Los Angeles, Dec 10 (EFE) Seven Latin American entries are in the running for the best foreign-language film prize in the 67th edition of the Golden Globe Awards, Variety magazine reported.
IANS Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:40:02 -0500

Washington, Dec 10 (IANS) Five young American Muslims have been arrested in Pakistan and are under investigation for possibly trying to meet up with a terror group implicated in the December 2001 attack on the Indian parliament.
IANS Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:00:02 -0500

Washington, Dec 9 (IANS) FBI director Robert Mueller is in Chicago for a briefing on the case of Pakistani-American terror suspect David Coleman Headley, who is due to appear in a court later in the day to respond to the charges he helped plan Mumbai terrorist attacks.
IANS Wed, 09 Dec 2009 12:20:02 -0500

New Delhi, Dec.9 : While reports about David Coleman Headley, a US national of Pakistani origin who was arrested in Chicago in October on terror charges, being indicted by a Federal court in Chicago are being splashed all over the media, former Additional Secretary B. Raman, in a report, has cited at least eleven instances that suggest that the Federal Bureau of Investigat...
ANI Wed, 09 Dec 2009 07:40:06 -0500

Washington, Dec. 9 : Former US Vice President Dick Cheney has warned that 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed's trial in New York City will give make him an extremist hero like Osama bin Laden.
ANI Wed, 09 Dec 2009 06:40:20 -0500

London, Dec 9 : American singer Jessica Simpson is said to be smitten with her current boyfriend, Smashing Pumpkins front man Billy Corgan.
ANI Wed, 09 Dec 2009 06:40:17 -0500

London, Dec 9 : Scientists from University of Rochester in New York claim to have found feline genetic "pawprint" in the modern-day form of the HIV virus.
ANI Wed, 09 Dec 2009 05:50:11 -0500

London, Dec 9 : American actor Viggo Mortensen has revealed he was doubly disappointed when he did not win at the 2007 Academy Awards, as he had planned a tribute to his favourite soccer team if he was invited up to the podium.
ANI Wed, 09 Dec 2009 05:50:09 -0500

London, Dec. 9 : Discarding claims made by American scientists, Russia has insisted that a skull fragment with a bullet hole at the national archive is that of Adolf Hitler, and it is the "only documentary evidence" of the Nazi leader's suicide.
ANI Wed, 09 Dec 2009 05:20:12 -0500

London, Dec 9 : American socialite Paris Hilton and her family are said to have opened up their Los Angeles home to a group of ill children last month and hosted a party for them.
ANI Wed, 09 Dec 2009 05:20:05 -0500

New York, December 9 : Eliot Spitzer, who was forced to resign as New York Governor over his involvement in a prostitution scandal, was said to have got a little too close to Miss Universe Stefania Fernandez at a bash.
ANI Wed, 09 Dec 2009 05:20:03 -0500

New York, Dec 9 : Disgraced ex-Miss California Carrie Prejean has refused to appear at a Connecticut club, insisting a midnight slot was 'in direct conflict with her reputation as a Christian.'...
ANI Wed, 09 Dec 2009 05:00:10 -0500

New York, Dec 9 : After introducing eponymous line of jewellery, Indian American beauty Padma Lakshmi has ventured into spices and kitchenware.
ANI Wed, 09 Dec 2009 03:20:45 -0500

London, Dec 9 : Burlesque artist Dita Von Teese was yesterday spotted doing a saucy dance routine at a nightclub in Miami Beach.
ANI Wed, 09 Dec 2009 03:20:44 -0500

Washington, Dec 9 : An American researcher has uncovered a fresh approach to studying and treating lower back pain.
ANI Wed, 09 Dec 2009 03:20:42 -0500

New York, Dec 9 : The 911 call that was placed after professional golfer Tiger Woods' mother-in-law collapsed at his Florida mansion has been released.
ANI Wed, 09 Dec 2009 03:20:38 -0500

Islamabad, Dec.9 : The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is reportedly sending a team to Pakistan to look for more information regarding David Coleman Headley, the alleged American terror suspect of Pakistani origin who was arrested in Chicago in October.
ANI Wed, 09 Dec 2009 03:20:35 -0500

Washington, Dec 9 (IANS) America is focused on the border region between Afghanistan and Pakistan in its war on terror as it is the epicentre of global Islamic extremism and the origin of the Sep 11 terror attack, according to the US military chief.
IANS Wed, 09 Dec 2009 02:50:02 -0500

Miami (US), Dec. 9 : The Miami Dolphins had to correct Louisiana's Indian American Governor Bobby Jindal on Tuesday for wrongly claiming his 12-0 New Orleans Saints could be the first team in league history to go undefeated and win the Super Bowl.
ANI Wed, 09 Dec 2009 02:30:36 -0500

London, December 9 : Victoria Beckham rushed from Los Angeles to London to comfort her husband David who is mourning the loss of his beloved grandfather Joe West.
ANI Wed, 09 Dec 2009 02:30:25 -0500

Washington, Dec 9 (IANS) The aspiring reality-television stars who gatecrashed President Barack Obama's state dinner for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh won't answer questions if summoned by a congressional committee.
IANS Wed, 09 Dec 2009 01:40:04 -0500

Washington, Dec 9 (IANS) Dodgy answers to questions by an airport inspector about his overseas travels that he could not back with documentary proof put Pakistani American David Headley, alias Daood Gilani, who has been charged with helping to plan the Mumbai terror assault, on the primary scanner of US investigators, according to the Wall Street Journal.
IANS Wed, 09 Dec 2009 04:50:04 -0500

London, Dec 9 (IANS) Film and TV actor Alec Baldwin has ended his seven-year relationship with his New York attorney girlfriend Nicole Seidel.
IANS Wed, 09 Dec 2009 02:00:03 -0500

California officials took steps Wednesday to delay the nation's toughest rules to reduce diesel emissions, saying trucking companies struggling with a poor economy should be given more time to replace...
The Examiner Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:20:16 -0500

Buenos Aires - Latin America had braced itself for a difficult 2009, and perhaps beyond, but things turned out not to be quite as bad as expected. Regional leader Brazil had a relatively mild recessio...
Earth Times Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:19:15 -0500

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BERKELEY, Calif. -- The Berkeley City Council has a pointed message for Democratic members of the U.S. House who voted to keep federal funds from being used to pay for abortion...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:12:08 -0500

A dead-end alley just off the Magnificent Mile separating the headquarters of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District and a construction site on which a new Ritz Carlton apartment tower will somed...
CBS 2 Chicago Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:51:08 -0500

HAVANA (AP) ? Fidel Castro is calling President Barack Obama's accepting of the Nobel Peace Prize a "cynical act," given that he is sending 30,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan.
WBZ4 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:29:10 -0500

SINGAPORE (AP) ? Oil prices hung below $71 a barrel Thursday in Asia amid growing investor concern that U.S. crude demand isn't improving.
WBZ4 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:29:09 -0500

HAVANA (AP) ? Hundreds of government supporters shouted insults and pro-Castro slogans at about 50 wives, mothers and other female relatives of Cuban political prisoners as they marched Wednesd...
WBZ4 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:29:09 -0500

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) ? A senior U.S. envoy said Thursday his talks with North Korea were "very useful," a report said, as he wrapped up a rare trip to the communist nation aimed at prodding ...
WBZ4 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:29:08 -0500

Charter school performance is very varied but significant research shows that they most often under- perform their peers. Unfortunately,they are not a silver bullet.Minnesota just recently became more...
U.S. News & World Report Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:01:12 -0500

Fewer than 10 percent of the more than 20,000 eighth and ninth graders taking the annual admission test will score above the cutoff point—and once there, the workload doesn't let up. But sleep d...
U.S. News & World Report Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:01:09 -0500

Posted on: Wednesday, 9 December 2009, 19:29 CST American adults are not being vaccinated against the seasonal flu any more often than they were last year, despite increased public discussion of th...
RedOrbit Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:53:40 -0500

IRVINE, Calif., Dec. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Masimo (Nasdaq: MASI), the inventor of Pulse CO-Oximetry and Measure-Through Motion and Low Perfusion pulse oximetry, announced today that it has recei...
RedOrbit Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:53:36 -0500

(AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain, File)FILE - In a Thursday, Sept. 3, 2009 photo, South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford meets with the members of the State Budget and Control Board, in Columbia, S.C. A panel co...
The Examiner Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:45:33 -0500

(AP Photo/Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, B. Fultz)In this Dec. 7, 2009 picture provided by the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, crews use steamer equipment to melt co...
The Examiner Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:45:31 -0500

(AP Photo/Prince William County Police Department)In this booking photo provided by the Prince William County Police Department, Jason Michael Hamilton, 20, of Manassas, is shown. Hamilton was arreste...
The Examiner Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:45:30 -0500

(AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)FILE - In this Nov. 17, 2009 file photo, Securities and Exchange Commission Director of Enforcement Ron Khuzami speaks during a news conference at the Justice Depar...
Examiner Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:44:56 -0500

Federal regulators sued Irvine, Calif., brokerage Brookstreet Securities Corp. and its founder Tuesday, accusing them of systematically selling high-risk mortgage securities to customers with conserva...
The China Post Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:43:45 -0500

TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Guatemala of Central America has been drawing visitors from around the world with its rich culture and heritage, picturesque landscapes and the mysterious Maya civilization.
The China Post Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:42:52 -0500

WASHINGTON: US lawmakers voted Wednesday to compel the uninvited couple who snuck through White House security to attend a state dinner in honour of India to face questioning over the incident. The Ho...
Channel News Asia Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:42:43 -0500

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW BEDFORD, Mass. -- A driver who ran over and killed a mother duck walking her 12 ducklings across a Massachusetts mall parking lot has been sentenced to a year of probation....
Seattle Post-Intelligencer Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:37:26 -0500

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FORT COLLINS, Colo. -- Colorado State University researchers are predicting a more active Atlantic hurricane season next year, with six to eight hurricanes, at least three of t...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:37:25 -0500

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HONOLULU -- The military says the chief legislative liaison for the Office of the Secretary of the Army is due to become the commander of the 25th Infantry Division out of Hawa...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:37:24 -0500

The bills would change what insurance companies may consider about a person when they set the price of a policy. For instance, insurers could no longer charge more if a policyholder has a pre-existing...
USA Today Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:36:42 -0500

CHICAGO - A Chicago man previously accused of plotting to attack a Danish newspaper was charged on Monday with scouting targets for a militant Pakistani group for the 2008 attack on Mumbai that killed...
National Post Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:35:31 -0500

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - Two victims of the wrong-way crash that killed eight people on a New York highway suffered terror and pain before they died, a lawsuit claims.
MSNBC Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:35:04 -0500

WOODBRIDGE, Va. - A community college student was upset about his grades when he walked into a classroom and fired two shots at his professor before his new rifle jammed, police said Wednesday.
MSNBC Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:35:03 -0500

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives approved a procedural rule on Wednesday that cleared the way for floor debate to begin on legislation that would give the government broad new ...
Reuters Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:20:52 -0500

PASADENA, California (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday suspended a lower court order that transferred ownership of the Bratz doll franchise to Mattel Inc until it rules in the case, and or...
Reuters Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:20:52 -0500

VALLEY CENTER, Calif. - (Business Wire) Today the San Pasqual Casino Development Group, Inc. (SPCDGI), the San Pasqual Band of Mission Indian’s development arm, etched its place in the country&r...
Earth Times Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:20:15 -0500

Obama College Loan Plan Is Controversial (AP) The Pell Grant program for needy college students is facing a massive shortfall as the country's bleak job market drives people back to school. An admi...
CBS News Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:19:19 -0500

U.S. Expects to Lose $200B Less on TARP (AP) Bank of America Corp. said Wednesday it has repaid the entire $45 billion it owed U.S. taxpayers as part of the Troubled Asset Relief Program. Bank of A...
CBS News Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:19:14 -0500

President Obama's job approval rating sits at 50 percent in the latest CBS News/New York Times poll, the lowest level it has reached in CBS News polling. The president still has a net favorable rat...
CBS 2 Chicago Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:16:54 -0500

According to a new report, Pennsylvania topped other states for growth in state and federal prison population in several ways: Biggest increase per 100,000 population, depicted in the chart above, as ...
Philadelphia Daily News Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:10:29 -0500

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) ? Honduras' interim government says it has authorized ousted President Manuel Zelaya to leave the country and go to Mexico.
WBZ4 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:54:01 -0500

The financial regulatory reform drive was snared in negotiations between Democrats in Congress on Wednesday as liberal and conservative representatives argued over the tenor of a House bill. Some of t...
Financial Times Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:50:11 -0500

The US House of Representatives voted to hit private-equity executives with higher taxes as part of a piecemeal legislation that would also fund the renewal of tax breaks for large companies. The bill...
Financial Times Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:50:10 -0500

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Enforcement officials from the Securities and Exchange Commission and Justice Department said Wednesday that their staffs are targeting the role of Wall Street rating agencies in th...
Tampa Bay Online Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:49:25 -0500

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday said the United States is ready to work with the winner of Ukraine's presidential election next month and expressed hope that the polling will be free, ...
VOA Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:57:36 -0500

Award for Corporate Excellence (ACE) at a ceremony in Washington, D.C., by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Trilogy was chosen for its extensive corporate responsibility programs offered by it...
RedOrbit Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:51:15 -0500

CHICAGO, Dec. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- WineMcGee.com today released their new event management suite, designed to help restaurants, wine retailers, and wineries promote, ticket, and mange their wine events. ...
RedOrbit Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:51:09 -0500

Award Will Create New Construction and Permanent Jobs in the South Bronx and Create Access to Primary and Specialty Services for an Additional 12,000 Residents NEW YORK, Dec. 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswir...
RedOrbit Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:51:02 -0500

Philippines charges clan members over massacre A community plan to offer tours of notorious gang enclaves has raised a few eyebrows, writes  SCOTT GOLD...
Irish Times Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:45:56 -0500

(AP Photo/Mic Smith)South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford speaks to reporters in front of St. Philip's Church in downtown Charleston, S.C. Wednesday Dec. 9, 2009. A panel of South Carolina lawmakers vo...
The Examiner Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:41:55 -0500

(AP Photo/Joe Koshollek)University of Wisconsin-Madison students launch snowballs during a fight on Bascom Hill, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009, in Madison, Wis. Madison received 15-18 inches of snow that ca...
The Examiner Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:41:54 -0500

WASHINGTON ? Congress authorized subpoenas Wednesday for the White House gate-crashers to testify about how the couple got into a state dinner without an invitation. Lawmakers on the House Homel...
CTV Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:41:42 -0500

TOMS Shoes founder Blake Mycoskie fits a pair of shoes on a child in Argentina during a “shoe drop.” TOMS gives away one pair of shoes for each pair purchased. The company has donated more than 15...
America.org Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:35:46 -0500

This undated picture provided on Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009 by the Parma, Ohio Police Department shows Anthony Russo. Police in suburban Cleveland say the man dressed as Santa Claus and carrying a sack o...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:33:08 -0500

By ANGELA DELLI SANTIASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER TRENTON, N.J. -- New Jersey's Senate president has agreed to postpone Thursday's scheduled vote on a bill to legalize same-sex marriages, and some senat...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:33:08 -0500

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. -- Officials in northern Arizona are searching for more than 30 hunters who became stranded in snow after a powerful winter storm swept through the state. Ger...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:33:07 -0500

Southwest Airlines Chairman Gary Kelly put on the Scrooge hat Wednesday as being the only airline executive to downplay a recovery in business travel that investors and carriers are counting on for 20...
Salt Lake Tribune Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:31:38 -0500

The report Wednesday from the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life also shows tremendous growth over the past three decades in the number of Americans who say they have had a religious or mystical ex...
MSNBC Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:31:22 -0500

"This thing looks like it's dead and it's leaning over," Concord resident Bill Gram-Reefer said Wednesday. "It just doesn't evoke a Christmas tree to me."...
MSNBC Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:31:21 -0500

More misery on the foreclosure front: Lenders filed more than 7,000 notices in November against property owners in Palm Beach, Broward and Miami-Dade counties, according to...
Sun-Sentinel Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:20:10 -0500

County jury he became angry at Ditullio and confronted him after Ditullio returned to the Nazis' compound after the stabbings. "I cussed a storm and said, 'What did you do now? Now, the cops are defi...
TBO.com Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:16:35 -0500

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Efforts in the U.S. Senate to move away from a government-run insurance option may help win over critical votes but failed to bring around one major bloc -- big business.
Reuters Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:16:10 -0500

TRENTON, New Jersey (Reuters) - The legalization of same-sex marriage faces a critical test in New Jersey, where advocates on each side of the controversial issue argue will shape the fate of gay-marr...
Reuters Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:16:09 -0500

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A former senior IBM Corp executive denied being involved in a sprawling hedge fund insider trading case and asked a court on Wednesday to dismiss civil charges by the U.S. Securit...
Reuters Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:16:06 -0500

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Washington state Governor Christine Gregoire submitted a state budget plan on Wednesday that would close a $2.6 billion deficit but that she described as "unjust" because of ...
Reuters Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:16:04 -0500

DETROIT, Dec. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc., which is traded as AXL on the NYSE, announced today that it has agreed to sell 14,000,000 shares of its comm...
Earth Times Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:14:53 -0500

As the climate conference continues in Copenhagen, the "Climate-Gate" scandal is causing controversy. As Wyatt Andrews reports, critics question whether the earth is really getting warmer.
CBS News Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:13:58 -0500

As U.S. government stimulus dollars are dispersed to various organizations, some Republican lawmakers claim that these funds are being misused or wasted. Sharyl Attkisson investigates.
CBS News Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:13:55 -0500

America's View Of Religion A recent survey by the Pew Forum highlights the way Americans view religion. CBS News Analyst Fr. Thomas Williams weighs in on the surprising results.
CBS News Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:13:49 -0500

Dec. 9, 2009 WASHINGTON - An attempt by a North Dakota senator to give Americans the right to buy cheaper prescription drugs from Canada could be on life support despite President Barack Obama's oneti...
C News Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:11:25 -0500

Hottest Female Athletes We've all heard about "Cash for Clunkers" where new car buyers got a big incentive to buy a fuel efficient car. Now President Obama is proposing the "Cash for Caulkers" program...
CBS 2 Chicago Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:11:10 -0500

Elouise Cobell persisted 13 years in her case against Indian land trust abuse by the US. Now the Obama administration is set to pay $3.4 billion to rectify the century-old problem.
Christian Science Monitor Wed, 09 Dec 2009 19:53:13 -0500

A federal judge in Texas Monday sentenced a man to two years in prison for possession of child porn, but refused to make him pay $3.4 million in restitution to the girl in the pictures. Prosecuting l...
Christian Science Monitor Wed, 09 Dec 2009 19:53:12 -0500

Federal prosecutors filed charges this week against Chicago resident David Headley in connection with the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attack. On Wednesday, Pakistan police said they have arrested five Amer...
Christian Science Monitor Wed, 09 Dec 2009 19:53:11 -0500

Costa Rica's Social Security Department said in a statement that the 82-year-old former leader died Wednesday following surgery for a coronary obstruction. The charismatic Carazo Odio governed Cost...
WBZ4 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 19:48:39 -0500

CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) ? The No. 2 of Guinea's military junta on Wednesday made his first public speech since the last weeks' assassination attempt on the country's military strongman.
WBZ4 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 19:48:38 -0500

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 (Xinhua) -- American adults are not being vaccinated against the seasonal flu any more often than they were last year, despite increased public discussion of the importance of influ...
SINA Wed, 09 Dec 2009 19:44:05 -0500

WASHINGTON - Enforcement officials from the Securities and Exchange Commission and Justice Department said Wednesday that their staffs are targeting the role of Wall Street rating agencies in the fina...
MSNBC Wed, 09 Dec 2009 19:04:40 -0500

(AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain, File)FILE - In a Thursday, Sept. 3, 2009 photo, South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford meets with the members of the State Budget and Control Board, in Columbia, S.C. A panel co...
The Examiner Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:58:40 -0500

Oh Christmas tree, how puny are your branches.That's the first reaction by many people to the lopsided brownish tree decorated by the city of Concord this year for the holiday."This thing looks like i...
The Examiner Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:58:39 -0500

(AP Photo/Ohio Department of Correction and Rehabilitation, File)FILE- This undated photo released by the Ohio Department of Correction and Rehabilitation shows Romell Broom, an Ohio inmate fighting e...
The Examiner Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:58:38 -0500

(AP Photo/The Mountain Eagle)Dr. Dennis Sandlin is seen in an undated photo. Sandlin, 57, was shot and killed Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009 while at Leatherwood-Blackey Medical Clinic in rural sotheastern Ken...
The Examiner Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:58:35 -0500

A 90-year-old Medal of Honor winner says he plans to fly Old Glory "without interference" for the rest of his life, now that his homeowners' association has dropped a demand to take down a 21-foot fla...
The Examiner Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:58:34 -0500