Relais & Chateaux group to have more urban hotels
NEW YORK - Relais & Chateaux, an association of unique luxury hotels and gourmet restaurants, is planning to include more urban hotels.
Breaking News
IED riddle tougher in Afghanistan
WASHINGTON - A senior Pentagon official says that preventing roadside bombs from killing troops has proven to be tougher in Afghanistan than in Iraq because of the austere conditions there.
Argentina's president urges Middle East peace
BUENOS AIRES - Argentina's president says Israel and the United States should do more to push for peace in the Middle East.
Israel, Hamas near swap of prisoners for soldier
JERUSALEM - Hamas leaders raced to Egypt on Monday amid signs of progress on a deal to swap hundreds of Palestinian prisoners for a captive Israeli soldier held by the Islamic militant group for more than three years.
Health
Mom: Son in coma heard everything for 23 years
BRUSSELS - A man who emerged from what doctors thought was a vegetative state says he was fully conscious for 23 years but could not respond because he was paralyzed, his mother said Monday.
Formerly conjoined twins leave intensive care
SYDNEY - Conjoined Bangladeshi twins who were separated in a marathon surgery last week left intensive care on Monday and were adjusting well, hospital officials said.
GlaxoSmithKline pulls application for new drug use
TRENTON, N.J. - British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline PLC says it's withdrawing its application for U.S.
Entertainment
ABC says it has received complaints on Lambert
NEW YORK - ABC says more than 1,500 people have called to complain about Adam Lambert's sexually charged performance at the American Music Awards.
Akshay on Farahs film, De Dana Dan and more
Ever since Farah Khan announced that she will be working with Akshay Kumar in her next film, Tees Maar Khan and not Shah Rukh Khan, who is her favourite, there has been a lot of gossip on this.
Exam fever grips Adah
1920 debutante Adah Sharma is as of now preparing for exams.
AC/DC, MJ, Miles Davis, Def Jam and more box sets
Here are a selection of box-set offerings this season:
AC/DC "Backtracks" (Sony)
The essence of a box set is great packaging, lots of swag and hard-to-find content.
Target Black Friday 2009 Sales
Black Friday is only 4 days away.
Pope John Paul II used to ‘whip himself in remorse for sins’
LONDON - Pope John Paul II used to regularly whip himself in a sign of "remorse for his sins," a nun has claimed.
We are not prepared for urban explosion: Jaipal Reddy
NEW DELHI - Urban Development Minister S.
Samantha Fox’s boobs shrink fear in jungle
LONDON - Former glamour model Samantha Fox has revealed that she is worried her boobs are shrinking.
Lady GaGa AMA Performance: Simply Smashing
Los Angeles- Lady Gaga was nominated for four categories in the American Music Awards: the breakthrough artist of the year, the favorite female singer of the year, the artist of the year and the best album of the year.
Shakira thinks ‘libido is the engine of the world’
WASHINGTON - Shakira has revealed her thoughts on the impact of sexual desire, saying 'libido is the engine of the world'.
Phelps looking ahead to better times in 2010
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Michael Phelps is ready to put an up-and-down post-Olympic year behind him and focus on the challenges that await in 2010, including adjusting to a ban on the high-performance suits that rocked his sport.
MLS Cup Finals 2009
Seattle- Yesterday, Real Salt Lake won the Major League Soccer Cup 2009 beating Los Angeles Galaxy at Qwest Field.
7 Best Affiliate Tracking Software
After having done with the best free affiliate tracking software we decided to do with the high-end software that can be used to track or manage a myriad of affiliate marketing activities.
7 Best Free Affiliate Tracking Software
One of the most frequently asked question by affiliate marketeers is which affiliate tracking software to use.
Check Cellphone IMEI Number
The IMEI or International Mobile Equipment Identity Number is a unique number allocated to every GSM phone and some other phones as well.
Assassin’s Creed 2 Glyph Guide
Assassin's Creed 2 has released today, just to grab the game market of Christmas and Holidays.Technology
Friends go online at Foursquare to meet offline
SAN FRANCISCO - Laura Fitton's ascent has been staggering: In less than a year, she's become mayor of nine different places in several different states, all without giving any speeches or kissing any babies.
Google scoops up display ad specialist Teracent
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - Google has bought a Silicon Valley startup that customizes the online billboards known as display advertising.
CDC Software 3Q profit rises on lower costs
NEW YORK - CDC Software Corp., a Chinese business software developer whose shares began trading in the United States last summer, said Monday its third-quarter profit rose 47 percent on lower costs and expenses.
Beating of SoCal student may be tied to Facebook
CALABASAS, Calif. - Authorities say a 12-year-old boy assaulted by a group of middle school classmates in Southern California may have been targeted after an Internet posting urged students to beat up redheads.
Science
Obama to honor young inventors at science fair
WASHINGTON - Hey kids, grab those beakers and Petri dishes, the White House is going to hold a science fair.
Politics
Police: Elevator call led to Mo. building lockdown
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Police say an unfounded report of a hostage situation in a building near the Missouri governor's mansion was caused by someone calling an elevator phone to warn of a hostage-taking.
Manmohan pushes for more university linkages
WASHINGTON - A day before India and the US unveil an ambitious initiative on education as part of their next phase of strategic partnership, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh called for scaling up the cooperation between Indian and American university systems.
India warns world against premature exit in Afghanistan
WASHINGTON - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Monday said India and the US can do much more to expand security cooperation and warned the US and international community against any premature exit in Afghanistan that will embolden extremists and destabilise the region.
SC gov faces 37 charges he broke state ethics laws
COLUMBIA, S.C. - South Carolina Gov.
Law
Calif. mom convicted of murder gets 22 years
VISALIA, Calif. - A central California woman convicted of abandoning her three newborns, one of whom froze to death, has been sentenced to 22 years to life in prison.
Business
Oklahoma unemployment rate hits 21-year high
OKLAHOMA CITY - Oklahoma's unemployment rate climbed to 7.1 percent in October, the state's highest rate in more than 20 years, officials reported.
Sports
Tebow, McCoy finalists for Maxwell, O'Brien honors
DALLAS - Tim Tebow and Colt McCoy are set for at least one showdown off the field.
Richard Branson partner in new NJ resort, Natirar
PEAPACK-GLADSTONE, N.J. - A new luxury resort is opening on an estate in New Jersey with Sir Richard Branson as a partner.
Petters' attorney blames others for $3.5B fraud
ST. PAUL, Minn. - The defense for Minnesota businessman Tom Petters says his client is the victim of a "fraud within a fraud" and that he is not guilty of masterminding a Ponzi scheme that cost investors more than $3.5 billion.
Earnings Preview: H.J. Heinz Co.
PORTLAND, Ore. - H.J. Heinz Co.
Manmohan rolls out red carpet for American investors
WASHINGTON - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Monday made a vigorous pitch for attracting more American foreign investment in areas ranging from infrastructure to agriculture and green energy and underlined that no investor is more welcome in India than the investors from the US.
Kansas still No. 1 in AP poll; Syracuse No. 10
Syracuse was so impressive in the 2K Sports Classic that it made one of the best entrances ever into The Associated Press' college basketball poll.
Harris, Kampman lost for season with knee injuries
GREEN BAY, Wis. - The Green Bay Packers feared the worst after watching two of their top defensive players get carted to the locker room Sunday, and things didn't look any better the next morning.
Florida's Meyer: Notre Dame not a coaching option
GAINESVILLE, Fla. - Standing behind the same podium where quarterback Tim Tebow delivered his now-famous promise 14 months and 21 wins ago, coach Urban Meyer vowed Monday to be at Florida "as long as they'll have me." With rumors swirling about Charlie Weis' future at Notre Dame, Meyer squashed any potential speculation about leaving Gainesville for South Bend, Ind.
Foul! Study says hoop refs try to even the score
They don't all need glasses.
The IMEI or International Mobile Equipment Identity Number is a unique number allocated to every GSM phone and some other phones as well.