Suspected Maoist rebels kill one, wound several in India
Source: DAWN
New Delhi :: India | updated 2013-05-25 11:57:07 -0700 | travel-news
Suspected Maoist rebels on Saturday attacked a convoy of cars carrying local leaders and supporters of India's ruling Congress party in a Maoist-infested area in eastern India, killing at least one party member and wounding several people...Gupta said suspected insurgents...
How North Korea Became A Hacking Superpower
Source: BusinessInsider
Seoul :: South Korea | updated 2013-05-25 08:43:57 -0700 | business-news
South Korea This year, North Korea has been flaunting its nuclear hardware in an effort to extort concessions from the United States and South Korea. But the tactic has failed to provoke panic for one key reason: Officials doubt that...
Westwood in contention at Wentworth
Source: BBC
London :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-05-25 10:42:06 -0700 | sports-news
Lee Westwood trails leader Alejandro Canizares by one shot going into day four of Wentworth's PGA Championship. The 40-year-old Englishman fired 67 to reach eight under but Spain's Canizares edged past on a balmy day in contrast to the wintry...
Aaron Paul Kicks Off Wedding Weekend
Source: People
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-25 10:30:07 -0700 | entertainment-news
Breaking Bad star Aaron Paul looked ecstatic in a photo he Tweeted Friday featuring bride-to-be Lauren Parsekian puckering up for a sultry kiss with her grinning groom just in time for a pre-wedding celebration. The bow tie-clad actor captioned the...
Cornet Wins Strasbourg International
Source: International Herald Tribune
Strasbourg :: France | updated 2013-05-25 10:53:56 -0700 | sports-news
France Third-seeded Alize Cornet of France beat Lucie Hradecka of the Czech Republic 7-6 (4), 6-0 Saturday to win the Strasbourg International final. Hradecka saved two set points in the 10th game to force a tiebreaker. However, she doubled-faulted at...
Aguero signs new Man City deal
Source: BBC
London :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-05-25 11:43:39 -0700 | sports-news
Sergio Aguero signs new Manchester City deal Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero has signed a one-year contract extension with the club. The 24-year-old Argentine signed a five-year deal when he arrived from Atletico Madrid in 2011 and his new deal...
As border tightens, some U.S.-Mexico neighbors reach across the fence
Source: Reuters
Mexico City :: Mexico | updated 2013-05-25 09:42:49 -0700 | allnews
Topics Artist Gretchen Baer paints on a fence marking the U.S. border in Naco, Mexico April 17, 2013. Mexican activist Maria Elena Borquez takes up a paintbrush and daubs a bright splotch of color on the rusted steel fence separating...
Automaker Tesla takes fight to North Carolina
Source: The Boston Globe
Raleigh :: NC :: USA | updated 2013-05-25 10:15:33 -0700 | business-news
N.C. (AP) Electric car manufacturer Tesla wants a compromise that will allow it to stay in business in North Carolina. The California automaker is sitting down with the North Carolina Automobile Dealers Association ahead of state House meetings on a...
Bits Blog: Vintage Apple-1 Sells for Record $671,400
Source: The New York Times
Cologne :: Germany | updated 2013-05-25 08:54:43 -0700 | technology-news
Apple's stock price may be well down from its peaks last year, but the market for the company's oldest computers continues to set records. Emmanuel Dunand/Agence France-Presse Getty Images Sotheby's sold an Apple-1 for $374,500 last year...An Apple-1 computer, made...
Psy to perform in Indonesia, South Korean diplomatic celebration
Source: United Press International
Jakarta :: Indonesia | updated 2013-05-25 08:39:14 -0700 | entertainment-news
South Korean pop star Psy will perform in Indonesia at a concert celebrating diplomatic ties between the two countries, his management agency said Saturday. The performance -- which will not be staged as a solo concert -- will mark Psy's...
O'Brien says Irish 'can finish job'
Source: BBC
Belfast :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-05-25 11:58:11 -0700 | sports-news
Batsman Kevin O'Brien believes Ireland "can finish the job" against Pakistan on Sunday after the two teams played out an exciting tie on Thursday. O'Brien hit a four off the final ball as Ireland finished on 275-5 at Clontarf to...
Both quick, long-term fixes in works for WA bridge
Source: The Boston Globe
Seattle :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-05-25 12:17:04 -0700 | travel-news
Washington state officials say it's going to take time to find both short- and long-term fixes for the bridge that collapsed on Interstate 5 on Thursday. First, the National Transportation and Safety Board must finish its inspection...Next, a temporary solution...
Hundreds running Boston Marathon's final mile
Source: The Boston Globe
Boston :: MA :: USA | updated 2013-05-25 11:08:56 -0700 | sports-news
Hundreds of runners are joining victims of the Boston Marathon bombings to finish the last mile of the race, reclaiming the triumph of crossing the finish line after explosives went off while many athletes were still running. More than 2,000...
Sen. Menedez says he is hopeful on votes for U.S. immigration reform
Source: United Press International
Upi :: Philippines | updated 2013-05-25 08:40:14 -0700 | political-news
Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., on Capitol Hill in Washington, Feb. 13, 2013. May 25 (UPI) -- A Democratic member of the so-called Gang of Eight said he was still optimistic the U.S. Senate will be able to pass the group's...
A Baseball Academy in a Talent-Poor Part of Mexico
Source: International Herald Tribune
Oaxaca :: Mexico | updated 2013-05-25 08:51:26 -0700 | sports-news
Jennifer Kho for The New York Times A baseball academy that opened in 2009 has seven fields, a weight room, trainers, dormitories and even custom local art. Pitchers practice their motions step by step as a coach yells: Uno!...Typical baseball...
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