Israeli jets and ground troops hammered at Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip and Islamic militants fired barrages of rockets at southern Israeli cities Friday, ignoring a U.N. resolution calling for an immediate cease-fire after two weeks of combat ...
9 Jan 2009
CHICAGO, Jan. 9 (Xinhua) -- The Illinois House in a historic vote has impeached embattled Governor Rod Blagojevich who is accused of selling a U.S. senator seat vacated by U.S. President-elect Barack Obama. The vote by the House was 114-1 and ...
9 Jan 2009
HUBBARDS _ Police say investigators have not been able to figure out why an ambulance left a Nova Scotia highway last September, killing a female patient. The crash occurred Sept. 17 on Highway 103 near Hubbards, N.S., when the ambulance drove off ...
9 Jan 2009
Just hours before the 6-foot-9 small forward cleared waivers Friday morning, Portland Trail Blazers team president Larry Miller sent an e-mail to the other 29 NBA teams threatening litigation if a team takes Miles simply to adversely impact Portland ...
9 Jan 2009
WASHINGTON (AP) - Facing unwelcome resistance from fellow Democrats, President-elect Barack Obama is encouraging critics of his $800 billion economic recovery plan to "just show me" their own ideas. With more than 11 million Americans out of work ...
9 Jan 2009
HAVANA — Cuba saw record tourism in 2008 that generated more than $2.7 billion in revenue, a 13.5 percent increase over the previous year, the government reported. Some 2.35 million foreigners visited the island last year, 9.3 percent more than in ...
9 Jan 2009
Local, state and federal officials say, starting Sunday, they will no longer operate the Joint Operations Center. It marks the efforts moving from the emergency to recovery phase.
9 Jan 2009
A man may have tipped his intentions when he stood in line at an Ohio bank wearing a ski mask before staging a holdup. Police in Stow near Akron say 24-year-old Feliks Goldshtein of Highland Heights was arrested minutes later on Thursday following a brief car chase.
9 Jan 2009
KUALA LUMPUR: MCA has started a signature campaign to condemn Israel's invasion of Gaza. The "Say No to War in Gaza" campaign, spearheaded by MCA Youth, garnered more than 200 signatures within the first hour of its launch at party headquarters yesterday.
9 Jan 2009
Leon Panetta, Barack Obama's pick for CIA chief, comes from outside the intelligence community -- but a professional manager might be what the CIA needs, some analysts say.
9 Jan 2009
Police say the shooting that wounded three men walking on a downtown Seattle street was not random.
9 Jan 2009
Michael Guess woke his wife early Thursday morning and told her she had 30 minutes to get everyone out of the house or he would kill them, Pasco deputies say.
9 Jan 2009
Leon Panetta, Barack Obama's pick for CIA chief, comes from outside the intelligence community -- but a professional manager might be what the CIA needs, some analysts say.
9 Jan 2009
David Ortiz, say hello to bull-riding champion Chris Shivers. When John Henry and his partners with New England Sports Ventures acquired the Boston Red Sox in 2002, they wanted to create a cutting-edge sports company with diverse assets ...
9 Jan 2009
This story has been updated. A major Indian-German geoengineering expedition set sail this week for the Scotia Sea, flouting a UN ban on ocean iron fertilization experiments in hopes of.
9 Jan 2009
Investment Banking» · Merrill’s Chief Asia Strategist to Leave, Reports Say · Citigroup Sees $1.4 Billion Charge Over LyondellBasell · Germany Takes Stake in Commerzbank · I.P.O./Offerings» · Investors Bide Time on Eve of Jobs Data ...
9 Jan 2009
Larry Gordon has say on 'Watchmen'. Blames Fox for debacle in letter to judge. By Matthew Belloni and Borys Kit. Jan 9, 2009, 01:00 AM ET. Larry Gordon is tired of being the villain in the "Watchmen" dispute. In an unorthodox move, ...
9 Jan 2009
Citizens who supported California's Proposition 8 say they are being systematically harassed because of disclosures required by California campaign finance laws.
9 Jan 2009