New York, Dec.8 : Tightening its noose around Pakistan for is being perceived in Washington as Islamabad's lacklustre approach in tackling the Taliban, the Obama administration has in its latest direction, reportedly asked Pakistan to act against these groups, or else, the U.S will.
ANI Tue, 08 Dec 2009 11:50:03 -0500

Kabul, Dec 8 (DPA) US Defence Secretary Robert Gates said Tuesday that the US military withdrawal from Afghanistan would take 'several years' as Afghan forces needed to be strengthened by recruiting more soldiers and police to take charge of the country's security.
IANS Tue, 08 Dec 2009 08:30:03 -0500

New York, Dec 8 : Ace golfer Tiger Woods' wife has reportedly bought a Swedish mansion worth over 2 million dollars.
ANI Tue, 08 Dec 2009 06:00:47 -0500

New York, Dec 8 : Hollywood actor Mickey Rourke is reportedly planning to tie the knot with Russian girlfriend Elena Kuletskaya this spring.
ANI Tue, 08 Dec 2009 06:00:43 -0500

New York, December 08 : Oprah Winfrey has dismissed reports that she called up Tiger Woods for a personal interview on her chat show, following the exposure of his extra-marital affairs.
ANI Tue, 08 Dec 2009 06:00:33 -0500

New York, Dec 8 : Lindsay Lohan is all set to fly off to India to work on a documentary about poor kids.
ANI Tue, 08 Dec 2009 06:00:32 -0500

Washington, Dec 8 : A new American study has found that religious topics are actively being searched over the Internet.
ANI Tue, 08 Dec 2009 06:00:31 -0500

Washington, Dec 8 : American actress Jennifer Hudson has come under attack from a South African actors' union after she was cast as Winnie Mandela in a new biopic.
ANI Tue, 08 Dec 2009 06:00:27 -0500

New York, Dec 8 : A new CNN Opinion Research poll has shown that professional golfer Tiger Woods' popularity among his fans is fast dwindling.
ANI Tue, 08 Dec 2009 05:20:12 -0500

Washington, Dec 8 : American actress Jennifer Aniston is said to have been served with legal documents at the launch of her personal trainer's "Yogalosophy" DVD in West Hollywood.
ANI Tue, 08 Dec 2009 05:20:11 -0500

Melbourne, Dec 8 : A Los Angeles bar has become a rage with the porn industry with the biggies of adult entertainment attending the Porn Star Karaoke Night every Tuesday.
ANI Tue, 08 Dec 2009 05:20:02 -0500

Washington, Dec 4 : A new American study has identified a peptide that breaks through cancerous tumours and can deliver diagnostic particles and medicines to them.
ANI Tue, 08 Dec 2009 04:40:11 -0500

New York, Dec. 8 : Millions of Americans are being forced to drink dangerous and dirty water containing arsenic, uranium and bacteria, as more than 20 percent of the nation's water treatment systems have been violating key provisions of the Safe Drinking Water Act.
ANI Tue, 08 Dec 2009 04:40:07 -0500

Chicago, Dec.8 : Additional charges against Pakistan-origin terror suspect, David Coleman Headley were tabled in federal court in Chicago for planning terrorist attacks against a Danish newspaper and conducting massive recce if the places targeted during the November 2008, Mumbai terror attacks.
ANI Tue, 08 Dec 2009 03:41:00 -0500

Gulmarg (J-K), Dec 8 : American pop star and YouTube sensation Terra Naomi has staged a concert to draw the attention of world leaders towards the fast melting glaciers of Kashmir.
ANI Tue, 08 Dec 2009 03:40:46 -0500

Los Angeles (US), Dec.8 : The rise of China as an economic superpower has been declared the most read news story of the past decade, surpassing the Iraq War and the 9/11 terror strikes on the United States, according to an analysis by a US-based media tracking group.
ANI Tue, 08 Dec 2009 03:40:32 -0500

London, December 8 : A portrait commissioned by Michael Jackson has fetched 175,000 dollars at a New York auction.
ANI Tue, 08 Dec 2009 03:40:22 -0500

Washington, Dec 8 : Al Pacino is all set to woo New York theatregoers as he will be starring in a series of live performances in the city's Central Park next year.
ANI Tue, 08 Dec 2009 03:40:08 -0500

Washington, Dec 8 (IANS) A US Congressional panel will consider Wednesday resolutions to subpoena a Virginia socialite couple who gate crashed President Barack Obama's state dinner for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh last month.
IANS Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:50:02 -0500

New York, Dec 8 : Pop diva Britney Spears has dismissed Courtney Love's claims that she was molested by her father Jamie as a girl.
ANI Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:00:01 -0500

Washington, Dec 8 (IANS) As prosecutors charged American terror suspect David Coleman Headley with conspiracy in last year's Mumbai terror strike, the US said a Justice Department and FBI team will visit Pakistan to follow up on leads about his activities there.
IANS Mon, 07 Dec 2009 21:50:04 -0500

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - Internet search leader Google Inc. is teaming up with The New York Times and The Washington Post in its latest attempt to help out the ailing newspaper industry. The new proj...
Star Tribune Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:15:21 -0500

LOS ANGELES - The year's best meteor shower is coming to North America. Weather permitting, the peak time to view the Geminid (jem-uh-nid) meteor show will be around midnight Sunday Eastern time whe...
Star Tribune Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:15:19 -0500

NEW YORK - The New York premiere of a play by Edward Albee will open the 40th anniversary season of off-Broadway's Playwrights Horizons.Artistic director Tim Sanford says "Me, Myself & I" will begin ...
Star Tribune Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:15:15 -0500

/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Belzberg Technologies Inc., a provider of equity and option trading technology and execution services, is pleased to announce the newest version of its North American multi-as...
RedOrbit Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:13:49 -0500

Healthcare consultant partners with Laguna Honda Hospital and Rehabilitation Center and the San Francisco Department of Public Health SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Lumetra Healthc...
RedOrbit Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:13:33 -0500

Ohio Governor Ted Strickland, elected leaders and Ohio farmers rally in support of the Livestock Care Standards Board Issue 2 campaign led by Melamed Communications.
Market Wire Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:11:22 -0500

Example of E-Card Spam that appears to come from BlueMountain.com. The entire body of the email is an executable that can download a virus in one click.
Market Wire Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:11:19 -0500

David Coleman Headley grew up in two countries and ended up with two names. A troubled young man, he dropped out of school, was convicted of heroin smuggling and ended up broke and jobless.But it was ...
The Examiner Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:04:43 -0500

Kim Chinn says the suspect is an "upset student" who was armed with a high-powered rifle. The teacher dropped to the floor when she saw the gun. It's not immediately known how or why the shooting stop...
The Examiner Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:04:41 -0500

(AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)Officers move into position to stand watch at the caskets of four slain Lakewood police officers before a memorial service Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009, at the Tacoma Dome in Tacoma...
The Examiner Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:04:38 -0500

(AP Photo/AP Television News)ADDS INFORMATION ABOUT WOMAN PICTURED, UPDATES 2ND SENTENCE This image taken from video provided by AP Television News shows Tiger Woods' mother-in-law Barbro Holmberg bei...
The Examiner Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:04:37 -0500

A white retired police officer was acquitted Tuesday of manslaughter and assault for shooting two unarmed black men, angering the victims' families and prompting a call for peace from the city's mayor...
The Examiner Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:04:35 -0500

John Combs was arrested later in the day. Watts did not say what prompted the shooting or if there was any relationship between the two men. The trooper could not say what Combs was charged with or pr...
The Examiner Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:04:34 -0500

Illinois , hauling him away wearing a track suit and handcuffs."I thought, holy mackerel, another glorious day for Illinois government," said Black, a...
The Examiner Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:04:33 -0500

Alison Espley, General Manager Australia and New Zealand, United Airlines said: “We hope this holiday offering will provide last minute travellers with the opportunity to fly across the trans-Pa...
Travel Blackboard Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:03:42 -0500

Washington — U.S. officials have arrived in North Korea for the first time in more than a year to ascertain whether Pyongyang is willing to return to multilateral talks over its nuclear activities a...
America.org Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:58:29 -0500

Washington — Americans who wish Kenya well, including the secretary of state, are lauding the attempt by the country’s coalition government to craft a new constitution aimed at unifying the nation...
America.org Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:58:26 -0500

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SALT LAKE CITY -- A dog missing for three weeks was found skinny but alive after getting stuck in a storm drain in a Salt Lake City suburb. Susan Garr's 4-year-old Australian ...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:56:07 -0500

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK, Calif. -- Sheriff's officials say more bones have been found in Death Valley that could be the remains of four German tourists who vanished 13 years...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:56:07 -0500

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WILLIAMSTON, N.C. -- A North Carolina sheriff's deputy responding to a 911 call has been shot to death by an armed suspect. The suspect was also killed Tuesday when he refused...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:56:06 -0500

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ALLENTOWN, Pa. -- Federal health researchers have tested nearly 2,200 people in northeastern Pennsylvania for a genetic mutation associated with a rare blood cancer. The testi...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:56:06 -0500

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Key events in the year since Gov. Rod Blagojevich was arrested on federal corruption charges: 2008 - Dec. 9: Blagojevich arrested by FBI. - Dec. 10: Blagojevich turns 52....
Seattle Post-Intelligencer Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:56:05 -0500

Fujitsu announced Dec. 8 that it is joining the ever-expanding "cloud-builder" club of Tier 1 IT companies. The Japanese systems maker, which like IBM and Hewlett-Packard already has most...
eWeek Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:56:02 -0500

By DON BABWINASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER CHICAGO -- Construction of what would be North America's tallest building may move forward thanks to unions that not only want their workers to build it but are...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:55:46 -0500

Portis was in a reflective mood Tuesday after the Redskins placed him on injured reserve. Doctors have yet to clear him from a concussion he suffered a month ago, and he sounded like a player with a v...
USA Today Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:55:34 -0500

FILE - In this July 21, 2009, a United Airlines jet leaves the gate at Logan International Airport in Boston. United Airlines said Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009, it placed an order for 25 of Boeing's long-awa...
Salt Lake Tribune Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:54:40 -0500

SAN RAMON, Calif. - The pilot who guided a disabled jetliner to an emergency landing in the Hudson River is offering his pilot's hat for auction to raise money for two California schools.
MSNBC Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:54:13 -0500

Agents also arrested an 82-year-old man and charged him with making the moonshine. Authorities seized more than 80 gallons of moonshine from the man.
MSNBC Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:54:13 -0500

Rejection of the amendment means the Senate health bill, if approved with the current abortion language, would differ from more restrictive language in the House version passed last month.
CNN Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:52:45 -0500

Atlanta, Georgia (CNN) -- The next time a married man or woman glances your way, you might think twice before acting on impulse and frolicking between satin sheets. The scorned spouse could sue you.
CNN Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:52:45 -0500

Stamos was allegedly blackmailed for $680,000 by a man and a woman threatening to sell photos to tabloid magazines that, according to Stamos' camp, feature the actor posing with fans.
CNN Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:52:44 -0500

A pulp mill in B.C.'s southern Interior has just received $40 million from the federal government to build a green energy plant, even though the company refuses to pay its local municipal taxes bill. ...
CBC News Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:52:31 -0500

A pulp mill in B.C.'s southern Interior has just received $40 million from the federal government to build a green energy plant, even though the company refuses to pay its local municipal taxes bill. ...
CBC News Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:52:24 -0500

A pulp mill in B.C.'s southern Interior has just received $40 million from the federal government to build a green energy plant, even though the company refuses to pay its local municipal taxes bill. ...
CBC News Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:52:20 -0500

On the eve of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, many Native peoples and governments remain unaware of what is at stake. Our communities are disproportionately suffering the a...
New America Media Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:48:00 -0500

Presented by the playwrights’ group 13P at the Paradise Factory, “American Treasure” is an odd, dense, oblique but haunting work about a so-called history detective who talks like a ...
International Herald Tribune Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:45:20 -0500

LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Equities in Brazil and Mexico fell Tuesday, in line with stock declines worldwide, as credit-rating downgrades in Dubai and Greece rekindled worries about the fragile stat...
Market Watch Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:42:03 -0500

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The State Department will not renew the contract of a security company embroiled in a scandal involving the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, where guards were accused of drunken conduct a...
Reuters Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:40:17 -0500

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congress moved closer on Tuesday to forcing a resolution on General Motors and Chrysler for handling complaints by terminated dealerships, a step lawmakers had previously sought...
Reuters Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:40:16 -0500

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - A federal grand jury on Tuesday accused five people of preying on homeowners faced with foreclosure by providing them with fraudulent new mortgages and pocketing the proceeds.
Reuters Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:40:14 -0500

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Four South Koreans have been indicted by a U.S. grand jury in a scheme to sell $1 million worth of counterfeit U.S. $100 bills supplied by a person in China, U.S. prosecutors sa...
Reuters Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:40:13 -0500

WASHINGTON - (Business Wire) The American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ), focusing on constitutional law, today called the Senate’s vote rejecting the Nelson-Hatch pro-life amendment to the h...
Earth Times Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:39:35 -0500

, President and Chief Executive Officer of UAI. "Tom has been with the organization for over eight years, and has been an active participant in its development and evolution. Both his in-depth...
Earth Times Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:39:16 -0500

FRAMINGHAM, Mass. - (Business Wire) Staples, Inc. (Nasdaq: SPLS), the world's largest office products company, and Chicago Bears player Matt Forte today announced Eugene Field Park in Chicago is the g...
Earth Times Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:39:14 -0500

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BRE Properties, Inc. (NYSE: BRE) today announced that members of the company's executive team will attend the Wells Fargo Global Real Estate Securities ...
Earth Times Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:39:10 -0500

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration Tuesday proposed spending more than $3 billion to settle a long-running lawsuit with American Indian tribes that claim they were swindled out of billions of...
Deseret News Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:36:39 -0500

Dozens of job seekers attended a "career makeover" fair hosted by the University of Phoenix and CareerBuilder at the Chicago Marriott Downtown Michigan Mile on Dec. 8, 2009.
CBS 2 Chicago Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:35:48 -0500

(12/2/2009) The White House gate-crashers' plan to invoke their Fifth Amendment rights and refuse to testify if they are subpoenaed to appear on Capitol Hill about the security breach. Reality TV...
CBS 2 Chicago Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:35:48 -0500

(11/24/2009) Amtrak passengers could carry handguns in their checked baggage as part of catch-all spending legislation being finalized by Congress. Amtrak riders could transport firearms that are...
CBS 2 Chicago Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:35:47 -0500

? Even the snow on Aconcagua Mountain in the Andes is polluted with PCBs. An international team of researchers detected low concentrations of these toxic, carcinogenic chlorine compounds in sampl...
Science Daily Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:29:37 -0500

(AP) ? WASHINGTON - The White House on Tuesday instructed every federal agency to publish before the end of January at least three collections of "high value" government data on the Internet t...
New Jersey Online Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:28:38 -0500

Democratic Sen. Ben Nelson of Nebraska and Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah wanted to ban any insurance plan that gets taxpayer dollars from offering abortion coverage. The stronger restrictions mi...
WBZ4 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:13:12 -0500

(12/2/2009) The White House gate-crashers' plan to invoke their Fifth Amendment rights and refuse to testify if they are subpoenaed to appear on Capitol Hill about the security breach. Reality TV...
WBZ4 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:13:10 -0500

(11/24/2007) An updated review of data about the effectiveness of Tamiflu, the antiviral drug most commonly used against influenza, says there is no clear evidence that it prevents complications lik...
WBZ4 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:13:09 -0500

The issue gained new impetus, meanwhile, when negotiators displayed charts of data that said the current decade is on track to be the hottest on record for planet Earth. At the heart of the clash o...
WBZ4 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:13:07 -0500

GUADALAJARA, Mexico (AP) ? Organizers of the Mexican tour of the "Walking With Dinosaurs" show say someone has walked off with a robotic baby Plateosaurus.
WBZ4 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:13:06 -0500

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) ? Two of Jamaica's most popular deejays sat down in the prime minister's office Tuesday, a rare face-to-face meeting between warring musicians whose rivalry police say pr...
WBZ4 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:13:05 -0500

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) ? A group of college students ended a hunger strike after 17 days after meeting Tuesday with Organization of American States representatives to air their concerns about ...
WBZ4 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:13:04 -0500

The filing states that the CFTC is investigating the bank in connection with a loan it made to the now-defunct cash-management firm Sentinel Management Group Inc., which was also the target of a CFT...
Morning Star Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:10:55 -0500

Brazil's Bovespa fell 1.1% to 67,728.51, nearly wiping out a gain of 1.3% in the previous session. Mexico's IPC lost 1.2% to close at 31,710.39, adding to a 0.1% loss Monday. On Wall Street, the S...
Morning Star Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:10:47 -0500

Brazil's Bovespa fell 1.1% to 67,728.51, nearly wiping out a gain of 1.3% in the previous session. Mexico's IPC lost 1.2% to close at 31,710.39, adding to a 0.1% loss Monday. On Wall Street, the S...
Morning Star Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:10:29 -0500

Brazil's Bovespa fell 1.1% to 67,728.51, nearly wiping out a gain of 1.3% in the previous session. Mexico's IPC lost 1.2% to close at 31,710.39, adding to a 0.1% loss Monday. On Wall Street, the S...
Morning Star Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:10:25 -0500

In the past two weeks Canada’s six largest banks have reported quarterly profits totalling C$4bn (US$3.78bn), spurring bank executives and analysts to predict a “once-in-a-decade” opportunity fo...
Financial Times Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:09:54 -0500

America and China diverge on a shared Korean goal By John Park and Drew ThompsonPublished: December 8 2009 22:44 | Last updated: December 8 2009 22:44...
Financial Times Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:09:50 -0500

These numbers suggest that the United States may be turning away from the policies that have given it the world's highest incarceration rate. But as the world's leading jailer, the US still has a long...
Human Rights Watch Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:09:10 -0500

United Airlines is ordering 50 new airplanes the way some people ease into a cold lake. Toes first, and very slowly. The deal announced Tuesday has several conservative pieces. United split its order...
Star Tribune Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:26:44 -0500

Through her leadership role at the AUA Foundation, Vassos promotes the highest standards of urological patient care BALTIMORE, Dec. 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Urological Association (...
RedOrbit Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:25:04 -0500

Dr. Paul Johnson comes to Sofia to become ACS President after a distinguished career as a senior US education administrator. Photo by ACS...
Novinite Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:23:25 -0500

Julie Harms is questioned by a plainclothes policeman outside the Zhongnanhai compound after she attempts to deliver a letter to China's top leaders, who resides inside Zhongnanhai in Beijing. The Ame...
NPR Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:23:15 -0500

ROLLING HILLS ESTATES, Calif. -- A California attorney has died after being shot in the head outside his Los Angeles area home.Los Angeles County Sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore says the lawyer di...
The Miami Herald Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:21:02 -0500

(AP Photo/Nati Harnik)Students brave the snow on the campus of the University of Nebraska-Omaha, in Omaha, Neb., Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009, as a winter storm travels through the region.
The Examiner Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:16:21 -0500

(AP Photo/AP Television News)ADDS INFORMATION ABOUT WOMAN PICTURED, UPDATES 2ND SENTENCE This image taken from video provided by AP Television News shows Tiger Woods' mother-in-law Barbro Holmberg bei...
The Examiner Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:16:19 -0500

(AP Photo/Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles) NO SALESIn this undated portrait provided by the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, the Rev. Mary Glasspool is shown. Glasspool won election as assistant bis...
The Examiner Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:16:18 -0500

(AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi)Security researcher Jim Stickley displays logs on his laptop from Internet scams he created for a study for a California financial institution at his home in La Mesa, Calif., M...
The Examiner Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:16:17 -0500

When Jory Langner finds time for a field trip during an upcoming visit to Washington, he won't have to ask local birders where to find candidates to add to his life list of birds sighted.All he'll hav...
The Examiner Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:16:16 -0500

North Carolina Innocence Inquiry Commission has yet to free anyone, and its latest push for an exoneration in an 18-year-old murder case is bringing harsh criticism following bizarre claims from a key...
The Examiner Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:16:14 -0500

(AP Photo/Kelley McCall, Pool)Alyssa Bustamante, 15, listens during a brief hearing where her attorney entered not guilty pleas on her behalf to charges of armed criminal action and first-degree murde...
The Examiner Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:16:12 -0500

OTTAWA ? A new report urges Ottawa to partner with cities to control greenhouse gases. The report by the Federation of Canadian Municipalities says municipalities have direct or indirect control...
CTV Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:15:09 -0500