set: Norway-based telecom major Telenor has asked Sanjay Chandra, chairman of its Indian arm Unitech Wireless and co-accused in the case involving award of second generation telecom spectrum, to step down.

set: Telenor asks Sanjay Chandra to step down


set: Polyethylene prices are moving higher again, driven by tight inventories, record exports and rising energy prices despite poor domestic demand and only a modest increase in ethylene costs, writes Michael Greenberg, CEO of The Plastics Exchange in a note to clients.


set: Intellicheck Mobilisa : stated today that it would vigorously defend itself against a recently filed antitrust lawsuit by Eid Passport, Inc. that alleges Intellicheck Mobilisa to have a monopoly in the Driver License Validation Military Market.

set: Intellicheck Mobilisa will vigorously defend itself against antitrust lawsuit


set: IncStores.com announces the launch of their newest specialty flooring site, FoamTiles.com.

set: IncStores.com announces the launch of FoamTiles.com


set: Heathrow Express services between the airport and London's Paddington station were suspended for 30 minutes this morning after a fire.


set: Iowa Senate President Jack Kibbie scolded his fellow lawmakers Wednesday, saying it was a serious mistake to pull the plug on a heated sidewalk on the east side of the Iowa Capitol to save a little money during Iowa winters.

set: Iowa Senate President Kibbie scolds lawmakers for pulling plug on heated sidewalk at Iowa Capitol


set: Hedge fund managers remain predominantly downbeat on US equities, according to the TrimTabs/BarclayHedge survey of hedge fund managers for November.


set: BASEL, Switzerland -Top-ranked Roger Federer lost his hometown tournament on Sunday, falling 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 to Novak Djokovic in the Swiss Indoors final.

set: Federer loses to Djokovic in Swiss Indoors final


set: Lady Gaga will sing for the Queen, the real one, not the one she hangs around with in Hollywood.


set: Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira has said that cooperation among the South Asian countries is vital to fight terrorism.

set: Cooperation among South Asian countries vital to fight terrorism:


set: The US Department of Commerce reported Wednesday morning that construction spending rebounded in November, up 0.1 percent over a 0.4 percent decline the prior month.

set: Construction spending rebounds in November


set: Before Dallas Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle took questions, he apologized for kicking a ball into the stands that boinked a young boy on the noggin and led to Carlisle's second technical foul and ejection from Wednesday's 95-86 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder.

set: Rick Carlisle apologizes for kicking ball


set: Chinese shares rebounded by more than 3 percent on Wednesday after an earlier-than-expected US rate cut overnight eased concerns about a declining US economy.

set: Chinese shares rebound by more than 3 percent


set: San Francisco Giants right-hander Tim Lincecum was scratched from his scheduled start on Tuesday against the Philadelphia Phillies because of the flu.

set: San Francisco Giants pitcher Tim Lincecum scratched from start against Phillies


set: There is talk that unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Jr. supposedly turned down $65 million to fight Manny Pacquiao, according to examiner.com.

set: Mayweather turns down $65 million to fight Pacquiao?


set: A former Salinas girls softball team manager pleaded not guilty today to seven felony counts of sexual assault against a minor, the Monterey County District Attorney's Office said.

set: Former Salinas softball team manager pleads not guilty to sexual assault against a minor


set: Suresh Kalmadi Tuesday informed the Delhi high court he won't be representing India or any Indian sports body on his proposed trip to London for the Olympics.

set: Won't be representing India or any Indian sports body at London Olympics:


set: Filmmaker John Hughes died at the age of 59 today in New York.


set: The bus driver who is accused of causing one of Israel's worst traffic accidents was charged with manslaughter.


set: The mega apparel and general retail and entertainment mall, AlphaOne has been opened for customers in Ahmedabad, the largest city in India's western State of Gujarat.

set: Mega apparel retail mall AlphaOne opens in Ahmedabad


set: In an emergency caucus meeting on October 15, 2012, Dalton McGuinty told the Ontario Liberal caucus, and the media, that he was resigning as leader of the Ontario Liberal Party and as Premier of Ontario effective as soon as the party executive could hold a leadership convention to replace him.

set: Dalton McGuinty resigns as Premier of Ontario


set: East Timor says it'll seek compensation from Australia for any pollution caused by an oil spill from the West Atlas Rig.

set: East Timor may seek compensation over oil spill


set: A Lohan ``pal'' told the tabloid: ``Lindsay and Sam had a huge bust up last week at Pure night club in Las Vegas. Lindsay was flirting with a guy and Sam was ballistic. Lindsay says she loves Sam more than anything but she just can't help that she is attracted to the opposite sex. She thinks that they should come to some sort of understanding. Lindsay wants an open relationship where she can explore her heterosexuality without feeling guilty or sneaking around.``

set: Lindsay Lohan wants an 'open relationship'


set: GORDON Wood, who was acquitted on appeal last month of murdering his model girlfriend by throwing her off a cliff-top at a notorious Sydney suicide spot in 1995, will not face a retrial.


set: The EOBI has facilitated its pensioners by empowering them to draw their pensions through ATMs and banks of their choice.


set: Pike River CEO Peter Whittal has confirmed the GAG unit is now working in the mine.


set: The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations said on Saturday that it expects Iraq to double its wheat production this year.

set: FAO expects Iraq to double wheat production


set: New research has shown pneumonia risks for welders and others exposed to metal fumes, warns The Travel Clinic.

set: New research shows pneumonia risks for welders


set: An Urbandale man has been charged with drunken driving after allegedly backing over a man who was on the ground in the Eagles Club parking lot.

set: Urbandale man charged with owi after allegedly backing over man


set: However, according to a recent report many women these days may want to consider insuring their handbags considering that the bags and their contents could be worth thousands of pounds.

set: Some women should consider insuring their handbags


set: Vision Australia announced on May 6 that it will slash more than 130 jobs.

set: Vision Australia slashes more than 130 jobs


set: Infinite will live stream their encore concert, ``Second Invasion -- Evolution,'' on April 1 through YouTube, becoming the first K-Pop artist to do so.

set: Infinite to live stream encore concert through YouTube


set: Rep. John Dingell said Friday that the $535 million Solyndra loan guarantee made to now-defunct solar firm Solyndra was a result of ``dumbness'' but not criminal misbehavior.

set: Dingell says Solyndra loan a result of ``dumbness''


set: BJP today demanded the immediate recall of the Jharkhand Governor alleging that the state which is under President's Rule was spending ``huge money'' on advertisements in an election year.

set: BJP demands recall of Jharkhand Governor


set: Cats coach Chris Scott will give Paul Chapman a chance to prove his fitness.


set: City centre residents have been warned to be on their guard for suspected bogus fire officers offering safety checks.


set: New Jersey is spending more than $17 million this year on technology and equipment that officials say will improve snow removal efforts.

set: Nj spending more than $17 million on equipment, technology to improve snow removal efforts


set: Christina Ricci will make her Shakespeare debut next year in New York, playing Hermia in an off-Broadway production of A Midsummer Night's Dream.

set: Christina Ricci to make Shakespeare debut in a Midsummer Night's Dream


set: Nawaz President Mian Nawaz Sharif has demanded a national conference to remove concerns of Baloch people.

set: Nawaz demands 'national conference' to remove concerns


set: The BC Lions Football Club have signed offensive tackle Ben Archibald to a contract extension.

set: Lions sign offensive lineman Archibald to contract extension


set: The Wallabies, recovering from a record drubbing, made five team changes today for their Tri-Nations rugby Test series decider against holders New Zealand in Brisbane on Saturday.


set: NOTTING Hill Carnival, Europe's biggest street festival, was marred by the stabbing of a 20-year-old man.

set: Notting Hill Carnival marred by stabbing


set: FIFTEEN teenagers could be charged with malicious damage after 42 seats were wrecked at Springfield Stadium.


set: Dick Van Dyke will receive the SAG Life Achievement Award for career achievement and humanitarian accomplishment in January.

set: Dick Van Dyke to receive SAG Life Achievement Award


set: Award-winning filmmaker Shane Free's feature-length ghost hunting documentary ``Investigating the Afterlife'' will be released on DVD on September 29th and will be available for purchase on Amazon.com and Ghostchannel.TV.

set: Ghost hunting documentary 'Investigating the Afterlife' to be released on


set: He told 'Access Hollywood Live': ``He's a different guy.


set: Sri Lanka needs true devolution of power to minority Tamils if it wants to permanently end its long-running ethnic war, Indian Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon has said.


set: The labour dispute at the country's largest car maker Maruti Suzuki has been nearing a month now but no solution in sight and now is the reports are to be believed, the striking workers at the Manesar plant have refused to hold negotiations with the Maruti Suzuki management prompting a state government mediator to blame them for the breakdown of peace talks.

set: Maruti Suzuki workers refuse to hold negotiations with management


set: Joe Worsley has undergone scans on his right knee after going off in the second minute of last Saturday's clash against New Zealand at Twickenham.


set: Skype today announces the launch of the new Skype for Windows, which brings people together like never before.

set: Skype announces launch of new Skype for Windows


set: Tony Blair developed ``tunnel vision'' on Iraq and made no preparations for the postwar period in the belief that the reconstruction of the country was entirely a matter for the US, Peter Mandelson reveals.

set: Tony Blair 'developed tunnel vision' on Iraq, Mandelson reveals


set: Prince Harry ``kills innocent Afghans while he is drunk'', while foreign forces in Afghanistan have failed, a controversial Mujahideen leader in the country has declared.

set: Prince Harry 'kills innocent Afghans while he is drunk'


set: Republican David Dreier, member of the US House of Representatives, said, on Tuesday, he was ``even more optimistic today'' about Tunisia's future than before, ``seeing the way the Tunisians are capable to sort out their disputes.''

set: Congressman David Dreier - 'i am even more optimistic about Tunisia's future'


set: Lawyers for Michael Jackson have reached a settlement with a Bahraini sheik who says the singer owes him $7 million after breaching a signed contract, the pop star's spokeswoman said Sunday.

set: Michael Jackson reaches settlement with sheik


set: The KDA building was ransacked sometime on Sunday night, but Rs 94,000- put in an almirah- were found to be untouched.


set: Toyota Motor warned yesterday that it would suffer its first loss in more than 70 years as the global deterioration in vehicle demand takes its toll on one of the best-run carmakers.


set: Chicago Fire Department officials say a tour boat has hit a dock on the Chicago River leaving some passengers injured.


set: A WARE verger has been found guilty of benefit fraud after claiming £4,829.70 of benefits she was not entitled to while working at St Mary's Church.

set: WARE verger found guilty of benefit fraud


set: The judge of Special Anti Terrorism Court No.2 Sakhi Muhammad Kahut here on Wednesday declared local Taliban commander Bait Ullah Mahsood and 11 others proclaimed offenders in the case of two explosive laden vehicles recovered from different areas of Rawalpindi city with directions to FIA to arrest the culprits and produce them before the court on September 27.

set: Bait Ullah, 11 others declared proclaimed offenders


set: A police officer cleared of raping a woman in Devon has been told he faces a jail sentence for having sex with the woman while on duty.

set: Police officer cleared of rape is told he faces jail


set: Chad soldiers have killed al Qaeda commander Mokhtar Belmokhtar, the man behind the Algerian gas plant attack, which left at least 37 hostages dead.

set: Chad soldiers kill al Qaeda commander Belmokhtar


set: Israeli soldiers returned to southern Gaza on Tuesday hours after US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice appeared in the West Bank calling for Israelis and Palestinians promptly to resume peace talks.


set: Oil held above US$76 )$104.89) a barrel in Asian trade Monday due to buoyant stock markets and expectations of healthy corporate earnings in the United States.


set: R&B singer Rihanna has sparked off rumours that she might take the judge's seat in talent hunt show ``The X-factor'' after she enjoyed a dinner with Simon Cowell.


set: Mumbai, Mar 28 Rating major Crisil has unveiled its complexity levels, which will classify different financial products based on their complexity and implicit risks.


set: The Masinga dam was shut down last week due to low levels of water that made it impossible to generate power.


set: Business hosting provider Leaseweb has become a VMware partner, it was reported recently.

set: Business hosting provider Leaseweb becomes VMware partner


set: Wall Street headed for yet another lower open Monday as stock markets tumbled further around the world on worries about the health of the global economy.

set: Wall Street heads for another lower open


set: ``It will be important not to waste time in this period,'' the 27-year-old told the Spanish newspaper Sport.

set: 'It will be important not to waste time'


set: A new class of exceptionally effective chemical catalysts that promote the powerful olefin metathesis reaction has been discovered by a team of Boston College and MIT scientists, opening up a vast new scientific platform to researchers in medicine, biology and materials.

set: New class of chemical catalysts opens new platform for researchers in medicine, biology and materials


set: London Irish coach Toby Booth has vowed to fight on in the face of a run of results which has seen the Exiles slip to ninth in the Premiership.

set: London Irish head coach Toby Booth vows to fight on


set: Chima quits Big Brother & has been detached from the Big Brother house.


set: MediaCorp will broadcast the National Day Rally 2012 ``live'' on Sunday from 6.45pm across its television, radio and online platforms.

set: Mediacorp to broadcast National Day Rally ``live'' on Sunday


set: A high school student diagnosed with meningitis died Wednesday.The teen was reportedly a senior who played on the St. Rose of Lima CYO basketball league and worked part-time as a stock boy at the local King Kullen Supermarket on Merrick Road in Massapequa Park.


set: Award-winning mobile games publisher, Infinite Dreams has announced the release of ``Let's Create!

set: Infinite Dreams releases ``Let's Create!


set: In the United Sates, the republicans have formally taken over the control of the US House of Representatives with pledges to decrease government spending and to object and repeal to the latest controversial health reform.

set: Republicans take control of the House of Representatives


set: Hugh Laurie will hang up his cane as cranky doctor Gregory House in May after confirming hit medical drama House will end this season.

set: Hugh Laurie confirms 'House' will end after this season


set: With grass-seed growers scrambling for an alternative crop in the wake of an oversupply in the third year of a depressed market, wheat has made a cautious comeback in the East Valley.


set: SolarCity and the City of Sacramento have decided to install 1.9MW of solar panels across four municipal sites later in 2011.

set: SolarCity to install 1.9MW of solar panels across four municipal sites


set: IBM has unveiled its ``MobileFirst'' strategy, whereby it's offering products for security, device management, analytics and application development.

set: Ibm (ibm) has unveiled its ``MobileFirst'' strategy, whereby it's offering products for security,


set: The Mediterranean diet, which is famously beneficial for the cardiovascular system, also helps protect against diabetes, according to a paper published online Thursday by the British Medical Journal.

set: Mediterranean diet also protects against diabetes


set: It was an interesting exercise in neighborhood participatory democracy that I attended this evening at the Boys and Girls Club on Junot.

set: It was an interesting exercise in neighborhood participatory democracy...


set: A little boy from Tucson, Arizona sold his toys to raise $2.85 for Gabrielle Giffords!

set: Boy sells toys to raise $2.85 for Giffords:


set: A Haryana village has built its own railway station and persuaded authorities to stop trains there so that local people can travel to nearby towns for work and college, officials said yesterday.

set: Haryana village builds own railway station


set: Actor Owen Wilson and his girlfriend are expecting a baby, Entertainment Weekly reported Monday.

set: Actor Owen Wilson and girlfriend expecting a baby


set: Zumba is a Latin-inspired dance fitness program that combines popular music with easy-to-learn dance moves.

set: Zumba combines popular music, dance moves


set: An early fire broke out early Monday morning at the Marion County water plant in Ocala.

set: Fire breaks out at Marion County water plant


set: Fund managers warned ``zombie households'' would not be able to cope with an interest rate rise, meaning the Bank of England is unlikely to tackle high inflation in the near future.

set: 'Zombie households' would not cope with rate rise


set: In a first for a Hollywood star, Kevin Spacey will deliver the keynote MacTaggart Lecture at the Edinburgh International TV Festival in August.

set: Kevin Spacey to deliver MacTaggart Lecture;


set: A Hamilton woman has claimed a $10,000 Powerball prize with a ticket she bought at the Super 1 Foods in Hamilton.

set: Hamilton woman claims $10,000 Powerball prize


set: Global alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group, today released the latest in its ValuCast audio podcast series, featuring Director of Research, Dr. Jason Thomas discussing the latest opportunities and developments in the Japanese economy with Tamotsu Adachi and Kazuhiro Yamada, Co-Heads of Carlyle Japan Partners.

set: The Carlyle Group releases latest in ValuCast audio podcast series


set: THE daughters of a man who died from a gunshot wound in Gayton le Marsh, near Alford, have paid tribute to the 'best dad in the world'.

set: Daughters pay tribute to 'best dad in the world'


set: Followers of Konda Laxman Bapuji pay their respects to the late freedom fighter who passed away in Hyderabad on Friday.

set: Telangana-fighter Konda Laxman Bapuji passes away


set: An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.0 jolted northern Japan on Sunday, a government agency said.


set: As per recent reports, it has been subjected that parents are being reluctant in getting their children vaccinated against whooping cough.

set: Parents reluctant to get their children vaccinated against whooping cough


set: Hundreds turned out in 24 separate neighborhoods across Pleasanton last night to celebrate ``National Night Out,'' an anti-crime and drug prevention event that was co-sponsored by the National Association of Town Watch and the Pleasanton Police Department.


set: A firefighter was sent to the hospital after an early morning fire that consumed a Beaumont home.

set: Firefighter sent to hospital after early morning fire


set: LeAnn Rimes has had a lot of drama in the last year, and now it is being rumored that she has a sex tape that is at risk of being released.

set: Leann Rimes sex tape at risk of being released?


set: The race for the State Senate in the eastern portion of the peninsula turned ugly last week when a supporter of recently-arrested Senator Shirley Huntley charged in ``call to action'' flyers that the charges that led to the arrest are a ``political lynching'' on the part of State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.


set: Pakistan and India will resume their peace talks next week, said Pakistani Foreign Ministry spokesman Muhammad Sadiq on Thursday.

set: Pakistan, India to resume peace talks next week


set: The health insurer VHI has announced rising premiums on corporate plans from March starting, but no information has been provided about the level of hike.


set: Philippine Press Secretary Cerge Remonde, a staunch defender of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, has died following a heart attack at age 51.


set: The Tazewell County Sheriff's Office reports no arrests have been made in the Pizza Plus double homicide.


set: U2 has hit the studio in Dublin to continue work on its next studio album with longtime collaborators Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois.


set: Deutsche Bank has decided to resume activities in Algeria after they announced suspension.

set: Deutsche Bank to resume activities in Algeria


set: St. Louis-based CPI Corp. is closing 124 underperforming Kiddie Kandids portrait studios inside Babies R Us stores in the next couple of weeks.

set: CPI Corp. closing 124 Kiddie Kandids portrait studios


set: A woman who just flew home from Las Vegas says an airport security officer confiscated her frosted cupcake because he thought the icing on it could be a security risk.

set: Woman says airport security confiscated her cupcake


set: Bradley Arant Rose & White, the state's largest law firm, said today it plans to merge with a Nashville firm to add attorneys and offices.

set: Bradley Arant plans to merge with Nashville firm


set: West Johnston broke a 3-3 tie with a three-run sixth inning and went on to hand Clayton its first league loss, 8-3 in Greater Neuse River 4A Conference softball Thursday.

set: West Johnston hands Clayton first league loss


set: Samsung is planning to release a latest Android based smartphone which is known as Samsung Infuse 4G and it is 4G based mobile.

set: Samsung Infuse 4G latest Android based smartphone


set: Priyanka Chopra has released a brand new track titled, 'Erase' and it's exclusively available to listen and purchase on Beatport now.


set: The British economy has officially sunk into recession, with government figures showing the economy shrank 1.5 per cent in the fourth quarter of last year.


set: surprisingly young for a killer whale -- has given birth to a calf in Jpod, one of three families that comprise the southern resident whales sharing the habitat of BC's Strait of Georgia and Washington state's Puget Sound.


set: India Against Corruption activist Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday slammed Delhi police for using force against peaceful protestors.

set: Arvind Kejriwal slams use of force against peaceful protestors


set: A Burlington man was charged with a sex offense for an incident that allegedly occurred in June in Alamance County.


set: A 13-year-old Virginia student was suspended from school during finals for allegedly wiping his hands on the American flag after using the bathroom, say reports.

set: Virginia student suspended for wiping hands on American flag


set: Rabbi Asher Lopatin of Chicago is set to succeed Rabbi Avi Weiss next year at the helm of Yeshivat Chovevei Torah, the Modern Orthodox rabbinical school founded by Weiss.

set: Rabbi Asher Lopatin to succeed Rabbi Avi Weiss at Yeshivat Chovevei Torah


set: Pink Floyds lead guitarist David Gilmour has paid a poignant tribute to the bands founding member Richard Wright, who died of cancer last week.

set: David Gilmour pays poignant tribute to Richard Wright


set: James Murdoch, the chairman of News International, has been warned he could face prosecution in the US and Britain in the wake of the News of the World phone hacking scandal.

set: James Murdoch 'could face prosecution' in US and uk over hacking scandal


set: European stock index futures pointed to a mixed start for equities on Monday, after hitting a four-week closing low in the previous session on concerns over the strength of economic recovery.

set: Europe stock futures point to mixed start


set: A post office manager stole more than £5,000 of its takings and went on a shopping spree at lingerie stores Ann Summers and La Senza.


set: A San Ramon police officer was arrested Wednesday on five felony charges in connection with the ongoing investigation into the Central Contra Costa Narcotics Enforcement Team.


set: The 2012 NFL combine results for the measurements of offensive linemen and tight ends are now available.


set: A US judge says Chris Brown has received an ``extremely favorable'' report from probation officials overseeing his felony assault case.

set: Chris Brown receives 'extremely favorable' report


set: Governor Pat Quinn proclaimed today, December 7, 2009, Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day in honor and memory of the 68th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor.

set: Governor Quinn proclaims Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day


set: Derrick Rose returns to his roots to dedicate a brand new playground in Englewood


set: Liza Minnelli is returning to the Royal Festival Hall 40 years after her last appearance there as part of a celebration of Cabaret-era Berlin.

set: Liza Minnelli to return to Royal Festival Hall


set: Thousands of protesters marched in streets of several cities in Peru on Tuesday denouncing to Peruvian President Alan Garcia, the rampant corruption and demanding a shake up of the cabinet and all ministers resignation.


set: US Vice-President Joe Biden on Sunday said at least 2,000 American troops may exit Afghanistan early next year.

set: 2,000 US troops to exit Afghanistan early next year --


set: Ghana said on Tuesday that energy generation programme was on course to deliver 5,000 megawatts of power in the medium term as promise d during its political campaign.

set: Ghana says energy generation programme on course


set: Hall of Fame quarterback Jim Kelly revealed Monday that he has a treatable form of cancer.

set: Jim Kelly reveals he has treatable form of cancer


set: Romanian cellco Cosmote has announced the commercial launch of a HSPA+ 3.5G mobile network in eleven cities, covering around 58% of the population.

set: Cosmote Romania launches HSPA+ network in eleven cities


set: The Giants promoted Triple-A hitting coach Hensley Meulens to the major league club Monday, hiring him to replace Carney Lansford.


set: Former Delhi minister and four- time MLA Prof Jagdish Mukhi, the BJP candidate for West Delhi seat, owns assets worth around Rs 2.32 crore.

set: Mukhi owns assets worth around Rs 2.32 crores


set: A vacant elementary school caught fire last night in east Houston.


set: Authorities in DeKalb say a man known to be affiliated with a gang called Gangster Disciples recently pled guilty to malice murder and violation of the Anti-Gang Act.


set: The girlfriend of wheelie bin murder suspect Peter Wallner last night insisted he was innocent.

set: Girlfriend of wheelie bin murder suspect insists he's innocent


set: Miley Cyrus showed some great style in New York City on Thursday, September 4, though she could do with more defensive necklines.

set: Miley Cyrus shows great style in New York City


set: School dropouts two years ago could cost Fresno nearly $555 million in economic losses over their lifetimes -- from higher unemployment to crime, according to a report released Thursday.


set: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement strike paralysed life in Karachi, where all major markets, petrol and CNG stations and most private offices remain closed and traffic was off the roads.


set: For the most part such outrage really leads nowhere and for a good reason.


set: She won the event, giving the Squaw Valley product her third US giant slalom title.

set: Julia Mancuso wins third US giant slalom title


set: Livestock losses are still being assessed in the US state of Georgia following massive floods that have killed at least 10 people.

set: Livestock losses being assessed in Georgia


set: Cyprus has partly eased capital controls imposed to prevent a run on deposits ahead of a €10 billion IMF bailout deal last month, which includes a complete liberalisation for foreign banks, the finance ministry says.


set: Dallas-based Texas Instruments Inc. is buying National Semiconductor for $6.5 billion, which would be a marriage of two of the world's premier makers of analog chips, widely used in electronics to transform signals such as sound into digital form that computers can understand.

set: Texas Instruments is buying National Semiconductor


set: A number of tough budget measures come into effect from today, including the scrapping of the PRSI free allowance for workers earning more than €18,000 a year.


set: The first words out of his mouth as reporters crowded around: ``I'm glad I had my boots on because I really stepped in it tonight,'' he said.

set: Perry 'glad I had boots on; stepped in it tonight'


set: A Palm Desert man died Wednesday night after losing control of his motorcycle, leaving the roadway and crashing into the side of a ravine on state Highway 74 in Palm Desert, a coroner's report said.

set: Man dies after losing control of motorcycle


set: Serb nationalists - furious over the holding of a NATO conference in Serbia - have burned a NATO flag and put up a huge banner at a Belgrade bridge denouncing the Western military alliance.


set: PGG Wrightson, the agricultural technology and services company controlled by Singapore-based Agria, returned to profit in the first half after increases in earnings from livestock, retail and its AgriTech units.


set: A Boeing 767 plane made an emergency landing in Warsaw, Poland, after problems with its landing gear, an airport spokeswoman said Tuesday.


set: Antonio Banderas will play Pablo Picasso in '33 Days'.


set: The Supreme Court declined to hear a case on whether federal judges can require the US to give 30 days notice of any plan to move Guantánamo detainees to another country.


set: A teenage P-plate driver lost his licence and was fined almost $2000 after he was caught travelling at almost double the speed limit in south-eastern Sydney.


set: In an attempt to cut costs amid global economic slowdown, Punj Lloyd is shifting its employees from its UK-based subsidiary to India, particularly to its Delhi and Hyderabad centers, reports Business Standard.


set: A pilot flying from Utah to Louisiana through Plainview ran out of gas and was forced to make an emergency landing on a county road two miles southwest of Abernathy on Thursday afternoon.


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


set: On a warm November weekend, the National Museum of American Jewish History opened on Independence Mall in Philadelphia with a star-studded gala hosted by Bette Midler and Jerry Seinfeld with hordes of dignitaries in attendance including Barbra Streisand .

set: The National museum of American Jewish History opens in Philadelphia


set: Local riding MPP Rob Milligan says he will support a private member's bill to restore municipal planning tools to protect the rights of citizens with regard to green-energy projects like wind turbines.

set: Milligan will support private member's bill


set: East Carolina shoots for its fifth win in six games Wednesday, closing out a four-game homestand against VCU.

set: East Carolina closes homestand against VCU


set: US food prices jumped 3.9 percent in February, the highest its been since 1974.


set: Integrated advertising agency Duncan/Channon announces that it has been named advertising agency of record for the nation's largest contact lens store, 1-800 CONTACTS.

set: Duncan/Channon named agency of record for 1-800 CONTACTS


set: Fischer died Thursday in a Reykjavik hospital, his spokesman, Gardar Sverrisson, said.


set: Smart, feminist women want to look good too, but stereotypes uphold fashion and intelligence to be mutually exclusive.


set: A 13-year veteran Naugatuck police officer was arrested on a warrant Thursday for a domestic violence incident with his live-in girlfriend, police said.

set: Veteran Naugatuck police officer arrested


set: Rangers newco will play their first competitive match later, just days after being granted a conditional Scottish Football Association licence.


set: Over 1,000 supporters of Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa were detained by Andhra Pradesh police in Medak district this afternoon when they were proceeding towards Hyderabad where rebel BJP MLAs are camping.

set: Over 1,000 supporters of Yeddyurappa detained in Medak


set: The USDA reports that corn export sales topped a million tons for the fifth straight week.

set: Corn exports top a million tons for the fifth straight week


set: The Bureau of Meteorology has predicted the strong winds would sweep across Victoria from around 2am.


set: Pat Patterson was kicked off the Ole Miss football team for his third violation of ``team rules.''

set: Patterson kicked off Ole Miss football team


set: Powerhouse prop Ofa Fainga'anuku is to join Worcester Warriors from next season after agreeing a deal to move to Sixways from RaboDirect PRO12 club Glasgow Warriors.

set: Prop Fainga'anuku to join Worcester Warriors


set: A new study finds that diapers, both disposable and cloth, impede walking for babies.


set: Bank of America, cowed by customer outrage and bad press and by the quick retreat of its biggest competitors from charging similar fees, has ditched their $5 monthly debit card fees.


set: Officers made contact with a woman who reported that she is being harassed by her boyfriend's wife.

set: Woman reports being harassed by her boyfriend's wife


set: Tony Award winner Martin Short will join Kelly Ripa as co-host on Live!


set: Microsoft will be cutting the price of Windows Vista at retail locations to try and give it a boost in sales.


set: On the same day that YWN-Israel reported on the need for earthquake preparedness in Eretz Yisrael, a quake was felt in the Haifa area at about 4:00pm, Monday.


set: American John Hopkins will undergo surgery next week to remove metal plates from his left foot that severely hampered him during testing at Phillip Island this week.


set: Adele has announced she'll be spawning a mini-me, as she today revealed she's pregnant with her first child!


set: Japan battled a nuclear and humanitarian crisis Friday, with engineers working to restore power to a stricken power plant in what the UN's top atomic expert said was a ``race against time''.

set: Japan battles nuclear, humanitarian crisis


set: The Global Film Initiative has signed a deal with Virgin America to show the Global Lens series on the North American domestic airline's RED in-flight entertainment system.

set: Global Film Initiative signs deal with Virgin America


set: One more pilot has been arrested in the Indian capital here for allegedly using forged marksheets to procure a licence from the country's airline regulator.

set: Another pilot arrested for using forged marksheets


set: Gas distributors ended up without newly-filled Liquigas gas cylinders for the second straight day today after waiting for hours outside the gas depot in Qajjenza, Birzebbuga.

set: Distributors end up without Liquigas cylinders for second day


set: Football superstar and former England Captain David Beckham has officially announced his retirement from the game.


set: A Bismarck man has been accused of gross sexual imposition involving a 6-year-old boy.

set: Bismarck man accused of gross sexual imposition


set: Sri Lankan new spinner Ajantha Mendis sets on a world record as the 1st bowler who bags the highest number of wickets in a debut series.

set: Sri Lankan new spinner Ajantha Mendis sets on a world record.


set: First Niagara Bank has announced agreements to sell 27 branches to two upstate buyers as it moves ahead with its acquisition of HSBC Bank's regional retail network.

set: First Niagara is selling another 27 branches


set: The financial crisis could have been avoided and was the result of poor decision making both in Washington and at top financial firms that fostered a culture of excessive risk taking, according to a draft report written by Democrats on a panel that investigated the meltdown and obtained by Reuters.

set: Financial crisis could have been avoided


set: Composer Hafez Nazeri will make his Carnegie Hall debut and become the first Iranian to headline at the venue's Stern Auditorium when he presents his ``Rumi Symphony Project: Cycle One'' Nov. 14 at 8 pm He describes the composition as ``a musical discourse to promote world peace.''

set: Composer Hafez Nazeri makes Carnegie Hall debut


set: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday had a first-hand knowledge on different stages of the operation of country's prestigous supersonic cruise missile 'BrahMos' during his brief visit to the BrahMos Aerospace unit here.


set: VIERA, Fla. -Outfielder Elijah Dukes was released by the Washington Nationals on Wednesday, a sudden move with 2 1/2 weeks left in spring training.

set: Of Elijah Dukes released by Washington Nationals


set: China has basically eliminated opium planting and heroin processing, a top anti-drug official said in Beijing Wednesday.

set: China basically eliminates opium planting, heroin processing


set: Thin Lizzy offshoot band Black Star Riders will release their debut album All Hell Breaks Loose in May, they've confirmed.

set: Black Star Riders releasing debut album in May


set: A tornado that struck Lambert-St. Louis International Airport tore off part of the roof and blew out half the main terminal's windows, causing several injuries and sending people scurrying for shelter as plated glass shattered around them.

set: Tornado strikes Lambert-St. Louis International airport


set: Two people were killed yesterday afternoon in a two-vehicle crash on Rt. 33 just north of Nelsonville in Athens County.


set: Columbiana County voters will be asked to ``continue the caring'' with renewal of a 1.3-mill, 10-year levy to continue funding mental health and recovery services.

set: Voters being asked to 'continue the caring'


set: Taipei - A Taiwan economic research agency on Friday raised Taiwan's 2010 economic growth forecast by nearly 1 per cent, provided that Taiwan signs a major trade pact with China.

set: Taiwan research agency raises economic growth forecast


set: In a shocking development, the former Haryana DGP, SPS Rathore accused in the Ruchika molestation case was on Monday attacked by an unknown assailant as he was exiting the court after an in-camera hearing of the case in a Chandigarh district court.


set: New Delhi, Dec 28 The government on Wednesday said coal production increased significantly in the year 2011.


set: 2009-11-18 06:10:23 - India and Canada tuesday signed two pacts to set up a joint study group for enhancing trade and economic ties between the two countries to take the bilateral trades to 15 billion US dollars in the next five years annually.An MoU to this effect was signed after the delegation level talks between the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh and his Canadian counterpart in New Delhi this evening.


set: Kris Jenner, the matriarch of the Kardashian reality television family, is getting her own daytime TV talk show later this year, US broadcast network Fox said on Monday.


set: Spontaneous and rare gene mutations are likely the cause of autism in families with no previous history of the disorder, a trio of US studies published on Wednesday suggested.

set: Spontaneous gene mutations cause autism:


set: A CRPF personnel was shot dead and a dozen Maoists possibly killed during an encounter in Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district, police said on Monday.

set: CRPF personnel shot dead, Maoists killed in encounter


set: Kendrick Perkins, the former Boston Celtics center, is disputing charges of public intoxication and disorderly conduct following his arrest at a nightclub in his hometown of Beaumont, Texas this past weekend.

set: Kendrick Perkins disputes charges of public intoxication, disorderly conduct


set: Pakistan moved towards outlawing domestic violence when lawmakers approved a bill Tuesday that will punish those found guilty of beating women or children with jail terms and fines.

set: Pakistan moves to outlaw domestic violence


set: A day after dismissing former world No. 1 Greg Norman's remarks saying Woods was intimidated by current world No. 1 Rory McIlroy, Woods grabbed a share of the lead Thursday in the first round of the Tour Championship by Coca-Cola, the finale of the FedExCup Playoffs.

set: Tiger Woods grabs share of lead at Tour Championship


set: A St. Louis teen was charged Sunday with first-degree murder in connection with the March shooting death of a man found inside a car in the 5700 block of Mimika Avenue, police said.


set: The Senate on Sunday passed a $1.1 trillion spending bill with increased budgets for vast areas of the federal government including health, education, law enforcement and veterans' programs.

set: Senate passes $1.1 trillion spending bill


set: WALL Street has finished the week up despite ``fiscal cliff'' turmoil, with traders poised to keep a close eye on the crisis during the final days of 2012.


set: Economic Development Minister Ebrahim Patel launched a business hub and skills programme for unemployed accounting graduates in Kyalami, north of Johannesburg, on Wednesday.


set: ATLANTA ― The mayors of Atlanta and San Francisco have made a friendly wager on the outcome of this year's divisional playoff series between the Braves and the Giants battle.

set: Mayors of Atlanta and San Francisco make wager


set: Labour leader Joseph Muscat was sworn in as Member of the House of Representatives this evening and welcomed by both sides of the House.

set: Joseph Muscat welcomed in the House of Representatives


set: Mardy Collins started and played 45 minutes for the injury-plagued Clippers on Tuesday.

set: Mardy Collins plays 45 minutes for Clippers


set: http://www.sport.co.uk Serge Betsen talks about joining Wasps, his expectations for the upcoming season and also how difficult it was to leave Biarritz where he played for 17 years.


set: An arrest was made Sunday in the beating and robbery of a Boston-area radio host who was allegedly attacked while visitng his children in the Bronx.

set: Arrest made in beating and robbery of radio host


set: Semen was found in a yogurt sample that was given to a woman in a supermarket, US police have confirmed.


set: Former TV game show host Bob Barker has donated $1 million to Drury University to establish a professorship on animal rights.


set: House Democrats are sticking with Ben Lujan of Santa Fe as their nominee to become speaker of the House.


set: World oil prices rebounded to around 131 dollars per barrel Wednesday, reversing earlier losses in volatile trade amid lingering worries about stretched energy supplies, analysts said.


set: The Doña Ana County wilderness bill that New Mexico's US senators and local activists are trying to push through Congress before the end of the year puts US Rep. Harry Teague in a very tough political spot.

set: Wilderness bill puts Teague in a tough spot


set: Judge CG Weeramantry said yesterday while addressing the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission that the country had the opportunity to build stable and durable peace after a long devastating war.

set: Opportunity to build stable and durable peace:


set: Bubble artist Fan Yang and his family set a world record today by packing 118 people inside a giant soap bubble at Discovery Science Center's Bubblefest XV.

set: Bubble artist Fan Yang to set world record by packing 118 people inside soap bubble


set: Sanofi-Aventis , the largest French pharmaceutical producer, said on Monday that it extended its offer to buy US biotechnology group Genzyme shares to April.

set: Sanofi-Aventis extends offer for Genzyme shares to April


set: Vanguard/Capitol Records artist Kimberly Caldwell is set to release her new single, ``Desperate Girls & Stupid Boys,'' which will be featured on her long-awaited release Without Regret, due out in Spring 2011.

set: Kimberly Caldwell releases new single ``Desperate Girls & Stupid Boys''


set: Murder accused's wife faces charges Updated: 12:16, Tuesday December 18, 2012 The wife of a man accused of murdering Ayr woman, Sarahjane Dower, has appeared in a Queensland court charged with being an accessory after the fact.


set: Ms Julia Gillard, Australia's first female Prime Minister, has admitted she is a little ``wistful'' over her decision not to have children but has suggested that they can be a liability for women in politics.


set: Chrysler Group LLC will idle an Illinois plant until Friday due to a part shortage, according to Dow Jones.

set: Chrysler idles plant due to part shortages:


set: Gold hit its latest record on Monday, approaching $900 an ounce as investors sought protection against a potential US recession and a weaker dollar, with Asian stocks steadying after recent sharp losses.


set: A woman was sexually assaulted as she walked through Gorton during the early hours of Saturday morning.


set: British media report several Premier League clubs want to snap up hotshot young Polish goalkeeper Grzegorz Sandomierski.

set: Premier League clubs want to net keeper Grzegorz Sandomierski


set: Sears is moving forward with plans to spin off its Hometown and Outlet stores as well as some hardware stores into a separate publicly traded company.

set: Sears to spin off some stores into separate company


set: Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has said that he holds no complaint against Cristiano Ronaldo for leaving Manchester United to join Real Madrid.

set: Ferguson holds no complaint against Ronaldo


set: ASX-listed services outfit UXC has merged three of its infrastructure businesses, Integ Group, XSI Data Solutions and UXC Connect, following several attempts to demerge or sell of the company.


set: Nashville-based HCA Holdings Inc. is in talks to buy Kansas City hospitals from Ascension Health.

set: HCA in talks to buy Kansas City hospitals


set: A WOMAN has been raped by a bus driver after a night out in Sydney's west, police said today.


set: New Delhi, Sep 17 Salman Rushdie feels ``hurt'' by the ``rebuffs'' given to him by India where his books are rejected for university syllabus on the grounds that he was ``not really'' an Indian writer.


set: An epitome of calmness on the cricket field, Sachin Tendulkar said he felt ``tense'' cutting his 40th birthday cake even as he humbly thanked his millions of fans world over for showering him with ``unconditional love'' for over two decades.


set: TWO mountain bikes have been stolen from a yard at Seavington, near South Petherton, between 10.30am on April 17 and 6.30pm on April 20.


set: Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe threatened in state media yesterday to break off power-sharing talks if opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai declines a deal in their next meeting.


set: Smiths News, the UK's second-largest newspaper and magazine distributor, has posted a pre-tax profit loss of a third today, citing dwindling sales of monthly magazines.


set: Chevrolet has recently announced that the Malibu was launched in Romania where the base entry-level version can be bought from 25,300 euros, VAT included.

set: Chevrolet Malibu was launched in Romania


set: Communities and neighbourhoods John Denham announces extra support for communities to tackle anti-social behaviour Published 20 November 2009 Millions of people across the country will get extra help to tackle anti-social behaviour with up to ten thousand front-line staff and community champions receiving training and support to use tough powers and solve local problems, Communities Secretary John Denham and Housing Minister John Healey announced today.


set: Record high monthly average temperatures were observed in many places across Japan in February this year, a survey by the Japan Meteorological Agency has found.

set: Record high temperatures observed across Japan in February


set: BA reported a pre-tax loss of £164m, larger than the £148m loss it made in the same period last year.


set: It seems congratulations are in order for Pharrell Williams, who is apparently engaged to model and designer Helen Lasichanh, his longtime girlfriend and the mother of his son Rocket.

set: Pharrell Williams engaged to Helen Lasichanh --


set: Time Warner Cable Inc. customers will finally get access to the sports website ESPN3.com, even if they are not subscribers of the company's Internet service, according to a long-term deal with The Walt Disney Co. announced Thursday.

set: Time Warner Cable customers to get access to ESPN3.com


set: The Department of Wildlife says a Boulder County man was justified when he shot and killed a mountain lion in the back yard of his home Sunday afternoon after the cougar attacked his dog.

set: Boulder County man shoots, kills mountain lion


set: InfoAppenders, a global powerhouse in online marketing, today unveiled revamped website, a significant step in its commitment towards offering rich user-experience and superior user-friendly interfaces in its websites.


set: Kraft Foods will lay off 40 to 50 full-time workers at its Mason City plant in December.

set: Kraft to lay off 40-50 workers at Mason City plant


set: New numbers from the US Census Bureau show fewer Nebraskans living in poverty.

set: Numbers show fewer Nebraskans living in poverty


set: Homeless people are being recruited as TV presenters in Europe, in a creative PR campaign to raise awareness for the plight of people living on the streets across the continent.

set: Homeless people recruited as TV presenters


set: Brian Giles is being sued for $10 million by an ex-girlfriend who alleges that he battered her while she was pregnant and caused her to have a miscarriage.


set: Just hours after scoring two goals in his team's 5-1 rout of Newcastle United, Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard was arrested in Southport, Merseyside for taking part in a pub brawl.

set: Liverpool skipper Gerrard arrested after pub brawl


set: Winter storm watches have been posted statewide beginning on Tuesday in advance of a large storm system slated to drop more snow, sleet and freezing rain across Connecticut.


set: Mumbai, March 13, 2012 Emraan says he hates to play it safe with characters he portrays in movies.


set: But now, it appears Nirvana has an unlikely fan in rapper Lil Wayne.


set: The loonie might be trading at a three-year high relative to the US dollar, but a report from BMO Capital Markets released on Thursday has found that Canadians still pay far more than Americans for common consumer items.


set: WASHINGTON_The insurance industry Tuesday laid down a marker on health care, warning in stark terms that a proposed government insurance plan would dismantle the employer coverage Americans have relied on for a half century and overtake the system.

set: Insurance industry lays down marker on health care


set: US sharemarkets fell on Wednesday following the release of weaker-than-expected reports on factory orders and housing and surging gold and oil prices.


set: State police say nine elementary school students were hurt when a bus crashed on the way to school in Lycoming County.


set: Her name will go down in infamy as the woman who cut off her husband's penis and tossed it out of her car window.

set: Another woman cuts off her husband's penis....


set: Croatia have called Sime Vrsaljko into their Euro 2012 squad to replace injured midfielder Ivo Ilicevic, UEFA said on Thursday.

set: Croatia call up Vrsaljko to replace Ilicevic


set: A militant was killed on Tuesday in an encounter with security forces in Handwara area in north Kashmir's Kupwara district.


set: Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso has said that he attained the desired result in the Indian Grand Prix and is now feeling optimistic about remainder of the 2012 Formula 1 season.

set: Fernando Alonso feels optimistic about remainder of 2012 --


set: Crude oil prices edged up after seesawing Tuesday as US service sector data came in supportive, but weak European data deepened demand concerns.

set: Crude prices edge up on US service sector data


set: Solonei Silva of Brazil won the men's marathon at the Pan American Games on Sunday, the final day of the competition.

set: Silva wins men's marathon at Pan American games


set: Mike Pence is avoiding social issues in his bid to be elected governor..


set: Few demonstrate this better than today's news that Bloomberg has acquired BusinessWeek for less than $5 million.

set: Bloomberg acquires BusinessWeek for less than $5 million


set: Casey Anthony has been sentenced to four years in jail for lying to police.

set: Casey Anthony sentenced to four years in jail


set: On Feb. 26, the Brownwood City Council unanimously agreed to let voters decide whether the city's police chief should be elected or ``hired.''

set: Voters to decide if police chief should be elected or hired


set: The varsity season gets into full swing today with roughly 50 scheduled events involving schools from the Lower Hudson Valley.

set: Varsity season gets into full swing today


set: Malaysian oil and gas firms are advised to be cautious when signing the contracts, particularly on the technical and legal aspects.

set: Oil & gas firms advised to be cautious when signing contracts


set: A storm knocked out power to more than 1,200 Duke Energy customers today in neighborhoods off Bethabara Road in Winston-Salem.

set: Storm knocks out power to 1,200 Duke customers


set: A Lynchburg woman was arrested Thursday night in connection with the stabbing of her ex-husband, police said.

set: Lynchburg woman arrested in stabbing of her ex-husband


set: Cheryl Cole has filed for divorce from footballer husband Ashley Cole, it has been confirmed.

set: Cheryl Cole files for divorce from husband Ashley Cole


set: Amazon over the weekend quietly launched its Android Appstore in China, beating out Google to the market.

set: Amazon launches Android Appstore in China


set: Qantas Airways says it won't merge with British Airways after talks ended without an agreement.


set: Italian Riccardo Ricco, sacked by his Vacansoleil team after a botched self-blood transfusion, ruled out a comeback as a professional rider on Saturday and said he hoped to become a bar tender instead.

set: Ricco rules out comeback, hopes to become a bar tender


set: Who's more culpable in a murder-for-hire plot?


set: A SPATE of burglaries in the Lisburn area has led police and the Safer Lisburn Community Safety Partnership to appeal to the public to ensure they don't make their home an easy target for criminals.

set: SPATE of burglaries leads to appeal to public


set: PARIS Champion jockey Kieren Fallon was banned 1 1/2 years after a second positive test for an unidentified banned substance.

set: Jockey Kieren Fallon banned 1 1/2 years for banned substance


set: Actress Edie Falco stole the show from funnyman Ben Stiller during the official opening of their Broadway play The House Of Blue Leaves on Monday.


set: A third of Brits keep a secret photo of an ex-lover hidden from their current partner,it has been revealed.

set: Third of Brits keep secret photos of ex-lovers


set: Ladies, take care of your bodies and don't let your bones and muscles waste away as you move through the decades of your life!

set: Ladies, don't let your bones and muscles waste away!


set: A 25-year-old man has been charged with three misdemeanors after allegedly breaking into a University District sorority house on August 26 looking for an ex-girlfriend.

set: Man charged with breaking into um sorority house


set: FarmVille 2 will launch today on Facebook and adds a number of new wrinkles to the tried-and-true social game's formula.


set: Air travel authorities say a United Express plane with a possible open door and steering problems made an emergency landing in Vermont shortly after taking off for Washington, DC

set: Plane with possible open door makes emergency landing


set: Gaithersburg-based telecom company BroadSoft Inc. reported record financial results for the quarter and for the nine months ended Sept. 30.


set: A rickshaw puller died in an accident when a CNG auto-rickshaw hit him in the city.


set: Riverbed extended its Whitewater cloud storage range with the announcement of three new gateway models, targeted at bringing SMBs into the cloud for data protection.


set: The two are Raymond Pettibon's iconic 1989 image that references the myth of a glamorized, idealized California with the scrawled caption, ``I thought California would be different'' is in West Hollywood near the House of Blues.

set: 'I thought California would be different'


set: Delta Air Lines said it tapped a $1bn loan ahead of its planned merger with Northwest Airlines and renegotiated its credit-card agreement to ensure revenue is turned over in a timely manner, reports the WSJ.


set: Celtic manager Gordon Strachan says he will not lose any sleep over Artur Boruc's form after the keeper's horrendous blunder cost his side the opening goal in Saturday's 2-1 Scottish Cup fourth round win over Dundee.

set: Strachan not losing sleep over keeper's blunder


set: The RadioShack Nissan Trek team was officially launched at a press conference at the Rockhal, in the avenue du rock 'n' roll, in Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg, today.

set: RadioShack Nissan Trek team officially launched in Luxembourg


set: Hollywood actress Mischa Barton has proved she's comfortable with her body image - by stripping off for the latest edition of Cosmopolitan.

set: Mischa Barton strips off for Cosmopolitan


set: The New Orleans Saints signed veteran center Olin Kreutz to a one year deal on Friday.

set: Saints sign Olin Kreutz to a one year deal


set: Today, T-Mobile and Electronic Arts announced a new partnership which will enable T-Mobile subscribers to download free premium content in EA mobile games.

set: T-Mobile and EA announce new partnership


set: We believe that the US Dollar has reached an inflection point.


set: An Oxford woman has pleaded not guilty to 41 counts of animal cruelty after having a menagerie removed from her home in February.

set: Oxford woman pleads not guilty to animal cruelty


set: City Councilman José Huizar will sponsor three fireworks shows in his district this weekend in El Sereno, Boyle Heights and Eagle Rock.


set: 27 May 11 Intel would be happy to make custom chips for Apple, according to the company's chief financial officer.

set: Intel 'would make custom chips' for Apple


set: West Virginia Agriculture Commissioner Gus Douglass has announced he will run for his 11th term in office.


set: Quarterback Gunner Kiel will transfer from Notre Dame, coach Brian Kelly confirmed Tuesday.

set: Quarterback Gunner Kiel will transfer, Notre Dame confirms


set: A Metro Police officer shot and killed a man during a chase late Monday night in the eastern valley, officials said.


set: Signature's Andrew Morris has warned French government bond yields will come under pressure as the eurozone debt crisis rolls on.

set: French bond yields will 'come under pressure'


set: The Phoenix Suns acquired Shaquille O'Neal in a blockbuster deal.


set: The Cuban government is launching its own online encyclopaedia, similar to Wikipedia, with the goal of presenting its view of the world and history.

set: Cuba launches online encyclopaedia similar to Wikipedia


set: Dhaka stocks went down again last week, the first week of the fiscal year 2012-13, with declining turnover value, as the investors' confidence level deteriorated further following the news of Padma Bridge loan cancellation by World Bank and probable tight monetary policy.


set: By July, the charter school will be the first of its kind in the state to formalize the environmental math into a textbook.

set: Charter school first to formalize environmental math into a textbook


set: eTouch SamePage, a dynamic enterprise wiki, today announced it has been selected by Dice Corporation, which develops large-scale software automation for the security and alarm industries, to integrate its wiki as knowledge management software for Dice customers and employees.

set: ETouch SamePage integrates wiki for knowledge management at Dice Corp.


set: Woolwich is to scrap its telephone funds booking system in preference of an easier online system.

set: Woolwich scraps telephone funds booking system


set: Wall Street headed for a higher open today as investors cheered signs that global credit markets are thawing even as they awaited a batch of quarterly earnings to see how companies are weathering the financial crisis.


set: Secretary Information Pakistan Muslim League Ahsan Iqbal has said the charge sheet against President Musharraf would comprise hundreds of pages.

set: ``Charge sheet against Musharraf to comprise hundreds of pages''


set: The cause of a Monday fire in a Midway mobile home remains undetermined, said Midway Fire Chief Don Tucker.


set: A senior UN official disclosed on Thursday that 3,000 AMISOM forces have been killed since their 7 year deployment in Somalia, Garowe Online reports.


set: To balance out yesterday's promotions of Rico Noel and Matt Jackson to the Fort Wayne TinCaps, the Emeralds add catcher/first baseman Tommy Medica to the roster.


set: An outgoing US state governor has hinted he could soon give a posthumous pardon to Billy the Kid, the infamous 19th-century Wild West outlaw.

set: US governor hints at pardon for Billy the Kid


set: New York State is putting another $250 million into alternative energy projects around the state, especially Upstate.

set: Nys putting another $250 million into alternative energy


set: The campaign by the Fire Brigades Union to ensure firefighters qualify for ill-health pensions took a step forward this week when the Scottish government pledged to alter regulations to safeguard firefighter pensions in Scotland.

set: Scottish government pledges to safeguard firefighters' pensions


set: County firefighters have agreed to pay and benefit cuts that could knock $2.14 million off the county's $46 million budget deficit for next fiscal year-assuming all other unions follow suit.


set: Honeywell International, Morristown, NJ, has been assigned a patent developed by four co-inventors for ``methods and systems for indicating whether an aircraft is below a minimum altitude criterion for a sector.''


set: Markets extended losses in the late noon deals on the back of concerns over rising inflation.


set: Zambia seizes Chinese coal mine Updated: 03:47, Thursday February 21, 2013 The Zambian government has seized control of a Chinese-owned coal company due to poor compliance with safety and environmental standards, the mines minister says.


set: A CSU student died following a fall at a New Year's Eve concert in Broomfield.

set: CSU student dies after falling at concert


set: POLLUTION on a stretch of Port Talbot road is so high it threatens to derail a multi-million pound redevelopment plan.


set: Anglo-Irish energy firm Tullow Oil said Thursday that it will buy a 50-percent stake in six exploration licences in Kenya and Ethiopia, expanding its reach in east Africa.


set: Communications Minister Dina Pule and her boyfriend are accused of using sponsors' funds to buy her luxury gifts, the Sunday Times reported on Saturday.

set: Pule, boyfriend accused of using sponsors' funds


set: Seattle police have released this sketch of a man who attacked on a woman on Capitol Hill last month.

set: Police release sketch of man who attacked woman on Capitol Hill


set: World food prices dipped month-on-month in November, with a fall in sugar offsetting a recovery of vegetable oils, the United Nations' food agency said on Thursday, ahead of an expected European Central Bank interest rate decision.


set: German stocks recovered earlier losses as Infineon Technologies AG and Hypo Real Estate Holding AG advanced.


set: Actor Isha Koppikar, who wants to pursue a career in the hospitality industry, is back in the city after studying all about coffee, in Europe.

set: Isha Koppikar wants to pursue in hospitality


set: After driving to his third Indianapolis 500 victory May 24, Helio Castroneves is standing on the edge of motorsports history.

set: Castroneves stands on edge of motorsports history


set: A Council Bluffs woman claimed a $1 million Powerball prize Tuesday, less than a week after she'd won it.


set: In the domestic arena, the markets are likely to trade tepid today on subdued global cues and clear sign of fatigue among market participants.


set: 76ers roll past Cavaliers 91-77 in home finale Doug Collins walked off the Philadelphia court a winner for the final time in his 76ers' coaching career.


set: Mayor-elect Emanuel announced today that, after consideration and meeting with his transition committee, he will uphold the residency rule requiring city workers to live within the city limits.

set: Emanuel to uphold residency rule for city workers


set: Design-software maker Autodesk Inc will buy video sharing service Socialcam for about $60 million.

set: Autodesk to buy Socialcam for $60 million


set: A FEMALE bushwalker was winched to safety at Springbrook this morning after a rock rolled on to her ankle causing a possible fracture on Sunday evening.


set: MILITARY veterans living in Southport are being urged to claim medals and badges they may not have received ahead of Armed Forces Day.

set: Military veterans living in Southport urged to claim medals


set: It is being reported that singer George Michael has been arrested in London after driving his car through a store window.


set: England pace bowler Isa Guha, 26, has retired from international cricket, but will continue to play for Berkshire.

set: England's Isa Guha retires from international cricket


set: Well it seems that after dipping their toes in the social networking industry, Google now plans to dip their toes in the airline reservation business by partnering up with Cape Air, a small regional carrier.

set: Google dips their toes in the airline reservation business


set: The Minneapolis Star Tribune reports that the Timberwolves would like to interview Brown and one or two others for the head-coaching position that's been open since the team fired Kurt Rambis.


set: Tony Parker Leaves Beso Restaurant In Hollywood , California.


set: As noted by MacStories, Apple has discontinued its free trials of Aperture and iWork, directing users to the Mac App Store where the apps are available for purchase.

set: Apple discontinues free trials of Aperture and iWork


set: Legendary filmmaker BR Chopra died today in Mumbai following prolonged illness.


set: New comprehensive guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of stable ischemic heart disease have been released by the American College of Cardiology /American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines, along with the American College of Physicians, American Association for Thoracic Surgery, Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association, Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, and The Society of Thoracic Surgeons.

set: Comprehensive guidelines for stable ischemic heart disease released


set: Samajwadi Party on Tuesday stalled the Question Hour in Rajya Sabha demanding release of ``innocent'' Muslim youth arrested on false terror charges across the country.


set: The Angels, whose magic number to clinch their third straight AL West title remained at four, lost their season-high fourth straight.


set: Shell wants to drill the Arctic, but do you buy their arguments about foreign oil?


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

set: Billy Joel recovering from hip replacement


set: Rheumatism sufferers are often treated too late, sometimes because the disease is not recognised immediately, experts said.


set: ``Green Zone'' director Paul Greengrass is in talks to direct ``Fantastic Voyage'' for Fox.

set: Paul Greengrass in talks to direct 'Fantastic Voyage'


set: AP The Oakland Raiders brought back kick returner Justin Miller and placed defensive back John Bowie on injured reserve with a knee injury.

set: Raiders bring back kick returner Justin Miller


set: Indian IT giant Wipro has started its operations in Poland from the city of Wroclaw, close to the German border, officials said.


set: Shoichi Nakagawa, the former Japanese finance minister who resigned from his post after appearing drunk on TV earlier this year, has been found dead.

set: Japan's ex-finance minister shoichi Nakagawa found dead


set: Balenciaga banned Carine Roitfeld and French Vogue from their runway show, using Balenciaga for shoots and refuses to advertise in the chic Vogue Paris pages.


set: A tiny wooden house has suddenly appeared in a row of terraced homes in east London.

set: Tiny wooden house appears between terraced homes


set: A Lompoc resident was killed in a single-vehicle car crash involving a stolen vehicle early this morning on Rucker Road north of Purisma Road, according to the California Highway Patrol.


set: Biovail Corp said it was voluntarily recalling certain lots of Ultram tablets, its treatment for chronic pain in adults, and expects the total cost related to the recall to hurt fourth-quarter Ultram revenues by $4.4 million.

set: Biovail voluntarily recalls some lots of Ultram tablets


set: A Fargo man accused of killing his wife has been found not guilty by reason of lack of criminal responsibility and could spend the rest of his life in the State Hospital in Jamestown.

set: Fargo man accused of killing his wife could spend life in State Hospital in Jamestown


set: Ex-Doctor Who star David Tennant is set to voice a role in the new CBeebies show Tree Fu Tom.

set: David Tennant to voice role in CBeebies show Tree Fu Tom


set: A woman was convicted Friday of second-degree murder in the February beating death of a 62-year-old man at his mobile home in east Lawrence.


set: Actress Cameron Diaz and beau Alex Rodriguez were spotted al fresco dining with former US President Bill Clinton in Miami Beach.

set: Cameron Diaz and beau Alex Rodriguez dine with Bill Clinton


set: HAIKOU, China -Swedish veteran Helen Alfredsson won the Grand China Air on Sunday, shooting a 7-under 65 to beat Taiwan's Yani Tseng by three strokes for her second victory of the season.

set: Alfredsson wins Grand China Air tournament


set: Greece denied reports on Tuesday it was discussing a new 60 billion euros bailout with international lenders and its borrowing costs rose amid fears it may have to restructure its debt without further EU help.

set: Greece denies reports it was discussing a new 60 billion euros bailout


set: Toyota recalled 135,000 compact cars in Japan and Europe today for a software problem that could cause power steering to stop working.

set: Toyota recalls 135,000 cars in Japan, Europe


set: UK aerospace revenues increased by 5.4% to top £22 billion last year, according to figures, with the Northwest's role in the national picture proving crucial.


set: A recent poll shows that 48% of Turks believe their country should act unilaterally on international issues.

set: Turks believe Turkey should act unilaterally


set: Experts at Internet security solutions company Kaspersky have warned about increasing attacks on Mac OS X in the next few months.

set: Kaspersky warns of increasing attacks on Mac OS X


set: President Barack Obama celebrated Thanksgiving quietly at the White House with his family, friends and some White House staff members after phoning 10 members of the US armed services in Afghanistan.

set: Obama celebrates Thanksgiving at White House with family


set: ``I've always felt like an outsider and I still do when I go to fancy events. I still sit there and think, 'I don't belong here.' I feel like a kid at the adults' table -- like I'm an outsider who got let inside somehow,'' she said to Cosmopolitan.

set: Zooey Deschanel: ``I've always felt like an outsider''


set: DE Shaw & Co., one of the world's largest hedge fund managers, fired about 25 administrative and support staff on Tuesday (June 9) and reassigned other employees in an effort to boost efficiency, people familiar with the situation said.

set: Hedge fund de Shaw fires 25 support staff:


set: The Canadian immigration minister who banned the face-covering burqa in citizenship courts was honored by a Muslim group Sunday.


set: Ryanair said it will close its Belfast City base at the end of the current summer schedule Oct. 31, citing the airport's confirmation that a public inquiry into a planned runway extension will be further delayed.


set: A man and his ex-girlfriend were killed in a double shooting Wednesday morning on the city's northeast side.


set: A motorcycle crash in the Flathead Valley has killed a Kalispell man.


set: There is pretty much no reason to shop at BestBuy.com, according to a survey by Barclays.

set: There is pretty much no reason to shop at bestbuy.com


set: Bollywood actor Manoj Bajpayee reveals he took lessons from a 'sunar' to make his role of a goldsmith in 'Dus Tola' look as realistic as possible.

set: Manoj Bajpayee took lessons from 'sunar' for 'Dus Tola'


set: Funeral arrangements for the Rev. John M. D'Arcy, retired bishop of the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend, have been announced by diocesan officials.

set: Funeral arrangements for bishop D'Arcy announced


set: Mandela admitted to hospital for tests Nelson Mandela, the former South African president and anti-apartheid leader, was admitted to a hospital on Saturday for a scheduled medical check-up and doctors say there is no cause for ``alarm,'' the president's office said.


set: US Rep. Artur Davis, an early supporter of Barack Obama with uncanny similarities to the new president, announced his Democratic candidacy for governor Friday in a bid to become the first black to win Alabama's top office.


set: Five former Toronto drug squad cops were sentenced Friday to 45-day conditional, or house arrest sentences, that will enable all but one to keep his new job.

set: Toronto drug squad cops sentenced to house arrest


set: The massive Dubai Mall aquarium has re-opened after it sprang a leak, resulting in the partial evacuation of the complex.

set: Dubai Mall aquarium re-opens after springing leak


set: A Congolese warlord has been jailed for 14 years by the International Criminal Court for using child soldiers.


set: The first effective treatment for the most common form of Hepatitis C has been launched - providing fresh hope for sufferers worldwide.

set: First effective treatment for most common form of Hepatitis C launched


set: New Delhi, April 30 Delhi Daredevils beat Bangalore Royal Challengers by 10 runs in an Indian Premier League match at the Feroz Shah Kotla stadium here Wednesday.

set: Daredevils beat Royal Challengers by 10 runs


set: Most Asian markets fell Monday after the health of the US consumer came into focus at the end of last week and pushed Wall Street to its fourth straight loss.


set: in WWE 2 comments Dave Meltzer reported yesterday in his daily news update that Batista is currently very upset with WWE management over Triple H stealing the role he was originally scheduled for in the latest WWE movie to be shot entitled Killing Karma.


set: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has determined that romaine lettuce from a single farm is likely to blame for an E. coli outbreak in Georgia, Missouri and eight other states.

set: Romaine lettuce blamed for E. coli outbreak


set: Area police are stepping up patrols Sunday to target drunk drivers during and after the Super Bowl.

set: Police to target drunk drivers during Super Bowl


set: Attunity Ltd., a leading provider of real-time data integration and event capture software , announced today that its 2009 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders will be held on Thursday, December 31, 2009 at 10:00 am Israel time, at the offices of the Company, Kfar-Netter Industrial Park, Kfar-Netter, Israel.

set: Attunity announces 2009 annual General meeting


set: Dec.29 Alex Zanardi has tipped Lewis Hamilton to bounce back in 2012 from his troubled past season.

set: Zanardi tips Hamilton to bounce back in 2012


set: Gov. Jerry Brown, took a break from budget talks at the state Capitol to make a quick visit to the Ag Day exhibitions at the west steps of the Capitol.

set: Gov. Jerry Brown takes a break from budget talks


set: Lindsay Lohan has signed up for psychological counseling after a judge threatened to revoke her probation if she didn't.


set: Former Prime Minister of Bangladesh Begum Khaleda Zia on Thursday offered prayers at Ajmer Sharif, the shrine of Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti.

set: Khaleda Zia offers prayers at Ajmer Sharif


set: A Long Island Rail Road crew member helped stop a rape in progress on the trackbed at Freeport station on Tuesday afternoon, leading to the arrest of the alleged attacker.

set: Crew member helps stop rape at Freeport station


set: Sen. John McCain did go ``100% negative'' for at least one week during his current campaign for the presidency, a study finds.

set: McCain did go ``100% negative,'' a study finds


set: A man who used a public toilet in a shopping mall was taken to a hospital to have the toilet seat removed from his backside after someone smeared it with glue in what an official condemned Monday as a sick joke.

set: Man taken to hospital to have toilet seat removed


set: Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono unveiled a rainbow cabinet on Wednesday stacked with party-political appointees to lead Southeast Asia's biggest economy for the next five years.

set: Indonesian president Yudhoyono unveils cabinet


set: A 51-year-old woman was hit and killed by an uptown B train at Herald Square early Monday evening, police said.

set: Woman killed by B train in Herald Square, police say


set: The terrorists operating in the Tribal Areas are receiving weapons from Afghanistan, Interior Adviser Rehman Malik said on Saturday.

set: ``Terrorists receiving weapons from Afghanistan''


set: A 29-year-old man was struck and killed Saturday by an eastbound railroad train, Lawrence police said.


set: The New Zealand dollar opened locally a little softer ahead of Prime Minister John Key's opening statement to Parliament later on Tuesday, in which he is set to partially unveil the Government's tax reform package.


set: An exclusive Paul Weller signed Viper open faced helmet will be auctioned on ebay in aid of Teenage Cancer Trust.

set: Exclusive Paul Weller signed helmet up for auction


set: China is trying to consolidate its position in Europe and promises investments of billion euro in Ukraine, Romania, Bulgaria and Greece, according to Jonathan Holslag, research department manager at The Chinese Contemporary Study Institute in Brussels, quoted by the Financial Times.

set: China promises investments of billions euro in Romania


set: US Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minnesota, the Tea Party darling who joined the leader board for the Republican nomination for president when she won the Iowa straw poll two weeks ago, has added a Poinciana stop to her three-day Florida visit this weekend.

set: Michele Bachmann adds Poinciana stop to her Florida weekend


set: Frenchwoman Vanessa Perroncel has brushed off reports that she bedded a string of Chelsea stars, saying: ``I'm not a sex maniac.''


set: Police in Perth have voted to ban all high speed pursuits unless the government passes laws protecting officers from prosecution.

set: Police in Perth vote to ban high speed pursuits


set: A 41-year-old Saskatoon man was charged with aggravated assault and forcible confinement, police said Wednesday.


set: Brazil and the European Union on Friday pledged to boost strategic partnership and hopefully sign a joint action plan by the end of this year, said reports reaching here from the Slovenian resort of Brdo.

set: Brazil, EU pledge to boost strategic partnership


set: Auckland International Airport Limited announced today its intention to raise NZ$126.4 million through a fully underwritten pro rata entitlement offer.

set: Auckland International Airport Limited announces NZ$126.4 million pro rata Entitlement Offer


set: A father and his 4-year-old son are in a hospital recovering after a boat crash Tuesday night on Pottsburg Creek.


set: US sharemarkets ended the day mixed on Friday, with oil stocks dragging down the Dow, while the Nasdaq eked out a slight gain.


set: Senior female cricket player Sarah Johnson has revealed to Awoko Sports that they are hoping to return home with the trophy from The Gambia when they will be participating in their first international cricket competition in October this year.

set: 'We are hoping to return with the trophy'--


set: In an interview with The Independent on Monday, he has said that IRA killing of innocents could be described as murder.

set: IRA killing of innocents were murders --


set: A woman was critically injured when two pit bulls attacked her Sunday outside her home on Indianapolis' north side.

set: Woman critically injured in pit bull attack


set: Thorney Motorsport completed the first test day with the NGTC specification Vauxhall Insignia at Donington Park yesterday.

set: Thorney completes first test with NGTC Vauxhall Insignia


set: But MacKay insists Canada's military can carry its current workload in Afghanistan, the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver and in Haiti.


set: Assistant athletic director Brian Broussard says LSU sold 68,650 season tickets for the 2010 home slate, equaling the school-record amount sold in both 2008 and 2009.


set: Finnish ambient doom band Horse Latitudes is streaming two songs from its six-song sophomore release, ``Awakening,'' over on Bandcamp.


set: Outer space smells of fried steak, it also smells like a hot metal, and the welding of a motorbike, according to NASA experts.


set: Lee Westwood holds a one-stroke lead midway through the British Masters after shooting 2-under-par 70 in Friday's second round.


set: A college lecturer was detained here for firing gun shots in the air and misbehaving with policemen, police said Friday.

set: College lecturer detained for firing in air


set: TOKYO -Japan midfielder Shunsuke Nakamura is close to signing with Spanish side Espanyol, according to local media reports.

set: Japan's Nakamura close to signing with Espanyol


set: The National Museum of American History in Washington is celebrating Flag Day by hosting a naturalization ceremony for 20 people.

set: National museum of American History celebrates Flag Day with naturalization ceremony


set: Edun, the clothing company founded by Bono and his wife, Ali Hewson, has recorded losses of over $ 9 million in 2009, inform contactmusic.com.

set: Bono's company, Edun, recorded losses of over $9 million


set: Airports operator BAA has agreed to sell Stansted Airport, following a three year legal battle with the Competition Commission.


set: Italy said on Wednesday that it will offer aid to Christians under threat in Iraq to help them stay in the country, ANSA news agency reported.

set: Italy offers aid to Christians under threat in Iraq


set: Leon Breeden, legendary director of the University of North Texas Jazz Studies program who made the school's One O'Clock Lab Band internationally famous, has died.

set: Leon Breeden, ex-director of University of North Texas jazz program, dies


set: It is being reported this morning by MSNBC and ABC News that Hollywood legend Elizabeth Taylor has died at the age of 79.


set: New York Rangers forward Ryan Callahan broke his left hand while blocking a shot by Pittsburgh Penguins' defenseman Kris Letang and is expected to be out for six weeks.

set: Rangers' Ryan Callahan breaks hand while blocking shot


set: PPG Industries has announced several executive appointments.


set: MILWAUKEE Beleaguered manager Don Mattingly insisted Monday he doesn't feel he's about to be fired by the Los Angeles Dodgers, and he has no idea whether he needs to win a three-game series against the Milwaukee Brewers to keep his job.

set: Mattingly doesn't feel he's about to be fired


set: A 22-year-old woman accused of helping kill a man who allegedly sexually harassed her, pleaded guilty to murder in the KwaZulu-Natal High Court on Monday.


set: Hmm... two ladies with a strong connection to Charlie Sheen bumping into each other at the same rehab at the same time!?!

set: Lindsay lohan & brooke mueller bump into each other at rehab!


set: A prominent businessman was killed in Moscow last night in what investigators believe was a contract killing, a police officer said on Thursday.


set: GRITTERS are ready to hit the streets over the next 24 hours with snow forecast for Worcestershire tomorrow and sub zero temperatures set to continue.


set: Libyan rebels warned on Thursday of an impending ``massacre'' in Misrata by troops loyal to Muammar Gaddafi if NATO does not intensify its attacks on government forces there, Reuters reported.

set: Libyan rebels warn of ``massacre'' in Misrata


set: WSU Tri-Cities and Pullman are adding a new class to their curriculum next spring.

set: Wsu Tri-Cities and Pullman add new class


set: Foundation56, the personal foundation of Dallas Cowboys and Former LSU All-American, Bradie James, donated $60,000 to fund breast cancer programs and services aimed at early detection, screening and treatment.

set: Foundation56 donates $60,000 for breast Cancer


set: VALLEJO, Calif. Vallejo is set to become the largest California city to declare bankruptcy after leaders voted in favor of it to solve the San Francisco Bay Area suburb's spiraling budget crisis.

set: Vallejo set to become the largest Calif. city to declare bankruptcy


set: A Bideford man was airlifted to hospital this morning after his van was involved in a collision with a lorry at Putford near Holsworthy.


set: The rand held steady against the dollar early on Wednesday, and may find more support in the session as protesting miners return to work and calm investor fears about a flare up of violence in South African mines.

set: Rand finds support as miners return to work


set: Rajasthan Police has summoned sociologist Ashis Nandy for questioning in connection with the controversial remark he made against the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes at the Jaipur Literature Festival on Saturday.

set: Rajasthan Police summons Ashis Nandy for questioning


set: Kylie Minogue worked with music producers Stock Aitken and Waterman for five years and established an enviable record of chart hits which began with the single 'I should be so lucky'.


set: Year-on year inflation for May 2012 rose marginally to 9.3 percent as compared to 9.1 percent recorded in April 2012.


set: ``A Parliamentary democracy like India needs an elected Prime Minister'', said Sangma with an obvious reference to Dr. Manmohan Singh, who is a member of Rajya Sabha and never got elected to Lok Sabha.

set: India need an elected Prime Minister, says PA Sangma


set: CIBC raised its rating on Thomson Reuters Corp to ``sector outperformer'' from ``sector performer,'' saying it sees signs of a more concrete recovery for the news and data provider.

set: Cibc raises Thomson Reuters to sector outperformer


set: Anne Arundel County Executive John R. Leopold, one of the state's highest-ranking elected Republicans and a fixture for nearly three decades in power circles in the state capital, was indicted Friday on multiple counts of official misconduct in the alleged use of county police officers for personal and political gain.

set: Anne Arundel county executive John Leopold indicted


set: Myanmar and Egypt will cooperate in education, technology and culture under an agreement between the two countries, official newspaper the New Light of Myanmar reported Saturday.

set: Myanmar, Egypt to cooperate in education, technology


set: The USDA has recalled 143 million pounds of frozen beef from a California slaughterhouse.


set: Online CFD trading resource IndependentInvestor.co.uk is urging CFD traders to strive for consistency in everything they do, suggesting that those that are more consistent in their trading are more likely to grind an aggregate profit if they do the right things and avoid the pitfalls and dangers of trading financial markets.

set: IndependentInvestor.co.uk urges CFD traders to strive for consistency


set: A standoff ends in a suicide after police respond to a domestic disturbance call.


set: HSBC Holdings Plc, Europe's biggest lender, was sued for $9 billion over claims it aided Bernard Madoff's fraud through a network of feeder funds in Europe, the Caribbean and Central America.


set: Pop trio the Jonas Brothers have forgiven comedian Russell Brand for mocking their sexual morals during Sunday night's MTV Video Music Awards.


set: The Spring Board is seeking new members who will work toward the group's goal of increasing young people's community involvement in the Roaring Fork Valley.


set: ``While we are taking every care from our side not to indulge in violation of ceasefire, Pakistan should also act responsibly in this regard and help maintain truce along the borders,'' Omar said while interacting with locals and BSF personnel along the Indo-Pak border in RS Pura sector of Jammu district.

set: Pak should help maintain truce along borders:


set: C&K Components, a leading international supplier of tact switches, toggle, rocker and pushbutton switches, and smart card interconnect devices, offers a magnetic detect switch designed specifically for use in telecom and enclosure applications.

set: C&K's magnetic detect switches designed for use in telecom and enclosure applications


set: The last giraffe in Surabaya zoo, Kliwon, died on Thursday evening due to unknown causes.


set: ANDREW Strauss has stepped down as England cricket captain and also retired from professional cricket, the England and Wales Cricket Board announced today.

set: Andrew Strauss steps down as England cricket captain


set: President Bush has vetoed the $300 billion farm bill, calling it a tax increase on regular Americans at a time of high food prices but record farm profits.


set: MALE medics will be banned from labour theatres in all of Bahrain's maternity hospitals under controversial legislation approved by MPs yesterday.


set: Provincial Minister Mir Sadiq Umrani said on Wednesday that Gwader project will bring prosperity to the region as its people will get a source of income.

set: Gwadar project to bring prosperity to region:


set: Kid Rock has pleaded not guilty to a charge of battery, relating back to a fight in 2007 in a Waffle House.


set: Mumbai :9XM, India's ultimate Bollywood music destination, continues to rule the music channel genre in India with highest GRPs across all key segments.

set: 9XM continues to rule the Music channel genre


set: A Manhattan jury has awarded the former Pace University student $9 million for medical bills, loss of earnings, and pain and suffering as a result of injuries she sustained in a 2004 accident in Pleasantville, injuries that her left her debilitated by obsessive-compulsive disorder and unable to work.

set: Manhattan jury awards former Pace student $9 million for injuries sustained in 2004 accident


set: Carly Fiorina, the former CEO of HP and a prominent supporter of the US Republican Party, had surgery for breast cancer on Monday.


set: Planners are being asked to take part in research on the impact of shared street space on older people's lives.


set: An early morning house fire sent an Upstate woman to the hospital.


set: Kids could be banned from using sunbeds in England and Scotland because of fears they can be bad for your skin.


set: Celtic manager Neil Lennon has suggested that he does not believe tomorrow's Old Firm match with Rangers will be decisive in the race for the SPL title.

set: Neil Lennon does not believe Old Firm match will be decisive


set: In the month of March, McHenry County ranked third highest in foreclosure of counties in Illinois, according to a story in the Northwest Herald.

set: McHenry County ranked third highest in foreclosures


set: FORMER champion Robert Allenby led an impressive Australian assault by posting a four-under-par 67 to share the lead after the opening round of the US PGA Tour's Northern Trust Open in Los Angeles.


set: Sports Anchor/Reporter UTEP closes out the 2010-11 regular season at SMU on Saturday at 1 pm MT.

set: UTEP closes out regular season at SMU Saturday


set: Hyderabad, Dec 22 The oil & gas regulator PNGRB today said it favours lower tax slab for natural gas to encourage its consumption in the country.

set: Regulator favours lower tax slab for natural gas


set: A private funeral service has been scheduled for a US Army soldier from Oklahoma who was killed in Afghanistan.

set: Private services scheduled for soldier from Oklahoma killed in Afghanistan


set: INNSBRUCK, Austria Swiss skier Daniel Albrecht will suffer no permanent damage to his health from brain and lung injuries following his downhill training crash last month, doctors said Friday.

set: Albrecht suffers no permanent damage after crash


set: What was once considered to be a possible kidnapping turns out to be one big misunderstanding.

set: Kidnapping turns out to be one big misunderstanding


set: FROZEN food manufacturer Birds Eye has temporarily withdrawn three beef ready meals from the UK market after its chilli con carne meal sold in Belgium was found to contain 2% horse DNA.

set: Birds Eye withdraws three beef ready meals


set: Padraig Harrington is leading a strong Irish field at the Welsh Open at Celtic Manor today.

set: Harrington leads Irish field at Welsh Open


set: Former Sycamore resident Jack McCullough was sentenced to life in prison Monday for the 1957 murder of Maria Ridulph, an end to one of the oldest unsolved murders in American history.

set: Jack McCullough sentenced to life in 1957 murder


set: Friendsville High School will hold its alumni banquet April 24 at the Friendsville Elementary School cafeteria.

set: Friendsville High to hold alumni banquet


set: Undergraduates should discharge their responsibility as students of knowledge at institutions of higher learning before engaging in politics.

set: Undergraduates should discharge responsibility before engaging in politics


set: To lead into her upcoming album, Taylor Swift released her latest single, a track called ``Red.''

set: Taylor Swift releases latest single ``Red''


set: A rapist and a murderer have been married in a Belgian cell on Wednesday, officials said, saying it is a human right to get married.

set: Rapist and murderer marry in Belgian cell


set: Nine markets are to be renovated under Phase One of an island-wide market beautification programme spearheaded by the Department of Local Government.


set: France moved Wednesday to clamp down on Internet piracy with a bill that would set up a new agency to track down cybersurfers who illegally download music, videos and movies from the web.


set: Toyota Motor is to halt production at its Japanese plants for 11 days in February and March to reduce its stock of unsold vehicles.


set: AMBULANCE bosses failed to keep a promise to allow paramedics more flexibility over where to take patients for treatment, Tim Farron has claimed.

set: Ambulance bosses 'failed to keep promise' claim


set: A second child may have survived the Comoros jet crash and a hospital on the main island in the Indian Ocean archipelago was put on alert Wednesday to treat the victim, doctors said, cited by AFP.

set: Second child may have survived crash: doctors


set: Bradford & Bingley has reportedly raised its mortgage rates for new deals by between 0.05 per cent and 0.55 per cent.

set: Bradford & Bingley raises mortgage rates


set: ``I do not have a sex tape of Lauren Conrad and one does not exist,'' Wahler said in a statement.

set: Jason Wahler denies having sex tape of Lauren Conrad


set: DC Virgo Middle School in Wilmington is one step closer to becoming a charter school.

set: Dc Virgo one step closer to becoming a charter School


set: Shimla, June 30 The monsoon reached Himachal Pradesh Tuesday and the state experienced showers throughout the day, leading to a drop in temperature.


set: Omaha firefighters battled a house fire in the Fairacres neighborhood in Dundee Monday night.

set: Firefighters battle house fire in Dundee


set: Kazakhstan may double oil supplies to Slovakia , this was announced by Kazakh leader Nursultan Nazarbayev at a news conference in Ak Orda after a meeting with Slovak president Ivan Gasparovic.

set: Kazakhstan may double oil supplies to Slovakia.


set: Rumors were circulating this week that Cisco was eyeing Acme Packet as a potential acquisition and it goosed Acme Packet's stock.


set: Parkland was the big winner with a total of six Freddy Awards, including the award for best musical for ``Phantom of the Opera'' and the best actor award for William Marshall, who played the title role, in the awards ceremony Thursday at Easton's State Theatre.

set: Parkland is the big winner at Freddy awards


set: SWT announced it has reached its �100,000 target to enable it to buy Knettishall Heath.


set: West Coast coach John Worsfold has ruled out making drastic changes to his AFL playing squad in the wake of Saturday night's 135-point flogging by Geelong.


set: A business owner pleaded guilty to running a prostitution ring out of her Somerton massage parlor.

set: Business owner pleads guilty to running a prostitution ring


set: Swansea City will reopen contract talks with highly-rated winger Scott Sinclair in the next few weeks, according to chairman Huw Jenkins.

set: Swansea to reopen contract talks with Scott Sinclair


set: 17-07-09, 7:05, - Ukrainian developer TMM intends to invest USD 25 mln in construction of 20,000 sq. m of residential space in 2010, Mykola Tolmachov, General Director said, quoted by Ukrainian News.


set: In a blog post Stuart Parmenter, Director of Mobile at Mozilla writes ``To help bring in the New Year, Mozilla has released the first release candidate of Firefox for Maemo.''

set: Mozilla releases first release candidate for Nokia Maemo


set: ROBINHO, Manchester City's unsettled Brazilian forward, is to join his first club Santos on a six-month loan, the English Premier League side confirmed today.