" UPDATES: Dalai Lama surgery 'successful' The Dalai Lama has undergone surgery in the Indian capital, Delhi, to remove a gallstone, a spokesman says. " " NEW DELHI: Tibetan spiritual leader The Dalai Lama was on...
At least eight people have been reported to be killed in a car bombing at the main police complex in the Pakistani capital Islamabad today. Early reports said that a car bomb exploded within the Police Lines complex killing Eight people. More details are...
My ex-husband was on the Guadalcanal before they retired it. He was in Derest Storm back in 1992. He alos was a flight deck director for some years. I would hear of the stories of how the long days when they would go...
With the Model T turning 100 a few days back, the new cars by Ford shows how far we have advanced over the past 100 years. This new technology is called MyKey. The new features allow parents to limit teen drivers to...
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" Justin Wilson claimed his first win in the IRL IndyCar Series in Detroit after Helio Castroneves was awarded to relinquish the lead by race control having allegedly blocked the Newman/Haas/Lanigan driver. ///...
The USS Grunion, WWII submarine, has been found off the Aleutian Islands in Alaska.As reported two years ago today, an Object off Alaska coast may be WWII sub, it has now been proved true.Six Michiganders died...
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"On September 29, the average price of H1 scrap in Pittsburgh, Chicago, and Philadelphia was US$290.83/long ton, down by US$6.67/long ton from last week. The price of No.2 bundle scrap was at US$224.5/long ton, as the same as last week."
The global credit crisis has had its share of impact on the commodities sector both in India and globally which was not the case in the first half of 2008 when the sector seemed to be insulated from the crisis. There were major corrections in commodities prices, including...
The LME steel billet contracts have reached a double milestone with a turnover exceeding quarter of a billion USD ($250m), and over 260,000 metric tonnes or 4,000 lots traded.21 members of the Exchange have now participated in trading the contract that only began cash trading...
" Singer Janet Jackson was taken to hospital after falling ill shortly before a concert in Canada on Monday. The 42-year-old had to cancel her Montreal show after she "got suddenly ill" during her sound check,...
"Can you believe it? Audi TT has been driven for 10 years. To mark this, Audi has revealed the most performance focused version of its iconic sports car, the TTS Quattro. The TTS made its debut this week at the...
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Forbes has listed the 10 fastest-dying cities in America. The cities on the list all face fleeing populations, painful unemployment waves and slow growing economies. " The article says old manufacturing...
CRISIS ROOM GM "It seemed like a lot when we first started pushing $25bn," says Democratic Sen. Debbie Stabenow of Michigan, one of the bill's sponsors. "Suddenly, it seems so small." REVOLVING LOANS AND "GOVERNMENT...
There was some speculation earlier today as to why certain companies like IBM and GE had been put on the no short sell list. Well the ramifications of the Wall St. meltdown are now becoming obvious to non...
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"A top Ford Motor Co. executive says market research shows the company's coming line of global small cars will be well received in the U.S. Derrick Kuzak, group vice president of global product development, says the European-designed Fiesta subcompact and Focus compact...