Robson to face Wozniacki in Paris
Source: BBC
Auckland :: New Zealand | updated 2013-05-24 08:50:52 -0700 | sports-news
Laura Robson to face Caroline Wozniacki in French Open Laura Robson will play former world number one Caroline Wozniacki in the first round of the French Open. The British number one has beaten Venus Williams and Agnieszka Radwanska in recent...
Britain scrambles fighter jets to escort PIA passenger plane
Source: DAWN
Manchester :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-05-24 09:02:53 -0700 | political-news
Britain scrambled fighter jets on Friday to escort a Pakistani International Airlines plane carrying 297 passengers from Lahore after it was diverted from Manchester, a spokesman for the Defence Ministry said. Flight PK709 from the city of Lahore in Pakistan...
Chief of Austrian Bank Offers to Resign
Source: International Herald Tribune
Vienna :: Austria | updated 2013-05-24 08:50:16 -0700 | business-news
Raiffeisen Bank International, one of Austria's largest lenders, said Friday that Herbert Stepic had offered his resignation as chief executive after his personal investments in Asian real estate came under increasing scrutiny. Leonhard Foeger/Reuters Herbert Stepic, chief executive of Raiffeisen...
Osman signs new Everton contract
Source: BBC
London :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-05-24 02:48:44 -0700 | sports-news
Leon Osman: Everton midfielder signs new contract Everton midfielder Leon Osman has signed a new contract, which will keep him at the club until 2015. The 32-year-old, whose previous deal was due to expire at the end of June 2014,...
Red state Dems defect on Keystone pipeline
Source: Fox News
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-24 06:06:08 -0700 | political-news
Published May 24, 2013 Washington Free Beacon Two red state Democratic senators signaled support Thursday for legislation authorizing the Keystone XL pipeline opposed by President Barack Obama, Democratic Party leaders, and influential Democratic donors. Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, D- N.D., told...
Betfair boss says plan to limit live odds during sports broadcasts falls short
Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Sydney :: Australia | updated 2013-05-24 08:50:43 -0700 | political-news
An online sports betting agency head has admitted a proposal by commercial TV networks to limit gambling ads during sports broadcasts does not meet public expectations. Gambling industry bosses have been meeting with TV executives this week to discuss the...
What Liberace wore
Source: CNN
Atlanta :: GA :: USA | updated 2013-05-24 08:51:07 -0700 | entertainment-news
Liberace's extravagant style is as famous as his music, and his looks will be on full display in Stephen Soderbergh's "Behind the Candelabra" when the film premieres on HBO May 26. A sneak peek has shown star Michael Douglas as...
Explosion shakes central Kabul
Source: BBC
Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated 2013-05-24 07:46:53 -0700 | political-news
Explosion and gunfire shake Kabul There has been a large explosion in the centre of the Afghan capital, Kabul, followed by heavy gunfire. The blast was near the hospital of Afghanistan's National Directorate of Security intelligence agency, police told the...
Barba makes late charge for Maroons
Source: Sydney Morning Herald
Brisbane :: Australia | updated 2013-05-24 06:05:50 -0700 | sports-news
Bulldogs 24 Broncos 14 Ben Barba's magic generally rests with ball in hand. But you truly get a sense as to whether the Canterbury fullback is "on" or not by what he does off the ball. And boy was he...
Body believed to be missing tourist washes ashore in Western Australia
Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Canberra :: Australia | updated 2013-05-24 07:46:46 -0700 | political-news
The body was found at Elle's Beach, south of Coral Bay, shortly after midday today. Police say formal identification will take a number of days but it is believed to be the body of Robert Shugg, 48, who was reported...
Scientists uncover a secret to cockroaches' adaptability
Source: Los Angeles Times
West Lafayette :: IN :: USA | updated 2013-05-24 06:06:09 -0700 | technology-news
In the war against pests, the lowly cockroach makes for a fearsome adversary. It can go weeks without water, survive decapitation for a time and, like any proper super-villain, can send humans screaming from a room. Now researchers have discovered...
Platini Repeats Call for European Sports Police Force
Source: International Herald Tribune
Tōkyō :: Japan | updated 2013-05-24 07:47:29 -0700 | sports-news
Congress he was upset that his appeal for one had been ignored for six years. "Six years ago now, in response to...problems of betting, corruption and match-fixing, as well as the problems of hooliganism and doping, I called for the...
Brisbane man charged over daughter's death
Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Brisbane :: Australia | updated 2013-05-24 06:06:23 -0700 | political-news
Officers found the girl's body after they were called to a house at Petrie on March 30. A 28-year-old Hillcrest man has been charged with manslaughter and child cruelty. He is due to appear in the Brisbane Magistrates Court tomorrow....
Mac Gems: Eye-Friendly is a handy resolution switcher for Retina MacBooks
Source: Macworld
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-24 04:35:25 -0700 | technology-news
Jorg Jacobsen's $5 Eye-Friendly ( Mac App Store link ) is the third resolution-switching utility for the Retina MacBook Pro that I've looked at, after QuickRes ( ) and Pupil ( ). In my quest to find the ideal resolution-switching...
Doctor allegedly wrote bogus prescriptions, shared the drugs with woman
Source: The Boston Globe
Boston :: MA :: USA | updated 2013-05-24 05:27:40 -0700 | political-news
A Medway doctor is facing charges that he wrote fraudulent narcotics prescriptions, Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan said. Prosecutors say Nicholas Pacella, 50, wrote seven oxycodone prescriptions for a woman who was not his patient between June 2007 and June...
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