The US will not recognise the outcome of Myanmar's elections scheduled for later this year because of new laws that ban political prisoners and the country's leading democratic activist from participating, the US State Department said Wednesday.
Former President Bill Clinton, accompanied by Bill Gates, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, 10 Mar 2010, before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on global health
A new American research has found that miniature tubes layered with a chemical fuel can generate 100 times more electrical power by weight than conventional batteries.
Ousted quot;Bachelorquot; contestant Rozlyn Papa has been placed at the centre of a scandal after a sex tape allegedly featuring the model found its way to the Internet.
Austin Freeman and Greg Monroe scored 16 points each, and No. 22 Georgetown built a big first-half lead before handling everything South Florida star Dominique Jones could offer in a 69-49 victory Wed...
PORT ST. LUCIE -- The eighth-inning setup role has been a big question for the Mets at spring training, and an answer doesnrsquo;t appear to be coming any time soon. Veteran pitcher Kelvim Escobar ha...
Cooke NHL disciplinarian Colin Campbell made the announcement Wednesday at the general managers meeting in Boca Raton, Fla. Penguins GM Ray Shero also confirmed the news to ESPN.com via e-mail.Cook...
Sidney Crosby 's missing Olympic stick and glove have been found.Hockey Canada said Wednesday that Crosby's missing equipment was misplaced, rather than stolen, after the frenzy following Crosby's ove...
Associated Press NEW YORK -- Georgetown coach John Thompson III has a remarkable knack for making a difficult game sound simple.Take, for instance, his approach to guarding
The Western Athletic Conference has reprimanded Utah State coach Stew Morrill for directing quot;provocative languagequot; toward New Mexico State guard Jahmar Young during the Aggies' win Saturday.Young and ...
Cincinnati Bengals , his agent, Patrick Brougham, told ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter on Wednesday.Bryant's contract is worth $28 million, a source told ESPN.com's John Clayton. With incentives, he co...
Marion Jones Realizing A Dream TULSA, Okla. -- Former sprinter Marion Jones signed with the WNBA's Tulsa Shock on Wednesday, hoping to launch a new career after losing five Olympic medals for using s...
The decision came at the end of three days of meetings in which head injuries to players was the predominant issue.The GMs will forward the following recommendation to the competition committee: quot;A la...
Philadelphia 76ers ' coach Eddie Jordan will be evaluated at the end of the season, a source told ESPN The Magazine's Ric Bucher on Wednesday.The Philadelphia Inquirer reported on Tuesday that Comcast...
DENVER -- Colorado's unemployment rate rose 0.1 percentage point in January to 7.4 percent, the state Department of Labor and Employment said Wednesday.That compares with 6.7 percent a year ago.The n...
SAN ANTONIO -- Shares of medical device maker Kinetic Concepts rose Wednesday after a jury ruled that rival Smith amp; Nephew infringed patents licensed to the company.The jury found that two patents us...
NEW YORK -- Corn and wheat prices retreated Wednesday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture's monthly crop report showed plenty of supply for the two grains.Soybean prices rose after the report sh...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- New federal labor data show that California's unemployment rate remains the fifth highest in the nation.The ranking was released Wednesday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics...
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. -- Miller Industries Inc. said Wednesday that Theodore Ashford III was elected to the company's board of directors.Ashford, 46, is president and chief investment officer of Ashford...
WIXOM, Mich. -- Rockwell Medical Technologies Inc., which makes products used in the treatment of kidney disease and anemia, reported a smaller fourth-quarter loss Wednesday as its sales grew and exp...
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. -- The snowiest month ever recorded in Atlantic City kept would-be gamblers frozen in their homes in February, contributing to a 15.7 percent decrease in casino revenues.The 11 ca...
JOBS SCARCE: The unemployment rate rose in 30 states in January, the Labor Department said Wednesday, as jobs remain scarce across the country.SOME JOB CREATION: There were signs of job creation. Thir...
NEW YORK -- Shares of ExlService Holdings Inc. hit their highest point since June 2008 Wednesday after the company's fourth-quarter results and 2010 sales guidance topped analyst expectations.quot;The co...
I ignored you for awhile, but after hundreds of pings and pokes from you and increasingly aggressive suggestions from mutual acquaintances, I accepted your request. I then quickly removed you - and yo...
Million-dollar homes in Edwards, Colo., a tony enclave about a dozen miles from Vail, are seldom described as understated. But the adjective fits this tasteful four-bedroom, four-bathroom cabin whose ...
After imploding in the wake of the housing bubble, surviving homebuilders saw their stocks rebound powerfully over the past year. With the big bounce behind us you should expect these stocks to take a...
If your company offers you restricted stock, stock options or certain other incentives, listen up. There are huge potential tax traps. But there are also some big tax advantages if you play your cards...
Former President Bill Clinton, accompanied by Bill Gates, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, 10 Mar 2010, before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on global health
ASSOCIATED PRESS It seems the old cliche may be true. Men are more likely than women to be interested in sex, have sex and enjoy sex, according to new scientific research, which also found people wh...
US President Barack Obama and Missouri Democrat Senator Claire McCaskill (C) walk to Air Force One prior to departing from Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland, March 10, 2010. Obama is traveling to sub...
The Kissena Park Civic Association hosted a community forum last Thursday evening on the negative effects Gov. David Patersonrsquo;s proposed budget would have on the eroding Queens health care syste...
ADK ), an Ohio-based long-term care, home care and management company, has signed a definitive purchase agreement for two privately-held nursing homes in Alabama for $18.5 million. The facilities...
The American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) is urging residents across the country to contact their local elected officials and members of the media to draw attention to the problem of the nation...
Sir Richard Branson's Virgin empire plans to use its newly acquired network of polyclinics to co-ordinate GP services across the country, Pulse can reveal. Virgin Healthcare told Pulse its acquisitio...
colorectal cancer and consumption of red and processed meat, confirmed that such a link exists and suggested the main players are three compounds: heme iron, nitrate/nitrite, and heterocyclic amines. ...
Civic-run hospitals will not get branded medicines this year too as the municipal body is facing a financial crisis. The BMC has been demanding this for the last three years. The members of the stan...
because they think that the shots aren't adequately tested or could cause autism. But when parents refuse vaccines over concerns about their own children, they may put the health of
Of the various deficits Washington often wrestles with, one of the most enduring involves shame or, more precisely, the lack of it. This presumably stems less from a character defect of the people who...
. Luckily, the rate of infection is not increasing, according to a new report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But the agency did find that certain groups are more at risk. The infec...
Posted on: Wednesday, 10 March 2010, 12:01 CST Women's responsiveness to the second-line breast cancer drug fulvestrant may depend on whether the cancer cells are expressing two key proteins, India...
Joseph Weber President Obama said Wednesday that living conditions in Haiti remain quot;dire,quot; despite recovery efforts since the Jan. 12 earthquake. He was joined at his White House speech by Haitian Pr...
By Deb Riechmann and Rahim Faiez ASSOCIATED PRESS KABUL, Afghanistan -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad used a brief visit to Afghanistan on Wednesday to lob insults at the United States and ar...
Two suspected U.S. drone attacks today in Pakistan's restive tribal region near the Afghan border reportedly killed at least 12 people.Intelligence officials said the air strikes took place in the Dat...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- Three Americans detained in Iran last year and accused of spying have been allowed to telephone their families, although formal consular access has not been granted, the U.S. S...
CHELYABINSK, Russia -- About 100 people rallied in the central Russian city of Chelyabinsk today to protest the unchecked prices of utilities and retirees' low pensions, RFE/RL's Russian Service repor...
CHISINAU -- Moldovan Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Popov said the Russian Foreign Ministry was quot;understandingquot; of Chisinau's plan for European integration, RFE/RL's Moldovan Service reports...
OSH, Kyrgyzstan -- The head of a village in the southern Kyrgyz region of Osh has been sacked for beating a local journalist, RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service reports. Kyrgyz human rights activist Noomanjan Da...
The Kissena Park Civic Association hosted a community forum last Thursday evening on the negative effects Gov. David Patersonrsquo;s proposed budget would have on the eroding Queens health care syste...
Mayor Bloombergrsquo;s announcement that the city will take over the construction of the unbuilt portions of Brooklyn Bridge Park has changed very little for the Brooklynites who will use this suppos...
MONROE TOWNSHIP, N.J. mdash; New Jersey authorities say theyrsquo;ve seized more than $10 million worth of marijuana plants and arrested three people in a bust theyrsquo;re calling the largest in s...
NORWALK, Calif. mdash; Detectives on Wednesday searched for three armed robbers who broke into a home and threatened the parents of a 7-year-old boy who called 911 from a locked bathroom.The assailan...
The city has paid a $98,000 settlement to a former staff member at Astoriarsquo;s Community Board 1 who had filed a lawsuit that accused former district manager George Delis of sexually harassing her...
Accused terror plotter Colleen LaRose, also known as quot;Jihad Jane,quot; will be arraigned in a Philadelphia federal court next Thursday, March 18, Fox News reported Wednesday.LaRose has been charged with c...
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES -- The appeal of 3-D movies helped boost movie ticket sales to a record $29.9 billion worldwide in 2009. That's according to the Motion Picture Association of Amer...
BURBANK, CA--(Marketwire - March 10, 2010) - Bento Box Entertainment, the production company founded last year by three prominent animation veterans, announced it has been chosen to produce quot;
Lindsay Lohan has confirmed that she has parted company with fashion company Emanuel Ungaro.The 'Mean Girls' actress ended months of speculation about her future at the French fashion house - of which...
The skull fracture sustained by a retired Cork barman was most likely to have been caused by someone standing on his head, a pathologist told a murder trial today.Pathologist Dr Declan Gilsenan gave e...
A young man who turned to drugs following the suicide of three of his friends in a short period of time faces a possible 10-year sentence after being caught transporting almost half a million euro of ...
A Cork man in his 50s pleaded guilty at the Central Criminal Court today to raping and sexually assaulting his own daughter.Mr Justice Paul Carney immediately ordered that the manrsquo;s name should be p...
Top Cow Productions launched a comic book series in 2009 called Berserker. It is arguably one of, if not the most violent, over-the-top gory, blood-splattered, and carnage-filled series available toda...
In a statement released Wednesday after Corey Haim's untimely death at age 38, longtime friend and frequent costar Corey Feldman expressed grief at the loss of his quot;best friend.quot;
Jennifer Aniston and Gerard Butler have laughed off reports that they're romantically involved, but the quot;Bounty Hunterquot; costars sure look cozy on the cover of W magazine's April issue.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Music class may help improve certain types of sound perception in deaf children who have cochlear implants, a new study hints.
EMXC ) recently renamed eMax Worldwide, Inc. states recent activity updates. EMAX Worldwide has been very busy the past few months working very diligently to getting in complete fully reporting status...
LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Apparel retailers Men's Wearhouse Inc. and Hot Topic Inc. are scheduled to report quarterly results late Wednesday, with Men's Wearhouse projected to post a wider loss on ...
WASHINGTON - Unemployment rose in 30 states in January, the Labor Department said Wednesday, evidence that jobs remain scarce in most regions of the country.
SAN FRANCISCO: Ten years ago today, before the dot-com bubble burst, the Nasdaq composite index hit a record 5,132.52 points - a peak that the technology-heavy market shows no sign of scaling again...
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in late North American trading Tuesday. The single currency had been under pressure in early activity, knocked down in part by weaker-than-expected German trade data. The dollar index (DXY), which...
The dollar rose versus the Japanese yen and British pound on Wednesday, but the euro managed to erase an earlier loss versus the greenback after stronger- than-expected manufacturing data from
IDBC ), the parent company of Idaho Banking Company (the quot;Bankquot;) announced today that it and the Bank have entered into a Written Agreement (the quot;Agreementquot;) with the Federal Reserve Bank of San Franc...
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Newly released data on last month's Treasury auctions show allotments to foreign investors shrank compared with previous months, said Tony Crescenzi, portfolio manager at Pac...
Wall Street stocks posted modest gains Tuesday amid cautious trading on the one-year anniversary of the beginning of the market's rebound from its lows last year.The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose ...
The American Psychiatric Association will spotlight several sensitive issues on African Americans and Mental Health, on Wednesday, May 26, 2010 at the APA Annual Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana. The...
Washington, Mar 10 : Massage eases anxiety, but it is no more effective than simple relaxation in a room alone with soft, soothing music, concludes a new study.
US Vice President Joe Biden has told the Israeli prime minister that the US condemns an Israeli plan to build hundreds of homes in disputed east Jerusalem.
placer miner Darrell Carey applied to renew his licences to mine claims he has on the Midnight Sun Dome. But CBCquot;, quot;http://article.wn.com/view/2010/02/26/Dome_Road_mining_bid_worries_Dawson_City_resid...
Delhi Police arrested three Peruvian nationals, including a woman, on Wednesday for their alleged involvement in stealing foreigners' belongings from star rated hotels in the national capital.
BAGHDAD mdash; The top United Nations envoy in Iraq urged election officials Wednesday to release the results of this week's historic vote as quickly as possible, saying Iraqis quot;have the right to kno...
BEIJING (AdAge.com) -- China Central Television's Spring Festival gala may not be the world's most sophisticated variety show, but it packs a punch with both viewers and advertisers. With a heavy emph...
The budget accommodation specialist launched its $50,000 Easter offer; giving lucky customers the opportunity to win their stay for free in a selection of top hostels. (
Everyone knows the experience of working on an important project, only to have the printer run out of ink at a crucial moment. However, not everyone knows which replacement printer cartridge to use. W...
