set: RCMP had to talk down a 43-year-old Calgary man who had a jug of gasoline and a lighter and was threatening to light himself on fire.


set: John McCain is coming to Michigan this week, however when and where that visit will take place is still unknown.


set: Blackbaud Inc. launched a new accountant referral program to incentivize accountants to refer nonprofit clients to The Financial Edge, the company's accounting solution.


set: State-run mineral giant NMDC recently discovered a 37.68 carat diamond from Panna diamond mines in Madhya Pradesh, which stands as its biggest discovery till date.

set: NMDC discovers a 37.68 carat diamond from Panna mines


set: A Sumner woman has been charged with stabbing her mother to death, apparently after her mother tried to evict her and her child.

set: Sumner woman charged with stabbing mother to death


set: A dangerous Perthshire paedophile was arrested in the French resort town of St Tropez yesterday after 11 weeks on the run.

set: Perthshire paedophile arrested in St Tropez


set: India will get access to 26/11 conspirator David Headley with the highest authorities in the United States having given an assurance in this regard, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Monday.


set: Well-placed sources told The Nation that the government after initial analysis of the Vienna Convention, law of the land and international law practices relating to diplomatic immunity had taken legal position that Davis did not enjoy blanket criminal diplomatic immunity.


set: Liverpool FC winger Stewart Downing says he is paying no attention to his critics this season and insists he has come through a dip in form.

set: Liverpool FC's Stewart Downing pays no attention to critics


set: A judge has upheld a jury's $60,000 verdict against a north Minneapolis blogger for a posting that got a man fired from the University of Minnesota.

set: Judge upholds verdict against mpls blogger


set: NEW YORK ― Mike Wallace was recovering from triple heart bypass surgery that was performed last week, CBS News said Tuesday.

set: Mike Wallace recovering from triple bypass surgery


set: Man dies in Melbourne house fire Updated: 07:29, Wednesday March 14, 2012 A man has been killed in a house fire in Melbourne's northwest.


set: China Eastern Airlines said on Monday that it will acquire Shanghai Airlines via a share swap and raise about 7 billion yuan selling shares to select investors in Shanghai and Hong Kong to replenish its working capital.

set: China Eastern to acquire Shanghai Airlines, sell shares


set: Nine Blackpool fans have been banned by the club after racist and homophobic chanting during the Lancashire derby match with Preston North End.


set: A joint naval exercise between the navies of India and Germany began Tuesday off the coast of Kochi in Kerala state.

set: Joint naval exercise between navies of India, Germany begins


set: Mike O'Malley has insisted that he has no plans to leave Glee next season.


set: With heavy rain continuing and flood warnings in force, insurer GIO is reassuring customers in Northern NSW they are covered for flood and urging everyone to put safety first .


set: The Cabinet will take up the crucial shale gas exploration policy in two weeks, Petroleum Minister M Veerappa Moily said Sunday.

set: Cabinet to take up shale gas exploration policy in two weeks:


set: A man accused of armed robbery and stealing a car, led police on a high speed chase late last night near Mancelona.

set: Man leads police on high speed chase near Mancelona


set: THE commercial rock lobster fishing season has been extended by one month in response to ongoing difficulties with trade to China.


set: A blood trail led police to a suspect in South Buffalo, where our cameras captured officers tackling the convicted killer to the ground and taking him to jail.


set: Superstar Rajinikanth launched Galatta Cinema's special 'spine' collection at his Poes Garden residence today.

set: Rajni launches Galatta Cinema special spine collection


set: Apple has announced details about Mac OS X Mountain Lion, the latest version of its operating system for Mac computers.


set: Under the headline, ``Unusual art: Tilda Swinton, actress sleeps in box at MoMA'', Zap2It added that the original art piece was created by Swinton herself and artist Cornelia Parker.


set: MICROS Systems, Inc. , a leading provider of information technology solutions for the hospitality and retail industries, is pleased to announce that Planet Smoothie has selected MICROS as its exclusive preferred vendor for a point-of-sale solution.

set: Planet Smoothie selects MICROS as exclusive preferred vendor


set: An elderly woman is fighting for her life after being stabbed in the driveway of a home in Melbourne's north today.

set: Elderly woman fights for life after stabbing


set: A 26-year old man is being charged with 2nd degree murder, in connection with the death of a Bemidji man.

set: Man being charged with 2nd degree murder


set: Hundreds of people gathered at a pro-gun rally in Chicago Friday.

set: Hundreds gather at pro-gun rally in Chicago


set: The US missile defence plans in Europe seriously worry Russia, secretary of the country's National Security Council Nikolai Patrushev said at his meeting with his Polish counterpart Stanislaw Koziej in Moscow.

set: American missile defence plans in Europe seriously worry Russia


set: A 27-year-old male motorcyclist has died after a crash involving a lorry in Co Louth.


set: A Japanese freelance journalist last Friday tricked his Taliban captors into letting him use Twitter to send a message that gave hope to his family and friends who had not seen him since April 1, IDG News reported on Tuesday.

set: Japanese journalist tricks Taliban captors into letting him use Twitter


set: The British media predicted on Saturday that England captain Kevin Pietersen faced a daunting task to lift his demoralised side after their crushing one-day defeat to India.


set: The Cabinet will take up the crucial shale gas exploration policy in two weeks, Petroleum Minister M. Veerappa Moily said Sunday ``A draft shale oil and gas policy was placed in the public domain.

set: Cabinet to take up shale gas policy in two weeks:


set: 9/11 kin will read 274 names on Staten Island An evening ceremony will honor the 274 Staten Island residents who were lost on 9/11.


set: Ecuador defeated Costa Rica 3-0 on Saturday to reach the knock out stage of the Under-20 World Cup.


set: The total value of the UK has fallen for the first time since 1992, official figures showed on Monday.

set: Value of the UK falls for first time since 1992


set: EPA Provides $950,000 to Improve Water Quality Using Green Infrastructure in 17 Communities; $50,000 Each Awarded to Cities of Atlanta, Ga.

set: EPA Provides $950,000 to improve water quality using ....


set: Spoof rock band Spinal Tap are to reunite in a new ``mockumentary'' series which will reunite stars of hit movies.


set: Footballer Frank Lampard has said new England captain Rio Ferdinand 'deserves' the title after winning it off John Terry.

set: Frank Lampard says England captain Rio Ferdinand `deserves` the title


set: Just like humans, birds like getting ``massages'', a new study finds.

set: Birds like getting massages, new study finds


set: Associated Press California sold out of the first pollution permits issued as part of a landmark offensive against greenhouse gases at an inaugural auction that regulators said Monday went smoothly.

set: California sells out of first pollution permits


set: New Zealand centre Casey Laulala will be leaving Cardiff Blues at the end of the season to join Munster.

set: Casey Laulala will be leaving Cardiff Blues to join Munster


set: Credit card fraud has been described as a big problem by one industry expert.


set: An airstrike in Somalia killed five people and wounded 45, mostly women and children, in a camp for people displaced by drought and violence, aid agency Medecins Sans Frontieres said.

set: Airstrike in Somalia kills five, wounds 45:


set: Chester City have today been wound up in the High Court over an unpaid tax bill.


set: Keith Barker bowled Warwickshire to their third LV= County Championship win of the season as his maiden 10-wicket match haul helped them to a nine-wicket win over Durham at Edgbaston.


set: An NHS worker who was paid two salaries for two years because of an administrative error was caught after bragging about buying a hot tub and an extension for her home.

set: NHS worker paid two salaries for two years was caught after bragging about hot tub


set: Good news if you've been interested in Sony's latest high-end devices as the manufacturer has recently announced that the Xperia S release date is coming really soon.

set: Sony Xperia S release date coming really soon


set: Social-networking site MySpace 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: A California woman shot and killed herself while driving on Interstate 10 in New Mexico while her 9-year-old daughter was inside the vehicle.

set: Woman kills herself in while driving with daughter


set: Toxic sludge removed from the Waiwhetu stream has been spilt on a road in Lower Hutt.


set: Lily T, 27, died at UTH Monday evenning.


set: A Greek pensioner who shot and killed himself outside parliament in Athens left a suicide note saying he could not live ``scrounging for food from the rubbish'', as people continue to feel the brunt of the country's economic crisis.

set: Greek pensioner kills himself outside parliament


set: An inaugural food charity event thrown by seven celebrity chefs on Saturday also helped raise awareness for gay marriage.

set: Inaugural food charity event raises awareness for gay marriage


set: A South African man was killed in Iraq, the foreign affairs department confirmed on Monday.


set: Jennifer visited a children's hospital in Panama City yesterday - ahead of her first performance in the region.


set: With yesterday's revelation of the new Kindle fire lineup, Amazon.com threw down the gauntlet towards not just Google, but also Apple.


set: FAS, the deeply damaged State employment agency, is already four months late in producing its 2009 annual report and accounts.

set: Fas four months late in producing annual report


set: ``Some of the boys compare it to death but I don't think it's that bad.

set: ``Some of the boys compare it to death''


set: Washington Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said the global economic recovery is fragile and cautioned that emerging economies may not be as resilient in the face of another crisis.


set: Vietnam plans to make open way for foreign film producers to invest in the country's film sector in accordance with commitments as member of the World Trade Organization, the local newspaper Young People reported Friday.

set: Vietnam to open way for foreign film producers


set: Delhi-based economic think tank Institute of Economic Growth on Monday said inflation would remain in double digit this year, while suggesting the RBI to intervene in the forex market to moderate price rise.

set: Inflation to remain in double-digit this year:


set: US comedian Pauly Shore has revealed he had a secret fling with Kylie Minogue,The Sunday Herald Sun reports.


set: A new study has revealed how two proteins fuse together to trigger cancer growth.

set: How two proteins fuse together to trigger cancer


set: Most Asian stocks fell, led by mining companies on lower commodity prices.

set: Most Asian stocks fall, led by mining companies;


set: An authority says that more than 60 Haitian migrants have arrived in Jamaica after being rescued by fisherman off the Caribbean island's east coast.

set: More than 60 Haitian migrants arrive in Jamaica


set: Oshkosh police issued 35 citations for underage drinking after answering a complaint about a house party early Sunday morning.

set: Police issue 35 citations for underage drinking


set: A former Winkler County doctor is expected to enter a guilty plea on Monday morning in a Kermit courtroom.

set: Former Winkler County doctor expected to enter guilty plea on Monday


set: Visible cigarette advertising displays will go within nine months following tobacco law changes, if public health officials get their way.

set: Cigarette displays could go in nine months


set: The Obama administration said Wednesday it is extending the $700 billion financial bailout program until October, setting up a struggle between Democrats who favor using some of the leftover money to help generate jobs and Republicans who say it should be used to shrink soaring budget deficits.

set: Obama administration extends bailout program


set: Police will seize mobile phone from driver if he is found using it during driving in the capital.

set: Police to seize mobile phone from driver if used while driving


set: in fact two of them -- on the back of my car: ``War is not the Answer.''


set: European sharemarkets had their sharpest one day fall in over three weeks on Wednesday, with 17 out of 18 indexes falling, while Greece's market was closed for a public holiday.


set: A Cambodian husband who separated from his wife after 40 years cut their house in two.


set: Richard Dreyfuss, Lolita Davidovich and Nancy Travis have joined the cast of ``Squatters,'' the latest from Julius R. Nasso Productions

set: Richard Dreyfuss joins cast of 'Squatters'


set: One Australian DJ has finally asked Lady GaGa what everyone was thinking all along: ``Are you a hermaphrodite?''

set: DJ to Lady Gaga: 'are you a hermaphrodite?'


set: Doris Pack says the EU will definitely send forces to Kosovo as chaos would otherwise erupt after UNMIK's departure.

set: ``EU will definitely send forces to Kosovo''


set: A new archeological find is already drawing controversy in expert circles, as claims are made that the bones of John the Baptist have been found in Sveti Ivan, AOL News reports.

set: Bones of John the Baptist have been found?


set: Potentially toxic industrial chemical melamine has been found for the first time in eggs imported into Hong Kong from China, a media report said Sunday.


set: Nowadays, golfers are spoilt for choice when it comes to dining.


set: After moving modestly higher at the open, treasuries have shown a notable move to the downside in recent trading on Tuesday.

set: Treasuries show notable move to the downside


set: President Obama has reached his one year anniversary of no smoking, according to Michelle Obama in Bloomberg.

set: President Obama reaches one year anniversary of no smoking


set: The source told The Dundalk Democrat that some local developers paid well over the odds for development land and properties.

set: Local developers paid well over the odds for development land


set: Iraqi police killed a female suicide bomber simultaneously as she exploded her vest near a checkpoint in the northern province of Salahaddin, a police source said Saturday.


set: A PENSIONER was rescued from her flat by firefighters after a chip pan fire filled her home with smoke.


set: It has been reported that a rhino survived after being shot 11 times on a Limpopo farm, Polokwane.

set: Rhino survives after being shot 11 times


set: College basketball betting odds have the Jayhawks listed as 14.5-point favorites.


set: Allahabad Bank has cut its domestic retail term deposit rate by 0.15 per cent to 9 per cent.


set: North Korea is preparing to stage a military parade Tuesday to mark the communist state's 60th anniversary this week, an official said.

set: North Korea preparing military parade to mark communist state's 60th anniversary


set: Zinc producer Horsehead Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Horsehead Holding Corp., , today announced it has broken ground at a site in Barnwell County, South Carolina, where it will build a zinc recycling facility.

set: Horsehead Corporation breaks ground in South Carolina


set: Closing of Kremikovtsi steelworks has very favorable effect over air quality in Sofia, chief of Environment directorate with Sofia Municipality Petar Traikov said in an interview with FOCUS News Agency.

set: Closing Kremikovtsi steelworks has favorable effect over air quality in Sofia


set: The 76-bedroom Duke of Richmond hotel in Guernsey, newly acquired by the Red Carnation Hotel Collection, is to close for four months in the New Year for refurbishment.

set: Duke of Richmond in Guernsey to close for four-month refurbishment


set: Discovery made a safe return to Earth Tuesday after a two-week resupply mission to the International Space Station that broke new ground by putting four women in orbit for the first time.


set: Minus the fun of the names and a countable few projects, the budget reeks of staleness and has simply refused to think fresh.


set: Anna Hazare, who has been admitted to a private hospital in Pune after suffering from a viral infection, is recovering and he should not fast at least for the next one month, doctors attending on him said on Sunday.74-year-old Hazare was admitted to the hospital last night and is being monitored by a team of doctors.After examining his health, the doctors said they have advised Hazare not to fast at least for the next one month till there is some improvement in his condition.

set: Anna recovering, should not fast for one month:


set: Jews and Arabs marched shoulder-to-shoulder in occupied East Jerusalem and in towns across Israel on Friday in a joint protest against the eviction of Palestinians to make way for Jewish settlers.

set: Jews and Arabs march against East Jerusalem evictions


set: Viterra Inc. announced Monday it will acquire a canola crushing plant owned by Associated Proteins LP of Ste. Agathe, Man., for $64 million.

set: Viterra to acquire canola crushing plant


set: Former Test lock Justin Harrison says the new-look Wallabies face a credibility exam on the Wallabies' Spring Tour of Europe.


set: Steve Kean says he does care about Blackburn fans despite saying he's not ``paying attention to anyone staying behind'' against Spurs.


set: THE PESO closed unchanged against the dollar on Friday due to lack of fresh market leads.

set: Peso closes unchanged due to lack of leads


set: A 32-year-old man has been convicted of murdering a Knoxville woman whose husband has also been charged.

set: Man convicted of murdering Knoxville woman


set: NY contingents heading to Italy for saints' event Hundreds of Catholics from central and eastern New York are headed to Rome for this weekend's canonization of two women with upstate roots.

set: Ny contingents heading to Italy for saints' event


set: Sinkhole swallows buildings in southern China NO REPORTER NARRATION) An entire building complex was swallowed by a sinkhole near a subway construction site in the bustling southern Chinese city of Guangzhou on Monday, state media reported.


set: What is a smart meter and why should you care?


set: The UN Security Council on Tuesday strongly condemned the rebel attack near Khartoum, warning against any retaliation and urging Sudan and Chad to implement a recent peace deal to suppress armed groups operating along their border.

set: Security council strongly condemns rebel attack near Khartoum


set: Former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin endorsed Northern Colorado congressional candidate Cory Gardner on Thursday.


set: Los Angeles, Aug 15 American actor Neil Patrick Harris and his partner David Burtka are expecting twins via a surrogate mother.

set: Neil Patrick Harris, partner expecting twins


set: US manufacturing group Colfax has confirmed it is the rival bidder for engineering group Charter.

set: Colfax confirmed as rival bidder for Charter


set: Delta Airlines has continued its expansion into South America with the launch of services to Georgetown, Guyana.

set: Delta continues expansion into South America


set: Tremors were felt in Chennai, Bangalore, Thiruvananthapuram and several other cities across South India following the 8.7 magnitude earthquake in Indonesia.

set: Tremors felt in several cities across South India


set: AT&T has selected US-based iPhone and iPod touch games publisher Ngmoco to bring the Mobage social gaming platform to AT&T customers.

set: AT&T selects Ngmoco for Mobage social gaming platform


set: Ulaanbaatar, /MONTSAME/ The ``Hobby'' secondary school is representing Mongolia at an international contest ``Global Debates'' that are organized annually by the ``People Speak'' organization at the United Nations.


set: Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney will campaign in Portsmouth Thursday with Gov. Bob McDonnell.

set: Romney to campaign in Portsmouth Thursday


set: By the decision of the Sokhumi regime Georgian pupils from Gali district will have to pass checkpoints in order to cross the administrative border, the Caucasian Knot reports quoting Russian Kishmaria, representative of the so-called president of the Sokhumi regime.

set: Pupils from Gali district to pass checkpoints


set: Miami Heat forward Dorell Wright has publicly apologized for an explicit photo of himself that is making the rounds on the Internet.

set: Dorell Wright apologizes for explicit photo


set: Two men were killed early Sunday morning in Lebanon in a wreck that may have been caused by a drunk driver, state troopers said.


set: The San Rafael Pacifics, Marin's new pro baseball team, will stage its first open tryouts Sunday at Laney College in Oakland, the team announced.

set: San Rafael Pacifics stage first open tryout


set: With less than eight months until Opening Day 2012, the Sugar Land Skeeters, a new minor league baseball team, have sold out all 20 skyboxes at StarTex Power Field.


set: Despite tall claims of the Punjab government regarding anti- Dengue preventive measures, first dengue virus affected case has been surfaced in Rawalpindi.

set: First dengue case surfaces in Rawalpindi


set: Aout 50,000 people of the two neglected and backward northern districts of Panchagarh and Thakurgaon have been suffering in various eye diseases.

set: 50,000 people of Panchagarh, Thakurgaon suffering from eye diseases


set: Australian Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd has left hospital after heart surgery and is resting at his Brisbane home.

set: Rudd leaves hospital after heart surgery


set: Former Sunderland are set to sign James McFadden on a free transfer after a two-week trial with the club and a friendly against Middlesbrough on Thursday that also saw a comeback for Phil Bardsley, who is recovering from ankle surgery.


set: East Carolina head coach Ruffin McNeill hosted his weekly news conference today as his Pirates get set to host North Carolina State this Saturday.


set: The Master's School of San Marcos has received a $750 grant from the ExxonMobil Educational Alliance program.


set: A police officer was punctured by an uncapped hypodermic needle Friday night during a traffic stop that resulted in three drug-related arrests, according to Barnstable police.

set: Police officer punctured with hypodermic needle


set: Tyler Perry has announced that he is set to release six movies and launch his own TV Network in 2012.

set: Tyler Perry to release six movies and launch a TV Network in 2012!


set: A 43-year-old Cleveland woman died after a fiery crash Sunday on Interstate 71 near West 130th Street.

set: Cleveland woman dies after fiery crash on Interstate 71


set: US economic growth cooled in the first quarter as businesses cut back on investment and restocked shelves at a moderate pace, but stronger demand for cars softened the blow.


set: Though Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close has gotten more buzz for its ill-placed ads and traumatic flashbacks than anything actually on screen, at least one person thinks that what the world really needs are more 9/11 movies.

set: Yeah, what the world really needs are more 9/11 movies


set: The Korle Bu Teaching Hospital has commissioned four projects intended to enhance healthcare delivery in the country.

set: Korle Bu Teaching hospital commissions four projects


set: The Taliban claimed responsibility Thursday for an attack by a suicide bomber on a US base in eastern Afghanistan that killed eight Americans reportedly working for the CIA.

set: Taliban claims attack that killed eight Americans


set: Oil prices fell to $95 a barrel Tuesday in Asia after plummeting overnight as investors weighed the fallout from US legislators' rejection of a proposed $700-billion bank bailout aimed at stabilizing the teetering US economy.


set: LoveFilm, the film subscription company, has landed a major UK digital distribution deal with industry giant MGM, which promises to open up one of the largest film archives in the business.

set: LoveFilm lands digital deal with film giant MGM


set: Silversoft is pleased to announce the release of Taskwise, a productivity enhancing solution that combines task management, file sharing and communications in a single suite.

set: Silversoft releases Taskwise, task management software


set: Frontier Airlines has begun its seasonal, nonstop daily flights between Anchorage and Denver.

set: Frontier begins seasonal flights between Anchorage and Denver


set: The influenza virus has hit Australia hard this winter, with Queensland recording the highest number of cases in the country, health experts warned on Wednesday, APA reports quoting Xinhua.


set: The extradition process for Australian collar bomb suspect Paul Douglas Peters could take years if he decides to fight it, an American legal expert says.


set: The candidacy registration for direct vote to fill 375 House seats has opened nationwide from Tuesday to Saturday.

set: Candidacy registration for direct vote opens


set: Martin Scorsese will receive a BAFTA Fellowship, the British Academy's highest career honor, next month.

set: Martin Scorsese to receive BAFTA Fellowship


set: Sultan Pepper, an Emmy-winning comedy writer who worked on ``The Ben Stiller Show'' and ``Mad TV,'' died unexpectedly on Oct. 20 in Murrieta, Calif. She was 47.


set: An East Chicago man was found dead in the street Saturday night while police were responding to a report of shots fired.

set: East Chicago man found dead Saturday night


set: By MIKE HOUSEHOLDER Betty Ford, the former first lady whose triumph over drug and alcohol addiction became a beacon of hope for addicts and the inspiration for her Betty Ford Center in California, died at age 93, a family friend said late Friday.


set: The eye of Hurricane Ike has made landfall at Galveston along the Texas coast.


set: Madonna has officially begun work on her new album according to her manager Guy Oseary.


set: The barn at 1196 Dutch Hill Road burnt to the ground shortly after noon.


set: Former Richmond defender Max Oppy, who was famed as much for his legendary toughness as his undoubted ability, has died after a long illness, He was 84.


set: ``I think the prosecutor's case is going to hell quickly,'' said Kilpatrick during a news conference before addressing upcoming Labor Day celebrations at Campus Martius Park.

set: Kilpatrick: 'I think the prosecutor's case is going to hell quickly'


set: Godwin Grech, the senior Treasury official at the heart of the OzCar affair, has admitted he wrote the fake email which alleged Prime Minister Kevin Rudd gave special treatment to a Queensland car dealer.


set: Enterprise perks management platform ChoicePass has been acquired by Salesforce, says the company, which further states that its employees will be joining Salesforce, while its site and operations will shutter at month's end.


set: A large majority of British Columbians are willing to share their ``depersonalized'' health care data with medical professionals, and expect this move to have a positive effect on the health care system as a whole, a new Angus Reid Public Opinion poll has found.

set: British Columbians would share depersonalized health care data


set: A GROUP of mates experienced the ultimate case of ``the one that got away'' when a 300kg black marlin jumped on board their charter boat, then shook itself free.


set: The man found dead beside the Rio Grande River levee died of natural causes according to Alamosa Coroner Kevin Rogers.

set: Man found dead by levee died of natural causes


set: Bloomberg reported that TATA Power plans to import 12 million tonne coal from Indonesia for feeding its proposed UMPP at Mundra in Gujarat.

set: TATA Power to import 12 million tonne coal


set: A Reuters journalist of Jordanian nationality has gone missing in strife-torn Syria, the Amman government announced Thursday, saying it was seeking information about his whereabouts.


set: Kris Humphries made a dig today at Kanye West who is currently dating his estranged wife Kim Kardashian.


set: I have informed the Fatah Central Committee and the PLO that I have no desire to be a candidate in the next elections,`` Abbas said in an address televised on Palestinian television.

set: I have no desire to be candidate in the next elections, Abbas


set: Australian steelmaker BlueScope Steel has announced that it executed an AU$1.35 billion syndicated facility agreement on December 21.

set: BlueScope Steel executes AU$1.35 billion syndicated facility


set: ``I am a big fan of Priyanka and her voice.


set: Deputies said an Amber Alert has been issued for two children after a triple homicide in Buncombe County on Thursday afternoon.

set: Amber Alert issued after triple homicide


set: The lack of economic reports today is shifting the focus by US equity traders to the US Dollar.

set: Lack of economic reports shifts focus to the Dollar


set: Despite rumors of its delay, Mercedes has confirmed that the E-Class station wagon will debut at the Frankfurt Auto Show this September.

set: Mercedes E-Class wagon to debut at Frankfurt Auto Show


set: Just one night without sleep can increase the amount of the chemical dopamine in the human brain, according to new imaging research in the August 20 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience.

set: One night without sleep increases chemical dopamine in the human brain


set: A RELENTLESS, unforgiving fitness regimen allows boxer Sam Soliman to keep his dream alive.

set: Veteran boxer Sam Soliman keeps dream alive


set: Mobile social games firm Ngmoco has hired a former Mattel executive, Michael Staskin, as its chief marketing officer.

set: Mobile social games firm Ngmoco hires chief marketing officer


set: Highway 65 will be closed for construction starting Tuesday morning.


set: Oce Madril, researcher at the Gadjah Mada University's Center for Anti-Graft Studies, said that Democrat Party Chairman Anas Urbaningrum may be charged with bribery article with regard to his involvement in the SEA Games athletes' village project scandal and other cases.


set: Setra is planning to close its Horndal sawmill in Avesta municipality, Sweden.


set: The toilet paper roll is about to undergo its biggest change in 100 years: going tubeless.

set: The toilet paper roll is going tubeless!


set: Boone police arrested a man accused of intimidating a witness in an ongoing arson case against him.

set: Man accused of intimidating witness in arson case


set: The obesity epidemic and binge drinking are threatening to overwhelm the NHS, a joint report has warned.

set: Obesity and binge drinking threaten to overwhelm the NHS


set: Levi Aron implicated himself in the murder of the young Jewish boy who was reported missing yesterday before being discovered dead.

set: Levi Aron implicated himself in the murder of Jewish boy


set: Two teenagers were seriously injured in a knife attack in a car park in Watford in the early hours, police said.


set: The son of a Christchurch man who suffered fatal injuries after a street assault in St Albans last year says he wants to know why his father was killed.

set: Son wants to know why his father was killed


set: The Netherlands considers Greek bankruptcy unavoidable, sources at the finance ministry said yesterday on news programme RTL Nieuws.


set: Time Warner Cable launched VoiceZone apps for computers, mobile devices and its digital cable platform to allow its voice customers to access voicemails and control caller-ID-to-the-TV settings.

set: Time Warner Cable launches VoiceZone apps


set: A free online web presentation on getting a mare pregnant is being offered by Michigan State University Extension's My Horse University and HorseQuest.

set: Free online presentation on getting mares pregnant


set: Victoria claimed their third straight Twenty20 title, beating WA on their home ground by 32 runs after posting an impressive 8-203 and then bowling the Warriors out for 171.


set: The St. Louis Post-Dispatch is reporting that former Colorado College hockey star Jaden Schwartz will make his NHL debut Saturday against the Tampa Bay Lightning.

set: Jaden Schwartz to make NHL debut Saturday


set: A delegation from Iraq is visiting Jacksonville to learn about government.

set: Delegation from Iraq visits Jacksonville


set: Lack of political consensus on many issues is affecting India's rapid economic growth, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Wednesday.

set: Lack of consensus affecting economic growth:


set: An Omro man accused of viewing child pornography on his computer was charged in Winnebago County Circuit Court Tuesday with four counts of possession of child pornography.

set: Omro man charged with possession of child pornography


set: Arsene Wenger says he is confident that Mark Hughes is the man to lead Manchester City to success despite the pressure on him as manager of the world's richest club.

set: Wenger 'confident' Hughes will lead City to success


set: The woman accused of neglecting her 18-month-old daughter, which led to the child's death, in late 2011 will plead guilty Monday.

set: Woman accused of neglect will plead guilty


set: China and New Zealand signed a sweeping Free Trade Agreement on Monday, the rising economic giant`s first such pact with a developed country.

set: China, New Zealand sign free trade agreement


set: Steve Forbes, speaking at Interlachen Country Club in Edina Tuesday night, predicted that ``Obamacare will collapse under its own weight'' and eventually will be replaced by something closer to a free market.

set: Steve Forbes speaking in Edina: 'Obamacare will collapse under its own weight'


set: Five cases of swine flu have been confirmed in Monterey County, but none have been found in Santa Cruz County.

set: Five cases of swine flu confirmed in Monterey County


set: Vizada, the independent satellite communications provider, has launched the ThurayaIP broadband mobile satellite service.

set: Vizada launches ThurayaIP broadband mobile satellite service


set: Indians football extended its win streak to three games by defeating Petersburg 41-27 Friday.

set: Indians' football extends win streak to three;


set: Lee Miller, who saw his injury ended early by injury, has been missed by Carlisle in the closing weeks of the season.


set: It was her big ticket to Bollywood -- but Indo-Canadian porn star Sunny Leone says she would never go back to the ``Bigg Boss'' house.

set: I would never go back to 'Bigg Boss' house:


set: Rocky Mount police are investigating two separate shootings that occurred late Wednesday night and early this morning on the city's East Side.


set: The simple answer to what makes us Canadian is for us to have been born here, or later in life, to have immigrated.


set: Bangladesh police have arrested three atheist bloggers for allegedly defaming Islam and the Prophet Mohammed, police said Tuesday, amid calls from religious fundamentalists for an Internet crackdown.

set: Bangladesh arrests three atheist bloggers


set: In addition to questioning Shaunie O'neal's apology to viewers, former reality television star Omarosa says the women on Basketball Wives are ``behaving like hood rats.''

set: Omarosa says Basketball Wives behaving like hood rats


set: Police have found skeletal remains in a Surry Hills home that they believe belong to an elderly woman who could have been dead for eight years.

set: Police find skeletal remains in Surry Hills home


set: John Key is recovering from a broken arm after his first public slip-up since taking over as Prime Minister.


set: Four teen girls were injured in a Perry County car crash around 7:30 pm Saturday on Huckleberry Road.

set: Four teen girls injured in Perry County crash


set: Both McLaren drivers were summoned by the stewards at Sepang on Saturday after their rivals complained about being blocked at the end of qualifying for the Malaysian grand prix.


set: Christina Aguilera was released from police custody this morning after being arrested in the early hours for public intoxication.

set: Christina Aguilera released by police after arrest for public intoxication


set: DOBBIN A second woman has died and a baby boy remains in critical condition after an explosion in the town of Dobbin in Montgomery County.


set: Former US President Jimmy Carter was hospitalized on Tuesday after becoming ill during a flight to Cleveland, according to media reports.

set: Former US President Carter hospitalized: reports


set: The CFL fined Lewis on Wednesday for violating the league's social media policy.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Larry MacDougal The CFL fined Calgary Stampeders slotback Nik Lewis on Wednesday for violating the league's social media policy.

set: CFL fines Calgary Stampeders receiver Lewis for violating social media policy


set: A 32-year-old man has been jailed for four years and six months for a serious street attack in Fife.

set: Man jailed over serious street attack in Fife


set: Transport for London plans to outsource its IT helpdesk in a contract that could be worth up to £70m.

set: Transport for London to outsource IT helpdesk


set: In a bid to lure young mobile users, Virgin Mobile has announced the vBling bundled offer.


set: MINI will officially debut the new Countryman WRC rally car at the Paris Auto Show later this week.

set: MINI Countryman WRC to debut at Paris Auto Show


set: Cartoon Network is launching three new shows in the month of January, namely Generator Rex, Ashoka and Tripura.

set: Cartoon Network to launch three new shows in January


set: PASSIONATE New Zealand rugby fans turned on the All Blacks yesterday after an error-filled performance saw them crumble against the Springboks for a second consecutive week.


set: Only a few days in advance of being due to conduct English National Opera's new production of Vaughan Williams' opera Riders to the Sea, the leading conductor Richard Hickox has died of a suspected heart attack.

set: Conductor Richard Hickox dies of a suspected heart attack


set: Tim Webster says councils are running out of money and are looking at new ways to gouge the cash out of your pocket.


set: National parks across the country are ditching junk food and making healthier options available for parkgoers this summer.

set: National parks ditch junk food for healthier options


set: Copper prices surged more than 3 per cent to 13-month highs, reaching above $3 per pound in New York, as the dollar weakened.


set: Kabul, June 26 A senior Taliban commander disguised in women's clothes was killed by Afghan and NATO forces south of Kabul, the military alliance said Saturday.

set: Taliban commander disguised in women's clothes killed


set: Uzbekistan closed its border with Kazakhstan, the Kazakh Foreign Ministry has stated.

set: Uzbekistan closes border with Kazakhstan.


set: ``I've grown up so much. The great thing about being pregnant is that you have nine months and it really does prepare you,'' she says of being a mom to son Bronx, with husband Pete Wentz.


set: As Adam Schefter of ESPN originally reported, the NFLPA is supposedly planning to decertify by the expiration of the league's current labor deal.


set: The BBC journalist and presenter Andrew Marr left hospital on Friday, nearly two months after suffering a stroke, and is continuing his rehabilitation at home.

set: Andrew Marr leaves hospital nearly two months after suffering a stroke


set: A literacy support program designed for teachers and students in the Far North has gotten off to a successful start in 2013.

set: Literacy support program designed for teachers


set: A 20-year-old woman was robbed at gunpoint in Bradenton Friday evening, according to the Manatee County Sheriff's Office.


set: A whale shark, locally known as butanding, was found dead on the shores of Brgy.


set: Long layered hairstyles with side swept bangs are all the rage right now!


set: Meryl Streep donates $1M to The Public Theater Meryl Streep has donated $1 million to The Public Theater in honor of both its late founder, Joseph Papp, and her friend, the author Nora Ephron.

set: Meryl Streep donates $1M to the Public Theater


set: North Korea has officially launched its first tablet and although not exactly a gamechanger, at least it's not the kind of launch we've grown to expect from the communist hermit kingdom.


set: Mesa police are looking for answers in the shooting death of a 60 year old man.

set: Mesa police investigate shooting death of man


set: Students at Western Branch High School have launched a campaign urging other students to buckle up every time they get in a car.

set: Students launch campaign urging other students to buckle up


set: The Braves' Mike Minor stretched his scoreless streak to 14 innings and Baltimore's Tsuyoshi Wada made his delayed debut as Atlanta and an Orioles split squad tied 2-2 in 10 innings Sunday.

set: Minor stretches scoreless streak to 14 innings


set: Robin Williams is set to play former American President Dwight D. Eisenhower in Lee Daniels' upcoming biopic The Butler.

set: Robin Williams to play Dwight D. Eisenhower


set: The Jets will work out kicker Kris Brown today, a person with direct knowledge of the workout confirms.

set: Jets to work out free agent kicker Kris Brown


set:
Demi Moore is a single gal again.
Demi Moore is single:


set: Jane Lynch is hosting the new NBC game show ``Hollywood Game Night,'' which will pit A-list contestants against mere mortals in a cocktail-party atmosphere.


set: The Pars missed the chance to go seven points clear of their Fife rivals, instead allowing Raith to take another three points off them, bringing their total to seven against the Pars this season.

set: Pars miss chance to go seven points clear


set: The venture capital firm Greylock Partners announced Tuesday that it had expanded its main fund, Greylock XIII, to $1 billion, from $575 million.


set: Suzlon Energy likely to peak out at Rs 55-56, says Mitesh Thacker, Technical Analyst, miteshthacker.com.

set: Suzlon Energy likely to peak out at Rs 55-56:


set: A getaway driver for an armed gang carrying out heists on security vans was a convict on the run!


set: Coal India Limited has written to the State government that it will resume coal supply in about two weeks, said Energy Minister Shobha Karandlaje here on Friday.


set: The US anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd announced it will be setting sail from Australia to disrupt Japanese research whaling early next month.

set: Sea Shepherd to set sail from Australia to disrupt Japanese research whaling


set: A Gallup survey just released finds a majority of Americans, 61%, oppose reducing collective bargaining rights of government workers and 53% oppose reducing pay or benefits of government workers, to reduce budget deficits.

set: Majority oppose reducing collective bargaining, pay, or benefits


set: Driver recruitment firm Transline has won two new lead vendor contracts at Co-op Harthill and Co-op Cumbernauld.


set: BBA Aviation said it expected to outperform its markets and was comfortable with its business growth going forward, as an increase in flying activity boosts demand for its aircraft services.

set: BBA Aviation expects to outperform its markets


set: Celebrity Cruises will roll out Zumba fitness classes on all of its ships next month.

set: Celebrity rolls out Zumba classes on all ships


set: 1/24/2008 8:50:51 AM The dollar showed mild weakness during Thursday's early morning trading in New York.

set: Dollar shows weakness in Thursday's early morning trading


set: Los Angeles, May 26 Former US president Bill Clinton congratulated actress Eva Longoria on completing her Master's.


set: Bischofshofen, Austria - Andreas Kofler won the prestigious Four Hills ski-jumping title from a fifth-place finish in Wednesday's finale dominated by fellow-Austrian Thomas Morgenstern.


set: SAN FRANCISCO IBM Corp. put a top executive on leave Monday after he was charged in an insider trading scandal for allegedly leaking secrets about IBM's earnings and financial dealings with corporate partners.

set: IBM puts executive on leave after charges


set: Apple sued Samsung, alleging its Galaxy-branded cellphones and tablets copy the iPhone and iPad.


set: HE Humaid Mohammad Al Qatami, Minister of Education, said that the Ministry would set up a centre for talented in coordination with the Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum Award for Distinguished Academic Performance .

set: Ministry of Education to set up centre for the talented


set: A twin-engine passenger plane crashed early Tuesday near a northern Siberia town, killing at least 11 of the 15 people on board, Russia's Emergencies Ministry said.Initial reports indicated that all those aboard the Antonov-24 turboprop were killed.

set: Plane crash in northern Siberia kills at least 11


set: NATO proposed a new era of cooperation with Russia on Friday, calling for joint work with Moscow and Washington on missile defence after the United States scrapped a planned anti-missile system.

set: NATO proposes new era of cooperation with Russia


set: Red Wing residents give the city high marks for services and are willing to pay slightly higher taxes to maintain them, according to results of a recent community survey.

set: Red Wing residents gives the city high marks for its services


set: On April 28 at 6PM, supermodel Adriana Lima will make her big comeback and live stream her first photo shoot since giving birth in November.

set: Adriana Lima streams her first photo shoot since giving birth


set: Chelsea striker Didier Drogba says he has had malaria for a month but is only now regaining full fitness because the illness was finally diagnosed on Monday.


set: The Hartford announced a new affiliation with the Sierra Club, building on a tradition of partnerships that the property-casualty and life insurer already has with AARP and the American Kennel Club.

set: The Hartford announces new affiliation with Sierra Club


set: Australian umpire Daryl Harper has admitted that he committed errors while officiating in the first cricket Test between India and the West Indies but said Indian players too did not play in the spirit of the game.

set: 'Indians did not play in spirit of the game'


set: Calista Corp. is donating $10,000 to the Bethel senior center and is planning a celebration next week at the facility.

set: Calista Corp. donates $10,000 to Bethel senior center, plans celebration


set: Former Essendon AFL coach Kevin Sheedy looks set to return to the club where he spent his playing days, Richmond, after 28 years away.

set: Sheedy may return to Richmond after 28 years


set: As more and more athletes and analysts take to Twitter, we get to find out firsthand what the players and people closest to the action think of breaking stories like Michael Vick signing with the Eagles and today's news that Brett Favre will sign with the Vikings pending a physical.


set: David Walliams has celebrated his 41st birthday at a special James Bond themed bash with celebrity pals including Russell Brand.


set: LIVERMORE, Calif. A 25-year-old motorcyclist was killed in a crash after he allegedly sped through a red light while fleeing from police in Livermore late Wednesday night, police said.

set: Motorcyclist killed in crash while fleeing from police


set: Seoul shares opened steady on Tuesday led by technology shares such as Hynix Semiconductor on its latest memory chip price increases, but gains were limited after oil hit another record on Monday.


set: The UK Times is reporting that Uganda is proposing the dealth penalty for HIV positive gays.

set: Uganda proposes dealth penalty for HIV positive gays


set: Newsday > Sports > Baseball > Mets Mets have seven minority buyers lined up Originally published:


set: A new article released in the February 2011 issue of Health Affairs, co-authored by Benjamin Sommers, MD, PhD, of the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Harvard School of Public Health, and Sara Rosenbaum, JD, Chair of the Department of Health Policy and Hirsch Professor of Health Law and Policy at the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services, examines new challenges that States and the Federal Government will face when Medicaid eligibility expands in 2014, under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

set: Article examines new challenges federal Government will face when Medicaid eligibility expands in 2014


set: Afilias, a global provider of registry services, today announced that it has been selected to provide registry services supporting the .


set: In a recent post to his Twitter page, Chris Brown revealed a new tattoo in which he forgives his ``enemies.''


set: Rep. Dean Heller, R-Nv., easily advanced to the general election Tuesday night with a four to one victory margin over Patrick Colletti.

set: Heller easily advances to general election


set: Mumbai attacks co-accused David Headley, who scouted Shiv Sena headquarters, on Tuesday testified there was a plot involving his handlers in Pakistan's intelligence agency ISI and terror outfit LeT to assassinate Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray.

set: David Headley in plot to assassinate Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray


set: A 17-year-old Bessemer City High School student faces charges related to a fight on a school bus Thursday morning, according to a citation.

set: Student charged with fighting on school bus


set: McIver hasn't made it a secret that he would run for mayor.


set: eTelecare Global Solutions, a Philippines-based BPO services provider, has expanded an agreement with a telecommunications provider whereby it will provide an additional queue to the client's inbound sales program.

set: ETelecare expands agreement with telecommunications provider


set: A West Midlands family have been evicted from their housing association home following more than 200 reported anti-social incidents between 2004 and 2007.

set: Family evicted from Housing Association home 'after 200 anti-social incidents'


set: Flood warnings are starting to hit the news with some frequency now.


set: Telstra shares hit a four year high as the telco starts to benefit from recent changes such as its involvement in the national broadband network.


set: Former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards has endorsed his former rival Barack Obama for president.


set: Although the project was just recently announced, James Cameron has already explored Animal Kingdom for part of the development process for the expansion.


set: Yorktown Center is hosting a four-week farmers market outside The Shops on Butterfield at Yorktown Center.


set: The Secret Theatre is holding an opening night gala for their revival of the Tony Awardnominated musical, Little Women, on December 8, 7:30 pm.


set: French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde yesterday welcomed the European Central Bank's more cautious view of the economic outlook but said the euro was still too high for comfort.


set: Richmond police investigate the scene of an apparent homicide Saturday night.

set: Richmond police investigating another homicide


set: Thai exports fell 25.7 percent year-on-year in July on declining foreign demand amid strong competition, the commerce ministry said in a statement Wednesday.

set: Thai exports fall 25.7 percent in July: ministry


set: Jones Soda Co. said it will revamp the WhoopAss energy drink it originally introduced 11 years ago.

set: Jones Soda to revamp WhoopAss energy drink


set: Hong Kong researchers generated animal product-free new human stem cells which can be derived into different human cell types and tissues, providing insights for clinical applications of stem cell therapy, according to the Univ. of Hong Kong.

set: Researchers generate new human stem cells


set: US Senator Dianne Feinstein was today nominated by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to be chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence in the 111th Congress.

set: Senator Feinstein nominated by Senate Majority Leader to be chairman of Senate Intelligence Committee


set: The Ravens basketball teams continue to soar after their Third Division and Open teams trampled the Guyana Defence Force and East/West Fire teams Saturday night at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall as the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association Open and Third Division leagues continued.


set: Anne Hathaway had the audacity to tell a reporter she would consider playing Kate Middleton if such an opportunity ever arose.

set: Anne Hathaway would consider playing Kate Middleton


set: Chandigarh Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee President Captain Amarinder Singh assured Panjab University students today that he would take up the Section 144 issue with the VC.

set: 'Will take up Section 144 issue with VC'


set: Entertainment Weekly's Ausiello Files is reporting that Dexter star Julie Benz has signed on for a role in Desperate Housewives.

set: Julie Benz signs on for Desperate Housewives


set: London 2012 today published the first edition of its sustainability guidelines for corporate and public events, underlining its commitment to staging a sustainable Games in 2012.

set: London 2012 publishes sustainability guidelines for corporate and public events


set: Concern is growing for a man missing from Wellingborough, who has not been since August 28.

set: Concern grows for missing Wellingborough man


set: Mia Farrow testified on Monday that Naomi Campbell knew she was given 'blood diamond,' and that the gift was from Charles Taylor, on trial for brutal war crimes at The Hague.

set: Mia Farrow testifies Naomi Campbell knew she was given 'blood diamond'


set: Two men have been charged in connection with the deadly home invasion in Belleville.

set: Two men charged in connection with deadly home invasion


set: Ryanair said it will operate hand baggage only flights to and from Spain on Wednesday because of a 24-hour strike by Spanish workers.

set: Ryanair operating hand baggage only flights to Spain


set: Newcrest Mining Ltd has resumed production at its flagship Telfer gold mine in Western Australia after tropical cyclone Laurence passed over it without causing major damage.

set: Newcrest resumes production at Telfer after Laurence passes


set: A fox reportedly bit two students at Rocky Plains Elementary School while the students were outside, according to Newton County Animal Control Director Teri Key-Hoosen and Newton County School System officials.

set: Fox bites two students at Rocky Plains Elementary


set: National drug-store chain Walgreen said Wednesday it would buy New York City-based chain Duane Reade for $1.1 billion, giving Walgreen a large presence in the lucrative New York market.

set: Walgreen buying ny chain Duane Reade for $1.1 billion


set: Morgan Stanley has downgraded Indian energy major Reliance Industries to 'equal-weight' from 'overweight' and cut its target price on the stock to Rs 956 from Rs 1,206.

set: Morgan Stanley downgrades Reliance Industries


set: Mississippi has had 26 new human cases of West Nile Virus, the state Health Department reported today.

set: Mississippi has 26 new cases of West Nile Virus


set: The Motorola DROID 4 has recently received its DLNA certification which one, lets us know it has DLNA functionality but more importantly, it gives us another clue that a Verizon launch will soon be upon us.

set: Motorola DROID 4 receives DLNA certification --


set: The Black Sticks striker was advised against surgery by team doctor Tony Edwards and has taken on a rehab programme, which includes the therapy that uses sound waves to promote the healing of the tendon.


set: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was granted bail Tuesday after seven days in a London jail.


set: Lars shows you how to program an ATtiny13 with the Adafruit USBtinyISP- To program the ATtiny13 or other AVR tiny microcontrollers I use the USBtinyISP.

set: How to - programming ATtiny13 with USBtinyISP


set: A South Korean medical team was set to depart for Haiti on Saturday to provide medical aid to the quake-stricken Caribbean nation, officials from the team said.

set: S. Korean team to depart for Haiti for medical aid


set: Please note that Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield is closed due to an incident and is likely to open later today.


set: The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund approved proposals that will lead to a major overhaul of the IMF quotas and governance, strengthening the Fund's legitimacy and effectiveness.

set: IMF approves proposals to lead to major overhaul of its quotas and governance


set: ALESSANDRO Del Piero has hinted that his contract situation with Sydney FC could be resolved soon but the superstar says his focus is solely on resurrecting the Sky Blues' ailing A-League campaign.

set: Del Piero's contract situation with Sydney FC could be resolved


set: THE Bulls are still on track to make Super 14 history by becoming the first South African team to win two Super Rugby titles, thanks to a magical try by Springbok wing Bryan Habana in the last minute for a 29-20 bonus point win against the Cheetahs on Saturday.


set: More than 60,000 pornographic websites were shut down by Chinese authorities last year.

set: More than 60,000 pornographic websites shut down by China


set: Baltimore County Police are investigating the death of a county worker who was plowing snow at a former golf course.

set: Police investigate death of worker plowing snow


set: Singapore share prices rose by 5.4 per cent on Tuesday, pushing the Straits Times Index up 89.25 points to close at 1,748.42.


set: SOUTH AFRICAN bonds were little changed in quiet early trade, amid a steady rand.


set: A man in Moreno Valley was charged with murder and child abuse after his toddler son was declared brain dead at a hospital.

set: Man charged with murder after toddler son declared brain dead


set: Lindsay Lohan was paid a paltry $100 per day for her role in the upcoming independent film The Canyons, and we've got the details for you right here on RadarOnline.com.

set: Lindsay Lohan was paid a paltry $100 per day for filming the Canyons


set: An implanted patch that delivers cells to damaged heart muscle may prevent heart failure after a heart attack, according to research presented at the American Heart Association's Basic Cardiovascular Sciences Conference 2008 --

set: Patch may prevent heart failure after heart attack


set: During the 10-week program, students will learn theater from the ground up, culminating in a production followed by a potluck dinner for family and friends.


set: New England manager Roy Hodgson has admitted he may need to grow a thicker skin to cope with the rigours of his role.


set: Snow rang in the new year in Kentucky, especially across the eastern half of the state, where weather forecasters were expecting as much as five to six inches along the Virginia border.


set: Crude oil prices slumped to $84 a barrel Monday as a stronger greenback made dollar-priced commodities less attractive to foreign buyers.


set: The new Android software called the Ice Cream Sandwich has just entered the smartphone battle royale.

set: Ice Cream Sandwich enters smartphone os battle


set: SUDAN tightened security on Monday with thousands of fans expected to fly in for a playoff between Egypt and Algeria that will settle the last of Africa's qualifying berths for next year's World Cup.


set: Biotechnology giant Amgen is selling the Japanese rights to up to 13 of its experimental drugs to Takeda Pharmaceutical of Japan in a deal that might bring Amgen more than $1 billion.

set: Amgen selling Japanese rights to some drugs


set: A man has pleaded guilty to first degree manslaughter as part of a plea deal in Delaware County.

set: Man pleads guilty to first degree manslaughter


set: The Weekend Get Out Guide is your source for what's going on where and how to take part -- or escape the crowds for parts unknown.


set: AN INQUEST heard how a Coventry grandad died after falling from a first floor window.

set: Coventry grandad 'died after falling from window'


set: NBA star player LeBron James engaged to his longtime girlfriend Savannah Brinson on Saturday night, Dec.31.

set: LeBron James engaged to his girlfriend Savannah Brinson


set: Mich. teens accused of taking school bus on joy ride arrested after going by driver's home

set: Mich. teens accused of taking bus on joy ride


set: The former Bratenahl police chief is suing the mayor, an investigator with the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation and several members of the Police Department.

set: Former Bratenahl police chief sues Mayor


set: Dr Geevarghese Mar Osthathios, senior metropolitan of Malankara Orthodox Church, passed away at St Gregorios Mission Hospital, Parumala, in Pathanamthitta on Thursday.


set: ``After many years of waiting, the 40G market is finally moving to a generalized deployment phase.

set: 40G market moves to generalized deployment phase


set: European stocks tread water Updated: 05:00, Saturday December 15, 2012 Europe's main stock markets have ended narrowly mixed with upbeat Chinese data failing to dispel gloomy Japanese industrial sentiment and ongoing US fiscal cliff worries.


set: Jordan, America's sweetheart and the waitress from North Carolina, has won Big Brother 11 by a vote of 5-2, including America's vote.

set: Jordan wins 'Big Brother 11' in 5-2 vote


set: Just Shut Up And Drive is an Internet flash game for PC and notebook is a game of F1.


set: OMD has appointed Paul Elliott as head of digital to replace Lisa Giacosa who has left the role after three years to return to Europe.


set: Honolulu-based Sopogy is building a 50-megawatt solar power plant in Spain with two other companies.

set: Sopogy to build solar power plant in Spain


set: Formula One champion Sebastian Vettel has raised fears over tyre safety after being hit in the visor by a rubber bullet during practice in Malaysia.

set: F1 champ Sebastian Vettel raises fear over tyre safety


set: A Leavenworth man has pleaded guilty to producing child pornography, according to a news release from the US attorney's office.

set: Man pleads guilty to producing child pornography


set: Severe weather caused lots of damage in the southern part of the Ohio Valley Tuesday night.

set: Severe weather causes damage in southern part of the Valley


set: The International Monetary Fund stressed here Wednesday that concerns about geopolitical oil supply risks ``are again increasing''.

set: Concerns over geopolitical oil supply risks are again increasing --


set: Total construction work in Australia rose 1.9 per cent in the March quarter in chain volume terms.


set: Rep. Michele Bachmann became the latest presidential hopeful to meet with Orthodox Jewish leaders to discuss Jewish and Israel issues.

set: Presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann meets with Orthodox leaders


set: Two Beckley men were sentenced on drug charges in US District court Wednesday before Judge Irene C. Berger.


set: As the popular song has it, God, obviously bored with the day job, is now a DJ. But, we learned with some surprise today, Jesus was the first entrepreneur.


set: We already knew where we could buy it from, the minimum and recommended specs but now, now, we know Sonic Generations is coming to PC... / By Mat Growcott


set: To examine why gas prices are suddenly so high, join us for a Google+ Hangout at 3 pm PDT with Patrick DeHaan, senior petroleum analyst at the GasBuddy.com website, and Times energy editor Nancy Rivera Brooks.

set: Why gas prices are so high (Google+ Hangout)


set: A skier escaped with only minor injuries after triggering an avalanche in Big Cottonwood Canyon on Sunday, the Utah Avalanche Center reports.

set: Skier triggers Avalanche in Big Cottonwood Canyon


set: Labour Party leader Joseph Muscat called on youths to fight mediocrity which should not become the order of the day.

set: Muscat calls on youths to fight mediocrity


set: EastEnders star Nina Wadia has revealed that co-star Ricky Norwood helped her decide to leave the soap.

set: 'EastEnders' Nina Wadia: 'Ricky Norwood helped me decide to leave'


set: AP Food Industry Writer Diet Pepsi is quietly changing its sweetener, with the goal of helping the soda maintain its taste longer.


set: LINCOLN, Neb. Nebraska coach Bo Pelini has confirmed the reorganization of his coaching staff, making Tim Beck his offensive coordinator and announcing four new assistants.

set: Pelini confirms reorganization of his staff


set: Bloomberg reported that Vedanta Resources Plc, controlled by billionaire Mr Anil Agarwal may soon restart a mothballed alumina refinery after a change in mining rules helps resume supply of raw materials to the plant.

set: Vedanta Resources to restart alumina refinery


set: Ten Tshwane municipal officials will be suspended for allegedly flouting the city``s procurement policies, a spokesman said.


set: Robert Joe Childs, a level 3 sex offender, has moved into Ballard, according to the King County Sheriff's Office.


set: A YOUNG man has died after falling from a Gold Coast high-rise apartment in the early hours of this morning.

set: Man dies after fall from Gold Coast apartment


set: WILMINGTON, Del. The Wilmington Library is selling 14 NC Wyeth illustrations painted for the 1920 publication of ''Robinson Crusoe'' to pay for a new roof, heating and air conditioning system and other repairs.

set: Wilmington library to sell Wyeth illustrations


set: Nebraska authorities have been searching for a 39-year-old Missouri fugitive.

set: Nebraska authorities search for Missouri fugitive


set: BJP patriarch LK Advani today had a ``candid'' interaction with RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on recent developments in the wake of elevation of Narendra Modi as head of BJP's election campaign committee.

set: Advani has 'candid' interaction with Bhagwat


set: President of the Republic Karolos Papoulias announced on Monday that he has accepted the nomination for his re-election as President of Greece.

set: President Papoulias accepts nomination for re-election


set: Unsurprisingly, Pussy Riot were found guilty on charges of hooliganism today.


set: Greenwich resident and nationally syndicated cartoonist Tony DiPreta, shown here in 2008 at the Greenwich Senior Center, died Wednesday, June 2, at age 88.

set: Greenwich comic strip artist Tony DiPreta dies at 88


set: The US dollar is mostly lower, led by the euro.


set: Google's latest offering 'GooglePlus' is steadily gaining ground in the social networking space, so far dominated by Facebook, with the internet giant's social network attracting about 20 million visitors in the initial three weeks and nearly half of these visitors hailing from US and India.

set: Google Plus gaining ground in social networking


set: A Mason, Ohio high school teacher has been indicted on 16 counts of sexual battery and three counts of offenses involving underage persons.

set: Ohio teacher indicted on 16 counts of sexual battery


set: The public cannery at the Wythe County Technology Center is not closing.


set: President Barack Obama said Wednesday he wanted to ``begin work'' on immigration reform this year and that US officials would monitor a controversial new law in Arizona for civil rights implications.

set: Obama to 'begin work' on immigration reform this year


set: Ivory Coast militia leader Ibrahim Coulibaly has been killed by forces of new President Alassane Ouattara during a raid to dislodge his armed group from an Abidjan district, an official said.

set: Ivory Coast rebel leader Coulibaly killed


set: Germany promised on Friday to provide prefabricated houses for 1,800 homeless refugees in Georgia.

set: Germany to provide prefabricated houses for georgians


set: Stakeholders at the just ended 'Roundtable on Economic Transformation' have identified the major signposts for economic transformation.

set: Stakeholders identify signposts for Economic transformation


set: The Canadian government on Wednesday blamed Hamas for civilian casualties in Gaza, including 40 at a school bombarded by the Israeli military the previous day saying Hamas provoked the attack.

set: Canada blames Hamas for civilian casualties in Gaza


set: A 31-year-old American man has been arrested in Seattle, US, for allegedly forcing his 19-year-old pregnant girlfriend to sign an ``abuse contract'', which allowed him to attack her whenever he wanted.

set: Man arrested for forcing pregnant girlfriend to sign 'abuse contract'


set: Former Pakistan skipper Shahid Afridi on Tuesday came out of retirement saying he is available for selection for the limited-over formats now that a new chairman is in charge of the Pakistan Cricket Board.


set: Residents of Nelson County on June 10 will vote on a proposed home rule charter that would enable the County Commission to implement a sales tax of up to a penny.

set: Nelson County to vote on home rule charter


set: weight loss solutions has started a new blog full of exciting new ways to lose weight and feel healthy.


set: A month after rolling out a beta test for its new metrics and verification product aimed at, in part, improving mobile ad measurement, Mpire is changing its name to AdXpose and says it has raised $3 million in a round led by Draper Fisher Jurvetson.

set: Mpire changes name to AdXpose, raises $3 million;


set: Delta Air Lines and US Airways announced an agreement to transfer to four airlines 12 percentof the takeoff and landing slots involved in a previously announced transaction between the carriers at New York's LaGuardia and Washington's Reagan National airports.

set: Delta Air Lines, US Airways announce agreement with four airlines


set: Toshiba has announced that it will launch a new 20 megapixel CMOS image sensor, the TCM5115CL, as the latest addition to its sensor line-up for digital still cameras.

set: Toshiba launches 20 megapixels image sensor


set: Google Inc is set to introduce on Tuesday a new web browser designed to more quickly handle video-rich or other complex web programs, posing a challenge to browsers designed originally to handle text and graphics.


set: ZigBee, the formal network, security, application-framework, and application-profile layer overlay on top of the 802.15.4 PHY and MAC layers used in low-power wireless mesh networks, is continually evolving with more applications being invented, according to a study.


set: The US Supreme Court on Thursday struck down the Stolen Valor Act, which made it a crime to lie about receiving military medals.

set: Supreme Court strikes down Stolen Valor Act...


set: This weekend, everyone's favorite fictional receptionist, Jenna Fischer of The Office, married actor and writer Lee Kirk in a private ceremony.


set: A Rossford principal was indicted Wednesday by a Wood County Grand Jury on several child porn charges.

set: Rossford principal indicted on child porn charges


set: Bond managers have largely dismissed Friday's highly-anticipated European bank stress tests as a non-event, with the markets similarly showing a muted response in early trading.

set: Bond managers dismiss stress tests as 'non-event'


set: Sean ``Diddy'' Combs hired an etiquette coach to teach his Bad Boy Records staff how to hold wine glasses and chopsticks, among other social niceties, the New York Post reported Thursday.


set: Ukraine is ready to take an active part in restoring the territorial integrity of Georgia, UNIAN Ukrainian news agency reports.

set: Ukraine ready to restore territorial integrity of Georgia


set: Twisha K Prasad completed a memorable double by retaining the Junior girls' Kayak-1 500-metre title while Betty Joseph pocketed her second gold on the third of the 22nd National Kayaking and Canoeing championships at the Ulsoor Lake here on Friday.


set: Team Ireland's Fionnuala Britton failed to make the finals of women's 5,000m despite running a personal best of 15:12.97 in her heat.

set: Ireland's Fionnuala Britton fails to make final


set: India and Pakistan were tantalisingly close to an agreement on Kashmir and other contentious issues between the two countries when President President Pervez Musharraf was in power.

set: India and pak were close to an agreement on Kashmir:


set: The Swiss sun-powered aircraft Solar Impulse took off for Morocco on its first intercontinental flight attempt without using a drop of fuel.

set: Solar Impulse takes off on first intercontinental flight


set: Oil prices have plunged more than $US4, extending this week's spectacular losses after a surprise jump in crude reserves in the United States.


set: Pacquiao won by a unanimous decision over Margarito and snatching the Mexican's WBC super welterweight belt in the 12-round fight at the packed Cowboys Stadium.

set: Manny Pacquiao wins over Antonio Margarito


set: The United States widened its definition of rape on Friday to include for the first time assaults on men and those in which a victim is incapacitated by drugs or alcohol.


set: TV on the Radio have announced a short UK tour, which will take place in November.


set: ESPN is just now reporting that the NFL will announce a lockout tonight, possibly meaning that there will be no football for the 11-12 season.


set: Housing construction dropped in February as winter blizzards held down activity in the Northeast and Midwest, the Commerce Department said Tuesday.


set: Systemair is continuing its investment in Southeast Asia and starts a sales company in Taiwan.

set: Systemair starts a sales company in Taiwan


set: China will have to import grain to meet its domestic needs in the near future, which will mark the end of the country's self-sufficient policy on grain products, Caijing.com.cn reported Wednesday, citing a Standard Chartered report.

set: China to import grain to meet domestic needs:


set: AP Nov 10, 2010 09:31:40 AM Romania and Syria have signed a treaty allowing the transfer of people convicted to prison, but have fallen short of signing an extradition accord.

set: Romania and Syria sign treaty to transfer convicts, fall short of signing extradition accord


set: Longtime federal judge G. Wix Unthank has died in Harlan.


set: Net mortgage lending fell to -£73m in May as mortgage repayments outstripped gross mortgage lending, according to the British Bankers' Authority's latest figures.

set: Net mortgage lending falls to -£73m in May


set: Czech President Vaclav Klaus sharply criticised stricter financial supervision in the EU during his visit to Brussels yesterday.

set: Klaus criticises stricter financial supervision within EU


set: Today, Occupy Minnesota protesters will call for a stop to police attacks on their counterparts across the country.

set: Occupy protesters call for stop to police attacks


set: The rand was a tad stronger against the dollar in noon trade, having pulled off its overnight lows.


set: Main Street El Dorado board of directors reflected on a successful year for the program as board members worked through their last regular meeting of 2008 on Tuesday.

set: Main Street board of directors reflects on successful year


set: update PayPal has launched a mobile credit card reader in the Australia and Hong Kong markets and will extend the service to other parts of the region in future, says company executive, who believes the service will help boost small businesses in region.

set: PayPal launches credit card reader in Australia, Hong Kong


set: Luxury sports-car producer Aston Martin formally opened its first dealership in Croatia on Wednesday.

set: Aston Martin opens first dealership in Croatia


set: English rocker Roger Daltrey, 64, has vowed to lead his generation in the war against ageism.

set: Roger Daltrey to lead his generation in the war against ageism


set: On National Census Day, April 1, 2010, Census Bureau Director Robert Groves will speak at a National Press Club luncheon to discuss the progress of the Census Bureau's constitutionally mandated task of conducting a once-a-decade headcount.

set: Census Bureau director Robert Groves speaks to National Press Club


set: The Seahawks acquired tight end Kellen Winslow from the Buccaneers on Monday.

set: Seahawks acquire tight end Winslow from Buccaneers


set: A severe storm system packing winds as high as 80 miles-per-hour has left millions without power.

set: Severe storm leaves millions without power


set: But, what is childhood schizophrenia and what can you look forward to?


set: Darren Clarke leads the Scottish Open by three shots at the halfway stage after overcoming treacherous conditions at Loch Lomond on Friday.


set: Alsbridge Inc. provides outsourcing, shared services and benchmarking consultation that concentrate on providing sustainable sourcing solutions for client companies.

set: Outsourcing, shared services and benchmarking consultation


set: The Black Sea based CIS steel export market remained bearish during the week with the outlook being not optimistic at all.

set: Black Sea based CIS steel export remains bearish


set: A male high school student in Mississippi says he was sent home for dressing like a girl and now some female students are dressing like boys to protest.

set: Male student sent home after dressing as girl


set: A New Brunswick man is taking Via Rail to court for cutting in half the service on its main Maritime route, saying the company is violating federal policy to advance economic growth in rural and urban areas.

set: New Brunswick man takes Via Rail to court over cuts to Maritime route


set: Cross Technology Srl has chosen the CleanTech exhibition in Tel-Aviv, Israel, to unveil its new water treatment technology:

set: Cross Technology unveils new water treatment Technology


set: A St. Clair Shores man faces child pornography charges after police worked with the Department of Homeland Security to arrest him.


set: A Wagner woman has been sentenced to 22 years behind bars for her role in the death of a two year old girl.


set: BAE Systems officials announced it will lay off about 475 contractors hired temporarily by the company to support a spike in Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicle production at their facility in West Chester Twp.


set: BATHURST MP Paul Toole is a firm believer that CCTV cameras in certain parts of the city go a long way to helping reduce crime and anti-social behaviour.

set: Toole is a firm believer CCTV help fight crime


set: Elena Dementieva thrashed Serena Williams in the Sydney International final.

set: Elena Dementieva thrashes Serena Williams


set: Qatar is to launch a second state satellite television channel soon, according to local media reports.

set: Qatar to launch second satellite channel


set: The Australian market ended in negative territory on Tuesday dragged down by metal and mining stocks, but well off the day's low.

set: Australian market ends in negative territory;


set: A Gainesville man is under arrest facing multiple drug charges Friday in Stephens County.

set: Gainesville man faces drug charges in Stephens County


set: A Camp Hill man is facing charges after reportedly locking a 5-year-old child alone in a motel room.

set: Man charged after locking child in motel room


set: The largest residential solar array for Indiana and Illinois has been installed.


set: Despite all the difficulties, Serbia is a key player in the region and its role will increasingly come to the fore, says French Ambassador Jean-Francois Terral.


set: A female elephant and her one-year-old calf were electrocuted near Dimna lake near here on Monday, a senior Forest officer said.


set: Something stinks in Wisconsin, and it's not the cheese.


set: In a written reply to the House, Minister of State for External Affairs E. Ahmad said: ``India is committed to resolving all outstanding issues with Pakistan through dialogue in the interest of peace and prosperity of our people,'' The Dawn reports.

set: 'India is committed to resolving all outstanding issues with Pakistan'


set: North Korea said Friday it had detained an American citizen who had confessed to unspecified crimes.

set: North Korea says it has detained a US citizen


set: LNE Group, a Cleveland-based lobbying and advocacy group, is opening offices in Los Angeles and Berlin, Germany.

set: LNE Group opening offices in Los Angeles, Berlin


set: Phil Mickelson won The Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta but, with his second place finish, Tiger Woods secured victory in the FedEx Cup and picked up the $10 million first prize.

set: Phil Mickelson wins the Tour Championship


set: The Department of Economic Development in Abu Dhabi launched today five economic and social development indicators, which unveiled the trends in key areas including consumer confidence, the family conditions among nationals, confidence in the business climate, the performance of the financial sector and demand curves in the local market.

set: Department of Economic development launches five development indicators


set: Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. said Thursday that fourth-quarter earnings tumbled 98 percent, missing Wall Street's expectations and reflecting a sharp drop in cruise bookings, higher-than-expected fuel costs and unfavorable foreign exchange rates.

set: Royal Caribbean Cruises earnings tumble 98 percent


set: Tottenham midfielder Rafael van der Vaart hopes to return from a hamstring injury ahead of schedule and has targeted a comeback in his club's Premier League match against Liverpool next weekend.

set: Van der Vaart hopes to return ahead of schedule


set: Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin presented condolences to Chinese Vice-President Xi Jinping in Moscow on Tuesday in connection with the killing of eight children in Nanping, China' s Fujian.


set: he has been facing bankruptcy after profits plunged at his international restaurant chain.


set: A charity pie sale in Minneapolis is serving up more than slices of apple pie: hope and change are also on the menu.


set: The Bucknell baseball team swept the Patriot League weekly awards on Monday as Bob Donato was named Player of the Week, Jack Boehm was recognized as Pitcher of the Week and Colby Vanderbeck earned Rookie of the Week honors.

set: Bucknell baseball sweeps Patriot League weekly awards


set: The City of Coralville will host a blood drive at the City Hall Council Chambers on Friday.


set: US Sen. Mark Pryor of Arkansas says Rep. Anthony Weiner of New York should resign following his Twitter scandal.

set: Mark Pryor, mike ross say Rep. Weiner should resign


set: More than 2.1 million drop-side cribs by Stork Craft Manufacturing are being recalled, the biggest crib recall in US history, following reports of four infant suffocations.

set: More than 2.1 million cribs being recalled


set: Three taxis were set alight in Umlazi on Thursday morning, KwaZulu-Natal metro police said.


set: St Helens have suspended half-back Kyle Eastmond following an incident of alleged 'serious misconduct,' Saints are yet to elaborate.


set: LeTourneau University announces the release of the latest version of their free iPhone app, available for download from the iTunes App Store.

set: LeTourneau University announces release of latest iPhone app


set: China Unicom and Telefonica, one of the world's largest telecommunications companies by market cap, have strengthened strategic alliance and have agreed on a new mutual investment.

set: China Unicom and Telefonica strengthen strategic alliance


set: With his recent visit to the Schenectady County Community College, US Senator Charles E. Schumer completed his 62 County tour of New York for the 12th year in a row a feat that makes him the first New York state public official to visit every single county in New York every year he has been in office.

set: Schumer completes 62-County tour for 12th year in a row


set: A British oil worker has died in Azerbaijan.


set: After three months of estrangement and therapy, Tiger Woods' wife Elin Nordegren has agreed to move back in with the serial cheater, RadarOnline reported today.


set: On Monday, Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels, Councilmember Nick Licata, and Police Chief Gil Kerlikowske unveiled the city's new ``speed van'' at Gatewood Elementary School in southwest Seattle.


set: A hillwalker who died after slipping from a path on Ben Nevis into a nearby river gully has been named by police.

set: Hillwalker who died after slipping from a path on Ben Nevis named by police


set: The mayor of Mexico City says the swine flu outbreak seems to be stabilizing, with one more death since he spoke last.

set: Swine flu outbreak seems to be stabilizing:


set: Additionally, third baseman Adrian Beltre declined his player option for the 2011 season.

set: Third baseman Adrian Beltre declines player option


set: Seattle Mariners first baseman Russell Branyan is still experiencing pain in his lower back and may not play again this season.

set: Mariners first baseman Russell Branyan may not play again this season


set: Clinical Pastoral Education is an exciting new spiritually focused training program beginning in September at Danbury Hospital.

set: Clinical Pastoral Education program begins at Danbury Hospital


set: THE director of the Department of Meteorology said he has no knowledge of claims of low morale at the Meteorological Office due to ``micro-managing'' from senior officials.

set: Director has 'no knowledge' of low morale at Met Office


set: Burmese human rights campaigner Aung San Suu Kyi is mobbed by supporters in Thailand on the first stage of her first foreigh trip for 24 years.

set: Aung San Suu Kyi mobbed by supporters in Thailand


set: By Allison Walker, Entertainment Reporter/Anchor For the first time ever, Universal let us into their haunted houses early.

set: Universal lets us into haunted houses early


set: Indian sugar futures eased on Thursday in light volume on expectations the government may raise supplies, but spot prices held firm ahead of a three-day weekend.

set: Indian sugar futures ease but spot holds firm


set: City officials Friday celebrated the opening of the new redesigned Verizon Plus store in Long Beach.

set: Officials celebrate opening of redesigned Verizon store


set: President Obama on Friday dunked senior staff members Robert Gibbs, Rahm Emanuel and Peter Orszag at the White House Congressional Picnic.


set: The First TransPennine Express franchise has been extended to 1 April 2015, it was announced this morning.

set: First TransPennine Express franchise extended


set: Borel, the filly's jockey, said Rachel Alexandra could handle the mile-and-a-half Belmont, the longest of the Triple Crown races, should her connections decide to run her on June 6.


set: The drug rt-PA may prevent infection in kidney dialysis patients, according to a new study.

set: Drug prevents infections in dialysis patients


set: Royal Dutch Shell says it has shut down production at a Nigerian oil field that produces about 200,000 barrels per day after a militant attack.

set: Shell shuts down Nigerian oil field after attack


set: Chester town police have stopped a car whose driver brandished a gun minutes ago, according to Orange County radio transmissions.

set: Chester town police stop car after driver brandished gun


set: At 0712 GMT today, Green Dragon crossed the finish line in Cape Town.


set: Alabama All-American linebacker Rolando McClain says he is skipping his senior season to enter the NFL draft.


set: Federal officials have announced that Illinois Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. was ``Candidate #5'' in the Rod Blagojevich corruption case, in which the Illinois governor attempted to auction Barack Obama's vacated Senate seat.

set: Jesse Jackson Jr. was ``Candidate 5'' in Blagojevich case


set: Six Zimbabwean activists arrested at a public debate on the Egyptian uprising were found guilty by a court in Harare yesterday of inciting public violence, notes a report on the News24 site.

set: Zimbabwe activists guilty of inciting violence


set: Priyanka Chopra to dub for the upcoming Hollywood movie 'Planes' by Disney.


set: The No. 25 Columbia College men's basketball team defeated William Woods University, 63-56, in Fulton.

set: Columbia College men's basketball defeats William Woods, 63-56


set: A 15.4 million USD project to improve urban environment in the central province of Quang Ngai started in Tu Nghia District on Oct. 4.

set: Project to improve urban environment in Quang Ngai starts


set: Actress Amanda Bynes, who has been involved in several accidents during the last year, had her license suspended by the DMV in California.


set: New Delhi, Aug 8 Dimple Yadav, the wife of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, Wednesday took oath as a Lok Sabha member from Kannauj.

set: Dimple Yadav takes oath as Lok Sabha member


set: ABG Shipyard has target of Rs 414-415 in the short term, says Sudarshan Sukhani of s2analytics.com.


set: Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik, who is on an official visit to the United Kingdom, met Conservative Party Chairperson Baroness Sayeeda Warsi over a working breakfast at White Hall Thursday.

set: Rehman Malik meets Baroness Sayeeda Warsi


set: It's not enough to simply say that today's American sports culture is out of bounds.

set: Today's American sports culture is out of bounds


set: NetQin Mobile Inc. NQ and Brightstar claimed on September 20 that they had reached a cooperation agreement, and Brightstar will promote NetQin's mobile security solutions.

set: NetQin and Brightstar to promote mobile security solutions


set: Update Monday 10:10am - Police say that a 25-year-old pregnant woman and her unborn child died in a car crash last night, in which three other woman were injured, including the driver of the vehicle, a 24-year-old woman, who has been arrested on suspicion of DUI and causing death by dangerous driving.


set: The Asian Tour has announced a strong 2010 Schedule with a minimum of 28 tournaments which will include no fewer than five new events, officials said today.


set: Bill Buckner, former Red Sox first baseman is coming back to the Boston area to manage a baseball team.

set: Bill Buckner is coming back to Boston to manage a baseball team


set: McClatchy, the struggling newspaper chain that made an ill-fated purchase of Knight Ridder in 2006, has just sent out a memo announcing that it is freezing employee wages across the entire company for the next year.


set: Heavy-equipment maker Caterpillar Inc. says it is considering selling off part of its logistics subsidiary, so it can focus on its core business.

set: Caterpillar may sell part of logistics subsidiary


set: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf leader Javed Hashmi, while speaking to the media in Multan, said that President Asif Ali Zardari will be responsible if anything bad happens to Balochistan.

set: Zardari responsible if anything bad happens to Balochistan:


set: Actor Christian Bale has revealed that he once accidentally chopped off the top of one of his fingers and was far from feeling any pain.

set: Christian Bale accidentally chopped off a finger!


set: Motorola has shown off three new Android smartphones one for each of China's three mobile networks.

set: Motorola shows off three new Android smartphones


set: LIN TV Corp. announced Tuesday that this fall, it will carry Bounce TV in five markets, including Indianapolis, Hartford/New Haven, Norfolk, Dayton and Mobile/Pensacola.


set: SpringSource, a division of VMware, Inc. and the leader in Java application infrastructure and management, today unveiled a new website, TomcatExpert.com, a professionally managed Apache Tomcat resource library and community.


set: Government debt consolidation loans do require a reality check today as there are many misconceptions concerning government debt consolidation loans.

set: Government debt consolidation loans reality check


set: Telenity, a leading provider of next generation converged services platforms and applications for communications networks, announced today a new suite of integrated personalized call management services enabling communications between different environments including voice call, voice mail, missed call, video call, video mail and messaging services.

set: Telenity announces a new suite of personalized call management services


set: Sachin Tendulkar turns 39 tomorrow but no big celebrations have been planned so far by the batting icon or his Mumbai Indians team-mates though his die-hard fans have made elaborate plans to observe the day in a big way.

set: Tendulkar turns 39 tomorrow, no big celebrations planned


set: Paris Saint-Germain president Nasser Al-Khelaifi wants veteran midfielder David Beckham to stay next season, describing him as ``fantastic on and off the pitch.''

set: Paris Saint-Germain president Nasser Al-Khelaifi wants David Beckham to stay on next season


set: A CTA bus driver was attacked with a stun gun while behind the wheel in the Austin neighborhood.

set: CTA bus driver attacked with stun gun behind the wheel


set: Company officials have released the name of the worker killed in a gas leak Thursday in Guernsey County.

set: Officials release name of worker killed by gas leak


set: Four Asean leaders would miss the opening ceremony of the 15th Asean Summit in Cha Am/Hua Hin scheduled on Friday because they are busy with internal matters.


set: LORD Professor Robert Winston took time out of his schedule this week to give students in East Acton a quick science lesson.

set: Lord Professor Robert Winston gives students a science lesson


set: A PRISONER has absconded from Sudbury prison after attending a work placement in Derby yesterday.


set: At least, he's one of the many California homeowners who' overpaid for his home.


set: The Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) board of directors has elected Thomas J. Falk, Kimberly-Clark Corporation (NYSE: KMB) Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, to its board, effective tomorrow.

set: Lockheed Martin elects Thomas J. Falk to board...


set: A Palestinian prisoner, who was serving a life sentence in an Israeli jail, died of throat cancer on Tuesday, the head of the Prisoners Club said.

set: Palestinian prisoner serving life dies of cancer


set: House insurance policyholders should check whether their chimneys and fireplaces are in good working order.

set: House insurance policyholders 'should check fireplaces'


set: Three consecutive playoff appearances have earned Philadelphia Flyers coach Peter Laviolette a multiyear contract extension.

set: Philadelphia Flyers sign coach Peter Laviolette to contract extension


set: Pep Guardiola has told David Villa that Barcelona will wait for him and will not seek to sign a new striker while talks at boardroom level continue with Valencia, according to a report.


set: Liverpool face a stiff challenge to break back into the top four of the English Premier League, Dirk Kuyt admitted on Sunday, while singling out big-money signing Stewart Downing for praise.


set: Fortuna Energy used deceptive and misleading tactics in negotiating natural gas drilling rights with landowners, according to a recent investigation by the state Attorney General's Office.


set: Fijian scrum-half Niko Matawalu has signed a new two-year deal with Glasgow Warriors.

set: Niko Matawalu signs new deal with Glasgow Warriors


set: A Missoula County jail inmate accused of attempting to stab a detention officer in the neck with a pencil faces a felony assault charge.

set: Missoula jail inmate accused of attempting to stab officer


set: North Korea has launched a long-range rocket, but reports suggest that the missile fell apart not long after launch.


set: More than half of all UK motorists have been victims of car crime, according to new research.


set: Folks were on hand at Howard Elmer Park on Friday to help celebrate Arbor Day, which included Sayre being named a Tree City USA.


set: The RiverRun International Film Festival on Tuesday unveiled a competition lineup for its 13th edition that's filled with winners and favorites from festivals around the world.

set: RiverRun International Film Festival unveils competition lineup


set: Authorities say a traffic stop led to a big drug bust in one Tri-Counties city over the weekend.


set: Health insurer and employee benefits provider BHSF has launched a group life assurance plan for small and medium-sized enterprises.

set: BHSF to launch group life assurance plan


set: Mumbai, Mar 17 Shares gifted by the promoter of a listed company to a brother without monetary considerations would not trigger any open offer obligations for the new owner of equity, Sebi has said.

set: Shares gifted to brother not to trigger open offer:


set: Two armed robbers were critically wounded in a shootout with police in Newcastle in the early hours of this morning, police said.


set: As top saxophonists and jazz performers from across Europe, North America, and Africa prepare to hit Lagos for the third edition of Mike Aremuâ€™s Sax Appeal this weekend, the lingering question on the minds of the anticipating Lagos crowd is: who among the several acts billed for the night will win the battle of the sax on the big night.


set: The Australian market ended Thursday's trading session in positive territory with modest gains, despite weak cues from Wall Street where the major averages ended in negative territory amid profit taking despite better than expected economic reports and the passage of the tax bill by the Senate.

set: Australian market ends in positive territory


set: by CBS4 Newsroom The Red Cross will be distributing cleanup kits to residents that have been impacted by flooding.


set: Nelson Mandela is in good spirits and ``making steady progress'' in hospital in South Africa, according to officials.

set: Nelson Mandela 'making steady progress' in hospital


set: Federal and state officials and the attorney for the Maine Civil Liberties Union will be available to deal with election fraud claims.

set: Federal and state officials available to deal with election fraud claims


set: Kenyan operator Safaricom announced it will carry out M-Pesa maintenance work on 11 June from 10 pm.

set: Safaricom to carry out M-Pesa maintenance


set: The commander of coalition forces in western Iraq Monday said Al Qaeda may be changing its tactics and planning a large scale attack in Iraq.


set: Analysts from on of the world's largest banks - American JPMorgan - believe that the upcoming OPEC meeting in September will not change the quota for oil production.

set: OPEC not to change quotas for oil production: