Mugabe seeks election price cuts25.03.2008 19:19 - source: BBC News Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe threatens to make shops cut prices ahead of 29 March elections. Read more… |
US consumer confidence falls25.03.2008 19:19 - source: BBC News US consumer confidence falls to a five-year low, according to the latest Conference Board report. Read more… |
US probes Taiwan arms error25.03.2008 19:19 - source: BBC News The Pentagon says it is investigating after ballistic missile fuses were mistakenly shipped to Taiwan. Read more… |
Battles on Comoros rebel island25.03.2008 19:19 - source: BBC News Comoros government troops take control of most of Anjouan island but fighting continues. Read more… |
Sarkozy threat to Olympic event25.03.2008 19:19 - source: BBC News French President Nicolas Sarkozy says he has not ruled out boycotting the opening of the Olympics. Read more… |
Mass motorway pile-up in Austria25.03.2008 19:19 - source: BBC News Austrian police say one person is killed and dozens hurt as 60 vehicles are involved in a motorway pile-up. Read more… |
Clinton pressed over Bosnia claim25.03.2008 19:19 - source: BBC News US White House hopeful Hillary Clinton is challenged over claims she came under sniper fire while visiting Bosnia. Read more… |
Iraq forces battle Basra militias25.03.2008 19:19 - source: BBC News Thousands of Iraqi troops battle with rival Shia in Basra, as clashes spread to other parts of the country. Read more… |
Calif. plan to track medicine hits snag25.03.2008 19:19 - source: USATODAY.com The nation's first law that requires high-tech tracking devices to help thwart prescription-drug counterfeiters is facing one ... Read more… |
Honduran melons linked to salmonella25.03.2008 19:19 - source: USATODAY.com The Food and Drug Administration has blocked all cantaloupes imported from Agropecuaria Montelibano in Honduras because they ... Read more… |
TB patient faces felony charges in Ariz.25.03.2008 19:19 - source: USATODAY.com A man with a virulent form of tuberculosis who once was confined to a hospital jail ward for failing to wear a mask in public ... Read more… |
Hot Wheels For Disabled Pets25.03.2008 19:19 - source: CBS A growing number of pet owners are turning to custom-built wheelchairs to restore mobility to furry friends whose legs, hips or backs don't work. The owners' goals are simple: to reward their pets' unconditional love. Read more… |
Iowa Family Slaying Mystery Deepens25.03.2008 19:19 - source: CBS A woman and her four children were found dead in their home, and police later found a sixth body in a burning, wrecked van owned by the woman's husband - a former bank executive who had been charged with embezzlement. Read more… |
Shuttle Endeavour Heads For Home25.03.2008 19:19 - source: CBS After a week and a half of complex orbital construction work, Endeavour's seven astronauts have undocked from the international space station and begun their journey home. Read more… |
U.S. Navy Fires On Boat In Suez Canal25.03.2008 19:19 - source: CBS At least one person is reportedly dead after an American cargo ship under contract to the U.S. Navy opened fire on a small Egyptian boat while moving through the Suez Canal. The smaller vessel is said to have ignored warning shots. Read more… |
Va. Tech Families Offered $100,000 Each25.03.2008 19:19 - source: CBS Families of those killed in the Virginia Tech massacre would receive $100,000 each under a settlement the state is proposing to prevent lawsuits, according to a victim's relative who received a copy of the proposal. Read more… |
What Do Attractive Women See In So-So Men?25.03.2008 19:19 - source: CBS A new study finds that the most successful marriages are the ones in which the bride, not the groom, is good-looking, as Bill Whitaker reports. Read more… |
Home Prices Take Steep Drop In January25.03.2008 19:19 - source: CBS A widely watched index of U.S. home prices fell 11.4 percent in January, its steepest drop since data for the indicator was first collected in 1987. Read more… |
Detroit Mayor Pleads Not Guilty25.03.2008 19:19 - source: CBS Both Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and his former aide pleaded not guilty to counts of perjury, conspiracy, obstruction of justice and misconduct in a scandal that is threatening to prematurely end Kilpatrick's second term as mayor. Read more… |
A Fair Fight In Indiana25.03.2008 19:19 - source: CBS Wedged between Illinois, which is Barack Obama's home state, and Ohio, which Hillary Clinton dominated, Indiana may be the one state remaining where both candidates begin with a roughly equal chance of coming out ahead, the Washington Post reports. Read more… |
Diet, Weight Drug May Curb Hypertension25.03.2008 19:19 - source: CBS Losing weight with a healthy diet or with the weight loss drug Xenical may ease high blood pressure, European researchers report. Read more… |
States Brace For Record Turnout25.03.2008 19:19 - source: CBS After a primary season marked by record-shattering voter turnout, election officials across the country are bracing for what might be an Election Day like no other, the Politico reports. Read more… |
Consumer Confidence At 5-Year Low25.03.2008 19:19 - source: CBS Wall Street is mixed on news that the Consumer Confidence Index plunged in March from February. The reading - a five-year low - was far below what was expected by analysts. Read more… |
Deadly Clashes Break Out In Basra25.03.2008 19:19 - source: CBS Iraqi forces are clashing with Shiite militias in the southern oil port of Basra as a massive security plan to clamp down on violence between rival militia factions in the region gets underway. Read more… |
Oops! Pentagon Admits Missile Mix-up25.03.2008 19:19 - source: CBS The Defense Department announced on Tuesday that it mistakenly shipped non-nuclear components for an intercontinental ballistic missile to Taiwan but has recovered them and launched an investigation. Read more… |