19 July 2007
Wild re-sign enforcer Boogaard
The Minnesota Wild re-signed forward Derek Boogaard to a multi-year contract on Wednesday, avoiding an arbitration hearing slated to take place next week.
13 July 2007
Rio Tinto to buy Alcan for $38 billion (Reuters)
Reuters - Anglo-Australian miner Rio
Tinto Ltd/Plc offered $38.1 billion to buy Canada's
Alcan Inc in an agreed deal to create the world's No. 1
aluminum producer, trumping a hostile bid by Alcoa Inc
10 July 2007
Bush: US commander to decide Iraq troop levels (AFP)
AFP - US President George W. Bush, battling a growing congressional rebellion against his unpopular Iraq policy, rejected lawmakers' calls for withdrawing US forces from the war-torn country.
Sunni extremists put village under siege (AP)
AP - Sunni extremists have seized control of a remote village northeast of Baghdad in a fierce battle with residents who pleaded for rescue by Iraqi army and police as they tried to defend their homes, the deputy provincial governor said Tuesday.
Obese survive heart attacks better (AP)
AP - While being fat increases your chances of a heart attack, some studies suggest a puzzling paradox: Obese people seem to have a better chance of surviving one. Scientists are stumped over why that seems to be the case and pose several theories.
Judge rejects youth bean ball appeal (AP)
AP - A judge refused to reduce the sentence of a former youth baseball coach convicted of offering a player money to bean a 9-year-old autistic teammate.
Los Angeles serial killer sentenced to death for 11 murders (AFP)
AFP - A former pizza delivery man described as one of the most prolific serial killers in Los Angeles history after being convicted of 11 murders was on Tuesday sentenced to death.
La Russa to bat Bonds in second spot
Everyone was buzzing about Barry Bonds. National League manager Tony La Russa had just posted his lineup for Tuesday night's all-star game and Bonds, baseball's prodigy and pariah, was batting second, rather than his customary cleanup spot.
"I'm hitti...
Starbucks On Trial (The Nation)
The Nation - The Nation -- Today Starbucks went on trial in Manhattan, and I had the privilege of attending several hours of the proceedings today.
Buenos Aires gets first snow since 1918 (AP)
AP - Thousands of Argentines cheered and threw snowballs in the streets of Buenos Aires on Monday as the capital's first major snowfall since 1918 spread a thin white mantle across the region.
09 July 2007
USA's Adu named Player of the Week
USA U-20 phenom Freddy Adu has been named the TSN.ca/soccer Player of the Week.
Finally living up to his potential, the 18-year old Adu was critical as the United States surprisingly clinched Group D at the FIFA Under-20 World championships.
Adu kicke...
Aguero is Argentina's rising star
Argentina's Sergio Aguero would like nothing more than to get a call from home during the FIFA U-20 World Cup.
With he and his teammates having inherited his country's lofty expectations for the world stage following the graduation of FC Barcelona sta...
Embattled U.S. hurricane center boss ousted (Reuters)
Reuters - The director of the U.S. National
Hurricane Center, a critical government agency that issues
hurricane and tropical storm forecasts, was ousted on Monday
after a staff mutiny.
Heat wave descends on Northeastern U.S. (AP)
AP - The city opened nearly 300 cooling centers Monday as temperatures across much of the Northeast surpassed 90 degrees — the hottest in the metropolitan area since a heat wave last year that was blamed for 40 deaths.
Maine hatchery releases tiny lobsters (AP)
AP - Thousands of tiny 2-week-old lobsters were released into Maine waters during the weekend as part of an ongoing effort to keep the state's lobster populations strong.
BLM gets OK for new North Slope drilling (AP)
AP - The Bureau of Land Management could go ahead with plans to allow drilling in a sensitive area near Teshekpuk Lake on the North Slope, an agency spokeswoman said.
Fred Thompson aided Nixon on Watergate (AP)
AP - Fred Thompson gained an image as a tough-minded investigative counsel for the Senate Watergate committee. Yet President Nixon and his top aides viewed the fellow Republican as a willing, if not too bright, ally, according to White House tapes.
Stevens fears impact of current probe (AP)
AP - Ted Stevens, the longest-serving Republican senator and once the chief power broker for dispensing federal dollars, says he's worried that a corruption investigation "could cause me some trouble" in running for re-election next year.
Alcoa extends Alcan offer while Q2 profit slips (Reuters)
Reuters - Alcoa Inc , the world's largest
aluminum company, on Monday extended its outstanding offer to
acquire Alcan Inc. , even as it reported a slip in
second-quarter profit.
Afghan girls traded, sold to settle debt (AP)
AP - Unable to scrounge together the $165 he needed to repay a loan to buy sheep, Nazir Ahmad made good on his debt by selling his 16-year-old daughter to marry the lender's son.
Israel's Olmert invites Syria's Assad for direct talks (AFP)
AFP - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert in a television interview on Monday invited Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for direct talks "wherever he wants."
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