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(AP) ARLINGTON, Texas – C.J. Wilson stood at his locker after pitching 6 2-3 scoreless innings for Texas wearing a T-shirt he designed bearing the image of teammate Mike Napoli with a chef’s hat and holding a spatula.So appropriate.Wilson’s 13th win and Napoli’s three-run homer were the primary ingredients for the Rangers in a 4-0 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Monday night in the opener a Online Shopping Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09907071366523672755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252221332962674867.post-2283972522969100672011-08-24T23:40:00.000-07:002011-08-24T23:40:00.280-07:00Larry Johnson signs with Dolphins
(AP) DAVIE, Fla. – Veteran running back Larry Johnson signed with the Miami Dolphins on Tuesday after sitting out most of last season.Johnson gained 2 yards on five carries in two games before he was released by the Washington Redskins last September. He has career rushing totals of 6,221 yards and 55 scores, but his most recent touchdown came in 2008.With the addition of the 31-year-old Johnson, theOnline Shopping Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09907071366523672755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252221332962674867.post-49132847307970155022011-08-24T19:02:00.000-07:002011-08-24T19:02:00.147-07:003-time champ Serena Williams 28th seed at US Open
(AP) NEW YORK – Serena Williams has been seeded 28th for the U.S. Open, which is sticking with its policy of following the rankings instead of taking into account players’ past performances.Williams leads active women with 13 Grand Slam titles, including three at Flushing Meadows. She recently won consecutive hard-court tuneup tournaments at Stanford and Toronto.A former No. 1, the American is rankedOnline Shopping Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09907071366523672755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252221332962674867.post-90649429402201772322011-08-24T14:30:00.000-07:002011-08-24T14:30:00.952-07:00Muslim rebels reject Manila’s proposed peace deal
(Reuters) KUALA LUMPUR/MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine Muslim rebel negotiators have rejected the government’s proposal to end 40 years of conflict in the south of the largely Catholic state, Manila’s chief negotiator said on Tuesday.Marvic Leonen said the Moro Islamic Liberation Front’s (MILF) rejection of government’s proposal did not mean the peace talks hosted by Malaysia from 2001 had collapsed and Online Shopping Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09907071366523672755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252221332962674867.post-13030014157950102022011-08-24T11:29:00.000-07:002011-08-24T11:29:00.107-07:00Hafner might need season-ending foot surgery
(AP) CLEVELAND – Cleveland Indians designated hitter Travis Hafner might need season-ending surgery on his right foot.Indians trainer Lonnie Soloff said Tuesday that surgery is among the options the team is exploring for Hafner, who was placed on the 15-day disabled list Monday. He is wearing a walking boot after an MRI showed a strained tendon in the bottom of the foot.Soloff said a decision would Online Shopping Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09907071366523672755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252221332962674867.post-14604621402841801562011-08-24T06:56:00.000-07:002011-08-24T06:56:00.283-07:00Junk Food: Less soda, Thinner kids By comparison, during the same period that soda consumption among teens fell in Boston, it stayed at the same level nationwide. A ban similar to Boston’s is scheduled to go into effect statewide with the 2012-13 school year. That policy will also ban foods with artificial sweeteners, trans fats, and caffeine. School districts should take the initiative, though. With strong evidence from Boston Online Shopping Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09907071366523672755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252221332962674867.post-37142428336546707042011-08-24T03:20:00.000-07:002011-08-24T03:20:00.080-07:00School-lunch vote tests SKoreans on welfare state
(AP) SEOUL, South Korea – Seoul’s mayor is asking voters to reject free lunches for all elementary and middle school students in a referendum Wednesday that has become a test of how far a resurgent South Korea should go in developing a welfare state.As rising costs batter the U.S. and European governments, the $370-million-a-year proposal has sparked months of heated debate, giving a glimpse of Asia’Online Shopping Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09907071366523672755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252221332962674867.post-68706832466948074302011-08-23T23:45:00.000-07:002011-08-23T23:45:00.283-07:00Steelers, LB Timmons agree to 6-year extension
(AP) PITTSBURGH – The Pittsburgh Steelers and linebacker Lawrence Timmons have agreed to a new six-year contract.The deal, announced early Tuesday, will pay Timmons $50 million through 2016. Timmons is the second linebacker to sign an extension with the Steelers in the last month. Teammate LaMarr Woodley agreed to a six-year, $61.5 million contract on Aug. 5.The 26-year-old Woodley and the 25-Online Shopping Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09907071366523672755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252221332962674867.post-26862705787491319022011-08-23T19:35:00.000-07:002011-08-23T19:35:01.309-07:00Hospital-Related Infections Drop Under California Initiative Scores of California hospitals, under pressure to reduce infections that kill an estimated 12,000 patients every year, say they have managed to cut costs and save lives through an initiative that has nurses and doctors redoubling efforts to prevent deadly germs from taking root. The three-year campaign is bringing together 160 hospitals across the state with the aim of reducing an estimated Online Shopping Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09907071366523672755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252221332962674867.post-63241606396123938832011-08-23T15:31:00.000-07:002011-08-23T15:31:00.139-07:00Morris Brown pays off debt to US government
(AP) ATLANTA – Morris Brown College has settled a nearly $10 million debt for pennies on the dollar with the U.S. Education Department.The college announced Tuesday that it had transferred money to the federal government to pay off the long-standing debt. The historically black college in Atlanta reached a settlement with the Education Department in April that $9.4 million in debt would be forgiven Online Shopping Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09907071366523672755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252221332962674867.post-12444735372374989592011-08-17T22:09:00.000-07:002011-08-17T22:09:00.087-07:00Husband of `Real Housewives’ star Armstrong dies
(AP) LOS ANGELES – The estranged husband of “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” star Taylor Armstrong has been found dead in his Los Angeles home.Los Angeles County coroner’s spokesman Ed Winter says 47-year-old Russell Armstrong was pronounced dead at 8:16 p.m. Monday in a home on Mulholland Drive.Death was caused by hanging and Winter says a suicide note hasn’t been found.Bravo, which airs the Online Shopping Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09907071366523672755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252221332962674867.post-23964980459485697642011-08-17T17:37:00.000-07:002011-08-17T17:37:00.496-07:00Perry suggests predator drones for border patrol
(Politico) Glen Johnson tidily wrote up Rick Perry’s initial foray into policy prescriptions while he was in New Hampshire on Saturday at a house party, taking questions from the crowd there.Continue ReadingOne answer dealt with securing the border with Mexico, which his state abuts, and for which he suggested a more sophisticated and muscular approach to dealing with drug cartels:“You have those boots on Online Shopping Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09907071366523672755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252221332962674867.post-67031901474250701492011-08-17T14:36:00.000-07:002011-08-17T14:36:00.341-07:00Perry blasts Fed, Obama in noisy start to presidential race
(Reuters) WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Texas Governor Rick Perry has only been a presidential candidate since Saturday, but the Republican hopeful has already produced some of the most inflammatory rhetoric of the early 2012 campaign.Perry seemed to threaten Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Monday, saying another fiscal stimulus would be “treasonous,” a sign of the political heat the central bank faces Online Shopping Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09907071366523672755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252221332962674867.post-82001309866516344522011-08-17T10:03:00.000-07:002011-08-17T10:03:00.153-07:00News Corp. hacking bomshell
(Politico) The News of the World reporter who went to jail over the now-shuttered newspaper’s hacking scandal wrote in a 2007 letter that the illegal practice was “widely discussed” at editorial meetings and he conducted his hacking with “full knowledge and support” of his bosses, according to a report in the Guardian Tuesday.Clive Goodman, the News Corp. paper’s former royals reporter, wrote that Online Shopping Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09907071366523672755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252221332962674867.post-72759472050127467182011-08-17T06:27:00.000-07:002011-08-17T06:27:00.559-07:00Obama adviser: Obama not obsessed with keeping job
(AP) WASHINGTON – Former White House press secretary Robert Gibbs says Republicans must decide whether they’re going to “swear allegiance to the tea party” or work with Democrats to create jobs.Gibbs, who now advises President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign, tells NBC’s “Today” show Congress should “pay attention to creating jobs again.”He also suggested that some Republicans “do not want to seeOnline Shopping Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09907071366523672755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252221332962674867.post-22479578147908819292011-08-17T02:52:00.000-07:002011-08-17T02:52:00.156-07:00Obama tells voters to pressure Congress
(AP) WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama is calling on frustrated voters to tell Congress they’re sick of gridlock and partisanship and want to see compromise to boost the faltering economy and create jobs.The president used his weekly radio and Internet address Saturday to try to position himself on the side of the public and against a Congress with abysmal approval ratings in the wake of the bitterOnline Shopping Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09907071366523672755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252221332962674867.post-69011205449884027152011-08-16T22:42:00.000-07:002011-08-16T22:42:00.298-07:00Guards under investigation for accepting baseballs
(AP) WASHINGTON – Security guards at the federal courthouse in Washington are under investigation for accepting baseballs with Roger Clemens’ autograph.The guards are not allowed to accept gifts from a criminal defendant. But the U.S. Marshals Service said in a statement, first reported Tuesday by The Washington Post, that it appears up to six baseballs were given to a guard who distributed them to Online Shopping Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09907071366523672755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252221332962674867.post-49691730841716250792011-08-16T18:38:00.000-07:002011-08-16T18:38:00.290-07:00Perry’s red-hot comments on display
(AP) DES MOINES, Iowa – Rick Perry’s red-hot rhetoric — well known in Texas — is on full display in his presidential campaign.While visiting Iowa, the GOP presidential candidate said Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke would be committing a “treasonous” act if he decided to “print more money to boost the economy.” Perry said if Bernanke did that “we would treat him pretty ugly down in Texas.”Perry Online Shopping Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09907071366523672755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252221332962674867.post-75804281392135476842011-08-16T14:34:00.000-07:002011-08-16T14:34:00.211-07:00The true value of Ames
(The Week) New York – The Iowa straw poll got upstaged by Rick Perry and dismissed by skeptics. But if you think it was just an glorified political sideshow, you’re wrongI spent most of last week in Iowa, following the Republican presidential hopefuls through state fair appearances, a national debate, and a long day in Ames as straw poll voters rendered their judgment on the GOP candidates. Even before I Online Shopping Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09907071366523672755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252221332962674867.post-324884822042460742011-08-16T10:09:00.000-07:002011-08-16T10:09:00.171-07:00US declares Haqqani network commander a terrorist
(AP) WASHINGTON – The Obama administration designated a key insurgent commander in southeastern Afghanistan as a terrorist Tuesday, freezing any assets he has in the United States and barring Americans from doing business with him.The State Department said Mullah Sangeen Zadran is the shadow governor of Paktika province in southeastern Afghanistan and a commander in the Haqqani network.A statement Online Shopping Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09907071366523672755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252221332962674867.post-46755182382387669152011-08-04T11:25:00.000-07:002011-08-04T11:25:00.556-07:00Life-Saving Medication Supply Shortages Concern Hospitals
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(AP) TRENTON, N.J. – A politician who emailed a woman nude photos of himself that were later posted on a GOP activist’s website announced his resignation Tuesday and said he’ll consider all legal options to have the pictures taken down.In an emailed statement, Cumberland County freeholder Louis Magazzu apologized to his friends, family and constituents but indicated that he thought he was being set Online Shopping Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09907071366523672755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252221332962674867.post-74357828708865794962011-08-04T02:22:00.000-07:002011-08-04T02:22:01.801-07:00Analysis: Obama pivots to new string of problems
(AP) WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama dodged a debt-ceiling fiasco Tuesday. He reacted with a wiped brow more than a victory lap, and with good reason.As Republicans gradually weigh a potential challenger, Obama’s re-election bid faces daunting problems: high unemployment, a limping economy, lackluster approval ratings and a demoralized liberal base. The last-minute debt agreement prevented a Online Shopping Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09907071366523672755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252221332962674867.post-38155442481806631082011-08-03T21:50:00.000-07:002011-08-03T21:50:00.718-07:00Democrat, State Dept end impasse on Cuba money
(AP) WASHINGTON – A senior Democratic senator and the State Department have resolved their dispute over U.S. aid to a program that promotes democracy in communist Cuba, clearing the way for the Obama administration to spend $20 million in assistance.Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., who had placed a hold on the money, said Tuesday that the department provided answers about oversight of the program and he Online Shopping Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09907071366523672755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252221332962674867.post-34629730911916833582011-08-03T18:49:00.000-07:002011-08-03T18:49:00.314-07:00Giffords’ political future still uncertain
(AP) WASHINGTON – Like many Americans, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona was watching with a sense of disgust in recent days as lawmakers on Capitol Hill flirted with the notion of defaulting on the country’s debt.“Just get it done,” she said aloud, according to spokesman, C.J. Karamargin.She considered Monday’s vote so momentous that she insisted on taking part in it, stunning colleagues when she Online Shopping Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09907071366523672755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252221332962674867.post-4961681587948784022011-08-03T14:16:00.000-07:002011-08-03T14:16:00.813-07:00A will without a way for tax reform
(Politico) President Barack Obama and fellow Democrats are still eager to trim the budget deficit by closing tax loopholes for the corporate jet set, but the bipartisan debt ceiling deal pushed through Congress will most likely complicate the efforts.Republican congressional leaders have made it clear they’ll continue to oppose revenue increases. And under the agreement, any imminent changes to the Online Shopping Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09907071366523672755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252221332962674867.post-73129559107349774912011-08-03T10:40:00.000-07:002011-08-03T10:40:00.210-07:00Analysis: Debt deal takes minor swipe at red ink
(AP) WASHINGTON – The debt limit compromise may have resolved this year’s most clamorous political battle between President Barack Obama and Congress, but it takes only a modest swipe at the heart of the matter: the government’s relentlessly huge budget deficits.The legislation, which Obama signed into law Tuesday shortly after Congress voted its approval, would save at least $2.1 trillion over the Online Shopping Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09907071366523672755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252221332962674867.post-56366865071345925122011-08-03T07:05:00.000-07:002011-08-03T07:05:01.657-07:00Senate panel votes to extend surveillance law
(AP) WASHINGTON – The Senate Intelligence Committee has voted to extend a wide-ranging surveillance law targeting foreigners overseas, but Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon says he will block the measure unless the public is told more about the law’s impact on people living in the United States.In a closed-door session, the committee turned aside an amendment by Wyden and Democratic Sen. Mark UdallOnline Shopping Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09907071366523672755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252221332962674867.post-65923772155003601982011-08-03T02:55:00.000-07:002011-08-03T02:55:00.161-07:00Why Romney can’t win
(Politico) Mitt Romney is considered the most electable GOP candidate for the presidency. The former Massachusetts governor’s business background positions him as the pro-jobs GOP version of an “it’s the economy, stupid” presidential hopeful.He has an image tailor-made for an electorate with economic fears at near-record postwar highs. But to be nominated, much less win the White House, Romney must defy a Online Shopping Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09907071366523672755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252221332962674867.post-85767087750352513362011-08-02T22:51:00.001-07:002011-08-02T22:51:19.018-07:00Justice Dept. challenges tough Ala immigration law
(AP) MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The Obama administration is challenging Alabama’s new law that would let police detain those stopped for traffic offenses who they suspect are in the country illegally, a statute described as one of the toughest immigration regulations nationwide.In a complaint Monday, the U.S. Justice Department said Alabama’s law conflicts with federal law and undermines federal immigration Online Shopping Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09907071366523672755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252221332962674867.post-45468104863564583262011-07-28T18:47:00.000-07:002011-07-28T18:47:00.497-07:00Lawmaker: 40 Americans join terrorists in Somalia
(AP) WASHINGTON – An al-Qaida-linked terror group in war-torn Somalia has been recruiting and radicalizing more Americans to join its cause than counterterrorism officials have publicly acknowledged, the chairman of the House Homeland Security committee said Wednesday.More than 40 Americans have been recruited by al-Shabab and gone to Somalia to join the fight, and at least 15 of them have been Online Shopping Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09907071366523672755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252221332962674867.post-41160651162501708082011-07-28T14:09:00.000-07:002011-07-28T14:09:00.329-07:00Democrats say Obama should invoke 14th Amendment
(AP) WASHINGTON – House Democrats said Wednesday that President Barack Obama should invoke a little-known constitutional provision to prevent the nation from going into default if Congress fails to come up with a plan to raise the debt ceiling.Rep. James Clyburn of South Carolina, a member of the Democratic leadership, said he told fellow Democrats that Obama should both veto any House GOP plan for aOnline Shopping Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09907071366523672755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252221332962674867.post-51524157253321123702011-07-28T09:37:00.000-07:002011-07-28T09:37:00.646-07:00Suit against federal stem cell research dismissed
(AP) WASHINGTON – A lawsuit that had threatened to end the Obama administration’s funding of embryonic stem cell research was thrown out Wednesday, allowing the U.S. to continue supporting a search for cures to deadly diseases over protests that the work relies on destroyed human embryos.The lawsuit claimed that research funded by the National Institutes of Health violated the 1996 Dickey-Wicker law Online Shopping Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09907071366523672755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252221332962674867.post-43130790988060438812011-07-28T06:36:00.000-07:002011-07-28T06:36:00.609-07:00Senate confirms Locke as ambassador to China
(AP) WASHINGTON – The Senate has unanimously confirmed Commerce Secretary Gary Locke as U.S. ambassador to China.Locke, a former two-term governor of Washington state, will be the first Chinese-American to serve as ambassador to China, the largest nation in the world and a major trading partner. It is also the top foreign holder of U.S. debt.Locke was approved by voice vote and replaces Jon Huntsman,Online Shopping Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09907071366523672755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252221332962674867.post-85526509904881351882011-07-28T02:03:00.000-07:002011-07-28T02:03:00.977-07:00Clyburn: Invoke the 14th Amendment
(Politico)View the original article hereOnline Shopping Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09907071366523672755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252221332962674867.post-71667496102273111622011-07-27T22:27:00.000-07:002011-07-27T22:27:00.088-07:00Lawmaker: 40 Americans join terrorists in Somalia
(AP) WASHINGTON – An al-Qaida-linked terror group in war-torn Somalia has been recruiting and radicalizing more Americans to join its cause than counterterrorism officials have publicly acknowledged, the chairman of the House Homeland Security committee said Wednesday.More than 40 Americans have been recruited by al-Shabab and gone to Somalia to join the fight, and at least 15 of them have been Online Shopping Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09907071366523672755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252221332962674867.post-17508322997846060992011-07-27T18:52:00.000-07:002011-07-27T18:52:00.705-07:00Democrats say Obama should invoke 14th Amendment
(AP) WASHINGTON – House Democrats said Wednesday that President Barack Obama should invoke a little-known constitutional provision to prevent the nation from going into default if Congress fails to come up with a plan to raise the debt ceiling.Rep. James Clyburn of South Carolina, a member of the Democratic leadership, said he told fellow Democrats that Obama should both veto any House GOP plan for aOnline Shopping Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09907071366523672755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252221332962674867.post-71486099282026364742011-07-27T14:42:00.000-07:002011-07-27T14:42:00.373-07:00Suit against federal stem cell research dismissed
(AP) WASHINGTON – A lawsuit that had threatened to end the Obama administration’s funding of embryonic stem cell research was thrown out Wednesday, allowing the U.S. to continue supporting a search for cures to deadly diseases over protests that the work relies on destroyed human embryos.The lawsuit claimed that research funded by the National Institutes of Health violated the 1996 Dickey-Wicker law Online Shopping Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09907071366523672755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252221332962674867.post-24927937012086991562011-07-27T10:38:00.001-07:002011-07-27T10:38:40.343-07:00Senate confirms Locke as ambassador to China
(AP) WASHINGTON – The Senate has unanimously confirmed Commerce Secretary Gary Locke as U.S. ambassador to China.Locke, a former two-term governor of Washington state, will be the first Chinese-American to serve as ambassador to China, the largest nation in the world and a major trading partner. It is also the top foreign holder of U.S. debt.Locke was approved by voice vote and replaces Jon Huntsman,Online Shopping Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09907071366523672755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252221332962674867.post-68308666355929637902011-07-27T00:47:00.000-07:002011-07-27T00:47:00.742-07:00Norwegian hopes victory will lift grieving country
(AP)View the original article hereOnline Shopping Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09907071366523672755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252221332962674867.post-88372133348615619072011-07-26T20:22:00.000-07:002011-07-26T20:22:00.187-07:00Airline to offer Louisville flight to Bahamas
(AP) LOUISVILLE, Ky. – An airline says it will begin a $99 nonstop flight from Louisville to a Caribbean island later this year.Vision Airlines says there will be two weekly departures from Louisville International Airport to Grand Bahama Island beginning Nov. 3. The flights on a 148-seat Boeing 737 will take off at 7 p.m. on Thursdays and 3:35 p.m. on Sundays.The airline also runs nonstop flights Online Shopping Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09907071366523672755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252221332962674867.post-23282393728320577902011-07-26T15:44:00.000-07:002011-07-26T15:44:00.735-07:00AP Sources: NFL, players set on terms of deal
(AP) WASHINGTON – NFL owners and players agreed early Monday to the terms of a deal to end the lockout, and players were expected to begin their voting process later in the day, two people familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press.The people spoke on condition of anonymity because the process was supposed to remain secret and no formal announcement had been made.Members of the NFL Online Shopping Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09907071366523672755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252221332962674867.post-70410944094556636052011-07-26T11:12:00.000-07:002011-07-26T11:12:00.329-07:00Florida man wins Hemingway look-alike contest
(AP) KEY WEST, Florida – A white-bearded, 64-year-old Florida man has won the annual Ernest Hemingway look-alike competition at a Florida Keys bar once frequented by the author.Matt Gineo of Jensen Beach, dressed in a wool fisherman’s sweater to emulate photographer Yousuf Karsh’s famous portrait of Hemingway, bested 120 other entrants after an unprecedented tie-breaker vote. It was Gineo’s 12th try.Online Shopping Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09907071366523672755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252221332962674867.post-80306071535580176012011-07-26T08:11:00.000-07:002011-07-26T08:11:01.123-07:00Beach time: Sand delivered for Olympic test event
(AP) LONDON – Truckloads of sand have been delivered to Horse Guards Parade in central London for a beach volleyball Olympic test event.More than 2,200 tons of sand was transported to the iconic venue on Thursday by 120 trucks from a quarry in Surrey, south of London.The sand will be used to fill one competition court, two warm-up courts and two training courts for a FIVB international event Online Shopping Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09907071366523672755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252221332962674867.post-64371280296333507072011-07-26T03:38:00.000-07:002011-07-26T03:38:00.283-07:00Messing with Medicare Specifically, according to many reports, the president offered both means-testing of Medicare benefits and a rise in the age of Medicare eligibility. The first would be bad policy; the second would be terrible policy. And it would almost surely be terrible politics, too. The crucial thing to remember, when we talk about Medicare, is that our goal isn’t, or at least shouldn’t be, defined in termsOnline Shopping Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09907071366523672755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252221332962674867.post-22053136597211360872011-07-26T00:02:00.000-07:002011-07-26T00:02:01.096-07:00Construction to begin on hotel for Crystal Bridges
(AP) BENTONVILLE, Ark. – Construction is to begin soon on a luxury hotel that will be designed to host travelers to the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville.The city has been upgrading water and sewer lines for the hotel. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports construction is to begin in mid-September.The hotel will go up just north of Bentonville’s downtown square and will be walkingOnline Shopping Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09907071366523672755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252221332962674867.post-69101091869606491312011-07-25T20:27:00.000-07:002011-07-25T20:27:00.694-07:00Jobs go as fashion shoppers stay away Shoppers walk past a Portmans store. Picture: Katrina Tepper Source: The Daily Telegraph THE owner of clothing brands including Just Jeans and Portmans will close up to 50 stores, forcing job losses in a retail sector feeling the pain of our cautious spending.Premier Retail, which also owns Jay Jays, Peter Alexander, Jacqui E, Dotti and Smiggle, has announced the closures after a review of the Online Shopping Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09907071366523672755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252221332962674867.post-91069548503659463322011-07-25T16:17:00.000-07:002011-07-25T16:17:00.895-07:00SC garden group to help share popular DC azaleas
(AP) WASHINGTON – Horticulturalists from Magnolia Plantation and Gardens in South Carolina are traveling to Washington to take cuttings from rare azaleas at the National Arboretum to share with gardens around the country.Earlier this year, the 65-year-old azalea collection was saved by an anonymous $1 million donation. The U.S. Department of Agriculture had planned to remove them because of funding Online Shopping Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09907071366523672755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252221332962674867.post-69964054547456886342011-07-25T12:13:00.001-07:002011-07-25T12:13:10.032-07:00Conn. court: church can’t be sued by ex-principal
(AP) HARTFORD, Conn. – The Connecticut Supreme Court has ruled that a former Catholic school principal cannot sue the Archdiocese of Hartford on claims she was wrongly fired for not retaliating against a student who complained about sexual remarks allegedly made by a priest.The high court unanimously overturned a lower court ruling on Monday, saying state courts cannot intrude on religious Online Shopping Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09907071366523672755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252221332962674867.post-75480696668660834302011-07-23T23:32:00.000-07:002011-07-23T23:32:00.353-07:00Stocks edge lower on Caterpillar earnings miss
(AP) A big earnings miss from Caterpillar halted a stock rally that brought the Dow Jones industrial average close to its highest level of the year.Caterpillar fell nearly 6 percent after the equipment maker earned less than analysts projected last quarter. The company, which is often seen as a bellwether for the global economy because it sells equipment all over the world, told analysts in its Online Shopping Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09907071366523672755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252221332962674867.post-13336981632061034312011-07-23T19:07:00.000-07:002011-07-23T19:07:01.229-07:00Dow drops as Caterpillar profit misses view
(Reuters) NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Dow fell on Friday after disappointing results from Caterpillar and Microsoft, reversing optimism after a strong week of earnings.Caterpillar Inc (CAT.N) fell 5.2 percent to $105.80 after its profits missed estimates and it said the U.S. recovery was weaker than expected.The heavy equipment maker has an out-sized influence on markets because it is seen as a barometer of Online Shopping Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09907071366523672755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252221332962674867.post-807940510491066122011-07-23T14:29:00.000-07:002011-07-23T14:29:00.193-07:00US court rejects SEC rule on board nominees
(AP) WASHINGTON – A federal appeals court has struck down a rule adopted last year by the Securities and Exchange Commission that gave shareholders more power to nominate board directors.The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit said the SEC was “arbitrary and capricious” in implementing the rule, which was widely supported by investor advocates. Judge Douglas Ginsburg said the Online Shopping Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09907071366523672755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252221332962674867.post-69022406284696895372011-07-23T09:57:00.000-07:002011-07-23T09:57:00.473-07:00Texas Ed Board compromises on evolution materials
(AP) AUSTIN, Texas – The Texas State Board of Education has given its final approval to supplemental high school science materials after a brief flare-up over some lessons teaching the principles of evolution.The board’s social conservatives compromised with supporters of evolution and agreed to have state Education Commissioner Robert Scott continue working with the publisher to find an acceptable Online Shopping Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09907071366523672755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252221332962674867.post-81968371077163357692011-07-23T06:56:00.000-07:002011-07-23T06:56:00.694-07:00Asia booming with theme park, casino construction
(AP) HONG KONG – A rush of theme park construction across Asia that will result in new homes for Mickey Mouse, the Monkey King and Hello Kitty is also providing a financial lifeline for the world’s elite group of entertainment designers.New theme parks, resorts and casinos are scheduled to open from Singapore to Seoul over the next several years as property developers and entertainment companies aim Online Shopping Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09907071366523672755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252221332962674867.post-60927404833251715692011-07-23T02:23:00.000-07:002011-07-23T02:23:00.172-07:00Appeals court strikes down SEC’s proxy access
(Reuters) WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. appeals court has rejected a new Securities and Exchange Commission rule designed to make it easier for shareholders to nominate directors to corporate boards.In a major blow to the SEC, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit said the SEC’s rule was “arbitrary and capricious” and that the agency had failed to properly weigh the economic Online Shopping Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09907071366523672755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252221332962674867.post-75813694110035644442011-07-22T22:47:00.000-07:002011-07-22T22:47:00.744-07:00Stocks edge lower on Caterpillar earnings miss John Bowers, right, of Bowers Securities makes trades using a handheld device on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Friday, July 22, 2011. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)SymbolPriceChangeAMD7.61+1.11CAT105.64-5.96MCD89.14+2.60MSFT27.21+0.12SLB93.98+3.02{“s” : “amd,cat,mcd,msft,slb,sndk”,”k” : “a00,a50,b00,b60,c10,g00,h00,l10,p20,t10,v00?,”o” : “”,”j” : “”}A big earnings miss from Caterpillar Online Shopping Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09907071366523672755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252221332962674867.post-3559028394443291512011-07-22T19:12:00.000-07:002011-07-22T19:12:00.514-07:00Global markets relieved by Greece’s bailout
(AP) LONDON – Relief at a bailout package for Greece drove global shares higher Friday after European leaders made sweeping changes to a rescue fund in an effort to seal larger economies off from the continent’s debt crisis.News of the euro109 billion ($155 billion) package of loans for Athens caused the yields, or interest rates, on the country’s bonds to fall sharply. The plan promised to reduce Online Shopping Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09907071366523672755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252221332962674867.post-83057076537467276592011-07-22T15:02:00.000-07:002011-07-22T15:02:00.147-07:00Sound Medical Advice The recommendation by the National Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Medicine was based on a review of medical data on women’s health services requested by Kathleen Sebelius, the secretary of health and human services. The administration will use the report to help it identify services for women that all new health plans should cover without deductibles or co-payments. In addition to Online Shopping Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09907071366523672755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252221332962674867.post-1475057161999232892011-07-22T10:58:00.000-07:002011-07-22T10:59:04.745-07:00Stocks rise, euro slips on Greek debt progress
(AFP) LONDON (AFP) – Global stock markets were firmer Friday but the euro fell against the dollar on profit-taking as investors voiced relief over a major eurozone debt deal aimed at saving Greece and preventing contagion.European markets closed with modest gains, coming off early highs as they digested a second Greek rescue, judging it to be a step in the right direction even if failing to Online Shopping Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09907071366523672755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252221332962674867.post-15449225783152772712011-07-05T04:21:00.000-07:002011-07-05T04:21:00.253-07:00Man arrested over teenager murder 3 July 2011Last updated at 12:02 ETA 20-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of the murder of a teenager who was attacked in a flat in Llanidloes in Powys.Lewis Clarke, 18 and from Newtown, died in hospital after the assault at Plynlimon House in Long Bridge Street.He was flown to hospital in Shrewsbury by air ambulance. Dyfed-Powys Police said the 20-year-old man, who is also from Online Shopping Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09907071366523672755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252221332962674867.post-34197716454412020752011-07-04T23:56:00.000-07:002011-07-04T23:56:00.225-07:00£1 wedding machine engages global interest 3 July 2011Last updated at 05:18 ETAutowed vends two plastic wedding rings and a wedding receipt to customersA Cornish company has received interest from around the world for its novelty wedding vending machine.Autowed is an 8ft (2.4m) tall pink machine compared by the makers to “a parking meter mixed up with a Cadillac”.But it has caught the imagination of people around the world after a video Online Shopping Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09907071366523672755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252221332962674867.post-60649940285486907262011-07-04T19:18:00.000-07:002011-07-04T19:18:00.246-07:00Belarus leader denounces protests 3 July 2011Last updated at 12:30 ETMr Lukashenko said he would not allow his government to be overthrownBelarus President Alexander Lukashenko says recent protests against his rule are an attempt to foment revolution in the former Soviet republic.Speaking at a military parade in Minsk, President Lukashenko said their goal was to reduce Belarus’s independence “to zero” and bring it “to its knees.Online Shopping Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09907071366523672755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252221332962674867.post-44455752344782095822011-07-04T14:46:00.000-07:002011-07-04T14:46:00.722-07:00VIDEO: Haye blames toe injury for defeat Britain’s David Haye blames a broken toe for his points decision defeat to heavyweight rival Wladimir Klitschko in Hamburg on Saturday.It was only Haye’s second defeat of his professional career.The British heavyweight had planned to retire in October on his 31st birthday, but admits he is still unsure over his future in the sport.Filed under Top Stories and tagged Breaking News, Current News, Online Shopping Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09907071366523672755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252221332962674867.post-65960053756463389262011-07-04T11:45:00.000-07:002011-07-04T11:45:00.436-07:00Haye decision ‘in next few weeks’ Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play.Haye to make quick decision on futureDavid Haye has told the BBC he will make a decision on his boxing future “in the next few weeks” after losing to Vladimir Klitschko in Saturday’s heavyweight unification clash.“My cut-off date is in three months [13 October when he turns 31], which in boxing terms is not a long time,” the Briton Online Shopping Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09907071366523672755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252221332962674867.post-87567699961327124372011-07-04T07:12:00.000-07:002011-07-04T07:12:01.657-07:00Man dies after motorbike accident 3 July 2011Last updated at 04:50 ETA 40-year-old man has died after coming off his motorbike near Falkland in Fife.A spokesman for Fife Constabulary said the accident happened on the A912 Strathmiglo Road to Falkland Road at about 1750 BST hours on Saturday.The rider was taken to Queen Margaret Hospital in Dunfermline with life-threatening injuries but died in the early hours of the Online Shopping Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09907071366523672755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252221332962674867.post-52112652696964297412011-07-04T03:36:00.000-07:002011-07-04T03:36:00.370-07:00VIDEO: The moment Djokovic won Wimbledon Page last updated at 16:15 GMT, Sunday, 3 July 2011 17:15 UKFiled under Top Stories and tagged Breaking News, Current News, Daily News, E News, International News, Latest news, Live News, News Articles, News Com, Newspapers, Online News, Online Newspaper, Top Stories, World News. View the original article hereOnline Shopping Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09907071366523672755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252221332962674867.post-30585516966939028092011-07-04T00:01:00.000-07:002011-07-04T00:01:00.727-07:00Extra strong drug link to deathsView the original article hereOnline Shopping Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09907071366523672755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252221332962674867.post-21020403446652617412011-07-03T19:51:00.000-07:002011-07-03T19:51:00.449-07:00MPs target absent parent payments 3 July 2011Last updated at 04:46 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play.A group of MPs have called for absent parents to make child maintenance payments taken directly from their salaries or bank accountsNon-resident parents should make their child maintenance payments directly from their salaries or bank accounts, a committee of MPs has recommended.They found the Child Online Shopping Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09907071366523672755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252221332962674867.post-37120860751580751382011-07-03T15:47:00.001-07:002011-07-03T15:47:58.855-07:00Man arrested over teenager murder 3 July 2011Last updated at 12:02 ETA 20-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of the murder of a teenager who was attacked in a flat in Llanidloes in Powys.Lewis Clarke, 18 and from Newtown, died in hospital after the assault at Plynlimon House in Long Bridge Street.He was flown to hospital in Shrewsbury by air ambulance. Dyfed-Powys Police said the 20-year-old man, who is also from Online Shopping Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09907071366523672755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252221332962674867.post-90613222279791246442011-06-07T07:44:00.000-07:002011-06-07T07:44:00.147-07:00Libya capital shaken by fresh blasts: AFP
(AFP) Russia’s top diplomat, meanwhile, warned that the NATO military operation in Libya was “sliding towards” a land campaign as warplanes again blasted the capital Tripoli.“We are here today for one principal reason — to show our support for the Libyan people and for the National Transitional Council, the legitimate representative of the Libyan people,” Hague said in a statement.Hague, accompanied Online Shopping Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09907071366523672755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252221332962674867.post-26083796245387351532011-06-07T04:39:00.000-07:002011-06-07T04:39:00.469-07:00Volstad, Marlins lose 3-2 to Milwaukee Brewers
(AP) MIAMI – Chris Volstad was in position to end his losing streak, and couldn’t hold on.Volstad yielded Prince Fielder’s solo homer and Yuniesky Betancourt’s tiebreaking RBI double in the seventh inning of the Florida Marlins’ 3-2 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers on Saturday night.Florida left nine runners on base and went 1 for 10 with runners in scoring position. A night earlier, Florida stranded 11Online Shopping Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09907071366523672755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252221332962674867.post-50821446123060511192011-06-07T00:14:00.000-07:002011-06-07T00:14:00.867-07:00Israel on high alert for possible border unrest
(AP) JERUSALEM – Thousands of Israeli security forces are on alert for possible border unrest as Palestinians mark the anniversary of the Arab defeat in the 1967 Mideast war and Israel’s occupation of Arab land.Over the weekend, Palestinians in Syria and Lebanon canceled plans to march to their frontiers with Israel. But Israel wasn’t taking any chances after thousands of Arab protesters surged to Online Shopping Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09907071366523672755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252221332962674867.post-88722835257123154612011-06-06T19:36:00.000-07:002011-06-06T19:36:00.635-07:00Yemen: Saleh now in Saudi Arabia 5 June 2011Last updated at 00:33 ETPresident Saleh had promised to step down but failed to sign a deal to do soYemen’s President Ali Abdullah Saleh has flown to Saudi Arabia for medical treatment, a day after he was wounded, Saudi officials say. Uncertainty surrounded Mr Saleh’s whereabouts for much of Saturday.Sources in Yemen told the BBC that Mr Saleh had a piece of shrapnel below his heart Online Shopping Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09907071366523672755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252221332962674867.post-5706668084758374082011-06-06T15:04:00.000-07:002011-06-06T15:04:00.374-07:00James says Heat ready to move on from momentous meltdown
(Reuters) DALLAS (Reuters) – LeBron James contends the Miami Heat’s momentous meltdown in the waning moments of the Game Two loss to the Dallas Mavericks was the result of a few minor defensive lapses and that the team is ready to move on.The Heat forward said a series of bad breaks on offense contributed to the Heat being outscored 22-5 in the final six minutes of the 95-93 Dallas victory Thursday in Online Shopping Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09907071366523672755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252221332962674867.post-35653019870006605952011-06-06T12:03:00.000-07:002011-06-06T12:03:00.585-07:00Florida St. comes from behind to beat Alabama 9-5
(AP) TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Rafael Lopez and James Ramsey each drove in a pair of runs in the sixth inning to lead Florida State to a 9-5 come-from-behind victory over Alabama in the Tallahassee Regional on Saturday night.Trailing 5-4, the Seminoles loaded the bases before Lopez singled down the left-field line to put Florida State (44-17) ahead. Ramsey hit a two-run single to center one out later, and Online Shopping Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09907071366523672755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252221332962674867.post-62076567500481226102011-06-06T07:30:00.000-07:002011-06-06T07:30:01.086-07:00Cystic fibrosis research ‘delay’ 4 June 2011Last updated at 19:48 ETBy Adam BrimelowHealth Correspondent, BBC NewsMucus in the lungs can lead to infectionUK scientists say pioneering research into cystic fibrosis has been delayed by funding problems caused by the economic downturn. The researchers were hoping to begin a trial later this summer, using gene therapy to try to protect patients’ lungs from potentially fatal damage. Online Shopping Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09907071366523672755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252221332962674867.post-76322445170142642782011-06-06T03:54:00.000-07:002011-06-06T03:54:00.170-07:00In Sinaloa, cartel operators hide in plain sight
(AP) CULIACAN, Mexico – The fruits of drug trafficking are on open display in this western state capital: Cartel members honor their dead with gaudy mausoleums at the main cemetery, black-market moneychangers work in the open, and store shelves are stuffed with products from businesses identified by the U.S. Treasury Department as being fronts for organized crime.The state of Sinaloa, which shares a Online Shopping Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09907071366523672755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252221332962674867.post-92159622797926253372011-06-06T00:19:00.000-07:002011-06-06T00:19:00.189-07:00Peru votes in tight poll run-off 4 June 2011Last updated at 23:29 ETOn the left and right of the political spectrum – presidential hopefuls Ollanta Humala and Keiko FujimoriVoters in Peru are set to cast their ballots on Sunday in a closely fought presidential second-round run-off.They face a choice of Keiko Fujimori, daughter of jailed ex-president Alberto Fujimori, and Ollanta Humala, one-time ally of Venezuela’s Hugo Online Shopping Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09907071366523672755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252221332962674867.post-20553071004256367352011-06-05T20:09:00.000-07:002011-06-05T20:09:00.838-07:00Hall of Famer Johnson dies at 81
(AP) TRACY, Calif. – Hall of Fame running back John Henry Johnson died Friday. He was 81.The San Francisco 49ers said in a release Saturday that Johnson, who was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1987 after a 14-season NFL career, died in Tracy.A member of the “Million Dollar Backfield,” Johnson played three seasons for the 49ers (1954-56). A four-time Pro Bowler (1954, 1962-64), JohnsonOnline Shopping Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09907071366523672755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252221332962674867.post-827139263631440352011-06-05T16:05:00.000-07:002011-06-05T16:05:00.278-07:00CHAMPIONS League: Barcelona beat Manchester United 3-1, to win the finalAP - Lionel Messi scored one goal and created another on Saturday to lead Barcelona to a 3-1 win over Manchester United and a third Champions League title in six years.Barcelona dominated possession at Wembley with trademark passing but needed the Argentina striker to conjure a 54th-minute solo strike from the edge of the area to take the lead for the second time. Messi followed his 53rd goal of Online Shopping Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09907071366523672755noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252221332962674867.post-88409102413050086112011-06-05T13:04:00.000-07:002011-06-05T13:04:00.639-07:00Egypt: Mubarak and son to face trial on August 3 AFP - ousted President Egyptian Hosni Mubarak and his two sons, Alaa and Gamal, are in Court August 3 on charges of having ordered the murder of protesters and fraud, a judicial source told AFP Wednesday.The trio is judged by the Criminal Court of Cairo North and the hearing will be chaired by Judge Ahmed Rifat, said the source.Businessman Hussein Salem, a close collaborator of the Mubaraks, is Online Shopping Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09907071366523672755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252221332962674867.post-82230478903414110752011-06-05T08:31:00.000-07:002011-06-05T08:31:00.448-07:00AFGHANISTAN: Explosion Kills General top of the North of the Afghanistan policeAFP - The police commander for Northern Afghanistan and two German soldiers were among six people killed Saturday in a suicide bombing at a provincial governor's office, officials said. The attacker struck shortly after a meeting at the office regarding security in Taloqan, the capital of Takhar province, had finished. The Taliban claimed responsibility in what was its latest Online Shopping Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09907071366523672755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252221332962674867.post-28352075212973870492011-06-05T04:55:00.000-07:002011-06-05T04:55:00.543-07:00Basketball: Shaquille O'Neal hangs up his trainers for good AFP - Shaquille O'Neal, one of the most dominant big in the history of the NBA in his Prime, announced his retirement Wednesday after a 19-year career that saw him win four NBA titles."shaq" was at its best, from 2000 to 2002 when it was combined with star guard Kobe Bryant to guide the Los Angeles Lakers to three NBA crowns, and he added another in 2006 with Miami, two years after having been Online Shopping Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09907071366523672755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252221332962674867.post-17339267629287106352011-06-05T01:20:00.000-07:002011-06-05T01:20:00.486-07:00FRANCE: Investigated allegations of paedophiles from the former French Minister AFP - Paris prosecutors said Wednesday that they had launched a preliminary investigation on claims that a former Minister sexually abused boys in an orgy of Morocco several years ago.Child protection police will conduct investigation and had to speak with the Minister of education former Luc Ferry, which was sensational on another former Minister claims, officials said.Ferry let slip the claim Online Shopping Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09907071366523672755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252221332962674867.post-84831217073249518602011-06-04T22:19:00.000-07:002011-06-04T22:19:00.627-07:00FRANCE: Farmers in crisis as the worst drought in decades face-to-face The worst drought in decades, threatening to paralyze the Agriculture of the France, while strict water restrictions are imposed across the country.Herv? Brul?, a project director at the French Ministry of ecology, told FRANCE 24 Wednesday the water shortage was more severe than 1976, when a heat wave and drought of 16 months shrunken much of Northern Europe."It is far worse than any record," heOnline Shopping Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09907071366523672755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252221332962674867.post-58414071489958361982011-06-04T17:46:00.000-07:002011-06-04T17:46:00.569-07:00FRANCE: Worst drought in 50 years costs France millionREUTERS - France’s government will have to pay out several hundred million euros to compensate farmers hit by its driest spring in 50 years, chiefly livestock breeders who face high feed costs, the agriculture minister said on Tuesday. Bruno Le Maire also said that French bank Credit Agricole had agreed to provide 700 million euros ($1 billion) in loans to boost the liquidity of struggling Online Shopping Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09907071366523672755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252221332962674867.post-68701734231997572702011-06-04T14:10:00.000-07:002011-06-04T14:10:00.937-07:00G8 Summit: the G8 leaders commit to 40 billion dollars to Arab democracies AFP - The G8 world powers threw the weight of the rich world behind Arab spring Friday demanding Libyan strongman Moamer Kadhafi resign and committing billions to the new democracies.While the Declaration agreed by the leaders of the G8 did not figure on support for the Arab world, new Finance Minister of Tunisia, said the total package of grants and loans would amount to 40 billion dollars (28 Online Shopping Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09907071366523672755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252221332962674867.post-71500000239328703772011-06-04T10:35:00.000-07:002011-06-04T10:35:00.271-07:00Poland: Obama wishes a greater military presence on Warsaw visitAP - Polish leaders praised President Barack Obama on Saturday for pushing ahead on issues of key importance to Warsaw: establishing a U.S. military presence in this central European country and making it easier for Poles to visit the United States.As Obama wrapped up his first visit to Poland, the White House said the U.S. plans to establish an Air Force detachment of U.S. F-16 fighter jets and Online Shopping Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09907071366523672755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252221332962674867.post-23554003567149486572011-06-04T06:25:00.000-07:002011-06-04T06:25:00.487-07:00Serbia - War CRIMES: Date set for the first appearance of Ratko Mladic AP - judges at the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal have planned arrest Ratko Mladic for Friday, after his extradition from Serbia to the Court of the United Nations.Dutch judge Alphons Orie signed order Wednesday at the beginning, after the Bosnian Serb former military leader spent his first night in an isolation cell.At the hearing Friday morning, Mladic is invited to enter pleas on 11 counts, Online Shopping Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09907071366523672755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252221332962674867.post-44728473237484011112011-06-04T02:15:00.000-07:002011-06-04T02:15:00.437-07:00United Kingdom: Britain will feel the bite of government budget cuts kick inAFP - Three French aid workers in Yemen, two of them women, were reported missing on Saturday in Hadramawt province in the country's southeast, a Yemeni security official and Paris told AFP. The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the three were reported missing when they failed to return to their residence in Seyun for lunch, adding that "their mobile phones were Online Shopping Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09907071366523672755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252221332962674867.post-65046729167825867422011-06-03T22:11:00.000-07:002011-06-03T22:11:00.590-07:00US: Lockheed Martin confirms security breachREUTERS - Lockheed Martin Corp., the U.S. government’s top information technology provider, said on Saturday it had thwarted “a significant and tenacious attack” on its information systems network a week ago but was still working to restore employee access. 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The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the three were reported missing when they failed to return to their residence in Seyun for lunch, adding that "their mobile phones were Online Shopping Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09907071366523672755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252221332962674867.post-16045285875074632842011-06-02T13:54:00.000-07:002011-06-02T13:54:00.520-07:00FOOTBALL: Hammam withdraws from the race for the Presidency of FIFA AFP - Mohamed bin Hammam of Qatar completed its campaign to force Sepp Blatter for the Presidency of FIFA Sunday, only hours before facing the Ethics Committee of world football guardianship over allegations of corruption.On his blog, bin Hammam, 61, who launched his campaign on a platform of struggle against corruption and a bitter war of words with the long-standing service Blatter, said he Online Shopping Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09907071366523672755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252221332962674867.post-63138881622067576562011-06-02T10:53:00.000-07:002011-06-02T10:53:00.383-07:00AVIATION: Report details the last minutes of flight from Rio-Paris doomed to failure French investigators revealed further details Friday on the final minutes in cockpit of Air France flight 447, which crashed in the Atlantic Ocean in June 2009, killing all 228 people on board. The first reports of data obtained from recordings of black box of flight not offered no new information on dysfunction alleged sensors of speed on the Airbus A330, neither it provide new knowledge on theOnline Shopping Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09907071366523672755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252221332962674867.post-23836193159616409882011-06-02T06:43:00.000-07:002011-06-02T06:43:00.351-07:00FIFA: Sepp Blatter is re-elected President of FIFA Re-election of Sepp Blatter in Zurich as head of FIFA on Wednesday was a formality. He was the only candidate, and there is never a single outcome.Blatter return to power for a period of four years with 186 votes out of 203, despite an English motion to halt the ballot, which was massively rejected by 172 votes against 17.The motion to stop the vote came after a week of intense controversy for Online Shopping Cityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09907071366523672755noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5252221332962674867.post-79120025348880990712011-06-02T02:39:00.000-07:002011-06-02T02:39:00.747-07:00TENNIS: Sharapova and Li Na reached the French Open semi-finalsRussia’s Maria Sharapova and China’s Li Na moved into the semi-finals of the French Open on Wednesday after emerging triumphant from their quarter-finals. Meanwhile, top seed Rafael Nadal is set to take on Roland Garros rival Robin Soderling. 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