LAS VEGAS (AP) -- A computer security researcher has built a device for just $1,500 that can intercept some kinds of cell phone calls and record everything that's said....
BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) -- BP's catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is fueling opposition to the University of California, Berkeley's research partnership with the British company, with activists and professors on the famously liberal campus calling for a severing of ties....
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and RAY HENRY 2010-07-31T23:18:59Z
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- On shore, BP, Halliburton and Transocean are engaging in a billion-dollar blame game over the blown-out oil well in the Gulf of Mexico. At sea, they're depending on each other to finally plug up the environmental disaster....
By MIKE HOUSEHOLDER and JOHN FLESHER 2010-08-01T00:08:50Z
DETROIT (AP) -- U.S. regulators earlier this year demanded improvements to the pipeline network that includes a segment that ruptured in southern Michigan, spilling hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil into the Kalamazoo River, according to a document released Saturday....
TOKYO (AP) -- Twitter's 20 billionth message didn't make much sense, but it spoke volumes about the rapid global growth of the microblogging service....
BEIJING (AP) -- China is set to overtake Japan as the world's second-largest economy in a resurgence that is changing everything from the global balance of military and financial power to how cars are designed....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is going after Senate Republicans who have stymied his proposal to create a $30 billion fund to help unfreeze lending for credit-starved small businesses....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The House has approved a bill to boost safety standards for offshore drilling and remove a liability cap for oil spills, but a partisan fight in the Senate will likely delay action on a response to the Gulf oil spill until Congress returns from its summer recess....
BP shifts focus as Dudley takes helm - BP will begin scaling back its oil containment efforts, CEO-elect Robert Dudley told reporters on his first trip to the Gulf since the board vote.
Lionel Messi forms Oasis tribute band - Argentine soccer star Lionel Messi has formed an Oasis tribute band and is all set to take them on a secret European tour. he Argentine World Player Of The Year has revealed he performs as guitarist Noel Gallagher.
Global support pours in for Iranian 'stoning to death verdict' woman - Human rights activists and supporters of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, the Iranian woman whose sentence of death by stoning on 'adultery charges' was lifted earlier this month and changed to hanging, have asked for global support to reunite her with her children on her appeal.
N. Korean football coach sacked, could be executed - North Korea World Cup coach Kim Jong-hun has been sacked, publicly ridiculed, expelled from the Worker's Party and made a construction labourer after his team failed to do well in South Africa.
Obama envoy to visit India to engage with Muslims - Rashad Hussain, son of an Indian migrant couple from Bihar who is US Special Envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference, will travel to India Aug 1-9 to discuss Obama Administration's initiatives on education, global health, entrepreneurship and countering violent extremism with Muslim leaders and academics.
Jagtap bows out of squash championship - Aditya Jagtap, the lone Indian remaining in contention, went down to top seeded Amr Khaled Khalifa from Egypt in straight games in the quarterfinals at the World Junior squash championships here.
Boeing subsidiary lands $43.7M military contract - BINGEN, Wash. — Boeing subsidiary Insitu Inc. has won a $43.7 million contract to build the military's next generation of remote-controlled spy craft. The company based in the Columbia Rive...
3 companies must cooperate to plug well - THE ASSOCIATED PRESS On shore, BP, Halliburton and Transocean are engaging in a billion-dollar blame game over the blown-out oil well in the Gulf of Mexico. At sea, they’re depending on each other ...
Industries outsource jobs to differently-abled - COIMBATORE: Differently-abled people in and around the city may soon get comfortable work and earn a few thousand rupees, if the plan devised by Caliber were to fructify. The organisation, by and for ...
14-year-old Dutch sailor to head off on Wednesday for solo world bid - THE HAGUE: Fourteen-year-old Dutch sailor Laura Dekker said she will leave on Wednesday for Portugal from where she will launch her bid to become the youngest person to sail around the world solo. "It...
Flea World's elephant dies - SANFORD -- Flea World in Sanford has lost one of its main attractions. Dondi the elephant has died. The female Asian elephant died Wednesday of unknown causes at a zoo in Massachusetts where she pe...
Yankees Acquire Three Players as MLB Trade Deadline Expires - July 31 (Bloomberg) -- The New York Yankees, with the best record in the majors midway through the season, acquired a pitcher, infielder and outfielder before the Major League Baseball trade deadline ...
The changing book world - In a time of major uncertainty for the Japanese book world, the latest winners of two major book awards have been announced. The Akutagawa Prize for promising newcomers went to Ms. Akiko Akazome, and ...
Exxon Mobil is paying its taxes - Wherefore art thou, corporate social responsibility? ": I know that Hesse is not the author, but I just wanted to set the record straight about the claim he cited that Exxon Mobil did not pay U.S. inc...
3 squabbling companies must cooperate to plug well - NEW ORLEANS — On shore, BP, Halliburton and Transocean are engaging in a billion-dollar blame game over the blown-out oil well in the Gulf of Mexico. At sea, they're depending on each other to f...
Squabbling Companies Must Cooperate To Plug Well - 2010 Celebrity Deaths On shore, BP, Halliburton and Transocean are engaging in a billion-dollar blame game over the blown-out oil well in the Gulf of Mexico. At sea, they're depending on each other ...
3 squabbling companies must cooperate to plug well - On shore, BP, Halliburton and Transocean are engaging in a billion-dollar blame game over the blown-out oil well in the Gulf of Mexico. At sea, they're depending on each other to finally plug up the e...
3 squabbling companies must cooperate to plug well - On shore, BP , Halliburton and Transocean are engaging in a billion-dollar blame game over the blown-out oil well in the Gulf of Mexico. At sea, they're depending on each other to finally plug up the ...
3 squabbling companies must cooperate to plug well - NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- On shore, BP, Halliburton and Transocean are engaging in a billion-dollar blame game over the blown-out oil well in the Gulf of Mexico. At sea, they're depending on each other to f...
3 squabbling companies must cooperate to plug well - NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- On shore, BP, Halliburton and Transocean are engaging in a billion-dollar blame game over the blown-out oil well in the Gulf of Mexico. At sea, they're depending on each other to f...
Dubai World exposure weighs on ADCB results - ABU DHABI: Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank (ADCB) reported on Saturday a net loss of $83.31 million for the first six months, making it the first bank in the emirate to sink into the red in July.
FINA Reverses Disqualification Decision From Women's 10K - ROBERVAL, Canada, July 20. THE Jury of Appeal, at the meeting held on July 20, 2010, has considered the correspondence received from Swimming Australia relating to the disqualification of the open wat...
Serbia Wins FINA Men's Water Polo World League Title - LAUSANNE, Switzerland, July 19. THE Super Final of the FINA Men's Water Polo World League 2010, taking place in Nis (SRB), from July 13-18, concluded with the victory of Serbia, conquering its thi...
3 squabbling companies must cooperate to plug well - NEW ORLEANS — On shore, BP, Halliburton and Transocean are engaging in a billion-dollar blame game over the blown-out oil well in the Gulf of Mexico. At sea, they're depending on each other to f...
3 squabbling companies must cooperate to plug well - NEW ORLEANS -- On shore, BP, Halliburton and Transocean are engaging in a billion-dollar blame game over the blown-out oil well in the Gulf of Mexico. At sea, they're depending on each other to final...
3 squabbling companies must cooperate to plug well - On shore, BP, Halliburton and Transocean are engaging in a billion-dollar blame game over the blown-out oil well in the Gulf of Mexico. At sea, they're depending on each other to finally plug up the e...
World traveller Shaw finds paradise in Turkey's south - The idea to build Reflections Camp, one of the first camping retreats to pioneer the Kabak Valley on the southern Mediterranean coast of Turkey, came to Chris Shaw while he was backpacking through Cen...
3 squabbling companies must cooperate to plug well - On shore, BP, Halliburton and Transocean are engaging in a billion-dollar blame game over the blown-out oil well in the Gulf of Mexico. At sea, they're depending on each other to finally plug up the e...
Intel may be destined for iPhone, iPad - variety of reports from both Europe and U.S.-based newspapers have been hinting at an imminent Intel-Infineon deal. So, where would that situate Intel-Infineon inside the current versions of the iPhon...
Pro-Pointer, Inc. Corporate Update - LAS VEGAS, NV -- 07/31/10 -- Pro-Pointer, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: PPII), through its wholly owned subsidiary, Coenzyme-A Technologies, Inc., is pleased to announce its latest innovative proprietary formula...
3 squabbling companies must cooperate to plug well - NEW ORLEANS—On shore, BP, Halliburton and Transocean are engaging in a billion-dollar blame game over the blown-out oil well in the Gulf of Mexico. At sea, they're depending on each other to fin...
3 squabbling companies must cooperate to plug well - NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- On shore, BP, Halliburton and Transocean are engaging in a billion-dollar blame game over the blown-out oil well in the Gulf of Mexico. At sea, they're depending on each other to f...
3 squabbling companies must cooperate to plug well - NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- On shore, BP, Halliburton and Transocean are engaging in a billion-dollar blame game over the blown-out oil well in the Gulf of Mexico. At sea, they're depending on each other to f...
China setting milestone as economy passes Japan's - In this photo taken July 27, 2010, a Chinese man rests by loop of a highway under construction in Beijing, China. China is set to overtake Japan as the world's second largest-economy in a resurgen...
Jewel-Osco parent used 'dirty tricks' to block Wal-Mart - BY JOHN ROSZKOWSKI Pioneer Press A federal lawsuit has been filed against SuperValu, the parent company of Jewel-Osco, by the developer of a proposed shopping center in north suburban Mundelein claim...
India Digs Under Top of the World to Match Rival - Traveling on the Rohtang Pass road in northern India, can be treacherous, with various natural and animal obstacles, so India is building a tunnel.
Mexican chefs prepare world's biggest sandwich - Mexico City: In what has become a yearly tradition in Mexico City, workers from 45 restaurants on Friday volunteered to prepare a 48-metre (161 feet) long Mexican sandwich, possibly the largest of its...
Personal finance solution through Web - CHENNAI: People having one or more investment and expense categories have to monitor their cash flow and investment returns through such mechanisms as spreadsheets. While there are a few solutions tha...
China setting milestone as economy passes Japan's - China is set to overtake Japan as the world's second-largest economy in a resurgence that is changing everything from the global balance of military and financial power to how cars are designed.
Two China mine industry accidents kill 17, trap 24 - SHANGHAI (Reuters) - At least 17 people were killed and 24 trapped in two separate mining accidents in China on Saturday, the official Xinhua news agency said. An explosion near the dormitory of a coa...
Shell gains amid BP backlash - BP appears to have suffered a hit on its New Zealand market share due to a backlash over the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Even though automotive fuel sales were down in April and May, competitor Shell i...
China's biggest gold producer makes 3-fold profit - BEIJING: China National Gold Group Corp., the country’s biggest gold producer, has reported a three-fold increase in its profits to $228 million in the first half of 2010. But it did not clarify ...
Canadain mountain biker Pendrel takes 2nd at World Cup event - Canadian Catharine Pendrel finished second at a mountain bike World Cup race on Saturday in Commezzadura, Italy to move back into top spot in the overall standings. Pendrel, of Kamloops, B.C., was fi...
China setting milestone as economy passes Japan's - BEIJING (AP) -- China is set to overtake Japan as the world's second-largest economy in a resurgence that is changing everything from the global balance of military and financial power to how cars are...
India Digs Under Top of the World to Match Rival - Traveling on the Rohtang Pass road in northern India, can be treacherous, with various natural and animal obstacles, so India is building a tunnel.
World's Most Expensive Hot Dog - It's official; the Guiness World Records has declared the "haute dog" at New York's legendary Serendipity 3 as the most expensive hot dog in the world, at $69 a serving. CBSNews.com's Karina Mitchell ...
Youngest solo round-the-world sailing set to begin - AMSTERDAM — Teen sailor Laura Dekker says she will leave the Netherlands on Wednesday in her quest to become the youngest to circumnavigate the globe alone. But it won't yet be the first leg of ...
Youngest solo round-the-world sailing set to begin - AMSTERDAM — Teen sailor Laura Dekker says she will leave the Netherlands on Wednesday in her quest to become the youngest to circumnavigate the globe alone. But it won't yet be the first leg of ...
China setting milestone as economy passes Japan's - China is set to overtake Japan as the world's second-largest economy in a resurgence that is changing everything from the global balance of military and financial power to how cars are designed.
Sri Lankan, Hawaiian sites make world heritage list - BRASILIA (AFP) – A region of mountainous forests in Sri Lanka and an isolated archipelago off Hawaii have been added to UNESCO's World Heritage list, officials of the UN cultural and scienti...
GOP blocking small business - President Barack Obama said Saturday that the GOP stance on a small business lending bill is proof the country "can't afford the do-nothing policies and partisan maneuvering that will only take us bac...
Youngest solo round-the-world sailing set to begin - AMSTERDAM (AP) - Teen sailor Laura Dekker says she will leave the Netherlands on Wednesday in her quest to become the youngest to circumnavigate the globe alone. But it won't yet be the first leg of t...
China setting milestone as economy passes Japan's - BEIJING (AP) -- China is set to overtake Japan as the world's second-largest economy in a resurgence that is changing everything from the global balance of military and financial power to how cars are...
Shippers expect business bonanza - Last Updated: July 31. 2010 8:24PM UAE / July 31. 2010 4:24PM GMT Shipping companies in the region are preparing for an online retail boom. Aramex has designated a team to focus on online retail and D...
Hoteliers target Ramadan business - Last Updated: July 31. 2010 8:10PM UAE / July 31. 2010 4:10PM GMT Hotels are aggressively competing for business during Ramadan, launching an array of offers to try to generate revenue during what hot...
Everglades returns to UNESCO list of global heritage sites in danger - The Everglades National Park in the United States is back on the List of World Heritage in Danger because of the "serious and continuing degradation of its aquatic ecosystem," the United Nations Educa...
UN hails entry into force of global pact banning cluster munitions - United Nations officials have expressed their delight at Sunday?s entry into force of the international convention banning the manufacture, use and stockpiling of cluster munitions, calling it a "majo...
China setting milestone as economy passes Japan's - BEIJING -- China is set to overtake Japan as the world's second-largest economy in a resurgence that is changing everything from the global balance of military and financial power to how cars are des...
Microsoft to challenge Yahoo Japan-Google deal - 's search and advertising technology should be blocked. “We plan to present evidence to the Japanese FTC explaining why we believe that this deal is substantially more harmful to competitio...
Youngest solo round-the-world sailing set to begin - Teen sailor Laura Dekker says she will leave the Netherlands on Wednesday in her quest to become the youngest to circumnavigate the globe alone. But it won't yet be the first leg of the 14-year-old's ...
China setting milestone as economy passes Japan's - In this photo taken July 27, 2010, a Chinese man rests by loop of a highway under construction in Beijing, China. China is set to overtake Japan as the world's second largest-economy in a resurgence t...
Reade takes third world BMX title - Great Britain's Shanaze Reade claimed her third world BMX title in four years with victory in the women's final in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa.The 21-year-old led from the start with a dominant dis...
Microsoft to challenge Yahoo Japan-Google deal - 's search and advertising technology should be blocked. “We plan to present evidence to the Japanese FTC explaining why we believe that this deal is substantially more harmful to competitio...
Youngest solo round-the-world sailing set to begin - Laura Dekker, the 14-year-old Dutch girl who hopes to become the youngest sailor to circle the globe alone, says she is leaving the Netherlands Wednesday.
Youngest solo round-the-world sailing set to begin - AMSTERDAM—Laura Dekker, the 14-year-old Dutch girl who hopes to become the youngest sailor to circle the globe alone, says she is leaving the Netherlands Wednesday. But it's not yet the first le...
Movie tax cuts 'help struggling California economy' - A year-old program granting movie studios tax breaks for filming in California has saved jobs and should yield two billion dollars in direct spending, Governor
Youngest solo round-the-world sailing set to begin - AMSTERDAM (AP) - Laura Dekker, the 14-year-old Dutch girl who hopes to become the youngest sailor to circle the globe alone, says she is leaving the Netherlands Wednesday. But it's not yet the first l...
BNHI fund earnings positive for first time in three years - By Shelley HuangStaff Reporter Saturday, Jul 31, 2010, Page 3 The Bureau of National Health Insurance (BNHI) yesterday reported that its quarterly fund earnings turned positive for the first time ...
Cheap ways to adapt to less water, or more - Floods have got bigger, droughts more intense and threats posed by waterborne diseases a bit too much to handle for poor countries trying to use their limited resources to adapt to a moodier climate. ...
Youngest solo round-the-world sailing set to begin - Laura Dekker poses for the media on her boat Guppy in Den Osse, south-west Netherlands, Tuesday, July 27, 2010. A Dutch court has cleared the way for 14-year-old Laura Dekker to set sail on a risky so...
Irishman secures draw for Rest of the World - The British were 6-5 up going into the final bout of the evening between Turner and Amin Isa at the Cardiff International Arena. However, Turner, who was never behind in the bout, ensured it finished...
Alternative Energy And Ideas For The Auto Industry - July 31, 2010 The long-term recovery of the U.S. auto industry will depend largely on American automotive creativity and innovation. Many industry watchers expect a new fleet of electric and hybrid ...
The world is made richer by selfless contribution - Someni vijana, muongeze pia bidii, mwisho wakusoma, mtapata kazi nzuri sana!” And so a couple of years ago, when the opportunity to visit Harvard University, the oldest institution of learning in th...
Youngest solo round-the-world sailing set to begin - AMSTERDAM -- Laura Dekker, the 14-year-old Dutch girl who hopes to become the youngest sailor to circle the globe alone, says she is leaving the Netherlands Wednesday.But it's not yet the first leg o...
Saudi Shares Fluctuate; Rajhi Gains as Samba, Riyad Decline - July 31 (Bloomberg) -- Saudi Arabian shares fluctuated between gains and losses on the week’s first day, with the Tadawul All Share Index recording the third-biggest monthly gain in a year, foll...
Eurazeo Picks Carlyle for Exclusive Talks on B&B - July 31 (Bloomberg) -- Eurazeo SA, France’s largest publicly traded private equity firm, said it’s in exclusive talks to sell B&B Hotels, the budget chain it bought five years ago, to ...
Fears over manufacturing decline - There has been a sharp decline in manufacturing jobs in Wales - with warnings that if the problem is not addressed Wales will become dependent on the rest of the world to supply all the goods it needs...
Bell's business ties to officials probed - Bell has a pattern of doing business with current and former city officials, including an ex-mayor who served time in federal prison, according to interviews and records obtained by The Times. In t...
Permit is denied for RV park during World Equestrian Games - A city board denied a permit on Friday to allow a temporary campsite for 444 recreational vehicles near the Kentucky Horse Park during the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games this fall.Daniel Sexton, o...
Turkish economy to go back to pre-crisis level by 2010 end - The head official of Turkey's Central Bank said on Saturday that the Turkish economy would go back to the pre-crisis level as of the end of 2010. Attending a meeting on "tourism economy and m...
US companies tied to Dubai hit - American investigators have discovered that several companies based in the US were used to transfer funds to some of the suspected assassins of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, the Wall Street Journal reported on ...
Canada's economy grows in May after a flat April - A correspondent from the Business News Network discusses the rise in Canada's GDP numbers. He says the country's employment picture appears much stronger than in the U.S.