U.N. Raises Concerns as Global Food Prices Jump The New York Times | UNITED NATIONS — With memories still fresh of food riots set off by spiking prices just two years ago, agricultural experts on Friday cast a wary eye on the steep rise in the cost of wheat prompted by a Russian export ban and the questions looming over harvests in other parts of the world be...
Texas Probes Google on Ranking of Search Results The New York Times | The Texas attorney general has opened an antitrust investigation into how Google ranks search results, the first United States case to strike at the heart of the company’s main search business. | The issue at hand — referred to as search neutrality — is whether Google manipulates...
Recession? What Recession? Good Times Roll On at the U.S. Open The New York Times | Nearly every sports team and tournament has been hit by the slowdown in corporate and consumer spending during the past two years. Then there is the United States Open, which continues to reel in record crowds, high-end sponsors, and hefty merchand...
A High-Tech Showplace Fulfills a Vision for the Jets The New York Times | EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — As Manhattan’s skyline faded into the background, Woody Johnson leaned back in the cockpit of his helicopter, eyes locked on the Jets’ and Giants’ $1.6 billion football palace a few thousand feet belo...
Real Estate Q & A The New York Times | The Parking Meter Will Keep Running | Q My wife and I are rent-stabilized tenants. Included in our lease is a parking spot in the building’s garage. Our car was recently stolen and we might not replace it. Must we pay for the spot until our c...
Little Engines That Could: A Meeting of Microcars The New York Times | CRYSTAL LAKE, Ill. Tudor Van Hampton for The New York Times | This 1962 Goggomobil pickup truck is powered by a 2-cylinder engine. Tudor Van Hampton for The New York Times | A 1937 Crosley prototype. Tudor Van Hampton for The New York Times | A Spe...
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The sky's the limit for Demi Lovato The Star | Disney movie Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam star Demi Lovato has much going for her. | DEMI Lovato is unlike other Disney stars. While many are chatty and possess sunny dispositions,...
New Yorkers' Support for Islamic Center Is Uncertain, Poll Finds The New York Times | Two-thirds of New York City residents want a planned Muslim community center and mosque to be relocated to a less controversial site away from ground zero in Lower Manhattan, inc...
Muslim groups support N.Y. mosque, decry hostility USA Today Updated | Comment | Recommend | | | By Spencer Platt, Getty Images Islamic leaders and organizers of over 55 mosques participate in a news conference a...
Rangel spends $111,000 on legal fees in 2 months Newsday | September 4, 2010 | (AP) — Embattled Rep. Charles Rangel has spent more than $111,000 on legal bills since July, according to a federal campaign finance report. | A House ethics panel has charged the Harlem Democrat with 13 violations, inc...
A Niche of the Unreal in a World of Credulity The New York Times | Since 2008, ChristWire.org has emerged as the leading Internet site for ultraconservative Christian news, commentary and weather reportage. Eric Thayer for The New York Times | Bryan Butvidas, a founder of ChristWire. Its target is not Christians b...
Mich. Town Facing Deficit Cuts Police Department The New York Times | Filed at 11:24 a.m. ET | CLARKSTON, Mich. (AP) -- A small town in Michigan has eliminated its police department as a way to save money. | The Oakland County sheriff's department began patrolling the village of Clarkston on Friday night. | Clarkston...
Top shuttler Zhou Mi banned for two years Zeenews New Delhi: Former women world number one shuttler Zhou Mi of Hong Kong has been suspended for two years for failing a drug test, World badminton Federation said on Saturday. | During one of BWF’s out-of-competition testing programme, Zhou tested positive for Clenbuterol, a Class 1 Anabolic Agent on the WADA Prohibited List of substances, BWF said...
Bake me a cake: Mallya tells Deepika The Times Of India Who knows what's cooking between them, but Sidhartha Mallya seems to be close enough to actress Deepika Padukone to ask her to bake a cake for him! | "Bake me a cake," Sidharth, the son of liquor baron Vijay Mallya, posted to Deepika on micro-blogging site Twitter. | The request came soon after the 24-year-old actress posted a picture of an oven an...
