" LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- NASA's Phoenix spacecraft has discovered evidence of past water at its Martian landing site and spotted falling snow for the first time, scientists reported Monday. With...
"As the vote was shown on TV, stocks plunged and and investors fled to the safety of the credit markets, worrying that the financial system would keep sinking under the weight of failed mortgage debt. The markets were highly volatile, with the Dow regaining ground to trade...
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"IT started out as something of a pipe dream, swapping a humble paperclip for a raft of everyday objects until you end up with a new home, but for one lucky Northampton trader the dream is close to becoming a...
Gallup Daily Tracking poll takes issue with the 8 percentage point spread related by other polls this week. This poll was taken prior to John McCain suspending his campaign. It shows a tie between Obama and McCain."PRINCETON, NJ -- John McCain has gained ground...
The US mortgage quagmire and fluctuating fuel prices have caused the Toronto Stock Exchange to wobble... yesterday, the TSX lost 4%. Though bad for everyday folks, high fuel prices actually tend to boost the TSX, so at the moment you will be unlikely to find Canadians...
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A 20 year old British woman has been injured in a remote part of Siberia. She was there studying the forest as a zoology student."An alert beamed 3,700 miles around the world has sent rescuers to the aid of a British woman injured in the remote forests of eastern Russia.The...
The author of the best-selling book "The Horse Whisperer" is in the hospital in Scotland after eating some poisonous mushrooms. He had cooked the mushrooms himself after finding them in the woods."Bestselling author...
"Pensioners outnumber children for the first time as more and more people live longer, new figures show. The fastest-growing pensioner group is the over-80s, who are benefiting from improved diets and healthcare. Figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show...
"Declaring "the aggressor has been punished," the Kremlin ordered a halt Tuesday to Russia's devastating assault on Georgia — five days of air and ground attacks that left homes in smoldering ruins and uprooted 100,000 people. Both sides accepted the general outlines of a...
"Alexa no longer counts traffic that a site gains from social media sites like Digg and Reddit. For people whose traffic Last two to three weeks have been good due to social media buzz, they have noticed that it had...
"Crude oil rose more than $4 to a record on concerns that Israel may be preparing to attack Iran, while a strike in Brazil and renewed militant activity in Nigeria threaten to cut supplies. Oil rallied to a record high of $145.98 a barrel after the Jerusalem Post...
A man who was killed by a falling crane's death has been ruled as accidental by a court in the UK."The death of a man when a crane fell on a building site in Liverpool was accidental, an inquest jury has ruled. Construction worker Zbigniew Roman Swirzynski was struck by a...
" Britain is on the verge of a recession and the number of permanent job vacancies is falling, two reports warn today. The British Chambers of Commerce describes the outlook as 'grim' and warns that a recession could start within months. It says it has uncovered evidence...
In a deplorable incident an Indian woman was thrown out of running train because she was travelling without ticket. "In a shocking incident, a 35-year-old woman died after being allegedly thrown out of 2003 Delhi-bound Shatabdi Express by the catering and ticket-checking on...