The Queen's Speech never has a theme, and it is a parable of the limits of its power over the media that New Labour has not managed in 11 years successfully to fabricate a theme for a single one. This year's attempt was the slogan "Fair Rules". As an ...
3 Dec 2008
SEATTLE : Rejecting prosecutors' calls for a life term, a federal judge on Wednesday reimposed a 22-year prison sentence for an al-Qaida-trained terrorist convicted of plotting to bomb Los Angeles International Airport at the turn of the millennium ...
3 Dec 2008
Xerium Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:XRM), a leading global manufacturer of clothing and roll covers used primarily in the paper production process, today announced the launch of its newly created Paper Machine Clothing (PMC) Global Supply Strategy ...
3 Dec 2008
Ray Sansom worked harder to become the state House speaker than he did for his cushy state college job. To win the speakership, the Destin Republican outmaneuvered other contenders more than three years ago and won the support of dozens of his ...
3 Dec 2008
Chicago Prosecutors say William Balfour killed Jennifer Hudson's brother, mother and nephew because he was angry his estranged wife was dating other men. At a hearing Wednesday, prosecutors claimed Balfour came to the family's home the morning of the ...
3 Dec 2008
India on Wednesday warned that all options were open in dealing with Pakistan after last week's attacks on Mumbai, as the United States pressured Islamabad to show urgent cooperation with the probe. Speaking at a joint news conference with visiting ...
3 Dec 2008
MILWAUKEE - Milwaukee County jail inmates can knock an hour off their sentence for each hour they spend on some dirty work — cleaning up blood, feces, saliva and other bodily fluids at the House of Correction and Criminal Justice Facility.
3 Dec 2008
Shares of Halliburton Co. fell on Wednesday as crude-oil prices slipped and other oil services shares dropped, hurt by the toll the economic slowdown has taken on oil and gas exploration financing.
3 Dec 2008
Gold and other precious metals prices fell Wednesday as investors again flocked to safer investments like cash and Treasurys in response to more bleak economic data. Oil prices fell, while agriculture futures traded mixed. "I'm afraid we've seen further...
3 Dec 2008
Gold and other precious metals prices fell Wednesday as investors again flocked to safer investments like cash and Treasurys in response to more bleak economic data.
3 Dec 2008
Stocks rose for a second day on Wednesday as investors flocked to shares of Coke and other companies that hold up well in recessions following another round of disappointing economic data and corporate outlooks.
3 Dec 2008
The New York Mets signed pitcher Nelson Figueroa and three other minor league free agents Wednesday.
3 Dec 2008
U.S. officials say the captured gunman's account corroborates other intelligence that points to the role of the Pakistani-based Lashkar e Taiba, a group affiliated with al Qaeda that opposes Indian rule over the disputed state of ...
3 Dec 2008
There’s gotta be someone out there up for making the other Prop. 8 musical — the one with angry activists storming restaurants and Mormon temples, hectoring elderly people over their signs, and hounding donors large and small until they ...
3 Dec 2008
While everyone else is getting ready for Christmas, Hannukah and the whole winter holiday experience, those who enjoy a good drink are gearing up for their own celebration: Repeal Day, December 5. This year marks the 75th anniversary of ...
3 Dec 2008
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3 Dec 2008
“Nearly every governor in this room faces budget cuts this fiscal year,” Rendell said during a press conference with other governors after the meeting with Obama and Vice President-elect Joe Biden in Congress Hall, next to historic ...
3 Dec 2008
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3 Dec 2008