkins family tragedy that unfolded last week.

set: Local police and emergency services being provided grief counselling services


set: Cardinals prospect Matt Carpenter singles and steals second in the eighth inning


set: Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Dr MS Gill on Wednesday said cricket should be included in the Asian Games.

set: Cricket should be included in Asian Games:


set: Casino Drive, pictured earlier in the week being ridden by jockey Edgar Prado, was scratched from the Belmont Stakes on Saturday.

set: Casino Drive scratched from Belmont Stakes


set: Civil servants staged Tuesday a three-hour work stoppage to urge the Cabinet to approve a wage hike for civil servants.


set: The attacks on Ethiopian Christians by the Muslim fundamentalists in that country has continue unabated with the Friday burning of another eight churches, a bible school, and 17 Christian homes.

set: Attacks on Ethiopian Christians continue unabated


set: - Arizona introduced Sean Miller as its new men's basketball coach on Tuesday after giving him a five-year contract worth a reported $11 million.


set: Clough wins $400m Wheatstone contract Updated: 19:55, Thursday February 9, 2012 Clough and its joint venture partner have won their second contract for Chevron's Wheatstone liquefied natural gas project in the past week, this time valued at $400 million.


set: Tamil rebels abducted 16 children from a Catholic orphanage in northern Sri Lanka to be enlisted in their movement as fighters, the defence ministry said Monday, citing witnesses.

set: Rebels abduct 16 children from orphanage in Sri Lanka


set: One of the oldest western lowland gorillas in a North American zoo died Thursday night at Brookfield Zoo.


set: Windstream Corp. announced today it will add 210 new jobs in Arkansas and make Little Rock its permanent home.


set: The Sarah Jane Adventures is set to continue despite the recent death of Elisabeth Sladen, who passed away before filming the final six episodes of the Doctor Who spin off.

set: The Sarah Jane Adventures 'to continue without Elisabeth Sladen'


set: She said, ``What I have started in Fatima I will finish in Medjugorje. My heart will triumph''.


set: Crawley boss Steve Evans admits he and his players will be nervous when they take on Manchester United in the FA Cup at Old Trafford on Saturday.

set: Crawley Town manager Steve Evans admits he and his players will be nervous


set: SPAIN has taken over another bank hurt by the financial crisis and a property boom gone bust, injecting three billion euros into the Banco de Valencia.


set: Swansea City manager Brendan Rodgers says he's looking for side to pick up their first away win on Saturday at Norwich City.

set: Rodgers looks for first away win at Norwich


set: Argentine national beach soccer team crushed 6-0 Costa Rica during the second game of the Group C of the Beach Soccer World Cup held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.


set: Fire engulfed a boat at Hat Island west of Everett on Wednesday morning.


set: A WOMAN was rescued from a house fire in Worcester in the early hours of this morning.


set: On November 11th, In Shape Exhibition 2010 opened for three days at Biel for health, beauty and fitness; the first exhibition of its kind in the Middle East.

set: In Shape 2010 opens three-day exhibition


set: An Indonesian volcano erupted with renewed ferocity on Friday, killing 65 people, bringing the total death told to over 100 and blanketing the area with white ash.


set: Belgian illustrator and author Kitty Crowther won the 2010 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award for children's literature Wednesday for her ability to express deep humanism in all her work.

set: Kitty Crowther wins Astrid Lindgren Memorial award for children's literature


set: The Mountain West issued a public reprimand to New Mexico coach Rocky Long on Monday for criticizing a late call that cost the Lobos a touchdown in last weekend's 21-3 loss at BYU.


set: The father of Filipino pop singer and ``Glee'' star Charice was stabbed to death with an ice pick in a drunken street fight, police said Tuesday, with the singer canceling an overseas tour to be with her family in the wake of the attack.

set: Father of 'Glee' star Charice stabbed to death with ice pick


set: SeeSaw, the online video-on-demand service born out of the Kangaroo initiative, has signed BBC Worldwide as its first content partner and appointed Media Initiative Group's Video Initiatives as its advertising sales house.

set: SeeSaw signs BBC Worldwide as first content partner


set: Greek cellco Wind Hellas, which recently completed a capital restructuring to reduce debt, expects to return to profitability in 2011, after a gradual recovery in financial performance this year.

set: Wind Hellas expects return to profitability in 2011


set: Comic star Sacha Baron Cohen who grabbed headlines with his portrayal of a flamboyant gay reporter in Bruno has tied the knot with actress Isla Fisher in a small private ceremony in Paris.


set: A Virginia Beach man is selling his historic plane collection and may close the museum that houses them.


set: 2009-06-22 19:01:26 - Ibstock extends its Elementix® rainscreen cladding system to give specifiers and architects complete flexibility for building design, with an unrivalled choice of façade sizes, colours and finishes.

set: Ibstock extends Elementix® rainscreen cladding system


set: South African singer and activist Miriam Makeba, also known as ``Mama Africa,'' died Sunday of heart attack at the age of 76, after taking part in a concert near Naples on behalf of an Italian writer, Roberto Saviano, who has received death threats after writing an expose of the Italian mafia.


set: RALEIGH, NC In his all-star address to the media, NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said concussions have increased this season, but he attributed it to ``accidental or inadvertent'' contact.

set: Bettman says concussions increase through accidental contact


set: Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev visited ``Khojaly genocide'' complex erected in memory of the victims of the genocide committed by Armenian military units in Khojaly on the night of February 25-26, 1992.

set: Ilham Aliyev visits ``Khojaly genocide'' complex


set: Sub-district basketball action for area girls began earlier this week and is set to conclude Thursday.


set: If this estimate turns out to be similar to the DHS estimate, it means that the illegal immigrant population stopped declining after President Obama took office after declining by 1 million during the last two years of the Bush administration - 2007 to 2009.

set: Illegal population stops declining under Obama;


set: French business sentiment in the manufacturing industry fell in October, official data showed Friday.

set: French business sentiment falls in October


set: New Delhi, Aug 31 Warning that climate change and global warming pose an ``unprecedented situation'' before a developing country like India, a Parliamentary panel has asked the government to step up R&D efforts in agriculture.

set: ''Climate change poses an unprecedented situation before India''


set: Washington Mutual Inc., ravaged by losses from sour mortgages, replaced Kerry Killinger as chief executive of the nation's largest savings and loan on Monday, adding him to the growing list of banking bosses ousted by their boards.

set: Washington Mutual replaces CEO Kerry Killinger


set: Will the indians continue to slide or will their young players step up and surprise other teams this year? how many games will the indians win this year?

set: How many games will the indians win this year?


set: With the official start of summer just around the corner, it's time to start thinking about summer travel.

set: It's time to start thinking about summer travel


set: NEW YORK St. Vincent's Hospital, a 160-year institution in Manhattan's Greenwich Village, closed for good Friday after months of feuding and years of financial struggles.

set: Nyc's St. Vincent's hospital closes for good


set: Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was keenly conscious of his image and 'remained active in Al Qaeda terrorist propaganda operations, especially in shaping his own image', going by five videos released by US.


set: BlackRock has launched three mutual funds featuring alternative investment strategies available to the firm's US retail and high net worth client base.


set: An Apple Valley woman has been charged with felony DWI after police say she refused to submit to a chemical test and pretended to be someone else when they stopped her in Apple Valley last weekend.

set: Apple Valley woman charged with felony DWI


set: If you tend to have trouble picking up the latest dance moves or learning to play a new piano piece, there might be an explanation.


set: BOSTON -State Street Corp. says a legal reserve of about $625 million it established two years ago may not be enough to cover claims and potential penalties related to fixed-income investments that included subprime mortgages.

set: State Street's legal reserve may not be enough


set: A female Metro bus driver was beaten unconscious by several people in Tukwila.


set: After months of speculation, Cheryl Cole has officially been confirmed as a judge on the American version of X-Factor.

set: Cheryl Cole confirmed as judge on us version of X-Factor


set: Well, starting this weekend CARTA is testing out a new service that offers bus service all the way out to Folly Beach on Saturdays and Sundays.

set: CARTA begins offering bus service to Folly Beach


set: Auriemma signs new contract to stay at UConn season, UConn announced Wednesday.


set: Everton midfielder Tim Cahill has credited his mental strength in helping him to overcome his 13-month goal drought.


set: Ethicon will stop selling its controversial transvaginal mesh as it faces hundreds of lawsuits from patients who allege implants used during pelvic organ prolapse and urinary incontinence repairs caused post-op complications and infections.

set: Ethicon to stop selling transvaginal mesh


set: Former Nevada-Las Vegas linebacker John Lotulelei, a Baldwin High School graduate, performs drills Monday during the NFL combine in Indianapolis.


set: Former American 100-metre champion Michael Rodgers tested positive for a stimulant found in an energy drink and could be ineligible for the world track championships later this month.

set: US sprinter Rodgers tests positive for stimulant


set: US regulators yesterday seized eight banks with assets totalling more than US$6 billion, raising the tally this year to 51 failed banks and adding to the carnage of small institutions that is expected to peak this year.


set: US President Barak Obama, addressing a majority of Muslim lawmakers before the Turkish parliament for the first time in his presidency, said on Monday that the United States ``would never be at war with Islam.''

set: President Obama says US would never be at war with Islam


set: Mild tension prevailed on the Osmania University campus on Wednesday afternoon when students attacked a car sporting a sticker of former MLA Magunta Babu.

set: Mild tension at Osmania University as students attack car


set: Rebecca Romijn says her sexual appeal remained unaffected even after giving birth to the twins.

set: Rebecca Romijn's sexual appeal remains unaffected


set: The new NSW road rules changes come into force across the State from tomorrow.

set: New road rules to come into force in State


set: After an exhausting three months, new Georgia Tech head coach Paul Johnson and his staff can finally breathe easy.


set: Bollywood actor Shahrukh Khan, who arrived here to visit the Yale University, was detained for over two hours at a New York airport.

set: Shahrukh detained for two hours at a New York airport


set: Telecom Italia is to sell Alice, according to a report in French newspaper, Les Echos.


set: SMALL businesses are invited to an advice workshop tomorrow which could help them cut their energy and water bills.


set: A MUSICIAN who shared the bill with Green Day and Manic Street Preachers has died two days after playing a comeback gig.

set: MUSICIAN dies two days after comeback gig


set: A Louisville father is charged with theft by deception for an alleged fake address that allowed his son to attend Oldham County schools.


set: Michelle Bachmann is in the news again and it's not for her work in Congress.


set: Credit Suisse upgraded German retailer Metro AG to outperform versus neutral in a note to investors released on Monday.

set: Credit Suisse upgrades Metro to outperform


set: One of the first things that jumps out at you is that Alabama coach Nick Saban voted Oklahoma State No. 4.


set: State officials have pledged to step up their efforts to combat Eastern Equine Encephalitis, committing to a comprehensive approach to prevent, detect and respond to outbreaks of the deadly virus beginning next summer.

set: State officials pledge to step up efforts of combat Eastern Equine Encephalitis


set: Toyota is recalling 412,000 passenger cars, mostly the Avalon model, in the US, and another 16,420 vehicles in Japan for steering problems, the automaker said today.


set: Fabrice Muamba carried the Olympic torch through London, four months after collapsing on the field during an English football match.


set: Oakland Athletics infielder Jed Lowrie recorded a hit in his first game back since sitting out three games with a foot injury.

set: Oakland Athletics' Jed Lowrie records hit in first game back


set: An 82-year old woman and two men died in road crashes at the weekend.


set: A VA Hospital in St. Louis may have infected thousands of patients with dangerous viruses such as HIV, Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C.

set: VA hospital infects thousands of patients


set: Bonnie Wright and Jamie Campbell Bower have called off their engagement, according to reports.

set: Bonnie Wright and Jamie Campbell Bower call off engagement


set: MEC for Public Safety in the North West, Howard Yawa, has warned that police conduct should at all times be above reproach and in line with the pledge to protect and serve.


set: A Tamil Nadu-based Hindu outfit today burnt a few Valentine's day greeting cards here, to mark its protest against celebrating the day falling on February 14, in the State.

set: Tamil Nadu-based Hindu outfit burns Valentine's day greeting cards


set: Fabio Capello has resigned from his post as England manager with immediate effect, the Football Association has confirmed.

set: Fabio Capello resigns as England manager


set: Newly appointed FC Khimki manager, Aleksandr Tarkhanov, has blasted Spartak Moscow for sacking Valery Karpin, admitting that the Moscow-based club made a hasty decision to part company with the tactician.

set: Tarkhanov blasts Spartak Moscow after sacking Valery Karpin


set: Movie star Johnny Depp has blamed over-zealous fans for turning him into a housebound recluse.

set: Johnny Depp: 'fans turned me into a recluse'


set: Kelsey Grammer has settled a custody dispute with his ex-wife Camille over the former couple's two children, according to a US report.


set: The EA Sims Studio is pleased to announce that The Sims 3, the highly-anticipated flagship game from the best-selling PC franchise The Sims, has gone gold for the PC and Mac, is off to manufacturing and will street in 60 countries June 2, 2009.


set: Thai tourism industry workers are planning peaceful rallies seeking an end to mass ``Red Shirt'' anti-government protests that have scared away many foreign visitors, organisers said yesterday.


set: Income inequality is not just a standalone problem; it can also be a drain on the overall economy.

set: Income inequality a drain on the economy


set: Santa Ynez Valley Visitors Association Board President John Kochis announced that Santa Ynez Valley Wine Around by the Lake event scheduled for Sunday, June 19, 2011, has been canceled due to unforeseen logistical circumstances.

set: Santa Ynez Valley Wine Around by the Lake event canceled


set: Three US soldiers were killed in separate bomb blasts in southern Afghanistan on Sunday, as the government in Kabul banned a fertilizer chemical used by Taliban militants to make bombs, dpa reported.

set: Three US soldiers killed in blasts in southern Afghanistan


set: INTERIM ZAPU leader, Dr Dumiso Dabengwa says losing 2008 independent presidential candidate, Dr Simba Makoni was ``a braai stick'' he used to stop both President Mugabe and Morgan Tsvangirai from winning a majority to change the course of events.


set: Zoosk, the romantic social network, today launched a contest to find the most romantic couple in America.

set: Zoosk launches contest to find the most romantic Couple in America


set: Ellen DeGeneres has revealed that she is proud of Adam Lambert for deciding to come out publicly.


set: Yunnan native and dancer Yang Liping will unveil 'Yunnan Sound', her newest dance and music production, at the Yunnan Art Institute's Experimental Theater on May 7 and 8, according to a report on en.kunming.cn.

set: Yang Liping to unveil new dance and music production


set: Italy came from behind with two second-half goals to snatch a 2-1 away win at Estonia in their Euro 2012 qualifier opener tonight.


set: Pakistan moved large contingents of troops into the Taliban stronghold of South Waziristan Saturday, beginning a long-anticipated ground offensive against the Al Qaeda-backed militants in treacherous terrain that has overwhelmed the army in the past, the Pakistani army said.

set: Pakistan moves troops into Taliban stronghold


set: The HDC is hosting two narcissus technical seminars entitled 'Maintaining bulb quality' on 14 April and 5 May.

set: HDC to host narcissus technical seminars


set: A WORKINGTON headteacher met Prime Minister David Cameron to talk about her school's success in converting to an academy.

set: WORKINGTON headteacher meets Prime Minister David Cameron


set: Police said a body found inside a burning car in the Adelaide Hills early Sunday was a victim of suicide.


set: The director of the women's prison in northeast Baghdad's Kazimiya district has been assassinated by a group of unknown armed men on Tuesday, a security source reported.


set: Rodney King, whose videotaped 1991 beating at the hands of the LAPD incited riots across America, has been found dead at the bottom of a swimming pool.


set: MCA is donating RM130,000 for the Chinese education development in Sabah in line with the 1Malaysia concept.

set: MCA donates RM130,000 to Chinese education development in Sabah


set: Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, the socialist leader who assailed US influence in Latin America in his campaign against capitalism and democratic freedoms, died Tuesday.


set: Katherine Heigl will play an immortal woman in fantasy romance Adaline, says The Hollywood Reporter.

set: Katherine Heigl to play immortal 'Adaline'


set: Lacey and Spievey have been ruled out Sunday with concussions and Levy is doubtful after missing practice all week with a hamstring injury.


set: Ratko Mladic, the war crimes fugitive accused of orchestrating the Siege of Sarajevo and the Srebrenica massacre, has been arrested in Serbia.

set: Ratko Mladic: war crimes fugitive 'arrested in Serbia'


set: German sporting goods company Puma AG opened a new product development center in Vietnam on Tuesday, part of an effort to streamline the creation of new apparel and reduce costs.

set: Puma opens development center in Vietnam


set: Angry residents forced a primary school to close in protest against the principal yesterday.

set: Angry residents force primary school to close


set: WEST FARGO, ND ― A woman from Parkers Prairie, Minn., died after falling from a horse in a jumping competition at the Red River Valley Fair in West Fargo.


set: A 41-year-old Gray man has been charged with sexual exploitation of a child after allegations surfaced that he shared child pornography online with an undercover Illinois police officer, according to the Bibb County Sheriff's Office.

set: Gray man charged with sexual exploitation


set: Standard Chartered Bank plans to increase the number of dealers in its Chinese operations to 130 from 80 in three to four years, to capitalize on the growth of bond and foreign exchange market in China, reported Reuters citing John Tan, China head of global markets at Standard Chartered.

set: Standard Chartered bank to increase number of dealers in China


set: Olympic bronze medallist pugilist Vijender Singh has landed in controversy by printing the national emblem on the reception invitation card, which is being organised in Kaluwas village of Bhiwani on Wednesday.

set: Vijender Singh lands in controversy by printing national emblem on reception card


set: Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard won Labor caucus on Monday, defeating former PM and former foreign minister Kevin Rudd in a 71: 31 vote.

set: Australian prime minister Julia Gillard wins Labor caucus


set: Richard Wright, the founding member of the rock group Pink Floyd, has died at age 65 following a brief battle with cancer.

set: Richard Wright, founder of Pink Floyd, dies at 65


set: In a break from tradition The Duchess of Cambridge eschewed British designers to wear Italian label M Missoni at Fortnum & Mason today.


set: Tennis champ Alicia Molik has announced her shock retirement from professional play.


set: The United States on Wednesday said it will import cancer drug manufactured in India to overcome the acute shortage of the medicine used in treatment of ovarian, bone marrow and AIDS-related skin cancer.


set: A Russian fighter jet has shot down an unmanned Georgian spy plane as it flew over the breakaway region of Abkhazia, Georgia's air force commander said Monday.

set: Russian fighter jet shot down unmanned Georgia spy plane:


set: Domestic ports may receive EUR 270mn from the European Union, according to the Delo newspaper.

set: Domestic ports may receive EUR 270mn from EU.


set: A GARDA was sent a pig's head in the post to his home in a chilling threat by Limerick gangsters.


set: Newly divorced from Tiger Woods, Elin Nordegren is reportedly considering opening a mental health clinic to assist underprivileged families in Florida.

set: Elin Nordegren to open mental health clinic?


set: A homeless woman was raped while she was sleeping rough on an Oxford city centre street.

set: Homeless woman raped while sleeping rough in Oxford


set: From Thursday's Globe and Mail Published on Thursday, Nov. 05, 2009 12:00AM EST Last updated on Thursday, Nov. 05, 2009 2:25AM EST Bullion producer Goldcorp Inc. is boosting its annual production forecast and lowering cost estimates for 2009 as a result of stronger than expected output and high metal prices.

set: Goldcorp boosts annual production forecast


set: President Arroyo on Thursday called for a political ceasefire in the spirit of the upcoming Yuletide season and also to help the country bear the brunt of the current global financial crisis.


set: A latest research claims that parents' choice of baby names is influenced by an evolutionary tendency to make boys sound large and girls sound small.

set: Parents' choice of baby names influenced by evolutionary tendency:


set: At least four passengers were killed when an ambulance from Karnataka carrying a body rammed into a state transport bus near Vadgaon in this district early Thursday, police said.


set: Secretary of State Mary Herrera, left, visited Tularosa on Friday with the agenda ``Getting the Message Out in the Next 45 Days.''


set: ``Passing through the vicissitudes of time, the judiciary learnt its lesson, the hard way indeed, and came to the conclusion that as a creation of the constitution and mandated to preserve, protect and defend this fundamental law and having the authority to explain and interpret its provisions, it will always stand by the constitution,'' the CJP said while addressing a ceremony to mark the start of the new judicial year.

set: Judiciary has learnt its lesson the hard way:


set: The winter weather warning has been downgraded to an advisory for most of the area with the expectation of the Cumberland Plateau.

set: Winter weather warning downgraded to advisory


set: ``My job was to kill Pierre Trudeau,'' Craft, 60, said in an interview with the Toronto Star newspaper.


set: Former Belgium captain Eric Gerets has been appointed Morocco coach on a four year contract.


set: HAMILTON CITY, Calif. A body found submerged inside a car in a Glenn County canal is still unidentified.

set: Body found in Glenn Co. canal still unidentified


set: Bruker Corp. has signed a patent license agreement with 3M Company, which allows Bruker to include 3M innovations relating to matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization mass spectrometry imaging.

set: Bruker signs patent license agreement with 3M


set: Republican Gov. Tim Pawlenty has vetoed the health and human services finance bill passed last night by the DFL-controlled Legislature.

set: Gov. Pawlenty vetoes the health and human services bill


set: Investments in infrastructure, particularly the roads sector, can boost the economy by 1.8 percent a year, said JP Nayak of Larsen and Toubro Limited here Saturday.

set: 'Investment in infrastructure can boost economy by 1.8 percent'


set: Revenue and Customs workers have voted in favour of a strike in a dispute over job cuts and privatisation.

set: Revenue and Customs workers vote for strike


set: Wigan chairman Dave Whelan has pledged to do all he can to keep manager Roberto Martinez happy at the club.


set: FIFA has lifted a threat to suspend Switzerland from world football after the national association disciplined FC Sion in a dispute over ineligible players.

set: Fifa lifts threat to suspend Switzerland


set: Leighton Holdings has announced record profits of AU$ 612 million for the year ending June 30 th .


set: 9 Oct, 2009, 2127 hrs IST , PTI Disclosing that it has increased salaries of its offsite and and onsite employees, Infosys Technologies today said it would continue to invest in manpower in view of its expansion plans.

set: Infosys to continue investing in manpower


set: A 24-year-old Canadian soldier killed on Feb. 12 will be repatriated at CFB Trenton on Monday afternoon.

set: Soldier to be repatriated Monday afternoon


set: SpiderTV won an Emmy Award on Saturday night at the 55th Emmy Awards at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront.


set: This college football betting preview of the Texas A&M vs. Texas game is brought to you by SBG Global.


set: Spanish police are investigating the death of a US student in Barcelona but say so far do not suspect foul play.

set: Spanish police investigate death of US student in Barcelona


set: A deputy trying to stop a reckless driver lost control of his vehicle near the intersection of Victor Hill and Duncan-Reidville roads on Monday, according to a statement from the Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office.

set: Deputy trying to stop reckless driver loses control of vehicle


set: Mark Tronson at the USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbour, that although Japan was defeated and peace returned, it was never the same.


set: A six-foot alligator gave some South Tampa residents a scare Tuesday, when it wandered out of a fenced-in area and got too close for comfort.


set: Los Angeles-based CompuLaw, a developer of legal calendar and docket management software, has been acquired by Atlanta-based Aderant,a provider of legal practice management software.


set: Manchester United is not for sale, the Premier League club said on Friday, countering media speculation about its future.

set: Manchester United is not for sale, club says


set: A Utah woman in labor delivered her baby on the side of the road Sunday morning.

set: Utah woman delivers baby on side of road


set: President Obama marked the sixth night of Hanukkah at the White House on Thursday with a tribute to a community ravaged by Hurricane Sandy.


set: Water service was restored at around 7 pm Monday for a two-block section of downtown Hazleton that was impacted by a ruptured water main, a Hazleton City Authority official said.

set: Water service restored in downtown Hazleton


set: The yearly 'sunshine list' was released last week, showing that the number of public employees hitting the $100,000--plus salary mark is growing.


set: Cullman won the Class 5A state baseball championship Saturday in Montgomery.

set: Cullman wins state baseball championship


set: A British sports fan who had tickets for every day of the London Olympics died after collapsing at the velodrome at the Olympic Park, media reports say.

set: Sports fan with tickets to every day of Olympics dies at the velodrome


set: Lebanese Army Command said on Tuesday that two Israeli warplanes have illegally violated Lebanese airspace and hovered over various parts of the country.

set: Two Israeli warplanes violate Lebanese airspace


set: Private equity firm TPG Inc. is considering a $5 billion investment in Washington Mutual.

set: TPG considering $5 billion investment in Washington Mutual


set: She will be the fourth CEO of HP in six years.


set: Islamabad, Sep 28 Pakistan as a nation is united and faces no threat, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said Wednesday.


set: AP Chevron Corp. raised its quarterly dividend by 4.6 percent to 68 cents a share from 65 cents a share.

set: Chevron raises quarterly dividend 4.6 percent


set: The paraglider, who identified himself as Ranjeet Singh, kept the police on toes for over an hour.


set: Lindsay Lohan admitted on her Twitter page Friday, that she failed her court-mandated drug test.

set: Lindsay Lohan admits to failing her drug test


set: Luxury sports car maker Porsche announced on Wednesday it would merge with its fellow German auto firm Volkswagen, more than three years after first making a takeover bid for it.


set: AMMONNEWS-Algeria's former long-time president Chadli Bendjedid, acclaimed for having introduced democracy to government institutions, died of cancer on Saturday aged 83, APS news agency reported.

set: Former algerian president Chadli Bendjedid dies


set: World's largest miner Coal India today said it was not concerned over the new mines and land acquisition rehabilitation bill as long as it helps in getting land for mining.

set: Coal India not concerned about new bills


set: Vice President-elect Joe Biden chose as his chief of staff a man who once served in that same role for Vice President Al Gore, Democratic officials said Thursday.


set: The rupee gained marginally from the early losses against the dollar on a stronger euro and domestic equity markets.

set: Rupee gains marginally from early losses


set: A Chilean miner ran, walked and hobbled his way to the finish line of the New York City Marathon on Sunday, showing the passionate grit that helped him survive more than two months trapped underground.

set: Chilean miner hobbles to the finish line


set: A SUCCESSFUL businessman who paid his workers with cocaine instead of cash has been jailed for two and a half years today.

set: Successful businessman paid workers with cocaine instead of cash


set: President Barack Obama departed late Thursday for a NATO summit in Portugal where allied leaders will take up the bogged down war in Afghanistan.


set: Eight Inspectors-General of Police in Tamil Nadu, including the chief of the State intelligence, were on Friday promoted as Additional Directors-General of Police

set: Eight Inspectors General of Police promoted


set: Royal Bank has agreed to sell its US regional retail banking operations to the PNC Financial Services Group Inc. for about US$3.62 billion.

set: Royal Bank sells US retail banking operations for US$3.62 billion


set: Fire Service beat East End Boys Club by straight 3-0 sets in the day's lone match of the Metropolis Premier Division Volleyball League at the Dhaka Volleyball Stadium on Thursday.

set: Fire Service beat East End Boys by 3-0 sets


set: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas concluded his visit to Lebanon and headed to Cairo.


set: Who got voted off American Idol this week was revealed in the Wednesday American Idol Results Show.


set: WHITLEY Warriors face off against old rivals Solway Sharks in the opening weekend of the new ice hockey season as the two sides on opposite ends of the A69 begin with games in the new North Cup.

set: Whitley Warriors face off against rivals Sharks


set: In day four of jury selection, only one potential juror has been interviewed.


set: Stephen Harper says he and the premiers have agreed to speed up infrastructure spending to ease the economic slowdown.

set: Harper, premiers to speed infrastructure spending


set: A burglary suspect was arrested this morning after driving his car into a pond, police said.

set: Burglary suspect arrested after driving car into pond


set: Three men were indicted in Whitley County Circuit Court for allegedly scamming an elderly woman out of more than $30,000 for home improvements Monday.


set: Syrian security forces killed a protester in the southern city of Deraa on Sunday, residents said, as the authorities tried to contain three days of protests demanding freedoms and the release of political prisoners.

set: Syrian forces kill protester in Deraa, residents say


set: Dar Al Sharia Legal and Financial Consultancy LLC, Dubai Islamic Bank's Sharia consultancy and advisory services subsidiary, announced today that it has partnered with Durham University, one of the UK's most prestigious universities, and Hawkamah, the Institute for Corporate Governance, to offer training courses in Islamic finance at an affordable price.

set: Dar Al Sharia partners with Durham University and Hawkamah to offer training courses in Islamic finance


set: It has to be noted, month end flows are just one factor to be taken into consideration and not the be all and end all.


set: The ship was ordered to leave the country yesterday.


set: It has been reported that an Egyptian court has upheld a ruling barring a France Telecom buyout of mobile operator Mobinil.

set: Egyptian ruling barring a France Telecom buyout of mobile operator Mobinil


set: The Nisqualli interchange at the 15-Freeway has been delayed once again.


set: Jack in the Box Inc. will close 40 under-performing restaurants, mainly in Texas and the south-east.


set: LOS ANGELES - Megan Fox dismisses comparisons between her and Angelina Jolie as the product of a lazy media.

set: Megan Fox dismisses comparisons to Angelina Jolie


set: Telecom auditing and expense management firm Valicom is proud to be honored by DiversityBusiness.com as a top woman owned business in the US and in its home state of Wisconsin.

set: Telecom expense management firm Valicom honored as a top woman owned Business


set: An Iraqi tribal leader escaped an assassination attempt Sunday when gunmen attacked his house in the city of Hillah, Iraq security sources said.

set: Iraqi tribal leader escapes assassination attempt


set: The Seahawks fall to the Cardinals 34-21 in the season finale on a four-touchdown performance by Kurt Warner.


set: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday the ``Zionist regime'' was headed for collapse, in a reference to Israel.


set: Campaign sources say McCain raised more than $15 million dollars in March, calling it their best month and best quarter ever.


set: Le Mans has signed striker Olivier Thomert from first division rival Rennes on a short-term deal as it bids to avoid relegation.


set: A new survey being launched by the ACTU today has found nearly one in four young workers is being paid cash in hand.

set: One in four young workers paid cash in hand


set: A car rammed into a hydrant and then a tree along Holland Road early Thursday morning, leaving its driver trapped in the vehicle.


set: I'm pleased to announce that Layer 7 has joined the Cloud Security Alliance as a full corporate member.

set: Layer 7 technologies joins the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA)


set: Federal officials confirmed Monday they found traces of salmonella in a central California pistachio processing plant that sparked a nationwide recall of the nut.

set: Federal officials confirm they found salmonella in central Calif. pistachio processing plant


set: Pacific Power on Monday offered a $3,000 cash reward to try to catch wire thieves that have hit some of the utility's mid-valley substations in recent months.


set: Mechel OAO, one of the leading Russian mining and metals companies, announces H1 2009 operations results.

set: Mechel announces H1 2009 operations results


set: British and Irish couples are the least romantic about Valentine's Day judging by how much they spend, according to a survey.

set: British and Irish couples are 'least romantic' about Valentine's Day


set: Some Western Bay beachside holiday spots are feeling the pinch this season as holidaymakers opt to tighten the purse strings.


set: The Alfred to cut operations Updated: 17:54, Thursday January 24, 2013 The Alfred is the latest Victorian hospital to be hit by the $107 million federal government budget health cut with plans to slash almost 300 operations, the Herald Sun says.


set: Food inflation turned negative in late December for the first time in many years as prices of vegetables like onion and potato declined, a development that may prompt the Reserve Bank to go for rate cuts at its next monetary policy review later this month.


set: South Africa's talisman Steven Pienaar believes the host nation will get better and better as the World Cup progresses after the host nation battled to a 1-1 draw with Mexico in the tournament opener.


set: Terror convict Afzal Guru himself cross-examined many witnesses during trial in the 2001 Parliament attack case, but even that didn't help him escape capital punishment.

set: He cross-examined witnesses during trial


set: In Puducherry, a day after filling of nominations came to a close for the assembly elections scheduled for the 13th of the next month, the AIADMK today entered into a seat sharing arrangement with the DMDK and CPI.

set: AIADMK enters into seat sharing arrangement with DMDK, CPI


set: A rapper allegedly faked his own death to get out of paying back a woman whom he scammed.


set: A booking photo was released Monday of a man accused of killing a Redlands resident who was found fatally injured on a sidewalk on Webster Street early Saturday Oct. 20.


set: Trabzonspor president Sadri Sener has confirmed that English Premier League clubs Tottenham Hotspur and Fulham want striker Burak Yilmaz.

set: Tottenham Hotspur and Fulham want him --


set: After arriving in Lamezia Terme, Benedict XVI was greeted by a crowd of 30,000 people in Serra San Bruno and acclaimed all along the route travelled in the 'popemobile' from the heliport set up at La Quercia Sports Centre to Santo Stefano Square, outside the charterhouse founded 900 years ago by another German who had travelled there, St. Bruno .

set: Pope Benedict XVI greeted by crowds in Serra San Bruno


set: French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Monday urged Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev to withdraw troops from Georgia in an attempt to save the peace deal he brokered last month.

set: Sarkozy urges Medvedev to withdraw troops from Georgia


set: Glendo Reservoir has surpassed flood stage and projections are that water levels will increase by approximately six to nine inches per day through June.


set: Beijing will release its own Gini coefficient for 2012, a National Bureau of Statistics Beijing survey branch spokesman said Sunday.


set: The Germany head coach Joachim revealed that the Bayern Munich midfielder Schweinsteiger is fit to play Italy.


set: ``Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn't really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while.''


set: A man choked to death as he was eating dinner with friends, an inquest heard.


set: Sylvester Stallone supports gun control Updated: 11:12, Saturday February 2, 2013 Sylvester Stallone says that despite his Rambo image and new shoot-em-up film Bullet to the Head, he's in favour of new national gun control legislation.


set: From paint to pesticides to pool chemicals, Bergen County residents lined up in Moonachie on Saturday to dispose of an array of hazardous household products.

set: Bergen County residents line up to dispose hazardous household products


set: Tuesday the Senate approved a bill to improve national flood insurance.

set: Senate approves bill to improve flood insurance


set: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was sworn in as Iranian president today as riot police broke up an opposition protest over an election that triggered the worst turmoil in the Islamic republic's history.

set: Ahmadinejad sworn in as riot police break up protests


set: One person suffered minor injures Friday evening when a 120-foot Foss tug boat caught fire off Harbor Island.


set: Singer Tulisa Contostavlos, from the hip hop London band N-Dubz, is being tested for swine flu after falling ill on board a flight to Greece.

set: Singer Tulisa Contostavlos from hip hop band N-Dubz tested for swine flu


set: Goldman Sachs shares fell sharply Monday following news that its CEO, Lloyd Blankfein, has hired a top Washington defense lawyer.

set: Goldman Sachs shares fall on CEO hiring top lawyer


set: RIM is looking to bargain with its suppliers to reduce supply cost.


set: A motorcyclist was killed after trying to walk away from a crash on Interstate 805.

set: Motorcyclist killed after walking away from crash


set: Urban Development Minister S. Jaipal Reddy on Tuesday brushed aside concerns over preparedness for the Oct 3-14 Commonwealth Games, saying they were ``minor hiccups'' and the Games would be ``very successful''.

set: Minor hiccups, Games will be very successful:


set: Earlier today the Phoenix Coyotes announced that they had re-signed Goaltender Coach Sean Burke.

set: Coyotes re-sign goaltender Coach Sean Burke


set: Auburn quarterback Cam Newton said Friday he ``didn't do anything wrong'' in the wake of news reports Thursday that said an agent tried to sell his services to Mississippi State.

set: Auburn's Cam Newton: `i didn't do anything wrong'


set: The Unix project pwgen came to the Mac last week with a graphical interface rather than the original command-line interface popular with the coder crowd.


set: All four Willmar wrestlers that competed in the Class AAA state wrestling tournament were eliminated.

set: All four of Willmar's wrestlers eliminated


set: THE father of pop star Britney Spears has banned her from leaving her Los Angeles home without a bra, the Sun reports.

set: Britney Spears banned from leaving la home without bra


set: Arnold, 65, said in a press release: ''It is an honour to induct 'The Living Legend' Bruno Sammartino into the WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment) Hall of Fame.

set: Arnold Schwarzenegger to induct Bruno Sammartino into WWE Hall of Fame


set: Chipmaker Broadcom has unveiled its fully interoperable FCoE offload product on the converged network adapter platform at Cisco Live!.


set: The newly designed MouserMobile offers the most advanced features for multilingual, multicurrency support for design engineers and buyers.


set: Lincoln City manager Peter Jackson has signed a two-year contract extension to keep him at Sincil Bank until 2011.


set: Keota Community School District teachers and support staff kicked off the new school year on Monday at the residence of Dave and Patty Hammen in Harper.

set: Keota teachers and staff kick off the new school year


set: Craig Levein agreed a deal in principle on Tuesday to become Scotland manager and is set to be officially unveiled on Wednesday.

set: Craig Levein agrees deal to become Scotland manager


set: The head of Iran's human rights council predicted that a woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery will likely be spared from execution.

set: Woman sentenced to death by stoning likely to be spared from execution:


set: Sydney outfit The Griswolds have signed an international label deal with Wind-Up Records, which will cover all territories outside Australia and New Zealand where they are signed to Chugg Entertainment's Chugg Music.

set: The Griswolds sign international label deal with Wind-Up


set: Halifax, Nova Scotia-based Shear Wind Inc. has announced that the continuance of the company under the Canada Business Corporations Act, approved by Shear Wind's shareholders at the annual and special meeting of shareholders held in February, is now complete.

set: Shear Wind announces continuance under Canada Business Corporations Act


set: April 22 nd , 2013 The Central Bank is reminding residents that time is running out to exchange old 5,000 and 10,000 colon banknotes.

set: Time running out to exchange old banknotes


set: Dallas Area Rapid Transit announced Tuesday that it is placing a uniformed security officer on every train after a series of crimes on the agency's property.

set: DART placing a security officer on every train


set: A NEW school for 630 pupils is being planned for Esher to tackle a ``dire shortage'' of school places in the area.

set: New school in Esher to tackle shortage of places


set: President Obama warned North Korea on Sunday not to follow through on a planned long-range missile test next month, accusing the authoritarian regime of leading its people down a ``dead end'' and vowing to break its pattern of ``bad behavior.''


set: At least one protester was detained by police outside the Colorado Convention Center in downtown Denver just after noon on Monday, as the Democratic National Convention was getting underway.

set: Protester detained by police outside Colorado Convention Center


set: Willoughby police are investigating a burglary and an attempted burglary which occurred Saturday between 5 pm and midnight.

set: Willoughby police investigate burglaries


set: Ana Ivanovic and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga played a mixed double against Richard Gasquet and Sam Stosur to officially launch French Open.


set: Lanham-based Radio One Inc. plans to increase its 37 percent ownership of TV One LLC with the purchase of an additional 19 percent of the outstanding equity in the company, which is based in Silver Spring, for about $82 million.

set: Radio One to increase ownership of TV One


set: Major rivers in north central Ohio stayed within their banks Monday night, but the National Weather Service in Cleveland is predicting flooding this winter and spring.


set: British doctors have delivered a baby girl two days after the mother collapsed and died from a brain haemorrhage, a hospital in Oxford confirmed Tuesday.

set: British doctors deliver baby two days after mother


set: New passports will be available for collection on scheduled dates at Immigration offices Fiji wide.

set: New passports available for collection on scheduled dates


set: Primus Telecommunications Group Inc., the US parent company of Primus Canada, this week announced it had filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

set: Primus Telecommunications files for bankruptcy


set: THE Southampton-based commander of a British frigate on pirate-hunting duties in the Gulf received the Queen's ``royal blessing'' today.


set: In an announcement this morning the Home Office has clarified that Rebekah Brooks was lent an entire police Force, and not a police Horse as originally reported.

set: Rebekah Brooks 'was lent a police force'


set: President Barack Obama orders 30,000 more US troops to Afghanistan but warns America will begin to withdraw its military by 2011.

set: Barack Obama orders 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan


set: College hoops betting fans notice how coincidental it is that whenever a coach ties or sets a record, it always seems to be against a substandard opponent, and that's again the case when the #1 ranked team in the nation, the Duke Blue Devils, get back into action against the Elon Phoenix in basketball action that takes place at Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, NC, Mike Krzyzewski can tie Dean Smith for second all-time in wins, and his team is a 35-point favorite in the college hoops odds for the game.


set: India has non-military interest in Afghanistan and any Pakistani fears in this regard are imaginary, Finance Minister P Chidambaram said today.

set: India has non-military interest in Afghanistan:


set: `` return to article Bellone beats Carpenter for Suffolk executive 11/9/11 JOHN VALENTI. Democrat Steve Bellone handily won the Suffolk County executive race Tuesday night, beating Republican Suffolk ... Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus.


set: BRITISH media say Aston Villa manager Gerard Houllier has been hospitalised after falling ill on Wednesday night.

set: Villa manager Gerard Houllier hospitalised


set: Tottenham have confirmed that Tom Huddlestone has signed a new 5 year deal with the club, ending any speculation that he will be sold this summer.


set: Eyewear maker Safilo said on Thursday that its net profit fell 71.3 percent last year as demand for its high-end glasses and sunglasses slowed and high production costs in Italy also weighed.

set: Safilo fy net falls as demand slows, costs weigh


set: NEWCASTLE FALCONS stretched their lead at the top of the Championship to 20 points when they won 36-3 at home to Moseley last night.

set: Newcastle FALCONS stretch lead at top of Championship


set: A wigged man robbed a Houma convenience store Wednesday morning at gunpoint in the second armed robbery committed in Terrebonne Parish this week, police said.


set: More than 18 months after announcing it would consolidate its downtown Detroit workforce in one building, Comerica celebrated its new Michigan market headquarters on Friday by handing out scoops of ice cream to the community.


set: US cable net A&E will be premiering Barter Kings, a 13 x 30-minute series focusing on skilled barterers, this summer.

set: A&E to premiere ``Barter Kings'' in summer


set: Datacentrix, an IT solution provider, has announced its interim financial results for the six months ended 31 August 2012.

set: Datacentrix announces interim financial results


set: We have returned to democracy after prolonged regimes of dictatorship and it is now the turn of the PPP government to deliver to the people of this country who had suffered at the hands of dictators on one hand and war on terror on the other.

set: We have returned to democracy after prolonged regimes of dictatorship:


set: Manchester United delivered an early blow to title rivals Chelsea with a 3-1 victory over the Premier League champions in the Community Shield at Wembley today.

set: United deliver early blow to rivals Chelsea


set: That ending came this afternoon when the Steelers released Ward, who owns virtually all of the team's receiving records.


set: ``Panopticon'' is actually Freedom Wars, and it's exclusive to the PS Vita.


set: Posco, Asia's third-largest steelmaker, said January earnings will probably be the worst in its history after it cut output and demand fell because of the global recession.

set: Posco says January earnings may be worst in history


set: He's inked a $25 million dollar 5-year deal with the Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood to open a theater called David Arquette Presents:

set: David Arquette inks $25 million dollar deal!


set: It is reported that construction steel price increases slightly by CNY20 to CNY 50 per tonne in Chengdu and transactions are active in the market as well.


set: Lionel Messi has unsurprisingly received the medical green light to return to action ahead of tonight's UEFA Champions League semi-final first-leg clash with Bayern Munich at the Allianz Arena.

set: Lionel Messi receives medical green light;


set: - Supporters are rallying around Planned Parenthood after renowned breast cancer charity Susan G. Komen for the Cure decided to cut breast screening grants to the reproductive health organization.

set: Supporters rally around Planned Parenthood


set: Two apprehended after home invasion, pistol-whipping.


set: Mitchel Musso rocks out with his band in his new music video for ``Got Your Heart.''


set: H&R Block said it plans to cut jobs as it works on streamlining operations.


set: Oil prices fell toward $100 a barrel midday Thursday as a stronger dollar and concerns over weakening global energy demand offset supply disruptions in the United States caused by Hurricane Ike.


set: Bike Friday is recalling about 3,800 Tikit folding bikes as part of a voluntary recall in cooperation with the Consumer Product Safety Commission.

set: Bike Friday recalls 3,800 Tikit folding bikes


set: Vietnam and India issued a joint statement on the occasion of President Truong Tan Sang's State visit to India on 11-13 October 2011 at the invitation of President Pratibha Devisingh Patil.


set: The nonprofit Code for America plans to open a first-of-its-kind ``civic accelerator'' in San Francisco, a program designed to house, mentor and fund startups focused on using technology to improve government efficiency.

set: Code for America opens 'civic accelerator' in S.F.


set: Katie Price allegedly wants to have a ``commitment ceremony'' with her new boyfriend Leandro Penna.


set: Stephenie Meyer, The New York Times Best-Selling Author of The Twilight Saga, has been accused of plagiarism by another novelist.

set: Author Stephenie Meyer has been accused of plagiarism


set: A Meadville man is accused of trying to run a vehicle off the road in Vernon Township earlier this morning.

set: Meadville man accused of running vehicle off the road


set: Alison Hammond is due to enter the I'm A Celebrity jungle as the show's 13th contestant.

set: Alison Hammond to enter 'I'm a Celebrity'


set: Xtra newspaper boxes in Vancouver's West End were targeted by vandals during the holidays.

set: Xtra newspaper boxes targeted by vandals


set: After moving substantially higher over the course of the previous session, stocks could see some further upside in early trading on Friday.

set: Stocks could see further upside in early trading


set: The Washington Daily News says it is shutting down its own printing press operations and will be printing their daily newspaper at the nearby Greenville Reflector.

set: Washington Daily News shutting down press


set: Former United States national team manager Bob Bradley arrived in Torreon, Mexico on Sunday night, where he will be meeting with officials at Santos Laguna this week.

set: Bob Bradley in Torreon to meet with Santos Laguna


set: PTI / Los Angeles December 17, 2012, 12:55 Teen pop star Justin Bieber has gifted his pet hamster, which he adopted a few months ago, to a fan.


set: A 21-year-old housewife committed suicide by hanging herself under the Bidhnoo police station on late Tuesday night.


set: Almaty, Kazakhstan-based Alfa-Bank has launched its processing center into commercial operation based on the TranzWare product suite from Compass Plus.

set: Kazakhstan-based Alfa-Bank launches processing center based on TranzWare


set: With over 250,000 Indians already taking advantage of managing their financial portfolio at one place, Perfios has re-launched its mobile WAP site m.perfios.com.


set: Samsung Electronics Co said on Thursday it had acquired Dutch display firm Liquavista, which specialises in electronic paper technology, as the world's biggest LCD screen maker seeks to expand in the booming mobile display market.

set: Samsung acquires e-paper technology firm Liquavista


set: Multicarta, a Russian credit card authorization processor, has implemented SteelEye LifeKeeper for Linux to ensure that downtime of its transaction processing system is limited to less than fifteen minutes per year.

set: Multicarta implements SteelEye LifeKeeper for Linux


set: Singer Billy Joel is recovering from a double hip replacement, his publicist said on Thursday.

set: Billy Joel recovering from double hip replacement


set: West Coast veteran Michael Braun is set to put his AFL retirement plans on hold for a week due to the club's injury crisis.

set: Braun set to put retirement plans on hold


set: NEW YORK -TV on the Radio says bassist Gerard Smith has died of lung cancer.

set: TV on the Radio's Gerard Smith dies of lung cancer


set: Robert Latimer has arrived in Ottawa to begin what will almost certainly be a lengthy battle to clear his name for killing his severely disabled daughter Tracey.


set: QUEBEC CITY & CHICAGO, Feb 03, 2010 ---Coveo, a leading provider of enterprise search and information access solutions, today announced record Q4 2009 results and corporate achievements.

set: Coveo announces record Q4 2009 results and corporate achievements


set: Egypt has tested a third Russian wheat shipment for dead insects, a newspaper reported on Wednesday, after quality fears led it to quarantine over 80,000 tonnes of wheat from its main supplier in the last two weeks.


set: A Gwinnett County man is accused of tattooing 13 minors in his home and forging a business license.

set: Man accused of tattooing minors in his home


set: From beat writer Nick Piecoro of the Arizona Republic comes word that Diamondbacks right-hander Daniel Hudson threw off a mound Tuesday for the first time since undergoing Tommy John reconstructive elbow surgery last July 9.

set: Daniel Hudson throws off a mound for first time since undergoing Tommy John surgery


set: Hull FC made it three wins on the bounce and avenged their defeat to Wakefield Trinity Wildcats at the beginning of the season with a 10-try victory at the Rapid Solicitors Stadium.

set: Hull FC make it three wins on the bounce


set: State-rescued Royal Bank of Scotland has cut another 500 jobs, mostly at its investment banking division, it announced in a statement.


set: Chicken pox has recently killed two girls in Gautambudh Nagar, Uttar Pradesh in northern India, the local Hindi daily Navbharat Times reported Friday.


set: An Eden Valley woman was charged today with second-degree murder in the February shooting death of a Brooklyn Center man.

set: Eden Valley woman charged in death of Brooklyn Center man


set: FOUR HUNDRED ACRES of bogland were handed over to the people of Abbeyleix today by Bord na Móna.

set: Bogland handed over to people of Abbeyleix


set: St. Cloud police are investigating a burglary that occurred sometime during the weekend in the 1000 block of Seventh Street North.


set: The Rays revealed that Chad Bradford underwent elbow surgery on Thursday and will miss 3-4 months.


set: Rick Santorum won the Kansas caucuses in a rout on Saturday and Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney showed strength in Wyoming, a weekend prelude to suddenly pivotal Southern showdowns in the week ahead.


set: Mobile major Vodafone India is looking at expanding its enterprise business in India.

set: Vodafone India to expand Enterprise business


set: Luxury goods group Burberry will restructure its loss-making operations in Spain, ceasing the production of exclusive collections and closing a facility that will likely mean 300 job losses.


set: DeMaurice Smith was elected Sunday as the new executive director of the NFL Players Association, succeeding the late Gene Upshaw and challenged with leading the union into a critical new era.Smith was chosen as the union's fourth leader in its 41-year history, and follows Upshaw, who died in August.

set: Attorney Smith elected nflpa executive director


set: Sure Guard Pool Fence Inc., a pool fence manufacturing company located in Florida's Tampa Bay area, is expanding its operations and opening new distributor markets in Jacksonville, Florida and Houston, Texas.

set: Sure Guard pool fence company expanding into new markets


set: US Rep. John Dingell will host a live telephone town hall Wednesday night beginning at 7:30.


set: A young woman is in intensive care after suffering two snake bites nearly three weeks ago.

set: Woman in intensive care, suffering from two snake bites


set: US regional broadband service provider Bloosurf has selected wimax equipment manufacturer Alvarion for its 4G wireless broadband network to serve three adjacent counties and university campuses.

set: Bloosurf selects Alvarion for wireless broadband network


set: Eddie Murphy is not retiring from movies.


set: Pop singer Mandy Moore announced on Monday that she will be working with her husband, musician Ryan Adams, on a new album.

set: Mandy Moore to work with husband Ryan Adams on new album


set: A Tauranga taxi driver has formally identified the bodies of his wife and daughter after the pair were found dead in their home over the weekend.


set: Google Glass will be banned from strip clubs and other public institutions.


set: It is only strong mothers who can guarantee a strong nation and Pakistan's strength and development is most dependent upon its mothers, Provincial Minister for Power Shazia Marri has said.

set: Strong mothers guarantee a strong nation:


set: Cincinnati Financial Corporation today announced that at its regular meeting on November 19, 2010, the board of directors declared a 40-cents-per-share regular quarterly cash dividend payable January 17, 2011, to shareholders of record as of December 22, 2010.

set: Cincinnati Financial Corporation declares regular quarterly cash dividend


set: Poppy Montgomery is pregnant with her second child.


set: The family of a man who was run over and killed by a Wichita police officer last year is suing the city.

set: Family of man run over by Wichita officer is suing


set: South Carolina-based public charter airline Direct Air has canceled all flights and there is no word on when they might resume.


set: President Jacob Zuma has called on the country's top judges to help speed up the process of the transformation of the judiciary.

set: Zuma calls for speeding up of transformation of the judiciary


set: PepsiCo International UK, or PIUK, has selected CAS, a provider of customer management and mobility solutions, to provide trade promotion management and optimization solutions as part of the PIUK revenue management and optimization program.

set: Pepsico International UK selects CAS to provide trade promotion management


set: From pinot grigios to garnacha, the heavy flavors of fall are out and the crisp tastes of summer are in.


set: A 15-year-old Florida girl in a coma and on life support after allegedly being beaten by a male schoolmate also has pneumonia, her lawyer says.

set: Girl in coma after beating has pneumonia


set: Leinster and Munster will both be looking to bounce back from last weekend's defeats when the second round of Heineken Cup games continues this afternoon.

set: Leinster and Munster look to bounce back


set: South Africa imported 14,248 metric tons of yellow corn, used as animal feed, from Romania in the week through Jan. 6, the South African Grain Information Service said.

set: South Africa imports yellow corn from Romania


set: A ship carrying nearly 500 migrants docked this morning at CFB Esquimalt near Victoria, sailing into a vigorous debate about how Canada should treat them.

set: Ship carrying nearly 500 migrants docks at CFB Esquimalt near Victoria


set: In a shocking development to say the least, TNA has signed Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff.


set: Bharti has signed a five year long collaborative deal with the UK based Manchester United.

set: Bharti Airtel signs a deal with Manchester United


set: ``Index futures in the last three trading session of the week indicates one should be cautious in the market and should wait 5,400 level to be crossed on the closing basis for building aggressive long positions,`` said broking firm Anagram giving its outlook on derivative trend.

set: One should be cautious and should wait 5,400 to be crossed:


set: A plane carrying Ann Romney, Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney's wife, made an emergency landing Friday afternoon after smoke filled the cabin.


set: Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife officials today announced spring chinook angling will be closed on the Deschutes and Hood rivers this year to protect low predicted returns of wild fish.

set: Angling closed on Deschutes and Hood rivers


set: NII Holdings, a provider of mobile services for business customers in Latin America with operations in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico and Peru operating under the Nextel brand, reported strong results for the first quarter of 2008.

set: Nii Holdings results for first quarter 2008


set: Legacy.com, the world's most timely and comprehensive resource for online obituaries and the undisputed leader in Web-based memorialization, has created a feature-rich online memorial, with a Guest Book, for Michael Jackson.

set: Legacy.com has created an online memorial for Michael Jackson


set: Gwyneth Paltrow has opened up about her relationship with her husband Chris Martin, revealing she has to push the British rock star into talking about his feelings.

set: Gwyneth Paltrow opens up about relationship


set: A 35-year-old Scranton man died Sunday of injuries he suffered during a vehicular crash, SC Highway Patrol reports show.

set: Scranton man dies of injuries from crash


set: Harris Corporation, an international communications and information technology company, introduces Selenio™, the broadcast industry's first integrated media convergence platform.

set: Harris Corporation introduces broadcast industry's first media convergence platform


set: President Obama will be officially sworn in for his second term on Sunday and the public Inaugural festivities kick off on Monday morning.

set: President Obama will be sworn in for second term Sunday


set: Novak, 78, who shot to fame after appearing in the 1958 classic, took a full page ad in entertainment magazine Variety last week to declare: 'I want to report a rape.


set: Twitter agreed to pull racist and anti-Semitic tweets under a pair of French hash tags after a Jewish group threatened to sue the social network for running afoul of national laws against hate speech, the organization said.


set: Bollywood star Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has, in the last few hours, given birth to a healthy baby girl.


set: Democrats unveiled a biennial state budget proposal Wednesday that calls for wide-ranging tax increases, more borrowing and use of the rainy day fund to close the state's expected multi-billion dollar deficits.


set: Seattle Sounders have been impressed with the form of new recruit Blaise Nkufo as he represents Switzerland at the World Cup .


set: Analysts seem to be keen to dish out their predictions for the future of the iPhone this week and now it's the turn of Mike Abramsky from RBC Capital Markets who thinks that Apple will be offering the iPhone 3GS for free on a contract later this year.

set: Apple may offer iPhone 3GS for free on a contract


set: A Croydon man was charged with posing as a probation officer because he wanted to keep his niece on the straight and narrow.

set: Man charged with posing as probation officer


set: Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver said Monday that state legislators ``deserve'' a pay raise.


set: You have to understand, however, that in Botswana poaching is a criminal offence and it carries a harsh penalty Our animals are our wealth our pride.


set: A man is in the hospital this morning after authorities say he was struck by lightning.


set: UNICEF has condemned the increasing number of attacks on schools and students in Afghanistan.

set: UNICEF condemns attacks on schools in Afghanistan


set: The Iraqi prisoner Baha Mousa was killed in a revenge attack by British troops because his father had seen soldiers stealing money from a hotel safe, a public inquiry was told today.

set: Baha Mousa 'killed after father saw soldiers stealing'


set: Council staff are to be offered a 0.5% pay rise this year, it was announced today.


set: Seoul, March 27 In a confrontational move, North Korea expelled 11 South Korean government officials from their joint office in the industrial zone of Kaesong Thursday, the unification ministry said.

set: North Korea expels 11 South Korean officials


set: Hall of Fame slugger Harmon Killebrew says he has been diagnosed with esophageal cancer.


set: Shivnarine Chanderpaul is determined West Indies will not be caught cold again, as they bid to launch an instant response to their 10-wicket defeat at Lord's.


set: Chanticleer Holdings, Inc. /quotes/zigman/4962209 CCLR +56.25%, an operator focused on expanding the Hooters casual dining restaurant brand in international markets, today announced the launch of its new corporate website at http://www.chanticleerholdings.com , reflecting ongoing efforts to provide up-to-date information for investors and shareholders.

set: Chanticleer Holdings announces launch of new corporate website


set: Anaheim Ducks defenceman James Wisniewski will remain in an Orange County hospital for a second night after getting hit in the chest by a puck but is expected to be released Thursday morning.


set: So 30-Rock is back tonight, which means that Tina Fey is back too.


set: Another recession could be closer than expected with no traditional extended period of post-slowdown expansion predicted this time according to Schroders' Keith Wade.

set: Recession 'could be closer than expected'


set: The Administration released the ``National Security Strategy'' detailing ``a strategic approach for advancing American interests, including the security of the American people, a growing US economy, support for our values, and an international order that can address 21st century challenges.''

set: Administration releases ``National Security Strategy''


set: An ATM exploded in the Southern Bulgarian city of Pernik at around 03:30 am on Wednesday.


set: China will build an ``industrial system'' and ``consumption pattern'' with low carbon emissions, according to a government work report to be delivered by Premier Wen Jiabao at the parliament's annual session Friday.

set: China to build industrial system of low-carbon emissions


set: Body of man found on Seacoast Drive over the weekend has been identified as Osvaldo Valle Lopez.


set: Hillary Clinton won the Democratic primary in Pennsylvania Tuesday.


set: New York bond insurers have sued Jefferson County over an outstanding debt for its sewer system.

set: New York bond insurers sue Jefferson county over debt


set: The Bank of England Thursday cut interest rates to an historic low of one percent in a further attempt to stimulate the economy and stave off a deepening recession.

set: Bank of England cuts interest rates to historic low


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

set: Two tiger cubs found dead in Ranthambhore National Park


set: A contentious West Lafayette historic preservation measure is likely to remain tabled another month so it can be retooled, the council member who introduced the legislation said tonight.

set: West Lafayette preservation measure may be tabled


set: Turkish Foreign Ministry said Turkey would continue to support Libya in all areas related to the attack that left more than 30 dead in Benghazi.


set: Students at a Jackson alternative school ate lunch while handcuffed to a stair railing, the district acknowledged in court documents it filed recently in response to a lawsuit.


set: Hollywood director John Hughes, whose films prominently featured the music of several British alternative rock bands in the '80s, died in New York today at the age of 59.

set: Hollywood director John Hughes dies at age 59


set: Justin Bieber has confirmed that he will take a paternity test to prove he is not the father of a fan's baby.

set: Justin Bieber confirms he will take paternity test


set: Oscar-winner WILLIAM HURT spent a night in a cell with a real-life convict at a maximum security prison to prepare him for his role opposite KRISTEN STEWART in THE YELLOW HANDKERCHIEF.

set: Hurt spent night in maximum security prison


set: European stainless steelmaker Aperam plans to temporarily idle the cold rolling mill at its Isbergues plant in France in a bid to improve the...

set: Aperam will idle cold rolling mill at Isbergues


set: A steam locomotive scheduled to stop in Battle Creek is running more than two hours late, according to Jim Wellington, who is currently on the train.


set: Northern Ireland faces a major cleanup following two nights of sectarian rioting that left more than 50 officers injured during a major Protestant holiday.


set: X Factor judge Cheryl Cole is reportedly planning to have her 'Mrs C' tattoo removed after ditching hubby Ashley.

set: Cheryl Cole plans to have `Mrs C` tattoo removed


set: The Obama campaign and the Democratic committees that support it raised $43.6 million in April, campaign manager Jim Messina announced in an online video on Wednesday.

set: Obama campaign and committees raise $43.6 million in April


set: They've spent weeks apart at a time, but Kim Kardashian and Kanye West have finally been spotted in the same city - although not together.

set: Kim Kardashian and baby daddy Kanye West finally spotted in same city (but not together)


set: Two people were taken to the hospital after a wreck on Old US Highway 70 between Black Mountain and Ridgecrest around 9 am this morning.

set: Two taken to hospital after wreck in Black Mountain


set: Adam Lambert is finding it ``surprisingly comfortable'' stepping into Freddie Mercury's shoes to front Queen.

set: Adam Lambert 'comfortable' fronting Queen


set: The following local students were named to the president's list at The College at Brockport for the spring 2013 semester.

set: Local students named to president's list at the College at Brockport


set: Maoists set five trucks of the Essar Group on fire in Chhattisgarh's insurgency-hit Dantewada district on Thursday, the second day of the week-long 'martyrs week' called by the outlawed Communist Party of India-Maoist.


set: President Asif Ali Zardari has conveyed to the US that public criticism of Pakistan's role in the war on terror undermines the ``common struggle against militancy in the region''.

set: `Criticism undermining struggle against militancy`


set: Benazir Income Support Programme Chairperson Farzana Raja said that besides various interventions aiming at poverty reduction, the measures taken by BISP were contributing significantly women's socio-economic empowerment in the country.

set: BISP contributing significantly to women's empowerment:


set: President and PPP Co Chairman Asif Ali Zardari on Wednesday said Pakistan is fighting the war of its survival and the government launched military operation as a last resort against the militants and extremists who challenged the writ of the state.

set: Pakistan is fighting war of its survival:


set: Gunmen attacked a Mauritanian army patrol in the north of the Saharan Islamic state early on Monday, a Mauritanian security source said.

set: Gunmen attack Mauritania army patrol-security source


set: Turkish nationalist, leader of the Party of National Unity Dervis Ergolu has won the election in the Northern part of Cyprus receiving 50.4% of votes.


set: Fernando Llorente was released from hospital on Monday, a day after the Athletic Bilbao striker was knocked unconscious during a Spanish league match.


set: Former Weezer bass player Mikey Welsh, who also found success in his second career as an artist, died in a Chicago hotel room, police said Sunday.

set: Former Weezer bassist Mikey Welsh dies in Chicago


set: In this post-``Bridesmaids'' autumn, the comedy ``What's Your Number?'' looks awfully familiar:


set: Private investment has fallen to a record low as firms struggle with tight borrowing conditions that are likely to worsen next year, a leading forecaster says.


set: A San Angelo woman who was the driver in a crash that killed her husband and injured her son was indicted by a Tom Green County grand jury on a felony intoxicated manslaughter charge, according to county court records.

set: San Angelo woman indicted on intoxicated manslaughter charge


set: NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell is apologizing to fans for having to use replacement officials during a lockout of regular refs.

set: Goodell apologizes to fans for replacement officials