A Pennsylvania woman known as 'Jihad Jane' has been charged for conspiring to provide material support to terrorists and plotting to kill in a foreign country.
Michelle Obama has recalled the time when her girlfriends ditched her in the presidential box on Inauguration Day to get ready for the time-squeezed evening ball.
An American woman, nicknamed as 'Jihad Jane' and 'Fatima LaRose,' has been indicted for conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists to wage violent jihad in South Asia and Europe.
A former television producer on the David Letterman show has admitted in a New York court that he tried to extract two million dollars from the famous television compere.
US Vice President Joe Biden has told the Israeli prime minister that the US condemns an Israeli plan to build hundreds of homes in disputed east Jerusalem.
Disgraced American World No. 1 golfer Tiger Woods is reportedly working with swing coach Hank Haney in Florida, indicating that he is on course to play competitive golf from next month.
Tonight, Eddy Curry will be feeling some butterflies. Because it's been a while since he even has been active for a game, let alone played in one. With 19 games to go, the Knicks' perpetually injured ...
LOS ANGELES -- Mike Dunleavy and the Clippers parted company for good yesterday, barely a month after he relinquished his head coaching duties to focus solely on being general manager. Now that arrang...
PHILADELPHIA -- Obviously, the Flyers still have the Islanders' number. The Isles suffered their 15th straight loss to the Flyers in last night's 3-2 defeat after Simon Gagne's power-play goal broke a...
In an auxiliary room off the St. John's locker room in the Garden, Norm Roberts tucked his wallet into his back pocket, turned on his cell phone and turned his attention to the one guarantee he has --...
If Paulie Malignaggi of Brooklyn had his wish, his May 15 championship fight against England's Amir Khan would be called quot;Redemption.quot; quot;Not too many people thought I'd be here after the way I lost to ...
MIAMI -- While 68 of the world's top golfers prepare to take on Doral's diabolical Blue Monster at this week's WGC-CA Championship, which begins tomorrow, the week could be more defined by the one pla...
Farewell, Freddie? Rutgers might be in the market for a new basketball coach after the Scarlet Knights fell 69-68 to Cincinnati in the first round of the Big East Tournament last night at the Garden. ...
What started as a domination for Seton Hall nearly turned into a disaster last night, as the Pirates almost squandered any chance they have for a Big East tournament title and an NCAA tourney invite. ...
Jim Boeheim won his third Big East Coach of the Year award yesterday -- and his most unlikely. The Syracuse coach led an unheralded bunch that was unranked and tabbed just sixth in the league preseaso...
Thomas Jones, the running back released by the Jets last Friday, signed with the Chiefs yesterday. Jones, who was scheduled to make $5.8 million with the Jets this season, agreed to a two-year, $5 mil...
The Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) has set five conditions for the deal, including ensuring the buyers' funding sources meet Taiwan regulations, according to a copy of the report seen by Reute...
London: Oil prices slipped back from eight-week highs yesterday on expectations of a rise in US crude inventories and a slightly stronger dollar. US crude inventories probably rose for a sixth straig...
What should you do if your car suddenly accelerates? Here are three ways to stop the vehicle, according to Toyota:- Step on the brake pedal with both feet using firm and steady pressure. Do not pump t...
I think everyone has seen versions of this game. The street-corner con artist puts a pea under one of three cups and then whirls them around with speed and deception, while the quot;marksquot; bet on the ulti...
The Ascent of Asia .quot; Asia's remarkable growth has changed Latin America's economic landscape. Demand for commodity exports has led to strong growth and social development across the region.However, ...
Even if Democrats extract the votes to put ObamaCare over the top, it will at best be a Pyrrhic victory for them. Regardless of the outcome, this monstrosity might cost the Democrats the Congress this...
But by the turn of the 18th century, this kind of panoptic vision was increasingly impossible; there was simply too much to know; and the deaths of Kircher in 1680 and Leibniz in 1716 marked the begin...
Morris Dickstein is one of the foremost cultural historians in the United States; the notoriously cranky Norman Mailer called him quot;one of our best and most distinguished critics of American literature...
VANCOUVER mdash; A British Columbia judge has certified a class-action lawsuit against Microsoft that could affect hundreds of thousands of people who have bought personal computers containing Microsoft ...
(2/24/2010) quot;A Prius? And what's going on? Is your accelerator stuck?quot; That was the response from a Southern California 911 dispatcher after an apparently terrified man on a San Diego highway cal...
DENVER -- ProLogis, a real estate investment trust, priced $400 million of convertible senior notes and $1.1 billion of fixed-rate senior notes Tuesday.The sale is expected to close on March 16. ProL...
The United Nations is setting up mobile health clinics and distributing hygiene packs and maternity kits to women and children returning home to former conflict zones in northern Sri Lanka.
The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) today issued new guidelines for malaria treatment, marking the first time the agency has released guidance on procuring safe and effective medicines ...
In recognition of March National Nutrition Month, Botanic Choice has revealed its list of Top 10 Healthy Habits for Eating on the Run. With a little planning anyone can eat healthier wherever their da...
The American Psychiatric Association will spotlight several sensitive issues on African Americans and Mental Health, on Wednesday, May 26, 2010 at the APA Annual Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana. The...
Individuals who carry a particular genetic variant are at much higher risk of developing lung cancer from exposure to second-hand smoke than others, even if they rarely come into contact with it, according to a new study.
More Bulgarian doctors have joined the GP strike on Wednesday over the governmentrsquo;s health reform plans. GPs from 9 more Bulgarian towns are set to keep their cabinets locked Wednesday. Sofia G...
Irritable bowel syndrome patients are at no greater risk of having polyps, colon cancer or inflammatory bowel diseases than fit individuals undergoing colonoscopies, according to a new research.
The humble papaya is gaining recognition in Western medicine for its anticancer powers, with a University of Florida researcher claiming that the power fruit thwarted growth of cancer cells in lab tests.
biospace med announced today that it has received 510(k) clearance from the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) to market the Company's sterEOS 2D/3D workstation for pediatric use in spine applications...
A re-elected Labor government would set up a $22 million hospital fund to improve facilities and equipment in South Australian country hospitals. SA Health Minister John Hill says it is part of a pac...
The coordinator of a children's health program in the Torres Strait, off far north Queensland, says she will call for more funding for the region during meetings in Canberra today. Rita Kebisu from B...
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CANBERRA -- Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has confirmed that a top Southeast Asian militant suspected of helping plan the 2002 Bali bombings has been shot dead by police in a raid nea...
BISHKEK (Reuters) -- U.S. General David Petraeus has arrived in Kyrgyzstan, a day after the United States said it would build an antiterrorism training center for the former Soviet republic in Central...
Police in Pakistan say at least five people have been killed in an attack by suspected Islamist militants on an office of a Western aid agency in northwest Pakistan. Reports say the attackers opened f...
The new law, the Political Parties Registration Law, prohibits anyone convicted of a crime from being a member of an official party. Mrs. Aung San Suu Kyi, the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize laureate and the ...
Gabi Ashkenazi said on Tuesday that Iran was the main threat to world peace and all options should remain on the table for stopping their nuclear program.The Israel Defense Forces Chief of staff spoke...
DUBLIN: Irish police have arrested seven Muslims suspected of conspiracy to murder over an alleged plot to kill a Swedish cartoonist who drew the Prophet Mohammed with the body of a dog, they said. Th...
Lawsuits could cost Toyota $3B-plus EL CAJON, Calif. - The government sent investigators Tuesday to examine a Prius that sped out of control on a California freeway, and Toyota said it wanted to inter...
JAKARTA, Indonesia - A top-ranked Southeast Asian militant wanted for planning the deadliest terrorist attack in Indonesia's history has been identified as the man killed in a shootout with police at ...
NEW ORLEANS - A second ex-New Orleans officer charged in an alleged conspiracy to cover up a deadly police shooting of unarmed residents after Hurricane Katrina is expected to plead guilty, a person f...
PITTSBORO, N.C. - A former John Edwards aide has narrowly avoided getting sent to jail for contempt over his handling of a purported sex tape showing the former presidential candidate. Superior C...
BERLIN - The pope's brother has said in a newspaper interview that he slapped pupils as punishment after he took over a renowned German boys' choir in the 1960s. He also said he was aware of allegatio...
There should be changes to the way plans to close schools are handled, two assembly opposition parties say.The Conservatives want improved consultation with the public and the Liberal Democrats say de...
Amy Winehouse is reportedly set to tie the knot with former husband Blake Fielder-Civil one more time in a Las Vegas ceremony.he Brit singer was said to be waiting for her US visa application to be cleared before she purportedly remarries her jailbird ex.
The American Psychiatric Association will spotlight several sensitive issues on African Americans and Mental Health, on Wednesday, May 26, 2010 at the APA Annual Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana. The...
The trend of increasingly more recording artists coloring the full spectrum of gay music and the mainstream success they are receiving illustrated by black gay music artist Nhojj, recently # 1 on MTV ...
Karen Khaw Phaik Ean, 35, was charged with murdering Andrew Michael Murchie, 46, at a house in SS2/2 Sea Park, Petaling Jaya, between 8am and 9am on March 5.No plea was recorded.Magistrate Ho Kwong Ch...
Washington, Mar 10 : Massage eases anxiety, but it is no more effective than simple relaxation in a room alone with soft, soothing music, concludes a new study.
A SOLD-out crowd will attend the debut Bahrain concert of Grammy award winning Canadian pianist Diana Krall when she performs at the Arad Fort this weekend. The concert at 8.30pm on Friday is being h...
MANAMA: More than 100 Bahrain-based IT experts attended a seminar on the latest data technology trends which was organised by America's EMC Corporation and co-ordinated by Hilal Computers yesterday at...
The executive director of the film academy said that Farrah Fawcett wasnrsquo;t included in the Academy Awardsrsquo; In Memoriam segment because the actress was better known as a TV star.It was a difficult ...
Birmingham manager Alex McLeish paid tribute to Christian Benitez after he inspired his side to a 2-1 triumph at Portsmouth last night.The Ecuadorian forward fed strike partner Cameron Jerome for both...
London: Oil prices slipped back from eight-week highs yesterday on expectations of a rise in US crude inventories and a slightly stronger dollar. US crude inventories probably rose for a sixth straig...
Nakheel bonds rose the most in two months after JPMorgan Chase amp; Co. said creditors may get paid face value, Bloomberg has reported. The developer's $750m sukuk, which is part of parent Dubai Worl...
10 Years After: A Look Back at the Dot-com Boom and Bust The boom is more accurately described as a bubble, since it rested largely on wild stock speculation and freewheeling venture-capital investm...
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- The U.S Department of Justice recently asked hedge fund managers who attended an idea dinner hosted by a boutique broker to document the bets they placed against the euro, wh...
AUSTIN, Texas - (Business Wire) Valence Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: VLNC) (the ldquo;Companyrdquo;), a leading international energy system manufacturer, today announced that it received written notice...
yen+ (AP) - TOKYO, March 10 (Kyodo)Tokyo stocks opened marginally higher Wednesday with investors somewhat encouraged by a slightly weaker yen versus the U.S. dollar and modest gains on Wall ...
Each spring brings a familiar ritual in gasoline markets mdash; rising prices mdash; and this year won't be an exception. But motorists aren't likely to pay much more than $3 a gallon, on average, during th...
TORONTO - Tuesday's trading volume for the major stock markets at 5 p.m. ET: TSX: 382,921,981 TSXV: 208,895,224 Nasdaq Canada: 34,844,834 Nasdaq: 2,474,406,679
Published Date: March 10, 2010 CAIRO: The Egyptian government's New Urban Communities Authority will begin selling bonds worth 5 billion Egyptian pounds ($912 million) next week, a Finance Ministry o...
Schools are typically on guard against students who bully by inflicting repeated violence on other students. But technology has given rise to a relatively new form of bullying which inflicts emotional...
The American Psychiatric Association will spotlight several sensitive issues on African Americans and Mental Health, on Wednesday, May 26, 2010 at the APA Annual Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana. The...
Washington, Mar 10 : Massage eases anxiety, but it is no more effective than simple relaxation in a room alone with soft, soothing music, concludes a new study.
The U.S. Embassy in Kyrgyzstan denied on Tuesday that Washington was seeking to establish a military base in the south of the Central Asian state, saying it was funding a training center for Kyrgyz tr...
US Vice President Joe Biden has told the Israeli prime minister that the US condemns an Israeli plan to build hundreds of homes in disputed east Jerusalem.
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz delivered the keynote address yesterday at the inauguration of the annual session of the Majlis Al-Shura (Consultative Council).
placer miner Darrell Carey applied to renew his licences to mine claims he has on the Midnight Sun Dome. But CBCquot;, quot;http://article.wn.com/view/2010/02/26/Dome_Road_mining_bid_worries_Dawson_City_resid...
The Armed Forces are no more considered a viable career option and implementation of the Sixth Pay Commission to make the Services more attractive has not been able to reduce the shortage of 14,448 officers in the Army, the Navy and the Air Force.
The grand finale of the Lakme India Fashion Week (LIFW) saw designer Suneet Verma spectacularly recreating the magic of the '70s and '80s with his collection titled 'Night Fever'.
The Pakistani boxing team's participation in the upcoming Commonwealth Games in New Delhi is under doubt as the government is yet to give a green signal for their visit to India.
