Rome, Dec 1 (DPA) Two Tunisians held captive in the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay arrived Monday in Italy, the Interior Ministry said.
IANS Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:30:02 -0500

New York, Nov. 30: American tennis star Serena Williams has been fined 175,000 dollars for her ugly tirade at a line judge at Flushing Meadows, the International Tennis Federation (ITF) has announced.
ANI Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:20:04 -0500

Aboard Air India One, Nov 30 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh says he was charmed by US First Lady Michelle Obama and the conversation he had with her on the same table at the White House dinner last week were among the memorable parts of his trip to the US last week.
IANS Mon, 30 Nov 2009 08:30:07 -0500

Islamabad, Nov 30: An American expert on South Asian affairs has said that Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari is on the way out of power following his decision to handover key responsibilities to Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani.
ANI Mon, 30 Nov 2009 06:40:08 -0500

New York, November 30 : Padma Lakshmi has declared her love for the naked form, saying: "I like me better naked."...
ANI Mon, 30 Nov 2009 06:10:10 -0500

Islamabad, Nov. 30 : Frustrated over Islamabad's indifference towards terror organizations such as Al Qaeda and Lashkar-e-Taiba, President Barack Obama has warned that the United States may be impelled to use any means at its disposal to rout insurgents based along Pak-Afghan border, if Pakistan cannot deliver.
ANI Mon, 30 Nov 2009 05:00:02 -0500

Sydney, November 30 : An expedition is all set to go on a journey to find the remains of a shipwreck near the coast of Queensland that they believe may lead to the finding that American whalers may have discovered the nation of Australia before Captain Cook.
ANI Mon, 30 Nov 2009 03:40:03 -0500

London, November 30 : The two uninvited guests who managed to sneak their way into the state dinner hosted by US President Barack Obama for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the White House may face serious consequences.
ANI Mon, 30 Nov 2009 03:20:02 -0500

New York, Nov 30 : Hollywood's hottest couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are on the road to break-up, according to a new biography.
ANI Mon, 30 Nov 2009 02:50:19 -0500

Chicago, Nov 30 : Canadian born Lashkar operative Tahawwur Hussain Rana's lawyer today said that Rana has denied his involvement in the 26/11 terrorists attacks.
ANI Mon, 30 Nov 2009 02:50:15 -0500

London, November 30 : The New York socialite at the centre of the mystery surrounding Tiger Woods' car accident jetted to Los Angeles to meet a top lawyer.
ANI Mon, 30 Nov 2009 02:50:11 -0500

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina ? They had planned a wedding day like Latin America has never seen. But as Jose Maria Di Bello and Alex Freyre were being fitted for their tuxedos an Argentine judge...
Sign on San Diego Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:23:54 -0500

The US Treasury Department will begin taking action against lenders that aren't doing enough to ease mortgage payments for troubled homeowners as part of the Obama administration's campaign to curb fo...
New York Post Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:15:25 -0500

Almost 37 percent of the metro Miami area's labor population is foreign-born, making the area have the greatest share of immigrants in the work force among the top 25 metropolitan areas in the country...
Miami Herald Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:13:40 -0500

Chelsea Clinton, the daughter of America's most powerful political couple will soon wed a "member of the tribe," according to various media reports.Clinton is set to marry her Jewish boyfriend Marc Me...
Haaretz Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:10:23 -0500

Maurice Clemmons . Police questioned residents who may have aided the suspect since the Sunday morning shootings, Pierce County Sheriff's office spokesman...
The Examiner Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:09:22 -0500

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The California-based international partnership Sea Launch Co. has successfully launched a satellite for Intelsat customers from its land-launch operation in Kazakhstan. The ro...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:01:09 -0500

The effort to corral them is putting the spotlight on Reid, who grew up poor and paid his way through law school by working nights as a policeman in the...
USA Today Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:00:49 -0500

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., ordered the payments posted online in June after a scandal erupted in Britain over members of Parliament billing taxpayers for such things as X-rated movies and g...
USA Today Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:00:48 -0500

Defense Secretary Robert Gates, left, accompanied by Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Michael Mullen, gestures during a news conference at the Pentagon on Nov. 19 to discuss the Fort Hood shootings. Gates h...
USA Today Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:00:47 -0500

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Millions of unemployed U.S. workers face sharply higher health insurance premiums and loss of coverage as temporary federal subsidies expire, a healthcare advocacy group said on...
Reuters Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:48:01 -0500

Estoril, Portugal - Ibero-American countries remained deeply divided over the Honduran elections Monday in Portugal, amid concern that they might not reach an agreement before wrapping up their summit...
M & C Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:47:44 -0500

Research by board-certified reproductive endocrinologist Richard Sherbahn, MD, at the Advanced Fertility Center of Chicago reveals that the age of a woman receiving donated eggs significantly affects ...
Earth Times Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:46:55 -0500

Iconic Salvation Army Kettles Credit Ready (AP) The Salvation Army says someone dropped a gold Krugerrand worth more than $1,000 in a collection kettle in south-central Pennsylvania. York Salvation...
CBS News Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:46:03 -0500

A helicopter makes a water drop on the fire line in the Angeles National Forest north of Los Angeles, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2009. The U.S. Forest service is considering allowing helicopters to fight fire...
CBS News Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:46:02 -0500

Bank of America is sending its credit card customers a one-page letter with a simple explanation of the interest rates and fees they're being charged starting Monday. While not mandated by the fede...
CBS 5 Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:43:33 -0500

Chelsea Clinton, the 29-year old daughter of former President Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, has become engaged to her longtime boyfriend, investment banker Marc Mezvinsky...
Gadsden Times Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:30:19 -0500

BEIJING (AP) ? China should provide details on how it will implement its greenhouse gas limits and offer further proposals commensurate with its status as the world's largest emitter, European ...
WBZ4 Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:22:28 -0500

SINGAPORE (AP) ? Oil prices bobbed above $77 a barrel Tuesday in Asia as Iran's detention of five British sailors threatened to raise tensions between a major crude exporter and Western powers.
WBZ4 Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:22:26 -0500

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) ? Asian stock markets rose Tuesday following modest gains on Wall Street and amid increased confidence the Dubai debt crisis was unlikely to derail the global recovery.
WBZ4 Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:22:26 -0500

WASHINGTON: Two influential American Senators have demanded action against the US couple who gate crashed into the First State Dinner hosted in honour of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, an incident ...
Times of India Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:22:19 -0500

US commercial mortgage default rate hits 3.4% By Alan Rappeport in New York Published: December 1 2009 05:01 | Last updated: December 1 2009 05:01...
Financial Times Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:19:51 -0500

The Ibero-American countries approved a pioneering Ecuadorean plan not to mine for oil in tropical forests in return for international compensation, the Portuguese presidential office said Monday in a...
People's Daily Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:18:34 -0500

The Ibero-American Secretary-General Enrique Iglesias said on Monday afternoon that there are divergences about the political crisis in Honduras among the representatives who participate in the 19th I...
People's Daily Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:18:33 -0500

The Food Network announced Wednesday that an episode of “Iron Chef America” will be taped at the White House featuring Mario Batali, Bobby Flay and Emeril Lagasse.
MSNBC Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:57:24 -0500

WASHINGTON - Faced with sluggish progress in its foreclosure-prevention effort, the Obama administration will spend the coming weeks cracking down on mortgage companies that aren't doing enough to hel...
Star Tribune Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:56:41 -0500

Aug. 31: “Eat This, Not That!” author David Zinczenko offers some healthy alternatives to some of the most calorie-packed coffee drinks in the U.S.
MSNBC Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:52:22 -0500

How can we successfully rehabilitate prisoners? Can law enforcement better use technology to solve crimes? In her new book “Smart on Crime: A Career Prosecutor’s Plan to Make Us Safe," San Francis...
MSNBC Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:51:35 -0500

For “Girls Night In with Curtis Stone,” four lucky ladies — who all work in law enforcement — were treated to a special Miami meal. The acclaimed chef whipped up a tasty tapas-themed menu for ...
MSNBC Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:50:58 -0500

Though the Office for Israeli Constitutional Law may soon bring a lawsuit against US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, former Israeli ambassador to Canada and legal expert Alan Baker believes Clinto...
Jerusalem Post Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:48:59 -0500

(AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)Sheriff's deputies look over a rifle they removed from a home where a suspect in the slaying of four police officers gunned down a day earlier was believed to have been, Mond...
The Examiner Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:45:55 -0500

(AP Photo/John Raoux)A new fire hydrant is seen in the front of Tiger Woods' home in the Isleworth community in Windermere, Fla., Monday, Nov. 30, 2009...
The Examiner Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:45:54 -0500

(AP Photo/Ron Edmonds, File)FILE - In this Aug. 27, 2008, file photo, Michele S. Jones, the first female Sgt. Maj. of the U.S. Army, speaks at the Democratic National Convention in Denver. Jones, a sp...
The Examiner Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:45:53 -0500

That's a personal crisis for the unemployed, and a political problem for Democrats who now "own" the economy and who face congressional elections next year. As President Obama prepares to convene a...
USA Today Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:37:19 -0500

Beyond unemployment and our budget deficit, there's an infrastructure deficit. America's roads, bridges, sewer and water systems are in serious disrepair. This affects every community, threatening our...
USA Today Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:37:18 -0500

By now you might have heard something about the scandal rocking the climate change industry, though you can be forgiven if you haven't, since it hasn't gotten nearly the coverage it should. Co...
USA Today Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:37:15 -0500

It is hard to imagine that the controversies over how colleges pick their freshmen classes — the admissions "black boxes" that all too often seem to prefer someone else's child — cou...
USA Today Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:37:13 -0500

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USA Today Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:37:13 -0500

This screen image made from Michaele Salahi's Facebook page shows, from left, Tareq Salahi, Vice-President Joe Biden and Michaele Salahi, at the White House state dinner in Washington on Tuesday.
CBC News Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:35:11 -0500

This screen image made from Michaele Salahi's Facebook page shows, from left, Tareq Salahi, Vice-President Joe Biden and Michaele Salahi, at the White House state dinner in Washington on Tuesday.
CBC News Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:35:08 -0500

This screen image made from Michaele Salahi's Facebook page shows, from left, Tareq Salahi, Vice-President Joe Biden and Michaele Salahi, at the White House state dinner in Washington on Tuesday.
CBC News Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:35:02 -0500

One major market down, two more to go. Long-time efforts by Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) officials paid off Monday when the sport of mixed martial arts was regulated in the state of Massachuse...
The Province Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:33:37 -0500

One major market down, two more to go. Long-time efforts by Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) officials paid off Monday when the sport of mixed martial arts was regulated in the state of Massachuse...
Vancouver Sun Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:33:05 -0500

WASHINGTON (AP) — The top Democrat on the House Homeland Security committee is calling the Secret Service director and the couple who crashed the Obama administration's first state dinner to tes...
Record Net Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:24:40 -0500

), which highlights the top Searches and trends on Yahoo!. The annual review, which accounts for billions of Searches, is a distinct way to look at people’s interests and to identify the ways th...
Earth Times Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:22:57 -0500

Republican presidential candidate and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee speaks to the press before the start of a rally at the Wave Ballroom Feb. 18, 2008 in Appleton, Wis.
CBS 2 Chicago Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:19:55 -0500

As of Monday, Nov. 30, 2009, at least 849 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the D...
Gadsden Times Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:08:21 -0500

As of Monday, Nov. 30, 2009, at least 4,367 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.
Gadsden Times Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:08:16 -0500

MANILA, Philippines (AP) ? Philippine prosecutors charged the heir of a powerful clan with murder Tuesday in the massacre of 57 people, more than half of them journalists or their staff who wer...
WBZ4 Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:59:36 -0500

PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) ? The U.S. says it's giving South Africa $120 million for AIDS treatment in response to a plea from President Jacob Zuma that underlines his new approach to fighting...
WBZ4 Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:59:34 -0500

CHICAGO: The detention hearing of terror suspect David Coleman Headley, arrested by the FBI for plotting attacks in India at the behest of Lashkar-e-Taiba, scheduled for December 4 at a court here ...
Times of India Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:59:28 -0500

US bid to extradite sick man attacked By Michael Peel, Legal Correspondent Published: December 1 2009 04:32 | Last updated: December 1 2009 04:32...
Financial Times Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:56:58 -0500

CHICAGO ? Kendel Ross scored 16 points, Justine Ratermann added 12 and Dayton celebrated its first ranking in the women's basketball poll with a 73-46 victory over Illinois-Chicago on Monday nig...
Sign on San Diego Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:26:42 -0500

A judge in Argentina on November 27 put a halt to what would have been the first homosexual marriage in South America. According to Buenos Aires daily La Nacion, lawyer Francisco Roggero presented a m...
Spero News Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:20:14 -0500

Seattle house on Sunday night, but was able to flee before police could contain the area. Police staked out the house overnight before SWAT team members determined early Monday that Clemmons wasn't th...
The Examiner Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:11:56 -0500

(AP Photo/John Raoux)A new fire hydrant is seen in the front of Tiger Woods' home in the Isleworth community in Windermere, Fla., Monday, Nov. 30, 2009...
The Examiner Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:11:54 -0500

John Marcotte wants to put a measure on the ballot next year to ban divorce in California.The effort is meant to be a satirical statement after California voters outlawed gay marriage in 2008, largely...
The Examiner Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:11:52 -0500

President George H.W. Bush ran ads criticizing Dukakis for his support of the program, undermining the Democrat's presidential campaign.As recently as Sunday, hours before the shooting suspect was lin...
The Examiner Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:11:51 -0500

Obama administration 's first state dinner communicated with a senior Pentagon official about going to the event, but the official denies that she helped the couple get in.
The Examiner Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:11:50 -0500

Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., the top Democrat on the House Homeland Security committee, said he wants answers about the Secret Service's security deficiencies that allowed Michaele and Tareq Salahi ...
The China Post Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:09:27 -0500

PARIS -- An Air France A380 was forced to turn around and land in New York on Friday after problems with its navigation system, only days after the airline began flying the superjumbo across the Atlan...
The China Post Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:09:18 -0500

KYWTVRWP PHILADELPHIA -- Police say three people stole a watch from a dying man in a Philadelphia hospital waiting room. Police say Richard Alten and two others swiped the watch from the wrist of ...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:04:03 -0500

WASHINGTON ? Americans who buy health insurance through their employer wouldn't see a big difference in premiums if the Senate's health care bill becomes law, a non-partisan analysis released Mon...
USA Today Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:03:38 -0500

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal judge has ordered a retired Croatian seamstress to pay more than $5.7 million for her role in an insider trading ring involving two former Goldman Sachs Group Inc employ...
Reuters Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:50:09 -0500

The price for driving and dialing goes from zero to $75 Tuesday in Philadelphia as city police begin enforcing the new cell phone ban on city roadways. It's not just motorists who will earn the $75 f...
Philadelphia Daily News Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:39:59 -0500

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Secret Service director and the couple who crashed the Obama administration's first state dinner have been called to testify before Congress on Thursday about the incident. Rep. ...
Breitbart Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:27:04 -0500

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) ? Strong westerly winds in the southern Pacific Ocean have driven scores of icebergs originally headed toward New Zealand to the east, away from the country, an oce...
WBZ4 Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:25:31 -0500

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) ? Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim failed Tuesday in his bid to stop his sodomy trial from going ahead in another blow to his fluctuating fortunes since ach...
WBZ4 Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:25:28 -0500

John Wetenhall, executive director of The John and Mabel Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota, was tapped Monday as interim director of the Miami Art Museum. Wetenhall succeeds Terence Riley, who resign...
The Miami Herald Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:43:44 -0500

Using search dogs and going door to door, hundreds of police intensified the hunt Monday for the man wanted in the coffeehouse killings of four officers after a SWAT team came up empty-handed in a rai...
The Examiner Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:38:40 -0500

Washington - The images are seductive. A willowy blonde, 44, wrapped in a luxurious, red-and-gold Indian sari, prances hand in hand with her husband in front of cameras at the White House, holding him...
Earth Times Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:37:39 -0500

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN FRANCISCO -- The chances of California voters being asked to repeal the state's ban on same-sex marriages next year are looking more remote after another prominent politica...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:31:35 -0500

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS TUCSON, Ariz. -- Police in Arizona say three people have been found dead inside a Tucson home. Police say the victims are two males and one female but no other information is ...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:31:35 -0500

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- A New York man has been charged with killing his pregnant estranged wife - 18 years after her body and her dead fetus were found behind a Syracuse restaurant....
Seattle Post-Intelligencer Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:31:34 -0500

White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said Monday that President Obama will make clear in his speech Tuesday that Afghanistan is not an open ended commitment.
USA Today Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:31:11 -0500

WASHINGTON ? The Supreme Court heard arguments Monday testing when whistle-blowers who discover fraud in federal programs may sue in the name of the United States and collect some of the settleme...
USA Today Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:31:09 -0500

Nov. 30: Gen. William Caldwell, former spokesman for Gen. David Petraeus in Baghdad, offers his perspective on the current troop surge and plans to command training of Afghan troops. NBC’s Jim Maced...
MSNBC Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:30:04 -0500

Tareq Salahi might not be South Asian. But he was following in the footsteps of a fine desi tradition – crashing big parties, especially ones involving food. In a gray recession, with one out of ei...
New America Media Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:25:12 -0500

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Beverage can tops are still finding their way into the stomachs of some children, especially teens, despite being redesigned in the 1970s to keep people from swallowing them, U.S. ...
Reuters Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:18:04 -0500

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A board member of Calpers, the California Public Employees' Retirement System, has agreed to pay $12,500 to settle a campaign contribution dispute related to placement agents...
Reuters Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:18:02 -0500

NEW YORK - (Business Wire) The Arab Bankers Association of North America (ABANA) will present Mr. Youssef A. Nasr, Chairman of HSBC Bank Middle East Limited, with its 2009 Achievement Award during a g...
Earth Times Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:17:28 -0500

SPOKANE, Wash. - (Business Wire) Potlatch Corporation (NYSE:PCH) announced today that Michael J. Covey, chairman, president and chief executive officer and Eric Cremers, vice president finance and chi...
Earth Times Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:17:22 -0500

HOUSTON, Nov. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Houston American Energy Corp. (Nasdaq: HUSA) (the "Company"), an independent energy company with interests in oil and natural gas wells and prospec...
Earth Times Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:17:14 -0500

MELVILLE, N.Y., Nov. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Lend America today commented on The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) withdrawing its FHA-approval from Ideal Mortgage Bankers.
Earth Times Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:17:08 -0500

Tiger Woods car crash, photos of his damaged SUV, and rumors on the Internet are confronting the golfer with the sort of public-relations challenge that he has always been so adept at avoiding.
Christian Science Monitor Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:56:16 -0500