NEW YORK (Reuters) - The judges could not save Matt Giraud again on Wednesday as “American Idol” fans eliminated the singer by casting the fewest votes for him this week based on his rendition of “My Funny Valentine.”click here to learn more
CNN) — Fear and skepticism on the streets of Mexico have led to panic buying and deep suspicions about the government.
Police officers take precautions against the swine flu outbreak as they patrol streets Wednesday in Mexico City.
Police officers take precautions against the swine flu outbreak as they patrol streets Wednesday in Mexico City.
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Can officials handle a deadly swine flu epidemic, many people are asking, and are authorities lying about what’s really going on?
The nervousness and distrust are not limited to Mexico City, where government officials said most of the 159 deaths suspected of coming from the 2009 H1N1 flu strain have occurred. click here for feature
Chrysler, one of the three pillars of the American auto industry, will file for bankruptcy today after last-minute negotiations between the government and the automaker’s creditors broke down last night, an Obama administration official said. for full feature click here
Ashton Kutcher has beaten CNN.
The 31-year-old actor, best known for “That 70s Show” and for marrying actress Demi Moore, 15 years his senior, became the first Twitter user — http://twitter.com/aplusk — to garner more than one million “followers” late Thursday evening.
For the past few days, he’d been locked in a race with CNN’s breaking news feed — http://twitter.com/cnnbrk — to become the first “Twitter millionaire.” click here to read more
NAIROBI, April 16 (Reuters) - Foreign navies have agreed to protect a vessel installing an undersea high-speed Internet cable from pirates off the coast of Somalia, a Kenyan minister said on Thursday.click here for feature
By Pascal Fletcher
PORT OF SPAIN (Reuters) - The United States is ready to talk to Cuba, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Thursday as Caribbean leaders piled pressure on Washington to end its sanctions against the island. to read full feature click here
NEW YORK
Speculation that deal talks between Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo Inc. could resurface has emerged after Yahoo’s chief financial officer said the company is “not opposed” to selling its search business.
“To be very clear, we’re not opposed to doing a deal that would maximize the value of the business in one way or another, be it a partnership or be it a long term sale,” CFO Blake Jorgensen said during a Goldman Sachs conference on Wednesday.click here to read more
By Bill Marx
Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service
Here’s a look at the top five in points and five drivers to watch in Sunday’s Shelby 427. All statistical references are for Sprint Cup races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway unless otherwise indicated. Driver rating is based on the past four races at the track.click here to read more
AMSTERDAM, Feb 26 (Reuters) - Investigators on Thursday were examing the flight recorders of a Turkish Airlines (THYAO.IS) plane that crashed in a field as it came in to land at Amsterdam’s main airport. Nine people, including three crew members, were killed when the Boeing 737-800 from Istanbul crashed on Wednesday morning.click here to learn more
TAIPEI (Reuters) - A jobless Taiwan man released from prison two years ago asked police to send him back so he could eat, police and local media said Tuesday, a grim sign of hard economic times on the island.click here for full story
Britney Spears showed off her fit body – and a fierce dance routine – during her recent European mini-tour. But what did it take for the pop star to get back in shape? click here for full story
PALO ALTO, Calif. — Facebook, the Internet’s largest social network, wants to let you take your friends with you as you travel the Web. But having been burned by privacy concerns in the last year, it plans to keep close tabs on those outings.click here for full story
NEW YORK (AP) — Taken to court in handcuffs, Plaxico Burress posted $100,000 bail on weapons possession charges Monday as the frenzy grew around the Giants star receiver who accidentally shot himself in a nightclub. Authorities said teammate Antonio Pierce was being investigated over his role in the weekend shooting, while the Super Bowl-champion Giants weren’t sure what action they would take, if any, against Burress. click here to read feature on Plexico
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Oil extended its sharp drop to below $49 a barrel on Tuesday, nearing a 3-and-a-half year low after OPEC’s decision to leave output unchanged sent it tumbling a day ago and as gloom about the global economy grew.click here for full story!
CARACAS (Reuters) - President Hugo Chavez launched a new campaign on Monday to change Venezuela’s constitution so he can stay in power for as long as he keeps winning elections, almost exactly a year after voters rejected the proposal.click here for full feature
BERLIN (Reuters) - An eight-year-old German schoolboy who wanted to complain to his mother about being sent out of class took his teacher’s car and crashed it, police said.click here to read full feature
