 Quran burning not on says PetraeusA planned Quran-burning could endanger troops, according to the US commander in Afghanistan, David... | |
 Little Rock integration pioneer diesOne of the original Little Rock Nine has died in the US at the age of... |
 Iraq government mulling over Aziz releaseThe Iraqi government has said it might release former Iraqi deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz on compassionate grounds due to his ailing... |
 Lewis Telethon exceeds expectations in sluggish economyThe annual Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon has raised $58.9 million despite America’s struggling... |
 Evangelist preacher anti-Islamist sentiments from near 9/11 siteAn internet evangelist has been preaching against Muslim radicalism at a location near the 9/11 site in New... |
 Another tropical storm warning issued for USAnother tropical storm is forming close to the US... |
| Brooklyn brothers make hit music from interview about attempted rape Three Brooklyn brothers have made a hit record on YouTube based on an Alabama man's interview about an assault on his younger... |
| Samantha Stosur through to the US Open quarter-finals Australian Samantha Stosur defeated 12th seed Russian Elena Dementieva to advance to the US Open quarter-finals early on... |
| Meet the US 'black widow' who gobbles 180 chicken wings in 12 minutes An American woman, who calls herself the Black Widow, has broken the national championship record by gobbling up 180 chicken wings in 12 minutes in an eating... |
| New York's famed Rubin Museum celebrating Lord Ganesh in September Prestigious Rubin Museum of Art (RMA) in New York (USA) is celebrating Lord Ganesh during September in view of Ganesh-Chaturthi falling this... |
| Republican 'Young Guns' critical of Bush to offer real change to voters A new generation of Republican congressmen are bidding to convince voters that the Right can offer real change, and criticized former president George W Bush and the party hierarchy for betraying conservative... |
| Venus Williams' dresses making 'fireworks' at US open Tennis star Venus Williams, infamous for her dressing sense, appeared in a red sequined tennis dress that resembles New York fireworks in her match against Shahar Peer at the U.S.... |
| Florida pastor blasts Muslims, Mormons, Hindus, pro-choice supporters gays A Florida pastor, Bill Keller, has come to New York and criticized Muslims, Mormons, Hindus, pro-choice supporters... |
| Tiger Woods heading to 'Infidelity Analyst' Sarah Symonds' lair Disgraced golfer Tiger Woods could leave for Newport, Wales-hometown of 'Infidelity Analyst' Sarah Symonds-if he competes for the US in the Ryder Cup this... |
| Justin Bieber on high with album sale and movie Teenage heartthrob Justin Bieber is on cloud nine these days as his 4 million albums have been sold worldwide in less than a... |
| White House correspondent livetweets his heart attack saga A White House correspondent is so addicted to Twitter that he even tweeted about having a heart attack and posted updates when the doctors were attending to... |
| NYDN endorses Indian American politico's challenge to incumbent NY Congresswoman Indian American Reshma Saujani, the Democratic primary challenger to Representative Carolyn Maloney in New York's 14th District, has received a strong endorsement from the New York Daily... |
| Bopanna-Qureshi, Paes-Black in US Open quarter-finals India's Rohan Bopanna and Pakistan's Aisam Ul-Haq-Qureshi stunned second-seeded Daniel Nestor of Canada and Nenad Zimonjic of Serbia 6-3, 6-4 in the US Open tennis third round to enter their second successive Grand Slam... |
| Nadal sends new father Simon home; Stan slams Murray Rafael Nadal solved the travel plan dilemma of Gilles Simon, sending the distracted Frenchman home to see his newborn son with a 6-4, 6-4, 6-2 defeat in the third round of the US Open... |
| The art of making antibiotics is 2000 years old Ancient Nubians were regularly consuming antibiotic tetracycline, most likely in their beer, according to a chemical analysis of their... |
| Iran paying Taliban 1,000 dollar bounty for each US soldier's head in Afghanistan Iran is reportedly paying bonuses of 1,000 dollars to the Taliban for killing an American soldier in Afghanistan and 6,000 dollars for destroying a U.S. military... |
| Oz voters favour fresh polls even as Independents dither over support In the midst of uncertainty as to who would form the minority government in Australia, with the three key Independent MPs are yet to take a decision, a majority of the citizens are now fed up with the posturing and dithering of the trio and are in favour of fresh polls, according to a national poll conducted to assess the future of the... |
| Clooney's 'The American' tops US box-office Hollywood star George Clooney starrer 'The American' has topped the US box office with an estimated earning of $12.9 million in the... |
| When Condoleeza Rice hung up on Bush to keep him away from DC following 9/11 attacks Former US Secretary of State, Condoleeza Rice, has revealed that she ordered the then President George W Bush not to return to Washington after the 9/11 attacks before hanging up the phone on... |
| White House blunder over Oval Office rug quote The White House has committed an embarrassing blunder over an Oval Office carpet quotation, which they thought belonged to Martin Luther King but in fact,... |
| Johnson is a wonderful man, says Jessica Simpson Singer Jessica Simpson is quite happy with her new beau, footballer Eric Johnson, and describes him as a wonderful... |
| Ex-Colombian spy seduced cop to implicate judges A former Colombian detective, who received orders from her superiors to infiltrate the Supreme Court in 2007, had seduced a national police captain to be able to carry out her mission, media reports... |
| Farmlands hacked out of tropical forests, finds study More than half a million square miles of new farmland - an area as big as Alaska - was created in the developing world between 1980 and... |
| Blair cagey about Bill Clinton's 'potentially sexual element' Former British prime minister Tony Blair is reluctant to explain a passage from his new book that referenced a 'potentially sexual element' to former US president Bill Clinton's 'curiosity about... |
 Paris Hilton knife wielder in court A man who has been accused of entering Paris Hilton’s property and wielding two knives outside her window has pleaded not guilty to attempted felony... |
| Appeals court panel denies stay for Wash. inmate YAKIMA, Wash. A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has denied a Washington state death row inmate's request for an emergency stay of his execution. Attorneys for... |
| Coast Guard: Swath of red tide found in NY Harbor NEW YORK The Coast Guard says a nearly 10-mile-long ribbon of red tide has been spotted in New York Harbor. The agency says the outbreak of potentially harmful algae was reported early... |
| Hermine comes ashore in Mexico as tropical storm This NOAA satellite image taken Monday, September 06, 2010 at 01:45 PM EDT shows clouds associated with Tropical Storm Hermine spinning in the western Gulf of Mexico. The system is currently about 85... |
| U.S. turns mirror on human rights, flags Arizona law The U.S. government, which has long scrutinized other countries' human rights records, has turned its gaze inward -- evaluating its own performance in a largely upbeat report to the United Nations.... |
| Imam behind NYC mosque back in US after Gulf trip FILE - In this Aug. 20, 2010 file photo, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, executive director of the Cordoba Initiative, standing center, speaks briefly to worshipers inside a Muharraq, Bahrain, mosque after... |
| Oracle names ex-HP CEO Mark Hurd co-president SAN FRANCISCO -- Oracle Corp. has announced former Hewlett-Packard Co. CEO Mark Hurd is joining the database software maker as co-president.Oracle said in a statement Monday that Hurd will also... |
| Alaska US Senate candidate cited in 3-car crash The candidate who defeated U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski in Alaska's Republican primary has been cited for his role in a recent three-car collision in Fairbanks.</p><p>Joe Miller was involved... |
| Coyote attacks in New York suburb A teen and a toddler have come face-to-face with a coyote in two separate incidents within about an hour in a New York City suburb. The toddler's father took her to get medical care, but the teen... |
| Booming big bird populations pose problems The massive growth in the population of some big birds, such as Canada geese and vultures, is leading to conflicts with people and challenging wildlife officials to develop... |
| Hard times drag on for some Asian Americans Although people of Asian descent typically have the lowest unemployment rate of any ethnic group, those who are jobless tend to remain that way longer than Latinos and... |
| Storm Hermine slams into far northeastern Mexico MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Hermine slammed into northeastern Mexico near the Texas border on Monday, dumping heavy rain on a region still recovering from Hurricane Alex's visit in... |
| Hard times drag on for Asian Americans Although people of Asian descent typically have the lowest unemployment rate of any ethnic group, those who are jobless tend to remain that way longer than Latinos and... |
| Hermine Comes Ashore in Mexico as Tropical Storm Forecasters say Tropical Storm Hermine has come ashore in extreme northeastern Mexico. The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said Hermine's center first touched land Monday night about 40... |
