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French team Cofidis Le Crédit en Ligne, has been boosted by the news that its title sponsor is extending its commitment with the team to 2016. From 2013, it’s necessary for the team to equip itself with recognised and performing riders, who could open ...  

Cofidis will continue to sponsor a team until the end of 2016 after the telephone loan company announced a three-year extension to its current deal, which had been due to expire at the end of next season. In a statement released on Friday, Cofidis outlined ...  

Natten igennem har nordjyske læger kæmpet for at redde en 19-årig kvinde, der blev livsfarligt kvæstet, da hun faldt ud over en altan. "Sidste melding er, at hun er stabil og i meget langsom bedring," siger vagtchefen hos Nordjyllands Politi.  

Ledelsen i Socialdemokratiet er lodret uenig med sit bagland, der mener, at regeringskollegaerne i De Radikale bærer en del af skylden for ny katastrofemåling for S.  

Kl. 02.15 natten til lørdag anholdte politiet en 37-årig mand fra Odense. Han havde stjålet to lænestole med læderbetræk fra OUH.  

Fra 2013 bliver det muligt at vandre i ét stræk langs Himmelbjergsøernes nordside fra Ry til Silkeborg.  

The Church of England is one of the UK’s largest non-profit ... is not closely aligned with general economic trends and indicators. Firms like Greenwood Management, which operate plantations in Brazil, offer individuals and group investors, such as ...  

En ung kvinde er indlagt med alvorlige skader, efter at hun faldt ud over en altan i Aalborg.  

En ung kvinde er indlagt med alvorlige skader, efter at hun faldt ud over en altan i Aalborg.  

En 37-årig mand fra Odense, som stjal to lænestole af lædder fra OUH fredag aften, er varetægtsfængslet i fire uger.  

By Kurt Hofmann Lufthansa (LH) flight LH416—the first Boeing ... LH Group head-fleet management Nico Buchholz told ATW that LH has a total of 160 aircraft on order for delivery throughout 2017. “Currently we are looking at the fleet planning for ...  

Regeringen er for optimistisk i sin vurdering af dansk økonomi, mener to økonomiprofessorer fra Aarhus. Kan Danmark få en gennemsnitlig, årlig vækst i BNP på 2,25 procent fra 2014 til 2020? Det mener regeringen, som i sine reformudspil regner med denne procentsats.  

Fem aktivister, der forsøgte at forhindre opførelse af vindmøller i klitplantage, er idømt bøder.  

Aktivister i Syrien siger, at regeringsstyrker har begået endnu en massakre. 13 fabriksarbejdere er dræbt.  

En mand fra Ålsgårde er i livsfare, efter at han kørte galt på sin motorcykel under flugt fra politiet.  

100 færre er registreret som ledige fra marts til april. Ledigheden for mænd er faldet, mens den er steget for kvinder.  

But the newest sensation of the French national team has been Joakim Noah. After struggling for a long time to find a starting centre, France finally found in the Chicago Bulls big man the perfect player to fill the void at that position. Coming off his ...  

Mode med Miriam har været på gaden til Distortion, for at finde de mest spændende fashionistaer. Se billederne  

The group consisted of Voigt, Horner, George Bennett (NZL), Gregory Rast (SUI), all of RadioShack-Nissan-Trek; Timothy Duggan (USA) of Liquigas-Cannondale; Maxime Bouet (FRA) and Mikael Cherel (FRA) of AG2R La Mondiale; Marc De Maar (AHO) and Bradley White ...  

En far, der ifølge tiltalen forsøgte at voldtage sin 13-årige datter på et asylcenter, så hun sprang ud af vinduet og brækkede ryggen, forsøgte fra fængslet at presse datteren til at trække anklagen tilbage  

Bainbridge Island, WA -- (SBWIRE) -- 05/16/2012 -- Environmental Finance has published an article outlining how fund managers are reporting a rise in interest in forestry investment of all kinds. Forestry Research Associates (FRA) says that the future looks bright for forestry, as traditional investments continue to deter pension funds. Timberland Investment Resources (TIR) was speaking at the Forestry, Sustainability and Biomass conference...  

Seattle, WA -- (SBWIRE) -- 05/14/2012 -- The Finnish forestry industry is on the up once more, according to Forestry Research Associates (FRA), whose outlook is backed by a new study. FRA is a research and analysis consultancy, specialising in forestry and timberland investments. It claims that, after a period of downturn, the forestry industry in Finland is ripe for investment once more. FRA’s view on the state of the industry in the...  

FRA is welcoming an article by Pictet-Timber fund co-manager Gabriel Micheli in Investment Week, giving tips to anyone considering investing in timber.Bainbridge Island, WA -- (SBWIRE) -- 05/14/2012 -- Forestry Research Associates (FRA) is welcoming an article by Pictet-Timber fund co-manager Gabriel Micheli in Investment Week, giving tips to anyone considering investing in timber. Mr Micheli is keen to point out the potential returns that...  

Grønlands regeringsleder vil have klar besked på, om CIA skal bede om lov til at flyve i grønlandsk luftrum.  

RCCL har åpnet salget av cruise i Karibien for vintersesongen 2013-14. Verdens mest innovative cruiseskip vil tradisjonen tro tilby reiser til et av verdens vakreste områder gjennom vinteren. – Ingen kjenner Karibien så godt som oss, sier markedssjef for RCCL, Ellen Stebekk.  

FRNKFURT, Germany, May 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Fraport AG welcomed about 4.8 million passengers at its Frankfurt Airport (FRA) home base in April 2012 - up 2.8 percent year-on-year.  The reporting month even surpassed the previous April peak figure set in 2011 by some...  

FRANKFURT, Germany, May 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- For Fraport AG's executive board chairman Dr. Stefan Schulte, the year 2011 marks a decisive milestone in the company's history.  Speaking at Fraport AG's Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Friday, May 11, 2012, in...  

Grønlands regeringsleder vil have klar besked: Skal CIA bede om lov til at flyve i grønlandsk luftrum?  

Siden 2008 har alle kunne lave akupunktur i Danmark uden nogen form for kontrol - det bør laves om, mener forening af registrerede akupunktører  

Tidligere statsminister Lars Løkke Rasmussen (V) blander sig nu i debatten om de nye regler for luftvåben. På sin Facebook-side tager Venstre-formanden afstand fra stramningen, der betyder, at våbenejere fra 1. juni skal have en særlig tilladelse fra politiet.- Med en enkelt underskrift kriminaliserer regeringens justitsminister (Morten Bødskov (S), red.) nu i titusindvis af danskere. Fri os dog fra flere gebyrer, regler og bureaukrati...  

FRA has said it is ‘disappointed’ to hear that the US is still regularly importing illegally logged timber from the Amazon rain forest.Bainbridge Island, WA -- (SBWIRE) -- 04/16/2012 -- Forestry Research Associates (FRA) has said it is ‘disappointed’ to hear that the US is still regularly importing illegally logged timber from the Amazon rain forest. A recent long-term research study by the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) has found...  

[Times of Zambia] THE Food Reserve Agency (FRA) has realised a total of US70 million from exports of 442,294 tonnes of maize to the Southern African Development Community(SADC) and the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) regions, execuive director David Matongo has said.  

FRA, a research and advisory consultancy, claims that the publication of a report into public sector timber procurement in the UK could lead to a greater demand for sustainable timber.Bainbridge Island, WA -- (SBWIRE) -- 04/03/2012 -- Forestry Research Analysis (FRA), a research and advisory consultancy, claims that the publication of a report into public sector timber procurement in the UK could lead to a greater demand for sustainable timber...  

American Airlines was an early adopter of tablet computers. As a result, it learned a lot about how best to use tablets—and where it could go wrong. Full article here: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203986604577253162552946038.html      

Seattle, United States, March 30, 2012 -- An interesting research project is taking place in the UK, which could lead to some exciting plantation investment opportunities in the future, according to Forestry Research Associates (FRA). The Forestry Commission’s Forest Research division  

Et nyt og historisk stort forskningsprogram i EU gør det muligt for Danmark at skaffe milliarder til forskning.  

Battling back from an early deficit is never an easy task. But that's just what the Webb Lady Feet (5-9, 2-6) did against FRA on Wednesday evening. In spite of the Webb rally, costly errors late in...  

Leigh Howard (AUS) of Orica-GreenEDGE ... Lloyd Mondory (FRA) of AG2R La Mondiale; Juan Pablo Suarez (COL) of Colombia-Coldeportes; and Alexandre Geniez (FRA) of Team Argos-Shimano established a breakaway. This breakaway swept the second sprint points ...  

A recent report in the Financial Times has provided a boost for the forestry investment industry, as it outlines how timber demand could increase by 55 per cent by 2050, according to FRA. Bainbridge Island, WA, March 29, 2012 - A  

The following instruments on XETRA do have their last trading day on 28.05.2012 Die folgenden Instrumente in XETRA haben ihren letzten Handelstag am 28.05.2012 TrdMod InstCode Exch ISIN Name ...  

The following instruments on XETRA do have their first trading day 28.05.2012 Die folgenden Instrumente in XETRA haben ihren ersten Handelstag am 28.05.2012 TrdMod InstCode Exch ISIN Name I...  

Et politisk flertal holder fast ved de stramme regler for luftvåben, som justitsminister Morten Bødskov har vedtaget. Våbnene er farlige, siger formanden for Folketingets retsudvalg.Kritikerne af de nye regler for luftvåben skal ikke forvente støtte fra formanden for Folketingets retsudvalg, Karina Lorentzen Denhardt (SF). Efter flere ugers betænkningstid er hun nu kommet til den konklusion, at de restriktive regler er rigtige.Photos...  

(Teleborsa) - L'imposizione fiscale resta elevatissima in Italia, confermandosi al top in ambito europeo, soprattutto per quanto concerne la tassazione del lavoro. La tassazione implicita dei redditi nel 2010...  

Beskæftigelsesborgmester i landets største kommune, Københavns kommune, Anna Mee Allerslev, advarer mod regeringens forslag om at flytte beskæftigelsesindsatsen fra kommunerne til fagforeningernes A-kasserRegeringens forhandlingsoplæg forud for trepartsforhandlingerne mellem regeringen, arbejdsgiverne og fagbevægelsen møder hård kritik fra Københavns beskæftigelsesborgmester, der advarer mod at flytte beskæftigelsesindsatsen fra kommunerne...  

The brand provides strings and racquets for numerous tennis players including Rafael Nadal (SPA), Kim Clijsters (BEL), Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA), Li Na (CHN), Andy Roddick (USA) and Julien Benneteau (FRA) (these last two also play with Babolat shoes).  

MURFREESBORO -- Father Ryan’s Jackson Warrick did it again on Wednesday night. The senior forward scored the winning goal for the second time in five days as his shot in the 74th minute beat McCallie 2-1 in a Division II-AA semifinal at Siegel ...  

Politiet i Rom har fredag anholdt pave Benedikts butler, som mistænkes for at have lækket fortrolige oplysninger fra Vatikanet. Over for Reuters bekræfter en højtstående kilde i den lille pavestat, at butleren er anholdt.- Det er meget alvorligt, siger kilden ifølge nyhedsbureauet.Fra officiel side nøjes man med at sige, at en person i besiddelse af fortrolige dokumenter er blevet anholdt. Man vil først kommentere sagen, når man har fået grønt...  

Den amerikanske præsident har givet sin støtte til homoseksuelle par, som vil have papir på hinanden. Det kan have store konsekvenser til novembers præsidentvalg, fordi emnet deler vandene.Photos: SIPA USA-KT/SIPA  

IT-systemerne på landets sygehuse tager tid fra patienterne, siger de danske læger i en ny undersøgelse. Regionernes Sundheds-IT mener alligevel, det nu går den rigtige vej efter mange års rod.Photos: Henning Bagger  

Jeg havde aldrig troet, at jeg skulle være med til at privatisere noget – og slet ikke en børnehave – en basal institution i velfærdssamfundet. Ikke desto mindre var jeg sidste år som bestyrelsesformand for en af de små børnehaver i København med til at drive en privatiseringsproces i gang. Hedevig Baggers Børnehave, der ligger på Bispebjerg Bakke i Københavns nordvestkvarter, er en lille børnehave med én stue med 24 børn. Børnehaven er i...  

Et flertal af biskopperne i folkekirken siger fra over for landets politikere, når de drøfter afskaffelse af helligdage i forbindelse med trepartsforhandlingerne.  

FRA has welcomed news that timber producers in British Columbia, Canada, are slowly returning to profitability after major damage from Pine Beetles over the past few years. Bainbridge Island, WA, May 15, 2012 - Forestry Research Associates (FRA) has ...  

Author Sue Hart has crafted a story about Montana artist Fra Dana that connects with almost anyone still  breathing. Even if you don’t appreciate Dana’s Impressionistic portraits and landscape paintings or the fact that she came West in a stage ...  

Godt 1000 ambulante patienter, som hver måned besøger øjenfunktionen på Hillerød Hospital, skal i fremtiden måske hele vejen til Glostrup for at få behandling.  

Furthermore, LIM recently won its fifth SkyTrax Award – for the fourth consecutive year – as Best Airport in South America. Antalya Airport on the Turkish Riviera served 1.5 million passengers in April 2012 – a 7.8% decline compared to the same month ...  

FRA has highlighted a piece by Doug Jones of Remsoft in the Environmentalleader.com, which talks about achieving both sustainability and return on investment through investing in forestry. Bainbridge Island, WA, May 09, 2012 - Forestry Research Associates ...  

“Alternatives” have become the hot dot in the retail advisory industry ... N.J. Meyer said that some of his high-net-worth clients got burned in 2008 in more illiquid investments; many of them come to him solely to manage the alternatives ...  

and Nice training partners Yannick Agnel and Camille Muffat (FRA). Fred Bousquet (FRA), who missed the Olympic cut for France at trials in March, is uncertain for Debrecen after straining ribs in the heats of the 100m butterfly at the US Grand Prix in ...  

PARIS (Olympics) - France have given Yakhouba Diawara an opportunity to make their Olympic team despite the forward's absence of nearly four years from the national side. A 1.98m forward, the 29-year-old was on Wednesday named in France's 18-strong ...  

The seized vehicles included an unregistered Freelander, two Prado Land Cruisers, four Freightliner horses, two refrigerated Volvo trucks and one unregistered BMW. All the vehicles are currently parked at Kalomo Police Station. Joint Government ...  

Poul-Erik Tindbæk: Det er nærliggende, når der skal reduceres i personaleomkostninger, at bruge naturlig afgang som et første skridt på vejen. Men hvad sker der på arbejdspladsen, når ledelsen melder ud, at fem procent af nedskæringerne klares via naturlig afgang?  

Bainbridge Island, WA, May 02, 2012 - Forestry Research Associates (FRA) is welcoming an article by Pictet-Timber fund co-manager Gabriel Micheli in Investment Week, giving tips to anyone considering investing in timber. Mr Micheli is keen to point out the ...  

A recent article in the Financial Times also highlighted how investment in sustainable real estate is also helping to boost the demand for green buildings, with more and more investors realising the benefit of putting their cash towards an ethical project.  

Efter i årevis at have været skydeskive for danskeres alkoholvittigheder kan grønlænderne nu pege fingre ad danskerne. Tal fra Grønlandsk Statistik viser nemlig, at grønlændernes alkoholforbrug er faldet så meget, at danskerne nu drikker mere. Det skriver Fyens.dk.  

Der var struktureret pomp og pragt i den nordkoreanske hovedstad Pyongyang, da landet i weekenden fejrede 100 års dagen for nationens grundlægger, Kim Il-sung. Se billeder af festlighederne her.Photos: KCNA  

Efter en 14 timer lang rejse fra den franske zoologiske have D` Amneville nord for Paris, er søløvehannen Neo ankommet til Aalborg Zoo. Her får den snart to år gamle Neo selskab af intet mindre en to søløvehunner, de knap treårige søløver, Bertha og Molly.  

TV2/NORDMobiltyve fra Gaden udvisesNORDJYSKEDe seks mænd blev dømt for tyverier af dyre mobiltelefoner i Jomfru Ane Gade i Aalborg. Modelfoto Seks rumænske mænd dømt for at stjæle 30 dyre mobiltelefoner i Jomfru Ane Gade i Aalborg. Nu udvises mændene. Seks rumænske mænd er blevet idømt ...Rumænske mobiltyve udvisesTV2/NORDall 2 news articles »  

Singapore Airlines Trip Report: SQ 26 Business Class FRA-JFK Singapore Airlines Trip Report: UA 535 Business Class JFK-LAX & Conclusion In September last year, Singapore Airlines announced they’d be switching out the daily 747-400 service on the JFK-FRA ...  

To dansksomaliske brødre fremstilles i grundlovsforhør for lukkede døre i Aarhus.  

Justitsminister Morten Bødskov (S) ønsker ikke direkte at kommentere formiddagens anholdelser i den nye formodede terrorsag i København. Men han siger fra et rådsmøde med EU-kollegerne i Luxembourg, at der er en generel lektie fra den slags begivenheder.  

FRA has said it is ‘disappointed’ to hear that the US is still regularly importing illegally logged timber from the Amazon rain forest. PRLog (Press Release) - Apr 11, 2012 - Seattle, United States -- Forestry Research Associates (FRA) has said it is ...  

Tre personer er torsdag blevet anholdt i London i forbindelse med den omfattende aflytningssag, der begyndte sidste år. En af personerne er ifølge Reuters hofreporter på tabloidavisen The Sun, en af mediemogulen Rubert Murdochs aviser.Anholdelserne sker kun få dage før, at det britiske parlament skal afgive en rapport om den store aflytningssag, hvor Murdochs mediekoncern News Internationals tabloidavis News of the World - der blev lukket i...  

Siden nyheden om Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møl-lers død har kendte danskere stået i kø for at fortælle deres anekdoter om den gamle skibsreder. Men også mange såkaldte almindelige danskere har mødt Mærsk. Tv2.dk bad brugerne om at komme med deres anekdoter om Hr. Møller.  

The FRA made one minor suggestion to replace a bolt, according to Green, and the matter was immediately addressed. "These safety accusations are non-issues," Green said. "If there was a safety issue, FRA would have sidelined us." Green said the ...  

Flere forsvarsforligspartier advarer i skarpe vendinger forsvarsminister Nick Hækkerup (S) mod at drible uden om Folketinget i sin iver efter at lægge Forsvarskomman-doen ind under Forsvarsministeriet. »Jeg anser det for helt udelukket, at ministeren vil gøre noget så vanvittigt,« lyder reaktionen fra De Konservatives forsvarsordfører Lene Espersen. Og samme reaktion kommer fra Dansk Folkepartis forsvarsordfører Marie Krarup. »En så væsentlig...  

Styret i Teheran har eksekveret dødsdommen over en 24-årig mand, der stod til regnskab for mordet på en iransk atomfysiker og var mistænkt for at være spion for den israelske efterretningstjeneste.  

FRA, a research and advisory consultancy, claims that the publication of a report into public sector timber procurement in the UK could lead to a greater demand for sustainable timber. Bainbridge Island, WA, April 02, 2012 - Forestry Research Analysis (FRA ...  

Togene kører, motorvejen er næsten kø-fri og over Storebæltsbroen flyder trafikken. Det ser ud til, at trafikken ikke bliver en undskyldning for forsinkede gæster til påskefrokosten eller færre timer i sommerhuset.Onsdag formiddag så et uheld på den østjyske motorvej ellers ud til at kunne lamme trafikken på en i forvejen kritisk strækning. I forbindelse med tilkørslen til motorvejen fra Skærup rasteplads førte en for hård opbremsning til, at...  

In addition, planting more trees is never a bad thing for the fight against climate change as trees absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere making forestry one of the most cost-effective ways to limit carbon emissions. FRA supports a range of forestry ...  

Et politisk flertal holder fast ved de stramme regler for luftvåben, som justitsminister Morten Bødskov har vedtaget. Våbnene er farlige, siger formanden for Folketingets retsudvalg.  

En række SFere i folketingsgruppen og landsledelsen vil hæve boligskatterne fra næste valgperiode. SF-minister afviser debatSkatteminister Thor Möger Pedersen (SF) afviser sammen med flere ledende SFere helt at diskutere et krav i fra flere folketingsmedlemmer i partiet om at lade boligskatterne stige fra næste valgperiode.Han kalder det ”uklogt” at skabe usikkerhed om boligmarkedet ved fra politisk side at så tvivl om boligskatterne. Men han...  

Ingen højere, fristes man til at sige om et forslag fra Enhedslisten. Og partiets ledelse har virkelig spillet med musklerne. Et forslag fra nogle medlemmer i Aarhus er blankt afvist. De formastelige dristede sig til at foreslå, at man på det kommende årsmøde kræver alle overførselsindkomster sat op til 13.000 kr., herunder SUen. Nej, lød svaret. Den går ikke. For sidste år vedtog vi, at den skal være 15.000 kr, lød begrundelsen fra...  

A final rule being published April 9 includes a requirement for "securement devices." It was requested by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen after a conductor was killed during a 2010 robbery. Apr 08, 2012 The Federal Railroad ...  

A new report from MTW Research shows that demand for timber frame housing will increase hugely over the coming four years in the UK. This could prove good news for forestry investors, according to FRA.  

This place is absolutely no frills. Well, they do have daily newspapers you can read. But, with regards to decor? Yeah, no. Table, chairs, booths, all nondescript. But, who the fvck cares when you can…  

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- Rhode Island's governor says his comments about the financial health of Curt Schilling's video gaming company didn't hurt the firm and disputes that the state reneged on a deal for tax credits. The former Red Sox pitcher told The Providence Journal the state promised and did ...  

DaVita Inc. (NYSE: DVA), a leading provider of kidney care services that is committed to improving the quality of life for those diagnosed with chronic kidney disease (CKD), announced the top 10 U.S. travel destinations for dialysis patients. The summer travel season can be intimidating for dialysis ...  

LOW POINT: Facebook's stock has fallen below $30 for the first time since its much-awaited public debut this month. It closed at $28.84 on Tuesday, down 24 percent since its public stock debut. TROUBLES: The debut was marred by technical glitches at the Nasdaq Stock Market that delayed trading. And ...  

A Philadelphia judge is denying a Roman Catholic priest's bid to have one of two child-endangerment counts dismissed in his clergy-abuse trial. Meanwhile, Monsignor William Lynn is back on the witness stand for a third day. Lynn's lawyers argue the endangerment charge involving the Rev. James ...  

MIAMI (AP) — The Boston Celtics started their video session Tuesday by watching all 19 layups and dunks the Miami Heat made in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals. It was not a feel-good moment for the Celtics. These days, those are few and far between. James and Wade combined for 54 points in ...  

BEDFORD, MA, May 29, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Acme Packet(R) (NASDAQ: APKT), the leader in session delivery networks, today announced that China Telecom Corporation Limited, the largest fixed-line network provider in China with approximately 170 million fixed-line subscribers, has deployed ...  

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission will set out its economic strategy for the euro zone on Wednesday, spelling out measures to balance growth with unpopular fiscal consolidation that will be particularly pointed for Spain and Italy. The Commission will issue specific recommendations for ...  

It was impressive enough that Phillip Phillips skated to the season 11 crown
 on "American Idol" without ever landing in the bottom three, or enduring much negative criticism from the judges. But following his coronation on Wednesday it was revealed that the 21-year-old Georgia pawn shop worker ...  

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — A California activist faces up to three years and eight months behind bars for spraying an irritant at a pop singer from Vietnam to protest communism. A Santa Clara County jury found Ly Tong, of San Jose, guilty Thursday of misdemeanor assault and felony use of tear gas in ...  

WELLINGTON, New Zealand, May 25 (UPI) -- Two officers of a container ship that ran aground causing New Zealand's worst maritime disaster will spend seven months in jail, prosecutors said. Captain Mauro Malomaga and navigator Leonil Relon, both of the Philippines, pleaded guilty to mishandling the ...  

WOODLAND, Mich. — Ex-major league outfielder Chad Curtis has been charged with criminal sexual conduct on accusations he inappropriately touched two students at a Michigan high school. Barry County Prosecutor Tom Evans says the charges are based on complaints from two teenage girls. Curtis was ...  

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican, embroiled for months in the so-called "Vatileaks" scandal involving the leak of secret papers, said on Friday its police had detained a person in possession of confidential documents. A Vatican statement said the person was being questioned by Vatican ...  

New York • Facebook’s initial public offering is the subject of two congressional inquiries and mounting lawsuits as the social network enters its fifth day of public trading. The shares regained some ground Wednesday, rising $1, or 3.2 percent, to close at $32. They were up another 6 cents to $ ...  

New York (CNN)-- Police say a man in custody has implicated himself in the 1979 disappearance of 6-year-old Etan Patz, whose disappearance exactly 33 years ago Friday helped raise awareness of missing children after authorities tried a then-novel approach of putting the boy's face on milk cartons ...  

LOS ANGELES—Broadcasters Fox, NBC and CBS sued Dish Network Corp. on Thursday over a service that offers commercial-free TV. Dish, the nation's second-largest satellite TV provider, filed a suit of its own seeking a judicial all-clear for its "AutoHop" ad-skipping technology. Dish said the unique ...  

Israel's Supreme Court has ordered the military to reconsider its ban on Gaza residents studying in the West Bank. The court posted its decision Thursday, implying it would order a change. The Israeli military has 45 days to respond. Sari Bashi, head of the Israeli human rights group Gisha who was ...  

NEW YORK, N.Y. - Whether the New York Rangers truly believed they could overcome a 3-2 playoff series deficit earlier this year doesn't matter now. The Rangers did it against the pesky eighth-seeded Ottawa Senators in the first round, giving them confidence they can pull it off again against the ...  

BOSTON—Late-night talk show host Conan O'Brien visited Boston to talk about the art of comedy and how he got started in it. O'Brien was at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library on Thursday, where he was interviewed by Boston Globe film critic, Wesley Morris. O'Brien, a Brookline native ...  

By JEANNIE NUSS Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - An Arkansas man assumed the boy wrapped in a blanket on the futon in his home was his sleeping cousin. But hours later he realized it was a 14-year-old boy he'd never seen before who, police determined Thursday, had been shot while playing ...  

Women who choose birth control pills, the patch or vaginal ring are 20 times more likely to have an unplanned pregnancy than those using long-term methods such as IUDs and implants, a study released Wednesday found. Among young women under 21 who chose the pill, the patch or vaginal ring, the risk ...  

A memorial service for Donna Summer was held yesterday at the Christ Presbyterian in Nashville, where the disco icon had resided since 1995. The service was attended by her family and close friends, including Tony Orlando, Jamal Anderson and Giorgio Moroder, her collaborator on her wildly ...  

PARIS (AP) Rafael Nadal's white T-shirt carried specks of rust-colored clay and his white socks were smothered with the stuff during a practice session on Court Philippe Chatrier in the steamy early afternoon Thursday. As Nadal slid across his favorite surface, in his favorite stadium, at his ...  

President Barack Obama has a narrow lead over Republican challenger Mitt Romney in three important swing states, a group of new polls found. In Florida and Virginia, Obama is leading by a four-point margin, 48% to 44%, according to new polls from NBC News/Marist College. In Ohio, the president’s ...  

WASHINGTON (AP) — After years of denouncing Myanmar's human rights record, the State Department is holding it up as an example of reform in a world convulsed by citizen uprisings. The department's annual report on human rights notes change afoot in the Asian nation as it moves toward "greater ...  

The following video is part of our "Motley Fool Conversations" series, in which analyst John Reeves and advisor David Meier discuss topics across the investing world. Warren Buffett once quipped, "In looking for people to hire, you look for three qualities: integrity, intelligence, and energy. And ...  

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jennifer Egan's latest New Yorker magazine story is being serialized on Twitter. Egan's spy thriller, "Black Box," is being tweeted through The New Yorker Fiction Department's Twitter handle (at)NyerFiction. The tweets began Thursday night. Each of 10 140-character ...  

For the quarter ended March 31 (Q1), Interval Leisure Group beat expectations on revenue and met expectations on earnings per share. Compared to the prior-year quarter, revenue increased and GAAP earnings per share grew significantly. Gross margins shrank, operating margins grew, net margins ...  

PHILADELPHIA — Making a rare inner-city campaign stop, Mitt Romney preached the merits of traditional two-parent families and touted his platform of educational choice at a West Philadelphia charter school Thursday. The Republican presidential candidate had little political reason during the ...  

Retail investors with dreams of instant wealth who bought Facebook shares on opening day may have been disappointed, but they could still wind up with a windfall if lawyers seeking class-action status for lawsuits against the company and its IPO underwriters get their way. A pair of lawsuits filed ...  

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A senior State Department official will travel to Tel Aviv on Friday to reaffirm the U.S. commitment to Israel's security following just-concluded talks between world powers and Iran over its nuclear program. Wendy Sherman, undersecretary of state for political affairs, will ...  

CINCINNATI (AP) -- Rookie catcher Devin Mesoraco capped a series full of homers with his first career grand slam on Thursday night, leading the Cincinnati Reds to a 6-3 victory over the Atlanta Braves . The Reds completed their first four-game sweep of the Braves in Cincinnati since 1980 at ...  

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Andy Schleck will be presented with the yellow jersey as the overall champion of the 2010 Tour de France in a ceremony in Mondorf, Luxembourg on Tuesday. Schleck, who placed second to Alberto Contador in the Tour nearly two years ago, was promoted to ...  

A landslide in Indonesia killed eight people, according to an official, after days of heavy rain hit a mountainous part of the country's main island. "The landslide occurred on Thursday night and killed eight people. We were able to retrieve all eight bodies by late Friday night," Bogor Disaster ...  

CAIRO -- Egyptians who stood in Tahrir Square 15 months ago demanding a revolution spent Friday stunned and shattered as the first democratic election here rejected their calls, instead producing a runoff between one candidate who wants an Islamic-based state and another who promises a return to the ...  

All eyes will be on Olympic champion Nastia Liukin at the U.S. Classic. Martha Karolyi, however, will be keeping close watch on everybody. Make no mistake. The national championships may be two weeks away and there's still a month until the Olympic trials, but Saturday's meet is the first step in ...  

VIENNA (Reuters) - United Nations nuclear inspectors have found uranium particles refined to a higher-than-expected level at an underground site where Iran has installed more than 50 percent more enrichment centrifuges, a U.N. watchdog report said on Friday ...  

VALPARAISO, Indiana (Reuters) - An armed man took several hostages in an Indiana real estate office on Friday, then released them after an eight-hour standoff and shot himself in the head, authorities said. The gunman, who had complained he was owed money, was in critical condition, Valparaiso ...  

AUSTIN, Texas—Britney Spears has been on the job just two days and she's already proving to be a popular judge on "The X Factor." The pop queen is also growing into her role as critic on the Fox singing contest show. "The X Factor" staged its first auditions for the upcoming season Thursday and ...  

VIENNA — United Nations experts are investigating why tiny particles of uranium found in an underground Iranian nuclear facility had been enriched beyond levels previously acknowledged, a discovery that raised questions about whether Iran is getting closer to creating weapons-grade material for a ...  

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Apple chief Tim Cook on Tuesday vowed that creativity would remain in the company's "DNA" and hinted that products on the horizon could come in the area of television. Cook was the star opening guest at a prestigious All Things Digital conference hosted by the Rupert Murdoch-owned technology news ...  

The linkup last week of a privately built capsule with the international space station boosted the prospects of commercial spacecraft shuttling U.S. astronauts into orbit, though Capitol Hill disputes continued to threaten the possibility. Enlarge Image An engineer last weekend worked at the ...  

Oil prices fell to below $90 a barrel Wednesday in Asia amid expectations Europe's sputtering economy will drag on global crude demand. Benchmark oil for July delivery was down 84 cents to $89.92 a barrel at late afternoon Singapore time in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The ...  

LAS VEGAS - On the very day that Donald Trump's birther comments have dominated coverage of the presidential race, Mitt Romney managed to slip in a reference during a speech to the U.S. birth requirement for anyone who wants to be president. "I was speaking with one of these business owners who owns ...  

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - The Chicago White Sox will try to extend their winning streak to seven games Tuesday night against Tampa Bay and Hideki Matsui. "He’s a professional hitter and does everything well," Ventura said of Matsui, who will start in left field. "He’s just older, that’s all. You ...  

France's new Socialist government says it opposes a (EURO)400,000 ($500,920) payout for Air France-KLM's former CEO, part of its push to rein executive salaries at state-owned companies. In a statement issued late Tuesday, Finance Minister Pierre Moscovici said the state's representative would ...  

MIAMI -- Authorities in Miami are looking for more witnesses after a police officer fatally shot a naked man who refused to stop chewing on the face of another naked man - even after being shot once by the officer - on a busy downtown highway ramp. Detective William Moreno said police are looking ...  

NAYPYITAW, Myanmar (AP) -- India agreed Monday to provide Myanmar with a $500 million credit as one of 12 deals signed during Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit to the Southeast Asian country. Singh is on a three-day visit that underscores India's quest for energy supplies and concerns ...  

AMMAN/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council on Sunday unanimously condemned the killing of at least 108 people, including many children, in the Syrian town of Houla, a sign of mounting outrage at the massacre that the government and rebels blamed on each other ...  

BEIRUT—Special envoy on Syria Kofi Annan arrived in Damascus, putting pressure on his last-ditch diplomacy efforts as Western nations pressed to further censure Syria—after the United Nations Security Council unanimously condemned the Syrian government for a brutal weekend artillery attack and ...  

In November, the tide of daily cable traffic to the U.S. Embassy in Azerbaijan brought a chilling message for Ambassador Matthew Bryza, then the top U.S. diplomat to the small Central Asian country. A plot to kill Americans had been uncovered, the message read, and embassy officials were on the ...  

CHICAGO — At least Ubaldo Jimenez leads the major leagues in something, although his employers aren’t likely to brag about it. No pitcher in the major leagues has issued more walks than Jimenez, whose performance pointed the way to another embarrassing loss to the White Sox, 12-6 winners Sunday ...  

NAIROBI, Kenya - An explosion ripped through a building full of small shops in downtown Nairobi on Monday, wounding at least 16 people, the police commissioner said. He could not immediately say what caused the blast. The force of the explosion ripped apart the one-story building's aluminum roof ...  

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran said on Monday the killing of more than 100 people, many of them children, in the Syrian town of Houla had been carried out in order to spread chaos and instability in Syria and block peace efforts. "We are certain that foreign interference, terrorist and suspicious measures ...  

There’s been a ton of coverage about the Facebook IPO disaster, but very little of it looks at the crucial point two weeks ago where things went terribly wrong. It’s becoming increasingly clear that Facebook itself messed up at that juncture. The screw-up resulted in a major disappointment in ...  

(CNN)-- A week into Facebook's debut on the Nasdaq stock exchange, its initial offering price of $38 per share dropped to $31.91. Retail investors' fears deepened as they realize they are losing a lot of money. The Facebook IPO did not follow the usual script. Instead of launching the largest social ...  

End 3d quarter, Heat 72-61: Bad quarter for the Celtics. The Heat are back in control. The points for Miami were 26-15 in the third, the Celtics shooting 23 percent from the field. Rondo had more technicals (one) than assists (zero) in the third. 2:55 3d quarter, Heat 66-58: Pietrus tries to body ...  

TOKYO (Reuters) - Hiroshi Kosaka has an unorthodox pitch for his realty business: instead of pictures of swanky condominiums his website features Japanese debt statistics and budget meltdown scenarios usually left to credit rating agencies. His firm is part of a cottage industry that has sprung up ...  

WASHINGTON — The escalating “atrocities” in Syria could end up triggering a military intervention, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey said yesterday, following a massacre that left more than 100 dead. The international community has scrambled to respond to the violence ...  

CRAIG, Colo.—Mitt Romney is poised to clinch the Republican presidential nomination after Tuesday's Texas GOP primary, a largely uncontested election that will formalize the former Massachusetts governor's status as President Barack Obama's general election challenger. While Romney's nomination ...  

LONDON - U.K. insurer Prudential PLC has named Paul Manduca as chairman, succeeding Harvey McGrath who is retiring. Manduca has been an independent non-executive director of Prudential since October 2010, and became senior independent director in January 2011. Prudential said Monday that Manduca ...  

JERUSALEM — A Russian-based internet security firm says a powerful spyware virus has attacked computers in Iran and elsewhere in the Middle East. Comments by Israel’s vice premier have fueled speculation the Flame spyware might come from Israel, which sees Iran’s nuclear program as a mortal ...  

• A daily summary of global reports on security issues. The massacre is being described as a "turning point" in the Syrian conflict, now in its 14th month, because of the international condemnation it prompted, particularly from Russia, which has been broadly supportive of President Assad until ...  

Danny Granger, towards the end of Thursday's Game 6 (Getty Images) What you've got here, Pacer fans, is an odd setup. The Pacers are a young team, replete with veterans. The Pacers are an incredibly well-coached team, run by someone who made a lot of glaring and worrying mistakes in first full year ...  

VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran has significantly stepped up its output of low-enriched uranium and total production in the last five years would be enough for at least five nuclear weapons if refined much further, a U.S. security institute said. The Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS ...  

KABUL -- A NATO air strike killed a family of eight, including six children, when it plowed into their home in eastern Afghanistan, local officials said Sunday. Saturday night's incident in Paktia Province threatens to further sour already shaky ties between President Hamid Karzai and his Western ...  

The United Nations said the victims died in what activists described as an artillery barrage by government forces in the worst violence since the start of a peace plan to slow the flow of blood in Syria's uprising. The bloodied bodies of children, some with their skulls split open, were shown in ...  

To say that Facebook's debut as a public company was bungled is something like saying Facebook is a website you might have heard of. Either way, a colossal understatement. The response from small-time investors has been equal parts frustration, confusion and bitterness. Fed up, some are dumping ...  

BEIJING - A rights lawyer says the brother of blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng has returned to his closely guarded village in eastern China. Ding Xikui says he received a message from a friend of Chen Guangfu that said Chen had returned to Dongshigu village. Chen had traveled to Beijing, where ...  

SAN ANTONIO – Maybe they'll finally get a challenge this time. The San Antonio Spurs and Oklahoma City Thunder have simply rolled through this postseason. There's the 18-game winning streak that has the Spurs flirting with history. Seventeen combined playoff games and just one loss. The Thunder ...  

By BRIDGET MURPHY Associated Press MONSON, Mass. (AP) - A year after tornadoes flattened hundreds of homes and left three dead in Massachusetts, one of the worst-hit neighborhoods is still undergoing a facelift. Nine houses were decimated on Bethany Road in the town of Monson. Neighbors say the June ...  

WASHINGTON (AP) – In the risky business of running for president, Barack Obama and Mitt Romney are largely playing it safe. For all the small daily dramas of the 2012 campaign, there's a risk-averse dynamic playing out: Neither candidate has been making bold new policy proposals or displaying a ...  

HELSINKI (Reuters) - A gunman opened fire from a rooftop in a Finnish town centre in the early hours of Saturday, killing an 18-year-old woman and wounding eight other people, police said. An 18-year-old man has been detained after the shooting outside bars and restaurants in Hyvinkaa just before 2 ...  

A former bodega stock clerk arrested for allegedly luring 6-year-old Etan Patz off a SoHo street and strangling him in a basement has been placed on suicide watch at a hospital as a precaution, NBC 4 New York has learned. Pedro Hernandez, 51, was arraigned from Bellevue Hospital via video feed on a ...  

(Reuters) - Central banks and companies risk making a grave error if they do not brace for a possible Greek exit from the euro zone, Belgium's foreign minister said on Friday, rattling markets already alarmed by Spain's deteriorating finances. Greek elections are scheduled for June 17 and could ...  

(CBS/AP) WASHINGTON - The United States expelled Tuesday Syria's top envoy in Washington in response to a particularly gruesome massacre in which the United Nations says families, including children, were shot at close range in their homes, CBS Radio News correspondent Cami McCormick reports. Zuheir ...  

The Vatican spokesman says Pope Benedict XVI isn't concerned about what might emerge in the widening investigation into leaked documents and is encouraging prosecutors and a fact-finding commission to get to the truth over one of the greatest Holy See scandals in recent history. Spokesman the Rev ...  

NEW YORK — MSNBC host Chris Hayes says he’s sorry for his comments about his discomfort with the use of the word “heroes” to describe fallen soldiers. Hayes made the comments during his show on Sunday, the day before Memorial Day. He was met with a strong backlash, including from a veterans ...  

Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals was either the Celtics’ way of stage-managing the perfect setup for their eventual dramatic, age-defying, status quo-rattling victory over the Heat, or it was a sign we should all curl up with a good book in the nights between the potentially fascinating ...  

By FRANCIS KOKUTSE Associated Press ACCRA, Ghana (AP) - A cargo plane attempting to take off from Ghana's capital crashed Saturday night, slamming into cars and a bus loaded with passengers on a nearby street, killing at least 10 people, officials said ...  

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TORONTO — Brett Lawrie isn’t too bothered about being in last place, just so long as first isn’t too far away. Felix Doubront won for the fifth time in six starts, Nick Punto homered and Boston beat the Toronto Blue Jays 7-4 Saturday, giving the Red Sox their 10th win in 14 games ...  

WASHINGTON -- Fisker Automotive is expanding a recall of its 2012 plug-in hybrid Karma because of potential problems with the electric car's battery. The automaker initially recalled 50 of the $100,000 cars in December. It said improperly installed hose clamps in the model's battery pack could cause ...  

Stocks fell sharply Friday after the release of a dismal report on hiring and employment in the United States. The Dow Jones industrial average dropped more than 200 points, leaving it down for the year. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index and Nasdaq composite index both fell more than 2 percent, and ...  

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Now that he has survived his campaign corruption trial, John Edwards may face an even tougher fight to regain the public's respect. Image experts and friends recommended that the disgraced former Democratic presdential candidate put his public and political life on hold for a ...  

Dharun Ravi reported to jail Thursday to begin serving his 30-day sentence for his hate crime conviction in the Rutgers University webcam spying case, The Star-Ledger reported. Ravi, 20, had the right to delay his report date while prosecutors appealed his sentence, which they argue was far too ...  

Homes in some stage of the foreclosure process saw their share of overall U.S. home sales grow in the first quarter even as sales of bank-owned homes fell. The increase was driven by a spike in short sales, or homes that sell for less than what the owner owed on their mortgage, foreclosure listing ...  

(CNN)-- Thursday afternoon, Barack Obama presided over the unveiling of George W. Bush's official portrait in the White House, a warm event that reminds us: It feels like years since President Dubya regaled the world with his famous spoonerisms. His retirement has been defined by an awkward silence ...  

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Just how far would a government go to protect us from ourselves? In New York City - which already bans smoking in public parks in the name of public health and bars artificial trans fats from food served in restaurants - Mayor Michael Bloomberg now wants to stop sales of large sodas and other sugary ...  

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - The SpaceX Dragon capsule left the International Space Station on Thursday and aimed for a Pacific splashdown to end its historic flight. Astronauts set the world's first commercial supply ship loose after a five-day visit, releasing the ...  

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New Orleans Saints assistant head coach Joe Vitt told reporters Thursday that he expects Drew Brees to join the team for the opening of training camp. Why? "What else is he going to do? He can't sing or dance," Vitt joked. Brees and the team remain in a contract standstill, and it remains a priority ...  

Anze Kopitar scored a spectacular goal on a breakaway with 11:47 left in overtime Wednesday night and the Los Angeles Kings beat the New Jersey Devils 2-1 in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Finals. Kopitar faked a backhand shot, put the puck on his forehand and beat a prone Martin Brodeur. Los Angeles has ...  

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Almost from the moment John Edwards was indicted a year ago, some legal analysts warned that a criminal case was nearly unwinnable. It was unprecedented and unwise, they said, to expect a jury to convict a politician for accepting money from friends to deal with an intensely ...  

From the dawn of the republic, the federal government has played a vital role in American economic life. Government promoted industrial development in the 18th century, transportation in the 19th, communications in the 20th and biotechnology today. But the federal role has historically been sharply ...  

BEIRUT — UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on Syria on Thursday to stop its attacks, saying the UN observers monitoring the cease-fire were not there to watch the killing of innocent people. The warning came as activists reported that Syrian troops again shelled the country's central region ...  

CHICAGO — President Obama zipped around his hometown Friday — hitting a string of fundraisers, visiting friends and checking his long-unoccupied house. But he did not stop by his campaign headquarters. He doesn't have to. As he juggles foreign visitors, ceremonial duties and the usual tasks of ...  

LONDON (AP) -- Britain's Supreme Court has endorsed the extradition of WikiLeaks chief Julian Assange to Sweden, bringing the secret-spilling Internet activist a big step closer to prosecution in a Scandinavian court. Assange, 40, has spent the better part of two years fighting attempts to send him ...  

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Space Exploration Technologies' unmanned Dragon capsule splashed down off the coast of California on Thursday, completing a pioneering mission for commercial firms seeking a major role in space travel. The capsule finished a nine-day test flight, delivering about ...  

SANFORD, Fla. - Prosecutors are asking a judge to revoke the bond of the neighbourhood watch volunteer charged with killing 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. Prosecutors said in a motion filed Friday that George Zimmerman misled them about his finances when testifying during a bail hearing that allowed ...  

MADRID (AP) — Yields rose again Friday on Spanish bonds following a warning from the country’s economy minister that the future of the euro will be determined in the next few weeks and will depend on the stability of Spain and Italy. The interest rate on 10-year Spanish bonds stood at 6.52 ...  

WASHINGTON - Mitt Romney vows that on Day One of his presidency, things would be dramatically different. History and the ways of Washington suggest that by Day Two, he’d find he couldn’t move as fast as he promised. The presumptive Republican presidential nominee’s latest guarantee was ...  

WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP)- President Barack Obama has called Mitt Romney to congratulate him on securing the Republican nomination. The president told Romney he's looking forward to a "healthy debate about America's future" and wished the governor and his family well through the upcoming presidential ...  

WASHINGTON — With a few strokes of his pen on a sleepy holiday six months after he became governor of Massachusetts, Mitt Romney quietly scuttled the state government’s long-standing affirmative action policies. There were no news conferences, no press releases trumpeting Romney’s executive ...  

MADRID (Reuters) - Spaniards alarmed by the dire state of their banks are squirreling money abroad at the fastest rate since records began, figures showed on Thursday, and the credit ratings of eight regions were cut. Spain is the next country in the firing line of the euro zone's debt crisis, with ...  

MIAMI — LeBron James scored 34 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, Dwyane Wade scored 23 and the Miami Heat pulled off the biggest playoff comeback in franchise history to beat the Boston Celtics 115-111 in overtime on Wednesday night. Mario Chalmers scored 22 for the Heat, who took a 2-0 lead in the ...  

Triumphant from start to finish, the SpaceX Dragon capsule parachuted into the Pacific on Thursday to conclude the first private delivery to the International Space Station and inaugurate NASA's new approach to exploration.    "Welcome home, baby," said SpaceX's elated chief, Elon Musk. The old ...  

/EINPresswire.com/ With the "bushfire season" now behind, it's tempting to think of winter as downtime on the fire front. While cooler weather and added rainfall diminishes the risk of bushfires, according to GIO, winter is actually the season for fires and fire claims. Running a business enables ...  

CAIRO — Hosni Mubarak's two sons were charged Wednesday with insider trading and referred to trial before a criminal court. A statement by the prosecutor-general's office carried on the state news agency official said the two, along with seven others, made illicit gains from the sale of a bank. It ...  

SpaceX's Dragon cargo capsule parachuted to a picture-perfect splashdown in the Pacific Ocean today, ending the first-ever commercial mission to the International Space Station. The gumdrop-shaped Dragon made history last week as the first U.S. craft to reach the orbital station since last year's ...  

Fears that Europe's debt crisis is morphing from Greece to engulf bigger economies such as Spain and Italy sent Asian stock markets lower Thursday. Spain's banking system is under strain a week after Bankia, its fourth-largest bank, required $23.8 billion in government aid to cover souring real ...  

Ana Ivanovic, whose career went into freefall following her 2008 Roland Garros triumph, is now enjoying a tennis resurgence and is hungry for more success at this year's French Open. The Serbian 13th seed romped to a 6-2 6-2 second-round win over Israel's Shahar Peer and is now hopeful of making it ...  

Facebook’s (”FB”) share price, by publication time, has dropped about 25 percent from its original IPO price of $38. While this is painful news for Facebook investors, it is good news for the patrons of the Bull & Bear Steakhouse in New York’s Waldorf-Astoria hotel. The bar, which is decked ...