09 July 2007 22:15
Former Alaska lawmaker guilty of bribery (AP)
AP - A former Alaska lawmaker accused of getting thousands of dollars out of a corrections-company consultant in exchange for his help in the Legislature was convicted of bribery on Monday.
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....
Potomac water quality to be monitored (AP)
AP - Virginia plans to install a monitoring station in the Potomac River that will help boaters and fishermen while assisting marine biologists studying the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries.
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.
Women drawn to men with muscles (Reuters)
Reuters - Muscular young men are likely to have
more sex partners than their less-chiselled peers, researchers
at the University of California Los Angeles said on Monday.
Canada tightens grip on disputed Arctic (AP)
AP - Canada announced plans Monday to increase its Arctic military presence in an effort to assert sovereignty over the Northwest Passage — a potentially oil-rich region the United States claims is international territory.
US mining firm faces trial for Colombian unionists' deaths (AFP)
AFP - Jury selection started in Alabama Monday in the trial of a US company accused of hiring right-wing paramilitaries to kill three trade unionists working at its coal mine in Colombia six years ago.
09 July 2007 21:00
European shares advance (AFP)
AFP - Europe's main stock markets rallied in morning trading on Monday after Tokyo's main equity index hit a fresh seven-year high following a positive end to last week in the United States.
09 July 2007 20:30
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.
China Internet surfers save more than 800 cats (Reuters)
Reuters - The power of the Internet has saved
more than 800 cats from being skinned and served up on Chinese
dinner tables.
