Florida CB kicked off team after felony battery
Florida cornerback Jacques Rickerson has been kicked off the team following his arrest on a felony battery charge.
Spate of Baghdad bombings after a quiet few weeks
Fifteen people were killed and dozens wounded by several bombings in Baghdad on Tuesday, marking an increase in violence following a relatively quiet few weeks in the Iraqi capital.
India bus plunge 'leaves 45 dead'
Police in India say 45 people have been killed after a bus in which they were travelling plunged down a deep gorge.
Google's growth raises privacy concerns
NEW YORK (AP) -- Perhaps the biggest threat to Google Inc.'s increasing dominance of Internet search and advertising is the rising fear, justified or not, that Google's broadening reach is giving i...
Google, Yahoo Scale Back Ad Deal
Yahoo Inc and Google Inc have drastically scaled back the scope of their search advertising deal, a person close to the discussions said on Monday, in a last-ditch effort to win U.S. antitrust appr...
Police: Blasts in Baghdad kill 15, wound 29
Bombs exploded at a bus station and a small market in Baghdad, killing 15 people and wounding 29 others Tuesday, police and hospital officials said.
BA: IT-testing failures caused Heathrow T5 chaos
British Airways has admitted insufficient training and testing in IT systems caused the baggage shambles that marred the opening of Terminal 5
India: 45 dead as bus plunges into gorge
A passenger bus plunged 200 meters (650 feet) into a gorge in northern India on Tuesday, killing 45 people, police said.
One dead, 71 hurt in Thailand bomb blasts
Two near-simultaneous explosions in insurgency-hit southern Thailand killed one person and wounded a further 71, police said.
Obama, Japan, Suggests A Presidential Visit
If Barack Obama wins the White House, he already has an invitation for a foreign tour. Residents of Obama, Japan, have been wearing "I Love Obama" T-shirts. As far as we know, there's no McCain, Ja...
Keanu Reeves doesn't owe photog anything
LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- It's a most excellent outcome for Keanu Reeves: The "Matrix" actor doesn't owe a dime to the paparazzo who sued him.
British Airways' Staffers Ridicule Customers
British Airways' Gatwick staffers use Facebook to belittle their passengers.
Toyota, Nissan's U.S., Japan Sales Drop on `Collapse' in Demand
Nov. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Toyota Motor Corp. and Nissan Motor Co. reported sales in the U.S. and Japan, their two biggest markets, plunged last month, as the credit crunch and drops in the countries' s...
00:47 (BST), 04/11/2008 Mytopia on Windows Mobile Press Release PROVIDED BY GAMES PRESS – Mytopia Inc., an innovator ...
– Mytopia Inc., an innovator in cross-platform technology, today announced that its million-strong game community and solid line-up of games for everyone are now available on Windows Mobile devices.
Twin bombs wound 62 in southern Thailand
A car bomb at a fruit market and another explosion minutes later at a nearby teashop wounded 62 people in Muslim southern Thailand Tuesday, where 3,000 people have died in a five-year separatist re...
Nuclear Deal Done, India Gives IPI Pipeline a Second Look
Excerpt ...formula. Frustrated, an Iranian official recently said, "There seems to be no urgency from India." On a one-day visit to India in April, Iran's President Mahmud Ahmadinejad said, "A...
COMMUNICATIONS UPDATE: Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008
FCC head axes Election Day vote on telecom charges overhaul The head of the Federal Communications Commission has canceled a controversial Election Day vote on a proposed overhaul of telecommunicat...
How Thailand's evolution into a stable democracy has gone into reverse
Excerpt ...in Thailand are a mess a big, intractable mess. And things will get worse before they get better. How much worse? It's hard to say. But unless a breakthrough can be found to the curr...
Keanu Reeves Cleared In Paparazzo Trial
Excerpt ...ANGELES -- It's a most excellent outcome for Keanu Reeves in his civil trial in Los Angeles: He doesn't owe a paparazzo who sued him a dime. Jurors rejected the case Monday, ruling ...
Keanu Reeves Paparazzi car Alison Silva case won liable
Excerpt ...which means that Alison Silva can go and shove his loss of earnings up his tarmac-destroyed bottom. Reuters reports: Actor Keanu Reeves was cleared on Monday of any liability for inj...
It's time for Facebook to move to a subscription model
Excerpt ...the same but the value is diminished and the recipient may not be as thrilled. It's hard to believe that with all that traffic Facebook still hasn't figured out more revenue mechanis...
Keanu Reeves cleared in paparazzo lawsuit
A jury needs less than an hour to reject a photographer's demand for $700,000-plus in damages. Alison Silva had contended that Reeves struck him with a car and caused him to break his wrist. It too...
No. 19 Florida thumps Warner by 59 in exhibition
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) -- Dan Werner scored 17 points, Alex Tyus added 16 points and 14 rebounds, and No. 19 Florida beat Warner 108-49 Monday night, easily winning the first of two exhibition games.
Salesforce.com and Facebook: Should you care? [podcast]
Salesforce.com announced a data sharing partnership with Facebook today. Only time will reveal whether it's a marriage made in heaven or an example of what happens when worlds collide.
Google's growth raises privacy concerns
Excerpt ...personal information, which, if it falls into the wrong hands, could be used in a very dangerous way against us," Court said. Google's senior product counsel, Michael Yang, said the...
Google, Yahoo Revise Search Advertising Deal
Excerpt ...weekend, shortens the term of the deal from 10 years to two years and places a limit on the revenue Yahoo can generate from Google to 25% of Yahooâs search revenue. Also, Google ad...
String of bombings shakes Baghdad, kills 10
Excerpt BAGHDAD A series of bombings struck Baghdad and a neighboring province Monday, killing at least 10 people and wounding 40, including a deputy oil minister who was injured when a bomb we...
Police: 3 bombs in southern Thailand wound 62
Excerpt ...ThailandâThree bombs ripped through a tea stall and shopping area Tuesday in insurgency-wracked southern Thailand, wounding at least 62 people, police said. It was the largest atta...
Japan government under fire over general's war comments
Excerpt ...Forces. "The government of Japan was very quick to underscore that these were not the official views of the government of Japan or the Self-Defense Forces and I am personally satisfi...
Federal Communications Commission chairman cancels vote on plan to overhaul telecom rules
WASHINGTON (AP) - The head of the Federal Communications Commission is canceling a controversial Election Day vote on a plan to overhaul telecom regulations.
Greenpeace Ramps Up Whales Campaign In Japan
Excerpt ...in Japan," said Karli Thomas, Greenpeace New Zealand Oceans Campaigner. "Our research in Japan shows that over 70 per cent of Japanese people do not support high seas whaling, and or...
Facebook and Salesforce.com collaborate
Excerpt ...founder and CEO. "The development of our initial version of Get Stuff Done took months to build and deliver. Using the Facebook and Force.com platforms together we have been able to ...
Airline investigates Facebook comments
Excerpt ...upgrade. Another poster using the name Deepa decried the stupid accents of passengers from the United States. A British Airways spokesman said the comments were disappointing and unw...
Nur Laiq in Florida: The scales could tip either way in the Florida Keys
Excerpt ...60-40 in the Upper Keys; in the Lower Keys it is reversed to McCain 60-40. The scales could tip either way. Part of the reason Florida is in play at all is because of the campaign's...
FCC Cancels Divisive ICC/USF Vote
Excerpt ...fellow Republicans’ support in advance of a vote – it indicates serious discomfort with the details, which no one but FCC commissioners have seen. The terminated vote further leaves...
Why India shifts its policy on Burma
Excerpt ...important factor for Indiaâs foreign policy shift was due to the rise of insurgency problems in the restive Northeast India. About 20,000 insurgents from different groups of Northe...
Quotes: Players on Florida matchup
Excerpt ...you think youâre going to be up against? âThe best. Any defense in the SEC is going to be very hard to go against, especially Florida. They have great athletes up and down their ...
Iraq still thirsting for water that's safe to drink
Excerpt ..."If it does it smells of sewage . . . . I am afraid to give it to my children, but we can't afford bottled water every day." In Baghdad and outlying provinces alike, water purificati...
British Airways' Staffers Ridicule Customers
Excerpt ...group of British Airways staffers based at London Gatwick Airport are under scrutiny for a series of posts they made on Facebook, ridiculing their passengers. A group of British Airw...
T-Mobile USA foreign ownership dust-up much ado about little or nothing: FCC re-examination centers on small wireless carrier owned by T-Mobile USA, Verizon Wireless
Excerpt ...giant Deutsche Telekom AG’s $30 billion purchase of what is now T-Mobile USA Inc. is not at issue in the Federal Communications Commission’s re-examination of a narrow foreign-owners...
