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ATLANTA (AP) -- The Atlanta Braves' injury list and losing streak keep growing....

A former hedge-fund trader told jurors at the insider-trading trial of ex-Procter & Gamble director Rajat Gupta that he bet the company's stock would fall based on inside information purportedly from a P&G board member.

Wie ich oben in meiner kleinen Geschichte bereits erwähnte, sind Ängste leider nur sehr selten etwas Rationales, Greifbares, sondern viel zu oft Gespinste aus unseren Gedanken, was alles passieren könnte. Man kann einen Menschen nicht erklären, das Ereignisse in ihrem Fall wohl nicht eintreten werden. Es wäre auch eine Lüge, leider... egal wie unwahrscheinlich ein Eintreten dieser Gefahren ist....

Report projects a $9-million fare surplus, so transit authority will seek approval to hire more drivers and mechanics

CANON Dr Paul Shackerley said he ‘deeply regretted’ series of Facebook posts

ANOTHER flare-up in Europe's debt crisis knocked US markets lower overnight. This time, it was more trouble at a major Spanish bank.

The ODOC is the future-proof iPhone dock that won't fall of the desk when you grab your iPhone.

Yahoo has pulled the plug on Livestand, its iPad/tablet news app. Yahoo rolled out the app last fall, and positioned it as competitor to apps like Flipboard and Zite. But the app never got any traction, and has been on the chopping block for much of 2012.

Doc Watson, the 89-year-old guitarist whose expert flatpicking style brought him a level of acclaim during the folk revival of the 1960s and who is still revered 50 years on, is recovering after he fell down at his Deep Gap, N.C., home. According to Mitch Greenhill, president of Folklore Productions International, which represents him, after being taken to to a hospital, other health issues wer...

Verliert er die Landtagswahl in Bayern, will Christian Ude wie Norbert Röttgen nicht die Oppositionsbank drücken. Der SPD-Spitzenkandidat erklärt im Interview, warum sein Fall ein anderer ist, was er an Seehofer schätzt und warum er eine große Koalition nicht ausschließt.Mehr zum ThemaNach Großrazzia gegen Hells Angels - Ermittler suchen nach einbetonierter LeicheDie CDU leidet, die Kanzlerin r...

 KARACHI - Five people, including an activist of the Awami National Party, were gunned down in different incidents of violence on Friday.A vegetable vendor, Abdul Shakoor, was gunned down in Korangi industrial area. Police officials said unidentified gunmen, riding a motorbike, opened fire on him and fled. The body was shifted to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre for ...

Mike Tyson has stood in the shoes of Jon Jones. And that is not necessarily a good thing.

Joschka Fischer hat einmal gesagt: "Wenn Deutschland ruft, darf man nie Nein sagen." Das gilt aber auch umgekehrt, wie der Fall um den geschassten Umweltminister Röttgen gezeigt hat. Antritt und Rücktritt sind keine Frage des Wollens, sondern des Gehorchens. Aufbegehren darf der Betroffene trotzdem.

Germany has reportedly drawn up a six-point plan to rescue Greece and the eurozone's other failed economies in the same way East Germany was rebuilt after the fall of the Berlin Wall.

It's a good thing that I was planning on having an almost all-liquid booze diet this weekend, because I just ground up all of my teeth while watching this Almost Faces of Death shit! 80-year-old Laverne decided to cross "tandem skydive" off her bucket list and went to the Parachute Center in Northern California to do so. In this souvenir video, the daredevil memaw has her best fr...

Equities were mixed in midday trading ahead of the long weekend. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was recently down 0.3%, while the Nasdaq was up 0.1% and the S&P 500 was unchanged. Chesapeake (CHK) was rising 2.5% recently;  the nation’s second-largest natural gas producer got a boost from rumors that BlackRock (BLK) and Carl Icahn [...]

Seit Wochen spielte ein Insider Journalisten vertrauliche Dokumente aus dem Vatikan zu - nun haben die Ermittler einen Verdächtigen festgenommen, in dessen Wohnung stapelweise Unterlagen gefunden wurden. Es soll sich laut italienischen Quellen um einen Butler des Papstes handeln.

BETHALTO, Ill. -- He was known as George Blackburn for most of his life, but after his divorce last fall he wanted to start life over. So Blackburn changed his name to Led Zeppelin II.Zeppelin's daughter, Mindy Baker, says he saw the iconic British rock band about 20 times in the 60s and 70s and had talked about changing his name for years before the divorce. Baker, of Seattle, says Zeppelin di...

China's stocks fell to a one-week low on Friday over concern that the slowdown in the world's second-largest economy might be deeper than expected.

The X Factor season two kicked off yesterday in FULL force and as we reported earlier, all went fantastically for Brit Brit and Demi's first day!!! Not only did the two girls look AHmazing — but they really delivered with strong critiques and there was already major chemistry amongst the panel!! Check out the XF mentors making [...]

And after highly damaging emails revealing the close relationship between his department and the Murdoch empire were released, Mr Smith said his boss told him to fall on his sword.

Während sich Banken, Unternehmen und Verbraucher sich akribisch auf den möglichen Austritt Griechenlands aus der Euro-Zone vorbereiten, spielt die Politik den eventuellen Fall runter. Das wird nicht lange gut gehen.

In the fall of 2009 a group of biology students at Tufts University sat down together and ate some dirt. They ground up small clay tablets and swallowed the powder to find out, firsthand, what clay tastes like. This unusual taste test was part of a Darwinian medicine class taught by one of us (Starks). The students were studying the evolution of geophagia--the practice of eating dirt, especiall...

Utl.: Änderung des Parkometergesetzes = Wien (OTS) - LAbg Gerhard Haslinger (FPÖ) nahm zum Antrag der SPÖ Stellung und hinterfragte wieso dieser Antrag gerade jetzt eingebracht worden sei. Das Problem sei im Bereich Polizei schon lange vorhanden, es solle sich nun in jedem Fall eine …

Seit einigen Tagen scheint es, als steuere Hannover 96 im Fall seines Innenverteidigers Emanuel Pogatetz (29) auf seine nächste interne Krise zu. Weil Jörg Schmadtke (48) nach dem Wirbel der vergangenen Wochen darauf aber gar keine Lust hat, sieht sich der Manager nun zu einem Machtwort über die Wechselgerüchte (und Wechselgelüste?) veranlasst.

Thailand reports a surprise fall in its exports for April because of falling demand from key markets such as Europe and the US.

THE Australian share market relinquished early gains to close around 0.6 per cent lower as relentless uncertainty over Greece's future plagued investors.

The social unrest, economic gloom and austerity in Europe today mirrors the fall of the Roman Empire, says the historian Michael Wood.

Mehr als drei Jahrzehnte nach dem mysteriösen Verschwinden des sechsjährigen Etan Patz aus New York ist der Fall aufgeklärt. Der 51-jährige Pedro H. habe gestanden, den Buben erdrosselt zu haben, teilte der Polizeichef der US-Metropole, Raymond Kelly, am Donnerstag mit. Der Fall hatte 1979 für großes Aufsehen gesorgt, weil der kleine Etan auf seinem ersten unbegleiteten Gang zum Schulbus spurlo...

Chairman of Chinese Estates Holdings denies bribery allegations but shares fall nearly 9% as they resume trading

Iran’s eagerness to shower money on Lebanon is the latest indication of just how worried Tehran is at the prospect that Syria’s leader could fall.

Grammy-winning folk musician Doc Watson was in critical condition Thursday after falling at his home earlier this week.

THE TRADE union representing retail workers has said members saw their take-home pay fall by €109 a week on average over the last year. Mandate says falling wages for retail workers are due mainly to reductions in working hours.

Grammy-winning folk musician Doc Watson was in critical condition Thursday at a North Carolina hospital after falling at his home in Deep Gap earlier this week.

Florida A&M drum major Robert Champion walked into the darkness of Bus C in a parking lot in Orlando, Florida, last fall in the hope of gaining respect from his fellow band members.

Note: This video is slightly NSFW-ish. Through 873 stock images, this video takes the “life flashed before my eyes” expression seriously.…

European politicians are facing renewed criticism for being slow to respond as the debt crisis in the eurozone has taken a turn for the worse.

Beginning this fall, 200 second through fifth-graders at PS 368 in New York City will have to learn Arabic at their public school. The Hamilton Heights School in Harlem is the first such public school to require students to learn the language.

Was darf ein Börsenneuling öffentlich mitteilen - und worüber muss er schweigen? Das regelt ein US-Wertpapiergesetz von 1933. Im Fall Facebook könnte es enttäuschten Investoren Grund zur Klage geben.

De retour sur les terrains de Top 14 depuis le 12 mai et un match à...

The resignation of NRC Chairman Gregory Jackzo puts the issue of nuclear safety smack on the middle of Obama's desk, and then into the presidential race. That's a good thing. 

Graeme McDowell has joined the long list of players to fall foul of golf's rules. A two-stroke penalty turned the Ryder Cup hero's closing six into a triple bogey eight.

Haben die Finanzminister der Eurozone heute über Notfallpläne für den Fall eines griechischen Austritts gesprochen? Die Griechen widersprechen aufs Schärfste. Dennoch stürzten Euro und Dax heute ab. Einen Gewinner gab es an den Märkten jedoch: Deutschland.

<img style="float:left; margin-right:5px" src="http://images.zeit.de/news/../publishedPictures/jpeg-148170001B073214-20120524-img_36707796_onlineBild.jpg-148x84.jpg"/>New York (dpa) - Gut 33 Jahre nach dem spurlosen Verschwinden des sechsjährigen Etan Patz in Manhattan hofft die Polizei, den Fall endlich aufklären zu können. New Yorks Polizeikommissar Raymo...

THE dollar's US10c fall against the greenback has failed to quell calls for the RBA to try to rein in the currency further.

The trade union representing retail workers has said its members, on average, saw their take-home pay fall by €109 per week over the last year.

India's largest oil refiner Indian Oil Corp today defended a sharp hike in petrol prices that triggered protests and a political backlash, and vowed to rollback the measure if international oil prices fall.

The decline in the residential property market continued over the year to the end of April, new data from the Central Statistics Office showed today.

Net immigration to the UK remains above 250,000 a year despite a small fall since the coalition Government took office, according to the latest independent figures.

The decline in the residential property market continued over the year to the end of April, new data from the Central Statistics Office showed today.

The introduction of stricter fuel regulations has led to a dramatic fall in the number of cruise passengers visiting the Antarctica.

Contraction of 0.3% increases the pressure on George Osborne to explain how the coalition plans to drag the country out of recessionBritain's economy contracted by 0.3% in the first three months of the year, faster than previously thought, increasing the pressure on George Osborne to explain how the coalition plans to drag the country out of recession.The Office for National Statistics said the...

Berlin (dpa) - Die nordrhein-westfälische Linke-Chefin Katharina Schwabedissen will auf keinen Fall eine Doppelspitze mit Fraktionsvize Dietmar Bartsch bilden. Das habe sie schon vor einem halben Jah...

A FALL in key measure of China's growth could further stoke market concerns over a sharp slowdown in the giant economy.

Researchers found that employer-provided insurance is likely to continue to be more generous even if the new health care law is upheld.

Yields on haven government bonds fell to record lows Wednesday, as investors piled money into triple-A-rated debt amid mounting worries that Greece may exit the euro zone.

B.J. Upton hits 11th-inning RBI double as Rays beat Toronto 5-4

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will require "significant firepower" in Afghanistan in 2013-14, the commander of U.S. and NATO forces there said, but decisions about further U.S. troop reductions will only be made after this fall at the earliest.

Extraordinary meeting called for Thursday to seek answers over multiple weekend jaunts

Chilean state copper producer Codelco saw its pre-tax profit for the first quarter of 2012 fall 38% to US$1.45bn from US$2.34bn year-on-year, CFO Thomas Keller said during a press conference. The r...

Stocks fell from Asia to New York, and the euro tumbled nearly to a two-year low ahead of a meeting about Greece.

Das verpatzte Börsendebüt von Facebook hat Konsequenzen: Nasdaq, Morgan Stanley und das soziale Netzwerk selbst geraten ins Visier von Ermittlungen und Klagen.

Peter Gabriel The British art rock legend will return to the road in the United States this fall to celebrate the 25th anniversary of his multi-platinum album So  9/16 Quebec City QC - Colisee Pepsi 9/18 Montreal QC - Bell Centre 9/19 Toronto ON - Air Canada Centre 9/21 Philadelphia PA -...

President Vladimir Putin’s decree that effectively cancels several energy stake sales indicates elite infighting and has spooked investors

Wie der DFB am Dienstag wissen ließ, geht die Hängepartie um das Relegationsspiel zwischen Hertha BSC und Düsseldorf am Freitag in die nächste Runde. Dann verhandelt das DFB-Bundesgericht um 12.30 Uhr in diesem Fall. Hertha hatte nach dem Urteil des Sportgerichts Berufung eingelegt. Ob die Berliner die Sache bei einem erneuten Misserfolg auf sich beruhen lassen, wie Hertha-Anwalt Christoph Schi...

Adrenaline TLD has confirmed that it no longer plans to apply to ICANN for the sport-themed top-level domains .surf, .skate, .bike and .board. The news was implicit in the announcement from Starting Dot that it has partnered with Adrenaline for .ski earlier this week, but the company today confirmed as much. In a statement this [...] Related posts:Another contention battle confirmed as Starti...

Generalsekretär Patzelt vermisst Ausbau des Rechtsschutzes - Im Fall Bakary J. fordert er eine "menschenrechtliche Wiedergutmachung"

Leiharbeiter in der Metall- und Elektroindustrie bekommen mehr Geld. Damit können alle Seiten gut leben. Der Tarifabschluss ist in jedem Fall besser als ein Gesetz.

Workers held angry meetings yesterday after being told many would see their bonuses savaged following a fall in profits.

Utl.: Außerdem: Jugend ohne Arbeit - Der Kampf um die "verlorene Generation" = Wien (OTS) - Angelika Ahrens präsentiert in "Eco" am Donnerstag, dem 24. Mai 2012, um 22.30 Uhr in ORF 2 folgende Beiträge: Der Fall JP Morgan: Von Spielern, Zockern und Hasardeuren Willkommen im …

Nur für den Fall, dass ihre Fans es vergessen haben sollten, dass die neue Staffel von Keeping Up With the Kardashians im US-Fernsehen anläuft, veröffentlichtete Kim...

NANCY Reagan, widow of the late US president Ronald Reagan, has suffered broken ribs in a fall and is recovering slowly.

The US could tip into recession if the government does not avert year-end tax hikes and federal spending cuts, auditors say.

The work force in Bengal seems to have woken up to Mamata Banerjee's 'no strike' call. Going by statistics, the mandays lost due to bandhs have dropped manifold.

China's pork prices continued to fall 1 percent last week despite the government's move to purchase frozen pork.

Revenue hurt by weak sales to consumers, large enterprises and government units

RENO, Nev. (AP) -- Organizers of the national air racing championships secured $100 million in necessary insurance and announced plans Tuesday to change the September race course for the fastest planes to keep them farther from spectators after last year's mass-casualty crash near a grandstand....

Das oberste Gericht der USA hat es abgelehnt, sich mit dem Fall des wegen Copyright-Verletzungen zu 675.000 US-Dollar Geldzahlung bestraften Joel Tenenbaum zu befassen.

Utl.: Selbstbehalt trifft jene am härtesten, die am wenigsten haben = = Wien (OTS/OTS) - "Wir kämpfen weiter um den Fall des Selbstbehaltes", machte Leopold Sever, Präsident des Sozialdemokratischen Wirtschaftsverbandes Kärntens im Vorfeld zum Kärntner Wirtschaftsparlament deutlich. …

The pain could continue for the social network, as many analysts predict its value will continue to fall in the wake of the much-hyped but shambolic initial public offering.

As American television networks prepare the fall line-up of shows, new series on the network schedules will feature several film stars, such as Kevin Bacon, Sigourney Weaver and Dennis Quaid, to draw audiences to the small screen.

As the UPA completes three years in office, BJP today claimed the government may fall anytime as coalition partners were unhappy and were not even ready to break bread together.

Nach zwei Tagen an der Börse sieht die Bilanz für Facebook ernüchternd aus: Die Aktie brach am Montag in New York um elf Prozent auf 34 Dollar (26,70 Euro) ein. Sie notierte damit vier Dollar unter dem Ausgabekurs. Der Gesamtwert des sozialen Netzwerks schmolz von anfangs 104 Milliarden auf rund 93 Milliarden Dollar zusammen. Nachbörslich ging es weiter runter.

MORE THAN 90 Yemeni troops died in a suicide bomb attack in Sanaa yesterday, one of the bloodiest episodes yet in the deepening power struggle between loyalist forces and Islamist militants after the fall of president Ali Abdullah Saleh.

I've been blogging and tweeting about my experience in treatment for breast cancer, including what it's like to go through chemotherapy. The chemo drugs I received made all my hair fall out (not all kinds do, but mine did). I've been going around "commando," as people with cancer say—bald, no wigs, scarves or hats only [...]

GitHub, the source code hosting and collaboration service, has been growing like gangbusters. The site now has over 1.6 million registered developers, hosting over 2.8 million repositories on everything from jQuery and Ruby on Rails to node.js and Redis. At the outset, Github was just a side project, a tool to make developers' lives easier (its first slogan: "Git hosting: No longer a pain in th...

He is known as 'the undertaker' for his ties to the marauding armies in the fall of Yugoslavia and once called for Serbia to be made a province of Russia.

BALTIMORE--Ninth grade science at the Academy for Career and College Education began the usual way last fall. Victoria Matthew's students learned the difference between biotic and abiotic characteristics, then progressed to the basics of scientific method. By Thanksgiving, they were ready for climate change. That's when Matthew braced herself. [More]

theodp writes "Eager to host Amazon warehouses and receive a cut of the tax on sales to customers statewide, the LA Times reports that two California cities are offering Amazon most of the tax money they stand to gain. After agreeing to collect California sales taxes beginning in the fall, Amazon is setting up two fulfillment centers in San Bernadino and Patterson, which will gain not only jobs...

Ryanair reports record annual profits as fare rises help to offset a sharp rise in fuel costs, but it warns profits could fall this year.

Motorists are set for cheaper petrol at the pumps after one of Britain's largest supermarkets announced further price cuts from this morning.

Erich von Stroheim’s mutilated masterwork, “Greed,” from 1924—its hundred and forty minutes hacked by M-G-M producers from the ten-hour director’s cut—magnifies one California couple’s striving rise and craven fall into an inferno of American madness . . . (Subscription required.)

Most of us have experienced the hairs on the back of our necks rising when instinct tells us something isn’t right. Or found ourselves unaccountably attracted to a stranger for no obvious reason.

Charles Dutoit made his last Carnegie Hall appearance as chief conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra before its new music director, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, takes the reins in the fall.

USA TODAY's Robert Bianco offers an early rundown of what, for now, seem to be the networks' most promising and puzzling choices.

Amidst renewed calls to the David Cameron government to review recent curbs on student visas, the British universities have reported a significant fall in applications for courses from India for the forthcoming academic year starting September-October.

For three years now, coach Dave Tippett has kept the Phoenix Coyotes together when they had every off-ice reason to fall apart

At some point in your life you're going to have to give up the dream of sleeping in an awesome car bed. We still totally support you, but the rest of society won't be as accepting. So as an alternative, you might want to consider a car-shaped couch instead. More »

The most anticipated tech IPO of all time fell flat on Friday, finishing up just 0.6%. If underwriters don't support the stock, Facebook could fall below its offering price.

Los Angeles officials will unveil a new program Monday to increase downtown parking fees by as much as 50% to $6 an hour in the busiest periods at curbside spaces and city-owned lots, a strategy intended to reduce peak parking...

In second consecutive day of mass street protests in Aleppo, demonstrators chant," the people want the fall of the regime!"

Es sah aus, als könne John Travolta aufatmen. In einem Fall konnte der Schauspieler den Vorwurf sexueller Belästigung entkräften. Der zweite Kläger zog seine Klage zurück. Doch offenbar will "John Doe#2" noch nicht aufgeben.

Doctors at Washington University have created a test that detects how strong a baby's immune system is at birth - and how likely they are to fall prey to colds in their first year.

Film director Simon Bright discusses his new film about Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe's triumphs and failings.

MADRID (AP) -- Spanish stocks dropped sharply early Friday morning after ratings agency Moody's downgraded its credit score of 16 Spanish banks in the latest blow to the troubled financial sector....

Ein chinesisches Gericht hat den als "Schmugglerkönig" bekannten Lai Changxing zu lebenslanger Haft verurteilt. Changxing ist für einen der größten Korruptionsskandale der Volksrepublik verantwortlich.Mehr zum ThemaUrteil im Fall Lai Changxing - Chinesischer „Schmugglerlkönig“ muss lebenslang in HaftG8-Gipfel in den USA - Entwicklungsorganisationen erinnern G8-Gipfel an VersprechenRegierungskri...

Die Kurse an den Aktienmärkten scheinen weiter im freien Fall. Nach schwachen Vorgaben aus den USA und Asien dürfte der Dax mit Verlusten in den letzten Handelstag der Woche starten. Am Nachmittag wird der Börsengang von Facebook für Furore sorgen.

Oil prices fell below $93 a barrel, extending a sharp two-week sell-off.

The common media account of the crisis in Bahrain weaves a compelling narrative of a Shiite-majority people struggling to achieve their inalienable rights against a Sunni-dominant government. This "government versus the people" narrative implies that if only the government sheds its obstinacy or the people moderate their demands, then a political solution can be found in Bahrain. Yet the real...

LONDON (AP) -- Britain's Olympic committee has rescinded its rule on lifetime bans for drug offenders to fall into line with the World Anti-Doping Agency....

Customers who have booked flights to Kenya are being assured they will be able to get a full refund, or move to a different carrier after flights stop in September.

A spike in Spanish bond yields and continued worries about Greece helped drive European stocks down despite some brighter news from Japan and the United States.

Was passiert wohl, wenn man sein Navigationsgerät bei glühender Hitze im Auto liegen lässt? Nun ja, es kann wie in diesem Fall explodieren und das Armaturenbrett verbrennen. mehr...

(Reuters) - J.C. Penney Co Inc shares plunged nearly 20 percent on Wednesday, their worst decline ever, wiping away $1.43 billion in market value a day after the retailer shocked Wall Street with a much worse-than-expected drop in sales and by scrapping its dividend.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Divisive Republican primaries, an out-of-nowhere GOP retirement in Maine and an unexpectedly competitive race in North Dakota add up to an unpredictable battle for control of the Senate this fall, confounding early forecasts that an era of Democratic rule was inevitably coming to an end....

Ranking the 7 GOP senators who live in the most terror of a primary challenge in 2014

NEW YORK -- With mascots (Brutus Buckeye, The Florida Gator and KC Wolf), a marching band (The Ohio State University Marching Band) and a mélange of on-air talent (Mike Greenberg, Jon Gruden, Sage Steele among others), ESPN held its annual upfront presentation Tuesday afternoon at the Best Buy Theater in New York's Times Square. What are upfronts? It's a network's attempt to woo marketers and m...

Commodities booms can become double-edged swords for resource-rich countries, a lesson that Australia is now learning as a strong Australian dollar becomes an unbearable burden for much of its economy.

LONDON, May 16 (Reuters) - Profits at the London Metal Exchange (LME) fell 19 percent last year, as higher costs and investments outweighed a sharp rise in trading volumes, the Financial Times...

The 29-year-old right-back has been taken to hospital for surgery after fracturing his right clavicle in a heavy fall during a Blaugrana training session on Wednesday

Für den Mord an Arzu Ö. ist ihr Bruder und Todesschütze Osman zu lebenslanger Haft verurteilt worden. Auch die vier anderen beteiligten Geschwister erhielten mehrjährige Haftstrafen. mehr...

The network unveiled a handful of ambitious new shows at Tuesday's upfronts

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Brian McNamee testified Tuesday he saved medical waste after injecting Roger Clemens with steroids because his wife complained that McNamee was going to be the fall guy.

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FRANKFURT, May 15 (Reuters) - The majority owner of Evonik will not make a final decision on the planned second-quarter listing of German industrial conglomerate on May 21, people close to the...

Wie will Griechenland da wieder raus? Auch der letzte Versuch einer Regierungsbildung ist am Dienstag gescheitert. Das Land steht damit vor Neuwahlen.Foto: dpaMehr zum Thema„Es gibt Angebote“ - Claudio Pizarro verlässt Werder Bremen6 Meter tiefer Fall - Betrunkener kracht bei Hochzeit durch die Decke+++ Digitalticker +++ - Speicherdienste fallen im Test durchDer BILD-Wahlcheck - SPD auch bunde...

President fails to broker government coalition amid growing debt crisis

She took a fall tonight and it could be detrimental to her future on Dancing With the Stars.

American Customer Satisfaction Index scores for telecommunications and TV service fell in the first quarter.

Derrick Rose and Chris Bosh are the two brightest stars to fall to injuries in NBA playoff games. Is the compressed season responsible?

TENNISRafa Nadal’s third-round defeat last week in Madrid has meant he has been overtaken in the world rankings by tournament winner Roger Federer, with Novak Djokovic still top of the pile. However, the Spaniard says his chances of winning an Open era record seventh French Open title next month will not be affected by his fall to number three.

SINGAPORE - Oil fell in Asian trade Monday amid mounting worries over Europe's debt crisis and calls by major crude producer Saudi Arabia for prices to fall further, analysts said.New York's main contract West Texas Intermediate crude for delivery in June was down 68 cents to $95.45 per barrel while Brent North Sea crude for June shed 52 cents to $111.74 in the afternoon.Debt-laden Greece's ...

SINGAPORE - Oil fell in Asian trade Monday amid mounting worries over Europe's debt crisis and calls by major crude producer Saudi Arabia for prices to fall further, analysts said.New York's main contract West Texas Intermediate crude for delivery in June was down 68 cents to $95.45 per barrel while Brent North Sea crude for June shed 52 cents to $111.74 in the afternoon.Debt-laden Greece's ...

SINGAPORE - Oil fell in Asian trade Monday amid mounting worries over Europe's debt crisis and calls by major crude producer Saudi Arabia for prices to fall further, analysts said.New York's main contract West Texas Intermediate crude for delivery in June was down 68 cents to $95.45 per barrel while Brent North Sea crude for June shed 52 cents to $111.74 in the afternoon.Debt-laden Greece's ...

Afghan women are more and more taking part in sports in public since the fall of the Taliban 10 years ago.

NBC will now air The Voice twice a season For the 2012-2013 season the singing competition will be broadcast starting with a fall Monday slot Fox plans on airing X Factor with recently confirmed judge Britney Spears this fall as well Despite the overlap between the two shows NBC entertainment chairman...

The network's fall schedule includes four nights of comedy, sci-fi drama 'Revolution' from J.J. Abrams, drama 'Chicago Fire' from Dick Wolf and Season 3 of 'The Voice.'NBC evidently believes laughter is the best medicine: The struggling network will have a strong dose of comedy on four nights in its fall lineup plus the Season 3 return of"The Voice."

The Times Editorial: The new world of social networks is here and is beginning to redefine our human relations in good and bad ways. Social networks have made communication less stressful, saved lives and helped remove bad elements in our communities. In some countries the new technology has helped bring about the fall of governments.

Nik Wallenda of the famous daredevil family performed his first practice walk on the tightrope he will use for his stroll above Niagara Fall ...

MEXICO CITY -- Everybody loves mothers, but Mexicans? Maybe more so. In the annual celebration of the mother cult, Mexico is especially devout, and every year on May 10 (they don’t move the date around to fall on a Sunday), the entire nation stops what it is doing in the afternoon and eats some serious lunch with Mom. Read full article >>

Imagine you're an astronaut exploring the surface of Mars, when suddenly you fall ill or injure yourself. As your team struggles to get you safely back to base, you become seriously dehydrated. With their trusty -- and ingenious -- kit, the medical officer hooks into the drinking water supply, using it to create a saline solution that they can inject directly into your blood stream for quick an...

THE Voice's Joel Madden and his Hollywood wife Nicole Richie are looking to call Sydney home.

Zwei Milliarden Dollar soll ein JP-Morgan-Händler verzockt haben - möglicherweise sogar noch mehr. Die US-Börsenaufsicht SEC prüft den Fall, die Ratingagentur Fitsch stufte JP Morgan herunter. An der Börse verlor das Institut dramatisch an Wert.

‘A CRISIS is a terrible thing to waste.” This adage, coined by economist Paul Rohmer and adapted by Obama adviser Rahm Emmanuel, suggests that when everything seems to be falling apart, there are opportunities to do things differently and better.

Monorail, gaydar: Our mayor’s plans for his newly acquired parkland property fall into The Globe and Mail’s hands

Indien gilt als eines der Boomländer schlechthin. Doch wie ein aktueller Fall zeigt, sind die Bedingungen für ausländische Investoren schwierig. Der große Konkurrent China hat im Vergleich längst die Nase vorn.

ROBERTO MARTINEZ is ready to bid farewell to Rodallega after his fall from grace

Popular host’s show will now air at 7 p.m. as a lead-in into prime-time schedule

The hilltop crash of a Sukhoi passenger jet ferrying journalists and dignitaries on a mission to drum up foreign sales in Indonesia potentially casts a shadow over Kremlin efforts to restore Russia’s once mighty aerospace industry.

NEWSPAPER print sales fell in the March quarter, but  online growth is offsetting some of the losses.

Sollte Mathiopoulos ihren Doktortitel endgültig verlieren, will die Uni Potsdam sie nicht mehr als Honorarprofessorin. Ein scheinheiliger Beschluss, meint H. Horstkotte.

David Alaba strebt im DFB-Cup-Endspiel am Samstag um 20 Uhr gegen Borussia Dortmund seinen ersten "echten" Titel mit dem FC Bayern an. Zwar holte der Wiener mit den Münchnern schon vor zwei Jahren das Double, damals zählte er aber noch nicht zur Stammformation. "Deshalb wäre es ein ganz besonderer Titel für mich. Ich bin auf jeden Fall schon heiß auf das Finale", erklärte Alaba, der im Berliner...

Do not allow yourself to fall prey to the sin of hubris. It will only come back to bite you

SAN FRANCISCO - Today, Piperlime, the online shop known for the freshest styles in fashion, announced it will open its first retail store this fall, at 121 Wooster St. in the SoHo neighborhood of New ...

Family Guy: Back to the Multiverse is heading to game consoles this fall, and features the sort of deranged alternate realities seen in 2009 episode "Road to the Multiverse."

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Twitter Inc filed a motion in a New York criminal court on Tuesday seeking to quash a subpoena for Tweets and account records associated with Malcolm Harris, a Twitter user who was arrested last fall on the Brooklyn Bridge during an Occupy protest.

Investors have belatedly wakened from their apathetic slumber and Aviva’s Andrew Moss is latest chief executive to fall foul of rising discontent

Der Umgang der Ukraine mit der in Haft erkrankten Oppositionsführerin Timoschenko hat die Jalta-Konferenz gesprengt. Mehrere Staatschefs hatten ihre Teilnahme abgesagt.

POLICE OFFICERS in Montgomery County, far more often than their counterparts in nearby localities, tend to stagger into retirement, claiming fantastically generous disability awards so frequently that it’s a wonder county police stations don’t more closely resemble convalescent homes. Last summer, after years of dragging its feet, the county council finally got around to fixing this absurd syst...

Headline Title:  Romania: Housing law must protect the vulnerable 07 May 2012 Romania’s continuing economic challenges that have seen two governments fall in fewer than three months are all the more reason for the authorities at all levels to close legal loopholes that affect ...

France has chosen François Hollande, but can she fall in love with a man who lacks the passion of leaders past?

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's two nominees to the Federal Reserve appear likely to fall victim to a long-running political feud, which would leave the central bank short-handed as it struggles with tough regulatory and monetary policy questions.

RUGBY League's $1 billion dream is set to fall short of reality, with Channel 9 and Fox Sports lodging lower than hoped for bids for broadcast rights.

Activision will launch a console video game this fall based on the hit Fox comedy Family Guy.

MAN UTD boss was last night clinging to the hope that Man City will throw away the title

Philip Glass on why it is OK to fall asleep in his Einstein opera

Utl.: 50 Projekte für 50 Jahre von Mai bis Ende 2012 = Wien (OTS) - "Mit dem Alter werden viele Dinge besser, das gilt auf jeden Fall für das Jubiläumskind, die Viennale", mit diesen Worten leiteten Wiens Kulturstadtrat Andreas Mailath-Pokorny und der Viennale-Direktor Hans Hurch die …

A dramatic fall in the murder rate in El Salvador has been attributed to the gangs' truce.

At least 375 colleges and universities still have space for freshmen or transfer applicants, according to a survey released Thursday.

PETROL prices may fall after a check of price sharing  between big retailers, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission says.

Der Fall Timoschenko hat eine europaweite Debatte losgetreten. Auch EM-Mitveranstalter Polen ist hin- und hergerissen. Während der Staatspräsident Komorowski den Westen besänftigen will, fordert Oppositionsführer Kaczynski einen polnischen Boykott.

Wie viel Cabrio braucht man? Wem es vor allem um das Open-Air-Erlebnis geht und wer auf jedweden Imageeffekt verzichten kann, wer auf jeden Fall ein Stoffverdeck und auch mal drei Passagiere mitnehmen möchte - der hat letztlich gar nicht so viel Auswahl.Mehr zum ThemaE-Mobilität - Deutschland überholt ChinaVerkehrsordnung - Regelrecht vergessenBMW, Daimler und das Zukunftsauto - Leise, sicher u...

Authorities in New Zealand raised concerns Thursday about a student drinking game called "possum", in which participants sit in trees downing alcohol until they fall to the ground in a drunken stupor.

Richard Grenell, the foreign policy and national security spokesman for Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney, announced his resignation yesterday, giving up the kind of high-profile political job he had coveted through much of his professional life. Here at the United Nations, where he served for 8 years as the Bush administration's press spokesman, Grenell's politi...

Yes, you've heard it before but if a deal sounds too good to be true.... it probably is. Ted Rechtshaffen looks at some common shortcuts to losing your money

Baierbrunn (OTS) - Was ist klein, hat acht Beine und saugt gerne Menschenblut? Die Rede ist von Zecken und deren Hochsaison hat gerade begonnen. Wenn die kleinen Plagegeister zustechen, ist das auf jeden Fall lästig und kann im schlimmsten Fall zu einer gefährlichen Infektion führen, sagt …

SpaceX's upcoming launch of the Dragon spacecraft to dock with the International Space Station is finally happening. Probably. Originally, SpaceX thought this flight could take place in 2010, but that was later changed to the summer of 2011 and then the fall and winter. This year alone the launch date slipped from Feb. 7 to April 30, and then March 7. Such delays are inevitable in the complica...

Rick Schwartz penned a long post today, highlighting his vision for the next 20 years – partnering with interested parties to develop his extensive portfolio of premium domain names. It is a delightful read, as most of Rick’s work is. And it is a very appreciable sentiment – to build slow, build steady, and create [...]

As expense accounts fall, workers make up some of the difference.

Ohio officials will allow the return of five surviving exotic animals to a woman whose husband freed dozens of wild creatures last fall before ...

Ein halbes Jahr nach der Ermordung der jungen Kurdin Arzu Ö. aus Detmold hat vor dem Landgericht der Prozess gegen fünf ihrer Geschwister begonnen. Ihnen wird vorgeworfen, die junge Frau aus der Wohnung ihres deutschen Freundes entführt zu haben. Drei von ihnen stehen unter Mordverdacht.

Tweet Widget Facebook Like Libya’s National Transitional Council (NTC) should amend regulations to eliminate vague and broad prohibitions on who may serve as a government official or become a candidate for election. Libya’s first national elections since the fall of Muammar Gaddafi are scheduled for June 2012. (New York) – Libya’s Nationa...

IF Yohio was on The Voice, there's a good chance you'd see Seal and Co fall off their chairs when they turned around.

Waves the size of houses rise and fall off the coast of Ireland

The scandal surrounding politician Bo Xilai and the death of a British citizen could have the unintended consequence of bringing reforms.BEIJING — What is happening in China? The officially acknowledged or credibly confirmed facts of the Bo Xilai affair are worthy of a blockbuster political thriller. Its deeper causes, however, go to the heart of the weird, unprecedented system of Leninist capi...

Admiral Farragut's momentous, and surprisingly bloodless, conquest of the Big Easy.

As New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Delaware held primaries, Mitt Romney chose to be in New Hampshire instead, for a speech outlining fall campaign themes.

The phenology of growth in temperate deciduous forests, including the timing of leaf emergence and senescence, has strong control over ecosystem properties such as productivity and nutrient cycling, and has an important role in the carbon economy of understory plants. Extended leaf phenology, whereby understory species assimilate carbon in early spring before canopy closure or in late autumn af...

New York staves off elimination and not even the return of Ottawa's captain Alfie can clinch seriesfor Senators as Rangers take the show back to Broadway for Thursday's Game 7

Après plus de sept mois de galère, l’international français Benjamin Fall fait son retour à la compétition ce dimanche après-midi, avec les espoirs du Racing contre le Stade français. Réputé comme un joueur fragile, l’arrière ou ailier avait été touché au genou droit en septembre dernier.

WHAT a farce, what a tragedy, what a desperately sad note with which to finish the finest A-League season.

Amazon says its ebook prices will fall after three book publishers agreed to change their model of pricing. But why do many ebooks cost almost as much as their physical counterparts?

Zintan militias, providing security for country's main airport since Gaddafi's fall, make way for government forces.

Schwere Vorwürfe sind gegen die Mannschaft des Kreuzfahrtschiffs "Star Princess" (Bild) erhoben worden. Die Crew soll vor der Küste Panamas den Hilferuf dreier Schiffbrüchiger ignoriert haben. Erst viel später wurde das Fischerboot von anderen geborgen - nur einer der drei Männer an Bord hatte überlebt. Doch es hätte anders ausgehen können, klagen nun Passagiere an. Der Fall bringt den "Carniva...

Más problemas para Alberto Monteagudo. A las bajas de Zamora y Abdoulaye Fall se une la de Sipo Bohale. El internacional ecuatoguineano sigue sin poder entrenarse por unos problemas musculares y es difícil que llegue para el trascendental partido de este domingo ante el Puertollano. Una situación bien distitna a la de su debut como entrenador, en el que tuvo disponible a toda la plantilla.

NEW YORK (AP) -- Funding for startups fell 19 percent in the first three months of the year, as cautious venture capitalists funneled less money into fewer deals....

Nikon said a wireless mobile adapter for Apple's iOS will be out later in fall 2012

Vor 65 Millionen Jahren beendete ein Massensterben die Regentschaft der Saurier und begründete den Aufstieg der Säugetiere. Forscher wissen warum: Ihre winzigen Eier wurden den Riesenechsen zum Verhängnis.

Bayern Munich have set their course to Champion's League final after a 2-1 victory over Real Madrid courtesy of a late goal from Mario Gomez.

Whether or not you will live past 70 depends on a seemingly infinite number of small variables: genes, lifestyle, whether or not you are hit by a bus, etcetera. Tied into that prediction have long been race and location. Black males in southern cities, for example, typically have a shorter life expectancy than white males [...]

 The rise and fall of John Edwards continues to captivate the nation on every level, right down to his haircut. INSIDE EDITION has the latest.     

Even since they signed him as a replacement player during the last edition of the IPL, Royal Challengers Bangalore have been touted as a 'one-man army'. Amol Karhadkar reports. Scorecard | Points table

Bo Guagua’s parents have been detained in China, subjects of corruption and murder investigations, and his lavish lifestyle has angered Communist Party officials.

WILLIAM "King of Bling" Mbatha will spend the next 35 years in prison for a string of crimes. And so he should.

Foiled late in a race once again in its quest for a 200th Sprint Cup victory, there is good news for Hendrick Motorsports.

Spain's King Juan Carlos has successfully undergone hip replacement surgery to repair minor damage related to arthritis worsened by a fall.

En abril de 1972 David Bowie llevaba casi tres años sin un éxito. Y tres años en esa época, en la que el negocio de la música discurría a un ritmo mucho más veloz que el actual, eran muchos. David Robert Jones tenía 25 años y su carrera no acababa de despegar. Solo cuatro meses antes, en diciembre de 1971, había publicado 'Hunky Dory', su primer gran álbum, pero ni siquiera el sencillo 'Changes...

In einem Beitrag (und dem nachfolgenden Kommentaraustausch) über die Verwechslung des plötzlichen Kindstods mit der tödlich verlaufenden Erbkrankheit „very-long-chain coenzyme-A dehydrogenase deficiency" oder VLCADD bei einem Paar, dessen Partner miteinander verwandt waren, wurde über Inzest gesprochen. §173 des deutschen Strafgesetzbuchs stellt den „Beischlaf" zwischen direkt verwandten Person...

Technology has now created the ultimate USB stick - used by the secret service. If you lose it you can track its location and even remotely scramble content on it if you are worried it could fall into the wrong hands.

Der Mann, der Treyvon Martin erschoss, soll untergetaucht sein. Die Anwälte von George Zimmerman wollen ihn nicht mehr vertreten, weil ihnen sein Verhalten nicht passt.

Im Fall Breno hat die Staatsanwaltschaft wegen des Verdachts der schweren Brandstiftung nun Anklage gegen den Bayern-Profi erhoben.Foto: dapd

Following Bo Xilai’s rapid fall from power, his wife is suspected in death of British businessman

One of the biggest challenges facing US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is to understand whether people will eventually find work once the economy gathers enough speed.

Maccabi fights back from a double-digit deficit twice in Game 5 of its quarterfinal series against Panathinaikos in Athens, only to fall to an 86- 85 defeat.

Kaiserslautern hat gegen Hoffenheim die nächste Schlappe hinnehmen müssen. Der Verbleib in der Bundesliga wird immer unwahrscheinlicher.

"Top of the Rock: Inside the Rise and Fall of Must See TV", basado en las memorias de Warren Littlefield, ejecutivo de la cadena NBC, saldrá a la venta el 1 de mayo

Apple is the favorite -- once again -- in Piper Jaffray's 23rd semi-annual teen survey "The bottom line," writes Gene Munster in a note summarizing the results of Piper Jaffray's latest survey of the aspirations of American teenagers, "is that 40% of students plan on buying an iPhone in the next 6 months while 19% of non-tablet owners plan on purchasing a tablet in the next 6 months." Wishes, ...

The former Washington State star and No. 2 overall NFL pick faces trouble in Montana that could be a probation violation from 2008 case in T ...

Neuerdings versuchen Betrüger, über anonyme Bezahlkarten-Codes an Geld ihrer Opfer zu kommen: "Pay safe" - zahle sicher - so heißen diese Karten. Sicher ist das nur, wenn man seine Codes nicht leichtfertig herausgibt, wie ein aktueller Fall im Pongau zeigt.

Industrial output falls unexpectedly due to lower overseas demand

The calls for Deb Matthews’s resignation are little more than partisan squawking

The government is corrupt and incompetent. People are, quite rightly, sceptical of its integrity. But it has not fudged the poverty data to exaggerate the fall in poverty, as alleged by innumerable politicians and TV anchors. I have long criticized government statistics as too often being misleading or plain wrong. But those critics of Montek Singh Ahluwalia, deputy chairman of the Planning C...

Die Superstars der Miami Heat haben im Fall des erschossenen Teenagers Trayvon Martin deutlich Stellung bezogen.Foto: AP

Three years after winning it all in 2009, Wang Bingyu and her Harbin rink crashed and burned Wednesday at the world championship in southern Alberta, losing both of their games to sit 2-7, tied for last with Italy and the Czech Republic in the 12-nation tournament.

Tensions are running high for the remaining contestants on Celebrity Apprentice after Adam Carolla tried to take the fall for his team's loss – and wound up getting both himself and Michael Andretti fired in the process Needless to say no one wants their team to suffer the same fate again...

AUSTRALIAN Greens leader Bob Brown says his party will be backing the mining tax laws, but believes they fall "way short of the mark".

In an argyle sweater, girlish gray corduroys and a pink hat embroidered with the phrase “Obey me!”, Carol looks as light as a husk. Despite her 80 years, her brown hair is just frosted with gray and her eyes are sparrow bright. She lives in Phoenix, Ariz., where she is faithful to her church (Catholic) and her party (Republican). Although she was once infamous for her sharp tongue and the rigid...

Skilanglauf-Bundestrainer Jochen Behle hat vor dem Weltcup-Finale in Falun ein durchwachsenes Saisonfazit gezogen: Tobias Angerer habe sich "gut vekauft", bei anderen sei das "nicht unbedingt der Fall" gewesen.

North and Center to experience showers throughout day, snow expected to fall over Mt, Hermon.

Constant Contact’s chief says its SaveLocal service picks up where daily deal sites like Groupon and LivingSocial fall short.

Analyzing changes in the teeth of rodentlike animals that lived in the age of dinosaurs, researchers concluded that mammals began to diversify and flourish well before dinosaurs went extinct.

Margit Stoffels fährt den Volvo XC60. Die Kameras hält sie in dem unübersichtlichen Wagen für sinnvoll. Doch andere Gimmicks sind womöglich ein Fall für den Datenschutz.

The state collected 4.1 percent more revenues from the gasoline excise in February than it did in the corresponding month last year.

Utl.: Schadenersatz für Chaos an Bord des Kreuzfahrtschiffes Wien (OTS/VKI) - Der Verein für Konsumenteninformation (VKI) wird auch im Fall der Kreuzfahrt der "Costa Allegra" österreichische Geschädigte unterstützen. Der VKI bietet an, die Ansprüche der Geschädigten kostenlos zu sammeln, ...

GARY Barlow was on a jumbo jet bound for South Africa that turned back yesterday — after ELEVEN cabin crew fell ill

GARY Barlow was on a jumbo jet bound for South Africa that turned back yesterday — after ELEVEN cabin crew fell ill

Egypt's first presidential election since the fall of Hosni Mubarak will begin in May, the head of the electoral commission says.

Bei den kommenden Wahlen wird Wladimir Putin wohl zum neuen alten russischen Präsidenten gewählt werden. Seit 1999 sitzt Putin als Ministerpräsident oder Präsident im Zentrum der russischen Macht - fast 13 Jahre, in denen immer wieder der Umgang mit Oppositionellen, Journalisten und Kreml-Kritikern für Diskussionen sorgte.

Nur noch vier sind übrig: Im Halbfinale der Matchplay-WM in Marana (Arizona) stehen sich unter anderem der Engländer Lee Westwood und der Nordire Rory McIlroy gegenüber. Platzhirsch gegen Youngster, Westwood (38) ist 16 Jahre älter als McIlroy - in jedem Fall wird es in der Nähe von Tucson einen britischen Finalisten geben. Und der hat dann auch die Chance auf Platz eins in der Weltrangliste.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Clearwire Corp shares fell 6 percent on Friday after Google Inc said it would sell its stake in the company.

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings on his company's rise, fall, and slow redemption. And Google's latest tech invention.

Letztes Jahr im September gab es ziemliche Aufregung unter den Physikern. Man hat bei einem Experiment am CERN Teilchen gemessen, die sich schneller als das Licht bewegt hatten. Damit hat eigentlich niemand gerechnet, denn die Relativitätstheorie sagt, dass so etwas nicht möglich ist - und sie gehört immer zu den experimentell am besten überprüften Theorien! Aber wer weiß - vielleicht ist ja do...

Der Vorsitzende des Immunitätsausschusses des Deutschen Bundestages, Thomas Strobl, MdB, gibt folgenden Beschluss des Ausschusses bekannt: Der Immunitätsausschuss des Deutschen Bundestages hat ein in den Medien verbreitetes Schreiben des Vorsitzenden der Bundestagsfraktion DIE LINKE, Dr. Gregor Gysi, MdB, scharf zurückgewiesen. Der Ausschuss hat nach den Worten seines Vorsitzenden, Thomas St...

Jason Bateman and Amanda Anka welcome daughter Maple Sylvie. Don't think syrup, think tree. It's a second daughter for Jason Bateman.

Personalsorgen im Titelrennen. Während Borussia Mönchengladbach vor seinem Spiel in Kaiserslautern um den künftigen Dortmunder Marco Reus bangt, fehlt dem BVB am Samstag in Berlin (15.30 Uhr, LIVE! bei kicker online) in jedem Fall Shinji Kagawa. Der japanische Offensivstar, zuletzt in bestechender Verfassung, erlitt am Mittwoch im Training einen Außenbandanriss im linken Sprunggelenk.

Manchmal müssen Überschriften nicht sinnvoll sein, sondern sollen ein wenig Aufmerksamkeit generieren. Das ist hier der Fall. Dennoch hat der Titel einen wahren Kern: Es geht im Podcast tatsächlich um einen Planeten, der wohl zerfällt.Das Keplerteleskop hat einen Planeten entdeckt, mit dem es etwas Besonderes auf sich hat: Er benimmt sich seltsam. Er wird mal heller und mal dunkler, und so etwa...

As of next fall, students in America’s largest university system will once again have the opportunity to study abroad in Israel.

Plusieurs nuits très froides s’annoncent mais 1.000 à 1.500 demandeurs d’asile ne trouveront pas de place où se loger à Bruxelles-ville car ils ont ét...lire la suitehistoires liées19:41 Le gouvernement entend poursuivre la concertation sociale20:19 Les manifestants anticapitalistes érigent une « tente des rêves » à Washington19:51 « Permanence et application web Salduz fonctionnent »19:51 L’at...

Japan's population is expected to decline by 30 per cent to below 90 million people by 2060, with two out of every five people aged 65 or older, a government agency said, underlining the financial burden on one of the world's fastest-ageing societies.

Für Sam Genders' Bandprojekt Diagrams müsste man ein neues Genre benennen. Sein Album "Black Light" quillt über vor Kreativität: Im besten Fall toller, verspielter Pop.

The number of Americans being screened for colon, breast and cervical cancers still fall below national targets, health officials said.

THE State’s borrowing costs fell significantly yesterday as discussion on the possible easing of bank-related public debt took place with senior EU officials.

Die Q-Cells-Aktie befindet sich im freien Fall. Bis zu 23 Prozent bricht der TecDax-Titel ein. Der Solarkonzern hat sein komplettes Eigenkapital aufgezehrt und ist nun auf Gedeih und Verderb seinen Gläubigern ausgeliefert.

Les Racingmen brillent cette saison par leur inconstance. Mais un joueur crève toutefois l'écran, l'Argentin Juan José Imhoff. Arrivé mi-octobre en qualité de joker médical de Benjamin Fall (absent six mois), le trois-quarts polyvalent (arrière ou ailier) a déjà inscrit...

Working from a nondescript business park in Ellicott City, Md., a suburb of Baltimore, John Hussman is far from the Wall Street herd. So are the investment strategies for his $8 billion mutual fund group. His main stock fund hedges its bets by buying options that rise in value as the markets fall (or vice versa).

MOSCOW (AP) -- Russian officials say they still have no firm information where a failed Mars moon probe plummeted to Earth, the day after it went down....

ON the first anniversary of the first leader to fall, we revisit the stories of the Arab Spring that grabbed your attention.

DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Co will cut production of its Chevrolet Volt if sales of the plug-in hybrid fall short of estimates in the first half of the year, GM vice chairman Steve Girsky said on Tuesday.

SYDNEY (Reuters) - An Australian woman has survived a terrifying fall after her bungee cord snapped during a 111-metre (364-feet) leap off Africa's Victoria Falls Bridge, plunging her into the crocodile-infested Zambezi River below.

GENEVA (AP) -- The World Health Organization is warning that dangerous scientific information could fall into the wrong hands after U.S. government-funded researchers engineered a form of the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus more easily transmissible between humans....

Vladimir Putin has ordered the Government Executive Office to prepare draft instructions following the president’s address to the Federal Assembly: “Because a significant portion of the address was meant for the government, and the tasks set forth in it fall within the government’s responsibility.”

Yes it can. More than the Reserve Bank of India, the government can help the rupee, by five clever and simple policy actions.

KARACHI - MQM Chief Altaf Hussain has said that East Pakistan was severed from West Pakistan in 1971 because of the unending injustice, continuing exploitation and deep sense of deprivation among the people of East Pakistan. In a message on the anniversary of the Fall of Dhaka on December 16, 1971, Hussain said that the people of Bengal had played a leading role in the Pakistan Movement, and th...

Shares fall as BlackBerry maker issues gloomy outlook; company posts share profit of $1.27 in third quarter

LAHORE – The Fall of Dhaka brought shame not only to the people of Pakistan, but for the entire Muslim world. The unfortunate day divided the biggest Muslim country into two. This was said by Pakistan Movement Workers’ Trust Chairman Colonel (rtd) Jamshed Ahmed Tareen while addressing TheNation and Aiwan-e-Waqt Forum here on Thursday. He was the eye-witness of the separation of the then East Pa...

KABUL (Agencies) - More than 2,000 Afghans rallied on the last day of Ashura and denounced Pakistan for the deadly bombing at a shrine in Kabul that killed 56 and wounded more than 160 people.The crowd gathered Friday on the west side of Kabul. The holiday commemorates the death in the seventh century of Hazrat Imam Hussain (RA). The protesters were denouncing Tuesday’s suicide bombing in Kabul...

Manuel Neuer spricht über seine Zukunftspläne, den „tragischen“ Fall René Adler und das Werben um Götze und Reus.Foto: dpa

Mark Zuckerberg mit Huhn: Durch einen Programmierfehler bei Facebook konnte man kurze Zeit mit einem Trick fremde Bilder runterladen - und auch der milliardenschwere Gründer blieb nicht verschont. Der Fall wirft wieder einmal die Frage nach der Datensicherheit im Netz auf.

2010 holte Inter Mailand unter Trainer Mourinho noch die Champions League. Jetzt, im Winter 2011, stehen die Nerazurri am Abgrund.Foto: dapd

Violence erupted at four polling stations in the DRC as the country held its second elections since a war that killed more than five million people.

One of the country's most important works of art has fallen into disrepair because nobody has claimed ownership of it for more than 40 years.

EGMOND AAN ZEE, Netherlands (Reuters) - When the Netherlands built its first sea-based wind turbines in 2006, they were seen as symbols of a greener future.

Die US-Ratingagenturen sind nicht erst durch die jüngste Panne von S&P im Fall Frankreich ins Zwielicht geraten. Auch in der Krise zogen die Bonitäts-Wächter Kritik auf sich. Die EU will dem Treiben ein Ende machen.

Amid concerns of fall in newspaper readership, industry experts are asking whether newspapers are marketing themselves adequately to showcase their offerings, across the board, to the new generation of readers.

According to xBiz.com,  National A-1 Internet has discontinued the operations of its adult novelty retail website SexToys.com and affiliate program ToySales.com, (however I’m still getting a resolving site at sextoys.com) This comes off of the announcement a week ago that National A-1 forfeited the domain Escorts.com (and presumable escort.com) to the Feds. Sextoys.com is another [...]

The fall from grace of 'health godmother' Ma Yueling highlights the fraudulent practices of a number of self-declared health gurus.

It was a moonless night on the mountain at Vail and in his black clothes Bill Rodgers imagined he was nearly invisible Five feet six and barely 120 pounds Rodgers was darting in and out of buildings at the Colorado ski resort 11000 feet up He crept into the back...

Canadian manufacturing sales fell in February by the most since August 2009, as auto sales pulled back after a surge in January and exporters continued to be hammered by the strong Canadian dollar

By Scott Moritz With clouds of economic gloom darkening the tech horizon, mobile phone sales - a former bright spot in the gadget world - look to be slowing. Tech buyers went away early this fall, and as recession fears intensified, orders have continued to dry up. There have been a number of ominous signs. First Cisco (CSCO) slashed its outlook and froze hiring. Then Wall Street analysts slash...