2009

Remember back in 2009 when Bret Michaels was hit in the head with a piece of the Tony Awards set? He suffered injuries that he included a broken nose and busted lip, and said the bonk on the head contributed to a brain hemorrhage that nearly killed him.  

The law was written to keep anyone from aiding, advising or encouraging suicide but is rarely enforced. A Lodi woman convicted in 2009 of helping her brother, a stroke victim, take his life was sentenced to community service. Federal prosecutors in San ...  

We also affirmed the existing 'AA-' rating on the senior secured GBP175 million bond that SHC issued in 2009. At the same time, we affirmed the long-term issuer credit rating on SHA, based on continued strong financial performance. The outlook is stable.  

Barron was the 19th overall pick of the St. Louis Rams in 2005 and was a starter for St. Louis through the 2009 season. He spent 2010 with Dallas and was on injured reserve with New Orleans last season. To clear roster space, Seattle released cornerback ...  

The 65 left him as the clubhouse leader after the morning wave was finished. More important, it left the 2009 Rookie of the Year winner with some positive vibes about his game. "Today was a good reward for the work I’ve been doing the last three or four ...  

November 18, 2008 - Offering CAD professionals intuitive navigation and control in SolidWorks® 2009 (3D CAD software), 3D mice enable design engineers to move in all 3 dimensions simultaneously using 6 degrees of freedom. SolidWorks users can pan, zoom ...  

Back in August 2009, Kane was arrested for assaulting a cab driver after a disagreement over the cab fare (via Yahoo Sports). It may be OK to get into a bit of trouble when you’re winning Stanley Cups, which the Blackhawks did the year after Kane’s inc ...  

Without the assistant's presence and tutelage, who knows if the Magic even make their 2009 Finals run on the shoulders of DH12. The Bobcats owner and head coaching candidate know one another quite well. Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images Another factor that ...  

In 2009 and early 2010, Lawrence Summers, then Director of President Obama's National Economic Council, tried to engineer a Keynesian economic recovery that was to take place during the recovery summer of 2010. The Obama administration tried to boost the ...  

She won the Sportsman Nationals in Fontana, Calif., less than a year after her debut. By 2009, she was racing cars with 3,000 horsepower and had built her own team, Stealth Motorsports. During the Gatornationals in Gainesville last year, DeJoria drove 267 ...  

The 34-year-old Haas was once ranked as high as No. 2 but has dropped to No. 134. He was playing in his first ATP semifinal since August 2009 after receiving a wild card into the clay-court tournament. The fourth-seeded Philipp Kohlschreiber carried German ...  

The NFL Network's wide variety of personalities among its on-air talent is a classic example of "the good, the bad, and the ugly." Rich Eisen is as good as it gets in his role as the network's main host, and from the charismatic Deion Sanders to the ...  

While Mazar-i-Sharif was considered relatively safe when the project was approved in 2009, the memo said, a number of incidents in the city indicate that is no longer the case, including an attack last April on a nearby United Nations compound in which a ...  

It’s likely to be a pittance. The court-appointed receiver, Ralph Janvey, has been able to find only a small portion of the more than $7 billion that is believed to have been lost when Stanford collapse in February 2009, amid allegations that it was a ...  

Cotto was beaten badly by Manny Pacquiao over the course of 12 rounds in 2009, and his latest wins have come against inferior competition. Saturday, however, might be the best reflection of where Cotto truly is: a fighter still improving, finally over the ...  

The Cats reached the Elite Eight in Calipari's and his staff's first year in Lexington. Since Calipari and his staff arrived in the spring of 2009, all four seniors and a junior have earned their degrees, with two more on track to graduate this year.  

Although McIntyre had been called up to the main roster before in 2007, his run was cut short in early 2008. In late August 2009, McIntyre made his return to television by attacking R-Truth prior to his debut match on an edition of SmackDown, immediately ...  

D'Arcy, regarded as a strong medal contender in the 200-meter butterfly, missed the 2008 Beijing Olympics and 2009 Rome world championships after being convicted of assaulting former swimmer Simon Cowley in a Sydney bar in March 2008. D'Arcy was ordered to ...  

Even in Cleveland's often punchless offense, Winslow could hurt you. He was productive in Tampa, catching 77, 66 and 75 passes in three seasons there from 2009 to 2011. Schiano ruled that Winslow was no longer a difference-maker, and at least one scout agrees.  

The National Transportation Safety Board has released its final report on the 2009 trail derailment that killed one woman in Cherry Valley. A Canadian National Railway Company freight train derailed just after 8:30 p.m. on June 19, 2009 after hitting a ...  

Derrick George Gordy was convicted early Wednesday of manslaughter in the AK-47 assault rifle shooting deaths of a mother and her son outside their Baton Rouge homes in September 2009. An East Baton Rouge Parish jury of nine women and three men deliberated ...  

JOLIET — Jason Orasco will have to wait another month to find out how much time he’ll spend behind bars for a home invasion that killed his best friend three years ago. In February, Orasco, 27, was found guilty of murder, attempted murder, aggravated ...  

"If they don't feel like it, they don't run." Baffert speaks from experience. In 2009, he brought Derby runner-up Pioneerof the Nile to Pimlico Race Course for the Preakness. The horse went off as the second favorite and finished 11th in a field of 13.  

The number of people living in hunger globally has fallen slightly from its 2009 high of more than 1 billion, but 13% of the world's estimated 7 billion people do not get enough food each day, according to the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization.  

It has not always smiled upon Chelsea and Drogba in particular. They were robbed against Barcelona in 2009 with Drogba embarrassing himself with his after match antics and they were unlucky against Manchester United in 2008 when John Terry missed the all ...  

Research Triangle Park, NC (Vocus) July 16, 2009 -- The International Society of Automation (www.isa.org) (ISA) announces the co-location of seven events throughout the week at ISA EXPO 2009 (http://www.isa.org/expo), held 6-8 October at the Reliant Center ...  

Goodell has said Vilma was a leader of the team's bounty program that put up thousands of dollars for hits which took out opposing teams' star players from 2009-11, including $10,000 each on then-Arizona quarterback Kurt Warner and then-Minnesota ...  

SEATTLE (Reuters) - A U.S. soldier accused of killing five fellow servicemen at a military combat stress center in Baghdad in 2009 has been ordered to stand trial in a U.S. military court, officials said on Friday. Sergeant John Russell, who could face the ...  

and really earn the trust of the guys." Daniel joined the Saints in 2009 after being waived by the Washington Redskins as an undrafted free agent. Though Daniel hopes to return to the status quo soon, he said he is enjoying his time in the limelight.  

Founded in 2009, Global Financial and Remarketing Services is an equipment leasing and alternative financial services company that serves small and mid-size businesses by offering a hybrid of financial solutions to meet growing business needs. GFRS serves ...  

And it also introduces a short-term income play on the stock. This was a struggle but when we put the company into long-term perspective, since 2009, J has pulled consumer products. Although its over-the-counter drug brands are well known, the consumer ...  

Clijsters retired in 2007 to give birth to her first daughter but returned in 2009 and had considerable success. Three of her four major titles have come since she returned - the 2009 and 2010 U.S. Open and the 2011 Australian Open. She also regained the ...  

The 43-year-old former entertainment industry attorney and general counsel for SAG, was hired as SAG's executive director on an interim basis in January 2009, replacing Doug Allen. Allen had been ousted from the job after clashing with board members.  

The dollar has made remarkable progress over the past week and a half. The progress the currency has made against its high-yield Australian and New Zealand counterparts as well as the seven day decline for EURUSD (the longest run since September ...  

He spoke to reporters in Vienna after returning from Tehran -- the first time Iranian officials had been willing to meet with him in their capital since he became head of the agency in 2009. Amano, who has pressed hard for Iran to provide better ...  

An argument against the policy is that it's better to let jobs shift and encourage entrepreneurialism and investment in growing sectors of the economy, according to a 2009 blog post by James Sherk, senior policy analyst in labor economics at The ...  

He left Chicago briefly ahead of the 2009 season to join the Indians and spent part of the next year with the Yankees before returning to the Windy City in late 2010. Wood compiled an 86-75 career record and 3.67 ERA with 63 saves during his career.  

The current contract became amendable in November 2009. In early 2011, the Carrier sought assistance from the National Mediation Board (NMB) through the mediation process as defined by the Railway Labor Act. Both Southwest and TWU 550 would like ...  

It was the first complete game and first shutout for Zambrano since a two-hit shutout against San Francisco on Sept. 25, 2009. Zambrano (1-2), whose only no-hitter came against the Astros, struck out a season-best nine and never allowed a batter ...  

The move represents a dangerous development for this war-wracked nation, where numerous rebel armies have taken root. A 2009 peace deal allowed some of the rebel leaders to join the regular army, in a tenuous peace. The defecting soldiers belong ...  

AP Photo/Stew Milne John Marinatto became Big East commissioner in July 2009, succeeding Mike Tranghese. A source told ESPN.com his exit had been building for weeks. A source said Marinatto's exit had been building for weeks. The source said the ...  

"We've got to finish the job of implementing this reform and putting these rules in place," Obama said in a weekly radio address that accused some on Wall Street of causing the 2007-2009 economic crisis because they "treated our financial system ...  

Past Afghan elections were riddled with irregularities, and the U.S. applied heavy pressure to Karzai to schedule a second round of voting during the last presidential contest in 2009. The runoff was never held because Karzai's challenger pulled ...  

Check it out: William Paterson adopted a climate action plan in 2009 that puts the university on a path to becoming carbon neutral by 2065 (and reduce their baseline by 50 percent by 2025). A cornerstone of that work is their 3.5 MW solar array ...  

The National Bureau of Statistics announced the figure Friday, which comes after China's economy grew in the first quarter by its slowest pace since 2009. The figure also comes a day after China announced that its trade surplus widened in April ...  

Ohio reported the second-biggest increase in its dropout rate between 2002 and 2009 even as millions of state and federal dollars were being spent on dropout initiatives. An Enquirer analysis of dropout data collected by the the National Center ...  

The tempo of drone strikes, the centerpiece of U.S. strategy to fight militants based in Pakistan, has increased substantially since President Barack Obama took office in 2009. Zardari also called for the United States to do more to make amends ...  

Goodell suspended four players, including linebacker Jonathan Vilma for the 2012 season, after a league investigation uncovered a pay-for-hits program at New Orleans that ran from 2009-11. Also suspended were Saints defensive end Will Smith for ...  

China's economy grew 8.1 percent in the first quarter of the year, a still robust rate but its slowest pace since 2009. It was below the previous quarter's 8.9 percent, but above the government's 7.5 percent target for the year. China's leaders ...  

Supplies & Solutions, which sells a wide range of industrial products including tools, safety gear and welding supplies, moved its headquarters to Martinez in 2009. In the current fiscal year, the company has contributed about $700,000 in sales ...  

"The Romney campaign likes to pretend that world history started in January 2009." The Obama campaign has responded to those negative ads with negative ones of its own. But the most recent spot -- released this Monday-- was strictly positive in ...  

The International Residential Code since 2009 has required fire sprinklers in all new one- and two-family residences, including townhomes. Residential fire sprinkler ordinances have been adopted by several hundred U.S. communities and have been ...  

Orange-juice futures sank to the lowest since October 2009 as signs Europe’s debt crisis is worsening and the U.S. economy may be slowing reduced prospects for commodity demand. Cotton fell. In the week ended May 8, hedge funds and speculators ...  

In 2009, Mr. Garlinghouse joined AOL to lead its Silicon Valley office and its Internet and mobile communications, before leaving earlier this year. Since then, he has been widely courted for new jobs. In an interview, Mr. Garlinghouse said he ...  

The German manufacturing sector contracted at the fastest pace since 2009 last month on the back of flagging demand and German companies are showing growing reliance on orders from outside the euro zone and in the domestic market. Car sales to ...  

SINGAPORE (AP) -- Singapore Airlines Ltd. posted its first loss since 2009 in the first quarter as higher fuel prices sent costs up. The carrier Wednesday reported a loss of 38 million Singapore dollars ($30.5 million) for the January to March ...  

Hong Kong’s economy probably grew at the slowest pace since the global financial crisis in the first quarter as weakness in exports adds to challenges for incoming Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying. Gross domestic product rose 1.1 percent from a ...  

JAKARTA May 11 (Reuters) - Indonesia plans to introduce new quotas to limit mineral exports, as well as a 20 percent duty on mineral exports by certain companies, Indonesian government officials said on Friday. The government is in the process ...  

Azarenka has won four tournaments so far this season. Williams holds a 6-1 head-to-head record against Azarenka, whose only win came in 2009. This will be the first time they meet on clay. "She's one of the best players in the world and one of ...  

Initially, they thought it was a hearing problem. When they found nothing wrong, they decided to take 2-year-old Sharia to a specialist at an early detection center in 2009. "Within five minutes of looking at Sharia, (the specialist) said that ...  

Brookfield Incorporacoes SA (BISA3), Brazil’s fourth-largest homebuilder by revenue, fell to the lowest level in almost three years as first-quarter profit fell 94 percent on higher building costs and contract cancellations. Shares dropped 9.4 ...  

(CBS/AP) SAN FRANCISCO - Shane Bauer and Sarah Shourd, two of three Americans who were detained by Iran while hiking near the Iraq-Iran border three years ago and charged with spying, will marry Saturday in the San Francisco Bay area. Attorney ...  

In March 2009, then US envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke, lobbied for a consulate to be established in Mazar-e Sharif within 60 days, the assessment said. The city was thought relatively safe as it was some distance from the ...  

Uncle Sam filed a federal tax lien against Dionne back in 2009, claiming the singer owed $2.2 million in unpaid taxes from the 90s -- but THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WAS WRONG. The IRS just filed new docs admitting it too, officially revoking ...  

All of the suspensions are without pay and stem from the bounty system run from 2009-11 by former Saints defensive coordinator Gregg Williams, who was suspended indefinitely in March. Saints head coach Sean Payton was also suspended for a year ...  

where Tech won the Heather Farr Memorial Classic in 2009. Three members of this season's team -- Gabby Dominguez, Kim Kaufman and Beverly Mendoza -- were all part of that tournament-winning roster, and Tech coach JoJo Robertson is hopeful that ...  

We're really staying together. As long as we continue to do that, it should be a fun year." Los Angeles started 19-8 in 2009, the last year the Dodgers won the NL West. Cubs starter Chris Volstad (0-4) fell to 0-9 over 17 starts dating to July 10.  

MEXICO CITY, May 23 (Reuters) - Mexico's central bank shielded the country's slumping peso with dollar sales on Wednesday for the first time since late 2009, as fears sparked by Europe's debt crisis drove the currency past 14 per dollar to its ...  

He wants to review a landmark 2009 deal that gave 66 percent of the huge Oyu Tolgoi copper project to Canada's Ivanhoe Mines IVN.TO, and also says the 7.5-billion tonne Tavan Tolgoi coal mine - expected to be listed on overseas stock exchanges ...  

In New Zealand, Fonterra said milk powder for July delivery fell 9.6 percent from the May 1 sale to the lowest price since August 2009, according to a trade-weighted index. The near-term contract fell for the 11th straight auction to $2,488 a ...  

And many in the Middle East wonder what became of Obama's vow, in a landmark 2009 speech at the University of Cairo, to forge a closer relationship with the Muslim world. In a world weary of war and economic crises, and concerned about global ...  

Kardashian, the reality TV star, gave birth to Mason in December 2009 following a heavily publicized pregnancy. In 2010, Mason jumped from No. 34 to No. 12. Last year, 19,393 baby boys were named Mason, an increase of nearly 4,600, by far the ...  

But all those plans were shattered on April 6, 2009. As Williams, 64, went to get the mail on that spring day, he was gunned down by a man he'd never met. His wife found his body. "She said, you know 'Matt! Matt! Somebody shot Dad,'" recalled ...  

But all those plans were shattered on April 6, 2009. As Williams, 64, went to get the mail on that spring day, he was gunned down by a man he'd never met. His wife found his body. "She said, you know 'Matt! Matt! Somebody shot Dad,'" recalled ...  

Beaverton, Oregon - February 12, 2010 - A new guide, The Top Ten OSHA Serious Violations in 2009, is now available from Graphic Products, Inc., which provides workplace safety solutions by means of industrial label printers and labeling supplies.  

Some of the inmates have also been convicted of other crimes. The guard killed was identified as Catlin Carithers, who joined Corrections Corporation of America in 2009 and was a senior correctional officer, the Nashville, Tenn.-based company ...  

The CTA lawsuit argues that the manufacturer failed to meet the terms of its contract. The CTA removed the buses from service in February 2009, claiming the vehicles were dangerous after cracks and other structural defects were found on buses ...  

SAN DIEGO -- When Dale Thayer closed out the Padres' 3-2 victory over the Rockies on Monday night, he earned his first Major League save in nearly three years. In fact, it was just his second in the Major Leagues. Thayer owns 173 saves in the ...  

Chesapeake Energy Corp.'s most recent contract with CEO Aubrey McClendon specifically allowed him to participate in hedge funds that trade in natural gas, but barred him from directing such a fund, according to regulatory filings. McClendon's ...  

Hayek and Pinault married in 2009. Now, it seems, Evangelista and her attorney William Beslow feel Augie is entitled to child-support benefits that will put his up-bringing on par with Valentina’s, who is not only an heir to a massive fortune ...  

Unable to close the center, Obama attempted to move the case to federal court in New York in 2009, only to run into a political firestorm. The plan was dropped after complaints about cost and security. Last April, Attorney General Eric Holder ...  

It was part of a wave of corporate relocations that sparked congressional legislation to try to stem the departures. In 2009, Cooper changed domicile a second time, to Ireland. Willens said once a company's U.S. operations are under a foreign ...  

Between 2005 and 2009, more than 3,800 people of all ages drowned annually nationwide. Another 5,700 people went to the hospital in near-drowning incidents. Of these, 50 percent were hospitalized or transferred for additional care, the report ...  

When former pharmaceutical executive Andrew G. Bodnar pleaded guilty to white-collar crime in 2009, the judge didn't throw the book at him—he ordered him to write one. Reflect upon "the criminal behavior in this case so that others similarly ...  

Oil fell for a seventh day in New York, its longest run of declines since December 2009, as hopes for a solution to Europe’s debt crisis receded, U.S. supplies rose and Chinese imports fell. “Prices have come down amid further Europe jitters ...  

In 2009 and 2010, the top 1% of U.S.-based funds by popularity accounted for 75% or more of net new cash going into U.S. funds, consulting firm Strategic Insight says. (The numbers exclude money-market funds.) Last year, the contrast between ...  

What are we looking for? Stars among Canadian stock funds since the market bottomed in March, 2009. Let’s see which funds have managed to navigate through the wild market swings since the global credit crisis, and come up with sparkling returns.  

"I cried," she said. "Hopefully, it was a graceful cry." Adams, 21, a 2009 Ben Davis High School graduate, is majoring in public relations and advertising at Purdue. She is the daughter of Cari Adams. She is one of 33 chosen for the 2012 500 ...  

I was completely naive." Then, when he graduated from Harvard with an MBA in 2009, got the six-figure job he wanted, bought a home and started paying $1,057 a month on his student loans each month, the naiveté started to dissipate. Two years ...  

Saverin said his decision to renounce his U.S. citizenship and move to Singapore was "based solely on my interest in working and living in Singapore, where I have been since 2009." With social media company Facebook poised for a multibillion ...  

Prices paid by New Zealand farms, factories and other producers for commodities and services rose at the slowest pace in more than two years, a sign wholesale inflation was contained at the start of the year. Producer input prices gained 0.3 ...  

First, there was the underwear bomb that fizzled over Detroit on Christmas 2009. Next, terrorists hid bombs inside printer cartridges and got them on board cargo planes in 2010, only to watch authorities find and defuse them in the nick of time.  

It will be the fourth satellite sent into space since 2009 by Iran, whose space programme has attracted the concern of international community which is suspecting Tehran is seeking to develop long-range ballistic missiles capable of carrying ...  

With the sad news that the Beastie Boys’ Adam Yauch died Friday morning following a three-year battle with cancer, it stands that the final concert from the legendary hip-hop trio took place in Middle Tennessee — at the Bonnaroo Music & Arts ...  

A Baltimore County man was found guilty by a Circuit Court jury on Friday of killing a man found shot to death in an Owings Mills home in 2009, a state prosecutor said. The jury returned with its decision on Friday afternoon after about five ...  

In essence, Notre Dame paid in excess of $618,000 for each of its eight victories in the 2010 season. Weis, who was fired in November 2009 after five seasons and now coaches Kansas, received $2,054,744 of buyout money from Notre Dame in the ...  

EMD Millipore, an EnerNOC customer since 2007; National Grid, an EnerNOC customer since 2009; and the City of Boston, an EnerNOC customer since 2009, were honored at the BBJ's Best Green Practices in Cleantech and Energy Awards Breakfast on ...  

A 21-year-old Morgan Hill man suspected of kidnapping and murdering Sierra LaMar is now being looked at for three reported assaults that occurred in Safeway parking lots three years ago. Morgan Hill police say evidence obtained by the Santa ...  

Both of its previous nuclear tests, in 2006 and 2009, followed rocket launches. North Korea, meanwhile, shot back in a statement Tuesday, saying it will keep developing its nuclear program if the United States continues to "stifle" the country.  

Susan Powell's parents have long believed that Steve Powell knows something about her 2009 disappearance. Her father, Chuck Cox, hoped a looming prison term would push Steve Powell to speak up. "It kicks another crutch away from him," Cox said.  

We added blogs and written editorial content in 2009, signing up our first big bloggers Dr. Michio Kaku and Strangemaps in 2010. About a year and a half ago, we crossed 1 million unique visitors milestone on BigThink.com; we’re now double that.  

(Newser) – Overall jobless numbers may be showing some improvement, but among youths worldwide, things are nearly as bad as they were at their 2009 peak. Some 12.7% of people ages 15 to 24 —almost 75 million youths—are set to be unemployed ...  

In 2009, at the height of the global financial crisis, the eurozone’s economy slumped 4.3 percent on an annual basis. The political turmoil in Greece has ratcheted up fears of a disorderly debt default that could lead to the country’s exit ...  

The other two were catchers Brian Ward, a former undrafted free agent, and Michael Ohlman, an 11th rounder in 2009. During his afternoon news conference, Orioles manager Buck Showalter was asked about the news and the trio of Orioles minor ...  

ST. HELENA, Calif., May 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Yao Family Wines, the Napa Valley wine company founded by Yao Ming and launched in 2011, received high scores for its inaugural 2009 vintages in Wine Enthusiast Magazine. Yao Ming® 2009 Napa ...  

Bierut was part of the meet-record 4x800 relay that finished in 9:37.31, besting the record the school held since 2009 by 10 seconds. Rocky River's Madi Connelly set the record in the 800 (2:20.07) and ran on the record 4x800 and 4x400 relays.  

In mid-September 2009, three men from Flushing, Queens, acting under the direction of al Qaeda, conspired to attack the New York City subway system during morning rush hour. This week, Adis Medunjanin, the last of the three (two others had ...  

Editor's note: Every Sunday, Fortune publishes a story from our magazine archives. This week we turn to a 2009  story about the risks of trading complex derivatives, cautioning that even if Washington beefs up financial regulations, things ...  

Africa's biggest economy and a leading emerging market is struggling to gain traction after a 2009 recession, especially as exports to the euro zone - its biggest trading partner - stutter while Europe wallows in its debt crisis. The bank ...  

Bank of America Corp. and Societe Generale SA (GLE) go to court today seeking to overturn New York’s approval of MBIA Inc. (MBI)’s restructuring in 2009, alleging the bond insurer misled the regulator. New York State Supreme Court Justice ...  

And a gang of black-clad Nazi admirers who polled just 0.2% in 2009 is threatening to pass the 3% threshold and make a violent entry in parliament. There is a sense of déjà vu to all that. All elections in crisis hit countries, during the ...  

Allen was convicted of two 1983 Dallas-area murders. He was freed in 2009 and sued the state for compensation for wrongful imprisonment. Texas' compensation law is the most generous in the U.S., according to the national Innocence Project ...  

This year, I’m just going out and playing. Where they end up, they end up.” He played only 89 games in 2009 because of an abdominal tear and a pinched nerve in his back. He missed a month of his MVP season with broken ribs after crashing ...  

had not been updated since 2009. “Folks gotta’ remember this is … a country that has no independent judiciary system,” said Sifton. Myanmar tied with Afghanistan as the second most corrupt country in the world last year, according to the ...  

The Belgian playmaker, also named the French League's top prospect in 2009 and 2010, beat Montpellier midfielder Younes Belhanda, Montpellier striker Olivier Giroud and Paris St Germain forward Nene in a vote by Ligue 1 players and coaches.  

PARIS (Reuters) - A Paris court sentenced a Franco-Algerian nuclear physicist to five years in prison on Friday on charges of helping to plot an attack in France in 2009 with an al Qaeda militant in Algeria. Adlene Hicheur, 35, a former ...  

To be certified as alow emission vehicle by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, vehicles need not only to meet Japan's 2009 emission standard (the world's most stringent) but also reduce nitrogen oxide (NOx) and ...  

For years the Europeans talked of creating a continental military capability separate from NATO. The 2009 Lisbon Treaty was supposed to boost this process. However, the idea was stillborn. It’s not much good having a Common Defense and ...  

In January 2009, before President Obama had even taken the oath of office, annual spending was set to total 24.9 percent of gross domestic product. Total spending this year, fiscal year 2012, is expected to top out at 23.4 percent of GDP.  

2009 under a provision of a deal signed by China to get U.S. support to enter the World Trade Organization. Tire makers located in the U.S. have announced “nearly $600 million in investment in the United States,” the Steelworkers said ...  

Barely out of the 2009 global financial crisis, businesses and households are engulfed anew as governments cut back on spending to curtail budget deficits and companies freeze plans to invest, unable to find a way back to economic growth.  

an upgraded version of the "underwear bomb" carried onto an airliner on Christmas Day 2009. AQAP, a regional branch of the militant network, has plotted overseas attacks that have been prevented but raised major concern for Washington ...  

A year ago, California's unemployment rate was 11.8 percent. The state agency says 385,600 jobs have been created in California since the economic recovery began in September 2009. Last month, they included jobs in mining and logging ...  

MOSCOW — A video on YouTube comparing President Obama’s 2009 inauguration with that of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s on Monday is making the rounds among opposition circles on Twitter in Russia. The six-and-a-half-minute clip ...  

Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman John Mica appeared on FOX’s ‘On the Record with Greta Van Susteren‘ last week to discuss how the TSA is wasting hundreds of millions of dollars because of inefficiencies in its ...  

In 2010, a G.A.O. report said “it remains unclear” whether advanced imaging technology scanners would have detected the bomb used in the attempted airliner attack by a Qaeda operative on a flight bound for Detroit in December 2009.  

Some office buildings in Milan were evacuated as a precaution and there were scattered reports of falling masonry and cracks in buildings. In 2009, a devastating temblor killed more than 300 people in the central city of L'Aquila.  

Some office buildings in Milan were evacuated as a precaution and there were scattered reports of falling masonry and cracks in buildings. In 2009, a devastating temblor killed more than 300 people in the central city of L'Aquila.  

transferred to Notre Dame in June of 2008 following his freshman year at Purdue. After sitting out the 2008-09 season as a transfer, Martin missed the entire 2009-10 season with a torn knee ligament.  

Russia, the champion in 2008 and 2009, returned to the title after finishing fourth last year. It did not lose in 10 games and finished the tournament with a plus-30 goal difference.  

First confirmed to the commission in 2005, Jaczko was appointed chairman by President Obama in 2009. His term expires in June 2013.