Friday, 24 May 2013
Spencertown, : Four years after he began his project to write out every word of the Bible, Phillip Patterson penned the very last lines at an upstate New York church.
"Every single curly-q, every single...
One by one, homes in Calif. subdivision sinking
Friday, 24 May 2013
Lakeport, : Scott and Robin Spivey had a sinking feeling that something was wrong with their home when cracks began snaking across their walls in March.
The cracks soon turned into gaping fractures,...
Brother arrested in fatal Calif. stabbing of girl
Friday, 24 May 2013
Valley Springs, : Authorities arrested the 12-year-old brother of an 8-year-old girl who was mysteriously stabbed at her home in a rural Northern California community last month.
The boy, who was not...
Dimon might leave JPMorgan if stripped of chairmanship: WSJ
Friday, 24 May 2013
New York, : JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM.N) Chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon said he may consider leaving the bank where he has held the top post since 2005, if shareholders vote to split his duties, the...
G7 to press on with bank reforms, Japan escapes censure
Friday, 24 May 2013
Aylesbury, : Group of Seven finance officials agreed to redouble efforts to deal with failing banks and gave a green light to Japan's drive to galvanize its economy.
British finance minister George Osborne...
Fed queries Bloomberg over reporters' access to client data
Friday, 24 May 2013
New York, : Bloomberg LP customers, including the U.S. Federal Reserve and the U.S. Treasury, were examining whether there could have been leaks of confidential information, even as the media company...
Chrysler recalls 469,000 SUVs worldwide over gearshift problem
Friday, 24 May 2013
New York,: Chrysler Group LLC is recalling about 469,000 SUVs worldwide to update software after some vehicles' circuit boards were found to be transmitting signals that trigger inadvertent gear shifts...
Wall Street week ahead: 'Sell in May and go away?' Not this year
Friday, 24 May 2013
New York, : With the Dow and the S&P 500 setting another string of record closing highs this week, the old Wall Street adage "Sell in May and Go Away" is starting to look weak.
Closing out the second...
4 reasons why bill Bennett’s book on college costs is wrong
Friday, 24 May 2013
New York, : Former Secretary of Education William J. Bennett is out with a provocatively-titled new book: "Is College Worth It?: A Former United States Secretary of Education and a Liberal Arts Graduate...
GHSS Kothibagh students demand basic facilities
Friday, 24 May 2013
Srinagar, : Students of Government Higher Secondary School Kothibagh complained against the non availability of basic facilities in the institutions.
Students alleged that there is non-availability...
Tainted officials still hold key position
Friday, 24 May 2013
Jammu, : Occupant Kashmir government is yet to act against the Purchase Committee members of Health Department – indicted by an internal probe for their alleged role in spurious drug scam, which has already...
Year on, Siraj Bazar awaits road repairs
Thursday, 23 May 2013
Srinagar,: The residents of Siraj Bazar, Zaina Kadal and its adjoining areas in Shaher-e-Khaas are up in arms against the authorities for failing to macadamize the road in the area, post excavation.
A...
No sponge in human family tree: sponges descended from unique ancestor
Thursday, 23 May 2013
Islamabad, : Since the days of Charles Darwin, researchers are interested in reconstructing the "Tree of Life", and in understanding the development of animal and plant species during their evolutionary...
Movement without muscles: zoologists on trail of evolution of body contractions
Thursday, 23 May 2013
Islamabad,: All animals move -- cheetahs faster, snails more slowly. Muscle contractions are the basis of movement in many, but not all, species. Some animal groups don't have any muscles at all, as they...
Human brain's most ubiquitous cell cultivated in lab dish
Thursday, 23 May 2013
Islamabad, : Pity the lowly astrocyte, the most common cell in the human nervous system. Long considered to be little more than putty in the brain and spinal cord, the star-shaped astrocyte has found...
Security threats increase against education
Thursday, 23 May 2013
Kabul,: Afghan Deputy Minister of Education at a press conference in Kabul warned that threats from armed opposition against education of the country have increased.
He added that in the past five years...
Afghanistan faces growing unemployment
Thursday, 23 May 2013
Kabul, : The Afghan Ministry of Economy said that half of a million of labour force enters Afghanistan’s markets annually without finding employment.
The ministry of economy said that short term projects...
Woman accused of slapping deputy so she’d go to jail and quit smoking
Thursday, 23 May 2013
New York, : A woman allegedly slapped a Sacramento County deputy in order to get arrested. Why? So she would go to jail and be forced to give up smoking cigarettes.
CBS-Sacramento reports that Deputy...
Woman accused of slapping deputy so she’d go to jail and quit smoking
Thursday, 23 May 2013
New York, : A woman allegedly slapped a Sacramento County deputy in order to get arrested. Why? So she would go to jail and be forced to give up smoking cigarettes.
CBS-Sacramento reports that Deputy...
Huge cyber bank theft spans 27 countries
Thursday, 23 May 2013
New York, : In one of the biggest ever bank heists, a global cyber crime ring stole $45 million from two Middle Eastern banks by hacking into credit card processing firms and withdrawing money from ATMs...
Prosecutor to seek murder charges against accused Ohio kidnapper
Thursday, 23 May 2013
Cleveland, : An Ohio prosecutor vowed to seek murder charges that could carry the death penalty against a former Cleveland school bus driver accused of kidnapping and raping three young women who endured...
Bail set at $8 million for kidnap suspect; prosecutor may seek death penalty
Thursday, 23 May 2013
Cleveland, (Newswire): A judge set bail at $8 million at a brief hearing for Ariel Castro, the Cleveland man accused of kidnapping and keeping three young women as captives for a decade. The lawyer prosecuting...
Jimmy Carter named most trusted U.S. politician in new poll
Thursday, 23 May 2013
Washington, (Newswire): Americans really, really trust Hollywood. They are, however, far more skeptical of Washington, D.C.
A new survey on the most trusted people in America finds actors taking the...
Washington State system hacked, data of thousands at risk
Thursday, 23 May 2013
Seattle, (Newswire): The website for the Washington State court system has been hacked and up to 160,000 Social Security numbers and a million driver's license numbers may have been accessed, officials...
Enzi pushes back release of mineral payments bill
Thursday, 23 May 2013
Cheyenne, (Newswire): Wyoming's senior U.S. senator is delaying the release of legislation that aims to block the federal government from cutting mineral royalty payments to 35 states.
Sen. Mike Enzi,...
American Airlines settles safety claims for $24.9M
Thursday, 23 May 2013
Dallas, May 23 : American Airlines has agreed to pay $24.9 million to settle $162 million in potential fines that were proposed by U.S. safety regulators.
American called the payment "a reasonable resolution"...
S&P 500 slips, snaps five-day streak of record closes
Thursday, 23 May 2013
New York, : The S&P 500 broke a five-day streak of record closing highs, ending a fairly volatile session lower as the market's recent momentum faded and Apple's shares declined.
The Dow also broke...
Amplats set to announce details of revised restructuring plan
Thursday, 23 May 2013
Johannesburg, May 23 : Anglo American Platinum (AMSJ.J) said it would announce the details of its revised plan to turn around its struggling South African operations at midday South African time.
En...
Dollar hits 100 yen, stocks slip after rally
Thursday, 23 May 2013
New York, May 23 : The U.S. dollar broke through 100 yen, its highest level against the currency in over four years, while stocks in major markets slipped from recent record levels.
Investors sold the...
China issues new rules targeting wealth management fund pools
Thursday, 23 May 2013
Shanghai, (Newswire): China's bond market regulator closed off a loophole that allowed banks that sell high-yielding wealth management products (WMPs) to evade regulatory requirements by moving money...
Keep on, or enough already? Fed officials spar over QE3
Thursday, 23 May 2013
San Francisco, May 22 : Little over a week after U.S. Federal Reserve policymakers overwhelmingly endorsed a plan to keep buying bonds to spur economic growth and hiring, they are airing their differences...
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