Jun 26 2008
A British man convicted of shooting to death his 9-month-old baby and American wife as they cuddled together in bed showed no reaction Thursday as he was sentenced to two life prison terms without the opportunity for parole. Neil Entwistle was found...
Jun 26 2008
U.S. President George W. Bush welcomed moves Thursday made by North Korea to remove itself from a U.S. list of states that sponsor terrorism. North Korea handed over its long-awaited nuclear program declaration to officials from China earlier Thursday,...
Jun 26 2008
The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Americans have a right to own guns for self-defense and hunting, the justices’ first major pronouncement on gun rights in U.S. history. The court’s 5-4 ruling struck down the District of...
Jun 23 2008
Soul singer Amy Winehouse has developed the lung condition emphysema and has been warned by doctors that she will die if she continues smoking drugs, her father said in an interview on Sunday. Mitch Winehouse said the incurable illness, which leaves...
Jun 22 2008
Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza has been seeded 32nd for the Wimbledon grass court championship starting here next week. The Indian ace, who returned to the court only a week ago after missing the entire clay court season due to a wrist injury which...
Jun 22 2008
Sania Mirza is quietly confident that her ‘new wrist’ will stand up to the rigours of top flight tennis when she plays at Wimbledon, starting on Monday. The 21-year-old missed the French Open after undergoing a reconstructive surgery on her right...
Jun 22 2008
As he tries to woo independent voters, Sen. John McCain is relying on his image as a maverick, making it clear he’s no President Bush. But the timing of Bush’s support for offshore oil drilling this week may spell trouble for...
Jun 22 2008
A female suicide bomber killed 16 people and wounded 40 Sunday when she detonated her explosives in a crowded area of central Baquba, police there said. Police, women and children were among the casualties, according to the Diyala Military Operations...
Jun 22 2008
Google Inc., owner of the most popular Internet search engine, may have some unlikely allies in defending its proposed partnership with Yahoo! Inc.: the very advertisers that critics say may be hurt by the deal. Microsoft Corp., the software maker that...
Jun 22 2008
Speaking to the U.S. Conference of Mayors, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee praised McCain’s service to the country but chastised him for not “proposing a strategy for American cities” hit hard by tough economic...