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.
16 July 2007
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
Reporter hit outside Conn. courthouse (AP)
AP - The father of a man charged with sexual assault was arrested after striking a television reporter outside a courthouse where his son's bail had just been revoked, police said.
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."
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.
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.
Formula One spy case begins in London
Ferrari opened its court case against McLaren's chief designer Tuesday, accusing Mike Coughlan of possessing secret documents belonging to the Italian Formula One team.
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...
Van Gundy enjoying return to coaching
For Stan Van Gundy, a moment during the Orlando Magic's summer league practices last week simply reaffirmed how much he wanted to be back on the sideline.
Body found in search for missing student (AP)
AP - Investigators believe a body found in a field Monday is that of a college student who vanished last month in Madison, where the woman was last seen after a night out at the bars.
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.
All candidates welcome for IMF job: IMF board (Reuters)
Reuters - The International Monetary Fund's
board said on Monday any country could nominate a candidate for
the next head of the financial institution, which would throw
open the job to worldwide competition.
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...
U.S. cruise missile defense said possible in 14 months (Reuters)
Reuters - The United States could deploy a
system to protect an area ranging from Washington to Boston
from sea-based cruise-missile attacks within 14 months at a
cost of "several billion dollars," a top Lockheed Martin Corp.
executive sa...
Four new abductions reported in Nigerian oil delta (Reuters)
Reuters - Four more people have been abducted in
the Niger Delta, authorities said on Monday, underscoring
insecurity in Nigeria's oil-producing region hours after a
3-year-old British girl was freed by her kidnappers.
Giant sinkhole opens in Mexico City (AP)
AP - A giant sinkhole swallowed a stretch of street on Mexico City's east side, with one man feared dead and 30 families evacuated, authorities said Monday.
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.
Thompson energizes young Republicans (AP)
AP - Not yet a 2008 candidate, Fred Thompson energized young Republicans with a speech Saturday that was heavy on rhetoric and short on policy pronouncements. He branded Democrats as "the party of despair."
Edwards to Propose Plan to Boost Fund Managers' Taxes (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg - July 5 (Bloomberg) -- Democratic presidential candidate John
Edwards embraced the idea of raising taxes on the managers of
private-equity firms and hedge funds.
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.
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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