set: Qatar is committed to investing in Greece, HE the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabor al-Thani said.

set: 'Qatar committed to investing in Greece'


set: By Joe McConnell/Wicked Local North Andover Rising above the emotion of the past two weeks, the North Andover wrestling team successfully defended its Div. 2 state championship with a most satisfying 32-25 victory over Natick at WPI Feb. 16.

set: North Andover wrestling defends state championship


set: Emirates NBD said its Emirates Bank unit will swap $135.5m of bonds for shorter-term paper under an exchange programme announced earlier this month, reported Bloomberg.


set: Elizabeth Edwards is ready to divorce John and air all his dirty laundry in court, sources tell the National Enquirer--a tabloid that's been surprisingly accurate when it comes to the Edwards scandal.


set: Indianapolis 500 rookie Mike Conway has been released from the hospital a day after sustaining a mild concussion when he crashed during practice for the May 24 race.

set: Indy driver Conway released from hospital day after crash


set: Dollhouse, Joss Whedon's mind-bending parable about mind control and changed identities, won surprise renewal for a second season Monday as the Fox network unveiled its fall schedule to advertisers in New York.


set: Cattlemen's Ball will be able to help ``give cancer the boot'' by voting on their favorite decorated fiberglass boot, and the top three will be auctioned off at the ball to raise additional funds for cancer research.

set: Cattlemen's ball to 'give cancer the boot'


set: Sonia Sotomayor, Bruno and Harry Potter walk into a bar ... and they all pull out their cellphones and start tweeting about Michael Jackson! and digital-media tracking service I recently wrote about, just about any mashup of mismatched memes is possible.


set: WARREN Former US Rep. Lyle Williams, the rare Republican politician in a heavily Democratic slice of eastern Ohio, has died.


set: Continental Airlines is cutting 3,000 jobs and reducing capacity in the fourth quarter by 11 percent, citing record fuel costs and an industry in ``crisis.

set: Continental Airlines to cut 3,000 jobs, reduce capacity by 11 percent, citing 'crisis'


set: Online marketplace eBay has relaunched its Shopping.com price comparison site, bringing it under the main eBay brand.


set: Irish construction activity as measured by the Ulster Bank Construction Purchasing Managers' Index -- a seasonally adjusted index designed to measure the overall performance of Ireland's construction economy -- fell to a new survey low of 33.9 in May to signal a substantial deterioration in construction sector performance.

set: Irish construction activity fell to new low in May;


set: Malky Mackay says scholar Adam Thompson has been ``immaculate'' since his step up to the first team and believes all the Watford coaches deserve great credit for the ``endless'' list of players coming through the Academy.


set: Fort Collins-based Woodward Governor, a provider of energy control systems, said earlier this week that it has acquired MotoTron Corporation, a provider of software used for developing control systems for the marine, power generation, industrial, and other related areas.


set: Sen. Byron Dorgan, DN.D., will hold town hall meetings in Mayville and Casselton on Aug. 12 to discuss issues including agriculture, energy, health care and other topics important to area residents.

set: Dorgan to hold meetings in Mayville, Casselton


set: Two unidentified migrant labourers were crushed to death by a speeding vehicle near Chuharchak village here when they were standing near the roadside.


set: AmerisourceBergen Corp. swung to a fiscal third-quarter loss of $108 million, which it blamed on workers compensation services provider PMSI, leading the Valley Forge, Pa.

set: Amerisourcebergen swings to $108 million loss


set: An elderly man has been found dead in a Hiawatha road.


set: An Edinburgh police officer has been placed on unpaid leave while facing criminal charges stemming from an incident last month.


set: Kerry midfielder David Moran has suffered a second severed cruciate inside ten months and will miss the remainder of the season.


set: A federal air marshal from Northern Virginia is accused of raping a woman at gunpoint in Seattle.


set: The following is a chronology of major events related to the 2007 murder of a British woman in Chiba Prefecture.

set: Chronology of events related to 2007 murder of British woman


set: On December 20, 2011 the NLRB finalized its ``ambush election'' regulation dramatically reducing the period between the filing of a labor union's petition to represent employees and the election to determine whether the union should be certified.

set: NLRB finalizes ``ambush election'' regulation


set: A new Swaffham care home looks set to be given the go ahead despite doctors' concerns the development could have an impact on local health care provision.

set: Swaffham care home looks set to go ahead


set: The council's planning chief got ``special treatment'' when she consulted her department's director about a restriction on her own house, it has been claimed.


set: Three Penan chieftains from the interior of Baram lodged a police report against a Malay national tabloid for smearing the integrity and image of the Penans in a misleading article.

set: Three Penan chieftains lodge police report against Malay tabloid


set: Evander Holyfield has been offered a fight with WBA heavyweight champion Nikolai Valuev in December.

set: Evander Holyfield offered fight with Valuev


set: She explained: ``I'm into energy. I recently went to see a past-life regressionist, who is also a psychic. I wear my placenta around my neck every day, because it's supposed to give you second sight. ``I feel like I've had many lifetimes before.''


set: Microsoft announced on Monday that it would buy Yammer, a social network service for businesses, for $1.2 billion in cash, as it seeks to strengthen its enterprise software business and compete more directly with Salesforce.com.

set: Microsoft to buy Yammer for $1.2 billion


set: Taiwan share prices closed down 1.61 percent yesterday as investors reacted to a Wall Street fall overnight amid renewed concerns over weakening global economic fundamentals, dealers said.


set: Former president Pervez Musharraf has said he will return to Pakistan under pleasant conditions.

set: Musharraf to return to Pakistan under pleasant conditions


set: Peterson appeared on ABC's ``Nightline'' Thursday night.


set: Prosperity Bancshares, Inc. ®, the parent company of Prosperity Bank ® , declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.215 per share, an increase of 10.3% over the third quarter dividend of $0.195 per share, to holders of Prosperity's common stock.

set: Prosperity Bancshares, Inc.® declares quarterly cash dividend


set: Moms in Business Unite, which hosts an educational conference to enhance for women and mom business owners, is seeking speakers for its five 2011 conferences.


set: A new report on violence against women and children links funding cutbacks for women's programs to troubling rates of domestic violence.


set: Fitch Ratings has affirmed and simultaneously withdrawn all of its ratings on Owens-Illinois Inc.'s and its subsidiaries as follows:

set: Fitch affirms and withdraws ratings on Owens-Illinois


set: Hospitals like Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center are looking more and more like luxury hotels.

set: Hospitals are looking more like luxury hotels --


set: Jenson Button is the Formula One world champion after finishing fifth in the Brazilian Grand Prix on Sunday.


set: New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie tells the New York Post today that he had stomach surgery to reduce his food intake and lose weight.


set: Advisor to Chief Minister, Sharmila Farooqui has said that the richest segment of the society is responsible for poverty in the country and they must play their due role in alleviation of the menace from the country.

set: Richest segment is responsible for poverty in the country:


set: Hartford police have released surveillance video of an armed robbery in December, hoping the footage identify the two suspects.

set: Hartford police release video of armed robbery


set: Graham Ford said again that he is eager to coach the England team and is confident that he can get the best out of former captain Kevin Pietersen.


set: Sony-owned online video destination Crackle.com said it will launch its new season next week with shows featuring such familiar faces as Neil Patrick Harris, John Stamos and Christina Applegate.


set: British Muslim woman minister Saeeda Warsi has said Monday that Pakistan is facing economic and security challenges and Britain would soon become Pakistan's largest donor country.

set: Pakistan facing economic, security challenges:


set: Burnley goalkeeper Brian Jensen has signed a new two-year deal with the Championship club.

set: Burnley goalkeeper Brian Jensen signs new deal


set: West Ham manager Sam Allardyce has ruled out any potential move for Manchester United striker Dimitar Berbatov.

set: Sam Allardyce rules out move for Dimitar Berbatov


set: The Shanghai version, 'Shanghai doesn't welcome you,' is a bit less friendly to say the least -- expressing some of the issues that Shanghairen are coping with related to the changes in the city and the upcoming 2010 Expo.


set: Criminals looted cash from the toll collection centre of National Highway 1 near Sheosagar in Rohtas district on Saturday night.


set: The Supreme Court struck down the Defense of Marriage Act, the law that defined marriage for federal purposes as a union between a man and woman only.

set: Supreme court strikes down Defense of marriage Act


set: Low water levels at Lake Mead have forced another marina to move to deeper waters.


set: Despite leading through most of the game, the Oregon State women's basketball team fell in the final seconds to Washington, 55-52, on Thursday evening in front of a crowd of 1,224 in legendary Gill Coliseum.

set: Women's basketball falls in the final seconds to Washington


set: With over 36,000 government school teachers deputed on census duty, studies have taken a backseat in Punjab.


set: A 31-year-old Mascoutah man who was injured in a shooting May 24 remained in critical condition Wednesday night.

set: Mascoutah man injured in shooting remains in critical condition


set: US companies restocked their store shelves and warehouses at a slower pace in December, a sign of caution as sales weakened.

set: US companies restocked at slower pace in December


set: At the Toronto International Film Festival premiere of Casino Jack Thursday, actress and expectant mother Kelly Preston made her last public appearance before giving birth to a baby boy late in the fall, People.com reports.

set: Kelly Preston makes last public appearance before giving birth


set: Pirates hijacked an Italian cargo ship with 18 crew on board at dawn Tuesday off the coast of Oman in an area notorious for attacks by Somali pirates, officials said.

set: Pirates hijack Italian ship with 18 crew off Oman


set: Florida citrus growers reported damage to some orange groves for the second consecutive day on Thursday after overnight temperatures dropped dangerously low in parts of the state's citrus belt.

set: Florida citrus growers report damage to oranges


set: A Louisiana man has been charged in connection with a fatal wreck Dec. 1 in Longview.

set: Man charged in connection with fatal wreck


set: Darrin Winston, who pitched briefly for the Philadelphia Philies in the late 1990s, has died from leukemia.

set: Former phils pitcher Winston dies from leukemia


set: CHINA is ``ready to abandon North Korea'' and would accept unification of the peninsula, according to official leaked US documents published today.


set: LUBBOCK, Texas Bob Knight resigned Monday at Texas Tech, a stunning midseason move by the winningest men's coach in major college basketball.


set: GPs and hospital doctors are set to be assessed on their record keeping as part of revalidation, in a move aimed at improving exchange of information between primary and secondary care.

set: GPs to be assessed on record keeping as part of revalidation


set: Cedar Shopping Centers Inc. says it has received $12.6 million from transferring a shopping center to a joint venture with RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust.

set: Cedar Shopping Centers receives $12.6 million


set: Keri Hilson has got naked for an upcoming issue of Allure magazine and the singer has said that seeing the final picture has helped her lose some insecurities.

set: Keri Hilson gets naked for Allure magazine


set: The Detroit Lions placed defensive end Jared DeVries on injured reserve today, ending his season in August for the second straight year.

set: Lions place Jared DeVries on injured reserve


set: Government bond yields are expected to fall from current levels and the rupee is expected to stay volatile this week.


set: Democrat Patty Murray drew support from women, suburbanites and older voters, while GOP challenger Dino Rossi attracted men, rural voters and middle-aged voters in a US Senate race that's too close to call.


set: Peruvian President Ollanta Humala will meet again with his US counterpart Barack Obama during the VI Summit of the Americas in April 2012.

set: Peru's President Humala to meet with President Obama


set: A 5-member Turkish delegation Saturday visited Board of Investment to explore investment opportunities, particularly in textile and agriculture sectors.

set: Turkish delegation exploring investment opportunities in textile sector


set: ``I'm at Duke, staying at Duke,'' Cutcliffe said Tuesday.


set: Johnny Hoogerland hopes to try and continue in the Tour de France despite having 33 stitches applied to the wounds he suffered in a crash during Sunday's ninth stage.

set: Hoogerland hopes to continue in Tour de France


set: Family, friends and volunteers have not given up on finding a missing boater in Currituck County.


set: Wild animals from the Save Valley Conservancy are wreaking havoc in the eastern parts of Bikita District after breaking through parts of the perimeter fence.


set: Leicester loanees Michael Keane and Harry Kane have returned to their parent clubs following the Foxes' play-off heartache against Watford.

set: Leicester's Michael Keane and Harry Kane return to parent clubs


set: Legendary New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner, who once was an assistant college football coach, has died.

set: George Steinbrenner, a former college football coach, dies


set: EAC probationers concluded its Air Force attachment from November 29 to December 1 at 10 IAF Wing, Jorhat.

set: EAC probationers concludes Air Force attachment


set: Crack striker Didier Drogba could return to action for Ivory Coast tomorrow when they play Guinea near Paris in a friendly international.


set: Bellevue police officers will again offer free Kansas City Royals baseball cards during community events.

set: Bellevue police to again offer free Royals baseball cards


set: Questions from prosecutors about the credibility of the hotel housekeeper who accused former IMF leader Dominique Strauss-Kahn of sexual assault led to him walking out of court without bail and free from house arrest Friday.

set: Dominique Strauss-Kahn freed from house arrest


set: A Redlands man was tied up, beaten and robbed after arguing with three partygoers early Tuesday, police said.


set: TransGaming, a company involved in the development of software portability products that facilitate the deployment of games across multiple platforms, announced today that it's launched GameTree Online, a digital distribution portal for Mac video games.

set: TransGaming launches digital distribution portal for Mac games


set: Greenhouse gas emissions are going up despite 20 years of effort, hitting record highs, according to a new report by the International Energy Agency.

set: Greenhouse gas emissions hitting record highs


set: The main campus of Joliet Junior College was expected to re-open today after a water main break closed the campus Tuesday.

set: Joliet Junior College expected to re-open today


set: In a phone interview with Bloomberg, Apple said that its CEO, Steve Jobs, is back at work after a six-month sick leave that included a liver transplant.


set: Atari has indeed filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, but its reasons for doing so aren't as dire as they seem.


set: The city announced that it began delivering recycling bins to 22,400 homes on Oahu on Tuesday.

set: City begins delivering recycling bins to 22,400


set: The Toronto Maple Leafs announced today that they will honour the numbers of both Doug Gilmour and Wendel Clark this upcoming season.

set: Maple Leafs to honour Doug Gilmour and Wendel Clark


set: The Ohio Legislature has passed a bill severely limiting union rights for 350,000 public workers amid protests by several hundred demonstrators.

set: The Ohio Legislature has passed a bill severely limiting union ...


set: Lavendon Group is to close its Spanish rental operation in the second half of this year because of the poor long-term outlook for the market.

set: Lavendon to close Spanish rental operation


set: The Wolverines are currently 1-1 and travel to Armuchee on Friday to face an Indian team they defeated twice last season on their way to the state playoffs.


set: Turkish President said Turkey extended a great support to reconstruction of Somalia with its public institutions and people, a great example to the international community.

set: Turkey extends great support to reconstruction of Somalia


set: A NEW law firm has been launched in Leeds and is on the lookout to strengthen its team.Freeman Fisher has been established by experienced solicitors Alex Megaw and Gary Black with an office in No 1 in the city centre and headquarters in Manchester.Sports, media and entertainment law specialist Stephen Taylor Heath has been recruited as a partner in the Leeds office.Mr Taylor Heath works with sports and entertainment stars, promoters and agents and was previously the in-house counsel at Frank Warren Promotions before spel......for the full story register now for free or login below...


set: Pakistan leading private sector bank, United Bank Limited, is offering to help Chinese enterprises explore the international markets in Pakistan and Middle East countries.

set: UBL offers Chinese enterprises to explore international markets


set: Azerbaijan, Baku, November 29/ Trend News/ Presidents of Azerbaijan, Turkey and Turkmenistan Ilham Aliyev, Abdullah Gul and Gurbangulu Berdimuhammedov meet in Ashgabat on November 29 for the first time.

set: Presidents of Azerbaijan, Turkey, Turkmenistan meet in Ashgabat for first time


set: Maricel Soriano has reportedly made peace with her two maids who last year accused the actress of beating them up.

set: Maricel Soriano makes peace with two maids


set: Nine Russians were among those detained in Belarus in Sunday's opposition riots, a spokesman for the Russian Embassy in Minsk, Vadim Gusev, said on Tuesday.

set: Nine Russians among those detained in Belarus - Russian Embassy


set: China is expressing indignation over a US congressional resolution calling on Beijing to stop cracking down on Tibetan dissent and talk to the Dalai Lama.

set: China expressing indignation over US congressional resolution


set: A Pakistani prisoner who was attacked in an Indian jail died on Thursday, hospital officials said, after suffering injuries in an apparent tit-for-tat assault last week.

set: Pakistani prisoner attacked in India jail dies


set: State prosecutors say a Chippewa County man is charged after he repeatedly sexually assaulted 2 children.

set: Man charged with sexually assaulting 2 children


set: Boston Bruins forward Marc Savard, who has been suffering from post-concussion syndrome, began skating on his own at the end of last week, and the light ice work has been going well, according to a team source.


set: German luxury carmaker Audi on Thursday launched its compact SUV Q5, in Mumbai priced at Rs 38.57 lakhs.


set: Nicole ``Snooki'' Polizzi says she doesn't care what anyone says, she's ready to be a parent.


set: Active Idaho government workers and teachers won't have to pay more for their pension plans next year.

set: Idaho government workers won't have to pay more for pension plans


set: Marriage between minors is valid and it can be annulled only on the plea by one of the partners, the Delhi High Court ruled today.


set: A Nevada state assemblyman from Las Vegas was arrested Wednesday evening and charged with driving under the influence.

set: State assemblyman charged with driving under influence


set: Now available from Farnell stock, Honeywell ASDX series silicon pressure sensors offer either an I2C or SPI digital interface for reading pressure over the specified full scale pressure span and temperature range.

set: Farnell - silicon pressure sensors offer either an I2C or SPI digital interface


set: The UN has asked India and Pakistan to de-escalate tension through dialogue and respect the ceasefire along the Line of Control in the wake of the killing of two Indian soldiers during an attack by Pakistani troops.

set: UN asks India, pak to de-escalate tension through dialogue


set: Angelina Jolie visited Syrian refugees in Turkey on Thursday to draw attention to the plight of the hundreds of thousands who have fled their nation's civil war.


set: Singapore businesses continue to shine despite world economic slowdown, precipitated by Eurozone sovereign debt crisis and USA joblessness.

set: Singapore businesses shine despite world economic slowdown


set: Japan is threatening to shoot down a North Korean rocket that Pyongyang says it could launch next week.

set: Japan threatens to shoot down North Korean rocket


set: A pressure group has been born in the Volta Region to hold politicians accountable to their promises.


set: JULIA Gillard has lost her chief of staff just seven months into her prime ministership.


set: Gold prices fell from their record level in the national capital on Wednesday, losing Rs 40 to Rs 19,010 per ten grams on reduced offtake at existing higher levels amid a weakening global trend.

set: Gold falls from record level to Rs 19,010


set: A woman died here in mysterious condition raising doubts of alleged murder, the sources said.


set: SEATTLE A Seattle man tried to hit a police officer with his Jeep and then drove off with his 18-month-old son unrestrained in the front seat.

set: Seattle man tries to hit police officer with Jeep


set: Ipswich Town manager Paul Jewell hopes to keep David Norris, but expects the midfielder to have offers from other clubs.


set: Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, Aug 16 India is rapidly moving towards developing network centric warfare capability, Vice Chief of Air Staff Air Marshal PV Naik has said.

set: India developing network centric warfare capability:


set: Milwaukee Brewers first baseman Corey Hart is inching closer to making his 2013 Major League Baseball debut.

set: Milwaukee Brewers'' Corey Hart inching closer to 2013 debut


set: Facebook Inc. the world's biggest social-networking site, will review content on its Web site about Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi after he was attacked at a Dec. 13 rally and hospitalized.

set: Facebook to review content on Berlusconi after attack


set: The biggest aftershock from the magnitude-7.1 Canterbury earthquake has probably already happened, the Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences says.

set: Biggest aftershock 'has probably happened'


set: Tons of debris have been removed from Illinois forests by the truckload thanks in part to the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.

set: Tons of debris being removed from forest


set: The mentally ill can still buy guns with alarming ease because nearly 90% of US states don't forward all mental health records to a national database that is used to run background checks on piece purchasers.


set: US Sen. Mark Udall, D-Colo., is inviting Weld County veterans and their families to attend a resource forum Saturday that offers information about job training, education, housing and other benefits.

set: Sen. Udall invites Weld veterans and families to resource forum Saturday


set: Two Middletown men were involved in a serious crash at the intersection of Oxford State Road and South Main Street in Monroe Friday, Jan. 15, according to police.


set: Norwich City manager Bryan Gunn has revealed he is close to making his first signing of the summer for the Canaries.


set: Aviva has just paid me £92, which was very nice of them.


set: The #1 female radio talk show host, Dr. Laura Schlessinger, has announced her next one-woman theatrical performance, entitled Dr. Laura:

set: Female radio host Schlessinger announces next performance


set: Robert Latimer, the Saskatchewan farmers who spent time in jail for killing his disabled daughter Tracy in 1993, will be released on full parole Monday.


set: Free Conferencing Corporation, a provider of collaborative communication solutions serving small to large-sized businesses, communities and organizations around the world, has expanded the services available for customers of the free conference call package.

set: Free Conferencing expands services available for customers of free conference call package


set: Walsall will hold their first ever end-of-season awards dinner in May to crown the Saddlers' Player of the Year.


set: BELMONT, NC A Belmont man was charged Monday with murdering an 18-year-old girl last July.


set: The findings, based on animal studies and appearing in Clinical Cancer Research, mark the first time arsenic has been used to label antibodies for the detection of tumors.

set: Arsenic used to label antibodies for the detection of tumors


set: South Korean department store operator Lotte has revealed strong top line turnover growth for the full year ended 31st December 2008.


set: ``Missionaries are better than mercenaries,'' said Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos at the Amazon Web Services re:

set: Missionaries are better than mercenaries:


set: The Forest Conservation Department informed that permits are now not required for transport of furniture made of various timber except Nendun, Teak, Kaluwara and White Sandal Wood.

set: Permits are now not required for the transport of furniture.


set: Asia Bibi, a Christian woman sentenced to death for blasphemy last year is ``well'' and faces ``no threat in jail'', her husband told AFP on Wednesday, rejecting recent claims of her poor health.

set: Asia Bibi is 'well', faces ``no threat in jail'': husband


set: A downtown café is closing temporarily beginning New Year's Day for much-needed renovations, according to the restaurant's management.

set: Downtown café closes temporarily for renovations


set: Kotoko coach Maxwell Konadu has lauded his team's effort in their outstanding Glo Premier League match at home Berekum Chelsea on Wednesday night.

set: Kotoko coach Maxwell Konadu lauds his team's effort


set: ATLANTA Investigators plan to review video from a school bus to determine if it was stopped when an 11-year-old Henry County boy was struck by a minivan.

set: Investigators to review school bus video


set: We're experiencing some technical difficulties this morning and as a result, your comments, photos, calendar listings and announcements are not showing up.

set: We're experiencing technical difficulties


set: President-elect Barak Obama nearly swept the year-round unbridged islands, winning everywhere except Swan's Island.


set: An Omaha police officer was hit by a car during a chase near 150th & Butler Ave Tuesday night and a teenage girl is now facing charges.


set: Fitch Ratings said that it has affirmed the ratings of HCC Insurance Holdings Inc., including the senior debt rating at 'A', as well as the Insurer Financial Strength ratings of its operating subsidiaries at 'AA'.

set: Fitch affirms HCC Insurance Holdings' ratings


set: House Speaker John Boehner on Tuesday called National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden a ``traitor'' who put Americans at risk by releasing classified information to the media.

set: John Boehner calls NSA leaker Edward Snowden a 'traitor'


set: The Giants won game four, 4-0 and lead the Series 3-1.


set: John E. Carter, the R&B tenor and two-time inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, died Aug. 21 in Harvey, Ill. He was 75.


set: ``Snooki gets arrested'' reads Jersey news headlines.


set: Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia and Central Asia and former US Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Robert Blake has expressed satisfaction with the government's resettlement programme and the new freedom of movement allowed.

set: Robert Blake expresses satisfaction with the government's resettlement programme.


set: PUC students and Northwest Indiana businesses will give back to the community this holiday season at the second annual St. Jude House Toy Drive on Dec. 12.


set: Chavez invited the group to debate today on live television at the presidential palace during his program ``Hello President.''


set: Season 3 American Idol finalist, Jennifer Hudson, is pregnant.


set: Wisconsin running back Zach Brown has been running with renewed vigor this spring in hopes of becoming more than just the Badgers' third down back.


set: In new discoveries by researchers from Uppsala, Cambridge and Duke Universities, it has been shown that the earliest backboned land animals had different life histories.

set: Earliest backboned land animals had different life histories


set: Olympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius has been charged with murder after a 29-year-old woman was shot dead at his home in South Africa.


set: A substitute teacher charged with pandering sexually oriented material involving a minor is scheduled to appear Thursday in Ashland County Common Pleas Court.

set: Teacher charged with pandering sexually oriented material


set: Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi begins a four-day visit to India on Friday for discussions on taking the sub-continental peace process forward and for deepening the bilateral engagement between the two countries.

set: Pakistani foreign minister Qureshi to visit India from Friday


set: Archaeological researchers have discovered that the aurochs, the predecessor of the present-day cow, lived in the Netherlands for longer than originally assumed.

set: Predecessor of cows lived in Netherlands for longer than originally assumed


set: A top US diplomat tried to play down the damage to Washington's diplomacy in Ukraine from a leaked telephone call, but German Chancellor Angela Merkel called an obscene remark about the EU ``absolutely unacceptable.''


set: Two patrons were robbed after leaving a Greensboro bar early this morning, police said in a news release.

set: Patrons robbed after leaving Greensboro bar


set: Reading have confirmed the signing of full-back Stephen Kelly from Fulham for an undisclosed fee.

set: Reading have confirmed the signing of Stephen Kelly from Fulham


set: The Globe and Mail reports that bookstore mini-chain Nicholas Hoare is planning on closing its Ottawa and Montreal locations in April.

set: Nicholas Hoare to close Ottawa and Montreal locations


set: Christina Aguilera has inked a new multi-million dollar deal to return to The Voice for the show's fifth season after she left the show for this season to promote her Lotus album.

set: Christina Aguilera returning to the Voice


set: A 38-year-old woman has died after she was hit by a truck at Bantry in west Cork.


set: A first-degree felony rape charge was filed in Grady County District Court Thursday against a 46-year-old Blanchard man.


set: Sin Chew Daily reporter, Tan Hoon Cheng who was released Saturday after being detained under the Internal Security Act Friday, defended her report on alleged racist remarks made by former Bukit Bendera Umno chief, Datuk Ahmad Ismail.


set: The Interfax news agency is quoting Russia's Defense Ministry as saying that two Russian strategic bombers have landed in Venezuela as part of military maneuvers.

set: Two Russian strategic bombers land in Venezuela


set: EgyptAir, the national carrier of Egypt, has increased sales commission for travel agents in Australia from 7 per cent to 9 per cent, effective immediately.

set: EgyptAir increases commission for travel agents in Australia


set: Nepali Minister for Forest and Soil Conversation Kiran Gurung said more than 20 glacial lakes in Nepal have been posing danger of outburst at any time due to the melting of ice on the Himalayas, the National News Agency RSS reported on Thursday.

set: 20 glacial lakes in Nepal posing danger of outburst due to melting of ice


set: A statewide survey finds optimism for the economy in the coming year among professional business service firms such as engineers, accountants, and consultants.


set: DOW JONES NEWSWIRES Goldman Sachs Group Inc. made changes to compensation of its 30-person management committee to better align payouts with long-term performance and the interests of the firm.

set: Goldman Sachs changes compensation to align with performance


set: Preliminary results of a study by a University of Montana graduate student suggest that lead bullets may be poisoning grizzly bears in the Yellowstone ecosystem.

set: Study: lead bullets may be poisoning grizzly bears


set: South Africa whipped itself into a World Cup frenzy Wednesday as the national side paraded through Johannesburg and holders Italy flew in to defend their crown, two days before the kick-off.


set: National Highway Authority Chairman Muhammad Ali Gardezi has said that financial discipline has brought about a healthy improvement in the constructive affairs of the authority and to date Rs 11.43 billion has been paid to the contractors.

set: 'Financial discipline has brought improvement'


set: Six workers in the US were fired for 'liking' the Facebook page of their boss's political opponent after a federal judge ruled that clicking the 'like' button is not constitutionally protected speech.

set: You could be fired for 'liking' a Facebook page


set: A 40-year-old man has been jailed for five years for his part in a ``horrific assault'' on another man.


set: The Observer is to close three of its monthly magazines as its owner Guardian Newspapers' battles to reduce £100,000 a day losses.


set: Alex Ferguson confirmed yesterday that Wayne Rooney wants to leave Man.


set: Azerbaijan has good economic opportunities and I have repeated said that we live at our own expense', Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said while speaking to representatives of the regional community within the framework of the visit to Lerik.

set: Azerbaijan has good economic opportunities - Ilham Aliyev


set: Hong Kong singer Gillian Chung arrived in Taiwan amid screams of adoring fans Friday, March 13, 2009.


set: Spencerville will host a youth football camp from 6-8 pm July 19-22 at its practice field for all students entering grades 1-6.


set: Wipro has expanded its infrastructure capabilities to create a global utility computing platform for its enterprise-class clients.

set: Wipro expands infrastructure capabilities


set: State Bank & Trust Company has announced that it has agreed to acquire assets and deposits of United Americas Bank NA, headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, in a transaction facilitated by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or FDIC.

set: State Bank to acquire assets and deposits of United Americas Bank


set: The United States has urged China to refrain from using force against Buddhist monks protesting against the Communist rule in the Tibetan capital Lhasa, while repeating its call to Beijing to put its ``best face forward'' ahead of Olympics later this year.

set: Us urges China to refrain from using force against monks


set: In order to strengthen domestic derivatives market and provide more risk mitigating instruments to investors, market regulator SEBI today asked stock exchanges to set up Bond Index.

set: SEBI asks exchanges to set up bond index


set: Square Enix has finally announced Sleeping Dogs, the new title for the game formerly known as True Crime:


set: DEO Petroleum's operating losses rose to 0.8m in the year to the end of December - up from 0.08m last time.


set: iPhone and iPod Touch users have been treated to a classic after Sega announced that Streets of Rage has finally hit the the App Store.


set: FIJI opens its Melrose Cup defence against Georgia on March 6 at 4-16am Fiji time at the Emirates Desert in Dubai.

set: Fiji opens Melrose Cup defence against Georgia


set: On Thursday night Jefferson High School will mark a significant milestone when the school celebrates its 80th anniversary.

set: Jefferson High school to celebrate 80th anniversary


set: SmartCity, a joint venture between Tecom Investments and Sama Dubai, will launch Connect magazine at GITEX 2008, the Middle East's ICT event, to increase the interface between the knowledge based industry and SmartCity stakeholders.


set: A Loveland couple accused in a plot targeting possible pedophiles is being held in the Larimer County Jail.

set: Couple accused in plot targeting pedophiles


set: Pixie Lott has revealed that she has never been in love before but is definitely looking for a boyfriend.


set: The makers of Butterball turkey, Twinkies and Wonder Bread have agreed to use less salt in some products as part of a national campaign against high blood pressure.

set: Butterball turkey, Twinkies, Wonder Bread agree to use less salt


set: The 3-day long Peruma beach festival began at the Blangad beach here on Monday.


set: MDMK will stage a fast outisde the Parliament in New Delhi, on February 12 on the Lankan issue, party leader V. Goplasamy, popularly known as 'Vaiko' said on Thursday.


set: Former Bluffton resident Kris Blanks made his first cut on the PGA Tour on Friday, firing a 70 in the second round of the Puerto Rico Open to qualify for weekend play in Rio Grande, Puerto Rico.


set: The army is firing heavy machine guns in the streets of Alexandria, Egypt, reported CNN on TV.

set: Army firing heavy machine guns in Alexandria, Egypt :


set: Peru has finished a report on its maritime border dispute with Chile and will present the document to the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Foreign Minister Jose Garcia Belaunde said on Monday.

set: Peru finishes report on maritime border dispute with Chile


set: The Globe and Mailreports Ford of Canada won't accept a concession agreement that mirrors the one accepted last month by General Motors of Canada.


set: Outstanding race mare Divine Madonna fetched a Magic Millions record price of $2.7 million at the National Broodmare Sale on the Gold Coast.


set: A one-vehicle accident on Interstate 85 in Anderson County on Saturday afternoon tied up traffic and left three people hospitalized.

set: Accident on I-85 in Anderson County leaves three hospitalized


set: President Barack Obama made an unscheduled and unannounced visit to Iraq on Tuesday.


set: The AHS athletic boosters will hold a fund raiser at Amboy High School on Saturday August 21st from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm The proceeds from this fund raiser will be used to support all AHS athletic programs.


set: A train mishap was averted on Sunday morning when minor cracks were reported and fixed at the railway tracks in Mandawali in East Delhi.


set: Colombian government forces have killed a FARC brigade commander close to the Marxist group's chief peace negotiator, the defense minister said on Friday, as combat heats up after the expiration of a unilateral guerrilla ceasefire.

set: Colombian forces kill FARC commander close to chief negotiator


set: CELEBRITY and lifestyle magazine Hello! is to launch its Pakistan edition next month with publishers promising to be ``socially responsible'' in a country troubled by Taliban insurgency.


set: Citigroup reiterated its buy rating on Amazon.com, with a $240 price target, and said that its long thesis on the company remains intact.


set: Donald Trump says Carrie Prejean can retain her crown as Miss California USA.


set: Brighi told Sky Sport Italia following the match he firmly believes Roma can keep winning if the players continue to work hard while hoping Inter can start dropping points.


set: AC Milan forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic may be rested for Chievo clash in a bid to ensure that he will be fully fit for the UEFA Champions League match against Real Madrid on Tuesday, October 19.

set: Zlatan Ibrahimovic may be rested for Chievo clash to be fit for Real Madrid


set: President Obama is expected to visit Boston this month as his friend Governor Deval Patrick enters the final weeks of a close reelection race, a campaign source said today.

set: Obama expected to visit Boston this month


set: Interior Minister Rehman Malik Wednesday said that Pakistan valued its relations with brotherly country Tajikistan and allout efforts would be made to further strengthen bilateral relations between the two countries.Talking to Tajikistan's Ambassador to Pakistan Zubaidullah, who called on him here he said that Pakistan enjoys cordial relations with Tajikistan and these relations would further flourish in future.

set: Pakistan values relations with Tajikistan:


set: Rail Bazar area witnessed high drama on Thursday when a middle-aged mentally challenged woman climbed atop a 100 ft water tank.

set: Mentally challenged woman climbs 100 ft water


set: Kelly Preston was ''moved'' when Miley Cyrus asked her to play her mother in 'The Last Song'.


set: The President is calling on students to take responsibility for their own education.

set: President Obama calls on students to take responsibility


set: Cardiff Blues prop Gary Powell has been cleared of an alleged stamp in their New Year's Day loss at the Ospreys.

set: Cardiff Blues prop Gary Powell cleared of stamping


set: Roanoke County police have arrested and charged a suspected drunk driver with manslaughter.

set: Roanoke County police arrest suspected drunk driver


set: A 42-year-old Sheboygan woman was cited Thursday after a carelessly handled cigarette sparked a small fire in her apartment.

set: Woman cited after cigarette sparks small fire


set: Vice President Biden departed today for Southeastern Europe, traveling to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Kosovo.

set: Vice President Biden departs for Southeastern Europe


set: The Tombstone Courthouse state historical park will stay open for now, thanks to a deal between the city and the state.


set: The Master's College baseball team swept a doubleheader against San Diego Christian College.

set: The Master's College baseball team sweeps doubleheader


set: The concrete and construction industry has launched its first dedicated Web TV channel, Con-crete.TV, which will not only provide a video platform for regional and global coverage in the professional and do-it-yourself market, but also enable easy access to specialised video content.

set: Concrete and construction industry launches Web TV channel


set: Militia officials have detained a group of bag snatchers in the Solomensky district of Kyiv.


set: A woman who was set alight by her partner at a petrol station in Melbourne's east this morning has died.


set: An advocate of the Madras High Court was detained at the Chennai airport on charges of assaulting a Delhi based IPS officer, airport sources said today.

set: Advocate detained at Chennai airport on charges of assaulting IPS officer


set: Jared Lee Loughner, the suspect in the shooting of Representative Gabrielle Giffords, has been charged with multiple murders by a federal grand jury, the Department of Justice said Friday.

set: Jared Loughner charged with multiple murders


set: Mimi Gates says she's retiring after 15 years as director of the Seattle Art Museum, effective July 1.

set: Mimi Gates retires retiring as director of Seattle Art museum


set: Prosecutors have offered a deal to a California teen wrestler charged with sexual battery for ramming his fingers into the rectum of his high school opponent during a practice match.

set: Prosecutor offers deal to calif teen wrestler


set: The Seattle Seahawks have cut former North Dakota State University wide receiver Kole Heckendorf.

set: Seattle Seahawks cut former ndsu receiver Heckendorf


set: Luke List won the South Georgia Classic on Sunday for his first Nationwide Tour title, closing with a 4-under 68 for a two-stroke victory over Brian Stuard.


set: Meredith Whitney recently said in an interview with the Financial Times that she plans to set up her own rating agency that would rival Moody's and Standard & Poor's.

set: Meredith Whitney to set up rating agency to rival Moody's & S&P


set: Facebook is to launch a new behavioural advertising service that will select messages to display dependent on users' preferences and web histories.

set: Facebook launches behavioural advertising


set: General Growth Properties filed a reorganization plan, seeking to emerge from bankruptcy in October with $7 billion to $8.5 billion in new capital, the company announced Tuesday.

set: General Growth Properties files reorganization plan


set: Rafa Nadal eased into the second round of the Australian Open with a fuss-free 6-4 6-1 6-1 win over American Alex Kuznetsov on Monday but said he felt lucky to be on the court because of a big injury scare.


set: Heather Watson qualified for a Grand Slam for the first time at the French Open yesterday.


set: The Turkish Exporters' Assembly says exports increased 32.3% y/y in December to USD 9.5bn.


set: Not-for-profit healthcare provider, Southern Cross said today that it supports any moves to use the private sector more efficiently to improve access to elective surgery for all New Zealanders.

set: Southern Cross supports use of private sector


set: Polish consumer price index, or CPI, rose 2.8% year-on-year in October, faster than a 2.5% rise in the previous month, the Central Statistical Office said on Monday.

set: Polish consumer price inflation rises in October


set: Authorities in Guangdong province lifted a flood warning on Friday morning , after dozens of people were killed and wounded due to days of rainstorms across South China .


set: Brisk buying continued in cotton market as sudden arrival of sufficient fresh phutti generated some activity in the market.


set: Huntsworth-owned Grayling has launched Grayling Engage, a specialist public engagement and consultation unit that combines consultation expertise with communications.

set: Grayling launches engagement and consultation unit


set: They added one more piece to their puzzle on Friday by calling up Jhan Marinez from Triple-A.


set: The proposed amendment to the Law Reform Act 1967 is to allow Muslim converts to file for divorce in the civil courts, Senior Federal Counsel Mohamad Naser Disa said.

set: Amendment will allow converts to file for divorce in civil courts


set: Online gaming operator Interwetten has expanded its product range with the launch of a new online scratch card offering, following a deal with online scratch card provider NeoGames earlier this year.

set: Interwetten launches new online scratch card offering


set: Warp Records has announced that Trish Keenan, singer for the British electronic pop duo Broadcast, has died from complications of pneumonia.

set: Broadcast singer Trish Keenan dies from pneumonia


set: Gov. Peter Shumlin met with the state's law enforcement community Tuesday to lay out his vision.

set: Shumlin meets with law enforcement community


set: The unemployment rate in France jumped to 8.7 percent in 2009's first quarter, up from the downgraded 7.6 percent for the fourth quarter of 2008.


set: The CW Post women's lacrosse team moved back up to second place in the latest IWLCA poll released Monday afternoon.

set: Women's lacrosse moves to second place in IWLCA poll


set: Matco Tools is launching a new franchise recruitment campaign to tell the success stories of real franchise owners.

set: Matco Tools launches new recruitment campaign


set: Millennium star Amitabh Bachchan will be honoured with a lifetime achievement award at The Hong Kong International Film Festival's Asian Film Awards.

set: Big b honoured with a lifetime achievement award


set: OJ Simpson was denied a new trial Friday by the Nevada judge who presided over his conviction in the gunpoint robbery of two sports memorabilia dealers in a Las Vegas hotel room.


set: Actors Vidya Balan and Emraan Hashmi will soon be getting 'dirty' again as they will start shooting for filmmaker Rajkumar Gupta's Ghanchakkar.

set: Vidya Balan-Emraan Hashmi get 'dirty' again


set: Federal and state officials are urging homeowners and businesses to buy flood insurance, even if they don't live in a flood plain.


set: After weeks of speculation, a CBS executive has confirmed that Katie Couric will be leaving her gig as anchor of the CBS Evening News.

set: Katie Couric is leaving 'CBS Evening News'


set: A Goshen man was arrested twice in the same day Monday on domestic violence related charges, according to police.


set: But make no mistake, Littlejohn plans on leaving his own imprint on the 2010 Gaffney offense.


set: A law enforcement source Sunday said the group beaten at a Tinley Park restaurant Saturday was made up of white supremacists, and those who assaulted them were protesters attacking their beliefs.

set: Group beaten at Tinley Park restaurant were white supremacists


set: A 21-year-old man has been charged over a hit and run in Mandurah last week which left a 20-year-old woman with life-threatening neck injuries.


set: Tropical plant species face an inherently high extinction risk due to small populations and restricted ranges relative to temperate species, reports research published in PLoS ONE.

set: Tropical species face high extinction risk


set: -Christmas came early for some folks in Reedsport and even the dogs got some new duds for the city's annual Christmas in July Workday.


set: A BIN lorry popped in for a quick pint this morning as it rolled into a pub in Newbury.


set: The concept of community gardens has grown by leaps and bounds in recent years, however there are a few tips for growing a community garden that will ensure that enjoyment will be had by all that participate.


set: Global peace icon Nelson Mandela spent the night in hospital months after being treated for a lung infection and gallstones, but the South African presidency gave no news on his condition on Sunday.


set: Kansas Governor Sam Brownback issued a state of disaster emergency following last nights storms.

set: Brownback issues state of disaster emergency


set: News Corp Chief Executive Rupert Murdoch yesterday filed for divorce from his wife of 14 years, Wendi, seeking to end a marriage that had been irretrievably broken for more than six months, according to his spokesman.

set: News Corp's Rupert Murdoch files for divorce from wife Wendi


set: BDO United Kingdom - Property prices 'could fall by 6% by year's end' Property prices could fall by six per cent by the end of the year, it has been suggested.

set: Bdo United Kingdom > Property prices 'could fall by 6 by year's end'


set: ``Congress has never sought an alliance with BJD in the past nor it desire to do so in future.

set: Congress never sought any alliance with BJD:


set: Nightmarish ``supersoldier'' ants with huge heads and jaws have been created by activating ancient genes that trigger their development.


set: New York Yankees catcher Jorge Posada and Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Jesse Carlson have each been suspended three games for involvement in a brawl, reports MLB.com.

set: Posada, Carlson, suspended for three games


set: David Silverman, President of American Atheists, joins us to discuss when atheists might be able to get elected to major public office in the US, whether David's explanation of his religion is appropriate, and more.


set: Jul.17 Felipe Massa insists there will be ``no reason'' to leave Ferrari if he keeps up his improved form in 2012.

set: Massa insists 'no reason' to leave Ferrari


set: Clint Black is competing on the new season of Celebrity Apprentice, and we're sure he's hoping to do as well as Trace Adkins did last year.

set: Clint Black competes on 'Celebrity Apprentice'


set: A new group is trying to save the City of Passaic's last remaining hospital.


set: Cardinals starter Chris Carpenter will return to St. Louis on Tuesday morning to meet with team doctors about the pain in his right arm that forced him out of Sunday night's game after 66 pitches, a team official confirmed Monday.

set: Carpenter to return to St. Louis to meet with team doctors


set: The Eagles today signed offensive lineman Winston Justice to a contract extension that will keep him in Philadelphia through the 2013 season.

set: Eagles sign Winston Justice to contract extension


set: Reports in the Italian media claim that Chelsea manager, Andre Villas-Boas, is interested in signing the unsettled AS Roma midfielder, Daniele De Rossi, in the summer transfer window.

set: Andre Villas-Boas interested in signing Roma star Daniele De Rossi:


set: Andy Garcia is trying out comedy for his latest role, City Island, in which he stars with his daughter Dominik Garcia-Lorido.

set: Hollywood star andy Garcia tries out comedy


set: AT&T said it was terminating its sponsorship agreement with Tiger Woods, joining the list of companies that have distanced themselves from the top golfer in the wake of a sex scandal.

set: AT&T to terminate sponsorship with Tiger Woods


set: Niger Delta leaders have divided in their reactions to the creation of an exclusive ministry for the Niger Delta, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, and Chief James Otobo a one-time deputy president of the former Midwest Region strongly objected to the establishment of the ministry.

set: Niger Delta leaders divided over creation of ministry for the Niger Delta


set: The Canadian dollar opened at 97.88 cents US this morning, down 0.20 of a cent from Monday's close.

set: Canadian dollar opens at 97.88 US, down 0.20 of a cent


set: Australia has tightened its migration rules in favour of English speakers and professionals, saying the country has been attracting too many hairdressers and cooks and too few doctors and engineers.


set: Kim Couture, female mixed martial artist and ex-wife of UFC Hall of Famer Randy Couture, was arrested for domestic violence over the weekend stemming from an attack on her personal assistant according to a report from MMA News Leak and later confirmed by Five Ounces of Pain.

set: Kim Couture arrested for domestic violence


set: A gas leak has forced authorities to close West Wendover Avenue in both directions at Bridford Parkway.


set: ``Pakistan was once a dream for the Muslims in the Indian subcontinent to create an independent state of their own, yet their dream never came true,'' wrote Qassim Hussein in an opinion piece for the Bahraini newspaper Al Wasat.


set: New York Yankees were defeated by Houston Astros 4-3 at the George M. Steinbrenner Field, Tampa Florida on Monday, March 12 in their Grapefruit league encounter of the 2012 Major League Baseball Spring Training Sessions.

set: New York Yankees were defeated by Houston Astros 4-3 --


set: New Zealand golfer Danny Lee is to make his European Tour debut as a professional more out of necessity than choice in the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles in Scotland.

set: Danny Lee to make his European Tour debut


set: A hospital and four more schools were confirmed with clusters of A swine flu virus infections, the Centers for Disease Control announced yesterday.

set: Hospital confirmed with cluster of swine flu infection:


set: Sarkozy said if no agreement is reached on Friday at the EU summit in Brussels, ``there will be no second chance.''

set: Sarkozy, without agreement there will be no second chance


set: He no longer wants to be a member of the New York Giants.


set: Rich in natural resources, Assam is set to emerge as a major investment destination of India in near future, said Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi.

set: Assam to emerge as a major investment destination:


set: Director Shekhar Kapur is currently in Udaipur shooting with Australian actress Nicole Kidman along with Indian actor Arjun Rampal for a commercial.

set: Shekhar Kapur shoots with Nicole Kidman & Arjun Rampal


set: Hollywood celebrity Kate Hudson says that she is open to the idea of Botox, if it becomes necessary for her in the future.


set: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will unveil a new US push for global Internet freedoms on Tuesday, citing Internet-fired protests in Egypt and Iran as examples of how new technologies can spark political transformation, Reuters reports .

set: Hillary Clinton to unveil a new US push for global Internet freedoms


set: Socket Mobile Inc. on Friday announced a reverse split of the company's common stock at a ratio of one for ten, effective at 5 pm EST Thursday.


set: ``Furniture by Thurston will resume operations next week,'' Slayton wrote in a statement to The Union.

set: Furniture by Thurston to resume operation


set: Student complaints against universities rose by a fifth last year and are expected to accelerate after tuition fees triple to up to £9,000, according to a watchdog.


set: The UFC has informed the Associated Press that Dana White has been invited to speak to the Oxford Union on October 13th, which will be in the middle of the build up to London's UFC 120 event.


set: A Fayetteville real estate agent was handcuffed and robbed at gunpoint Thursday while working at a model house for a new community off Cliffdale Road, police said.

set: Fayetteville real estate agent handcuffed, robbed


set: Busta Rhymes reminisces about the time he battled Jay-Z in a high school cafeteria, and how Jaz-O's cosign made Jigga a prodigy.

set: Busta Rhymes talks battling Jay-Z in high school


set: A former Jackson County finance clerk who was serving a 10-year sentence for embezzlement has died in a Rankin County prison.

set: Former Jackson County clerk dies in Rankin County prison


set: Charges were dropped Wednesday against a Gladys woman charged in a March 2009 robbery of an elderly couple.

set: Charges dropped against Gladys woman in 2009 robbery


set: Westlife star Nicky Byrne has insisted he has the utmost 'respect and admiration' for Simon Cowell after previously claiming the music mogul was too busy to manage the Irish band properly.

set: Westlife star Nicky Byrne insists he respects Simon Cowell


set: Fresh from winning his eighth French Open, Nadal is seeded only No. 5 at Wimbledon - setting up the possibility of a quarterfinal match against title contenders Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic or Andy Murray.


set: David Beckham is reportedly set to open a pub with TV chef Gordon Ramsay in Los Angeles called The Queen Vic after his wife Victoria.


set: Affordable housing in San Francisco may be in jeopardy and the Board of Supervisors is taking measures to try to protect it.

set: Sf affordable housing may be in jeopardy


set: The trial for a suspected terrorist captured in Bowling Green has been set and a judge gives the green light for surveillance evidence to be used.


set: Wolverhampton Wanderers have recalled striker Jake Cassidy and defender Matt Doherty from their spells in League One, according to the Shropshire Star.

set: Wolverhampton Wanderers recall Jake Cassidy, Matt Doherty


set: Water main breaks Thursday in Greensburg tied up downtown traffic, causing the closure of a central thoroughfare through the city for more than six hours.


set: As part of its Acres for America program, Walmart recently announced that it will donate $500,000 to help protect, conserve and restore fragile urban ecosystems in Washington DC, Chicago,Los Angeles, and New York City.

set: Walmart donates $500,000 to restore urban ecosystems


set: English actress Myleene Klass spent a day on the Harry Potter film set recently.

set: Myleene Klass spends a day at Harry Potter sets


set: Nobel Prize-winning novelist and historian Alexandr Solzhenitsyn, whose books chronicling the horrors of the Soviet prison system helped define how the West viewed the Communist regime, died of heart failure Sunday at his home near Moscow, said his son, Stepan.

set: Nobel Prize winner Alexandr Solzhenitsyn dies


set: An angry Octomom, Nadya Suleman, squirted ink at dozens of swimmers today at a local swimming pool, bystanders who witnessed the act told news outlets.

set: Octomom squirts ink at local swimming pool


set: Teachers from across our area spent the day learning about new computer systems they'll be bringing back to their classrooms...


set: Australia lowered yesterday travel warnings for two Indonesian provinces with a history of religious and ethnic bloodletting, but continued to warn citizens to think hard before travelling to the country.


set: After cerebral malaria led to the death of two children at Bhilaipahari yesterday, angry villagers took two doctors hostage till they received a word of assurance on the improvement of health facilities in the village.


set: Sources that refused to disclose their identity in oil production field said that Iraq oil exports from Ceyhan Turkish port are delayed 5 days because of a conflict regarding the payments between Baghdad and Turkish companies.


set: Northern Iowa has extended its football series with Iowa State with three additional games, the Missouri Valley Football Conference university announced Tuesday.

set: Northern Iowa extends series with Iowa State


set: Even as Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday emphasised that the West Bengal government would not part with Darjeeling, the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha maintained that the demand for a separate State of Gorkhaland had not been dropped.


set: Coventry City have confirmed that they will release eight out-of-contract players at the end of the season.


set: FORMER world champion Mark Cavendish is to leave Team Sky for Belgian outfit Omega Pharma-Quickstep after just one year with the Tour de France winning team.

set: Mark Cavendish to leave team Sky for Omega Pharma-Quickstep


set: Emotions flew yesterday and the comments came racking in when a rumor suggesting that in the final shots for Kourtney And Kim Take New York this season, Kourtney and Scott Disick will get engaged.

set: Kourtney Kardashian and Scott Disick engaged?


set: European wireless communication company Vodafone Group reversed a year-ago full year loss and announced its CEO is retiring.


set: Dozens of dogs made a pit stop in Blount County Wednesday night during their trip from Louisiana to New Jersey.

set: Dozens of dogs make pit stop in Blount Co.


set: Police, the fire department and the State Fire Marshal's Office on Saturday were investigating a ``suspicious'' College Street fire that left one man in critical care.

set: Police investigate 'suspicious' College Street fire


set: The pitch for the fourth and final Test between India and Australia is expected to offer low bounce and assist the spinners midway through the match.

set: Pitch for final Test expected to offer low bounce


set: The drummer for the band OneRepublic was arrested in Denver after his girlfriend said he grabbed her head and threw her down during a fight.

set: Drummer for OneRepublic arrested in Denver


set: India's annual food inflation based on wholesale prices rose to 19.83 percent for the week ended Dec 19 from 18.65 percent the week before as prices of essential commodities continued to rule high.


set: Australian pop star Kylie Minogue says the way for a man to win her over is to be good in the kitchen.


set: Aquiline Capital Partners, a private-equity firm based in New York, is buying First Investors Financial Services Group, a Houston auto lender, for $100 million.

set: Aquiline Capital to buy First Investors Financial for $100 million


set: Andrew Strauss will be judged a great England captain only if he wins the Ashes Down Under this winter, feels former cricketer Andrew Flintoff.

set: Strauss will be judged a great England captain only if he wins Ashes Down under:


set: A Santa Clara police officer has been arrested on charges that he supplied confidential information to a member of the Hell's Angels.


set: Street lighting is changing insect ecosystems in towns and cities, according to a new study.

set: Street lighting changing insect ecosystems:


set: Tennis pundits have short memories and need to get things in perspective, Roger Federer said yesterday.


set: A group of mostly Democratic lawmakers introduced a bill Wednesday to require background checks on all gun sales -- no exceptions.

set: Lawmakers introduce bill to require background checks for all gun sales


set: Newark Mayor Cory Booker will give his seventh state of the city address tonight.

set: Newark mayor Cory Booker to give state of city address


set: Retail giant Walmart has decided to postpone its test program to ban plastic bags from its checkout stands until after the holidays.

set: Walmart postpones test program banning plastic bags


set: Danielle Lloyd has stripped again, this time posing as a saucy teacher in a classroom.


set: Hollie, 14, jetted off to Beijing on August 31 leaving her parents, Jill and Graham, behind in Holton le Clay.


set: Japanese journalist Mika Yamamoto, an award-winning reporter who worked for Tokyo-based independent news wire Japan Press, is seen in this undated photo transmitted by Kyodo news agency in Tokyo August 21, 2012.

set: Japanese journalist Yamamoto is seen in this undated photo transmitted by Kyodo news agency in Tokyo


set: Actress Jennifer Aniston said she is open to adoption in the future in a bid to become a mum.

set: Jennifer Aniston open to adoption in the future


set: Head-on crash kills woman Updated: 15:11, Saturday December 29, 2012 A woman is dead and a teenage boy is fighting for his life after a head-on collision near Bundaberg last night.


set: This is not the first time that I writing a post that says 'why people lose money in equities' -- nor will it be the last!


set: Financial and commodity markets around the world cheered on Monday after China unveiled a huge fiscal stimulus package designed to prevent its economy from slumping next year.

set: Markets cheered by Chinese fiscal stimulus


set: Hong Kong mobile operators have published their performance pledges, as agreed with regulator Ofta in March this year.

set: Hong Kong operators publish performance pledges


set: Swiss pharmaceutical group Novartis said Tuesday that it would invest 1.0 billion dollars in research and development in China to latch on to growing demand for health care.

set: Novartis to invest billion dollars in China


set: Mr. Kasit, who is chairing the ASEAN Foreign Ministerial Meeting in Cha-am, told reporters that the meeting agreed that the Rohingya migrant problem would be solved by ASEAN and also within Bali Process framework.

set: Rohingya migrant problem to be solved within ASEAN:


set: Microsoft is cutting 5,000 jobs over the next 18 months, nearly 5% of its workforce, following a deterioration in the PC market.


set: Enid Bakewell, one of England's finest female cricketers and MCC Honorary Life Member, will be inducted to the ICC Hall of Fame on Saturday.


set: Hong Kong shares opened 0.9 percent lower on Thursday with Asia's largest oil and gas producer PetroChina leading losses, weighed down by lower oil prices amid a firmer US dollar.


set: Mu Dynamics, a Sunnyvale, Calif.-based provider of network service assurance solutions, has raised $10 million in Series C funding.


set: Honda distanced themselves from their dire 2007 Formula One car when they presented an all-new challenger to restore their fortunes on the track.


set: Citigroup is raising its Humana Inc. 2011 EPS projection by $0.10, to $6.10, because of the Concentra acquisition.

set: Citigroup raises Humana 2011 EPS projection


set: An Iranian government aide on Sunday was banned from parliament for seeking to pay MPs to vote against impeaching the interior minister, who lied about his education.


set: Qatar Holding, an investment arm of the wealthy Gulf state, said Monday it has cashed its remaining holding of Barclays warrants without affecting its status as the British bank's top shareholder.


set: AWR, the innovation leader in high-frequency electronic design automation, recently announced that its Finnish R&D facility will conduct research within the European Integrated Circuit/Electromagnetic Simulation and design Technologies for Advanced Radio Systems-on-chip project.

set: AWR to conduct research for advanced Radio Systems-on-chip


set: An Ellenburg town justice has been suspended with pay, pending an appeals decision by the State Commission on Judicial Conduct.


set: Cairn India, the firm that gave the country its largest onland oil discovery in more than two decades, was Wednesday accorded the 'Superbrand' status.

set: Cairn India accorded 'Superbrand' status


set: She is now being sued by a photographer who alleges he was run over by her car in January 2010.

set: Lindsay Lohan being sued by a photographer


set: Greek guerrilla group Conspiracy of the Nuclei of Fire`` claimed responsibility on Sunday for the latest parcel bomb addressed to Justice Minister Haris Kastanidis last week.

set: Greek guerrilla group claims responsibility for parcel bomb


set: She also reminisced her childhood days spent in Leh, playing around with other kids during, her father's posting there.

set: Priyanka Chopra reminisces her childhood days spent in Leh


set: The CNMI Supreme Court has ruled that a municipality does not have the authority to pass a law allowing gambling.

set: 'Municipality has no authority to pass law allowing gambling'


set: Lorain County, Cuyahoga County and other areas of northern and eastern Ohio are under a tornado watch through 9 pm tonight.


set: Virgin Blue is to sponsor AFL club Gold Coast Suns, ahead of the club's entry into the league next season.


set: Marie Osmond's son texted a friend to tell her about a suicide note shortly before his death.

set: Marie Osmond's son texted a friend about suicide note


set: Yorkshire have been forced to follow on after Kent seamer Charlie Shreck ran through their tail on Sunday morning.


set: Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc., the national chain of burrito restaurants known for serving Food With Integrity, today announced that it will host a conference call to discuss third quarter 2012 financial results on Thursday, October 18, 2012 at 4:30 PM eastern time.

set: Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. : to announce third quarter 2012 results on October 18, 2012


set: City officials collectively called for open lines of communication with neighboring cities regarding the issue of annexation on Monday.

set: City officials call for open lines in communication


set: If you've invested in one of those awfully expensive 3D HDTVs, you may be pleased to know that the Wii U will have 3D support.


set: The most attractive people in the world are Americans says OnePoll, a company that conducted a study on their site of who people thought deserved the title of the 'most beautiful people in the world.

set: Most attractive people in the world are amercians says OnePoll


set: Brad Haddin admitted Australia were not at their ``perky best'' on day two of the second Test but insisted the players must keep believing in themselves if they are to avoid defeat in Adelaide.

set: Haddin admits Australia not at 'perky best'


set: Increased market volatility is driving more financial advisers toward alternative investments and a more active approach to investing, according to the results of a new survey from Jefferson National Life Insurance Co.

set: Volatility driving more advisers to alternatives


set: PALMDALE, Calif. The leader of a breakaway religious sect was hospitalized Sunday for a mental evaluation, after members of her group went missing and left behind evidence that they were awaiting the rapture or some catastrophic event.


set: A former Miss Russia faced drug charges in the United States for a second time on Tuesday, allegedly using stolen prescription pads to obtain painkillers and other drugs from pharmacies in New York.


set: The number of terrorist incidents has increased virtually every year since 9/11 according to the Global Terrorism Index, which launches today.

set: Number of terrorist incidents have increased virtually every year since 9/11


set: Lake search to resume for missing Cornell student Police plan to return to one of the Fingers Lakes for a third day as they resume searching for a Cornell University senior who disappeared while canoeing.


set: The Saints will play in the Louisiana Superdome on Sunday against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in their season opener.

set: New Orleans Saints to play in Superdome on Sunday


set: US stocks closed in green today, marking a three-year high for the Dow Jones Industrial Average, following cheerful US economic better than expectations, which spread optimism among markets, where the US economy was able to create jobs in March better than forecasted, in addition to low unemployment rates better than expected.


set: Google said it will stop selling its Nexus One smartphone through its online Web store and will instead work with partners to sell the device through retail outlets.

set: Google to stop selling smartphone on the Web


set: Self-made business tycoon Steve Fossett, whose thirst for adrenaline drove him to fly around the world solo in a balloon, climb mountains and aim for speed records, has been declared dead, 5 months after his small plane vanished.


set: Fairport native Phillip Seymour Hoffman has been nominated for a Tony Award for his role of Willy Loman in ``Death of a Salesman,'' by Arthur Miller.

set: Fairport native philip Seymour Hoffman nominated for Tony


set: Quad/Graphics, a privately-held printer headquartered in Wisconsin, has agreed to acquired World Color Press in a deal that will result in a printer with annual revenue of over $5 billion.

set: Quad/Graphics to acquire World Color Press


set: Tanzania will need to import at least 160,000 metric tons of sugar this year to meet a deficit of the sweetener, Togo-based lender Ecobank Transnational Inc. said.

set: Tanzania will need to import 160,000 tons of sugar, Ecobank says


set: A Missouri man is jailed on several charges after he allegedly set his wife on fire during a domestic dispute.

set: Missouri man charged with setting his wife on fire


set: Roman Abramovich is constantly searching for a new manager of Chelsea, who will be capable of inspiring the team and making it successful.

set: Abramovich's constantly searching for new manager of Chelsea


set: Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart are 2 of the most talentated actors of the world and it seems that Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart are in South America to film the honeymoon.Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart will record the honeymoon of the movie, Breaking Dawn, in South America.The fans of Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart can't wait for that scene.


set: NFL great Jerry Rice was working on his golf game on Tuesday at the TPC Stonebrae course in Hayward.


set: A Danish biker narrowly escaped a dramatic assassination attempt when an anti-tank grenade was fired at his home.


set: Luxury watch making brand Rolex will become the official Formula 1 timekeeper from the 2013 season, it was announced on Wednesday.

set: Rolex becomes official Formula 1 timekeeper from 2013


set: About 100 million Christians are persecuted around the world, with conditions worsening for them most rapidly in Syria and Ethiopia, according to an annual report by a group supporting oppressed Christians worldwide.

set: About 100 million Christians persecuted around the world-report


set: A preliminary autopsy report shows a Glencoe woman whose body was found Tuesday in her front yard died of natural causes, according to Etowah County Sheriff Todd Entrekin.


set: Tuvalu is the star of a new film looking at serious water issues in the country and how the Global Environment Facility is working to address these problems.

set: Tuvalu stars in new film on water issues


set: A Bristol bus driver has been shot with a bolt gun as he drove his vehicle, it has been revealed.


set: A Stafford elementary school is going paperless.


set: Brentwood Associates, a Los Angeles-based private equity investment firm, today announced four promotions.

set: Brentwood Associates announces four promotions


set: A Bloomington man was acquitted Friday of sexually assaulting a young girl after a judge cited numerous inconsistencies in the victim's statements.

set: Bloomington man acquitted of sexually assaulting young girl


set: Kolkata, April 29 Power utility CESC Ltd, owned by the PRG group, will be able to import coal from a South African mine from 2014, a top executive of the company said Friday.

set: CESC to import coal from South African mine from 2014


set: Cult cooking show 'The Great British Bake Off' is set to move from its current home on BBC Two to BBC One after the success of the latest series.

set: Great British Bake Off moving to BBC One?


set: Elton John has said that he always wanted more cocaine when he was a drug user.

set: Elton John: 'I always wanted more drugs'


set: Crawford had his first two hits in a Boston uniform as a Red Sox split squad and the Baltimore Orioles played 10 innings Saturday before calling it a 4-4 tie.

set: Crawford has his first two hits for Red Sox


set: US seismologists have found evidence that the massive 2004 earthquake that triggered killer tsunamis throughout the Indian Ocean weakened at least a portion of California's famed San Andreas Fault, which suggests that large quakes can weaken fault zones worldwide.

set: Large quakes can weaken fault zones worldwide


set: MADONNA has tired of her latest plaything and ended her relationship with 22-year-old Brazilian model Jesus Luz after just seven months.

set: Madonna ends relationship with Brazilian model Jesus Luz


set: Texas A&M has been the king of the college football picks in the Big 12 from our perspective here at BetUS Sportsbook.

set: Texas A&M king of college football picks in Big 12


set: Taipei, March 21 Taiwan share prices closed up 0.87 percent Monday as concern over Japan's nuclear crisis eased, dealers said.


set: A 22-year-old woman faces prostitution charges after an plain clothes officer was propositioned March 20.


set: Chicago White Sox starting pitcher Philip Humber throws during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Tampa Bay Rays, Tuesday, May 29, 2012, in St. Petersburg, Fla. Philip Humber won for the first time since throwing a perfect game in April, and the Chicago White Sox extended their winning streak to seven games by beating the Tampa Bay Rays 7-2 on Tuesday night.

set: Humber wins for first time since perfect game


set: The UAE's Dana Gas is to drill 19 new wells in Egypt this year as part of an exploration and development programme.


set: With the joint venture and eventual takeover of NBCU, Comcast is transforming itself into a company with two distinct businesses.

set: Comcast transforming itself with two distinct businesses - cbl


set: The Mexican army has seized more than 15 tons of methamphetamine from a clandestine laboratory in a remote area of the state of Jalisco, west of the capital, the country's Secretary of National Defense said Thursday.

set: Mexican army seizes 15 tons of methamphetamine


set: A temporary lockdown of Fort Sam Houston was lifted by noon Wednesday after officials determined that a man who tried to visit Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan was not a threat to the base's security.

set: Temporary lockdown at Fort Sam Houston lifted


set: A 35-year-old Westford man drowned Saturday evening at Hopkinton State Park after going missing from his family.


set: Nigeria was Wednesday preparing to officially hand over the disputed Bakassi peninsula to Cameroon on Thursday, ending a decades-long dispute marked by legal battles and sporadic violence.

set: Nigeria to hand over disputed Bakassi peninsula to Cameroon


set: Prince Philip left hospital on the eve of his 91st birthday on Saturday, five days after he was taken ill during celebrations to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.


set: Revenue Minister V. Srinivas Prasad on Monday said that the Congress government is working on bringing in a visible change in the next six months and observed that the support from the industrial sector was significant in driving the State's economic growth.

set: We're working to bring in visible change in six months:


set: Huddersfield striker Jermaine Beckford is confident of making a big impression if given the chance to play for Jamaica in their World Cup qualifier against Panama.

set: Huddersfield striker Jermaine Beckford is confident of making a big impression for Jamaica


set: Miley Cyrus is being blackmailed to return to Twitter by a fan who swears he will eat his cat, Fuzzy, if the 16-year-old Hannah Montana star doesn't start tweeting again by November 16.

set: Miley Cyrus being blackmailed to return to Twitter!


set: I am watching the Blues/Bruins game online at http://atdhe.net/live-tv-2.php?i=677 and Legace left this afternoons game with a lower body injury after facing only 2 shots and allowing 1 goal.

set: Legace leaves game with ``lower body injury''


set: A Connecticut man pulled his pregnant wife to the hospital to give birth on a makeshift sled.

set: Connecticut man pulls wife to hospital on makeshift sled


set: A German accident investigator is bound for Nepal after an air crash at a Himalayan airstrip that killed 18 people this week, the German aviation accident inquiry agency BFU said Thursday.

set: German accident investigator bound for Nepal after crash


set: Today's Employment Situation report showed that in April ``total unemployment'' including all marginally attached workers went flat at 14.5% while the traditionally reported unemployment rate declined slightly to 8.1%.


set: The US trade deficit expanded in July, according to a government report released Thursday, exceeding analysts' estimates.


set: NATE BERKUS, the popular American interior designer and television personality, is recovering at home after undergoing surgery for appendicitis, reports the Associated Press.

set: Nate Berkus undergoes surgery for appendicitis


set: Project Runway's spin-off, ``Project Accessory'' on Lifetime is now casting for it's 1st season.


set: A huge pile of trash caught fire inside a recycling center on Agnes this evening.

set: Huge pile of trash catches fire in recycling center


set: Spanish Parliament approved on Tuesday to ban caps on shareholder voting, some weeks after Iberdrola shareholder ACS was denied a board seat at the Basque utility.

set: Spanish Parliament approves to ban caps on shareholder voting


set: AT&T* continues its ongoing investment in Mississippi with local wireless network enhancements, including expanded backhaul to enable 4G speeds, increased mobile broadband capacity and new and upgraded cell sites.

set: AT&T continues its ongoing investment in Mississippi with local wireless network enhancements


set: A Zimbabwean High Court judge ordered the immediate release on Wednesday of local human rights campaigner Jestina Mukoko and nine other activists charged with plotting to overthrow President Robert Mugabe's government.

set: Judge orders immediate release of Mukoko


set: Belarus and Azerbaijan are rapidly developing mutually beneficial manufacturing cooperation, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Azerbaijan Nikolai Patskevich told BelTA in an interview.

set: Belarus, Azerbaijan rapidly developing manufacturing cooperation


set: The first regularly scheduled direct flight between China and Hawaii has arrived in Honolulu.

set: First direct flight from China arrives in Honolulu


set: Scott took Mason on a daddy outing to lunch at La Scala in Beverly Hills and to Tom Ford on Rodeo.


set: A Madison man has been charged with robbery in connection with a Feb. 16 incident at Pizza Hut on Madison Blvd.


set: Spain leads Japan 2-0 in Fed Cup playoffs Carla Suarez and Silvia Soler-Espinosa won singles matches on Saturday to give Spain a 2-0 lead over Japan in the Fed Cup World Group playoffs.


set: Fisker Automotive announced that it raised $85 million in venture capital backing from New York-based Eco-Drive Partners LLC, a European-American investment consortium, and Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers.


set: Panasonic Corp. said Thursday that it will file an application next month to delist its shares from the New York Stock Exchange due to sluggish transactions, marking its departure from bourses outside Japan.

set: Panasonic to delist from New York Stock exchange


set: PML-Q president Chaudhry Shujat Hussain had assured Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani that PML-Q would not part ways with PPP for stability of democratic system and would work together with it.


set: Drug stocks retrenched in early action Tuesday as the broader market slumped on disappointing US retail-sales figures for March.


set: The Atlanta Thrashers have re-signed restricted free agent forward Bryan Little to a multiple-year contract, according to General Manager Rick Dudley.

set: Thrashers re-sign restricted free agent forward Bryan Little


set: Several other new honorary canons will be installed at the same service of cathedral evensong.


set: Two men were stabbed during a fight last night in Chinatown and were taken to a hospital in good condition, police said.


set: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in Moscow on Thursday that Russia and Israel will face a common threat if ``radical Islamist'' states acquire nuclear weapons, Russian news agencies reported.


set: Sri Lankan private sector workers protest in the capital to demand withdrawal of a new pension proposal and to condemn a police crackdown against an earlier protest.

set: Sri Lankan private sector workers protest against police crackdown


set: Angola is to launch a multi-sectoral support telecom satellite in January 2009, Angolan Minister of Telecom and Information Technologies Jose Carvalho da Rocha said here on Monday.


set: French DJ Alan Braxe has been accused of urinating onstage during a DJ set in San Francisco.


set: THE United States is holding talks with the Taliban, Afghan President Hamid Karzai said today, in the first official confirmation of such contacts after nearly 10 years of war.

set: United States holding talks with Taliban


set: The Motorola Backflip has recently gotten an update.


set: US PRESIDENT George W. Bush vowed to 'seek an end to tyranny' in Myanmar and called on the regime to free democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, according to a copy of a speech he will deliver on Thursday.

set: Bush vows to seek end to 'tyranny' in Myanmar


set: The Westfield Downtown Plaza might look more attractive to potential investors now that a downtown arena plan is moving forward.

set: Westfield downtown Plaza looks more attractive with arena


set: Iran has hanged three men convicted of murder and drug trafficking in the central city of Isfahan, the government newspaper Iran reported on Sunday, AFP reports.

set: Iran hangs three for murder, drug trafficking


set: Pound sterling fell against the dollar on Monday, hitting a two-week low, as worry about the banking sector and banking shares continued to sink.


set: A kitchen fire at 744 E. Columbia Street sent one woman to the hospital with burns she received trying to extinguish it, officials said.


set: Pertussis, a disease of the lungs and throat caused by bacteria, has reached epidemic levels in California.

set: Pertussis (whooping cough) reaches epidemic levels in California


set: Former Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha said that the government should do away with transaction taxes.

set: Yashwant Sinha for doing away with transaction taxes


set: IFEDA, the Independent Fire Engineering and Distributors Association, has elected a new Chairman for the association at their recent AGM.


set: Microsoft just confirmed that Age of Empires Online and Microsoft Flight will be Games for Windows and take part in the famous event of GamesCom.

set: Age of Empires Online and Microsoft Flight will be at GamesCom


set: TOP producer Owen Morris is set to hit Edinburgh's air waves this Sunday with his own show on Black Diamond FM.


set: Treasurer Wayne Swan says natural disasters probably cut more than a percentage point from economic growth in the first quarter.


set: Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke and Fed Vice Chairman Janet Yellen speak this weekend.

set: Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke speaks this weekend


set: France comprehensively outmuscled world champions South Africa 20-13 to continue their 12-year home run of victories over the recently crowned Tri-Nations winners.


set: Toronto FC has traded forward Joao Plata to Real Salt Lake in exchange for a second round pick in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft.

set: Toronto FC trades Plata to Real Salt Lake


set: ``Suri's an amazing athlete, singer and dancer.


set: Hundreds of volunteers from other states are wrapping up their summer in eastern Kentucky by giving back.

set: Hundreds of volunteers wrap up summer in eastern Kentucky


set: Yeah, according to the latest buzz Minissha has gone under the knife to get a pointed nose.


set: CHELSEA manager Luiz Felipe Scolari has told Michael Ballack age will be no barrier if the German wants to extend his stay at Stamford Bridge.

set: Chelsea manager Scolari tells Michael Ballack age is no barrier


set: A small plane crashed Sunday on northern Vancouver Island, killing five people, but two survivors were rescued after one of them sent a friend text messages giving their location.

set: Plane crash survivors rescued after sending text messages


set: Browns running back Trent Richardson returned to the practice field today less than a month after a scope on his left knee and and got some work with the first-team offense in preparation for Sunday's opener against the Eagles.

set: Cleveland Browns running back Trent Richardson returns to practice field in preparation for opener vs. Eagles


set: Lithium Technologies, market-leading provider of on-demand solutions for enterprise communities, announced today that it has raised $12 million in a Series B equity funding round led by Benchmark Capital.


set: Senator John McCain, the top Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, said billions of dollars could be saved from the US defence budget by cutting lawmakers' pet projects, known as earmarks, and fixing troubled arms programmes.

set: Billions can be saved in US defence budget:


set: Behind the growing discontent by the players, the real question was what kind of orchestra it would be.


set: Exports of US spirits reached a record high in 2011, as easing tariffs and a growing taste for premium liquor helped US brands gain a growing international following.


set: We know you guys are lukewarm at best regarding music coverage on the site, but we also know a lot of you like free stuff so we're passing on the news that Hollywood Undead are currently offering a free download for their song ``Comin' in Hot'' on their Facebook page.

set: Hollywood Undead offer free download of ``Comin' in Hot'';


set: For the handful of you with Windows Phone 7 handsets, get ready to wet your pants: the final version of Mango, Windows Phone 7.5, has leaked.


set: Three Woodford County teens were injured after a bad crash in Versailles early Tuesday night.


set: Smith said the current tax code is unfair and full of loopholes and needs to be overhauled.

set: Smith says tax code unfair, full of loopholes


set: Neil Young played his first non-Big Day Out show of 2009 last night in Brisbane with a set that delivered something old, something new, something borrowed and a bit of blues.

set: Neil Young delivers something old and something new


set: The Courier-Post is reporting that former US Rep. John Adler, 51,Â is recovering fromÂ emergency heart surgery made necessary when heÂ contracted staph bacterial endocarditis.

set: John Adler recovering from emergency heart surgery


set: Twilight star Robert Pattinson has denied that he will be playing the role of Spider-Man in the next movie.

set: Robert Pattinson denies he will be playing Spider-Man


set: ARSENAL boss Arsene Wenger now insists he won't sell contract rebel Theo Walcott in the January transfer window.

set: Arsene Wenger insists he won't sell Theo Walcott


set: The federal whistleblower watchdog office is slowly recovering from a scandal that saw its former commissioner turfed from her job after being accused of bullying staff.


set: The son of slain Pakistan leader Benazir Bhutto said on Thursday that ex-military ruler Pervez Musharraf 'murdered my mother', as he vowed to play a bigger political role in his homeland 'in any way I can'.


set: German import prices continued trending upwards in November, with costlier energy and basic goods more than offsetting cheaper consumer and capital imports, the Federal Statistical Office reported on Wednesday.

set: Germany's import prices continue trending up in November


set: A Middle Earth girl has claimed that she got wet in the rain recently.


set: Asian shares ended mostly higher Wednesday after a volatile session that saw many markets change direction at least once, with Japanese stocks climbing on exporters after a strong set of trade data for October.


set: ccasteel@opubco.com Leave a comment A national campaign to change the presidential election system is targeting Oklahoma and most other states with bills that would recast the Electoral College to reflect the national popular vote, rather than the popular vote in each state.

set: Campaign to change presidential election system targets Oklahoma, other states


set: A Benton woman was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly stealing hundreds of lottery tickets while working at a Bryant convenience store.

set: Benton woman arrested for allegedly stealing lottery tickets


set: Thanks largely to a superb opening bowling spell by Albie Morkel, the Titans easily beat the Dolphins by seven wickets in their Standard Bank Pro20 match at Centurion.


set: Danny Glover and 11 others have been arrested during a labour union protest at the Maryland headquarters of a food service company.

set: Danny Glover arrested during union protest


set: In this fourth and final installment in the Smoking Musket's series on the newly drafted Mountaineers, we tell you about how NT Chris Neild fits in with the Washington Redskins.

set: How Chris Neild fits in with the Washington Redskins


set: If live music and dancing al fresco sounds like a great way to spend a Sunday evening; you ``Might As Well Jump'' to the city's next Summer Concert in the Park featuring Van Halen tribute band, Fan Halen.


set: A multi-vehicle crash closed I-80 near West Branch overnight.


set: After a hard summer trying to regain full fitness, after his operation, Egyptian striker Mido is looking forward to a strong season.


set: The the death toll from a molten iron spill at a steel-plant furnace in east China's Jiangsu Province rose to 12, authorities said Friday.

set: Death toll in molten iron spill rises 12


set: An inmate at the Regina Provincial Correctional Centre was taken to hospital on Wednesday after an undisclosed ``medical emergency.''


set: Waste Management has just submitted its formal terms of reference for expanding the Carp Road landfill.

set: Waste Management submits its terms of reference


set: US Steel Corp., the nation's second-largest domestic steelmaker by sales, reported its smallest loss in five quarters as higher metal prices and sales reduced the effect of rising material costs.

set: US Steel reports smallest loss in five quarters


set: Beady Eye have revealed that they are working on their second studio album with Dave Sitek.


set: Actress Anjali is all set to file a case against her aunt and director kalanjiyam recently.


set: Visits to London have remained steady this year despite continent-wide job losses, a strengthened Canadian dollar and other economic tourist traps, the city's tourism czar says.


set: The proscribed PREPAK has appealed to all concerned to release its activists Maiki and Teach whose whereabouts remain unknown after they were reportedly taken into custody by NSCN activists from Kohima on February 2 .


set: By Daily Star Reporter MANCHESTER UNITED legend Gary Neville has taunted Arsenal over having to give Robin van Persie a guard of honour on Sunday.

set: MANCHESTER United legend Gary Neville taunts Arsenal over Robin van Persie guard of honour


set: A trial date was expected to be set Friday for a man accused of strangling his girlfriend in her Golden Hill the same day he finished a nearly monthlong jail stay for battering her.

set: Trial date to be set for man accused of strangling girlfriend


set: Associated Press - April 1, 2011 2:55 PM ET The White House says President Barack Obama will travel to Philadelphia and New York next week to continue pressing his energy policies and to attend an annual meeting of a civil rights group headed by activist Al Sharpton.

set: Obama travels to Philadelphia, New York next week


set: Manchester City has announced it has reached an agreement to sign Argentine striker Carlos Tevez.


set: China will cut coal imports this year as the cost of domestic supplies declines, Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. said in a report.Net purchases from overseas will drop 47 percent to 150 million metric tons this year from 281 million in 2012, Bernstein said in the e-mailed note today.


set: Prime Minister Stephen Harper pulled the plug on his minority government and asked voters to go to the polls on Oct. 14 to give him a fresh mandate as Canadians face growing global economic turbulence.


set: A fire destroyed a home north of Morrisburg yesterday morning, but it is not considered suspicious.


set: PAKISTANI security forces partially reopened a key northwest supply route for Western troops in Afghanistan on Friday, three days after shutting it to drive militants from the area, officials said.


set: And now the AP reports that John Yoo, probably the most infamous of the infamous characters that walked the halls of the Justice Department during the Bush administration, has agreed to testify as well without compulsion.


set: NEW YORK, Jennifer Lopez is expecting twins, her father says.


set: Miley Cyrus will be performing on ABC TV contest Dancing With The Stars at the end of the month.

set: Miley Cyrus to perform on Dancing With the Stars


set: A plant health clinic for Senapati district was opened at District Agriculture Office today.


set: Four people, including a 13-month-old girl, were killed when a medical evacuation helicopter crashed overnight in the Chicago suburb, authorities said early Thursday.

set: 4 killed in helicopter crash in Chicago suburb