16 July 2007
Food-labeling effort gains new momentum (AP)
AP - Shoppers are in the dark about where much of their food comes from despite a five-year-old law requiring meat and other products to carry labels with their country of origin.
13 July 2007
N.C. bar issues order disbarring Nifong (AP)
AP - The North Carolina State Bar on Thursday issued a formal order disbarring former district attorney Mike Nifong for his handling of the now-discredited Duke lacrosse rape case.
10 July 2007
LA man sentenced to die for 10 murders (AP)
AP - A pizza deliveryman was sentenced to death Tuesday for murdering 10 women and a fetus during the 1980s and '90s in Los Angeles neighborhoods plagued by a crack cocaine epidemic.
Sears sees lower quarterly profit; shares plunge (Reuters)
Reuters - Sears Holdings Corp. on
Tuesday forecast lower quarterly profit and said it needs to
better control its costs and stock more items that its shoppers
demand, sending shares down more than 8.7 percent.
Dozens of wildfires ravage the West (AP)
AP - Overnight rain and cooler temperatures slowed a wildfire that had raced out of a canyon, destroyed at least 30 houses and killed a homeowner who went back to try to save his belongings, a top fire official said Monday.
Lawmakers drop union provision in 9/11 bill (Reuters)
Reuters - U.S. lawmakers agreed on Monday to
drop efforts to extend union protection to about 45,000 federal
airport security workers as part of stalled legislation to
guard against another September 11-type attack.
China jails 2 church leaders (AP)
AP - Two ministers in China's unrecognized Protestant church have been sentenced to one year each in a labor camp on charges of using an "evil cult" to obstruct the law, a U.S. monitoring group said Monday.
British juror arrested after listening to music under hijab (AFP)
AFP - A female Muslim juror has been arrested in Britain after allegedly listening to an MP3 player under her hijab headscarf during a murder trial, police said Monday.
Economy - Monday (Investor's Business Daily)
Investor's Business Daily - Turnover fell 27% last month, as 105 top execs left their jobs vs. 144 in May, when turnover hit an 8-month high, consultancy Challenger, Gray & Christmas said. High-profile departures included the pressured resignation ...
09 July 2007
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...
Mariners beat Athletics in physical game
Mariners outfielder Jason Ellison started a four-run rally and then touched off a benches-clearing shoving match in Seattle's 7-3 win over the Oakland Athletics on Sunday.
Ellison, in the starting lineup because of a late scratch to shortstop Yuniesky...
Holliday replaces Cabrera in HR derby
Colorado Rockies slugger Matt Holliday will replace the injured Miguel Cabrera in Monday's Home Run Derby.
Holliday, who is hitting .341 with 15 homers and 69 runs batted in, joins a crowded field that includes defending champion Ryan Howard of the Ph...
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.
Canucks sign defenseman Bieksa (AP)
AP - The Vancouver Canucks signed defenseman Kevin Bieksa to a $11.25-million, three-year contract extension Monday, and also added free agent Aaron Miller.
Eagles sign Mexican defensive tackle Lopez (Reuters)
Reuters - The Philadelphia Eagles have
signed defensive tackle Mauricio Lopez, the NFL club announced
on Monday.
Colts coach hits road to promote memoir (AP)
AP - Colts coach Tony Dungy said some football fans may be surprised that his memoir "Quiet Strength," which hits stores Tuesday, goes beyond Super Bowl tales and delves into his Christian faith.
Federer, Nadal rivalry reaches new level (AP)
AP - Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal long ago established themselves as the best of the best in men's tennis, far ahead of anyone else in the game these days. Then, firmly entrenched at No. 1 and No. 2, they began meeting regularly in tournament finals....
Tourists unearth dinosaur bones in Wyo. (AP)
AP - Can you dig it? For $150, you too can take part in a dinosaur dig at the Wyoming Dinosaur Center. The program lets tourists grab a brush and unearth real dinosaur bones, just like a paleontologist.
Hurricane center chief reassigned (AP)
AP - The director of the National Hurricane Center went on leave Monday, government officials said, four days after many of the center's employees called for his removal because of his comments about an aging weather satellite.
U.S. military deaths in Iraq at 3,605 (AP)
AP - As of Sunday, July 8, 2007, at least 3,605 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes seven military civilians. At least 2,952 died as a res...
Pioneering treatment for brain cancer gets Swiss approval (AFP)
AFP - An experimental treatment for brain cancer has won approval for commercial use in Switzerland, its London-listed US maker, Northwest Biotherapeutics, Inc., announced on Monday.
Army misses recruiting goal again, raises worry (Reuters)
Reuters - The U.S. Army, strained by wars in
Iraq and Afghanistan, missed its recruiting goal for the second
straight month in June, indicating a trend that some defense
officials on Monday called worrying.
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.
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