Sharm El-Sheikh (Egypt), May 17 (Xinhua) US President George W. Bush Saturday arrived in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, the last stop of his three-country tour in the Middle...

Direct Agents, an interactive advertising agency owned by Indian Americans, has been named one of the 50 'fastest growing Asian American businesses' by the US Pan Asian-American Chamber of Commerce Education Foundation...

Indian American Mahendra Sabhnani, convicted along with his wife of 'modern day slavery', has now been accused of violating his bail agreement by staying out past midnight while he awaits...

Bagdogra (West Bengal), May 17 : Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh said on Saturday there was a need for creating a federal crime agency on lines similar to the FBI in the United States to tackle terrorism and white collar crimes in various parts of the...

Washington, May 17 : The Pentagon is planning to build a new 40-acre detention complex on the main American military base in Afghanistan, which means that the US intends to continue to hold prisoners overseas for years to come. Ostensibly the reason for constructing the new prison is to overcome serious health risks to Afghan detainees, in general, and American military personnel, in particular, at the Bagram military base prison in Afghanistan, which presently holds 630 prisoners (much more than its...

Washington, May 17 : Coaches training U.S. Olympic team of swimmers these days have been taking inspiration from sharks and dolphins, says a report....

New York, May 17 : Matthew McConaughey and his nearly 7-months pregnant girlfriend Camila Alves are hoping to rake in big bucks by selling their baby's first...

New York, May 17 : Sports star Tony Romo ended his romance with Jessica Simpson after growing tired of her meddling father, according to...

New York, May 17 : Looks like authors Danforth Prince and Darwin Porter have planned a full frontal assault on Hollywood, with the help of their new tell-all book "Hollywood Babylon: It's Back" - that talks about the sexual prowess of stars like Sir Mick Jagger, Ewan Mcgregor, John Malkovich and Daniel...

Washington, May 17 : Hollywood actor Harrison Ford, who helped glorify archaeology on the big screen, has been elected to the Board of Directors of the Archaeological Institute of...

Lima, May 17 (DPA) The European Union-Latin America-Caribbean (EU-LAC)summit stressed in its final declaration in Lima that participants were 'deeply concerned by the impact of increased food prices', specifically citing troubled Haiti as an...

ROME (AP) — An American student suspected in the slaying of her British roommate in Italy must remain behind bars, an Italian judge ruled Saturday. The judge rejected a lawyer's request to...

DALLAS (AP) -- Negotiators for union mechanics and bag handlers at American Airlines have rejected a contract proposal from American Airlines that called for lump-sum payments instead of wage...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - Former South Dakota Senator George McGovern has led a big rally for Barack Obama in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. McGovern told a crowd of about 6,000 that Obama is a "ripple...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Hillary Rodham Clinton is asking supporters to help persuade the Democratic National Committee to count Michigan and Florida in a meeting later this month. The panel is scheduled...

European and Latin American leaders called for more efforts in furthering trade between their regions and addressing surging food prices as they gathered in Peruvian capital Lima for a summit....

CHICAGO - Reuters Top U.S. Federal Reserve officials on Thursday cited progress in alleviating months of turmoil in financial markets, but said a full return to normalcy was still some time away. The...

Vanderkaay broke the mark of 3:44.11 set by Klete Keller on Aug. 14, 2004. It was the sixth-fastest time ever in the event. Ian Thorpe holds the world record of...

3 NIU shooting victims to get posthumous degrees Hundreds of students ran screaming from the lecture hall three months ago to escape a gunman who had opened fire inside. On Saturday, while much of...

London-born Jhumpa Lahiri's new collection of short stories went straight to number 1 in the American bestseller lists. Now her tales of immigrant life are being hailed as a new direction in US...

But Clinton is acting as though the nomination is still within her grasp, beginning a multi-day swing through Kentucky on Saturday with a tour of the famous distillery in Loretto, where its first...

The day of campaigning had barely begun and Hillary Rodham Clinton was already eyeing the whiskey. The Democrat wasn't drowning her sorrows, she was touring Kentucky's Maker's Mark distillery as she...

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) ― Myanmar's junta kept a French navy ship laden with aid waiting outside its maritime border on Saturday, and showed off neatly laid out state relief camps to...

Joe Torre, who had a losing record against the Angels during his tenure as manager of the New York Yankees, lost again in his first matchup with them as Dodgers...

Two more states weigh in Tuesday in the ongoing battle for the Democratic presidential nomination. Hillary Clinton today will be in Kentucky, where she's expecting a sizable victory. Front-runner...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Even if Florida and Michigan's delegates are seated at the Democratic convention this summer according to the way primary voting went in January, the math still doesn't add up for...

(AP Photo/Lafayette Daily Advertiser/Brad Kemp)Residents of Lady of the Oaks Retirement Manor are evacuated Saturday May 17, 2008 after authorities issued a mandatory evacuation order for about 3,000...

The old Naval Hospital sits boarded up and overgrown with dandy lions and shrubs at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, New York, Thursday May 8 , 2008. The facility, built of local marble in 1837, is a city...

SANTA CLARA, California, May 17. THE third night of swimming at the Santa Clara International Invitational is underway, and the meet witnessed its second American record.Peter Vanderkaay provided the...

LORETTO, Ky. — Sen. Hillary Clinton dipped a bottle of Maker's Mark Bourbon whiskey in its signature red wax Saturday and then urged a crowd of close to 1,000 to vote in Kentucky's presidential...

DETROIT (AP) -- American Axle and Manufacturing Holdings Inc. boosted its wage offer and increased the payments it will give workers to take a wage cut as part of a tentative agreement that could...

ANGELS CAMP, Calif. (AP) ― State safety inspectors on Saturday began investigating what caused the mechanical failure of a carnival ride that injured 23 people, mostly children, at the...

LOS ANGELES (AP) ― If Ashlee Simpson's wedding is not happening at her parents' home, they were sure going out of their way to fake it Saturday.A flurry of arrangements was apparent just...

Chugging around the southern curve of Central America and up towards the United States, they have formed a kind of illicit fleet and become a major drug trafficking ...

CORAL GABLES, Fla. - Tim Federowicz went 2-for-5 with three RBI and then recorded the game-ending strikeout with the tying run on third base to lift No. 2 North Carolina to a 12-11 win over No. 1...

Authorities: Bus flips in Calif., 1 dead, 21 hurt Authorities say a charter bus crash in the Southern California desert has killed one person and injured 21...

(AP Photo/Lisa Poole)Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., applauds during a ceremony to award the Profile in Courage Awards, Monday, May 12, 2008 at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in...

Posted on: Saturday, 17 May 2008, 18:00 CDT Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc. (NYSE:SKH) announced today that the company will ring the Opening Bell at the New York Stock Exchange on May 22, 2008 to...

No Wave: New York 1976-80 By Thurston Moore & Byron Coley (HNA ) £14'New York City during the 1970s,' insists the opening line of Lydia Lunch's characteristically authoritative introduction,...

BALTIMORE (AP) ― There are any number of things to do on the infield at Pimlico Race Course in the hours before the Preakness.For Bobby Muth, a University of Delaware student, it was using a...

Hyannis Port and another en route to Massachusetts General Hospital from Cape Cod Hospital. It was reported that Kennedy was conscious and with family as doctors worked to determine the cause of the...

BALTIMORE (AP) ― Big Brown powered to the lead turning for home and then sailed through the stretch to win the Preakness, still perfect and squarely pointed down the path toward thoroughbred...

The discussion has become inflamed lately after a Hillary aide disclosed that the former first lady had once challenged rival John McCain to a drinking contest while they were on a senatorial trip...

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - National Football League team owners plan to reopen the current labor deal with players possibly next week and could lead to a lockout in a move to cut costs, the head of...

News ) - American Axle and Manufacturing Holdings Inc. boosted its wage offer and increased the payments it will give workers to take a wage cut as part of a tentative agreement that could settle an...

News ) - Picking a winner of the presidential contest is front and center at what's being billed as the largest astrologers' convention in years.More than 1,500 astrologers from 45 countries have...

News ) - A man with a semiautomatic rifle opened fire at a church festival Saturday, wounding his ex-wife and two bystanders before festival-goers grabbed him and held him for police, authorities and...

The NAACP has chosen former news executive and lifelong activist Ben Jealous as its next president, the youngest in the 99-year history of the nation's largest civil rights organization. The...

BOSTON (WBZ) ― Reaction poured in from the political word upon new Saturday that Senator Ted Kennedy was rushed to a Boston hospital. "Ted Kennedy is beloved and respected on both sides of...

Family of boy hit by baseball holds onto hope She wraps her arms around her son, gently raising the spindly 14-year-old boy off a couch to his feet. She hugs him and rubs his back, whispering "I...