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Philippines remembers Cory Aquino, democracy icon ...
AFP - The Philippines on Sunday remembered the late Corazon Aquino, who led the nation in crushing a brutal dictatorship and whose death exactly a year ago propelled her son to the presidency.
Coast Guard allows toxic chemical use on Gulf oil ...
AP - The U.S. Coast Guard has routinely approved BP requests to use thousands of gallons of toxic ch...
Malaysia 'Imam Idol' seeks to put friendly face on...
AFP - Malaysia's top "Young Imam" has vowed to soften the stern image of clerics and energise young ...
Drifting N.Korean mine kills S.Korean (AFP)
AFP - A North Korean mine which drifted along a river into the neighbouring South killed a man and b...
Turkey, Syria engage in bird diplomacy (AP)
AP - The latest beneficiary of improved relations between Turkey and Syria is the rare northern bald...
Mexico rescues two kidnapped journalists in drug g...
AFP - Police Saturday rescued two journalists the Pacifico drug cartel had kidnapped days ago to dem...
Gaza militants fire new rocket on southern Israel ...
AFP - A rocket fired by Gaza militants slammed into southern Israel on Saturday night for the second...
Spike Lee screens film that includes oil spill ...
AP - Spike Lee screened some of his new HBO documentary that includes a look at the massive BP Gulf ...
Malaysia TV completes quest for Muslim role model ...
AP - An Islamic reality TV show that made its contestants counsel promiscuous teenagers and bury cor...
Schreker's opera 'Distant Sound' heard at Bard ...
AP - His name is all but forgotten today, but a century ago Franz Schreker was considered perhaps th...
'Excellence' centers no better for bariatric surge...
Reuters - For weight-loss surgery, "Centers of Excellence" may not be any safer than their undisting...
Pakistan urchins swap streets for art (AFP)
AFP - Tanvir Ahmed was 11 years old when he ran away from home and got drawn into life as a sex work...
New health policy: encouraging friendships? (...
Reuters - Having good social relationships -- friends, marriage or children -- may be every bit as i...
Wealthy Dallas brothers become SEC fraud target ...
AP - Brothers Charles and Sam Wyly, born a year apart during the Great Depression, almost always hav...
When Double Dippers become economic party poopers ...
AP - They're a minority, but a vocal one, and they're hovering like storm clouds over a brittle reco...
Eurozone economic confidence 'highest in two years...
AFP - Business and consumer confidence in the 16-nation eurozone jumped in July to its highest level...
Obama warns U.S. not to "demagogue" immi...
Reuters - President Barack Obama warned U.S. leaders not to use the divisive issue of illegal immigr...
Boeing subsidiary lands $43.7M military contract ...
AP - Boeing subsidiary Insitu Inc. has won a $43.7 million contract to build the military's next gen...
Rangel using 3-way defense against ethics charges ...
AP - To rebut a lengthy list of alleged ethical misdeeds, Rep. Charles Rangel is trotting out this t...
Negroponte Offers OLPC Technology for $35 Tablet ...
PC World - The nonprofit organization One Laptop Per Child wants to join forces to help develop the ...
Hack attack hits ATM jackpots (AFP)
AFP - Computer security researcher Barnaby Jack jokes that he has resorted to hiding cash under his ...
BlackBerry's new Pearl 3G goes old-school with 14-...
Ben Patterson - What's the first thing that comes to mind when it comes to a BlackBerry? For me, it'...
Rockies' Gonzalez walkoff HR caps cycle (AP)
Carlos Gonzalez went to the plate in the bottom of the ninth replaying in his head the words of his ...
QB Bradford has first practice with Rams (AP)
Sam Bradford is doing his best to ignore the large contract numbers. Sighting a handful of Oklahoma ...
Cavaliers sign former Nugget Graham (AP)
The Cleveland Cavaliers have signed former Denver Nuggets swingman Joey Graham. Terms of the deal we...
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