China asks NKorea to release fishing boat, crew
Source: The Boston Globe
Pyŏngyang :: North Korea | updated 2013-05-19 21:19:16 -0700 | political-news
The Chinese Embassy in Pyongyang asked North Korea to release a private Chinese fishing boat and its crew soon after its owner reported the detention 10 days ago, state media said. The owner of the boat took to a microblog...
Greening's goal in 2nd OT lifts Sens over Pens
Source: Associated Press
Ottawa :: Canada | updated 2013-05-19 22:32:43 -0700 | sports-news
39 into double overtime, and the Ottawa Senators rallied for a 2-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins that cut their series deficit to 2-1 on Sunday night. Daniel Alfredsson got Ottawa even 1-1 by scoring a short-handed goal with 29...
Billboard Awards Finalists
Source: Fox
Las Vegas :: NV :: USA | updated 2013-05-19 20:33:51 -0700 | entertainment-news
Published May 19, 2013 Associated Press They battle it out weekly on the Billboard charts, and now they're competing at the Billboard Music Awards. Today's biggest stars -- from Taylor Swift to fun. to Maroon 5 -- are the key...
Cabrera has 3-homer game in Texas, 2nd of career
Source: Associated Press
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-19 22:44:18 -0700 | sports-news
Detroit Tigers slugger Miguel Cabrera has hit three home runs in a game for the second time in his career. The 2012 AL Triple Crown winner hit a three-run homer in the third inning and a solo shot in the...
DealBook: Cohen Gets Subpoena in SAC Capital Trading Inquiry
Source: The New York Times
Stamford :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-19 22:27:10 -0700 | business-news
Cohen has received a subpoena to testify before a grand jury in the government's insider trading investigation into his hedge fund, SAC Capital Advisors, a development that signals a newly aggressive phase in the multiyear inquiry, according to lawyers and...
Post-Chavez Venezuela makes overture to US
Source: Al Jazeera English
Maracaibo :: Venezuela | updated 2013-05-19 20:38:55 -0700 | political-news
S Foreign minister Elias Jaua says country is looking to 'resume diplomatic representation at the highest level'. Last Modified: 20 May 2013 00:31 Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro has said government would like to increase dialogue with the US [Reuters] Venezuela's...
Lopez Resigns, but Scrutiny of Silver Continues
Source: The New York Times
Long Beach :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-19 22:27:46 -0700 | technology-news
But while the resignation of Mr. Lopez, a veteran Brooklyn Democrat accused of sexually harassing several women, ends an effort to expel him from the State Legislature, the scrutiny is not over for the Assembly speaker, Sheldon Silver . Mr....
An Emotional Swing for Wigan Athletic
Source: The New York Times
Wigan :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-05-19 20:00:13 -0700 | sports-news
Emotional Swing for English Soccer Club Andrew Testa for The New York Times Wigan fans with striker Arouna Kone. He could be among the stars departing as the club cuts costs in the wake of its relegation from the Premier...
Activists bristle as India cracks down on foreign funding of NGOs
Source: Washington Post
New Delhi :: India | updated 2013-05-19 20:23:26 -0700 | political-news
Amid an intensifying crackdown on nongovernmental groups that receive foreign funding, Indian activists are accusing the government of stifling their right to dissent in the world's largest democracy. India has tightened the rules on nongovernmental organizations over the past two...
Kepler epitaph? Eight most intriguing finds of troubled telescope.
Source: Christian Science Monitor
Boston :: MA :: USA | updated 2013-05-19 18:40:30 -0700 | technology-news
Kepler, the space telescope designed to help us find other Earth-like planets, is on the fritz. Scientists hope they will be able to fix it remotely, but if they can't, its brief, brilliant career could be over. Since it began...
Minister objects to postings and transfers
Source: DAWN
Lahore :: Pakistan | updated 2013-05-19 18:55:41 -0700 | political-news
L-N, caretaker Law Minister Ahmar Bilal Soofi has also criticised the postings and transfers being made by the government of Prime Minister retired Justice Mir Hazar Khan Khoso. He warned the caretaker set-up against transgressing its mandate by making undue...
PTI's ‘pro-poor' agenda too big to implement
Source: DAWN
Karāchi :: Pakistan | updated 2013-05-19 20:51:40 -0700 | political-news
The upcoming Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf led provincial government will find it hard to turn its pro-people election manifesto into a reality without growing Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's income considerably, according to official sources. The PTI would find Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's existing income insufficient...
Vote fraud is easy with 13,000 in Maryland still on D.C. records
Source: The Washington Times
Prince George :: Canada | updated 2013-05-19 20:36:14 -0700 | political-news
The District has failed to remove from its voting rolls as many as 13,000 former residents who years ago moved to Prince George's County and cast ballots there, making fraud by voting in two jurisdictions as easy as going to...
Gas price increase likely
Source: DAWN
Karāchi :: Pakistan | updated 2013-05-19 20:08:07 -0700 | business-news
The caretaker government would increase gas rates for all five categories of consumers, Petroleum Minister Suhail Wajahat said on Sunday. Addressing a press conference with federal minister for water and power, Mr Wajahat said that all five categories of consumers...
Chinese Hackers Resume Attacks on U.S. Targets
Source: International Herald Tribune
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-19 18:45:53 -0700 | business-news
The Obama administration had bet that naming and shaming the groups, first in industry reports and then in the Pentagon's own detailed survey of Chinese military capabilities, might prompt China's new leadership to crack down on the military's highly organized...
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