AP - No matter how much she loved the river and sea that once provided her family's daily food, Tin Tin Latt now just wants to stay away from the water that widowed her, killed two of her children and destroyed the family's livelihood.
AP - Cheered by an enormous international crowd, Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama on Thursday summoned Europeans and Americans together to "defeat terror and dry up the well of extremism that supports it" as surely as they conquered communism a generation ago.
AP - One of South Africa's leading female jurists who won acclaim defending apartheid opponents was nominated Thursday to serve as the next United Nations high commissioner for human rights.
Reuters - Chief Executive Steve
Ballmer on Thursday defended Microsoft Corp's need to make
heavy investments in its Internet businesses but said the
company was "done," for now, with pursuing Yahoo Inc.
Reuters - Stocks tumbled more than 2 percent on
Thursday after a report showing yet another drop in U.S. home
sales prompted investors to take profits in financial shares,
which had rallied over the past week.AP - Microsoft's CEO defended the software maker's decision to invest heavily in its unprofitable online business, but shed minimal light Thursday on specific steps it will take to challenge Google in the wake of the failed bid to buy Yahoo.
AP - An influential shareholder advisory firm endorsed the re-election of Yahoo Inc.'s entire board Thursday, reducing the chances that the Internet company's directors will be ousted for spurning Microsoft Corp.'s $47.5 billion takeover bid during the spring.
AP - T-R-O-U-B-L-E could loom for a Scrabble knockoff that has become one of the most popular activities on Facebook.
Reuters - Lawyers for Brad Pitt on Thursday
threatened legal action against anyone publishing recent
photographs they say were taken by paparazzi of the actor and
his newly enlarged family at their French estate.
AP - Three ballistic missile crew members in North Dakota fell asleep while holding classified launch code devices this month, triggering an investigation by military and National Security Agency experts, the Air Force said Thursday.Home || Classified Ads || Business Blog || Submit an Article || Advertise