Shootouts in Mexico leave at least 12 dead
(AP)
AP - A running battle between police and gunmen has left 12 people dead in this central Mexican city, officials said Friday.
2009-08-07 13:54:30 tags: least
Mexico
Shootouts
Indonesia police in shootout with suspected militants
(Reuters)
Reuters - Police from Indonesia's anti-terrorism unit exchanged gun fire on Friday with suspected militants in Central Java on Friday after a raid targeting the perpetrators behind deadly bomb attacks in Jakarta last month.
2009-08-07 13:52:18 tags: Indonesia
militants
police
shootout
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Pakistan "pretty certain" Taliban chief is dead
(Reuters)
Reuters - Pakistan is "pretty certain" Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud, who has a $5 million U.S. bounty on his head, was killed with his wife and guards in a missile attack two days ago, the foreign minister said on Friday.
2009-08-07 13:50:15 tags: certain
chief
dead
Pakistan
pretty
Reuters
Taliban
Somali Connection: A Terrorism Crackdown in Australia
(Time.com)
Time.com - A huge operation leads to the arrest of four suspects with connections to combatants in east Africa and perhaps sympathizers in Minnesota
2009-08-07 13:46:32 tags: Australia
Somali
Terrorism
Time
July sales drop shows retail pressure continues
(Reuters)
Reuters - U.S. retailers reported their 11th straight month of sales declines in July as shoppers continued to search for bargains and basics in the downturn.
2009-08-07 13:42:42 tags: July
retail
Reuters
sales
shows
Romer won't rule out second stimulus
White House economic adviser Christina Romer declared the president's stimulus plan "absolutely" is working to slow the economy's decline, though she still held open the possibility of a second stimulus package a few months down the road.
2009-08-07 13:40:31 tags: rule
second
stimulus
Clinton vows new US support for Somalia
(AP)
AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Thursday pledged to expand American support for Somalia's weak interim government and threatened sanctions against neighboring Eritrea for aiding an extremist group she says is trying to launch
2009-08-07 13:38:34 tags: Clinton
Somalia
support
vows
6 suspects in NC terror case moved to Va. jail
(AP)
AP - Six of the seven North Carolina terrorism suspects have been transferred to a jail in Virginia.
2009-08-07 13:29:18 tags: jail
terror
Florida Sen. Mel Martinez to Resign - FOXNews
BBC News. Florida Sen. Mel Martinez to Resign. FOXNews. Sen. Mel Martinez, who announced last year that he wouldn't seek re-election in 2010, told his staffers at a meeting Friday morning that will not return to the Senate after the August recess. Florida
2009-08-07 13:27:28 tags: Florida
FOXNews
Resign
Wall Street awaits biggies' bounce
As publicly traded entertainment giants report their quarterly results during the next two weeks, Wall Street will read the tea leaves even more than usual as investors try to get a better handle on how fast to expect a more tangible recovery of the
2009-08-03 02:36:58 tags: awaits
biggies
Street
Wall
Top concerts reselling at bargain prices
According to eBay Inc's StubHub, the leading Internet ticket re-seller, last-minute concert ticket sales at sharply lower prices are on the rise for acts like Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen, Jonas Brothers, Coldplay, and U2.
2009-08-03 02:35:06 tags: bargain
concerts
reselling
Mark Wahlberg marries girlfriend Rhea Durham
(AP)
AP - Mark Wahlberg and his longtime girlfriend, model Rhea Durham, have married in Beverly Hills. People magazine reports the 38-year-old "Boogie Nights" actor tied the knot Saturday in front of about a dozen friends and family at Good Shepherd Catholic
2009-08-03 02:28:36 tags: Durham
girlfriend
Mark
marries
Rhea
US Marshals seize sanitizer for bacteria problems
(AP)
AP - Officers with the U.S. Marshals Service have seized all skin sanitizers and skin protectants, including ingredients and components, at Clarcon Biological Chemistry Laboratory's facility in Roy, Utah, the Food and Drug Administration said.
2009-08-03 02:27:13 tags: Marshals
problems
seize
Japan's tobacco habit runs into court challenge
(AP)
AP - One plaintiff is a cancer patient. Another is represented by his widow. The third, has emphysema and rolls into the courtroom on a wheelchair with tubes trailing out of his nose. The three Japanese are waging a minnow-vs.-whale battle against Big
2009-08-03 02:26:06 tags: challenge
court
habit
into
Japan
runs
PBS chief welcomes public TV funding under Obama
(AP)
AP - PBS chief Paula Kerger (KUR'-gur) says budget numbers tell the tale of how public TV is faring under the Obama administration, compared to that of former President George W. Bush.
2009-08-03 02:24:24 tags: funding
Obama
public
Geffen releasing Pope Benedict XVI album
Pope Benedict XVI will release an album on which he sings and recites prayers to the Virgin Mary, his label said Friday.
2009-08-03 02:23:21 tags: album
Benedict
Geffen
releasing
Viral video boosts Chris Brown
When newlyweds Jill Peterson and Kevin Heinz asked their wedding party to turn their wedding into a party the result was the latest YouTube hit "JK Wedding Entrance," which featured the entire cast dancing down the aisle to Chris Brown's "Forever."
2009-08-03 02:20:01 tags: Chris
video
Viral
Lengthy to-do list for Jackson hearing
(AP)
AP - The handlers of Michael Jackson's probate and guardianship cases have a full slate at a hearing meant to tackle a number of estate and family issues.
2009-08-03 02:18:07 tags: hearing
Jackson
Lengthy
list
Biofuels: Cow Power
[vimeo]http://www.vimeo.com/4984220[/vimeo] Why not use micro-organisms (bacteria, viruses, fungus, etc) to create sustainable energy and fuel? There are a lot of ideas currently being researched and put to use; for example, PG&E has started turning cow
2009-07-31 15:29:02 tags: Biofuels
Power
Berkeley Law Enhances Student Services in Economic Downturn
Daily Journal, June 24, 2009 by Sara Randazzo http://www.dailyjournal.com/law/index.cfm (requires registration; go to G:\Law School in the News\News Clips for article) Top-tier legal institutions, according to the U.S. News & World Report rankings, like
2009-07-31 15:24:22 tags: Downturn
Enhances
Services
Student
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