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Una looked fantastic in a short white mono-strap dress which she teamed with a pair of black high heels.

An enterprising young fellow named Eric Simons secretly lived at AOL headquarter for two months. He was given a badge while working a short stint at AOL's Imagine K12 incubator event for young education entrepreneurs. He really enjoyed his visit, so he just stayed, and his badge kept working. He used the company showers and [...]

Ryan Jay and Alexander Shahmiri created Life Backwards, a little short showing what life would look like if it was all in reverse. It's hypnotic and tickles that part of your brain that's been numbed by too much normalcy. More »

When May first learned that she had an inoperable brain tumour that would kill her in a few short weeks, she reassured her four devastated children that she’d had a great life.

In advance of the fundraiser with Mitt Romney and Donald Trump on Tuesday, the candidate's senior adviser Eric Fehrnstrom tried to set the line on CNN a short time ago. "I can't speak for Donald Trump," Fehrnstrom said. "But I can tell you that Mitt Romney accepts that President Obama was born in the United States. He doesn't view the place of his birth as an issue in this campaign." That's no...

At one stage on Friday Roy Hodgson quoted the great Holland coach Rinus Michels, but England’s new boss stopped short of promising Total Football amid the total chaos he has inherited.

In less than a week, the India A team will leave for the West Indies but at least half of the members of the squad are woefully short of proper match practice as they embark on a tour that will be an indicator of senior team's bench strength in the coming season.

RAWALPINDI - Special Judge Central Mian Khalid Shabbir on Friday rebuffed the acquittal plea of former federal minister for religious affairs Hamid Saeed Kazmi and issued a short verdict, stating the trial was still in progress and the accused could not be acquitted.The court deferred the proceeding till May 30, saying the accused would also be indicted on that date.During the hearing, Federal ...

One brisk wintry day in 1639, a young man named Jeremiah Horrocks — barely 20 — set up a telescope in his quarters near Preston, England and focused an indirect image of the sun onto a small card. Lack of finances had cut short his brief academic career at Cambridge, despite his intelligence, but he still had a passion for the stars, bolstered by reading the works of Johannes Kepler and Tych...

“She was not upset. She just took a short break, which is not uncommon for judges to do in these taped shows,” Spears' publicist says, in contrast to reports published by TMZ

South Africa stopped short of expressing disappointment after it failed to win the bid to single-handily host the world's most powerful radio telescope.

Chances are, Product Red first came on your radar in 2006, when The Gap debuted its line of desi(RED), ado(RED) and inspi(RED) t-shirts. The t-…

A member of North Carolina's Providence Road Baptist Church defended Pastor Charles L. Worley to Anderson Cooper last night, saying she agreed with her reverend's notoriously anti-gay sermon which called for putting gays and lesbians behind electrified fences to eventually die off. "Of course people are going to take it and make it their own way and make it what they want to, but I agree with w...

Diplomatic sources said Wu Bangguo, China's top legislator, had planned a trip to round off a short European tour.

Kanye West buys domain name for new short film. Kanye West has made some interesting naming decisions in the past. So let’s give him credit for buying CruelSummer.com for $3,000. Cruel Summer is the name of his new short film. Here are some other end user domain buys from the past week. All sales took [...]

Kanye West premiered his much-discussed short film/art installation "Cruel Summer" at the Cannes Film Festival last night.

As traders at Morgan Stanley were frantically trying to shore up Facebook's share price in the days after the company's IPO, other managers on the deal were helping short sellers bet that the newly minted stock would fall.

London, Ontario – May 24, 2012  –  The Telly Awards  has named Keyframe Communications Inc . as a Silver and double Bronze winner in the 33rd Annual Telly Awards. With ne...

TRUTH IS one of the first casualties of a US presidential campaign. “The stakes are too high. Both political parties will twist the facts or spin them if they think it will give them political advantage,” says Glenn Kessler, the author of the Washington Post’s Fact Checker column.

When fiction writer Jennifer Egan takes to Twitter this evening, she won't be tweeting about the latest headlines or her favorite nightspot. Instead, she'll be doling out her new short story "Black Box" at the rate of one tweet a minute.

NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - The Weinstein Company has locked in Paul McCartney, Natalie Portman and Johnny Depp to build the buzz around its upcoming "The Intouchables." McCartney's directorial debut, "My Valentine," will screen before every showing of the French box office smash during its theatrical run. It hits theaters May 25. McCartney's black-and-white short, set to his song of the same name...

Kanye West premiered his much-discussed short film/art installation Cruel Summer at the Cannes Film Festival last night Starring Kid Cudi as a car thief who falls in love with a blind Arabian princess the clip is the project he was reportedly working on in the Middle East in February The...

Hip-hop superstar and aspiring filmmaker Kanye West took to the Cannes Film Festival to show his new short film. It’s titled “Cruel Summer” — though so far, West’s summer has been anything but.

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.

Once again Europe's leaders have swooped into Brussels and vanished hours later without offering any clear way out of the pulsating crisis at hand.

Judge rules juice, supplement firm made ‘deceptive claims in some advertisements,’ but stops short of demanding FDA-style standards

Apple is continuing its "famous person uses Siri" commercials by bringing in famous person John Malkovich to add a soupçon of Old World weltschmerz and philosophizing to what is, in short, a way to schedule a wake-up call without unlocking your phone. The commercials feature Malkovich in what appears to be the house above the nasty places in Hostel where he muses on f...

Any time Bill O'Reilly visits "The Late Show," it's pretty much guaranteed to get testy. While David Letterman is first and foremost a comedian, he's also fairly outspoken when it comes to politics, and he's certainly not afraid of grilling his guests. And, well, we all know O'Reilly is hardly a shrinking violet, either.  On Wednesday night, Letterman welcomed O'Reilly then jump...

Trailrunner7 writes "Two independent researchers are proposing an extension for TLS to provide greater trust in certificate authorities, which have become a weak link in the entire public key infrastructure after some big breaches involving fraudulent SSL certificates. TACK, short for Trust Assertions for Certificate Keys, is a dynamically activated public key framework that enables a TLS serve...

CANNES, France (AP) -- Kanye West showed off his short film and his celebrity girlfriend - TV reality star Kim Kardashian - in Cannes, the only place for anyone famous to be this week....

I will admit: I tend to have a bias against movies with the number "3" in the title. If there's ever a dead giveaway that...

Holy shiz! We were unclear of what to expect, but it certainly was NOT this! Nor was it to be so profoundly moved by such a simple, emotionally charged, and perfectly acted exchanged! Ch-ch-check out this incredibly powerful short film called Serena, which was written and directed by Rodrigo Garcia and stars an INCREDIBLE Jennifer Garner and Alfred [...]

AMERICA'S Next Top Model judge exposes her wrinkly legs in short skirt

Britvic’s Irish market has shown no signs of recovery in the short term, and the drinks group promised “decisive action” on costs as the market continued to decline.

There isn’t enough trading history in Facebook Inc. for any potent technical signals, but at least for the very short term, the stock appears to have produced its first mini breakout, writes Tomi Kilgore.

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

Israeli finishes men’s 200-meter Individual Medley final in fourth place at the European Championships in Debrecen, Hungary.

Shares of the much-anticipated IPO have fallen sharply since they opened at US$42.05 on Friday. Yet, short sellers are still eager to bet against the stock given its lofty valuation

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

KARACHI - Leg spinner Zulfiqar Baber struck in time to steer P&T Gymkhana Lahore to exciting three-run triumph over Combined Cricket Club Faisalabad in Pakistan Champions Cricket League here on Wednesday. Zulfiqar took four for 23 as Faisalabad team chasing a winning target of 131 fell short by three runs. P&T Gym, batting first, scored 130 runs for the loss six wickets in 20 overs. ...

KARACHI - Leg spinner Zulfiqar Baber struck in time to steer P&T Gymkhana Lahore to exciting three-run triumph over Combined Cricket Club Faisalabad in Pakistan Champions Cricket League here on Wednesday. Zulfiqar took four for 23 as Faisalabad team chasing a winning target of 131 fell short by three runs. P&T Gym, batting first, scored 130 runs for the loss six wickets in 20 overs. ...

KARACHI - Leg spinner Zulfiqar Baber struck in time to steer P&T Gymkhana Lahore to exciting three-run triumph over Combined Cricket Club Faisalabad in Pakistan Champions Cricket League here on Wednesday. Zulfiqar took four for 23 as Faisalabad team chasing a winning target of 131 fell short by three runs. P&T Gym, batting first, scored 130 runs for the loss six wickets in 20 overs. ...

Seven-strong panel of justices will rule on whether European arrest warrant issued for WikiLeaks founder is validThe supreme court will deliver its verdict next Wednesday on whether or not the WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, should be deported to Sweden to face allegations of rape and sexual assault.The short judgment on 30 May will include an explanation of the decision the seven-strong pan...

The MP is campaigning for an amendment to the Financial Services Bill which will give the government the power to cap the cost of short term lending.

Martensdale-St. Mary's (Martensdale) came up just a run and a game short of the record for consecutive wins by a high school baseball team.

If the producers of Lifetime's Liz & Dick cast an orange parking cone in a brown wig to play Richard Burton opposite Lindsay Lohan's Elizabeth Taylor, that bitch should shut her lips and nod, because she should be lucky that someone is giving her a chance to prove that she's not a chronic professional fuck up and is about as pleasant as getting finger fucked by an eagle...

A new ad from the GOP super PAC founded by Karl Rove aims to portray President Obama as falling short of his promises for change.

Prada unveiled a special short film directed by Roman Polanski and starring British actors Helena Bonham Carter and Ben Kingsley at the Cannes Film Festival.

CHICAGO (AP) -- A long weekend of economic and security summits was heavy on stagecraft and light on surprises....

Geoffrey Boycott says the England captain must work on his footwork if he is to cope with the South African quicks this summer

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Two Canadian women were fatally stabbed Monday during a botched robbery in a southern New Jersey resort community. The victims, ages 47 and 80, were both stabbed multiple times in the upper body. Both died a short time later at a hospital. Sgt. Monica McMenamin, an Atlantic City police spokeswoman, said ...

Despite assurances by provincial health departments that their suppliers are being paid, hospitals in Gauteng and Limpopo continue to run short of life-saving medicines.

In the short time since I've started posting the NameJet Pre-Release lists it's become obvious to me that the overall quality of domains in their inventory is significantly better than those available in the Godaddy expired domain auctions. The obvious downside is the $59 minimum price tag is almost three times the amount of Godaddy's. $59 [...]

PM says "time is short" to replace law governing haredi enlistment in IDF; Mofaz: We are creating new national order.

The France international heralded his side's championship-winning season after securing the first French top flight title in the club's short 38-year history.

Even though atmostpheric shooter Metro: Last Light isn't due until early 2013, publisher THQ is preparing to whet appetites with a short film on May 24.

The achievements of Dutchman's friend in such a short amount of time mean he is surely the man for the job.

LONDON (AP) -- With his carefully tended hair, tight trousers and perfect harmonies, Robin Gibb, along with his brothers Maurice and Barry, defined the disco era. As part of the Bee Gees - short for the Brothers Gibb - they created dance floor classics like "Stayin Alive," "Jive Talkin'," and "Night Fever" that can still get crowds onto a dance floor....

Imaginez, dix jeunes Hollandais sous la pluie dans un hameau de Prisches (Avesnois). Avec pour seule tenue un short, un tee-shirt, un imperméable transparent et pas un sou. On leur avait dit de « se débrouiller » pour retourner aux Pays-Bas. Les Bataves ont reçu du maire un toit pour la nuit de lundi à mardi et un petit déjeuner le lendemain...histoires liéesDemain, le Champ de Mars, à Lille, f...

The Yankees scored twice in their final at-bat but could not bail out starter Ivan Nova, who struck out a career high in an unusual outing.

I had a pleasant trip down to Richmond on Wednesday. I spoke to a small crowd of twenty people about evolution and creationism and all that jazz. I think most of the audience was to the left of me on these issue. Whenever I said something about evolution challenging religion it was all smiles and encouragement. When I said something about how many religious folks have made their peace with ...

TORONTO (AP) -- After eight innings of futility, the Mets' best chance to beat Brandon Morrow was cut short by a close call on the bases.

More and more civil servants are working nine-day fortnights by cutting lunch breaks short and staying in the office until 6pm, allowing them extra holiday as part of the hugely generous contract scheme.

More than 1,000 short films from the Chinese mainland and overseas were assembled in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, on Thursday and Friday for the third China International New Media Shorts Festival and KingBonn Award Competition.

RACING:THE STAR stayer Fame And Glory kicks off his 2012 campaign at Navan tomorrow when trying to win back-to-back runnings of the Vintage Crop Stakes but could come up short this time against Unaccompanied.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The historic initial public offering of Facebook Inc did not go as planned on Friday, as the social networking company's sky-high valuation combined with trading glitches left the stock languishing near its offering price at the market close.

A FEW short months ago, the Roosters were hopeful they'd announce the marquee signing of Sonny Bill Williams sometime in May ...

Perhaps it was a misplaced sense of nostalgia that led the Washington Nationals to conjure up an uninspired loss on the eve of their interleague showdown with the rival Baltimore Orioles. Throughout their brief history in the District, the Nationals have typically either been mired in a losing streak as the twice-yearly Battle of the Beltways rolled around, or about to start one. Read full arti...

DENVER (AP) -- Colorado pitcher Alex White, sent in for a rare pinch-hitting appearance, kept the bat planted firmly on his shoulder - manager's orders....

Russian opposition forces said their surprise gains in Moscow's 125 district councils in March would give them a modest platform to challenge Mr. Putin's authoritarian system. But an early attempt to test their clout on a sensitive political issue fell short.

A monthly investor survey by financial services firm SocGen revealed a worsening in short-term negative sentiment on emerging markets in May, with nearly 80% of investors bearish toward global emergin...

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and the Republican Party raise $40m in April, just short of President Barack Obama's $44m.

Sand and gravel company Martin Marietta Materials (MLM) fell 11% immediately after being called overvalued by Greenlight Capital’s David Einhorn at today’s Ira Sohn Investment conference. Shortly after the plunge, the stock was halted. At a 35 times price to earnings multiple and dwindling benefits from the government stimulus, the company is extremely overvalued, Einhorn [...]

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- George W. Bush finally weighed on the presidential race - with four short words....

Qaisra Shahraz was born in Pakistan and grew up in England. She studied English and Classical Civilisaton at the University of Manchester, later gaining a Masters degree in English and European Literature. She has written plays for the radio and theatre, also scripting for the television at the same time. Her drama series Dil Hee To Hai has been televised on the Pakistan television. Her prize w...

BRUSSELS/LONDON (Reuters) - EU nations should pledge that funds from paying for airline emissions will help poor countries deal with global warming, the bloc's climate chief said on Tuesday, after finance ministers stopped short of a firm commitment.

ICANN might be facing problems launching the gTLD namespace, what with the TAS Labs product being meticulously repaired – but the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers isn’t short of any new ideas. “People are complaining, that even with the launch of gTLDs there isn’t enough opportunity for those born in recent years to [...]

After taking oath as Rajya Sabha member, celebrated yesteryear actor Rekha spent a few hours in the Upper House today.

WESTPAC has cut its interest rates on its short term fixed rate home loans by up to 20 basis points.

Siena died just 11 days short of her first birthday — her death was recorded as sudden infant death from asthma.

The reality starlet sports the short do for a Vogue Italia shoot in Los Angeles

Company in China specialises in building modular high buildings in short time frames.

BEIJING (Reuters) - China may need a back-up plan to stop economic growth being cut short by a surprise dip in demand at home and abroad that suggests monetary policy easing steps taken since the final quarter of last year are insufficient to deal with the downturn.

We were pretty excited to see Will Ferrell back on the Saturday Night Live stage…and he didn't let us down. The SNL alum who killed when it came to impersonating the likes of...

NOT surprisingly we got plenty of purple rain at the first concert of Prince's short Australian visit.

Quiet Radio 4 news reader Alice Arnold became an instant heroine when she confronted litter louts in the street. Now she shares the secret of doing so without fear - be a short woman of a certain age ...

If John Abraham’s biceps are being flexed more than usual these days, it is with good reason. Abraham is one of the producers of this season’s sleeper hit, Vicky Donor. Let’s call it VD for short. The movie is an absolute original as it goes into forbidden territory with an insouciance that is rare in Hindi cinema and entirely disarming, given the subject — sperm donation. In a country of a bi...

Chinese tennis star Li Na bowed out of the Madrid Open after losing 6-3, 3-6, 3-6 to top seed Victoria Azarenka in a thrilling quarter-final which lasted just five minutes short of two hours.

Critics' reviews have been mixed, with an underlying current suggesting that one's appreciation of the film will depend on their taste for Burton's idiosyncrasies.Critics' reviews have been mixed, with an underlying current suggesting that one's appreciation of the film will depend on their taste for Burton's idiosyncrasies.

Residents of 11 homes have been told to be ready to leave on short notice

For the second time in a little over two months, Madrid has produced a plan to deal with the weaknesses in its banking system that looks short of the mark.

China's supportive policies on the international trade of traditional Chinese medicine care services are unlikely to produce notable progress over a short period of time.

CAMERON fights back against claims measures planned fell badly short on growth and jobs

May 10 (Reuters) - Express Scripts Holding Co projected full-year profit that could fall short of Wall Street's target in the U.S. pharmacy benefit manager's first forecast since closing its $29...

Despite rapid advance over a short time frame there could be more to come, says Lou Schizas

Thousands of workers across Europe are enjoying a new craze which is turning lunchtime into a short but energetic party.

AAPOR's Annual Conference features cutting-edge educational sessions, in-depth short courses, informal access to leaders in the field and an informative exhibit hall with representatives from key service and product providers.

I am excited to announce that the second edition of my free guide, Domain Monetization 101 has arrived hot off the press! Actually, there is no press since it’s an eBook but let’s just pretend that it is! While this is the second edition of the guide almost the entire book has been re-written so [...]

Lawyers for man accused of killing singer's relatives make short defense after prosecutors spend two weeks

MINISTER FOR Education Ruairi Quinn expressed disappointment at the contribution offered by religious institutions to help victims of abuse.

Anna Faris is a long way from her Playboy bunny character in 2008's 'The House Bunny.'

Development and implementation of regulations taking too long to be effective, Environment Commissioner finds

The world's No. 1 golfer came up short last weekend but is favored to rectify that this week.

It's hardly like they're short of cash, and now each Manchester City star has been promised a whopping £250,000 end-of-season bonus… but on one condition – they lift the Barclays Premier League title.

Shares of hosted computing services provider Rackspace Hosting (RAX) are down $7.77, or 13%, at $50.03 after the company this afternoon reported Q1 revenue roughly in line with expectations and reported EPS that was either in line or short by a penny, depending on which consensus you’re looking at. Revenue in the three months ended [...]

Megan Fox cut an interview with Steve Jones short as he prepared to ask her about her rumoured pregnancy.

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) -- Satellite TV provider Dish Network Corp. said Monday that it added subscribers in the first quarter, but net income dropped 34 percent and revenue growth fell short of Wall Street expectations....

The socialist Pasok party and the conservatives of New Democracy (ND) scored just 32.1 percent between them, down from 77.4 percent in the 2009 vote.

India has developed missile defence shield which can be put in place at short notice to protect at least two cities, bringing the country on par with an elite group of few nations.

The corkscrew was shaped like a girl in a pleated frock, of the sort that Lara knew from childhood photographs of her mother, a short, light-green summer dress. Only the red collar didn’t really fit; it should have been embroidered tulle, and white. Lara could see the . . . (Subscription required.)

Hundreds of costumed dogs fell short of a world record Saturday morning in Kansas City for the inaugural Cinco de Mayo Chihuahua parade.

U.S. partygoers may be surprised to learn that Cinco de Mayo history is less about margaritas than military conflict.

Chicago's Paul Maholm stymies most of the Dodgers, but Jerry Hairston Jr. comes a double short of hitting for the cycle.CHICAGO — Dee Gordon nearly knocked Chicago Cubs pitcher Paul Maholm out of the game Friday when the shortstop lined a ball that struck Maholm in the right leg in the sixth inning.

PEPE REINA believes Torres was left short of support when he was struggling for goals

J.S. Woodworth’s lonely call for neutrality as his CCF supported Mackenzie King’s declaration of war displayed both courage and conviction - qualities that are in short supply in today’s Commons

(Reuters) - Pfizer Inc's big-selling Lyrica drug failed to help HIV patients and diabetics relieve forms of nerve pain, according to separate clinical trial results released by the drugmaker on Friday.

One of my shorter lists but not a lot of quality names. I knew I was in trouble when the top name is a trademark typo. To make up for the short lists I threw in a joke at the end. Have a nice day.   Mookie.comGreat name and always reminds me of Mookie Blaylock. Expecting this price to be higher BlueFuse.comTo me it’s a pretty good brand. 15 years old and a term that everyone knows SolidPlatinum...

Nineteen chains reported a 0.8 percent increase in sales at stores open at least a year on average, missing the 1.5 percent gain that analysts forecasted.

The former minister Sicelo Shiceka was a committed activist whose political career was cut short by excess.

Sogar bei Kurzhaar- oder auch Bobfrisuren können mit Extensions tolle Styles gezaubert werden, ohne dass sich die Strähnen vom Eigenhaar unterscheiden.

WASHOUGAL, Wash. (AP) -- Sean Guard watched other people exercising from the window of his car or his office in City Hall, as the pounds piled on slowly, a little bit at a time. The Washougal mayor left his city's bike trails and foot paths to those more inclined to exercise while he made short work of chicken-fried steaks....

CAMERON Diaz has revealed that the short hair she debuted in January was not only an accident -- but that the cut led her to "burst into tears."

Video of President Obama's speech, in which he stopped short of declaring victory over Al Qaeda but asserted, "we have a clear path to fulfill our mission in Afghanistan, was posted on the White House YouTube channel.

The group has fallen short of expectations and still in the shadow of Macondo, needs to get new acreage on stream fast

A 'supervolcano' eruption is the most catastrophic natural disaster that can hit our planet, short of an asteroid impact - and scientists now believe America's Yellowstone is more active than we thought.

WHAT was going to be an agonising wait was cut short thanks to the quick thinking of Batman fans and a savvy viral campaign.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - It was not just U.S. Democratic voters who were looking forward to "hope and change" when Barack Obama became the 44th U.S. president.

THAT Parramatta inexplicably piled on 30 points in a short space of time should not camouflage the fact that this appears to be a seriously fractured club.

It’s always nice to get the full recommended seven or nine hours of sleep every day. But life—and work—often gets in the way. And getting too little sleep can decrease attention and short-term memory and can also alter rational judgment—in addition to increasing the risk for some diseases and making it harder to lose weight. [...]

Scientific American 's review of Thomas Kuhn's The Structure of Scientific Revolutions in 1964 ended with the pat pronouncement that the book was "much ado about very little." The short piece, which appeared two years after the initial publication of Structure as a monograph in the International Encyclopedia of Unified Science , discarded as unoriginal Kuhn's critique of the positivist ar...

Four bombs planted in rubbish bins exploded in the Ukrainian city of Dnipropetrovsk today at short intervals, injuring 27 people, authorities said.

Short-track racer Greg Edwards finished second to the three-time Sprint Cup champion in Thursday's Denny Hamlin Short Track Showdown.

There's a promising premise on the boil here What if Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) spent the last days of his life trying to nab a serial killer who's been using macabre ideas from Poe's short stories to off his victims? The Pit and the Pendulum anyone? OK The Raven sounds...

Facebook now has more than 900 million active members but it is still short of profits, writes Christopher Williams.

Paring all earlier losses, the BSE benchmark index Sensex today recovered by nearly 42 points in early trade on covering-up of short positions by speculators for end of monthly expiry in the derivatives segment.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senator Marco Rubio said on Wednesday the United States should create a "safe haven" for the Syrian opposition but stopped short of urging Washington to arm the rebels, suggesting they were not yet organized enough.

The good news: Today, Sedo announced that both Reuters and Bloomberg will be adding Sedo’s domain price index, IDNX, to their list of covered financial markets. What this means: greater exposure for domain names and their investors and a ‘legitimization’ of domains as an investment opportunity. Reuters and Bloomberg are both highly respected financial channels; [...]

Company now sits on $110 billion in cash, short- and long-term investments.

Rick Santorum hinted that he would give Mitt Romney his backing last night in his first interview since suspending his campaign, but stopped short of giving him an official endorsement.

Olive Senior, Johanna Skibsrud and Riel Nason on short list for award for debut novelists

Le chef de file des socialistes européens, l’Autrichien Hannes Swoboda, a dénoncé lundi les arguments “anti-européens” du président français sortant Nic...lire la suitehistoires liées14:33 Le Premier hollandais chez la reine15:13 Angelina Jolie citoyenne d’honneur de Sarajevo15:11 L’Union européenne menace la junte en Guinée-Bissau de sanctions15:10 L’Algérie sollicitée pour accroître les capac...

How a blunt diplomatic tool morphed into the precision-guided measures we know today.

A number of functionally important actions of proteins are mediated by short, intrinsically disordered peptide segments, but the molecular interactions that allow disordered domains to mediate their effects remain a topic of active investigation. Many K+ channel proteins, after initial channel opening, show a time-dependent reduction in current flux, termed ‘inactivation’, which involves moveme...

Which look looks better on these stars?

Short sales are rising sharply, offering many struggling homeowners a better alternative to foreclosure in many of the nation's hardest hit states.

Experiment’s dearth of neutrinos may burst gamma-ray bubble

(Reuters) - IBM's revenue fell slightly short of Wall Street expectations, sending its shares down almost 2 percent in late trade even as the company beat quarterly profit expectations and boosted its 2012 earnings target on strong software demand.

Like-for-like sales at Marks and Spencer fell 0.7% in the 13 weeks to the end of March, after some areas of its womenswear fell short of stock.

Sensex on Tuesday surged 207 points, led by interest-senstive stocks from realty and banking as RBI cut short term lending rate to boost economic growth.

(Reuters) - The online brokerage OptionsXpress and five individuals were charged by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission with involvement in an abusive naked short-selling scheme.

Doubts about the credibility of the electoral process were sown by the commission’s actions, which included shutting out the former spy chief for falling 31 signatures short in his election paperwork.

Telling your co-worker her attire is inappropriate won’t get you anywhere, leave it to your boss

Some 750 cinemas across the UK will be running a short film to challenge attitudes to facial disfigurement.

VIRGINIA GOV. ROBERT F. McDONNELL (R) has moved to gut an obnoxious bill, championed by Republican lawmakers, that would have needlessly stiffened voting requirements for Virginians. The governor’s level-headed move has annoyed his fellow Republicans, but it has also reaffirmed his reputation as a conservative who has governed mainly as a pragmatist — a reputation that propels him to the short ...

BEIJING — Half of last week was a public holiday in China, but it was a busy week in the barracks. In many military bases and academies, political education sessions were scheduled at short notice to hammer home the message of the Communist Party’s absolute leadership over the armed forces. Read full article >>

Nokia warned that its first-quarter financial results will fall short of expectations. It's counting on its partnership with MIcrosoft.

MADRID (AP) -- An adviser to a Spanish village that had considered growing marijuana to pay off debt may still do so, even though 'yes' votes in a referendum prevailed but fell short of the minimum set by the mayor....

The ICRC has been selected as an official honouree by the 16th Annual Webby Awards for its short documentary depicting the dangerous conditions faced by doctors, nurses and ambulance workers operating on the front lines of Libya’s recent armed conflict.

The economic calendar has lightened due to the holidays, but a few key events will still keep investors on their toes when trading resumes.

El documental 'Descorche', del realizador cacereño Jerónimo García, ha sido seleccionado para la X Edición del Festival Internacional de Documental Etnográfico de Sobrarbe, en Huesca. El documental producido por Destino Oeste Producciones y distribuido por Elypse Short Film Distribution, refleja la labor milenaria de la extracción de corcho, un oficio tradicional que es aprendido normalmente en...

The short answer: If it wants to be. And it should—to create jobs, double exports, build global trading links and generally boost our economy.

The "Arab Spring" is now over one year old. In much of the popular analysis over the past year the term "Arab Spring" has become the defining characteristic of the "new" Middle East emerging from decades ofauthoritarian and repressive rule. However, one should be cautious about inflating the importance of the democratic uprisings in several Arab countries in shaping the future contours of the ...

Starz's "Magic City" is just the latest show that looks like quality TV -- but is really empty-headed pseudodrama

Verisign has just launched a new product called Verisign Domain Hashlink Here is the info from their site: “Verisign Domain Hashlink makes URLs shorter, easy-to-remember and friendlier to your users.” “You’ve worked hard to secure a web address – and keep its site content up-to-date, relevant and useful for its visitors. Now there’s a new way to help make it work even harder: by making things e...

Baltimore quarterback Joe Flacco, who's looking for a new contract with the Ravens, is not short on confidence. "I think I'm the best," he s ...

Once again, euro-zone leaders came up short in addressing the debt crisis. They need to turn from debt-deepening austerity to substantial public investment.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The congratulatory e-mails for Carson Block started to arrive on Friday afternoon, within hours of Toronto-listed Chinese forestry company Sino-Forest Corp filing for...

Jane Macdougall: Presbyopia: that’s the formal name for having arms that are too short. (That’s a reading glasses in-joke; if you don’t get it now, don’t worry, you will one day.)

The first ardfheis to be held by Fine Gael while in government for 16 years opens tonight with a short speech from Taoiseach Enda Kenny

THERE is a story behind why Australia has only one operator, and the real tale is short on pirates.

THE lads of the big hair and heavy eyeliner are no more, with Newcastle pop/punk trio Short Stack calling it quits.

‘She wanted me to stay with her on the mattress. And Evan the Head said he agreed with her, and Suze agreed, and that was the start of the trouble.’ A short story from the new collection, ‘Dark Lies the Island’, byKEVIN BARRY

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At least nine of the snowiest U.S. cities had less than 60% of their average snowfall this year, so many schools will cut the year short.

Much of India's defence equipment is "obsolete" and the forces are "woefully short" of weapons, army chief General VK Singh says.

Games For Your Mind's first Android game, Squared , has gotten an excellent review from the Miki S...

(Reuters) - Matteo Manassero came up short in his bid to win the Hassan II Trophy in Morocco on Sunday, a victory that would have secured him a place at next month's U.S. Masters.

Soccer:Republic of Ireland international Keith Treacy has dropped down a division to League One to join Sheffield Wednesday on an emergency loan deal. The midfielder has dropped off the radar at Burnley since the turn of the year and will make the short trip across the Pennines until the end of the season.

Three-fourths of the co-pilots at two regional airlines fell short of proposed requirement for them, a Senate subcommittee is told.

New York Knicks point guard Jeremy Lin reveals personal favorites in team's "Meet the 'Bockers."

KYLIE Minogue must have more hotpants than the Brazilian beach volleyball team

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

It is frequently overlooked by travellers dazzled by the bright lights of New York. But Boston, a short hop away from the Big Apple, has much to entice visitors, says Paul Oswell.

Tweet Widget Facebook Like Burma’s new law on the right to peaceful assembly falls far short of international standards. (New York) – Burma’s new law on the right to peaceful assembly falls far short of international standards, Human Rights Watch said today. President Thein Sein signed the assembly law, the Law Relating to Peaceful Assemb...

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

Thibaut Fauconnet s'est classé cinquième de l'épreuve du 1000 m aux...

Note: N indicates findings that went on to win a Nobel Prize. Hans Gelderblom/Getty Images Chasing the AIDS virus In 1981 a short story in Science News noted an uptick in a rare form of cancer and ...

ACRI says directives fall short on serious privacy infringements involving passengers' personal information.

The Artist en short. Avant de danser sur la scène du Kodak Theatre de Los Angeles et de brandir l'Oscar du meilleur acteur, Jean Dujardin avait joué sur d'autres scènes, s'était même essayé au tennis le temps d'un des nombreux épisodes (de 1999...

At least 146 people were killed when a short circuit sparked a series of blasts at a munitions depot in the Republic of Congo's capital Brazzaville.

A pesar de las dificultades económicas, parece que el cine extremeño en formato corto goza de buena salud. Varios trabajos de directores de nuestra región, recogidos en el Catálogo Jara 2011-2012 que distribuye Elypse Short Film, forman parte de las secciones oficiales de distintos festivales americanos.

The PlayStation Vita is one of those gadgets that kids could get lost in, but is it as car-friendly as it really could be?

Wien (OTS) - Per heute launcht die Wiener Börse Short und Leverage Indizes und erweitert damit ihr bestehendes Index-angebot. Leverage Indizes beziehen sich auf einen bestehenden Index (Referenzindex) und hebeln diesen mit einem bestimmten Faktor. Durch die Hebelfunktion partizipiert der ...

The country singer too ill to finish a show in Kansas City, Mo.

Syria may be growing increasingly isolated -- but it's not entirely alone. China and Russia, the two U.N. powerhouses who vetoed a similar resolution in the U.N. Security Council two weeks ago, remained steadfast in their support for Syria, casting their votes again on Thursday against a U.N. General Assembly resolution condemning Damascus. It passed, 137-12. China's Vice Foreign Minister ...

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is supporting a series of short- and long-term projects to help the people of South Sudan’s state of Jonglei, where ethnic rivalries often result in bloody conflict, to feed themselves and build reliable sources of livelihood, the agency said today.

AUSTRALIA could find itself short of fuel if Caltex shuts down its two domestic refineries, the mining union says.

Shanda Interactive Entertainment Limited, China's leading interactive entertainment media company, has launched its Android-based customized smartphone operating system named Lezhong ROM. Shanda's new Lezhong operating system is developed based on Android 2.3.7 and its user interface provides re-designed and optimized functions allowing phone calls, short messages, contacts, and media players. ...

Wie man mit Spitzenforschung Geld verdient.Wir hatten hier vor 2 Wochen über den Boykottaufruf gegen Elsevier berichtet. Der hat inzwischen an die 6000 Unterstützer und hat zu einem Kurssturz (na ja, immerhin 3%) der Elsevier-Aktien geführt. Die Investment-Firma Exane BNP Paribas gibt ihren Kunden nun unter der Überschrift "Noise around boycott against Elsevier offers short term tradin...

THE GOVERNMENT’S promotion of more than 30 senior Garda officers to fill key vacancies has been criticised by Garda sergeants and inspectors and the Opposition as falling short of requirements.

I often switch from CD to a local radio station in my car to hear something entertaining to get me through traffic. Then promptly switch it off.

Die Amerikanerin Jennifer Egan ist eine tollkühne Erzählerin, mixt Rock mit Short Storys, Sex und PowerPoint. Sie ist zu Recht ein Star. Von Susanne Mayer

Three short plays by Foote, who died in 2009 at the age 92, will be performed together July 24-Sept. 15 under the direction of Pam MacKinnon ("Clybourne Park").

Terrorists are never short of meaningful dates or excuses to spill blood in the name of what they aver is justice.

The two sides discussed the short- and medium-term future of the euro zone.

I have made several blog posts about the uprighting system needed for space capsule Tycho Deep Space. They can all be found further down on this page in the “previously”-section. So, if you are not familiar with the previous works and thoughts please take a closer look for more details here. But, in short the space [...]

In a study published in late 2011 in Nature, Stanford University geneticist Anne Brunet and colleagues described a series of experiments that caused nematodes raised under the same environmental conditions to experience dramatically different lifespans. Some individuals were exceptionally long-lived, and their descendants, through three generations, also enjoyed long lives. Clearly, th...

Obwohl Metro den Kaufhof-Verkauf absagt und von schwachem Umsatz berichtet, steigt die Aktie um 6 Prozent. Händler sprachen von Short Covering: Einige Anleger seien in ihrer skeptischen Kurserwartung auf dem falschen Fuß erwischt wurden. Manche finden auch Lob für den Kurs des Konzerns.

The house is big and heavy-timbered, with log supports and ceiling beams hewn from trees that once grew nearby. Inside, there is chatter and light and the hiss of boiling grease; outside skeins of cloud settle over a dark winter forest.Jan stands at the wooden kitchen island. She cuts neat circles from a rectangle of flattened dough. She is thin, with short graying hair and blue eyes that are a...

VIDÉO - Chaque semaine avec Keljob, retrouvez « Mon Coach Emploi », la première émission web qui vous propose de suivre le parcours de quatre candidats encadrés par des spécialistes du recrutement. Leur objectif : trouver un emploi et le bon ! » Voir les précédents épisodes de Mon Coach Emploi

Burma began releasing prisoners on Tuesday, but activists and relatives said a government clemency fell short of reconciliation promises.

To mark the country's Independence Day, Burma's president has commuted death sentences and cut jail terms, stopping well short of a political amnesty.

Investors have been paying a lot of attention to one continent lately and giving the other six (well, I guess there's little that could happen in Antarctica to roil the markets ... penguins tend to be fiscally responsible) short shrift.

Video posted by Gordana BaticSigns by the RoadsideVideo stills based on Ivo Andric 's short story "Signs by the Roadside"(Znakovi pored puta), taken in Serbia (Belgrade & Valjevo) with background audio "Romanian Folk Dances" by Bela Bartok.

Jennifer Sygo: Why is it that we hear one thing in nutrition research, only to be told something seemingly contradictory a short time later?

Der FC Sunderland hat einen neuen Trainer: Martin O'Neill folgt auf den am Mittwoch entlassenen Steve Bruce. Das gab der Verein am Samstag bekannt. Der Nordire erhält einen Dreijahresvertrag und wird am Montag die Arbeit aufnehmen. "Martin hat so gute Trainer-Erfahrungen wie man es sich nur wünschen kann", so Präsident Ellis Short.

A booming business in virtual goods adds up to huge profits for the online gaming company.

WELLINGTON (AFP) - New Zealand Prime Minister John Key won a second term Saturday, with voters in no mood for change after a tumultuous year marked by a devastating earthquake and glory in the Rugby World Cup.Key's centre-right National Party fell just short of an outright majority but lifted its vote by more than three points to 48.1 percent, its highest in 60 years, and will form government i...

BAHAWALNAGAR - The government has turned a blind eye to an alleged Rs 5.3 million embezzlement of blue-eyed officials of Utility Store Corporation here. Mubarak Ali, a PML-N activist, alleged that Utility Store Attique Plaza in-charge Muhammad Riaz embezzled the amount in utility stores separately. He added that an incident of fire broken out in the store apparently due to short circuit was fab...

De acuerdo con la querella, el uso de logotipo del PRI en la parte inferior izquierda del short del "Dinamita Márquez" afectó la equidad en la contienda electoral celebrada el domingo en Michoacán

The long arc of the Arab Spring may yet bring real reform to the Arab world. But the short term all but guarantees a much less hospitable and forbidding place for America.All Gaul was divided into three parts, Julius Caesar wrote in his "De Bello Gallico." For America, the Arab world had been divided into two: adversarial and acquiescent Arab authoritarians.

Brown eyes can be turned to blue with a short blast of laser light that destroys pigment in the iris, claims a US doctor.

Warum die WirtschaftsWoche Bund-Futures langlaufender Bundesanleihen empfiehlt.

Sick of coming back from those short business trips exhausted and rundown?

“Six colours” is a series of short videos illustrating the impact of NATO activities on the daily lives of citizens. A DVD will be launched on the occasion of the NATO Summit in Strasbourg/Kehl on 3-4 April 2009 to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Alliance.

Noam Scheiber reports on a battle a-brewin' within the Obama administration: Foggy Bottom has spent the last month hinting at its designs on economic policy, which would presumably come at the expense of Treasury. The latest indications are that Hillary's first target may be the U.S.-China relationship, which Geithner's immediate predecessor, Hank Paulson, spearheaded in the Bush administration...