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.
RBS group to offer 90 percent cash for ABN bid: reports (Reuters)
Reuters - A trio of banks led by Royal Bank of
Scotland Group plans to present a new, nearly all cash
bid for Dutch bank ABN AMRO Holding NV as early as
Monday, according to two media reports on Sunday.
15 July 2007
Prosecution rests in Padilla trial (AP)
AP - PROSECUTION RESTS: After nine weeks, 22 witnesses and dozens of FBI wiretaps, prosecutors finished presenting their case to jurors in the terror support trial of Jose Padilla and two co-defendants.
Williams says he'll remain Tiger's caddie
Steve Williams has no intention of quitting his job as caddie to Tiger Woods, the New Zealand native said in a newspaper interview published Sunday.
Williams told New Zealand's Sunday Star-Times he didn't know why rumours were circulating he was about...
13 July 2007
Ravenous robber makes himself at home (CourtTV)
CourtTV - (Court TV) - An Arizona man who broke into a woman's
home has given new meaning to the term "hamburglar."
Trade deficit rises in May (AP)
AP - America's trade deficit rose to its second-highest level of the year as the price of imported crude oil jumped and demand for Chinese products remained strong despite recalls of tainted products.
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 hits back at anti-war barrage (AFP)
AFP - President George W. Bush pleaded for more time for his last-ditch Iraq strategy to work Tuesday, despite a growing Republican revolt and a barrage of Democratic demands to bring US troops home.
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.
Playwright: Actress shot at Phil Spector's mansion was not suicidal (CourtTV)
CourtTV - LOS
ANGELES (C
ourt TV) - A playwright who worked with Lana Clarkson a month
before her death said the actress never displayed suicidal tendencies,
but did voice disappointment about the trajectory of her career and
worry about her future as ...
Satarak fires 66 to lead at River Spirit
Wailailak Satarak battled windswept conditions at River Spirit Golf Club to finish with a 6-under 66 to lead the opening-round at the CN Canadian Women's Tour event.
Heat's Cook focusing on defence
Daequan Cook believes his shot will always be there. So Miami's first-round draft pick is spending his off-season focusing on defence.
Cook scored 13 points in 23 minutes Monday in Miami's 88-74 loss to the Charlotte Bobcats on the opening day of summ...
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...
Obama kicks off campaign in Alabama (AP)
AP - Sen. Barack Obama kicked off his Democratic presidential campaign in Alabama with appeals to both high-dollar donors and average voters on Monday. For $25, hundreds of supporters had a chance to hear the Illinois freshman speak in a big hotel ball...
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...
Texans sign Bethel Johnson, Zac Woodfin
The Houston Texans agreed to contracts with wide receiver Bethel Johnson and linebacker Zac Woodfin on Monday.
Johnson, a former Texas A&M standout, has caught 39 passes for 606 yards and four touchdowns in his four-year career. As a kick returner, he...
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