A U.S. Marine pleaded guilty Friday to abusive sexual contact with a child under 16, bringing to a close a criminal case that stoked outrage in Japan, a Marine spokesman said.
Marine pleads guilty in Japan sex crime
A U.S. Marine pleaded guilty Friday to abusive sexual contact with a child under 16, bringing to a close a criminal case that stoked outrage in Japan, a Marine spokesman said.
Pakistan coalition crumbles over judges
The junior partner in Pakistan's fragile coalition says it is quitting the government because the coalition has not yet delivered on its promise to restore that Supreme Court judges that President Pervez Musharraf fired, the party said.
Bush in Saudi Arabia to discuss oil
(AP)
AP - The White House says Saudi Arabia's leaders are making clear they see no reason to increase oil production until customers demand it.
Can you kick the bottled water habit?
OLPC and Microsoft will make Windows available on XO - Ars Technica
OLPC and Microsoft will make Windows available on XO
dBTechno
Ars Technica -
By Ryan Paul | Published: May 16, 2008 - 09:06AM CT The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project announced yesterday that Microsoft's Windows XP operating system will be available on XO laptops in addition to the open source Linux operating system.
OLPC XO Notebook gets Windows XP Version
OLPC goes with XP - official
A personality test for your cat
(AP)
AP - It happens to all of us. You fall in love with someone's looks... but then he's not quite what you expected. Even, sometimes, if he's a cat.
Smelly dog: How to get Fido in a bath
Videogame Sales Climb With Grand Theft Auto - Wall Street Journal
Videogame Sales Climb With Grand Theft Auto
DigitalJournal.com
Wall Street Journal -
By DAN GALLAGHER Videogame sales jumped in April thanks to a strong debut by the blockbuster title Grand Theft Auto IV, but the game failed to produce new sales of the next-generation gaming consoles it was designed to play on.
Analysts Expect GTA IV Hardware Lift in May
Nintendo Wii set to surpass Xbox 360 US sales in May
Obama warns Republicans about critical ads
(AP)
AP - Perhaps no one took greater comfort in the Republican Party's third straight loss of a long-held House seat this week than Barack Obama, who says the results point to clear limits in the effectiveness of attack ads he expects this fall.
Perfect timing: Obama's super show-stoppers
(Politico)
Politico - With her deep party ties, New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton was supposed to own the superdelegate primary.
DeGeneres, de Rossi plan to marry, AP is told
(AP)
AP - Ellen DeGeneres is putting the California Supreme Court ruling in favor of gay marriage into action she and Portia de Rossi plan to wed, DeGeneres announced during a taping of her talk show.
More rain deepens misery in cyclone-hit Myanmar - Washington Post
More rain deepens misery in cyclone-hit Myanmar
Vancouver Sun
Washington Post -
By Aung Hla Tun YANGON (Reuters) - Torrential tropical downpours lashed Myanmar's cyclone-hit Irrawaddy delta on Friday as thousands of destitute victims took to roadsides to beg for help to supplement the meager trickle of aid flowing in.
Cyclone beggars line roads of Myanmar delta
UN in dark about Myanmar cyclone disaster needs
Dog Food Carries Salmonella Infection - eMaxHealth.com
Dog Food Carries Salmonella Infection
The Money Times
eMaxHealth.com -
Dry dog food is found to be the reason of numerous salmonella infections in US. This is the first time when a human disease is linked to pet food.
Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Dry Dog Food
Salmonella outbreak traced to tainted dog food
Don't abandon Burma - National Post
Don't abandon Burma
MSN India
National Post -
BANGKOK -- Burma is in shock. The death toll is now believed to be 150000. In the area hit by the cyclone around 1.5-million people are in desperate need of emergency aid -- especially clean water, food, and medicine.
Myanmar says constitution approved by 92.4 percent
Myanmar says military-backed constitution overwhelmingly approved ...
Bush in Saudi Arabia to Make Oil Plea - New York Times
Bush in Saudi Arabia to Make Oil Plea
New York Times -
By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - With the price of oil hitting record highs, President Bush will use a private visit to King Abdullah’s ranch here Friday to make a second attempt to persuade the Saudi government to increase oil production ...
Bush in Saudi Arabia to discuss oil
Bush in Saudi to press king on oil and Iran
Amid clamor to drop out, Clinton campaigns on
(Reuters)
Reuters - Sitting on board Sen.
Hillary Clinton's campaign plane are the remnants of a colorful
balloon replica of the candidate, once nearly life-size but now
almost deflated and shriveled.
Indian village proud after double "honor killing"
(Reuters)
Reuters - Five armed men burst into the
small room and courtyard at dawn, just as 21-year-old, 22-week
pregnant, Sunita was drying her face on a towel.
Wis. man won't buy gas for 31 days, maybe longer
(AP)
AP - Brian LaFave couldn't care less how high gasoline prices climb these days he's parked his pickup truck and is refusing to buy gas for a month, possibly longer.
Kevin James: The Poster Boy for What's Wrong with Talk Radio - Houston Chronicle
Kevin James: The Poster Boy for What's Wrong with Talk Radio
Think Progress
Houston Chronicle -
In a very funny, yet sad exchange on Hardball yesterday, host Chris Matthews humiliated right wingnut radio jabber Kevin James over the "appeasement" uproar stupidly started by GWB in Israel yesterday.
Chris Matthews torments radio show host
A Sublime Moment For Cable TV--Chris Matthews interviewing Kevin ...
Zimbabwe Presidential Runoff Slated For June 27 - Voice of America
Zimbabwe Presidential Runoff Slated For June 27
BBC News
Voice of America -
By VOA News The opposition Movement for Democratic Change has demanded the run-off be held by May 23, in line with laws that say the poll must be held within 21 days after the release of first-round election results.
Zimbabwe Election Runoff Set for June 27
Zimbabwe presidential runoff on June 27