set: Albany Mayor Jennings delivered his annual State of the City Address to the Albany Common Council.

set: Mayor Jennings delivers State of the city Address


set: A man died in a Covington home fire Tuesday morning that sent another person to the hospital.


set: The Canada Council, which administers the Governor General's Literary Awards, is standing by the decision of its jury to award this year's poetry prize to Jacob Scheier in the face of complaints by some critics that the decision is tainted by conflict of interest.


set: Vital data from the last hours of the Deepwater Horizon went down with the oil rig, its owner told US politicians.


set: Qantas Wallabies coach Robbie Deans has praised his players after the heartbreaking 23-21 loss in a gripping first Test of the DHL Australia 2013 Lions Tour in Brisbane.

set: Robbie Deans praises players after heartbreaking loss


set: MIAMI ― An idling car with a small child inside was stolen and then quickly abandoned in Miami.

set: Car with child inside stolen, quickly abandoned


set: Belgian property investment group Cofinimmo on Monday maintained its dividend and results forecast after rental income and operating margin rose in the first nine months.

set: Cofinimmo maintains dividend, results forecast


set: A Beekman man is due in court on a charge of third-degree grand larceny, a class D felony, for allegedly collecting unemployment benefits while he was working for a construction company in Greenwich, Conn., authorities said.


set: The Duchess of York is returning to Hull today to visit the family she advised on healthy eating as part of a TV show.


set: Repeatedly over the past few years the California legislature has wisely rejected bills to ban open carry, and OpenCarry.org urges the legislature to reject Assemblywoman Lori Saldana's effort, AB 1934, as well.

set: California legislature should reject ban on open carry


set: Whispers that songbird Taylor Swift spluttered to a standstill last night, soon had every music journalist in America catching a flight to the capital of Country Music.


set: Chilli futures across NCDEX remained on positive note as empty exchange warehouse stocks offered market participants to speculate in the futures counters.


set: The plane with Bulgarian police officers aboard flew off from Niger, Minister of Interior Tsvetan Tsvetanov told FOCUS News Agency.

set: Plane with Bulgarian police officers aboard flew off from Niger


set: The wealth of the richest Arabs plunged in 2008, with Prince Alwaleed, the richest of all, seeing his investments shrivel nearly 20 percent, according to a list published in Dubai on Sunday.

set: Wealth of richest Arabs 'plunged in 2008'


set: A male burglary suspect was shot and critically wounded by a Woodinville homeowner earlier this afternoon, according to the King County Sheriff's Office.

set: Burglary suspect shot by Woodinville homeowner


set: They will be together for a lot longer now that Ward has signed a multiyear promotional contract extension.


set: Veteran injured at Occupy protest and more By ERICA WERNER lovers - the White House says it has no evidence that extraterrestrials exist.

set: White House says no evidence of extraterrestrials


set: The game between Sri Lanka and Essex ended in a draw when rain washed out the final day's play at the County Ground in Chelmsford, Essex here, today.


set: Social-networking site MySpace (website) said Tuesday that it will cut 300 international positions and close at least four offices outside the US as it looks to cut costs and narrow its territory coverage.

set: MySpace to cut 300 international positions


set: Calgary Flames defensemen Robyn Regehr and his wife Christine have welcomed their first child, a son.

set: Calgary Flames player Robyn Regehr welcomes a son


set: But now a new store in Pennsylvania is preparing you for a real life zombie apocalypse.


set: Textbooks of classes 1 to 10 will be sold to students in the respective unaided schools in the State from next academic year, disclosed BN Shivaramegowda, Block Education Officer of the North Zone.

set: Textbooks to be sold in unaided schools from next


set: General Electric, Schenectady, NY, has been assigned a patent developed by Detlef Menke, Lotte, Germany, for a ``wind turbine and method for operating a wind turbine.''

set: General Electric assigned patent for wind turbine and method for operating a wind turbine


set: Minister for Health Mary Harney has said 120 new hospital consultants will be recruited over the next few months under the new contract with the Health Service Executive.

set: 120 new hospital consultants to be recruited


set: Tharuhat Swayatta Rajya Samiti has declared a Tharuhat Autonomous State comprising of 23 districts of the Terai ranging from Morang in the east to Mahakali in the west.


set: Hong Kong shares closed higher for a second day on Tuesday, lifting the key index to its highest in more than three months as upbeat earnings boosted sentiment.

set: Hong Kong shares close higher on upbeat earnings;


set: Firefighters are working to free a crash victim from a white Ford at the intersection of 6th Street and Bryant Boulevard.


set: India and Afghanistan on Tuesday signed a major strategic cooperation pact and discussed ways to step up cooperation to jointly combat terror emanating from across the border.

set: India and Afghanistan sign strategic pact


set: German investor confidence surged in January, a key indicator released Tuesday showed, as signs emerge that the solid growth outlook for Europe's biggest economy is offsetting worries about the region's debt crisis.


set: Whoopi Goldberg is slamming the 'New York Times' for omitting the Academy Award Winning actress in an article on black actors and actresses who have won an Oscar.The article laments the fact that more black performers were not nominated for an award this year, and lists past actors who have won.

set: Whoopi Goldberg slams the 'New York Times'


set: An Indianapolis police officer was injured early Monday morning in a chase on the city's east side.


set: The Canadian economic recovery is showing signs of stalling, with real gross domestic product surprisingly falling back by 0.1 percent in November after no gain the previous month, according to a report from Statistics Canada.


set: The Pike County dog warden is facing animal cruelty charges after live puppies were found in a bag at the pound Tuesday.


set: Apple has released iTunes 11.0.4, which ``fixes a problem that may cause iTunes to quit if you switch between wired and wireless syncing.''


set: The landslide which damaged the Sri Maha Kaliamman temple at Bukit Gasing on Tuesday was not caused by renovations at the Sivan temple located further uphill, according to a Petaling Jaya City Council official.


set: Newmarket residents are miffed that a historic 125-year-old cannon has been ``dumped and forgotten'' while the Auckland City Council has approved $120,000 for a book on its own history.


set: Heavy rains lashed many parts of Gujarat today, disrupting rail and vehicular traffic at several places.


set: Phil Hersh reports that the world figure skating championships will be held in either North America or Europe.

set: World championships will be in North America or Europe


set: An East Rockaway teen was assaulted by a group of men during the early morning hours on Sunday, Nassau police said.


set: Real Falcons 'fans' need to step up and send thank you cards to new Jacksonville coach Mike Mularkey.

set: Real Falcons 'fans' need to thank coach Mularkey


set: Police say that motorists are putting themselves at risk by ignoring road closure signs due to the foul weather battering the South Island.


set: Winter Classic banners have gone up around town.


set: Ricky Whittle has slammed 'Strictly Come Dancing' as ``manipulative''.

set: Ricky Whittle slams 'Strictly Come Dancing'


set: The Carolina Panthers suspended all-pro wide receiver Steve Smith two games without pay Saturday for instigating a fistfight with teammate Ken Lucas.


set: Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi has said that Pakistan and China are all-weather strategic partners and in view of evolving international environment both sides needed to reinforce their ties.

set: Pakistan, China needed to reinforce their ties:


set: Montpelier, the international financial advice and wealth management firm, has appointed IntelliFlo to provide the back-office technology to its team of financial advisers and administrators.

set: Montpelier appoints IntelliFlo to provide technology


set: Kenya's National Commission on Human Rights says top military and civilian officials must stand trial for the killings of scores of people and the torture of thousands in an operation to stamp out a brutal ethnic militia in western Kenya.


set: Travis Peterson scored 17 points, including four 3-pointers, to lead Samford in a 62-59 win over Tennessee Tech Thursday night.

set: Peterson leads Samford in 62-59 win over Tennessee Tech


set: Poyry Plc, a Finland-based consulting and engineering company, has acquired a 100% stake in Brennus Ingenieurs Conseils SA, a France-based company which runs NUMEX, a platform for operators of nuclear power plants.

set: Poyry acquires 100% stake in Brennus Ingenieurs Conseils


set: AM Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of A++ and issuer credit ratings of 'aa+' of the Berkshire Hathaway Homestate Companies and its six property/casualty group members.


set: An 11-year-old boy was seriously injured this afternoon when he was struck by a car on Ohio 79 north of Newark.


set: ``The Help'' was set in 1960s Jackson, and was filmed in Mississippi.


set: IRVINE, Calif. The Irvine Unified School District is going solar.

set: Irvine Unified school district goes solar


set: Apple today introduced iCloud®, a breakthrough set of free new cloud services that work seamlessly with applications on your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac or PC to automatically and wirelessly store your content in iCloud and automatically and wirelessly push it to all your devices.


set: Politician-filmmaker Kush Bhargava says his film Monica, which is releasing on Friday, has nothing to do with corporate lobbyist Niira Radia and that it was completed much before she came into the public eye.

set: Monica has nothing to do with Niira Radia:


set: Police and Praja Pratighatana group Naxalites reportedly exchanged fire in Tadwai-Kothaguda forests in Warangal district on Thursday morning.


set: A man allegedly chopped off the nose of his ex-wife in Rajasthan's Chittorgarh district, police said on Saturday.


set: Back during the showdown between Bush and Kerry, there was an uproar over Kerry's controversial comment that one ``get an education or get stuck in Iraq,'' furthering support for the urban myth that college education is not for our troops.

set: College education is not for our troops;


set: Karl Henry has hailed the experience of Jermaine Pennant after the winger joined Wolves from Stoke on a three-month emergency loan deal.

set: Karl Henry hails experience of Jermaine Pennant after winger joined Wolves


set: THE OUTGOING chairman of Ramsey Commissioners has spoken about her ``great honour'' in representing the people of Ramsey during her year of office.


set: US troops fighting in Afghanistan paused Monday to remember the fallen in Memorial Day services, as a war nearly a decade old trudges on.

set: Troops fighting in Afghanistan pause to remember the fallen


set: Shanghai base metals moved little on Friday, weighed down by market uncertainties and growing inventories.


set: Insurer LV= saw its underlying profits rise 19% to £126 million in 2012, boosted by increased life and pension sales which were up 15% at £155.6 million, despite what its described as a 'challenging regulatory backdrop'.

set: LV= profits rise despite ``challenging regulatory backdrop''


set: The ruling ANC on Wednesday expelled its youth leader Julius Malema, turning against a man who helped bring South African President Jacob Zuma to power but later stood in his path to re-election.


set: Azerbaijani mobile operator Azerfon has launched two new entertainment services called Fun2Mass and Mobile Voice Chat.


set: Councilman Luis A. Quintana, one of the most prominent Hispanic-American elected officials in New Jersey, today endorsed Congressman Rob Andrews for the Democratic US Senate nomination.

set: Councilman Quintana endorses Andrews for US Senate


set: US retail gasoline demand rose for the second week in a row as falling retail price spurred consumer demand, according to the SpendingPulse report issued Tuesday.


set: A Seminole Nation council member says he wants to be the tribe's chief.

set: Council members says he wants to be chief


set: It will be one day more one more time when the 25th anniversary production of Les Miserables returns to the Centennial Concert Hall July 23-28.

set: Les Misérables returning to the Centennial Concert Hall


set: Police have identified the Cavan, Ont., couple killed Christmas Eve in a head-on crash west of Peterborough.

set: Cavan couple killed in Christmas Eve crash outside Peterborough


set: A light heavyweight matchup between Ryan Bader and Vladimir Matyushenko is heading to the UFC on Fox 6 card in Chicago, according to a report from ESPN.com.

set: Ryan Bader vs. Vladimir Matyushenko headed to UFC on Fox 6 in Chicago


set: A Chandler man who shot a 19-year-old man to death and injured a 16-year-old girl after shooting her three times was sentenced on Friday to life in prison for the murder and 21 concurrent years for attempted murder.

set: Chandler man sentenced to life in prison


set: Lumber and wood products producer Weyerhaeuser Co. joined the US Climate Action Partnership, a coalition of more than two dozen companies and environmental groups lobbying Congress to pass a bill combatting climate change.

set: Forest products company Weyerhaeuser joins US climate Action Partnership


set: ``Aatma 2 is definitely happening,'' he said at the launch of the first look of Aatma held Monday evening.

set: ``Aatma 2 is definitely happening'' - Suparn Verma


set: A former Kershaw County detention center officer has been charged with misconduct after authorities say he groped a female inmate and asked two others to show their body parts in exchange for cigarettes.

set: Former Kershaw County officer charged with misconduct


set: Some immigration attorneys say they are steering most undocumented clients away from a citizenship path created in the name of ``family unity'' by President Barack Obama's administration.

set: Attorneys steer undocumented clients away from a citizenship path


set: Emily Robison, of the Dixie Chicks and Court Yard Hounds, is expecting her 4th child with boyfriend Martin Strayer.

set: Emily Robison, of the Dixie Chicks, expecting 4th child


set: The rock 'n' roll band Phish plans to release a 3-D concert film in US theaters next month, following U2 and Walt Disney Co.'s ``Hannah Montana'' in trying to capitalize on the popularity of the format.

set: '' Phish plans to release 3-D concert film


set: The NBA officially released its preseason schedule today, complete with a press release sent out to the media.


set: French government officials and citizens have embraced Burmese democracy advocate Aung San Suu Kyi, who is within days of ...


set: A driver early Thursday fell asleep at the wheel and knocked down a 35-foot light pole and traffic sign on the city's Southside, police said.

set: Driver knocks down light pole, traffic sign


set: India and Sri Lanka today agreed not to resort to violence against fishermen straying into each-other's maritime boundary.

set: India and Sri Lanka agree not to resort to violence against fishermen


set: Foreclosure rates are holding steady in the Fort Smith region compared to a year ago.


set: The Mustangs have won three in a row, including two consecutive road games thanks to Sanders, who scored 17 points and Todd, who finished with 16 points.


set: A Putnam County youth minister was charged Thursday with 14 counts of sex crimes against minors after an investigation by a Rutherford County sheriff's detective.

set: Putnam County youth minister charged with 14 sex crimes


set: Police say a 17-year-old juvenile was arrested for burglarizing a home in Dover on Thursday.


set: Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal has declared a state of emergency ahead of Hurricane Ike.

set: Jindal declares state of emergency ahead of Ike


set: Sebastian Vettel said his British Grand Prix victory was not as easy as it looked, despite the German crushing the opposition on Sunday.

set: Vettel says win not as easy as it looked


set: Former ``American Idol'' contestant Adam Lambert has revealed he wants to record a duet with Christina Aguilera.

set: Lambert wants to record duet with Aguilera


set: ``Personally speaking, I don''t want to predict anything,''Zaheer said when asked for his take on the best team goinginto the quadrennial extravaganza starting February 19 in thesub-continent.


set: The Orleans Parish School Board was facing its own financial crisis on Thursday.

set: Orleans Parish school board faces financial crisis


set: Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, cleared by Major League Baseball to bid on the Texas Rangers, prefers to go it alone but may join another bidder because so little time is left before an Aug. 4 bankruptcy auction date, his attorney said today.


set: St Patrick's Day has come early at Eden Park in Auckland and Australia's Rugby World Cup campaign is in turmoil as a result.


set: In turn, Kansas was swept by No. 9 Oklahoma State 11-3 and 4-3 this weekend.


set: Packers head coach Mike McCarthy spoke highly of James Starks in a recent interview, according to the Buffalo News.


set: A Cherokee County man was arrested in Rome earlier this week on several charges.


set: Ecuador is considering returning to the international bond market, possibly as soon as this year, the country's ambassador to the US said Wednesday.

set: Ecuador considering return to international bond market - ambassador


set: AbitibiBowater Inc. says it hopes to sell the bulk of its hydroelectric assets in Ontario by early next year in an ongoing effort to reduce its debt load and improve operational profitability.

set: AbitibiBowater to sell hydroelectric assets


set: LA Galaxy boss Bruce Arena insisted David Beckham will be fit to play in the MLS Cup final despite the England star limping away from training.


set: UConn's Matt Barnes and George Springer were named to the Louisville Slugger NCAA Division I All-American First Team as announced Thursday, June 2 by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper.

set: Barnes, Springer named to Louisville Slugger All-American first team


set: - SEATTLE, Washington and DUBLIN, Ireland - October 6, 2009 - PopCap Games, the leading developer and publisher of the world's most widely played video games, today announced that it has secured US$22.5 million in funding led by Meritech Capital Partners, one of the preeminent late-stage investment firms.

set: PopCap games secures us$22.5 million in funding led by Meritech capital Partners


set: Near Heyburn, Idaho State Controller Donna Jones has been injured in a car crash.

set: State Controller Donna Jones injured in crash


set: Cairo, Sep 11 Ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak is set to return to court today to answer charges on killing of anti-regime protesters, in a trial in which military ruler Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi will testify behind closed doors.


set: After claiming that he was going to write a tell-all book, Spencer Pratt is now threatening to release a sex tape of Heidi Montag, possibly to extend his fifteen minutes of fame.

set: Spencer Pratt threatens to release sex tape


set: Pakistan has said it could focus on American demands to do more in the war on terror only if the US used its influence with India to lessen tensions and to press for resumption of the stalled composite dialogue process.

set: US should use influence with India to lessen tensions:


set: Infosys Ltd has announce the successful implementation of Finacle core banking solution at ZUNO BANK in Slovakia, and in the Czech Republic.

set: Infosys announces implementation of Finacle core banking solution


set: As TMZ reports, rapper ASAP Rocky has pleaded guilty to attempted grand larceny stemming from a fight between him and two photographers that took place in New York City earlier this year.

set: ASAP Rocky pleads guilty to attempted grand larceny


set: Players got rejected at the box office, failing to improve on its poor opening over the weekend.


set: One ticket sold in South Dakota won the $232.1 million Powerball lottery jackpot Wednesday night.

set: One ticket wins $232.1 million Powerball jackpot


set: The Supreme Court Monday said the right to property is a constitutional right and government cannot deprive a person of his land in an arbitrary manner.

set: Right to property is a constitutional right:


set: Jamie Foxx will host Saturday Night Live on Dec. 8, with R&B star Ne-Yo as the musical guest.

set: Jamie Foxx to host 'Saturday Night Live'


set: The Titans and Chris Johnson have agreed to terms on a four-year contract extension ending the three-time Pro Bowl running back's holdout.

set: Titans, Chris Johnson agree to contract extension


set: Hungary on Monday backed a planned Russian gas pipeline crossing south-east Europe in a move that risks angering Budapest's western partners and could threaten the prospects of Nabucco, a rival pipeline supported by the US and the European Union.


set: Beck, 88, who was a resistance fighter during World War II for Chug Chaluzi, an underground Zionist resistance youth group, died on June 24, just six days before his 89th birthday.


set: French port workers began a 24-hour strike Friday, continuing their series of protests over a port reform bill...


set: Japanese mobile operator NTT DoCoMo is shutting down its PHS operations from 7 January, the Nikkei reports.


set: A Deirdre Barlow lookalike is being hunted by police after she stole cash from a man who collapsed in the street.

set: Deirdre Barlow lookalike hunted by police


set: Legendary trainer Bart Cummings is reportedly devastated after discovering his superstar four-year-old So You Think has been sold to racing powerhouse Coolmore Stud, set to head overseas to race in Europe.


set: Iranian car imports into Iran rose by 29 percent during the first five months of the current Iranian year, which began on March 20, compared with the same period last year, the Customs Administration head Abbas Memarnejad stated.


set: USDCAD breaks above the falling price channel on 4-hour chart, suggesting that a short term cycle bottom is being formed at 1.0397.


set: MEXICO CITY -Mexico coach Sven-Goran Eriksson was fired on Thursday, a day after a 3-1 loss to Honduras in World Cup qualifying.


set: Dr. Jill Biden is visiting two Colorado community colleges during Vice President Joe Biden's visit to the state.

set: Jill Biden visits Colo. community colleges


set: Perth Airport has opened its new Terminal 2, which will serve as a new base of domestic flights.


set: A Nigerian football star on Thursday said he had been sentenced to 40 lashes in Sudan after being wrongly convicted of drunk driving in Khartoum.

set: Nigerian football star sentenced to 40 lashes in Sudan


set: Zambia, where hundreds of animals have disappeared from its national parks because of poaching, has declared war on poachers, state-run media reported on Tuesday.


set: A man was shot dead Monday night on the Near West Side, police said.


set: AstraZeneca Plc will cut about 145 jobs at its Otis Street manufacturing facility beginning May 31, according to the company.


set: A Perry County man has apparently changed his mind about pleading guilty in a federal vote buying case.

set: Perry County man changes his mind about pleading guilty


set: The MMD has suspended interviews for parliamentary candidates in view of the death of Dr Frederick Chiluba.


set: ORLANDO, Fla. A Florida judge released a grainy jailhouse video of Casey Anthony being told that the remains of her 2-year-old daughter had been found in 2008

set: Judge releases jailhouse video of Casey Anthony


set: KISS FM has today unveiled its mobile optimised digital media player, the KISS Player, which will allow audiences to engage with synced content in real-time.

set: KISS FM unveils mobile optimised digital media player


set: BT today offers millions of customers the chance to boost their broadband speed for free with the launch of faster headline speeds of up to 20Mb/s and the BT Broadband Accelerator.


set: The husband of late actress Brittany Murphy has been found dead, authorities confirmed yesterday, five months after his wife's accidental death.


set: Polish historians believe British POWs were murdered by German forces after being forced to hide looted Nazi artwork and treasure down an abandoned coal mine.

set: British POWs 'murdered after being forced to hide Nazi artwork down coal mine'


set: Homelessness has increased in the Fraser Valley, although at a slightly lower rate than in Metro Vancouver.

set: Homelessness increasing in Fraser Valley


set: Wind energy consulting firm Helimax will open a new office in western Canada, near Vancouver, on March 15 in order to better serve its clientele.

set: Helimax opens new office in western Canada


set: A Russian deputy from the northwestern Leningrad Region's legislative assembly, who is also the leader of the ruling United Russia party's regional branch, has asked US President Barack Obama to put him on the so-called Magnitsky List, the party reported Tuesday.

set: Russian deputy asks Obama to put him on Magnitsky List


set: Hawks hammer Perth in NBL summit clash Updated: 22:03, Sunday November 4, 2012 Unheralded Wollongong are the only unbeaten team in the NBL after confirming themselves as legitimate title contenders with a 100-67 home blowout of Perth, the only other previously undefeated side.


set: A House panel Wednesday voted to cite former top White House aide Karl Rove for contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena to answer questions about the dismissals of several federal prosecutors as its Senate counterpart explored punishments for an array of alleged Bush administration misdeeds.

set: House panel votes to cite Rove for contempt


set: Local gardeners are invited to the annual spring garden seminar presented by the University of Wisconsin-Extension Wood County Master Gardener Volunteers.


set: A Pakistani Taliban commander withdrew his fighters from a key northwestern valley on Friday, amid growing alarm in the United States that the Taliban were creeping closer to the capital of nuclear-armed Pakistan.

set: Pakistani Taliban say withdrawing from key valley


set: Schizophrenia and autism probably share a common origin, hypothesises Dutch researcher Annemie Ploeger following an extensive literature study.

set: Schizophrenia and autism may share common origin


set: A North Georgia mother is charged with rape for encouraging two young girls to have sex in her home! 33 year old Terra Brewer is charged with statutory rape, child molestation and conspiracy to commit a felony.


set: The Texans will interview former Packers and Eagles head coach Ray Rhodes regarding a spot on their defensive staff Thursday.


set: A group of Russian state universities and the organization of ``Ruckus'' first will hold the educational exhibition in Baku May 21-22, ``Ruckus'' director general Avbakar Nutsalov said at a press conference ``Education in Russia - preparation of professional personnel for Azerbaijan''.

set: Russian state universities to hold educational exhibition in Baku


set: For superior sound quality on-the-go, Philips launched this month a new range of GoGear portable audio and video players.

set: Philips launches a new range of GoGear portable audio and video players


set: President Obama has cautiously hailed a ``clear'' trend of job growth, and called on businesses to boost investment.


set: The UK, Germany and Spain will fall into recession in 2008, the European Commission has predicted.


set: Guatemala declared a 30-day state of emergency for the northern Peten region following the brutal massacre of 27 people at a cattle ranch.

set: Guatemala declares state of emergency after massacre


set: Skip to navigation '' Skip to content '' US US Video 911 call reporting skull discovery is released Buzz Up IM del.icio.us Yahoo! Bookmarks 6 mins ago AP --


set: POLICE from Manchester are hoping someone in the Worcester area can help them trace relatives of a dead man.


set: Basketball star Tony Parker is recovering from eye surgery in Paris to repair a corneal laceration that he sustained in last week's bar brawl involving rappers Chris Brown, Drake and their entourages.

set: Tony Parker recovering from eye surgery;


set: Dead Island has sold over five million copies, which is quite an accomplishment for what many felt was a so-so first outing for the franchise.

set: Dead Island sold over five-million copies


set: Ozaukee County health officials are searching for the source of two illnesses that have sickened four young children in the same neighborhood.

set: Ozaukee County health officials search for source of illnesses


set: Donegal South West Deputy Pearse Doherty has made his maiden speech in the Dail, calling on the government to pack its bags and leave office immediately.

set: Deputy Pearse Doherty makes maiden speech in Dail


set: South African Paralympic star Oscar Pistorius will have to live with his conscience after he shot dead his girlfriend on Valentine's Day and said it was a tragic mistake, the victim's father Barry Steenkamp was quoted as saying in the local media.

set: 'Pistorius must live with his conscience'


set: Pod2g has just confirmed that he will speak and lead a hacking workshop at JailbreakCon this year.

set: Pod2g will speak and lead a hacking workshop at JailbreakCon


set: British actress Samantha Barks is single again after splitting from her boyfriend, according to a UK report.

set: Samantha Barks - Samantha Barks splits from boyfriend


set: The Hydrometeorological Service today issued a statement saying that La Nina type weather conditions have returned and that Guyana should expect more days with rainfall above the long term average in the coming months.

set: La Niña weather conditions have returned


set: Stalley would fit right in alongside newly signed MMG talent Wale, Meek Mill, and Pill.

set: Stalley to sign with Maybach Music Group?


set: Benton Harbor based Whirlpool has again been named one of the most respected companies by The Reputation Institute.

set: Whirlpool named one of the most respected companies


set: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad compared Iran's enemies to 'mosquitoes' and promised to deal with the West from a position of power at the nuclear negotiations.

set: Ahmadinejad promises to deal with West from position of power


set: TAKEAWAY boss Syed Amir Ali is branching out in business while helping young people at school.


set: WestJet Airlines Ltd said on Wednesday it flew fuller planes in September than in the same month a year earlier, helping Canada's No. 2 carrier deliver a third-quarter load factor that exceeded its expectations.


set: The Bank of Canada raised its key interest rate by 25 basis points to 0.75 percent on Tuesday, as expected, but cautioned that the domestic and global recoveries will be slower than previously expected in a hint that any further hikes may be gradual.


set: Pakistan has formally demanded of US to set up ROZ for the economic uplift of backward areas in Balochistan.

set: Pakistan demands of US to set up ROZ in backward areas of Balochistan


set: Tributes are pouring in for veteran journalist Keith Smith who died yesterday morning at his home at Old St Joseph Road, Laventille.


set: ``Oh my god, I have two girl crushes. I completely adore Megan Fox and Victoria Beckham,'' femalefirst.co.uk quoted her as saying.


set: Empire State Development Corp. launched its new Web site Monday, reorganized to streamline design and improve access to information in order to best serve the agency's constituents.

set: Empire State Development launches its new Web site


set: Australian union members and Latin Americans living in Australia reiterated their support of Cuba and rejection of the economic blockade imposed by the United States.

set: Union members and Latin Americans living in Australia reiterate support of Cuba


set: Sweden's Jorgen Brink won the 56-mile Vasaloppet cross-country ski marathon for the first time on Sunday, beating favorite Daniel Tynell by inches to capture the world's oldest and longest ski race.

set: Brink wins Vasaloppet cross-country ski marathon


set: KIDS' telly star Floella Benjamin will take her seat in the House of Lords this month, it was revealed yesterday.

set: Floella Benjamin to take her seat in the House of Lords this month


set: SOLO sailor Jessica Watson has rounded the Cape of Good Hope and the next time she sights land it will be Australia.


set: Brad Guzan believes that competition will be key this season as Paul Lambert picks players on merit, and not just based on their name.


set: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India on Thursday gave a much needed boost to jailed former union telecom minister A Raja, when it said that Raja had followed government policy in the distribution of 2G spectrum allocation.

set: Raja followed government policy on 2G spectrum allocation:


set: EBA CLEARING has announced the successful launch and operation of two additional liquidity distribution windows on its large-value clearing and settlement platform URO1.

set: EBA CLEARING launches two liquidity distribution windows


set: Mammoth's Casey Powell dives and scores the flying goal after nice feed from Adam Jones.

set: Casey Powell dives and scores the flying goal!


set: Salman Khurshid on Sunday took over as the External Affairs Minister, the only minister to assume the charge immediately after the swearing-in ceremony.

set: Salman Khurshid takes over as External Affairs Minister


set: THE Knights are poised to re-sign Chris Houston for two more years, ending speculation that the workhorse second-rower was headed to Penrith, and are in the hunt to sign Test forward Luke Lewis.

set: Knights poised to re-sign Chris Houston, in hunt for Luke Lewis


set: The 46-year-old Dann, a democract, led the state on a 10-day odyssey, at first refusing to resign despite demands by democratic Governor Ted Strickland and others within his party, a growing number of investigations into conduct at his office, and the filing Tuesday of articles of impeachment against him.


set: 'Bad Boys' singer Alexandra Burke is looking for love after her two previous relationships ended in disaster.


set: The city of Ionia Thursday issued a boil water advisory for a portion of the city after discovering coliform bacteria in the water supply.

set: Ionia issues boil water advisory for portion of city


set: Pakistan's experienced off spinner Saeed Ajmal wants a crack at the Australians in the 2011 World Cup, to avenge the thrashing he got at their hands in the ICC Twenty20 World Championships last year in the West Indies.


set: Iran has begun uranium enrichment at a new underground site well protected from possible airstrikes, a leading hardline newspaper reported Sunday in another show of defiance against Western pressure to rein in Tehran's nuclear program.

set: Iran begins uranium enrichment at new site


set: Lewis won The Associated Press 2009 NFL coach of the year award for guiding his team to the playoffs during a season marked by tragedy.


set: In the meantime, we want to tell your stories.


set: Andy Pettitte said Friday at his retirement press conference that he would ``never say never'' about possibly pitching again.

set: Pettitte: 'never say never' to pitching again


set: Dell has entered the rugged laptop market with its new Latitude XFR D630, placing the company in competition with companies such as Panasonic.


set: Kim Kardashian tried out a blood facial on the latest episode of her show Kourtney and Kim Take Miami as her ex Kris Humphries' family finally break their silence on their marriage.


set: Skills secretary John Denham will today reveal how employers are helping shape a radical new government service to get more people into work.

set: Employers shape new government service to get people into work


set: Nine banks in Canada are accepting cash donations in support of Red Cross relief efforts in Pakistan, the Canadian Red Cross said Friday.

set: Banks accepting donations for Red Cross relief efforts in Pakistan


set: The Pentagon on Monday urged restraint in Egypt and stressed the importance of holding elections after clashes between police and pro-democracy protesters in Cairo left 24 people dead.


set: ``Everyday a new dream is born. Today, I want to do new kind of films, want children to stay healthy and have a good life. I think you have to be rooted in reality before dreaming. Right now, I am in a position where I can afford anything. But when I started off in the industry my dream was to eat, have a place to stay,'' Shahrukh told reporters at an event.

set: You have to be rooted in reality before dreaming:


set: Businesses are still hiring, but a new report shows teenagers are facing a very tough job market this summer.


set: SIPTU has served strike notice on seven Dublin hospitals for 48 hours with effect from Wednesday 7th April.

set: SIPTU serves strike notice on seven Dublin hospitals


set: NEW YORK - Foot Locker Inc. said Friday it plans to cut about 120 jobs and to have closed 117 stores by the end of this month as it looks to become a more efficient and competitive business.

set: Foot Locker to cut 120 jobs, close 117 stores


set: Equinix, a global provider of data center services, launched a social network for the ``ecosystem'' of 4,000-plus customers the company serves in its data centers around the world.

set: Equinix launches social network for customers


set: The 33-year-old Mayweather skipped a hearing Tuesday before Las Vegas Justice of the Peace Diana Sullivan on eight misdemeanor and felony charges.


set: London, Sep 7 About 750,000 people could die in East Africa over the next four months due to famine, if enough aid didn't reach the famine-stricken region, the UN has warned.

set: 750,000 people may die in East african famine:


set: On the E! channel's show 'Fashion Police', Osbourne called Christina a ``fat bitch''!

set: Kelly Osbourne calls Christina Aguilera a fat bitch


set: Investigators on Saturday probed a suicide attack at UN headquarters in Nigeria after the bomber managed to penetrate tight security and ram his car into the building, killing at least 19 people.

set: Investigators probe suicide attack on UN in Nigeria


set: Debutants stole the show at the New York City marathon Sunday as Ethiopian Gebre Gebremariam won the men's race on his marathon debut and Kenya's Edna Kiplagat took the women's title in her first New York race.

set: Debutants steal show at New York City marathon


set: Braves manager Bobby Cox extended his major league ejection record to 143 on Wednesday, getting tossed in the fifth inning for arguing ball and strikes during Atlanta's game against Florida.

set: Braves' Cox extends ejection record to 143


set: PepsiCo Inc. said Friday that it plans to invest an additional US$2.5 billion in China in the next three years on new plants and research facilities as the food and beverage maker builds up its presence in the growing market.

set: PepsiCo to invest additional US$2.5 billion in China


set: Matt Damon and his wife have welcomed a new baby girl into their world.


set: Owners of almost 100 cats have been charged for criminal mischief and animal cruelty.


set: A police sergeant was hospitalized early Wednesday following a squad car crash at 59th Street and California Avenue.

set: Police sergeant hospitalized after squad car crash


set: The necropsy report on EIGHT BELLES, who broke down after her gallant runner-up effort in the Kentucky Derby, was released on Thursday.

set: Necropsy report on Eight Belles released


set: Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett says he has raised $750,000 in just 25 days as he attempts to win the Democratic primary in the governor's recall election.


set: Police on Friday charged an Anniston man with stealing $1,225 worth of supplies from a local manufacturing company.

set: Police charge man with stealing supplies from local manufacturing company


set: Dick LeBeau will return as defensive coordinator for the Steelers in 2012, a source told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.


set: A Fairbanks man has been arrested for allegedly urinating on a bouncer at a bar.

set: Man arrested for allegedly urinating on bouncer


set: Which Way To Pay® UK is an independent comparison and reviews site providing unbiased information on a variety of financial products.


set: President Yahya Jammeh on Friday opened the 2011 legislative session of the National Assembly, and spoke on a wide range of issues, including some of the achievements of his government, as well as challenges faced and future plans.

set: President Jammeh opens 2011 Legislative session


set: A machine caught fire in a commercial shop in Wilmington today, causing minor smoke damage to apartments above.

set: Machine catches fire at shop in Wilmington


set: Former President APJ Abdul Kalam on Friday stressed the need for interlinking rivers and water bodies to solve the problem of water shortage, saying ``future wars would be over water''.


set: Broadcast network CBS on Dec. 15 will televise its first live boxing match in 15 years as it teams with Showtime to offer seven live fights throughout the day.


set: The late President Turgut Özal, who died of a suspicious heart attack on April 17, 1993, will be commemorated by both civil society and official ceremonies on the 17th anniversary of his death.

set: Former president Turgut Özal to be commemorated


set: The Government has launched a mortgage aid website for homeowners struggling to meet loan repayments.

set: Government launches Mortgage aid website


set: ``It is against corruption that we have war, even the civil war in Sierra Leone was as a result of corruption and injustice,'' said Mr. Kamara, Commissioner of the Anti Corruption Commission.

set: ``It is against corruption we have war.''


set: GLASTONBURY festival founder Michael Eavis will pay a visit to a west Wiltshire secondary school today to talk to pupils and judge a Rock Idol competition.


set: Google said today that it will build three new data centers in Asia.

set: Google to build three data centers in Asia


set: A former Davis Dam security guard pleaded guilty last week to two car burglaries at Lake Mohave.

set: Former security guard pleads guilty to burglaries


set: As reported by Spinner, in a blog post entitled ``I've Got Some News,'' Adele revealed to her fans that she is pregnant with her first child.


set: But what exactly is Freddie Mac and what does it do?


set: European shares slip after Fed stimulus Updated: 12:09, Friday December 14, 2012 Europe's main stock markets are on the slide as investors digest more US Federal Reserve monetary easing and an EU deal to give the European Central Bank supervisory powers over the banking sector.


set: Online retail giant Amazon announced Friday that it would create 2,000 jobs in Britain over the next two years with the opening of three new fulfilment centres.


set: An Elkview woman is suing K-mart Corporation and Sears Holdings Corporation for injuries she sustained in one of the defendants' stores.

set: Elkview woman sues K-mart, Sears for injuries


set: Red Sox starting pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka threw off the mound for the first time today, According to the Mainichi Daily News.


set: Heavy rush was witnessed outside petrol pumps in Assam with security intensified in and around these installations as the indefinite nation-wide oil officers strike entered the third day today.

set: Heavy rush outside petrol pumps in Assam


set: AP Photo Jae Crowder had 26 points and 14 rebounds in his final home game as a senior, helping No. 8 Marquette beat No. 11 Georgetown 83-69 Saturday and clinch the No. 2 seed in the Big East tournament.

set: No. 8 Marquette beats No. 11 Georgetown 83-69


set: McCracken County and Paducah city leaders showed off a new air medical base designed to improve medical care for all of western Kentucky.

set: Mccracken and Paducah city leaders show off new air medical base


set: American football legend OJ Simpson is appealing his conviction for robbery and kidnapping charges that landed him in prison for at least nine years, court records showed.


set: Indian stock market indices have been trading flat over the last two hours of trade with a positive bias.


set: City bus drivers went on a strike on Tuesday to press for the payment of wages by the Jharkhand state tourism development corporation.


set: After a slow start to the season, the Dayton boys tennis team rebounded with a nice effort in the state sectionals.

set: Dayton boys tennis rebounds with nice effort in state sectionals


set: Malta says it's refusing to return two Libyan fighter jets that landed on the island last week after their pilots defected.

set: Malta refusing to return Libyan fighter jets


set: Under the terms of the agreement, Affymetrix will pay approximately $73 million in cash to acquire Panomics.


set: A new cycle route connecting west Truro to the city centre will be officially opened on Thursday.

set: Cycle route connecting Truro city centre to open


set: Nationals pitcher Stephen Strasburg has begun throwing as he moves forward with his recovery from reconstructive elbow surgery.

set: Nationals pitcher Stephen Strasburg begins throwing in recovery from elbow surgery


set: The United Way of Inner Wisconsin, for the 24th year, is administering a grant from the Federal Emergency Food & Shelter Program for distribution in Wood County, according to Tari Jahns, chief executive officer.


set: J&J starting 4 early research collaboration hubs Johnson & Johnson says it will set up four regional ``innovation centers'' in life sciences hotspots around the world to speed up early research.

set: J&j starting 4 early research collaboration hubs


set: Tiger Woods has posted a message on his site saying he is going to take an indefinite leave from golf to work on his marriage.

set: Tiger Woods to take 'indefinite' leave from golf


set: ISP appointed several professionals within the personal care division, welcoming three new senior key account managers with more than 30 years of combined expertise.


set: MASSACRE monster Anders Breivik grinned as judges jailed him for just 21 years for taking the lives of 77 people.

set: Mass murderer Anders Breivik jailed for just 21 years


set: The Miami Police Department will set up surveillance cameras throughout the streets of South Florida.

set: Miami Police to set up surveillance cameras


set: How does Ellington fit in with what the Cardinals want to do on offense?

set: How does Andre Ellington fit with Cardinals?


set: Apparently Blizzard feels the same way and is offering free character migrations to residents of over-populated World of Warcraft servers.


set: A toddler died this week after a terrible accident with his grandfather and cousin.


set: A search is under way in dense bush in WA's Great Southern for a Currambine man missing since New Year's Eve.

set: Search for man missing since New Year's Eve


set: President Rajapakse has assured to restore the rights of children who had been forcibly given arms depriving of their education.

set: President assures to restore rights of children


set: I'm here today, remorseful,'' the former nurse told a federal judge Wednesday in Minneapolis, moments before he sentenced her for stealing painkillers from hospital patients in Coon Rapids to support her drug addiction.

set: Former nurse sentenced for stealing painkillers from patients


set: Sweden's 2012 ``Jenny Lind,'' mezzo-soprano Josefine Andersson of the Copenhagen Opera Academy, will present a concert at 11 am Sunday at the Jenny Lind Chapel, Andover, Ill.


set: Persian Gulf rebar imports from Turkey have soared by $80 per tonne fob for August production.

set: Persian Gulf rebar imports up $80 for August production


set: BATS Chi-X Europe, the largest pan-European equities market operator by market share and notional value traded(1), today introduced 'Lit Sweep' and 'Dark Sweep', its new interbook order types.

set: BATS Chi-X Europe introduces new interbook order types


set: The UAE is keen to see a stable Lebanon and has pledged full-fledged support to all the efforts and initiatives aimed at achieving that end.


set: Aust dominate day one of rugby sevens Updated: 19:22, Friday February 1, 2013 Australia crushed Scotland 29-5 to complete a surprisingly dominant opening day at the world series sevens rugby tournament in Wellington.


set: Argentine power distributor Emdersa met the buyside in the US last week on a non-deal roadshow.


set: A 20-year-old Newport News man was shot in the chest Thursday afternoon on Chestnut Avenue, according to police.

set: Newport News man shot in chest on Thursday


set: Just today, new Kim Kardashian wedding reception details are being spilled online, giving an intimate look at what went down after she said ``I do'' with NBA star Kris Humphries.

set: Kim Kardashian wedding reception details given


set: Venus Williams was knocked out of the Australian Open on Thursday, losing 2-6, 6-3, 7-5 to 46th-ranked Carla Suarez Navarro of Spain.

set: Venus Williams knocked out of Australian Open


set: It has given me an opportunity to lead a good team in an entrepreneurial environment, be responsible for crediting Reebok with many firsts and successfully maintaining the brand leadership in an increasingly competitive market space.

set: ``I lead a good team in an entrepreneurial environment''


set: Former President Nelson Mandela is spending a sixth day in hospital where he is being treated for a recurring bout of pneumonia.


set: Pakistan and Afghanistan have agreed to establish contacts with Taliban militants through the mediation of tribal leaders.

set: Pakistan, Afghanistan agree to establish contacts with Taliban


set: The annual look at who went to the movies from the MPAA has been released.


set: Juan Martin del Potro, who underwent surgery two weeks ago on his right wrist, says he expects to miss the US Open and not defend his title.


set: Two minor girls, who are from Jalpaiguri in West Bengal, were rescued by Delhi Police's crime branch on Sunday morning when agents of a placement agency where bringing them to the city to place them as domestic helps, police said.


set: In a memo to top financial backers Wednesday, Gov. Martin O'Malley's campaign manager urged Marylanders ``to take a deep breath'' and argued that O'Malley remains well-positioned to win re-election next year, despite Democratic losses last week in Virginia and New Jersey.

set: O'Malley campaign manager urges ``deep breath''


set: US President Barack Obama got injured while playing a basketball game Friday morning and got 12 stitches in his lip.

set: Body man Barack Obama injured while playing basketball


set: Witt, the gas safety, control, mixing and analysis equipment supplier, has launched Hydrobaby, a hand held analyser to measure moisture in gases and compressed air.


set: At least 12 people were killed and 24 others injured when a passenger bus caught fire in southern Nepal on Friday.

set: 12 killed after bus catches fire in southern Nepal


set: Democrats asked Gov. Rick Scott to order a special session to expand health care coverage to cove more uninsured Floridians.

set: Democrats ask Gov. Scott order special session for health care


set: Police have recovered 45 guns and 1,163 bullets from suspected armed robbers in the last five months in a Rapid Response Unit operation countrywide.

set: Police recover 45 guns from suspected armed robbers


set: The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld Nevada state laws that limit brothel advertising.


set: A suicide bomber killed two Pakistani policemen and wounded five others as security forces tried to stop him from walking into their local headquarters on Monday, police said.

set: Suicide bomber kills two Pakistan police


set: VICTORIAN sewage pipes under Douglas Harbour will be replaced after efforts to repair them failed.

set: Sewage pipes under Harbour to be replaced


set: Reese added a bronze medal to her world titles' haul on the opening day of the meet in Rome.


set: The European Parliament called Syrian President Bashar Assad on Thursday to relinquish power immediately, saying that the president lost his legitimacy after using force against peaceful protesters in Syria.

set: Eu Parliament calls Assad to relinquish power immediately


set: The rupee lost 12 paise to Rs 49.19 per US dollar in early trade on the Interbank Foreign Exchange today amid a lower opening in the domestic stock market and the dollar gaining ground against the euro overseas.

set: Rupee loses 12 paise against dollar in early trade


set: The IRS is trying to crack down on tax preparers by imposing new regulations.


set: A former Aiken County middle school teacher has been arrested on charges of lewd act and criminal sexual conduct with a minor.

set: Another former Aiken County teacher arrested


set: When the team investigates the scene where the body of a dead lieutenant is found, Ducky is convinced that there is more going on than meets the eye.


set: Dylan Armstrong won the shot put competition at the Kansas Relays with a distance of 70 feet, 7¼ inches Wednesday night.

set: Armstrong wins shot put at Kansas Relays


set: A South Carolina politician, church deacon and NAACP treasurer is charged in a mortgage fraud scheme tied to Mecklenburg and Union Counties.

set: SC politician charged in mortgage fraud scheme


set: DIDIER Drogba has admitted Luiz Felipe Scolari persuaded him to stay at Chelsea when the Ivory Coast striker was considering a move away from Stamford Bridge in the close-season.


set: ``I feel Shah Rukh is still the same. He is as talented as he was. Now I have got even closer to him than before. You never get bored with him! He always makes me feel special,'' Deepika told IANS.

set: ``Shah Rukh makes me feel special'' - Deepika Padukone


set: Madonna was convinced that her soon-to-be ex-husband Guy Ritchie never wanted to adopt Malawian tot David Banda, according to British tabloid reports.

set: Guy Ritchie 'never wanted to adopt David Banda'


set: Target security laid down the law in Waukesha, Wisconsin, ahead of what promises to be one of the most closely watched corporate power struggles of the season.


set: That's the only question we had when we heard that ``Glee'' was going to cover PSY's ``Gangnam Style'' -- and now that we've seen it, the question still remains.


set: The health disparities prevalent in indigenous people around the world are closely tied to cultural loss including, loss of language, globalization and removal from the land.

set: Health disparities in indigenous people tied to cultural loss


set: Sterling rose to a one-month high against the euro on Thursday and looked set to rise to its strongest in nine months as investors sold the single currency on disappointment that the ECB had not made more aggressive moves to curb the debt crisis.


set: Cristiano Ronaldo has become a father, his website said Sunday, although the mother's identity is being kept a secret.


set: MARSEILLE, France -Marseille is set to sign France striker Andre-Pierre Gignac from Toulouse, but Loic Remy's debut for the French champion has been put on hold after a medical examination revealed a heart problem.

set: Marseille set to sign France striker Gignac


set: A new cancer gene has been discovered by a research group at the Sahlgrenska Academy.


set: Insignia Systems, Inc. today announced that it intends to hold a conference call on Wednesday, April 29 at 4:00 PM Central Time to discuss the Company's financial performance for the 2009 first quarter results, which will be released Wednesday, April 29 at 3:05 PM Central Time.

set: Insignia Systems, Inc. to hold conference call


set: Chinese President Hu Jintao said on Friday that China always attaches great importance to the issue of nuclear security, opposing nuclear proliferation and nuclear terrorism, and supporting international efforts to enhance cooperation on nuclear security.

set: China opposes nuclear proliferation, nuclear terrorism:


set: US retail giant Wal-Mart plans to open more than 100 new stores in China over the next three years, Xinhua reported on Thursday.


set: London's mayor has called for action following a fox attack on a month old baby boy.

set: Mayor calls for action following fox attack


set: Synergy Health has taken over BeamOne for an initial cash consideration of $35m with a deferred cash consideration of up to a maximum of $20m depending on performance for the year to 1 April 2012.


set: Martha Speaks celebrates National Poetry Month with special guest, former Poet Laureate of the United States, Billy Collins.

set: Martha Speaks celebrates National poetry Month


set: A Tacoma man pleaded not guilty Tuesday to two counts of vehicular homicide stemming from a deadly 2007 wreck that authorities believe resulted from an illegal street race.

set: Man pleads not guilty to vehicular homicide


set: RWANDAN Special Forces returned home over the weekend after their joint operations with the Congolese army FARDC came to an end.


set: Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation has confirmed it is considering splitting its publishing assets -- including its scandal-hit UK newspapers -- and film and TV businesses into two separately listed public companies.

set: News Corporation confirms it is considering a split into two companies


set: POLICE have confirmed that a woman who was found dead in a large plastic bag at Booval took her own life.


set: Sri Lanka has become eligible to be included in the World Bank aid Programme for middle income countries User Rating: / 0Poor Best Friday, 17 December 2010 18:45 Managing director of the World Bank Dr. Okonjo Iweala said Sri Lanka has now become eligible to be included in the World Bank aid programme for middle income earning countries.

set: Sri Lanka has become eligible to be included in the World Bank aid programme ...


set: A painkiller as powerful as morphine, but without most of the side-effects, has been found in the deadly venom of the black mamba, say French scientists.

set: Painkiller as powerful as morphine has been found in deadly venom of the black mamba


set: New Zealand First leader Winston Peters is refusing to stand aside as foreign minister and is claiming the Serious Fraud Office is taking part in a 'vile' plot against him.


set: The Philly Fed said its index of activity in the manufacturing sector rose to 20.2 in April from 18.9 in March, with a positive reading indicating growth in the sector.


set: London, March 15 Actress Sarah Jessica Parker is in talks to star in the Raymond De Felitta-directed comedy ``Married and Cheating'' alongside Marisa Tomei.

set: Sarah Jessica Parker to star in 'married and Cheating'?


set: Samsung Electronics Co, on Monday, said it would launch a mobile instant messaging tool in its latest push to attract more consumers to its handsets and challenge rivals such as Apple and BlackBerry maker Research in Motion.

set: Samsung launches mobile instant messaging tool


set: The Australian dollar was half a US cent lower on Wednesday morning, falling below parity overnight.


set: A 51-year-old Manatee County woman was shot during a home invasion last night, authorities said.

set: Manatee County woman shot during home invasion


set: ``The government must consider the impact of over-testing on the education of Britain's children, and the view of ATL that high stakes national testing at all key stages should now be withdrawn.

set: Association of teachers and lecturers (ATL) - ATL - high stakes national testing at all key stages should be withdrawn


set: Comedian and ventriloquist Jeff Dunham spent the holiday weekend in Las Vegas celebrating his bachelor party by twice dining at strip-side restaurant Serendipity 3 at Caesars Palace.

set: Jeff Dunham Celebrates bachelor party at Serendipity 3 at Caesars Palace


set: President Barack Obama has arrived in Las Vegas after visiting Phoenix, Arizona.


set: Stocks to watch on the Australian stock exchange at the close of trade on Thursday: up 35 cents, or 3.73 per cent, at $9.73 Mineral sands miner Iluka generated nearly one-third less revenue in 2012 than the previous year as Chinese demand and prices plunged.


set: The New Zealand share market was flat in early trading, following caution on Wall Street ahead of earnings reports from companies in the United States.

set: New Zealand shares flat in early trading


set: London, Jan 22 British actress Sienna Miller admits she isn't a ``perfect person'' and thinks people should pay more attention to her acting than her personal life.


set: SHOTLEY BRIDGE are hoping it will be third time lucky as they look to kick-start their title challenge.

set: Shotley Bridge hoping it will be third time lucky


set: Widespread media coverage has been given to a warning from doctors that climate change is the biggest global health threat of the 21st-century.

set: Climate change is 'biggest health threat'


set: Swiss private bank Clariden Leu has expanded its strategic presence in the Middle East by opening a licensed representative office in Abu Dhabi.

set: Clariden Leu opens representative office in Abu Dhabi


set: LaDonna Harris and Johnny Depp at the ceremony during which Depp was adopted by the Comanche Nation.

set: Johnny Depp adopted into Comanche Nation


set: ``It's All About the Bike'' is author Robert Penn's hymn to his version of happiness -- riding his bike or pursuing his perfect version of same.


set: A strong, 6.3-magnitude earthquake has struck near the Solomon Islands but there was no immediate tsunami warning.

set: Another earthquake strikes Solomon Islands


set: Pub giant JD Wetherspoon has revealed it is planning on creating new bar jobs in Scotland after purchasing a former tax office in Stirling with a view to converting it into a pub.

set: JD Wetherspoon may create bar jobs in Scotland


set: Filming began Monday in East Anchorage on the serial-killer film ``The Frozen Ground,'' starring Nicolas Cage and John Cusack.


set: A Seymour woman was assaulted and her purse was stolen at a Seymour grocery store.


set: ``I want to promise that centre will leave no stone unturned to fight terror,'' Singh said insisting that his party, Congress, won't play politics over it.

set: Centre will leave no stone unturned to fight terror:


set: Rep. Mike Rogers gave an example to the TSA saying Beyonce is ``not going to blow a plane up.''

set: Beyonce is 'not going to blow a plane up.


set: Olympique Lyon stayed two points clear at the top of Ligue 1 with one match left after a 1-0 home win over Nancy.

set: Lyon stay two points clear with a match left


set: The park service is looking for personal artifacts.


set: A St. Robert woman is in jail Friday on forgery charge related to cashing stolen checks.


set: Wales rugby coach Warren Gatland has made six changes to his team for the test against Australia this weekend.


set: Education Minister Andrew Holness says his ministry is developing the framework for a dedicated 'safe schools patrol' to enhance the existing safe schools programme.

set: Ministry developing framework for safe schools patrol


set: Area experts are studying the spring flood and talking about ways to prevent another record flood.

set: Area experts talk about ways to prevent another record flood


set: Former Arkansas star Darren McFadden will host a youth football camp this summer in Maumelle.

set: D-mac to host youth football camp in Maumelle


set: One Direction, Girls Aloud and Robbie Williams have been lined up to perform at this year's Royal Variety Performance.

set: One Direction and Girls Aloud to perform at Royal Variety Performance


set: JAPANESE greenhouse gas emissions hit a record high in the year to March, the government said on Wednesday, raising more questions about whether Japan will fail to meet its commitments under the Kyoto Protocol climate pact.


set: On Monday, Verizon announced that the Motorola Droid is getting an over-the-air software update to Android 2.2.1.


set: EA's Battlefield 3 has now sold over 8 million units in total worldwide, up 3 million since its opening week sales.

set: Battlefield 3 sells 8 million units worldwide


set: Chelsea will be hoping to make it third time lucky when they take on five-time champions Liverpool in the second leg of their European Champions League semi-final on Wednesday night.

set: Chelsea hoping to make it third time lucky against Liverpool


set: ``How rude, unprofessional or simply incompetent are those who don't get back to you with feedback after PR pitches?

set: 'We will get back to you with our feedback...'


set: Former Australian leg-spinner Stuart MacGill has reckoned that Indian cricket has a future only if players play like there`s no tomorrow and retain the competitive spirit missing in some of their more experienced teammates.

set: Indian players should play like there`s no tomorrow:


set: He was earlier Special Secretary, National Disaster Management Authority in the Home Ministry.


set: A Turkish prosecutor has brought criminal charges against Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, for making an undercover TV documentary that claimed to expose the conditions of the country's orphanages.

set: Turkey has brought criminal charges against Sarah Ferguson


set: Australian scientists have developed a drug that they say may prevent kidney disease and reduce the need for dialysis or transplants among patients already afflicted by the disease.

set: Australian scientists develop drug that may prevent kidney disease


set: Almost 9,000 operations were cancelled in Irish hospitals in the first half of this year, according to figures obtained by Fine Gael.

set: 9,000 operations cancelled in first half of year


set: A 53-year-old man died after being hit by a train at Hayle railway station in Cornwall, police said.


set: Madonna could be forced to postpone her 50th birthday bash after spraining her ankle, according to reports.

set: Madonna forced to postpone 50th birthday bash after spraining ankle


set: Banijay Entertainment, Stéphane Courbit's new production group, is setting up a US company with Chris Cowan and Jean-Michel Michenaud, the creators of TV-reality formats Tempations Island, Joe Millionaire and My Big Fat Obnoxious Fiancé.

set: Banijay Entertainment sets up US company


set: Mercury crossed the 40 degrees Celsius mark in five Orissa towns Sunday, the weatherman said.

set: Mercury crosses 40 degrees in five Orissa towns


set: Cell phones don't cause cancer, says a new study, published in the British Medical Journal, thus putting an end to the debate over whether mobile devices harm people.


set: A 13-year-old boy has been missing in Watertown since Thursday, state police reported Friday.


set: Every Child Makes A Difference, a community awards program celebrating ``Young Heroes with Big Hearts'' who have made exceptional contributions in their communities, will honor its Orlando winners at the Playground magazine Music & Arts Fest at Cranes Roost Park, May 6.


set: UCLA is adding sand volleyball as a women's intercollegiate sport starting this spring.

set: UCLA adds sand volleyball as women's sport


set: The car crashed into a fence and then into two homes on the 500 block of West Murray Lane.


set: CENTRAL Province has run out of Castle and Mosi lager, a situation that has left liquor traders in the area panicking.

set: Central Province runs out of Castle, Mosi


set: Nelson Mandela, the former South African president, is ``responding positively'' to treatment after being admitted to a hospital with a recurring lung infection, the government says.

set: Nelson Mandela 'responding positively' to treatment


set: The Vice Presidential debate generated 4 million tweets over its two hour period on Thursday night as Twitter users talked about the event and the politics surrounding it.

set: Vice Presidential debate generated 4 Million tweets


set: A WOMAN has been sexually assaulted during a home invasion in Sydney's west.

set: Woman sexually assaulted in home invasion


set: Cold wave conditions continued unabated in Kashmir Valley with minimum temperatures remaining several degrees below the freezing point.


set: NCDEX chilli futures plummeted in the morning session trade on weak demand in the physical market coupled with offloading of old stocks.


set: Genes show Indian influence in Oz Updated: 07:34, Wednesday January 16, 2013 Australia might not have been as isolated for the 40,000 years before European colonisation as once thought.


set: Scientists have determined that the reforestation of some exotic plants can surprisingly disturb the fertility of tropical soils.

set: Reforestation of exotic plants can disturb fertility of tropical soils


set: As the Star Tribune reports, Minneapolis songwriter Bob ``Slim'' Dunlap has been hospitalized after suffering a stroke.

set: Former Replacements guitarist Bob ``Slim'' Dunlap hospitalized after stroke


set: EAST PALO ALTO, Calif. A 31-year-old man was found fatally shot in a garage in East Palo Alto Monday afternoon, police said.

set: East Palo Alto man found fatally shot in garage


set: In an interaction with journalists on Wednesday, hours before a meeting called by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to iron out differences within the Cabinet over Bt brinjal, Mr. Ramesh said he had ``zero'' friends in the government.


set: Merce Cunningham, the avant-garde dancer and choreographer who revolutionized modern dance by creating works of pure movement divorced from storytelling and even from their musical accompaniment, has died at age 90, a spokeswoman said today.

set: Merce Cunningham, avant-garde dancer and choreographer, has died


set: Police in Bristol are appealing for information following a robbery at the McColls store on Shirehampton Road, Sea Mills this morning.

set: Police appeal for information following robbery


set: In a news story difficult to report on, troubled Babyshamles musician Pete Doherty has made two new YouTube videos of himself for the masses to stare at in complete bafflement.


set: Apart from being the producer of the film, Mahesh Bhatt has also lent his voice to Aashiqui 2.

set: Mahesh Bhatt lends his voice to Aashiqui 2


set: The Long Island Rail Road is bracing passengers for possible service disruptions during Wednesday's snow storm.

set: LIRR braces passengers for possible service disruptions


set: Washington, May 27 Exposure to pesticides near farmland and homes is also likely to trigger Parkinson's, a degenerative disease which brings on shakiness, slowness of movement, depression and sweating, among other conditions.

set: Exposure to pesticides likely to trigger Parkinson's


set: Gilbert employees are voluntarily taking a pay cut to help the city solve its budget problems.


set: Palmer & Harvey PLC said it has agreed a 600 pence per share management buyout by a new holding company P&H Holdco Ltd.

set: Palmer & Harvey agrees 600 pence a share buyout


set: US Sen. Jay Rockefeller is scheduled to speak at a transportation conference in Charleston.

set: Rockefeller to speak at Transportation conference


set: Minden, May 23 A topless and a drunk woman allegedly stole a bottle of wine from a store in Nevada.

set: Topless and drunk woman steals wine from a store


set: Japan demanded on Monday that China pull back two fisheries patrol boats from near a disputed island chain that is at the centre of the worst diplomatic row in years between the Asian giants.

set: Japan demands China pull back boats from disputed islands


set: Jalandhar Dec 30 A 25 year-old youth today allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself at his residence in Lasoori.


set: The man charged in two Sevier County armed robberies has been nabbed in North Carolina, authorities said today.

set: Man charged in two Sevier County robberies


set: Nike Inc posted a smaller quarterly profit as the sportswear maker wades through excess inventory in growing markets like China.


set: CONVEYOR belt group Fenner today warned first half operating profits will be down about 10 per cent as the economic downturn continues to bite.

set: Fenner warns first half profits down 10 per cent


set: President Obama Tuesday announced the creation of a childhood obesity task force and gave it 90 days to come up with an action plan and ``a generation'' to solve the problem through a ``coordinated federal response.''

set: Obama announces creation of childhood obesity task force


set: After wrecking the Indian batting line-up yet again, Sri Lankan spin sensation Ajantha Mendis on Friday said his army training is coming in handy on the cricket field as well, helping him remain confident when the visitors attacked him in the second Test here.


set: Authorities say a naked man who stole a fire truck and drove off, killing a pedestrian and hitting six vehicles, will be charged with murder.

set: Naked man who stole fire truck charged with murder


set: In response to insight he received from God during prayer, an Arizona pastor is going to fast for 21 days in response to the economic crisis.

set: Pastor to fast for 21 days in response to economic crisis


set: The La Jolla-based Salk Institute received a $5 million gift from the Glenn Foundation to establish a center to study aging, it was announced Friday.


set: East African countries have been urged to harmonise their digital migration policies in order to be able to achieve full digital migration.

set: East African countries urged to harmonise digital migration


set: So what IS this funny little symbol that is showing up more and more frequently on menus in restaurants and labels on fish products?


set: Newcomer Jessie J has admitted that she is bi-sexual and is bored of comments about her romantic history.


set: A park district commissioner was honored for 30 years of volunteer service to the DeKalb Park District Board.


set: Seve Ballesteros has joined forces with Cancer Research UK in a bid to beat brain cancer, after a traumatic year in which the Spaniard underwent life-saving surgery for a brain tumour.

set: Ballesteros joins forces with Cancer Research UK


set: Bollywood actress Jacqueline Fernandez unveiled the latest edition of Women's Health magazine, which features her on the cover page!

set: Jacqueline Fernandez unveils latest edition of Women's Health magazine


set: NBC launched two mobile apps that will let people watch Olympics events as they happen, look up athlete profiles and access other extra content on their iPads, iPhones and certain Android devices.

set: NBC launches two mobile apps for watching the Olympics


set: California, Oct 23 The US Navy said on Wednesday that it would deploy its new littoral combat ship, the USS Freedom, to California ahead of schedule in early 2010.


set: Troops backed by tanks on Tuesday killed at eight pro-Taliban militants in Bajaur area bordering Afghanistan, officials said.


set: The Michigan State field hockey team, hosts two ranked teams this weekend, welcoming No. 16 Northwestern and No. 10 New Hampshire to East Lansing.

set: Field hockey welcomes Northwestern, New Hampshire


set: WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND A New Zealand skydiver has survived a harrowing plunge to the ground after his main parachute failed and a reserve chute only partially worked.

set: Skydiver survives plunge after parachute fails


set: Joint-champion jockey Seb Sanders underwent surgery on Monday morning to have a bone in his left leg pinned that was broken in his fall at Chester over the weekend.


set: SKOPJE, Macedonia -Srecko Katanec has quit at Macedonia coach following a 4-0 defeat by the Netherlands in a World Cup qualifier last week.


set: African National Congress president Jacob Zuma will not need to wear orange prison garb when he becomes president of the country, the South African Communist Party's deputy secretary general Jeremy Cronin said in Durban today.


set: Malaysia Airlines has unveiled a five-year growth plan to swell its annual profit to at least $454 million by 2012 through cost-cutting measures, lower fares and network expansion.


set: Air France said it would cancel some short-haul and medium-haul flights today due to a strike of ground staff over pay issues.

set: Air France to cancel some flights under strike


set: China announced a $586 billion stimulus package Sunday in its biggest move to stop the global financial crisis from hitting the world's fourth-largest economy.

set: China announces $586 billion stimulus package


set: The industrial orders index increased 32.3% y/y in December after the index fell 4.6% a month earlier, data of the statistics institute show.

set: Industrial orders increase 32.3% y/y in December.


set: Solvay SA and the Antwerp Port Authority may build a biomass power plant on land belonging to Solvay on the right bank of the Scheldt River, De Tijd reported, without saying where it got the information.

set: Solvay, Antwerp Port consider building biomass plant


set: Light, sweet crude for December delivery fell $1.20 to settle at $57.04 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.


set: Lance Mackey has won the 1,100-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race one more time.

set: Lance Mackey wins Iditarod trail Sled Dog race


set: A NEW report by the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee at Westminster has concluded that Londonderry along with the rest of the province is ``culturally neglected'' by TV broadcasters.

set: Londonderry neglected by TV broadcasters


set: Volkswagen has officially unveiled the new Golf which goes on sale here in January next year.


set: The Hang Seng Index closed at 18,059.55 on Monday, up 138.62 points or 0.77 per cent.

set: Hang Seng Index closed at 18,059.55, up 138.62 points


set: North Korean defectors settled in South Korea are sending secretly some US$10 million a year to their families in the North.

set: Defectors send $10 million a year to N.Korea


set: In a cryptic yet unmistakable message to fans, Lady GaGa has confirmed that she'll be performing her new single ``Alejandro ``on American Idol next week. GaGa's upcoming appearance on the show on Wednesday May 5th has been confirmed for some time, but until now it wasn't clear what song she'd be performing. While the theme for the week will be a Harry Connick Jr mentored Frank Sinatra theme, it was unlikely that GaGa would be performing one of Old Blue Eyes' songs, but a reasonable case could have been made that it might be her recent smash hit Bad Romance or her most recent single Telephone.

set: Lady GaGa to perform Alejandro on American Idol


set: The US Senate passed a resolution honoring Benjamin Hooks Monday evening, and the House is set to debate a similar resolution this afternoon on the eve of his funeral in Memphis.

set: Senate passes resolution honoring Benjamin Hooks


set: Marks & Spencer, Britain's top clothing retailer, said on Wednesday it was launching an international delivery service to France, Germany, Spain, the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

set: Marks & Spencer launches international delivery


set: Today Stardock announced their strategy game Sins of a Solar Empire will be getting multiple micro-expansions in the 12 months to come.

set: Sins of a Solar Empire gets micro-expansions


set: An East Wenatchee woman was arrested on suspicion of second-degree domestic violence assault after her 40-year-old husband told police she stabbed him in the back early Saturday morning, an East Wenatchee police official said.

set: Woman arrested on suspicion of stabbing husband


set: A newly commissioned ethylene cracker plant, operated by Royal Dutch Shell has resumed operations after having faced an outage on August 3, 2010.

set: Cracker of Royal Dutch Shell resumes operations


set: Trustco has announced an 11% increase in declared dividends for the financial year ended 31 March 2013 despite a huge slump in profits.

set: Trustco increases dividends despite slump in profits


set: Bligh urges 'common sense' in Katter row Updated: 19:42, Friday March 2, 2012 A court will decide if federal MP Bob Katter's name can appear on ballot papers in the Queensland election, possibly affecting the timing of the poll.


set: The Ticker, which was replaced years ago by the Flipper, has returned to CNN.


set: California Pizza Kitchen launched its annual Thank You Card Promotion this week to say 'thank you' to its loyal guests.

set: California pizza Kitchen launches 'Thank You' Promotion


set: Veteran reliever Rudy Seanez was released Wednesday by the Dodgers.


set: Two businessmen have been jailed for tax evasion and fraud after ``lying about cash hidden in offshore bank accounts'', despite being given an opportunity to come clean to UK authorities.

set: Businessmen jailed for tax evasion and fraud


set: THE signal cabin at Waterside railway station is to be scrapped once the Londonderry to Coleraine line is re-laid and re-signalled, the Sentinel can reveal.


set: India should stop all military and security collaboration with Israel, said the Communist Party of India, Sunday in New Delhi.

set: India should stop military, security collaboration with Israel:


set: The Joint Commission is targeting patient safety failures with a new program that will directly affect pharmacy operations.

set: Joint Commission targets safety failures


set: Air Canada canceled at least 30 flights on Friday after what it called an ``illegal job action'' by some of its pilots, the latest example of tense labor relations at the country's biggest airline.


set: Tiruchi international airport has got a new integrated terminal building at a cost of Rs 46 crore.


set: India will join the select club of 40,000 tonne plus aircraft carrier designers and builders when Defence Minister AK Antony lays the keel of the First Indigenous Aircraft Carrier of the Indian Navy at Cochin Shipyard Ltd here tomorrow.

set: India to join select club of aircraft carrier designers


set: A former TMZ photographer sued Britney Spears on Friday over an incident in which his foot was run over.


set: A woman was attacked with a meat cleaver after she offered a lift to a man she thought was lost in Bolton.


set: American Eagle, which operates short-haul flights for American Airlines, says it's cutting about 100 management and support jobs as it pares costs during a bankruptcy reorganization.

set: American Eagle cutting management, support jobs


set: AP-NDRugby Escape-Plea,0134 Prison guard to change plea in escape attempt Eds:


set: India will be the third largest economy in the world after China and United States by 2050, a US-based internationally recognised foreign-policy think tank has said.

set: 'India to be third largest economy by 2050'


set: In his new autobiography, former England player Brian Moore revealed he was abused as a child.

set: Brian Moore reveals he was abused as a child


set: It has been reported today that Tiwonge and Steven have been separated by Malawi authorities.

set: Tiwonge & Steven separated by Malawi authorities


set: Billionaire Warren Buffett appeared singing and playing the ukulele on Chinese state television.

set: Warren Buffett plays the ukulele on Chinese state television


set: One person was shot multiple times at a party late Saturday night in Grand Rapids.


set: Altair Engineering, Inc., a leading global provider of simulation technology and engineering services that empower client innovation and decision-making, announced today that MECAPLAST Group, France, one of the leading European automotive suppliers, has extended its use of HyperWorks to optimize its automotive products for weight and performance.

set: MECAPLAST Group extends use of HyperWorks


set: He's been filming wildlife for 58 years but there's still one critter Sir David Attenborough dreams of seeing - the giant squid.

set: Sir David Attenborough dreams of seeing the giant squid


set: All seven gates of Irai dam were opened on Sunday evening following heavy rains.


set: A Tunnel Hill man was arrested Tuesday on charges of sexual exploitation of children and criminal attempt at child molestation.

set: Tunnel Hill man charged with sexual exploitation of children


set: His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, received at his residence in Paris French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius in presence of Dubai Crown Prince Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum.


set: Tucows Inc., a global provider of domain names, email and other Internet services, today announced it has sold all of its 7.38 equity interest in Afilias, a global provider of registry services, back to the company.


set: The euro advanced against majors despite the unexpected drop German industrial production, where it was boosted earlier by the strong advance in Japanese shares.

set: Euro advances despite the drop in German industrial production


set: A CONVICTED murderer who spent 18 years in Her Majesty's Prison was released on two years probation yesterday.

set: CONVICTED murderer released on two years' probation


set: Danica Patrick was hit by a rock while racing on a dirt track this week.


set: Maruti Suzuki management and striking workers will hold talks on Monday in a bid to resolve the ongoing impasse, the Haryana government said on Saturday.

set: Maruti management, workers to talk on Monday


set: US Rep. Charles Rangel returned to his home turf in the city's Harlem neighborhood on Saturday, saying he still loves Congress -- despite a showdown with colleagues over ethics violations that led to his censure by the House.

set: Censured Rep. Rangel says he still loves Congress


set: Star Cruises, the leading cruise line operator in Asia-Pacific, yesterday held a ceremony at Sanya Phoenix Island International Cruise Terminal to celebrate SuperStar Aquarius homeporting in Sanya with new Sanya-Vietnam cruise itineraries.

set: Star Cruises celebrates SuperStar Aquarius homeporting in Sanya


set: Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski and Jets cornerback Darrelle Revis will square off in the second round of the Madden cover vote.

set: Rob Gronkowski, Darrelle Revis square off in Madden cover vote


set: Norway plans to hike import duties on agricultural products such as cheese and meat to improve domestic food production, a cabinet member said Tuesday.

set: Norway to hike duties on agricultural products


set: Another winter storm that could bring more dangerous driving conditions is headed toward New Mexico.

set: Another winter storm heads for New Mexico


set: Ajax striker Luis Suarez claims he is ready for a big move as speculation mounts surrounding his future.


set: Russell Brand has revealed that he lives in the terror of losing his wedding ring.

set: Russell Brand lives in terror of losing wedding ring


set: Figures released yesterday showed that more than 4,000 children aged under five had been excluded from school or nursery in the past year -- most for assaulting staff or pupils.

set: More than 4,000 children under five excluded from school


set: So now that you have the basic concepts down, let's look at the steps to making a Roth IRA work for you.

set: Steps to making the Roth IRA work for you


set: Riverton is hosting its annual tree lighting ceremony on Friday at 7 pm at the gazebo at Main and Broad streets.


set: UConn coach Randy Edsall talks about dealing with injuries during preseason camp after practice on Aug. 5 in Storrs.

set: Randy Edsall on dealing with injuries during camp


set: One man is in the hospital after his tanker truck full of ethanol overturned and exploded.

set: Tanker truck full of ethanol overturns, explodes...


set: Actress Heather Matarazzo is set to wed her longterm girlfriend after same-sex marriage was legalised in New York.

set: Heather Matarazzo to wed longterm girlfriend


set: The dollar rose against the yen Friday in Asia, rebounding off early lows after North Korea's missile tests.


set: EMC Corp. plans to acquire Configuresoft, a maker of server configuration, change and compliance management software, for an undisclosed sum.

set: EMC to acquire software maker Configuresoft


set: Actor Liam Neeson and Woody Harrelson will reportedly star in new drama movie ``Highwaymen'', which tells the story of the Texas Rangers who hunted and shot down infamous robbers Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow in the 1930s.


set: Adreian Payne, a 5-star center as rated by Rivals.com, is currently on the UA campus for a two-day visit with his coach Art Winston from Dayton Jefferson.


set: Morgan Freeman was discharged yesterday from a Tennessee hospital after the Oscar-winning actor was treated for broken bones and other injuries sustained in a weekend car crash in Mississippi.

set: Freeman discharged from Tennessee hospital


set: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Sunday left for Myanmar on a three-day trip that will see him unveil new initiatives in expanding trade and energy cooperation with the oil-rich country besides inking a pact on a bus service between Imphal and Mandalay.


set: Oracle on Thursday said it would hire 3,500 people in India by May next year.


set: A Westminster woman has been indicted in a traveling teen sex scheme after she allegedly sold sex with a teenager in Maryland and Virginia, federal prosecutors said.

set: Westminster woman indicted in teen sex scheme


set: Dundee, who died at 90 last night, developed a blood clot that developed during a flight back to his Florida home after visiting Ali in Louisville, Ky., for the boxer's 70th birthday last month.

set: Angelo Dundee, world champion boxing trainer, dies


set: An elderly woman was cut free from a car and taken to hospital after a collision this afternoon.

set: Elderly woman cut free from car after collision


set: The Dubai Airport Free Zone yesterday announced its new strategy to attract foreign investment into the emirate and fuel its growth under a new brand identity.

set: Dubai Airport Free Zone announces strategy


set: After being overthrown by Cognizant as the second largest IT player in revenue terms, Infosys has stepped up its inorganic strategy to push growth.

set: Infosys steps up inorganic strategy to push growth:


set: The International Monetary Fund yesterday said it had agreed to lend Ireland 3.9 billion euros, as part of an effort to help the country avoid default.


set: Nepali women began the title defense of the ACC U-19 Championship in style beating Hong Kong by 79 runs at the Ceylon Sports Club, Singapore on Monday morning.


set: Retail stocks rose Friday, with JC Penney as one early standout following the department store chain's better-than-expected profit report.


set: Tiki Taane has hit the number one spot on the New Zealand singles chart with Always On My Mind.


set: Presumptive Republican presidential candidate John McCain took a tour of the Everglades on Friday, defending his decision to vote against a measure to restore Florida's natural resource.


set: More Alberta students are turning to their home computers to study online during evenings and weekends, say officials who this week released the latest course numbers.


set: In a bizarre, yet true story, the Washington Redskins once offered a tryout to over-sized pro wrestler Andre The Giant.

set: Washington Redskins offered tryout to Andre the Giant


set: NAC pioneer ConSentry Networks is going out of business effective today, according to the company's founder.


set: A grand jury has been investigating Solyndra for at least two months, according to billing records from the law firm defending the bankrupt California solar company.


set: MYRTLE BEACH- A Grand Strand supermarket is hosting a golf tournament to benefit McLeod's Children's Hospital.

set: Grand Strand supermarket hosts golf tournament


set: Mobile subscriptions are expected to rise to 5.9bn worldwide by 2013, driven by new customers in China, India and Africa, according to a forecast by Infonetics Research.

set: Mobile subscriptions will rise to 5.9bn by 2013


set: American boat Puma took a slim lead Sunday as the Volvo Ocean Race fleet headed for Miami on the 4,800-nautical mile sixth leg of the nine-stage event.


set: Five religions will unite in dialogue for the Permian Basin's first interfaith event Thursday at St. Stephen's Catholic Church.


set: Hollywood actor Jude Law is set to play 'Dr Watson' in Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes.


set: Credit card debts are the most expensive loans that lead to a vicious circle of financial liabilities, experts warned at the first Financial Open House.

set: 'Credit card debts are the most expensive loans'


set: Meat Loaf has promised that he will be a ``troublemaker'' on the panel of the new reality show Popstar to Operastar.

set: Meat Loaf promises to be a 'troublemaker' on Popstar to Operastar


set: A new study in animals suggests that aspirin may help prevent osteoporosis.


set: Army officials imposed water restrictions at Fort Bragg after heavy rainfall last week from Tropical Storm Hanna overwhelmed the post's water treatment system.

set: Army imposes water restrictions at Fort Bragg


set: Bon Jovi says he is alive and well after becomign the victim of a death hoax.


set: France will give Haiti, which was devastated by an earthquake last month, 326 million euros in aid, visiting French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Wednesday.

set: France to give Haiti 326 million euros in aid


set: Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz has assured former president Pervez Musharraf that Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz chief Nawaz Sharif will not demand a treason trial for him under Article 6 of the constitution.

set: Sharif will not demand musharrafs trial:


set: The city of Seattle is divesting from fossil fuel investments as a result of 350.org's nationwide campaign to unhook America from the grip of the industry.

set: Seattle divests from fossil fuel investments


set: President Bush has invoked the memory of Thomas Jefferson in welcoming new US citizens at a naturalization ceremony at Thomas Jefferson's Monticello.


set: Dallas-based Blockbuster may close as many as 960 stores by the end of next year as the struggling video rental chain sheds more dead weight and tries to reverse its losses and fend off rapidly growing rivals Netflix and Redbox.


set: Brown Eyed Girls' Ga In mistakenly tried to set up 'Strong Heart' MC Shin Dong Yup with a girlfriend.

set: Ga In tries to set Shin Dong Yup up with a girlfriend?


set: THE Queen's granddaughter Zara Phillips will carry the Olympic torch riding Toytown - the horse that nearly helped her to the Beijing Olympics.


set: TRIBUTES for comic legend Frank Carson poured in last night after he died at the age of 85 following a battle with stomach cancer.

set: Tributes pour in for comic legend Frank Carson


set: Actor Randy Quaid and his wife have been arrested in west Texas for allegedly skipping out on a $10,000 hotel bill in Santa Barbara County.


set: A woman was arrested on theft charges after police say she took a financial card and cash without authorization in September.


set: Korea has ranked 29th in terms of global competitiveness in education by the Switzerland-based International Institute for Management Development.

set: Korea ranks 29th in global competitiveness in education


set: Threadneedle is staying defensive in its high yield bond fund, despite the spring rally in the sector, betting that weak growth will hinder over-leveraged companies over the next few years, impacting the default rate.

set: Threadneedle stays defensive in high yield bonds


set: Authorities picked up the consortium formed by EFG Istanbul Menkul Degerler-Mag Muhendislik-Ismen Hukuk Burosu to advise on Galataport tender.

set: Authorities picks up consortium to advise on Galataport tender.


set: Ryanair has announced a new operations base to open in Málaga in June next year, which will be the low cost airline's 38th base worldwide and its fifth in Spain.

set: Ryanair announces new operations base in Málaga


set: Kuldeep Bishnoi, who was elected to the Lok Sabha from Hisar in Haryana, today took oath as member of Parliament.


set: Young sensation Naga Chaitanya might act as the great Telugu poet Sri Sri on celluloid.


set: Kforce Inc., a provider of professional staffing services and solutions has released its 2010 Salary & Employment Guides for Finance & Accounting and Technology specialties.

set: Kforce releases 2010 Salary & Employment Guides;


set: The latest buzz in the industry is that Ajith would undergo a surgery in his leg, since he was injured during the shoot of his upcoming film being directed by Vishnuvardhan.


set: Angie Everhart's boyfriend was arrested Thursday in West Hollywood for investigation of spousal battery following an ``incident'' between the two that caused minor injuries, police say.

set: Angie Everhart's boyfriend arrested for battery


set: Pacer Ishant Sharma, who forced Australia skipper Ricky Ponting on the defensive on Thursday bowling with a persistent line, hopes that the new ball taken by the Indians at the end of the first day's play should do the trick on Friday morning.


set: A UAMS employee is found dead in the Medical Center late Saturday afternoon.

set: UAMS employee found dead in the Medical Center


set: Tawazun Holding, the investment unit of the Offset Programme Bureau, has launched a state-of-the-art plant to manufacture small calibre ammunition in the country.

set: Tawazun launches plant to manufacture small calibre ammunition


set: Aegon Religare Life Insurance today said that its promoters have infused an additional capital of Rs 85 crore into the company, enhancing its total capital to Rs 550 crore.

set: Aegon Religare Life Insurance infuses additional capital of Rs 85 crore


set: Jessica Simpson was shocked when a doctor told her she had misspelled the word ``orgasm'' on her Twitter page.

set: Jessica Simpson misspelled the word ``orgasm''


set: A Michigan man was convicted Friday in Summit County Common Pleas Court for raping a woman at an alcohol detox center, prosecutors said.

set: Man convicted for raping woman at alcohol detox center


set: Space shuttle Discovery soared around the Washington Monument and the White House in a salute to the nation's capital today before landing for the last time near its new museum home.

set: Space shuttle Discovery soars over White House


set: Performers from 22 countries have gathered in the north-east for the 38 th annual Aberdeen International Youth Festival.

set: Performers gather for Aberdeen International Youth Festival