PITTSBURGH (AP) ― One touchdown drive, one field goal drive. That's all the Cincinnati Bengals' Ocho Cinco-less offense managed against the Pittsburgh Steelers' defense and, given the numbers, that was more than fitting. This Steelers defense is ...
21 Nov 2008
Six months after the Sichuan earthquake , only around a quarter of the 70,000 victims have been identified, a Chinese official said today. The details emerged as leaders of the south-western province warned that survivors faced a grim winter, with ...
21 Nov 2008
BRUSSELS, Belgium -- It sounds easy: dispatch naval commandos to storm a hijacked cargo ship, shoot or capture the ragtag band of pirates and free the hostage crew. But experts warn such a rescue attempt would be extremely risky, endangering 300 ...
21 Nov 2008
BAGHDAD - Followers of Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr marched on Friday against a pact letting U.S. forces stay in Iraq until 2011, toppling an effigy of President George W. Bush where U.S. troops once tore down a statue of Saddam Hussein. Thousands ...
21 Nov 2008
McALLEN, Texas -- Lawyers seeking to halt the indictments brought against Vice President Dick Cheney, former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, a state senator and others are accusing Willacy County District Attorney Juan Angel Guerra of trying to ...
21 Nov 2008
New Delhi, Nov 21: The Supreme Court on Friday declined to entertain a petition seeking registration of a criminal case under MCOCA against MNS chief Raj Thackeray for the his party's hate campaign and violence against north Indians and non-Marathis ...
21 Nov 2008
Nov. 21 (Bloomberg) -- The pound rose against the dollar and the euro this week as traders bet interest-rate cuts by the Bank of England will enable the U.K. to emerge faster from a recession.
21 Nov 2008
Threats against a new president historically spike right after an election, but from Maine to Idaho law enforcement officials are seeing more against Barack Obama than ever before.
21 Nov 2008
JOLIET, Ill., Nov. 21 (UPI) -- Retired officer Drew Peterson says he was relieved when a judge in Will County, Ill., dropped gun charges against him unrelated to his wife's disappearance.
21 Nov 2008
Disgraced former British rocker Gary Glitter is to appeal against a British court order which means he must tell police if he intends to travel abroad.
21 Nov 2008
Nov. 21 (Bloomberg) -- The pound rose, heading for weekly gains against the dollar and the euro, as stocks rebounded and traders bet interest-rate cuts by the Bank of England will help the U.K. to emerge faster from a recession.
21 Nov 2008
The Euro continues to trade within a progressively narrower wedge formation against the US Dollar, and the next several days of price action will likely dictate Euro/US Dollar direction for the next several weeks of EUR/USD trading.
21 Nov 2008
Well, they thought about the difficulty of proving the nonsensical charges they were leveling against the Uighurs and decided to drop them instead. So in October, at a habeas review for the Uighurs in DC District Court, judge Ricardo ...
20 Nov 2008
Violence against gays a problem in Amsterdam. ... AMSTERDAM, Netherlands - Amsterdam faces an ingrained problem of violence against gay men, despite its reputation as a haven of tolerance, according to a study released Thursday. ...
20 Nov 2008
Klobuchar against auto bailout. Filed under: Politics. Sen. Amy Klobuchar came out against the U.S. auto bailout today, after previously saying she was inclined to vote for it. General Motors, Ford and Chrysler (known as Detroit's Big ...
20 Nov 2008
If the Pakistani government is against the Taliban, and if the US strike has obviously pained the Taliban, shouldn't Pakistan, if not supportive of its "friend and ally" (the US), at least be neutral? Speaking in parliament, Pakistani ...
20 Nov 2008
Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson called the financial crisis now plaguing the world economy a "once or twice" in a 100 years event, even as he warned Thursday against imposing too-strict regulations to prevent a repeat calamity.
20 Nov 2008
[JURIST] US Army prosecutors said Wednesday they would be filing new charges against Mohammad al-Qahtani [JURIST news archive], a Saudi Arabian citizen being held at the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive]. ...
20 Nov 2008