set: The man accused of leading police on a chase, then crashing his car into a metro police cruiser faced a judge Thursday morning.

set: Man accused of leading police on chase then crashing into cruiser faces judge


set: The Thai government on Sunday will impose a curfew in parts of Bangkok after three days of fighting that has killed 24 people and spiraled into chaotic urban warfare, with both sides calling for reinforcements.


set: ST. LOUIS Ã¢â‚¬â€ The St. Louis Blues have signed 34-year-old Dave Scatchard, adding some depth at forward.


set: No dynamite was found Wednesday in a shed behind a home, and residents who were previously evacuated were returning to their homes.


set: While I am aware that most golfers know how to behave on the golf course, I would still like to take time now to offer some common sense tips for beginners who may just be taking up the game like the two media representatives I met on a recent trip to Colorado.


set: Tube City IMS, a service provider to steel mills and foundries throughout the world, announced that it has opened its first representative trading office in Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam.


set: Cleveland ace Cliff Lee was scratched from his scheduled start in Sunday's regular-season finale against the Chicago White Sox because of a stiff neck.

set: Cy young favourite Cliff Lee scratched from finale against White Sox


set: Roger Federer lost the US Open in a dramatic five set game against underdog Juan Martin Del Potro.

set: Federer loses US Open in a dramatic game


set: Four soldiers who were killed in a vehicle crash in southern Afghanistan, only days after Britain passed the grim milestone of 300 deaths, will be named on Friday.

set: Soldiers killed in Afghanistan to be named


set: When a respected independent consumer electronics firm like PCMag calls the Samsung Galaxy S II Unlocked version the, and I quote exactly here, ``the finest Android smartphone available today'' my ears perk up, my multimedia needs kick into overdrive, and I start begging for a test drive.

set: PCMag calls Samsung Galaxy S II (unlocked) the finest Android smartphone available today


set: Today in America with Terry Bradshaw is excited to announce March air dates for Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada.

set: Today in America with Terry Bradshaw airs in Thunder Bay, Ontario Canada


set: The first couple had their first date this weekend since Barack and Michelle Obama took up residence at the White House.


set: BHP Billiton, the world's biggest miner, has launched a hostile $39bn bid for Potash Corp after the Canadian fertiliser group's board rejected the world's largest takeover offer this year.

set: BHP Billiton launches hostile bid for Potash


set: George Clooney has admitted that he has made ``'dumb'' choices in his career and is not proud of all his work.


set: The B samples of six Indian wrestlers, charged with doping, have also tested positive and they now face the anti-doping disciplinary panel for a hearing.

set: B samples of six wrestlers also test positive


set: Birmingham police detectives are investigating an overnight homicide on Tuesday morning.


set: US forces shot down an Iranian drone aircraft that ventured inside Iraq last month, US and Iraqi officials said on Monday.

set: US forces shoot down Iranian drone over Iraq


set: European data centre operator Interxion has opened data centres in Paris and London.

set: Interxion opens data centres in Paris, London


set: Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to bat first against Deccan Chargers in the first match of the Indian Premier League on Sunday.

set: Kolkata Knight Riders win toss, to bat first


set: Chinese action star Jet Li has taken up Singapore citizenship and bought a property in the city state worth nearly 20 million Singapore dollars, according to a report yesterday.


set: University students want the popular Kedai Rakyat 1 Malaysia to be set up in campuses nationwide.

set: Students want Kedai Rakyat 1Malaysia in campuses


set: Tom Cruise is reportedly in danger of going broke if he doesn't control his wild spending, it has been claimed.


set: US consumer spending picked up in January, after six months of decline, while personal saving jumped as Americans hunkered down in a deepening recession, government data showed on Monday.


set: North Korean leader Kim Jong Il apparently arrived in Beijing aboard a special train Wednesday for talks with Chinese leaders.

set: Kim Jong Il arrives in Beijing for talks with China leaders


set: Scots are wasting thousands of pounds on ``useless and expensive'' insurance, according to consumer group Which?.

set: Scots waste thousands on ``useless'' insurance


set: Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan left on Friday for Brussels, Belgium to hold a series of talks.

set: Foreign Minister Babacan leaves for Brussels


set: The government has been accused of ``promoting privatisation'' of the NHS after a surprise announcement of sell-off plans for an agency which provides thousands of nurses and other health workers to hospitals across the country.

set: Government accused of 'promoting privatisation' of NHS


set: Clutha District Council advises that many high country roads around Tuapeka Flat, Mitchells Flat and Mahinerangi currently remain impassable due to large snow drifts in these areas.


set: Titanic bandmaster letter fetches $138k Updated: 08:50, Tuesday April 23, 2013 A letter written by the bandmaster of the Titanic who carried on playing as the doomed ship sank has sold at auction for STG93,000.


set: Four northcentral Montana tribal colleges each will receive a $220,000 grant from the United States Department of Agriculture's Rural Development Tribal College Grant program.


set: so we're actually a little bit disappointed to find out that Jennifer Garner isn't pregnant again.


set: A huge fire erupted Thursday at an aluminum factory in the southern town of Ghaziyyeh, the National News Agency reported.

set: Fire erupts in aluminum factory in southern town


set: Washington Redskins wide receiver Josh Morgan had surgery on his lower right leg on Friday.

set: Redskins receiver Josh Morgan has surgery on right leg


set: Florida police said they used a Taser to stop an 18-year-old nude jogger who repeatedly refused to halt.


set: Kerala Assembly Speaker G. Karthikeyan on Monday said that Subject Committees of Parliament and Legislatures had an important role in a democratic system because it ensured good governance and accountability of the Executive.

set: ``Subject committees have important role in ensuring good governance''


set: The Office of Communications, or Ofcom, Friday said it has Friday launched a review into the UK's TV advertising trading market.

set: Ofcom launches review of TV advertising trading market


set: But documents just released to 12 News show that the same dispatcher has continued to sleep on the job, and continues to be employed.

set: Dispatcher continues to sleep on the job


set: Canadian mobile operator Telus has launched LTE services.


set: Dowtin makes the second transfer out of the program so far this offseason, joining linebacker Nick Williams.


set: No. 11/12 Rutgers women's basketball was unable to overcome its 22 turnovers and .308 percent shooting from the floor, falling 54-36 to No. 20/18 Georgetown on Sunday at McDonough Arena.

set: No. 11/12 Rutgers women's basketball falls to No. 20/18 Georgetown


set: Nicolas Cage was arrested earlier this morning in New Orleans for alleged domestic abuse, reports Perez Hilton.

set: Nicolas Cage arrested for domestic abuse


set: Rep. Steve King is hitting back against American Crossroads President Steven Law in a new fundraising e-mail, declaring: ``Nobody can bully me out of running for Senate.''

set: Steve King: 'Nobody can bully me out of running for Senate'


set: Mumbai, May 05 The US Dollar ended sharply dearer against the Rupee at Rs 44.93/94 per dollar and the Pound Sterling also finished higher at Rs 67.97/99 per pound at the close of the Interbank Foreign Exchange Market here today.

set: US Dollar ends sharply dearer against Rupee


set: A spate of garden shed burglaries has prompted police in Barnsley to increase their patrols in the Dearne area of the South Yorkshire town.

set: Garden shed burglaries prompt increase in police patrols


set: Spark Capital, a Boston venture capital firm, has officially launched Start@Spark, a seed funding program designed to stimulate innovation and entrepreneurship.


set: A quake measuring 5.4 on the Richter scale shook central Venezuela yesterday and caused panic, but no damage to people or property.


set: Federal immigration authorities have raided the Pilgrim's Pride poultry plant in rural north Florida in a nationwide operation.

set: Us raids Pilgrim's Pride poultry plant in north Fla.


set: The voters' message is getting through, not only in settling the fights for the Republican and Democratic nominations but in changing the mind-set of Washington.


set: In an attempt to felicitate master blaster Sachin Tendulkar, the Odisha Cricket Association will name its newly-consturcted indoor hall after Sachin Tendulkar to dedicate it to the maestro's 100th international century.

set: Odisha Cricket Association names Indoor Hall after Sachin Tendulkar


set: Two Hungarian journalists were fired for participating in an ongoing hunger strike that protested the government's involvement in the media.

set: Two Hungarian journalists fired over hunger strike


set: LADY GaGa admits her dad thought she was ``mentally unstable'' when he first watched his daughter perform live.

set: Lady GaGa: 'my dad thought I was mentally unstable'


set: A flea market will return to Marin City more than a decade after the longtime weekend tradition disappeared from the region.


set: Turkmenistan has announced a carpet contest on the occasion of Day of Turkmen Carpet.


set: Death row inmate Troy Anthony Davis arrived at the federal courthouse in Savannah just after 7 am Wednesday.

set: Troy Davis arrives at federal courthouse in Savannah


set: Iran's foreign minister said on Thursday that Tehran was ``prepared for the worst'' and warned the United States against putting itself on ``collision course'' with his country.


set: Michelin reports 7.5% rise in profits Updated: 20:30, Tuesday February 12, 2013 Tyre maker Michelin says its profits rose 7.5 per cent last year despite a struggling car market in Europe.


set: State Rep. Tim Briggs, D-Montgomery, will hold his third annual Senior Expo this Friday for seniors from his district in Lower Merion, Upper Merion, Bridgeport and West Conshohocken.


set: Rescuers have found 29 bodies after a passenger ferry sank in rough waters off the Indonesian island of Sumatra yesterday.

set: Rescuers find 29 bodies after ferry sinks


set: NORD has won a legal case over a proposed development on the Shuswap River in Mara.


set: The United States has less than 5 percent of the world's population but it has almost a quarter of the world's prisoners.

set: United States has a quarter of the world's prisoners;


set: Washington, Mar 12 Cancers could be ``living fossils'' with a genetic code laid down 600 million years ago, a new study has claimed.


set: Air New Zealand has admitted it flew shark fin air cargo to Asia but says it has suspended the practice.


set: Serbian forward Danijel Ljuboja, seen here in April 2010 and who currently plays for French second division club Grenoble, has agreed to join Nice, the Ligue 1 side announced on Monday.


set: US authorities say former Liberian leader Charles Taylor worked for its intelligence agencies, including the CIA, the Boston Globe reports.


set: Cuban and Qualcomm are delivering an augmented reality experience to this year's NBA playoff tickets for the Dallas Mavs.

set: Qualcomm to deliver augmented reality experience to NBA playoff tickets


set: Nobel prize winning Russian novelist Alexander Solzhenitsyn, who was forced into exile for writings strongly critical of the Soviet government, has died.

set: Nobel prize winning writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn dies


set: A fugitive murderer spent 16 years hiding in caves around his home village in northern Portugal before he was recaptured looking 'like Robinson Crusoe,' police said Thursday.

set: Murderer spends 16 years hiding in caves


set: On his weekly radio show, Rick Pitino gave updates on the sophomore duo of Wayne Blackshear and Kevin ware, both of whom missed Monday night's win over Pittsburgh.

set: Rick Pitino gives update on Wayne Blackshear, Kevin Ware


set: Over the last 12 months, Firmex has signed up more than 200 legal and financial advisory firms to its unlimited virtual data room service.

set: Firmex signs up over 200 legal and financial advisory firms


set: Platinex Inc., a Canadian exploration company, announced today that it has issued 41,667 common shares as payment for services at a deemed value of $0.10 per share.


set: Attorney General Eric Holder has tightened his grip on our intelligence agencies, requiring them to get Justice Department permission to release classified information to the House and Senate Intelligence Committees, according to Senate sources.

set: Holder tightens grip on intelligence agencies


set: BEIJING Maria Valentina Vezzali of Italy won the gold medal in women's foil Monday, her third straight Olympic gold in the event.

set: Vezzali wins another gold in women's foil


set: At least one home was hit by gunfire in two cases of shots being fired roughly 15 hours apart Wednesday near the intersection of Armstrong Drive and Armstrong Court, Ypsilanti police said.

set: Home hit by gunfire in Ypsilanti, police say


set: Space shuttle Endeavour is closing in on the international space station following a two-day chase.Before docking at the space station Friday afternoon, Endeavour will perform a backflip so the station crew can photograph its entire surface.

set: Space shuttle Endeavour closes in on space station


set: Whirlpool Corporation kicks off today its year-long 100th anniversary celebration with a series of events - including the ringing of the New York Stock Exchange's Closing Bell - designed to remember its heritage, reinforce its core values, recognize employees, and reinforce its potential for growth.

set: Whirlpool Corporation kicks off 100th anniversary celebration


set: Pakistan must do more to tackle terrorism, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Thursday, a day after British police arrested 11 Pakistani men in what Brown called a major terrorism plot.


set: Caterpillar Inc., the world's biggest heavy machinery maker, has sold a part of its Bucyrus distribution and support business to one of its Australian dealers for $400 million.

set: Caterpillar to sell part of Bucyrus distribution business


set: Valerie Bertinelli has revealed that Christina Aguilera was ``mean'' to her when the two met briefly in 2004.


set: The Toronto-born Richardson died on Friday at London, Ont.'s University Hospital.


set: Why Calkins believes the Blazers will beat the Lakers: ``Given the Lakers' struggles at the Rose Garden, I'm sticking with Portland.


set: Pakistan on Monday ruled out a war with India over the Mumbai terror attack, even as a leading columnist said it was yet to respond to the Indian evidence linking Pakistanis to the mass slaughter.


set: PAKISTAN's ruling coalition tightened the screw on President Pervez Musharraf yesterday, saying that it had readied impeachment charges against him and was giving him two days to stand down.


set: Atlantis landed Sunday morning in California, ending a successful 13-day mission to fix the Hubble Space Telescope.


set: Continental Airlines has announced that it will reduce capacity from its hubs starting in September 2008, resulting in an 11% decline of domestic mainline capacity in the fourth quarter of 2008, compared to the same period of 2007.

set: Continental Airlines to reduce capacity from hubs


set: A 28-year-old man is accused of trying to lure teenage girls into his car while masturbating near Spokane Valley schools.


set: But could reusable bags actually be more harm than good?


set: A 55-year-old man from Lakewood died along the Longs Peak trail in Rocky Mountain National Park Saturday, Jan. 10.

set: Man dies on Longs Peak trail in Rocky Mountain National Park


set: Doris Sams, who pitched a perfect game and set a single-season home run record in the women's professional baseball world of the 1940s and 50s that inspired the movie ``A League of Their Own,'' died Thursday in Knoxville, Tenn. She was 85.

set: Doris Sams, pro baseball star, dies at 85


set: The House That Made Me was a refreshing if poignant antidote to the outbreak of manufactured festivities assaulting us at every turn.


set: A Hampton man pleaded guilty Tuesday in the death of a 22-year-old Air Force airman killed last year.

set: Hampton man pleads guilty in death of Air Force airman


set: North Korea wants the US to show remorse for the actions of two American journalists convicted of illegally entering the country, and it might free the women if Washington does so, a scholar who visited Pyongyang said yesterday.


set: Heather Graham, actress who recently made a biased Healthcare PSA, is become a witch and is casting ``positive'' spells on Barack Obama.

set: Heather Graham casts spells on Barack Obama


set: Monaco held on to claim a point against Toulouse, who as a result lost their place at the top of Ligue 1, thanks to some fine goalkeeping from Stephane Ruffier.


set: Singer Leona Lewis was slapped by a man at a book signing session at a London store.


set: Financial markets ``are braced'' for big interest rate cuts across Europe today, as global economies slow sharply, reported the Financial Times.


set: A heating unit caught fire at an apartment complex on the South Side Tuesday morning.

set: Heating unit catches fire at apartment complex


set: A hostage drama ended peacefully on Tuesday after the gunman who briefly captured the principal at a high school in New York state surrendered following police negotiations, a local official said.


set: Late Sunday, Cyprus reached a deal with the Troika of creditors made up of the EU, the ECB and the IMF.


set: February's monthly average ovitrap index rose slightly to 0.2% from 0% in January, the Food & Environmental Hygiene Department announced today.


set: New Delhi, India will ratify the UN convention against corruption while considering other measures, including abolition of ministers' discretionary powers, to tackle this insidious problem, President Pratibha Patil told parliament here Monday.

set: India will ratify UN convention against corruption, Patil


set: CBNNews.com - ROCHESTER, Minn. - Al Franken won a resounding endorsement for the US Senate on Saturday from Minnesota Democrats, quickly dispatching with concerns about jokes that offended some and promising a tough challenge to Republican Sen. Norm Coleman.


set: Japanese stocks rose for the first time in four days after a report showed US demand for capital goods increased more than forecast, easing concern the economic recovery is faltering.

set: Japanese stocks rise for first time in four days;


set: A team of scientists at the University of Utah have invented a liquid condom that can protect against HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases.


set: Gears, Google's project to make Web browsers a better foundation for elaborate online applications, now supports Firefox 3, the company plans to announce soon.


set: A wheelchair-bound Winnipeg Beach man who made international headlines after being viciously assaulted in Australia in March has pleaded guilty to a charge of dangerous driving in connection with an apparent road-rage incident from last November.

set: Winnipeg Beach man pleads guilty to dangerous driving


set: The National Hurricane Center says Hurricane Norbert has strengthened to a Category 3 storm in the Pacific Ocean.

set: Hurricane Norbert strengthens to Category 3 storm in Pacific


set: Borders Group Inc. says it will close 200 Waldenbooks stores and cut 1,500 jobs in January to make the chain smaller and more profitable.

set: Borders to close 200 Waldenbooks stores, cut jobs


set: THE Australian share market has closed slightly higher as investors digested economic data from the United States and China.


set: A medical helicopter carrying a 1-year-old patient crashed and burned in a suburban Chicago forest preserve overnight, killing all four aboard.

set: Medical helicopter crashes, killing all four aboard


set: Linda Cardellini and boyfriend Steven Rodriguez have announced that they are expecting their first child together.

set: Linda Cardellini and boyfriend Steven Rodriguez expecting first child


set: Robert Englund is back as another monster.


set: Assault charges were dropped against Houston Rockets guard Rafer Alston, who was accused of a slashing a man with a knife in a nightclub.

set: Assault charges dropped against Rockets' guard Rafer Alston


set: Kanye West is still apologizing for Swiftgate.


set: Wisconsin lost an estimated 11,700 private sector jobs in June and the unemployment rate rose to 7 percent, the state Department of Workforce Development reported Thursday.

set: Wisconsin loses jobs in June, unemployment rises


set: Congress leader Digvijay Singh on Thursday faced the wrath of BJP workers protesting against price hike while he was waiting to board Rajdhani Express for New Delhi at Mugalsarai railway station.

set: Digvijay Singh faces wrath of BJP workers


set: Britain's Duchess Catherine is to sleep on the streets to highlight a homeless problem in London.

set: Duchess Catherine to sleep on the streets


set: A major study in the Journal of the American Medical Association involving 400,000 participants shows that higher blood levels of vitamin B6 and the amino acid methionine reduce the risk for lung cancer, even in smokers or former smokers.

set: Higher levels of vitamin B6 reduce the risk for lung cancer


set: TSYS ® and NetSpend have entered into a definitive agreement pursuant to which TSYS will acquire NetSpend in an all cash transaction valued at approximately $1.4 billion.


set: Two Canton men who are reportedly cousins were both arrested by local police for disorderly conduct early Saturday, Nov. 8, at Outskirts Bar and Grille, 725 Old W. Locust St.

set: Two Canton men arrested for disorderly conduct


set: Asian stock markets are mostly trading higher on Wednesday with investors indulging in some brisk buying amid expectations of some solution to the eurozone economic crisis.


set: Authorities say a pilot flying solo escaped injury when a small plane crashed in Elbert County southeast of Denver.

set: Pilot escapes injury in small plane crash near Denver


set: The YMCA of Salem County will be hosting two free financial literacy workshops to help Salem County residents improve their personal finances.

set: YMCA of Salem County to host free financial literacy workshops


set: The country's 117 rivers have nearly died often due to aggression by the land grabbers while another 56 rivers are at risk, environmentalists' survey claimed Friday.


set: Actress Gemma Arterton has revealed she punched a homeless man in the face after he squeezed her bum.

set: Gemma Arterton punched homeless man who squeezed her bum


set: Barrick Gold Corp. was upgraded to ``buy'' from ``hold'' by Blackmont Capital's Richard Gray after the company reported solid first-quarter results this week.


set: Swiss Re, the world's second-largest reinsurer, plans a $100 million catastrophe bond to cover business ceded to it by property-casualty insurer Ace Limited, investors said on Wednesday.

set: Swiss Re plans $100 mln catastrophe bond-investors


set: CONON Bridge post office will temporarily close on March 25 following the resignation of its postmistress.


set: PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif said that eight years of hard work were lost when former president Gen Pervez Musharraf was given the guard of honour, adding that Musharraf distributed money among the PML-Q, according to a private TV channel on Saturday.


set: A Stradivarius cello housed at the Spanish royal palace has been broken in an accident.


set: Mother of the Simpson clan, Marge Simpson will pose nude for the November issue of Playboy.


set: POSCO is bracing itself for new carbon dioxide emissions laws, and is looking at new technology including the FINEX system.


set: Sen. John Thune, a member of the Senate Budget Committee, today plans to reintroduce the budget reform bill.

set: Thune plans to reintroduce budget reform bill


set: DOMESTIC interest rates are likely to go down and banks may be forced to lend aggressively to private borrowers following the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas' move to cut the reserve requirement by two percentage points, bankers said.


set: THREE candidates have put their names forward to contest the Monifieth and Sidlaw seat on Angus Council left vacant by the recent death of Councillor Frank Ellis.

set: Three candidates contest Monifieth and Sidlaw


set: German engineering company Bosch said it is abandoning its solar energy business, because there is no way to make it economically viable amid overcapacity and huge price pressure in the industry.


set: AWARD award-winning actress Carol Burns will head to Toowoomba to direct the hilarious Australian play, The Female of the Species, The Empire Theatre announced today.


set: Centre-back Djourou was ruled out for the rest of the season by boss Arsene Wenger after suffering the injury in Saturday's FA Cup quarter-final defeat at Manchester United.

set: Johan Djourou was ruled out for the rest of the season by boss Arsene Wenger


set: Leaders of the Commonwealth countries will be asked to decriminalise homosexuality in their countries according to reports.

set: Commonwealth countries to be asked to decriminalise homosexuality


set: The RegioStars 2012 awards, recognising the most innovative regional development projects co-financed by the EU Structural Funds, were presented in Brussels, on 14 June.


set: Netflix has posted a list of the fastest American ISPs today, giving some of the most accurate data for sustained transfers, ever.

set: Netflix posts list of fastest American ISPs


set: Minister of Defense of Ukraine Yuriy Ekhanurov confirmed that Faina ship captured by pirates was carrying 33 T-72 tanks and other ammunition sold by Ukraine, UNIAN news agency reported minister as saying.

set: Faina ship captured by pirates was carrying tanks and other ammunition sold by Ukraine:


set: Lancashire police are urging mobile phone owners to ignore a five-year-old 'urban myth' crime prevention text message that has been forwarded around the world.

set: Police urge phone owners to ignore 'urban myth' text message


set: Robert Griffin III told reporters he cried after realizing he had ACL surgery on his right knee.

set: Rgiii cried after realizing he had ACL surgery


set: ``The Indian market is likely to open positive on the back of positive global cues. The Sensex has supports at 17,730 and 17,640 and resistances at 17,890 and 18,000. The Nifty has supports at 5,300 and 5,280 and resistances at 5,350 and 5,380,`` said stock broker ICICI Securities while commenting on the market outlook.

set: Sensex has supports at 17,730 and 17,640:


set: Florida coach Urban Meyer has been released from a local hospital after being treated for dehydration.


set: Model Amber Rose, who got engaged to rapper Wiz Khalifa last month, says she is obsessed with her wedding plans.


set: Imax Corporation, DreamWorks Pictures and Paramount Pictures announced that director Michael Bay will shoot key sequences of Transformers:


set: Big businesses and banks currently have enough extra cash lying around to create 19 million jobs between 2012 and 2014 and thus bring unemployment in this country back down to its normal rate of 5%, according to a new report from economists at the University of Massachusetts' Political Economy Research Institute.

set: Big businesses have enough extra cash to create 19 million jobs


set: Police say an arrest has been made in the 2005 murder of a 22-year-old Holland man outside a Grand Rapids nightclub.

set: Arrest made in 2005 murder of Holland man


set: OCP has learned that EVGA is recalling their GeForce GTX 670 SuperClocked video cards due to some bad products that managed to get out the door.

set: EVGA recalls GeForce GTX 670 SuperClocked video cards


set: Pueblo Community College has received a $400,000 grant for weatherization certificate programs from the US Department of Energy.

set: Pueblo Community College receives $400,000 grant


set: Sir Richard Branson has vowed to rebuild his beloved Great House on Necker Island after it burned down earlier this week as a result of the tropical storm.

set: Sir Richard Branson vows to rebuild Necker Island


set: A Cat Power fan has been told she is being turfed her out of her seat at Wellington Town Hall in an apparent show of concern for her concert-going experience.


set: Google Inc. agreed to submit to third-party privacy audits for the next 20 years to settle allegations it misused users' personal information.

set: Google agrees to privacy audits for 20 years


set: North Korea will ``pay a price'' for the nuclear and missile tests it has carried out in recent days, the US ambassador to the UN has said, according to BBC.


set: AFTER a slump lasting more than a year, the airline industry is starting to turn around, with revenue, passenger numbers and premium seat sales recovering, the latest figures from the International Air Transport Association show.

set: Airline industry starting to turn around:


set: A man died Saturday after being run over twice in a grisly road rage row in the Belgian port city of Antwerp, the Belga news agency said.

set: Man run over twice in grisly road rage row in belgium


set: An Auckland GP has been suspended and fined by the Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal after lying about his qualifications.

set: GP suspended for lying about qualifications


set: Sometimes we have hard questions for God, and sometimes He answers them in a hard way.


set: China seeks to stabilize its multi-tier capital market in an effort to protect the country's economy from the ongoing financial crisis.


set: US stock markets were flat Friday after the Department of Labor said consumer prices rose marginally in August.


set: Man charged with stabbing two people Updated: 09:05, Friday May 4, 2012 A man has been charged with stabbing his partner and a friend in a flat after a drinking session at a nearby pub in southwest Sydney.


set: ``I love the smell of nappies,'' said the Rocket Man singer, whose son with his partner David Furnish was born on Christmas Day via a surrogate.


set: A 46-year-old DMDK worker was killed by a six-member gang in Vallam village near Chengalpet in Kancheepuram district on Tuesday evening.

set: DMDK worker killed by gang near Chengalpet


set: The European Union will provide 1 million Euros to Armenia for the promotion of ``circular migration and reintegration'', Armenia Today says.

set: EU to provide 1 million Euros to Armenia


set: A 26-year-old man who was struck in the head with a rifle butt and knocked unconscious overnight is in a serious but stable condition at Waikato Hospital.

set: Man struck with rifle butt in serious, stable condition


set: The United States says it is troubled by the four-year prison sentence of a Tunisian journalist who covered violent protests over high unemployment in Tunisia's Gafsa mining region.

set: Us troubled by sentence of Tunisian journalist who covered violent protests


set: Italian Eros Capecchi won stage 18 of the Giro d'Italia on Thursday from a three-man break.


set: Just over a week ahead of Veteran's day, several local vets have been honored for their service.

set: Several local vets honored for their service


set: Kenyan Bishop Mourice Makumba recently visited Ta' Pinu sanctuary and celebrated Mass together with Fr Ġorġ Grima, founder of the missionary movement Ġesu fil-Proxxmu.


set: THE World Bank said on Tuesday more people are living in extreme poverty in developing countries than previously thought as it adjusted the recognised yardstick for measuring global poverty to US$1.25 a day from US$1.


set: While her recent song ``It's all about tonight'' from Preity Zinta's 'Ishkq in Paris' is already topping charts, Sophie readies to launch ``Hungama Ho Gaya'', a club song inspired by a popular old number with a music video unlike anything attempted before in the pop-club genre.

set: Sophie Choudry launches ``Hungama Ho Gaya''


set: Hundreds of people were stranded in cable cars near the top of Table Mountain after power cuts hit the landmark above Cape Town, illustrating the chronic energy shortages affecting Africa's strongest economy.


set: Toronto, Feb 19 Free radicals may have no role in ageing, as some organisms live longer, especially when their ability to rid themselves of such molecules is partially disabled.

set: Free radicals may have no role in ageing:


set: Jharkhand thrashed Rajasthan 11-0 in their opening league game of Pool C of the 3rd Hockey India Junior Women National Championship at Astroturf Hockey Stadium in Ranchi today.


set: Cougar Town star Busy Philipps said her daughter Birdie is a 'chatty Cathy' and is always saying funny things.

set: Busy Philipps said daughter Birdie is a `chatty Cathy`


set: An Australian teenager was charged today with breaking into the roof of a concert arena so he could throw eggs at Canadian pop sensation Justin Bieber.

set: Teenager charged after throwing eggs at Justin Bieber


set: The new year got off to a deadly start in the metro as police investigated the deaths of two women in separate incidents.


set: Kate AdamsWe all have a role in helping victims of crime have a more effective voice in the criminal justice system.


set: A Connecticut prosecutor has determined that a Monroe police officer used appropriate force in shooting an unarmed man to death during a drug raid at a home in Easton last year.


set: World-famous singer Shakira promises a grand show in Baku during closing of the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup and at her concert at Baku Crystall Hall, she wrote on her official Twitter page.


set: The Director of the Centre for Health Initiatives at UOW, Professor Sandra Jones, will discuss 'how everything you need to know about your health is on TV -- but most of it is wrong'.

set: Everything you need to know about your health is on TV -- but most of it is wrong!


set: NATO says Russia is welcome to join its military exercises next month in Georgia.

set: NATO says Russia can join exercise in Georgia


set: Hayley Tamaddon has confessed that she ``cried like a baby'' after winning Dancing On Ice.


set: First she was assaulted during a book signing and then this week she got stuck in an elevator.


set: ``Relations between Kyrgyzstan and China must be treasured,'' announced special envoy of Chinese President Chen Zhili on recent full-dress function dedicated to 20th anniversary of interstate relations between Kyrgyzstan and China People's Republic.

set: Relations between Kyrgyzstan and China must be treasured --


set: Local high schools girls search for the perfect prom dress during the annual Princess For A Night.

set: Local high school girls search for the perfect prom dress


set: Bond yields may have hit a soft spot and prices are likely to stay positive for a while.


set: A specialist group dealing with online financial transactions has recently claimed that many small businesses that do not have websites are missing out on a lot of revenue.

set: Small businesses without websites missing out on revenue


set: Brambles defended its core timber pallet business, saying it is still winning contracts despite a key customer Pepsi switching to a rival provider in the US.


set: Bangladesh will soon build a full fledged air force base at Cox's Bazar, near the Burmese border, to ensure the security of maritime boundaries and other military and civil establishments, according to an official report.

set: Bangladesh to build full-fledged air force base near Burma border


set: Leicester have lodged an official protest with tournament chiefs after their Heineken Cup exit was overshadowed by a 16th player blunder at the Liberty Stadium.


set: US President Barack Obama on Monday won Russian support for the war in Afghanistan with a breakthrough agreement allowing a dozen flights a day to transit US troops and weapons over Russian territory.

set: Obama wins Russian support on Afghanistan


set: Police in Bukoto a Kampala suburb have arrested over 30 suspected criminals who have been terrorizing residents in the area.


set: A Haitian judge has decided to release 10 US missionaries accused of kidnapping 33 children and trying to spirit them out of the earthquake-stricken country, it was reported on Wednesday.

set: Haiti judge will release missionaries accused of kidnapping children


set: Mr. Updike, a resident of Beverly Farms, Mass., died of lung cancer, according to a statement from his publisher, Alfred A. Knopf.


set: A man has been charged with murdering a prostitute who was found strangled in a flat in Kentish Town, Scotland Yard said.


set: A new research has suggested that ocean temperatures and associated sea level increases between 1961 and 2003 were 50 pc higher than earlier predictions.

set: Ocean temperatures and sea level increases 50 pc higher than earlier predictions


set: Defence Minister AK Antony on Thursday, May 20 said the government will thoroughly discuss the use of air power for fighting Maoists, and added that the decision would be binding on all, including the defence ministry.

set: Government to discuss use of air power against Maoists:


set: The Centre on Monday said it was considering a relief package for the poultry industry and farmers affected by the bird flu.

set: Centre considering relief package for poultry industry


set: Michel Vorm has withdrawn from the Holland squad to face Scotland and Macedonia because of a knee injury.The FC Utrecht goalkeeper was forced out of Sundau's game against FC Volendam at half-time and phoned Oranje coach Bert van Marwijk afterwards to tell him he was unavailable.


set: Investigators say a weekend brush fire that spread to 540 acres of woodlands in southern New Jersey was deliberately set.


set: Jenna told People magazine: ``Chan is the perfect co-star.


set: Authorities say a hot air balloon crashed in southern Indiana, injuring three people.


set: In the build-up to next week's policy conference, the ANC Head of policy Jeff Radebe told The New Age Business Briefing delegates on Friday that the ANC policy conference is a very important event not only for the ANC but all South Africans- poor and rich, rural and urban.


set: Ice Road Truckers, Season 4, Episode 9, aired on History Channel Sunday, which saw Lisa Kelly go into a ditch.

set: Ice Road Truckers, Season 4, Episode 9, sees Lisa Kelly in a ditch


set: NEW Zealand have made four changes to the starting XV from the side which defeated England last weekend for today' s Test against Scotland at Murrayfield.


set: The money drop game is now available to play online now at Bet365Games.com.


set: The swine flu death toll in Britain has leapt from 17 to 29 since Monday and could hit 65,000 this winter.

set: Swine flu deaths 'could hit 65,000 this winter'


set: However, two St. Charles teens have been arrested after impersonating police as they drove along Randall Road in South Elgin, according to the real police.


set: Godfather director Francis Ford Coppola has received a lifetime achievement Oscar, during a Los Angeles ceremony.

set: Francis Ford Coppola receives lifetime Oscar


set: But a new study shows Florida's voucher program saved the state nearly $40 million.

set: Vouchers saved the state nearly $40 million


set: Cass County administrator Plead guilty to DWI charge from Sept. 3 incident

set: Cass County administrator pleads guilty to DWI


set: A Canisteo woman faces animal cruelty charges after a police investigation revealed she was neglecting her dogs.

set: Canisteo woman facing animal cruelty charges


set: Back for the first time since 1958, Ms Lansbury - who arrived in Adelaide this week to perform in the comedy-drama Driving Miss Daisy - remembers a small boy who even then was very bright.

set: Actor Angela Lansbury in Adelaide to perform in Driving Miss Daisy


set: As JoeBucsFan notes, Quarles was arrested last nightfor DUI.


set: Eye-catching team chasers ``Bridleless not Brainless'' are raising money for breast cancer this season following the diagnosis of one of their team members.

set: Bridleless not Brainless to raise money for breast cancer


set: Miller Brewing Co. spent $325,000 in the second quarter to lobby the federal government on advertising, agriculture and other issues, according to a recent disclosure report.

set: Miller spent $325,000 in second quarter lobbying on advertising, agriculture, other issues


set: A fugitive former Wall Street broker, who fled after being charged in a securities-fraud case, has been captured in Spain, US authorities said yesterday.


set: A stunt plane crashed at the annual Vectren Dayton Air Show in Ohio on Saturday, killing both the pilot and the wing walker.


set: Whitbread, owner of the Premier Inns budget hotel chain and Costa Coffee shops, will unveil a large jump in its pension fund deficit when it reports full-year results next week.

set: Whitbread to unveil jump in pension deficit


set: Among 13 of the richest nations, Britain has the second lowest five-year bowel cancer survival rate at 51.6%, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development report said.


set: The search for a Lincoln man who went missing on May 13 will be suspended until Tuesday.


set: Chris Brown has been accused of assaulting a woman in a nightclub.


set: The Saints offered their first tender offers of the off-season to offensive tackle Jermon Bushrod and wide receiver Lance Moore, reports the Times-Pic. Both players were tendered at the second-round restricted free agent level, meaning any other team wanting to sign them would need to give the Saints a second round draft pick as compensation.

set: Saints offer tenders to Jermon Bushrod and Lance Moore


set: A Michigan man wanted on rape charges in his home state has been arrested by US Marshals in Tennessee after eluding police in Kentucky.


set: An Iranian asylum seeker has died after setting himself alight in central Amsterdam, police have said.

set: Iranian dies after setting himself alight in Amsterdam


set: UK alt-rock heroes Arctic Monkeys have returned with a new album.


set: Use of thiazolidinediones has been linked to bone fracture risk, after adjustment for age, according to the results of a UK database study reported in the September issue of PLoS Medicine.

set: Thiazolidinediones linked to bone fracture risk


set: -Lily Allen is reportedly planning to marry in 2011.


set: South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co. says it sued Apple Inc. for patent rights violations, only days after Apple sued Samsung for the same reason.


set: Dean Marney made one and scored one to help haul Hull into the automatic promotion places in the Coca-Cola Championship and halt Barnsley's recent renaissance with a 3-1 win.

set: Dean Marney made one and scored one to help haul Hull into...


set: Brett Myers strongly denied his involvement in any physical or verbal altercations early Saturday morning at an Irish pub in Jacksonville, Fla., where he lives.


set: NSW Premier Morris Iemma has resigned after failing to secure factional approval for a new cabinet line-up.


set: / Brett Davis, USA TODAY Sports by Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY Sports by Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY Sports Major League Baseball suspended umpire Fieldin Culbreth for two games and fined him an undisclosed amount after Culbreth's crew allowed the Houston Astros to make an illegal pitching change Thursday night, a rare public reprimand of an umpire.

set: MLB suspends umpire Fieldin Culbreth for two games


set: French engineering giant Technip has bought Scottish offshore wind subsea cable installer Subocean with an upfront investment of £10 million following Subocean going into administration last week.

set: Technip buys Scottish offshore wind subsea cable installer Subocean


set: Greek coast guard officials detained 92 illegal immigrants on Tuesday after crossing the Aegean in inflatable rafts from neighboring Turkey, report said.

set: Greek coast guard detains 92 illegal immigrants in Aegean


set: Uniontown police charged a man with murder after his gun discharged in his friend's apartment.

set: Police charge man whose gun discharged in friend's apartment


set: Diplomatic sources said Mr Yar'Adua has been incapable of communicating with people for the 29 out of the 31 days he has spent in hospital, mostly due to the debilitating effects of his illness.


set: States' seemingly balanced budgets are actually teetering atop unstable revenues, some experts say.

set: Balanced budgets teeter atop unstable revenues


set: A restaurant owner has claimed trial in the Sessions Court here for allegedly bribing a Tenaga Nasional Bhd officer so that no action would be taken against him for stealing electricity.


set: Food inflation has fallen to 8.06 per cent for week ended May 21.


set: President Barack Obama and his family attended Easter service Sunday at a Washington church founded in 1863 by freed slaves.


set: ``Harry Potter'' stars Emma Watson and Rupert Grint felt the pressure of millions of fans of the wizard boy series when they recently filmed a highly anticipated kiss between their characters Hermione and Ron.

set: ``Harry Potter'' stars felt pressure when kissing.


set: Former major-league outfielder Lenny Dykstra was released from a California prison after serving 6 1/2 months for bankruptcy fraud, multiple media outlets reported.


set: Hamid Karzai, the Afghan president, has admitted his office receives six figures sums in ``bags of money'' from Iran to help with ``expenses''.

set: Hamid Karzai admits office received 'bags of money' from Iran


set: Thaicom management will seek court protection for its assets following the recent unrest at its satellite ground station, which has been occupied by both troops and red-shirt protesters.

set: Thaicom seeks court protection for assets


set: Mary, who discussed her new life on Sunday's Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew Revisited, shares with In Touch, ``I didn't think I could make it, but I am in a better place.

set: Mary Carey: ``I didn't think that I would make it''


set: Alimera Sciences has resubmitted a new drug application for fluocinolone acetonide implants to address a complete response letter from the US Food and Drug Administration, the company announced in a press release.

set: Alimera Sciences resubmits new drug application


set: The Canadian dollar opened at 86.43 cents US this morning, up 0.16 of a cent from Monday's close.

set: Canadian dollar opens at 86.43 cents US, up 0.16 of a cent


set: Steve Mason made 40 saves for his second shutout in three games since a coaching change and the Columbus Blue Jackets beat San Jose 3-0 on Wednesday night, ending the Sharks' road winning streak at nine games.


set: Gary Gold has joined Bath as the new director of rugby, following his departure from the Newcastle Falcons, where he worked for the last four months, trying to make the club avoid a drop into the Championship from the Aviva Premiership.


set: The Philadelphia Phillies activated right-hander Brad Lidge from the 15-day disabled list and designated righty Tim Lahey for assignment.

set: Phillies activate rhp Lidge, designate Lahey for assignment


set: The journalists observing across the country observing black day to protest the resolution passed in the Punjab Assembly against the media on Friday.

set: Journalists across the country observing black day


set: Hip-hop star DMX has confirmed plans to reunite rap collective Ruff Ryders, insisting they're determined to ``come back stronger.''


set: Nadal, the No. 2-ranked Spaniard, lost on clay for only the second time in 105 matches, falling to his countryman Juan Carlos Ferrero, 7-5, 6-1, in the second round of the Rome Masters.

set: Nadal loses on clay for only second time in 105 matches


set: A 10-year-old boy has died in a quad bike accident on a farm in south Wairarapa today.


set: Two La Crosse police officers guilty of illegal hunting have been put on administrative leave.

set: Two La Crosse officers put on administrative leave


set: Thai police Friday seized nearly 21,000 fake passports and arrested 12 people in what they described as their biggest-ever bust of a counterfeiting ring, a senior official said.

set: Thai police seize nearly 21,000 fake passports


set: The Tesco jobs row that erupted on social media site Twitter last week risks ``undermining'' valuable welfare schemes that help get young people back to work, the British Chambers of Commerce has warned.

set: Tesco job row could 'undermine' welfare schemes, British Chambers of Commerce warns


set: Actor Randy Quaid and his wife have been arrested in West Texas for allegedly skipping out on a US$10,000 California hotel bill.


set: As it considers a controversial change at its Lake Placid hospital, Adirondack Health has opened a new health clinic in Saranac Lake.

set: Adirondack Health opens clinic in Saranac Lake


set: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange hit out on Wednesday at a Hollywood film about his secret-spilling website, calling the movie ``a massive propaganda attack''.


set: The London hotel market has recorded the second highest occupancy performance for the capital in 2009, according to the latest HotStats survey by industry experts TRI Hospitality Consulting.

set: The London hotel market records second highest occupancy performance in 2009


set: European and US stock markets slid Monday alongside oil prices, after the World Bank warning.

set: European, US stock markets slides on Monday


set: The Jefferson Parish School Board's finance committee will meet today to discuss some of the issues surrounding the 2012-13 budget , including an anticipated $12 million shortfall and additional financial burdens being passed on to local school districts by the state.

set: Jefferson Parish School board finance committee to meet today


set: Viktor Bout, the notorious Russian arms dealer dubbed 'the Merchant of Death', has been sentenced to 25 years in prison following his conviction on terrorism charges resulting from a US sting operation.

set: Viktor Bout sentenced to 25 years in prison


set: Officials say Libyan rebels are not closing in on Zawiya, but others think differently, as CNN's Matthew Chance reports.


set: Kyrgyzstan will open a web site for investors as the director of Strategic Studies Institute Genghis Shamshiev said at a round table conference on investment climate improving.

set: Kyrgyzstan to open a web site for investors


set: Indian shares fell on Tuesday, snapping three sessions of gains, as the rupee dropped to a new record low while global risk aversion also weighed on sentiment after Fitch downgraded Japan's sovereign ratings.


set: Tony Award nominee Bonnie Franklin will appear on the CBS daytime drama The Young and the Restless, according to EW.com.

set: Bonnie Franklin to appear on CBS' the Young and the Restless


set: Kelly Clarkson and Jason Aldean will perform together at the 44th annual CMA Awards show in Nashville, ABC said Monday.

set: Kelly Clarkson and Jason Aldean to perform at CMA awards show


set: Angelea Preston, the ``America's Next Top Model'' contestant who faced a shocking elimination from the show's All-Star season, is pregnant.


set: Yasmani Grandal drove in four runs and scored another three to help Miami beat Clemson 15-5 on Saturday.


set: International school of young astronomers will take place in Byurakan observatory on September 15-23 which will already be the 4-th. Armenpress was informed from Armenian Astronomical Company that this time the school is held in the framework of events dedicated to 1400th anniversary of Anania Shirakatsi.

set: School of young astronomers to take place in Byurakan


set: MADRID -Spain said Monday its banks will need euro20 billion in new capital to meet new reserve requirements aimed at strengthening their finances and quelling fears the country might be Europe's next to need a bailout.


set: Authorities say a 58-year-old hiker has died on Mount Olympus despite the efforts of several trekkers to help him.


set: New Line Theatre in St. Louis, MO, will present the regional premiere of Cry-Baby, which was nominated for a 2008 Tony Award for Best Musical, in spring 2012.

set: New Line Theatre will present regional premiere of Cry-Baby


set: So no wonder she was furious when a daily ( Also Read: Kat flies to New York for date with Ranbir! ) c arried a story that she'd flown to New York to 'meet' Ranbir Kapoor.


set: The Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series goes to Ireland today, where divers will be leaping off massive cliffs in Inis Mor, one of the Aran Islands.


set: An EnCana rig about 100 kilometres northeast of Fort Nelson caught fire early Saturday morning, leaving one person with minor injuries.

set: EnCana rig near Fort Nelson catches fire


set: Daewoo International will open four new overseas offices in 2012 to establish seven regional headquarters within the company's global network.

set: Daewoo International to open four new overseas offices in 2012


set: LinkedIn Corp. on Thursday launched in Japanese, marking the rapidly growing professional networking service's first Asian language platform as it pushes to expand in the region.


set: Indiana Congressman Larry Bucshon held a job fair at ISU's Hulman Center in Terre Haute.

set: Congressman Bucshon holds job fair in Terre Haute


set: In latest Formula One developments, stewards have been given additional new powers by the FIA.


set: Global online premium network Tribal Fusion has grown to become the third largest advertising network reaching 431 million monthly unique users worldwide

set: Tribal Fusion becomes third largest advertising network worldwide


set: --washingtonpost.com, an award-winning news and information Web site, broke its traffic records in September with over 323.3 million page views, a 42% increase over September of last year, and nearly 27% higher than the previous record of 272.5 million page views.

set: Washingtonpost.com breaks traffic record in September


set: Lagerfeld, the creative Director of Chanel said that Pippa ``struggles'' with her looks, adding, ``I don't like the sister's (Pippa) face. She should only show her back.''


set: The ``Incredibly Creative'' Samsung Galaxy Note II has been launched in India.

set: Samsung Galaxy Note II launched in India


set: Firefighters are going to a house fire that was reported tonight on Irish Creek Lane off Placer Road in the Centerville area.

set: Firefighters going to a house Fire in Centerville area


set: Piper Jaffray upgraded shares of ARM Holdings plc from a neutral rating to an overweight rating in a research report released on Wednesday morning, TheFlyOnTheWall.com reports.

set: Piper Jaffray upgrades ARM Holdings plc to ``overweight'' (armh)


set: Charter Communications said Thursday it plans to launch EPIX, a television, video-on-demand and online service, in May.


set: The Treasury Department said on Monday it plans to borrow $350 billion in the July-September quarter by issuing new government bonds.That was up modestly from the April-June period, when the Treasury issued $344 billion in â€œmarketableâ€ securities, meaning those that can be resold in financial markets.


set: Hope Solo and Maks Chmerkovski perform to ``Seasons Of Love'' on ABC's ``Dancing with the Stars'' on Monday night.

set: Hope Solo performs 'Seasons Of Love' on 'Dancing'


set: Bay of Plenty Regional Council is reminding boaties that navigation markers are not for mooring boats.


set: FORT WORTH, Texas Bombardier Inc. said Thursday that the parent of regional airline American Eagle ordered 22 jets with a value of $779 million.

set: Bombardier says American Eagle orders 22 jets


set: Anne Hathaway says she'd like to do more musicals after the Oscar-nominated ``Les Miserables'' -- but don't expect her to launch into a singing career.

set: Anne Hathaway would like to do more musicals after 'Les Miserables,' but no singing career


set: An Australian Government list of the country's 'significant' aviation incidents has revealed that Sydney siders clutching knitting needles presented the most common threat to airport security.

set: Knitting needles present most common threat to airport security:


set: British Gas said it was creating 2,600 new jobs as it prepares for the roll-out of new smart meter technology.


set: If the Cowboys loose this Sunday in Houston, owner and general manager Jerry Jones may just fire Mr. Phillips.


set: Swedish heavy vehicles maker Volvo has announced 850 job cuts in its construction equipment unit following a decline in demand for the products globally.


set: Case New Holland, a global leader in the agricultural and construction equipment business, today announced a new strategic partnership with Semeato, the Brazilian market leader in attachments and agricultural machinery, specializing in technologies for no-till planting and seeding of grains.

set: CNH announces strategic partnership with Semeato


set: Zack Novak scored 14 points to go over 1,000 for his career and No. 22 Michigan defeated Nebraska 62-46 on Wednesday night.


set: The South Korean stock market is exhibiting weakness on Thursday with investors treading a cautious path and not showing any keen interest in picking up stocks.


set: This weekend, Kilgore College will once again honor former standout athletes and contributors at its annual Hall of Fame Weekend, Oct. 21-22, on the Kilgore campus.

set: Kilgore College to honor former athletes and contributors


set: Chef Alice Waters will break ground for an Edible Schoolyard at the Greensboro Children's Museum.

set: Chef Alice Waters to break ground on Edible Schoolyard


set: Taliban insurgents beheaded 17 Afghan civilians for taking part in a music event in a Taliban-controlled area of southern Afghanistan, officials said.


set: Justin Bieber was recently on The Late Show With David Letterman and gave him the top 10 reasons why it is fun to be Justin Bieber.

set: Justin Bieber gives top 10 reasons why it is fun to be him


set: Ford Motor Co said on Monday it had slashed automotive debt by 38 percent, or $9.9 billion, bolstering its finances amid a deep auto industry downturn and sending its shares up more than 13 percent.


set: The UN Security Council has been probing deep into the recent incident of South Korean ship sinking.

set: UN Security Council to probe the recent incident of South Korea


set: Covisint, a Compuware company, recently announced the top three PQRS misconceptions that have unnecessarily prevented many healthcare delivery organizations from obtaining CMS incentive dollars.

set: Covisint, a Compuware company, announces top three PQRS


set: The second week of curbside recycling in Shreveport went much smoother than the kickoff day, the city and recycler Pratt Industries said.

set: Second week of curbside recycling goes smoother


set: La Mirada, Calif.-based Makita announced the launch of its next generation half-inch drill/driver to its 18-volt Compact Lithium Ion line.

set: Makita launches next generation of drill/driver


set: New Delhi, Mar 12 Maize and bajra prices rose by Rs 25 per quintal in the wholesale grains market today on increased demand amid restricted arrivals.


set: Hull KR hooker Ben Fisher will lead Scotland in their opening rugbyleague.com European Cup pool one against Italy in Padova on Saturday.


set: Lyondell Chemical Co. settled a lawsuit brought by its unsecured creditors against bank lenders to help the chemical company reorganize in bankruptcy.

set: Lyondell settles lawsuit brought by unsecured creditors


set: A federal judge in California has sanctioned Samsung for destroying e-mail evidence in its ongoing patent infringement case with Apple.

set: Judge sanctions Samsung for destroying evidence in infringement case against Apple


set: JAZZ is returning to Penang in a big way, taking centrestage at the Tropical Spice Gardens to give the show an exotic setting this year.


set: Bansal said perhaps nitrate based explosives with traces of PETN substance were used according to preliminary examination.


set: The trade deficit widened more than forecast in March as American demand for crude oil, computers, automobiles and televisions propelled imports to a record.


set: And on May 30, it was revealed that Hart filed for bankruptcy protection in federal court, following his drawn-out battles surrounding unpaid state and federal income taxes, interest and penalties.


set: Electronic Arts Inc, the video game publisher, is buying PopCap Games in a deal worth up to $1.3 billion as it tries to ramp up its social and casual games portfolio and better compete with Zynga Inc. A gamer plays with Hyperkin's SupaBoy portable gaming device which plays original SNES game cartridges during the Electronic Entertainment Expo or E3 in Los Angeles June 8, 2011.

set: Electronic Arts buying PopCap games for up to $1.3 billion


set: Researchers at Johns Hopkins find that the erectile dysfunction drug Viagra may prevent and improve heart failure, following studies performed on animal models.


set: Veteran News-Talk programmer PHIL BOYCE is joining SALEM COMMUNICATIONS as VP/Dir. Spoken Word Format.


set: To prepare for his role in ``City by the Sea,'' Franco spent a few days living like a homeless person.

set: James Franco has lived like a homeless person


set: An Overland Park woman pleaded guilty today to charges of trying to cover up her husband's sexual abuse of her daughter.

set: Woman pleads guilty to covering up husband's sexual abuse of her daughter


set: Sunday's Super Bowl XLV clash between the Green Bay Packers and Pittsburgh Steelers will be the first in the game's 45-year history sans cheerleaders.

set: Super Bowl XLV will be first without cheerleaders


set: Nicole Kidman has missed out on the best actress Oscar, with Natalie Portman winning for Black Swan.


set: Madonna paid an emotional tribute to Michael Jackson at the MTV Video Music Awards in New York last night.

set: Madonna pays emotional tribute to Michael Jackson at MTV vmas


set: Austrian Airlines has launched a mobile boarding pass service, enabling customers to check in online and use their mobile device as boarding pass.

set: Austrian Airlines launches mobile boarding pass service


set: Folk singer Mike Seeger, half-brother of singer-songwriter/activist Pete Seeger, died of cancer Friday at his home in Lexington, Va.


set: Japan is in discussions with Beijing to invest in Chinese government bonds, a move which would make it the first large economy to use the renminbi as a reserve currency, the Financial Times reported.

set: Japan may invest in Chinese government bonds


set: South Korea has expressed its concern to Japan over the release of radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant crippled by a killer earthquake and tsunami last month, foreign ministry officials said Tuesday.

set: S. Korea expresses concern over Japan's release of radioactive water


set: An organic food revolution is slowly catching on in Chennai as more and more people turn to agricultural products grown without the use of pesticides or chemical fertilisers.

set: Organic revolution catching on in Chennai


set: ``After verifying the relevant facts, we today have suspended Pat McAfee for one game for conduct detrimental to the club.


set: HP has launched Converged Infrastructure offerings that improve enterprise agility by simplifying deployment and speeding IT delivery.

set: HP launches Converged Infrastructure offerings


set: Lars Boom of the Netherlands tightened his grip on the Tour of Britain on Friday, winning the sixth stage to increase his overall lead.

set: Lars Boom tightens grip on Tour of Britain


set: AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, announced that Azerbaijan Airlines has ordered ten AgustaWestland helicopters comprising a contract for eight AW139 intermediate twins and a preliminary sales contract for two AW189 medium twins.

set: Azal orders ten AgustaWestland helicopters


set: A new wave of redundancy dismissals has begun at Dalavia airline, Chairman of the Far Eastern territorial organization of the Aviation Employees Union Khasyan Serozhedinov told Itar-Tass.

set: New wave of redundancy dismissals begins at Dalavia airline


set: European government bonds reversed earlier gains as European equity markets recovered and Wall Street opened higher.

set: European government bonds reverse earlier gains as equity markets recover


set: Fort Worth police are searching for a serial robber who uses disguises to hide his face from employees and surveillance cameras.

set: Fort Worth police searching for serial robber


set: By Marius Bosch and Peroshni GovenderJOHANNESBURG - Former South African President Nelson Mandela left hospital Friday after treatment for an acute respiratory infection, officials said.

set: Nelson Mandela leaves hospital after treatment


set: Dave Dossett, BEAMA's Executive Chairman has been elected as President of CENELEC.

set: BEAMA Executive Chairman elected President of CENELEC


set: During the past week activity has gradually increased in the Chinese domestic scrap market, with more deals being concluded and prices increasing slightly.

set: Activity gradually increases in the Chinese scrap market


set: Richmond is offering free deck inspections to property owners in the wake of a collapse that injured 21 people.


set: Major Chinese cities such as Shanghai and Beijing could gain from the global financial crisis, which is reshaping the world's financial landscape.

set: Chinese cities ``may gain from financial crisis''


set: Tiger Woods and wife Elin Nordegren officially divorced Monday, nine months after a middle-of-the-night car crash outside of his Florida home set off shocking revelations that golf's biggest star had been cheating on his wife with at least 15 alleged mistresses.

set: Tiger Woods and Elin Nordegren officially divorced


set: A 24-year-old Tiverton, RI, man is charged with obstruction of justice in connection with the murder of a Freetown man.

set: Tiverton, RI, man charged with obstruction of justice in murder of Freetown man


set: The City of Fond du Lac has paid $20,000 to cover The Reporter's attorney fees in an open records lawsuit.

set: City of Fond du Lac pays $20,000 in records lawsuit


set: A Whitpain man has lost his bid for a new trial on charges he beat and raped a girlfriend, who was a bartender at a Berks business.

set: Whitpain man loses his bid for a new trial


set: He likened the financial sector to a house burning down -- fair enough, as it is destroying property values, leading to foreclosures, abandonments, stripping and certainly a devastation of value.

set: The financial sector: ``a house burning down''


set: Typhoon Mirinae smashed through the Philippines overnight, killing at least one person, leaving two others missing, and worsening floods in areas that were struggling to recover from recent deadly storms, officials said on Saturday.


set: Over 2,700 Arizona drivers have been arrested for DUI since Thanksgiving this year; over 3,600 drivers were charged during the same period last year.

set: Over 2,700 in Arizona arrested for DUI since Thanksgiving


set: The inventor of the most popular Bangla computer keyboard has won a long legal battle to protect his design and software, with the government to stop pirated Bangla language keyboards from entering the country.

set: Inventor of Bangla computer keyboard wins legal battle


set: GERMANY is to shut its nuclear reactors by 2022, making it the first major industrial power to become nuclear-free following Japan's Fukushima disaster.

set: Germany to shut all its nuclear reactors by 2022


set: UK poll points to rise of anti-EU party Updated: 15:17, Sunday March 17, 2013 A new poll has confirmed a surge in support for Britain's anti-EU UK Independence Party, as Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservatives fall further behind the Labour opposition.


set: No driver's licenses will be issued Monday because the Department of Public Safety's system will be down for maintenance, according to probate office Chief Clerk Sheri McGinnis.

set: No driver's licenses to be issued Monday because of maintenance


set: The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach reported another increase in cargo shipments in August, officials said Tuesday.

set: Ports report another increase in cargo shipments in August


set: TimberWest Forest Corp. said Tuesday that it plans to sell up to four timberland properties on Vancouver Island.

set: TimberWest to sell up to four timberland properties on Vancouver Island


set: A snowboarder died early Sunday on Copper Mountain after fracturing her head and neck on a black-rated trail.


set: A good holiday can boost happiness levels for as long as two months afterwards, according to a new study.

set: Good holiday can boost happiness levels 'for up to two months after'


set: Best Buy Inc. said Monday it will acquire struggling online music-sharing site Napster Inc. for more than $121 million cash in an effort to boost its digital media offerings.


set: Asthma treatments inhalers and pills work equally well, according to new research by British scientists.


set: The rand remained under pressure in late trade having weakened sharply against major currencies on the back of rising risk aversion and jitters over speculation that financial services giant Old Mutual plc is planning to offload its 53% stake in Nedbank.


set: New signs are posted at Woodlawn Cemetery, directing you to landmark gravesites.


set: Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson will star as Winnie Mandela in a film to be made in 2010 in South Africa.

set: Jennifer Hudson to star as Winnie Mandela


set: A COMMUNITY fair aiming to celebrate community life and the work done by local groups and organisations in Salisbury is to be held next Tuesday.


set: India and Brazil have agreed to set up six working groups in sectors like agro-processing, mining, infrastructure and pharmaceuticals aimed at increasing collaboration in these areas and strengthen economic ties.

set: India, Brazil agree to set up six working groups


set: Pakistani intelligence officials on Saturday said dozens of French Muslims have been training with the Taliban in northwest Pakistan.

set: 'French Muslims trained with the Taliban in Pakistan'


set: Work on a bypass on the Okuk highway in Papua New Guinea has resumed despite compensation claims from landowners.

set: Work on Okuk highway in Papua New Guinea resumes


set: Rebel leaders in Libya have vowed to restore desperately needed supplies of water, fuel and medicines in Tripoli, which has contributed to a humanitarian crisis in the city.

set: Rebels vow to restore supplies in Tripoli


set: There is fear among ruling party in West Bengal that with Mamata in union cabinet Nayachar chemical hub may not become a reality.

set: With Mamata around Nayachar chemical hub may not become a reality


set: Barack Obama launched a long awaited week-long Africa tour in Senegal on Wednesday, aiming to fulfill neglected expectations for his presidency on a continent where he has deep ancestral roots.


set: Barry Meguiar, host of Car Crazy TV and the man behind the line of Meguiar's detailing products was admitted to the ICU and was listed in serious condition, an AutoGuide.com story said.


set: Philippines , Renato C. Corona, testified on Tuesday for the first time in his impeachment trial in the Philippine Senate.

set: Renato Corona, philippines judge, testifies at impeachment trial


set: Italian and Spanish bond yields have both risen today after news that Standard & Poor's had downgraded Spain's sovereign debt.


set: A former security guard at a corrections facility in Union County was accused of having sex with two female inmates.

set: Former guard accused of having sex with inmates


set: A 30-foot pleasure boat has run aground in Boston Harbor, the Coast Guard said today.

set: Pleasure boat runs aground in Boston Harbor


set: Daniel Craig returns to the silver screen as 007 in the latest James Bond adventure Quantum Of Solace.

set: Daniel Craig returns as James Bond in Quantum of Solace


set: Like Matthew Stafford, who won the weekend by suddenly turning into Bobby Layne, minus the crippling hangovers.


set: Scores of devotees, who came to Sree Padmanabha Swamy temple on the final day of arattu festival on Friday, alleged 'cheating' by the temple employees.

set: Devotees allege cheating by temple employees


set: The Sensex ended in positive led by banking stocks.


set: The Texas Senate is gearing up for a budget fight with the House over spending for public education and nursing homes.

set: Texas Senate gears up for budget fight with House


set: The Irish economy shrank by 1pc in GDP terms during 2010, marking the third consecutive year of contraction.


set: INDONESIA IS BRACED for a tsunami, which is due to hit at 6pm local time, after the strongest earthquake for at least a century shook Japan.

set: Indonesia BRACED for tsunami to hit at 6pm local time


set: The Icelandic volcano that caused havoc for air travellers across Europe for more than a month has stopped erupting, according to a leading geophysicist.

set: Icelandic volcano has ``stopped erupting''


set: Former NHL enforcer Derek Boogaard's suffered from a degenerative brain disease linked to Alzheimer's, possibly caused by the vicious blows he endured to the head, according to a New York Times report.

set: Boogaard suffered from degenerative brain disease: report


set: Governor Walker signs wetlands bill into law at Wisconsin Realtors Association event in Madison.


set: Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh today refused to comment on dissident leader Azam Khan against whom he had complained to the Election Commission on the Jaya Prada issue.

set: Amar Singh refuses to comment on Azam Khan


set: Comptroller and gubernatorial candidate Dan Hynes says he has no plans to pull a racially charged TV ad where the late Mayor Harold Washington is criticizing Governor Pat Quinn after serving as the city's revenue director under the leadership of Washington.

set: Hynes has no plans to pull racially charged ad


set: WOW closes 15 stores with 580 job losses Updated: 12:53, Wednesday March 7, 2012 Almost 600 people will lose their jobs as electronics retailer WOW closes all of its 15 stores after receivers failed to find a buyer.


set: A shark has killed a German tourist in the Red Sea, days after a string of attacks injured several divers.


set: An East Lincoln High School teacher was arrested Monday afternoon on a True Bill of Indictment out of Graham County.

set: East Lincoln High teacher arrested on Indictment from Graham County


set: Treasury financial secretary Mark Hoban has defended the ``democratic deficit'' that exists between Parliament and the FSA.

set: Hoban defends ``democratic deficit'' between Parliament and FSA


set: When your startup fails, you have to gather your team together and tell them the news.


set: Kelly Clarkson opens up about body image in a new interview with People magazine.


set: Congress General Secretary Digvijay Singh has said that time has come for politicians of his age to retire from the field.

set: Time has come for politicians like me to retire:


set: Apartment rents are falling across most of Southern California as unemployed tenants double up with friends or family and the affordability of foreclosed homes makes some renters into buyers, a new survey has found.

set: Apartment rents fall in Southern California


set: Congressman Tom Perriello rolls out his new clean energy plan Friday in Rocky Mount at the Gereau Center.

set: Perriello rolls out energy plan in Rocky Mount


set: Last weekend Green Bay Packers long snapper Brett Goode signed a contract extension through the 2012 season that comes on the heels of a nearly flawless season.

set: Green Bay Packers long snapper Brett Goode signs contract extension


set: The Chicago Cubs suspended Milton Bradley for the rest of the season after he said in a newspaper interview that, ``you understand why they haven't won in 100 years here.''

set: Chicago Cubs suspend Milton Bradley for rest of season


set: Kate Hudson is expecting a baby with her boyfriend, Muse frontman Matthew Bellamy, Us Weekly reported.

set: Kate Hudson expecting baby with Muse frontman Matthew Bellamy


set: Oracle has released an updated version of Coherence, its in-memory data grid product.

set: Oracle releases updated version of Coherence


set: After a bad loss to Amir Khan had talk of retirement floating around former junior welterweight titlist Paulie Malignaggi, Rick Reeno of BoxingScene.com reports today that Malignaggi will instead target a move to the welterweight division to continue his career.

set: Paulie Malignaggi moving to welterweight


set: A body was found at the BFI recycling center in Oberlin, Ohio, on the morning of Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2012.

set: Body found at BFI recycling center in Oberlin


set: NSW centre Tom Carter says the Waratahs will need to hunt in packs to round up Hurricanes dangerman Ma'a Nonu in Friday night's Super 14 ``quarter-final'' in Sydney.


set: Swire Properties has closed on a $140 million line of credit to fund the initial development of Brickell CitiCentre.

set: Swire Properties closes on line of credit for Brickell CitiCentre


set: US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke warned Tuesday the ``severe'' US recession may drag into 2010 unless the government succeeds in stabilizing the banking system and financial markets with strong action.


set: South Carolina starting quarterback Stephen Garcia has been suspended for the first week of spring practice, coach Steve Spurrier announced Tuesday.

set: Stephen Garcia suspended from spring practice


set: Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, recently, performed at the Nehru Park in Delhi to pay tribute to the Mumbai terror attack victims.

set: Ustad Amjad Ali Khan pays tribute to Mumbai victims


set: VMRO will fill in claim against Yuseirovi brothers in the Chief Prosecutor's Office, said the deputy chairman of the VMRO Kostadin Kostadinov in an interview with FOCUS News Agency.

set: VMRO to fill in claim against Yuseirovi brothers in the Chief Prosecutor's Office:


set: Police are searching for a man who robbed a business near Desert Inn and Nellis at gunpoint back on July 9.

set: Police search for man who robbed business at Desert Inn & Nellis


set: The banks face massive loan losses -- ``far more dramatic'' than most bank executives and ratings agencies have forecast -- as the next chapter in financial-sector turmoil unfolds, said Meredith Whitney, an analyst with Oppenheimer &Co.


set: An ``important'' al Qaeda leader has been captured in Pakistan, officials there have said.

set: 'Important' al Qaeda leader captured in Pakistan


set: India's food inflation slipped a tad to 8.96 percent for the week ending on June 4, official data showed on Thursday.

set: Food inflation slips a tad to 8.96 percent


set: Bears safety Chris Harris said his injured his hip is feeling better on Sunday as the NFC title game nears.

set: Chris Harris says hip is ``feeling better''


set: Nick Cannon has been forced to quit his drive-time radio show on 92.3 NOW FM under ''doctor's orders''.

set: Nick Cannon - Nick Cannon quits radio show


set: Brookfield Properties said on Wednesday that it has priced its $902.5-million common share offering at $9.50 apiece.


set: Another case of E. coli has been confirmed in Boone County, bringing the county's cases to 4.


set: State Sen. Diane Wilkerson pleaded innocent Tuesday afternoon to public corruption charges hours after being arrested following an 18-month investigation that included agents photographing her stuffing alleged cash bribes into her bra at a Beacon Hill restaurant.

set: Wilkerson pleads innocent to corruption charges


set: Astral kerosene lamp blown and cut glass acid etched shade .


set: A Colorado Springs man was nearly shot in the head after he interrupted a home invasion Friday morning at his house in the 2100 block of West Cucharras Street, according to Colorado Springs police.

set: Man nearly shot in the head during home invasion


set: Sun Microsystems wanted $30 million to $50 million from Google for a Java license, but Google decided to build its own implementation for Android after negotiations broke down, Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt reportedly said during testimony in the Oracle/Google trial today.

set: Sun wanted up to $50 million from Google for Java license, Schmidt says


set: Renault F1 Team announced that they will stay in Formula 1 after they signed a partnership with Genii Capital Company.


set: A cinder block from the second floor of the centre, where demolition work is being carried out, crashed through the ceiling on Monday and knocked over a desk on the first floor.


set: Jaguars quarterback David Garrard has left practice because of an apparent injury.

set: Garrard leaves practice with apparent injury


set: Catholic teachers are ``morally obligated'' to join teachers from public schools at a rally in favour of higher salaries, an independent teachers' union official said yesterday.

set: Catholic teachers ``morally obligated'' to join rally:


set: The Bank of Japan said on Friday it would accept US., UK, German and French sovereign debt as collateral for its open market operations.

set: BOJ:to accept US., UK, German, French sovereign debt


set: Most local government offices are closed Friday, and students will be on the first day of a long Easter holiday.


set: The Warriors are preparing an offer sheet for Los Angeles Clippers center DeAndre Jordan, team sources confirmed.

set: Warriors preparing offer for DeAndre Jordan


set: In six hours, 600 volunteers from DirecTV built a playground at Oakdale in Gretna.


set: A Prescott Valley man has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and weapons charges in the fatal stabbing of a man he had been drinking with.

set: Prescott Valley man pleads guilty in fatal stabbing


set: The Canadian International School Bangalore is proud to announce its Scholarship program for high achieving students.

set: Canadian International School, Bangalore announces Scholarship program


set: The Taliban have released a video they claim shows militants preparing for the attack on Camp Bastion in Afghanistan earlier this month, that resulted in the death of two Marines and destroyed equipment worth more than 100 million pounds.

set: Taliban release video 'showing militants preparing for attack on camp Bastion'


set: Dell is buying deduplication startup Ocarina.


set: The CPI today warned that Parliament would continue to be engaged with the corruption scandals that have surfaced in the recent past, saying all these scams were a result of the neo-liberal economic reforms.

set: Scams result of neo-liberal economic reforms:


set: US Rep. Daniel Lipinski, D-3rd, from Western Springs will host a town hall meeting at 10 am May 19 at the American Legion Walter E. Coulter Post 1941 in La Grange.

set: Lipinski to host town hall meeting in La Grange


set: Yet another day when the price action threw up more questions than answers.

set: Price action throws up more questions than answers


set: CapLinked, a US-based online platform for investors, entrepreneurs and advisors for raising capital and sharing updates, has raised $0.53 million in an angel funding round from a consortium of Silicon Valley investors.

set: Caplinked raises $0.53 million in angel funding round


set: Multi-family housing starts were up in Greater Vancouver in November over last year, while single-family starts were down, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. reported Thursday.


set: The bowel screening pilot at Waitemata District Health Board has found cancer in 60 people in the first year of the four year programme.

set: Bowel screening pilot finds cancer in 60 people


set: A public menace was today banned from Blackburn town centre and nearby Darwen for five years.

set: ``Public menace'' banned from Blackburn town centre


set: Portland - A Maine man has agreed to plead guilty to charges he emailed death threats aimed at the hosts of the National Public Radio Program ``All Things Considered.''


set: The euro fell to a new, 16-month low against the US dollar Friday amid grim economic news in Europe and as the dollar rallied on a positive surprise about American job creation.


set: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday left for Mexico and Brazil.

set: Manmohan Singh leaves for Mexico, Brazil


set: Finance Minister Dr. Ashni Singh has urged former PNC Finance Minister Carl Greenidge, to desist from distorting history, referring to Greenidge's recent forays into the letter columns of the daily newspapers as an attempt to revise history.

set: Greenidge should desist from distorting history --


set: An MP with extensive experience in Maori education Te Ururoa Flavell says Charter Schools could be a good way for Maori.


set: A strong earthquake of 6.1 magnitude on the Richter scale struck southern Iran on Wednesday, killing 4 people and wounding 34 so far, local media reported.

set: Strong earthquake in southern Iran kills 4


set: Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai says that Drona, in which hubby Abhishek Bachchan plays the title role, reminds her of her childhood days.


set: An Indian court on Saturday jailed a former telecoms minister for three years over a 1993 financial scandal when he was in office, court officials said.

set: Indian court jails former telecom minister


set: San Antonio Spurs guard TJ Ford is retiring from the NBA, effective immediately, because of a series of head and neck injuries.

set: TJ Ford retires after series of head, neck injuries


set: A six-tier national Scores on the Doors hygiene rating scheme has been approved by the Food Standards Agency Board.

set: National Scores on the Doors scheme approved


set: Federal Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin said the federation would play positive role regarding NFC Award and any decision would be made only in view of the stance of all the provinces and their arguments in a meeting to be held in Quetta.

set: Federation to play positive role in NFC Award:


set: After years of delay, Guns N' Roses is finally releasing Chinese Democracy.


set: The city of Sawahlunto in West Sumatera will host the first congress on heritage city networks in Indonesia that will be held on October 23-25.

set: Sawahlunto to host first congress of heritage cities


set: At about 11:15 am, Hillary Clinton took the floor, in electric blue, to deliver her farewell address to the Senate.


set: The Republican National Committee says it raised $13.7 million in March, its best fundraising month this election cycle.


set: Anthony Annan could still move away from Rosemborg in Norway with his agents insisting there is enough interest elsewhere to get the Ghanaian the deal he wants.


set: Italian consumer confidence fell in August to the lowest in more than a year as government austerity measures made households more pessimistic about the their ability to save.

set: Italian consumer confidence falls to lowest in more than a year


set: Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Secretary Robert Barham says the fall shrimp season will close at sunset Thursday in most remaining southeast Louisiana waters.


set: A new law that reduces the number of post-prison sanctions could help former felons find work this fall.

set: New law could help former felons find work


set: Camp Hill School District officials expect next year's property tax increase to exceed the district's 2.9 percent tax index set by the state.

set: Camp Hill school district officials expect property tax increase


set: Pennsylvania State Police say an argument over marijuana early Wednesday morning led to the stabbing of a Northern Tier man.

set: Argument over marijuana leads to stabbing


set: The Bush administration is working to ease the country's housing crisis, but there is no simple solution, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said yesterday, adding that a correction in the housing market is ``inevitable and necessary.''

set: Paulson says correction in housing market 'inevitable'


set: Former Telecom Minister Arun Shourie will appear before the CBI next week in connection with the agency's probe into possible criminal aspects in the telecom policy since 2001.


set: Wladimir Klitschko has said that David Haye will crack under pressure before their world heavyweight showdown.


set: Wegelin, Switzerland's oldest private wealth management bank 2 February became the first bank outside the United States to be charged with fraud by the US Department of Justice.

set: Wegelin becomes first bank outside the US to be charged


set: President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo of Equatorial Guinea on Sunday took over AU chairmanship from Malawian President Dr Bingu wa Mutharika.

set: President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo of Equatorial Guinea took over AU chairmanship


set: ``I want to reassure all the fans, Vitaly will remain in formula one next year, and the year after and three years from now,'' Petrov's female manager Oksana Kosachenko told the Rossiya 2 television channel.

set: 'Vitaly will remain in formula one next year, and the year after and three years from now'


set: Lord Francis Pym, a former British foreign secretary, has died after a prolonged illness at age 86, his family said Friday.

set: Former British foreign secretary Pym dies


set: Actor Aamir Khan, who will leave for Chicago soon for the shoot of 'Dhoom 3', says he gets homesick while travelling for work.


set: Ernst & Young - Ernst & Young professionals volunteer for Earthwatch Institute research expeditions This week, Ernst & Young will announce a new volunteer program in coordination with the Earthwatch Institute.

set: Ernst Young > Ernst Young professionals volunteer for Earthwatch Institute research expeditions


set: After spending two days reading over it and discussing it, Saugeen Shores council has sent the muncipal budget back for staff to come up with ways of reducing its impact on taxpayers.

set: Saugeen Shores sends budget back to staff


set: Music mogul Simon Cowell made an emotional exit from US talent show 'American Idol'.


set: Taylor Swift has branded singer/songwriter John Mayer ``presumptuous'' for believing one of her songs is about him.

set: Taylor Swift brands John Mayer ``presumptuous''


set: Iconic producer/musician and legendary crank Steve Albini has thrust it back into focus with an interview with GQ magazine in which he lashes out at SY for having a ``bad influence'' on the music culture.


set: A railway probe committee on the Narsinghdi train accident, that claimed at least 14 lives, has submitted its report.


set: SR columnist Shawn Vestal offers this Facebook thought: ``I often wonder what a rugged Western frontiersperson would think about our lives. Today, I wondered what a Lewis or a Clark might think upon visiting the YMCA, seeing people sweating while running in place while watching people cook on little personal TVs, then departing to a shower with nice warm water and sweet-smelling soap, and noticing the little machine that spin-dries our swimming suits so we may all avoid the hardship of carrying home a wet swimming suit in our automobiles, and then noticing the sign on said swimsuit-drying machine: 'Use at your own risk.'''


set: It took me only TWO years to read ``Autobiography of Mark Twain,'' volume 1, published in 2010 and edited by Harriet Elinor Smith.


set: MORE disruption is feared on the London Midland network, after just three routes saw trains on Sunday as the result of a pay dispute between the company and the drivers' union ASLEF.

set: More disruption feared on London Midland


set: Chris Robshaw has been confirmed as England captain for the defending champions' opening Six Nations clashes against Scotland and Italy.


set: An 18-month review has revealed that the UK will be 450,000 skilled technicians short by 2020 unless action is taken to remedy the situation immediately.

set: UK to be 450,000 technicians short by 2020


set: A recent report confirmed that State medicine agency Pharmac is very much keen to extend its financial help for an asthma drug, which is likely to make hell lot of difference in dealing with cases of breathing difficulties.

set: Pharmac to extend financial help to asthma drug


set: AP Business Writer NEW YORK Avon Products Inc. said Wednesday that it will eliminate about 1,200 positions, or about 2.8 percent of its oevrall work force, by 2013 as part of restructuring efforts amid a recession that has dampened demand for the company's cosmetics.

set: Avon to eliminate about 1,200 positions by 2013


set: White House spokesman Robert Gibbs on Friday said Obama plans to visit Elkhart, Ind., on Monday to tell residents what his $900 billion stimulus plan would mean for them.


set: A woman died in a skydiving accident at the Durban Skydive Centre at Eston, near Cato Ridge, on Sunday afternoon.


set: Area fire departments responded to two separate house fires Monday night that started about 20 minutes apart.

set: Fire departments respond to two house fires Monday


set: Taxis will be taken out of the Certificate of Entitlement bidding process from August, said Transport Minister Lui Tuck Yew on Friday.

set: Taxis to be taken out of coe bidding process from August


set: Pakistani troops opened machinegun fire at Indian posts along the Line of Control in Krishna Ghati sector in Poonch, 210 km north of Jammu, in the afternoon, the sources said.


set: A 30-year-old Jerome man has pleaded guilty to shooting a Jerome police officer during a chase in February, causing the officer to lose the sight in one eye.

set: Jerome man pleads guilty to shooting officer


set: Thierry Henry signed a multiyear contract with the New York Red Bulls on Wednesday and is going to join them.

set: Thierry Henry signs contract with New York Red Bulls


set: The International Monetary Fund has set up a regional technical assistance centre for southern Africa, called AFRITAC South, to speed up economic transformation of the region, sources told PANA.

set: IMF sets up regional technical assistance centre for southern Africa


set: Adobe has criticised Apple for ``inciting'' the negative campaigning aimed at its Flash software, saying that it not only hurts the company, but also the developers.

set: Adobe criticises Apple's negative campaigning


set: An Aurora, Colorado, teacher is accused of taping her students' mouths shut with Scotch Tape when they wouldn't be quiet in the library.

set: Aurora teacher accused of taping students' mouths


set: The murder of soldier Lee Rigby has provoked a backlash of anger across the UK, including the attacking of mosques, racial abuse and comments made on social media.


set: Red bull's Sebastian Vettel has won the European grand prix, dominating the race from pole position while his teammate Mark Webber survived a spectacular crash.

set: Red bull's Sebastian Vettel wins European grand prix


set: THE DUBLIN Airport Authority has appointed Kevin Toland as its new chief executive.

set: DUBLIN Airport authority appoints new chief executive


set: Prime Minister David Cameron has called Francois Hollande to congratulate him on his victory in France's presidential election, Downing Street has said.

set: Cameron congratulates french president-elect Hollande


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

set: Texas Instruments to buy National Semiconductor


set: That's not as strange as it sounds - as these pictures show, John Gardner's retreat is a real labour of love, reflecting his life-long interest in steam engines.


set: Field Fisher Waterhouse LLP wins substantial compensation for widow of cyclist killed in fatal HGV collision.

set: Field Fisher Waterhouse LLP wins compensation for widow of cyclist


set: old daughter of Nigeria's former ambassador to Sao Tome and Principe, Ambassador Saidu Pindar, who died in an auto crash along the Kaduna- Zaria road last week Wednesday, expects life to be tough for her without her father.


set: A groom in Brazil has died at his wedding reception after tripping onto a beer glass and cutting his femoral artery.

set: Groom dies at wedding after tripping onto glass


set: Video Display Corporation today reported financial results from continuing operations for fiscal year 2011 fourth quarter and full year as follows:

set: Video Display Corporation reports results for fiscal year 2011 fourth quarter


set: Fairfax County police are investigating a fatal shooting of a man outside an apartment complex Saturday night.

set: Fairfax police investigate fatal shooting


set: Vice Chairman Karachi Chamber of Commerce & Industries, Dr Qazi Ahmad Kamal said on Thursday that the government has adopted alternative resources utilization to overcome energy crises in the country.

set: Alternative resources utilization to overcome energy crises:


set: Four Illinois men plead guilty Monday to conspiring to making meth in St. Clair, Madison and Randolph counties.

set: Four Illinois men plead guilty to conspiring to make meth


set: FiberNet Telecom Group, Inc. today announced that RCN Corporation withdrew its proposal to acquire FiberNet for $12.50 per share of FiberNet common stock.


set: Western Force will be without their powerful Wallabies No.8 Richard Brown for their must win Super 14 Rugby clash with the Stormers in Cape Town.

set: Western Force will be without Richard Brown against the Stormers


set: ``I guarantee it's going to be a close election because the economy is not where it wants to be,'' Mr. Obama said in an interview with ABC's Jake Tapper that will air on ``Nightline'' Tuesday.

set: Obama: 'it's going to be a close election' because of the economy


set: Covidien Ltd. said today that it has agreed to sell its European incontinence business to a private French company for an undisclosed amount.

set: Covidien agrees to sell a European business


set: Tripartite talks on Gorkhaland issue today failed to reach an agreement with the Centre saying political consensus needed to be created on the demand by GJM which sought the next round of political-level dialogue within 45 days.

set: Tripartite talks on Gorkhaland issue fail


set: Israeli army killed a Palestinian activist and wounded 5 others east of Khan Younis south of Gaza Strip.

set: Israeli army kills a Palestinian and wounds 5 other in Khan Younis